Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Faced with Miss Yan's offer to stay, if it were that憨货 Zhang Tiezhu, he would definitely be delighted, willing to go through hell and high water.

But Li Ji'an frowned slightly upon hearing this.

This would undoubtedly delay his cultivation for another night.

Mainly because today, for the smooth first-time condensation of his Dan fire, he had deliberately eaten three large bowls of spirit rice, which would make his cultivation twice as effective.

"Okay!" Considering she had rewarded him with two spirit stones, Li Ji'an didn't make any excuses and nodded in agreement.

"I'll start refining pills now. You watch from the side, and if there are any differences from Master Mo's methods, you can help me point them out," Yan Qingwan's eyes turned resolute.

Li Ji'an nodded, as this was also a good opportunity for him.

Subsequently, Yan Qingwan followed Li Ji'an's instructions, from the combination of medicinal materials, the choice of age and quantity, to the control of Dan fire, and even the sensing of spiritual consciousness, trying everything one by one.

"Bang!" The first furnace exploded after only half an hour.

"It should be that the temperature of the Dan fire was not well controlled," Yan Qingwan looked for the reason herself.

"That's most likely it. I sensed that Master Mo's Dan fire doesn't seem to have a particularly high temperature, and there's a moment of spiritual pressure increase in the medicinal material fusion step…" Li Ji'an nodded in agreement.

Then, he once again instructed Yan Qingwan according to his estimated Dan fire temperature, spiritual pressure, and humidity.

"Hiss~" The second furnace didn't explode, but a mistake occurred in the third-to-last step of formation, resulting in a pot of porridge.

Yan Qingwan and Li Ji'an both frowned as they stared at the black water in the furnace.

"It doesn't matter, remember it carefully again. Is the amount of medicinal material not precise enough?" Yan Qingwan comforted Li Ji'an and encouraged him again.

This made Li Ji'an feel a little embarrassed.

The only reason was that what he had just instructed Yan Qingwan to do was entirely based on his own understanding of some fragmented information from Master Mo's pill refining.

As for the true details of Master Mo's pill refining, he would never be allowed to see them clearly, and there were many concealments.

He was essentially using Yan Qingwan as his reverse pill-refining assistant to verify his own understanding of the Dao of pills.

This was naturally very beneficial to him. At least, if he were to try it himself, he couldn't even afford the medicinal materials for one furnace, let alone Yan Qingwan's first-order intermediate-grade top-quality pill furnace.

"Miss, please wait!" After continuously ruining two furnaces of Qi Condensation Pills, which were expensive just in terms of medicinal materials, Yan Qingwan not only didn't lose her temper but even found reasons for him and encouraged him, which made him decide that he had to take it seriously.

Seeing Li Ji'an sitting cross-legged in front of her pill furnace, closing his eyes and thinking, Yan Qingwan waited quietly without disturbing him.

Time passed by, and Li Ji'an's extremely high comprehension ability was operating at high intensity.

In his sea of consciousness, in addition to going through all the details of Master Mo's pill refining several times, he also combined them with the problems that occurred during Yan Qingwan's practical operation.

"Don't force yourself!" After nearly half an hour, Yan Qingwan suddenly noticed that Li Ji'an's forehead was sweating and hurriedly reminded him in a gentle voice.

Normally, once one stepped into Qi training, with spiritual energy nourishing the body, one would hardly sweat easily again.

But Li Ji'an was merely sitting and thinking, yet he was sweating, which showed how hard he was working in his sea of consciousness at the moment.

Li Ji'an remained unmoved.

It wasn't until nearly another half an hour had passed that Li Ji'an opened his eyes, his face full of fatigue, his mind severely depleted.

"Miss, I'm sorry, there are some details that I still can't accurately remember. I think, let's stop here for tonight and wait until I have a better grasp, otherwise…"

Seeing Li Ji'an like this, Yan Qingwan inexplicably smiled.

She could naturally see Li Ji'an's efforts and understood that Li Ji'an felt sorry for the ruined medicinal materials and was considering her…

"Thank you!"

These were not Li Ji'an's duties in the first place. On the contrary, she had previously worried that Li Ji'an was a double agent, bought off by Master Mo, and deliberately not telling the details truthfully.

At this moment, she completely trusted Li Ji'an.

"I'm not in the habit of making promises, but… if you do your best, I will definitely not let you down."

In her opinion, Li Ji'an was able to do his best because his purpose was self-evident.

Looking at the loose cultivators in the Fallen Dragon Ridge Wasteland, who wouldn't want to enter the Eight Great Families?

"Thank you, Miss!" Li Ji'an endured the pain in his sea of consciousness. He had really tried his best just now, but he really couldn't understand it yet.

