Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 194 The Yellow Bird Behind (Two in One)

As the sound of the pill rang out, Wu Weixiong, enduring the severe injury to his lungs, staggered closer.

“Hahaha, good, good, it actually became a top-grade pill!
"Master Li, rest assured. I will keep my word. Give me this pill, and you can take the lizard corpse away. It will more than compensate me for the promised reward from the Liu family."

The lizard is a late-stage second-level spiritual pet, and its leather is more valuable than that of ordinary monsters.

Whether it is talisman material or refining equipment, it can be of great use.

The four elders of the Liu family gritted their teeth but ultimately did not speak a word.

Li Ji'an chuckled in his heart, this person is really good at using flowers to pay tribute to Buddha.

However, he frowned slightly and took out the jade token of his identity from the Biyun Sect. He pretended to be stern but weak in his tone and said, "Hmph! I have no interest in your grudges and disputes. I was only invited by Fellow Daoist Liu to refine the beast pill. The pill is already made, and the rest has nothing to do with me."

After saying this, he put the Holy Beast Pill into the jade bottle.

Then, he threw it directly to Liu Jiuchan outside the spirit gathering array as if it were a hot potato.

Liu Jiuchan's face froze instantly. He didn't know whether to accept it or not.

In the current situation, all she has left is a strong desire to survive.

"Hahaha, fine, then I won't owe Master Li Dan any karma." Seeing Li Ji'an's fear, Wu Weixiong laughed loudly and stretched out his hand to catch the jade bottle in the air with his magic power.

"Whoosh!"

However, another magical power was faster than him. The magic power wrapped around the jade bottle and took it first.

"Hmm?" Wu Weixiong turned his head and looked at his deputy.

"Guo Qi, what do you mean?"

As the force second only to the five major sects in Tianyuan Province, Lingshou Mountain’s heritage is even older than the five major families in Cangyun Province, and is based on the heritage of taming beasts.

Wu Weixiong was highly valued by the mountain gate for his talent in taming beasts and was appointed as the chief tamer of the Beast Taming Hall. Although Guo Qi was also a cultivator in the late foundation building stage, he specialized in wood-based skills. He was not good at fighting but was good at medicine, so he only served as his deputy.

On weekdays, when you are inside the mountain gate, you must follow his lead.

Guo Qi held the jade bottle in his hand and looked at Wu Weixiong calmly, a smile on his face. "What do you think? If this Earth-Splitting Bear takes this Holy Beast Pill, its bloodline will improve further, and there's hope that it can produce a demon pill?"

Wu Weixiong narrowed his eyes slightly and saw the huge difference between Guo Qi and his usual self.

Guo Qi usually appeared cautious, tolerant and amiable at the mountain gate, but his attitude at this moment revealed his disguise.

"Guo Qi! You want to keep this pill for yourself and take possession of the Earth-Splitting Bear? Don't you even care about the families in the mountain gate?"

Guo Qi raised his head slowly, his brows raised and he smiled: "As expected, a servant is only a servant after all. How can you understand the master's thoughts?"

"Huh? You..." Wu Weixiong suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Guo Qi in disbelief.

"Master... that old man wants to cross the river and destroy the bridge? Or has he been trying to use me to deal with the Liu family from the beginning?"

Guo Qi sneered: "Oh~ You're overthinking this. The Sect Master actually thinks highly of you. Otherwise, why would he allow you to have the resources to build your foundation?"
It's a pity that you are too sharp and capable, which has affected the succession of the young master.

In your next life, remember to keep a low profile!"

"Is it the Young Sect Master?" Wu Weixiong gritted his teeth. Having been betrayed twice in his life, his faith completely collapsed.

Guo Qi smiled and ignored him, instead walking straight up to the four Liu family members and said, "Everyone, this time we want to avenge this traitor. Give me the medicine and I will help you get rid of this traitor."

"Hahaha! Guo Qi, even if my family and my spirit pet are seriously injured, do you think you can defeat us?" Wu Weixiong laughed fiercely.

Guo Qi turned his head and smiled contemptuously: "It can be destroyed with a snap of a finger!"

"Hmph, let's give it a try!" Wu Weixiong gathered his magic power again and prepared to take action.

However, his expression suddenly changed: "When did you poison me?"

He only felt that his magic power was blocked and he could not mobilize it at all.

Guo Qi smiled faintly. "It's the Wenchuang Pill I just gave you. However, I added a little bit of Huaqian Powder, which is originally non-toxic. Of course, Huaqian Powder is also non-toxic. It only becomes toxic when it encounters scorching heat."

