Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Chapter 344: Chapter 1: Future Plans

Becoming a Fake Pill True Man, his immortal path in this life has come to a halt.

However, at the moment of successful core formation, Li Ji’an already sensed a drastic change in his vitality and lifespan.

The lifespan during the Foundation Establishment Stage was originally close to three hundred years, but because of his extraordinary Rejuvenation, it would activate when vitality began to slope downward, so the true time was only around two hundred years. However, due to multiple uses of Blood Burning Pills for drawing Tier Three Spirit Talismans, his vitality decreased to one hundred forty to fifty years.

If not for the successful core formation this time, he would have undergone Rejuvenation in about thirty years.

But now, his total lifespan is close to four hundred years, with vitality beginning to decline at around three hundred years old, and the depletion from Blood Burning Pills has been washed away after core formation.

Under normal circumstances, he could still live for more than a hundred and eighty years.

With such an ample time, even though his cultivation cannot progress further, Li Ji’an cannot remain idle.

He still needs to lay a foundation for his next life.

The primary task is to prepare a Foundation Establishment Pill for the next life.

While helping the sect refine Foundation Establishment Pills earlier, he had already collected two sets of ingredients for them, but at that time, his personal state had not reached the peak of this life, so he temporarily did not refine them.

At this moment, his Fake Pill magical power does not negatively affect alchemy, because his Pill Fire relies on the Spirit Flame from the Little Fire Spirit, and now his Divine Sense has nearly reached the peak of this life.

With Pill Fire comparable to the Middle Stage Tier Three coupled with peak early-stage Core Formation Divine Sense, when refining Foundation Establishment Pill, he can almost guarantee high quality, aiming for upper grade.

Aside from the Foundation Establishment Pill, the most critical is the Crystal Condensing Pill.

Having tasted the benefits in this life, the effect of a Middle Grade Crystal Condensing Pill rivals the top fifty Core Formation Spirit Treasure. If the next life can acquire a Upper Grade or even High-Quality Crystal Condensing Pill, an upper True Core would be within reach.

Now with Fake Pill cultivation, gathering materials for the Crystal Condensing Pill will surely be easier.

Besides, with no need for further cultivation, the time saved can be well-invested in researching puppetry skills and array techniques.

The accumulated pill techniques from the previous life have made this life much easier; for a long period, relying on the pill techniques of the previous life allowed thriving in the cultivation realm effortlessly.

In this life, the talisman has already reached great success, and now with Fake Pill cultivation, the pill’s magical power is more robust, without the need to consume Blood Burning Pills to deplete vitality, he can draw Tier Three Talismans.

In the future, he can prepare many Tier Three Talismans as trump cards.

Regarding medical and poison techniques, initially they were to treat the aftermath of delays before the age of eight in the next life, now the purpose has been achieved, and coupled with the auxiliary cultivation of Wood Element Magic Power cannot break through Foundation Establishment, temporarily it cannot progress further.

However, puppetry skills are exceptionally valued in this life, and he has already decided, no matter how challenging, no matter how many lives it takes, he must thoroughly explore puppetry skills, hoping for the birth of Spirit-Attached Puppets.

As for array techniques, earlier in Golden Splendor Immortal City, firstly due to Xiaoqiao’s discouragement, comparing them, his array technique talent was indeed lacking, coupled with focus on talisman research then, so temporarily abandoned it, but now with more time, he decides to put effort into researching again.

Also, for Gugu’s future, he decided to take the time to research Beast Taming Dao; not necessary to be exceedingly skillful, just important to determine the overall direction.

Of course, the major trump card and advantage of Body Cult and Soul Cult cannot be abandoned.

The Body Cult now focuses on Wu Weixiong’s Body Cult Cultivation Technique, besides, in Celestial Cyan Domain what was seen and heard, there is no second high-level Body Cult Cultivation Technique.

For Soul Cult, given the progress over the years, no urgency is needed, proceeding step-by-step and advancing steadily is fine, ultimately the foundation of Divine Soul is the only thing besides memory and experience that won’t disappear after Rejuvenation.

Once again meditating for half a day, Li Ji’an shook his head and stood up.

Although spiritual qi can still be absorbed into the body, the refined magical power, other than compensating for the pill’s consumption, cannot be accumulated, whether in quantity or quality, there will be no change.

This process made him realize the fundamental reason why Fake Pill cannot progress further.

He then ceased holding illusions, thoroughly abandoning cultivation.

At this moment, three months remain before the core formation celebration, and he plunges into the secret chamber, single-mindedly beginning to draw spirit talismans.

Before core formation, due to insufficient cultivation technique and thin magical power, even drawing talismans of the same tier required pill medicine aid, but now, although the pill’s magical power is only half of True Pill, it has compensated for the lack in cultivation technique, sufficient for drawing early-stage Tier Three talismans.

If not for Fire Element Magical Power, inherently existing as excessive in aggression but lacking in heavy and long-lasting adequacy, switch to the same Wood Element False Pill, with its enduring magical power, hope of drawing mid-stage Tier Three talismans would exist.

A month later, the first Tier Three talisman crafted without consuming Blood Burning Pill succeeded.

When he prepared to replace the Lifebound Talisman in his Dantian, nurtured for many years, he unexpectedly found that the limit for nurturing Lifebound Talisman in his Dantian had increased. After many attempts, he confirmed that now he can nurture five Tier Three Lifebound Talismans simultaneously.

The Lifebound Talisman he nurtured for the longest time is a Tier Three Thunderbolt Talisman, crafted with Blood Burning Pill before dealing with Corpse Puppet Sect’s Quasi-Saint Child Du Haizang.

Already nurtured for forty years, its power increased by twenty percent more, underestimating by ordinary early-stage True Pill True Man, if not dead, they would be severely injured.

Then he attempted to incorporate the Magical Treasure prototype acquired from Fu Hanxing, the Glazed Lamp, into the Dantian. Unfortunately, nurturing five Lifebound Talismans reached the limit, unable to further nurture Lifebound Magical Treasure.

Only by extracting three talismans could the Glazed Lamp be nurtured by the pill’s magical power.