Immortality begins with sect servants

Li An was not wearing the Xuanyang Sect disciple's robe today, but was wearing light blue casual clothes, which made him very inconspicuous when walking on the street.

He walked around the market twice to make sure that no one was following him, then quickly changed into dusty clothes in a deserted alley, put on a bamboo hat, covered his face, and raised the soles of his shoes and padded his shoulders. Hou, just left.

Even if you pass by an acquaintance like Tan Qingxue, it will be difficult for the other person to recognize him without careful observation.

Then, he quickly left the main street of Fangshi and came to a low-rise residential area in the north of Fangshi.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of the main street, this place is quite deserted with little traffic.

Li An walked into a private house, where four people were already sitting, three men and one woman. Li An was the fifth.

The other four, like Li An, all wore hats or veils to hide their eyes from others. Only the big man in the leader was not covered up, but Li An guessed that he should be wearing a human skin mask.

"Everyone's here."

The big man said, "According to the rules, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five of us will show what we want to trade or buy in turn. After showing everything, we will trade."

——This kind of transaction is usually only participated by cultivators who do not want to reveal their identity. Therefore, without asking the name, they are called according to the seating arrangement of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. Li An is sitting on the water level.

The person above the golden position was an older middle-aged cultivator. He had gray hair hanging down by his ears and said in a suppressed voice:

"I sell three pieces of first-grade high-grade meteorite iron, and three pieces of first-grade recovery pills. The meteorite iron needs to be exchanged for a first-grade high-grade protective magic weapon, and spiritual stones are also acceptable."

As he spoke, he placed three pieces of black meteorite iron and a small jade bottle.

On the wooden throne was a thin young man with a hoarse voice:

"I have produced a set of first-level high-quality magic weapons - thorn armor. This armor has extremely strong defense. When attacked, it can also emit spiritual thorns to kill the enemy. It needs to be exchanged for forbidden materials."

A flash of inspiration occurred in his storage bag, and a piece of black metal soft armor appeared in his hand!

Li An said: "I will give you four first-grade elixirs and fire spirit fruits."

With that said, he put out the Fire Spirit Fruit.

Suddenly, everyone looked over in surprise.

On the fire seat next to him was a woman wearing a white veil, who said impatiently: "Fellow Taoist, do you still have a second-grade fire spirit fruit? If so, I can buy it at a high price!"

Fire Spirit Fruit is a second-grade spiritual fruit, as everyone knows.

Moreover, this is one of the ingredients of the Foundation Building Pill!

Li An shook his head, "Sorry, that's all."

Hearing this, the woman couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Don't interrupt, keep going!"

And the big man with the human skin mask sat on the bottom seat and spoke in a deep voice.

The woman wearing a white veil in the fire position said: "I sell three spiritual pills, which can be used to break through in the middle of Qi training and receive spiritual stones."

Finally, the big man in the earth position also said: "I will give you a first-level high-grade sword and a spiritual stone!"

Next, there is the communication and inquiry process.

"Fellow Taoist, these fire spirit fruits of yours are of very high quality. They are almost close to the second-grade spiritual fruits. Do you really not have any second-grade ones?"

The woman wearing a white gauze mask asked again.

Li An said: "Sorry, really not."

The woman sighed and said, "Okay, I wonder how you can sell these Fire Spirit Fruits? I want them all."

Li An said: "One price, two hundred spirit stones."

The woman said: "I only have one hundred spiritual stones with me. How about using one spiritual elixir for one hundred spiritual stones?"

Li An happily agreed.

Exchange successful.

Li An looked at the skinny young man before him again and said, "Fellow Taoist, I wonder if you, the Thorn Armor, accept the spirit stone?"

Li An is still lacking in magic weapons, but ordinary defensive magic weapons are of little use to him and are not as effective as his Iron Tree Art.

It would be great if you could get a first-level top grade one.

Therefore, he stared at the thorn armor in the man's hand and looked at it again and again, feeling quite moved.

The man shook his head, "Sorry, I only want banned materials, no matter the type."

