Lingyun Sect, inside a certain room.
Ji Chen took half an hour to finally accept the fact of his reincarnation.
In his previous life, he was a renowned prodigy known across the world, a Pill and Martial Arts Dual Expert. At just twenty years old, he had already refined a Ninth Grade Elixir, reaching the Half-Saint Realm, and was hailed as a peerless genius.
Unfortunately, during a trip to the Ancient Ruins, he accidentally stumbled into an Ancient Killing Array, activating its core and meeting an unseemly end.
When he awoke again, he found himself here, his soul attached to the body of a young man with the same name as his own.
Ji Chen, the Young Sect Leader of Lingyun Sect, was a notorious playboy, now eighteen years old but still stuck at the Eighth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
The majority of Lingyun Sect disciples his age had already reached the level of the Vein Condensation Realm.
The path of cultivation starts with Qi Refining, followed by Vein Condensation, Spirit Transformation, Gui Xu...
Each major realm is divided into nine layers.
As the Young Sect Leader of Lingyun Sect, Ji Chen had spent years neglecting proper behavior, indulging in food and play, and often teasing the female sect disciples.
Due to this, his reputation within Lingyun Sect was extremely poor.
Were it not for his father being the current Sect Leader of Lingyun Sect, Ji Chen's actions over the years would have led to his cultivation being abolished and his expulsion from the Sect.
Just a few days ago, while having fun in 'Yang City' closest to Lingyun Sect, Ji Chen got into a conflict with someone from the 'Celestial Profound Sect' and was severely beaten, then carried back to Lingyun Sect.
Not only did he not receive any sympathy from the fellow disciples of Lingyun Sect, but many were secretly glad, feeling that Ji Chen deserved it.
After lying in bed for three days and nights, Ji Chen ultimately died from his severe injuries. However, because of this, another Ji Chen crossed over, his soul attaching to his body, with the two now united as one.
"Eighth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm..."
"That's too weak, my former self could blow away eighty thousand of them with one breath."
Ji Chen couldn't help but mutter to himself, and most importantly, the original owner of this body had such an appallingly bad reputation.
The Lingyun Sect is one of the three major sects within the Chu Kingdom, and his name as a playboy is known throughout the kingdom.
Being a playboy or not, Ji Chen didn't really care. In his opinion, as long as one had strength, these so-called bad reputations were insignificant.
"Let's see what the talent of this body is like first."
Thinking this, he quickly sat cross-legged on the bed, closing his eyes to enter a state of cultivation.
Drawing on memories from his previous life, he began to cultivate a secret technique known as the 'Supreme Scripture.'
This was an Ancient Scripture of the Great Emperor, which Ji Chen had come across by chance in his previous life, and it was thanks to this Supreme Scripture that he managed to cultivate to the Half-Saint Realm by the age of twenty.
If it weren't for the accident, Ji Chen was confident he could become an emperor before the age of thirty.
Alas, everything had now become the past.
He had to start over from scratch.
...
"Buzz!"
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed.
To Ji Chen's delight, the talent of this body wasn't as bad as he had imagined.
After two hours of effort, he finally grasped the entry-level of the Supreme Scripture and could use it to cultivate.
With the help of the Supreme Scripture, he frantically absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surrounding his body, and his cultivation speed increased at least tenfold compared to before.
"Bang!"
Finally, after another half hour passed.
Inside Ji Chen's body, a muffled explosion sounded, as if some bottleneck had been broken.
At that moment, his cultivation broke through, reaching the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm all at once.
"Whew!"
After a long exhale, Ji Chen felt his entire being become much more spirited.
"Although the Supreme Scripture assists, this rate of improvement is still not enough, and there are way too many impurities in this body. I need to find time to refine a 'Body Tempering Pill' to remove these impurities, which should further enhance my cultivation speed."
He muttered to himself.
But then another issue came to mind: although the Body Tempering Pill is just a common Second Grade elixir, not just anyone can easily refine it.
Firstly, you need to be an Alchemist.
Moreover, to become an Alchemist, such people are one in thousands.
Within everyone's forehead lies the Palace Sea.
Similar to the Spiritual Sea used for storing Spiritual Power, these are the two main sources of the human body. Once damaged, it can jeopardize one's life, allowing no room for error.
The Palace Sea is where Spiritual Power and Divine Sense reside.
Whether one can become an Alchemist depends on the strength of the Spiritual Power within their Palace Sea.
Ji Chen closed his eyes, sitting cross-legged for a while, then released his Spiritual Power.
To his surprise, his current Spiritual Power was much stronger than he had imagined.
Not knowing the exact reason, Ji Chen speculated it might be related to his soul having reincarnated.
"With the current strength of this Spiritual Power, I can refine a Second Grade Body Tempering Pill, and I might even attempt Third Grade elixirs." He confidently spoke.
"Ji Chen junior, are you there?"
At this time, a gentle voice echoed from outside, clearly belonging to a woman.
Ji Chen was slightly startled, then mildly replied, "Come in."
The door was pushed open, revealing a young woman in a pink long dress, appearing twenty-three or twenty-four years old.
Fang Qingyao.
From his memories, Ji Chen knew that the woman in front of him was the senior sister of Lingyun Sect, and also the Direct Disciple of his father, the current Sect Leader Ji Xiaotian of Lingyun Sect.
"Senior sister, did you need something?" Recognizing the visitor, Ji Chen instinctively asked.
Fang Qingyao was momentarily stunned, finding Ji Chen's way of speaking surprisingly polite.
After all, this playboy Young Sect Leader had often teased her verbally.
Thinking of his actions over the years in Lingyun Sect, Fang Qingyao's face returned to a cold expression, speaking in a calm tone, "Master sent me to deliver a message, to ask you to go to the main hall."
"For what matter?" Ji Chen asked in confusion.
In his memories, because of his playboy reputation, he had essentially been left alone by his father over the years, hardly contacting him.
Moreover, the main hall was a place for discussing serious matters, his father never summoned him there.
Fang Qingyao remained silent, her gaze on Ji Chen somewhat strange, before finally saying, "Seems like people from the 'Purple Cloud Sect' have arrived. I've delivered the message; whether you go or not is up to you."
After speaking, she turned to leave the room, not forgetting to close the door behind her.