Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 188: Both Women Cried (Long Chapter)

Almost exposed?

Li An was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao calmly said, "Have you heard of Soul Seekers?"

Li An didn't understand.

"Soul Seekers can be considered one of the most peculiar professions in the cultivation world. They are extremely rare, and the future of these people is also quite unpredictable..."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao explained, "Soul Seekers are born with a special connection to souls and consciousness. They can easily perceive the souls and spiritual awareness of others. Those who have achieved success in their cultivation can even enter dreams and search souls without the person being aware... For example, just now, you didn't notice."

Li An shuddered at her words. He couldn't believe that there were people like this in the world.

"Is Madam She a Soul Seeker?" he asked.

"Of course not, it's someone else."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao crossed her arms and smiled slightly. "This Soul Seeker is probably just starting out and can only reach the level of entering dreams. That's why she didn't directly probe you, because you were still awake."

Li An immediately furrowed his brows, feeling worried.

Damn it, who knew that there was such a freak by Madam She's side.

A Soul Seeker.

Doesn't this mean that many of his secrets will be at risk of being exposed in the future?

"How can Soul Seekers be prevented?" he asked.

"You can't prevent them, but you can ask me for help, and I can help you."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao smiled.

"Do you believe that I can refine you?" Li An threatened.

"You can try, but if you don't, you're not Li Gou!" Shangguan Xiaoxiao didn't back down at all.

Li An: "..."

"I was never Gou."

He casually said a sentence and didn't argue with Shangguan Xiaoxiao anymore.

Although Soul Seekers were very terrifying, according to what Shangguan Xiaoxiao said, as long as he remained alert, it would be difficult for the other party to probe his soul.

He would just have to be more careful in the future, try not to have any contact with Madam She, and not give her any opportunities. That would be enough.

...

A few days later.

The internal reforms of the White Mountain Sect finally settled down.

There were a total of fifty-one Foundation Establishment cultivators under the White Mountain Sect, with Lieutenant Xiaoli leading fourteen of them and Taixi leading thirty-seven.

It could be said that most people chose Taixi.

White Mountain Sect didn't say anything about this. It didn't matter how the people were divided. On the contrary, it was a kind of indulgence on her part.

She was planning to focus on cultivating Taixi.

...

Xiaoli, who served as the lieutenant, was a fox demon in the form of a lynx. She looked like she was eighteen or nineteen years old, youthful and beautiful, with a natural cuteness. She was quite similar to Xiaoying, but much more mature.

"You're the Lin that Xiaoying mentioned..." Xiaoli said with a smile when she met everyone and introduced herself to Li An. "I've heard about you. Xiaoying said you're a good person."

"Did you bring Xiaohong?" Li An asked eagerly.

"Reporting to Lieutenant, Xiaohong stayed at the Ling Sha Peak..."

"Ling Sha Peak? That's a D-grade spiritual vein..."

Xiaoli's delicate face showed a thoughtful expression. She turned to Madam She and said, "Madam She, in the future, whenever there's a mission, please bring Li An along and let him live in a C-grade spiritual vein as soon as possible."

Madam She nodded. "Understood."

"By the way, this is a little gift. Take it back for Xiaohong." Xiaoli took out a bag of spiritual food and handed it to Li An.

Li An respectfully accepted it.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered that there's a mission," Xiaoli suddenly said, "The Sect Master instructed us to search the Tianya Mountain Range. There's a high possibility that there are several remnants of Heavenly Demons hidden there, which are the places where Heavenly Demons died in battle. If we can find them, we can exchange them for fourth-grade spiritual medicine."

Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.

...

"Fellow Daoist Lin..."

When everyone dispersed, Li An was suddenly stopped by someone.

Li An turned around and saw a woman walking towards him. She was wearing a light blue dress, with long hair tied up in a bun, and a delicate and elegant hairpin in it. She appeared ethereal, and her beautiful eyes were like autumn water.

She had a kind of ethereal beauty.

"Fellow Daoist She, what's the matter?" Li An was very cautious in his heart, but he gently adjusted his breathing to relax his mind.

