Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 129: Aftermath

From the underground passage, Li An quickly climbed towards the ancient well.

In no time, Li An could feel the faint coolness emanating from the well. He silently leaped forward and entered the water. He sank to the bottom in one breath, then opened the well and placed the Locking Spirit Black Box containing the top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill inside.

The Locking Spirit Black Box was a treasure that could isolate spiritual energy, thus shielding it from the scanning and perception of divine consciousness. Even if someone were to investigate, they would not be able to discover it.

Then, Li An quickly climbed back along the underground passage.

Yes, he did not plan to escape directly from White Tiger City.

Firstly, if he were to escape now and it was discovered by White Tiger City, he would immediately be exposed as the biggest winner, most likely having already fled with some treasure. Even if he killed Xu Qiuhui to silence her, it would only invite trouble. White Tiger Mountain would not tolerate him killing for treasure.

From then on, he would offend a Gold Core-level major power, which would be very unwise.

Secondly, the mysterious demonic energy within his body, after all these years, had only been refined by half. If he were to run out of White Tiger City, he would immediately be discovered by the people from the Demon Sect. At that time, the top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill on him would also be in danger.

In any case, he couldn't leave now.

He had to continue the act.

This was also the reason why he didn't kill Xu Qiuhui.

Returning to his room, Li An first removed all traces of the six-layer killing formation he had set up.

Then he grabbed Zhang Deyi's corpse and suddenly activated the Blood Flesh Furnace Technique!

He wanted to refine Zhang Deyi into a puppet!

If Zhang Deyi were in his prime, Li An wouldn't dare to do this. It would probably lead to his own destruction, as he might be backlashed and become Zhang Deyi's puppet instead.

But now that Zhang Deyi had become a corpse, controlling him was extremely easy.

The only drawback was that a puppet made from a dead body could only last for a period of time. The body would decay and perish, and the Blood Flesh Furnace Technique couldn't reverse this.

However, Li An didn't need Zhang Deyi's puppet to last too long.

He exerted all his strength and soon was drenched in sweat. Meanwhile, Zhang Deyi, who was clearly dead on the ground, began to tremble inexplicably.

"Rise!"

Li An let out a low roar, and Zhang Deyi immediately sat up, lifeless and hollow.

Success!

Li An breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, and looked at Xu Qiuhui on the other side.

Walking to Xu Qiuhui's side, Li An's gaze was calm.

It would be simple to cut off her head now.

But she couldn't die yet.

Li An uncovered her clothes and lightly cut a nail from her lower abdomen. A drop of blood flowed out, and Li An caught this drop of crimson blood with his hand. Then, he activated the power of the Life Seed, healing her tiny wound.

Completely imperceptible.

Li An slowly infused a strand of demonic energy into this drop of blood.

He had disguised this demonic energy with the power of the Life Seed, making it indistinguishable from her blood. Others would not be able to detect it at all.

When the demonic energy and blood merged, he untied her clothes at the chest, found the path of her veins, made an incision, and buried this drop of blood back in.

Taking blood from the dantian, refining Yin-Yang demonic energy, and then sending it back into her veins.

Even if she woke up, she wouldn't be able to detect it. But when she was about to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, at the critical moment when her qi and blood were fully activated, the demonic energy would reveal its true form. At that time, this flaw would cause her efforts to be in vain.

Not killing her now didn't mean he would let go of such an opportunity.

Once, Xu Qiuhui had taken his Primordial Soul Crystal, causing a grudge that obstructed his path. Now was the time for revenge.

After completing all this, he restored Xu Qiuhui's clothes to their original state.

Then, he found a place to lie down directly, instantly appearing weak and on the verge of death.

Meanwhile, Zhang Deyi, who had already been controlled as a puppet by him, suddenly stood up and walked to the side of the alchemy furnace, letting out a mournful roar.

In this roar, there was a heavy sense of unwillingness, resentment, and hatred.

Under the sound of the roar, Xu Qiuhui, who had been infused with a trace of vitality by Li An, subconsciously woke up from her coma.

"No..."

She struggled to open her eyes, only to see Zhang Deyi going mad beside the alchemy furnace!

"Why, why!"

"I used two sets of materials, but I still couldn't refine the top-grade Yuan Ling Pill. It was all just empty excitement!"

"Ah!"

Zhang Deyi was extremely disappointed. "Forget it, forget it. Since I can't break through to the Gold Core stage, I can only take the ordinary path of forming the Dan."

After saying that, he grabbed two pills from the pill furnace, turned around, and opened the large array he had set up, preparing to leave.

However, at this moment, Xu Qiuhui, who had already awakened, suddenly shot up from her original position as the large array opened, releasing a golden light and attacking Zhang Deyi.

At the same time, she crushed a jade talisman. In this area, a corner of the White Tiger Mountain's protective array suddenly collapsed heavily.

The White Tiger Mountain's protective array was a third-grade formation!

In fact, this was Xu Qiuhui's greatest confidence. Within her own sealed area in White Tiger City, she was almost invincible and could call upon the power of the entire array at any time.

But she didn't expect that after entering Li An's residence, this place was completely cut off from the outside world, and she couldn't activate the array at all.

Now the blockade had been lifted.

The third-grade array started to operate, causing intense fluctuations in almost half of White Tiger City. The ground trembled as if an earthquake had occurred, and in the air, waves of third-grade spiritual energy burst forth, attacking Zhang Deyi.

"What?!"

Zhang Deyi suddenly turned around and looked at Xu Qiuhui, his eyes filled with anger. "You, you wretched woman!"

The third-grade formation had already descended, and Zhang Deyi couldn't resist. His eyes revealed a hint of anger. "You want to plot against me!"

He pounced on Xu Qiuhui, but she was not afraid at all. She activated the power of the array, instantly immobilizing him. Under the effect of the third-grade formation, Zhang Deyi couldn't move.

She didn't rashly approach Zhang Deyi, but instead attacked from a distance. The storage bag around Zhang Deyi's waist flew far away.

Stealing the pills!

This was her most important goal.

"How dare you steal my pills!"

Zhang Deyi's face changed drastically, and he was furious. "I'll die with you!"

As he spoke, a powerful force suddenly erupted from his body, as if a volcano was about to erupt.

He... self-destructed!

Xu Qiuhui's expression changed, but she was on guard, so she didn't get too close. She immediately moved away.

Boom!

With a deafening sound, a late Foundation Building expert self-destructed. Even the third-grade formation was shaken, and the array left behind by Zhang Deyi also exploded.

Within a few miles, the earth shook, streets collapsed, and buildings were destroyed, leaving a scene of devastation.

Even Xu Qiuhui was affected by the aftermath and spat out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, a shout suddenly rang out from the direction of White Tiger Mountain.

"Who is causing trouble in my White Tiger City!"

Along with this voice, a figure flew through the air from the direction of White Tiger Mountain!

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Today, I played too late in Shangri-La, so the next chapter will be a bit delayed.

(End of this chapter)