Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

The news brought by Zhao Shuyao made them both surprised and delighted. After some discussion, they didn't reach any foolproof conclusions. After all, their current status and position were too low. Even a third-rate family like the Yan family required them to look up to them, let alone the five great families.

Currently, only Zhao Shuyao, backed by her employer, had the opportunity to understand. Li Ji'an and the other three had no chance at all.

Of course, if Zhu Linxian had really joined the Bi Yun Sect, things would be much easier.

In the end, the group decided to remain vigilant on this matter and not take it lightly, waiting for an opportunity to arise.

During this time, Dong Jiangling made a suggestion: why not muddy the waters and secretly spread the news, pointing the finger at the five great families and exposing their cultivation of blood slaves in the Immortal Bestowal Dynasty? Then, let time take its course.

Any force would inevitably have enemies. At that time, perhaps they wouldn't need to take action, and people would attack each other. Eventually, the truth might come to light, and they wouldn't even need to do anything.

In fact, the others had considered this idea eleven years ago when they escaped from the Storm Desert, but it was ultimately rejected.

Firstly, they still couldn't truly confirm the real purpose of the so-called blood slaves, and they weren't sure how much the methods conflicted with the rules here, or whether they could be completely eradicated with one blow.

Secondly, the forces here were deeply intertwined, and they knew nothing about the relationships of the upper echelons. What if this family was working for the largest sect, the Bi Yun Sect?

Thirdly, once this matter was exposed, the five of them would become targets searched by everyone, and they would likely be exposed before long. At that time, they would definitely be out of their control.

The most fundamental problem was that the five of them were currently too weak. Once the development of events deviated, they would have no means of self-protection.

Li Ji'an was the most opposed to this. Now that the other party was afraid of them resorting to desperate measures and didn't dare to push too hard, he still had time to hide in the Yan family and develop silently. Once he exposed himself, there would be too many uncertain factors.

He could only choose the lesser of two evils!

Afterward, the four separated again. Zhao Shuyao and Dong Jiangling returned to their respective homes, Li Ji'an went to find Chen Zhaohu, and Zhang Tiezhu wanted to wait a few more days.

When Li Ji'an arrived at Chen Zhaohu's residence, he happened to be returning with his teammates.

"Haha, I was wondering why the harvest was so good today. It turns out Brother Li is here. Come in, come in!" Chen Zhaohu greeted him from afar.

"Brother Li!"

"Long time no see!"

He also saw two acquaintances, the rogue cultivators who had sincerely advised him when he left here for the market ten years ago. Now, ten years had passed, and one was still stuck in the early stage of Qi training.

Five years ago, when Li Ji'an followed Alchemist Mo into the Yan family, Chen Zhaohu met with Yan Hongsheng, but they ultimately didn't reach an agreement.

It wasn't until two years later, when both families suffered heavy casualties, that the Yan family came to invite Chen Zhaohu to help again, but Chen Zhaohu was unwilling to wade into those troubled waters.

Because three years ago, he went deep into the Dragonfall Ridge Mountains and accidentally captured a Goldfur Rat that seemed to have treasure-hunting bloodline. With this Goldfur Rat, he found a Immortal opportunity for Chen Qingling.

The famous—Red Stone Rogue, who was well-known throughout the Dragonfall Ridge Wasteland, accepted Chen Qingling as his personal disciple!

He was famous not only because he was the only rogue cultivator in the Dragonfall Ridge Wasteland area who had successfully established a foundation in the past twenty years, but also because his treasure hunting skills were unmatched here.

However, it wasn't all fame; notoriety accounted for five points.

He had been chased by the Zheng family, the head of the eight great families in the wasteland, for nearly ten years, and in the end, no one knew how they reconciled.

However, the reason for the chase was well known—he had dug up the Zheng family's ancestral grave!

Of course, nowadays, few people dared to scold him in person, and the ancestors of the eight great families treated him with courtesy.

"Brother Li, feel free to speak your mind!" Chen Zhaohu said straightforwardly, leading Li Ji'an into the inner room.

With Chen Qingling having a good home, he was finally relaxed and increased his investment in himself, and his body refinement strength had improved further.

