Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 224 - 182: Xiang Yuntian Did Not Deceive Me (Long - )
Returning to Spirit Charm Mountain, Li An immediately checked the surroundings. Everything was as before, with intense battle sounds still echoing from the depths of the mountains.
The great battle was not over yet.
He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly proceeded to clean up the battlefield.
One Late-Stage True Core, one Early-Stage True Core, he removed all the storage bags and rings from their corpses and roughly scanned them. Li An discovered many items with markings but decided not to deal with them this time, simply taking everything as is.
He was only concerned that the two might have overly precious treasures with them. In that case, he would need to consider framing Xiang Yuntian.
After all, if word got out that he possessed some treasure, it might lead to trouble.
However, although the two had many good items, they were all within the normal range for the True Core realm.
So taking everything was very normal. After all, he participated in this battle, and if he got nothing, wouldn’t that be even stranger and draw more attention?
Moreover, in this battle, surely many would die. Mountain Master Bai and Mountain Master Jie’s two camps were opposing each other with casualties on both sides. His gains would not be particularly noticed.
Only for his dead puppet, he had already carefully screened the items in the storage bags and rings, destroying any with markings.
After all, in his arranged plan, this dead puppet was going to chase Xiang Yuntian. If any items appeared on it, it would be a major flaw.
Li An was quite regretted that these two True Core corpses had to be wasted.
Using Demon Skill could capture the Yin energy and flesh strength from the corpses.
But in doing so, the bodies would be destroyed, and he would be exposed, so he decided to leave them alone.
After collecting the spoils, Li An dismantled the arrays he set up to avoid being discovered.
He only left one on Spiritual Serenity Peak!
Thus, he no longer bothered to conceal himself further, staying on Spiritual Serenity Peak, quietly waiting...
...
Until the early hours of the second day, the battle finally came to an end. In between, many cultivators fled across Spirit Charm Mountain, but none had any interaction with Li An.
Li An, sensing these people’s escape, already guessed the outcome.
Mountain Master Bai should have achieved a great victory!
...
By the evening of the first day, someone finally arrived at the place.
"There were actually a Late-Stage True Core and an Early-Stage True Core dead here?"
The people who came were Zhou Libai and her husband. They were quite shocked looking at the traces of battle and the corpses.
Li An activated the Spiritual Serenity Peak array and walked out, saying:
"Daoist friends, you have finally returned--"
Seeing Li An was still alive, the couple was even more surprised. They exchanged glances and quickly landed on Spiritual Serenity Peak.
"Friend Lin, what... exactly happened?"
Zhou Libai asked while examining Li An.
Li An’s aura was chaotic, his face a little pale. He seemed to be seriously injured!
"Last night, someone launched a surprise attack from Black Leaf Forest. I was in closed-door cultivation when fortunately, Daoist Xiang Yuntian discovered it in time. A loud shout echoed through the mountains..."
Li An began narrating.
In his description, Xiang Yuntian detected the enemy, who then sent three True Core cultivators to attack Spirit Charm Mountain.
A fierce battle ensued. Li An, hiding within Spiritual Serenity Peak, relied on his Rank Three array for protection.
Eventually, Xiang Yuntian, in a frenzy, slew two people but was himself grievously wounded, chased madly by another Mid-Stage True Core cultivator, and had already fled his whereabouts unknown... 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Hearing this, Zhou Libai and her husband were stunned!
"Xiang Yuntian is indeed so formidable..."
Ba Jijian couldn’t help but exclaim.
In reality, Xiang Yuntian’s combat power was truly formidable. With Mid-Stage True Core cultivation, he was able to kill a Late-Stage True Core and heavily injure a Mid-Stage, which was quite remarkable.
The key was that a cultivator like Xiang Yuntian, due to poverty, essentially had no magical artifacts, talismans, or other external items.
Relying solely on his sword!
"This person is truly vicious and ruthless..."
Zhou Libai also spoke, her beautiful eyes turning to Li An, saying, "Daoist Lin, according to you, Xiang Yuntian fled in haste while the other pursued closely. So the rings and such on these two corpses..."
They had already checked and found they were all taken.
Li An shook his head, "I don’t know either, maybe Xiang Yuntian took them during the chaos--"
Zhou Libai muttered furiously, cunning as a ghost. She already guessed that the items on these two True Core cultivators probably ended up with Li An, feeling a bit envious for a moment.
"Daoist Zhou, how did the matter with the Demon Transformation go?"
Li An proceeded to ask.
"Don’t mention it!"
Zhou Libai sighed deeply, utterly disappointed, "The people of Mountain Master Jie came to kill, an ambush was originally arranged, but many still rushed into the Demon Transformation Pool, causing chaos. Amidst the confusion, the Demon Transformation Flower prepared for Young Lord Great Lizard went missing."
"Young Lord Great Lizard was also severely wounded, and now the demon transformation cannot proceed. Several cultivators proficient in Spirit Beast healing are attending to him, but it’s said that restoration might require special Spiritual Blood or spiritual items..."
This is precisely why she was very envious of Li An.
She went to find Jiang Ribai, paid a huge price, and offered herself, so she could enter the core of this grand plan, understand the full scope, and participate in it.
If successful, the rewards would be very generous!
She would gain contributions to replace her Grade B Spirit Vein and might even exchange for one or two Rank Four items from the Mountain Master.
As a result...
Everything fell apart!
The Mountain Master flew into a rage, Jiang Ribai, the head of the entire plan, was punished, and the couple was also implicated, with many contributions deducted, forcing them to return to Spirit Charm Mountain.
