Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 266 Sacred Beast Pill Completed
If it weren't for the little fire spirit's innate ability to be immune to all magic and its timely awakening, Li Ji'an would have ended up with his magic power being eroded by the black water, ultimately becoming food for this Illusion Moon Glazed Serpent.

"It's clearly only the aura of the late second stage. Even with the illusionary abilities of his bloodline talent, how could he possibly bewitch my sea of ​​consciousness, which is comparable to the peak of the early stage of the True Core realm?" Li Ji'an was surrounded by glass lamps and wind-fire fans for protection, and he wore a zither wood headband on his forehead, but he was extremely vigilant.

Before setting off, he had already conducted a detailed study on the Illusion Moon Glazed Serpent and knew its bloodline talent for illusion magic.

However, the bloodline talent of the ordinary Illusion Moon Glazed Serpent is comparable to his realm. Even if this serpent is exceptionally talented, it is already the limit for it to bewitch the false core consciousness. Li Ji'an really did not expect that it could actually make his proud consciousness fall into its trap.

For a moment, Li Ji'an's face darkened, filled with lingering fear and a rare hint of anger.

"You beast, where do you think you're going?" Suddenly, faint ripples appeared from the black water ahead. Li Ji'an's eyes narrowed, and the moment he spoke, the glass lamp shot forward.

Boom~
The lamp, burning fiercely, instantly evaporated the black water.

Sure enough, the moment the black water disappeared, a snake tail as thick as a calf flashed by and quickly disappeared into the surrounding black water. However, this time the commotion was much greater, and it was difficult to make any noise or hide any trace.

"What a cunning beast!" Li Ji'an sneered, unleashing all his magical power as he used the Crimson Dragon Escape to transform into a fire dragon and pursue the enemy.

hum~
However, after chasing for only a few feet, a faint, strange sensation came from his mind.

If it weren't for the previous experience, he might have overlooked it, because this strange feeling was very similar to the poisonous fog in the swamp corroding his soul. But now, without hesitation, he ordered the little fire spirit to circle around his head.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" After dispelling the soul attack, Li Ji'an suddenly shot out four array flags in four directions.

Although this Four Symbols Formation is only at the mid-second stage, and because it combines the trapping and killing formations, its power is relatively weak in the early stages and it needs time to form, Li Ji'an did not expect that this formation could trap the demon snake. He only needed to temporarily block it for a while.

Bang!
Just as the Four Symbols Formation flags were linked together, a loud bang was heard.

At the same time, Li Ji'an finally saw the true form of the snake demon.

Its body is like a water bucket, over five zhang long, and its whole body is as clear as glass. When immersed in black water, its whole body turns black. Its head is like a vicious tiger, and its eyes reveal a fierce light.

Suddenly, just as the snake demon broke through the Four Symbols Formation with its attack, it turned around abruptly, and its vertical pupils emitted a wave of soul power.

Before Li Ji'an could give any instructions, the little fire spirit had already stepped in front of him, instantly burning away the ripples of soul power.

"Huh~" Just as he turned around, Li Ji'an was slightly surprised.

On the forehead of this giant snake was a single, emerald-green horn the size of an egg.

"A sign of ancestral regression that only those with Heavenly-grade bloodlines possess?"

Most of the recorded Illusion Moon Glazed Serpents in the world are only of quasi-earth grade bloodline. The lowest bloodline that can be promoted to the second rank is high grade. The Sacred Beast Pill made from its innate essence has the potential to upgrade the bloodline of a spirit beast to high grade.

However, this glass snake actually has a single horn on its forehead, which clearly indicates that it has exceeded the category of earth-grade bloodline.

Because in this world, only those with Heavenly Grade bloodlines have a one in ten thousand chance of reverting to their ancestral form.

Once the reversion to ancestral form is successful, a true qualitative change will occur, transforming them into a demon race rather than a beast.

At that time, the fourth-order humanoids will be an equal race to humans.

