Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 14: Poisoning

The first night passed peacefully.

The morning sunlight filtered through the treetops and scattered among the trees.

"Finally, it's dawn..."

Prince Lin didn't sleep well all night, feeling anxious and fearful. Now that he finally felt relieved, he turned to Li An and said,

"You go eat first. I'll stay here and keep watch."

Since they couldn't live together at night, the two of them had to go back to their residence during the day to eat.

Prince Lin was already very hungry since he hadn't eaten anything since last night, but he still planned to stay a while longer and wait for Li An to finish eating before going himself.

Although he deeply hated Li Bapi in his heart, he clearly understood the difference in their positions and was somewhat afraid of Li An, subconsciously wanting to please him.

But Li An said, "You go first."

Generally, if Fan Jie stayed overnight at Zhang Susu's place, he would only return to the mountain in the afternoon.

Upon hearing this, Prince Lin was overjoyed and said, "Okay, I'll come back as soon as I finish eating. It won't delay much time!"

He limped away.

Li An watched his figure and couldn't help but frown.

It wasn't easy to let this guy survive.

He got up and walked around the surroundings again.

Not far from the left side of the shack, there was a hidden cave in a pile of rocks, about seven to eight meters deep.

From the shack, taking a safe route to escape, one could quickly jump into this cave to hide.

On the right side, there was a small mountain stream with a pond in it, enough for a person to crouch in and breathe through a straw, making it difficult to be discovered.

Further into the forest, there was a large and sturdy ancient tree with dense branches, which was relatively safe to climb.

But the previous considerations were all made when he was alone. Now, he had to go through each route again and figure out which one was most suitable with a cripple...

He deliberately let Prince Lin follow him because Prince Lin was useful alive!

After having a clear plan in mind, Li An suddenly walked to the side of the spiritual bell that Fan Jie had set up, carefully untied the rope, collected some of the spiritual bells, and quickly darted into the deep forest.

Thanks to his previous exploration, he was very fast, diving eight li away. Then, he found a few key locations and tied up these spiritual bells.

The sound of the spiritual bells could travel a distance of ten li, but with trees blocking the way, eight li was about the limit.

If something really happened later, he would be able to know in advance from eight li away.

This distance... was enough for him to do many things.

Moreover, according to Li An's deduction, the placement of the spiritual bells here also had a certain deterrent effect on the enemy. After all, if the enemy discovered that spiritual bells were set up in this mountain forest, they would most likely be cautious and slow down their speed...

Li An's time would be more abundant.

Near noon, Wang Zilin hurriedly returned and apologized, "Fan Xianzhang asked me to clean the toilets and wash the bed sheets, which took some time. Sorry."

In the past year or two, in addition to his work, Wang Zilin also took on various odd jobs, such as cleaning toilets and doing laundry for Fan Jie and Zhang Susu. He did everything.

"Okay."

Li An didn't say much and left.

...

When Li An returned to the foot of Lingzhi Mountain, he was surprised to find that Fan Jie was still there.

The voice of Zhang Susu in the next room had gone hoarse!

Did Fan Jie think that Zhang Susu would die in this situation, so he was making the most of her before she died?

This absurd thought flashed through Li An's mind, but he quickly understood the truth: Fan Jie must be detoxifying frantically.

Although they had temporarily found a way to suppress the fire poison, there was still danger at any moment. The only thing Fan Jie could do was to try to expel it into Zhang Susu's body as much as possible.

Li An cooked and ate his meal, and then he started boiling the "insect-killing soup" again.

The strong stench quickly spread.

"What the hell, why are you boiling that soup again?!"

Fan Jie kicked open Li An's door, his belt undone, and asked angrily.

"Elder, there are too many mosquitoes in the woods, and we can't sleep at night... I'm boiling some medicinal soup to kill the mosquitoes."

Li An said, "Sorry, sorry."

Fan Jie was furious, but he had no choice but to say, "Hurry up and boil it!"

Then he turned around and hurriedly went up the mountain.

He couldn't stay here, he really couldn't stay!

Not long after Fan Jie left,

Zhang Susu sneaked into Li An's residence, her eyes filled with tears, and her face flushed as if it was turning into patches.

"Li An, I'm dying, he's going to kill me..."

She said miserably, "He came down the mountain early this morning, like a madman. Eight times, eight times!"

"I feel like my body is being burned in many places, it hurts so much... please save me!"

Li An's heart trembled. "He didn't come last night?"

"No, he only came during the day..."

Li An thought for a moment. It seemed that Fan Jie could also guess that the enemy's ambush would happen at night, so he must have been guarding on the mountain at night and only dared to come down during the day to detoxify Zhang Susu.

He hesitated and said, "Susu, I'm not very confident about curing your illness..."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Susu understood the implied meaning in Li An's words and knelt directly in front of him. "Li An, use any method you have, I don't blame you, I don't blame you!"

