Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 295 Change the world
As a low, soft shout rang out, the sounds of weapons and armor immediately echoed from nearby palaces, while countless streams of qi and blood rapidly converged towards Li Ji'an's location.

Of all the auras that arrived, only eighteen had reached the level of Grandmaster of Qi and Blood.

"Are these the eighteen grandmasters of the imperial city, renowned throughout the world?"

Currently, there are only twenty-four Grandmasters of Qi and Blood in the Great Wu Dynasty. Apart from the six kings and marquises who were enfeoffed in other states, there are the eighteen Grandmasters in the imperial palace!
"All eighteen grandmasters were eunuchs?" Li Ji'an frowned slightly as he scanned the area with his divine sense.

A moment later, the eighteen people came forward first.

They all stared in astonishment at the young man standing with his hands behind his back on top of the immortal master sculpture, his face indistinct.

"How dare you blaspheme the Immortal Master! You deserve to die!" After staring for a moment, the youngest, plump eunuch's eyes turned sinister and his voice became hoarse.

"Who is this person who has managed to bypass our Eighteenth Grand Duke's perception and penetrate this deep?" Another old eunuch, his aura solid and extremely vigilant, asked.

Meanwhile, the eunuchs from different factions were also urgently communicating via secret communication.

"Eunuch Wei, can you discern this young man's strength? Why can't I sense even a trace of his vital energy?"

"Eunuch An, as the chief supervisor of the Twelve Directorates, you should be loyal to His Majesty. Why don't you go and test the waters first?"

"Eunuch Lu, you are a man of great experience and knowledge, do you know this boy's background?"

……

Eighteen of the world's most outstanding talents faced the young master who stood with his hands behind his back, yet not one of them dared to step forward.

Ignoring the group of dead eunuchs, Li Ji'an kept his divine sense locked on the current Emperor of Great Wu, who was gazing at the scene with an angry expression.

Wow~
Soon, the imperial guards swarmed in and surrounded the area completely.

"Grandfathers, why haven't you made a move yet? His Majesty is already furious and has ordered the traitor to be captured and brought before him immediately." Another young eunuch rushed over, urging in a gentle voice.

The eighteen grandmasters looked at each other, exchanged a glance, and instantly unleashed their ultimate skills, leaping into the air together.

snort!
However, Li Ji'an merely snorted, and the figures of the eighteen grandmasters, who had flown into the air, suddenly froze.

Then, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, they fell from mid-air.

bang bang bang~
With eighteen muffled thuds of flesh hitting the ground, the surrounding imperial guards all gasped and instinctively took a half step back.

The eighteen grandmasters, who had always been considered the supreme masters of martial arts, were so easily defeated in front of the young man, which made them look at the young figure on the sculpture with a mixture of fear and apprehension.

"Pfft~" The eighteen ancestors, who were always like gods, were even more surprised.

He shakily got up from the ground, not caring about his dusty and dirty appearance.

"Immortal Master, please forgive me. I was unaware that you were in person. I deserve to die a thousand deaths."

Even though they were still shaken and somewhat delirious, the eighteen grandmasters could guess that the young master's methods were definitely not martial arts techniques.

The piercing pain in their souls just now almost killed them instantly.

Besides the celestial master mentioned in the royal family's propaganda, who else could it be?
"Immortal Master!!!"

"This humble servant greets the Immortal Master!" The densely packed Imperial Guards instantly prostrated themselves.

"A Celestial Master?" The Emperor's personal eunuch was terrified and filled with suspicion upon seeing this.

Others may not know, but he served the new emperor for several years and even overheard a secret of the royal family when the previous emperor passed the throne.

What kind of so-called immortal master is this? It's all fake. It's just something the royal family put forward to intimidate the people.

However, this person, who could instantly make eighteen ancestors prostrate themselves, must be no ordinary person.

He was so terrified that he wanted to go back and report to the emperor.

