Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 107 Sect Actions
The situation in the wilderness had already begun to show signs.

After more than five hundred years of wild development, the Wasteland Family has now been stable for more than two hundred years. It is bound to move towards unification, and in the end there will only be one overlord who rules the Wasteland.

The eight foundation-building families are competing for supremacy in the wilderness, but it remains to be seen who will emerge victorious in the end.

This is the general trend of the times and cannot be changed by personal will.

Li Ji'an didn't feel strange because the Yan family was among them. He was just curious about how the war broke out.
After all, he had lived in the wilderness for decades and knew that the families that were able to establish themselves there were definitely not ordinary people.

However, Zhang Tiezhu was an elderly cultivator in the clan. His mid-stage Qi training combat power, which was not very high to begin with, began to decline as he turned seventy. He obviously did not know the specific situation and only knew how to fight.

Li Ji'an guessed that there might be external intervention, otherwise it would not have exploded so quickly.

Calm your mind and go to Danding Pavilion to deliver the pills first.

In the past six months, in order to reach the later stage of Qi training, the expenses on monster meat and fine elixirs have increased. Now it is only the middle of the month, but there are no extra spirit stones, and the rent for the new year needs to be paid, so I have to cash in in advance.

"Congratulations, Mr. Li."

"congratulations."

……

"Why should I be happy?" As soon as he entered the Danding Pavilion, all the servants he met bowed and congratulated him, which made Li Ji'an feel a little puzzled.

"Hahaha, Mr. Li, congratulations. In the selection of first-level alchemists in the Immortal City last year, you ranked third. Now you are already the best first-level alchemist among the casual cultivators in the entire Immortal City." Shopkeeper Wu came out upon hearing the voice and came to greet him from afar.

"First-level alchemist selection? Third place?" Li Ji'an was stunned. He didn't know about this in advance.

"Yes, at the request of the Immortal City, all businesses and shops nominate guests from their respective industries. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the quantity and quality of deliveries within this year, it's no surprise that you have been crowned the third-rank first-level alchemist." Shopkeeper Wu explained excitedly.

"Why haven't I heard of it before?" This item was not included in Li Ji'an's previous knowledge about the living conditions of technicians in Xiancheng.

"This is a proposal from the new leader of the Biyun Sect this year. It's also to promote trade in the Immortal City. It's good for both you and our Danding Pavilion. The boss is also very happy. Li Keqing will increase the repurchase price of elixirs by 20% in the future.

Soon, the Immortal City will award you honors and rewards."

"..."

After thinking for a moment, Li Ji'an nodded.

As a large industry with stable income for Biyun Sect, Biyun Sect attaches great importance to Jinhuang Immortal City, and there is nothing wrong with such an action.

It will not only enhance the competitiveness among technicians, but may also expand the influence of Xiancheng.

In the fairy city, no one was afraid of him being famous or getting fat.

What's more, he is only a first-level alchemist now. In the eyes of the big forces, he has some potential at most.

With this official certification, your own income will also increase.

As for the third place, he didn't feel there was much trickery involved.

After all, I have come into contact with many alchemists in the past year and have a deeper understanding of the alchemist group in the fairy city.

Apart from the offerings from the big powers, most of the alchemists who come to the Immortal City are independent cultivators. Many of them have been working as alchemists since childhood in small places. After enduring most of their lives and achieving some success, they want to make a living in the Immortal City, but eventually they become low-level alchemists and can barely make a living.

There are also some who serve as family servants in small places. When they reach the late stage of Qi training, they plan to build a foundation and come here to try their luck, and eventually end up staying here.

In fact, most of them don’t have very good talent in alchemy.

Those who are truly talented are recruited by powerful forces when they are young.

However, among the major forces in Cangyun Province, except for the Biyun Sect, it is basically impossible to cultivate a second-level alchemist and they cannot afford it.

After further inquiries, I learned that the number one first-level alchemist is the closed disciple of the first and second-level alchemists in the fairy city. He is now in his seventies and has been studying alchemy for fifty or sixty years.

The second one is also quite old.

This was roughly the same amount of time that Li Ji'an had spent mastering the art of alchemy over his two lifetimes. Afterward, Shopkeeper Wu repurchased the elixirs Li Ji'an had brought back at a 20% markup.

