Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 147 A branch of the Liu family
The more Li Ji'an learned about the secrets of soul cultivation, the more he looked forward to it.

Compared to the practice of magic, it transforms the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into magic power, breeds the Tao baby, and integrates the Tao with heaven and earth.

Soul cultivation is the original method of self-improvement for the human race, and it is the core that enables the human race to compete with all other races.

It was also the most prosperous method of cultivation for the human race before ancient times.

The advantage of the primates of all races lies not in their physical strength, nor in their bloodline, but in their spiritual intelligence.

The reason why the weak human race was able to rise step by step in the ancient struggle for supremacy among all races was due to the power of heaven.

If one wants to be blessed with the power of Heaven, there are three paths: body, method, and soul.

The bloodline of physical cultivation is favored by heaven, which is the only way for the wild demon clan to rule over all other clans for a long time.

The human race has weak bodies and ordinary bloodlines. It was not until the ancient sages understood the soul and entered the Tao, and followed the laws of nature, that they opened up a prosperous era for the human race.

The method of refining the art of pregnancy to harmonize the Dao of Heaven and Earth is actually a method that emerged after the Dao of ancient times became weak.

However, according to records unearthed from many relics, the path of soul cultivation had already weakened in ancient times. Until the outbreak of the great catastrophe of demon cultivation more than 3,000 years ago, soul cultivation was relegated to the ranks of the demon path and almost became extinct.

His soul was strengthened by "rejuvenation". Every time he regained his youth, the foundation of his soul became much stronger. He was most suitable for the path of soul cultivation. Even if he could not comprehend the heaven and earth and enter the Tao with his spirit, at least the method of practicing the soul could speed up the growth of his soul.

Unfortunately, I have been here for decades, but I have never heard of the secret method of soul cultivation.

"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and prepare the materials. There are seniors who are building their foundation outside." After waiting for a while and seeing no movement, Li Ji'an's spiritual sense easily covered the formation material shop.

Seeing a middle-aged woman sorting materials in the inner hall, the fat shopkeeper urged her with a disgusted look on his face.

The woman said nothing and continued to tidy up.

"Huh, are you speechless now? Why didn't you have this much patience when you were arguing with Third Sister-in-law?" The shopkeeper became even more angry.

"say!"

The woman took a deep breath and finally spoke calmly: "Master, it's not that I don't know how to be tolerant, but Third Sister-in-law went too far this time. It's wrong for her to hit my Qun'er when the younger generation quarreled."

"No? Don't you know the identity of your third sister-in-law? She is the daughter of the alchemist worshipped in our clan. Let alone hitting Qun'er, even if she hits you and me, we have to endure it!" The shopkeeper finally found a topic to talk about and complained harshly.

The woman fell silent again.

"Hmph, we're collateral descendants, and we finally got a job as a shopkeeper after finally connecting with the Third Master's lineage. Otherwise, how could I have hoped to get a Yangyuan Pill for Qun'er? You... do you think your family is the same as Third Sister-in-law's?
If you cause our family to be hated by the Third Master this time, and our children don’t have the Yangyuan Pill to nourish their spiritual roots in the future, and they miss the path to immortality, you…”

……

Li Ji'an withdrew his spiritual sense, no longer trying to pry into people's privacy, and did not urge them.

This kind of thing is very common in a family of cultivators. Once, Zhang Tiezhu's eldest son Yan Jue lost many opportunities because he married into a family with a different surname.

The bigger the family, the more such things happen.

After all, there is a difference between close and distant relatives, and there is no real fairness.

Not long after, another young man came in from outside the door.

The man was dressed in an exquisite robe, with an imposing bearing and an arrogant expression.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw no one coming to greet him, and his brows immediately tightened.

Just as he was about to call out, he suddenly discovered that Li Ji'an, who had restrained his breath, was sitting there.

The moment he saw Li Ji'an's face, the young man was startled.

Then he suddenly smiled and greeted him respectfully: "Junior greets Senior Li. I would like to ask Senior Li how he is on behalf of my ancestor."

Li Ji'an nodded slightly. He had an impression of this person. He had once followed an old man in the Foundation Establishment Stage to the Li Mansion to ask for elixir.

