Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 279 - 206: Li An’s Terrifying Status Among the Demon Race
Fleeing from the northwest direction of the Chaotic Peak Forest.
Li An used the aura of the Life Seed to conceal himself, fully releasing his Divine Sense to perceive everything within hundreds of miles. Detecting Fei Tiancheng pursuing towards the southeast, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Immediately following, he quickly retreated back to his palace.
Regardless of whether his plan succeeded or not, it was time to prepare to escape!
In fact, Li An’s confidence in his plan... was only fifty percent at first.
It greatly depended on luck!
— The scheme he devised was deception.
He had Jia Man privately reveal a piece of information to the mountain masters around the Chaotic Peak Forest.
Several decades ago, when the Celestial Demon Secret Realm opened, the poison of the Celestial Demon erupted, already infiltrating the Evil Veins, turning most of them into Poison Veins!
Then, he had Jia Man gather a large amount of poison, integrating it into the Evil Veins in Luoyue Valley and the areas of Luo Lin and Han Zhao.
One piece of information, paired with several Poison Veins.
Li An truly couldn’t change all the Evil Veins of Celestial Killer Mountain, but as long as the people from Immortal Talent Hall believed it, that was enough.
Cognition determines behavior.
When the people from Immortal Talent Hall hesitated, Jia Man would mobilize the army to counterattack, and there’s a high probability that the people from Immortal Talent Hall would retreat.
This was Li An’s conjecture.
But now, upon seeing the strength of these people from Immortal Talent Hall... Li An reckons that the success rate of his plan might have dropped to thirty percent.
Because these people were too strong.
As long as they invaded other places and inspected the Evil Veins in other areas, they would see through this plan and learn the truth—
The Evil Veins of Celestial Killer Mountain had not become Poison Veins!
"Sir, what should we do next?"
Gu Xuanting asked.
"Closely monitor and promptly report the areas where battles occur."
Li An said.
As long as the people from Immortal Talent Hall launched attacks on other regions, it would mean his plan had failed.
Then he could pack up and leave.
In fact, Li An had already packed up his things—
...
"According to the map we obtained, there is an Evil Vein in this place, which is highly likely to be one of the entrances to the Celestial Demon Secret Realm... just ahead!"
Chen Chaofeng pulled out a map.
If the upper echelons of the Taiyi Sect were present, they would be extremely shocked because this map was identical to the one they obtained from Zhao Changkong.
The Evil Vein of Luoyue Valley was situated in the Luoyue Pit.
Inside the depression in the earth, the murky yellow Evil Qi stagnated, preventing everyone from seeing its appearance clearly.
They approached the Luoyue Pit, then two servants advanced inside first.
"No..."
Soon after, these two servants walked out with difficulty, their faces turning blue, eyes bulging. One of them managed to utter: "It’s poisonous..."
and collapsed!
Everyone was immensely surprised.
What was going on?
Fei Tianqi frowned slightly and personally went forward to feel it.
"There’s a problem; this Evil Vein is poisonous!"
He spoke, his expression gloomy: "The toxicity is extraordinary; this Evil Vein is entirely useless—"
"What on earth is going on? Could the Taiyi Sect’s information be false?"
The Nascent Soul Level cultivator frowned: "Did they deliberately lure us here to harm us?"
Fei Tianqi shook his head: "No, this is too obvious, probably not a problem with the Taiyi Sect. In my opinion, this Evil Vein seems polluted at the root..."
"Investigate and spread out to inspect everywhere!"
They immediately spread out towards other regions; some servants returned to the territories of Luo Lin and Han Zhao to inspect the Evil Veins. Meanwhile, Wang Huayu and others directly invaded the territories of nearby mountain masters.
For a while, battles occurred in many nearby places.
These cultivators examined many nearby Evil Veins.
But the results obtained were all the same... They all contained a large amount of poison.
"What is really going on? So many Evil Veins have all turned into Poison Veins, and are useless to us!"
"Could it be that all the Evil Veins of Celestial Killer Mountain have similar problems?"
"That shouldn’t be..."
Even Fei Tianqi returned with a gloomy expression, throwing a True Core cultivator whom he had beaten half to death in front of everyone:
"I asked; decades ago, the army of the Vermilion Bird King opened a Celestial Demon Secret Realm in Celestial Killer Mountain. At that time, the Celestial Demon Corpse contained toxicity, spreading and polluting all the Evil Veins..."
Everyone’s expression changed!
"Is this... true?"
"If it is true, then Celestial Killer Mountain is useless to us."
Everyone frowned.
Fei Tianqi said: "It cannot be ruled out as Jia Man’s scheme..."
The Nascent Soul cultivator shook his head: "No, with so many Evil Veins, if it were man-made, how much poison would it take to consume? Jia Man, a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator, does not have such power to mobilize so many resources."
"To mobilize so much poison to pollute the Spirit Veins of Celestial Killer Mountain, it would be more straightforward to send a team to guard, which would be cheaper!"
"Furthermore, Celestial Killer Mountain now holds no strategic significance to the Demon Race; doing this holds no value. No, it’s unlikely to be man-made!"
This does not align with logic.
