Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 276 Celestial Music Celebration
According to Master Yu Dan, the fourth chamber of that ancient tomb had been opened by the Lieyang Sect, but it contained a killing intent at least at the Nascent Soul level. Despite being thousands of years old, it was still incredibly powerful, and a fake Nascent Soul Master from the Lieyang Sect was instantly killed in one move.

Moreover, the fourth tomb chamber is larger in scale than the three tail tombs that Li Ji'an and his group had previously experienced. It is said to extend for several kilometers to the west and has several areas divided into thirty-six smaller areas.

The alchemy room was discovered in one of these small areas.

The six alchemists within the sect discovered many ancient elixir formulas that greatly aided in the cultivation of the Core Formation stage, and these formulas were priceless.

Therefore, the six sects are now paying special attention to this ancient tomb.

The Biyun Sect mobilized a large number of manpower and resources, with three True Core cultivators on the front lines and the sect leader personally directing operations. Most of the False Core elders also rushed to the ancient tomb.

In theory, even a pseudo-elder like Li Ji'an should go.

However, considering the schemes Li Ji'an had suffered from various sects two years ago, as well as his own inadequate cultivation techniques and his lack of combat experience, he was allowed to co-govern the sect with the three senior pseudo-Dan cultivators who remained in the sect.

The Jade Elixir Master is an exception; it requires in-depth study of the ancient elixir formulas discovered in the ancient tomb.

Currently, excluding Jade Elixir True Person, there are only Li Ji'an and the three False Elixir True Persons from the Transmission Hall and Internal Affairs Hall within the sect.

Ultimately, Li Ji'an accepted the position of elder in the Law Enforcement Hall.

However, within Cangyun Prefecture, this job mainly involves making decisions on situations reported by the Foundation Establishment stage enforcement teams below. Under normal circumstances, he does not need to leave the sect.

After Master Yudan went into seclusion, Li Ji'an returned to his cave dwelling on Danding Peak.

In recent years, the Biyun Sect has opened its doors and recruited many more disciples, leading to a surge in demand for first-grade pills. Xu Xiaochun and Guo Wanzhi, with their outstanding talents, have become alchemists at Danding Peak ahead of schedule.

"Master!"

Upon seeing Li Ji'an return, both of them were extremely excited.

Although Li Ji'an had sent a message to let them know he was safe when he decided to return from Luanshi Market a year and a half ago, the two were still a little worried because they hadn't seen him in person.

Seeing that Li Ji was safe and sound, he was finally completely relieved.

"Not bad, your cultivation hasn't declined in the past few years." After six years apart, Guo Wanzhi has reached the peak of Qi Refining, and Xu Xiaochun, whose spiritual root is almost gone, has also reached the late stage of Qi Refining.

Compared to Li Ji'an, who reached the peak of Qi Refining at the age of thirty-six in this life, his two disciples are only twenty-seven years old now.

In particular, Xu Xiaochun's talent of only fourteen strands of fire spirit root was not as good as Li Ji'an's, but because of his talent in alchemy, he was able to learn the sect's superior fire-type cultivation techniques. With the guidance and training of the sect's internal transmission hall, he actually surpassed Li Ji'an at the same age.

"Master, who were those who attacked you? Do you remember them all? Your disciple will definitely avenge you!" Xu Xiaochun was not as playful as before, but rather somewhat fierce.

"You'll avenge me? Do you think your master is weak?" Li Ji'an glared at him irritably.

Xu Xiaochun gave an embarrassed smile after being glared at by Li Ji'an: "Disciple wouldn't dare, but... those are all True Core Immortals, bullying Master who is a fake Core Immortal, humph!"

"Knowing that they are all true masters of alchemy, how dare you speak so arrogantly?" Li Ji'an laughed, not to mock, but to admire the young man's ambition.

Although, based on the experience of the cultivation world, it is unlikely that Xu Xiaochun, with his talent, will ultimately achieve anything beyond a fake elixir, and it also depends on the progress of his alchemy skills. In the future, he will most likely become a sect alchemist and dedicate his life to it, which will be without disaster or hardship.

