Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

With a loud crash, the ground ahead suddenly collapsed. Before the dust had settled, Chishi Sanren and Chen Qingling had already rushed in.

Li Ji'an immediately stopped supplying Qi and blood, the Lesser Teleportation Talisman in his hand ready to be activated at any moment.

At the same time, he sent a telepathic message to Guagua, ordering it to move stealthily in that direction.

"Boom!" Before long, the sound of magic power reverberating echoed out, causing even the ground where Guagua was tunneling to shake.

The power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator was extraordinary!

Li Ji'an felt that his full-powered strike wouldn't even amount to a fraction of Chishi Sanren's attack.

"Boom!" However, not long after, an even more powerful tremor than before resounded.

Before Li Ji'an could react, three figures enveloped in magical power were sent flying out.

"The tomb of a True Monarch…" The figures crashed to the ground. Chishi Sanren flipped himself over and looked at the place that had returned to calm, muttering to himself.

Then, without any emotion, he glanced at Chen Qingling and the Golden-haired Mouse beside him.

The Golden-haired Mouse's skull was caved in, its limbs limp, beyond saving.

Chen Qingling's breathing was weak, a small amount of blood trickling from her mouth and nose. She had been knocked unconscious, but it wasn't a major issue.

Only then did he open his palm and look at an ordinary-looking jade talisman for cultivation techniques in his hand.

As soon as his divine sense made contact, the dim runes on the jade talisman suddenly bloomed with colorful divine light. Immediately, a green light slowly emerged, revealing a phantom figure: "I am Qian Yuan True Monarch. I obtained a supreme immortal scripture by chance, but alas, it was too late. I have no descendants or disciples, so I can only be buried here with it. May a destined person obtain it and perhaps pass it on to future generations."

It was as if it was just a wisp of obsession. Before the voice could fade, it had already dissipated with the wind.

Only Chishi Sanren remained, staring blankly at the jade talisman.

"Profound Origin Chaos Scripture!" After a moment, Chishi Sanren withdrew his divine sense from the jade talisman and muttered to himself: "It was too late for you, but how am I not the same? You have no descendants or disciples, and I…"

At this point, he glanced at Chen Qingling, then shook his head again: "How am I any different?"

"What good is this to me?"

While Chishi Sanren's emotions were somewhat low, Li Ji'an was focused on the cultivation technique jade talisman in his hand.

In this world, the value of cultivation techniques, apart from the efficiency of condensing magic power and the quality of the magic power, lies in how far one can go.

The Yan Family's 'Flame Dragon Art,' as a technique that could potentially be cultivated to the Core Formation stage, was ranked as high-grade. However, the Biyun Sect's sacred technique for suppressing the sect could only be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. This cultivation technique was called a supreme immortal scripture by a Nascent Soul True Monarch… Its value was evident.

However, in the end, Li Ji'an was slightly disappointed. Although Chishi Sanren said it was useless and of no benefit, he never threw it away. Instead, he complained that it was a hot potato while putting it away.

Li Ji'an understood his complaint about it being a hot potato. Such a cultivation technique was truly difficult to deal with. It was almost impossible to monetize. He definitely wouldn't dare to sell it to someone who could afford it. Buyers wouldn't allow such a cultivation technique, capable of establishing a sect, to be leaked.

In fact, once this cultivation technique was spread through any means, and he didn't have the corresponding deterrent strength, it might even lead to a disaster of extinction.

As for throwing it away, no one had the courage to do so.

The final result might be like that Qian Yuan True Monarch, buried with it.

"Phew~ No rush. At worst, I'll wait until you pass away and then find a way to take it from you." After comforting himself, Li Ji'an calmed down.

This opportunity truly moved him.

However, compared to his Reverse Aging, it wasn't unbearable.

Moreover, there would still be a chance after Chishi Sanren passed away.

At most, he would need to pay more attention to Chishi Sanren's whereabouts in the next life.

Before long, Chishi Sanren buried the Golden-haired Mouse on the spot, grabbed the unconscious Chen Qingling, and left, riding a divine rainbow.

"To die like this, how pitiful. Remember, superficial kindness is not necessarily true kindness. It may need to be repaid with your life." Noticing that Guagua's gaze was on the Golden-haired Mouse's grave, Li Ji'an sighed.

Guagua nodded frantically. If it weren't for having to stay put, it would definitely have run over to rub its head against Li Ji'an.

"Remember the old Taoist's scent," Li Ji'an instructed again.

"Gua~" Guagua's attitude was even more eager.

Three days later, when there were no more changes in this place, Li Ji'an continued to feed Qi and blood to tame it.

As for the tomb not far away, Li Ji'an didn't even bother to explore it.

The tomb of a True Monarch. If it weren't for wanting to pass on that cultivation technique jade talisman, it would have been impossible for Chishi Laodao to open it, let alone leave alive.

