Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

"What? Brother… you… you haven't given up yet?" Chen Zhaohu was quite surprised by Li Ji'an's departure.

Over the past year, the situation in the gathering area and the part-time rogue cultivators in the team were enough to make him recognize reality.

He still wants to cultivate immortality!

Li Ji'an sighed, "Body refinement doesn't lead to longevity."

"Longevity… you still want longevity?" Hearing Chen Zhaohu's voice, teammates who were packing up to leave gathered around.

Chen Qingling even burst out laughing.

He had also had this naive idea before, but after truly embarking on cultivation, he no longer dared to have such delusions. If he could become a late-stage Qi Refinement expert in this life, it would be worth his elder brother's efforts.

"Old Li, you're a bit out of touch with reality. Leaving aside everything else, in this Fallen Dragon Ridge wilderness, there are countless people who have embarked on cultivation, but those who can break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refinement are already outstanding. Those who reach the late stage of Qi Refinement are solid combat forces and backbones of various families, but they only have a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years. Longevity… tsk tsk." A rogue cultivator at the third level of Qi Refinement was also a bit dumbfounded.

"To tell you the truth, I regret it. If I had known that cultivation was so difficult, I would never have given up my father's shop to cultivate this damned immortality!"

"Steadfastly refine your body, and you can become a prominent figure in this gathering area, living a leisurely and comfortable life."

…

Everyone spoke up to persuade him.

Some were using their own experiences to persuade him, while others were reluctant to let the mascot in Chen Zhaohu's mouth leave. Li Ji'an could distinguish this clearly.

Li Ji'an acknowledged that what everyone said was correct.

But he was still determined to leave.

Since he insisted on leaving, Chen Zhaohu naturally couldn't keep him.

"Alright, alright, since you haven't given up, then go. But remember, the door to my Chen Zhaohu's place is always open for you, and you are welcome to come back at any time."

"Thank you, Brother Chen!" Li Ji'an cupped his fist.

"Qingling, you go with your Brother Li. When you get to the market, take good care of him for me."

"Brother Li, you are steady and meticulous in your actions. Also, help me watch this little brat and don't let him learn bad things in the Immortal Market." Chen Zhaohu instructed Chen Qingling and Li Ji'an separately.

Chen Qingling frowned, unwilling, but he didn't dare to disobey his elder brother's words and nodded helplessly.

Li Ji'an smiled and agreed. He needed a guide to the market, and compared to strangers, he trusted Chen Zhaohu's brother, with whom he had spent a year, more.

"Old Li, if you want to buy pills in the future, you can look for me. I have a source that's much cheaper than the shops…"

"Brother Li, when you enter the market, the thing you need to worry about most is not cultivation, but earning spirit stones. Everything there requires spirit stones, so you need to think about it as soon as possible."

…

Since things had come to this, others also began to offer suggestions.

Soon after, Chen Zhaohu personally escorted Li Ji'an and Chen Qingling to the post station.

"Old Zhou, I'm counting on you."

Chen Zhaohu paid the spirit horse driver twenty taels of spirit sand, then walked up to Li Ji'an and secretly stuffed a small bag into his hand: "Brother, spirit stones are needed everywhere in the market, and life is not easy. I don't have much, but take these."

The feeling in his hand made Li Ji'an feel happy. There should be ten spirit stones.

"Thank you!" Li Ji'an looked at him seriously, remembering this kindness in his heart.

Having lived for five lifetimes, unless there was a conflict of interest, or he didn't want to associate with them, he could maintain good relationships. Otherwise, there would really be a problem with his character and emotional intelligence.

Forming good relationships was not just talk.

Old Zhou's spirit horse was purchased from the Beast Taming Liu family in the north. It was a first-tier primary level spirit horse with low-grade barbaric bloodline, mainly used for long-distance travel, and could travel a thousand miles a day.

Back then, Old Zhou even borrowed spirit stones from Chen Zhaohu to do this business.

In less than an hour, Li Ji'an was already standing at the gate of the United Market.

The United Market did not have a long history. It was developed simultaneously by two pioneering families eighty years ago.

