Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 55 Three Years of Practice
During this period, Zhang Tiezhu's letters and messages not only expressed his first love, but also encouraged Li Ji'an to find a way to join the Yan family.

But today, I would like to emphasize one thing first.

"Sister Zhao sent me a letter, sternly warning me to be extremely careful. I unexpectedly discovered someone is secretly searching for the person who escaped from the sandstorm three years ago."

After frowning for a moment, Li Ji'an slowly exhaled.

They had anticipated this when they escaped from the sandstorm three years ago.

That is why I headed all the way east and spent a year to finally arrive here.

"Golden Immortal City!"

Jinhuang Immortal City is located in the northernmost part of Cangyun Province. It is the most prosperous cultivation area in Cangyun Province and is close to Tianyuan Province, the core province of Tiancang Domain.

Previously, when Zhao Shuyao first arrived in Jinhuang Immortal City with the Chamber of Commerce, she praised the city highly.

Zhang Tiezhu also said that Zhao Shuyao is now working for the owner of a trading company in Jinhuang Xiancheng, and is suspected of being involved in the intelligence industry. He heard about it by accident and will always pay close attention and pass on information at any time.

Three years have passed, and the other party is still in the stage of secretly searching, which makes Li Ji'an feel a lot more relaxed.

Before he met Chen Zhaohu, he was still very worried. What he feared most was the magical powers such as searching for a trace over thousands of miles and the secret arts of the soul.

Only after he understood the realm and abilities of the cultivators in this world did he feel truly relieved.

The cultivators sent by that unknown family to the Xianci Dynasty were all in the Qi Refining Stage, and the cultivators they killed were also in the Qi Refining Stage, and they were all the best in their family, which was enough to illustrate the strength of their family.

Perhaps it is equivalent to the eight major families here, and is also a foundation-building family.

It is highly likely that it will not involve Jindan Zhenren.

The world of cultivation is vast and boundless, covering a vast area, and he dared not search openly.

Moreover, Li Ji'an was certain that his act of raising blood slaves in the Xianci Dynasty must be shameful, and he would have to bear a huge price once it was exposed.

In fact, the purpose of his secret search now should not be for the blood slave itself, but to solve the hidden danger of leaking this matter.

Therefore, the other party will definitely be cautious and afraid of being pushed into a corner.

"Is it a family in Jinhuang Immortal City?"

Unless this family's evil deeds are exposed to the public and the law enforcers here eradicate them, this threat will remain.

The other party is looking for them secretly, and they must know that they also want to find each other.

This is a game, a game of time.

It depends on who locks on the other first.

Picking up the communication talisman again, Li Ji'an was not affected by this incident.

Now that things have come to this, there is no point in wasting time.

With his current level of cultivation and strength, hiding blindly would only backfire. It would be funny if he was not captured by the other party but was instead harmed by an unrelated cultivator.

The most important thing to do is to try your best to improve your own strength.

Zhang Tiezhu also mentioned this point later, and once again persuaded Li Ji'an to find a way to join the Yan family, or several other families.

He enjoyed the family's spiritual veins and the resources provided by the clan, and was very pessimistic about Li Ji'an's situation.

Especially two months ago, when he successfully advanced to the second level of Qi training, he became even more skeptical of Li Ji'an's style of doing things.

"Brother Li, this isn't our hometown. We're at the bottom of the natural talent ladder. If we don't rely on ourselves to secure resources, there's no hope for the future. If you want to change your fate, you must take risks. If you're not willing to take even a little risk, there's really no hope..."

Li Ji'an did not debate this statement with him.

It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between gambler mentality and adventurous spirit.

Fortunately, he no longer needs to make distinctions. Anything that poses a risk will be rejected equally!
He doesn't need to gamble or take risks.

After putting down the communication talisman Zhang Tiezhu gave him, he sighed slightly in his heart. Zhao Shuyao might have some thoughts because of the last reply.

Li Ji'an could understand this.

Zhao Shuyao had previously written to him, expressing her wish to come back and spend the rest of her life with him. This was actually a kind gesture since he didn't know that he had a cheat. After all, among the five people, Li Ji'an was the least hopeful.

But Li Ji'an rejected her.

His competitive spirit since childhood must have been aroused by the last reply.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Tiezhu worked for the Yan family and often could not receive letters in time, while Li Ji'an had always been the information transfer between several people and was the most able to receive and reply letters in a timely manner, but she chose Zhang Tiezhu.

However, none of this affected him in the slightest. In the days that followed, he remained calm.

Practice and refine elixirs tirelessly.