"I never expected that Senior Li would come to my Liu family shop in person. It really makes us feel honored. We are very lucky." The young man became even more excited after receiving the response.

The Danshi Li in front of him is a very famous second-level alchemist in Xiancheng. His ancestor is now even more determined to make friends with him through his second-level elixirs.

"My friend, you don't have to be polite. The formation materials here are more refined and affordable than those in the Immortal City. You should come here." Li Ji'an said with a smile.

All the families living near the Liu family are surnamed Liu, most of them are branches of the Liu family and some families given surnames. Compared with the chaos in the wasteland, this place can be said to be dominated by the Liu family.

Not only the Liu family, but also the other four major families in Cangyun Prefecture are like this.

"Senior Li, do you need materials for the formation? Just say the word and I will personally deliver them to the Immortal City for you. You don't have to bother coming here in person." The young man was more enthusiastic when he saw that Li Ji'an was quite kind.

"No need. I've been quiet for a while and want to move around, so I came out for a walk. You can go about your business." Li Ji'an waved his hand.

The young man knew when to advance and when to retreat, and he bowed and said goodbye: "Please wait a moment, senior. I'll take my leave."

At this moment, the fat shopkeeper and his Taoist companion brought over the sorted formation materials.

The young man saw the two and hurriedly ordered, "Liu Zhong, Senior Li is our ancestor's close friend, you must not neglect him."

"Greetings, young master. Yes, yes, I understand." The fat shopkeeper nodded rapidly.

The young man nodded, bowed to Li Ji'an, and hurried out of the store.

Then the fat shopkeeper explained to Li Ji'an more respectfully the configuration of several sets of formation materials, and carefully divided out each one.

After all the materials were put into the storage bag, Li Ji'an was about to pay the spirit stones.

A hearty laugh was heard: "Hahaha, Master Li Dan, your humble home is honored. I am so lucky!"

Then, the old man who came to ask for elixir in memory came in excitedly.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, nice to meet you." Li Ji'an responded with a fist salute.

"Greetings, ancestor." The fat shopkeeper and the woman hurriedly saluted.

The old ancestor turned a deaf ear to him and just gave a sincere invitation: "Master Li Dan, it is better to meet by chance than to be invited. Since we have run into each other near my Liu family today, please move into our clan and let me show my hospitality." "Daoyou Liu, you are too polite. I would be very honored to refuse your invitation." Now that he had come to the Liu family's Taoist temple, Li Ji'an intended to make some contact.

The other party was just a foundation-building family of a branch of the Liu family and posed no threat to him. Moreover, Li Ji'an's reputation in the Immortal City still had some effect.

At least people of importance won't openly do anything against him.

In the end, the Liu family's ancestor firmly refused Li Ji'an's request to pay for the materials for the formation and welcomed him into the family.

Their clan land is located on a second-grade low-grade spiritual vein, which was given to them by the direct descendants of the Liu family more than three hundred years ago in recognition of the contributions of their ancestors.

Compared with the Wasteland Family, which had external enemies and an unstable situation, Li Ji'an clearly felt the internal friction within this family. In just a short welcoming ceremony, Li Ji'an saw that the senior members of the family were divided into at least three factions.

After discussing Taoism with the Liu family's ancestor for half a day, both of them were filled with emotion.

"Haha, practicing is not easy! Our small family is so dependent on the master's family. Unless we catch the master's eye, we have even less hope than the Wasteland Family." The ancestor of the Liu family shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Li Ji'an also felt the same way: "Compared to Fellow Daoist Liu, a helpless cultivator like Li has an even more hopeless future. At least Fellow Daoist Liu still has the possibility of being blessed by the master, but I can only wait for the opportunity."

"Same, same. The sect strictly controls the resources for the Jindan stage, and the main family even has a firm grasp on the resources for the middle and late stages of the foundation building stage. To be honest, if I can reach the middle stage of the foundation building stage, I will be very satisfied."

……

During this period, Li Ji'an did not try to inquire about the situation of the main family of the Liu family, but only made some speculations about the situation of this branch family based on what they said.

The Liu family has almost no external threats, but their internal strife is very serious.

