Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 60 Lack of Potential
Yan Qingwan's voice was still gentle, but this time it lacked the usual natural sense of superiority that a superior would inadvertently reveal over those below her.

Li Ji'an bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Miss. I just want to stay in the clan."

Hearing this, Yan Qingwan smiled even more and nodded approvingly: "Do good without expecting anything in return, do good without resentment, you are very good!
However, that's what I promised before. You saved my life this time, so I have to repay you. Be bold and say I'll cover for you!"

"So... I want to ensure a stable life for my descendants." Li Ji'an said tentatively.

"Okay! I promise you!" Yan Qingwan was even happier after hearing this.

"To be honest, before you answered this question, I was already prepared to have a serious fight with the uncles in the clan. After all, you have poor spiritual roots and are old, so you don't have any potential in the path of cultivation.

If you ask for further advancement in your immortal path, the elders of your clan will certainly not agree.

Especially now, the situation on the front lines is tense and resources are scarce.”

Li Ji'an bowed slightly and smiled, "I do have some self-awareness."

"Haha~ What a self-awareness! Isn't this the self-awareness you mentioned before, 'No one is optimistic about you, but you are the least motivated'?" Yan Qingwan was in a good mood. She even talked about the three years of studying alchemy together, when she casually asked Li Ji'an about his past, and Li Ji'an told her a joke in a serious tone.

However, I must inform you in advance that the clan is currently in need of personnel, and the Elders' Council, in an effort to recruit outsiders, has been offering many conditions, including the option of admitting them into the clan. This has resulted in a shortage of marriageable female cultivators in our Yan family, who already have a limited number of children. If you intend to continue the family line, please inform me in advance. While I cannot guarantee a particularly good spiritual root companion, I will do my best to find you one with a spiritual root sensitivity of five or higher."

"Thank you, miss!"

After saying this, Yan Qingwan once again asked Li Ji'an to demonstrate and guide Master Mo Dan's alchemy skills in the past three months.

That night, when I returned to the courtyard and was about to practice, I received a message from Zhang Tiezhu.

As the conflict between the two clans intensified, Zhang Tiezhu, who had originally become cannon fodder on the Yan family's front line because of land reclamation, had no time to return to the clan and had to stay on the front line all the time.

After reading Zhang Tiezhu's message, Li Ji'an couldn't help but laugh.

The meaning behind his words is the same: he is stupid and has a lot of money, come quickly.

He said that the fighting situation on the front line had escalated and the number of combatants on both sides had increased significantly.

His opponents as a mid-stage Qi training cultivator were all members of the Wei family who were also mid-stage Qi training cultivators. In addition, he had the advantage of physical training, so he was like a fish in water on the front line.

Not only did he make many military achievements, but he also secretly intercepted a lot of spoils.

He imagined that after this clan war was over, he would have the opportunity to save up enough money to break through to the late stage of Qi training.

He also said that the Yan family had bestowed upon him a powerful earth-based spell that could shake the earth and mountains with a single thought.

It is said that if he were in the Xianci Dynasty, he would definitely be worshipped as the land god!
Li Ji'an could feel the excitement and longing in his tone.

In addition, there was a proposal in the second half of the hearing.

"Since we have completely integrated into this world of immortal cultivation, why don't we just follow the rules of this world... It's better for cultivators to call each other fellow Daoists..."

Li Ji'an spoke hesitantly and smiled, shaking his head.

He no longer cared about the name.

Maybe next time he "rejuvenates" he will have to call that idiot uncle.

Li Ji'an immediately replied: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Tiezhu responded quickly this time.

"Okay, okay, Fellow Daoist Li, have you thought it through now? The Yan family is in need of people right now. With your physical training ability, you will definitely stand out from the crowd. If you are accepted by the Yan family and can practice in the second-level spiritual vein dojo, then you will see hope. Otherwise... there will be no hope in this life."

"Friend Zhao wrote to me a few days ago, saying that he, too, had gained recognition from his employer due to his physical training abilities and had a bright future ahead of him."

Not wanting to be persuaded by him again, Li Ji'an remained silent for a moment before saying, "I appreciate your kindness, Taoist Zhang. However, I have already entered the Yan family and am currently cultivating in the second-level spiritual vein."

