Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 381 Ten Years of Body Refinement
"Equivalent to a Core Formation Spiritual Treasure ranked among the top twenty in the world?"

Inside the Strange Stone Forest, Xiao Qiao stared in shock at the exquisite Crystal Condensation Pill that Li Ji'an had taken out.

She was already shocked when Li Ji'an mentioned having a pill that could replace a Core Formation Spiritual Treasure, but she never imagined that this pill could replace a Core Formation Spiritual Treasure ranked in the top 100.

After receiving Li Ji'an's affirmation, Xiao Qiao's face involuntarily flushed slightly; this surprise came too suddenly.

Originally, she only hoped to successfully condense a false core, but suddenly her ambition soared to the sky, and she developed a desire to covet a true core.

"With my mere low-grade spiritual root, do I really have any hope of achieving the True Core?" With a heart full of trepidation, Xiao Qiao entered the Daoist temple for seclusion.

After leaving Guagua and Xiaohuoling to protect Xiao Qiao, Li Ji'an turned around and went to the inner courtyard of the Strange Stone Forest.

This place is the training ground for the inner disciples of the Strange Stone Forest.

The divine sense quickly locked onto the chubby boy who was learning the Qi sensing method from the instructor.

Although he occasionally exhibits mischievous behavior, he is generally quite restrained, and he has also mastered the method of sensing qi.

"Not bad." Li Ji'an nodded slightly.

Only after class ended did Li Ji'an call the chubby boy over.

The original intention was to take him to the Biyun Sect for another try, but the little chubby boy seemed to have developed feelings for the place and was determined to stay there.

Li Ji'an did not force him and complied with his choice.

Before parting, he gave the chubby boy another piece of spirit jade.

The wood element within is refined using the current Golden Core cultivation technique, which has remarkable effects on the growth of the spiritual veins and the solidification of the divine consciousness.

Li Ji'an then returned to the Biyun Sect.

With Guagua and Little Fire Spirit protecting Xiao Qiao in the Strange Stone Forest, even if ordinary demonic cultivators come to disturb her, she will have no worries.

For the next two years, in addition to steadily cultivating and studying various martial arts techniques and skills, Li Ji'an spent almost all his time studying the Chaos Scripture with Ning Sujin.

After countless attempts and failures, Ning Sujin has finally reached the first level of Qi Refining in the Chaos Scripture.

The dantian now contains the primordial chaotic energy that has become one with the universe.

"The innate chaotic energy is indeed extraordinary." On this day, Ning Sujin attacked Li Ji'an with chaotic magic power, which was clearly more powerful than the five elements magic power.

Most importantly, the energy it contained was so great that Li Ji'an could not distinguish it clearly for a moment. It seemed to contain the five elements, and even wind, fire, thunder and lightning.

However, Ning Sujin's Qi Refining Level 1 mana is still too little and too mixed. It will only become clear when there is more Chaos Qi. To completely clear the energy within it, she needs Foundation Establishment Liquid.

“Husband, once the Chaos Qi is formed, the affinity with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth increases dramatically. It is truly a cultivation method that requires very little innate spiritual root as long as one can enter the field.” Ning Sujin was also quite excited.

Li Ji'an smiled and shook his head: "But the first step is too difficult. If you didn't have exceptional comprehension and the ability to subtly sense and adjust with your primordial spirit, an ordinary person would probably have their dantian exploded before even entering the gate, due to rejection by the Five Elements magic power."

In summary, the entry requirements for this technique are higher than those for other cultivation methods, which require cultivators to have innate spiritual roots, and it also carries greater risks.

After finishing his discussion with Ning Sujin, Li Ji'an pondered alone, reviewing Ning Sujin's entire experience of cultivating the Chaos Scripture, as well as all the lessons learned and details along the way, which gave him more confidence.

At the same time, they were even more eager to see how much stronger the Chaos Law cultivated from the five Five Elements Techniques, all of which were of the highest grade, would be compared to the Chaos Law cultivated by Ning Sujin.

Several days later, Li Ji'an finally received a spiritual connection from Guagua and a message from Xiao Qiao.

