Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 411 Master's Gift
With the Little Fire Spirit following the old thief Chun Yuan, if he were to attempt to take the Little Fire Spirit into his dantian, his life or death would almost be in Li Ji'an's hands.

Li Ji'an was somewhat surprised that this potential threat was resolved so easily.

Now that he can still cultivate in seclusion in Funiu Mountain, and since the old thief Chun Yuan still has value in alchemy, he is not in a hurry to settle this matter.

After getting rid of the old thief Chun Yuan, Li Ji'an felt relieved. Not only was the immediate crisis eliminated, but his understanding of the Northern Profound True Lord was also deepened through Chun Yuan's words.

Unless it is certain that the other party is a chosen one of the gods and that the Dao principle they are in sync with is of a high level, they will not easily leave the Dao field.

This allowed Li Ji'an to focus more on his cultivation.

Now that my magical cultivation has advanced to the mid-stage, I need some time to stabilize it.

Without sufficient nourishment from the earth's spiritual energy, it is difficult for a mid-stage third-tier body cultivator to advance further.

He plans to further refine his soul training over the next period of time, and at the same time improve his puppetry skills, which are already at the intermediate level of the third rank, in order to create another mid-stage third-rank puppet.

Previously, after advancing his puppetry skills in the Strange Stone Forest, he was limited by the materials available and could only create a mid-stage third-tier puppet.

The secret technique he had been longing for, the "Bloodlust Chains," required at least four people to be linked by blood essence to succeed. He was unsure if the puppet could succeed, and to test it, he needed four puppets of similar strength.

He only has two early-stage Tier 3 bodies and one mid-stage Tier 3 body, and urgently needs another one to try.

Now that we have the old thief Chun Yuan as our cash cow, there is hope for obtaining mid-stage Tier 3 puppet materials.

Otherwise, given his current apparent identity, it would be difficult for him to trade for mid-stage Tier 3 puppet materials here.

For the next period of time, Li Ji calmed down and stabilized his golden core magic power.

Meanwhile, the old thief Chun Yuan began to actively provide him with high-quality pills.

As for the materials for the mid-stage third-tier runes, Li Ji'an asked him to do his best to find them under the pretext of repairing the magic weapon.

After all, the True Lord of Ten Thousand Laws spent his entire life pursuing advancement in the Dao and always had hope, so he did not have extra energy to master other skills, and there was no possibility that he would become a high-level puppeteer after possessing another body.

A month later, the top leaders of the sect finally gathered together.

After Ning Sujin's primordial spirit understood the situation inside, it immediately notified Li Ji'an.

Only the most core high-ranking members of the entire Funiu Mountain were present in the main hall this time, including eight direct disciples and a few elders.

"Little Nine, are you sure you want to attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage now?" Feng Yin Zhenren, sitting high in the position of city lord, asked with a slightly solemn expression.

"Little Nine, let's wait for Master a little longer," the second senior brother said, frowning as he advised.

"Eldest brother, did Master arrange any Core Formation treasures for Xiao Jiu before he went into seclusion? Are there any in the treasury now?" The third brother didn't care whether Master was present or not, he was only worried that there weren't enough Core Formation treasures.

Master Fengyin nodded: "Master did indeed leave Xiao Jiu a Core Formation Treasure before he went into seclusion."

After saying that, he waved his hand and tossed a storage bag to Xiao Jiu.

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Xiao Jiu accepted the storage bag with joy in his heart.

The other senior brothers, including several elders, also nodded secretly in approval of Master Fengyin's actions.

After the fifth brother, Qu Tianyang, escaped from Funiu Mountain, everyone had reflected on the accident.

Coupled with some previous rumors, some people still harbored doubts about Master Fengyin.

After all, as the eldest disciple of his master, he should have been the most promising successor, but the fifth brother took the position of city lord of the entire immortal city. He could only manage the inner city, which inevitably caused him some resentment.

After the fifth brother's incident, he has become the biggest beneficiary over the years.

However, Xiao Jiu, whose talent is now no less than that of the fifth prince and who is more popular in the Immortal City, is about to form his core.