Previously, when he was in the market town, because he was uncertain about the future and he had a secret dealings with the Yan family that could not be made public, he did not tell Zhang Tiezhu, who was half a member of the Yan family.

It didn't matter at this point. After this news spread, there was a long silence.

"Next time I return home, tell me about it in detail." After a while, Zhang Tiezhu replied.

And this wait lasted for three full years.

This day...

"Bang!" Yan Hongsheng was kicked in the arm and flew backwards.

"Come again!" He stood up, dusted himself off, and rushed towards Li Ji'an again.

"Pa~" Li Ji'an made a casual move and his legs split.

"Hiss~" Yan Hongsheng covered his crotch and slowly stood up: "You have too many dirty tricks."

Li Ji'an smiled and clasped his fists, "Seventh Elder, I appreciate your kindness."

Although he is known as the "Purple Taoist Priest", this is not the case.

It's just that the family needs a character who is "impulsive", "hot-tempered" and "doesn't consider the consequences" so that outsiders will think twice.

However, Yan Hongsheng did not wait for the foundation-building pill twenty years ago, and after failing in his own attempt to build the foundation, his foundation in Taoism was damaged, and there was no possibility of him making further progress.

In order to increase his combat power, he has been training his body in recent years.

Unfortunately, he was too old and his physical constitution was not good, so he barely made any progress in the initial stage of physical training.

Three years ago, Li Ji'an saved Yan Qingwan, and he was the second biggest beneficiary besides Yan Qingwan. Otherwise, he would probably regret it for the rest of his life.

So after returning from the front line, he met with Li Ji'an in private and expressed his gratitude to this servant who saved Yan Qingwan.

I unexpectedly discovered that he was also a first-level primary physical cultivator, so every time I came back from the front line, I would have a fight with him.

However, even if Li Ji'an showed his basic body refining strength, Yan Hongsheng still had no chance of winning after he suppressed the magic power in his dantian.

After all, Li Ji'an has spent three lifetimes cultivating Qi and blood, and he has spent twenty years just on researching the stimulation of Qi and blood. How could Yan Hongsheng and others have the energy to cultivate Dantian magic power?

What happened next happened naturally.
Thanks to Li Ji'an's interpersonal skills, the two became close friends after three years.

"Hey, you idiot, I've told you eight hundred times, just call me Seventh Brother."

Li Ji'an smiled but said nothing. The difference between their status and cultivation level was too great. If he really got used to calling him "Seventh Brother", the relationship would be severed.

"How is it? Can you break through the middle stage of Qi training?" Yan Hongsheng did not really force Li Ji'an to change his words, but turned around and asked.

Li Ji'an shook his head: "Not quite there yet."

He was also somewhat helpless. The talent of his fire spiritual root that could sense two strands of spiritual aura finally made him feel despair.

After three full years, he still hadn't completed the third level of Qi training, not to mention the bottleneck in the fourth level.

"Hey, if you can't break through the middle stage of Qi training, your life span will hardly exceed a hundred years. You are thirty-six this year, right?
Tsk tsk, if I shake any more, my energy and blood will start to decline. There's no hope. I'd better find a wife to carry on the family line." Yan Hongsheng shook his head.

Li Ji'an could only smile bitterly: "Seventh Elder, please teach me a few more fire spells."

Over the years, Li Ji'an has been studying magic with the same method he used to study martial arts in the Xianci Dynasty, trying to accumulate some knowledge in magic for the future.

Unfortunately, magic is different from martial arts. There are too many things to understand and comprehend, but his database is too small, and he cannot apply what he has learned to other situations. He can only accumulate more samples.

"Hmph, your magic power at the third level of Qi training is as thin as fart. What's the point of learning magic? Let's not even talk about whether you can perform it. Even if you can barely perform it, do you still expect to kill the opponent with just a fart?" Yan Hongsheng scolded with a smile.

But despite the scolding, he still taught Li Ji'an another spell as usual - the Nine Heaven Burning Techniques!

Just as Yan Hongsheng was imparting his magic, Yan Qingwan arrived gracefully, and behind her followed Zhang Tiezhu, whose whole body was stiff and stunned!
(End of this chapter)