Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 181: Old Yinhuo (Long Chapter)

Late at night.

Blackleaf Forest, located on the edge of Bai Mountain's territory, adjacent to Jieshan's territory.

Generally speaking, although the territories are adjacent, there is a clear boundary between them. Once either side crosses the border, such as cultivators from Jieshan coming over, they are easily detected by the spiritual beasts on this side, which can lead to fatal consequences.

However, tonight in Blackleaf Forest, a terrifying divine sense swept through. The spiritual beasts residing in the forest were directly shaken by their souls, unable to make a sound, and had already fainted.

Many people quickly crossed through Blackleaf Forest.

"Elder's Soul-Shaking Sound is truly extraordinary. No one below Nascent Soul can withstand it!"

In the darkness, a voice exclaimed in admiration and whispered, "According to the information, ahead is Lingyun Mountain. There are currently several True Dan cultivators practicing there. It would be easy to be discovered if we pass through later. Elder, please make a move and silently kill these two people, what do you think?"

Beside him, an elder at the Nascent Soul level nodded, preparing to take action.

But, at this moment...

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

A shocking cry suddenly came from the direction of Lingyun Mountain.

This cry was supported by the cultivation of True Dan level, instantly shocking the surrounding mountains and causing the birds and beasts to tremble.

"What the hell is going on?"

The group of cultivators who came from Blackleaf Forest were a bit confused.

They had just arrived and hadn't even reached Lingyun Mountain yet, so how were they discovered?

"I'll kill him!"

The Nascent Soul cultivator known as the elder coldly spoke, ready to make a move.

"No, Elder, we've been discovered. We should go to the demonized area immediately - we can't waste any time!"

However, another cultivator beside him stopped him and shouted, "Xu Yi, Wang Zhongxian, Luo Xue, this place is left to you three. Kill the Lingyun Mountain cultivators and hold this place, waiting for our retreat."

Then, in Blackleaf Forest, the group of cultivators who were originally sneaking suddenly erupted with terrifying aura. One after another, they soared into the sky, almost all of them at the True Dan level, with a few at the Nascent Soul level.

They directly rushed towards deeper areas, crossing over Lingyun Mountain.

...

On Lingyun Mountain.

"What the hell are you shouting?!"

Lingyuan Peak's Xiang Yuntian was startled out of his cultivation spot by Li An, and he spoke indignantly, "Where did the enemy attack come from..."

But in the next instant, he saw the True Dan and Nascent Soul auras flying from the direction of Blackleaf Forest.

"So many?"

Xiang Yuntian was instantly shocked.

Meanwhile, Li An was extremely relieved at this moment.

They weren't coming for the two of them. Li An's guess was correct.

After losing the element of surprise and being discovered, these attackers only had one choice: to rush towards the demonized area with all their might.

After all, that was their main objective.

"Kill!"

But outside Lingyun Mountain, three auras were already approaching.

Three True Dan cultivators.

Li An immediately activated the second defense line, the Lingyun Mountain Protection Formation, to directly block these three people.

"Break the formation!"

"Kill this person!"

The three of them bombarded the protective formation with their powerful spiritual energy.

One at the late True Dan stage, one at the middle True Dan stage, and one at the early True Dan stage!

This was their strength.

"Open!"

The expert at the late True Dan stage took out a blue long knife, bursting with light. Wherever it went, the light of the formation was cut open by a considerable amount.

The two cultivators beside him detonated dozens of third-grade Breaking Formation Talismans, causing explosions.

"We can't stop them..."

Li An shouted!

In reality, with his true strength, he alone could withstand these three cultivators. Unless there were fourth-grade Breaking Formation Talismans or continuous attacks for half a year.

And this was not even considering the situation with the divine bird.

But his publicly displayed strength was only at the early True Dan stage, so he definitely couldn't show too much talent.

"Who let you block them?"

Xiang Yuntian coldly said, "Let them in... I haven't killed anyone in a very, very long time..."

His cultivation was only at the middle True Dan stage, but he was so disdainful of the enemy.

Li An struggled to hold on, but finally couldn't withstand the combined attacks of the three cultivators. The formation collapsed with a loud bang.

"There are only two of them, quickly deal with them, kill!"

