Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 299 Reunion with the Pill King
As a beneficiary of the system, Li Ji'an could not say such a thing.

Once the demonic cultivators occupy the Heavenly Azure Domain, he will most likely be purged.

If he had a choice, he would naturally hope that Tiancang Domain would win, so that he could continue to cultivate peacefully in the sect.

“Of course! If we are defeated, even if we are lucky enough to survive, we will all be homeless dogs,” Li Ji’an affirmed.

Yao Rui and Guo Feng nodded in deep agreement.

Throughout the journey, Li Ji'an meticulously planned for the future.

My greatest hope in staying in the Biyun Sect is to use the sect's third-tier high-grade spiritual energy to strike the Core Formation stage.

But at this crucial moment, the demon army is pressing in, which risks derailing his plans from his previous life.

"The cultivation world is ever-changing!"

However, he wasn't too disappointed.

The impermanence of life is what makes things constant.

Acceptance and compliance are the proper mindset.

Moreover, he has lived a peaceful life in the Biyun Sect until now, his cultivation techniques have met his expectations from his previous life, his spiritual root development has exceeded his expectations, and his cultivation environment before forming his core has met his expectations. He is already content.

As for where the future lies, that depends on the situation of the great war.

With his current strength, aside from avoiding becoming cannon fodder, all he can do is pray in his heart, which has no effect on the battle.

In the following month, fighting broke out frequently on the front lines.

Despite having nearly twice as many True Core cultivators and even more Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivators as the Boundless Domain, they have not launched a full-scale attack. Instead, they have been sending out forces in a war of attrition, similar to those of the Three Sects Alliance.

The Boundless Domain is almost divided into two teams. One team fights for a while, and the other team immediately takes over.

This resulted in the three alliances having almost no chance to recuperate, being repeatedly pulled and attacked by the other side, and only able to recover quickly with the help of pills.

It is clear that Wuyayu, relying on its numerical advantage, has chosen the most conservative strategy.

If things continue like this, unless a miracle occurs, the Three Sects Alliance's defeat is only a matter of time.

The cultivators of the Boundless Domain, on the other hand, are able to win with minimal casualties and minimal consumption.

Li Ji'an was unsure whether Wuyayu's strategy was related to the final distribution of spoils with Huangtianyu, or simply a cautious approach to minimize casualties.

Don't squander your advantages; victory is assured!
"Come on!" On this day, the first official mission to escort pills was issued. Li Ji'an came to the foot of Dongli Sect Mountain and put away Guagua and Little Fire Spirit.

Fifty years ago, when they had just established their foundation, Guagua and Xiaohuoling traveled tens of thousands of miles from Duolong Ridge to the foot of Biyun Sect Mountain.

However, at that time, Qingjiang Sect attacked, and the sect's defenses were very tight. Li Ji'an did not let Guagua rush in, so he sent him to the Strange Stone Forest.

Just then, Xiao Qiao was summoned to battle, and the two little ones have been diligently cultivating in Xiao Qiao's garden cottage.

Upon arriving at the front lines, Li Ji'an had them come along.

Now that he has a clear understanding of the Boundless Domain strategy, Li Ji'an is much more cautious about this first mission to escort pills and talismans.

In this life, he devoted himself to cultivation. Apart from reaching the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, his spiritual consciousness continued to grow, but he made almost no progress in other aspects.

His body cultivation had been stuck at the peak of the first tier, with no opportunity to seek out wood marrow for nourishment and break through to the second tier.

His cultivation skills, such as talismans, puppets, and elixirs, have made no progress and he can only rely on his past life's legacy.

The protective trump cards are slightly less effective than in the previous life.

The two trump cards, Guagua and Little Fire Spirit, are of great help to his safety.

"Whoosh~" The little fire spirit once again entered Li Ji'an's dantian, its excitement unparalleled.

Wood fuels fire; the rich and profound azure magic power within Li Ji'an's dantian nourished the little fire spirit like mother's milk.

At the same time, Li Ji'an unexpectedly discovered that when the little fire spirit absorbed his wood-type magic power, the purification effect on the magic power was at least five times greater than when he used fire-type magic power in his previous life!
In his previous life, during the Foundation Establishment stage, he occasionally relied on the Little Fire Spirit to improve the purity of his dantian's mana.

