Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 190 Living in a Solitary Peak
Li Ji'an first used the formation card given to him by the deacon to activate the third-level protective formation that had not been used for many years.

It has been in disrepair for many years and is damaged in many places. Fortunately, the base of the formation is still there and the center of the formation is strong enough to bear the load. The only thing is that it is a bit difficult to nourish the spiritual vein now.

After he added nearly a hundred spirit stones, the protective formation became stronger.

Then Xiao Qiao used her ability as a first-level earth spirit master to draw the spiritual energy of the earth and tried to repair some of the damage.

However, it was still a bit far behind. With her current ability, she was still unable to figure out the third-order formation. After spending a long time, she only cleared one or two blockages in her spiritual power, with little effect.

Fortunately, it can exert the power of at least a mid-stage second-order protective formation, which is barely enough.

Moreover, when the formation master from the sect comes to arrange the alchemy room later, it will be repaired, so there is no need to rush.

Li Ji'an built the alchemy room at the top of the peak, which was almost in the clouds. Through the stone window, one could see the fairy mist, which was as ethereal as a fairyland.

You will definitely feel happy if you make elixirs, talismans and practice cultivation here.

The next level down was hollowed out, with three stone houses serving as bedrooms and its own treasury.

There is a natural sky pool on the largest floor, in which the rainwater is as blue as a mirror lake, and Quaking feels extremely comfortable.

Inside this floor is a large stone hall and five stone houses, which are used as places for meeting guests and discussing philosophy. Xiao Qiao's room is also on this floor.

Three days later, the sect's formation master came here to set up the alchemy room, and the deacon of Danding Peak also brought a second-grade top-grade alchemy furnace. However, it was stated in advance that this alchemy furnace was only for Li Ji'an to use as a guest official, and it was not allowed to be taken out of the alchemy room. If he left his position as a guest official, he would need to take it back.

There are not many formation masters in the Biyun Sect, and the one with the highest attainments is the guardian elder who is one of the three true elixirs. He has only three formation disciples under him, all of whom are in the foundation-building stage and have exhausted their potential, making it difficult for them to make further progress.

The visitor this time was a late-stage second-level formation master. After setting up the alchemy room, he also set up a spirit gathering formation and a short-distance teleportation formation as promised by Master Yudan.

The principle of the spirit gathering array is to gather the spiritual energy in the vicinity and gather it inside the array. In ordinary tribes or immortal cities, only small spirit gathering arrays are allowed to be arranged. A spirit gathering array that covers an entire mountain may affect the nearby spiritual veins and is generally not allowed.

The deacon had previously stated that the decline in the spiritual veins of this peak was most likely related to the large spirit gathering formation on the sect's main vein.

The formation master was indifferent to Li Ji'an. After all, when the sect disciples asked for pills, they had to go to Danding Peak to exchange them according to their contribution points. Except for Yudan Zhenren, the only core person in the sect who could refine third-level pills, the other alchemists were only responsible for supplying pills according to Yudan Zhenren's requirements and did not deal directly with the sect disciples.

Before leaving, he also repaired the peak protection formation according to Li Ji'an's request.

At this point, Li Ji'an had settled down on this peak.

According to the agreement, every month the head of Danding Peak would assign Li Ji'an the task of refining the required elixirs based on the sect's elixir inventory and demand, and a deacon would deliver the medicinal materials.

Theoretically, no one from the sect would come to his peak to disturb him.

There is also a six-month adaptation period, during which there are no task requirements.

However, the next morning, True Man Yudan came to visit in person.

His excuse was that he cared about his subordinates and checked whether the formation master had arranged it for Li Ji'an according to his requirements.

Li Ji'an was very clear about the actual idea.

"Little friend Li, are you satisfied with the layout of this alchemy room?" After personally coming to Li Ji'an's alchemy room to check it out, Master Yudan asked kindly.

Li Ji'an bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, Peak Master. Everything is as you promised. I am very satisfied."

"Okay, okay, that's good. If you have any needs in the future, you can tell me directly. Please keep this communication talisman." Master Yudan handed over the communication talisman kindly.

"Thank you, Peak Master!" Li Ji'an took the communication talisman.

Immortal Yudan was immediately at a loss for words, unsure how to tactfully bring up the topic of the Nine Yuan Pill. He inspected the furnace again and said, "Well, these guys aren't being hypocritical."

"The Peak Master is strict in his administration." Li Ji'an complimented casually.

"Uh... my friend, that..." Master Yudan was speechless again.

"Where did you learn the art of alchemy?"

"Li's enlightenment in alchemy came entirely from my father's insights into alchemy, and later I relied on my aunt's instruction, and later on, I relied on Master Zou's guidance." Li Ji'an shared the key points of his alchemy advancement that had been made public.

True Man Yudan nodded. In fact, he had known this information for a long time. Even Yan Qingwan and Master Zou Dan had been secretly investigated, and nothing special was found.

"Well, my friend, you have a great talent for alchemy and are willing to learn from others. No wonder you have achieved so much at such a young age."

"My father taught me since I was young that there must be a teacher among three people. Only by asking questions without feeling ashamed can you go further." Li Ji'an said with a smile, and he also meant to encourage Master Yudan.

