Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

From the bottom of the Dibao, in the 'Strange Tales' section:

"In the mortal gathering area of the Bi Yun Sect, a female cultivator at the third level of Qi training gave birth to a son at Mao time (5-7 AM). He was born with knowledge and grew rapidly, reaching seven feet tall in half an hour. His spiritual roots fully formed, causing the surrounding spiritual energy to become chaotic at the moment of formation. A Jindan (Golden Core) stage cultivator from the Bi Yun Sect went to investigate, suspecting he had Heavenly Spiritual Roots, and brought him back to the sect.

It is said that before he was taught any Qi training techniques, he suddenly had an epiphany and began cultivating on the spot, improving rapidly. He mastered Qi training in half an hour, reached Foundation Establishment in another hour, and formed a Golden Core in two more hours...

However, after Shen time (3-5 PM), his vitality rapidly declined, and his body aged simultaneously.

By You time (5-7 PM), his entire body was withered, like an infant.

Then, he completely lost his vitality and died!

Some suspect that this was a farce orchestrated by the Bi Yun Sect, but the Bi Yun Sect firmly denies it.

They claim to have encountered a 'God-Favored One'..."

After reading the entire event, Li Ji'an had a strange expression.

"Born in the morning, dies in the evening... Utterly magnificent... Ephemeral beauty..."

Isn't this a curse? How could it be 'God-Favored'?

Who would want to be favored by the gods in such a way?

"Are you surprised by that God-Favored One?" Noticing Li Ji'an's expression, Yan Qingwan asked with a smile.

Li Ji'an came back to his senses: "Is this... real?"

Yan Qingwan shook her head, then nodded again: "This matter may not be true, but... God-Favored Ones do exist, and they are often incredibly bizarre."

"How are they bizarre?"

"My ancestor personally witnessed a God-Favored One," Yan Qingwan affirmed.

"What kind of God-Favored One was it?"

"As long as he approached something containing the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, or something that secretly aligned with the Great Dao, he would receive a response, and this ability could grow, with the range of sensing becoming larger and larger."

Li Ji'an's eyelids suddenly lifted.

"A treasure-seeking spirit body..."

This was very similar to Ning Sujin's ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune.

"What was the result?"

"Why aren't you curious about what he could do with such an ability?" Yan Qingwan was quite surprised. When ordinary people heard about such incredible things, in addition to questioning them, they were more curious about the ability itself. Li Ji'an only asked about the result.

"I heard Chen Xiong mention the abilities of a certain God-Favored One before. It is said that they could foresee a certain scene in the future, so I'm not too surprised," Li Ji'an explained.

Yan Qingwan nodded: "I see. As for the result, of course, he was taken into the sect by the upper sect. It is said that since then, that upper sect has had constant good fortune, and all the disciples of the sect have treasures!"

"Are all God-Favored Ones treated like this?" Li Ji'an subconsciously asked.

Yan Qingwan shook her head: "Naturally not. Some God-Favored Ones are hunted down by everyone!"

"Hmm?"

"It is said that a thousand years ago, there was a God-Favored One who was born with ten thousand poisons attached to him. When he arrived, cities were destroyed, and the world hunted him down!"

Li Ji'an nodded, gaining a clearer understanding of the so-called "God-Favored Ones."

He was also basically certain that Ning Sujin was a God-Favored One.

And he was basically sure of the reason why she was suddenly taken away by the "Immortal Master" back then.

Sixty-three years have passed...

Looking distantly to the northwest, Li Ji'an shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

After saying goodbye to Yan Qingwan, Li Ji'an returned to the small courtyard and, as usual, tried the Nine Yang Manual once.

"Still the same... I wonder how long it will take to transform?"

For the past three years, he had continued to cultivate diligently.

He had thought that after arriving at the Yan family and being close to the core spiritual vein area, nourished by the first-order high-grade spiritual vein concentration, his mana cultivation would be much faster.

As a result, the inside of the dantian, which needed to be filled for the third level of Qi training, expanded by a circle, requiring twice as much mana as the second level of Qi training.

The most frustrating thing was that two years ago, when his third level of Qi training was approaching completion, he realized that the transition from the early stage of Qi training to the middle stage was a hurdle. In addition to the amount of mana, the dantian also needed to transform, which required mana to nourish it.

With his two strands of spiritual rhyme's sensitivity, his spiritual root's refining efficiency was very low. He could have relied on time to slowly accumulate, making the total amount of mana refined each day equivalent to that of an ordinary low-grade spiritual root.

But now, the mana supplied to the dantian was based on each major circulation, not the total amount for a day.

This made his accumulation meaningless. Two hours of cultivation a day was the limit.

And this truly widened the gap between him and those spiritual roots with high spiritual rhyme sensitivity, such as Chen Qingling's nine strands of fire spiritual root. If they both cultivated for two hours a day, she could supply 1,500 units of mana to her dantian, while he could only supply 1,100 units.

"It doesn't matter. It's a fact that my spiritual root is poor in this life, and I have to accept it!" He didn't have too many emotions about this. Recognizing himself was the foundation of being steady.

