Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 26 Return to Qingzhou
Seeing Li Ji'an from afar, Ning Sujin's gloomy face became even gloomier.

"No different!" He spat out the two words coldly without even looking at him.

Li Ji'an sighed slightly in his heart.

As for?
It's been a month, and you're still angry?

All women in this world... are the same.

I don’t know if it’s because Ning Yutan followed the immortal master to the world of cultivation, she no longer has any competitors, and thus lost interest in Li Ji’an, or if it’s because she thought she had no rivals and no longer cherished him?
Or maybe it was because of that embarrassing incident in the attic that he no longer considered himself an outsider.

In the past two years, Ning Sujin has become much more casual with Li Ji'an, and she no longer hides many details that she used to be reserved about.

A month ago, Duke Dingguo Ning Haichan invited Li Ji'an to the Duke's Mansion. Ning Sujin had clearly warned him in advance that if the Duke wanted to bring them together again, he must be resolute and that she would definitely go to the fairyland in this life.

Li Ji'an nodded in agreement.

During the dinner, Ning Yutan's biological mother expressed her intention to match him with Ning Sujin, and Li Ji'an firmly refused in public according to her instructions.

However, because of this incident, Ning Sujin hasn't been nice to him for a month.

The question is how could I be angry about this? I originally thought so, but the main reason was that you didn't refuse firmly enough at the time.

Li Ji'an was thinking about his senior brother at the moment and had no intention of arguing with him.

"Thank you, Sister Jin. However, I plan to go back to Zixiao Temple. Will that still not change the fortune?"

"You want to go to Qingzhou? You are so cautious that you don't even want to step out of the Immortal Palace..." Upon hearing this, Ning Sujin, who was originally a little angry, suddenly changed his expression and looked quite worried.

Two years ago, the Immortal Master reprimanded the Emperor, and in order to not disappoint the Immortal Master with the next batch of Immortal Seedlings, the Emperor went almost crazy and tried every possible means.

While doubling the supply of resources to government-run martial arts academies across the country, increasing the conveniences granted to martial arts families will naturally require some hardship on the common people.

This led to public outrage and complaints.

Rebellions and rebellions have already appeared in many places.

In addition, the relationship between the emperor and Prince Yun became increasingly tense, and the world was no longer at peace.

However, after staring at Li Ji'an for a moment, Ning Sujin let out a sigh of relief: "There's no need to worry about this trip!"

"Thank you!" Li Ji'an bowed without any explanation, and turned away without paying any attention to his teasing.

"..." Looking at Li Ji'an's unusually free and easy back, Ning Sujin frowned slightly.

"What happened?"

Although he felt that his trip was worry-free, he still felt a little uneasy subconsciously.

"Wait! What I mean is that you will have no worries if you go with me, otherwise..." Mingming's biggest obsession is to succeed in refining the immortal classics of the internal organs eight years later. He has not wasted any time in the past two years, but at this moment he still decided to go with Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an stopped, looked back at him, smiled slightly and nodded slowly.

At noon that day, after Li Ji'an and Ning Sujin reported to the Immortal Palace, they each rode a BMW and headed towards Shangyi County.

The Duke of Dingguo personally bestowed upon the emperor a black horse with the blood of a precious beast. It could travel 800 miles a day and 800 miles a night. Previously, it would take the caravan two months to travel slowly from Chong'an Prefecture to the Imperial City, but now it arrived in just five days.

"Sister Jin, let's rest here for one night today." Looking at the BMW under his crotch with foam in its mouth and nose, Li Ji'an decided to rest in Chong'an Mansion for a while.

Ning Sujin, who had already embarked on the stage of marrow cutting, had a strong body of Qi and blood. In addition, he had been involved in external skills for a long time, and his Qi and blood had been stimulated to perfection. He was not afraid of the hardships along the way. However, now that he had returned to his hometown, he also wanted to stay for a while, so he agreed without hesitation.

"The dog emperor flatters the immortal master and ignores the people of the world in order to please the immortal master. He is unworthy of being a king!" Finally, he was no longer in a hurry to travel, and Ning Sujin vented his anger about what he saw and heard along the way.