The late True Dan cultivator shouted.

"There are only three of them, quickly deal with them, kill!"

Meanwhile, Xiang Yuntian raised his sword, sweeping through the sky. A majestic sword aura, like a white rainbow, illuminated the night sky, directly enveloping the three cultivators.

He wanted to take on all three of them!

"Arrogant!"

The late True Dan cultivator swung down his blue long knife, and spiritual energy formed along the blade, resembling a several hundred-meter-long heavenly blade, annihilating everything.

Boom!

The blue heavenly blade collided with Xiang Yuntian's sword aura, erupting with a violent shockwave.

Xiang Yuntian remained standing on the mountain peak, motionless, while the late True Dan cultivator took two steps back.

With mid-stage True Dan cultivation, he actually forced back a late-stage True Dan cultivator?

The three attackers were all shocked.

However, Li An noticed that the peak beneath Xiang Yuntian's feet had cracks, and his feet trembled a few times.

What a show-off!

Do all sword cultivators love to show off?

Well, that's fine. With this foolish sword cultivator in front, Li An can easily handle it.

"Sword cultivator... let's attack together!"

The three True Dan cultivators attacked, their spiritual energy surging, shaking the sky.

Standing on the mountain peak, Xiang Yuntian suddenly turned around and looked at Li An, saying, "I'm not selfish, you pick one?"

He was facing three opponents, the pressure was too great...

Li An: "..."

...

And at this moment...

From the rear...

"What's going on..."

Luosha Valley, this was the ambush location arranged by Jiang Ribai, with many people and horses waiting here.

Originally, according to the plan, the enemy should have unknowingly entered the ambush circle.

But now, a group of True Dan and Nascent Soul cultivators flew directly from the sky...

Many of the ambush tactics they had prepared couldn't be used.

The ambush had turned into an encounter battle.

"Damn it, there's a problem... never mind, kill!"

"Don't let them escape!"

"Ao--"

The hidden spirit beasts and cultivators in Luosha Valley all rushed out.

A fierce battle erupted.

...

The land of demonization.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, everything is ready... the enemy has also attacked."

The formation was activated, various spiritual fluids flowed in a colorful pool, and Jiang Ribai stood by the pool with several powerful spirit beasts guarding him.

"Well, let's begin, activate the Demonization Pool!"

Jiang Ribai nodded and spoke, at the same time, four True Dan cultivators came forward carrying a sedan chair with a flowing Dao rhyme.

On the delicate silk inside the sedan chair, there was a huge lizard lying down.

That lizard was today's protagonist - Prince Taixi.

It crawled directly into the colorful pool.

Everything was ready.

That lunatic from Lingyun Mountain, he should be dead by now, right?

A cold smile appeared on Jiang Ribai's lips. This was the consequence of offending him.

...

The battle was intense.

Xiang Yuntian, a generation of sword cultivators, displayed his true level, actually holding his own against a late-stage True Dan cultivator and a mid-stage True Dan cultivator, faintly gaining the upper hand.

Sword qi filled the sky, shaking the mountains. Wherever it went, the grass and trees in the mountains and forests were all destroyed, giving a sense of the heavens and earth collapsing.

Li An was fighting against an early-stage True Dan cultivator, and he was even hiding in the third defensive line - the Lingjing Peak.

This made it almost effortless for him.

The True Dan cultivators couldn't break through his formation at all. They wanted to surround and kill Xiang Yuntian, but they were afraid of Li An's sneak attacks, which made them extremely annoyed.

"Righteousness of Haoran--"

Xiang Yuntian suddenly shouted as he confronted the two formidable enemies. A massive amount of evil energy burst out from him, sword qi filled the air for dozens of miles, shaking the sky. This sword was filled with fierce evil energy, extremely astonishing.

"Dare--"

The two formidable enemies tried their best to stop him, but in the next moment, Xiang Yuntian actually burned his essence blood, instantly closing in. The sword light was about to explode.

The late-stage True Dan cultivator couldn't withstand this sword. His protective gear was cut open, and a huge hole appeared in his chest.

The mid-stage True Dan cultivator took the opportunity to make a move, and a spear pierced into Xiang Yuntian's body.

