Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 360 The Four Bloodthirsty Demons
Dozens of members of the Fierce Tiger Gang were instantly decapitated, and crimson blood sprayed out like a fountain.

The ordinary people around the tavern, who had been oppressed by the Fierce Tiger Gang for years, were all dumbfounded.

It wasn't until the corpse of the Tiger Gang leader fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, that everyone finally confirmed the fact.

The next moment, they looked at Li Ji'an with a strange light in their eyes, a mixture of admiration, fear and gratitude. However, in the end, they all showed fear and quickly moved away or closed their doors.

"Senior..." After their initial shock, the father and son also showed signs of fear and spoke hesitantly.

Li Ji'an picked up another bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp: "Speak freely!"

"Please forgive me, senior. May I ask... what is your cultivation level?" the middle-aged man asked hesitantly, mustering his courage.

Given the methods Li Ji'an used to kill the members of the Fierce Tiger Gang, it was merely the most ordinary method of decapitation with magical power. The father and son could not determine just how strong he was.

"How is it?" Li Ji'an asked casually.

"Senior, you may not know this, but the leader of the Fierce Tiger Gang is one of the many lovers of the Ink Butterfly Hermit. The Ink Butterfly Hermit is a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, ruthless and cunning. It is said that he has even killed a late-Foundation Establishment hermit. Senior..." the middle-aged man said worriedly.

"Where is the Hermit of Ink Butterfly now?" Li Ji'an smiled faintly.

Since the Boundless Domain and the Yellow Heaven Domain invaded the Wasteland, the situation has changed drastically, especially after its complete fall. Many demonic cultivators from both domains have come to the Fallen Dragon Ridge Wasteland in search of Yin Vein Blood Fiends and ancient opportunities.

After the Yan family and several other original barren families were plundered and killed by passing demonic cultivators, this place was flooded with countless rogue cultivators. The spiritual veins were consumed without restraint, and now the spiritual energy is not as good as before. Only the core ancestral land of the Yan family can barely maintain the level of the mid-stage of the second tier. There are almost no cultivators above the Foundation Establishment level who reside here permanently.

"Reporting to the senior, that Mo Die Sanren has been occupying the Yan family's ancestral land."

"The ancestral home of the Yan family?" Li Ji'an narrowed his eyes slightly.

“That’s right. Mo Die Sanren has monopolized the Yan family’s ancestral land. She’s the only one there because of her favor. And the major gangs in the wasteland are basically developing under her protection. Most of them are her lovers.” The middle-aged man said with some emotion.

Li Ji'an nodded, and his figure vanished instantly.

The father and son froze on the spot, their eyes filled with extreme shock.

This kind of instantaneous disappearance is not something that ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators can perform.

"Is there any hope for the wasteland?" The middle-aged man murmured to himself, his eyes slightly red.

If the wasteland can be managed as the Yan family is rumored to be, then our compatriots emerging from the Stormy Wasteland will surely have hope.

"Father, the senior left something." Suddenly, the boy noticed something on the chair where Li Ji'an had been sitting.

Two jade talismans and a bottle of elixirs.

"Quickly, kneel down and kowtow." The middle-aged man's eyes widened suddenly. He hurriedly stopped the boy from taking the things and instead pressed him down, making him kowtow heavily in the direction where Li Ji'an had disappeared.

Only after the boy's forehead bled did they respectfully step forward and hold up the jade talisman and jade bottle with both hands.

The boy's surprise and delight intensified as he probed the area with his faint spiritual sense.

One is a fire-based martial art called "Flame Dragon Technique".

One is a lineage of alchemy called "Li's Alchemy Transmission".

The pills in the jade bottle are of two types: one is the Source-Replenishing Pill, and the other is the Source-Nourishing Pill.

"A superior-grade cultivation technique!"

"No, this is... the legendary clan-protecting technique of the Yan family seems to be the 'Flame Dragon Technique'!"

"The Dao of Alchemy Inheritance! Directly pointing to the third-tier Alchemy King."

"Nourishing Essence Pill, Replenishing Essence Pill, these are the immortal pills that Fairy Yan provided to the orphaned children in the wasteland to replenish their innate spiritual veins!"

The young man was struck dumb, for these were divine objects that all those aspiring to immortality in the entire wasteland dreamed of.

At the same time, a surge of heroic spirit welled up within him.

Because he increasingly felt that he was one of those privileged individuals from traditional Chinese novels.

During the lowest point in his life, he encountered a peerless master who bestowed upon him an immense opportunity, after which he rose against all odds and soared to great heights!
Just as the young man was envisioning a future filled with sparks and lightning, a prosperous path leading to immortality and the revenge of those who had wronged him, a bloody storm had already swept through the ruined market.

Without exception, all gangs were wiped out by a weathered old man.

For the next hundred years, no one in this area dared to form gangs again.

Half a day later,
Li Ji'an arrived at the ancestral home of the Yan family and stood in Yan Qingwan's private alchemy room.

A full-body portrait hangs on the front of the alchemy room. The person in the painting has a smiling face and an encouraging look in his eyes. It is the image of Li Ji'an when he first entered this world in his fourth life to assist Yan Qingwan in alchemy.

