Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 97: A Second Blossoming

The power of the second-tier formation suddenly surged, and the killing intent rose.

Only Qi Refining stage demon cultivators remained in the field, with the strongest being at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"Someone actually set up an ambush, planning to deceive their own kind?!"

Old Fifth was shocked on the spot.

Someone knew about the demon cultivators' plan in advance and set up an ambush here?

How is this possible!

He instantly remembered the joke circulating within the Yin Yang Demon Sect...

Unscrupulous talisman master...

Could the talisman masters here also be unscrupulous?!

"Block them, block them!"

He shouted urgently!

But at this moment, an inexplicable horn sound had already resounded, sounding like weeping and lamentation. When it entered their ears, it made everyone's heads buzz and ache.

Soul attack!

"Ah..."

"No..."

The group of demon cultivators fell one after another, and the power of the second-tier formation arrived as expected, killing them all.

Old Fifth's body also emitted the radiance of a magical tool, but it couldn't defend against the soul attack. He took out a torn prohibition talisman, but couldn't even concentrate his spirit to activate the talisman. His face trembled and turned pale.

"Unscrupulous talisman master... Unscrupulous..."

He struggled to speak, his gaze scanning the surroundings.

Puchi!

A sharp pain struck his chest. Lowering his head, he saw a dagger piercing through his chest.

Immediately after, more than a dozen fire talismans arrived as expected.

All the demon cultivators on the spot were incinerated!

As the fire raged, Li An emerged from under a large stone somewhere, quickly scanning the area.

He picked up the storage bags one by one.

Then, without hesitation, he ran towards the direction of Baihu City, instead of heading towards Tianyang City as planned.

But now, it was obvious that there was an ambush by the Demon Sect in the direction of Tianyang City.

Heading towards Baihu City would be safer.

Of course, he wouldn't get too close to Baihu City. He would find a place to hide.

Li An had already chosen a hiding place in his heart, but he deliberately fled in other directions, carefully inspecting each storage bag along the way, scattering some marked items along the road.

Only then did he head towards the direction he had in mind.

Moreover, on the route where he was about to hide, he also casually scattered some marked items.

...

Half an hour later.

Li An ran for more than sixty miles and finally found a hiding place he had in mind.

It was a muddy swamp about five miles away from Beiyang Avenue. Li An swept his divine sense and found only three or five Qi Refining stage crocodiles lurking in the swamp. He plunged in headfirst...

...

At this moment.

On Beiyang Avenue towards Tianyang City.

"Ah... we fell into a trap, retreat, retreat quickly!"

"Run backward!"

On the avenue, many scattered cultivators who had escaped from Baihu City were now fleeing like dogs in a hurry, like fish slipping through the net.

"Heh, they've escaped again... Don't bother, stop the Foundation Building stage cultivators, let the Qi Refining stage cultivators pass, they won't be able to escape the formation!"

Someone sneered.

The demon cultivators here focused on killing the Foundation Building stage cultivators.

After a long time, the battle was over.

They then leisurely headed towards the mountain pass.

"Qi An, is your bag securely fastened? Don't let it happen again like last time, being deceived by someone in the dark..."

A mid-Foundation Building stage demon cultivator smiled slightly and looked at Qi An.

"Impossible."

Qi An coldly replied.

He was very confident. After all, he had been cautious this time and had even stayed hidden for a day to observe the situation.

But there was nothing.

So he left.

After cleaning up the battlefield, they immediately continued their pursuit.

"Hmm?"

But as they chased, they felt that something was amiss.

If there were any obstructions at the mountain pass, there should have been many cultivators blocked here.

But there was no one along the way!

"Could it be... something is really wrong?!"

Qi An became somewhat uneasy, and he increased his speed.

"It seems like something went wrong..."

The other Foundation Building stage demon cultivators also had solemn expressions and hurriedly followed.

In no time, they arrived at the scene.

The field was in a mess, with only seven or eight charred corpses remaining.

"This..."

Many demonic cultivators looked at each other in confusion.

"We've been double-crossed again??"

One of the Foundation Building stage demonic cultivators subconsciously spoke up, instantly looking towards Qi An.

"This technique... could it be that little black-hearted talisman master again?"

"It looks so much like him..."

Others also chimed in.

At this moment, Qi An was already stunned. How was this possible?!

This time, he had thoroughly checked his surroundings.