Li An reluctantly nodded, "Okay."

He took out a small bag of black powder from his pocket - it was made by grinding two mixed spirit pills.

"While he's not here, dissolve this powder in water and apply it to the most painful area on your body right now."

"The most painful area?"

Zhang Susu was taken aback for a moment, but then she realized and her face turned even redder. She nodded, "Okay."

She took the black medicine powder from Li An and gratefully said, "Li An, thank you!"

"You saved my life, I will treat you like a brother from now on, and I will give you all my extra harvest!"

After saying that, she prepared to turn and leave.

"No, right here! Hurry up!"

But Li An calmly spoke up.

He had to make sure that Zhang Susu applied the medicine properly.

Zhang Susu's face showed a touch of humiliation, but she gritted her teeth and immediately unbuttoned her pants, saying, "You hurry up, Fan Jie will be back soon..."

Li An was stunned and quickly stopped her, pointing to the large wooden tub he used for bathing in the room, "Go over there and do it yourself!"

Zhang Susu was taken aback for a moment, and her face instantly turned even redder. It turned out that she had misunderstood Li An's intention...

She quickly took some water in a bowl and hid behind the wooden tub.

Li An didn't turn around to look, he calmly brewed the medicine.

"This medicine is colorless and tasteless, and you won't feel anything when you apply it. Li An, is it really effective?"

Zhang Susu put on her pants and walked out, her eyes somewhat uneasy.

Li An said, "I don't know, Sister Su, you should go back now."

"Remember, don't tell him about this, and you don't want Fan Jie to know that you've been here, right?"

Zhang Susu nodded heavily, "I understand."

After she left, Li An got up, rinsed the bowl she used with water several times to make sure there were no traces left, and then poured the soup medicine that had been boiled over the fire into a wooden tub, carrying it out and preparing to leave.

"Oh, by the way,"

Li An suddenly reminded her, "Sister Su, if you have nothing to do, you can go and pick some green lotus leaves. They are good for you. Just be careful, the mud there is very deep, and if you fall in, no one will notice."

Zhang Susu was a little confused, but she nodded casually and left.

...

Evening quickly arrived.

Li An, with Prince Lin, sprinkled the soup medicine around the area.

After the soup medicine had been boiled and cooled, the smell was no longer strong, but it was still pungent to beasts and spirit beasts, which could to some extent restrict the routes of some spirit beasts.

...

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

...

"Li An, do you think it's really dangerous here?"

Night fell, and Prince Lin had spent a few days with Li An, gradually losing some of his fear of Li An. He said, "What if there are tigers or something... what should we do?"

Li An closed his eyes and focused his senses to the extreme, listening for any subtle movements in the air, ignoring him.

"I actually regret coming to Xuan Yang Sect. It would have been better to stay at home. I have a younger sister, only seven years old. She's so cute, if I had stayed at home, I could have helped my parents take care of her. Although farming every year is hard, it wouldn't be as miserable as it is now..."

Prince Lin rambled on, "Now my leg is broken, and I've been stuck at the Qi Refining first level for two years. If my parents knew how miserable I am, how sad would they be..."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sob.

"Shut up!"

Suddenly, Li An opened his eyes.

"What's wrong..."

Prince Lin was frightened, "Don't scare me... the spirit bell didn't ring."

The sound of the spirit bell, which was set up eight miles away, was already very weak when it reached here, like the sound of insects, and Prince Lin couldn't hear it at all!

"I seem to have heard the sound of some kind of strange beast... run, run quickly!"

But Li An didn't hesitate, he grabbed Prince Lin and pulled him out of the shack, running towards the pile of rocks.

After running only a few dozen steps, Li An suddenly slipped and pulled Prince Lin down into a hole in the ground.

Hitting the stone wall in the hole, Li An instantly passed out after falling to the bottom.

"Li An..."

Prince Lin was also in a mess, trying to stand up, but suddenly felt like he was hit by a stone on the back of his head, his vision went black, and he passed out.

After he fell down.

Li An suddenly opened his eyes, then leaped out of the hole.

"Eight miles, fifteen minutes, that's enough!"

- The enemy is attacking, and the first ones to come must be lower-level spirit beasts. Plus, the dense thorns and trees in the mountains, as well as the gullies and mountains blocking the way, Li An deduced that it would take about this long from the location of the spirit bell to where he and Prince Lin were hiding.

In reality, when the spirit bell rang, the enemy would most likely be alarmed and slow down to investigate, giving Li An more time to act.

But he only gave himself fifteen minutes!

He had to finish within fifteen minutes!

Li An turned around and rushed towards the direction of the spirit plant mountain, his figure like a leopard, disappearing in the forest in the blink of an eye!

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(End of this chapter)