Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

That instant of condensed spiritual consciousness, resonating with heaven and earth, drawing upon the spiritual energies of the world, was a profound and mysterious state, as if merging with the very fabric of the universe.

It not only bypassed the shielding restrictions of the meditation room, but even the False Core True Person and Yan Qingwan were completely unaware.

Now outside the main hall, Yan Qingwan finally couldn't help but ask, "Fan'er, are you not even satisfied with being an ordinary inner disciple?"

Li Ji'an could no longer restrain himself. Staggering, he immediately sat down cross-legged to consolidate the sea of consciousness where his spiritual sense had just formed.

This could be considered the greatest gain of this trip.

After a moment, once his sea of consciousness had stabilized, Li Ji'an smiled and replied, "Aunt, I only learned from the deacon's explanation of the sect rules that if I am just an ordinary inner disciple, not only will I not be able to receive the sect's sacred techniques, but I will also have to frequently perform sect missions and be forced to enter secret realm trials, which are fraught with many risks. It is said that there are casualties every year in the secret realm trials.

Father once said: If you seek the longevity of immortality, safety should always come first."

"…" Yan Qingwan was instantly stunned.

Although she didn't believe that Li Ji'an would know about the sect elder's step-by-step persuasion in the meditation room, she never expected that he would give up for this reason.

"Brother Li… he himself is unwilling to take risks his whole life, unwilling to compete, and that's fine, but he actually teaches Fan'er like this?"

In the cultivation world, resources are king, and opportunities and fortunes must be fought for.

If you are unwilling to take even a sliver of risk, are you just waiting for resources and opportunities to fall into your lap?

Moreover, sect trials are also for tempering magical power, and life-and-death battles can also increase understanding, which is beneficial for breaking through realm bottlenecks.

They, these wilderness families, don't even have the chance to enter secret realms to gamble for opportunities. If they had the chance to enter a secret realm, they would rush headlong even knowing there was a 50% chance of death.

Cultivation is like crossing a single-plank bridge with a thousand troops; how can you succeed without fighting and competing?

Even she, as a core junior cultivated by the family from a young age, has been trying her best to compete along the way, and the risks that should be taken must be taken.

Striving for cultivation resources, striving to become a Pill Master, striving to obtain the family's Foundation Establishment support.

…

After frowning for a moment, Yan Qingwan felt relieved.

As a father without the burden of a family, without the pressure of inheritance, not seeking how successful his children will be, but only seeking their peace and happiness, is also a kind of love!

Even this kind of love is purer than the love of hoping one's child will become a dragon.

At least she asked herself, if she had children, she probably wouldn't be able to do it.

After all, her grandfather placed great hopes on her father, hoping he would become a dragon, and her father placed great hopes on her, hoping she would become a phoenix. Asking her to suddenly not demand anything from the next generation… is difficult.

"Good! Aunt finally understands." Yan Qingwan looked at Li Ji'an and finally realized that the decision she had made for him before was only based on her own knowledge and ideas.

Perhaps Brother Li sent him into the family not expecting him to go far on the path of cultivation, but hoping for his peace and happiness even more.

Without saying more, the two left the Azure Cloud Sect.

Back in Golden Radiance Immortal City, Zhao Shuyao was slightly regretful upon hearing the result, but she still encouraged him not to be discouraged, to take things one step at a time, and that the future was unknown. She left a message jade slip, telling Li Ji'an not to lose contact.

She didn't say anything else that might cause Yan Qingwan to misunderstand. After all, Li Ji'an returning to the Yan family was still the best outcome, at least he could spend the early stages of Qi training relatively safely.

That day, Yan Qingwan took Li Ji'an back.

Four months ago, Li Ji'an's spirit root test shocked the family. When they set off, many family members were envious and full of expectations for him.

Now, returning, judging from the results alone, it was somewhat of an anticlimactic return.

