Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Duanmu Qin was very satisfied with Li Ji'an's attitude and reaction.

Firstly, he was clearly tempted by the treasures of heaven and earth.

Secondly, he was not a mindless fool.

If it weren't so, she wouldn't have taken a fancy to Li Ji'an.

Those like Hua Hongling, who lacked foresight and acted impulsively upon the first probing, were not worth plotting with.

Most importantly, now was not the best time.

Only muddy waters make it easy to fish.

This was just the first probing; there would be ample time in the future.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you will know in the future that my sincerity is sufficient," Duanmu Qin said with a graceful bow.

Li Ji'an nodded.

"Oh, right, I originally prepared a gift for Xiao Qiao. Would you mind, Fellow Daoist Li, passing it on to her?" Before leaving, Duanmu Qin took out a jade hairpin from her storage bag.

"Fairy is too kind. I will thank Fairy on behalf of Xiao Qiao," Li Ji'an said, accepting the jade hairpin.

"Fellow Daoist Li, Xiao Qiao is already a grown girl. If there's anything inconvenient for you, you can let her interact with me more often."

Li Ji'an smiled slightly. Over the years, he had often guided her in his spare time. Xiao Qiao's personality was much better now, and she was already a graceful young woman, a mid-stage Qi Refinement cultivator. He often encouraged Xiao Qiao to go out and about.

"I will definitely tell Xiao Qiao."

After seeing Duanmu Qin off, Li Ji'an scanned the jade hairpin with his divine sense, confirmed that there were no problems, and handed it over to Xiao Qiao.

In the following six months, news of great opportunities constantly emerged from the Great Marsh Mountain Range ruins.

Golden Brilliance Immortal City also welcomed another sustained surge of people.

Not only did rogue cultivators from the entire Azure Cloud State flock here to try their luck, but many family cultivators also came to wait for opportunities.

Obviously, the news of the ruins' harvest was likely targeted, but it was definitely deliberately spread by someone with ulterior motives, and it was mostly exaggerated.

On this day, Li Ji'an finally received good news from Yan Qingwan.

She said that two and a half years ago, the bandits suddenly disintegrated, and the remnants were slaughtered by the Zheng family and the Four Families Alliance.

Just as the Yan family began to deal with the encirclement and suppression by the Zheng family and the Four Families Alliance, the young master of the Zheng family suddenly died at the hands of the Li family of Clear Water River, one of the Four Families Alliance.

Traces of a second-order talisman were left at the scene, and the Zheng family pointed the finger at the Li family. Eventually, the Zheng family and the Four Families Alliance fought fiercely.

The dying old ancestor of the Zheng family exchanged the old ancestor of the Li family, and used the Li family's territory as a condition to exchange for the other three families to stand by.

In the end, the Li family was destroyed, and their territory was obtained by the three families.

The Zheng family, with only two Foundation Establishment old ancestors remaining, was even more severely injured. They offered compensation to the Yan family and the Three Families Alliance, and the two Foundation Establishment old ancestors personally signed a blood contract, vowing never to offend again in their lifetime.

A year later, the Three Families Alliance broke out in infighting due to uneven distribution of spoils.

The Yan family used distant alliances and close attacks, and took down the nearest Wei family with thunderous methods. The Yan family had three Foundation Establishment cultivators, and only the old ancestor was injured.

After that, the northeastern two families felt a sense of shared fate, and once again swore an alliance, acknowledging the Yan family's dominance in the wasteland, and offering the Li family territory of Clear Water River with both hands, signing a blood contract.

Since then, the wasteland has returned to stability.

The Yan family, with three Foundation Establishment cultivators, occupied three second-order spiritual veins, replacing the Zheng family of the past, and becoming the number one family in the wasteland.

Li Ji'an was very pleased with this result.

He, a mere rogue cultivator, was powerless to influence the general trend of the wasteland, but what he most wanted to see was naturally a favorable outcome for the Yan family.

The Yan family's ability to have today is inseparable from the cohesion within the family, and the primary credit for cultivating this cohesion goes to the patriarch Yan Zongsheng.

What was slightly regrettable was that the Seventh Elder Yan Hongsheng died for the family in the decisive battle for hegemony in the wasteland.

"Jiang Yunzhou, the hall master of the Bi Yun Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, requests to see all fellow Daoists!" Just as he put away the message talisman, a dignified voice suddenly came from the core area where Li Ji'an was located.

