Li An had not expected today's outcome.
But he had not gone to find Sun Lin and change sides. In fact, Li An had other considerations.
Inside the sect, there are only two advantages: one is that the monthly salary is higher, and the other is that it is easier to obtain core skills and inheritance in the sect, and there are more opportunities for promotion.
But these two advantages are not very attractive to Li An.
He is now proficient in refining first-level middle-grade runes, and it won't take long for him to challenge first-level high-grade runes.
The monthly income is no longer so important, and he can live well with runes.
But staying in the sect, he dared not show his talent in runes. He could only hide them and could not sell them.
Going to the market, he would have more freedom and no one would pay attention to him.
As for the core skills and inheritance of Xuanyang Sect, Li An looked down on most of them. Speaking of which, the cultivation level of Xuanyang Sect's master Xuanyang Zhenren was slightly weaker than his previous life.
At the same time, Li An did not seek promotion, let alone enter the inner sect. It was not a good thing to be too close to those Jindan stage masters in the inner sect.
Therefore, going to the market would be beneficial, as it would be convenient for him to earn spirit stones!
He only considered one factor: safety!
But in recent years, after the dispute over the middle-grade spirit mines temporarily calmed down, the overall situation inside and outside the Xuanyang Sect was very stable. As an important place under the sect, the safety of the market can also be guaranteed.
It was not bad to go there.
So, Li An adopted a laissez-faire attitude.
Ten days later, he and Tan Qingxue would leave the Futang.
These few days, he went to Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan for a small gathering, and learned more about the situation in Qingyang Market, so that he had a clear idea.
Knowing that Li An was excluded in the Futang, both of them sighed, but they could not help.
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The day before departure, Li An took the time to go to Lingzhi Mountain again.
Three years later, walking the old road again, Li An could not help but think of six years ago.
At that time, when he, Wang Zilin and Zhang Susu were brought to Lingzhi Mountain by Fan Jie, they were in different moods.
Now, the scenery remains the same, but some people are gone.
Entering Lingzhi Mountain, many servants were working in the spiritual fields, making clouds and rain, and one of the men was limping.
Wang Zilin.
"Li An? Why are you here!"
Seeing Li An, Wang Zilin was extremely excited, and hurriedly walked out of the spiritual fields, with mud on his trouser legs, and walked in front of Li An.
"I haven't seen you for many years, I came back to see you."
There was a hint of complexity in Li An's eyes. Wang Zilin's cultivation was still only the first level of Qi Refining, and his face was full of vicissitudes, looking like a weathered middle-aged man.
But he was actually about the same age as Li An, only in his twenties.
Wang Zilin was very excited, and talked a lot with Li An while walking.
After Li An left, the new Lingzhi Mountain deacon really didn't make things difficult for Wang Zilin, and basically paid him enough for the monthly salary.
Anyway, there were other new servants with no background to exploit.
Li An, under the pretext of revisiting the old place, walked into the old forest with Wang Zilin, and then took out the storage bag he had buried in the mud of the stream a few years ago under the pretext of urinating.
Fan Jie's storage bag, in which four crystal clear fire spirit fruits were still there.
Putting the fire spirit fruits into his own storage bag, he easily destroyed Fan Jie's storage bag, and Fan Jie's last trace in this world disappeared.
Back in the woods, Wang Zilin was still waiting for him. The two talked about the past night watch together and the accidental survival of falling into a pit. Wang Zilin was in a particularly good mood and laughed.
"Li An, I have been taking care of Sister Su Su's grave in the past few years. Do you want to go and see her..."
But as he spoke, Wang Zilin's eyes inexplicably turned red.
Li An sighed slightly in his heart, shook his head, and said, "No need. I'm going to Qingyang Market. This time I came back mainly to see you."
He took out two flame talismans and handed them to Wang Zilin, "This is a farewell, maybe we will never see each other again in this life, take care."
Li An left.
Wang Zilin held the flame talisman in his hand, looked at Li An's back, watched him leave, and tears fell from his eyes.
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The next day after returning to the Futang, in the evening, Li An was practicing, but there was a gentle knock on the door.
Li An pushed the door open and saw a bright and beautiful face. The visitor was wearing a light yellow long skirt and had a tall figure. Seeing Li An, she smiled slightly, "Master Li Fu, I haven't seen you for many years."
Xu Qiuhui!
It was her.
With him, there was also Tan Qingxue. Tan Qingxue looked lonely and her mood was still very bad.
"Senior Sister Xu, Senior Sister Tan, please come in--"
Xu Qiuhui said: "How about a gathering at the Moon Lake?"
Soon after, the three of them sat down in the pavilion by the Moon Lake.
"I got the news from the inner sect that half a year ago, Sun Lin contacted the Zhang family to marry his sister."
Xu Qiuhui went straight to the point: "The Zhang family is the largest immortal cultivation family under the Xuanyang Sect. There are many foundation-building masters in the family. After the marriage, they gave Sun Lin a lot of support."
"So, Sun Lin can get so many contribution points."
Li An and Tan Qingxue both suddenly realized.
"Now the situation is set and there is no way to change it. You can only go to the market first. If there is a chance in the future, I will help you transfer back to the sect."