"Master, please look!" Xu Xiaochun's eyes darted around, and after a moment's thought, he took out a jade bottle.

"Hmm?" Before Xu Xiaochun could even open the jade bottle, Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow and stared at Xu Xiaochun with some disbelief.

They had actually managed to refine a second-tier poison.

Unlike pills, which require high-level alchemical fire, the refining of poisons can be done by ordinary people without cultivation. If they know the poison formula and can perfectly follow the formula, the order and method of mixing the ingredients, they can still hope to make a poison that is effective against Qi Refining cultivators.

The Wanzhu Powder that Xu Xiaochun refined did not contain any poisonous materials that required second-order alchemical fire to refine; he could indeed refine it with his current alchemical fire.

However, compared to the refining of elixirs, the control over the properties of poisons is much more precise.

In particular, it is difficult to accurately judge the nature of many poisons without personally testing them.

If it weren't for luck, he would have suffered a lot to concoct this poison.

After carefully sensing it, it was found that this bottle of poison was potent enough to kill even a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Master, I saw the poison formula from my master, and there are even third-tier poisons. Even if I can never form a true core in this lifetime, I still have ways to avenge you!” Xu Xiaochun said confidently, but after saying this, a trace of unease flashed in his eyes as he stared at Li Ji’an.

Li Ji'an's gaze towards Xu Xiaochun shifted.

The righteous path in the cultivation world has always held a deep prejudice against poisons.

Although the Biyun Sect has not explicitly prohibited the use of poisons, it generally maintains a disdainful attitude. Dan Ding Peak has quite a few poison formulas, but most of them are specifically for developing corresponding antidotes, and no one is openly studying them.

"The toxicity is good, but the difficulty lies in how to administer the poison. It's impossible to make it invisible, colorless, odorless, and silent. Are you planning to stuff it into the other person's mouth? Besides, are you aware of the cultivation world's attitude towards poison masters? If you continue to study the art of poison, can you bear the consequences?"

In the end, Li Ji'an did not simply deny him, nor did he stop him from developing in the drug trade; he simply explained the pros and cons.

He is not part of the ruling class, so naturally he doesn't need to worry about chaos under his rule like the ruling class would.

Whether it's poison or demonic arts, in his view they are merely means; the distinction between good and evil lies in who uses them and why.

"Disciple knows!" Li Ji'an did not criticize him or stop him from studying the art of poison. Xu Xiaochun breathed a sigh of relief.

“Pay attention to your state of mind. Hatred will only blind you. It’s better to treat it as a cause and effect. You don’t need to worry about my affairs. Just focus on your cultivation, and I will be satisfied.” Li Ji’an smiled at him.

"I will obey your orders, Master!" Xu Xiaochun was overjoyed and respectfully kowtowed.

Li Ji'an smiled suddenly, realizing that the kid's offer to help him take revenge was just a pretext. Although he might genuinely have such intentions, he actually wanted Li Ji'an's recognition of his poison path.

It's like finding someone to rely on, a kind of security.

"Master, these are the pills I've refined over the past six years. Please examine them." Guo Wanzhi remained as gentle and polite as ever.

Li Ji'an accepted the pills he had refined and was very satisfied. They were no less than his own alchemy skills back in the Immortal City, truly a case of the younger generation surpassing the older.

After all, his achievements in this life were based on decades of alchemy skills from his previous life.

"it is good!"

"From today onwards, you may temporarily slow down your alchemy progress and focus all your efforts on preparing for the Foundation Establishment stage." In the end, Li Ji'an gave them directions.

I only have a little over ten years left in my life before I'm about to become young again. I just hope that before that happens, I can lend them a little more help.

Li Ji'an then went to the Enforcement Hall and received the Elder's Token and the communication talismans for each enforcement team.

Surprisingly, the person he was dealing with was Zhao Qi!

As the former chief disciple of the sect, he temporarily took on the duties of the Enforcement Hall after the entire sect went to the Blackwater Swamp Ancient Tomb, and has now handed them over to Li Ji'an.

