Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 200 Know yourself and the enemy
In the Daze cultivation world, the spiritual energy that the cultivators rely on for cultivation comes from the spiritual veins, which determines the key position of the spiritual vein temple.

The reason why sects, families and other forces gathered together was originally just to guard the spiritual veins and Taoist temples.

With the spiritual vein temple, there is a foundation for success, and only then can there be subsequent accumulation and development for generations.

The grade of the spiritual vein dojo determines the upper limit of power. If low-level forces want to advance, they can only seize a higher-grade dojo.

Nowadays, almost all known spiritual veins are owned by someone. Except for remote and unstable areas like the wasteland, other spiritual veins can only be obtained through purchase or leasing.

Once an unowned land like the Daze Mountains appears, which does not belong to any major power, it will definitely attract countless people to fight for it.

It just so happens that this spiritual vein is less than the third level, so the sects or big families will not have much interest in it or try their best to fight for it. However, the area is large enough to be divided into dozens of small Taoist temples. This gives all the independent cultivators and small families in the Tiancang domain ample hope and motivation.

Unsurprisingly, this opportunity will give birth to many more legends, which may become the topic of conversation throughout the Tiancang Domain for many years to come, or the founding ancestor of a family that is still sung by generations.

Just like the first pioneers of the Cangyun State wilderness.

There is no shortage of heroes in any world, what is lacking is mostly an opportunity!
However, the success of a general is built on the bones of thousands of people. Behind every hero, there are countless corpses of unknown people.

"Master Li Dan, please stay." He came back to his senses from the sound of the bell and saw two people flying towards him from afar.

"Elder Han." Li Ji'an smiled and bowed when he saw the person coming.

"Haha, Master Li Dan is too polite." Elder Han is the fake Dan elder who is in charge of the outer sect. He is usually very strict with the outer sect disciples, but he is quite polite to Li Ji'an.

"Haven't you met Master Li Dan yet?" He then shouted at a young man behind him.

The young man hurried forward and bowed respectfully, "Junior Han Zhuo greets Master Li Dan."

"Master Li, this is my unworthy nephew. He has not accumulated enough merits. I have finally gathered all the materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill. I would like to trouble Master Li to help refine it. The reward will be according to the rules." Elder Han explained his purpose.

The sect has finished foundation-building pills, and even Yudan Zhenren has refined many high-quality ones.

However, more contributions are needed.

Elder Han's nephew's contribution was not enough to exchange for a finished foundation-building pill, but Li Ji'an had made many friends over the past five years and had refined foundation-building pills for many people in the sect, and the quality was pretty good.

Therefore, many elder-level figures have come to seek help.

"Elder Han, you are too polite. I will do my best, but I cannot guarantee the quality of the finished pills." Li Ji'an said seriously.

Elder Han bowed and said, "Master Li, you are too modest. The high-grade foundation-building pills you've produced in recent years have even been highly praised by that old man, Jade Pill Master. To be honest, I'd rather believe you than that old man right now."

"Elder Han, please don't flatter me." Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head.

It was then agreed that the furnace would be started in March.

In fact, with his current proficiency in refining foundation-building pills, he can start the furnace at any time. As long as the medicinal materials are in good condition, the product is guaranteed to be of medium quality.

However, for the sake of ritual and to highlight the difficulty of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, he needs to recuperate for one to two months every time he refines the Foundation Establishment Pill.

When he first accepted the commission, he deliberately refined one top-grade and one low-grade, and the quality of the top-grade one was extremely good, very close to the top-grade, which made him famous.

The quality of the pills produced later was at best controlled at one medium grade and one low grade.

As more and more people came to him, his rules also increased little by little. No one was allowed to peek into his alchemy secrets, and the reward had to correspond to the quality of the foundation-building pill. If the pill was of low quality, first-level spiritual materials and medicines were required, medium quality required second-level spiritual materials and medicines, and high quality required third-level spiritual materials and medicines.

Therefore, over the years, he had obtained several third-level spiritual materials and medicines by refining foundation-building pills, and had also accumulated enough materials for foundation-building pills for himself.

Back then, during the Qi training stage, the materials for the foundation-building pill were priceless and impossible to obtain. In the end, it was only with the help of Zhao Shuyao that he was able to gather them. Now, they are easily available.

From this we can see that as long as he makes progress in each life, the resources that seemed like an insurmountable barrier in the previous life can be easily planned for the next life.

Theoretically, one does not need to experience the suffering of the previous life in each life.

"Quack, you lose!"

As soon as I returned to the outer peak, I heard Xiao Qiao's hearty laughter.

Looking up, Xiao Qiao raised his hand and an illusion enveloped Gua Gua and the little fire spirit.

Then the two little ones were seen bumping around on the seemingly transparent flat ground, and finally the little fire spirit was the first to walk out of the illusory area.

Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid only a second-level geomancer like Xiao Qiao can use the illusion array to play games."

Xiao Qiao was finally promoted to the second-level geomancer a year ago. He can attract the murderous intent of the earth and tamper with the five elements, and set up killing arrays and illusion arrays.

