Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Repeating Old Tricks

Li An hid beneath a giant rock, several meters deep. He had intentionally dug up a lot of soil from the surrounding cave walls and buried himself completely.

Just like when he hid in the mud, he used a reed pipe for breathing.

This was mainly because he considered that if there were powerful cultivators with strong spiritual awareness carefully scanning the area, even if they couldn't detect his life force, they would still be able to sense the presence of something "human-shaped" beneath.

In case the other party was a cautious person and decided to dig deeper, wouldn't that expose him?

By covering himself with some soil, even his physical form would go unnoticed by the other party.

He waited silently here.

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight days had passed.

During these seven or eight days, he sensed many travelers using his spiritual awareness.

This included Gu Hong.

Li An was quite relieved when Gu Hong left for Tianyang City.

In this world now, besides himself, he didn't care about anyone's life or death, without any attachments.

Only Gu Hong made him still have a slight concern.

However, even though Gu Hong had left, he didn't make any moves.

He wouldn't let Gu Hong know about this operation.

And so, in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

"Have you heard? There's a big commotion over at Baihu Mountain. The third-level formation is rumbling, and the earth is shaking!"

"Yes, it's said to be a sign of the eruption of maternal qi. Some powerful experts predict that Baihu Zhenren is likely going to change his Gold Core!"

"Is it true? Isn't Baihu Zhenren a true pill cultivator? How can he change into a Gold Core... This is unbelievable!"

More and more people were coming and going, heading towards Baihu City from other places, wanting to witness this rare ceremony. There were also some cautious individuals.

However, hardly anyone was coming out from Baihu City anymore because after the ceremony began, the entire city was sealed off, not allowing anyone to enter or leave to avoid disturbing Baihu Zhenren's important matters.

Li An was very fortunate about this.

If he hadn't received some insider information from Manman and learned the exact time from Guo Xiaoxiao, he might have been trapped in the city by now.

He could only face such a catastrophe.

This was the world of cultivation. No matter how cunning, cautious, or low-key you were, under the competition of the higher-ups, even a small ripple would be a calamity for you.

A speck of dust that fell from the hands of those in power onto the head of the weak was like a mountain!

Therefore, whenever Li An arrived at a place, he would pay extra attention to the movements of the higher-ups. Even the smallest insider information was of great concern to him, for this reason.

The weak would always become the price of the strong's struggle.

If you don't want to become the price, you have to learn to run away in time. If you can't beat those bastards, just run.

Li An silently waited.

...

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.

During these two months, more and more cultivators from all over were heading to Baihu City via the Beiyang Highway.

According to their discussions, the sky above Baihu City was already filled with maternal qi, and the earth's qi was pouring in. The sound of dragons and tigers roaring echoed throughout Baihu Mountain!

Li An speculated that Baihu Zhenren should have reached the most critical period—

And, as expected, there were demonic cultivators appearing where he was.

Li An quietly sensed that there were over a dozen demonic cultivators, and the demonic energy on their bodies was "yin-yang demonic energy," not "flesh and blood demonic energy."

Although both types of demonic cultivators practiced demonic energy, there were subtle differences.

These differences couldn't escape Li An's notice.

"Two groups of demonic cultivators, one mainly composed of practitioners of the flesh and blood furnace technique, and the other mainly composed of practitioners of the yin-yang furnace technique?"

Li An guessed.

On the third morning, Li An sensed the aura of a Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator. This made him immediately retract his senses and stop probing further.

"It should be soon!"

Li An prepared himself.

In the evening.

First, Li An, who practiced the flesh and blood furnace technique, felt an inexplicable sensation, realizing that one of the three puppets he controlled should have died.

Chen Qingling was more cunning than a ghost and wasn't in Baihu City.

As for his other substitute, "Li An," he had arranged for him to join another bandit hideout, so he shouldn't face any danger for the time being.

Most likely, it was Guo Xiaoxiao!

If this woman died, Li An would be relieved, to avoid any future troubles.

However, this also meant... the big battle in Baihu City should have erupted.

Just an hour after he sensed Guo Xiaoxiao's death.

"Run— Run!"

"Baihu City is finished, the Yin-Yang Demon Sect has reappeared!"

"Run!"

Anxious shouts came from the direction of Baihu City.

There should be many people.

But hundreds of people have escaped through the mountain pass, and the Demon Cult hasn't made a move at all.

This left Li An slightly puzzled.

Three or four hours passed.

There were a lot of people passing through midway, but it became sparser afterwards.

The last wave of refugees, about fifty or sixty people, crossed the mountain pass.

Boom!

Finally, the formation that the Yin Yang Demon Cult had already prepared suddenly activated.

A bloody interception began.

Some people were wailing, some were pleading, and some were fighting...

The one presiding over this place was a mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator, and the strongest among the refugees was also an early-Foundation Building stage expert. They engaged in a bloody battle.

Unfortunately, the early-Foundation Building stage expert had no way to deal with the ambush of the Demon Cult and finally died in despair.

"Old Wu, you stay here with some people, I'll go kill the fish in the net."

The mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator spoke, "As usual, I'll take half of the profits from this battle, and the rest is for you guys."

Then, the mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator instantly left.

The remaining seven or eight demonic cultivators were overjoyed and sat down to divide the spoils.

"These poor guys, only fourteen thousand spirit stones for fifty-seven people... Luckily, there's also a second-grade exploding talisman and a piece of second-grade meteorite iron!"

Old Wu, who was dividing the spoils, spoke, and everyone was extremely pleased.

Li An hid in the mud, motionless.

He didn't make a move.

Because he had done this kind of lurking behind before, who knew if the Demon Cult would be prepared?

It wouldn't hurt to wait for a day or two.

And now he had figured it out. It seemed that the Yin Yang Demon Cult had set up not just a single interception point, but an entire ambush circle!

Like a pocket.

And this mountain pass was the pocket.

Enough people would enter the subsequent ambush, and then this place would be sealed off.

This time, who knew how many people would die at the hands of the Demon Cult!

Until the next morning.

"Oh, sir, why have you come back?"

Old Wu and the other demonic cultivators who were guarding this place were surprised.

The mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator had returned!

"Nothing unexpected, anything unusual?"

The mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator asked.

"Reporting, nothing unusual, a few scattered cultivators came, and we took care of them."

The mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator seemed to ponder for a long time, then finally left.

"Sir Qi'an is really too cautious..."

Someone couldn't help but speak up.

"You know nothing... In the battle of Xuan Yang Sect back then, Sir Qi'an was in charge of the Ma Mountain crossing, but he was deceived and became a laughingstock within the sect. Now Sir Qi'an naturally acts with caution."

"But, Sir Qi'an is indeed too cautious. A small talisman master managed to deceive us the first time, and even the second time. Isn't that a joke?"

Everyone understood.

...

Underground.

Li An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It's a good thing I was more cautious.

That mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator might not have gone far at all, but had been "hunting in reverse" here all along.

Did he really give himself a psychological shadow?

Li An couldn't help but feel complicated. Was it necessary?

Then, when that mid-Foundation Building stage demonic cultivator had gone far enough, taking advantage of Old Wu and the others' relaxed guard...

Boom!

The second-grade formation he had set here suddenly exploded!