Chapter 67 Meeting an Old Friend

Half a year later.

"Ninth level of Qi Refining!"

Li An walked out of the retreat with a calm expression, but his eyes were full of expectations!

The promotion of his spiritual roots, coupled with the life-nourishing immortal art that made his spiritual power of extremely high quality, and the assistance of elixirs, made the breakthrough a natural result.

Li An is already seventy-seven years old!

But his face is still young, more mature and settled than when he first entered Xuanyang Sect, but he can't see the carving of time, no wrinkles, and even more radiant than before.

"The detection range of the spiritual sense has also expanded to ten meters."

The growth of the spiritual sense made Li An even more delighted.

But after checking the current situation of the spiritual stones, Li An was immediately very distressed.

"The harvest eight years ago has almost been used up today..."

Eight years ago, he looted more than 17,000 spiritual stones, plus the ones in his hand, there are more than 20,000 spiritual stones.

But eight years have passed, and now there are only about a thousand spiritual stones left in his hand. In fact, Li An's cultivation is secondary, mainly because the formation in the valley consumes too much.

It consumes about 200 yuan every month.

But this is a necessary expenditure. If there is no protection, Li An cannot practice with peace of mind.

During these eight years, some casual cultivators have waited for the Suiyue Valley, but were frightened away by the formation in the valley.

After all, there is a second-level spiritual vein here!

At this time, the disadvantages of casual cultivators are reflected.

If it were before, Li An would not have to worry too much about safety when practicing in Qingyang Market.

"It's time to go out..."

In addition to spirit stones, Li An also harvested resources worth about 10,000 spirit stones, including magic tools, elixirs, runes, materials, etc.

But it's too trivial. If you want to sell them all, it will take a long period of time, and you can't rush.

In the next six months, while consolidating the realm of the ninth level of Qi Refining, he began to change his appearance and go in and out of some small towns and cities to inquire about the news.

Eight years have passed, and everything that happened that year has already spread throughout the entire northern part of Dali. Li An didn't spend much time to figure out the situation:

As he guessed, Xuanyang Sect was breached from the inside.

The fake elder Li Yuan, who led people to kill the Soul-seeking Horse-faced Demon in Qingyang Market, was possessed by the Soul-seeking Horse-faced Demon and has been making arrangements in the sect.

The collusion between the inside and the outside destroyed the entire Xuanyang Sect.

The mountain gate of Xuanyang Sect, along with the spiritual vein, has been destroyed, and now only broken walls and ruins remain.

The Liuyang River Market, Xuanyang Sect Spirit Mine, etc. have changed hands and are occupied by the Divine Sword Sect and the Hundred Beasts Sect.

The immortal cultivation forces that once depended on Xuanyang Sect also switched to the sect.

For example, Zhao Xianchuan's family, the Zhao family, was highly valued after joining the Hundred Beasts Sect. In recent years, they have been absorbing the remnants of Xuanyang Sect and have become quite famous in the northern part of Dali.

Li An deliberately inquired about who was still alive, but the news was not accurate.

"The Demon Cult is very deep."

Li An was alert in his heart. Even to this day, no one knew the details of the attack on Xuanyang Sect.

Especially how did Xuanyang Zhenren lose.

After all, Xuanyang Zhenren was a master of Jindan. Even if Soul-seeking Horse-faced Demon possessed Li Yuan, it was just a fake elixir and could not be Xuanyang Zhenren's opponent.

Li An suspected that in that battle, was there a demon cultivator of the same elixir level who took action?

If so, it means that the strength of the Demon Cult is more terrible than anyone imagined.

Moreover, after destroying Xuanyang Sect, the Demon Cult disappeared for a while, and its whereabouts were too strange.

"What are they planning?"

Li An couldn't guess, but he vaguely felt that Xuanyang Sect was probably not the Demon Cult's ultimate target.

They should have a bigger intention.

However, he didn't have to worry too much at the moment. As long as he didn't endanger himself, Li An didn't care even if the Demon Cult broke the sky.

While he was out, he also sold some basic supplies, earning more than 3,000 spirit stones in half a year.

