Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Li Ji’an wasn’t surprised to receive the message.

He had anticipated this ever since the Yan and Wei families began their frequent disputes over the medicinal herb field two years ago.

Now that the conflict had escalated, with even the late-stage Qi Refining elders of the clans getting involved, the contradiction had become irreconcilable.

Cutting off each other's resource supply in the market was bound to happen.

In fact, Li Ji’an was also looking forward to it.

Being able to enter the Yan family's territory in this way would be very beneficial for him.

Even the edge of a second-tier spiritual vein dojo would definitely have a denser spiritual Qi than this first-tier, low-grade spiritual vein market.

In addition, with the clan's protective formation and a Foundation Establishment ancestor overseeing it, the safety would be greatly increased, at least reducing the potential threat from that unknown family in Golden Brilliance Immortal City.

Actually, as early as his first year here, after learning about the local situation and basic information about the cultivation world in the gathering area, he had this expectation.

However, like other unattached rogue cultivators in the market, with poor qualifications and no special skills, entering the eight great families required paying a price.

And at that time, the price to enter the Yan family was to reclaim wasteland.

The danger of reclaiming wasteland was much greater than hunting with Chen Zhaohu. If one was unlucky and encountered a high-level demon beast's territory on the first day, those late-stage Qi Refining cultivators of the Yan family would not risk their lives for a wasteland reclamation worker.

So at that time, he chose a safer route.

Now it could be considered an accidental stroke of luck.

After a simple packing, Li Ji’an headed towards the pill shop.

“It's really inconvenient not having a storage bag.” It wasn’t that there were too many large items, mainly some bottles and jars, mostly left over from Yan Qingwan's pill refining, plus eighteen spirit stones, and a dozen or so pounds of spirit rice and flour that he had just stocked up on recently.

Fortunately, he was a mid-stage first-tier body cultivator. He wrapped everything in a bed sheet, slung it over his shoulder, and set off.

“Hey, Old Li, you came just in time. Someone is looking for you.” As soon as he arrived at the pill shop, a shop assistant shouted.

“Hurry up and meet them. Come out and help after you’re done. We’re in a hurry.” Then he added.

Most of the pill shop assistants were members of the Yan family, or at least outsiders who had been granted the Yan surname.

On the surface, Li Ji’an was just a handyman in the pill shop, a contract worker, and considered a lower rank in their eyes.

Li Ji’an nodded and entered the pill shop.

He was greeted by Chen Zhaohu sitting there talking to a strange middle-aged man.

Chen Qingling stood respectfully behind Chen Zhaohu, slightly bowing her head.

Yan Qingwan sat quietly beside the middle-aged man, listening silently.

“Old Li, why didn’t you say earlier that you knew Fellow Daoist Chen? Hahaha, come on, Fellow Daoist Chen came specifically to find you.” Yan Tong greeted him with a smile.

“Seventh Elder, this is Fellow Daoist Chen’s old friend, and also a handyman who has been working for Alchemist Mo in our pill shop for three or four years. He’s honest and dutiful. Alchemist Mo is very satisfied with him.”

“Old Li, quickly greet the Seventh Elder.”

Li Ji’an put down the package on his shoulder and cupped his hands towards the Seventh Elder: “Greetings, Seventh Elder.”

“Mm.” The Seventh Elder nodded perfunctorily.

He barely glanced at Li Ji’an, then said to Chen Zhaohu: “Now is when my Yan family is in need of people. The Yan family acknowledges Fellow Daoist Chen’s strength, but… the conditions you have proposed are a bit too high. Please go back and consider it further. I will also make a suggestion to the clan leader when I return to the clan.”

Chen Zhaohu first smiled at Li Ji’an, then looked at the Seventh Elder: “Chen’s demands are not really high. If it weren’t for my brother… hehe, please, Seventh Elder, say a few good words for me in the clan.”

“It's settled then. I have other matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb your reunion. Farewell.” The Seventh Elder said, then turned and walked towards the backyard. Yan Qingwan followed silently without saying a word.

After the two left, Chen Zhaohu immediately stood up, patted Li Ji’an on the shoulder, and walked out: “Let’s go, let's have a good chat, brother.”

“Old Li, you have to leave within a quarter of an hour. Don’t miss the time. If you lose this opportunity, you probably won’t have another chance to enter the clan.” Yan Tong reminded him with a smile.

“Thank you for the reminder, Manager Yan.”

The three left the pill shop, and Chen Zhaohu led them straight into a restaurant across the street.

“Brother, you really have a deep blessing. You actually managed to establish a foothold in the market.” Chen Zhaohu had come once or twice in the past four years, but at that time Li Ji’an had already moved into Yan Qingwan’s secret courtyard in the West District, and he hadn’t encountered him.

