Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

The magical power surged to its extreme, and the poison quickly spread into the internal organs, yet still failed to touch the hem of Li Ji’an’s garment.

Fu Hanxing’s face turned increasingly ashen.

This was not entirely due to anger but also because the poison had reached his heart vessels.

The poison had even spread through his meridians and blood to cover his entire face.

The faint blue-black poison patterns made his face appear even more sinister.

At the same time, his magical power’s aura quickly declined.

A moment later, he had no choice but to rein in his magical power, sit cross-legged on the spot, and suppress the poison.

Duanmu Qin had already quickly escaped the main hall of the cave mansion at the time of his outburst and activated the palace protection array outside with her jade pendant.

At this point, they absolutely couldn’t let the other person leave alive, otherwise, facing the wrath of the Fiery Sun Sect, not only would they have no place to stay in the entire Celestial Cyan Domain, but even their related friends and family would be implicated.

As for the old array master and his two disciples, who were now being harassed by a demon beast that had yet to reveal itself, were even more worried about inexplicably getting poisoned. They used up all their detoxifying protective talismans and even set up a second-tier protective array on the spot, shrinking inside.

”Pop!” Li Ji’an revealed half of his figure from behind a stone house and sent a fire bomb towards Fu Hanxing.

”Pfft~” Fu Hanxing activated his shield to block it easily, but finally couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood mist.

The all-out last pursuit aggravated the poison, and at this moment, he already felt the immense terror between life and death.

He glanced faintly at the entrance leading out of the cave mansion, heart full of regret.

If he had rushed out at the first sign of being poisoned and immediately returned to the sect’s stronghold, he would be worry-free.

However, ultimately, he was ensnared by the opportunities here, making the wrong decision.

At this time, he already felt the poison invading his dantian, his magical power seriously declining, and his internal organs beginning to rot.

Moreover, the palace protection array was activated, completely cutting off his retreat.

”Cough cough~ Fellow Daoist Li, I concede, all the opportunities here are yours.”

Li Ji’an smiled slightly: ”I’m in a minor sect, insufficient in strength and status, not worthy of being addressed as a fellow Daoist by Young Master Fu.”

After speaking, he unleashed another Blast Flame Slash.

”Pfft~”

”Fellow Daoist Li, I admit I was arrogant and rude before. I’m willing to compensate, please feel free to make any request.” Fu Hanxing calmed himself, striving not to lose his temper again.

Li Ji’an shook his head with a smile: ”Young Master Fu’s current demeanor makes me quite afraid; enduring humiliation, able to yield and stretch, worthy of becoming a True Man, can’t afford to let you live!”

Fu Hanxing’s eyes narrowed instantly: ”...”

”Fellow Daoist Li, forgive when possible, do you really need to be so relentless?”

Li Ji’an chuckled at his words: ”Heh~ It’s not my first day in the martial world, Young Master Fu saying such words feels like an insult to me.”

”Hmph!” Realizing he couldn’t fool Li Ji’an, Fu Hanxing snorted coldly: ”Little thief, if I were you, I’d be thinking about how to escape right now. Every Foundation Establishment disciple of our sect has a soul lamp, and once my junior brother, who was killed by your cunning methods, is dead, his soul lamp will certainly extinguish, and the elders of the sect will definitely investigate!”

”Thank you for the reminder, Young Master Fu.” Li Ji’an smiled and communicated with Gugu underground.

Immediately, a frog head suddenly emerged from the earth.

Fu Hanxing’s complexion changed dramatically, he hadn’t detected the presence of a demon beast lurking nearby.

”Gua~” Gugu opened its mouth as if mocking him, then spat out a blood-soaked figure.

It was precisely Fu Hanxing’s junior brother.

His whole body was drenched in blood, his dantian shattered, with no magical power left, but still with a faint life aura.

In recent years, Li Ji’an had gained a deeper understanding of the sect.

Keenly aware of potential threats, he had already known that the sect’s inner disciples all had soul lamps in the sect.