At this time, whether it sank into the earth's veins or was completely sealed off, it had nothing to do with him.

——

Another two years passed.

"It's done!" On this day, as the ant queen, like a little piglet, suddenly sucked in a large mouthful of Li Ji'an's Qi and blood, Li Ji'an's divine soul felt a sense of affinity and submission.

After confirming it several times, Li Ji'an was delighted, and also felt some emotion.

If he had spent a few more years, he really wouldn't have been able to afford it.

Because since the third year of feeding it Qi and blood, he had a faint feeling that the time node for his Qi and blood to decline was gradually advancing with the consumption of Qi and blood.

And now, he clearly sensed that his Qi and blood would begin to decline, his vitality would fade, and he would undergo Reverse Aging in at most one year.

This was not only because of feeding the ant queen Qi and blood, but also because in these eight years, the spiritual Qi here was mixed and could not be absorbed, and he did not have so many Qi-replenishing pills, so his magic power in the mid-stage of Qi training did not advance but retreated.

Under the dual effect, he estimated that the aging period of his life would be advanced by nearly ten years.

"Guagua, come here." With only one year left before Reverse Aging, he couldn't delay any longer. He immediately summoned Guagua over.

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"Gua~" Guagua's appearance was silent. It was now almost impossible for him to sense it.

Because in these eight years, perhaps because it had devoured nearly 100,000 Parasitic Soul Ants, after being promoted to a first-order late-stage demon beast three years ago, it seemed to have the ability to shield divine soul detection.

Even if it was behind Li Ji'an, Li Ji'an's spiritual sense could not sense it.

Li Ji'an held the Beast Control Token in one hand and pressed it on the ant queen's celestial spirit in the other. His spiritual sense condensed, and his divine soul entered the ant queen's sea of consciousness.

Unlike eight years ago, this time the divine soul entered the ant queen's sea of consciousness without any obstacles and was not swallowed by it.

Eight years ago, as long as his divine soul escaped, it would be completely swallowed by the ant queen.

Then, for half a year, he repeatedly tried again and again according to the planned plan, and finally stored a wisp of divine soul into the ant queen's sea of consciousness after imprinting it with the Beast Control Token.

This wisp of divine soul was completely separated from his main soul, and he could not control it. It only carried the mark of the Beast Control Token. Its only function was to ensure that the contract of the Beast Control Token would continue to exist after his main soul was purified by Reverse Aging.

Otherwise, after he underwent Reverse Aging, Guagua would lose the divine soul contract of the Beast Control Token and run away directly, and the guardian spirit beast he had prepared would be meaningless.

After observing quietly for another three months, ensuring that the wisp of divine soul did not show any signs of dissipating, Li Ji'an finally smiled with satisfaction and left this place with the ant queen and Guagua.

Now there were only three months left before Reverse Aging, and he had to make some more preparations.

At this time, it had been nine years since he left the Yan family. After Reverse Aging, his bone age would be eight years old, which was just the right time.

On the way out of the Fallen Dragon Ridge Mountains, Li Ji'an was once again shocked by Guagua's changes. Before, in the ant nest, because his divine soul had been shielded for a long time, he didn't feel it very strongly.

But now that he was outside, even with his spiritual sense condensed to the maximum extent, he still couldn't sense Guagua. If it weren't for the divine soul contract of the Beast Control Token, he would have no way to stop Guagua from running away from under his nose.

A few days later, Li Ji'an came to the initial gathering area.

But at this time, he used a disguise technique.

The disguise technique in this world uses magic power to change the skin and flesh. There is a leakage of magic power aura. If the spiritual sense of cultivators is similar, although they cannot see through the true appearance, they can sense that it is a disguise.

And once the other party's spiritual sense is higher than his by a small realm, they can see through the true appearance and have nowhere to hide.

Moreover, most immortal cities and market towns in this world, and even family guardian formations, have means to break through disguise techniques to prevent thieves from doing evil.

He first went to Chen Zhaohu's residence for a walk and found that he was still often away. Then, he inquired about the situation of the eight great families in the wilderness in the past nine years in the central square. After that, he rented a courtyard in the center of the gathering area, let Guagua stand by underground, and then prepared the wooden bucket, the medicinal materials for the medicinal bath, and the marrow cleansing pills that were beneficial to the root bones from the storage bag, and waited patiently.

The landlord was a sixty-year-old man who had not yet entered Qi training or body refinement, with white hair and beard, walking tremblingly, often lamenting that time waits for no one, regretting that he had not been ruthless enough to seek the path when he was young, but unfortunately it was too late to regret now.

Three months passed quickly.

On this day, Li Ji'an, who was sixty-six years old, felt something.

"It's coming!"