However, whether it was Yan Qingwan or Li Ji'an himself, they both knew the real reason, and their hearts were actually very calm.

It wasn't that the Azure Cloud Sect didn't value Li Ji'an, but that Li Ji'an gave up on the Azure Cloud Sect.

Yan Qingwan couldn't tell others about being poached by the sect, as it would easily arouse suspicion within the family.

Li Ji'an thought very clearly and had his own steady plans.

His greatest expectation for this life, compared to his previous life, was actually that his spirit root could be slightly better and that he could start in the Yan family, without having to worry about making a living while cultivating.

Now, these have actually been achieved.

The sect trip was not without gains. At least the three-day aptitude trial unexpectedly allowed him to break through the shackles of his previous life in terms of his soul.

His current Foundation Establishment-stage spiritual sense can almost guarantee his safety in the wilderness.

Four months later, Yan Qingwan brought Li Ji'an back to the family.

In addition to some sighs of regret, there were also some gossips. After all, the moment Li Ji'an went to participate in the sect trial, it could be said that he had broken away from the family.

Now that he was returning, it was normal for the lower-level family members to have some opinions.

An outsider occupying the family's common resources was harming their immediate interests.

That night, the family head, Yan Zongsheng, found him.

First, on behalf of the family, he discussed his future development with him.

If Li Ji'an could change his surname and make a Demonic Heart Oath, vowing not to leave the Yan family for the rest of his life, the Yan family could cultivate him as a core disciple. All resources would depend on Li Ji'an's future performance, but he also made it clear that he shouldn't count on Foundation Establishment.

This condition was actually Yan Zongsheng's natural thought before Li Ji'an's spirit root test. At that time, he thought that Li Ji'an had entered the family with the Immortal Ascension Token in order to become a member of the Yan family, and changing his surname was an honor. However, the result of the spirit root test made him realize that he could no longer be wishful thinking.

Li Ji'an had also expected this and never hoped that he would be cultivated as a core family member. As long as he agreed to the promise from his previous life, allowing him to cultivate in the family's Dao field would be enough.

Even the free pills provided by the family, to be honest, he wouldn't take them even if they were given to him in this life. He had learned his lesson in his previous life: accelerated cultivation pills that are not of high quality will cause thin magical power and have more or less side effects. Even if he wanted to take pills in this life, he would only take the high-quality pills he refined himself.

After politely declining this condition, Yan Zongsheng reached a consensus with him in his personal capacity. Based solely on the Pill Dao inheritance left from his previous life and the merit of helping Yan Qingwan become a senior Pill Master, he could stay in the Yan family to cultivate, but he would not receive extra resources, and there would be no restrictions on him.

The next day, Yan Qingwan came again in her personal capacity to teach him the "Flame Dragon Art," a high-grade cultivation technique, but signed a Soul Contract that it could not be passed on to others, and hired him as a pill apprentice in the capacity of a family Pill Master, without a salary but with the ability to guide his Pill Dao.

Subsequently, Yan Kongyi also recruited him as a talisman apprentice in his personal capacity, with a monthly salary of one spirit stone.

Yan Hongsheng was even more direct: I can give my spirit stones to whoever I want. The forefathers planted the trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade. His father planted the trees for him; can't he enjoy the shade? He just wanted to teach Li Ji'an body refinement.

In addition, he moved out of Old Ancestor Qingwan's Dao field and was given a small courtyard on the edge of the spiritual vein.

However, the spiritual energy was still abundant enough for his Qi training stage cultivation, and the key was that it was quiet and undisturbed. Guagua finally had a stable home after years of wandering.

At this point, at least the mouths of the family members were shut, and there was no more gossip on the surface.

Li Ji'an finally began his steady cultivation path in this life…

Far ahead of his previous life!

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Three years passed in a flash.

"Qi Training Fourth Layer!" In these three years, Li Ji'an prioritized cultivating his magical power and temporarily postponed Yan Qingwan, Yan Kongyi, and Yan Hongsheng's requests, going all out to cultivate.