However, the imperial guards kneeling behind him dared not move an inch, blocking his retreat.

Similarly, behind the imperial guards, the emperor's carriage had also arrived, but was blocked from moving an inch by the guards.

Emperor Li Wu's expression froze as he stared intently at the high-ranking young man, his mind racing.

"Are there really immortals?"

"No, that's impossible! The immortality is just a lie the Emperor uses to deceive the people. Father wouldn't lie to me!"

Before he could make a decision, he felt an invisible force binding him.

As he rose higher and higher off the ground, he lost control of his body!
"Raise your head!" Li Ji'an's calm voice rang out again after the emperor's body remained suspended in mid-air.

The eunuchs and palace guards kneeling on the ground, along with the surrounding palace maids, all involuntarily raised their heads to look at the emperor who was bound in mid-air.

"My dear...my minister, excellent methods, you deserve a reward. I wish to reward you handsomely. How about we move to the Imperial Study for a chat?" Li Wu regained his senses, forcing himself to suppress his fear and improvise.

He could proclaim immortals who did not exist in this world, since such immortals would not pose any threat to the rule of his Li imperial family.

However, he could not acknowledge the existence of immortals, as that would weaken the authority and prestige of the royal family, especially since the person before him clearly harbored hostility towards him, the emperor.

He absolutely cannot hand over the empire built by his ancestors.

"Ah!" The emperor cried out in pain as soon as he finished speaking.

His entire body was being squeezed by an immense force, as if an invisible hand was gripping him.

"How dare you disrespect me! Aren't you afraid I'll exterminate your entire family?" The emperor was heartbroken and furious, shouting in anger.

"Save the Emperor!" He could no longer pretend and cried out for help to the eighteen Tai Sui and thousands of imperial guards below.

However, the fact that Li Ji'an was promoted and praised by the Li imperial family, and even had his character and abilities exaggerated, made him unparalleled in their eyes at this moment, and no one dared to make a move against him.

"Xiao Anzi, Lao Lu, Mr. Wei... hurry up and do it! This person is definitely not a celestial master, but a martial artist who has cultivated some kind of top-level martial art. I promise you, as long as you kill this thief, you can cultivate any of the top-level martial arts techniques you find!" Seeing that the Eighteenth Prince did not move, Li Wu hurriedly looked at the strongest trump card left to him by the late emperor.

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, the eighteen Tai Sui were all startled.

After all, the immortal masters of this era were all descended from the royal family.

Since even the emperor said that this person was not a celestial master... this made them waver in their previous judgment.

"Could it really be some kind of peerless martial art?" Eunuch Wei's eyes revealed greed.

"Not a Celestial Master?" The youngest and most powerful eunuch, An, had a sinister and vicious look in his eyes.

"The method used to bind His Majesty at this time is similar to the way we release our internal energy. So... His Majesty says he is not a Celestial Master, so he must not be a Celestial Master."

"As long as they are not immortal masters, there is a possibility of killing them!"

……

"Save the Emperor!" Eunuch An was the first to make up his mind. He stood up again, his blood and energy surging as he struck out with a palm towards Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an narrowed his eyes slightly, and then another shocking shock was released, directly entering his sea of ​​consciousness.

Xiao Anzi's body instantly fell from mid-air.

The difference this time was that he was unable to get up again, bleeding from all seven orifices, and died with his eyes wide open!
At the same time, the blood and qi palm print that Xiao Anzi unleashed before his death finally reached Li Ji'an.

With a "whoosh," Li Ji'an casually waved his hand, using only his peak first-tier physique to eliminate it.

Upon entering this perilous place, he immediately sensed its unique affinity for spiritual energy.

As soon as the spirit stone was taken out of the storage bag and exposed to the air, all the spiritual energy contained within it was absorbed by this world, leaving hardly a trace behind.

Even if he replenishes his magical power with pills, the medicinal properties of the pills that replenish spiritual energy are rapidly lost once they leave the jade bottle. In the end, only 10% can be absorbed by the body, while 90% flows into this world.

