Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 78 A Man in His s
Facts have proved that there is no need to rush many things, time will solve all problems.

Of course, ten years is still too short and not many problems can be solved.

However, the matter of Zheng Tianxiang that we were worried about before had disappeared eight years ago.

It is said that his Hui people were planning to build a foundation and stayed in seclusion to prevent any risks that might destroy the foundation of the four members of the Zheng family.

At the same time, the entire Zheng family changed their previously arrogant attitude. Whether it was their attitude towards the other seven families or the commercial competition in the market, they almost clearly showed their intention to give in and show goodwill.

This has allowed Yanjiadanpu to gain a significant increase in market share over the years.

Of course, this is also related to the improvement of Yan Qingwan's alchemy skills.

Li Ji'an's dividends over the years have steadily increased from the initial 150 spirit stones to 380 spirit stones a year.

While fully satisfying the needs of the body-refining Thunder Flame Crystal, the investment in Gua Gua has also increased significantly, and there is also savings.

In addition, the medicinal fields jointly developed by the Yan and Wei families have been producing medicinal materials stably, and the Yan family has begun to recover gradually in recent years. After hearing what Yan Qingwan said, the clan began to plan the foundation-building pill for it.

Once Yan Qingwan succeeds in building her foundation, the Yan family will not only have two foundation-building masters in one family, but will also have an additional second-level alchemist!
The value of a second-level alchemist is unparalleled in the wilderness, even exceeding the value of a third-level foundation-building master.

All of this gives people a feeling of prosperity with scorching oil and blooming flowers.

However, Li Ji'an was quite wary of this.

The more the Zheng family acts like this, the more it proves how much they value Zheng Tianxiang. Not to mention whether his future potential can reach the Jindan stage, just think about the future when the Zheng family really achieves the goal of building four foundations.

He was not sure whether the current stable situation of the Eight Great Families in the Wasteland could be maintained.

Although it seems that the Zheng family's third and fourth foundation building stages have not changed much, they are still unable to compete with the other seven families.

However, there is no guarantee that after the fourth foundation-building master comes out, some people in the other seven families will feel powerless.

By then, it is believed that the Zheng family's rise is unstoppable and they will surely dominate the wilderness in the future. For the sake of family inheritance, they may become traitors who have the merit of following the dragon.

Therefore, he is also actively preparing a backup plan. Once the situation here becomes chaotic after he "rejuvenates", he will have to change his plan to be prepared for any eventuality. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

"Brother Li, you must go back today. If you refuse again, I will send someone to look for you." As soon as he arrived at the alchemy shop today, Yan Qingwan was waiting for him.

Li Ji'an's eyelids twitched.

I still remember being forced into marriage in my previous life before crossing over. I never expected that I would be forced into marriage again after coming to the cultivation world.

"Brother Li, you're almost sixty. If you don't get married soon, it might be hard for you to have children!"

"..." Li Ji'an's mouth twitched when he heard this. This was even more exaggerated than what his mother said in his first life. It was no wonder that this was the world of cultivation. One could go from sixty to seventy in the blink of an eye.

Since he turned fifty seven years ago, the Yan family has started arranging his marriage.

At first, I was not in a hurry. It was also a benefit for the tribe. I just told him that he could choose the women in the tribe first.

By now, there are signs of forcing marriage.

This is naturally Yan Qingwan's credit.

Half a year ago, they stayed in the alchemy room for two consecutive months. After nearly a hundred failures, they finally succeeded in refining a mid-level fine-quality Qi-replenishing pill. This made Yan Qingwan jump up with excitement.

He also spoke almost without reservation at the clan elders' meeting about Li Ji'an's achievements over the years, especially his talent in alchemy and extraordinary understanding.

Now that Yan Qingwan is a first-class senior alchemist, she has more say in the clan and no longer cares about the suspicions of her clan members.

"Brother Li, this time it's the granddaughter of the Great Elder. She's eighteen years old, with a pretty face and a plump figure. She's at the third level of Qi training, and has the highest level of spiritual charm, seven strands. Go and meet her, maybe you'll fall in love with her. Please!"