But the long sword in Xiang Yuntian's hand turned into a white rainbow and flew out, directly piercing through the mid-stage True Dan cultivator!

The True Dan cultivator fell from the sky, already heavily injured, barely clinging to life.

It was extremely tragic.

For a moment, Xiang Yuntian killed a late-stage True Dan cultivator and severely injured another mid-stage True Dan cultivator.

He himself was heavily injured!

"What?"

Outside Lingjing Peak, the cultivators attacking Li An's formation had their expressions greatly changed, feeling fear and trepidation. They gritted their teeth and made a move, ignoring Li An, and directly attacked Xiang Yuntian.

Xiang Yuntian's combat power was too terrifying.

Xiang Yuntian was pinned to the ground by the spear, almost defenseless. But as he watched the True Dan cultivator approaching him, his eyes were calm to the extreme, and he reminded him, "Lin, his real target is you, don't come out first--"

Lingjing Peak.

Li An had actually already realized that although this early-stage True Dan cultivator seemed to be attacking Xiang Yuntian, he actually had ulterior motives. He had set up a formation outside Lingjing Peak, and if Li An took a step forward, he would no longer be able to hide inside Lingjing Peak.

Apparently, Xiang Yuntian was no longer a threat, Li An was his target.

He had originally planned to continue hiding like this.

But when Xiang Yuntian's words fell, he hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward.

Just out of the Lingjing Peak, a formation has already been set up!

A cultivator in the early stage of True Dan sneered and launched a counterattack.

But what greeted him was an ocean formed by a sea of fire pythons--

Li An detonated twenty fire python talismans, along with ten ice talismans.

At the same time, two flying swords were slashed out simultaneously.

The face of this True Dan cultivator immediately changed. The talismans Li An sacrificed were enough to pose a threat to a late stage Foundation Establishment expert!

Moreover, there were too many of them... Who would detonate dozens of third-grade talismans all at once?

"You motherf*cker..."

He defended with all his might.

Finally, after exerting all his strength, he managed to block the attacks of dozens of talismans.

But before he could catch his breath, a more terrifying wave of flames and explosions almost swallowed him--

"F*ck..."

This True Dan cultivator in the early stage could only utter a word of disbelief and fear in his mouth...

This must be at least...

One hundred talismans??

Damn it... Does anyone fight like this?

He had never seen it before...

Boom!

The sky exploded, and the True Dan cultivator's body disappeared without a trace.

Dead.

Li An patted his sleeves and walked out calmly, his face extremely calm.

On the other side, Xiang Yuntian was stunned. He looked at Li An with a complex expression and only spoke after a long time:

"F*ck, you're really rich..."

Over a hundred third-grade talismans, it could be considered a sky-high price!

One third-grade talisman alone cost two hundred medium-grade spirit stones. With this batch of talismans thrown out by Li An, there must be at least ten to twenty thousand medium-grade spirit stones gone...

But Li An completely ignored Xiang Yuntian and suddenly looked into the distance.

The True Dan mid-stage cultivator who was heavily injured by Xiang Yuntian was about to escape after the True Dan early-stage cultivator died. He seemed to have used some secret technique and was about to flee--

"F*ck, don't let him escape!"

Xiang Yuntian shouted.

However, Li An didn't move at all, and a formation was set up directly in the direction the cultivator was fleeing--

The first line of defense!

The first line of defense was set at the junction of the Black Leaf Forest and the Lingyun Mountain. It served two purposes. Firstly, if the enemy was too strong, Li An would use this line of defense to block the enemy and buy himself time to escape. Secondly, if the enemy was defeated, it could prevent them from escaping.

"Why is there still a formation here? It's a trap, a trap!"

The mid-level True Dan cultivators present were on the verge of collapse, shouting repeatedly!

Li An took a step forward, transforming into a streak of light and chasing after them, entering the large formation. The True Dan cultivator wanted to resist, but a layer of black aura erupted from Li An's body, covering his entire body and forming a suit of armor!

This armor was glossy and Li An used it to withstand the attacks of the mid-level True Dan cultivator.

The Indestructible Demon Armor was still broken, after all, the highest-grade metal he had used before was only second-grade, and he had not yet used third-grade!

