Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

As Bi Yun Sect's most stable, profitable, and long-lasting major industry, Golden Brilliance Immortal City should not be abandoned unless facing a sect-destroying crisis or a benefit many times greater.

After all, the Immortal City is not only a revenue-generating industry for Bi Yun Sect, but also an effective means to control the entire Cangyun Prefecture's trade and the economic lifeline of the major forces within the state.

Now that it is openly bidding for only a century of control, it indicates that it is not facing a sect-destroying crisis, but most likely has an opportunity that yields many times the revenue of these hundred years.

Combining this with the previous Spirit Replenishing Pill and Granny You, especially after subscribing to the Dibao gazette and gleaning various information about Bi Yun Sect... Li Ji'an is now almost certain that they have discovered some super ancient ruins or an extremely valuable secret realm in the Great Marsh Mountains, requiring a large amount of material and human resources to break open the ruins or secret realm.

Calculating the time, perhaps they had already secretly started ten years ago, and now it should be the most critical moment.

Thus... Li Ji'an understood many things.

No wonder they knew the bandits went to the wasteland a few years ago, but did not send anyone to pursue them.

No wonder Xiao Changfeng said that resources were becoming increasingly scarce.

No wonder they needed a technician census to recruit array mages.

...

Putting aside all thoughts of watching the excitement, Li Ji'an calmed his mind and focused on deducing the adverse effects on his safety.

A man without distant worries must have near troubles. Being able to anticipate crises in advance and nip them in the bud is more stable than relying on explosive comebacks every time a crisis occurs, and it is also more in line with Li Ji'an's temperament.

If he predicted correctly, once Bi Yun Sect sells the control of the Immortal City, they will definitely no longer be responsible for the safety of the Immortal City, after all, the problem of their lack of manpower has already been exposed.

In addition, since it has already been publicly sold, even if the Immortal City's reputation is poor during these hundred years, it will have nothing to do with Bi Yun Sect. Once it is taken back after a hundred years, it will quickly become prosperous again.

This first point alone made Li Ji'an frown slightly.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. If the Immortal City cannot even guarantee safety in the end, he must consider a way out in advance.

However, the forces that can afford to buy a century of control over the Immortal City will naturally not be small forces, and may even be comparable to Bi Yun Sect.

In order to ensure the Immortal City's revenue, they will definitely prioritize ensuring the Immortal City's safety and stability.

However... he was just afraid that it would ultimately be beyond their reach.

Apart from the Bi Yun Sect's main sect being nearby, with thousands of disciples ready to support and dispatch at any time, no force can achieve the safety of the Immortal City under Bi Yun Sect's control.

Moreover, considering that Tong Xiangyu revealed this situation a month ago, perhaps...

The actual ownership of the Immortal City for these hundred years will ultimately belong to extraterritorial chamber of commerce forces.

After all, the more emphasized something is in a public announcement, the more likely it is to be true.

The announcement emphasizes that it must be a local force in the Heavenly Azure Domain. This should not be a concern for Bi Yun Sect, which urgently needs resources, and it is likely to be the pressure from the Myriad Dharma Palace, the true co-lord of the Heavenly Azure Domain, that forced Bi Yun Sect to make such an announcement.

However, compared to the neighboring Myriad Commerce Domain, which is dominated by chambers of commerce and trades in various domains, the local forces in the Heavenly Azure Domain either cannot come up with the massive resources needed by Bi Yun Sect, or they look down on the Immortal City.

In the end, it is likely that some chambers of commerce in the Myriad Commerce Domain will control the number one Golden Brilliance Immortal City in Cangyun Prefecture by borrowing the shell of a force within the Heavenly Azure Domain.

Once this happens, the number of personnel from foreign forces who can enter the country is limited, and as a chamber of commerce in the Myriad Commerce Domain, profit must be the primary consideration. In order to save costs, they will definitely not be able to achieve the safety and stability of the Immortal City under the control of Bi Yun Sect.

"The outside of the Immortal City will probably not be as safe as before... The safety inside the Immortal City should be guaranteed... Bi Yun Sect's reputation should not dissipate so quickly... The chaos will also be a little bit at a time, at least there should be no worries within ten years."

After analyzing all the situations, Li Ji'an had a clear idea of the most important safety needs.

It will definitely get worse, but it will not have a big impact on him, and he can avoid it in advance with his current strength.

Next is the impact on his economy.

