Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

"Help! Help!" Ning Yutan exclaimed in fright.

She clung tightly to Li Ji'an's clothes, dodging around him in a flurry.

Having just entered the Bone Forging stage, she possessed the strength of a small thousand pounds, while Ning Sujin, like Li Ji'an, had perfected her Flesh Tempering, reaching a maximum of five hundred pounds.

However, Ning Yutan had focused on improving her internal energy, neglecting external martial arts, essentially guarding a treasure mountain without being able to enter.

Ning Sujin had clearly mastered some superior lightness skill, maneuvering and shifting to unleash her full strength.

"Smack!" A crisp slap rang out.

"I'm going to fight you!" Ning Yutan arched her back, one hand covering her round bottom where Ning Sujin had landed a heavy slap, while the other hand pushed towards Ning Sujin.

Unfortunately, martial arts realm didn't equate to actual combat ability. Lacking external martial techniques, she possessed the strength of early Bone Forging but couldn't touch Ning Sujin at all.

"Hiss~ Ouch, ouch, ouch, let go." Her palm missed, and instead, Ning Sujin grabbed her right ear.

In alarm, she reached out to grab the hand holding her ear, while also pushing towards Ning Sujin who was close by.

"Ah! I was wrong, I was wrong, my ear is falling off, Sister, I was wrong!" As a result, Ning Sujin grabbed her left ear as well.

This time, Ning Yutan completely gave up, hurriedly protecting her ears with both hands, begging for mercy.

"Hmph!" Ning Sujin stopped moving, glaring coldly at Ning Yutan, then turned to look at Li Ji'an, who was watching the show.

Li Ji'an watched calmly, his eyes filled with envy.

He was very envious of the movement technique Ning Sujin had just displayed.

Although his mental strength had accumulated over three lifetimes, and he had discovered at Shangyi County Martial Arts Academy that his perception was much stronger than others in addition to his exceptional comprehension, he still couldn't capture Ning Sujin's real-time position when she used that set of movement techniques.

This was enough to show that this technique had reached a superb level in the application of internal energy.

"Li Ji'an? Second in the entire manor?" Ning Sujin's expression softened slightly.

Li Ji'an nodded with a smile.

"Hey, he's already my junior brother, it has nothing to do with you, don't get any ideas about him." Suddenly, Ning Yutan hurriedly interrupted, declaring her ownership.

"Hmm?" Ning Sujin swept a cold gaze over her.

Ning Yutan subconsciously dodged, not daring to meet her eyes, but the next second, she mustered her courage and glared back: "You don't believe me? Then ask him, isn't he with me? I'm even going to reward him with snacks made by my mother, are you jealous?"

"Childish!" Ning Sujin scoffed, turning to look at Li Ji'an: "Do you want to learn lightness skills?"

Ning Yutan immediately jumped up: "You're actually going to pass on the Su family's ancestral movement technique to an outsider just to compete with me for him? Junior Brother, don't listen to her. If you learn her family's technique, the Su family will definitely kill you. Come here quickly, we're on the same side. I'll share all my delicious food with you in the future."

"Who told you I only know one lightness skill? Li Ji'an, come with me. I have several unowned techniques for you to choose from," Ning Sujin explained.

"Don't believe her, come here, the snacks my mother makes are worth a fortune."

...

Looking at the two girls on either side, Li Ji'an smiled.

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls, from aristocratic families, haven't experienced the hardships of life, their thoughts and knowledge are limited, they're still children.

Without thinking much, Li Ji'an turned and pushed the door open, leaving the two young girls facing each other in the breeze outside the door.

With his experiences from three lifetimes, especially his modern urban life before transmigrating, he had a good understanding of Ning Yutan and Ning Sujin's squabble, and had a relatively accurate judgment of their respective personalities, mentalities, and the conflicts between the two girls.

They were just using him as a tool for competition.

They probably didn't even think of him as a person, but rather as a prop for their competitive desires.

Of course, in this situation, he could also use their competitive psychology to play them against each other, gain benefits, or establish relationships.

Indeed, if he could establish a relationship with the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, it could greatly guarantee his childhood in the next life.

If he could enter the Marquis's Mansion at the age of eight in the next life and grow up there, his innate talent would definitely be better.

However, that needed to be built on sincerity and mutual trust.

If he relied on tricks to obtain the relationship, he wouldn't trust it himself.

Moreover, his childhood development in this life was good, and he had started body tempering early, with abundant vitality. If there were no accidents, he could live to seventy or eighty without problems, and "rejuvenation" would be at least after the age of fifty, so there was still plenty of time.

Therefore, he preferred to let nature take its course when it came to accumulating resources for his next life's childhood and relying on such things. If he could meet someone trustworthy like his senior brother, endure the test of time, understand their true nature, and establish genuine trust, that would be the right path.

His attitude towards this was: not forcing, not taking the initiative, not refusing, and letting fate decide.

He wouldn't completely put his hopes on others, self-reliance was the ultimate reliance.

After all, if it were ordinary money, power, or even divine skill manuals, perhaps there would be loyal and close friends who wouldn't be moved, but once the secret of longevity and the secret of rejuvenation were involved, not to mention close friends, even one's own son or parents couldn't be trusted.

Moreover, in this life, his biggest goal was to become a fairy seedling and verify the authenticity of immortals, so he wasn't in a hurry to plan for the next life.

As for practicing external martial arts... in this situation, when he needed to rely on external martial arts for self-protection, he would have already fallen behind.

The martial world wasn't just about fighting and killing, adapting to the environment, following the trend, avoiding contention and fighting, making friends widely, not making enemies, and not standing under dangerous walls, joining the right team was what Li Ji'an, who possessed the "rejuvenation" cheat, was considering.

In a world like this, the imperial court, which controlled the vast majority of martial arts resources, was the strongest. As long as there was hope of becoming a fairy seedling highly valued by the imperial court, the imperial court would naturally protect him.

Even if he had to practice external martial arts for self-protection, he would wait until after the age of thirty, when he had completely lost the possibility of becoming a fairy seedling.

Therefore, practicing external martial arts wasn't the first priority, focusing on internal energy body tempering, striving to perfect Blood Exchange before the age of twenty, or even Marrow Cleansing or even Organ Refining before the age of thirty was the key.