Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 15: Seeking Revenge and Settling Hatred

"Eighty breaths!"

Li An rushed from the forest one mile away to the foot of Lingzhi Mountain in just eighty breaths, taking less than two minutes!

This was thanks to his light body technique and his unparalleled familiarity with the terrain.

Without hesitation, he quickly followed the path he had explored last time and swiftly made his way up Lingzhi Mountain.

It took him about three hundred breaths, or around five minutes, to reach the location of the rock from last time.

Mainly because he didn't want to alert Fan Jie.

Fan Jie's residence still had lights on, and he surprisingly hadn't rested.

Li An tiptoed quietly and reached the corner of Fan Jie's residence.

"Hmm?"

He glanced towards the medicinal field and noticed that the fire spirit fruits, which were only half ripe a few days ago, had significantly matured and grown to the size of a baby's fist.

It seemed that Fan Jie must have brought back some ripening medicine!

After all, the threat from the Hundred Beasts Sect had already arrived, and Fan Jie wanted the fire spirit fruits to mature to the second stage before they arrived!

Otherwise, it would be a huge loss!

"How could this be? Hasn't the fire poison already been suppressed?"

Meanwhile, Fan Jie's voice faintly came from inside the room.

"It hurts so much... How could this happen! That bastard, not giving me Qingyuan Pill is one thing, but could there also be a problem with the antidote?"

He seemed to be howling in pain.

Li An immediately activated his spiritual energy, and within the spiritual field ten steps away, a water arrow instantly appeared and severed the stem of a fire spirit fruit.

The fire spirit fruit fell to the ground with a thud, and the water arrow burst open, making a sound.

"Who?"

Fan Jie hurriedly pushed open the door and rushed out when he saw the fire spirit fruit falling in the medicinal field. He was suddenly surprised and suspicious, saying, "How did it fall..."

He walked into the medicinal field and bent down to pick up the fire spirit fruit.

At that moment...

Swoosh!

The sound of arrows piercing through the air instantly rang out.

"Not good!"

Fan Jie suddenly turned around, and two water arrows were already coming towards him.

He quickly waved his hand and released a talisman. With a flash of yellow light, an earth shield appeared in front of him, blocking the water arrows.

He used an earth shield talisman!

However, as soon as the water arrows were blocked, he felt a bone-chilling cold wind blowing, and his body stiffened, finding it difficult to take a step.

It was a cold wind talisman!

At the same time, four flames had already exploded from four directions.

Flame talismans... four of them!

"Damn it!"

Fan Jie's face changed drastically as the flames were about to engulf him.

But just as the flames were about to dissipate, he saw a figure in the corner of the wall. He activated his spiritual energy and instantly formed a fiery red shield.

- Huang-ranked low-grade spell, Fire Shield!

At the same time, a fireball condensed in his hand and was thrown with all his strength.

However, at that moment, his body suddenly trembled, and the fireball instantly dissipated, not even reaching a few meters away.

Puh!

Fan Jie spewed out a mouthful of blood and convulsed all over.

- The fire poison had erupted!

His fire poison had been suppressed, but for some reason in the past two days, it had become restless and turbulent, reaching its limit.

By using spiritual energy to fight at this moment, the balance was instantly broken, and the toxins were ignited.

In the air, two more water arrows shot towards him.

"Damn it..."

Fear filled Fan Jie's eyes. Unable to use his spiritual energy, he was no different from a cripple.

He hurriedly grabbed his storage bag to open it, but before he could, it felt as if his heart had been struck by a heavy hammer.

Lowering his head, he saw a dagger that had pierced through his first-grade low-level protective armor and directly into his heart.

"How... is this possible!"

He stared blankly and fell to the ground.

And from the shadows, five more water arrows suddenly shot out.

All five water arrows hit his body.

The lower-grade armor was cut open at one corner, rendering its protective effect useless. The five water arrows left five holes in his body.

However, the person in the dark did not let go. They crazily shot water arrows, firing dozens of arrows that almost pierced Fan Jie like a sieve.

Then, a figure suddenly leaped out and landed beside Fan Jie.

Li An quickly drew his Starlight Dagger, picked up Fan Jie's storage bag, and the last flame talisman fell on Fan Jie.

Fan Jie's body instantly burst into flames.

Li An acted swiftly, throwing away everything in Fan Jie's storage bag, including dozens of spirit stones, various spiritual medicines, bottles, and even a flying boat artifact worth hundreds of spirit stones!

Obviously, Fan Jie had prepared well for this escape. When the spirit bell rang, he immediately controlled the flying boat to flee, and the beast tide couldn't catch up to him.

