Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 117 Spring Breeze Relieves Worries
Calm your mind and concentrate your thoughts, and your sea of consciousness will be clear.

Holding the mid-grade talisman pen given by Yan Kongyi, I feel grateful for the inspiration from heaven and earth.

"Swish~" With a flick of his telepathic finger, the pen moved like a dragon, and the spiritual ink made from the blood of a fire-attributed spiritual beast instantly bloomed with a ray of brilliance on the talisman skin.

"It's done!"

After a moment, the inspiration dissipated, the spiritual ink stabilized, and a fire talisman was completed.

During this year, there was no need to practice magic power, and more time was spent on refining medicine to earn spirit stones, and studying talismans.

The magic power is refined day by day due to the tempering of the fire spirit, making it easier to draw the talismans in the later stages.

Especially with the blessing of the fire spirit in the dantian, it is easier to sense the fire spirit of heaven and earth. Today, he finally succeeded in drawing the first fire talisman with great power for group damage, which is also a fine fire talisman that is not easy to draw for ordinary first-level senior talisman masters.

Li Ji'an breathed a sigh of relief as he gently stroked the Fire Talisman.

It is true that talismans are easy to learn but difficult to master.

In this life, I started learning talismans with Yan Kongyi when I was eight years old, and I have never slacked off over the years, for a full twenty-seven years.

Even if we subtract the first five years of theoretical study and the subsequent ten years of lack of practice materials, it still amounts to twelve years of continuous writing.

Now I can draw high-quality talismans without relying on luck.

Previously, he drew a late-stage fine freezing talisman after drawing hundreds of early and middle-stage cold wind talismans. It was as if good fortune had come to him and he succeeded by chance. This time, he succeeded by relying on his own spiritual perception, refined magic power, and perception of the spiritual inspiration of heaven and earth.

However, this time it was also because the Fire Spirit merged with it, which increased its affinity with the Fire Spirits of Heaven and Earth.

"Now I can finally earn spirit stones by using talismans."

The reason why you can make money from talismans nowadays is because the materials of talismans are expensive, but the value of early and middle-stage talismans is low, and the profit margin is even lower than that of early and mid-stage elixirs.

In the fairy city or various markets, there are at least twice as many early and middle stage talisman masters as alchemy masters, because it is easy to learn and very easy to get started. No alchemy fire is required, and any spiritual roots and magic power can be used, there is no threshold.

This results in a huge consumption of talisman materials, and the price of talisman materials remains high. Also, because there are many finished talismans supplied to the market, the price of talismans is very low.

As long as the early and middle stage alchemists can ensure a certain success rate in making pills, they can at least make a living.

However, the talisman masters in the early and middle stages are really like cattle and horses, and many of them can only gather in marginal shanty towns and live in poverty all their lives.

Moreover, even if a talisman master's skills improve, he will still suffer losses in the early stages due to the further increase in the success rate of talisman making and the price of talisman materials.

Most of the medicinal materials for a late-stage elixir can be obtained with fifty spirit stones, but the late-stage talisman materials start at at least seventy or eighty.

One furnace can produce many pills, so as long as the furnace is opened, you will not lose all your money.

But each talisman is a piece of paper. Once this one is destroyed, all the money will be lost.

Li Ji'an was able to draw late-stage talismans a few years ago, but the quality was still not guaranteed. This was because talismans were different from elixirs in that they needed to be connected to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After the soul and magic power reached the requirements for talisman making, it was more related to the state of mind and the affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It could not even rely purely on proficiency and accumulated experience like elixirs.

Any master of the art of talismans is either gifted or has extraordinary understanding, and is able to comprehend the inspiration of heaven and earth through continuous attempts.

Li Ji'an belongs to the latter.

Although it was possible to draw late-stage talismans at that time, it was still impossible to break even.

Nowadays, we can draw fine talismans, and the success rate of high-quality talismans is higher, so we can truly make a profit from talismans.

After properly storing the exquisite Fiery Talisman, Li Ji'an lifted the restrictions on the alchemy room.

