Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 197 Chaos in the State
Hearing what Master Yudan said, Li Ji'an instantly recalled the scene thirty-eight years ago when Yan Qingwan brought him to Biyun Sect to participate in the entrance trial.

The final level is an assessment of comprehension, which includes a level of comprehension in alchemy.

"Well, the Internal Affairs Hall has contacted me several times. Coincidentally, I have also checked your answers to the trials that year. You should be more suitable to set questions than any of us." True Man Yudan affirmed.

"I will do my best." Li Ji'an accepted it with pleasure.

That day he went to the Internal Affairs Hall.

However, the Internal Affairs Hall is only responsible for coordinating the various departments within the sect.

The actual affairs such as recruiting disciples were still led by the Dharma Hall. Finally, the Internal Affairs Hall registered Li Ji'an's information and reported it to the Dharma Hall, waiting for the instructions from the Dharma Hall.

It was not until three days later that Li Ji'an was summoned to the Dharma Hall.

The Dharma Hall is the core of the sect. It plays a significant role in accepting fresh blood, cultivating the sect's true disciples, and even identifying the sect's next successor.

The current acting master of the Dharma Hall is Zhao Qi, who guided Li Jian and other trial-takers thirty-eight years ago.

Zhao Qi was in the middle stage of foundation building back then. He had natural talent with earthly spiritual roots and was the sect's true disciple. He was also the chief of the Dharma Transmission Hall. Now he is in the late stage of foundation building and has become the acting hall master of the Dharma Transmission Hall.

If he can achieve true elixir within the next fifty years, he will have a great chance of succeeding the position of sect leader.

Moreover, he is also the disciple of Biyun Sect who has the greatest hope of achieving the True Dan stage.

"Master Li Dan, how are you?" Zhao Qi summoned Li Ji'an to the backyard of the Dharma Hall.

Zhao Qi was a little unhappy when he learned that Danding Peak actually sent a guest alchemist to deal with the examination questions in the Dharma Hall.

However, after knowing Li Ji'an's identity, he agreed to let him join the assessment team.

He had a deep impression of Li Ji'an back then. After the initial luck screening, Li Ji'an was the first to get up and wake up the other trial-takers, especially his personality.

Later, although his spiritual roots were average, he successfully became an inner disciple because of his character and comprehension.

As a result, he refused to join the sect.

When Zhao Qi learned of this result, he was quite curious and was also pessimistic about his future.

Unexpectedly, after many years, he entered the Biyun Sect in another identity.

Judging from the results alone, in that class, apart from Jiang Yunzhou, the descendant of the sect's elder, there was Xiao Changfeng, who took over the vacant position of inner disciple left by Li Ji'an that year and surpassed his current achievements.

This made Zhao Qi sigh that life's encounters were truly mysterious and infinite.

"Hello, Senior Brother Zhao!" Li Ji'an bowed in greeting.

"No need to be so polite, sit down." Zhao Qi invited Li Ji'an to sit down, and then poured tea for him in mid-air using his magic power.

"Master Li Dan has achieved such success as a casual cultivator. I can't help but wonder if there are any drawbacks in the training of disciples in the sect." Zhao Qi did not accept Li Ji'an's intention to be close to him by calling him senior brother, and he also bluntly expressed his curiosity about Li Ji'an's development over the years.

Li Ji'an sensed a sense of distance in his words, as if he wasn't considered one of his own, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, he was just a guest official, and he understood the purpose of summoning him today. "Palace Master, you're too kind. The cultivation of our disciples in the upper sect is undoubtedly the best in the state. Ordinary independent cultivators have already exhausted all their strength just to survive. So-called opportunities and hopes are mostly fleeting. I am where I am today thanks to the blessings of my father. I was able to cultivate my meridians in the Yan family, learn the art of alchemy, and then meet a noble person in the Immortal City..."

Zhao Qi listened quietly, nodding occasionally.

In the end, he realized that if his father had not been on good terms with the Yan family, and if he had not had an extraordinary talent in alchemy, he would not have been able to reach where he is today.

Moreover, because the skills he practiced were not good enough and he lacked the experience of fighting, he relied too much on elixirs for nourishment, and his upper limit was almost locked.

"Haha, good. Master Li Dan has made another step forward compared to your father. You will devote your life to refining pills for the sect. The sect will not treat you unfairly, and your descendants will also be protected by your shadow." Zhao Qi finally encouraged.