Therefore, replenishing one's mana within the Jedi realm comes at an extraordinary cost; every bit of mana he uses diminishes with each use.

Therefore, he avoids using his magical powers unless absolutely necessary.

After all, the route map left behind by the old thief of the Liu family didn't show the same way in and out of the forbidden zone. The route out of the forbidden zone involved a small storm at the exit. When Li Ji'an was first led out of the forbidden zone by a junior from the Liu family, the junior had used a near-second-tier water curtain talisman to withstand it. Li Ji'an wasn't sure about the nature of the small storm there, so he hoped to be at his peak condition.

"The power of qi and blood!"

"Everyone, the technique this person just used was Qi and Blood Transformation into Force, which is much more solid than that of us Grandmasters."

"If that's the case, then it proves that this person is not a celestial master, but a fellow martial artist like us. Let's all attack together!"

……

When Eunuch Wei realized that Li Ji'an had just waved his hand to dispel the physical power of Eunuch An's attack, he was overjoyed.

Others also felt hope.

As long as they are not immortal masters, they are human, and therefore there is a possibility of victory.

Even if things go wrong, His Majesty rules the world. Even if we use the lives of tens of millions of people in the Great Wu Dynasty to pile up, we will surely be able to crush him!
"All soldiers, listen to my command! This thief is not a celestial master, but merely a martial artist. He must possess an unparalleled martial arts manual."

"Follow me to rescue the emperor and slay the traitor!"

……

In an instant, the fear of the immortal master disappeared, the greed for the ultimate martial arts manual erupted, and the desire to curry favor with the imperial power took hold of their hearts.

All the thousands of imperial guards rose to their feet.

Li Ji'an frowned slightly, sighed softly, and raised one hand upwards.

Swish swish swish~
Countless vines burst forth from the ground, entangling all those who rose to their feet.

"..."

"Immortal Master, spare me! Immortal Master, spare me! I was completely bewitched by them!"

……

The vines swayed wildly, and once entangled, even a grandmaster could not break free.

If this isn't magic, what is it?
Looking at the figure standing atop the sculpture, everyone felt that it truly resembled the deity who controlled life, a figure that the royal family had always proclaimed!
The remaining seventeen grandmasters looked ashen-faced.

"Immortal Master... there really is an Immortal Master..." The emperor, trapped in mid-air, stared wide-eyed in utter shock.

"Snap!" A vine lashed out and struck the emperor.

Li Wu's leg was instantly severed, the bone and flesh separated, and blood splattered across the sky.

"You wreak havoc on the world and prey on the people; you deserve to die!" After lashing out with the whip, Li Ji'an's deep voice echoed for miles around.

"Snap!" The second whip lashed out again, breaking Li Wu's leg once more.

"He abuses his power, acts dictatorially, and disregards the interests of the people; he deserves to die!"

"Crack! Crack!" Two more lashes severed his hands.

"In order to perpetuate their power, they are willing to weaken the world, ban weapons and weaken the people, thus digging their own grave!"

"Crack!" The final lash severed his head.

"There are no dragons in the world, but everyone is like a dragon!"

……

In front of hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, Li Ji'an listed his crimes and dismembered his body to thank Heaven.

If you lack the strength, then focus on protecting yourself.

To rule the world, one naturally needs to do certain things.

To the millions of people of the Great Wu Dynasty, Li Ji'an was a god who could overwhelm the world.

Two months later, the whole world knew of the crimes of the Great Wu Dynasty.

Three months later, dozens of body cultivation techniques, improved by Li Ji'an and suitable for this region, spread throughout the world.

At the same time, the people here learned that the so-called immortal masters were just cultivators, and they learned basic information about the cultivation world, such as Dharma cultivation and body cultivation.

They also learned about the relationship between this forbidden land and the great world of cultivation.

A month later, the Seeking the Dao Alliance was established, ruling the world.