The current ancestor of the Liu family, Fake Dan, has lived for over three hundred years. Theoretically, his lifespan will not exceed fifty years. If he takes the second-level longevity pill, it may be twenty or thirty years longer.

Another piece of news that is not really a secret is that the core spiritual vein of the Liu family was originally of the lower third grade, but a large spirit gathering formation was arranged here to connect several second-grade and first-grade spiritual veins in this area. All the spiritual veins guard the core spiritual vein of the Liu family. The core spiritual vein has a tendency to increase slightly, while the spiritual veins of these small branch families have a tendency to decrease.

In the afternoon, Li Ji'an said goodbye.

The ancestor of the Liu family personally escorted him out of the family.

"Thank you, Master Dan, for your generosity. It is my fault for not disciplining me properly. I hope you will forgive me."

"Third Madam, I apologize to you on behalf of Pingping!"

Just as he flew over a small courtyard, a familiar voice caught Li Ji'an's attention.

As far as the eye could see, in that courtyard, Dong Jiangling was humbly apologizing to an old alchemist.

Beside him, an old woman was also bowing to a middle-aged woman.

Behind them, kneeling were two adults and a child. They were the couple who owned the formation shop earlier and their daughter.

"Oh, I'm sorry to have embarrassed Master Li. There are so many people in our clan, and we don't discipline them strictly. It's really..." The ancestor of the Liu family sighed slightly. He no longer had the energy to take care of these things.

Immediately sent a message to the head of the family to handle it.

Li Ji'an bowed slightly towards him and said, "Fellow Daoist Liu, there is an old friend of mine down there. I need to see him."

"Oh?" The Liu family's ancestor was quite surprised.

Then, the two of them slowly fell from the sky.

"Greetings, ancestor, and greetings, senior!" The old alchemist and his daughter below hurriedly saluted.

Dong Jiangling and the others didn't even dare to look up.

The ancestor of the Liu family landed on the ground without saying a word, just looking at Li Ji'an, wondering who his old friend was?
"Master Li Dan? Xie Fang, the unworthy disciple of Master Zou, pays his respects to Master Li Dan!" When the alchemist in the Liu family saw Li Ji'an's appearance clearly, he was immediately surprised.

He is the disciple of Master Zou Dan and also the younger brother of Xie Gui.

In the early years, he felt that his alchemy skills could not improve any further, so he found a family that established its foundation to serve as a priest. During this period, he often returned to the Immortal City to visit Master Zou Dan and Xie Gui, and met Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an nodded slightly, then walked over to Dong Jiangling and helped him up. "Uncle Dong, why didn't you tell me about this?"

"Kudeng~"

Xie Fang and his daughter, including the fat shopkeeper and Dong Ping who were kneeling below, all looked at Dong Jiangling in shock.

"Senior Li called me father-in-law...Uncle Dong?"

"When did my father meet the Foundation Establishment Master?"

Dong Jiangling looked at Li Ji'an and his old face turned red. He just learned about this matter today. He thought Cui Niang could come and solve it, but it turned out to be a bit tricky. Urged by his son-in-law, he hurried over to resolve the conflict for his daughter.

"Is this Aunt Cui?" Li Ji'an helped the old woman next to Dong Jiangling up again.

Cui Niang was shocked. Dong Jiangling had said before that he had an older brother, and he had also talked about his older brother's son over the years, but she had only heard it from hearsay. Now she finally understood that her husband was not bragging.

"I… greet you, Senior…"

"Aunt Cui, Aunt Yao asked me to say hello to you on her behalf."

"Okay, okay, but please don't embarrass me, senior. I can't bear it." Cui Niang was very excited, but she really couldn't understand how Li Ji'an, as a senior in the foundation-building stage, addressed her in this way.

Li Ji'an then walked over to Dong Ping and helped her up. "Sister Ping, it's our first meeting. Please accept this small token of my appreciation."

Li Ji'an handed her a top-grade anti-aging pill.

Dong Ping's pupils constricted, as if she had seen a ghost, and she even suspected that she was dreaming.

Finally, he handed it to the little girl next to him.

The fat shopkeeper who was kneeling beside him was shaking like a sieve.

After doing all this, Li Ji'an said goodbye again without asking any questions about what had just happened.

(End of this chapter)