However, from Chen Qingling, he learned that Li Ji’an had reached the first level of Qi Refining in half a year.

And he had also helped Chen Qingling solve Yan Quan’s little trouble, further strengthening his belief in Li Ji’an’s good fortune.

“Brother Li, your magic power aura… could it be that you have also broken through to the third level of Qi Refining?” Chen Qingling suddenly exclaimed.

“What? Third level of Qi Refining?” Chen Zhaohu was even more shocked.

He remembered that four years ago, when Li Ji’an insisted on leaving the gathering area to go to the market to seek immortal opportunities, none of them were optimistic, and even after Li Ji’an left, Chen Zhaohu and the others had opened a betting pool to guess how long it would take for Li Ji’an to return.

As a result…

Li Ji’an smiled slightly: “Good luck, just a fluke.”

“Indeed, Brother Li, you are a person with great fortune!”

“Oh my, and you actually have such great luck now, being able to follow the pill shop to the Yan family territory… tsk tsk, the future is even more limitless!”

Chen Zhaohu became even more excited.

“Hahaha, this time… it really is luck.” Because of the conflict of interest between Yan Qingwan and Alchemist Mo, their affairs had naturally been kept secret and not spread outside. Li Ji’an could only nod and smile.

During the subsequent conversation, Li Ji’an learned the purpose of Chen Zhaohu’s visit.

He actually wanted to entrust himself to the Yan family in order to exchange for Chen Qingling’s entry into the Yan family.

In addition to the overall situation of the Yan and Wei families' contention, with both families externally recruiting a large number of mid-level combat forces, it also stemmed from an opportunity Chen Zhaohu had a year ago in Fallen Dragon Ridge.

“Brother, I dare say that I was able to obtain this opportunity because I was沾染ed by your good fortune.”

“Before departing that day, I divined a hexagram, which was unremarkable. I originally thought there was nothing special about it, but as a result, I accidentally fell into a cliff cave and discovered a giant python corpse that had been dried for who knows how long. In the end, I discovered that it was mostly a demon beast possessing an ancient bloodline-like bloodline, and it had actually condensed a blood core. I consumed the blood core and refined it. The blood Qi body cultivation that had not progressed for ten years actually had another breakthrough, and now I can faintly touch the threshold of the late stage of the first tier.” Chen Zhaohu did not hide this opportunity from Li Ji’an.

Because of the great increase in his body cultivation strength, coupled with the increasingly better recruitment conditions offered by the Yan and Wei families, he finally decided to enter the game for Chen Qingling.

The reason he chose the Yan family was not because he could see the chances of winning between the Yan and Wei families, but entirely because Li Ji’an, the mascot in his heart, was in the Yan family.

Although he was just a handyman.

And the reason why the Yan family's Seventh Elder did not agree to the conditions he proposed today was because, in addition to the benefits originally offered by the Yan family, he also requested that Chen Qingling enter the Yan family territory as an outer disciple.

His current mid-to-late stage first-tier body cultivation strength, close-quarters combat can rival a late-stage Qi Refining elder, and it is also the time of the two families' war, so he does have this confidence.

“Brother, have you put down body cultivation these past few years? Why do I feel like your blood Qi is much weaker?” After Chen Zhaohu finished talking about his affairs, he suddenly looked at Li Ji’an and frowned slightly.

Li Ji’an smiled and did not answer directly.

Before he had set foot on Qi Refining, he had already been able to freely control his own blood Qi. Even if he wanted to, he could dissipate all of his blood Qi, which was no less than Chen Zhaohu's current level, and refine it into his fine hairs, so that outsiders would not be able to sense it at all.

Although he had not spent too much time on body cultivation over the years, because of the foundation in the Immortal Bestowed Imperial Dynasty, the spiritual Qi here washed over him, and his blood Qi was slowly increasing.

The surface blood Qi that he has been maintaining is only at the level of a first-tier primary body cultivator, which is in line with his growth trajectory from the gathering place to the market.

After chatting for a while, until the pill shop was packed up and ready to leave, Li Ji’an and Chen Zhaohu parted ways.

The leader in charge of the pill shop's retreat back to the clan this time was Yan Hongsheng, the Yan family's Seventh Elder, a top figure in the second generation of the Yan family. He originally had the opportunity to break through to Foundation Establishment, but he has been stuck at the ninth level of Qi Refining for twenty years, and is considered the top combat force in the Yan family besides the Foundation Establishment ancestor.

This shows how much importance the clan attaches to the pill shop's withdrawal.

In addition to the inventory of pills in the pill shop, the stockpiled medicinal materials are also of considerable value.

Of course, the most important thing is Alchemist Mo!

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