However, its efficiency is less than 30% of that of a magical duel, and it also consumes some of one's magical power.

In addition, the wood-elemental magic power in this life is three times stronger than in the previous life, and relying solely on the little fire spirit for purification is too slow.

Therefore, I never thought of relying on Little Fire Spirit in this lifetime.

But this unexpected discovery made Li Ji'an slap his thigh in frustration, realizing that fifty precious years had been wasted.

Otherwise, the purity of wood-type magic might have at least doubled by now.

After putting away Guagua and Little Fire Spirit, Li Ji'an quickly returned to the guard team.

Before long, Zhang Zhenren, the fake Dan cultivator from Wanfa Palace in charge of the escort, came down from Dan Peak, followed by five people, each carrying several storage bags.

Over the past month, more than 300 people from the three sects and independent alchemists have been refining pills day and night. Among them, pills for the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages are the most numerous, filling a total of thirteen storage bags. There are relatively fewer third-tier pills, but there are still three storage bags.

They were all pills that replenished spiritual energy and magical power.

Fortunately, the medicinal materials for this most widely used elixir are not lacking, especially the first and second-tier medicinal materials, which have long been cultivated.

However, judging from the consumption at the front lines over the past month, this supply of pills will probably only last for a maximum of six months.

Besides the pills, there were also several storage bags containing talismans.

Talismans are mainly auxiliary spirit talismans. Lingjiu Zhenren, a third-tier talisman master of the Dongli Sect, is the talisman king in the entire Tiancang Domain, but his efficiency in drawing third-tier spirit talismans is not high, and the materials are hard to find, making the cost-effectiveness too low.

Therefore, this time the main items are mainly Rejuvenation Talismans, Spirit Purification Talismans, and Qi Gathering Talismans.

Besides these, the largest item being guarded was the array base of three flying boats.

The Three Sects Alliance hadn't expected the other side to have such a large advantage and engage in positional warfare, so their plan was to fight a major battle and retreat to the Dongli Sect to hold their ground. However, the other side turned the tables and has now tied them up outside, making it impossible for them to retreat safely.

That's why they urgently gathered materials for the foundation of the third-order grand formation.

The third-tier formation covers the entire eastern defense line, and the materials required are numerous and extensive, so they can only be transported by airship.

"Listen to my command, all of you! This mission is crucial to whether the front lines can hold out, and it also concerns the overall situation of this battle. We must not fail!"
You two lead the way, maintaining a distance of a thousand miles. If anything unusual happens, send a message immediately.

You four will guard the left flank, you four will guard the right flank, you three will cover the rear, and the rest of you will follow me on the boat.

"Let's go!" With Master Zhang of Wanfa Palace giving instructions, the 29-member guard team set off in a grand procession.

Of these twenty-nine people, apart from Master Zhang, who was only at the pseudo-core stage, the rest were all at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and all were true disciples of the three sects and direct descendants of the Myriad Laws Palace.

"Senior Brother Li, those traveling with the flying boat are all disciples of the Holy Palace." After rapidly flying a thousand miles ahead of the group, Yao Rui frowned and transmitted her voice to Li Ji'an, quite indignant.

Her current respectful attitude towards Li Ji'an is not a change in her nature, but rather because she acknowledges in her heart that Li Ji'an is stronger than her. Her inherent arrogance remains deeply rooted, and she has an innate aversion to so-called power.

Li Ji'an remained calm. Although he despised the Wanfa Palace's behavior, he had seen many people over the six generations and was not surprised.

After a month of living together, their arrogance was ingrained in their bones. They considered themselves the overlords of the entire Holy Palace region, and the disciples of the Holy Palace were the most outstanding people of the time. They believed that only they could protect the supplies when the demonic cultivators attacked.

Of course, they also believe that they are the future of the Heavenly Cang Domain, with unlimited potential.

"Don't get distracted. The demonic cultivators might come to plunder our supplies," Li Ji'an warned in a deep voice, while simultaneously activating his divine sense at full power as a mid-stage True Core cultivator.

He didn't seem to feel much of a sense of crisis.

