Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

The reason that Break-Through Pills, as special pills that forcibly condense the mana in the dantian and cause it to undergo instantaneous qualitative changes, must be successfully refined by senior alchemists is that they have no quality distinction. If any step in the pill condensation is insufficient, the pill cannot be formed.

Looking at the Flying Cloud Pill in Yan Qingwan's hand, Li Ji'an was a little surprised.

In recent years, the clan has invested in Yan Qingwan's alchemy skills almost regardless of cost. In addition, the early stage development of that medicinal field also requires a lot of investment. According to what he knows, the clan's financial situation is not very good, which has led to fierce competition among the clan members waiting for Break-Through Pills.

In addition, the pill shop's business has been dismal in the past year. Not only Yan Qingwan, but even the clan elders who fully support her are under great pressure.

It is really not easy for her to ask for a Flying Cloud Pill for herself at this time.

"Brother Li, in the eleven years we've known each other, you've shown me countless kindnesses. My alchemy skills can be what they are today because of you, not to mention your life-saving grace. Yet I've done so little for you. Over the years, I've long regarded you as my own brother, so please don't refuse!" Seeing Li Ji'an's expression, Yan Qingwan took another step forward, her words earnest.

"Okay! Li will remember this kindness!" Li Ji'an solemnly accepted the Flying Cloud Pill.

Yan Qingwan smiled with satisfaction: "Brother Li, you're too serious. This is just less than a tenth of repaying your kindness."

"Why not take it now and break through? I'll protect you from the side."

"Protect me?" Li Ji'an smiled wryly in his heart.

Breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Training is considered the smallest and lowest hurdle on the path of cultivation. Normally speaking, there is no need for protection. Only breakthroughs in major realms such as Foundation Establishment and Core Formation require protection.

However, he also understood. After all, with only two strands of spiritual root aptitude, perhaps in Yan Qingwan's perception, there has never been anyone with such a low spiritual root breaking through to the mid-stage of Qi Training. At least within the Yan family, only those with a spiritual root of at least five strands of spiritual charm are qualified to obtain a Flying Cloud Pill.

"Okay, you protect me!" He responded verbally, but his heart suddenly stirred: "I wonder if there will be a chance to protect her in the next life?"

His dantian had been completely transformed years ago, and his understanding of mana condensation was already thorough. Now that he had the Flying Cloud Pill, breaking through was just a matter of course.

After a little adjustment of his breath and concentration, Li Ji'an put the Flying Cloud Pill into his mouth…

A trace of coolness melted in his mouth, then converged into a line, slowly flowing into his abdomen, and then spreading throughout his body and limbs.

Li Ji'an carefully sensed the effect of its mana condensation, and firmly remembered every change in his heart.

"Swish~" In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Flying Cloud Pill liquid, which was originally slowly flowing into his limbs, suddenly accelerated, driving the spiritual energy integrated into his body to suddenly gather towards his dantian.

"So that's how it is…" Feeling the surge in spiritual pressure within his dantian, the originally thin gaseous mana gradually gathered, and indeed showed the preliminary signs of liquefaction.

At this point, he fully understood this so-called first hurdle of cultivation.

Based on his own situation, he deduced that perhaps with a spiritual root talent sensed by more than six strands of spiritual charm, he would have the confidence to break through without any external assistance, at most it would just take a little longer.

The condensation of mana in his dantian took half an hour.

When the final medicinal effect disappeared, the mana in his dantian had already undergone a qualitative change.

Compared to the early stage of Qi Training, although the mana was still thin, it was several times more condensed, and the overall energy was at least three times greater.

This year, Li Ji'an was forty-one years old and advanced to the fourth level of Qi Training.

He barely had the power to fight, and was no longer the lowest-level ant in the cultivation world.

Yan Qingwan had been staring intently from the side, and only after sensing the surge in his mana aura did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.

She was indeed a little worried, afraid that Li Ji'an's spiritual root and age would cause him to die violently from forcibly impacting the mid-stage of Qi Training.

"Congratulations, Brother Li, on successfully advancing to the mainstay of the mid-stage of Qi Training!"

"It's all thanks to Qingwan's Flying Cloud Pill." Li Ji'an's eyelids twitched slightly.

Mid-stage of Qi Training… mainstay… this congratulation made him a little ashamed.

In the following month, Li Ji'an stayed in the small courtyard in the west district to consolidate his cultivation in the mid-stage of Qi Training, and carefully comprehend the fundamental principles of cultivation after the mid-stage of Qi Training.

"Hoo~ Everything is the same, the higher you go, the less you can win by grinding!" After slowly finishing his practice, Li Ji'an shook his head slightly.

Talent can guarantee the upper limit, while grinding can only guarantee the lower limit.

