Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 196: Did Li An ever have true feelings?

The breath of life cannot deceive people.

Moreover, Li An and Tan Qingxue were indeed very familiar with each other!

During their time in Qingyang Fangshi, the two were husband and wife for many years, intimately intertwined. Later, in the Yushou Jiang family, Li An had encountered Tan Qingxue once again.

So, when Luo Yuan saw her, he immediately recognized her.

In fact, Luo Yuan's disguise was very good. Ordinary people couldn't tell at all. Even Li An, who had possibly brushed shoulders with Luo Yuan in the crowd before, didn't notice anything without paying close attention.

Why did Tan Qingxue appear here?

Li An pondered.

When they were in the Jiang family, Shangguan Xiaoxiao had said that there was something on Tan Qingxue's body!

At that time, she wanted to obtain the blood of the divine bird from the Jiang family. It seemed that the thing on her body needed to be integrated with her.

Upon careful consideration, after the failure of the Jiang family incident, she wanted to find the blood of a powerful spirit beast again. Naturally, the Tiansha Mountain Range was the obvious choice!

She came to the Tiansha Mountain Range and found Mrs. She as a puppet. Her goal was to plot for the current Tianyao Treasure Blood, right?

Very likely.

No wonder Mrs. She was able to achieve demonization and dared to plot against the White Mountain Lord...

With Tan Qingxue's help, Mrs. She might not be unsuccessful.

At the same time, Li An also understood why Mrs. She had tested his spirit bird before and even Jiang Ribai had noticed some clues. Tan Qingxue had carefully studied the Azure Flame Divine Sparrow. Even though he disguised himself well, it was normal for the other party to have some suspicions.

"Good, Mountain Lord, please follow me--"

"Luoyuan" respectfully extended his hand, and then everyone followed. Tan Qingxue began to explore in the directions of Kan, Zhen, and other positions he mentioned, occasionally needing one or two people to go in and investigate.

However, "Luoyuan" now dominated the situation and naturally would not let Mrs. She's people take the lead. The cannon fodder was selected from Zhou Libai's side.

Zhou Libai's face became increasingly ugly, and the Tai Lizard Demon also showed dissatisfaction. But now that the White Mountain Lord finally saw hope of breaking the formation, she naturally ignored these trivial matters.

Seeing Tan Qingxue's probing of the formation, Li An gained a new understanding of Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

Tan Qingxue's attainments were obviously extraordinary. The thing attached to her was definitely not simple, but it was still not precise. She could only find the general direction and then use human lives to try it out. However, Shangguan Xiaoxiao could directly indicate the path!

The difference between the two was like night and day.

Two hours later.

"Luoyuan," who was covered in sweat, finally trembled and said, "Mountain Lord, the path has been explored. We can enter from this location, but we need to be more careful on the way..."

The White Mountain Lord was overjoyed upon hearing this and said,

"Tai Lizard, Little Fox, the two of you follow me--"

After a pause, she suddenly added, "Luoyuan, She Anrong, the two of you also come with me."

Obviously, the White Mountain Lord was also quite cautious. After all, if she didn't bring Mrs. She and Luoyuan, what if there were any problems with the path?

Mrs. She and Luoyuan stepped forward.

Immediately, the five of them headed into the black mist, with Luoyuan taking the lead.

...

The figures of the five people were quickly obscured by the evil mist and disappeared from sight.

Outside, Zhou Libai commanded the heroes, anxiously waiting.

Suddenly, in the center of the black mist, a cry of surprise sounded, followed by a powerful surge of spiritual power.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was startled.

And at this moment, She Anqi suddenly spoke up: "Lin Xiong - take action!"

She threw out a jade formation plate.

Li An immediately infused spiritual power into the jade talisman.

Suddenly, the formation plate boomed, and the large formation instantly covered and enveloped everyone in the field.

This was a fourth-order formation.

"She Anqi, what are you doing?"

"Have you all gone mad?!"

