Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 202 - 175: Changing Sides Before Battle, Killing Jiang Rilan (Extended - )
Worried about the Jiang Clan’s expedition, Li An returned to the Jiang family after a few days.
After all, there were still many things he needed to prepare for over there.
...
Half a month later.
He returned to Yan Country.
However, he did not return directly to the Jiang Clan.
Instead, he bypassed the Four Sceneries Mountain Range at the edge of Great Li and the Jiang Clan, sneaking into the north of Great Li.
A great war between the Jiang Clan and Great Li was inevitable, and early planning and layout were Li An’s usual style.
Even though he had already walked the route once before, Li An was extremely cautious, running simulations repeatedly.
As he saw it, during Jiang Ribai’s reign, there were two main issues: internal problems within the Jiang family, with Jiang Rilan planning to kill Jiang Ribai, and the non-participation of Yan Country.
This time, the Jiang Clan was united, and Yan Country took it quite seriously; the scale would be much larger, and the war more brutal.
Li An thought carefully that if the Jiang Clan’s battle situation was steady, they would certainly keep him at Xingluo Mountain, not letting him leave.
But if the front line collapsed, even requiring Nascent Soul-level experts to fight, he would likely be headed to the battlefield as well.
Both possibilities required preparation.
He hovered in many places, and in the end, set up numerous arrays along the way!
Over the years, he still had dozens of Tier Two arrays left and had placed two sets of Rank Three arrays in key locations.
After doing all this, he found his puppet Zhao Yi to learn about recent developments in Great Li.
Currently, Great Li was at its peak; in the northern part of Great Li, the former Divine Sword Sect and Hundred Beasts Sect had been completely absorbed by Great Li. It was said that Celestial Yang City now had a Nascent Soul-level expert stationed.
After finishing all this, over ten days later, Li An finally returned to the Jiang Clan in Qing Province.
...
He reported the findings on Jiang Ribai’s search to Jiang Rilan, which yielded no results, but Jiang Rilan didn’t comment much, since Jiang Ribai had been away from the Jiang Clan for a long time and capturing him in a short time was evidently difficult.
"The Jiang Clan’s expedition is imminent; you must prepare vast quantities of Spiritual Food... this is of utmost importance, at all costs."
Returning to South Spirit Peak, he quickly found Sun Jinxue and arranged a series of matters.
He was to procure Spiritual Food, purchase vast amounts of talisman paper, talisman brushes, pills, formation materials, and various kinds of Divine Gold, among others.
All preparations for fleeing the Jiang Clan later.
Meanwhile, he went into seclusion to make arrays and talismans.
Currently, he had nearly a thousand high-quality Rank Three talismans!
But he was severely lacking in Rank Three arrays, with only two left, both still at Great Li.
Mainly because Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s talisman inheritance, originating from the Demon Sect, had strange and peculiar arrays that defied logic, making them hard to learn even for someone as well-versed in arrays as Li An.
The difficulty of creating them was not small.
Of course, the power of these arrays was far greater than ordinary Rank Three arrays, even reaching the "Sub-Tier Four" level.
Even a Late-Stage True Core expert would have to pay a significant price if they encountered these arrays!
Li An’s goal was ten sets of Rank Three arrays and two thousand Rank Three talismans!
Combined with the four Rank Three artifacts he currently possessed, he might not be without a chance against a Late-Stage True Core opponent.
Li An deeply felt that time and energy were insufficient!
Frantically creating talismans and arrays, his absorption of Lunar Qi and cultivation of the Golden Treasure Skill had involuntarily slowed down...
Moreover, he had to occasionally go out to plan and prepare for escape matters.
After all, if he didn’t go to the front line but stayed at the Jiang Clan, he needed to consider from where to flee and how to arrange routes for when Great Li attacked...
"Why has the Divine Bird’s cultivation speed slowed down as well?"
Besides, Li An was quite puzzled.
The Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow, originally gaining a thousand miles a day with cultivation far surpassing human cultivators, now inexplicably showed signs of slowing towards his pace...
Could it be that after absorbing the Life Seed aura, it was also affected?
After all, the characteristic of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill is... slow.
The cultivation speed would be very slow!
Nonetheless, Li An did not bother much and focused intently on preparing for the great war.
...
In the blink of an eye, a year passed by.
After a year, Li An finally devised four preliminary routes to flee from the Jiang family.
If Great Li indeed attacked, the Jiang Clan would surely unite to face the enemy.
He would find an opportunity to slip away!
"Over the year, our clan’s preparations are complete, ten days later, deploy troops against the Li Dynasty!"
Jiang Rilan convened a secret meeting with the core elders.
Li An learned that, besides the Jiang Clan, many other forces from Yan Country would participate this time.
This war could very well escalate into a decisive battle between Great Li and Yan Country.
After hours of deliberation, the combat plan was finally formulated.
As Li An expected, he wasn’t included in the first wave!
Jiang Rihua was responsible for the vanguard attack while the True Core Elders Jiang Richu and Jiang Ridong would flank and support, along with other Yan Country forces advancing together.
Li An said nothing about this, as he now needed only to calmly wait for the chance to escape.
...
Ten days later.
The Jiang Clan’s army invaded Great Li.
Instantly, both Yan Country and Great Li were shaken.
In the initial three days, Yan Country’s forces swept deep through the territory, sweeping the Northern Territory of Great Li invincibly.
But after just a day, the latest battle report shocked the entire Jiang Clan:
The Yan Country coalition suffered a devastating defeat.
A Nascent Soul-level ancestor of the Jiang Clan was killed, and the True Core Elders Jiang Rihua and Jiang Ridong were brutally slain, with only Jiang Richu escaping back, although crippled!
The battle report left Jiang Rilan collapsing into the chair of the council hall, speechless for a long time!
A Nascent Soul ancestor perished!
How many years had it been since such an event occurred in the Jiang Clan?
The Jiang family had only three Nascent Souls in total!
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