Compared to the soul tokens kept by families, soul lamps were of higher grade, not only indicating life and death but also capable of sensing general locations.

Moreover, some special soul lamps could even retain the last scene before death.

Fu Hanxing’s pupils contracted sharply, rendered speechless.

He was merely bluffing Li Ji’an, and he was even more acutely aware that even if both of them died, the soul lamp could only sense the general whereabouts.

By then, the sect’s elders would definitely think that they died in the ruins being explored.

Li Ji’an launched several more attacks and sensed that Fu Hanxing’s magical power aura was about to drop to the early Foundation Establishment stage.

At this moment, the poison’s effect began to stabilize, after all, a dantian tempered through Foundation Establishment still had some resistance.

However, at this point, his magical power likely couldn’t even unleash twenty percent of the mystical treasure’s embryonic form, no longer a threat.

Li Ji’an simply let Gugu accompany him.

No longer concerned about the sect’s true inheritor hiding in the corner, trying to detoxify while being tormented by Gugu, Li Ji’an reached the center of the main hall.

Looking at the master and two disciples cowering within the array, Li Ji’an smiled slightly: ”Fellow Daoists, you’re being foolish.”

The old array master showed vigilance: ”Why do you say that, fellow Daoist?”

Since the two accidentally intruded, to Fu Hanxing addressing him by name, the old array master in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment had never once seriously regarded Li Ji’an, this pill master in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

After entering this main hall, the old array master, perhaps seeking credit in front of Fu Hanxing, even transmitted a reminder, asserting that entering here, with the array protecting them, the Purple Thunder Shock couldn’t shake the palace protection array.

Yet, after a series of shocking developments, he realized he underestimated this person.

”Were you forced here by this scoundrel?” Li Ji’an asked with a smile.

The old array master’s eyes flickered, then he nodded frequently: ”Yes, this... this scoundrel, relying on the status of a true inheritor of an upper sect high gate, forced this old man to come here.”

The situation was now clear. The once aloof sect’s number one true inheritor, Fu Hanxing, admired and respected by countless loose cultivators, had fallen at this man’s hands.

”Alas, given this, don’t you see this scoundrel’s intentions? How could he let you leave unharmed?” Li Ji’an shook his head.

”This... this old man knows, but... forced by tyranny, I had no choice. Fellow Daoist Li, everything just now was under this scoundrel’s coercion. I hope you won’t hold it against me. I’m willing to give up the opportunities here.” The old array master suddenly saw hope.

Li Ji’an slightly frowned: ”Why say such things, fellow Daoist? Could it be you regard me as a tyrant and robber as well? Aren’t we two kindred sufferers in the martial world today? Moreover, we’re all loose cultivators, do we not know the hardships of being a loose cultivator? How could one loose cultivator make things difficult for another?”

”Rest assured, once this is over, we’ll go our separate ways. You just need to make a great heart demon oath, but... I’ll need to take eighty percent of the opportunities here with the fairy, leaving you only twenty percent, how about that?”

”...” The old array master was momentarily stunned.

”Good, good, what Fellow Daoist Li said is true. Loose cultivators shouldn’t make things difficult for each other, it’s a deal.”

Li Ji’an cupped his hands: ”It’s a deal! Let’s quickly break the restriction.”

The old array master, in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, with an array protecting him, and already wary of poisons, had lost the element of surprise for an attack.

At this time, Duanmu Qin, observing that the situation was under control, slowly entered.

Yet, to this moment, her gaze towards Li Ji’an still felt unfamiliar.

A second-tier poison was understandable, an alchemist sharing roots with a physician, medicine and poison of one source, and Li Ji’an frequently being on good terms with Doctor Bai made sense.

But a second-tier body cultivator and second-tier demon beast, combing through their association of over a decade, she found no trace.

Walking to Li Ji’an’s side, her alluring eyes were like silks.

A second-tier body cultivator, had she known earlier, so many previous debates, with her family’s secret technique, confident to help refine him further up, could also greatly enhance her own vitality.

”What a pity, what a pity...”

”Li Lang, you’ve hidden it so well from me!”