After that, the two shallow-rooted Qi Refinement families fought fiercely to seize this first-tier low-grade spiritual vein.

Various methods emerged during this period.

However, in the end, the鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 (idiom: while the snipe and clam grapple, the fisherman profits).

In order to compete for this spiritual land, the two Qi Refinement families used all their means to win over other families who had successfully pioneered the wilderness in the early days.

As a result, both Qi Refinement families were wiped out before these families stood up.

After that, the two Qi Refinement families disappeared into the dustbin of history, and the United Market came into being, jointly managed and operated by eight families.

Passing through the market gate, Li Ji'an paid the five taels of spirit sand entry fee, while Chen Qingling took out his jade token for residing in the market.

"Hey, let's make this clear first. Don't interfere with my affairs. If my brother asks, just say everything is fine. In exchange, you can ask me anything you don't understand, but you have to exchange it for fried chicken wings!" As soon as they entered the city gate, Chen Qingling said first.

Li Ji'an nodded, which was exactly what he wanted.

The scale of the market was slightly smaller than the gathering area, only because its spiritual vein was only first-tier primary level and could not cover too large an area.

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Even the current scale was already a bit excessive, and the spiritual energy in the most marginal areas was almost as thin as the outside.

But it was enough for Qi Refinement beginners.

"South Street is the commercial district, mostly the property of the eight major families here, as well as scattered branch shops of large forces from other places. Pills, weapons, talismans, and formations are all available, but you won't need them for the time being, so you don't need to go there.

North Street is the stall area, where rogue cultivators mostly sell goods. The quality is definitely not as good as those well-known shops, but the advantage is that the price is cheap.

Don't go to the West District if you have nothing to do. It's mostly the residences of dignitaries, with the residences of various families and the dojos of rogue cultivator experts. The spiritual energy there is also the most abundant.

We'll stay in the East District…" Walking on the main street of the market, Li Ji'an sensed the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein while listening to Chen Qingling's introduction.

It had to be said that the spiritual vein was indeed very different from the spiritual barren land outside. Although the spiritual energy here was not so rich, it was very pure.

"Remember, unless you are in your own rented dojo, you are not allowed to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation in the market. You will be fined spirit stones if you are caught." Chen Qingling, who was introducing the market situation, suddenly realized that Li Ji'an was sensing spiritual energy and hurriedly reminded him.

As soon as he said that, he realized that he had not yet embarked on cultivation, and he did not have a Qi Refinement technique, so how could he absorb spiritual energy? It was unnecessary.

"Yo, what a coincidence, Little Lingzi." Just then, three young men saw Chen Qingling from across the street and walked over from afar.

Chen Qingling's face stiffened, and he changed his usual sense of superiority in front of Li Ji'an, subconsciously moved a step behind Li Ji'an, and shrank his head: "Brother Quan."

The other party then looked at Li Ji'an, slightly restrained the playful look on his face: "Oh, your brother came to see you?"

Chen Qingling nodded stiffly.

"Then I won't bother you, see you later." The three turned and left.

Li Ji'an looked at this scene calmly, with a strange sense of familiarity.

"Hmph, it's all your fault. If I hadn't brought you here, how would I have met them!" Watching the three leave, Chen Qingling didn't even look at Li Ji'an, and felt that Li Ji'an must be looking at him. He immediately took the initiative and tried to prevent Li Ji'an from asking.

In fact, Li Ji'an didn't look at him at all, nor did he intend to ask him.

"I warn you, you must not tell my brother about this." Chen Qingling still felt uneasy and deliberately reminded him again.

But this time Li Ji'an did not agree.

He could ignore it, and it shouldn't be his business, but telling Chen Zhaohu about this was necessary.

It was normal for Chen Qingling, a fourteen-year-old child, to be ignorant and unable to handle such things correctly, but with Chen Zhaohu's character and body refinement strength, he would definitely be able to handle it well.

"Did you hear what I said? You can't tell my brother, otherwise… otherwise my brother will suffer. Do you know who that person is? That's someone from the Yan family!"