"Are you not ashamed to ask questions?" Master Yudan's eyes lit up, as if he was encouraged.

"Master Li, may I ask how you succeeded in invading one section of the body when you were refining the Nine Yuan Pill?"

Li Ji'an exhaled softly and spoke without reservation, "I've been refining soul-based elixirs. Because my spiritual awareness is insufficient, I can't fully absorb the essence in the final stage. So, I've resorted to a crude method. From the very beginning of refining the herbs, I've been slowly infusing them with spiritual awareness, allowing each portion of the herbal essence to be imbued with spiritual awareness. That way, when the final step arrives, I only need to absorb half of my spiritual awareness to draw out the spiritual awareness from each portion of the herbal essence, allowing it to surge forth instantly and achieve the desired effect."

He had not originally intended to gain any benefits from this, and this method was not his true foundation in the way of alchemy. Now that he had settled down on this peak, he had not thought of using it to whet his appetite.

Instead, I hope to get rid of him as soon as possible so that I can enjoy the leisurely time of practicing alone.

hum~
There was a sudden buzzing in Yudan Zhenren's brain, as if the blocked acupoints were suddenly cleared.

The soul that had troubled him for many years melted into the bottleneck, and he suddenly felt enlightened.

However, the next moment, he suddenly looked at Li Ji'an with deep admiration in his eyes.

He'd been racking his brains these past few days, thinking of all sorts of ways: proactively trading? Or using his power to pressure the other person? Or perhaps just making friends and taking it step by step...

As a result, when I asked him casually, he told me everything without reservation.

To be honest, once this skill is explained, it doesn't seem to be a high-level skill, and ordinary people think it is so simple.

However, if no one points it out, you may never think of it in your lifetime.

After all, there is no such method in the inheritance. Among the dozens of alchemy inheritances he has collected, this step of making soul-spirit elixirs requires instantaneous invasion of spiritual consciousness and complete immersion in the essence of the medicinal liquid.

Moreover, when he used his fake elixir consciousness to refine the second-level soul-type elixir, he followed the inheritance and succeeded. Therefore, he never doubted the effectiveness of the inheritance and formed a fixed way of thinking.

Looking at Li Ji'an in front of him in disbelief, his image in his mind suddenly changed. Yudan Zhenren took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, Master Li Dan, for your guidance!"

“Peak Master, you are so kind to me. As a junior, I will have to rely on you for your guidance in the future.” Li Ji’an responded politely.

"Master Li Dan, don't worry. If you have any questions about alchemy in the future, we can discuss them." Master Yudan looked solemn.

After saying this, he was eager to go back and try the alchemy method taught by Li Ji'an, so he left in a hurry.

After watching him leave, Li Ji'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did he summon Gua Gua, who had escaped ten feet underground, to return.

At the same time, Xiao Qiao can also start setting up multiple magic arrays.

Although the formation is only at the first level, its effectiveness is comparable to that of the second level. Coupled with the effect of the complex formation, it is impossible to penetrate it without close investigation by the spiritual sense of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

After everything was ready, Xiao Qiao took Gua Gua and Xiao Huo Ling to open up a piece of land beside Tianchi Lake, and Gua Gua transplanted all the medicinal fields in his mouth.

Later, in order to cover up the dead branch that was most likely a divine object, Xiao Qiao found several similar dead branches and inserted them throughout the medicine field, making them look like supports for other medicinal plants.

Li Ji'an handed over all the work on the peak to Xiao Qiao, letting her do as she pleased while he focused on his cultivation.

Two months passed in a flash.

Both of them, the demon and the holy spirit, were extremely satisfied with this kind of life.

During these two months, no one came to disturb them except the four of them.

Xiao Qiao can draw upon the spiritual power of heaven and earth without any scruples, without having to worry about being noticed by neighbors or the guards of the fairy city like in the fairy city.

There was no need for Gua Gua and Little Fire Spirit to hide their heads and tails, and they chased and played on the top of the mountain day and night.

Li Ji'an finally experienced the true life of a god, eating wind and drinking dew, swallowing clouds and exhaling mist.

And because he was the only one absorbing spiritual energy here, although the effect of the spirit gathering array had not yet been fully exerted and it was still a second-level medium-quality spirit vein training ground, the absorption and refining effect was more than 10% better than when he was in the Xiancheng Academy.

Especially every morning, when he was bathing in the morning sun and absorbing it, the fire inspiration of the scorching sun had a slight bonus on his fire skills.

However, on this day, a message from Liu Jiuchan arrived.

He was once again invited to go with Liu's beast alchemist to the Jedi near the Flame Mountain to plan the holy elixir for the advancement of the monster bloodline.

In order to gain a possible opportunity for Gua Gua's bloodline transformation and also for the second-stage late monster skin promised by the Liu family, Li Ji'an gave a positive answer.

Now that I am a guest official of the Biyun Sect, I am not afraid that the Liu family has any bad intentions.

Moreover, the cards he has now are enough to protect himself.

Three days later, he made some preparations, left Xiao Qiao to practice well, and sent a message to Master Yudan, reporting the details of the trip, which was also a guarantee of safety for him.

(End of this chapter)