Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

That afternoon, Zhang Tiezhu waited specifically outside the school and met Li Ji'an.

Compared to nine years ago, Zhang Tiezhu's skin was much darker now, and he was thinner, dressed like an old farmer, with a hoe as his magical artifact.

When he decided to give the resources to his eldest son back then, it was actually his Dao companion who repeatedly persuaded him, forcing him to recognize reality.

With inferior spiritual roots and no sufficient resources, the late stage of Qi training was the limit without special opportunities. Instead of using the limited resources on him, an aging man with little hope, it was better to use them on his rising son.

It must be said that after completely giving up his efforts, he suddenly felt the world was vast and much more relaxed.

After that, he completely decided to lie flat, enjoy his old age, forget his past ambitions, forget the villains who treated them as blood slaves, and forget everything about the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty.

As a result, a few years ago, his youngest son's potential was measured by the clan elders, and he could likely reach medium-grade spiritual roots.

However, it should be just barely at the limit.

Without the Spirit Nourishing Pill, it would probably be a bit difficult.

In the end, Zhang Tiezhu gritted his teeth and borrowed spirit stones from the clan to buy the Spirit Nourishing Pill for Yan Qing.

Naturally, his dream of enjoying his old age was shattered.

In recent years, he specialized in spiritual farming techniques and went to work in the clan's medicinal fields to earn contribution points.

He even squeezed in time to study earthwork-related spells, occasionally taking on odd jobs for house construction in the gathering area.

It can be said that he worked even harder than before he got married and had children to earn resources for himself.

"He's so like him, so like Big Brother Li..." Without the ambition of the past, nor the relaxation of the past, Li Ji'an only saw exhaustion in Zhang Tiezhu's eyes.

Zhang Tiezhu knelt on one knee, his rough palms wanting to caress Li Ji'an's cheek, but fearing he would hurt the child's face, he forcibly endured it.

"Uncle Zhang, my father asked me to say hello to you," Li Ji'an said with a smile.

"..." Zhang Tiezhu was stunned.

Then he suddenly turned his head away, only turning back after a full five breaths: "Your father... is Big Brother Li still doing well? Does... does he not blame me?"

He felt the most guilt when Li Ji'an was expelled from the family nine years ago, even believing that it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't revealed the matter between Li Ji'an and Yan Qingwan in the clan elders' meeting.

Over the years, he had dreamed several times that Li Ji'an came to question him, asking why he betrayed him.

He also woke up in shock several nights, beating his chest and stamping his feet, full of regret.

If time could be turned back, he would never have said it!

"Father is doing well, he often talks about you old friends," Li Ji'an replied with a smile, he never blamed Zhang Tiezhu.

"Old friends... good, good, good..." Zhang Tiezhu nodded woodenly, finally relieved.

After that, Li Ji'an lived comfortably in the Yan family.

Besides her daily cultivation, Yan Qingwan also had to refine pills and often had to teach the two alchemists cultivated by the clan. Her time was relatively tight, but she still made time to accompany Li Ji'an.

She took him to eat delicious food, told him strange stories, asked him about his past with his father, sent him exquisite robes, and even occasionally slept with him... Except for having to help him bathe, Li Ji'an barely accepted it, and he truly felt the warmth of maternal love.

For this, he was very grateful.

Happy times always flash by.

Five years passed quickly.

This year, Li Ji'an was thirteen years old, and his spiritual roots had not yet been fully formed, but his physique had grown, and he could begin body refinement.

"My affinity for spiritual energy is much stronger than when I was at the first level of Qi training in my previous life."

After returning to Yan Qingwan's residence from the clan hall, Li Ji'an routinely ran the Qi Sensing Method to increase his affinity for spiritual energy and compared it with his previous cultivation experience.

The results were increasingly satisfactory, and he became more and more expectant of his soon-to-be-formed spiritual roots.

After the Qi Sensing Method was completed, he concentrated his consciousness in his sea of consciousness.

His divine soul was almost condensed into divine sense.

Although it had not yet truly transformed, it could already be slightly released.

The divine sense was slightly released, just enough to cover his cheeks, and he could clearly see his face without a magic mirror.

"Having spiritual energy to nourish is indeed different from not having spiritual energy!"

With the nourishment of spiritual energy in this life, the appearance of the thirteen-year-old was somewhat different from before in the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty. His features were more lively, his skin was fair, and his height was already over seven feet.

In addition, he was not sure whether it was due to the nourishment of spiritual energy or the Marrow Cleansing Pill he refined with materials from this world in his previous life, but upon self-examination, his physique in this life was even better than when he was in the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty.

"Buzz~" Just then, the communication talisman in his arms vibrated again.

Li Ji'an was a little helpless. He reached into his arms and pulled out three communication talismans, all of which were two-way.

The one vibrating at the moment was the Great Elder's.

"Come quickly, tonight we will study the essence of talismans. When you cultivate mana and your spiritual sense is strong in the future, you can make your own talismans."

During these five years, although he had not yet cultivated or had mana, Yan Kongyi still took the time to teach him talisman knowledge every month.

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Now, he knew the basic talisman theory, including some simple basic talismans, such as the Cleaning Talisman, Dust Removal Talisman, and Heart Calming Talisman. Once he had mana, he should be able to complete them in one stroke, and most likely reach the middle grade.

In addition to the fact that talismans were easy to learn but difficult to master and easy to get started with, the increased comprehension in this life was also a key reason.

"Buzz~" However, before he could reply to Yan Kongyi, another communication talisman vibrated.

"Xiao Fan, come quickly, come quickly, your seventh grandfather got you something good today, a first-order saber-toothed tiger, it's fresh. Tonight, have a good supplement, and we will officially start body refinement tomorrow."

Yan Hongsheng had been explaining the basic knowledge of body refinement to him for two years and letting him gradually comprehend the body refinement technique.

It is worth mentioning that he actually got a body refinement technique from somewhere, coincidentally, it was also the 《Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art》. It was uncertain whether Chen Zhaohu sold it.

Li Ji'an, as always, informed both parties of each other's messages and let them compete.

In the end, he went to Yan Kongyi's place first, learned the essence of talismans, and received an extra spirit stone.

Finally, he went to Yan Hongsheng's place, had a big meal, and got another spirit stone.

In the following two years, Li Ji'an began to formally refine his body.

With the experience of the first-order peak of the 《Hundred Refinements Golden Body Art》 from his previous life and the experience of decades of Qi and blood gathering and refining, body refinement in this life came naturally.

In two years, he reached the realm of blood exchange completion in his previous life in the Immortal Bestowed Dynasty, and he would be able to break through to a first-order primary body cultivator in at most three years.

This day, Li Ji'an was fifteen years old, and it was finally time to test his spiritual roots.

Although he was somewhat confident in his heart, he was still inevitably nervous, after all, this concerned his path to eternal life and the difficulty of his future cultivation.

Of course, the most important thing was that even if the eight years that could not be changed were still there, this life's pulse nourishing with such qualifications should have basically reached his innate origin limit.

When Li Ji'an slowly walked towards the spiritual root testing stone, the people around him were more nervous than him.

Yan Qingwan hoped that his fire spiritual root could be at least five strands or more.

Yan Kongyi hoped that his wood spiritual root could be of medium grade.

On the contrary, Yan Hongsheng was the least nervous. He had never been optimistic about Li Ji'an's spiritual roots, and he had now decided to push Li Ji'an's body refinement to the late stage of the first order. At that time, he would be the number one body cultivator in the Yan family.

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