Chapter 245 Big Boss

"Your success in forming a Nascent Soul is truly a great event for Qianshui Yunzhou."

The first person to come to see Li An was a Nascent Soul elder from the Bishui Palace. He introduced himself as Han Chen and smiled as he gave a gift: "I am here to express my gratitude, not respect, on the orders of the Palace Master."

Li An took it and smiled as he said: "I did not visit your palace before forming a Nascent Soul. Please do not mind, Brother Han."

The two of them talked happily, like friends who had not seen each other for many years.

In fact, Li An knew very well that when he broke through the realm, someone from the Bishui Palace must have taken action, and maybe Han Chen was one of them, but the two sides were very tacit and did not mention this matter at all.

This is how the world of cultivating immortals is. If you have not succeeded yet, I will definitely stop you secretly, but since you have stepped over the threshold and sat at the table, then everyone will make friends and exchange interests with each other. There is no need to fight and kill.

"By the way, the Palace Master once said that he wanted to invite you to be the Chief Guest of the Bishui Palace. Do you have any interest?"

Han Chen spoke, quite concerned about Li An's answer.

The Chief Guest, Bishui Palace is not without sincerity!

After all, with such a Yuanying master, and accompanied by a fourth-level Strike Cloud Eagle, all the major Yuanying forces must want to fight for him!

"I am used to being an idle cloud crane, not used to joining other forces. Please report to the Palace Master that I will personally thank him for his kindness another day."

Han Chen nodded, although a little disappointed, but it was within his expectations!

The movement of Li An's formation, plus the existence of the Strike Cloud Eagle, have made all the major Yuanying forces guess that Li An should be a cultivator from the spirit world. Such people are often arrogant and proud. It is good enough that they do not belittle the indigenous forces of the Yuanling world. It is really a luxury to expect him to join.

Besides, if Li An directly established a force with two Yuanying-level combat forces, it would not be much worse than the Bishui Palace. Why should he condescend to others?

"Okay, in that case, I will not bother you."

Han Chen left.

Then, the Yuanying cultivators of Panlong Chamber of Commerce also came, also gave a gift, and invited Li An to come and take charge. The position and treatment given were very tempting.

Li An actually wanted to agree. After all, Panlong Chamber of Commerce was very useful to him, and it would be very convenient to buy supplies in the future.

However, he thought about it and politely refused.

The last Yuanying force to come was Li!

"I am Li Chengwang of Li, and I have come to visit you--"

The person who came was actually Li Chengwang!

This person is definitely a heavyweight in the Li family. As the son of Li Jifeng, the Nascent Soul ancestor of the Li family, he has awakened the body of ice and has also cultivated into a Nascent Soul. He has a long way to go in the future and is considered the most solid pillar of the Li family!

His cultivation is now in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. He is slightly older than Li An in this life, only more than 500 years old. It can be said that his future is very bright.

He looks like a middle-aged man, with the temperament of a superior, and a confident smile on his lips.

"According to seniority, you should call me grandpa, and your father should call me uncle..."

Li An said this in his heart, but his face did not show any fluctuations. He smiled and said, "Daoyou Li, please sit down."

Li Chengwang presented a gift and said with a smile, "If I am not mistaken, Daoyou should be from the spiritual world?"

Li An said leisurely, "Cultivators are like duckweed, floating between heaven and earth. If you ask where they come from, where are they from?"

Li Chengwang laughed and said, "Daoyou is really an open-minded person!"

"I don't like to talk about beating around the bush. This time, in addition to congratulating Daoyou, I also want to invite Daoyou to come out and become a guest of my Li family!"

"Please rest assured, Daoyou, my Li family is currently developing rapidly in the New Dao League. As long as you are willing, you want We can give you all the resources!"

Li An shook his head, "Just now, the Taoist friends from Bishui Palace and Panlong Chamber of Commerce also invited me to come, but I refused. If I refused them but agreed to the Taoist friends, wouldn't they mind?"

"I am used to being a free and easy person, and I can understand the intention of Taoist friend Li."

Li Chengwang sighed and looked very disappointed, but he nodded and said, "Well, Taoist friend still has great ambitions, and my Li family will certainly not force you. Besides, even if Taoist friend does not become a guest of my Li family, there will be many opportunities for cooperation in the future, Taoist friend, right?"

Li An said, "Of course, of course."

"I don't know which one of the hundreds of immortal cultivation professions you are proficient in?" Li Chengwang continued to ask.