He didn't slack off because of this. After routinely refining mana for two hours a day to nourish his dantian, he spent the rest of his time on body refinement.

The reason why body cultivators were not so popular in this world was that, in addition to body cultivation only delaying the decline of Qi and blood and the lifespan being limited to a hundred years, as Chen Zhaohu said, the resources required for a first-order intermediate body cultivator were more than those required for a Dharma cultivator, and they were even more difficult to obtain.

If Chen Zhaohu hadn't had that opportunity, he would have been stuck at the initial stage of the first-order intermediate level for the rest of his life.

As for Li Ji'an, the Qi and blood of a Grandmaster at the peak of the Immortal Gift Dynasty were only equivalent to a first-order initial stage completion body cultivator in this world. Later, he was taught the Hundred Refinements Golden Body Technique by Chen Zhaohu.

Based on his foundation and the Dragon and Tiger appearance of his bones, he successfully took another step forward that year and entered the first-order intermediate body cultivator stage.

Later, because of several years of cultivating mana, the mana nourished his body, causing his Qi and blood to move towards the peak of the first-order intermediate body cultivator stage.

However, that was the peak without relying on body refinement spiritual objects. Without body refinement spiritual objects, there was no further progress.

It wasn't until two years ago that he met Yan Hongsheng, whose natural bones were poor and body refinement was difficult. In order to get started, he began to use body refinement spiritual objects. Over time, Li Ji'an also received many gifts from him.

After confirming that the dantian had not yet completed its transformation, Li Ji'an entered the house and took out the Thunder Flame Crystals that he had accumulated little by little over the past two years from his storage bag and continued to refine his body.

One month ago, he had successfully advanced to the first-order late stage body cultivator, and recently he has been consolidating his foundation.

After advancing to the late stage of body refinement, the original Qi and blood began to undergo qualitative changes, from the original misty gaseous state to a tendency to condense into a liquid.

Moreover, the energy it contained was more than twice as concentrated as the gaseous state.

At that time, he compared it to Yan Hongsheng's mana shield at the peak of Qi training. It was difficult to shake it at all when he attacked with all his strength in the early stage of body refinement.

However, based on the feedback from multiple attempts, he had made a judgment.

If he used all his strength in the middle stage of body refinement, it was already possible.

Once he advanced to the late stage of body refinement, even if it was only the initial stage of the late stage, he was confident that he could break through his body protection mana shield with three punches!

In addition, with his spiritual consciousness comparable to the peak of Qi training and his speed comparable to teleportation when Qi and blood were activated, he was not afraid of anyone in the entire Yan family except for the Foundation Establishment stage old ancestor.

Of course, group attacks didn't count.

Unfortunately, Yan Hongsheng had now completely recognized his own bone aptitude and given up on the path of body refinement, and there would be no source of Thunder Flame Crystals in the future.

In the following days, during the truce between the two families, Zhang Tiezhu came to Li Ji'an every day, his attitude almost returning to what it had been in the Immortal Gift Dynasty.

"Brother Li, it will be ten years in two more years. I don't know how Zhu Linxian and Dong Jiangling are doing. Will they have great opportunities and prosper in the Immortal Dao from now on? Will they come back for the ten-year agreement? They have been out of contact for so many years."

Li Ji'an didn't have high hopes for this. After all, the five of them came from the abandoned land. In addition to having one in ten thousand bone aptitudes, their spiritual roots were really inferior.

If the four of them didn't have a next life, there was almost no hope in this life.

There were many things that couldn't be done with just determination.

However, he didn't dare to be completely sure. Who could guarantee that others wouldn't encounter some heaven-defying opportunity?

There were really many such things in the cultivation world. At least, he had seen several examples in the Dibao in the past six months.

Relatively speaking, the girl Zhu Linxian was most likely to go the furthest among the four of them.

Another half month passed like this.

On this day, Zhang Tiezhu came to Li Ji'an as usual to exchange cultivation matters, and then chatted about future plans.

A shocking message was sent back to the clan.

"The old ancestors of the Wei and Yan families fought fiercely, and both were seriously injured!"

The two people who were just talking about future plans, Zhang Tiezhu's first reaction was excitement and agitation. Heroes emerged in troubled times. He could only be reused and have opportunities when the clan was in chaos.

But Li Ji'an frowned: Danger!

The purpose of entering the Yan family's territory was only for the spiritual vein dojo here and the Foundation Establishment stage deterrent protection of the Yan family's old ancestor.

But now that the old ancestor was injured, the safety factor here was greatly reduced.

This result was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations. The reason why he entered the Yan family when the two families had conflicts was not because he lacked consideration, but because he had learned about the situation of the eight major families here in advance in the market.

The eight major families in this wasteland had a contract long ago that no matter what kind of conflict, the Foundation Establishment stage could not take action and should try to resolve it through negotiation.

"How could this be?"

"Wait and see. If the Yan family's Foundation Establishment old ancestor really can't hold on, then we have to leave."