"It's done!" That very day, he prepared to head to the Strange Stone Forest.

However, this time, he secretly left two third-tier humanoid puppets in the dojo, and handed over the remaining twelve second-tier and near-third-tier puppets to three high-ranking members of the sect for joint management.

With those twelve puppets present, combined with the sect's grand formation, even ordinary Core Formation demonic cultivators would find it difficult to break through in a short time. In addition, the two third-tier humanoid puppets hidden in his dojo can basically guarantee the safety of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Before setting off, he also had Ning Sujin perform a divination, which showed that there were no ominous signs for the Biyun Sect at the moment.

After everything was arranged, he took Ning Sujin with him to the Strange Stone Forest.

This time, he plans to stay in the Strange Stone Forest for a while, making full use of Xiao Qiao's earthly spiritual energy to temper his physique.

Several days later, the two arrived at the Strange Stone Forest.

The interior was brightly decorated and bustling with activity.

As a major power in this area, bordering the Biyun Sect to the north and the wilderness to the south, Qishilin had previously been protected by the Qin family and had received instructions from Wu Weixiong, but it had never had a Core Formation cultivator to guard it, making it appear strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Now that Xiao Qiao has successfully condensed her elixir, the Strange Stone Forest finally has its own leader, and naturally, it needs to be celebrated in a grand manner.

Xiao Qiao claimed to have luckily formed a True Core, but in reality, it was only a mid-level True Core, far exceeding her original expectations.

When they met Xiao Qiao again, her true inner power was contained, and she was radiant.

He exuded an aura of authority and dignity in front of others.

However, when he returned to the Taoist temple to face Li Ji'an, he was still as friendly and respectful as before.

"Congratulations on successfully forming your Core Formation, Senior Sister. You've taken another step forward on your path to cultivation." Li Ji'an smiled and handed over a bottle of Core Formation cultivation pills as a congratulatory gift.

"Ping An, without you, I might not even have been able to achieve my goal of creating a fake elixir. You must accept my bow!" Xiao Qiao pursed her lips slightly and bowed deeply to Li Ji'an.

Upon hearing this, Li Ji'an did not turn to the side again and accepted the greeting.

Afterwards, Xiao Qiao recounted her experience of forming her core in detail, marveling at the effectiveness of the Crystal Condensation Pill.

At the same time, he praised Guagua highly, saying that during the two years that Xiao Qiao was trying to break through to the Core Formation stage, the Liu family's Beast Taming Dojo in the east was occupied by a group of cultivators who wanted to sabotage Xiao Qiao's Core Formation. They sent a near-third-tier demon beast to infiltrate the place, but it was eventually killed by Guagua.

During the grand celebration of Xiao Qiao's Core Formation in January, countless cultivators flocked to Cangyun Prefecture. In addition to some old forces that survived the invasion of demonic cultivators and newly established forces that sought to associate with and attach themselves to them, a large number of rogue cultivators also came to seek refuge.

In the past two years, the Corpse Puppet Sect, Blood Spirit Sect and the four major sects of the other two regions in Daoyuan Prefecture have paid less and less attention to Cangyun Prefecture. Apart from some scattered demonic cultivators, the situation in Cangyun Prefecture, a remote region, has improved.

In this situation, a true Dan Master can still provide a sufficient sense of security.

After the Core Formation Ceremony ended, Xiao Qiao announced that she would go into seclusion to stabilize her cultivation level.

In reality, every few days he would draw upon the earth's spiritual energy to infuse Li Ji'an's body.

Li Ji'an and Ning Sujin thus began their cultivation journey in the Strange Stone Forest.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, after Xiao Qiao once again poured all her energy into infusing Li Ji'an with the spirit of the earth, she returned to her quiet room to recover, looking slightly tired.

Li Ji'an suddenly opened his eyes, a surge of intense energy flowing within them.

With a slight gathering of qi and blood, a powerful surge of blood energy almost erupted, actually solidifying into a tangible form.

"Mid-stage third-tier body cultivator!"