Even if demonic cultivators were to cut off supplies, at most only mid-stage Core Formation demonic cultivators would secretly come, since the Second Elder of the Myriad Laws Palace and the late-stage Core Formation masters of the Three Sects would definitely keep a close eye on the opponent's strongest combat force.

If a mid-stage Core Formation demonic cultivator were to attack, Li Ji'an was confident he could detect it in advance.

Moreover, this place is the rear of the three allied forces. If the enemy really attacks, they will definitely fight a quick battle. If there is any delay, they may be blocked by the senior monks in front and die.

Therefore, even if they were lying in ambush ahead, they wouldn't attack Li Ji'an and Yao Rui, the two scouts. Halfway through the three-day journey, at dusk on the second day, a thought suddenly struck Li Ji'an.

I vaguely sensed a faint fluctuation of energy coming from the right wing, but the distance was too great for the sense to be clear and I couldn't determine the identity of the other party.

"Hmm?" Upon closer inspection of the surroundings, Li Ji'an's eyes flickered, and he discovered several familiar silver corpses in the ground below them.

The seven silver corpses were now fused with the earth, each wearing a black cloak.

Before the corpse puppet is activated, it is an inanimate object with no magical aura. Furthermore, with the black cloak concealing it, it is indeed difficult to detect.

Li Ji'an, with his mid-stage True Core Divine Sense, would likely have been easily deceived had he not noticed the anomaly in the distance beforehand and then carefully investigated the area.

"Boom!" Without the slightest hesitation, Li Ji'an suddenly unleashed an attack in that direction, but only within the range of his late-stage Foundation Establishment divine sense.

"Whoosh!" Yao Rui reacted immediately, her body ablaze with flames, ready to be unleashed.

"Senior Brother Li?" However, after looking closely several times, he found nothing.

At the same time, the rear guard sensed the unusual situation and hurriedly sent a message to inquire.

Li Ji'an held his breath briefly and replied in front of Yao Rui, "I seemed to see a phantom just now, but I couldn't sense it with my divine sense. I just tried to probe it..."

A moment later, Master Zhang replied: "Very good! We will pay close attention... However, don't be too nervous, the demonic cultivators may not dare to come."

Upon receiving the reply, Li Ji'an felt somewhat relieved.

Regardless of his opinion of the disciples of the Myriad Laws Palace, Li Ji'an was quite clear-headed during this great battle between the two regions.

As for the possibility of revealing one's extraordinary spiritual sense because of this matter, under the current circumstances, it is something one has no choice but to do.

Although he already had a plan in mind, it would naturally be better to stay in the sect.

Unless absolutely necessary, fleeing to an unfamiliar place carries a variety of unpredictable risks.

It was a false alarm, and the group continued marching in formation.

Just as the five spirit boats arrived at the location where Li Ji'an had just warned them, an unexpected change occurred.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Seven waves of magical power comparable to those of a fake core suddenly came from the ground below. Then, a flash of silver light appeared, and sharp attack sounds came from the protective magic shields outside the five flying boats.

"Enemy attack!" Master Zhang shouted, and immediately leaped down to meet the silver corpse in battle.

"The Corpse Puppet Sect's silver corpse? Hmph, everyone be careful, the Corpse Puppet's master must be nearby."

The fifteen disciples of the Holy Palace who were traveling together on the flying boat were also familiar with the Silver Corpse, as they had specifically studied techniques to deal with the Corpse Puppet Sect.

"Boom!" Before the Holy Palace disciple could finish speaking, several figures flew rapidly from the direction Li Ji'an had just sensed, and at the same time, a dark demonic blade seemed to blot out the sky and slashed over from afar.

It points directly to the five spirit boats.

The objective is clear: not to steal, but to destroy!

"Damn it!" Li Ji'an and Yao Rui returned to provide support the moment the silver corpse soared into the sky, and just then they saw that flash of light. Their hearts sank.

He clearly sensed that it was a magic weapon jointly activated by two True Core Stage cultivators at the early stage. Even a True Core Stage cultivator at the mid stage might not be able to withstand it without a magic weapon.

"Humph!"

However, just as the demonic blade was about to strike the spirit boat, a cold snort came from the mouth of a disciple of the Holy Palace.

