After Li An became the Chief Elder, he indeed experienced a period of prosperity, where all the Honored Guest Elders on Guest Peak sought to befriend him.

Even Chen Lin indirectly arranged through someone to bring a generous gift, attempting to improve their relationship.

Li An accepted all the gifts without exception, but he barely let anyone see him!

Since his return to Guest Peak, Li An acted as if he was in seclusion.

Indeed, his daily task now was focused on one thing only—intense cultivation!

However, this cultivation wasn't meant to advance his level, but to enhance his vitality and blood.

The Jiang clan showed their generosity by delivering five Tier-Two Spirit Medicines on the first day of his return, each with properties that boosted vitality and blood.

Li An wisely consumed the Spirit Medicines, continuously refining their medicinal power.

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Outside the quiet chamber, two Fake Pill cultivators stood guard; inside, Li An silently cultivated.

"With so many good things from the Jiang clan, it's just perfect to start cultivating the second part of the Golden Treasure Skill…"

Li An had already grasped the first part of the Golden Treasure Skill—the kidney.

Heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney; each part requires different tempering substances, with the liver requiring various wood-element essences.

The liver belongs to wood!

And now, the Spirit Medicines given by the Jiang clan are all wood-element, and are treasures that boost vitality and blood, perfect for nourishing the liver.

He refines all the medicinal properties and essences of the Spirit Medicines into the liver, repeatedly cleansing it, making it spotlessly pure, and enriching it with essences.

The kidney belongs to water; once refined, his energy and Spiritual Power flowed like a river, endless and continuous.

As for the liver, once refined, it will greatly enhance his life force, enabling him to recover faster than typical people when injured or poisoned, complementing the Life Seed.

As for vitality and blood? He actually doesn't need supplementation or nurturing!

The reason his blood can heal the Divine Egg's injuries is because he drives the green energy from his Dantian, fusing it into the blood.

The green energy is key!

The Life Seed continuously generates that green energy; he is never in short supply.

Therefore, in the ensuing treatments for the Divine Bird, he doesn't need to waste his own essence blood.

Every month, he spills some ordinary blood, camouflaging it as essence blood, blending it with the green energy, which suffices.

Of course, Li An also feigns a weakened state from losing essence blood; with the Life Seed's inducement, he pretends to have a deficit of vitality and blood, a deception that others cannot discern.

In a blink, the first month passed.

The Divine Bird was brought to Li An's residence; as agreed, it was the day for the Divine Bird to "drink blood."

In merely a month, the Divine Bird had shed its downy feathers, and was completely covered in light green feathers, growing to the size of a pigeon, with a fiery red beak and flame-like claws, showcasing its extraordinary bloodline.

Moreover, this bird had already reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer!

Only a month since birth!

The speed of this growth is truly defying the heavens.

No wonder even the Demon Dao giant Shangguan Xiaoxiao considered this Divine Bird to be of significant value…

If obtained, all current hardships and waiting would be worthwhile!

Li An remained calm, then activated his Profound Skill, and shortly after, suddenly slashed open his left palm.

The green Divine Bird immediately flew onto his hand, pecking at the blood flowing from his palm with its fiery red beak.

As the green bird pecked at Li An's blood, a faint layer of light blue shimmer flashed across its feathers, extremely mysterious.

Meanwhile, Li An's complexion gradually paled.

Beside him, the two Fake Pill cultivators, along with Jiang Ruoxu and Tan Qingxue, all had immensely satisfied expressions.

"It works indeed!"

Jiang Ruoxu praised, "Going forward like this, it won't take long for the main beast fusion ceremony to be officially held!"

His eyes were filled with anticipation.

The main beast fusion ceremony should have taken place earlier, but Tan Qingxue believed that the Divine Bird's ailment wasn't cured; if the ceremony proceeded directly, it might cause premature demise of the Divine Bird.

The clan also felt it unwise and ultimately decided to wait until the Divine Bird's ailment stabilized a bit and its Spiritual Sense was slightly nurtured before performing the main beast fusion ceremony.

Having this Divine Bird, his future position as the Patriarch is assured!

Much later.

Li An softly moaned, his complexion pale, beads of sweat covering his forehead, his eyes hollowed out, appearing emptied out, collapsed onto the table, exceedingly weak.

The Divine Bird turned and flew back to Jiang Ruoxu's side.

Jiang Ruoxu sensed the current state of the Divine Bird, smiled slightly, and commented satisfactorily, "Not bad, feeding with Spiritual Blood is indeed effective…"

"The growth of the Divine Bird is rapid, Wu Qin, the Honored Guest Elder needs to endure a bit, please ask the young master and the clan to consider increasing the Spirit Medicine provided to Wu Qin, the Honored Guest Elder, by three times every month!"

Tan Qingxue spoke with a smile.

Jiang Ruoxu also nodded, "Certainly!"

Providing Li An with Spirit Medicine was essentially paving his own way, so naturally, he wouldn't be stingy.

Yet, Li An, seemingly exhausted on the side, silently thought to himself, these two scoundrels…

Giving him more medicine is not for his benefit!

The nurturing and growth of essence blood follow a cycle, very slow; now with medicine being forcefully pushed, although it may yield a large amount of essence blood in a short time, the consequences are extremely severe.

Organ failure, depletion of Life Essence, ultimately leading to a shortened life.

"Someone—"

Jiang Ruoxu waved a hand, and someone stepped forward to assist Li An in swallowing a pill, which slowly dissolved within him, allowing Li An to finally regain a bit of strength to lift his head.

"Honored Chief Elder, next month I will send more Spirit Medicine to you."

Jiang Ruoxu rose, ready to leave, "My father values the Chief Elder greatly and has already commanded the clan members to gather materials to refine Primordial Spirit Pills for the Chief Elder, assuring you, our Jiang clan never neglects those who contribute greatly to us—"

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