Li Ji'an sighed inwardly. This was a pit he had dug for himself, and he must avoid it in his next life. Mainly because he knew in the early years that the Yan family was dominated by men and weak by women, that there were not enough female cultivators to feed the family, and that it would be difficult to find a marriage without meritorious service. That's why he often whispered in Yan Qingwan's ear, warming up for the next life.

As a result... unexpectedly, Yan Qingwan actually brought him to the forefront, and he became a hot commodity in the clan for a while.

According to Zhang Tiezhu's letter, many female cultivators in the clan are now attracted to him, and they all think that the children born to him will most likely inherit his extraordinary talent in alchemy and super high comprehension, and then the mother will be honored by having a child.

"Where is Xiao Li? I'm here to invite you in person, so I guess I can get you to come, right?" Just as Li Ji'an was thinking about how to refuse once and for all, a hearty laugh from an old man came into the alchemy shop.

The next moment, the great elder Yan Kongyi, who had met Yan's family in the herb garden twenty-one years ago, entered the pill shop.

"Xiao Li, I heard that you haven't dared to leave the market for seventeen years. Today, I am here to escort you personally. Don't worry, unless those old Foundation Establishment guys are shameless enough to come, I will definitely keep you safe."

"Greetings, Great Elder!" Li Ji'an and several people in the shop greeted him.

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Yan Kongyi waved his hand casually: "It's none of your business, go and get busy. Xiao Li, let's go in and talk."

Li Ji'an followed him into the inner room.

As soon as he entered the inner room, a scene that made Li Ji'an stunned occurred.

Yan Kong, who always acted rather condescendingly within the clan, entered the inner room and bowed to Li Ji'an with a smile. "Little Li, there were so many people outside just now... well, it was my fault for not saving you that time. It really was... well, it's all my fault. To make amends, if you marry my granddaughter, I'll pass on my lifelong study of talismans to you. How about that?"

Four months ago, when Yan Qingwan spoke about Li Ji'an's understanding and talent in the way of alchemy at the clan meeting, everyone except Yan Zongsheng and others who had already known about the situation were shocked, but more of them were skeptical.

Afterwards, several elders came to observe Li Ji'an making the elixir in person.

After seeing that her primary pill had a success rate of 60% for high-grade pills, he finally believed what Yan Qingwan said.

At that time, the Great Elder was in seclusion and had no chance to come. After hearing about it, he became interested.

He is best at talismans.

However, although talismans rank among the top arts of immortal cultivation, their lower limit is extremely low. Anyone with magical powers can try to draw talismans, and as long as one has a little bit of magical powers, almost anyone can make low-level talismans, such as cleaning talismans, dust-removing talismans, and heart-purifying talismans... These low-level talismans have long been in oversupply and the price is very low. It is better to sell the materials to talisman masters for more profit.

On the contrary, its upper limit is also very high, but it is extremely difficult to achieve success in the art of talismans.

Even a first-level intermediate talisman has extremely high requirements for long-lasting magic power and a strong soul. The most important thing is that the requirement for comprehension in drawing talismans is higher than that of alchemy.

The biggest difference between drawing talismans and refining elixirs is that refining elixirs at least has a set of rules to follow, including which herbs to use, the order, the intensity of the fire, and the type of furnace...

However, when drawing talismans, each stroke cannot be exactly the same. Alchemy at least has medicinal materials as the core effect, but drawing talismans relies entirely on the soul to connect with the spiritual inspiration of heaven and earth and store it in the talisman materials.

Even if one's comprehension of alchemy is poor, one may still succeed in refining the pills, even if the success rate and quality are lower.

But if you don’t have the understanding, it is absolutely impossible to succeed in drawing talismans.

He has been drawing talismans all his life, initially for the purpose of entering the talisman market within his clan. However, up to now, he still cannot guarantee that he will not lose money on a first-level advanced talisman.

When the condition is good, one out of five talisman materials can be successfully made. When the condition is bad, not even one out of ten can be made.

He was unwilling in his heart, but over the years, he had accepted it and confirmed that he lacked understanding and had no hope. However, he still hoped that there would be a genius in talisman making in the clan in the future who could inherit his mantle.

This time, he asked his granddaughter to marry Li Ji'an.

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