There were no abnormalities, so he set up the killing formation.

Then, just as he was leaving, he played a trick and left a decoy.

But there was no trace of anyone.

And now, after he had truly left, did Lao Wu and the others get double-crossed?

"What the hell!"

He exploded with anger and said, "Black-hearted talisman master, did I provoke you?!"

He went crazy.

Damn it!

He really wanted to ask if it was necessary.

If you want to take advantage of the demonic sect, fine, but why target me, a demonic cultivator?

It's not scary if Lao Wu and the others die.

What's scary is that from now on, Qi An would truly become a joke within the demonic sect.

"He hasn't gone far, he definitely hasn't gone far. These charred corpses are still warm. Chase, chase!"

Qi An's words trembled slightly.

And others nodded one after another.

"Yes, search, search for the markings!"

"He took the storage bags, so he probably didn't have time to count them."

"Split up and chase!"

Immediately, this group of demonic cultivators all moved in an instant.

However, when they carefully sensed it, they found that there were traces of demonic markings in many directions.

"No, let's chase the directions without demonic markings!"

One of the more cautious demonic cultivators, Lao Chen, spoke in a deep voice, "This thief is extremely cunning. He definitely wouldn't scatter these things along his true escape route. He's deliberately leading us astray. Let's go!"

The group of people all chased in the direction without demonic markings.

...

Meanwhile, Li An buried himself in the muddy swamp, motionless.

He completely concealed his aura, and even the spirit crocodiles seemed to have forgotten his existence, swimming freely.

Seven or eight days passed, and Li An had been quietly waiting here without any disturbances.

On the ninth day, the demonic cultivators finally realized what had happened and began searching again. Finally, a Foundation Building stage cultivator from the demonic sect walked past the swamp, quickly scanning with his divine sense but not lingering in the muddy swamp.

Because this place wasn't too far from the incident site, according to the demonic cultivators' estimation, the black-hearted talisman master should have escaped far away in nine days.

Moreover, there were spirit crocodiles in this muddy swamp. How could there be someone hiding here calmly?

This was also the only time Li An had a close encounter with the demonic cultivators chasing him.

...

In the blink of an eye.

Four months later.

Complete calm.

There were no traces of any demonic cultivators in the surroundings.

Even the crocodiles in the swamp had mated and hatched baby crocodiles.

In the late night of this day, Li An finally emerged from the crocodile-infested swamp, killing two crocodiles that were mating along the way and carrying them away.

During these four months, he had relied on spirit stones to sustain his life and cultivation, but he was... starving.

Foundation Building stage cultivators could go without eating for a long time, but that didn't mean they wouldn't get hungry after a long time.

They just wouldn't starve to death.

And Li An hadn't taken any fasting pills or anything like that.

He found a deserted mountain forest, roasted the two crocodiles with a fire talisman, and ate them hungrily. Although there were no seasonings, it still tasted delicious.

While walking and eating, he found a mountain stream to clean himself and changed into new clothes, transforming his appearance into that of a hunchbacked old man.

He casually dug a deep hole at the bottom of the mountain stream, buried several storage bags, and then exerted a lot of effort to gather stones, sand, and soil to fill the hole.

He had already buried some in the crocodile-infested swamp, and now he buried some here.

He didn't carry any of the resources he obtained from the demonic cultivators on him!

After all, according to Li An's thinking, if he used the same method to double-cross the Yin Yang Demon Sect for the second time, they would probably go crazy.

No one knew what methods those people would use to find him, so it was best to remove all suspicious items from his person.

After hesitating for a moment, he decided to bury the second-grade Xuan Turtle Shield, Soul Suppressing Horn, Wind Riding Shoes that Wang Dazhu had refined, as well as the second-grade talisman pen and talisman paper that Xu Qiuhui had given him.

These items were known to others and would easily expose his identity.

He would retrieve them after he went out to gather information and settled down.

Then he slowly walked onto the Beiyang Avenue.

Preparing to go to Tianyang City.

Soon, it was dawn.

The Beiyang Avenue was bustling with people and horses.

"Senior Baihu is so powerful, truly a ruthless person. The Yin Yang Demon Sect suffered heavy losses this time!"

As Li An encountered the crowd, he heard a piece of news that shocked him.

...

Today was busy, so I'm sorry for the delay.

(End of this chapter)