Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 81: Soul Ant News

The sun rises, filling the sky with golden light.

Li Ji'an turned into a fire dragon, engulfed in scorching waves, instantly causing the water in the pool where Gua Gua was hiding to evaporate.

"Quack~"Quack burrowed into the ground again and disappeared without a trace.

"Hu~" Li Ji'an fell to the ground, but he could no longer maintain the "Fire Dragon Escape".

His mana is too weak.

In recent years, he has made special research on the magic power in his Dantian. After comparing the magic power of many cultivators who are at the fourth level of Qi training, he found that his magic power is at the bottom.

This was closely related to the inferior skills he practiced. In addition, during the early stages of Qi training, especially the first three years after entering the alchemy shop, he accompanied Yan Qingwan in refining pills, and thought he was taking advantage and got a lot of her inferior pills for practice. In addition to having pill poison, those inferior pills were mostly impure when assisting in replenishing Qi and refining magic power, resulting in his magic power in this life being quantitative but not qualitative.

It seems that the Dantian magic power has reached the fourth level of Qi training, but in fact the power is not powerful enough and durable enough.

This is also something he needs to pay attention to in his next life. If he can avoid relying on external forces, he should not do so. If he really needs to take elixirs, he must take at least high-quality ones.

I had just finished my morning exercise when the communication talisman in my arms vibrated.

"Guest Li, someone is looking for you at the alchemy shop, urgently." The old shopkeeper sent a message.

After putting away the communication talisman, Li Ji'an was not in a hurry. He followed the procedures and first fed the beast pill to Gua Gua. Then he activated a water purification talisman to purify the water in Gua Gua's pond. Finally, before leaving, he used a dust-removing talisman to make the entire yard spotless.

I am very skilled in activating talismans and I like it very much.

In fact, he had been interested in talismans for a long time. Even before he met Chen Zhaohu and knew the situation of cultivation in this world, talismans were his first choice of skills.

Because of the murder in the Storm Desert, he witnessed with his own eyes the protective ability and offensive power of the talisman.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, talismans are the skills that can maximize the means of life-saving and offensive capabilities, and can also best serve as one's trump card.

However, when I first arrived at the market and got to know the situation, I found that there was almost no threshold to learning elementary talismans, and it would be difficult to master the higher levels without the guidance of a senior master.

In the end, he chose the alchemy path which had a slightly higher threshold due to his fire spiritual root.

In the following years, his energy was limited. He concentrated on studying elixirs, refining his body, and cultivating Gua Gua, and he really couldn't spare any extra energy to study talismans.

"Brother Li." As soon as he went out, he happened to meet Yan Qingwan who was also going to the alchemy shop.

It has to be said that the thing that makes Li Ji'an most satisfied with the cultivation world is that if one really wants to, the situation of the Red Powder Skeleton can be avoided.

Even if the other party has not yet achieved immortality!
Just like Yan Qingwan in front of him, she is only about ten years younger than Li Ji'an, but now her skin is smooth and tender, as if it could be broken by a baby's, her eyes are bright and her teeth are white, and her gaze is radiant. She has hardly changed from thirty years ago, except that she has a mature temperament that has been accumulated over time, which makes her look even more charming.

Judging from her age, she is at the ninth level of Qi training and has a life expectancy of 150 years at most. She should be a young woman in her forties now. However, her appearance and figure are still like a teenage girl.

It’s nothing, it’s just because of the best-selling product among female practitioners in this cultivation world - the Rejuvenating Pill.

A top-grade anti-aging pill can keep you young for twenty years.

Above the Rejuvenating Pill is the top medical beauty pill that female cultivators love the most - the Dingyan Pill!

Only one pill of this kind can keep one young forever. It is said that even at the last moment before one's vitality disappears, one can still maintain youthfulness. It can really prevent the occurrence of gray hair in the world.

However, these things are not cheap, and they are all second-level pills, which are not sold in the United Market.

Compared to Yan Qingwan who had taken the anti-aging pill, Li Ji'an now looks like a middle-aged uncle.

In addition, Yan Qingwan and Li Ji'an have very delicate and three-dimensional facial features, and when they walk together, they look like father and daughter.