"Thank you for your kind words, Palace Master!" Li Ji'an agreed with a smile.

Afterwards, Zhao Qi brought him into the inner hall of the Dharma Hall.

Before officially becoming a member of the question-setting team, one signed an oath as usual, refusing to disclose the questions set or anything seen inside to outsiders.

The rest of the people who set the questions were all elders in the sect, almost all of them were fake Dan Zhenren, who had more than enough lifespan to live, but had lost their spiritual path and were interested in studying and practicing various arts.

However, in the entire Biyun Sect, apart from Yudan Zhenren from Danding Peak who reached the third level in the path of alchemy, and an elder from Pozhen Peak who broke through to the third level of formation, there were no particularly outstanding people in other paths.

Li Ji'an had no sense of existence in this group of people. Finally, after Zhao Qi explained the relevant requirements of the assessment test questions, he quietly asked a comprehension question that was not difficult, but was very helpful in identifying comprehension. After giving a reference answer and rating, he tactfully left.

He had no intention of looking into other topics for the time being, and since it was his first time participating in one, some people were still wary of him.
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Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.

It was not until two years later that Gua Gua finally completed his bloodline transformation.

That day, it jumped out of the cave. Li Ji'an felt the power contained in its blood and was overjoyed.

The bloodline grade of a demon beast determines the power of the same realm.

At this moment, the power of Gua Gua's bloodline has almost doubled, and its corresponding monster bloodline rating has almost reached the top-grade bloodline.

This means that Gua Gua's strength has almost doubled without changing his realm, and he also has the possibility of making further progress.

"Not bad!" Li Ji'an stroked the frog's head gently, full of anticipation.

This expectation lies not only in Gua Gua's promotion to the third level, but also in the next bloodline transformation.

With a quack, he jumped three feet high, feeling the transformation of his blood, and his quality of life had a qualitative leap.

"You'll need to work even harder in the future. Break through to the peak of the second stage as soon as possible. I'll do my best to help you advance to the third stage. By then, you'll be the Frog King!" Li Ji'an encouraged. It was a pity that Guagua's bloodline was a post-transformation, and the bloodline magical power that had previously advanced to the second stage had not changed.

The higher the bloodline grade, the stronger the bloodline talent will be in theory.

Now we can only look forward to what kind of bloodline talent will be born when we are promoted to the third level in the future.

After three years of transformation, Gua Gua came out of seclusion and couldn't wait to find Xiao Qiao and Huo Ling.

Li Ji'an watched them from afar and felt very relieved.

In the past two years, Xiao Qiao has made great progress. He has completed the first level of the Earth Spirit Sutra and is about to enter the second level. Not only can he raise his hands to form a formation and sense the earth spirit within a radius of twenty miles underground, he can also initially control the earth's spiritual power.

Compared with his cultivation of magical powers, his progress is extremely fast.

Li Ji'an had also tried to comprehend the Earth Spirit Sutra in recent years, but to no avail. He was certain that the Earth Spirit Sutra was created specifically for people like Xiao Qiao.

The little fire spirit is also getting closer and closer to the second level, and the power of its spiritual flame is increasing day by day.

Li Ji'an has not made much progress in the past two years. One reason is that after entering the middle stage of foundation building, the speed of cultivation requires years to settle in addition to continuous practice and daily supplementation with elixirs.

However, this did free up extra time for him to further study medicine. Now, he verified Dr. Bai's medical skills and Guo Qi's medical skills against each other, learning from each other's strengths and making up for their weaknesses, and thus made further progress.

In particular, Guo Qi's poison classics are even better than what Doctor Bai inherited. He has done a lot of research in the past two years and has concocted several colorless, odorless, and odorless second-level advanced poisons, further improving his protective methods.

In addition, he also had new insights into the method of nourishing and repairing spiritual roots that were underdeveloped due to insufficient spiritual energy. If medical skills and alchemy were combined, it might be possible to do it without the need for other people's help, but some experimental subjects were needed for final verification.

Half a month after Guagua came out of confinement, Li Ji'an received a message from Yan Qingwan.

The clan is about to hold a 100th birthday celebration for him and invites Li Ji'an to return to his hometown.

Five years have passed since the incident at the ruins, and Li Ji'an has been in the outer peak of Biyun Sect for four years.

