Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Compared to Li Ji'an's surprise, the other four were simply shocked!

Even the usually silent little girl, Zhu Linxian, couldn't believe it and asked for an explanation: "Brother Li, is... did we really come to the right place? Is this really the world of cultivation? Tell me, it can't be like this, right!"

Of this batch of immortal seedlings, only five remained: Li Ji'an, Zhao Shuyao, Dong Jiangling, Zhang Tiezhu, and Zhu Linxian.

Dong Jiangling was the adopted son of a eunuch in charge of the Immortal-Bestowed Dynasty. He had been influenced since childhood, so he had a special dependence and affection for the royal family. This was also why he had been infatuated with the Ninth Princess Zhao Shuyao from the first moment he saw her when he entered the Immortal Palace at the age of thirteen, ten years ago.

Zhu Linxian was the jewel in the palm of the Zhu family, a clan that rose to prominence after the Cloud King ascended the throne in the Immortal-Bestowed Dynasty. However, because her beloved mother died young, her personality became taciturn, and she rarely expressed her opinions along the way.

Zhang Tiezhu was the most unique of this year's immortal seedlings. A farm boy, he was discovered to possess the Dragon Elephant Physique by chance and was brought into the Immortal Palace. He advanced rapidly, living up to expectations.

Li Ji'an had already seen that among the other four, Zhu Linxian had the deepest obsession with cultivation.

Therefore, she was the most disillusioned at this moment.

"What do you think the world of cultivation should be like?" Li Ji'an didn't answer, but instead asked a question.

Zhu Linxian was a little confused and tentatively said: "The clan said that there is a distinction between immortals and mortals, immortals... immortals..."

She didn't know how to continue, having only spoken half the sentence.

After all, Li Ji'an's slaying of immortals had shattered her previous understanding.

Li Ji'an smiled slightly and continued: "Immortals should look down on all living beings, should regard all things as straw dogs, should be high above, and should be worshiped by mortals?"

Zhu Linxian's eyes flickered as she looked at Li Ji'an, proving that Li Ji'an was right.

She couldn't be blamed, as she had been instilled with such ideas since she was a child.

Although the journey here had shattered her perception of the supreme immortals, she still had some lingering thoughts about cultivation.

"A distinction between immortals and mortals? Heh~

They are just cultivators who have not yet attained enlightenment and ascended. What kind of immortals are they?

Moreover, the so-called mortals are just those who have not yet embarked on the path of cultivation. If there is a distinction, then when we in the Immortal-Bestowed Dynasty embark on the martial path, wouldn't we also be different from the people who have not embarked on the martial path?

Then are we different from those people? Are we not human?"

Li Ji'an smiled freely, feeling comfortable in his heart.

"But... it shouldn't... shouldn't be so lacking in the demeanor of cultivators, so publicly..." Zhu Linxian still couldn't accept it.

Li Ji'an understood, he understood their sense of loss.

They thought they could cultivate, but they saw these cultivating families still doing such low-level things, recruiting sons-in-law, recruiting laborers, recruiting test subjects... lacking any grandeur.

What Li Ji'an wanted to say was that not everyone likes to keep a straight face and pretend to be profound and indifferent. Profundity and indifference cannot be faked by keeping a straight face. Moreover, if cultivation requires keeping a straight face every day, then what's the point of cultivating?

Most importantly, profundity and indifference cannot make a cultivating family thrive, nor can they be exchanged for cultivation resources.

However, he didn't say it explicitly. Some things need to be experienced by themselves.

If they couldn't understand, couldn't let go of their airs, couldn't integrate, and looked down on these existences that were reasonable, then their future days would be difficult.

"Hey, what a coincidence, brother! I didn't follow you this time. It's really a chance encounter."

Just as they walked out of the square, while the four were still digesting Li Ji'an's words, a strange but familiar hearty laugh rang out.

Chen Zhaohu only brought his thirteen- or fourteen-year-old brother this time.

"Brother Chen, Li pays his respects." This time, Li Ji'an no longer kept people at arm's length.

Being in a strange place, he still needed to integrate and needed guidance.

In comparison, Chen Zhaohu's words and actions made him feel more at ease.

"Wow~ Brother Li, you... those who can come out of the Abandoned Land are not only people with great fortune, but also must be favored by the heavens. Your adaptability is really extraordinary." Chen Zhaohu was quite surprised.

"Brother Chen, you flatter me."

"Good, good, I like people like you. Let's go, let's go. It's better to meet by chance than by arrangement. The Baixiang Restaurant in front has an excellent flavor. The chef is a disciple of a spirit chef, which should be a welcome for you."

Li Ji'an paused slightly: "Brother Chen, didn't you go hunting today?"

"Hey, I've been hunting for half my life, can't I take a break?" Chen Zhaohu said carelessly.

"Bullshit! He's just bewitched. He has to calculate a divination before going out every day, saying that today is not suitable for going out... Hmph, you haven't even solidified your spiritual sense, and you want to get involved in the most difficult divination among the hundreds of arts of cultivation?" His brother exposed him immediately.

In this way, Li Ji'an was relieved.

What bad intentions could a burly man obsessed with divination have?

Following Chen Zhaohu for less than a hundred steps, a two-story stone house came into view. Next to the big "Baixiang Restaurant" at the entrance, hung a larger signboard: Once followed the spirit chef Gao Yue for twenty years.

"Yo, a sable, not bad, not bad. Does the guest want to sell it?" As soon as they entered the Baixiang Restaurant, a waiter saw the monster beast carried on Dong Jiangling's shoulder.

Dong Jiangling looked at Li Ji'an.

"Sell!"

"Eh, eh, good, good. It's been dead for more than a day, alas, the fur is broken..." The waiter picked at the flaws one by one.

"Get out! What, you want to deceive Brother Hu?" Chen Zhaohu was pulled by his brother to talk and was a step late. He just came over and saw the familiar waiter trying to cheat people.

The waiter repeatedly apologized: "Oh, please forgive me, please forgive me. I haven't seen him before, I thought he was a passerby, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'll go ask our shopkeeper."

After the waiter ran away, Chen Zhaohu skillfully led the five into a private room and sat down.

"Brothers, at a glance, you are not ordinary people in the Abandoned Land, and you even look down on such restaurants. However, you must have never eaten the food here," Chen Zhaohu said seemingly to himself.

In fact, he saw some of Dong Jiangling and the others' disdain in the details.

This made Li Ji'an think highly of Chen Zhaohu. He was indeed a thoughtful and stalwart man.

But it was also understandable. If one wasn't careful when hunting monster beasts, they would have died long ago.

"Brother Chen, you're too kind. We've been camping out in the open for many days. Being able to dine here is already very satisfying."

"Oh, good, good, Brother Li, the more I look at you, the more I like you. How about it? Hunt with me," Chen Zhaohu invited again.

Li Ji'an laughed out loud: "Hehe, are you so sure that I can bring you good fortune?"

"Yes, I remember the first day I met you. I did a divination, and the hexagram showed that the Month Virtue was upon me, which meant I would meet a noble person." Speaking of this area, Chen Zhaohu became excited.

"I'm afraid this will disappoint Brother Chen. We are determined to cultivate immortals, otherwise, we wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles and trekked here," Li Ji'an refused again.

Chen Zhaohu looked at Li Ji'an and the others in surprise: "Huh? You... haven't you understood the situation yet? You came from the Abandoned Land, so you can basically give up the idea of cultivating immortals!"

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