However, Li An was already very satisfied. With a sweep of his spiritual power, he directly sent the mid-level True Dan cultivator flying, and Li An quickly caught up, already gripping his throat.

"No, you're not True Dan, you're... Gold Core?!"

The cultivator was extremely terrified, but Li An did not respond to him. Instead, he activated his demonic cultivation technique madly.

He wanted to refine this cultivator into a puppet.

In fact, if this person was at his peak, there would be some risk in what Li An was doing. After all, this person's cultivation level was slightly higher than Li An's. If the opponent's spiritual consciousness was strong enough, there might be a chance for a reversal.

But he had already brought this person to the brink of death, with no power to resist.

The whole process was very quick.

Li An obtained the memories from this person's mind!

This was what he wanted.

After completing all of this, Li An decisively used his demonic cultivation technique to devour the puppet's primordial spirit!

The mid-level True Dan cultivator's primordial spirit was extremely abundant in soul power. After being refined by him, a large amount of demonic energy was born in his dantian, and the soul power flowed into his spiritual platform...

In reality, Li An did not want to cultivate demonic techniques.

Nor did he like this kind of plundering method.

The reason he erased the opponent's spiritual consciousness was mainly due to the risk involved.

The Indestructible Demon Technique controlled puppets, dividing them into dead puppets and living puppets.

Living puppets, like Chen Qingling whom he had controlled before, had no idea that they had been implanted with a demonic seed by Li An. They still appeared to live and cultivate normally, but Li An could activate the demonic seed to control them at any time.

Dead puppets were like lifeless objects, used like items, and could also exert the cultivation level of the puppet when they were alive.

But the existence of living puppets would also have an impact on the controller. After all, Li An's thoughts and spiritual consciousness subtly influenced the other party, and the other party would naturally influence Li An as well.

This influence was not obvious before the Foundation Establishment stage, and he could rely on the life-preserving Immortal Cultivation Technique to resolve it.

But after True Dan, the cultivator's spiritual consciousness and soul both made rapid progress. The reverse influence of a mid-level True Dan cultivator on him was not to be underestimated.

Li An detested risks and hidden dangers!

Therefore, after browsing through the other party's memories and obtaining what he wanted, it was enough to turn the other party into a dead puppet.

After completing all of this.

He took off all the storage rings and storage bags from the dead puppet's body, and then put the dead puppet into a storage ring.

Then he turned around and returned to the foot of Lingyun Mountain.

Yun Tian was still nailed to the battlefield. When he saw Li An return, he couldn't help but say,

"I understand now. You knew there would be an ambush, so you set up the formation in advance... You really are a cunning old fox!"

Li An turned a deaf ear to it, and the Black Poison Little Sword quickly took action, repeatedly stabbing the late True Dan stage cultivator who had been killed by Xiang Yuntian dozens of times, confirming that the other party was already dead, before finally feeling relieved.

He walked up to Xiang Yuntian.

"Old Yinbi..."

Xiang Yuntian cursed, blood flowing continuously from his spear wound, but he grinned, "Come here, take back the spirit stones you borrowed from me, and we'll be even."

Li An looked at Xiang Yuntian and suddenly said,

"Do you want to stay alive?"

"I'm as good as dead, stop talking nonsense and take them away quickly..." Xiang Yuntian said.

The battle was over at this moment, and he was in pain, his mouth twitching. "It's a pity, I regret it a little. When that Zhou Dang woman came to find me, I should have slept with her first, then fucking killed her. I would have died a virgin... What a fucking shame!"

He suddenly looked up at the sky, tears streaming from his eyes. "Yang Yulian, you fucking bitch, betraying me, framing me. I loved you so much, and you made me wander the world, unable to return to my sect. Fucking hell, you ruined me!!"

He didn't know who he was talking about.

But Li An suddenly grabbed the spear that had pierced through his chest and pulled it out forcefully.

"Fuck, bro, stop, it hurts too much..." Xiang Yuntian screamed, then passed out.

Li An threw the spear aside.

He carefully checked Xiang Yuntian's condition.