Along the way, there were refugees everywhere and barren land for thousands of miles. They witnessed too many atrocities.

Even at the gate of Chong'an City, there were groups of refugees begging for alms.

Li Ji'an sighed slightly. "I can't blame him entirely. With such a centralized monarchy, anyone in that position would be the same. If this pattern remains unchanged, the people will have no choice but to place their hopes on a wise ruler, generation after generation."

A casual sigh that transcended the times almost made Ning Sujin crash.

The history of the Xianci Dynasty is very short. Before that, it was nothing more than the separatist rule of the feudal lords, and before that, tribal conflicts, and before that, survival in the wilderness. Initially, survival in the wilderness, facing the might of nature and wild beasts, could only huddle together for warmth.

After forming a group, the team needs a strong person to stand in front and protect everyone when encountering crises and accidents, so the group looks for strong people through mating rights and distribution rights, and the leader is born.

As the team grew larger, it became a tribe.

As tribal conflicts intensify, tribal leaders are given more obligations and reliance as protectors in addition to their rights. Everyone is willing to choose a leader to protect everyone and take the greatest risks.

However, when tribes merged and princes emerged, leaders who gradually gained control of the collective power brought by power no longer rushed to the front to protect their tribesmen. Instead, they realized that they could use this power to suppress their tribesmen and maintain their status and privileges without having to compete with others.

After the great unification, there were no external crises within a certain range, and the original leaders fully enjoyed the status and privileges brought by power, and allowed the power to continue within a small range.

At this point, they only care about one thing: maintaining this right and its continuation.

If there are no major external crises and opportunities, this situation will continue for tens of millions of years and there will only be two things: rebellion and suppression of rebellion!

However, the arrival of the Immortal Master brought new opportunities and new crises to the Zhao royal family. They would only measure the resources of the world and win the favor of the Immortal Master.

In Li Ji'an's opinion, this is still good.

It's just a bit of hardship.

Otherwise, if the emperor fails to please the immortal master and the immortal master is about to take action against him, that will be the worst time for the people of the world.

At that time, in order to protect his own life and status, he will certainly incite the people of the world to fight against the Immortal Master.

The result was naturally bloodshed and a sea of corpses.

Having lived four lives and seen a lot, he has come to terms with himself. Li Ji'an does not praise this but accepts it, adapts to it and strives to transcend it.

"It's the same for anyone to be emperor?"

Li Ji'an smiled awkwardly: "Why don't you give it a try?"

"Are you crazy?" Ning Sujin widened her eyes again. Such shocking words made her increasingly unable to see through Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an didn't respond and rode his horse through the long queue of people entering the city.

In this dynasty bestowed by gods, the people suffered, truly suffered.

Those who have the opportunity to become fairy seedlings or cultivate fairy seedlings are truly privileged.

"Pah~ You lowlifes, don't you want to live anymore? Why don't you make way for the immortal seedlings?"

"Sir, please..."

Sitting high on his horse, he showed his identity card as a reserve fairy seedling, and the gate guards hurriedly came forward to flatter him.

Under the envious gazes of the poor people at the bottom of society, Li Ji'an and Ning Sujin rode their horses slowly into the city gate.

"You...you...are you Chang'an?" As they were about to pass through the city gate, a soldier stepped forward timidly to test the situation.

"Uncle Ma." Li Ji'an responded with a smile after recognizing that the servant was Xiao Wu's former deputy.

"Oh, it's really you. Hurry, go and save your Uncle Xiao. He is about to die." Old Ma was very surprised and said hurriedly.

Li Ji'an frowned: "What happened to Uncle Xiao?"

Old Ma looked around, then stood on tiptoe and whispered, "They say he's colluding with the rebels and he's going to be beheaded!"

"What about the reality?"

"Actually...actually...Alas, beautiful women are the root of all trouble!" Old Ma didn't dare to say more.

"Aunt..." Li Ji'an let out a breath, probably guessing the reason.

Weak but precocious, poor but with a beautiful wife, powerless but rich... the three major... unsolvable original sins of feudal society!
(End of this chapter)