Chapter 158 Unexpected Recruitment of a Disciple

Qingfeng Village, in seclusion.

After a struggle, the village owner Zhao Yi knelt in front of Li An and was completely controlled by Li An.

"If it weren't for my strong spiritual sense, I'm afraid I would be attacked by him!"

Li An couldn't help but feel lucky.

Zhao Yi obviously had some opportunities and progressed very quickly. He was about to enter the middle stage of foundation building.

The previous move of chess had grown beyond his expectations.

In fact, if Li An's cultivation progress was really surpassed by Zhao Yi and his spiritual sense was not as good as Zhao Yi, then he would no longer be able to control Zhao Yi, and might even be affected by Zhao Yi in turn!

Although the magic skills are domineering, they also need to be based on the premise that they are strong enough.

Li An easily read Zhao Yi's memories over the years.

"There is actually contact with Yan State——"

Li An was quite surprised.

Zhao Yi has led the village to develop very well over the years.

Ten years ago, he even discovered a secret place in the Sijing Mountains and got a precious jade from that secret place.

For safety, Zhao Yi sold the precious jade directly to Yan State. After all, if he made a move in the Dali Dynasty, he would probably be targeted by the Beast Sect, the Divine Sword Sect and other big forces.

By then, the secret place discovered by Zhao Yi and his team would not be safe, and they themselves would probably be wiped out by the Divine Sword Sect and others!

Zhao Yi was also very cautious in doing things.

And Zhao Yi's jade seemed to be favored by a big buyer in Yan State.

He gave Zhao Yi a foundation-building pill directly.

This gave Zhao Yi a chance to build his foundation.

"But Zhao Yi was actually controlled..."

Li An carefully checked and found that there was a poison in Zhao Yi's dantian!

Obviously, this was brought by the foundation-building pill.

The buyer from Yan State controlled Zhao Yi through this method and asked Zhao Yi to continue to explore the secret place. It seemed that he was very concerned about the secret place in Sijing Mountain.

For this reason, they also spared no expense and continued to invest in Zhao Yi, so that Zhao Yi could be promoted so quickly.

"Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss..."

Li An learned about the situation of the secret place.

Deep in the Sijing Mountain, there is a misty abyss, called the Ten Thousand Zhang Abyss.

It is very dangerous, and in an accident, a treasure light flew out of it. Zhao Yi got one of them, which was the jade he got.

"Jade of Tribulation!"

After meditating on the appearance of the jade in Zhao Yi's memory, Li An couldn't help but be moved.

Jade of Tribulation is very special. It is said that it is formed when the heavenly tribulation comes, and it can block all the evil spirits in the world...

This kind of thing is rare and its value is much higher than the foundation-building pill. If the grade is high enough, it is not impossible to exchange it for a Yuanling Pill!

It's just that Zhao Yi obviously didn't know the goods, so he sold it.

But it also attracted the attention of the Yan State.

"What kind of secret place would have a jade of tribulation flying out?"

Even Li An was a little jealous.

It seems that I have to go and see it!

...

A few months later

Li An disguised himself as "Zhao Yi" and walked out of the retreat. He succeeded in reaching the "mid-stage foundation building".

The real Zhao Yi was arranged by Li An to leave Qingfeng Village and transform into other appearances to go out to inquire about the news of the upper echelons of the Dali Dynasty and the follow-up of the battle in Tianyang City.

Why did Tianyang City become a ruin after that battle, what was the reaction of the Dali Dynasty, etc. Li An knew nothing now.

The village owner went to a higher level, and there was joy in Qingfeng Village.

"Village owner, there is a letter from Yan State--"

The second in command, Chen Gui, a cultivator of the ninth level of Qi Refining, respectfully presented a letter.

Li An opened the letter and saw:

The buyer from Yan State will come to Sijing Mountain in person in ten days.

Let "Zhao Yi" get ready and take them to Wanzhang Abyss at that time.

Li An thought slightly in his heart.

The buyer from Yan State must not be an ordinary person to give Zhao Yi a foundation building pill.

It should be a big force!

It would be good to take this opportunity to make contact.

However, we need to prepare in advance. After all, they are definitely not ordinary people...

"By the way, village chief, during the time you were in seclusion, there were some unusual movements in that secret place. However, our troops guarding there were killed by Luosha Village and Jingang Village. I don't know if anything flew out..."

