Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 394 - 249: Scheming Against Two Major Factions (Long - )
After sending off Li Chengwang, Li An received a "deposit" of four thousand top-grade Spirit Stones!
Li Chengwang seemed not to show any expression, but of course, Li An knew that this person most likely already harbored murderous intent towards him.
Li An did it on purpose!
Li Chengwang was now also a part of his plan.
This step was already completed.
Following that, he didn’t bother to create an array for Li Chengwang; instead, he turned off the large array of Evil Spirit Lake, told Li Shuangshuang that he was making an array and would not see anyone for the time being, and then quietly sneaked out of Evil Spirit Lake, heading directly towards the Emperor Origin Realm.
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Two days later.
Li An returned to the Emperor Origin Realm.
Over the years, he had occasionally returned to the Emperor Origin Realm to cast spells on Lin Fangping, so he was quite familiar with the situation there.
"According to Shuangshuang’s information, the last time the evil cultivator appeared was in Luofang City of the Central Celestial Continent, where he once snatched a treasure from a Treasure Pavilion in the city..."
Li An went directly to Luofang City.
Although the evil cultivators in Luofang City had already gone into hiding, Li An believed that they must have left some undercover agents in such a place.
Li An did not directly use Divine Sense to scan the entire city, after all, if a Nascent Soul outsider suddenly scanned the city, it would cause panic, which would be harmful rather than beneficial to his plans.
He lingered daily at the city’s busiest taverns, tea houses, and brothels.
Nothing more, as in Li An’s view, if these evil cultivators really left spies in Luofang City, those spies would certainly frequent these places to gather information.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
"Hmm?"
That day, Li An finally noticed a man in a tavern, a fat bald man with a very faint evil aura. This person hadn’t even formally practiced any Evil Skill yet, but Li An still sensed it.
When the fat man stood up to leave, Li An quietly followed. Before long, he entered a slum area, where the residents were mostly low-level cultivators, and the environment was dirty and chaotic.
The bald man entered a courtyard, and Li An silently sensed within; indeed, a True Core Evil Cultivator was hiding here!
Finally found them!
Li An immediately concealed himself and continued to observe the person nearby.
After spending a month, he gradually figured out this True Core Evil Cultivator’s situation. This person should be a leader in Luofang City, having under him seven or eight Foundation Establishment Stage subordinates, all working to gather information for him.
Li An also spent effort keeping an eye on those subordinates, eventually identifying one person—a female cultivator named Qin Yan, who was planning to go out with a group of friends to explore a certain mountain range.
Li An learned of their plan effortlessly, then quickly left and rushed to their destination, the Windfield Mountain Range, two thousand miles outside Luofang City.
With a sweep of his Divine Thought, tens of thousands of miles of the Windfield Mountain Range all entered Li An’s view. Li An repeatedly deduced, ultimately selecting a valley, opening his storage ring, and transplanting some cultivated plants into this valley.
After the transplantation was completed, he used the Shennong Skill and Life Seed to nurture these ordinary plants for several days, making the traces of transplantation completely disappear. Even if a Nascent Soul Level expert came, they would only think these plants were native.
He also planted some at several locations around the valley.
Certainly, these locations were not his main focus—he finally settled on a pond two thousand miles away from several locations.
"Can you ensure that this array hidden here can deceive the Divine Sense scanning of even Refining Void and Harmonization Level big figures?"
Li An took out an array, somewhat anxious as he asked.
This Rank Four array in his hand was made with Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s planning and advice throughout the process, and Li An’s requirement was very simple: it must be hidden and not be discovered.
"Li Gou, are you doubting me?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was very calm, tossing a De Fu Pill into her mouth, saying, "In the Dao Sect, there are only about three to five people with higher array skills than me, and those are reclusive people. A mere ceremony of awakening the Evil-Suppressing Celestial Blood, it’s not like becoming an immortal, they can’t be invited."
"If they don’t come, the other Array Masters of the Dao Sect to me are nothing more than chickens and dogs."
"Rest assured, the Earth Qi here is sufficient to hide the fluctuations and aura of this array... If it is a too high-level large array, then it would be hard to hide. However, a mere Rank Four array is easy to manage."
Hearing this, Li An was much relieved and also had a complex feeling.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao, so self-assured, the second princess of the Demon Sect, few in the world could catch her interest, yet she acknowledged in her words that there were still three to five people in the Dao Sect with array accomplishments better than hers... The Dao Sect’s foundation is indeed too astonishing.
"Alright, I’ll reluctantly believe you this once..."
Li An spoke.
"What do you mean by reluctantly? Explain to me what reluctantly means? Hmph... If it weren’t for Li Gou here doing something interesting for once by daring to plot against two major forces, Dao Sect and Evil King, I wouldn’t bother helping you this much."
"Hmph, Li Gou, remember this: as long as I don’t want you to lose, you’ll never lose!"
She was extremely confident.
Li An, however, smirked. He had already noticed that Shangguan Xiaoxiao was now growing more relaxed and casual when interacting with him, often showing her true personality, no longer the enigmatic big figure of the Demon Dao she used to be...
Sometimes even appearing a bit prideful, Li An always felt it should be because she was too pampered within the Demon Sect before...