"You're welcome, you're doing this for me."

After saying that, she took out a porcelain bottle from her storage bag at her waist: "For secrecy, there are no servants here, so I can't make you a soothing soup. This is a Soul Nourishing Pill that I usually condense my spiritual soul with. Take it, it can not only nourish your sea of consciousness but also temper your spiritual sense, which is very beneficial."

Li Ji'an was slightly shocked in his heart. In this world, any resources related to the spiritual soul were extremely precious.

Although the Soul Nourishing Pill was a first-order elementary-level pill, it was comparable in price to a middle-level mana pill.

A single Soul Nourishing Pill, even a low-quality pill in the market, cost about twenty spirit stones.

Worthy of being Miss Yan family!

"Thank you, Miss!" Taking the porcelain bottle, Li Ji'an was even more shocked. There were still six pills left inside!

"Alright, it's too late now. To avoid misunderstandings with the patrols in the market, you should stay here for one night," Yan Qingwan said, getting up and heading towards the east wing.

Li Ji'an could only go to the east wing.

This place was Yan Qingwan's secret pill refining place. To avoid Master Mo from discovering it, it was almost unknown to outsiders, and the layout inside was simple, with the main bedroom transformed into a pill room and only the east and west wings.

Although it was a temporary arrangement, it was definitely not comparable to the small building Li Ji'an rented.

Sitting on the brocade bed, Li Ji'an took a Soul Nourishing Pill.

His originally somewhat dry sea of consciousness was instantly nourished, and the feeling of fatigue subsided.

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After a moment, he tried to sense with his spiritual sense, and the scene in the courtyard was completely clear.

"Hmm?" He didn't originally intend to sense the west wing, but because his spiritual sense was strong, he accidentally sensed a trace of fluctuation in the west wing.

The usually gentle and amiable Miss Yan was actually趴on the bedding and crying silently…

Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head at this.

All beings are suffering, struggling in the sea of suffering.

Every family has its own problems, and everyone has their own hardships.

Then, he stopped caring and began to cultivate cross-legged.

This place was located in the core area of the market's spiritual vein, and the spiritual energy was at least 50% richer than the eastern district where he lived, so he naturally couldn't waste it.

——

Since that night, Yan Qingwan trusted Li Ji'an even more, and Li Ji'an didn't let her down.

Half a year later, the first-order intermediate-level pill refining method that she had been longing to learn from Master Mo finally succeeded under Li Ji'an's guidance.

Although only one pill was successfully formed, and it was still a low-grade one, it gave her hope.

It also made her feel grateful to Li Ji'an.

Similarly, Yan Qingwan knew it, which naturally meant that Li Ji'an also knew it.

The only difference was that Li Ji'an's Dan fire was insufficient at the moment and he couldn't refine it himself. Once he cultivated to the fourth level of Qi training, he should be able to refine it independently.

In the half year that Li Ji'an and Yan Qingwan's relationship became increasingly close, Zhang Tiezhu's letters became more frequent.

Li Ji'an understood that in a foreign land, and with such a thing as secretly loving the family's Miss, Zhang Tiezhu, who was still a virgin, naturally needed someone to confide in.

For him, Li Ji'an was the most suitable.

After all, Li Ji'an's status and position were worlds apart from the Yan family's Miss, and they were completely unrelated, so there was no need to worry about Li Ji'an letting it slip.

Another purpose of his frequent letters was to persuade Li Ji'an to also join the Yan family's reclamation team. He also hinted that the Yan family might be going to the next level.

Li Ji'an guessed that what he was talking about should be the discovery of the medicine field that Yan Tong mentioned.

On this day, just after finishing his cultivation, the communication talisman in his arms vibrated.

At this time, there were already three communication talismans in Li Ji'an's arms.

Zhang Tiezhu had sent him a communication talisman two months ago, explaining how to use it and praising the talisman greatly.

Li Ji'an just smiled slightly. Indeed, compared to the paper letters used in the mortal world, this communication talisman could be called a divine object, but for him, who had been baptized by modern society, it was still not as good as a mobile phone.

Moreover, this one was not cheap to use. A pair of two-way communication talismans that could be used a hundred times cost five spirit stones.

Of course, Zhang Tiezhu himself would definitely be reluctant to spend five spirit stones to buy this thing. It was a reward from an elder talisman master in the family.

Taking out the communication talisman that Zhang Tiezhu had given him, he probed it with his spiritual sense.

"Hmm?" Zhang Tiezhu's message made Li Ji'an's brow furrow, which was the biggest change in his emotions in the two years since he came to the cultivation world.