Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Last year, Pang Lei, not yet fifteen, had his spirit root fully formed and participated in the annual sect trial, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple and entering the Dharma Transmission Hall for cultivation. This was perfectly normal after not seeing him for over half a year, hence the surprise.

Even Xu Xiaochun and Guo Wanzhi, who interacted with him daily, were occasionally surprised by Li Ji’an’s changes whenever they finished a closed-door alchemy session.

Li Ji’an speculated that this was most likely the effect of the Source Supplement Pill.

Firstly, it made up for the spirit veins before the age of eight, affecting not only the subsequent five years, but also the first eight years, leading to significant changes.

Secondly, the Source Supplement Pill he refined in his past life was based on his Wood Element medical skills, infused with abundant Wood Magic Power.

Wood Magic Power inherently promotes vitality and eternal youth, containing many life essence nourishing the spirit vein and greatly affecting Li Ji’an’s physical body.

Of course, this was a good thing for him, eliminating the need for his original plan to slightly conceal his appearance with the Faceless Mask.

”How about a comparison?” Li Ji’an glanced at him.

”Ha~ I’m now a Qi Cultivation 1st Layer cultivator, with just one-tenth of my magical power, I can suppress you!” Pang Lei smirked, quite pleased with himself.

Li Ji’an smiled faintly and said nothing, although he had not begun cultivating the Divine Treasure Body Refining Technique or started Qi Cultivation, with his divine sense comparable to an early Foundation Establishment, a single Soul Shocking Needle could shatter his Sea of Consciousness, leading to his demise.

With a playful remark, Pang Lei chuckled and bid farewell.

Golden Stone True Man had long instructed him to be respectful towards Li Ping’an and avoid offending him.

Guo Wanzhi, on their way back to Pill Cauldron Peak with Li Ji’an, also marveled at Li Ji’an’s appearance. Over the past five years, she had observed his changes, and if this development continued, once her junior disciple matured, with just his appearance, he might achieve great things in the cultivation realm.

After returning to Pill Cauldron Peak, Li Ji’an inspected himself again and confirmed that his bones and muscles were fully developed, allowing him to begin body refining.

Regarding body refining, he didn’t feel the need to hide it from others since both in his past life as well as Xiao Changfeng, he had experience with body refining before entering the sect.

In the past life, he had comprehended the Divine Treasure Body Refining Technique thoroughly and had recalibrated it repeatedly over the past five years according to his current life’s bone structure.

Additionally, the unexpected delight was that the physical body in this life had even advanced further compared to the past life.

At that time, after consuming the supreme Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, he thought his physique had reached its limit, but surprisingly, the Source Supplement Pill improved his bones and muscles while repairing the spirit vein.

That day, citing his master’s instruction, he publicly practiced the Divine Treasure Body Refining Technique.

Meanwhile, Xu Xiaochun also let him start attempting to refine his spiritual sense.

Generally, a child’s divine soul foundation is weak, requiring around the age of thirteen to have enough divine soul reserves to barely attempt refining spiritual sense.

Thus, Li Ji’an’s life became more fulfilling in the following days.

With simultaneous progress in body cultivation and soul cultivation, especially in body cultivation, his advancements were incredibly fast.

Moreover, the first layer of the Divine Treasure Body Refining Technique, centered on the liver, corresponds to the Wood Element within the Five Elements, making the cultivation particularly smooth given this life’s body.

In merely two and a half years, he had fully mastered the first layer of the Divine Treasure, compared to the Martial Dao practiced in the Immortal Dynasty, surpassing the Qi Blood Grandmaster Realm, and almost reached the peak of Tier One Body Cultivation.

This made Li Ji’an marvel at the effects of the Source Supplement Pill and reflect on his vast talent difference given different life experiences.

From this, he realized how many prodigies in the world might have been delayed.

Perhaps the world does not lack prodigies but rather lacks resources for their growth environment.

Of course, the Divine Treasure Body Refining Technique given by Wu Weixiong was superior to the body cultivation techniques he practiced in the previous two lifetimes.

Just when his body cultivation reached Tier One peak, the Thousand Mechanisms Blood Attraction—Blood Secret Technique he acquired from the Blood Spirit Saintess in his past life, had reached its first layer, allowing precise control over blood energy, and wasn’t detectable by lower-tier body cultivators.

Simultaneously, he examined his spiritual root and sensed its complete formation in this life.

One day, he found Guo Wanzhi and reported the state of his spiritual root.

”It has already formed?” Guo Wanzhi said with a smile.

”Okay, junior brother, wait a moment. I’ll immediately send a message to the grandmaster and the martial uncle. Everyone is eagerly anticipating your spiritual root’s condition.”

”Mm.” Li Ji’an nodded.

He was quite confident in his spiritual root condition in this life. Compared to the age-matched affinity with Spiritual Qi in his past life, it was at least five strands higher, leaving almost no room for error in achieving an Upper Grade Spirit Root, just needing to see whether it was lower middle or upper middle.

”Junior brother, your spiritual root has formed?” Guo Wanzhi had not long clicked on the communication when Xu Xiaochun hurriedly arrived, his divine sense enveloping Li Ji’an, meticulously sensing Li Ji’an’s affinity with Spiritual Qi.

”Not inferior to those Upper Grade Spirit Root disciples from last year’s sect trial.”

”Junior brother, if your Fire Spirit Root reaches Upper Grade, our master’s Alchemy Skill passed to you would surely flourish, offering solace to our master’s spirit in the heavens,” Xu Xiaochun was quite expectant.

Guo Wanzhi, however, glared at him: ”Ping’an may not necessarily become a Pill Master. If he is truly an Upper Grade Spirit Root, coupled with his wisdom and steadfast heart nature, he might compete for the sect’s True Inheritance!”

”Indeed, indeed, junior brother absolutely has the aptitude for True Inheritance. Forming a True Pill a century later would make up for our master’s regret over the Fake Pill,” Xu Xiaochun quickly amended.

Not long after, Master Jade Pill and Elder Changfeng both arrived.

”Ping’an, let’s go, we’ll accompany you to have it tested.”