Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 354 - 239: Fish Leaping into the Vast Ocean (Long - )
Gu Canye’s mind raced as he said, "Tan Qingxue, if you have doubts, I suggest you go to her first. She was the first to visit Li An. She never paid attention to Li An before, so why was she the first to arrive after Li An’s death?"
Xiang Yuntian, whose gathering of obsession and madness seemed to have finally found an outlet, suddenly turned around, holding his sword, burst forth with an astonishing sword light, and flew straight towards the Demon Ancestor Peak!
"Master!"
An Li’s face changed dramatically, hastily followed.
However, Gu Canye looked in the direction where Xiang Yuntian had left, his expression so gloomy. He turned back, looked at Li An’s grave, and his eyes seemed to hold deep guilt, saying, "If it really is as I suspect... then, I’m sorry."
"I will do my best to protect Xiang Yuntian. I promise you."
After saying this, he too turned into a beam of escape light and flew off.
Very soon.
On Heroic Sword Peak.
"Very good, very good... You all go find Xiang Yuntian, he already knows of Li An’s death. Now, add fuel to his fire, and that will be enough..."
Inside the cave, an old man was whispering with a smile.
Dai Xiongtian and Luo Zijie stood in front of him.
Bam!
Suddenly, a loud noise came from outside, and the door of the secret chamber was directly kicked open by someone.
The three of them looked up abruptly, only to see Gu Canye had already walked in.
In his left hand, he held something bloody, which was unexpectedly a severed hand!
Gu Canye spat out the grass root he was chewing on and threw the severed hand in front of the three, and the old man looked over, only to see Gu Canye’s right hand... had been cut off at the root! 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Who did this?!!"
The old man suddenly stood up, his eyes filled with shock and anger!
"I did."
Gu Canye looked calmly at the old man, "If you dare to let Xiang Yuntian destroy his Dao Heart, tomorrow you won’t see my severed hand, but my head."
The words were calm.
But in the secret chamber, the three of them were completely stunned.
The old man’s body was trembling slightly, saying, "You, you..."
"Li An died of natural causes, it has nothing to do with others, nothing to do with you all, and nothing to do with Xiang Yuntian."
"I won’t pursue what you’ve done for now, but if you dare to make a move on Xiang Yuntian, I’ll make you regret it."
"I’m only saying this once."
Gu Canye’s words were as heavy as a mountain!
The old man’s eyes, from anger, turned to confusion, then to desolation, and for a moment, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, as if something essential to his life had been drained out. He suddenly closed his eyes and said, "I promise you."
"Go, attach your hand, attach it immediately—"
His words were trembling.
Gu Canye smiled.
He knew he had won.
Xiang Yuntian, born from grief to anger, resentment, and guilt... if it is ultimately proven that Li An indeed died a natural death, with no relation to others, and suffered no wrongdoings in his lifetime, then Xiang Yuntian would only feel regret, and his Dao Heart would remain unbroken.
But if he were to find out that Li An died because of him...
He would go mad!
Therefore, under no circumstances, can Xiang Yuntian know the truth.
At least, not now!
And Gu Canye also knew, as long as he resolved things here, it would be enough. Although he suspected Li Yunxiao... Li Yunxiao would never admit it, and Xiang Yuntian had no evidence, which ultimately wouldn’t destroy anything.
...
Behind Profound Turtle Peak.
After Xiang Yuntian and the others left.
No one came here anymore.
In the vast Spirit Realm, besides Tan Qingxue and Xiang Yuntian, perhaps no one truly cared about Li An’s life or death anymore.
...
At this time.
Within the Scripture Pavilion, in the Demon Dao Scripture Building, Evil Fourteen and others were discussing techniques, but there was none of that fervent discussion and selfless exploring of the past, rather everyone was preoccupied, and their conversations were sporadic.
Xu Wanshou was still there.
"Soon..."
Tuoba Wanchong first couldn’t hold back, looking at the others.
"Such a pity that Li An died, the child was quite good..."
Witch Lady sighed, full of regret.
Li An’s death... truly caught them off guard!
The plan was set, once the time came, Li An would become their scapegoat, and they could leave the formation calmly.
But now...
And most crucially, with no communication with the outside, the situation here can’t be spread out, so the plan of Zhan Qingxuan and others should proceed as usual.
By then, chaos would surely ensue.
These demonic outsiders, the overlords of the wicked path, they might truly be reaching the end.
"Li An is dead, we’re still alive. Being alive means we must strive to live on, no matter the difficulties we encounter; we must at least make an effort."
Evil Fourteen spoke calmly, putting down the scripture in his hand, "Do what we need to do, everything that follows is destiny, take it easy."
...
The last day of open access.
The high levels of the Dao Sect were still busy compiling all the techniques showcased during the Forging Method Conference, integrating them, staying secluded, and the elders and elite disciples within the sect were still absorbing the gains from the Celestial Performance Dao Realm.
Profound Turtle Peak was cold and deserted, with almost no one coming anymore.
A graceful figure walked up Profound Turtle Peak, clad in a green gauze dress, graceful and ethereal.
Zhan Qingxuan.
She came.
She walked into the open hall of Profound Turtle Peak, casually took a cultivation technique, and walked towards Elder Xu, who was sitting in the hall.
Sitting with Elder Xu was Tuoba Wanchong.
"Elder Xu, there’s a part of this cultivation technique that Qingxuan doesn’t quite understand, please enlighten me..."
She handed the bamboo slip to Xu Wanshou, who took it and looked down—
After carefully reading it over, he looked up and said, "This cultivation technique is not difficult..."
