Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 163 The gap is not small
There is nothing much to explain about adult matters.

Li Ji'an smiled and invited Yan Qingwan into the mansion.

"Fan'er, this is what I owe you." As soon as he entered the main room and before he sat down, Yan Qingwan handed him a storage bag.

Li Ji'an did not refuse. In the last message, Yan Qingwan had already told him that because the Zheng family asked for peace, they paid a lot of compensation and then took over the Wei family's property. Now the Yan family's assets have skyrocketed several times compared to before the turmoil.

Consistent with the gains of the victor.

When I took a look, I found that there were six thousand spirit stones!

This is a 20% premium over the auction price.

The premium is at least 30% compared to hiring an alchemist to refine the medicine.

However, this is only compared with the market price, and considering the restrictions on Foundation Establishment Pills in Cangyun Province, it is not expensive at all.

It is also safer and saves the cost of renting a cave in the fairy city.

After all, the wilderness was in chaos at that time, and it was almost impossible for any family to obtain a foundation-building pill safely.

"Aunt thanks you on behalf of the Yan family." Seeing Li Ji'an accept the spirit stone, Yan Qingwan breathed a sigh of relief, a smile blossomed on her face, and she bowed solemnly to Li Ji'an.

"The Yan family was very kind to my father and also took care of me and raised me during my childhood. My father taught me to be grateful and repay kindness." Li Ji'an gave a false helping hand and did not feel at ease accepting the gift.

The smile in Yan Qingwan's eyes deepened, but it also brought back a trace of memory: "Fan'er, your father..."

"To be honest, Dad was actually dying back then, and he has passed away now." Li Ji'an sighed.

"How could this be?" Yan Qingwan's face changed instantly.

Li Ji'an told the excuse he had already prepared: "Dad sent me to the Yan family because I was injured and knew I wouldn't live long, but he wouldn't let me tell you."

"How did he get injured? Who hurt him?" A fierce look flashed in Yan Qingwan's eyes.

Li Ji'an clearly felt the change in his mood and was a little dazed for a moment.

He didn't expect that Yan Qingwan had such deep feelings for him.

"This... I was young at that time and didn't understand."

Yan Qingwan came back to her senses, took a deep breath, and slowly sat down.

"Oh." After a long time, he sighed deeply.

Li Ji'an then diverted the topic to other areas.

Asked about the sect's recruitment.

"This time, my aunt brought the strong fighting force of the clan, ten people in the late stage of Qi training and thirty people in the middle stage of Qi training, which meet the requirements of the sect." Yan Qingwan also revealed the details of this call that were unknown to outsiders.

The sect has requirements for families in the state.

Li Ji'an also revealed the true situation that was not reported in the official report, and warned: "The forces from other states are not small. When dealing with the sect, avoid confrontation with them while ensuring your own safety."

"Don't worry, Fan'er. Your aunt won't worry about it. Our clan has been established in the wilderness for hundreds of years and has been summoned by sects before. We have experience in this area. The clansmen who came this time are smart." Yan Qingwan responded.

"That's good!" Li Ji'an nodded.

Afterwards, Yan Qingwan became concerned about his spiritual life over the years, although Li Ji'an had given a brief account of it before.

But after Yan Qingwan found out where Li Ji'an was today, especially after entering the core talent zone of this fairy city, she realized that Li Ji'an's previous communication was not simply to report good news but to be overly humble.

This is not a peaceful place to practice cultivation, it is simply a luxurious residence and enjoyable level of practice!

Putting aside other things, the luxurious mansion with second-grade mid-grade spiritual vein here is much stronger than the core Taoist temple of the Yan family's ancestral land.

Moreover, there is an immortal city outside the core area to maintain security, so you can truly practice wholeheartedly.

"This is all thanks to my aunt who taught me the alchemy tradition, and the help of some fellow Taoists here, especially Master Zou Dan who taught me often. I was also lucky that the Immortal City happened to change its owner. Otherwise, this would not have happened." Li Ji'an said modestly.

"You are just like your father." Yan Qingwan looked at Li Ji'an with relief.