However, at this moment, half of the portrait had already been torn up.

After standing still for a while, Li Ji'an put the scroll away.

Then, his divine sense locked onto the people who were cultivating with several others in Yan Qingwan's secluded chamber.

This person was dressed in black, with a black veil covering his face. He was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, but his magical power was mixed and chaotic.

At this moment, she is continuously absorbing the essence of several male cultivators.

Through the veil, Li Ji'an saw the abnormality on the woman's face. Half of her face was corroded by the poisonous fog, forming a dark, hard shell, while the other half of her face was not unfamiliar.

It turned out to be Liu Qun, who had used his own name to lure the young master of a collateral branch of the Liu family to the Biyun Sect and then robbed him of his Foundation Establishment Pill.

She is also Dong Jiangling's granddaughter.

More than a hundred years later, upon seeing the descendants of his old friends again, Li Ji'an could only sigh inwardly.

Guagua then led the little fire spirit into the room and instantly dealt with everyone. The little fire spirit burned all the corpses and spirits to ashes.

After taking one last look at the Yan family, which was about to disappear into the past, Li Ji'an flew away into the depths of Fallen Dragon Ridge.

Upon re-entering Fallen Dragon Ridge, just as rumored, it was filled with groups of demonic cultivators who relied on Yin Meridians and Blood Fiends for cultivation.

According to ancient records, Fallen Dragon Ridge is where a true dragon fell during the ancient times.

Legend has it that after the first Celestial Venerable of the human race attained enlightenment, in order to lead the human race to break through the millions of years of oppression by the demon race, he beheaded the current True Dragon Demon Emperor here.

The bloodline of the true dragon flowed into the earth, eroding the original spiritual veins and turning them into dense blood evil and yin veins, which caused this place to be a desolate place in ancient times, where only rogue cultivators lived.

It is said that the first human to create a cultivation method using blood essence and yin meridians was born here.

However, as many people who relied on Yin Meridians and Blood Fiends for cultivation went to extremes, this type of cultivation became increasingly deviant and was defined by many as demonic and evil cultivation.

"Get out!" On this day, Li Ji'an had just arrived at the area of ​​the two-headed snake's cave when he was reprimanded.

A sweep of divine sense revealed that the area was already surrounded by four people.

The two-headed snake demon was still hiding in its cave.

However, the four of them had placed dense blood-fiend marks around the area.

The four people's blood-fiend marks were connected end to end, forming a protective shield similar to an array, which enveloped the two-headed snake's nest.

He glanced at the disheveled man, whose face was ferocious and whose body was covered in extremely thick blood and evil energy.

A faint smile appeared on Li Ji'an's face.

Xiao Qiao had told him that the murderers who plundered the Yan family's ancestral land, leaving no one alive among the more than 300 members of the Yan family, and who used the blood of the Yan family members to create a blood pool to refine magical artifacts, were the Four Bloodthirsty Demons.

As a rogue cultivator, he was not well-known in the Boundless Domain, but he was famous in Cangyun Prefecture. When he first arrived in Cangyun Prefecture a few years ago, he had already plundered many Foundation Establishment families. His first stop was the Biyun Sect, which was guarded by Xiao Changfeng, a True Core cultivator. Although he ultimately failed to enter the Biyun Sect, he was not intimidated by Xiao Changfeng. However, he suddenly disappeared in recent years.

When Li Ji'an heard Xiao Qiao say that she had been killed by other demonic cultivators, he never expected to meet her again today.

Legend has it that the four demons were all at the late Foundation Establishment stage, but Li Ji'an discovered that the leader had already condensed a false core.

"Whoosh~" Without hesitation, Li Ji'an transformed a stream of magical power into a verdant magic sword and slashed at the nearest person.

Click~
The next instant, the blood demon's magical power spontaneously activated, forming a protective shield. However, it shattered the moment it touched Li Ji'an's magic sword.

"Clang!" However, just as Li Ji'an was about to make a move on the second person, the magic sword failed to kill him. Instead, it was blocked by a burst of blood energy that suddenly erupted from his body.

With a thought, Li Ji'an raised an eyebrow slightly.

Only then did they realize that the bloodthirsty aura of the four people connected together had all converged on this person in an instant, and had blocked the fatal blow.

"So that's how it is. No wonder he was able to dominate Cangyun Prefecture when he was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and even dared to challenge Xiao Changfeng's True Core status." Li Ji'an quickly understood the four people's secret technique.

It is a secret technique even more miraculous than ordinary combined attack techniques. The blood essence of the four people is integrated into one, and they can all be gathered into one person in an instant. It is almost equivalent to the superposition of the power of the four people, and it has a defense that is no weaker than that of the early stage of True Core.

It also has the effect of blood escape.

"How dare you! You dare to ambush my Four Bloodthirsty Saints!" The next moment, the other three arrived almost instantly via the Blood Fiend Link.

The four stood side by side, glaring angrily at Li Ji'an as he slowly approached.

If they hadn't sensed the aura of power Li Ji'an displayed in his previous attack, which surpassed the early stage of True Core cultivation, the four of them would have already surrounded him.

