Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 185 - 169: Breaking Through to Golden Core (Extended - )
The second part of the Golden Treasure Skill has also been refined.
"These rubbish cultivation techniques, are they really worth your excitement?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao mercilessly struck, "This is just the basic skill of the Buddhist Sect. The disciples of the Buddhist Sect practice it upon entry. What others can complete by the age of forty, you’ve only reached the second step at nearly three hundred..."
"Do you know what the historical record says about innate Demon Bodies and their cultivation at the age of three hundred?"
Li An said, "What?"
"At least the Divinity Transformation Stage!"
She felt some hatred for his failure to meet expectations.
This is an innate Demon Body...
The concept of an innate Demon Body is that even the top-level Buddhist Body of the Buddhist Sect can only compare with Li An, yet Li An is wasting his life like this...
Only barely peeking at Core Formation after three hundred years?
If word got out, the reputation of an innate Demon Body would be utterly tarnished...
Li An couldn’t help but be taken aback, three hundred years to Divinity Transformation...
Such a genius, he had never heard of!
Is this the terrifying nature of the Spirit Realm?
But he was only surprised for a moment, without much turmoil.
He knew his own business well; he wasn’t an innate Demon Body, just fortunate to have stumbled upon a special cultivation technique...
Take it slow.
Evergreen through the ages.
"The Divine Bird has already reached Tier Two Perfection, in the next year or two, it should attempt to break through to Core Formation..."
Thinking of the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow, Li An pondered.
The Jiang Clan has already set a plan in motion, using the destiny-driven vigor evoked by the Divine Bird during Core Formation, along with the abundant blood provided by Li An, to eliminate the last bit of roots of its illness in the Divine Bird’s body—
This means, Li An’s opportunity has finally arrived.
When the Divine Bird forms its core, the celestial phenomenon triggered is incredibly astonishing. Li An would take advantage of this moment to break through to Golden Core alongside the Divine Bird, so that no one would be able to notice...
"Wu Shouqing,"
A Fake Pill cultivator brought the Divine Bird over.
The current Divine Bird, its size has grown to be as big as an eagle, incredibly majestic, with eyes sharp as knives and aura dormant like a volcano.
In fact, this is the Divine Bird under its controlled size, in battle, this Divine Bird can reach two to three meters in height, with a wingspan of seven to eight meters!
"As per the plan, this is the last feeding of the year, your effort is appreciated—"
The Fake Pill cultivator cupped his hands towards Li An, Li An cut open his palm, and the Divine Bird flew over, landing on his wrist, lowering its head to peck his fresh blood.
Li An’s face turned pale, his body lightly convulsing...
But at this moment, he quietly utilized his Primordial Spirit to engage in some sort of mysterious communication with the Divine Bird...
This communication was incredibly subtle, never discovered by anyone before.
Yet it was a mutual understanding formed between one person and one bird.
Li An was very satisfied with this communication.
After consuming the blood, the Divine Bird flew back.
"By the way, there is also someone who wants to meet Wu Shouqing, what do you think?" the Fake Pill cultivator asked.
"Who might it be?"
"Jiang Ruoli." The Fake Pill cultivator said slowly.
Li An’s heart slightly tensed, Jiang Ruoli...
What does she want to discuss with him?
Soon after.
Jiang Ruoli walked into Li An’s abode.
After years apart, she was already in her forties, but her cultivation had approached Foundation Establishment, and the Jiang family must have given her secret youth-preserving medicine, so she still looked like a young maiden of eighteen or nineteen.
"I pay my respects to Wu Shouqing,"
Jiang Ruoli looked at Li An’s haggard and weak appearance, her eyes unknowingly reddening a little, yet she lowered her head and saluted.
"Miss Ruoli... please rise quickly, how can Wu bear this."
Ruoli stood up and said, "Wu Shouqing, can your body still hold up?"
Li An was quite puzzled. Jiang Ruoli, over the years, should no longer be the core of the clan, yet she knew about him feeding the Divine Bird...
"Barely," Li An said.
"Mm, Ruoli came this time, hoping to ask Wu Shouqing for a favor..."
Li An was even more puzzled.
"Ruoli is about to marry Young Master Ruoxu, but Ruoli has no father or mother, and no relatives in the Jiang family... So I wish to ask Shouqing to escort Ruoli in marriage, and to receive the tea ceremony of Ruoli and her husband, to witness the marriage for me..."
She spoke calmly, but Li An was momentarily stunned.
Jiang Ruoli was going to marry Jiang Ruoxu...
This, he wasn’t surprised by.
Jiang Ruoli’s talent was too strong, rare in hundreds of years, her bloodline, the Jiang family wouldn’t waste it.
Moreover, since she was the Patriarch’s descendant, marrying her off means she must be the principal wife.
All of this was normal.
But what surprised him was that Jiang Ruoli actually invited him...
To give her hand in marriage and receive her and her groom’s tea ceremony... This meant that at that time, Li An’s status would be equivalent to her closest elder.
The father drinks the tea... she has no father.
So, she came to find Li An.
Li An’s heart pinched slightly, but he still calmly said:
"Over at Taining Village, the elders who raised you would be more suitable..."
Li An didn’t want to meddle, Jiang Ruoli invited him to the wedding, but if he accepted, it meant his status would then be higher than Jiang Ruoxu, Jiang Ruoxu would have to treat him as an elder, to offer him tea...
Why bother?
Everything is currently going smoothly, Li An doesn’t want complications arising from this.
Upon his words ending, Jiang Ruoli raised her eyes, her eyes already glistening: "Master, they’re all dead, in that battle, everyone in the village was slaughtered, Lihua failed to protect them!..."
"Lihua only has you left as Master..."
"Please, Master... you must attend!"
Even though a Fake Pill cultivator from the Jiang Clan was there, she still gritted her teeth: "This is the last thing Lihua can do for Master—"
"Escort Miss Ruoli back to the manor!" the Fake Pill cultivator immediately waved.
Jiang Ruoli left.
Li An’s heart was shaken, Lihua’s last words made him understand Lihua’s intention...
Lihua... is saving him!
Clearly, Lihua is well aware of his current situation.
Therefore, at this wedding, she wanted Li An to attend in this capacity.