"Formation." Li An said indifferently.

"Formation and talismans are connected. I guess Taoist friend should be good at talismans, right?" Li Chengwang smiled.

Li An was alerted. This Li Chengwang was testing him.

Obviously, something went wrong when Li family dealt with Li Shuangshuang a few years ago. The Li family is obviously still investigating this matter, and the only clue is the mysterious person who asked Li Shuangshuang to order the fourth-level talisman pen.

Now that Li An suddenly appeared and successfully attacked the Nascent Soul, he aroused some suspicion?

"Of course, it's just that everyone has their own specialties. When it comes to talismans, my level is slightly lower." Li An did not deny it.

Li Chengwang nodded, "Please don't mind, fellow Taoist, because my Li family is short of talisman resources recently, so I want to find someone to help make a batch of fourth-level talismans. I also hope to get some help from you, hahaha..."

"Of course, but fellow Taoist, you have to wait for me for about 20 years. My talisman level is not enough. At present, I can only make third-level talismans. The fourth level... is still in practice."

Li An also laughed.

Li Chengwang didn't get any information, and immediately said: "Okay, then I won't disturb you from practicing." After that, he left. Li An watched his back as he left, feeling calm. In fact, Li An could kill him here. In this way, the Li family would definitely be severely damaged. But there is no need for it now. The last one to come to pay his respects was the royal family of Ji. "Congratulations to the senior on your Nascent Soul Formation. I have come with a small gift to represent the royal family of Ji-" The old emperor of the royal family of Ji, Ji Fenglei, was white-haired and probably older than Li An, but at this moment he was extremely humble, with a smile on his face, dragging a tray with both hands, and in the tray was a high-level storage ring! The royal family of Ji was only a Jindan-level force. There had never been a Nascent Soul boss in the country. Now that one was born, it was natural to make friends with them. Otherwise, a word from him might overthrow the entire Ji country. This was the status and identity of the boss! "You're welcome. Please take a seat."

Li An waved his hand and said, "I'll have to ask you to take care of me when I practice in the Evil Spirit Lake in the future. I prefer peace and quiet."

"Don't worry, senior. No one in my Ji country will dare to bother you within 50,000... 80,000 miles around the Evil Spirit Lake!"

"If you have any instructions, just give us a message and we will do our best to get it done!"

Ji Fenglei spoke enthusiastically and said, "Senior, the position of our national teacher has been vacant. How about you condescending? Of course, you don't have to do anything. No one in the court or the public will bother you. You just need to put up a title. Every year, our court is willing to pay 500 top-grade spirit stones as the salary of the national teacher. How about it?"

Five hundred top-grade spirit stones are equivalent to 60% of Ji country's annual income!

He is asking for a big banner!

Li An is a Yuanying boss, and he is likely to be the legendary perfect Yuanying. It is a great thing for Ji country as long as such a person is willing to put up an empty title.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Forget the title of national teacher, but I should continue to practice in the Evil Spirit Lake."

Ji Fenglei heard this, thought for a moment, and saluted, "Thank you, senior!"

In fact, as long as Li An stayed in Jiguo, others who wanted to take action against Jiguo would have to think twice. Whether he was a national teacher was not that important.

Even the title of national teacher actually had no binding force. If the royal family of Jiguo really had problems and Li An didn't want to take care of it, would the royal family of Jiguo dare to force him to take care of it?

But if Li An stayed in the Evil Spirit Lake, the royal family of Jiguo would always have the opportunity to serve him and slowly make friends with him!

"By the way, what's your name?" Ji Fenglei asked again.

"Gu Dao."

This was a name Li An picked casually.

"Fenglei will not bother Senior Gu anymore. Thank you, thank you--"

Ji Fenglei saluted repeatedly and retreated.

...

After these people left, Li An picked up the gifts they gave and checked them one by one.

The Bishui Palace gave a set of fourth-grade refining materials, the Panlong Chamber of Commerce gave a fourth-grade soul-nourishing pill, and the Li family gave three fourth-grade talismans!

They were all good gifts.

And the Ji Kingdom royal family gave a more expensive gift: a map of the 50,000-mile area around Li An's evil spirit lake, which carefully marked where there were spiritual mines, what the grade of the spiritual mines was, where there were spiritual fields, what spiritual medicines grew, etc.

Li An took a look and found that there were two high-level spiritual mines that could produce a very small amount of top-grade spiritual stones, and three intermediate spiritual mines that produced high-grade spiritual ores.