Chen Gui continued, "You are in seclusion. I am not sure of victory, so I didn't go out."

Li An raised his eyebrows.

Luosha Village and Jingang Village are the other two bandits in Sijing Mountain.

That secret place is definitely not simple. If these two bandits know about it...

Then they should be destroyed!

"Go ahead, kill them first!"

Li An spoke directly.

Chen Gui was overjoyed. He had been waiting for Li An to say this.

...

Soon.

Li An personally led the elite of Qingfeng Village to Luosha Village.

Li Luosha, the village chief of Luosha Village, is in the early stage of foundation building!

But what surprised Li An was that Luosha Village was easily breached, and there was grief and sorrow in the village.

"Mr. Zhao, don't you just want this piece of jade... Hahaha, a piece of disaster jade, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you!"

Li Luosha, a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, rushed out of the village with his breath dying, and threw a piece of muddy yellow ancient jade at Li An.

The ancient jade exuded a strong evil spirit, and people around Li An avoided it.

Li An was surprised, this was indeed a piece of tribulation jade.

But it contained a strong evil spirit. If ordinary cultivators touched it, their cultivation would be disordered, their qi and blood would be reversed, and they would immediately have a disaster.

Luosha Village was destroyed by this piece of jade.

Li An had the energy of life seed, so he was not afraid at all. Even if he didn't use the life seed, the magic power could effectively suppress and refine the evil spirit.

But he casually handed out a jade box to a thug next to him, "Pick it up and put it in the jade box."

This is in line with the style of a bandit.

The jade box can effectively block evil spirits to a certain extent, and the buyer from Yan State had previously given Zhao Yi some runes to suppress evil spirits, which Li An also pasted on the jade box at this moment.

The thug looked ugly, but he still stepped forward. As soon as he put the jade into the jade box, he died on the spot.

"The village chief is invincible!"

But everyone shouted loudly.

Li An accepted the jade, ordered people to slaughter the village, and then continued to Jingang Village.

When rushing into Jingang Village, he encountered some obstacles. The village chief Song Jingang's injury was not as serious as Li Luosha's. Li An took some effort to kill him.

"Village leader, what should we do with these villagers? Kill them all together, or pick a few good-looking ones to take back to the village to warm the bed?"

Chen Gui came over with a group of villagers and said:

"That damn Song Jingang is really good. He actually captured the people of this village and used their blood to absorb the evil spirit..."

Li An glanced at these villagers and prepared to kill them all.

These villagers were doomed to die. Li An would not expose himself for them. Not humiliating them before they died was the greatest mercy.

But suddenly, one of the tied bright girls whistled, and suddenly an eagle flew down from the sky and pounced on Chen Gui. Chen Gui was not prepared and was almost scratched on the face, but he was at the ninth level of Qi training after all. He backhanded a knife and split the eagle in half!

"Witch, I'll chop you with one knife..."

Chen Gui roared and was about to chop the girl to death, but his knife instantly hovered in the air and could not chop down.

Li An had already stopped him. "The villagers are all innocent, why kill them?"

Li An said coldly.

Chen Gui was immediately puzzled.

Li An continued: "Innocent people should not be killed indiscriminately. You go deal with other bandits, I will talk to them."

After that, Li An got off his horse, went over to untie the villagers, and said: "Fellow villagers, you have suffered, don't worry, you are safe now."

Li An was kind.

Because the girl just now surprised him a little...

The girl seemed to be using the beast control technique?

But the key is that the girl is obviously just a mortal, without any cultivation!

It's a bit interesting...

Seeing that Li An was so kind, the villagers knelt on the ground for a while, begging Li An for mercy, crying bitterly.

The beast control girl also knelt down with everyone.

Li An helped them up one by one, and ordered people to give them food. The villagers were like meeting a living Bodhisattva, and thanked him profusely.

Li An sat down and started chatting with them. Under Li An's warm and gentle guidance, the villagers regarded him as a good man and savior, and talked to him about everything.

Li An understood everything without any effort.

These villagers came from Tianning Village at the foot of Sijing Mountain. They were all mortals. Song Jingang got the method of getting rid of evil spirits from somewhere, so he captured them all and wanted to chop off their heads and take their blood.

Fortunately, Li An came.

