Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 338 - 234: A Divorce Letter (Long - ) (Part 4)
Beside her, there was another young man, his presence as graceful as jade, a gentleman with a folding fan in hand, a gentle smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
The two walked together, like a golden boy and jade girl, a perfect match, rendering everyone else in the hall somewhat dim by comparison.
Seeing this woman, Li An felt a slight stir in his heart.
Tan Qingxue...
Since their parting upon entering Dao Sect, thirty-two years had passed.
In those thirty-two years, she never sought out Li An, nor came to see him even once.
And now she was here.
With someone else by her side.
She was more beautiful, her cultivation more advanced; her companion perfectly suited, while Li An was pale, his hair and beard silver, his posture slightly hunched like a consumptive ghost, seeming as if he might die at any moment... utterly wretched.
"Fellow Daoist Li,"
Before Li An could speak, Tan Qingxue had already begun, her demeanor cold, "I came today with a matter that requires disturbing you."
Li An’s face remained somewhat pale, and he said, "Fellow Daoist Tan, feel free to speak. If it’s within my ability, I will certainly try my best."
Tan Qingxue handed a sheet of paper to Li An, saying, "You and I once shared a marital bond at the Emperor Origin Realm’s Qingyang marketplace. Today, I’ve come to settle this matter and ask Fellow Daoist Li for a divorce letter to sever the karmic ties—"
The man beside her smiled, his gaze falling on Li An’s face.
Li An wasn’t panic-stricken, just inexplicably baffled, as he took the paper, glanced at it briefly, then, without thinking, without hesitation, picked up a pen and wrote down his name.
He then handed it to Tan Qingxue, smiled, and said, "I wish Fellow Daoist Tan an early match with a worthy partner, a smooth journey on the Dao, and a long flourish in the Immortal Dao—"
Yet in Tan Qingxue’s eyes, there seemed some inexplicable complexity; perhaps before coming, she hadn’t expected Li An would concede so directly?
Without the slightest remorse...
"Thanks."
Tan Qingxue spoke, took the divorce letter, and with a flick of her hand, it turned to ashes.
"Yunxiao, let’s go."
She spoke to the man beside her. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
The man said, "Okay."
Then his aura was suddenly released, the cultivation of Divinity Transformation Stage vibrated through the hall, immediately alerting an array, its luminescence locking onto everyone present.
"Who dares cause trouble here!"
A booming voice sounded, and Xu Wanshou appeared directly in the hall, staring at the man beside Tan Qingxue with a tightly furrowed brow, saying, "Li Yunxiao, what are you doing?!"
Li Yunxiao spread his hands and smiled, saying, "Elder Xu, I’m just informing you that your nephew-in-law Dai Xiongtian and Luo Zijie were here bullying an old and feeble person, won’t you come and take a look?"
Elder Xu’s face turned extremely unpleasant.
"Let’s go."
Li Yunxiao left the hall calmly with Tan Qingxue.
Everyone watched their backs, while Dai Xiongtian and Luo Zijie’s eyes were filled with endless hatred; Li An was expressionless, yet his heart felt cold. Just now, when Li Yunxiao released his cultivation, it didn’t just trigger the array...
It almost suffocated him, as if his throat were being choked!
It was a living threat, a blatant bullying.
"Li An, are you okay?"
Xu Wanshou drove away Dai Xiongtian and Luo Zijie, looked at Li An and asked.
Li An smiled slightly, saying, "I’m fine, thank you, Elder—"
"I left just now due to urgent matters, as the sect notified that in a few years, the Celestial Performance Dao Realm will open, along with the Artifact Forging Convention, in which all members of the sect’s seven Scripture Pavilions must participate."
Xu Wanshou explained.
Li An didn’t care much for his explanation, but... participate in the Celestial Performance Dao Realm??
"Including us?" he asked.
"Yes."
Xu Wanshou said plainly, "You must prepare in advance. If you can contribute enough during the Artifact Forging Convention for the Dao Sect in artifact forging, you could extend your life by a century..."
Li An said, "I heard the Celestial Performance Dao Realm requires continuous combat? Are we going in there to fight with people from Dao Sect?"
"Exactly."
Xu Wanshou said, "This time, using combat to forge artifacts is intended to create the strongest killing technique, and you will face many challengers."
Li An understood.
Whetstones.
Within Dao Sect, is there anyone more suitable as a whetstone than those big shots from Profound Turtle Peak?
In reality, they are all firmly sealed, not daring to relax, but within the Celestial Performance Dao Realm, every ounce of their value can be fully extracted.
The misfortune is, even those big shots being considered whetstones is understandable, but Li An... is simply misfortune.
For someone of his cultivation level, he has no qualification, yet because he entered Profound Turtle Peak, he probably can’t escape either...
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