"Uncle Li, can Xiaohuo come out?" Xiao Qiao and Gua Gua had already been waiting outside.

Li Ji'an smiled with relief and released the fire spirit.

As soon as the fire spirit appeared from Li Ji'an's dantian, it immediately ran excitedly towards Xiao Qiao and Gua Gua.

During this year, the three little friends lived in harmony.

They also found their own value.

Xiao Qiao is responsible for cooking and directing the cooking, Huo Ling is responsible for controlling the temperature and boiling the pot, and Gua Gua is responsible for cleaning the ingredients.

It was visible to the naked eye that Xiao Qiao had grown a lot in this year, and Gua Gua's body shape had changed a little because he had eaten a lot of monster meat. Although Huo Ling couldn't eat delicious food, he also enjoyed the homely atmosphere.

Li Ji'an was happy to see this happen and had the financial resources to support them.

This year, his cultivation expenses were reduced, and the income from alchemy could almost guarantee an income of more than 300 spirit stones per month. Excluding living expenses and the cost of practicing talismans, he had saved nearly 2,000 spirit stones in a year.

Now that the talisman skills have been further improved, the benefits will be even better.

Moreover, after a year of tempering by the Fire Spirit, he is now almost at the peak of the ninth level of Qi training, and theoretically he can already make the breakthrough to the foundation-building stage.

"Don't be in a hurry, accumulate for another two years." He has just turned 35 years old, and there is still a long time in his peak period, so there is no need to rush.

In this world, even if an ordinary cultivator is in his seventies or eighties, as long as his magic power and physical body have not begun to decline, it is theoretically not too late to build a foundation. After all, once the foundation is successfully built, the physical body and magic power will be vigorous again. Compared with a lifespan of nearly three hundred years, the difference between starting the Qi training stage a few decades earlier or later is not particularly large.

Within the past thousand years, there have been quite a few people in Cangyun Prefecture who have built their foundations at the age of seventy. Even a few hundred years ago, there was a wood-type cultivator who was proficient in health preservation and successfully built his foundation at the age of one hundred. He became a great legend in the world of cultivation and an inspirational representative.

Of course, this only refers to the realm of cultivation, and is mainly aimed at independent cultivators with limited resources. If they are in a sect or a family with sufficient resources, many cultivators will build their foundation as early as possible in order to compete for more resources and show their potential.

On the other hand, Li Ji'an has a medium-grade spiritual root in this life. This spiritual root talent cannot be blessed by the spiritual root when building the foundation. Only his own magic power, soul and physical body have an upper limit of 20% each.

With the current level of his magic power refinement, although it has been tempered by the Fire Spirit, it is still far inferior to those of the highest-grade skills, holy laws, and immortal scriptures. The magic power cultivated is pure and powerful, and it is estimated to be a maximum of 10% of the blessing.

He was confident about his body and soul, and estimated that he could occupy 20%.

In this way, if you build the foundation on your own without relying on external things, the success rate is only 50%.

Once the attack on the foundation fails, at the very least, the foundation will be damaged, and expensive resources will be needed to nurture it for many years before there is a chance to attack the foundation again. At the worst, the dantian will be shattered on the spot, and the body will die.

Therefore, in order to build his foundation in this life, he must have a foundation-building pill.

However, the financial resources to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill are not enough now, and more needs to be accumulated. Moreover, after obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill, one needs to rent a second-level cave in the fairy city to ensure that it is full of spiritual energy. The cave that is arranged with spirit gathering and various formations that are helpful for foundation establishment is not cheap to rent, and it costs thousands of spirit stones a month. Moreover, it will take at least three months to break through the foundation establishment, which is another huge expense.

Another point is that after a year of nurturing, the Fire Spirit has not yet reached its peak state, so we need to wait a little longer.

After letting the three little guys play, Li Ji'an opened the restrictions in the alchemy room again and sorted out the batch of talismans he had practiced for nearly half a year.