His expression was calm, as if he had everything planned out.

"Even without using any magic power, I can still kill you!" Wu Weixiong forcibly mobilized his energy and blood.

However, he had just performed the secret technique of physical cultivation, which consumed too much energy, and it was really a bit difficult at the moment.

"Forget it!" Guo Qi smiled, shook his head, and slowly stretched out his hand.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!" Countless vines suddenly shot out from his hands and bound Wu Weixiong in an instant.

Wu Weixiong struggled violently, but the grip became tighter and tighter.

Moreover, the body's qi and blood are lost rapidly.

"You are such a sinister villain! You are hiding something so well! What kind of evil magic is this?"

After the vines bound Wu Weixiong, the originally green vines began to absorb the blood and energy from Wu Weixiong's body, and the vines turned deep red.

"Haha, this is not the only trick I have. I hope you can learn to hide your weaknesses in your next life." Guo Qi sneered, stopped looking at him, and turned to look at the Liu family members on the ground.

He stretched out another hand, and countless lush green leaves swept over the four people like the wind.

In just a moment, there was no intact skin on the four people's bodies.

"Have mercy!" Liu Jiuchan was the first one who couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly threw out the medicine in the storage bag.

Only then did Guo Qi put away the Leaf Blade Wind Scroll and put the medicine into his arms.

"Roar!" At this moment, a huge bear roared.

The next moment, the Earth-Splitting Bear with one of its paws broken off rushed towards him with a roar.

"Beast." Guo Qi sneered, retracted the vine that absorbed Wu Weixiong's blood, and then suddenly shot it towards the Earth-Splitting Bear.

The Earth-Splitting Bear, known for its defense and immense strength, encountered the resilient vines and was restrained, unable to move at all. Its essence and blood were also being madly sucked away, and in a moment it became weak again and fell headfirst to the ground.

Li Ji'an was shocked watching from the side, but at the same time he was secretly happy.

"Swoosh~" Before it could take the vine away from the Earth-Splitting Bear, it suddenly rushed out of the spirit gathering formation and flew towards the west.

Guo Qi glanced back and sneered.

How could a mere alchemist in the early stage of foundation building escape from his hands who was in the late stage of foundation building?
The next moment, he retracted the vine, turned into a flying rainbow, and chased after Li Ji'an.

After only ten breaths, he had caught up with Li Ji'an, and the distance between them was only ten feet.

"Swish~" A green light flashed and hit Li Ji'an's back.

Just as his poisonous wooden staff was about to hit the foundation-building alchemist in front of him, he saw that at the last moment, the alchemist suddenly sank in panic, just avoiding the fatal blow.

"Hehe, you're lucky." Guo Qi sneered and ignored him. He suddenly increased his speed and raised one hand to perform the vine silk surgery.

"Swoosh~" The alchemist who was about to catch up suddenly burst out with a speed faster than him, leaving him behind in the blink of an eye.

"Hmm? Some kind of exploitation-type escape technique?" Guo Qi shook his head slightly. This method of escape is only useful when the difference in realm is not too big. For a late foundation-building cultivator who is two realms higher than him, this method only allows him to enjoy the hunting pleasure for a few more moments.

Anyway, even if the Liu family came to support, it would take at least ten days or half a month, so he had plenty of time.

He didn't care much and kept chasing after him, waiting for the effect of the secret technique to disappear and for him to be attacked back.

However, this wait lasted nearly a quarter of an hour.

Just as his face grew darker and darker, and he was worried about the unresolved issues at the crime scene and was about to give up, the alchemist in front of him finally slowed down.

"Hmph! I said you're just an early stage foundation building alchemist, how long can you keep squeezing out your secret techniques? Die!" He suddenly burst out at full speed, closing within ten feet again, and his life-saving magic weapon, the poisonous wood staff, shot out again.

"Swoosh~" The poisonous wood stick almost exerted its full strength this time.

"Huh?" However, he was disappointed again. Just as the poisonous wooden stick was about to pierce the alchemist, the alchemist lost his direction in panic and fled towards the north.

Guo Qi's face turned dark instantly!

He almost gritted his teeth.

He had thought that chasing an alchemist in the early stage of foundation building would only take a few dozen breaths at most, but now he had wasted so much time.

"Little thief, where are you escaping to?" This time, he was completely furious. He bit his tongue hard and burned his blood to speed up.

In the blink of an eye, the alchemist in front was getting closer and closer.

"How can you run?"