Three years passed in a flash.

"Third level of Qi training!" Li Ji'an was in a good mood after letting out a long breath.

I have been in the market for four years. It only took me half a year to train the first level of Qi, and it took me one and a half years to train the second level. This time, it took me two full years to train the third level.

He was still satisfied with this progress.

After all, Chen Qingling, who had the ability to sense nine strands of spiritual energy, had just been promoted to the third level of Qi training half a year ago, and she had been practicing for half a year earlier than him.

All in all, the cultivation speed of his spiritual roots with only two strands of spiritual aura was on par with that of his spiritual roots with nine strands of spiritual aura.

The reason is simple.

First, he has been practicing continuously and practicing every day. His body and soul can withstand ten hours. Even if he is delayed by refining pills once or twice a month, the time he spends on practice is five times more than that of ordinary cultivators of the same level.

Secondly, ever since he and Yan Qingwan had studied alchemy many times three years ago, he was increasingly valued by Yan Qingwan, so she simply let him live and practice in this small courtyard in the core area. The spiritual energy here is 50% higher than that of Chen Qingling's residence in the East District.

Thirdly, with the salary from the alchemy shop, plus Yan Qingwan's frequent rewards, and the savings from the annual rent in the East District, he had a relatively abundant supply of spirit stones, almost achieving spiritual rice freedom, and could replenish his supply of monster meat once every ten days or half a month.

Fourthly, under Li Ji'an's guidance, Yan Qingwan's alchemy skills became increasingly sophisticated, and the success rate and quality of the pills improved rapidly. She could succeed every time she opened the furnace. Most of the first batch of pills were handed over to Li Ji'an in the name of testing the medicinal properties.

However, compared with Zhang Tiezhu, he is still slightly inferior.

Although Zhang Tiezhu left the gathering area a year earlier than him, he was able to start practicing only after joining the Yan family's pioneering team for nine months because of his meritorious service.

Later, he unexpectedly saw Yan Qingwan, which doubled his motivation. He made frequent achievements in the past three years. In the first half of last year, he had completed the third level of Qi training. Three months ago, he made great contributions during the war between the Yan family and the Wei family. He was awarded the Qi training middle stage breakthrough pill and broke through to the fourth level of Qi training in one fell swoop, becoming a Qi training middle stage cultivator.

He also became the Yan family's front-line combat force and had more opportunities to make meritorious deeds.

"Level-breaking Pill..." Thinking of Zhang Tiezhu, Li Ji'an calmed down a little.

The bottleneck of the middle stage of Qi training is coming soon, and with his inferior spiritual roots, he naturally needs a breakthrough pill.

The price of the Breakthrough Pill also increased dramatically due to the clan war between the Yan and Wei families for the medicinal fields that started two years ago.

“I still can’t afford it!”

Shake your head and don't think too much about it.

Li Ji'an slowly waved his right hand in front of him.

As the magic power fluctuated, a magic mirror as white as water appeared in front of him.

It just reflects his appearance now that he is 33 years old.

His facial features were delicate and angular, almost unchanged from when he left the Xianci Dynasty six years ago. His skin had even become whiter and firmer due to the nourishment of spiritual energy.

Overall he looks more handsome and sunny, and can be described as a handsome man with a graceful figure like jade and a peerless beauty.

With a slight smile, the magic mirror disappeared.

During these three years, Yan Qingwan taught him many magic spells, and the magic mirror was one of them. In addition to being able to reflect his handsomeness, its most important function was to absorb the magic power of others, making their magic attacks ineffective.

In addition to this attributeless spell, the most important thing he learned was two fire spells.

Fire Dragon Escape, Explosive Flame Slash.

It is worth mentioning that, just as he expected, the insights he gained from studying martial arts in the Xianci Dynasty were also effective for the magic in the cultivation world. As long as he understood the core principles of this magic, he would be able to master it quickly.

However, because his realm was not high and the magic power in his dantian was insufficient, the effects of these two spells were not particularly good. In fact, their power was not as strong as the fireball driven by the power of qi and blood that he had studied before.

"Now that I have been promoted to the third level of Qi training, I wonder if the elixir fire can be stabilized and whether I can start refining the elixir?" Thinking of this, Li Ji'an slowly stretched out his hand.

A golden flame slowly rose.

"A first-level primary pill should be enough!" After carefully sensing it, Li Ji'an was pleased.

At this moment, the communication talisman vibrated.

He took it out and saw a message from Yan Tong from the pill shop: "Come to the pill shop immediately and return to the clan with us."

　Thank you all for reading!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)