He had already learned that this woman's name was She Anqi, and she was the sister of Madam She!

Li An suspected that this woman was probably the Soul Seeker.

She Anqi smiled and said, "Well, I heard that Fellow Daoist Lin is also a talisman master, so I have a few spirit talismans that I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Lin to help refine. What do you think?"

"Okay!" Li An did not refuse and agreed.

...

In the following period of time, She Anqi's contact with Li An suddenly increased.

She often asked Li An to refine runes.

Li An became more vigilant.

On this day, she directly visited the Ling Sha Peak.

"Fellow Daoist Lin's cave... the demonic energy is too heavy."

As soon as she entered, her expression couldn't help but become complicated.

Li An calmly said, "Yes, there's nothing I can do. My contribution points have always been insufficient, which means I don't have the qualifications to change my spiritual veins..."

He sighed, "If I continue like this, I might even be affected by the Soul Devouring Qi..."

She Anqi smiled, "Fellow Daoist Lin is joking."

"By the way, I came here this time to trouble Fellow Daoist Lin to help me refine talismans. This time, I need a large quantity: fifty Soul Calming Talismans, fifty Soul Suppressing Talismans, and fifty Soul Shocking Talismans."

"I'm in a hurry, so I have to trouble Master Lin."

She smiled charmingly, but Li An's heart sank.

These three types of talismans are all high-quality among the third-grade talismans. They are difficult to refine and consume a lot of spiritual energy. If an ordinary third-grade talisman master were to continuously refine fifty of them, they would probably faint.

Li An asked, "When does Fellow Daoist She need them?"

"The day after tomorrow." She sighed, "Anqi understands that this is a bit difficult... but there's no other way. Please, Fellow Daoist Lin, you must help. Anqi will be very grateful!"

After speaking, she directly took out four hundred high-grade spirit stones!

"In addition, I have already prepared the talisman paper for Master Lin."

This immediately made Li An's heart move.

Four hundred high-grade spirit stones are equivalent to forty thousand medium-grade spirit stones.

Currently, Li An has about one thousand six hundred high-grade spirit stones in total.

Entering the mid-stage of the Gold Core realm, he and the Divine Bird consume twenty to thirty high-grade spirit stones every month.

Being able to get four hundred high-grade spirit stones just by drawing, it's very worthwhile.

Moreover, the main thing is that he also understands She Anqi's intentions!

Li An wants to refine these talismans, and he will definitely need to rest and nourish his soul halfway through.

At that time, she can take the opportunity to enter his dream and investigate.

If Li An refuses... then it will appear problematic.

"Okay, I will do my best—"

Li An immediately took action.

She Anqi stood by and protected Li An.

Li An quickly made the talismans. In front of She Anqi, he only displayed the level of an average proficient talisman master, with beads of sweat constantly falling.

In fact, with Li An's current level, even if he drew these talismans without stopping for a moment, he wouldn't need to rest!

But he quickly appeared very tired. It was already dark, and he couldn't help but stretch and say,

"Fellow Daoist She, I really can't hold on any longer. I need a short rest."

"Okay!"

She Anqi smiled slightly, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her eyes. She said, "Rest well. I will stay next door and protect you."

...

Entering his own cave, Li An couldn't fall asleep at all with the soul searcher next door.

"Are you sure you can deal with her?" Li An confirmed again.

"Who do you think I am? With her existence, do you think she's worthy of being dealt with? I'll just crush and trample her!"

Li An's question made Shangguan Xiaoxiao angry!

Li An: "..."

He decided to take a risk.

According to Shangguan Xiaoxiao, if his own soul is strong and the method is appropriate, he can also influence the dream searcher in return!

Shangguan Xiaoxiao and Li An's fates are intertwined. If the dream searcher discovers her on Li An, she herself will be in danger. Therefore, Li An calculated that she wouldn't dare to deceive him.

At the same time, Li An didn't put all his hopes on her, but relied on his life seed. After all, the life seed is connected to the spiritual platform and greatly assists his soul.

It can be said to be a double insurance.

Only then did Li An dare to give it a try.

After all, he must dispel Lady She's suspicion of him, otherwise, it would always be a hidden danger.