Even some temporary formations do not require a base to support them, and rely entirely on controlling the inspiration. However, this effect is very weak and not long-lasting.

In addition, she also has the ability to observe the terrain of mountains and rivers and calculate the trends of feng shui.

Today, the surrounding areas of this sacred peak have been decorated with it, and the feng shui has been improved.

"Bang!" At this moment, Gua Gua was obviously anxious and dizzy in the illusion array. He simply rushed in one direction and broke through the illusion array and rushed out.

Since its bloodline transformed five years ago, it refined the demon core of the wild lizard beast after returning from the wilderness. Now it has been promoted to the middle stage of the second stage, with even tougher skin and flesh. Xiao Qiao's temporary illusion array of the early second stage cannot trap it.

"Quack!" Li Ji'an suddenly had an idea and shouted at him.

Then he waved his hand, and leaves fell from the sky.

"Quack!" Guagua became alert instantly and immediately hid underground.

The next moment, Li Ji'an's figure became illusory, and then a green leaf bloomed with a green halo where Gua Gua disappeared, and then Li Ji'an's figure appeared.

"Snap!" As Li Ji'an's figure appeared, a fleshy tongue shot out from the ground.

Li Ji'an smiled slightly, and his figure became illusory again.

It disappeared from the spot in an instant and appeared among another green leaves.

The wood-based skills he had been studying as a minor practitioner had finally advanced to the late stage of Qi training two years ago, and now he had cultivated "Murderous Phantom Leaves" to the second level.

However, the spell cast by his wood-based magic power has limited lethality and cannot break Gua Gua's skin.

What he values is this ability to change position.

Now he has studied this technique thoroughly. This technique is a kind of Five Elements Escape Technique. It uses the wood element as a guide and bursts out rapidly over a short distance. It seems to disappear and appear out of thin air, but in fact there are traces to follow. It is not a true space escape technique.

Similarly, the Fire Dragon Escape Technique that Yan Qingwan passed down to him in his previous life actually worked on the same principle, but the Fire Dragon Escape Technique was much cruder, the burst of fire-type spiritual power was insufficient, and the speed was relatively slow, unable to create the illusion of teleportation.

He tried to understand the burst of inspiration from "Phantom Leaf Murder" in order to apply it to fire magic, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being.

"Pah pah pah!" Gua Gua attacked dozens of times in a row, but all failed.

However, Li Ji'an couldn't even lock onto its location. After it was promoted to the middle stage of the second stage, its ability to hide and conceal its breath was further enhanced.

"Small fire!" Li Ji'an murmured.

The little fire spirit instantly understood, shaking its small flame and quickly burrowing into the ground. Soon, wisps of golden orange flame emerged from the ground and formed a circle, which gradually shrank.

In the end, Gua Gua could not withstand the power of the spiritual flame and had to crawl out from the ground.

When he was about to escape back to the Tianchi Lake, Li Ji'an seized the opportunity and threw out several vines in his hand to bind him.

"Bang!" The next moment, Gua Gua's whole body shook and all the vines broke.

However, at this moment, Li Ji'an's figure had already appeared behind him and punched him.

"Quack~" It let out a mournful howl, then fell into the Tianchi Lake and disappeared again.

"Hahaha~" Li Ji'an waved his hand, scattering the fallen leaves, and then nodded in satisfaction towards the little fire spirit.

When the little fire spirit was captured by Li Ji'an twenty-seven years ago, it was already close to the peak of the first level. In the early years, it was nurtured by the fire magic power in Li Ji'an's dantian, and later with the nourishment of dead branches, it was finally promoted to the second level three years ago.

Not only has the color turned into golden orange, but the spiritual flame it emits is several times more powerful than the elixir fire condensed by Li Ji'an's own fire magic. Li Ji'an observed that the elixir fire of Jade Dan Zhenren was not as powerful as the fire spirit's current one.

It can even restrain Qua Qua.

"Okay, get ready. I'll go to the wasteland again after I come back from the fairy city." Li Ji'an gave some instructions and returned to the alchemy room on the top of the mountain alone.

After packing a batch of pills that he had prepared in advance, Li Ji'an set up a light and flew to the fairy city.

Most of the wool he got in these years were materials for early and middle-stage second-level pills. He took the time to refine them into finished pills and sell them in Xiancheng.

Every time I come to Xiancheng, I will go back to Jiyuan to see old friends.

However, there are only two old friends left in the academy: Doctor Bai and Hua Hongling.

The rest were successively replaced by other second-level masters.

"Master Li Dan, do you know about the revival of the mountain's spiritual veins?" When he first met Doctor Bai, the topic was also about the spiritual veins.

"Doctor Bai, do you also want to compete?" Li Ji'an nodded with a smile.

Doctor Bai shook his head helplessly: "Master Li Dan is not unaware of me. I am old and not good at fighting. Now that place has gathered almost all the most powerful independent cultivators in the entire Tiancang Realm, as well as some families that are not satisfied with their own spiritual veins and ancestral lands. I can't win."

