Distant Knowledge of the Staff Dynasty's Years, How to Change the Flowing Years

Chen Ganliu never expected that after living to over eighty years old, with his vital energy depleted and essence withered, he would suddenly find himself back at the age of six. He set down his brush, slightly dissatisfied, and casually put away the talisman he had drawn. Reaching for his desk, his hand met empty air, and he let out a soft sigh.

As a son born to a concubine in the Chen family, he only received half a ream of yellow paper each month. He couldn't afford to waste so much ink, paper, and time.

Without yellow paper, and unable to use ink to draw talismans, Chen Ganliu placed his hand on the desk, concentrated slightly, and used his willpower to replace the brush and the air to replace the yellow paper, continuing to practice the art of talismans.

In his previous life, as soon as Chen Ganliu transmigrated, he had rushed to display his talent for reading, quickly gaining renown in the local area and earning the title of child prodigy.

This life, however, he wasn't as impatient and had no intention of seeking literary fame. He had been reborn for over three years, and had been quietly cultivating all this time.

A mortal body could not withstand the scouring of spiritual energy. When first starting out, there was a limit to how much Qi one could refine daily. If one exceeded the body's tolerance limit and suffered internal damage, it would be greatly detrimental to their cultivation. This was why Chen Ganliu would occasionally practice talisman arts, so as not to waste time.

However, he was often short of ink and paper, and even when practicing talisman arts, he couldn't do so to his heart's content.

The talisman art he was learning was called the Twelve Talismans of the Profound Gate, a common technique passed down in the outer sects of the Immortal Encounter Sect. It was divided into twelve incantations: Thunder, Fire, Seal, Bind, Still, Control, Mountain, Light, Startle, Conceal, Gather, and Illusion. These were common techniques for cultivators entering the mountains to protect themselves, ward off ghosts, and repel demons.

Chen Ganliu's first master in his previous life, and his only master, Daoist Five Willows, hailed from the Jade Mountain Sect, which was also a branch sect of the Immortal Encounter Sect. This was how he had been taught this talisman art.

In his past life, Chen Ganliu had spent over fifty years diligently practicing drawing talismans, becoming a master of the art. It was the only skill he could truly boast of in his previous life. If he hadn't dedicated most of his energy to refining Qi, and had spent more time on talismans, his achievements would have been even greater.

Senior Sister, who had once been a Golden Core cultivator, had brought seven or eight servants and maids with her when she married. Even with frugal living, their monthly expenses were still considerable. Chen Ganliu had relied on this talisman art to support his family.

He had even composed a poem back then: "The talisman brush wore down in three months, surely the teacher is not poor? Double clouds, fierce light piercing the cave, there must be someone willing to bend their back."

Drawing talismans purely with his mind and spirit consumed a great deal of mental energy.

It took the time of a full incense stick to complete one talisman.

This was not a beginner's technique at all. It was fortunate that he had over fifty years of experience drawing talismans in his previous life to be able to complete it with effort.

Chen Ganliu felt a slight fatigue and sighed softly, murmuring to himself, "Three years!"

"I wonder how much longer it will be before I can enter the Qi Refining realm."

Honestly, if he had a choice in this new life, he would rather return to Earth.

After all, he still had a daughter in that world.

Although he had lived over eighty years in this world, there was almost nothing worth reminiscing about. He had left home young, and later went to cultivate the Dao in middle age. His wife, though they lived together, always felt a certain distance, like mere acquaintances. There was no one truly worth lingering for.

Alone and adrift, with no one to rely on, a solitary man.

However, this rebirth wasn't without its benefits.

In his previous life, although he had met Immortal Master Five Willows when he was young, the immortal master had disdained his ordinary talent and refused to take him as a disciple, only teaching him the art of talismans. Talismans were a minor art, only useful for assistance, not for cultivation.

By the time he obtained the opportunity to join the Immortal Encounter Sect, he was already old, missing the best time to enter the Dao, wasting much time and taking many detours, lamenting the wasted years. As an outer disciple, he had not received the true teachings of the Immortal Encounter Sect, nor had he learned any high-level techniques. After twenty years of arduous cultivation, he had only reached the second level of Qi Refining, boiling liquid into gas.

This life was different.

Senior Sister had failed in her attempt to break through to the Spirit Embryo Realm and had left the Immortal Encounter Sect after marrying him to establish an outer sect family.

According to sect rules, disciples below the Spirit Embryo Realm who left the sect could not pass down their own cultivated Dao techniques to their descendants. They could only choose two Qi Refining techniques to establish the foundation of their family.

Senior Sister had been a peak Golden Core cultivator, holding a respectable position. The two techniques she chose, the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art and the Geng Metal Qi Refining Art, were both top-tier techniques at the Qi Refining level, a hundred times more profound than the Six Harmonies Qi Refining Method that Chen Ganliu had cultivated in his previous life.

Especially the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art, it was one of the three foundational techniques of the Immortal Encounter Sect, directly pointing towards the Great Dao of True Yang!

Senior Sister herself had cultivated this method to enter the Dao. Not only did she know the methods for the Qi Refining and Golden Core realms, but she also knew the complete cultivation methods for realms beyond the Spirit Embryo Realm.

Although they hadn't spoken much before becoming Dao companions, and their relationship was rather distant after marriage, as a couple, Senior Sister had still exploited a loophole in the sect rules and privately passed down the complete text to him.

With two lives of cultivation, Chen Ganliu would naturally not choose the Six Harmonies Qi Refining Method again. This was the technique practiced by the outer disciples of the Immortal Encounter Sect. Besides being easy to start with, its only advantages were being balanced, peaceful, and having a very low chance of qi deviation.

He had spent the last three years focusing on the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art.

Chen Ganliu believed that by cultivating the high-level techniques of the Immortal Encounter Sect forty years earlier, his future path would be immeasurably stronger than in his previous life.

However, after three years of dormancy, he still hadn't soared to the heavens, and he occasionally felt disheartened.

After resting for a short while, Chen Ganliu embraced his core and began cultivating the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art again.

For some reason, this time he entered a state of tranquility very quickly, becoming completely absorbed in his practice, forgetting himself and the world. Unknowingly, two hours passed. First, his heart felt a coolness, his dantian felt as if it were boiling, and a slight warmth spread through his spine, pulsing rapidly. A wisp of vitality, like the budding of spring, the blooming of a hundred flowers, and the sprouting of myriad trees, gradually formed from nothingness.

After another half hour, Chen Ganliu opened his eyes. He felt his entire body filled with energy, and his mind was much clearer. This was the sign of the first level of Qi Refining, the birth of "Golden Essence Jade Liquid."

His hands, forming the mudra, trembled, and his emotions surged. He vaguely recalled that in his previous life, the Six Harmonies Qi Refining Method, known for its easy entry, had taken seven years and nine months to cultivate a wisp of true Qi, marking his entry into cultivation. He had been judged by the Immortal Encounter Sect as having dull talent and being incapable of great achievement.

In his previous life, after marrying Senior Sister, he had cultivated the Azure Emperor Jia Yi Art for over forty years, but had never reached the first level before his death.

Feeling the newly born cultivation, Chen Ganliu expected to be ecstatic, but instead, he felt an unprecedented calm. Only a sense of vicissitude washed over him as he murmured, "This is the first level of Qi Refining? I have already entered the Dao?"

Even at the first level of Qi Refining, he was fundamentally different from a mortal.

From this day forward, he could call himself a Qi Cultivator, no longer an ordinary person of the world.

The first chapter was revised five or sixty times, trying to capture that subtle, profound artistic conception and set the tone for the entire book...

The final draft was completed just a few hours before uploading.

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