And just at this moment, from all directions of Celestial Killer Mountain, the cries of battle resounded—
"Kill, capture Fei Tianqi, reward with Nascent Soul Pill!"
"Charge! For the Nascent Soul Pill, let’s go all out!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Amidst the vast skies, countless cries of battle suddenly echoed to the heavens--
"Jia Man sees we have no reinforcements, finally realizes, and wants to surround and kill us... Heh heh, Senior Brother, take out the item and eliminate all the cultivators here!"
Chen Chaofeng spoke to Fei Tianqi, smiling slightly, rather expectantly.
"So much blood and flesh from the cultivators, truly a grand feast..."
Wang Huayu also smiled.
Although they were talents of the Immortal Talent Hall, they were definitely not fools.
The Celestial Killer Mountain may be vulnerable, but it still has hundreds of True Core cultivators stationed, and Jia Man at the Nascent Soul Level.
No matter how capable their dozen fellows are, it’s impossible to annihilate them all by sheer strength.
In fact, when they initially arrived, the entire Celestial Killer Mountain was gripped with fear, thus retracting their defenses, not daring to strike.
Now it seems Jia Man discovered there’s no large troops at the rear and gathered forces for a counterattack.
Yet, they were undaunted, for they brought a true superweapon this time!
But Fei Tianqi was somewhat hesitant.
He brought the superweapon for the Celestial Demon Corpse in the Celestial Demon Secret Realm.
But now, if all the Evil Qi in the Celestial Killer Mountain is polluted with toxins, and the Celestial Demon Corpse is gone, then using that superweapon... is wasteful!
Very wasteful!
As he hesitated, a servant quickly arrived from the rear, gasping for breath, saying, "Reporting, sir, people from Taiyi Sect... have arrived, now at Celestial Evil City!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the scene was surprised.
"Taiyi Sect wants to take down the Celestial Killer Mountain, help their elites compete for the Saint Child position... Now that we’re here, of course they would come."
The Nascent Soul cultivator squinted slightly, "Any news from that side?"
The servant said, "Yes, the latest news is that they have obtained all the maps of Celestial Killer Mountain, but currently the maps remain confidential. Additionally, they seem to have received reliable information that all Evil Veins of Celestial Killer Mountain have turned into Poisonous Evil, because decades ago, the toxins from the Celestial Demon Corpse leaked..."
This news changed everyone’s expressions!
"Damn, it’s true!"
"Came for nothing!"
Everyone cursed and swore.
The Nascent Soul cultivator also waved his sleeve, saying, "Seems there’s no doubt about this, staying here is meaningless, let’s leave--"
Fei Tianqi finally nodded, "Call my brother back, let’s retreat."
...
Despite wanting to retreat, the people of Immortal Talent Hall still went through a fierce battle.
Initially unharmed, they left behind several servants’ corpses, two Nascent Souls combined forces to pave the way, and not having ventured deep into Celestial Killer Mountain, they finally retreated.
...
"It’s done!"
Meanwhile, at the rear command, Jia Man also breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling some admiration, "Lin An, truly a man of great strategy, from now on, Celestial Killer Mountain will find peace..."
"Sadly, so much poison..."
He recalled, feeling pained.
After Lin An shared the plan with him, he immediately informed the Demon Realm.
According to Lin An’s plan, several main Evil Veins within Luoyue Valley and the areas of Luo Lin and Han Zhao needed to be "poisoned," which required too much toxin...
He initially thought the Demon Realm wouldn’t provide so much, since this is essentially a waste, withdrawal would be better.
But the amount of poison sent by the Demon Realm... exceeded Lin An’s needs tenfold!
At that moment, Jia Man was shocked, so much toxin... Unless collected by the entire Demon Realm’s might, how could so much be gathered in a short time??
This meant Lin An’s plan actually got the Demon Realm’s high-level approval and support?
Moreover, along with the massive amount of toxin, came a command: whatever Lin An intended, Jia Man should cooperate at all costs!
Jia Man profoundly recognized... how terrifying Lin An’s influence and status must be.
Such a big figure, hidden in the Celestial Killer Mountain, so low-key?! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Considering Lin An’s usual respectful and courteous demeanor towards him, without arrogance or flamboyance, he felt Lin An was extremely frightening.
The true identity of Lin An within the Demon Race... he dared not guess, nor speak of it, only silently played his role well.
Because the amount of poison from the Demon Realm was too excessive, he refined Lin An’s plan and also poisoned a large area around, contaminating the Evil Veins there...
Therefore, the external probing by Immortal Talent Hall did not uncover Li An’s plan...
Then, he led an assault.
Indeed, the enemy retreated...
"From now on, I must cling to Lin An’s support--"
Lin An, courageous and wise, with terrifying background and origins, such a person... is the greatest opportunity!
...
And Li An, who had begun his escape, heard the transmitted triumph...
He froze in place, becoming somewhat bewildered.
What’s happening??
Something doesn’t seem right, according to the message, after Fei Tianqi and others reached Luoyue Valley, battles erupted in the areas overseen by Mountain Masters Cao and Long.
The Evil Veins in those areas weren’t poisoned.
So his plan should have failed...
Yet, the failure led to success??
What’s going on...
...