"It's time to leave..."

Li An thought, after breaking through the ninth level of Qi Refining, he had to start planning the foundation building, which meant that he couldn't just stay in Queyue Valley.

He already had a direction in his mind!

White Tiger City!

White Tiger City is a holy place for casual cultivators, with the White Tiger Immortal sitting in charge, casual cultivators can get shelter when they enter it.

Moreover, the circulation of resources there is more concentrated, and it will be more convenient to buy medicinal materials.

Another important reason is that Li An really can't afford to stay in Queyue Valley.

Even a small family of Qi Refining cultivators can't afford the expenses of a second-level magic array, at least it needs to be of average strength in the foundation building stage.

Li An fights alone, and has no income source such as industry, this kind of consumption... exceeds the standard too seriously.

Before going to White Tiger City, he still has to make some preparations.

——The tortoise shell and horn of the Yuanhun beast he obtained in the Yunhuan Mountains have been kept.

If he can refine it into a second-level magic weapon, Li An will have more confidence to go to Baihu City.

"I have to go to Qiling County..."

The Zhao family, a foundation-building immortal family, is in Qiling County. Li An went there mainly to find Wang Dazhu.

If Wang Dazhu is still alive, the Zhao family is his only place to go. Moreover, with his talent, he should be close to a second-level weapon refiner now, right?

...

After arranging everything in the valley, he headed towards Qiling County.

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A few days later.

Li An arrived at Zhaojia Town, Qiling County.

Qiling County has a total of seven large towns under its jurisdiction, with a dense population. In recent years, it has almost become the sphere of influence of the Zhao family.

Zhaojia Town is the core area of ​​the Zhao family's power. Most of the people in the town are mortals, but there are also many cultivators coming and going. Li An disguised himself as a third-level Qi Refining cultivator and soon got the news he wanted—

Wang Dazhu was indeed still alive, in the Zhao family!

Moreover, Wang Dazhu had a very high status in the Zhao family and was respected as a guest official. Three years ago, he successfully helped the Zhao family refine two second-level magic weapons.

In addition, there was news recently that Zhao Xianchuan, the head of the Zhao family, intended to marry his aunt or sister to him.

Zhao Xianchuan was also still alive, and he had led the Zhao family to join the Hundred Beasts Sect in recent years and annexed several surrounding immortal cultivation families. He had a very high prestige in the family and succeeded to the position of head of the family five years ago.

Recently, the Zhao family was striving to be responsible for the affairs of Liuyang River Market. If successful, the strength of the Zhao family would increase significantly.

The world is unpredictable. In a sense, the demise of the Xuanyang Sect has made the Zhao family successful.

Li An lingered in Zhaojia Town for more than a month and finally found an opportunity.

Late at night that day, Li An was squatting in front of Mianhongju in Zhaojia Town.

After careful inquiry and repeated observation, he found that Wang Dazhu had one more hobby than when he was in Xuanyang Sect - women.

He was very addicted to it, and he even had several lovers in Mianhongju!

Li An was not too surprised about this. When he was in Xuanyang Sect before, Wang Dazhu was just an outer disciple with a low status, and he had no chance to enjoy this aspect.

But now it is different. He can refine second-level magic tools. In order to win him over, Zhao Xianchuan will definitely work hard on wealth and women. At first, it may be okay and he can stick to his original intention, but after a long time, it is normal to sink into it.

In his previous life, he led the development of the Xiuxian family, and Li An knew the means well.

Li An waited until the next day, until the sun was high in the sky, and Wang Dazhu, who looked middle-aged, walked out of Mianhongju.

Wang Dazhu got on the luxurious carriage waiting for him with a satisfied look on his face. Just after sitting down, he frowned and picked up a letter on the seat-

"Brother Wang has risen rapidly since he left the spiritual mine and escaped the disaster of the Demon Sect. My old friend is very happy. If you have time tonight, you may as well meet him in the maple forest of Nanshan Mountain."

"An old friend from Wuling Sect."

Wang Dazhu was stunned for a moment and said, "Brother An?!"

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