"Jiang Yunzhou?" Li Ji'an was no stranger to this person. He was the chief true disciple who ranked first in the trial during the same period as him.

He encountered him when he returned from Flame Mountain ten years ago, and he had already established his foundation early at that time.

Later, when he was helping Xiao Changfeng relieve his worries, he learned that his identity was not simple. He was the grandson of Jiang Wannian, one of the ten great protecting Jindan elders of the Bi Yun Sect!

Now he was actually the hall master of the Law Enforcement Hall!

Li Ji'an got up and walked outside.

"Uncle Li!"

"Fellow Daoist Li."

When he arrived at the front yard, Duanmu Qin had just said goodbye to Xiao Qiao.

Since Duanmu Qin came once half a year ago and gave Xiao Qiao a gift, she often came to Li's residence under various pretexts.

Given that it was beneficial to Xiao Qiao's personality, Li Ji'an didn't say much, but she was also very measured, and she only stayed in the front yard each time she came.

Looking at Xiao Qiao, Li Ji'an smiled slightly. After being slightly dressed up by Duanmu Qin, she was already a beautiful and alluring woman.

This also made Xiao Qiao much more confident, and laughter was often heard.

"Fairy Qin, let's go," Li Ji'an said, and walked out of Li's residence side by side with Duanmu Qin.

As soon as they left the mansion, they saw a man in a vermilion robe not far away in the center of the area, standing in mid-air, with his hands behind his back, looking down at this place.

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"Mid-stage Foundation Establishment!" His aura of mana was not restrained, and it permeated this place arbitrarily.

Li Ji'an remembered that his spiritual root was not particularly good back then, only twenty-six strands of high-grade spiritual root.

According to the experience here, a high-grade spiritual root normally takes about thirty years from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. If there are sufficient high-grade or above elixirs to supplement cultivation, it can be shortened by 40%, and if you often hone your skills in fighting, it will also have a 10% effect.

But at the fastest, it would take sixteen or seventeen years.

But it only took him thirteen years from Foundation Establishment to mid-stage Foundation Establishment.

"In addition to extraordinary techniques, I am afraid there are also many supplements of natural treasures!" Li Ji'an nodded secretly.

Carefully sensing his aura of mana again, it was strong and thick, more than twice as strong as his own mana.

"Greetings, Hall Master Jiang!" The eight people in the core area all bowed and paid their respects.

No matter how much they complained in private, as long as they were still in Azure Cloud State, the Bi Yun Sect was the sky.

Even the Goushi master came out in person to pay his respects this time.

"You may dispense with the formalities!" Jiang Yunzhou glanced down, and then his eyes narrowed.

"Everyone, I, Jiang, will not beat around the bush with you. My Bi Yun Sect has been established for five thousand years,诛邪魔、斩盗匪、挡外敌, 保一州太平, How many sect brothers and sisters have died and disappeared? Do you think it is a great kindness?"

"This time, in order to ensure the state's peace for ten thousand years and strengthen the sect's strength, my sect does not hesitate to risk emptying the foundation, collect countless resources, and spend more than ten years to finally break open the ruins."

"During this period, how many excellent sect brothers and sisters were willing to contribute their key cultivation resources, just for the sake of peace for ten thousand years in the future."

"During this period, countless immortal seedlings with extraordinary talents were buried in the ruins. Can their blood flow in vain?"

"But... now that there is finally something to gain, I never thought that there would be those with ulterior motives, spreading rumors, bewitching the world, and actually snatching the opportunities of the ruins from my sect! Do you think they deserve to die?"

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"You are all great cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage in the Immortal City, and you have enjoyed the spiritual veins of the Immortal City for many years. This time... do not misunderstand yourselves!"

In the end, Jiang Yunzhou said the real purpose of this trip.

Killing the chicken to warn the monkey!

However, no matter how arrogant his aura and how harsh his tone were, Li Ji'an could see through his actual bluster at a glance!

The fact that he came here today to say these words was already very telling.

The dignified Bi Yun Sect actually began to care about these few Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators.

What does it mean?

It means that these few Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators may also make them feel threatened.

If it were normal, these Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators would probably not even be looked at by the Bi Yun Sect, and they would dare to go and kill them with a wave of their hands.

But now they came specifically to warn and threaten them.

Li Ji'an's eyes narrowed slightly: "Is the situation already so tense? Could it be the pressure from the two northern states?"

Duanmu Qin's eyes flashed even more, and she licked her cherry lips subconsciously.