Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 180 Abyssal Stone Platform
Sensing the change in the old formation master's mood, Li Ji'an was both expectant and a little surprised.

The other party's emotions were a bit too strong, proving that they had a deep connection.

"Tell me about it." Li Ji'an did not reveal any attitude.

The old formation master stared at Li Ji'an for a moment, sighed and said, "Qingci is my disciple."

Li Ji'an raised his eyebrows slightly, and then stopped asking. Instead, he asked Gua Gua to take the storage bag and the rattle in his arms from Fu Hanxing, who was also lying on the ground with a weak breath.

After getting the rattle, Li Ji'an probed into it with his spiritual sense.

There is still no sensation, no different from ordinary things.

"Dong~" It shook gently, making an ancient muffled sound.

Then Li Ji'an's eyes lit up, and he felt a sense of connection in his heart.

After taking it in for a moment, a smile appeared on his face.

"It's connected to the mind and can sense the target's mind. If they're lying, it will be reflected in the drumbeat."

“Usage consumes mental energy.”

After a moment, Li Ji'an figured out how to use it and immediately activated it with his mind.

He looked at the old formation master again: "What is your real name?"

"First tell me where Qingci is? How is she now?" The old formation master was quite concerned.

Li Ji'an shook his head: "You are not qualified to bargain."

After he finished speaking, he placed one hand on the top of his head and poured the energy and blood into him.

"I...ah! I'm telling you, I'm Liu Xiangshan."

……

Just like how they interrogated the old man who ambushed them in the sandstorm area eighty-one years ago, they soon got the answer they deserved.

It turned out that Liu Xiangshan was a member of the side branch of the Liu family who was good at formation. Eighty-one years ago, there was an internal conflict within the Liu family, and he escaped from the Liu family. He has been living in Tianyuan Prefecture under an assumed name, practicing the art of formation.

You Qingci was not only his disciple, but also his fellow Taoist.

However, in the end, the two had a disagreement over something, and You Qingci left him.

"You said that Fellow Daoist You insisted on protecting Liu Jingchun's descendants, so we parted ways?" One of the messages gave Li Ji'an a flash of inspiration.

According to Liu Xiangshan, eighty-one years ago, he and You Qingci fled to Tianyuan Prefecture, and at that time they took with them the only son of Liu Jingchun, the leader of the internal strife within the clan.

Afterwards, You Qingci left alone with Liu Jingchun's only son Liu Yuanhua and has been missing since then.

"Could Xiao Qiao be Liu Jingchun's granddaughter?" Li Ji'an recalled the abnormal behavior of Xiao Qiao when she saw Liu Jingchun up close twice, and combined with what Liu Xiangshan said, he came to this conclusion.

Ordinary cultivators cannot sense the power of blood unintentionally unless they have specialized in blood magic or are at the level of True Person or above. Xiao Qiao can connect with the earth, so she accidentally felt the power of blood?
"Why did the Liu family have internal strife back then?" This time, Li Ji'an asked through telepathic communication.

He has not investigated this matter specifically in recent years because he is worried that it will attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

At this moment, the other party is already dead, so I just asked him.

"Back then... Uncle Jingchun suddenly forced the ancestor to abdicate, but failed... I don't know the specific reason, but I was close to Uncle Jingchun, and I was worried about being punished by his lineage, so I fled..."

The rattle didn't make any sound, proving that it wasn't lying.

It only means that he is not a direct descendant of the Liu family, and the core reason is unknown.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what happened to Qingci? Has she been living well these years?" After answering Li Ji'an's question, Liu Xiangshan still asked expectantly.

Li Ji'an nodded: "Grandma You and I have a good relationship, and she is living well in the Immortal City."

"Okay, okay, that's good... Fellow Daoist Li, cultivators like me have been fighting against heaven and man in pursuit of the Dao. Now that things have come to this, there is nothing wrong with it. This is my fate, and I don't blame you. But, if possible, please hand over the iron book in my storage bag to Qingci. Thank you!" Liu Xiangshan looked peaceful, as if his long-cherished wish had been fulfilled.

Li Ji'an glanced at him and nodded.

Then the qi and blood were stimulated, and the meridians in his body were cut off, leaving his body intact.

"Senior, please spare my life, please spare my life, I have no choice..." Seeing Li Ji'an looking at them, Liu Xiangshan's two disciples knelt down and begged for mercy.