Li An was helpless. Restriction materials were special materials specially used to set up restrictions, formations, etc. Unless they were formation masters or restraint masters, most people rarely had them.

However, he vaguely sensed that this young man's aura was not strong. It seemed that he was only in the middle stage of Qi refining and should not have touched the formations and restrictions...

After all, learning and making formations and restrictions requires a huge amount of mental energy, and cultivators in the early and middle stages of Qi refining simply cannot sustain it!

You must at least be in the late stage of Qi refining before you can start learning.

Li An also dabbled in formations. In his last life, due to his qualifications, he was unable to cultivate elixirs and weapons, so he chose formations and talismans. With the accumulation of resources, he became quite accomplished in both.

But he wasn't too surprised. The other party might have been hiding his cultivation.

He looked at the young man casually.

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Exchange completed.

The few people did not disperse immediately, but exchanged information.

"I have top-secret news about demon cultivators. Three days ago, an extremely dangerous incident occurred in Liuyang Hefang City, targeting the Xuanyang Sect..."

The old man on the golden throne said in a deep voice: "Five spiritual stones."

News can also be sold for money!

As long as you want.

Everyone was very interested in this news, and two people immediately gave the old man the spirit stone and got the secret note given by the old man.

Li An remained calm and spent money to buy a copy - after all, in order to survive in this world, news always comes first.

Other news was more trivial, and the party quickly dispersed.

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After leaving the trading place, Li An found a deserted place, put on his blue clothes, and blended into the crowd while catching traces.

In the evening, he returned to his residence and opened the secret note he bought from the old man.

The message written above made Li An frown!

——Three days ago, in Liuyang Hefang City, a vicious incident occurred in which a demonic cultivator robbed and killed Xuanyang Zongdan Pharmacy!

According to the description, the demonic cultivator sneaked into the market without being noticed. When buying elixirs at the elixir store opened by Xuanyang Zongdantang, there was a conflict. The demonic cultivator killed people on the spot and took away many elixirs.

The key is that the demonic cultivator escaped completely!

Li An thought, if this news is true, doesn't it mean that even the city is in danger?

The fact that the demonic cultivator was able to sneak into the market meant that either the demonic cultivator's cultivation level was ridiculously high, reaching the level of pill formation, or that the demonic cultivator had practiced some kind of strange technique.

Ang Lee thinks it's the latter.

After all, if a pill-forming demon cultivator was born, he could wipe out the entire city!

Moreover, what worries him even more is that the other party actually robbed Xuanyang Sect's elixir store...

This is a bit outrageous, not even giving Xuanyang Sect face?

He felt a hint of danger.

Is this news true or false? Indistinguishable.

But extra preparation is always necessary.

"The trump cards in my hand are still too few..."

Li An was a little anxious.

For this kind of thing, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the eventuality.

Being so comfortable in the city, his tolerance for danger is extremely low.

And his strength is too low. At the fourth level of Qi Refining, facing a demonic cultivator who can rob the Liuyang River Pill Store, even if he uses all his methods, it may be difficult to resist him.

Although he got a Spirit-Chong Dan, it couldn't help him for the time being. The Spirit-Chong Dan needed to be used after the fourth level of Qi Refining was completed to increase the chance of breaking through.

"You have to prepare some more killing moves. At least you can survive in the later stages of Qi refining."

"The most suitable...formation for me at the moment!"

he thought.

Formation is a great weapon for low-level cultivators!

But the shortcomings are also very prominent. Firstly, it is very expensive. Secondly, once it is deployed, it can only work in a fixed place, and it requires a lot of spiritual stones to maintain.

Generally, only immortal cultivating families, or powerful casual cultivators with fixed caves, would buy this kind of thing.

…

The next day, Li An went out again and sold the remaining Ganoderma lucidum and Parasitic Spirit Vine fruits he had.

Only the second-grade Nether Light Lotus was not sold. This kind of thing is hard to come by. It is a strategic material. Li An will not take action unless it is absolutely necessary.

Currently, he has four hundred and twenty spiritual stones in his hand.

It's a small sum of money.

He immediately went to Xuanyang Sect's formation shop.

