Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Seventeen years ago, when I came to the market, I followed Yan Qingwan, riding the family's spiritual steed.

Seventeen years later, for the first time leaving the market, Li Ji'an summoned a flying sword, leaped up, and rode away on it.

This was a low-grade magic tool, forged from Flame Iron and Fire Cloud Sand, with a bonus to fire-type mana. He bought it for eighteen spirit stones.

Besides wanting to experience the sword flight he had fantasized about since childhood, he also wanted to understand his own situation and the situation of flying with a tool, so that he could know himself and his enemy in terms of flying.

At the quiet city gate, the casual cultivators coming and going were suddenly attracted by the red light, and they all subconsciously looked up at the ethereal figure in the air.

Many people showed envious expressions.

To be able to support flying with a tool, one must at least be a mid-stage Qi training cultivator, and to be able to travel long distances with a tool, one must at least be a late-stage Qi training grand cultivator. This was beyond the reach of many early-stage Qi training small casual cultivators at the city gate.

Li Ji'an stood on the flying sword with his hands behind his back, his figure upright, slightly raising his head. As mana poured into the flying sword under his feet, the speed quickly reached its limit, and then he stopped accelerating and continued to rise.

Until the crowd below became smaller and smaller, the mana shield finally couldn't withstand the external pressure and reached its limit again.

A moment later, in the envious and puzzled eyes of the scattered cultivators below, Li Ji'an slowly landed, put away his flying sword, untied the spiritual steed tied to the city gate, and rode away.

Flying was forbidden in the market. This was Li Ji'an's first time driving a flying sword, and he roughly understood his speed and height limits.

The height limit was slightly better than his body cultivator's burst of Qi and blood, but the speed limit was still not as good, and it was not sustainable.

Three hours later, the Yan family's territory came into view.

"Guest Elder Li."

"Alchemist Li."

"Little Li is back."

Because of Yan Qingwan's exposure, Li Ji'an's reputation in the clan had greatly increased. As soon as he entered the clan's territory, most of the people he met took the initiative to greet him.

Of course, most of those who greeted him were male cultivators and married female cultivators. The few unmarried female cultivators he met either turned a blind eye or deliberately glared at him, with a hint of provocation.

When he arrived at the core spiritual vein area, he learned that the clan was discussing important matters, so Li Ji'an simply went to Zhang Tiezhu's house first.

"My darling, come, come, come over here, Daddy will be your horse..." Just as he arrived at the door, a familiar and strange voice came from inside.

Familiar because it was Zhang Tiezhu's voice, strange because the voice had a bit more relaxation and satisfaction.

In last year's letter, Zhang Tiezhu said that he had given birth to his third child, also a son, and he thought he looked like him when he was a child, and he liked him very much.

"Tie Zhu."

"Brother, you... how did you come back?" Zhang Tiezhu picked up his youngest son and quickly came to Li Ji'an.

The two were ten years apart in age, and Zhang Tiezhu's cultivation was even higher, but at this moment, compared to the two, Li Ji'an's face was thin, his figure was slender, and although he could see the precipitation of time on his face, the whole person was still full of energy.

On the other hand, Zhang Tiezhu, dressed in silk brocade, with a rich face and a big belly, looked more like a landlord than a cultivator.

Li Ji'an had actually expected this. In the early years, Zhang Tiezhu talked most about his own cultivation in his letters.

Especially when he had his first child, the clan gave him a lot of resources. At that time, he was full of confidence and determined to attack the late stage of Qi training, and even thought about foundation establishment.

He also asked Li Ji'an if he could go back to the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty again to reveal the truth here.

However, as Yan Jue grew up little by little, his letters would occasionally mention the child's affairs, with laughter, scolding, and anger.

Until Yan Jue was eight years old, when he first predicted the upper limit of his future spiritual roots, the clan elders judged that it was very likely to break through to the middle-grade spiritual roots, which made him overjoyed again.

The difference was that the clan also rewarded him with many resources, but he did not mention it again.

Later, he learned that he had left those rewards to Yan Jue, and judging from his tone, it was not completely voluntary, and there was pressure from his Dao companion.

It was also from that time that he rarely talked about his own cultivation in his letters. What he talked about most was Yan Jue and his Dao companion, with a lot of complaints.

Until recent years, in addition to talking about his son's situation, his letters were mostly about some trivial matters in the clan, or some gossip, and he had completely regarded himself as a member of the Yan family.

Li Ji'an could feel the change in his attitude towards life over the years, becoming more and more relaxed and satisfied.