"Qingwan, the store's stock of elixirs should be enough for a while. Xiaohua and Wenxin can also refine some primary elixirs. You can take a proper rest and calm down. Your mentality is very important." After so many years of contact, Li Ji'an is now like a teacher and a father to Yan Qingwan. He sincerely hopes that she can make further progress.

Of course, this is also because he knows Yan Qingwan well enough and recognizes her character and temperament.

In addition, eight years ago, Yan Qingwan began to take apprentices.

The clan selected two relatively intelligent young men with the highest fire spiritual root sensitivity and the potential to advance to the late stage of Qi training to learn the art of alchemy. "Well, Brother Li, I was just about to tell you that I may need to return to the clan for a period of seclusion to strengthen my Qi training foundation. During this period of seclusion, I will take the time to calm down as you said.

I'll also have to trouble you to keep an eye on those two guys at the Danpu." Yan Qingwan nodded gently, her smile sincere.

"Oh? That's good. Congratulations. You can just rest assured and retreat." Upon hearing this, Li Ji'an was delighted from the bottom of his heart.

The fact that they can make such an arrangement shows that the clan really wants to support her in building her foundation.

Thinking that he might have a foundation-building ancestor to protect him in his next life, his sense of security increased greatly.

"Thank you, Brother Li!"

Chatting and laughing, they soon arrived at the Dan shop.

"Brother, good news, we met yesterday." Chen Zhaohu seemed very excited and rushed out before Li Ji'an entered the store.

Li Ji'an remained calm and took Chen Zhaohu back to his own courtyard before formally asking him questions.

Over the years, he wrote to Chen Zhaohu several times to ask about it, for fear that he would think that it had been too long and he no longer needed it.

I never thought that today would bring me some definite news.

Yesterday, he led a team to hunt and accidentally discovered several soul-parasitic ants that were out foraging in the Fallen Dragon Ridge. He also found the location of their nest through traces.

However, the soul-hosting ant nest is notoriously deep and winding. Chen Zhaohu and his team dug nearly five meters deep but still failed to find the real nest, so they had to give up.

Seeing Chen Zhaohu, whose temples were already graying, handing him a route map, Li Ji'an nodded heavily.

Chen Zhaohu is more than ten years older than him, and has not yet started practicing Qi. He only relies on the late first stage of body training. His lifespan is at most 120 years old. Now that he is in his seventies, his energy and blood have begun to decline.

Afterwards, Li Ji'an took a leave from the alchemy shop and took Chen Zhaohu to Tianxianlou to spend some money.

The two chatted for a long time amid the sound of stringed instruments.

Chen Zhaohu even talked about their first meeting thirty years ago, lamenting that time is unforgiving.

It was also after getting drunk that he revealed his concern for his younger brother Chen Qingling.

According to him, they have only seen each other twice in more than ten years since Chen Qingling followed Chishi Sanren.

And almost all day long he either goes into the deep mountains and forests, or searches for dragons and gold, or looks for ancient tombs, which is really stressful.

He said he really regretted it and thought he would have sent her to the Yan family earlier.

After hearing about the deeds of the number one independent cultivator in the wilderness, Li Ji'an nodded in approval.

If he traveled to this cultivation world without any cheats, his first choice would actually be to dig graves.

Instead of begging for food from the living who monopolize resources, it is better to beg for alms from the dead.

There are risks anyway.

Moreover, this was an era that had undergone great changes in the world and was infinitely more glorious than today. Once an ancient tomb is found, perhaps one can defy fate and change one's destiny.

After bidding farewell to Chen Zhaohu, Li Ji'an did not dare to delay. Soul-hosting ants are rare and hard to find. Now that he finally has a clue, he naturally cannot give up.

The next day, he put Gua Gua into his spirit pet bag, packed up everything he could take away, and came to the Danpu to take a long vacation.

To his surprise, the old shopkeeper had just received a message, and the head of the family asked Li Ji'an to return to the clan as soon as possible, saying that there was something important to discuss.

"Well, it's on the way anyway, so I'll go back and see Tiezhu's child, then head south!"

(End of this chapter)