Prepared, Li An immediately fell asleep—

...

In the neighboring stone cave.

"An indifferent person, or someone with an extremely firm Dao heart?"

She Anqi smiled slightly, her eyes filled with curiosity. She also closed her eyes, and her divine sense slowly released...

Sleep came like a tide, and her spirit seemed to walk out of the darkness, finally finding a world emitting the light of the mind in the midst of pitch blackness.

She entered like a ghost, effortlessly, without any obstacles.

"So this is your spiritual world? The place you long for the most is just a corner of the mortal world?"

She was quite curious. Generally, a cultivator's spiritual world would manifest as the transformation of the thing they long for the most deep within their hearts.

She had entered the dreams of many cultivators before, and without exception, their dreams were related to cultivation. Some had subconscious desires for immortal palaces, some for miraculous elixirs, and others for a harem of beautiful women...

But Lin An's subconscious desire was just an ordinary world.

She easily found Li An's presence.

In this dream of the subconscious, Li An was a teacher in a small town, with a wife and a well-behaved daughter.

She quietly landed beside Li An, who was reading. She activated the technique of the soul-seeker and her voice sounded ethereal, "Sir, where do you come from?"

In the realm of the subconscious, she could easily obtain everything she wanted.

But Lin An raised her eyes and looked at her. Lin An's expression seemed to freeze for a moment. She wanted to say something, but then struggled and hesitated.

...

At this moment, Li An.

He exerted all his strength to activate his life seed. With the powerful support of the life seed, he effortlessly constructed a dream. Indeed, in the dream, he sensed the approach of She Anqi.

He wanted to deceive She Anqi.

She Anqi was smiling gently, looking at him, asking where he came from.

Li An, following Shangguan Xiaoxiao's instructions, prepared to speak and say the prepared words to deceive the other party.

But he found that he couldn't speak at this moment. The power of the subconscious seemed to be activated whenever he tried to speak.

He couldn't deceive her!

"What's going on?" Li An's elemental spirit hurriedly asked Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. After the soul-seeker enters the dream, they are connected to the subconscious of the dreamer. At this point, the rules of communication have changed, and it's difficult for you to tell lies... So, give me that fourth-grade soul-refining flower of yours, and I'll help you?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao lazily spoke.

Damn.

Li An suddenly wanted to curse.

He understood. Shangguan Xiaoxiao, this devil, had been deceiving him from the beginning. She had set her sights on the soul-refining flower he obtained from the demon. After all, her elemental spirit was currently very weak and in desperate need of such things to replenish it.

She also guessed that Li An would never give it to her when she asked for it before, so she trapped Li An in this situation to force him.

After a brief thought, Li An decided not to give it to her!

There is no one else, whether it's Lady She or this soul seeker, who can be as terrifying as Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

This demonic figure from the spirit realm, once the elemental spirit becomes stronger, it's hard to say whether Li An can still control her.

But what should be done about the current deadlock?

Li An quickly calmed down, he couldn't lie now.

However, the entire dream world was constructed using the power of his soul... He hesitated for a moment, then started to cry!

...

She Anqi was staring at Li An, waiting for his answer.

But before her, Lin An suddenly started crying, tears streaming down his face.

At that moment, there was a look of despair, a terrifying emotion, as if Li An had seen an extremely terrifying scene...

She Anqi suddenly turned around.

Then, she witnessed a horrifying scene--

Within the entire city, everyone had turned into eerie walking corpses, including Li An's wife and daughter, slowly approaching her and Li An.

"Zombies?" she was shocked, but these bodies and zombies had certain differences.

The sky became extremely dark, the city was collapsing, and the zombies were quickly approaching, their ferocious teeth biting towards the two of them--

"A dream's deception!"

She Anqi's face changed drastically, she quickly turned around and ran away--

After entering the dream, her spirit was connected to Lin An's dream and subconsciousness, but the waves that occurred in the dream and subconsciousness could also harm her soul.

But she had never encountered this kind of situation before.

The majority of cultivators' subconscious desires are mostly for peaceful and beautiful scenes, even for demonic cultivators, at most, there would be dense demonic energy, but there wouldn't be such drastic changes.

