Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 142 The Ambition of Inheritance
This year is not only Zhao Shuyao’s 100th birthday, but also Li Ji’an’s if he hadn’t returned to childhood.

I have been in this spiritual world for seventy-three years without realizing it.

Zhao Shuyao did not hold a banquet to celebrate, but just chatted with Li Ji'an.

After all, in the spiritual world, the so-called "longevity" is not worth celebrating, and is even regarded as a vicious curse.

This time, Li Ji'an clearly felt that his old friend was about to die. Although he still had a dozen years to live, once a first-level physical cultivator turned ninety, his energy and blood would decline rapidly, and after a hundred years, it would be almost exhausted. The days after that would truly be like the last days of a mortal.

Li Ji'an has never experienced "aging" and cannot understand what the mentality will be like in the last moments of life, but he has seen that 80% of people are afraid, unwilling, and eager to survive before they die of old age. No matter how bold and heroic they were when they were young, or how they talked about their affairs after death, when that moment comes, their desire to survive is extremely strong.

One adult faces death, relief, and regret.

Very few people can be as truly indifferent and content as Master Shangshan Zhenren and Senior Brother Houde Zhenren.

"I'm afraid the three of them will feel regretful and unwilling in the end." Li Ji'an sighed and felt a little regretful.

Seventy-three years ago, after setting foot in this world and understanding the so-called "immortals", the five people swore an oath along the way that they would make the family that raised blood slaves pay for their blood debt with blood.

I have to go back to the Xianci Dynasty and make the truth known to the public.

However, many things are beyond human control. Not to mention the other four people, even Li Ji'an, who has a cheat, does not have the ability to fulfill his oath.

In the first life, I knew nothing and carefully explored and accumulated knowledge, eventually stopping at the middle stage of Qi training.

Fortunately, I had accumulated protectors in my childhood for this life, so I was able to have a good start.

This life is much better than the previous one, but the deeper I understand, the more I feel the difficulty of the spiritual world.

Thanks to the accumulation of alchemy in the previous life, especially the strong support of the old friend in front of me, I was able to successfully build the foundation.

But it is foreseeable that even so, the other three will not be able to see the day of revenge.

That night, Li Ji'an tried to nurture his natal talisman for the first time.

As the golden bell talisman made of second-level animal skin was stored in Dantian, he immediately used his magic power to wrap it and connected it with his essence and blood.

After observing for several hours, I understood the principle.

This is the same principle as the one I asked Hua Hongling about before about nourishing the natal magic weapon.

They all use essence and blood as a medium to assimilate it and communicate with one's own mind.

In the following months, in order to collect three natal talismans, Li Ji'an helped others refine a few more furnaces of pills in exchange for second-level talisman materials, claiming that he wanted to exchange them for rare medicinal materials.

This situation is very common in the circle of independent cultivators in Cangyun Province, especially for materials above the second level. The rarer the material, the less likely they are to sell it for low-grade spirit stones. Instead, they will directly ask to exchange it for the most urgently needed items.

In the end, I wasted five precious second-level talisman materials and finally got them all.

A second-level early-stage fine Fiery Halberd Talisman, a fine Wind Escape Talisman, plus the previous Golden Bell Talisman, the three natal talismans greatly increased safety.

In addition, there are five second-level primary-grade ordinary talismans and a first-level late-stage small teleportation talisman.

Unfortunately, the small teleportation talisman is only a preliminary step in the law of space. Even in the late first stage, it is only a hundred miles away. Facing the spiritual perception and escape light of the middle and late stages of foundation building, it cannot escape the lock.

If you want to teleport a longer distance, you need to truly draw on the inspiration of the spatial laws, which is difficult to do unless you are in the late third stage.

Fortunately, if one could first use the small teleportation talisman to create distance instantly, and then use the wind escape talisman to escape, even a cultivator in the middle or late stage of foundation building who had not studied the escape technique in depth would be unable to catch up.

That day, Li Ji'an took another look at the bounty for the second-level golden-armored beast demon core he had posted in Wantong Building, but still no one took it.

"No one is willing to accept three thousand spirit stones?"