"A mutated Heavenly Grade bloodline... This little croak is in luck!" Composing himself, Li Ji'an was overjoyed and his speed exploded once again.

If he fails to subdue this snake demon this time, and gives it more time to lie low, perhaps the next time they meet, it won't be him defeating the snake, but the snake defeating him.

The Glazed Serpent with the Heavenly Bloodline has immeasurable potential; given time, it may even break through to the fourth rank.

He understood now. No wonder the late-stage second-tier cultivator could use illusion magic to trick him; it turned out to be the blessing of the Heavenly Grade Bloodline.

"Whoosh!" Seeing that he was about to catch up, Li Ji'an immediately shot the Binding God Rope away.

Sensing the threat, the glass serpent immediately retreated deep into the black water once more.

With his first attempt failing, Li Ji'an's expression grew even more serious. This snake demon possessed exceptionally keen senses and had such a home-field advantage, making it truly difficult to defeat.

However, even if it weren't for revenge for being drugged, he would capture it at any cost for the sake of Guagua's future.

Boom boom boom~
The glass snake fled, and Li Ji'an pursued it. Wherever it passed, the flames evaporated the black water, leaving behind a short-lived black mud road.

This commotion drew the attention of cultivators within a thousand miles.

Many of the bolder ones approached within a hundred miles and witnessed the overwhelming flames and the spectacular sight of the parched, cracked black earth scorched by the flames. They were all filled with lingering fear, unable to believe that if such a powerful being were to attack them, they would need several lives. They then fled far away.

Three days later, just as Li Ji'an was about to pinpoint the vital spot of the glass snake, a patch of fallen dead trees in the distance made his heart tighten.

The glass snake actually led him to the edge of the Phantom Forest.

"Whoosh~" Li Ji'an no longer hesitated and activated the third-tier Frost Talisman in his hand.

The materials for a third-tier Frost Talisman are different from other talismans; they must be materials with the attribute of frost. He only has this one in all these years, so he cherishes it relatively. He didn't initially plan to spend money on this snake.

But at this moment, it had no choice but to be consumed.

"Crackling sound~" In an instant, the black water turned into solid ice from the spot where the glass snake had been hiding, and spread outwards rapidly.

Three breaths later, the area within several miles turned into black ice.

The glass snake was frozen in the black ice, its whole body stiff, with only its tail managing to emerge from the water at the last moment, but it was already covered by solid ice.

"Phew~" At this point, Li Ji'an finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The power of the third-tier ice talisman exceeded his expectations.

However, he was not careless. The Frost Talisman was powerful, but its duration was limited. He immediately inserted the Four Symbols Array Flags into the four positions of the Glazed Giant Serpent again, giving it time to connect and form an array.

A moment later, the Four Symbols Formation was fully formed, completely restricting the glass serpent.

Meanwhile, Guagua traveled a thousand miles and finally caught up.

The moment it saw the glass snake, it involuntarily shivered; the oppressive aura emanating from its very blood made it hesitant to approach.

"How long you can stay with me depends on fate!" Li Ji'an looked at Guagua with some expectation in his eyes.

If Guagua can truly transform into a bloodline of Earth grade or higher, its chances of advancing to the fourth rank are quite high.

Moreover, the source of Guagua's bloodline is the Desolate Devouring Vermilion Toad. Once it successfully advances to the fourth rank, it may indeed have the power to devour the heavens!
"Quack quack!" The quack could sense Li Ji'an's expectations. It immediately widened its copper bell-like eyes, firmly pressed its forelegs against the ice, and looked resolute, exuding a heroic aura.

Seeing its imposing manner, Li Ji'an smiled slightly: "Go, this snake is yours."

"Croak~" The frog's momentum weakened instantly, its eyes filled with disbelief, and its two forelimbs slowly went limp, causing the whole frog to lie on the ice.

"Heh~" Li Ji'an chuckled lightly, then slowly activated the Binding God Rope again.

