Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 118: Rapid Development

Where did Song Anning go, Li An didn't care at all.

At first, Song Qingqing was still very uncomfortable, but in the blink of an eye, twenty years had passed, and she and Li An had become closer and closer.

Li An provided her with a good educational environment, so she also grew up well, completely different from her mother.

Song Anning felt inferior and ignorant due to being spoiled, while Song Qingqing was very sensible and virtuous.

In these twenty years, Li An had been living a smooth and prosperous life!

With his position as the second-in-command and the background of the "Wang Mansion," he had a great deal of power and influence within the court.

Moreover, because he knew that all of this came from the other party's attempt to "raise pigs," Li An became even more unrestrained, engaging in rampant corruption within the court and accumulating a lot of resources!

In these twenty years, he had already accumulated one hundred Frost Talismans, two hundred Qi Talismans, and fifty Void Talismans!

There were also no less than one hundred other Forbidden Talismans, Thunder Talismans, Soul Suppressing Talismans, and Exploding Talismans!

This was still far from the thousands of spiritual talismans he had originally planned...

But he was already very satisfied.

"Even a Foundation Building cultivation family doesn't have as much wealth as me..."

Now, Li An could kill a whole family with just his talismans!

"The level of talisman-making is limited by cultivation level, and it is currently difficult to create third-grade talismans..."

In fact, this was Li An's ultimate goal.

The last opponent he would face would be at least at the Foundation Building stage.

Although there were many second-grade resources to deal with such a level of opponent, they were difficult to play a decisive role.

If he could obtain third-grade treasures, talismans, and formations, then he would have a great chance of success.

"After reaching the mid-Foundation Building stage, maybe I can attempt to create third-grade talismans..."

He felt that in another two years, he could try to break through.

"The talisman-making is coming to an end, next, I need to prepare for refining formations..."

Currently, he only had two sets of second-grade formations.

Far from enough.

He needed at least ten sets!

In fact, he had wanted to refine second-grade formations a long time ago, but even though he had great power, there were still limits to his corruption within the Treasure Pavilion. The resources he obtained to support the creation of so many talismans were already at their limit.

If the outside world knew about his current state, they would probably be shocked.

After all, over a hundred second-grade talismans and ten sets of second-grade formations... ordinary Foundation Building cultivation families simply couldn't have such wealth.

With so many resources, Li An could easily establish a powerful cultivation family.

But Li An used them all to refine life-saving items...

It could be said... he was being very pragmatic.

"I have already accumulated five doses of the Dao Poison..."

Currently, he had five thin strands of the Grand Dao Qi within his body.

When he reached nine strands, he would have some confidence in breaking through to the Gold Core stage.

This was the most crucial and fundamental gain!

If he hadn't realized that he had already entered someone else's trap, then his current smooth cultivation life would be even more wonderful.

"I have only refined about ten percent of this demonic aura..."

Li An's mood was still quite heavy.

He had helped the Third Princess resolve the issue of the poison in her body, and their contact naturally increased. Every once in a while, she would come here to check the condition of the demonic aura within his body.

But Li An was indifferent. His method of refining the demonic aura was not to eliminate it, but to make it his own and control it himself!

The other party can only perceive the changes in the presence or absence of demonic energy, which cannot be detected through observation.

Moreover, he silently uses his own demonic energy to nourish the part of the mysterious demonic energy that he has refined. Therefore, in the monitoring of San Junzhu, he would be quite satisfied because the mysterious demonic energy is slowly growing within Li An's body.

In the morning, Song Qingqing came to pay her respects to Li An and then took a carriage to Tianyang Academy.

Her cultivation talent is quite good, with a mid-grade Huang Stage fire spiritual root. She is only twenty-eight years old and has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Li An did not treat her unfairly. The supply of spirit stones was sufficient, after all, she wouldn't spend much at this stage.

Li An also went to the Treasure Pavilion.

Now, Li An is already one hundred and forty-one years old in terms of age. The upper limit of lifespan in the early stage of Foundation Building is about three hundred years, but that is the ideal state. Ordinary cultivators in the early stage of Foundation Building can only live for about two hundred and fifty years.

His appearance already shows signs of having a lot of white hair.

On this day, when he entered the Treasure Pavilion, he directly found the person in charge of the treasure vault, Wang Zi, and asked, "Has the Qingling Pill been stocked?"

The Qingling Pill is the best auxiliary pill for breaking through from the early stage to the mid-stage of Foundation Building. It is expensive, with one pill usually costing around two thousand five hundred spirit stones.

Wang Zi was initially transferred to other duties, but Li An naturally found a way to have her return to the treasure vault.

Wang Zi said, "Reporting to the Second Seat, the alchemist Gu Hong is currently refining it. The delivery should be made today..."

Three months ago, Li An instructed the sect to purchase Qingling Pills.

And naturally, Gu Hong is the supplier.

Li An now holds a high position within the sect, so he naturally takes care of her and provides her with abundant resources from the Treasure Pavilion.

After all, since the Demon Sect is aware of Li An's relationship with her, there is no need for Li An to hide it anymore...

Moreover, he still has a plan in mind.

The better he treats Gu Hong, the more the Demon Sect will think that Gu Hong is important to him, and they will consider her as an entry point to deal with him.

But in reality, for Li An, although Gu Hong is different from others and they have shared life and death, his principles have never changed over the years - at critical moments, he can still abandon Gu Hong!

When he helped Gu Hong in the past, he was actually paving the way for himself. After all, Gu Hong is one of the few people he can trust. If Gu Hong can develop a little better, it will be beneficial to him in the future.

But no matter what, he would never have any further involvement with Gu Hong if he sensed even a hint of demonic energy from a demonic cultivator he encountered in the city.

However, no matter how cautious Li An is, how could he have expected that the Demon Sect would spend so much effort to find him and deal with him?

...

Now, the more misunderstandings the Demon Sect has about him, the greater his advantage.

In the future, if something really happens, when the Demon Sect disperses its forces to deal with Gu Hong, his pressure will be much less.

Li An said, "When the goods arrive, don't stock them. Someone will come directly to purchase them."

Wang Zi said, "Understood!"

In the afternoon, the alchemist Gu Hong delivered the pills to the main hall of the Treasure Pavilion.

She has been here many times.

Although many years have passed, her appearance hasn't changed much. Obviously, she doesn't lack beauty-enhancing pills.

But in her eyes, there is always a hint of regret.

She was reminded by Li An back then and left Baihu City ahead of time. But after arriving in Tianyang City for more than thirty years, she has never seen Li An again!

She has repeatedly recalled the words her master, Gu Songxi, said...

Li An is a selfish and ruthless person who is not worthy of trust...

Could it be that she ultimately trusted the wrong person...

While she was waiting, Cai Chao had already received a notification from Li An and came to negotiate about the pills.

And on the third floor, in a separate room, Li An calmly took a sip of tea and watched her figure from afar.

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(End of this chapter)