During this period, Yan Qingwan kept in touch with him.

Ever since the Yan family was commended at the Biyun Sect's commendation meeting, the situation in the wasteland has stabilized over the years, and the other three families have all surrendered. The Yan family has occupied three second-level spiritual vein dojo, and has developed and expanded the alchemy path, possessing a true alchemy foundation, and the clan has flourished.

"Xiao Qiao, pack up your things, we are going out for a while." That day, Li Ji'an decided to go out.

In addition to his friendship with Yan Qingwan, he now has the confidence to survive under Jia Dan. In addition, with his status as a guest official of the Biyun Sect, he no longer needs to be timid in Cangyun Province.

In addition, it is also a good opportunity to try out methods to repair spiritual roots.

At the same time, you can also take this opportunity to communicate with Chishi Sanren again, and even make it clear and try to trade directly.

Now that we have the best flying boat, the journey that Yan Qingwan took four months to complete can now be completed in just one month.

The next day, Li Ji'an reported his itinerary to Danding Peak again before he steered his flying boat south.

In the past few years, Li Ji'an also realized that the Biyun Sect was not a truly closed sect. Not only was it still recruiting disciples, it was also trading supplies with other states. The only thing it had truly cancelled was law enforcement within the state.

Li Ji'an guessed that one reason was to avoid direct conflict with sects from other states, and the other was to take this opportunity to let the cultivators in the state understand the benefits of having sect control.

Because there have always been complaints in Cangyun Province about the Biyun Sect's strict control, and some cultivators even compare the Biyun Sect to a tyrant.

This time, the passage to other states has been opened, and all kinds of cultivators from other states have poured in. The Biyun Sect simply gave up, allowing the cultivators in the state to experience a period without the strict control of the sect. This will also be beneficial for the Biyun Sect to continue to be in charge of the policies of Cangyun State after it has been dormant for a hundred years and has become stronger again.

Sure enough, five years after the Biyun Sect announced its closure, Li Ji'an met more Tribulation Cultivators along the way.

There were even several powerful robbery gangs in the central part of Cangyun Province.

This was simply unimaginable during the period of control of Cangyun Province.

"Senior, help me!" On this day, when they were about to enter the wasteland area, they saw five people surrounding and killing two people from afar.

Li Ji'an activated the Jade Plate of Biyun Sect from a distance, and the pressure of the Jindan not only scared away the five besiegers, but also made the two who were besieged flee in panic.

The most likely scenario is gangs robbing gangs, or even a group of people using a cruel trick to inflict harm on themselves.

Afterwards, Li Ji'an asked Gua Gua to capture a person. After interrogation, he learned that the person was a casual cultivator from Tianyuan Prefecture. Because Cangyun Prefecture now had no law enforcement power, he came here to do business without any capital.

And those two people were the losers in another group's fight for territory.

Li Ji'an shook his head secretly. The cultivation world is often vast, and most of the forces are concerned with their own affairs. If there is no place like the Biyun Sect that is truly dominant and willing to do such law enforcement, bandits will definitely be rampant.

Soon, Li Ji'an stepped into the wasteland.

Shortly after entering the wasteland, we met the wasteland patrol monks.

Yan Qingwan had told him about this matter before. Now that the Yan family has become the undisputed number one force in the wasteland, Yan Qingwan called on the four major foundation-building families in the wasteland, plus the nineteen Qi-training families, to form a wasteland patrol team to be responsible for maintaining normal order in the wasteland.

The eight foundation-building cultivators from the four foundation-building families were united and not afraid of outside villains, so the wasteland had been relatively peaceful in recent years.

Three days later, Li Ji'an returned to his hometown again. The Yan family was decorated with lights and lanterns everywhere. The clan members attached great importance to the 100th birthday of ancestor Qingwan. It was not that there was anything special about the 100th birthday, but the status of the Yan family in the wilderness was unprecedented. It could be said that this celebration was more like a celebration of the Yan family becoming the overlord of the wilderness.

At the same time, Li Ji'an's arrival made the Yan family's emotions reach a climax. After all, Li Ji'an is not just a foundation-building cultivator, but also a guest alchemist of the Biyun Sect. His arrival is even regarded by some members of the Yan family as a historic moment for the Yan family and the Biyun Sect.

(End of this chapter)