"Greetings, Elder Li." This time, Zhao Qi's demeanor was composed and unhurried, unlike his previous awkwardness.

Since the day Li Ji'an successfully formed his core, Zhao Qi had not returned to the sect for several years under the pretext of patrolling the prefecture. It was only with this opportunity in the ancient tomb that he was temporarily given the leadership of the Law Enforcement Hall.

"Senior Brother Zhao, you flatter me." Li Ji'an smiled faintly.

Zhao Qi could have attempted to form his core long ago, but because he lacked a superior spiritual material for core formation, he couldn't guarantee the formation of a true core, so he hadn't made the attempt.

This clearly demonstrates Zhao Qi's resolve. At the same time, he has always been a potential threat to Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an has always adhered to the belief that cause and effect will inevitably bring retribution, and anyone who sows evil seeds with him will surely reap evil consequences.

Similarly, he never expected others to be kind to him or to forgive and forget.

Therefore, from the day he decided to help Xiao Changfeng, he was destined to have a bad relationship with Zhao Qi.

Previously, because he still had more than three hundred years to live, he didn't pay much attention to Zhao Qi. But now, more than ten years later, he will once again become young, and Zhao Qi will be the biggest threat to him in his next life.

After the handover was completed, Zhao Qi took his leave and went out on another field mission.

Li Ji'an reviewed Zhao Qi's patrol routes and found that in recent years, he had been mainly stationed in the eastern part of Cangyun Prefecture, near the Fire Domain area.

After finishing his business at the Law Enforcement Hall, Li Ji'an returned to the outer peak.

For six years, the outer peak's restrictive array remained unchanged, neither activated nor subjected to any violent attacks.

For the next six months, Li Ji'an secluded himself on the peak and frequently refined pills. In addition to some contributions from Dan Ding Peak, he also refined a considerable number of second-tier pills.

The main purpose was to prepare for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill and Crystal Condensation Pill after the Little Fire Spirit awakens.

After consuming the Sacred Beast Pill, Guagua once again ventured into the cave at the bottom of the peak to refine the Sacred Beast Pill and transform its bloodline.

Six months later, on this day, the little fire spirit finally awoke after two years of devouring the third-tier chaotic spirit flame.

"Little fire!" Li Ji'an, who was refining a batch of pills, sensed the movement of the little fire spirit in his dantian. He immediately abandoned the batch of pills and focused all his attention on communicating with the little fire spirit.

This is the foundation upon which he was able to refine the Crystallization Pill.

Without the power of the Little Fire Spirit's spiritual flames, his nascent-level alchemy fire would struggle to guarantee the quality and success rate of the Crystallization Pill.

"Whoosh~" The little fire spirit, which had just awakened, was a little confused. It just stayed close to Li Ji'an's Fiery False Core to absorb fire-type magic power.

Half a day later, Little Fire Spirit finally woke up completely.

It emerged from Li Ji'an's dantian and then danced and fluttered in front of Li Ji'an.

"A near-third-tier fire spirit!" After exchanging words, the two confirmed its current rank.

Although he did not break through to the third tier, he broke through from the mid-second tier to the peak of the second tier in one fell swoop, almost one step away from the third tier Saint Spirit.

The spirits of heaven and earth take a hundred years to transform and a thousand years to take human form. The little fire spirit has been with Li Ji'an for less than a hundred years, yet it has already made such progress, which is already very rare.

As for how to break through the major bottleneck of the third tier, Little Fire Spirit had no idea.

But that's not something to consider in this lifetime.

In the following days, Li Ji'an tested the power of the spirit flame of the now quasi-third-tier little fire spirit, and the result exceeded his expectations.

Previously, I had observed the alchemy of the Pure Yuan True Man in his cave at close range. His alchemical fire in the late stage of Core Formation, combined with the third-order spiritual flame, was almost equivalent to the current Little Fire Spirit.

After regaining his mastery of the power of the Half-Moon Fire Spirit, Li Ji'an finally began refining Foundation Establishment Pills for his next life.

Two months later, as a resounding sound echoed from the summit, a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills was produced.