"Uh oh, they've betrayed -"

All the cultivators in the field had their faces change drastically, quickly taking action. For a moment, various magical tools emitted bright lights, talismans flickered, and spiritual beasts roared.

However, this formation was extremely terrifying. In addition to the fourth-order main formation, there were actually five third-order sub-formations, with each supporting and reinforcing each other. Even with over a hundred experts in the field, it was difficult for them to break through.

Moreover, besides Li An, there were three other True Dan cultivators who also took action to maintain the large formation. Obviously, besides Li An, She Anqi also had loyal followers.

The five True Dan cultivators maintained the vast formation, rapidly depleting the spiritual stones on their bodies.

While maintaining the large formation, Li An suddenly whispered: "Anqi, the situation inside is unknown. I can handle this large formation alone. Hurry and take the others inside to support your sister!"

But She Anqi shook her head. "No, with one fourth-order formation and five third-order sub-formations, you alone won't be able to sustain it..."

"Help your sister!"

Li An's whispered words were sincere and heartfelt. "Go quickly, I have plenty of spiritual stones on me, I can handle it... Don't worry, even if I die, I won't let these people leave the formation. But on your sister's side, their opponent is Bai Shan Zhu. Having one more person means having more strength!"

"If Bai Shan Zhu doesn't die, we will all die. If Bai Shan Zhu dies, these people in front of us won't matter anymore -"

Li An's words struck a chord in She Anqi's heart. What she was most worried about now was her sister's safety. After hesitating for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said: "Zhou Chang, Wang Hao, come with me. Qin Shi Dao, you stay and help Lin An!"

After speaking, she and the other two immediately rushed into the black mist.

With three people missing from the large formation, only Li An and another cultivator were left struggling. Under the attacks of numerous cultivators, this large formation was on the verge of collapse.

But it still hadn't been breached!

There was no other reason than the fact that Li An's mid-stage Gold Core strength was too strong, with a continuous flow of spiritual power and no signs of stagnation. Moreover, this large formation itself was extremely exquisite, a masterpiece among fourth-order trapping formations.

The reason Li An asked She Anqi to leave was not really to let her help She Anrong kill Bai Shan Zhu.

Several True Dan cultivators probably wouldn't have much effect on the battle between Bai Shan Zhu and Tan Qingxue.

Moreover, he had personally been inside and knew that without someone to guide and instruct them, She Anqi and the other two cultivators would most likely only be able to stay halfway and couldn't go deeper.

This was the result he wanted!

After all, in the showdown between Tan Qingxue and Bai Shan Zhu, with Tan Qingxue being prepared, she had a high probability of winning.

But if she won, would Li An be safe?

Not necessarily!

To keep it a secret, would she kill to silence, wiping out Li An and the others? It was not impossible.

So Li An wanted to send She Anqi away and keep control of the large formation in his own hands.

If Tan Qingxue came out and wanted to kill to silence, Li An could open the large formation.

With over a hundred True Dan experts, including a few Nascent Soul cultivators, once chaos broke out, Li An would have a chance to escape.

And, Li An had a special purpose in sending She Anqi and a few other cultivators.

She Anqi is Lady She's younger sister and can be considered a key figure. Even if Tan Qingxue wins, she probably won't kill her.

The two cultivators She Anqi brought in, Zhou Chang and Wang Hao, are like Li An, just their trusted subordinates and pawns that can be sacrificed. If Tan Qingxue has the intention to kill, Zhou Chang and Wang Hao will definitely die.

...These are the decisions Li An can make in this chaotic situation!

Of course, he is also considering what to do if Tan Qingxue fails and Bai Shan Zhu wins?

In that case, Bai Shan Zhu will also be severely injured.

Li An will most likely be able to escape.

Sweat drips from his forehead as he desperately supports the formation...

Finally, in the depths of the black mist, everything calms down, as if the battle has ended.

"Lin An, you bastard..."

"Wait until I get out, I will definitely torture you to death!"