After stepping into the mid-stage of Qi Training, daily cultivation is no longer about winning entirely by accumulating a large amount of mana like in the early stage, but also requires condensing mana. If you can't achieve a complete cycle of condensation, no matter how much mana you have, it's useless.

"If there are no accidents, the mid-stage of Qi Training will be my peak in this life!"

Li Ji'an was very calm about this.

He didn't have the domineering spirit of wanting to defy the heavens.

He was only somewhat looking forward to the talent of the next life, and also somewhat apprehensive, after all, he could only "rejuvenate" to the age of eight, and the state before the age of eight would inevitably still be the unsolvable reality of being in a land of spiritual exhaustion.

"After rejuvenating, I must enter the spiritual vein dojo as soon as possible to sense Qi."

"Also, the Nourishing Origin Pill!" Without this pill, he was a little unconfident.

"Hmm, and also a high-grade cultivation technique." In this life, in addition to the poor spiritual root, this low-grade "Nine Yang Art" cultivation technique is also a problem, the efficiency of refining mana is too poor.

In addition to mana, he also planned to prepare some body refining spirit crystals for the next life.

Even though his mana was now difficult to improve in this life, he still wanted to try to take his body refining a step further.

The "Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art" that Chen Zhaohu passed on to him was very extraordinary, and could at least support him up to the second-order of body refining.

Unfortunately, the pill shop's business was not good, there were no dividends, and relying only on the monthly salary of eight spirit stones, he couldn't buy enough thunder flame crystals.

After recognizing himself and planning for the future, Li Ji'an left the small courtyard and headed towards the pill shop.

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He could try refining pills himself.

Although his current pill fire could only support the refining of pills corresponding to the mid-stage of Qi Training, he was confident in the quality of the pills he could produce.

"Guest Elder Li, you've really kept me waiting." Just as he went out, a young man greeted him with a smile as if he had been waiting for him.

"You are?" Li Ji'an was slightly stunned.

The young man smiled obsequiously: "Guest Elder Li, don't worry about who I am, you just need to know that you're about to have great luck!"

Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly, with some guesses in his heart.

Sure enough, the young man then said: "You're really lucky to have caught the eye of my young master. The young master specially sent me to invite you to the top-notch Celestial Immortal Pavilion in the market, let's go."

Li Ji'an remained calm, but sighed in his heart.

In the past year, he had almost never met Zheng Tianxiang, and had even reduced his presence as much as possible except in the pill shop.

He was still able to find him.

"Those few handymen in the pill shop can't be kept." After slandering, Li Ji'an followed the young man to the Celestial Immortal Pavilion.

This kind of thing could not be refused. Saying it was an invitation was just a euphemism to flatter Li Ji'an.

As the young master of the Zheng family, he needed to consider the consequences if he wanted to move Yan Qingwan, but he didn't need to consider an elderly small cultivator with a different surname.

The courtesans in the cultivation world are not purely for physical needs like in the mortal world. In addition to the joy of physical union and the dual release of body and spirit, they are also linked to cultivation.

The harmony of heaven and earth, the mutual complementation of yin and yang, is the true Great Dao, and is by no means an unspeakable and dirty matter.

The female cultivators who work part-time here, in addition to being cultivators, must also practice dual cultivation secret techniques before they can work part-time here.

Moreover, when customers come here to spend money, the part-time female cultivators naturally cannot get spirit stones, the pleasure of the body, and the advantage of cultivation at the same time. Therefore, they will almost always feed back 80% of the dual cultivation mana or divine soul to the guests, and can only keep 20% for themselves.

Of course, in addition to meat dishes, there are also vegetarian dishes. Meat dishes rely on the dual cultivation method of yin and yang harmony, while vegetarian dishes rely entirely on talent, mainly music, massage, and bathing, which are more about purifying the mind, emptying the mind, and achieving the purpose of resolving knots and releasing pressure, which is very beneficial to the state of mind.

Zheng Tianxiang was in a private room on the third floor of the Celestial Immortal Pavilion.

"Guest Elder Li, I apologize for the abrupt invitation, please forgive me and have a seat." As soon as Li Ji'an appeared, Zheng Tianxiang greeted him with a warm smile.

Seeing his posture, Li Ji'an felt a little tricky in his heart. He had deduced several possibilities along the way. The easiest to deal with was the arrogant and brainless villain type. He could drive away wolves and tigers or lead tigers to fight each other.

The most difficult to deal with was the current type, a soft knife that doesn't draw blood, but is the most deadly.

"Someone, call all the fairies up and let Guest Elder Li choose!" Before Li Ji'an could respond, he had already ordered the Celestial Immortal Pavilion's madam to call the part-time fairies.