Relying on his strong physique and powerful soul, he still cultivated five times more each day than ordinary early-stage Qi training cultivators.

In his previous life, he had just reached the third layer of Qi training in three years, and that was because he had taken many of Yan Qingwan's practice pills. But in this life, in three years, he directly broke through to the middle stage of Qi training.

Three months ago, he had already reached the peak of the third layer of Qi training.

With the experience of the bottleneck in the middle stage of Qi training from his previous life, he was very clear about the principle of this barrier. The main reason for the poor spirit root was that the spiritual pressure formed by the one-time absorption of spiritual energy was insufficient to cause the dantian to transform, so he needed the assistance of a breakthrough pill.

In this life, the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy with his nineteen strands of fire spirit root was nearly ten times that of his previous life. There was no problem with spiritual pressure. Once he understood the transformation of the dantian and the principle of condensing gaseous magical power into a misty state, it was almost accomplished in one fell swoop.

The reason why it took three months to break through was just to be cautious. In fact, there was no bottleneck for him in the middle stage of Qi training.

"Compared to the peak of my previous life, my magical power is more condensed and thicker. In this case, the condensed pill fire can directly try mid-stage pills, and it should be enough to draw talismans." After carefully sensing it, Li Ji'an felt happy.

"Did you break through?" Just as he finished his cultivation, a loud shout came from outside the courtyard. It was Yan Qing, Zhang Tiezhu's youngest son.

In these three years, Yan Qing often came to him and would pass on some of his experiences each time.

Yan Qing was two years older than him, with an eleven-strand, mid-grade spirit root. Half a year ago, he also broke through to the fourth layer of Qi training without the help of a breakthrough pill.

"Just lucky," Li Ji'an invited him into the courtyard.

"Father is right. You are indeed like your father, a monster!" Yan Qing sighed.

"Uncle Tiezhu is too kind."

"Hey, are you really not considering joining the Yan family? You don't have to change your surname. Like my father, just marry a Yan family woman." Yan Qing persuaded again.

Li Ji'an quickly waved his hand, "Brother Qing, please don't persuade me anymore. Everyone has their own ambitions, and I have my own ideas."

"What? Do you really want to hope for Foundation Establishment? It's not easy outside." Yan Qing shook his head.

Li Ji'an didn't say anything more.

After seeing Yan Qing off, Li Ji'an's spiritual sense moved, and a frog's head emerged from a pond on the edge of the courtyard.

"Be patient, polishing more is not a bad thing. When I reach Foundation Establishment, I will definitely get you a Blood Coagulation Pill to help you break through to the second stage." Guagua had already reached the late stage of the first stage five years ago, but with its low-grade bloodline talent, it was almost impossible to break through to the second stage on its own. It must have the Blood Coagulation Pill to assist it.

However, the Blood Coagulation Pill is comparable to the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he cannot give it for the time being.

He can only keep encouraging it.

Moreover, since returning to the Yan family in his second life, it had spent almost all of those seven years foraging in the mountains, self-sufficient.

Li Ji'an felt that if it weren't for the Beast Controlling Token, it might have left him long ago, so he often took the time to cultivate their intimacy during these three years, and now their relationship has warmed up.

After cultivating intimacy with Guagua for a while, a vibration suddenly came from his arms.

Taking out the message talisman, Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly.

It was Xiao Changfeng.

A year ago, Xiao Changfeng suddenly sent a letter, informing Li Ji'an that after Li Ji'an took the initiative to give up, Xiao Changfeng filled the vacancy and became an inner disciple as he wished. Grateful for Li Ji'an's kindness, he then sent a message talisman and often contacted him.

During a previous message, Li Ji'an asked him to help inquire about Zhu Linxian's news. After all, among the five people who came to the cultivation world together, Zhu Linxian was the only one with no news.

Now there was finally a clue.