Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 152: Strategy Failure

"Remember it all..."

Just as Gu Hong had successfully crossed the threshold of Foundation Establishment and formed her True Dan, she was shocked by what Li An had just told her.

She never expected that the upper echelons of Tianyang City would be so complicated!

Various powerful forces were in conflict and vying for power.

And Li An was just a small chess piece.

"Husband, please rest assured, I will do my best."

She took a deep breath, her eyes resolute, as if she had an unshakable determination.

Li An nodded, preparing to leave. But before he left, he couldn't help but turn back and say, "Remember, the time you have to escape will be very short, very short—"

"I still can't determine the opponent's cultivation level, but they must be very strong. Foundation Establishment is not enough in front of them!"

Gu Hong looked at Li An and smiled slightly, her smile calm and gentle. "I know."

"Mm."

Li An prepared to leave.

"Husband..." Gu Hong suddenly called out to him instinctively.

Li An stopped and looked back at her with a puzzled expression.

"It's nothing."

Gu Hong suddenly didn't say anything else, just smiled and said, "Go quickly."

...

Li An left the quiet room where she was cultivating, sneaked out of seclusion, and reached the door. He lifted a floor tile and found fine soil underneath.

This was deliberately modified by Li An. He buried his body in it and used the Life-Prolonging Immortal Casting Technique to conceal himself. In this way, he merged with the soil. Even if a Foundation Establishment expert passed by here, they might not be able to discover anything.

His plan was as follows:

The people from the Demon Sect would break into the Left Mansion and enter the closed-off area. Gu Hong, who was in the closed-off area, would activate two third-tier arrays to trap them.

At the same time, Li An would escape from here.

Then Gu Hong would escape.

When Gu Hong was escaping, the fake Li An, who had been turned into a puppet, would appear, running in another direction—

The people from the Demon Sect would definitely chase after the fake Li An.

This way, Gu Hong would have a glimmer of hope.

He buried his whole body in the fine soil, not moving a muscle, holding his breath.

He felt that time was passing so slowly for the first time!

Every heartbeat was clearly audible, and he even heard his own fear. But this fear quickly turned into calmness, allowing him to calculate and deduce quickly in his mind.

Finally, a voice came, "My lord is in seclusion, who dares to enter—"

It was the voice of a concubine.

Li An's aura of forming a Dan had already spread throughout the mansion. Those concubines who had previously harbored various thoughts were now extremely loyal, protecting Li An together. They even activated second-tier arrays to stop the intruders.

"Noisy—"

A cold and indifferent female voice sounded.

Boom!

A surging aura instantly spread out. Li An only heard a loud noise, followed by cries of pain and wailing. It seemed like the Left Mansion had collapsed—

Li An didn't dare to use his divine sense to investigate, so he could only rely on his hearing to perceive the outside world. He couldn't know the true situation.

But his heart sank. Eight Foundation Establishment concubines, along with the second-tier array's Law Manifestation assistance, couldn't even withstand a single move from the intruder...

Just how powerful was this person?

Moreover, what puzzled him even more was the voice from earlier...

It was so similar to that weak girl from Baihu Mountain!

What exactly happened at the Jingbei Prince's Mansion?!

But all these thoughts flashed through his mind. Now was not the time to seek answers. He focused his hearing to the extreme.

He wanted to hear the footsteps of the other party, to determine where they had gone. But he couldn't hear anything at all.

The other party walked without making a sound!

However, immediately after, a tender shout rang out, "Are you trying to harm my husband?! Husband, run—"

It was Gu Hong's voice!

When this voice came, Li An, who was hiding under the floor tile and in the fine soil, didn't hesitate. He quickly pushed open the floor tile and rushed out of the door—

At this moment, behind him.

Gu Hong had already activated two third-tier arrays, fully opened.

The aura emitted by the two trapping arrays completely enveloped the entire Left Mansion. Under the impact, every brick, every tile, every flower, and every blade of grass in the Left Mansion was destroyed.

At the same time, six second-tier formations exploded together!

In the center of the grand formation, Gu Hong, who had already formed his Nascent Soul, had an extremely powerful aura as he soared into the air, staring at the "frail girl" who had entered the ruins.

The frail girl raised her gaze and looked at Gu Hong with some confusion. "Why... did you... form your Nascent Soul?"

It seemed that she had already understood something, and her face turned completely cold, as cold as a volcano about to erupt in anger!

"You deceived me?"

A chilling intent emanated from her eyes.

Gu Hong's body suddenly trembled slightly. At this moment, she actually had the illusion that she couldn't stand in the air.

It felt like flying in front of this existence was presumptuous, an offense.

She couldn't help but want to descend, to kneel.

What level of existence is this...

Nascent Soul?

Or... even higher?

In any case, it couldn't be forming the Nascent Soul!

A Nascent Soul cultivator definitely wouldn't have such power, such a position!

But Gu Hong supported herself with a strong will and gritted her teeth. "Die..."

She exerted all her strength, activating the power of various formations, and bombarded the "frail girl."

"Overestimating yourself."

However, the frail girl spoke coldly and casually waved her hand, causing the power of two triple-tier formations and six double-tier formations to dissipate into nothingness!

Just with a wave of her hand!

Gu Hong, who was flying in the air, could no longer hold on. Her face turned pale, and she fell down, staggering in the ruins, a trace of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, following Li An's planned strategy, the "puppet" Li An rushed out from another direction.

The puppet Li An also had a mysterious demonic aura within him. Whether it was his appearance or his aura, no one could distinguish him from the real Li An.

However, the frail girl didn't even spare him a glance.

"You're quite cunning. Since that's the case, no one should leave—"

The frail girl spoke with a cold and low growl, releasing a surging demonic aura. Wherever the icy coldness reached, all living beings within the entire Tianyang City were suddenly frozen—

Including the cultivators and ordinary people on the streets and alleys.

Including Gu Hong.

Including the puppet that was trying to escape.

And also...

Li An, who had already flown out more than ten miles using a flying talisman and was about to cross the city gate—

When the body was frozen by the chilling aura filled with demonic energy, a deep sense of fear surged in Li An's heart...

His actions had no mistakes!

He escaped from the Left Mansion, quickly traveled two or three miles, and blended into the crowd before using a flying talisman to escape.

He had only used the first flying talisman!

The trapped formation in the Left Mansion had completely failed.

Gu Hong couldn't stop the other party at all.

Moreover, the other party didn't pursue the fake Li An...

Instead, she directly froze the entire city!

"What kind of monster is this... Nascent Soul... no, more than Nascent Soul—"

Li An's heart was filled with towering waves of emotion.

An inexplicable despair and helplessness filled his entire body...

This was the crushing of absolute strength!

No matter how much Li An calculated, no matter how much he schemed, in the face of absolute strength, all the concealment and hiding he did seemed so laughable!

It was like an ant hiding in a withered leaf when faced with a child's blockade.

Indeed, the child couldn't see the ant anymore.

But the child could easily crush the entire withered leaf—

"Time and fate—"

Li An sighed with sadness.

In this vast cultivation world, he, the former time traveler and now a reborn individual...

Was not the protagonist.

...

(End of this chapter)