Then he quickly lifted Xiang Yuntian's body, turned around, and swiftly left, following the escape route he had prepared, rushing out of the White Mountain Lord's area at the fastest speed, and arrived at a mountain forest on the outskirts of Tian Sha City.

There was a cave prepared by him here.

Entering it, Li An quickly activated the power of the life seed, repairing Xiang Yuntian's body.

At the same time, he circulated his demonic cultivation technique and invaded Xiang Yuntian's mind while he was unconscious, leaving behind a mass of refined evil energy, using this evil energy to leave a restriction.

The power of the life seed was extremely effective. In an instant, Xiang Yuntian's wounds healed at a visible speed, and a hint of rosy color appeared on his pale face.

Li An patted his face, and Xiang Yuntian slowly woke up, looking at Li An and said,

"Brother Lin An, you're also dead?"

"You're not dead," Li An calmly said, "Take your sword and let's go."

Xiang Yuntian was stunned for a moment and said, "You saved me..."

"How did you save me?"

"Don't talk so much nonsense," Li An said, "I have placed a restriction in your mind. If you dare to leak a single word about what happened today, you will undoubtedly die."

"Do you understand?"

Xiang Yuntian immediately closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, then opened his eyes again with a slightly complicated expression.

"Alright, I understand. My life was saved by you. Whatever you say, I'll do it."

Li An said, "You don't have much time left. Here are some spirit stones and spirit medicines. Take them and leave quickly. Don't come back to the Tian Sha Mountain Range in the future."

He threw a storage bag to Xiang Yuntian.

Xiang Yuntian stood up with the support of the cloud and took the storage bag, saying, "Okay."

"After you go out, vent in the forest, swing your sword wildly." Li An added another sentence.

This was to make arrangements for the future, so that others would know that Xiang Yuntian had really escaped from here... to prevent him from being suspected.

Li An's principle had always been to ensure his own absolute safety.

Otherwise, no matter how good or pitiful others were, he would never care.

Xiang Yuntian nodded, walked out of the stone cave, and followed Li An's instructions, swinging his sword in this forest, leaving many sword marks that belonged to him, deliberately simulating the aura of battle, and so on.

He was still not fully recovered and was quite tired. He put away his sword and asked, "Can I leave now?"

Li An nodded.

Xiang Yuntian turned around and took a step, but after only two steps, he suddenly stopped and said,

"Lin An!"

"Hmm?"

"I owe you a life, you can come to collect it at any time."

He said solemnly, "This time, I will go to the Central Heavenly Sword Sect in Central Heaven Continent to kill. If I can survive, I will repay this favor."

"Also, the bird restriction you set won't affect me once I break through the Nascent Soul stage. Here, take this."

Xiang Yuntian took out a small sword from his pocket and threw it to Li An. "This is the spiritual sword I have dedicated my life to. Although it has not succeeded yet, if this sword is damaged, I will be seriously injured or even die."

Li An took his sword, checked it, and confirmed that it was indeed the spiritual sword Xiang Yuntian had dedicated his life to. A look of surprise appeared on his face...

This idiotic sword cultivator, how could he casually give such a thing to someone?

Where is his brain??

"I'm giving this to you so that you won't look down on me. Xiang Yuntian lives in this world upright and straightforward, unlike you people who scheme and calculate! What kind of immortal cultivation are you pursuing? You've become dogs!"

"Don't worry, even if I die, I won't mention you at all!"

"Damn it, I've never owed anyone in my life, but many people owe me a lot. I'm going to collect the debts now, I'm leaving!"

Xiang Yuntian then turned into a streak of light, riding his sword and quickly disappeared into the sky.

Li An stared at the direction he disappeared, silent for a moment, and then whispered,

"Idiotic sword cultivator, brainless... He even cursed me for becoming a dog in my cultivation."

"Believe it or not, I'll crush your spiritual sword!?"

He picked up Xiang Yuntian's spiritual sword, examined it for a moment, and finally put it away.

Then he quickly released the dead puppet. Under his control, the puppet also swung its sword wildly at the scene, leaving traces intertwined with Xiang Yuntian's, creating a chaotic battlefield...

After doing all this, Li An hurried back to Lingyun Mountain.

This mountain-level battle involved too many people and would not end so easily...

...

(End of this chapter)