The Binding God Rope, a rudimentary magical artifact, bound a snake demon in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and unsurprisingly, the demon could not break free even until its death.

"Crack!"

Before long, the icy energy gradually dissipated, the black ice gradually crumbled, and finally turned back into the black water of the swamp.

The glass serpent had already been bound by the God-Binding Rope and lifted into the air.

"Hiss hiss hiss~" It struggled frantically, but could not move an inch. It stared fiercely at Li Ji'an for a moment, then looked towards the depths of the Phantom Forest with a pleading look in its eyes. "Hmm?" Noticing the change in its expression, Li Ji'an subconsciously glanced towards the depths of the Phantom Forest.

hum~
With just one glance, he felt his consciousness being affected by something. If the little fire spirit hadn't been constantly around him, who knows what might have happened.

Li Ji'an was instantly jolted awake. Without any hesitation, he used his magic to cut into the seven-inch spot of the glass snake with his sword finger, and without the slightest hesitation, he took out the demon core and quickly sealed it away.

"Hiss~" The life force of the glass snake quickly died out, but its head kept facing the depths of the Phantom Forest, pleading for mercy.

"Swallow its corpse." A late-stage second-tier demon beast is a treasure trove, not to mention the jade horn that grew from its forehead. Li Ji'an immediately instructed Guagua.

"Quack!" Quack immediately obeyed the order, suppressing the fear of being suppressed by its bloodline, and came to the side of the glass snake that was already on the verge of death.

hum~
However, just as Guagua was about to swallow it, Li Ji'an felt a strong sensation in his mind again.

Even though the little fire spirit was hovering right between his eyebrows, this spiritual connection did not weaken in the slightest.

This made him involuntarily look again into the depths of the Phantom Forest.

"This is..." However, this time, he was shocked. He saw a pair of emerald green eyes staring at him from the depths of the Phantom Forest.

Those eyes seemed so distant, yet also so close.

It seemed as if countless flying flowers were swirling and drifting in his pupils, while the irises were a clear, azure color.

"Go!" After an unknown amount of time, Li Ji'an suddenly broke free from those eyes and immediately summoned Guagua to flee far away.

Before it could even swallow the giant snake, the croaking croak hurriedly chased after Li Ji'an.
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After flying a thousand miles in one breath, Li Ji'an finally stopped.

It wasn't that they felt they had escaped the threat posed by the owner of those eyes, but rather that they had come to understand themselves.

Looking back now, with those eyes completely ignoring the little fire spirit's invulnerability to all magic, and even directly affecting the supernatural power in his sea of ​​consciousness, if they really wanted to harm him, how could he have escaped?
"what exactly is it?"

"Isn't the Phantom Forest supposed to be so powerful that even a True Monarch's primordial spirit can be devoured? Why is He inside?"

"And what is His purpose?"

"Just a deterrent?"

"Because of that glass snake? Could it be His spirit pet? Impossible. If so, how could He have just watched as He took its demon core?"

"Just to preserve his physical body?"

……

Completely baffled, Li Ji'an looked back at the path he had come from with lingering fear. Only after confirming that there was no longer any threat did he shake his head to suppress his curiosity.

Without further delay, he used his magic to create an open space on the spot and began refining the Sacred Beast Pill.

With his nascent core cultivation level, it would take him at most a few days to seal the essence within the demon core, but he could not afford to delay any longer.

Before long, Li Ji'an extracted the essence from the Glazed Serpent Demon Core and threw the core to Guagua.

Once Guagua has consumed the Sacred Beast Pill and undergone a bloodline transformation, and then refined the snake demon's core, its cultivation will surely increase further.

Having had a successful experience before, and having made ample preparations in advance for this refining process, half a month later, as a pill rang out, Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow and his face lit up with joy.

"Premium Sacred Beast Pill!"

Previously, when Li Ji'an was refining pills in the outer region of Flaming Mountain, Wu Weixiong led his men to harass him, and Li Ji'an successfully refined a high-grade sacred beast pill.