The intention was naturally very clear. The resources on these territories were all gifts from the Ji Kingdom royal family to Li An.

In addition, there were 500 top-grade spiritual stones.

It was a generous gift!

The royal family of Ji country was quite tactful and offered themselves to save Li An from trouble. After all, with such a Yuanying master here, everything of Ji country... Li An could take whatever he wanted.

However, Li An had no intention of annexing the royal family of Ji country. The royal family of Ji country had stood here for many years and had inextricable connections with many Yuanying forces - Ji country was also a member of the New Dao League!

If they were pushed too hard, they might offend other Yuanying cultivators and would have to confront the New Dao League...

It was not necessary for the time being.

...

Li An thought about it and immediately sent a message to call back Li Shuangshuang who was in the mine 800 miles away.

Now his spiritual sense covered a wide range, so he didn't need to go out to send a message.

Soon after, Li Shuangshuang finally returned and walked into the island in the middle of the lake, her face full of excitement!

She knew very well what it meant to her that her master had become a Yuanying.

Having a Yuanying-level backer would make her cultivation much smoother!

Even the core members of the clan in history could not get guidance from Yuanying masters. At most, they could learn from Zhendan cultivators.

Moreover, she only knew now that the spirit bird beside her master was actually a fourth-level fierce beast!

The strength and origin of her master must be extraordinary...

The more so, the more she felt dreamy. How could she be favored by such a person? It was...too lucky!

"Disciple greets Master!"

Li Shuangshuang entered the reception room and knelt down immediately. "Congratulations to Master for achieving Yuanying. I have nothing to congratulate you. I have specially made a few talisman papers. Please accept them."

She took out a stack of carefully decorated talisman papers. Li An smiled slightly and waved his hand. The talisman paper fell into Li An's hands. Although it was only a third-level talisman paper, it was very exquisite and had a fresh fragrance.

Although this thing was of no use to Li An, it showed her intention. Li An was quite happy. He immediately handed her the map presented by the royal family of Ji State and said, "There are many places, spiritual mines, spiritual fields, etc., which are mostly insufficient with the current manpower. You can recruit some trustworthy independent cultivators to work for our Evil Spirit Lake."

"You will be in charge of the overall planning at that time, which will also give you time to practice."

Li Shuangshuang took the map and became more and more happy. In this way, it means that Evil Spirit Lake will no longer be just her and her master, but will develop a force around Li An!

In fact, this is inevitable. As a Yuanying cultivator, there are too many cultivation resources needed, and many resources cannot be taken care of by oneself. Some subordinates will definitely be needed.

So there is a saying in the world: There are no independent cultivators in Yuanying.

A Yuanying is like a big tree, and there will definitely be many monkeys following.

In fact, outside the Evil Spirit Lake, in just the past few days, many cultivators have come, wanting to pay homage and enter the Evil Spirit Lake to do things for Li An, but Li An just ignored it.

"These are some Chongling Pills, which should be quite useful to you. Various affairs are important, but you should also plan for the matter of forming the pill. Don't forget to practice! This is the foundation of your life!"

Li An gave her a bottle of pills, and then instructed: "You can also pass on the skills I gave you to others, and cultivate more trustworthy confidants, so that you can gain a foothold in the future. Just be sure to examine them carefully and don't let those with bad intentions sneak in. Moreover, for those new recruits, you must not be greedy for their talents, understanding, and abilities. You can control them first. No matter how strong others are, if they are not loyal to you, it is also vain. Do you understand?"

When Li Shuangshuang heard this, she was really mixed with mixed feelings and tears in her eyes. She naturally understood the earnest expectation in Li An's words. Li An was not only concerned about her future in practice, but also instructing her on the principles of being a person and doing things. Moreover, she felt that this kind of teaching was not private.

I used to be looked down upon by the Li family. When will I be able to receive such care and concern?

"Master, don't worry. I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

She immediately stood up and left.

...

The basic affairs had been arranged and handled. Li Jing calmed down and continued to consolidate his realm for a while.

"After entering the Nascent Soul stage, the consumption of spirit stones is also increasing. At least ten top-grade spirit stones are consumed every month. With Xiaoqing, it is about thirty every month."

At least more than three hundred spirit stones are consumed in a year.

"At present, the annual output of spiritual stones from all the spiritual mines I have is about 160 pieces of top-grade spiritual stones. With the influence of the power of the spiritual world on Xinzhou, it will increase in the future."

