Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 368 - 242: The Previous Life’s Clan and Descendants (Long - ) (3)
It’s a pity that within a thousand miles, there are no good spiritual mines like this one anymore. There are two other places, but they are too low-level, mainly producing low-grade spirit stones, with very few middle-grade spirit stones, and they are basically of no use to him.
However, holding onto the attitude of not wasting, Li An still set up two tier two arrays for protection and dispatched two Foundation Establishment stage spirit beasts to guard them.
Compared to people, Li An found that spirit beasts were much easier to manage.
Especially, the Beast Taming Skill itself relies heavily on the control of divine sense and soul, and the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill of the Demon Sect, the Command of My Lord of the Paradise Sect, the Soul Control Skill of the Ten Thousand Souls Sect, and even witchcraft gu, are all outstanding in this regard to some extent. After a multilateral fusion, he has also elevated the original Jiang Clan’s Beast Taming Skill to a whole new level.
The Spirit Realm is vast, and Li An is officially considered dead in the Dao Sect, so Li An is not worried about exposing the Beast Taming Skill and the like.
As long as he doesn’t display certain secret techniques in front of others, there is no problem at all.
"Just guarding isn’t enough; mining must be started..."
Li An contemplated that he still had to find some miners, or some subordinates.
...
After handling the spiritual mines, another half month passed.
There are still two months left until the time agreed with Li Shuangshuang.
But Li An decided to go now!
For safety’s sake, that’s all.
After all, this order may not be large, but it isn’t small either. What he’s worried about is whether a rank four array master or a rank four talisman master suddenly appearing in Ji Country’s capital would attract unwanted attention... That would be inappropriate.
If someone really wanted to target him, they would certainly set up traps around Li Clan’s spirit talismans ahead of time, waiting to capture him unawares.
So Li An went there now, to wait around the area, and if there is any movement, he would be able to detect it immediately, ensuring everything is safe and sound.
Reentering Ji Country’s capital, Li An casually found a place to stay, and every day when he had nothing to do, he went out to browse, to understand what’s been happening recently in the cultivation realm, among other things...
In the meantime, he spent four or five thousand spirit stones to purchase one fourth-grade and several third-grade soul nourishing spiritual medicines. Because of the Yellow Springs Valley battle, Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s primordial spirit had been severely depleted. Although Li An’s life seed power could nurture it, the speed was very slow.
Li An planned to calm his mind and refine some pills for her in the next few days to supplement her.
In fact, in a certain sense, Shangguan Xiaoxiao had rendered significant help to Li An several times. However, Li An never dared to fully trust her before breaking through to the Nascent Soul.
...
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
On this day, Li An, disguised as a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, was browsing several vendor stalls on the street, when he suddenly noticed two True Core cultivators entering the Li Clan Spirit Talisman Shop!
Delivery people have arrived?
The Li Clan is truly generous now, so casually allowing two True Core cultivators to escort magical artifacts...
He kept a close eye, suddenly, he noticed another True Core cultivator wearing a straw rain cape and a bamboo hat, who sat at a wonton stall not far from the Li Clan Spirit Talisman Shop.
Li An secretly activated the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, and immediately felt that this person’s life aura was somewhat similar to his own.
It should be someone from a branch of the Li Clan!
Could it be that the Li Clan really harbored ill intentions, preparing to corner Li An? But that also doesn’t seem right, Li An had bought rank four talisman pens and other items, making it obvious he’s a rank four talisman master. If the Li Clan wanted to deal with him, they would at least have to send Nascent Soul level experts.
Li An quietly observed the changes.
The two True Core cultivators escorting the artifacts left after entering the spirit talisman shop for a moment, then Li An saw Li Shuangshuang come out, closing the door of the spirit talisman shop, as if planning to close the store for a few days.
"The rank four talisman pens and others are inside, but those two True Core cultivators have left, Li Shuangshuang is worried about safety, so she’s closing the shop?"
Li An pondered, this was very likely.
After all, with rank four magical artifacts and the like, at least one True Core cultivator should have been left to guard, waiting for Li An’s arrival for the transaction to be completed before they leave.
The Li Clan’s conduct, everywhere, reveals quirks and oddities.
Luckily, Li An was cautious enough to remain vigilant towards his successors, otherwise, if something really happened, this old fox, who had sparred with Shangguan Shengxian, Xun Dongfang, and even the Dao Sect, could inadvertently find himself caught in a trap.
That would truly be ridiculous.
He stood guard for half a month, during which the Li Clan Spirit Talisman Shop remained closed, and the elusive True Core cultivator in the straw rain cape, although having changed appearances several times, never left.
Then came a deep night.
Li An discovered that the True Core cultivator suddenly moved.
In the depth of night, he headed towards the Li Clan Spirit Talisman Shop. Li An quietly followed and found that this True Core cultivator first set up an array to isolate spiritual power fluctuations around the spirit talisman shop, and then suddenly broke through the spirit talisman shop’s array and forcefully entered!
Li An was instantly shocked, is this a case of someone from the Li Clan robbing their own shop?
...
At that moment.
"No one is allowed to go out in the next few days, let’s wait for a bit, I just have a bad feeling."
Though it was deep into the night, Li Shuangshuang was still awake. She gathered the shop’s few workers and the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, instructing them on the matters of night watch.
Half a month ago, the family had sent the rank four talisman pens and the like early. She originally intended to have one of the experts stay, but the person left claiming they had other important duties.
This left Li Shuangshuang somewhat on edge, she keenly sensed something amiss, so she decisively closed the shop and stayed without leaving even a single step, remaining inside the shop.
"Shop owner, aren’t you being too nervous? Who would dare to come..."
