Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 137: Li An, also known as Zuo Wen

It has been forty to fifty years since Li An arrived in Baihu City.

Forty to fifty years may seem long or short.

In the past, Qin Xuan went on a killing spree in the Treasure Pavilion to pave the way for Guo Ling. Second-ranked Zhou Ying was killed, and Mo Rong was expelled from the Treasure Pavilion. Only Li An managed to escape and survive in Baihu City.

Now, Li An is still alive and well, while Qin Xuan is no more...

It can be said that he outlasted Qin Xuan.

And in the end, he naturally obtained the position of the chief appraiser...

He was hesitating and contemplating when he received a secret letter that night, from the Third Princess...

In the letter, the Third Princess confessed that the current Pavilion Master, Su Xiuwan, is her closest sister. It is inevitable for Li An to become the chief appraiser. She assured him to return to the Treasure Pavilion without worries and help her sister stabilize the foundation, promising that there will be no more danger.

She even joked that if Li An insisted on not going, she would have to send a sedan chair to carry him.

"A trap!"

Li An couldn't help but sigh.

In the past, Qin Xuan and the Third Princess had no relationship, so Li An was relatively relaxed in the main pavilion.

Now that even the Pavilion Master has been replaced by the Third Princess's person, after becoming the chief appraiser, Li An will have to be as cautious as a needle and handle everything with care.

He didn't want to go back, but there was no room for refusal.

After surviving in Baihu City for so many years, the thing he feared the most was bound to happen.

He immediately wrote two letters, one to Pavilion Master Su Xiuwan and one to the Third Princess.

The meaning was the same.

After dealing with things here, he would return to Tianyang City within two months.

...

At the same time.

"A letter has arrived from Tianyang City. Zuo Wen, this chess piece, is about to return to Tianyang City..."

In the secret hall of Baihu Mountain, Baihu Zhenren sipped his tea and calmly looked at Xu Qiuhui. "You will do it tomorrow night."

"Is it okay?"

In Xu Qiuhui's eyes, there was only a resolute determination like a rock. She solemnly said, "Disciple will do her best!"

Baihu Zhenren nodded and said, "Your cultivation is not enough to separate another Primordial Spirit, so you can only abandon yourself and possess Zuo Wen, using his body as your furnace to house your Primordial Spirit."

"Devour him and go to Tianyang City to continue impersonating him."

"When Tianyang City falls, it will be the time for you to return to your original body and impact the True Dan, and even the Gold Core."

"Don't worry, I will take care of your body for you."

Xu Qiuhui was grateful and knelt down, "Thank you, Master, for giving me a chance to be reborn!"

Then, she left.

"The Primordial Spirit Furnace technique can restrain the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace technique. By using the method of Yin-Yang fusion, one's own Primordial Spirit can reside in the body of a practitioner of the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace technique. It can be called a heaven-defying technique..."

Baihu Zhenren continued, "This technique reminds me of the legendary external incarnation. It's a pity that there are no men in this world who catch my eye. Otherwise, I would like to find one and cultivate with him, refining him into my incarnation. In this way, wouldn't it be like having two lives?"

She smiled faintly.

"This technique is not invincible."

The frail girl, however, seemed somewhat melancholic. "Only when my three major techniques are combined into one will it truly be the invincible Heaven-Breaking Technique!"

"When this technique is revealed, our sect will rise again. Our past enemies will tremble beneath our feet!"

She appeared delicate, but her eyes reflected a domineering aura that made Baihu Zhenren slightly apprehensive.

"Unfortunately, my sister is still alive... I must kill her!"

The frail girl said, but then she started coughing.

...

The next night.

"Zuo Lang, I heard that you're going back to Tianyang City?"

In the late night, Xu Qiuhui slowly spoke.

"Yes, I'm going back to take up the position of chief appraiser."

Li An said, "If you want, I can talk to the Master and let you come with me."

"Well, I do want to... but in the end, I am a person of Baihu Mountain."

"Zuo Lang, tonight is our last night..."

These words seemed to evoke a sense of mutual understanding between the two.

Supporting each other!

Inseparable!

Reluctant to part!

The waterfall cascaded down, wetting the entire sky.

At the height of his excitement, Li An suddenly noticed that Xu Qiuhui seemed to be motionless.

As if she had fainted.

"Hmm? Can something like this kill a person?"

Li An was startled and looked down. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his forehead.

A beam of light shot from Xu Qiuhui's spiritual platform and entered his forehead!

"Soul possession!"

Li An immediately realized that Xu Qiuhui was actually trying to possess him.

At the same time, he felt the demonic energy that Xu Qiuhui had infused into his body trembling slightly, as if it was guiding something.

Even the Yin-Yang demonic energy within him resonated partially with Xu Qiuhui's soul.

All of the opponent's plans became clear in Li An's mind in an instant.

The demonic cultivation Xu Qiuhui practiced specifically countered the cultivation of the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace. Once activated, the cultivator of the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace had no ability to resist.

For so many years... Baihu Mountain had been treating him like a pig.

But Li An's spiritual platform automatically defended itself, and the power of his life seed filled his spiritual platform. Even though he was caught off guard just now, he could still easily resist Xu Qiuhui's soul possession.

His spiritual consciousness and soul were much stronger than an ordinary person's, not to mention the boost from the life seed.

But his mind was racing.

Should he destroy Xu Qiuhui?

He could easily do it now.

But it would be meaningless.

It would only expose himself.

To turn the tables, he needed to play along and perhaps even turn the tables on Baihu Mountain in the end.

With this in mind, he opened his spiritual platform and allowed Xu Qiuhui's soul to enter.

After Xu Qiuhui's primordial spirit entered his spiritual platform, it directly attacked Li An's soul fire within the spiritual platform.

But Li An's primordial spirit stepped out of the soul fire with a single step and slapped Xu Qiuhui's primordial spirit away.

"What?"

At that moment, Xu Qiuhui's primordial spirit was shocked. What was going on?

She was supposed to possess Li An smoothly, right?

Now Li An was actually able to resist!

And Li An's primordial spirit was much stronger than hers.

Then, when she saw the appearance of the primordial spirit that walked out of the soul fire, she was completely stunned.

The appearance of this primordial spirit was exactly the same as Li An's true body, even looking like a young man.

"How is this possible?"

She exclaimed in disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost.

Appearance could be changed, and aura could be concealed.

But the primordial spirit, which was a person's soul, could not be changed.

This meant... Zuo Wen was not Zuo Wen, but Li An?

Zuo Wen was Li An!

He... was still alive.

He had even become the deputy head of the Treasure Pavilion and was about to become the chief appraiser!

And what shocked her the most was that Li An's primordial spirit was too young, not at all like a two-hundred-year-old elder.

At that moment, she immediately realized that Li An must have a huge secret.

And she also understood that she had fallen into a trap. Now, it was not her trying to possess Li An, but rather her life and death being completely controlled by Li An's whim.

"Junior Brother Li, please spare me for the sake of our past friendship," Xu Qiuhui quickly reacted. Her primordial spirit knelt before Li An's primordial spirit, sincerely pleading.

...

(End of this chapter)