The two chatted for a while, and Yan Qingwan asked to see Li Ji'an's alchemy room.

At this moment, Duanmu Qin came out dressed neatly.

"Hello, fellow Taoist." Duanmu Qin bowed gracefully.

"Fairy Qin, this is Aunt Li. Aunt, this is Fairy Qin." Li Ji'an introduced them to each other.

When Duanmu Qin saw Yan Qingwan for the first time, he felt a little surprised and sighed that she was a female cultivator with a gentle temperament. She looked like a lady from a good family who grew up under the protection of her elders.

Compared to a helpless cultivator like her who can only rely on herself, she is more sought after by some male cultivators with status.

When I secretly investigated Li Jian before, I only knew that he grew up in the Yan family in the wilderness during his childhood and was well taken care of by this aunt. Only today did I know that his aunt was so beautiful.

For a moment, she doubted that Li Ji'an was able to control himself so well and remain calm in the face of women. Perhaps it was because he often interacted with such beauties in his childhood.

After all, he has been accustomed to being with such beauties since he was a child. How could a female cultivator of ordinary appearance catch his eye?
Yan Qingwan also secretly sighed at Duanmu Qin's beauty and grace. There was no need to look at her face, just her charming figure was enough. She was beautiful, and she did not hide it at all, showing it openly.

She thought to herself that if she were a male cultivator, she would be more willing to become a Taoist partner with such a generous female cultivator.

"Fan'er is so lucky."

"Fairy Qin, you're too polite. I came here in such a hurry that I forgot to prepare a gift in advance. This cold marrow is my aunt's gift. I hope you don't mind."

Yan Qingwan presented the gift as an elder, which made Duanmu Qin feel an inexplicable warmth in his heart. It was a recognition of identity.

But... she glanced at Li Ji'an, and finally shook her head helplessly: "Fairy Yan has misunderstood. Fellow Daoist Li and I... are just fellow Daoists. I am unworthy of this gift."

Yan Qingwan was slightly stunned and looked at Li Ji'an.

She was born in the wilderness, where the customs and practices were somewhat different. Furthermore, she had been taught by her clan since she was young, so her thinking was relatively conservative, at least when it came to Dao partners. Even if someone wasn't a Dao partner, they had to be concubines.

A relationship like that between Duanmu Qin and Li Ji'an is not common in the wilderness.

Li Ji'an nodded, agreeing with what Duanmu Qin said.

"Fairy Qin, please forgive me. I misunderstood. Haha~ I was saying that no mortal would be so lucky as to marry a Taoist partner as heavenly as Fairy Qin." Yan Qingwan apologized with a hint of regret.

Duanmu Qin glanced at Li Ji'an and said, "Haha~ Fairy Yan, what you said makes me feel ashamed. Fellow Daoist Li's status and position in the Immortal City are beyond my reach.

I was puzzled before, but today, seeing Fairy Yan’s beautiful face, I was instantly relieved.”

"Fairy Qin is too modest..."

"Fairy Yan, you are too kind..."

The two girls exchanged pleasantries, both praising each other.

Li Ji'an nodded secretly. Just like in the secular world, the more beautiful the women, the more they admire and praise each other. On the contrary, those with poorer conditions are more likely to compare and envy each other.

After a while, Duanmu Qin said goodbye reluctantly.

Li Ji'an brought Yan Qingwan to the backyard.

Xiao Qiao, who was practicing the piano hard, came over from afar.

"Xiao Qiao, come and meet my aunt." Li Ji'an introduced the two parties again.

"Xiao Qiao greets my aunt." Xiao Qiao greeted respectfully.

Yan Qingwan was used to this kind of address. After all, he was the ancestor of the clan and was called "Ancestor" all day long.

Upon learning of Xiao Qiao's identity, Yan Qingwan exchanged a few words of greeting with concern and gave her a gift.

When she arrived at the alchemy room and saw all the arrangements inside Li Ji'an's alchemy room, Yan Qingwan was once again secretly amazed.

The second-order advanced spirit gathering array, spirit inducing array, soul nourishing array... were almost the most advanced alchemy room configurations she had ever seen.