She desperately tried to escape, but after delving deeper into this dream world, she was also restricted by this dream world, unable to fly or use spells like she could in the outside world. She was like an ordinary person, being chased by hordes of zombies!

"No!"

She Anqi's face turned pale, full of fear.

As a True Dan cultivator and a soul seeker, she had never experienced this kind of despair and terror before.

For an ordinary person, when the whole city is filled with zombies and they are chasing you, what can you do?

Is it okay to just give in to despair?

She ran everywhere, ended up being trapped in a dead end, with zombies closing in from outside. She was so scared that she cried, witnessing two living people being devoured by those zombies, the scene was extremely bloody and horrifying...

Her legs were trembling.

With great difficulty, she discovered a bamboo pole nearby and quickly picked it up to support herself as she climbed out of the alley. However, her skirt was still torn off by two zombies...

"No, I won't come anymore, I won't come anymore..."

She cried in despair, an experience she had never had in her life.

- When she entered the deepest part of someone else's subconscious, wasn't she also revealing her most real and cowardly side?

When she saw some bitten mortals also turning into those strange and ugly zombies, she cried and crawled, her legs weakened, desperately fleeing towards the edge of the dream!

To escape, to escape from this city, to leave Lin An's dream!

There were a large number of zombies chasing after her from behind, she was alone, frightened, almost hopeless...

Finally, the edge of the dream approached, approached...

"No!"

But she saw the zombies surrounding her suddenly change direction and rush towards another side.

She didn't know what had happened, but she seized this opportunity and finally rushed out of Li An's dream...

She looked back and saw that at the edge of the dream, a pile of zombies had already submerged Lin An.

In his eyes, there was complete despair, a helpless loneliness, and the entire dream behind him had turned gray.

He smiled in despair, waved at She Anqi, and then was completely submerged by the group of zombies...

...

"No!"

She suddenly woke up from her dream.

When she woke up, her whole body was wet, covered in sweat.

Her heart was pounding, her breathing was still rapid, and she felt a lingering fear. It was only when she saw the real world in front of her that she finally felt a sense of security. She, who had undergone the True Dan cultivation, couldn't help but cry subconsciously.

Fear!

For the first time, she felt a sense of helplessness, a sense of fear...

It was too real!

What kind of scene was that??

...

At this moment, next door.

Li An woke up.

"She finally left..."

Li An's heart was also quite complicated.

In the dream, his image was the embodiment of his subconscious, so every word he said couldn't resist himself.

So in the end, he chose not to say anything and directly created a terrifying disaster, destroying the entire dream...

After all, the dream was constructed by his life essence and connected to his soul. In fact, he just didn't know the method, otherwise, it should have been easy to deceive She Anqi...

"Shangguan Xiaoxiao!"

He gritted his teeth, and the elemental spirit in his spiritual sea walked towards Shangguan Xiaoxiao step by step, rubbing his fists!

Shangguan Xiaoxiao was originally calm and indifferent. She thought that Li An would definitely compromise this time, but unexpectedly, Li An inexplicably came out...

"What do you want to do? Li Gou, I warn you, I am the princess of the Demon Sect. If you dare to touch me, I won't spare you. I will kill you!"

Seeing Li An's elemental spirit approaching with a gloomy face, Shangguan Xiaoxiao felt a little scared for the first time.

"Don't worry, I won't touch a single finger of yours... I'll touch other places!"

Li An directly held her down and then, without hesitation, began to spank her buttocks harshly!

He used full force and had murderous intent.

"Ah, ah ah ah!"

The weak Shangguan Xiaoxiao went crazy at this moment. She struggled desperately, but the more she struggled, the harder Li An spanked her. The clear pain, the crisp sound of slaps, the intense sense of shame...

She couldn't help but shed tears, couldn't help but collapse!

"Ah, ah ah ah, Li Gou, I will definitely kill you... I will make you beg for life and not be able to die!! Ah ah ah!"

She cried uncontrollably, making a vow through her tears...

...

That night, two women cried.

...

(End of this chapter)