"Individual strength is definitely not enough. In the end, only certain groups can achieve results." Li Ji'an expressed his opinion.

Doctor Bai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I heard that a group of independent cultivators from Tianyuan Province have gathered together and formed the Shanhe Gang. There is also a group of independent cultivators from Cangyun Province who have invited me to join."

"Doctor Bai has superb medical skills. He can live a comfortable life anywhere without having to work on the edge of a knife." Li Ji'an said with a smile. He could see that Doctor Bai was actually a little tempted.

This is understandable. Doctor Bai's life span is short. If he dies, his descendants will not be able to live a comfortable life in the fairy city like him. If he wants his descendants to have a chance to turn things around, he must build a place for them to practice.

This is why the opportunities in these ruins are so tempting to these elderly cultivators.

Doctor Bai responded with a smile.

Li Ji'an didn't continue the topic and asked, "Doctor Bai, is there any news about the Qin family recently?"

Three years ago, Qin Henian suddenly reported to the Biyun Sect, suspecting that the ancestor of the Liu family was practicing evil skills.

But before Qin Henian left, the ancestor of the Liu family dragged his old body to the Biyun Sect and handed over an ancient longevity technique. He claimed that he had been in seclusion for meditation in recent years. He also denounced Qin Henian's constant harassment over the years and blamed Qin Henian for the previous family infighting.

In the end, Qin Henian was reprimanded by the sect and warned not to harass the Liu family again, and not to interfere in the affairs of other families.

In the following years, various inexplicable rumors began to circulate in the cultivation world.

Most of them are unfavorable rumors about the ancestor of the Liu family.

However, although the ancestor of the Liu family was branded as someone who was barely surviving, old but not dead, and the entire family was using all their strength to survive, he did not suffer any losses.

Li Ji'an came to Xiancheng not only to sell pills, but also to care about this matter.

Unfortunately, as time goes by, this kind of public opinion has no effect.

Even now, Li Ji'an still doubts whether he made a wrong judgment.

"Haha, at the beginning of the year, a wandering cultivator secretly spread the news, but was caught by the Liu family. They eventually forced him to confess that it was Qin Henian's work, and then went to the sect to file a complaint against Qin Henian. Qin Henian seems to have restrained himself during this year."

"However, the Liu family has been in trouble in recent years. Qin Henian has restrained himself, but the Liu family has been targeted by Wu Weixiong again, and it seems that he even killed an elder of the Liu family." Doctor Bai couldn't help laughing when talking about the Liu and Qin families.

In recent years, the greatest fun in Cangyunzhou has been watching the two giants make fun of themselves.

"Wu Weixiong? Why is he against the Liu family?" Li Ji'an was also surprised.

He settled down in the isolated peak of Biyun Sect. Everything was fine in other places except that he was a little isolated from the news.

Doctor Bai stroked his beard and smiled, "It's said that in recent years, many people have impersonated Wu Weixiong to commit crimes. Wu Weixiong has been burdened with many unjust crimes, and he couldn't bear it any longer. He wanted to settle accounts one by one. He found out that there were also people impersonating Wu Weixiong in Cangyun Prefecture before, and somehow he traced it back to the Liu family."

"A member of the Liu family impersonated Wu Weixiong?" Suddenly, Li Ji'an's heart paused.

I recalled what I heard five years ago when I was about to leave the Wasteland United Market.

At that time, there were rumors that Wu Weixiong appeared outside the wilderness, and Li Ji'an took a safe move to avoid a meaningless fight.

"Could it be..." Connecting the incident of the Liu family impersonating Wu Weixiong, Li Ji'an recalled the encounter between him and Liu Changgeng in the Xiancheng Courtyard.

"Just for the inheritance of a first-level formation?"

The reason why he didn't take what happened back then too seriously was that what the other party wanted was so different from his current status that it was actually meaningless.

However, at this moment, he suddenly realized that his request to ask him for the inheritance of the formation was probably just an excuse.

"For Xiao Qiao? It shouldn't be. Could it be the Book of the Earth?" Li Ji'an had a vague suspicion.

After returning to Lingfeng that day, Li Ji'an canceled his plan to go to the wilderness.

And that night, he ordered Gua Gua to escape towards the Liu family.

He originally wanted to avoid causing trouble when he was not strong enough, and he didn't even investigate in these years. However, now he has an unexpected connection with the Liu family because of Granny You's identity.

In this case, we can only know ourselves and our enemies.

At the same time, he decided not to leave the Biyun Sect's mountain gate until the Liu family's affairs were resolved.

Indeed, with his current trump card, he is not afraid of the rest of the Liu family, unless he is not sure about facing the fake Dan ancestor of the Liu family.

He has several second-level advanced forbidden-breaking talismans.

Even if he had really encountered Liu Changgeng's ambush five years ago, he was confident that he could escape unscathed. However, he would have deviated from his planned training plan, which might have led to unknown accidents.

(End of this chapter)