Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

The Medicinal Guide and Sacred Beast Pill he personally refined for the transformation of his Spirit Pet’s bloodline need no further words, but there’s still uncertainty about how much Gugu’s bloodline can transform.

”If you can transform into a Middle Grade bloodline, our bond might continue for hundreds more years!”

Gently stroking the frog’s head, Li Ji’an’s eyes were filled with a smile.

Through two lifetimes, accompanying for more than seventy years, he was very satisfied with Gugu, at least it was simple and not overthinking like humans, making it much more controllable.

”Gua~” Gugu raised its head, following Li Ji’an’s hand.

It understood that this journey was for its bloodline transformation.

Li Ji’an nodded, handing the Medicinal Guide and Sacred Beast Pill to Gugu for safekeeping, to wait until full preparation before consuming and refining them.

Then, Li Ji’an’s gaze fell upon the unexpected bounty Gugu had secretly brought back.

A two-zhang-long Mang Lizard Beast with its abdomen blown apart.

It was the Late Phase Second Tier Spirit Pet of the Liu Family’s Fifth Elder.

After the White Ape King transformed into the path, Gugu stealthily swallowed it while Guo Qi distracted everyone.

Between beasts of the same attribute, especially those that have formed a Demon Core, devouring the other’s Demon Core benefits one’s own advancement.

Gugu had stolen away the Mang Lizard’s body but did not secretly consume the Demon Core, a decision that made Li Ji’an even more satisfied with it.

”This Demon Core is your war trophy, keep it yourself and refine it after your bloodline transformation.”

”Gugu!” Gugu was overjoyed, sticking its tongue into the Mang Lizard’s abdomen to curl away an earth-yellow Demon Core.

Li Ji’an then separated its skin, flesh, and bones; planning to turn the Beast Hide into Talisman Materials, temporarily keeping the bones for potential future Artifact Refining use, while preparing the flesh as food for the upcoming period, as it contained Earth Essence and Spiritual Power, beneficial for a cultivator’s Magical Power and Physique.

Truly, every part of its body was treasure.

Having processed the Mang Lizard Beast, Li Ji’an turned his gaze to the blood-stained, uneven bear paw.

The broken limb of a Second Tier Peak Earth-Split Bear.

The five inch-long dark blades at its top glowed with a sharp gleam, an excellent material for crafting top-grade Magical Artifacts.

Li Ji’an stored it in a Jade Box, temporarily sealing it.

Lastly, he looked forward most to Guo Qi’s Storage Pouch.

For the first time in his life, he opened the Storage Pouch of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Great Cultivator, from a middle-ranking member of an entity like Celestial Origin Province’s Spirit Beast Mountain, particularly eager for Guo Qi’s several Magic Techniques.

His life as a Loose Cultivator, the Secret Techniques mainly originated from the Yan Family in the Desert.

And the Yan Family was considered a bottom tier in the entire Celestial Cyan Domain cultivation realm, so naturally, their Secret Techniques were not particularly good.

Even throughout decades in the Immortal City, he never saw Secret Techniques surpassing the Upper Grade Profound Level.

Although this had nothing to do with Biyun Sect’s control, it was mainly because the higher tier Secret Techniques were rarer and the holders were less willing to circulate them.

”Is this… could it be a Middle Grade Spirit Stone?” Even before finding any Cultivation Technique Jade Scrolls, Li Ji’an’s gaze was drawn to two baby fist-sized crystals similar in hue to ordinary Spirit Stones.

Before becoming a circulation currency, Spirit Stones were primarily used for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi they contained. Cultivators could refine Spirit Stones and absorb the Qi within, similar to the function of a Qi Replenishing Pill.

However, after refining Lower Grade Spirit Stones, cultivators at the Qi Cultivation Stage often couldn’t quickly absorb the Qi they contained, leading to dissipation and waste, making their cost-effectiveness inferior to Qi Supplement Pills.

Moreover, they served as an energy supply for various items like Arrays, Puppets, or Flying Boats that required energy consumption.

But the Middle Grade Spirit Stones in his hand contained more and purer Spiritual Qi, sufficient for Core Formation True Men to replenish in times of emergency. Due to the lack of Tier Three and above purified Qi Pills, some affluent True Men used them as consumable resources to boost their cultivation realms. They could also serve as energy for high-tier energy-consuming items, categorized as resources for Second Tier and above cultivation.

Though not a common circulation currency, they could be traded for many high-tier resources.

Feeling the pure Spiritual Qi within, Li Ji’an nodded quietly. It contained more, and purer Qi than the Second Tier premium Spirit Supplement Pills he refined.

However, aside from these two Middle Grade Spirit Stones, Guo Qi, this middle-ranking member of Celestial Origin Province’s Spirit Beast Mountain, didn’t have many Spirit Stones, only less than two thousand pieces.

A bit below the wealth expected for a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator.

However, Li Ji’an soon understood the reason.

Because he carried a substantial amount of pills for enhancing cultivation, the value of the Second Tier Late Stage pills alone was considerable, worth around five thousand altogether with several jars and bottles of pills.

Besides, there were also many Physician-type medicines and several poisons effective for Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators.

Additionally, three more Jade Boxes each containing herbs.

Finally, in the innermost layer of the Storage Pouch, he found three Jade Talismans.

One of them was a Medical and Poison Heritage, similar to the one given by Doctor Bai years ago, also only Second Tier, though with differing emphases, able to complement each other.

The two others delighted Li Ji’an, both were Magic Techniques.

One named ”Vine Silk Hand,” a Wood Magic Technique; according to its description, Li Ji’an judged it to be at least an Upper Grade Profound Level spell, capable of unleashing over seventy percent of his Magical Power for binding, also with paralyzing venom, and delightful of having a taste of Evil Skill, able to absorb the Essence Blood of others to benefit himself.

The other named ”Illusory Leaf Killers,” also a Wood Magic Technique; spanning the sky with green leaves for area attacks, the first layer could transform the countless green leaves into fierce winds and blades for formidable area damage, the second layer possessed a strange ability like shape-shifting and position-swapping, allowing instant swapping positions with any green leaf amidst the sky.