Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 361 - 240: Returning to Profound Yang as Sect Leader (Extended - )
Li An and Lin Fangping left the Daoist temple and descended the mountain.
"Fellow Daoist, I have learned that the most remarkable place here in the Emperor Origin Realm is the Xiling Secret Realm in Xiling Origin Continent, which once produced something earth-shattering. I plan to explore it. What do you think?"
Lin Fangping spoke, clearly well-prepared.
Li An nodded, "Good."
He planned to find the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow first, which most likely remained in Xiling.
It took them two months to travel from Central County to Xiling Origin Continent.
The familiar land came into view, and Li An felt a surge of emotions. After decades, he had returned! 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
However, when he left, he was trapped, but now, he was free!
"Should we first gather information in the Great Li capital for a while?" Lin Fangping suggested, and the two landed immediately.
The Great Li capital remained, but this land had changed rulers. Now, Xiling Origin Continent in the Emperor Origin Realm was under the control of the "New Dao Alliance" from the Primordial Spirit Realm!
In fact, since the battle led by Shangguan Shengxian decimated most of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Emperor Origin Realm, its power in the Spirit Realm was far inferior to other realms, leading to repeated divisions and annexations.
The New Dao Alliance is one of the fastest-growing forces in recent years in the New Continent, composed of powerful forces from the Primordial Spirit Realm and absorbing many major forces from other continents.
The former powers in the Xiling Origin Continent of the Emperor Origin Realm, such as the Blood Essence Sect and Taiyi Sect, have basically been annexed.
"Fellow Daoist, in my view, our immediate priority is to establish a force of our own, so that we can receive support and develop..."
Lin Fangping suggested.
Li An nodded, "That sounds good."
The two set out immediately, looking for a suitable location within the Great Li territory. After some selection, they chose the most suitable place, which turned out to be... the old site of the Profound Yang Sect.
The spiritual vein of the Profound Yang Sect was destroyed in the past, but now, influenced by the forces of the Heavenly Dao in the Spirit Realm, that spiritual vein is slowly recovering. It is estimated to return to a Rank Three spiritual vein in a few years, currently home to only one or two Foundation Establishment families.
"These two small families are perfect as the foundation for our new venture..."
Lin Fangping was very pleased, and he and Li An went directly there. Under the pressure of two True Core great cultivators, the two small families surrendered without suspense.
Lin Fangping proposed naming the sect "Seven Yin Sect." Li An had no objection, but couldn’t help but smirk internally.
The name Seven Yin means little to other forces, but the Demon Sect will surely take notice... It seems Lin Fangping’s real purpose for coming to the New Continent is to seek out and join the Demon Sect...
Tch.
The two hurriedly established the sect, and Lin Fangping sensibly invited Li An to be the sect leader, while he became the elder — Lin Fangping once had a cultivation level of Early-Stage Nascent Soul, but due to the matter of the Seven Yang Spirit Body, he harmed two spiritual maidens, leading to his expulsion from the Dao Sect, the destruction of his Nascent Soul, and a fall to the early stage of True Core, with hidden injuries in his body. Therefore, sheltering under Li An is his best option.
Li An did not refuse.
The Seven Yin Sect cleared the remnants at the old site of the Profound Yang Sect. During this time, Li An also visited Spirit Plant Mountain.
Revisiting old haunts, while the old acquaintances had all faded, Li An had reached the peak that once made others look up to him, becoming the sect leader of the Seven Yin Sect, becoming a "True Core great cultivator."
The traces of two solitary graves were hard to discern. Centuries had passed since Li An left the Profound Yang Sect, with weeds covering everything, as if those two humble and pitiful seekers of immortality had never existed at all.
In a lifespan of a hundred years, cultivation offers even longer life, but compared to endless time, how different are we from the ants that die in a day?
Besides Li An, who else in this world would remember their existence?
Everything about their existence, their parents and relatives, their grudges and loves, all lightly buried in time, then decayed and vanished.
Perhaps after some time, even Li An might completely forget these two people.