Over the past three years, he has become quite familiar with the people from the Xuanyang Sect. After entering the store, the store owner Shouye saw him and immediately smiled and said:

"Master Li Fu, what brought you here?"

"Zhang Daoyou, I want to see the formation."

Ang Lee gets right to the point.

Seeing this, Zhang Shouye said in a low voice: "I'm here to see the formation again... have you got the news too?"

Li An came closer and said, "What's the news?"

Zhang Shouye said: "Are you still pretending to me? Demon cultivators robbed Liuyang Hefang City. Today, several cultivator family shops in the city came to ask about the formation..."

Li An's heart trembled, it was indeed not groundless!

"Actually, it's not necessary. The demon cultivator has just made trouble and will definitely hide for a while. Moreover, the masters sent by the sect have been patrolling all directions. It won't be long before the demon cultivator will be captured..."

The formation shop was the busiest, so Zhang Shouye was quite chatty and talked a lot when he had nothing to do. Li An learned more information from him.

That demonic cultivator killed three people in Liuyanghe Ling Pharmacy, one of whom was a master at the sixth level of Qi refining!

The foundation-building monks who were stationed in Liuyanghe activated the large formation blockade and searched for several days, but they could not find the demonic cultivator.

…

Li An quickly judged that this demon cultivator must have a cultivation level above the sixth level of Qi refining, and he must be a master in the late stage of Qi refining.

Maybe it could be the peak of Qi training!

After all, being able to escape quickly after killing someone is too fast.

Moreover, he must be practicing some kind of secret technique that can hide his aura and so on.

The more Li An thought about it, the more he felt that he must be prepared, and immediately asked: "Is there any protective formation, let me see?"

Zhang Shouye pointed to the display cabinet and said: "The low-level formation can block early Qi practitioners, one hundred spirit stones; the intermediate formation, three hundred spirit stones; the advanced formation, nine hundred spirit stones..."

Advanced formations can resist practitioners in the late stage of Qi refining.

But Li An didn't like it at all, shook his head and said: "I want high-quality products!"

Zhang Shouye said: "Hey, Master Li Fu is rich and powerful..."

He immediately took out an atlas and said, "The lowest level, the initial foundation formation formation, three thousand spirit stones."

At this level, the formation shop has no inventory at all. If you want it, you have to pay a deposit first and then the sect can customize it.

Li An's mouth twitched.

Seeing Li An's expression, Zhang Shouye couldn't help but smile. He stroked his beard and said:

"Well, for the sake of my acquaintance, I have a good thing, which is of high quality and cheap. Can I show it to you?"

Li An moved and nodded.

Zhang Shouye turned around and took out a dusty white jade array plate from a display cabinet box. He blew a big mouthful of it, causing dust to rise everywhere. He handed it to Li An:

"This was made by Elder Luo of the Formation Hall when he was just promoted to the second-level formation master. It is more powerful than the first-level advanced formation. It is almost certain to kill cultivators below the foundation-building stage!"

"Of course, there is a small disadvantage. It can only be used once... but it is cheaper!"

Li An frowned, checked it carefully, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

This business is not a fuel-saving lamp...it is only half the story.

The biggest problem with this array is that it cannot actively defend or attack the enemy. It needs to be controlled by yourself!

The need to control it by oneself means that a lot of spiritual consciousness or spiritual power needs to be expended, which means that practitioners in the foundation-building stage will look down on it and practitioners in the Qi-refining stage will not be able to use it.

Very tasteless.

Zhang Shouye wants to cheat Li An. This is it.

"The quality is not good...how to sell it?" Li An asked casually.

"For the sake of our old acquaintances, I will give you a preferential price, eight hundred spirit stones!"

Li An turned around and left.

"No, Master Li. The price is negotiable. Seven hundred and eighty is fine..."

But Ang Lee is gone.

He was in no hurry to buy it. Firstly, the price was too expensive and he didn't have that much money. Secondly, buying it directly would be suspicious.

That night, Li An returned to the Talisman Shop and was refining the Talisman.

"Junior Brother Li, are you there?"

Tan Qingxue knocked on his door.

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