On this day, Li Ji'an lightly touched the ground with his toes, destroyed the immortal master's sculpture, and drifted away without a trace.

For the next six months, a portrait with only a majestic body but a blurry and indistinct face spread throughout the area and was worshipped day and night by millions of people.
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“It’s not that the spiritual energy has been cut off! Rather, it’s that a special entity is constantly absorbing the spiritual energy here!” After traveling around the forbidden area and carefully sensing it many times, Li Ji’an confirmed this judgment.

Furthermore, all the dissipated spiritual energy did not point to any one place, but was absorbed by the world surrounding the forbidden zone.

Li Ji'an's divine sense could no longer detect where it went, and he guessed that it might eventually be absorbed by the surrounding stormy desert.

"What exactly is in here?" Standing in the desert, Li Ji'an stared into the deepest part of the desert, his apprehension growing ever stronger.

According to all ancient records, the nine forbidden zones of the Great Swamp cultivation world were all formed in ancient times, at least 6,000 years ago.

For over six thousand years, it has endlessly absorbed all the spiritual energy of this place.

If it were a living being, Li Ji'an couldn't imagine what kind of being could withstand such a baptism of spiritual energy.

If it were an inanimate object, it would be even more unimaginable that anything would need to draw upon spiritual energy so continuously.

In addition, he also confirmed the existence of the five elements within the forbidden zone, with the earth element being the most abundant, much stronger than that seen in the Heavenly Azure Domain.

Although spiritual energy is not spiritual energy and cannot nourish the human body or enhance the growth of spiritual veins, it can protect the growth of spiritual veins from the effects of spiritual energy deficiency during a child's development.

Earth elemental energy is the most abundant here, followed by fire elemental energy; the other three elemental energy types are almost negligible.

This is also the root cause of the difference in Li Ji'an's spiritual root before the age of eight.

"The opportunity to become a Nascent Soul cultivator..." In the end, Li Ji'an could only shake his head.

After resolving the matter of the Great Wu Dynasty, he spent nearly half a year, half of which was spent carefully investigating the mortal living areas, but he failed to obtain any opportunities.

Even if there were any rare and precious treasures in this desolate place, they would have long been drained of their spiritual energy and turned to ashes.

Even Li Ji'an, a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining, was being continuously drained of his energy, and the rate of absorption was accelerating over time.

He has barely managed to survive until now thanks to the abundant medicinal legacy he left behind in his previous life.

For the second half of the time, he cautiously ventured a little deeper into the desert, but found nothing except enduring immense fear every day.

"It's not like I gained nothing at all. At least my current level of magical refinement is comparable to several years of training and combat." Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head, which was the greatest consolation for his journey.

He struggled daily to resist the pull of the Jedi on spiritual energy, keeping his magical power running at full capacity almost constantly.

"I hope that when we meet again, everyone will be as powerful as dragons!" After taking one last look in the direction of the Great Wu Dynasty, Li Ji'an resolutely headed towards the edge of the forbidden land.

This time, the memories almost overlapped with those from when I left 180 years ago. Although I couldn't see the outside world back then, the sensations were not much different.

Just as they were about to escape the desert, they encountered a small storm, but with the protection of a water curtain talisman, they passed through without incident.

As soon as they emerged from the desert, Guagua and Little Fire Spirit came to greet them, and Li Ji'an took the opportunity to replenish his storage bag once again.

However, before he could properly reunite with the two children, Guo Wanzhi's message brought him both joy and worry.

The worrying thing is that Qingjiang Sect, with the support of Wanfa Palace, has given Biyun Sect an ultimatum: either hand over Xu Xiaochun, who poisoned the True Core Seed, or, with the support of Wanfa Palace, issue a kill order against the True Core Seed of Biyun Sect!
Fortunately, Xu Xiaochun was not a hopeless and pedantic person after all, and had quietly escaped from the sect at some point.

(End of this chapter)