At the moment when his vine silk hand shot out, the thing that made him furious happened again. The alchemist in front of him suddenly burst out with rapid power again.

The speed is even more than twice as fast as before.

"You bastard!" Guo Qi couldn't help but curse.

Fortunately, this time, the attack lasted much shorter than the last. After just ten breaths, the alchemist in front slowed down. "Hmph! I wonder how many more secret techniques you can unleash?" Guo Qi was furious, vowing to crush the alchemist in front to dust.

……

Another half hour later, Li Ji'an calmly took out another second-grade, top-grade speed talisman.

However, after looking back, he finally put it away.

There is a sinkhole here, which is boundless and uninhabited. It is a good place to kill and rob.

Guo Qi pursued relentlessly, and when he saw the other party slow down again, he no longer felt any pleasure in his heart, because this situation had happened many times.

"Huh?" However, this time, the other party did not accelerate again until he was within ten feet.

"Hmph, you little thief, run away?" The anger he had suppressed all the way finally erupted completely, and he rushed towards Li Ji'an with an ecstatic look on his face.

"Plop!" Li Ji'an fell to the ground.

"Come and die!" Guo Qi did not retract his escape light, but dived straight towards Li Ji'an below.

Li Ji'an suddenly turned around and smiled at him.

"Swish!" A golden light shot out.

"Hiss~" Guo Qi's ferocious smile froze on his face the moment he felt the terrifying power carried by the golden light.

This golden arrow talisman is a mid-second-order talisman drawn by Li Ji'an several years ago. It is of high-quality quality and contains the murderous intent of heaven and earth. After being nurtured over the years, it has 70% of the power of a full-strength attack in the late stage of foundation building.

This at least refers to the type that is strong in attack.

For a wood-type cultivator in the late stage of foundation building who is not good at attacking like Guo Qi, his full-strength attack is no match for this golden arrow talisman.

Boom~
Almost in the blink of an eye, Guo Qi's protective shield was easily pierced by the golden arrow.

"Whoosh~"

However, just when Li Ji'an thought the battle was over, an unexpected scene occurred.

Just as the golden arrow pierced through his protective shield, a green light flashed on Guo Qi's body, and then a green leaf appeared on his left side.

And the next moment, his figure suddenly appeared among the green leaves as if he had teleported.

"Bang!" A golden arrow shot out with a flash of blood.

"Little thief!" A bloody hole appeared on Guo Qi's right shoulder, but it was not serious.

Li Ji'an looked at this scene in surprise and doubt. He was very curious about this kind of magic, and it also added something to his own practice experience.

"Hmph, so it turns out that you were relying on the acceleration talisman just now." Guo Qi put away his carelessness and looked at Li Ji'an cautiously. At the same time, he understood the reason for his escape technique just now.

At the same time, I was secretly shocked.

He always thought that he was very good at hiding his abilities.

Unexpectedly, this alchemist today made him feel scared.

A pill master in the early stage of foundation building actually possesses so many second-level acceleration talismans, and even has an offensive talisman comparable to that of the late stage of foundation building.

He asked himself, if it weren't for him practicing the Phantom Wood Movement today, any other late stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would have probably fallen into his trap.

"Die!" The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He didn't dare to delay any longer. All his magic power surged and he cast his strongest spell.

Wow~
In an instant, countless green leaves fell from the sky and covered the place.

At the same time, he pounded his poisonous wooden staff into the ground, causing ripples to appear on the ground and countless wooden spikes to rise from the ground.

Feeling the power of the magic in the late stage of foundation building, Li Ji'an frowned slightly.

This is more than 80% more powerful than Fu Hanxing's magic power. After all, he is a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building. Although his wood-based skills are not good at attacking, they should not be underestimated.

Then he no longer hesitated. As the Golden Bell Talisman was activated, a second-level freezing talisman shot out from his hand.

clang clang ~
The green leaf blade, carrying the power of the late foundation building stage, swept wildly outside the golden bell, sending sparks flying everywhere.

The wooden spikes in the ground also caused the Golden Bell to vibrate violently.

However, after all, it was a second-level fine protective amulet that he had nurtured for nearly ten years. It could only be broken by a full-strength attack from a late-stage gold-based foundation-building cultivator who specialized in attacking.

The freezing talisman that was shot out was also easily dodged by Guo Qi.

However, the moment the freezing talisman landed on the ground, it suddenly released an extremely cold force.

The area within ten feet around Guo Qi, including the air, was instantly invaded by the power of ice.

"So many second-level talismans!" Guo Qi's face changed drastically. Although the early second-level freezing talismans could not freeze him, they slowed his speed by nearly 50%.