The total repurchase price was 480 spirit stones, nearly 100 spirit stones more than expected, which was just enough to cover the rent for next year.

The reason why the delivery was less in this half month was to consolidate the state of mind. The number of times the furnace was opened was reduced, and the amount consumed by oneself was also increased, so there was less left.

"Guest Li, you need to refine more soul-boosting pills next month, at least thirty top-grade ones." When purchasing medicinal materials, Shopkeeper Wu gave a special reminder.

"Oh?" Li Ji'an was slightly startled. During this year, Danding Pavilion had never had any requests. As long as the elixir was not extremely unpopular, it would basically be repurchased at the market price. It had never been customized.

"Don't misunderstand, Mr. Li, this is also the requirement of the Immortal City." Manager Wu explained.

The Immortal City needs a spiritual elixir? No, it's the Biyun Sect that needs a spiritual elixir!

The Soul-Replenishing Pill is a pill used to replenish spiritual energy in the later stages of Qi training. It is mainly used to replenish spiritual energy when the spiritual energy in the training ground is insufficient, or when one needs to stay in a spiritually barren or spiritually desolate place for a long time.

Moreover, the fact that he was able to make this request to Lord Danding shows that the demand is huge.

After all, the Biyun Sect has its own Danfeng, which not only meets the exchange needs of the sect disciples, but also sells it in the Immortal City.

"Excuse me, shopkeeper, this matter..." Li Ji'an lowered his voice and asked tentatively.

If it was just the technician evaluation, he wouldn't have thought much about it, but now with this added to the list, he couldn't help but think about it.

Shopkeeper Wu smiled bitterly, shook his head, and pointed upwards: "What can we know with our limited knowledge? We just do what the higher-ups tell us to do."

"Oh, okay, I'll take note of it." Li Ji'an nodded and stopped making things difficult for Shopkeeper Wu.

On the way to the Xiancheng Management Office, Li Ji'an's thoughts were racing.

"From this perspective, the so-called technician selection is probably just a disguised census and statistics. The Biyun Sect is making a big move."

"I'm still completely blocked from information. I have absolutely no clue. I have to spend spirit stones to subscribe to the official newspaper."

I thought about it all the way, trying to deduce any situation that might affect me, but to no avail.

It was not until the time to pay the rent that Li Ji'an felt strange again after hearing something from the manager.

"Nowadays, Xiancheng has a preferential policy. If you pay the rent for ten years at a time, you can get a 20% discount. If you pay for thirty years at a time, you can get a 30% discount..."

If the Biyun Sect's mountain gate was not right there and the spiritual vein could not be moved, he would have suspected that the Biyun Sect was going to run away.

With limited funds, Li Ji'an decisively moved to Wantong Building in the inner city after paying the original rent for one year.

This shop claims to connect all worlds and specializes in intelligence and information business.

In addition to the public gazette, there is a deeper level of intelligence exchange.

Many forces are engaged in intelligence-related business, such as the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce, but only Wantong Building is engaged in official reports.

The subscription price of the court gazette varies depending on the coverage area, timeliness, frequency, etc.

After purchasing medicinal herbs and paying rent, Li Ji'an has less than 200 spirit stones left, so he can only choose the lowest-end monthly magazine that pays 120 spirit stones a year.

Li Ji'an was not unfamiliar with the news of the previous month's major forces within a radius of ten thousand miles from the Biyun Sect, as well as some strange stories and anecdotes in the area, after receiving a communication jade talisman.

When I returned to my residence, I first read the gift of last month's official newspaper.

The first one surprised him.

"Don't miss this opportunity! As part of the sect's development plan, the Biyun Sect plans to expand the number of students it will recruit this year."

In recent years, Xiao Changfeng has clearly stated that the contribution points exchanged within the sect have increased, and exchange has become difficult. In addition, the sect's tasks and trials have also increased. It is obvious that the sect is short of resources, yet they are expanding their enrollment?
Considering the statistics on the various technicians in the Immortal City, the demand for Spiritual Replenishing Pills, and the induction of prepayments for rent, is it possible that they are planning to fight an external war? And in a place with insufficient spiritual energy?

(End of this chapter)