In addition to the six previous trump cards, the newly-made exquisite Fiery Talisman has further enriched the trump card library, and there are nearly fifteen ordinary late-stage talismans left, ranging from low to high grades.

Even without counting the other failed talisman materials, the cost of these fifteen training talismans totaled about 1,400 spirit stones.

If you sell it, the maximum amount will not exceed 1,500 pieces according to the general repurchase price of the talisman shop.

If sold privately, it can reach about 1,600 pieces.

If you are a guest at a talisman shop, you can sell it for 1,650 pieces.

After all, it is normal that the profit is low due to poor quality.

However, Li Ji'an had already decided not to display his talisman skills unless it was crucial. Besides Granny You's previous experience, the talisman master's nearly universal abilities were extremely useful. Furthermore, as a renowned first-class alchemist in Xiancheng, if he became even more proficient in talisman techniques, it would inevitably lead to the impression that he had gained some kind of heaven-defying opportunity, drawing scrutiny.

In the next few days, he sold fifteen talismans in batches to several talisman shops, using the excuse that other talisman masters were using them to offset their elixirs.

After selling the last few talismans that day, Li Ji'an came to Taiping Inn and heard people talking as soon as he entered.

They are all topics about the Wuji Secret Realm.

Only then did Li Ji'an know the specific opening date of the Wuji Secret Realm, which was just half a month later.

That night, he sent a message to Xiao Changfeng, wishing him good luck and prosperity in the secret realm and the greatest opportunity.

The trip to the Jedi Mountain a year ago made him feel that Xiao Changfeng's luck was truly extraordinary, and that he might have taken advantage of his luck, so he was still very willing to interact more with Xiao Changfeng.

If there is any opportunity in the future, I hope to be able to bring it up.

However, the reply he received not long after made Li Ji'an suddenly raise his eyebrows.

"I'm sorry to disappoint Brother Li. We've temporarily replaced them with other new disciples."

You can hear the disappointment and slight resentment in his words.

I heard Xiao Changfeng say before that, except for the true disciples, almost all of their group became disciples of Elder Fake Dan.

True disciples, on the other hand, serve under the tutelage of the sect leader, and their status, position, and resource supply are incomparable.

Last time, it was his master who had secured a place in the secret realm for him.

Li Ji'an didn't think about the hierarchy within the sect at first, but wondered if this matter had anything to do with him.

Without thinking twice, Li Ji'an immediately invited Xiao Changfeng to visit the Immortal City.

Not long after, Xiao Changfeng, who was pretending to be calm, was taken by Li Ji'an to the largest Chunfeng Tower in Jinhuang Immortal City.

"Brother Li?" Xiao Changfeng looked at the magnificent Chunfeng Tower and felt a little surprised.

Chunfeng Tower is the most famous entertainment venue in the entire Cangyun Province, and the cost of admission is not low.

For ordinary dual cultivation and a night of passion, the cheapest female cultivator would need thirty spirit stones. If she brings in talents, music, etc., the minimum would be fifty spirit stones.

This is still referring to ordinary female cultivators. If they are a few of the most beautiful courtesans, or those with special talents, or the top girls, it is common to charge three to five hundred spirit stones a night.

A real money-losing den.

As an inner disciple of the Biyun Sect, he was taught when he first started practicing that he should not indulge in such a minor method of dual cultivation. He was also often warned about how the evil women of the Hehuan Sect who were proficient in the secret method of dual cultivation in ancient times plundered the fellow Taoists of the righteous path.

Of course, the most important thing is that as an inner disciple like him, all the sect tasks are converted into contribution points, and he usually does not have much spare money, so he cannot afford to come here.

"Brother Xiao, there's no need to be so formal between you and me. Today, we won't leave until we're drunk. Please enjoy yourself!" Li Ji'an waved his hand generously and walked in first.

Then we asked for a private room upstairs and ordered a table full of spiritual feast.

Then let the madam lead the female cultivators in one after another and let Xiao Changfeng choose.