"Brother Chen, I would like to ask you to help me look out for a spirit insect called a Soul-Hosting Ant." After two years of studying beast taming, he had an idea for the next time he reverted to childhood, which required this kind of spirit insect for experimentation.

This spirit insect could temporarily host spiritual consciousness.

"Soul-Hosting Ant? What do you want that thing for? Those little things are well-hidden and probably hard to find." Chen Zhaohu looked puzzled.

That thing was useless except for temporarily hosting spiritual consciousness, and the ant nests were hidden very deep.

"It doesn't matter. It's not very urgent. Just help me keep an eye out when you patrol the mountains. If you find any traces, just let me know."

"Okay, a small matter. I'll keep an eye out in the future." Chen Zhaohu didn't ask any further and patted his chest to guarantee it.

That night, Chen Zhaohu warmly entertained him, and the two chatted for a long time.

The next day, Li Ji'an prepared to return to the clan, but Zhang Tiezhu still didn't want to leave and wanted to wait a few more days.

Li Ji'an understood his thoughts and didn't try to persuade him any further, promising to help him ask for leave from the clan.

That day, as soon as he returned to the clan, Yan Qingwan immediately sent someone to urgently invite him to the alchemy room.

Looking at Yan Qingwan, who was disheveled, with a haggard face, and covered in a lot of fly ash, Li Ji'an sighed helplessly.

She must have blown up the furnace again.

In his opinion, Yan Qingwan's comprehension was not bad, and she wasn't a careless person either. She actually had the talent of an alchemist, but she was just too impatient now.

It was also because the clan put too much pressure on her.

"Calm down. Failure is the mother of success. Let's try again." Without saying a word, Li Ji'an helped Yan Qingwan to calm down and try again.

As soon as Li Ji'an came in, Yan Qingwan immediately felt much less pressure, and her mood improved: "But you also said that it is also possible that 'success' will disown relatives, what to do?"

"Then use the golden stick to produce a filial son!"

"Pfft~"

Occasional jokes and teasing were very useful for regulating the mood.

Yan Qingwan quickly adjusted and, under Li Ji'an's guidance, calmed down and tried again.

—

With the cooperation consensus reached on the medicine field that the two clans were fighting for, both clans actively developed it.

Two years later, the medicine field began to produce spiritual herbs.

This also meant that Yan Qingwan had to step onto the stage.

The alchemy shop in the joint market reopened, and Alchemist Mo was replaced by Yan Qingwan as the resident alchemist. Naturally, Li Ji'an also needed to go with her.

If it were two years ago, he would have been a little reluctant to leave the spiritual veins of the Yan family's territory.

But after two years of hard cultivation, his plan to accumulate enough mana to break through to the middle stage of Qi training through sheer hard work failed, and now he didn't have much demand for spiritual veins.

First-order and second-order were the same to him at this stage.

What's more, he would have a salary this time when he followed Yan Qingwan to the alchemy shop.

The clan promised Yan Qingwan 40% of the profits from the alchemy shop, and Yan Qingwan took the initiative to propose sharing it equally with Li Ji'an.

In this way, he no longer had to only hope that Yan Qingwan would refine the breakthrough pill and the Essence Nourishing Pill.

As long as the alchemy shop's business was good enough, a year's salary should be enough to buy a Flying Cloud Pill.

This year, Li Ji'an was forty years old. Facing the approaching "reversion to childhood", it was time to plan and prepare well.

However, on the first day of setting off to the alchemy shop, Li Ji'an attended Zhang Tiezhu's wedding banquet.

It was not about love, but only for that slim hope.

Two years ago, Zhang Tiezhu waited for a full half month before returning to the clan in disappointment.

And in these two years, the Wei family and the Yan family cooperated and won-won, and there were no more wars.

The Yan clan was also busy with the medicine field, and the reclamation plan was temporarily put on hold, which led to the fact that it was more difficult for outsiders like him to have the opportunity to make contributions, and after he lost the relatively generous resource supply he had before, his cultivation growth became even slower.

In the end, he bowed his head to life!

In the current situation, he could only actively give birth to offspring with better spiritual roots for the Yan family, so as to maximize the possibility of exchanging for generous resources.