Surprisingly, he did not secretly retain the Core Formation Treasure left by his master.

This lessened the public's suspicions about him considerably.

"Hmm?" However, the next moment, when Xiao Jiu happily opened the storage bag, he couldn't help but sigh in disappointment. The other senior brothers, including the older generation, also showed strange expressions.

"How is that possible? Why did Master only leave Xiao Jiu these two Core Formation Spiritual Treasures?"

"This is probably only enough for downstream True Core cultivators!"

"With Xiao Jiu's talent, he could have reached the True Core stage with the top thirty Core Formation Spiritual Treasures, but his master only prepared two sets of Core Formation Spiritual Treasures ranked outside the top 100 for him."

……

In an instant, the crowd began to discuss the matter.

Immediately afterwards, someone glanced at Master Fengyin without leaving a trace.

"Bang!" With his face red and neck thick, the second apprentice, who came from a butcher's background, slammed his fist on the table and stood up, staring directly at Master Fengyin.

"Boss, are you sure this is the Core Formation treasure that Master prepared for Xiao Jiu?"

Upon hearing this question, everyone else looked at Master Fengyin with serious expressions.

Master Fengyin nodded bitterly: "Please be patient, everyone. Master has his reasons for doing this."

Instead of responding to the questions raised by the crowd, he immediately spoke up to defend his master.

"You may not know that in previous years, in order for our fifth junior brother to achieve the highest level of True Core formation, Master exhausted the spiritual resources of Funiu Mountain and collected the top ten Core Formation treasures for him."

Later, he spent a great deal of money to help his fifth junior brother achieve the Core Formation stage.

We in Funiu Mountain are truly facing a severe shortage of funds.

This is why, even though Master's original intention was to free the Funiu Mountain Range from the oppression of those powerful forces, he ignored his fifth junior brother's secret collection of taxes from all the cultivators in the spiritual veins in recent years.

Master has given up hope of becoming a True Lord, and Shou... will leave one day. Therefore, he is trying his best to cultivate a successor for Funiu Mountain who can carry on his original aspiration.

Judging from the Core Formation treasure that my master gave me before he went into seclusion, this was already the limit of what he could do.

Everyone looked at each other in shock when they heard this.

As the saying goes, "You don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you're in charge of a household," and they indeed didn't know much about the spiritual resources of Funiu Mountain.

The words of Master Fengyin, who was the eldest disciple of Master Funiu and had been in charge of the inner city for many years, are quite credible.

And everyone instantly understood that before their master went into seclusion, he had most likely already invested heavily in the fifth brother and given up on the ninth brother.

In an instant, everyone looked at Xiao Jiu with pity.

Xiao Jiu paused slightly, then looked around with a stiff expression before finally fixing her gaze on the Taoist temple of Master Funiu.

"Thank you, Master!" But only a moment later, she came to her senses, a smile appeared on her lips, and she bowed deeply in the direction of Master Funiu's dojo.

"Thank you, senior brother, thank you, fellow senior brothers and ancestors. Little Jiu was born an orphan. It was Master who gave Jiu a new life. Otherwise, she would have become food for demons long ago."

Moreover, it was my master who guided me onto the path of immortality all these years. I am already very satisfied with what I have achieved.

Master doesn't owe me anything; it's Jiu'er who owes Master, Funiu Mountain, and all my fellow disciples.

These two Core Formation Treasures are almost unattainable for ordinary rogue cultivators, let alone disciples of families and sects.

"Jiu'er is going back to try to break through to the Core Formation stage. If she succeeds, she will finally be able to do something for Funiu Mountain and for all her fellow disciples." Xiao Jiu smiled freely, although she was clearly still a little disappointed, she quickly recovered.

She quickly realized that this slight disappointment was not her own true feeling, but rather the result of being subdued by her surroundings and the opinions of others over the years, which made her subconsciously believe that her master should give her a better Core Formation treasure.

At this moment, I've returned to my true self.

At the same time, her mind became clearer, and she was more confident about her attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage.

(End of this chapter)