In the history of later generations, only a few tattered records might mention briefly a sect in Great Li, when it perished, nothing more.
A single sentence encompasses the lives of so many.
"Only strive for immortality and eternal life, to live, to live forever."
Li An murmured.
He walked gently past the graves, without stopping.
...
Although Li An was the sect leader, he barely managed affairs and went into seclusion, entrusting the entire sect to Lin Fangping.
Creating a sect? He had no interest at all; in his previous life, he had already managed a cultivation clan.
Doing so was merely to play a spare move.
Li An believed that Lin Fangping would definitely join the Demon Sect sooner or later!
...
In the blink of an eye, five years passed.
During these five years, Li An meditated in seclusion, quietly refining all various fundamental essences in his body to restore himself!
After all, although self-destroying his Dantian and Golden Core back then was not fatal, recovery would still take time.
Nourished by the fundamental essence of powerful beings, his Dantian and Golden Core finally fully recovered, achieving Golden Core Perfection status, and even his Purple Mansion had fully formed, with radiant light shining from within.
He was ready to ascend to the Nascent Soul!
For these five years, he also quietly observed Lin Fangping, and as expected, Lin Fangping secretly sought traces of the Demon Sect while marrying and concubining within the sect.
The Demon Sect was now his only hope!
Li An decided to give him a hand.
On the day Li An emerged from seclusion, Lin Fangping brought the elite of the sect to pay respects. Seeing the sect thriving, Li An was very pleased and distributed some pills to everyone.
Among them, several beautiful female disciples and elders received pills that had actually been refined using the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill to infuse Gu techniques!
Human Gu Technique!
The Human Gu technique is very complex and can transform a living person into Poison Gu, Medicinal Gu, Love Gu, etc., but it requires many rare materials to do so. Although Li An wielded this with formidable power in the Celestial Performance Dao Realm, achieving that level in reality is extremely difficult.
What he could currently create was the most basic Blood Gu. This Gu technique is relatively simple; using one drop of his own blood as a primer, carefully cultivated with Gu techniques. After these women consumed it, this drop of blood would enter their bodies and give birth to blood worms that would consume all their blood!
Li An’s target was not these women, but Lin Fangping.
These people were all involved with Lin Fangping. Li An planned to arrange for Lin Fangping to accidentally discover the Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill in the future, and then when Lin Fangping inevitably practiced on these women, the Blood Gu, hidden by Li An’s Life Seed aura, would enter Lin Fangping’s body.
However, this Blood Gu was quite low-level and not very powerful, as high-level cultivators had many ways to cleanse their blood.
But Li An was not in a hurry, planting the Gu first. With his Life Seed aura masking it, these Blood Gu would not immediately activate. Later, when Lin Fangping was subjected to thousands of Gu techniques, from high-level to low-level combined... Lin Fangping would have to obey.
He had carefully chosen; the gift he planned to give to the Demon Sect in the future couldn’t be handled rashly!
Even though this gift might take decades, centuries, or even longer before being discovered or received, Li An had the patience.
To deal with Shangguan Shengxian, patience was a must!
Actually, Li An dared to do this because he found that with the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, cultivating Gu techniques was as if divinely assisted. Normally, Gu worms have a time limit, and ordinary Blood Gu would surely act within a month after entering a host, but with Li An using his Life Seed aura to suppress them, they wouldn’t activate unless he triggered them.
This is something only the most advanced Gu techniques can achieve!
Because of this, Li An dared to set up a plan that might only prove useful in hundreds or thousands of years, to plant a seed that would see results after such a long time....
...
After distributing the pills, Elder Lin Fangping respectfully said:
"Sect Leader, I’ve received news that there’s been activity in the Xiling Secret Realm recently, something about a divine bird appearing with radiant lights and flames filling the sky. It likely has Tier Six bloodline, and even the New Dao Alliance has headed there. Should we go?"
Li An was immediately filled with joy!
Radiant lights, flames filling the sky, Tier Six bloodline... If Li An’s guess was right, it should be the emergence of the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow!
...
Good night