But Li An didn't even glance at these treasures and spirit stones. He picked all four Fire Spirit Fruits, put them in his storage bag, and then turned and ran.

"Not overtime, 250 breaths, still in time!"

The battle with Fan Jie was extremely short, taking only about three minutes, and with the cleanup, it didn't exceed four minutes.

According to estimates, there were still five minutes until the spirit beasts reached the cave where he and Prince Lin were hiding.

Li An sprinted with all his strength this time, taking only one minute.

Three minutes later, Li An returned to the mountains.

It took about a minute longer than going to the Spirit Plant Mountain because Li An made a brief stop at a stream along the way and buried Fan Jie's storage bag in the thick mud of the stream!

He also put the remaining Cold Wind Talisman and Earth Shield Talisman into the storage bag instead of keeping them on his person.

The deafening roar of the spirit beasts had already come from the mountain pass.

—Judging from the sound, it seemed to be longer than Li An estimated, at least another seven or eight minutes before they could reach this place.

It was similar to what Li An had expected. The enemy discovered that the Spirit Plant Mountain's forest was actually set up with spirit bells, so they must have been vigilant and slightly slowed down their pace.

Li An didn't care and directly sneaked into the cave.

He immediately activated the Life-Preserving Immortal Casting Technique, and the aura of the life seed slowly emanated.

He grabbed Prince Lin's hand, allowing this aura to also conceal Prince Lin's life aura.

The two of them seemed to have turned into grass, roots, and trees!

As time passed, the sound of the trembling earth outside the cave finally came. Li An heard the long howl of the demon wolves, the roar of the spirit tigers...

He also heard the deafening sound emitted by Fan Jie's spirit bells!

Li An's heart instantly tightened. Even though the cave they were hiding in was hidden among a pile of rocks, it was very secretive.

Even though his Life-Preserving Immortal Casting Technique had a great effect in concealing his aura.

But in such a dangerous environment, who knew if there would be a one-in-a-million accident or a one-in-a-thousand coincidence that would expose them?

He was extremely nervous!

...

At the same time.

Under the Lingzhi Mountain, Zhang Susu woke up from her sleep.

She panicked and shouted Fan Jie's name, not even having time to put on her clothes, and ran towards the mountain.

...

Outside Lingzhi Mountain, somewhere on the mountain road leading to the outer gate, between the cliffs.

"They should be here."

An elder stood on a peak, looking towards Lingzhi Mountain, and said,

"Just now, news came from both the market and the mining area that they were attacked by an unknown force."

"Heh, the other party is trying to lure us away from the mountain, so they can rush out of Lingzhi Mountain and heavily damage our core area..."

"Prepare, wait for the enemy to rush past Lingzhi Mountain and enter the middle section, then surround them and annihilate them here!"

...

At the same time, at the foot of a mountain peak.

"What a pity!"

A middle-aged man in a fiery red robe looked at the message on the communication jade talisman and couldn't help but sigh, "In just seven days, only seven days, the Fire Spirit Fruit will be completely ripe!"

"These damn people from the Beast Sect, they've ruined my big plan!"

He clenched his fist, full of hatred in his eyes, "If I had known they were coming from Lingzhi Mountain, I should have used the ripening powder earlier. I should have considered natural ripening in the early stages, the quality would have been higher. I've been waiting all this time, but now I can't even reach the second stage!"

"Senior Lu, the Fire Spirit Fruit is a second-grade spiritual medicine. Can we really trust Fan Jie?"

Beside him, a young man couldn't help but worry.

The man in the fiery red robe said coldly,

"He is afflicted with fire poison, he can only come to me for help!"

"What if he controls the flying boat and doesn't follow our plan, and directly escapes from the sect, never to return..."

The young man still had some concerns. After all, even if the Fire Spirit Fruit is not completely ripe this year, the value of that Spirit Vine is immeasurable. As long as it is successfully stolen and cultivated well, it will eventually bear second-grade spiritual fruits.

For a low-level disciple like Fan Jie, this is already a great opportunity for immortality.

"I have left marks in the detoxifying powder I gave him and on the flying boat. If he dares to have any other thoughts, he will have only one way to die..."

The man in the fiery red robe sneered, looking towards Lingzhi Mountain, "Hmm, according to the agreement, Fan Jie should be arriving soon."

The young man beside him nodded, "Senior, now the sect is on high alert everywhere, it will be difficult to arrange for Fan Jie to leave..."

After this incident, everything in Lingzhi Mountain will definitely be exposed, so Fan Jie can no longer stay in the sect.

"If we can't arrange for him to leave Xuan Yang Sect, then we'll arrange for him to leave this world." The man in the fiery red robe's words were cold and icy.

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(End of this chapter)