At this moment, Li Ji'an's skin and flesh appeared normal, but his inner abdomen was actually covered by a layer of earth color, releasing a rich and powerful energy.

"Such a great improvement! It is indeed as described in the Divine Treasure Body Forging Technique. As the refinement of the five internal organs in the abdomen increases, the transformation of the physique multiplies."

Li Ji'an felt that his current mid-stage third-order body cultivation had completely surpassed the power of Lin Xiuzhu and Yin Gui Shengzi's mid-stage Core Formation magic power back then, and was probably on par with the magic power pressure of a Core Formation Master.

Of course, this power is inseparable from the contribution of the drop of true dragon essence blood within the body. Over the past ten years, as the body's internal energy and blood have become increasingly stronger, the absorption speed of the true dragon essence blood has become faster, the feedback has become stronger, and the purification efficiency has greatly increased.

With this breakthrough, the effects of the refinement became even more apparent.

After slowly calming his blood and qi and quelling his inner turmoil, Li Ji'an left Xiao Qiao's dojo.

Now he and Ning Sujin are both cultivating and living in the core dojo. Apart from the physical training every few days, other aspects have changed slightly in the past ten years.

The spiritual veins here are still somewhat insufficient for Li Ji'an's current Golden Core cultivation level, especially since Xiao Qiao is now a True Core cultivator. It was only because of Xiao Qiao's extraordinary Earth Spirit Master skills that the spiritual veins here were barely raised to the third level, but they still cannot satisfy the cultivation needs of two True Core cultivators at the same time.

Therefore, his Golden Core cultivation temporarily stagnated during these ten years.

He spent more time honing his physical skills and mastering the art of puppetry.

Having made another step forward in body refinement, he was already satisfied and had the confidence to confront a Core Formation expert head-on.

As for puppetry skills, even with further improvements, limited by high-grade materials, only one mid-stage third-tier puppet could be created in ten years.

This puppet is made primarily of a corpse-refining jar that had been destroyed after Ning Sujin had devoured its divine soul essence. It also contains a small bottle of True Dragon Blood Fiend obtained from the Blood Cave in the Dragon Burial Cave. Therefore, it has a special restraining effect on the divine soul and can unexpectedly devour the divine soul essence.

It also carries a strong aura of bloodlust, making it more than capable of withstanding close-range attacks from mid-stage Core Formation cultivators.

"Father, you're back?" Just as he returned to his dojo, a dark figure drifted over, his face full of fawning and flattery.

Li Ji'an frowned slightly, glared at it, and then ignored it.

The dark figure was none other than the remnant soul of the true dragon.

Several years after arriving at the Strange Stone Forest, Ning Sujin sensed that its soul power was getting weaker and weaker, so Li Ji'an had no choice but to release it.

After some suppression, his temperament was finally tempered, and at least in front of Li Ji'an and Ning Sujin, he was no longer as arrogant as when he first escaped from the Zhenlong Cauldron.

However, the aura of true dragon blood on Li Ji'an made it very certain that Li Ji'an was its father.

Li Ji'an did not want him to know that he had fused with the true dragon's essence blood, so he was unable to persuade him.

Over the years, we've just let it be.

"Mother, Father smells of a female cultivator again!" Seeing that Li Ji'an ignored it, the dragon soul rushed into the inner room again to complain to Ning Sujin.

Not counting the time she borrowed Ning Yutan's body, Ning Sujin's original body had followed Li Ji'an for twenty-two years, and deep down she also wanted to have a child.

However, with Li Ji'an's Golden Core cultivation and her third-tier physique, her current physical body is only at the late Qi Refining stage, making it impossible for her to conceive offspring.

Moreover, Li Ji'an had long refused to have children, citing the perilous and uncertain nature of the cultivation world.

So when Longhun called her "mother," she was actually delighted and even genuinely felt like she was treating Longhun as her child.

Over the years, it has also been nourishing its remnant soul by transferring it into the refined divine soul essence.

That's why Li Ji'an didn't pursue the matter further with Long Hun's actions.

"Long'er, don't talk nonsense. Your father went to cultivate." Ning Sujin stroked the dragon soul hiding in her arms, chuckled and scolded it, and then fed it soul essence.