When she saw Li Ji'an's second-grade high-quality alchemy furnace and several rare medicinal materials, especially the main ingredient of the foundation-building mid-stage breakthrough pill, she felt completely ashamed of herself. If Li Ji'an had stayed in the Yan family, it would have been a real waste of time.

At the same time, he secretly sighed in his heart that the ancestors of the Yan family had accumulated for several generations and spent the efforts and lives of several generations to establish a family in the wilderness that was envied by countless casual cultivators.

However, Li Ji'an and his son achieved such great success in just two lifetimes, which is truly enviable to others.

I was originally planning to experience the feeling of refining medicine in this alchemy room, but a message came from the communication talisman.

"Fan'er, the sect is gathering the Wasteland Family. I have to go there first and will come find you later."

Li Ji'an escorted her all the way to the gate of the core area and introduced Hua Hongling and others along the way.

Yan Qingwan was still a little dazed until she walked out of the door. Li Ji'an's mansion, especially the alchemy room inside, was enough to shock her.

As a result, just along the way, those famous masters in the fairy city were so kind and polite to him.

Among them, the flower vase maker, the money formation master, and Doctor Bai were all masters that they often heard of in the wilderness.

Before the turmoil in the wilderness, a foundation-building ancestor of the Wei family spent a lot of effort on the flower instrument master in order to obtain a life-saving magic weapon.

Moreover, he said that the flower pot maker had a bad temper, a very bad attitude, and was very slow in his work. However, he was full of praise for the exquisite magic tools he made.

Master Qian was specially invited by the Li family to go to the wilderness to set up a large formation to protect the clan. Yan Qingwan had seen his arrogant attitude from afar when she was young.

However, both of them greeted her very kindly just now.

"I still underestimated Fan'er's status and position in the Immortal City!" It was not until they returned to the gathering area of the four families in the wasteland that Yan Qingwan sighed with regret, and the joy on her face gradually deepened.

"Fellow Daoist Yan, a master from the previous sect came to visit just now, and you happened to be away. I had no choice but to take it on. I hope you can forgive me." Zheng Mosheng, the current pillar of the Zheng family, came up to greet him with a smile.

Since the Zheng family asked for peace, they have always claimed to follow the Yan family's lead.

Yan Qingwan understood his intention, which was to flatter and kill.

However, now in the wasteland, the Yan family has three foundation-building masters and occupies three spiritual vein temples. It is impossible not to think of this.

Therefore, Yan Qingwan is the nominal leader of this Wasteland response.

The Zheng, Zhou, and Xu families all followed Yan Qingwan's lead.

The Zheng family is better off, at least there is still a foundation-building cultivator guarding the clan. As for the Zhou family and the Xu family, their foundation-building ancestors have all arrived, and the clan is empty. If they displease the Yan family, there will be a great crisis.

"What are the orders from the Lord?" Yan Qingwan asked calmly.

Zheng Mosheng looked at the two ancestors of the Zhou and Xu families, and finally replied: "The clan leader said that resources are insufficient this time. In addition to basic supplies, we need to bring our own supplies. We have been given three days to prepare, and we must rush to the Daze Mountains in three days."

"Bring your own supplies?" Yan Qingwan frowned slightly.

Just as he was about to tell his clansmen to go shopping, several people outside the yard hurried back.

"Ancestor, there is a shortage of elixirs in the Immortal City. We almost ran around all the elixir shops to barely get enough."

It was the purchasing people from the other three families.

"Oh, Fellow Daoist Yan, you have to hurry up, otherwise our clansmen will be short of medicinal supplies, and it will be easy for them to drop in realm in such a place with chaotic spiritual energy." Zheng Mosheng and the other two saw that their clansmen had purchased some supplies, and they hurriedly persuaded Yan Qingwan.

"..." Yan Qingwan's face looked unhappy. The other party was deliberately creating a time difference. She was afraid that the pills at normal prices in the pill shops outside were really out of stock.

"Yan Qing, come with me into the inner city!" She decided to go find Li Ji'an.

(End of this chapter)