The Four Demons have been in the Heavenly Azure Domain for many years. Even when they were in the Foundation Establishment stage, they were not afraid of facing a Pseudo-Core True Person. If the four of them attacked together, they could either kill them or repel them.

Now that the eldest brother has condensed a fake elixir, he no longer takes ordinary true elixir cultivators seriously.

However, Li Ji'an clearly had no intention of wasting time talking to them.

As soon as it landed in front of the four people, its magical power suddenly erupted, and a dark umbrella, like a canopy, instantly enveloped the area.

At the same time, several dark beams of killing intent arrived in an instant.

"magic weapon!"

"At least an eighth-rank!"

Seeing this, the four demons showed little reverence but great greed, and all revealed covetous expressions on their faces.

However, when the dark light and murderous aura swept over them, the four of them once again used Blood Escape to dodge unscathed.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Then countless vines burst forth from the ground.

The four reunited, forming a massive blood-red shield that blocked the vines.

"Hmph!" Since the magic attack had no effect, Li Ji'an immediately snorted coldly and a soul thorn suddenly shot out.

"Ah! Be careful of soul attacks." The fake core blood demon immediately groaned, but his sea of ​​consciousness did not collapse.

Only then did Li Ji'an realize that the four people's Blood Fiend Secret Technique was not only a combination of Blood Fiend Magic Power, but also a combination of divine souls.

The combined divine senses of three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and one pseudo-Core Formation cultivator were comparable to the divine sense defense of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. Although his current soul attacks were still effective against them, there was no difference in cultivation level, and he could not cause serious damage.

"Attack!" The four demons no longer sat idly by and waited for their deaths. Their Blood Fiend Shield suddenly exploded, and countless streaks of Blood Fiend shot out.

The four figures also disappeared into the blood-red aura.

Li Ji'an frowned slightly. This method was somewhat similar to his Illusion Leaf clone. However, with a sweep of his divine sense, he had already discerned the whereabouts of the four people.

Boom~
A giant wooden stake descended from the sky, precisely anticipating the trajectory of the fake core blood demon within, and struck down.

puff~
However, the moment the giant tree touched the blood demon, the blood demon turned into a cloud of blood mist, and the fake core blood demon's figure disappeared instantly, reappearing beside another blood demon.

brush brush~
The next moment, countless vines burst forth from the ground, not only wrapping around the four people's trail but also attempting to sever all the blood-fiend threads within the space.

Unfortunately, the Four Demons' secret technique exceeded Li Ji'an's expectations; even with all the vines extending, they were unable to cut it off.

The four demons could also instantly explode into a blood mist and then reappear beside the others.

"There are still too few spells." After using up the few methods he had, Li Ji'an shook his head slightly.

However, it's not that we can't take them down quickly; all we need is a Tier 3 area-of-effect talisman.

Li Ji'an simply disdained wasting his time on them.

Moreover, he still has a trump card to deal with those whose cultivation level is lower than his.

Without further hesitation, Li Ji'an produced a seemingly ordinary insect-catching net in his hand.

With a "whoosh," he casually slapped the fake Core Formation Blood Demon.

Faced with the insect-catching net, which was much slower than the spell from before, the Fake Core Blood Demon suddenly felt as if his whole body had turned to stone, and he was unable to move an inch.

Even the Blood Escape Technique completely failed.

The next moment, to the astonishment of the other three demons, the fake core blood demon's figure fell out of the blood demon.

And its body was entangled in a web of insects.

"Big brother!"

Even though the blood-fiend links on the four people were not broken, normally, even if they were completely bound, he could still escape using blood escape techniques.

Seeing this, Li Ji'an nodded secretly. This was the first time he had used this Dao artifact that he had bought at a huge auction, and it was indeed worth the price.

"Clang~" The moment the fake core blood demon was bound, a cold light suddenly appeared on the ground.

The next moment, the fake core blood demon's blood aura shattered, and its body was separated from its head.

This attack from Guagua unleashed the power of a fifth-grade magic weapon. Even a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator would not be able to withstand it, let alone a mere fake Core Formation cultivator.
"Big Brother!" With the death of the fake core blood demon, the blood aura collapsed at the same time, and the blood aura link between the four people also disappeared.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Three vines burst out of the ground in an instant, binding the three people tightly.

Guagua attacked again from underground.

However, at this moment, the power of the Crescent Moon Blade was not activated. It was only using its sharpness. Guagua could kill a mere late-stage Foundation Establishment demon cultivator with a single blow without using anything else.

After the four demons were subdued, Li Ji'an collected their storage bags and then directly seized the Yin Soul of the Fake Core Blood Demon. He forcibly searched the soul, as someone of such cultivation level was no longer qualified to be stored in his Formless Mask.

A moment later, Li Ji'an searched his memory for information about the Bloodthirsty Link Blood Demon Secret Technique.

"That's quite miraculous. If used in puppet combos, it might have a surprising effect."

After a brief examination, he nodded in satisfaction.

While he was searching the soul, Guagua had already taken the little fire spirit to seek revenge.

At this moment, a croaking sound came from within his mind.

"The cultivation technique jade talisman has been found!"

(End of this chapter)