After hesitating for a moment, he finally decided not to increase the reward.

He had expected this result. Compared with human cultivators, monsters of the same level have stronger bodies, and once they are promoted to the second level, most of them will awaken their bloodline talents.

Without knowing their bloodline talents, even a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building could stumble. Although they wouldn't die, the price would be enormous and not worth it.

Furthermore, the second-level monsters are almost all found deep in the dense forests of various mountains, making it difficult to find their tracks, which is a waste of time.

"It's a pity that the Biyun Sect is busy excavating the ruins." Under normal circumstances, more monks from the sect would accept this kind of bounty. One reason is that they are strong enough, and the other is that they often seek out monsters for trials, so it is a convenient thing for them to do.

In the end, Li Ji'an decided to wait for Xiao Changfeng's reply.

A month later, instead of receiving a reply from Xiao Changfeng, I unexpectedly received a reply from Chen Qingling.

He said that he had just returned to the wilderness from the depths of Fallen Dragon Ridge, and he was with Red Stone Wanderer.

Four years have passed since the last summons.

"I just happened to return to the wilderness to pay tribute to Uncle Chen. Please keep in touch." Fearing that his master and disciple would not hear from each other for a few years again, Li Ji'an decisively slowed down the other party this time.

The next day, Li Ji'an said goodbye to Xiao Qiao, who was studying the formation, and asked her to guard the house well.

It is worth mentioning that Xiao Qiao finally advanced to the middle stage of Qi training last year. His magic power and soul were barely enough to arrange a primary formation. He began to study it in depth during this year. Just as Li Ji'an expected, he has great talent.

It is certain that it is related to its ability to sense the spiritual power of the earth.

At noon that day, Li Ji'an left the Jinhuang Immortal City and set up a flying boat to head straight for the wilderness.

This time he was in a hurry, so in addition to increasing the mana input of the flying boat, he also activated a second-grade high-quality wind speed talisman.

At the same time, a communication talisman in the Zheng family's ancestral hall vibrated at the right time.

"Humph, this guy is here to deliver resources to the Yan family again!" Zheng Tianxiang snorted coldly after reading the communication talisman.

"That foundation-building pill four years ago gave the Yan family another foundation-building cultivator, and yet he's here again this time?"

"Then don't blame me for being rude!"

"Don't be careless. Let's fight quickly and decisively. Let's hold the Yan family back."

After four years, Zheng Tianxiang's decision was supported this time.

First, four years ago they sent people to the Immortal City to investigate and found out that Li Ji'an was just a first-level casual alchemist and a guest of the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce. He also stopped doing business after he established his foundation.

Secondly, two years ago, the Yan family gave birth to the third person in the Foundation Establishment stage, shocking the wilderness. By calculating the time, it is highly likely that it was brought by Li Ji'an four years ago.

Third, the war is now at a stalemate and the Zheng family is also short of supplies.

"Don't worry, uncle. He is just a casual alchemist. He is not good at attacking and he has just started the foundation-building stage. I will not be careless." Zheng Tianxiang said calmly.

In less than two months, Li Ji'an had reached the edge of the wilderness.

However, this time he did not go to the Yan family, nor did he enter from the same direction as last time. Instead, he headed straight to the gathering area near the Lianhefang Market from the east.

This area was previously occupied by five alliances, and the wasteland tribes have unspoken rules in their wars, and will not attack the ordinary people in the gathering area.

But due to years of unrest, many people have left here.

After several decades, when I returned here, I found it much more desolate and lonely.

Not long after, Li Ji'an finally saw Chen Qingling again, and learned that his master Chishi Sanren had been preparing supplies these days and would be back to pick him up soon.

When feeling the pressure from Li Ji'an, who was in the foundation-building stage, Chen Qingling, who was nearly ninety years old, stopped in his tracks. He stared blankly at the younger generation in front of him who looked very similar to Big Brother Li back then, and was speechless for a long time.

"This can be regarded as a continuation of Brother Li's ambition to seek immortality." The scene of the stubborn old monk who refused to be shaken by anyone and wholeheartedly sought immortality more than seventy years ago flashed through his mind.

(End of this chapter)