"Su Jin, don't spoil it too much. Cut off its soul source for three years," Li Ji'an said as he entered the room.

Ning Sujin stuck out her tongue slightly and winked at Li Ji'an: "Can't you two get along peacefully? Long'er is now doing a great job of supporting me."

"Moreover, once Long'er's soul body solidifies, it may be a great help!"

Li Ji'an chuckled lightly and didn't try to scare the dragon soul any further.

Just as Ning Sujin said, with the nourishment of her soul source, the remnant soul of the true dragon has recovered considerably and is showing signs of solidification.

If the remnant soul truly solidifies, it will be of great help in dealing with the opponent's soul.

"Sujin, are you ready?" Li Ji'an asked again.

Ning Sujin nodded: "We can leave at any time."

"it is good!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji'an sent a telepathic message to Guagua.

Before long, Guagua and Xiaohuoling had said goodbye to Xiao Qiao and rushed back.

"Croak~" As soon as it escaped from the earth, croaked out awkwardly.

They still harbored immense fear of the Dragon Soul.

The little fire spirit didn't care about the dragon soul at all, and even glared at it fiercely.

Since the Dragon Soul was released by Ning Sujin, Guagua has rarely come here again, and spends most of its time hiding in Xiao Qiao's dojo.

The dragon soul was quite obedient in front of Li Ji'an and Ning Sujin, but it was still bossy in front of Guagua. At first, it often ordered Guagua to be its servant. Later, after understanding Guagua's position in Li Ji'an's heart and being burned by the little fire spirit a few times, it finally became obedient.

However, Guagua is still constrained by the pressure of his bloodline and finds it difficult to control himself.

Li Ji'an immediately put the little frog back into his spirit pet bag and put the little fire spirit into his dantian.

When the dragon soul saw the little fire spirit enter Li Ji'an's dantian, it became extremely jealous and wanted to enter as well, because the true dragon essence blood on Li Ji'an's body was too attractive to it.

Its naive consciousness had already sensed that if it could merge with the essence and blood within Li Ji'an's body, it might become a living, breathing spiritual being.

However, Li Ji'an simply wouldn't let it in.

Unfortunately, it could only return to Ning Sujin's sea of ​​consciousness.

With everything prepared, Li Ji'an led Ning Sujin straight to the Ninth Heaven, heading towards the Blood Spirit Sect in Daoyuan Prefecture to the north.

Since the Corpse Puppet Sect occupied the fourth-tier dojo of the Myriad Laws Palace, it has promised to give the ancestral court of the Boundless Domain to the Blood Spirit Sect.

However, even now, the Corpse Puppet Sect's ancestral temple in the Boundless Domain has not been completely moved, so the Blood Spirit Sect naturally cannot move in either. Currently, the Blood Spirit Sect occupies the Dongli Sect's dojo.

This place is better than its ancestral spiritual vein in the Boundless Domain.

Six months ago, Li Ji'an received messages from Xiao Changfeng and Xue Yuan.

The former is similar to entrusting one's son to another, completely entrusting the Biyun Sect to Li Ji'an, only saying that this trip might be one of no return, without saying anything else.

The latter then quickly reported Xiao Changfeng's situation to the authorities.

Xiao Changfeng had been away from the sect for twenty-two years, and finally found Yun Yao's whereabouts half a year ago.

Unfortunately, Yun Yao has been imprisoned by the Blood Spirit Mother for nearly thirty years. Xiao Changfeng went to the Blood Spirit Sect to demand her release, but he no longer had any hope of leaving alive.

After all, Xiao Changfeng's greatest enemy was the Blood Spirit Mother, who had killed Elder Fang, who had tried to save Xiao Changfeng.

Elder Fang and Xiao Changfeng were both teachers and friends, and he respected them greatly.

Xiao Changfeng had already given up any further thoughts, knowing that he probably had no hope of revenge in this life. Now that his beloved was also imprisoned by the Blood Saint Mother, he was prepared to perish together with her.

(End of this chapter)