Xu Qiuhui spoke calmly, but she made a promise.
She really has the confidence to say this. Now she is already at the eighth level of Qi Refining and has a chance to build a foundation!
Once you become a strong person in the foundation-building stage, you will have a lot of say in the sect. It will not be difficult to find connections in the inner sect at that time.
"I came to you today to talk to you about the situation in the market."
She said solemnly: "Now the competition for the middle-grade spiritual mine among the three major sects has subsided, and the top leaders are negotiating, but the demon sect has made a comeback in the territory of the Dali Dynasty and has affected many places."
"A year ago, there was even a demon cultivator who openly captured a female cultivator outside the Liuyang River Market. The female cultivator's master was a second-grade alchemist. The sect took it very seriously, but the demons have not been caught so far."
"According to the information I got, this group of demon cultivators came from the original Yin-Yang Demon Sect... The Yin-Yang Demon Sect inherited the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace Method and specialized in capturing cultivators with excellent spiritual roots to use as furnaces for cultivation."
She paused and stared at Tan Qingxue: "The only thing you have to be careful about when you go there is this matter. The demon cultivators are cunning and cunning. Consult with Master Li Fu more often when encountering problems. Do you understand?"
Obviously, Xu Qiuhui and Tan Qingxue have a deep relationship, otherwise she would not say so much.
Tan Qingxue felt grateful, but also felt that the road ahead was bleak, so she nodded.
"Master Li, Qingxue is not sensible. If she offends me in the Fu Hall, please don't mind."
"Please take care of me when we go there."
She took out a snow-white Fu pen from her hand and handed it to Li An, saying, "This first-grade high-quality Fu pen is a gift from Qiu Hui."
Li An was stunned when he saw this, and hurriedly said, "Such a valuable gift, Li An is unworthy of it, please take it back, Senior Sister Xu!"
Tan Qingxue beside him was also stunned. Wasn't this Fu pen... prepared by Xu Qiu Hui for her? How did she give it to Li An?
Xu Qiu Hui smiled and said, "Master Li, we will have a long-term friendship in the future. Please don't mind this small gift——"
Li An's heart was moved when he heard this.
Xu Qiu Hui will definitely become a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the future, so this friendship... can only be accepted.
"Then I'll be very rude to refuse. Thank you!" He took the talisman pen with both hands. "Master Li should have some things to pack. Sister Qingxue and I will chat for a while..." Li An left tactfully. After he left. "Sister, are you crazy?" Tan Qingxue asked immediately, with confusion written all over her face. Li An's talent is mediocre, but he is only at the third level of Qi training, and he has not made any achievements in talismans. Is it worth Xu Qiuhui's attention? Could it be that Xu Qiuhui... also likes Li An? This thought flashed through her mind, and she immediately denied it. It's impossible! "Qingxue, when will you grow up?"
Xu Qiuhui couldn't help but sigh, "When he was in Lingzhi Mountain, I gave him a message, which was half his lifesaver."
"In Lingshou Mountain, he saved you once and repaid my favor. With your attitude towards him, he will definitely distance himself from you after going to the market and no longer care about your life or death."
"Can this talisman pen change his mind about you and make him remember your favor again... I don't know."
Tan Qingxue's mouth opened as big as an egg: "What? He saved me in Lingshou Mountain?"
"Sister, what are you talking about? What does it have to do with him..."
She looked like she had seen a ghost.
Xu Qiuhui said: "Qingxue, you are still too immature."
"Don't you think about why he fell off the cliff? Why did the black needle giant ape that was chasing you suddenly turn back..."
Tan Qingxue's eyes were blank.
Is there a causal relationship between the two?
"I went to the Spirit Beast Mountain Range once, and found this on a hill not far from the Black Needle Giant Ape's habitat." Some bottle residue appeared in her snow-white palm. "This is... the bottle residue of the poison-removing pill?!" Tan Qingxue was shocked. "Yes, the location where the bottle residue appeared is not the same as the location where you said you threw away the bottle of the poison-removing pill." Xu Qiuhui did not continue to talk, but turned to say: "The spiritual medicine of the Black Needle Giant Ape was not lost, and there was nothing missing in the storage bags of Qingyuan and others, which is enough to show that he did this not for robbing money and treasures. Why did he take such a risk? Don't you understand?" "He is a man who values love." After hearing this, Tan Qingxue's heart seemed to be hit hard by someone. It turned out that Li An saved her? She thought of all the things that happened before, and all kinds of emotions surged in her heart, moved, fortunate, and regretful... It turned out that Li An had been hiding his shortcomings. He suffered from indifference and grievance, but he never complained. Even after she and Cao Zhirou abandoned him, he still repaid evil with kindness and silently did such a big thing...
After all, she was still young and was instantly moved to tears!
The image of Li An in her heart changed completely in an instant.
How could there be such a sincere and kind person in the world?
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little envious of Xu Qiuhui. Li An could do so much for her because he liked Sister Xu...
It's a pity that Li An's talent is not good, otherwise he might be able to become a fairy couple with Sister Xu?
Sister Xu... is really happy!
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