On this point, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and it is more beneficial than harmful for the entire Cangyun Prefecture.

At least the most important point is that some resources that were previously strictly controlled by Bi Yun Sect, which may affect the situation in the state or its ruling position, will be relaxed a lot.

Even Foundation Establishment Pills will not be as scarce as before.

Whether it is medicinal materials or talisman materials, or even formations and puppets, they will be more free.

In short, the economy will likely gradually change from a planned economy to a free economy.

This is definitely a good thing for monks like Li Ji'an who have superb skills and high-level resource needs.

The third possible impact on him is the future development issue.

Li Ji'an came to Immortal City to plan for Foundation Establishment. Originally, the planned economy under the rule of Bi Yun Sect had a great impact on this, but now it will improve.

However, subsequent cultivation may become more difficult, after all, after the chamber of commerce takes over, the competition for limited spiritual veins and dojos will become more intense.

As for this point, as long as his skills become more and more refined and his income increases day by day, he can ignore it.

For half a day, Li Ji'an repeatedly deduced the possible situations, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, with overall benefits.

That afternoon, Shopkeeper Wu sent a message that Tong Xiangyu wanted to see Yan Kongyi.

This time Li Ji'an did not accompany Yan Kongyi.

In the end, Tong Xiangyu agreed to Yan Kongyi's request, and even directly nodded to several of his strategic-level products.

"It will be in stock in three months."

Li Ji'an was even more certain of his guess when he learned of this result. Obviously, the so-called public auction was just a formality, and in fact, the buyer should have been determined before the news was announced.

"Unfortunately, my business acumen is not sensitive enough. If I had predicted this result earlier, I could have made a small profit." After running through some shops in the outer city in the afternoon and seeing the acquisition information they posted three months in advance, Li Ji'an smiled self-deprecatingly.

This year, with the income from talismans, the income increased by more than 1,000 spirit stones compared to last year, and now the spirit stone savings exceed 5,000.

He originally wanted to rely on the information gap to acquire some raw materials unique to Cangyun Prefecture, and sell them after the Immortal City changed hands, which should be able to have a 50% return. As a result, the so-called information gap was already an open secret in the eyes of the upper echelons.

Three days later, Bi Yun Sect issued another announcement that the one who obtained the century of control over Golden Brilliance Immortal City was the Qi family of Ten Thousand Swords, a family with a Golden Core True Person in Daoyuan Prefecture, Heavenly Azure Domain, a famous weapon refining family.

Obviously, a Golden Core family could not come up with the massive resources needed by Bi Yun Sect at one time, but they happened to offer a very high price.

This was another piece of good news for Li Ji'an. The Qi family, who could be used as a shell for the chamber of commerce, should not lack magical artifacts in Golden Brilliance Immortal City in the future, and maybe there will be second-order alchemy furnaces soon.

When the matter of the Immortal City was settled, Li Ji'an no longer spent any more energy on it.

While quietly waiting for the first grand market after the Immortal City changed owners, he also prepared to go to Bi Yun Sect to congratulate Old Xiao.

For the ultimate goal of immortality and for the guarantee after "rejuvenation", he needs to make friends widely, but it must be based on sincerity, let nature take its course, and not force it.

Li Ji'an relatively approved of Xiao Changfeng's character.

Moreover, because he had tasted the sweetness of the Fire Mountain trip before, he was willing to interact with him sincerely.

He also wanted to ask him for some experience and insights on Foundation Establishment.

On this day, Li Ji'an spent 280 spirit stones in a magical artifact shop in Immortal City to buy a fine magical artifact - the Azure Rock Shield.

Magical artifacts have a great relationship with the user. During the Qi training stage, they are mainly mid-to-low grade, and even the late Qi training stage may not be able to exert the power of high-grade magical artifacts.

Generally, the early Foundation Establishment stage mainly uses fine magical artifacts.

Only after the mid-Foundation Establishment stage will second-order magic weapons be used.

Although the magical artifact Li Ji'an chose was not a heavy gift, it was not too bad. The most important thing was that it was very suitable for Xiao Changfeng's earth-based cultivation technique.

An hour later, Li Ji'an arrived outside the mountain gate of Bi Yun Sect, which he had not seen for twenty-one years.

The towering mountain gate composed of continuous mountains, the misty mountains and forests, the peaks of Biyun that connect to the sky... still made Li Ji'an feel that this is immortality.