Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Central Stone Fortress of Desert City.

Li Ji’an and Ning Sujin were honored as elite guests and seated.

The seventy-two tribal leaders and eighteen commanders of the Barbarian Race all raised large stone urns towards Li Ji’an and Ning Sujin under the lead of the old clan leader.

The old clan leader kept winking, but the group of leaders seemed oblivious.

Helplessly, he led the toast, ”I, on behalf of the entire Barbarian Race, toast to Longevity True Man.”

”Badra!”

”Drink!”

”Cheers!”

Afterwards, the group of Barbarian leaders shouted chaotically.

Before Li Ji’an could raise the stone urn, they had already started drinking boisterously.

The old clan leader, with a face full of helplessness, slightly embarrassed, raised his urn to Li Ji’an from afar, deciding to drink away his worries.

However, he still had requests for Li Ji’an, so he couldn’t get drunk yet.

Li Ji’an, adapting to local customs, also picked up a stone urn.

The smell of the wine in the urn reached his nose, causing him to furrow his brow slightly.

With his cultivation at the Golden Core Stage, being a Tier Three Mid-stage Body Cultivator, even the near Tier Four Spirit Wine previously produced by the Blood Spirit Saintess couldn’t get him drunk.

But this Hundred Beasts Wine from the Barbarian Race made him sense the vast evil qi contained within, several times fiercer than Spirit Wine.

The Hundred Beasts Wine entered his mouth, and a rush of Blood Fiend surged into his body, mighty and intense, instantly stirring his blood and vitality.

It acted like a catalyst, making his blood and vitality restless.

Li Ji’an could distinctly feel the effect of strengthening his physique from within.

However, this level of impact, for anyone lacking physique, would act like a potent poison, potentially rupturing their meridians, leading to death.

Even with his current Tier Three Mid-stage physique, the Blood Fiend in the Hundred Beasts Wine stirred turmoil within him and also affected his Sea of Consciousness.

The rush of blood caused his Sea of Consciousness to react.

The critical issue was, this fierce wine brewed from pure Blood Fiend couldn’t be refined with magical power like Spirit Wine.

With a mere taste, Li Ji’an intended to decline.

In traveling the world, clarity of mind is crucial, especially in the Cultivation Realm.

”Grandpa Changqing, cheers!”

”We Barbarians have no cowards.”

”Drink this urn and you become the Great Leader of our Barbarian Race!”

At this moment, the group of Barbarian leaders had already drained their urns, each with flushed faces, turning their urns upside down, looking at Li Ji’an excitedly.

Facing a group of straightforward Barbarians, Li Ji’an pondered over words to decline.

”All of you move aside, Longevity True Man is not like you, not yet accustomed to our coarse wine, don’t make it difficult. Furthermore, Longevity True Man has already displayed the strength of a High Tier Physique, whether he drinks or not, he is still an esteemed guest of our Barbarian Race.” Always the wisest among the Barbarians, the old clan leader noticed Li Ji’an’s discomfort with the Hundred Beasts Wine and hastily reprimanded the others, not wanting Li Ji’an to be embarrassed.

Li Ji’an gave the old clan leader a satisfied glance.

”Huh~” Yet at this moment, his Sea of Consciousness suddenly cleared, and the fierce Blood Fiend within the liquor crazily converged towards the drop of True Dragon Essence Blood.

In an instant, the Hundred Beasts Wine he consumed was completely devoured by the True Dragon Essence Blood.

It conveyed a joyful sensation, longing for more.

Seeing this, Li Ji’an no longer hesitated.

”Hahaha, old clan leader, I appreciate your goodwill, but I enjoy drinking with the young ones like this, cheers!”

The old clan leader was slightly moved; other Human Race True Men who drank the Barbarian Hundred Beasts Wine initially started with confidence, but later faced embarrassment.

He intended to advise Li Ji’an not to be too reckless, but considering Li Ji’an’s earlier display of Tier Three Mid-stage physique, he refrained from saying more.

Tier Three Mid-stage physique, even without the Barbarian bloodline, the Hundred Beasts Wine could not harm, but be beneficial, except it may cause a rush of blood and heightened awareness.

”If he gets drunk, it would be easier to ask him for help in teaching Body Cultivation Techniques!” With this thought, the old clan leader once more raised his urn in a distant toast.

Li Ji’an immediately lifted the stone urn and drank heartily.

At this moment, the True Dragon Essence Blood had awakened, instantly drawing in the Hundred Beasts Wine as it entered his throat, not leaving a single drop for Li Ji’an’s essence blood.

”Good wine!”

Soon, the stone urn was emptied of its fierce wine.

”Grandpa Changqing is incredible!”

”More, more.”

The group of Barbarian leaders was thrilled, more approving of Li Ji’an.

They all stepped forward again to pour Li Ji’an more wine.

”Come, come, come.” Li Ji’an readily accepted, one urn after another.

The High Tier Hundred Beasts Wine is a Barbarian tradition, also a daily tonic used by barbarian elite after regressing to awaken their bloodline again.

However, even for twice regressed Barbarian leaders, three urns would be the limit; otherwise, they would end up heavily intoxicated, with memory blanks post-drinking.

Normally, one or two urns would suffice.

But witnessing Li Ji’an, who possessed such divine power, they were all excited.

Additionally, impressed by Li Ji’an’s bold drinking, they admired and acknowledged him, with some ready to risk their lives to accompany him.

Before the third round ended, the atmosphere in the Stone Fortress had reached its peak.

A group of Barbarian leaders almost surrounded Li Ji’an’s table, some shouting at the top of their lungs, some holding onto Li Ji’an’s leg and crying loudly, others wanting to become sworn brothers with him...

The old clan leader, after drinking three urns, felt his Sea of Consciousness react, his head heavy and feet light.

However, as the sole four-time regressed bloodline barbarian of the tribe, he still maintained clarity.

This clarity left him embarrassed by the scene unfolding and wishing to find a hole to crawl into.

As for Li Ji’an’s capacity for drinking, it both shocked him and filled him with anticipation.

Moreover, Li Ji’an’s current demeanor stirred up the heroic feelings within his bloodline, compelling him to want to engage in a drinking match with Li Ji’an.