A fine piece, a superior piece.

"What a pity. If we could have fully fused the essence of this mid-grade medicinal liquid, there would have been hope of getting it to the top grade." Looking at the two Foundation Establishment Pills, Li Ji'an shook his head slightly.

Li Ji'an casually put two Foundation Establishment Pills into a jade bottle and then took out the materials for the second Foundation Establishment Pill.

With his current spiritual sense and the little fire spirit's spiritual flame, refining Foundation Establishment Pills is very easy for him, and he can open the furnace ten times in a row without any impact.

This time, learning from his first experience, he was determined to make only one pill when he first refined the medicinal essence.

Two months later.

hum~
The Jade Elixir Master, who was studying the ancient elixirs in the tomb, suddenly paused.

It seemed as if celestial music was surrounding me.

"This is..." Master Yu Dan subconsciously glanced at his alchemy furnace. It was obvious that the essence of several medicinal liquids had a problem and failed to blend.

"Is he experiencing hysteria again?"

However, the celestial sounds in my ears were so clear.

In the path of alchemy, if a low-grade elixir can be transformed into a fine elixir, it will be celebrated by heaven and earth; if it is transformed into a top-grade elixir, it will be congratulated by celestial music.

Moreover, according to ancient records, if a pill of the third rank or above is made into a top-quality one, it may even attract celestial phenomena and auspicious omens such as a divine phoenix.

Therefore, alchemists have extremely high expectations for sounds from heaven and earth, celestial music, and the like.

Throughout his life, Master Yu Dan had refined pills himself, and the sounds of heaven and earth resounded less than ten times, all of which were the result of several high-quality second-tier pills. However, he was fortunate enough to hear celestial music come to congratulate him once.

Back when he was a teenager, the previous peak master of Dan Ding Peak of the Bi Yun Sect, who was also his teacher, refined a second-grade Qi Condensation Pill.

At that time, celestial music filled the air, resounding throughout the entire Dan Ding Peak, making countless people envious.

"Something's not right!" With a focused mind, he calmed his sea of ​​consciousness, but the celestial music still lingered in his ears, which startled Jade Pill True Person.

The next moment, he flashed to the summit of Dan Ding Peak!
At the same time, he saw that all the disciples on the peak were looking up and listening.

"Is it really Celestial Music? Someone has refined a second-grade top-quality pill?" Jade Pill True Person's face stiffened, but his heart was filled with excitement.

"Grandmaster (Elder), is this the celestial music recorded in the alchemical texts?" a disciple below asked incredulously.

Master Yu Dan ignored him, then suddenly his eyes narrowed, his face filled with wild joy, and he flew towards the outer peak where Li Ji'an was.

"It really worked!" Li Ji'an smiled slightly, reached out and beckoned, and a perfectly round, translucent, and radiant Foundation Establishment Pill came to him from the alchemy furnace.

Normally, after he rejuvenates again, his spiritual root will definitely grow again after repairing the damage he suffered before the age of eight. In addition, with the goal he set for his next life, the cultivation method he will use will be aimed at the sect's true and supreme cultivation method. In this way, even a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill can guarantee the success of his Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, in this world, when forming the Golden Core, apart from the fact that the cultivated magical power is not strong enough due to the problem of the cultivation method, it seems that the Foundation Establishment Pill has almost no effect on the Golden Core formation. This also confirms the views of the sect elders I had seen before on the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, when taking premium Foundation Establishment Pills in this world, it is obvious that the higher the quality of the Foundation Establishment Pills, the higher the purity of the gaseous mana converted into liquid mana during the first stage of Foundation Establishment, and the more solid and condensed the mana after Foundation Establishment.

Moreover, Li Ji'an now possesses the alchemy skills to refine top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, and has the status and strength to suppress such alchemy skills, which is why he pursues top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

Just as he put away the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, True Person Yu Dan arrived outside the formation.

Li Ji'an deactivated the formation and welcomed him in.

Li Ji'an did not hide anything from Yu Dan Zhenren and handed him the still-warm top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

(End of this chapter)