Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 24: The Sparrow Follows Behind

Tan Qingxue was determined to obtain the second-grade spiritual medicine, and following her would surely make Li An a cannon fodder.

The people from the Alchemy Hall, in order to avoid being discovered, were filled with murderous intent towards Li An and would not allow him to return to the Xuan Yang Sect alive.

These thoughts flashed through Li An's mind one by one. He had always been unwilling to touch danger and preferred steady development as the best strategy.

But the cultivation world was like this, and Li An couldn't control everything and all the variables.

When danger couldn't be avoided...

He would try his best to become the greatest danger!

The power of life cultivation covered his whole body, and the Super Sensory Technique operated to the extreme. His light body technique made him appear like a ghost in the forest.

From the place where he fell, he circled down the nearest path along the mountain cliff. The sound of the flowing stream and the impact of the waterfall came from below the cliff.

Li An saw the figure of a young man named Qin Wei.

He was searching at the bottom of the cliff, very meticulously.

Not finding anything at the bottom of the cliff, and with the cliff walls covered in vines and shrubs, he had no choice but to climb up with great effort.

Finally, he let out a surprised sound and found a blood-stained storage bag among the vines.

Qin Wei took the storage bag back to the bottom of the cliff, his face full of joy.

He hesitated for a moment, then didn't spend any more time looking for Li An's body - after all, the storage bag was the foundation of a cultivator. If even the storage bag was lost, Li An should be done for.

Qin Wei quickly left.

In the dense forest a hundred meters away from him, Li An's figure followed closely like a ghost.

...

Night fell.

Li An hid among the dense bushes of a large tree, while Qin Wei, Qing Yuan, and others had already settled down two hundred meters away.

Just as Li An had expected, they were tracking Tan Qingxue and the others.

After Qin Wei returned to the group, he handed over Li An's storage bag, and there were no abnormalities at the moment.

Either the other party hadn't detected the aura on the storage bag, or they had detected it but didn't care.

Li An thought it should be the former. Even if Qing Yuan accidentally got contaminated with that aura, it would be difficult to notice.

...

The next day.

Noon.

Tan Qingxue cautiously entered a valley.

After a day and a half, the three of them had already searched three locations, and they even had a small battle in the middle, working hard to kill a fifth-level Qi Refining spiritual beast.

But they still hadn't found the Black Needle Giant Ape.

This was the last place!

"This is... the feces of the Black Needle Giant Ape!"

Jiang You stepped into a large pile of slippery and greasy substance, exclaiming in surprise, quickly stepping away and rubbing the mud off his shoe soles.

"Could it be that it's here?" Cao Zhirou's eyes also lit up.

Finally found it?

"Be careful... Black Needle Giant Apes usually guard the vicinity of spiritual medicines and won't go far!"

"I have a second-grade lower-tier spiritual talisman in my hand, enough to kill this Black Needle Giant Ape!"

Tan Qingxue was nervous and hopeful.

The three of them cautiously approached, and a faint medicinal fragrance had already wafted through the air.

Roar!

Suddenly, from behind a huge rock on the right, a loud roar came out.

A black shadow pounced from the treetops directly towards Tan Qingxue, its speed extremely fast!

"Not good!"

The three of them changed their expressions, and Tan Qingxue directly activated a first-grade upper-tier water shield talisman!

The water shield was shattered by the titan-like black giant ape with a punch, and the powerful shockwave sent Tan Qingxue flying.

Tan Qingxue crashed into a giant tree more than ten steps away, her face pale, blood spewing from her mouth, her chest robe torn, revealing the protective armor inside!

If it weren't for this protective armor, she might have already died!

But even the protective armor had cracks.

The peak Qi Refining Black Needle Giant Ape actually used a sneak attack to deal with her, a Qi Refining sixth-level cultivator!

This... was completely unreasonable.

She was caught off guard and seriously injured.

"Black Needle Giant Ape!"

"It's actually here!"

Jiang You and Cao Zhirou exclaimed, simultaneously activating talismans. First-grade middle-tier fire snake talismans and blade transformation talismans bombarded the black giant ape, but the giant ape's skin was tough and it resisted, crazily charging towards Tan Qingxue.

Tan Qingxue's face changed drastically. How did this giant ape seem to have locked onto her?

"Entangle it... I need a little time!"