Immediately afterwards, the young man in the late Foundation Establishment stage who had spent a month with Li Ji'an and his group suddenly unleashed a powerful aura, with a magical power far exceeding that of the two early Core Formation stage demonic cultivators filling the world.

"Block!" In the next moment, a giant hand of flames suddenly appeared in the void, easily capturing the Heaven-Shrouding Demon Blade with two fingers.

"It's him!" Li Ji'an looked at Chun Yuan Shangren, who had regained his original appearance, and his heart immediately tightened.

He never expected that Master Chun Yuan had been mixed up in their group all along.

He subconsciously felt a chill in his lower abdomen, and an urge to escape rose in his heart.

The karma between him and Master Chun Yuan was too deep. Once the other party knew that the Little Fire Spirit was in his possession, it would be a fight to the death with no possibility of reconciliation!

However, he abandoned his urge to escape the next moment.

Firstly, with his current Foundation Establishment strength, he has no chance of escaping from Master Chun Yuan.

Secondly, since Master Chunyuan's spiritual flames had already been devoured by the little fire spirit, he could no longer sense the little fire spirit's presence.

In the blink of an eye, Master Chunyuan captured two early-stage True Core demonic cultivators. One of them self-destructed and died, while the other was a step too slow and had his dantian sealed by Master Chunyuan.

The remaining Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivators were greatly weakened by the aftershocks of Pure Yuan Zhenren's magic power and were quickly killed by Zhang Zhenren and the disciples of the Holy Palace.

"Disciple pays respects to the Grand Elder!" The disciples of the Holy Palace immediately bowed to True Person Chun Yuan.

Judging from their expressions, they were clearly unaware of the situation beforehand.

Then Li Ji'an and the other outer cultivators arrived, but none of them recognized the young man with the powerful aura of magic in their eyes. It wasn't until Master Zhang pointed it out that they were shocked and respectfully bowed.

"This junior pays respects to the Venerable One!"

Master Chun Yuan had a warm smile and looked at everyone with a kind expression, which made people feel as if they were bathed in a spring breeze.

However, ignoring the greetings from the crowd, he slowly walked up to the True Core Demon Cultivator and suddenly grabbed at his sea of ​​consciousness with one hand.

"Hmph!" But only for a moment, his face darkened: "It's that kind of demonic technique again!"

Clearly, the soul search just now encountered an obstacle and failed.

Li Ji'an had experience with this, specifically with the secret art of soul cultivation.

However, he stood among the crowd, head bowed, not daring to utter a sound.

Fortunately, after failing to search the soul, Master Chunyuan merely snorted and threw the demonic cultivator, whose dantian had been destroyed, onto the spirit boat: "Continue onward."

After speaking, his figure vanished from the spot, disappearing without a trace.

"Phew~" Only now did Li Ji'an slowly exhale.

The journey thereafter proceeded without further obstacles, and the first batch of supplies was successfully delivered to the front lines.

Meanwhile, Li Ji'an saw Yunqing Shangren of the Biyun Sect and Xiao Changfeng at the front line.

Master Yunqing was already injured, and after several battles with the Blood Spirit Mother, his injuries have clearly worsened.

Xiao Changfeng, on the other hand, was determined to avenge Elder Fang and fought a deadly battle with Lin Xiuzhu, the holy son of the Corpse Puppet Sect, nearly losing his life.

Even so, the two were still unable to retreat to the rear to recuperate. They could only use pills to regulate their breathing before they had to go up again.

Their greatest source of confidence and hope now lies with the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws.

They thought that Wanfa Zhenjun had gone north to deal with Huangtianyu first, and that if they persisted, Wanfa Zhenjun would be able to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.

After escorting the supplies, Li Ji'an and his party returned to Dongli Sect.

During this time, the figure of Master Chun Yuan was not seen again.

Li Ji'an thought that after Chun Yuan Shangren ambushed the raiders from the Demon Realm, he would go to support the front line, since the pressure on the front line was very high. However, his figure disappeared after that.

Just as Li Ji'an returned to the Dongli Sect, bad news suddenly arrived.

"My master has reached the end of his life!"

(End of this chapter)