Li Ji'an nodded: "Yes, I have no choice."

"Go and take care of them both." He ordered casually.

He was still worried that the soul lamps in the Lieyang Sect had the ability to retain images.

The two men looked at each other, understood that they had to pledge their allegiance, nodded repeatedly, and then stepped forward and killed Fu Hanxing and his fellow apprentice without hesitation.

"Swoosh!" Gua Gua killed the two men as well.

It's all beyond our control.

Then Li Ji'an asked Gua Gua to touch the corpse.

He checked all the storage bags with his spiritual sense, picked out a few items that were suspected to have been marked by his spiritual sense, and temporarily stored the rest in Gua Gua's mouth.

The traces left on the Glazed True Flame, the prototype of Fu Hanxing's magic weapon, were the heaviest, exceeding those left by his spiritual consciousness. Such a treasure would be very precious even if placed in a Jindan sect, so it was normal to have marks on it.

After carefully sensing it for a moment, Li Ji'an frowned secretly, thinking that it was difficult to deal with it for the time being.

This is Fu Hanxing's natal magic weapon, which has been nurtured for more than ten years. It also contains Fu Hanxing's magic power and soul imprint. It is not easy to refine it. Even if it can be refined now, Li Ji'an cannot control it with his magic power in the early stage of foundation building.

To be on the safe side, Li Ji'an temporarily kept it in Gua Gua's mouth.

Gua Gua's concealing ability blocks the detection of spiritual consciousness, and the Qiankun he spoke of has the effect of forming a unique world, which ordinary Zhendan cultivators may not be able to sense.

Li Ji'an did not check the other items for the time being, and immediately came to Duanmu Qin, ready to open the remaining two stone houses.

The night is long and dreams are many. Even though Liu Xiangshan and Fu Hanxing were able to find this place, there is no guarantee that other people will not accidentally come in. It is better to seize the opportunity and leave as soon as possible.

However, at this moment, Duanmu Qin's eyes changed when he looked at him.

The look of shock did not subside for a long time.

"How many cards does Li Lang have left?" she said subconsciously.

A second-level poison makes sense.

A second-level physical cultivation was beyond imagination. A second-level demon beast was also unimaginable.

And at this moment, he discovered that he actually had such a powerful second-level offensive talisman, and judging from its power, he was probably not far from the late second level.

More importantly, he didn't seem to be struggling at all when activating so many talismans in one breath.

Activating the talisman consumes a lot of energy from the soul. Even her consciousness can only handle three second-level talismans at a time. She needs to recover at least before she can continue to activate it.

Li Ji'an had just activated more than twenty forbidden-breaking talismans in one breath, and then activated two attacking talismans that required higher spiritual awareness.

This is enough to prove that Li Ji'an's spiritual awareness is several times stronger than hers.

"Spiritual consciousness in the late stage of foundation building?" Duanmu Qin was inexplicably shocked and couldn't even imagine it.

Li Ji'an smiled faintly: "Now I can be said to be truly honest with you. You have seen all my cards."

Now, apart from three more powerful natal talismans and the teleportation talisman for escape, there is only the fine Blood Burning Pill that can instantly burst out twice the mana and quickly reach the middle stage of foundation building strength, as well as the first-level peak fire spirit in the dantian.

Although the little fire spirit is still at the first level, the power of its original spiritual flame is more than twice that of Li Ji'an's current fire magic power. The power of its pure spiritual flame is close to the fire magic power of the late foundation building stage.

Although there is no magic, the fireball spell can cause considerable damage at close range.

"When does Li Lang want to have a child?" Duanmu Qin suddenly smiled charmingly, her beautiful eyes full of affection.

"I remember that the fairy had said before that she would never have children." Li Ji'an reminded with a smile.

Duanmu Qin smiled and said, "I just said it casually, Li Lang, please don't take it seriously."

Li Ji'an didn't comment. After all, he still had the rattle in his arms, and his mind was still focused, and the rattle hadn't made any sound.

However, this idea was probably a spur-of-the-moment one, because the two of them had already made an agreement before coming in this time. If they got the chance, both parties would swear a blood oath that was more stringent than the Heart Demon Oath, and Duanmu Qin would go far away to another area, and there was a high probability that they would never meet again.

Then the two of them did not delay any longer and used the forbidden talisman to open the remaining two stone houses.