She struggled to speak and quickly took out a pill to swallow, and also stuck three mid-grade Qi replenishing talismans on herself.

At the same time, she now had a pale blue spiritual talisman in her hand. On the talisman, there seemed to be faint ripples of water, which was quite astonishing. She tried her best to activate it.

However, her spiritual energy was damaged, so she had just used a high-grade first-tier talisman, which consumed her mental power and made it difficult for her to activate the second-tier talisman quickly.

Jiang You and Cao Zhirou did their best, but the Black Needle Giant Ape had already reached the peak of Qi Refining and had an extremely strong power. Their mid-grade first-tier talismans were unlikely to have any effect on the giant ape, and their own strength was far inferior, unable to restrain it.

The giant ape leaped and arrived in front of Tan Qingxue.

Tan Qingxue quickly cast a water shield talisman again, while also taking out a high-grade first-tier talisman for swift movement, trying to create some distance.

The giant ape chased after her relentlessly.

Tan Qingxue used several high-grade first-tier talismans in succession, and her mental power couldn't bear it anymore. She had to put away the second-tier talisman and flee quickly.

"Qingxue..."

Jiang You and Cao Zhirou chased after them from behind, extremely anxious.

The giant ape chased after Tan Qingxue and instantly covered a distance of two li.

Tan Qingxue was almost at her wits' end. Her spiritual energy was depleted, and her mental power couldn't keep up. She felt extremely tired and was about to faint.

Her chest armor was almost completely shattered.

Suddenly, the black giant ape seemed to smell something and stopped chasing Tan Qingxue. Instead, it turned around and ran towards the valley.

Cao Zhirou and Jiang You, who were following behind, quickly dodged, narrowly avoiding being knocked away by the giant ape.

"Qingxue, are you okay?!"

They quickly helped Tan Qingxue up.

"Quick... let's leave!"

Tan Qingxue only managed to say this before she fainted.

...

In the valley.

"Hahaha... Tan Qingxue, you are just a bait in my hands!"

Qingyuan had already entered this valley.

He was extremely pleased.

—A month ago, they had already determined the location of the Black Needle Giant Ape, and at that time, they had even killed its offspring.

In that battle, they had expended countless talismans, spiritual medicines, and more to escape. The Alchemy Hall had also lost several elite Qi Refining stage experts.

This Black Needle Giant Ape was too terrifying and not an opponent in a direct confrontation.

So, they released some information to let the outer sect disciples know about the news of the second-grade spiritual medicine.

But very few outer sect disciples dared to challenge the Black Needle Giant Ape, so they had to wait for so long to finally encounter Tan Qingxue.

The bottle given to Tan Qingxue was filled with a potion made from the brain fluid of the Black Needle Giant Ape's offspring. The Black Needle Giant Ape had a keen sense of smell, so when Tan Qingxue approached, it would be lured away.

Luring the tiger out of the mountains.

Now, the second-grade spiritual medicine was theirs...

He quickly ran into the valley with his men. There was a cave on the cliff.

"Two of you stay outside, the rest follow me in!"

He quickly gave the order, then rushed in.

Inside the pitch-black hall, there were two nearly transparent lotus flowers emitting a faint white light.

"Two second-grade Luminous Lotus flowers, there are actually two!"

Qingyuan was extremely delighted.

But at this moment, a miserable scream suddenly came from outside the hall!

Qingyuan's face changed drastically. He quickly turned around, and a gust of wind blew in from the entrance. The huge Black Needle Giant Ape had already rushed over, emitting a deafening roar that made people's ears numb.

Qingyuan was so frightened that he trembled and subconsciously tried to take out a magic tool, but the Black Needle Giant Ape was too fast. It had already grabbed his neck and directly crushed his throat with its five fingers!

Blood splattered!

"No..."

The others were extremely terrified.

This was a massacre!

...

Outside the valley, on a mountain peak seven to eight li away.

"The wind direction is correct."

Li An opened the cloth bag, and the soil moistened with urine had already dried. After gently tapping it, the medicine bottle appeared at the opening, carried away by the wind along with the smell of urine and a faint unknown scent...

Li An put away the cloth and then stuck three mid-grade first-tier swift movement talismans on himself!

The amplification effect of the same type of talisman on oneself was limited, and three was the limit.

He leaped into the woods and quickly headed towards the valley.

...

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