At this point, having already advanced to the third-tier alchemist, it was only natural that he could refine high-quality products.

"Keep it safe and use it after you return to your sect." Li Ji'an casually instructed Guagua as he handed over the premium sacred beast pill.

With that, the trip to Blackwater Swamp was complete and could be considered exceptionally successful.

Three months later, Li Ji'an emerged from the Blackwater Swamp, having regained his original appearance.

Now that the matter of Guagua has been resolved, all he needs are the materials for the Crystal Condensation Pill.

Besides the Immaculate Lotus Seedlings in the Blackwater Swamp, he had already exchanged for seven kinds of third-tier spiritual herbs in advance at the sect, and Fu Xiaochen's storage bag also provided him with two different ones.

The rest are those that are not available in the Tiancang Domain. Previously, I entrusted the Jade Flute Master of the Sishui Chamber of Commerce to help me purchase them from the Wanshang Domain. I traded two of each of those two kinds back then, so there is no need to trouble you with them now.

Now there are only three left, and he originally planned to try his luck at the auction in Jiuyang Immortal City within the territory of the Lieyang Sect.

However, the ancient tombs disrupted this plan.

Now, he is not very willing to enter the territory of the Blazing Sun Sect. Even without considering the death of Fu Xiaochen, the two sects had already clashed because of the Qin family.

Ultimately, Li Ji'an decided to try his luck in Hanshui Xiancheng, which was under the jurisdiction of Qingjiang Gate.

This place is closest to the Blackwater Swamp and is the base camp for many tomb raiders and medicine seekers.

Unfortunately, after visiting almost all the shops, I only found a few genuine Tier 3 spiritual herbs, let alone the ingredients for Condensing Crystal Pills, and they were not particularly rare.

"This junior greets Master Li." Just as we were leaving the last herbal medicine shop, an old man quickly stepped forward to pay his respects.

Li Ji'an glanced at the visitor; he was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, but didn't recognize him.

However, he had gotten used to this situation.

Since becoming a guest elder of the Biyun Sect, whenever I go out, strangers greet me and become friendly.

Now that he has become a pseudo-elixir master and a third-tier alchemist, he is known to everyone in the entire Cangyun Prefecture, which can be said to be an upper-class prefecture.

"Master Li, I am from the Jin family of Lingnan in Cangyun Prefecture. I have seen your majesty at the ceremony for Master Qin's adopted granddaughter," the old man said respectfully.

"Yes, young friend Jin, is there something you need?" Li Ji'an nodded.

The old man hurriedly waved his hand: "Master Li, you misunderstand. I happened to see that you seemed to want a third-grade spiritual herb, and I just happened to hear someone mention some news. I was worried that you might not know about this news, so I dared to offer my advice."

"Oh? Please speak freely, young friend." Li Ji'an glanced at him slightly.

The old man dared not keep them in suspense and hurriedly said, "It's like this. Yesterday, I happened to hear that the Holy Palace might hold a grand auction in six months. It is said that not only will a batch of third-grade spiritual herbs be released, but also two prototypes of magic treasures."

"Really?" Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow.

"It should be right, the other party is a big merchant from the number one immortal city under the jurisdiction of Wanfa Palace," the old man said confidently.

"Alright, thank you very much, young friend. You may request a custom-made pill from me in the future." Li Ji'an nodded with a smile.

"Thank you, Master Xie! Thank you, Master Xie!" The old man was extremely excited. Nowadays, there are very few people who can persuade Li Ji'an to start refining pills. If he were to ask him to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, he would probably be able to produce at least two pills of medium quality.

"It's alright, how did you end up here?" Li Ji'an then asked casually.

This place is quite far from Lingnan in Cangyun Prefecture. The other party is just an old cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Unless there is something special, he would not usually travel this far, especially since the other party is guarding a clan and is not a free person.

(End of this chapter)