Even the operation of mana was affected.

What shocked him even more was that the other party, a mere alchemist at the early stage of foundation building, could not possibly activate so many second-level talismans in such a short time.

The activation of talismans requires the traction of the soul and consumes the most of the soul. For ordinary cultivators in the early stage of foundation building, activating two talismans within a quarter of an hour is the limit. If there are more, it is estimated that it will cause soul depletion.

But this alchemist in the early stage of foundation building had activated at least four accelerations in the past half hour, and now he activated three in a row, and he was still calm.

"Have I met an opponent?" For a moment, he had some thoughts of retreating. This time, if he could get rid of Wu Weixiong and bring the important figure of the Liu family who was responsible for refining beast pills back to Lingshou Mountain, he would have accomplished a great feat.

At this moment, he regretted chasing after this alchemist.

If this alchemist was at the middle stage of foundation building, he might not chase him.

But he happened to be an alchemist in the early stage of foundation building, and he really didn't expect any accidents to happen!
"No! This boy has revealed so many talismans, he must have reached the end of his rope. For an early stage foundation building alchemist to have so many talismans as trump cards is the limit!"

However, just when he was firm in his confidence, Li Ji'an suddenly took out a pill from his storage bag and swallowed it without hesitation.

Boom~
The next moment, his face suddenly changed color, because his spiritual sense sensed that the opponent's magical power suddenly surged.

Almost in an instant, his magic power broke through the middle stage of foundation building, and it was still rising.

"Blood Burning Pill?" Guo Qi's eyes were full of vigilance.

It was not until a moment later that he felt the magical power finally stop and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Barely reaching the threshold of the late stage of foundation building.

Although this shocked him, it was not a threat.

Even though they were both in the late stage of foundation building, the opponent's magic power was obviously very weak, and he was almost at the bottom of the same level. Although his wood magic power was not good at fighting, it was the most long-lasting and could kill him by wearing him down. What's more, the two earth-level spells he accidentally obtained had inexplicable power.

"This is... Daoist friend, wait a minute!"

Just when Guo Qi felt that Li Ji'an was no longer a threat after taking the Blood Burning Pill, he was instantly terrified and even asked for peace directly.

It was because after Li Ji'an took a blood-burning pill, he took out a glass lamp without hesitation.

The moment the glass lamp appeared, Guo Qi felt the threat of death.

"The prototype of a magic weapon! How is this possible..."

"Boom~" Before Guo Qi finished speaking, Li Ji'an performed a series of actions in one go, using the magic power of the late foundation building period to activate the glass lamp.

The flames in the sky instantly engulfed Guo Qi, who was still trapped in the freezing talisman.

"Ah! Fellow Daoist, please spare me..."

The prototype of the magic weapon can be activated in the middle stage of foundation building, and can exert 10% to 20% of the power of Jindan. Li Ji'an was already on the verge of the middle stage of foundation building. At this moment, he took the fine blood burning pill, and did not hesitate to consume ten years of blood and essence, which resulted in rejuvenation ten years earlier. His magic power reached the late stage of foundation building. When the prototype of the magic weapon was activated, it could at least exert 40% of the power of Jindan.

Moreover, fire overcomes wood. Guo Qi, a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building, has no chance of resisting at all!
As the raging fire covered him, Li Ji'an's consciousness was fully open, and he accurately saw Guo Qi's situation in the fire.

After just one encounter, his magic shield was shattered, and after three breaths, the whole person turned into ashes.

His face was filled with shock and disbelief until his death. He could never figure out that there were people in this world who were better at hiding than he was.

As soon as his spiritual consciousness sensed that his body and soul had disappeared, Li Ji'an immediately urged the glass lamp to retract the flames to prevent the storage bag from being burned.

At the same time, Gua Gua, looking excited, also happened to arrive.

He swallowed Guo Qi's storage bag in one gulp, and immediately cast an earth spell to fill the pit.

The little fire spirit was also released by Li Jian, clearing away the breath he left here.

After a moment, Li Ji'an did not hesitate, put away the little fire spirit and Gua Gua, and fled quickly to the west.

Ten days later, Li Ji'an sensed the Liu family's rapid momentum from afar and shouted for help in panic.

He then briefly recounted what had happened, and regardless of the Liu family's attempts to comfort him, he pretended to be panicked and returned to the outer peak of the Biyun Sect.

It wasn't until two months later that Li Ji'an rushed back to his dojo and looked at his gains with great anticipation...

(End of this chapter)