"Huh?" Duanmu Qin was stunned at first.

Because there was nothing valuable in the two stone houses on the outside, let alone the colorful jade tree and Qiu Lishui.

"Li Lang, our ancestors' inheritance did say that the jade slip that carried the message contained these two items!" Duanmu Qin said sincerely.

The rattle still didn't sound.

"Let's look for it, maybe there are other places we missed." Li Ji'an nodded, and started looking carefully again with Duanmu Qin, and asked Gua Gua to search underground as well.

In addition to the hall at the outer door, this cave also has the main hall. Although the main hall is not small, only these eight stone houses can be seen.

After a while, the two men and the frog searched the cave again, but still found nothing.

"Could you please tell me the complete contents of the jade slip that the fairy's ancestors obtained?" Li Ji'an stood in the center of the main hall, deep in thought.

According to the information revealed by Duanmu Qin so far, people from this sect in ancient times left a chance for Dan formation in this cave and sent a message to their descendants to come here and take it.

This jade slip of communication was found in the withered bones, and the crystal-condensing pill in the alchemy room was still there, which meant that he had not come to this cave before encountering an accident.

The Jindan Lingzhen should still be there.

Duanmu Qin nodded. "That jade slip of communication turned to ashes shortly after it was unearthed. The original words passed down by our ancestors were - Chen'er, Grandpa will go first. The materials for forming the golden elixir are complete. First, take the Condensing Crystal Pill, then refine the Seven-Colored Jade Tree. After the elixir is formed, take the Qiuli Water. When your golden elixir is fully formed, you can use the teleportation array to come to the front line to slay the human demon and avenge your parents."

"Another human-demon!" Li Ji'an's heart paused. This was the first time he heard the words "human-demon" at the ancient talisman master's inheritance place in the wilderness.

Now there is further confirmation.

"The calamity that destroyed the world in ancient times was a human demon?"

"Demon cultivator? That shouldn't be the case. Demon cultivators will just be called demon cultivators. What's more, demon cultivators still exist today." And based on Li Ji'an's understanding of this world over the years.

The demon cultivators in this world are essentially still cultivators, but some of their cultivation techniques and methods, or just some secret offensive skills, are defined as demons by the dominant forces in various domains.

For example, in the several domains in the northeast of Tiancang Territory, there are many demonic cultivators, but there is no possibility of causing a world-destroying disaster.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ji'an gathered his thoughts, but the information was still not enough.

And according to this message, the Colorful Jade Tree and Qiu Lishui must still be there.

"Quack~" At this moment, Guagua suddenly discovered something unusual.

Li Ji'an immediately entered the master bedroom stone house again.

I saw Gua Gua popping his head out from the corner of the master bedroom stone house.

In the corner beside him, a halo as light as the morning mist brightened slightly, but it was so thin that it could not be seen unless you looked carefully, and the aura was extremely weak.

"This is..." Duanmu Qin looked at the halo in confusion.

"This is a small teleportation array." Li Ji'an recognized it at a glance.

Without waiting for Duanmu Qin to react, Li Ji'an had already taken out several spirit stones from his storage bag and inserted them into a groove in the corner.

With his in-depth study of Grandma Yu's formation inheritance, he was no stranger to this kind of situation.

It was obvious that the formation had lost its spiritual energy supply for a long time and was about to become ineffective.

As nearly a hundred spirit stones were injected, the halo on the ground became brighter and brighter, and finally a magic circle with a faint glow and an inscription of teleportation appeared.

"Quack!" Li Ji'an immediately ordered Gua Gua to step on it.

hum~
There was a flash of light, and Guagua disappeared without a trace.

Li Ji'an's vision suddenly widened, and what he saw was an underground abyss.

The inside is illuminated by a circle of stone walls emitting a faint glow.

The stone walls formed a cylindrical pit with a diameter of several hundred feet. In the center of the pit, there was a large stone platform engraved with intricate inscriptions. The diameter of the stone platform was over ten feet, and it was raised half a foot high. There were also countless jade stones inlaid around it that emitted a faint glow.

In the center of the raised stone platform, there was a groove as thick as a bucket, and rich spiritual energy overflowed from the groove.

Inside the groove, a dead branch is deeply embedded. Next to the dead branch, there is a jade tree with a seven-color halo and a jade bottle floating in the rich spiritual energy.

"found it!"

(End of this chapter)