When a man is frustrated, if you really want to comfort him, you don’t need to say anything. Just a drink and some fun are enough!
Xiao Changfeng's originally somewhat lost mood gradually became happy, excited, and passionate in the hands of two female cultivators who were proficient in music and bathing techniques.

Li Ji'an himself also received a real baptism of music and purified his soul.

The next day.

When the two of them walked out of Chunfeng Tower hand in hand, although there was no guarantee that their friendship would be taken to the next level, at least their relationship would definitely be closer.

"Brother Li, thank you for your expense! I will always remember this kindness." Xiao Changfeng held Li Ji'an's hand tightly.

He spent nearly two hundred spirit stones in one night, which was not even as much as the sect contribution he earned from a single mission.

In order to comfort him, Li Ji'an spent the money generously.

He had heard Li Ji'an say before that although Li Ji'an's alchemy skills were outstanding, equivalent to the level of seed alchemists specially trained in the sect, but in Xiao Changfeng's understanding, the income of a first-level alchemist was limited. To earn nearly a hundred spirit stones a month was already a very small amount.

Moreover, he also had to save spirit stones for the foundation-building pill.

Li Ji'an's actions are sincere and can be seen as true!
"My dear brother, please excuse me. It's all worth it if I can make you feel relieved." Li Ji'an patted his shoulder.

"Well, Brother Li is right, no one's life can be smooth sailing. Heroes have always suffered many hardships. I, Xiao Changfeng, may be able to become the hero who saves the world in those stories!" With a strong smell of alcohol, Xiao Changfeng seemed to have returned to his youthful vigor and vitality.

Li Ji'an smiled and nodded in affirmation.

Li Ji'an didn't care about his current state or thoughts. He just regarded it as an opportunity to repay the favor he had received from the Flaming Mountain.

What he didn't know was that this casual act not only soothed Xiao Changfeng's loss of being replaced on his trip to the secret realm, but also untied a knot in his heart that had been there for nearly a year. After returning this time, his mind returned to its true state and his cultivation improved.

Another year later.

That day, Li Ji'an felt the little fire spirit's majestic fire power and rich fire spirit, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Finally, he has recovered his first-level Fire Spirit strength! Now, I can try to refine a second-level elixir."

His first-level alchemist inheritance came from Master Mo, but it was not through his words and deeds. Instead, he relied on his extraordinary understanding to observe and deduce day after day, and tried countless times under the hands of Yan Qingwan.

The inheritance of the second-level alchemist came from Yan Qingwan, who didn't know where she got it from. She had pondered on it a lot when refining first-level pills over the years. Now that the fire spirit provided enough power for the pill fire, it was a natural thing to do.

However, he has not yet planned to refine second-level pills, because his alchemy furnace is still the one given by Yan Qingwan, which is not enough for refining. He must buy a second-level alchemy furnace.

There are no masters who are good at refining weapons in Cangyun Province. Second-level magic weapons are rare in the entire province, let alone second-level alchemy furnaces.

Ordinary second-level alchemists from sects, or second-level alchemists from major forces, would go to Tianyuan Province in person to purchase an alchemy furnace if they needed one. This resulted in very little market demand for this in the province, and the few available in shops in the Immortal City were mostly of poor quality.

When Yan Qingwan inherited the second-level alchemist's skills, she bought a second-level alchemy furnace in Jinhuang Immortal City, but the actual effect was not ideal.

"You can try to refine the first-grade best first-grade product first!"

Just as Li Ji'an was about to try to refine a top-grade elixir, there was a knock on the door.

"Is Xiaofan here?" Then a familiar voice came.

Li Ji'an was slightly startled. He hadn't heard this voice for many years.

I left the Yan family at the age of twenty-six. Now I am thirty-six years old, and ten years have passed.

"Brother Qing." Li Ji'an opened the door and looked at Yan Qing, who looked like a middle-aged man. He felt very familiar.

Yan Qing smiled and looked at Li Ji'an, then moved to the side, revealing another familiar old figure behind him.

"Little bunny!"

(End of this chapter)