The many trapped cultivators within the fourth-level formation are now somewhat helpless.

This fourth-level formation is too strong, extremely extraordinary, even several Nascent Soul stage cultivators can't break it for a while.

Li An remains motionless, his spirit highly tense, releasing all his divine sense, capturing every bit of breath.

...

And at this moment...

In the depths of the black mist...

An unparalleled beauty is bathing in a river of blood.

She lies down, allowing the shallow blood to submerge her face, her clothes discarded beside her, ignored by everyone.

Lady She is lying on the body of a white python, actually eating the flesh and blood of this python, a scene that is extremely shocking.

Beside her, Little Li, who is heavily injured and already tied up, sits next to the corpse of a monitor lizard, silently sobbing, looking at the white python with despair and heartache...

Bai Shan Zhu's true form...

Is a white python.

She is already dead!

The river flows gently.

Blood flows from her body as Tan Qingxue cuts open her blood vessels, allowing her own fresh blood to flow into the river, while opening her cherry-like mouth, absorbing the river water.

She has chosen the same method as the previous Azure Flame Divine Sparrow - Blood Exchange!

As the blood of the Heavenly Demon Treasure continuously enters her body, some strange changes occur in Tan Qingxue's body.

Furry white hair grows on her snow-white skin.

Tails emerge from behind her.

Her pupils suddenly become vertical, resembling fox eyes.

But in her eyes, a drop of inexplicable tears falls...

"No need to struggle... You can leave this world."

In her mind, a woman's voice resounded coldly: "You should have died long ago. It was I who let you live until now. As a repayment, your body naturally belongs to me! One should not be too selfish. You should repay me and let go of your obsession!"

Within her spiritual consciousness, the flames of her soul intertwined with two elemental spirits.

One of the elemental spirits was an extremely beautiful woman. She wore a snow-white fur robe and exuded charm. Her skin was as smooth as jade, making her appear like a peerless beauty capable of driving any man in the world crazy. What was even more astonishing was that she had three furry tails!

A fox demon!

The other elemental spirit belonged to Tan Qingxue herself, and it was already very weak. Under the oppression of this powerful demon elemental spirit, it was almost about to fade away...

"No..."

She seemed to want to struggle, but as the demon blood of the celestial demon was injected into her body, her original blood disappeared. She felt her connection with her body becoming weaker and weaker, almost unable to control herself...

Could it be that she was finally going to die today...

Perhaps, as the fox demon said, she should have died long ago...

At this critical moment of her life, she suddenly began to recall her entire life, everything rushing into her mind...

At the age of seventeen or eighteen, she was chosen to enter the Xuan Yang Sect because of her talent in talismans. She entered the Talisman Hall, but later failed in the competition and was sent to the Qingyang District...

Qingyang District...

At the moment of her death, she thought of various things in the Qingyang District, but inexplicably felt a hint of sweetness. A smile appeared on the corner of her mouth...

In this life, those few years were the most fulfilling and happiest years, right?

Although it was just a fleeting romance.

Even now, it remained a beautiful memory...

She couldn't help but think of that person...

Where is he now? Is he still alive, as cautious as ever?

Did he ever have a trace of genuine affection for her?

Li An... Did he ever love me?

She believed that there was at least a trace of genuine affection... Otherwise, why would he have saved her during the catastrophe that destroyed the Xuan Yang Sect?

Various thoughts flashed through her mind.

She was about to die...

But it was also at this moment...

"No, this is what kind of aura? Why... can't I control it?!"

The voice of the fox demon suddenly became somewhat panicked.

And as Tan Qingxue grew weaker, she suddenly felt an inexplicable aura entering her body, reconnecting naturally with her soul, giving her an inexplicable surge of energy...

This aura...

She seemed to be transported back to the past.

That year, she went out on an adventure but was ambushed by the demonic cult and severely injured, almost on the verge of death...

But she was saved by Li An.

At that moment...

It was just like this moment right now!

...

(End of this chapter)