"What's the name of this girl? It seems that she can communicate with eagles?" Li An looked at the girl with a smile.

The girl was holding a piece of meat and eating, and she felt a little embarrassed when she heard it.

"Her name is Lihua. She is very powerful. She is the number one hunter in our village. The hunting skills are taught by God, and she can also understand the words of wild animals..."

An old man smiled and introduced Lihua's situation.

After Li An asked in detail, he learned that Lihua's grandfather was not from Tianning Village, but an outsider.

It is said that when her grandfather came, he was stupid and dumb, as if he had lost his soul. Fortunately, he was kind and hardworking, so he married a widow in the village and passed down a bloodline in the village, which gave birth to Lihua.

"It should be her grandfather who blessed her. Various birds and beasts often came to her grandfather's grave... Lihua learned to communicate with wild beasts in this way."

Li An became more and more curious. He got up and said, "Father, I will escort you back to the village--"

He decided to go to Tianning Village to have a look.

There is a secret place deep in Sijing Mountain that makes the big forces of Yan State excited. There is such a strange thing in Tianning Village at the foot of the mountain... It makes Li An think about it.

Li An told Chen Gui a few words, then took the villagers back to the village, and took a lot of good things from the warehouse of Jingang Village for them.

The villagers thanked him profusely, and their eyes were filled with tears. They all said that they met a good person.

After arriving at the village, Li An swept his mind and immediately noticed the grave that the old man in the village mentioned!

The grave of Lihua's grandfather.

There are indeed many birds gathering, and Li An's mind has found something unusual everywhere.

Under the tombstone of Lihua's grandfather...

There is a piece of bone.

Very extraordinary!

Li An instantly determined that Lihua's grandfather must not be an ordinary person.

And Lihua should have awakened some talent or something.

"The bones of the fourth-level spirit beast contain the earth-level beast control technique."

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Shangguan Xiaoxiao's voice sounded, "It does have some origins, but it is not very valuable."

After being sealed by Li An for more than half a year, she learned to keep her mouth shut and only said one or two words at critical moments, so Li An lifted her seal. When Li An allowed, she could perceive the outside world through Li An.

Hearing this, Li An's heart was pounding.

Earth-level skills...

You must know that he was a Jindan strongman in his previous life, and he had never obtained this level of skills!

And this beast control technique is hidden in the bones of a fourth-level spirit beast, which is enough to show that it has a great origin!

He also had a thought that... could it have something to do with the beast control Jiang family in Qingzhou, Yan State?

From Zhao Yi's memory, he also had a rough understanding of Yan State.

The overall strength of Yan State is much stronger than that of the Dali Dynasty, and the border with the Dali Dynasty is Qingzhou.

And the largest family in Qingzhou is the Jiang family, which is said to be a Yuanying-level family!

This is very likely.

In any case, it seems that Lihua should be the descendant of a beast control master, with a talent for beast control in her body, so she can communicate with birds and beasts.

But she did not get the inheritance here.

"Not worth much? Do you have a better beast control technique?"

Li An asked Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment: "The Demon Cult does not need to control beasts! The Heavenly Demon Art can directly refine people and beasts into puppets!"

Li An couldn't help but smile, after all, there is nothing!

He will definitely get the inheritance here!

In addition, Lihua is also worth cultivating. If she is really the blood of a big family that has been lost, then through her, maybe I can solve the problem of my third-level spiritual vein when I break through the pill.

Thinking of this, Li An immediately said, "Father-in-law, I want to choose two children from the village to practice with me, how about it?"

"If they succeed in their practice in the future, they can also return to the village to protect everyone."

After Li An said this, the villagers were even more excited and happy.

"Thank you, Zhao Zhaizhu!"

"Zhaizhu Zhao is such a good person, willing to accept disciples, it is a great blessing for the children in the village!"

Li An glanced at them and smiled and said, "Well, Lihua, Erniu, how about you two come with me to practice in the mountains?"

He has observed that Lihua is very talented in beast control, and the other stronger child Erniu should also have a barely spiritual root.

Choosing Lihua alone will inevitably make people think that taking Erniu, a rag, together shows that he has a righteous heart.

Lihua and Erniu were both children from the mountains. They were naturally very happy when they heard this. The old man next to them reminded them, and the two children hurriedly bowed in front of Li An...

"Greetings, Master!"

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