Before the third child was born, he also fell in love with fishing.

"The family head summoned me," Li Ji'an explained with a smile.

"Hmm? The family head is looking for you? This..." Zhang Tiezhu instantly became vigilant, remembering what happened last time.

Seeing his reaction, Li Ji'an felt that he might know something.

"Tie Zhu, what do you know?"

Zhang Tiezhu was immediately a little flustered.

Almost subconsciously, he wanted to tell the truth of that day, but... when the words came to his lips, he remembered the clan elder's warning that day, and he also remembered his current family.

Especially since a family of five had to rely on the Yan family to live.

He himself didn't care, but his son was his weakness, and he didn't want his son to lose his Dao path because of him.

Seeing his hesitant look, Li Ji'an instantly became alert.

He had analyzed the Yan family, and even deduced that the Yan family was a family with outward righteousness and inner demons. It shouldn't be possible for them to be unfavorable to him. He had a trace of worry when he first entered the Yan family.

He was afraid that after the Yan family knew about his alchemy talent, they would imprison him and force him to refine pills day and night as a black slave.

After all, this kind of thing had happened in the history of the cultivation world, so the alchemists in this world basically would not have too much contact with forces or outsiders they didn't understand.

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It was not until he was unable to break through the mid-stage of Qi training and his alchemy fire was not condensed enough, and Yan Qingwan had grown up, that he completely dispelled his worries.

Even when Yan Qingwan exposed his alchemy talent before, he didn't think that the Yan family would be unfavorable to him.

After thinking calmly for a moment, Li Ji'an still had no clue and couldn't think of any reason why the Yan family would be unfavorable to him.

"Hey, Brother Li, let me tell you, some time ago, the Great Elder..." After a while of inner struggle, Zhang Tiezhu sighed and finally chose to tell what happened that day.

"!!!" Li Ji'an's eyes widened after hearing what Zhang Tiezhu said.

This matter was really beyond his expectations.

However, after a little thought, he didn't care too much.

After all, this was a huge misunderstanding.

Furthermore, if the Yan family was really unfavorable to him because of this matter, it would be impossible for them to call him back to the clan like this. They could completely solve it outside.

Moreover, Yan Qingwan must not know about this matter either.

After chatting for a while, Yan Zongsheng sent someone to invite him.

Li Ji'an gave a bottle of marrow washing pills, which were regarded as immortal pills in the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty, as a gift to Zhang Tiezhu's youngest son, Yan Qing, and said goodbye to Zhang Tiezhu.

Because he had obtained Zhang Tiezhu's leak in advance, all of Yan Zongsheng's strange behaviors and words were much more normal in Li Ji'an's eyes at this moment.

After he affirmed Li Ji'an's achievements and contributions, and emphasized Yan Qingwan's role and hope for the future of the family, he finally said his purpose euphemistically.

"Chang'an, it's not that our Yan family can't accommodate you, and we are not ungrateful people, but... for the prosperity of the family and for Qingwan's immortal path to go further, we can only ask you to leave. You can make any request!"

Li Ji'an had actually thought about it on the way from Tiezhu's house.

Although he was unhappy about being driven away, he also understood, and it seemed like the right time to leave now. His return to youth in this life was probably within the next ten years. Even if he was not driven away at this time, he would find an excuse to leave in a year or two at most.

In comparison, it seemed better to be driven away at this time.

But he still sincerely explained that this matter was a misunderstanding. He only regarded Yan Qingwan as a younger sister, and he was also very sure that Yan Qingwan only regarded him as a relative brother, and there was no problem they were worried about.

However, in order to avoid suspicion and worry, he agreed to Yan Zongsheng's decision.

The conditions were even simpler: First, he wanted a Nourishing Source Pill.

Second, if possible in the future, he hoped that the clan could accept his children into the clan.

Yan Zongsheng was a little self-doubtful about Li Ji'an's understanding, and he was not confident whether what he was doing at this time was right. In the end, he not only agreed to Li Ji'an's two requests, but also gave him an additional three hundred spirit stones as compensation.

An hour later, Li Ji'an put away the Yan family's Ascension Token and Nourishing Source Pill, silently walked out of the Yan family, and went alone to the Dragonfall Mountain Range in the south...

On the main building of the Yan family, Yan Zongsheng stood on the top floor, looking at the white-clothed lonely figure who didn't look back, holding the "Li Family Pill Transmission" that Li Ji'an had given him, and sighed quietly.