"Middle-grade spiritual stones, low-grade spiritual stones, etc. are not very useful, so I will give them to Li Shuangshuang to develop her power."

"In addition, there are three spiritual medicine production areas... I have to open up a medicinal field on the Evil Spirit Lake to cultivate spiritual medicine!"

Now that he has the innate treasure technique "Shennong Technique", he is very much looking forward to cultivating spiritual medicine.

He did what he said and started to act immediately. On the island not far from the cave, he opened up a flat medicinal field, set up a spirit gathering array, a third-level protective array, etc., and then transplanted some spiritual medicines on the island into it.

The Evil Spirit Lake itself is a fourth-level spiritual vein, and it also produces some medicinal materials. After he collected them all, he got four third-grade spiritual medicines, but no fourth-grade.

The four spiritual medicines were planted separately, and Li An used the Shennong Technique to spend an hour to nourish the four spiritual medicines.

After Li An's research, he found that Shennong Technique is mainly based on the characteristics of spiritual medicine, and adopts methods such as spiritual power cleansing and vitality impact to guide the spiritual medicine to transform and deform. Once ordinary spiritual medicine is transformed and deformed, it often has special magical effects, and even the grade will jump!

Moreover, he himself is a wood spiritual root, and he has the life-nourishing immortality technique, so the effect of his use of this treasure technique is excellent, and the probability of spiritual medicine deformation will be very high. Li An even thinks that in the later stage, he should be able to influence the degree and direction of mutation to a certain extent, which is definitely a heaven-defying method!

Then, Li An personally went to the other three medicine-producing areas within his current range, set up three third-level formations respectively, and announced to take over. The people of the Ji Kingdom royal family had been waiting respectfully for a long time, and they withdrew directly when he arrived.

From these three medicine-producing areas, Li An got a total of five third-grade spiritual medicines!

Li

An carefully selected a batch of core medicinal materials he needed, with a total of hundreds of second- and third-grade plants, and brought them all back to the Evil Spirit Lake Island to plant.

At present, he is still in the stage of familiarizing himself with Shennong's technique, so he can only take care of those third-grade spiritual medicines, but after exploring it clearly in the future, with his strength, it will not be difficult to catalyze these hundreds of spiritual medicines together.

After doing all this, it was already ten days later.

"I became a spiritual plant husband again..."

Li An couldn't help but smile with emotion. When he was in the spiritual plant mountain of Xuanyang Sect, if he could have such an innate treasure technique, his road might be much smoother...

What can he do.

After doing all this, Li An began to retreat and refine pills!

When he went out to buy formation materials and other things last time, he also bought some spiritual medicines for nourishing the soul. Now they have all been refined into pills. After careful research, it took half a month to refine them.

"Wake up, eat sugar beans."

Li An woke up the sleeping Shangguan Xiaoxiao. Shangguan Xiaoxiao woke up from his soul fire, glanced at him calmly, and said: "Oh, it's a Yuanying, Li Gou is awesome, congratulations to the Yuanying master."

Obviously, she still had some resentment towards Li An, because Li An was still on guard against her when he broke through the Yuanying.

"Try it, the new product I developed."

Li An handed a few pills to Shangguan Xiaoxiao, who took them and said: "You still have some conscience."

She threw one into her mouth and chewed it gently, but a little strange appeared on her face, saying: "Why, it feels a little bitter, and a little sweet... Hmm, it has a silky taste, is this a candy bean?"

"Hmm, a new candy bean." Li An said: "Do you like it?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao casually ate another one and said: "It's so-so, it's okay."

"The Yuanying has been formed ", you don't have to be on guard against me like a thief in the future, right?"

Li An said: "No, from now on we will be the closest comrades, the most solid partners, the most..."

"No, the risk of being sold out by you is too high if I am your comrade."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao hit him mercilessly: "People like you don't deserve friends."

Li An: "..."

"Li Gou, can you do me a favor?"

Li An said: "You say."

"I'm not interested in your body, but I don't have a body now... Make one for me. "

Li An was a little confused: "Make one? How to do it?"

"The Heavenly Demon Body Shaping Method, as long as you find enough materials, and then you transfer some demon essence, you may be able to make a congenital demon body. Then my spirit will take over, and I will be truly reborn, and my aptitude will be stronger than my sister."

"Don't you want to take revenge on my sister? When I defeat her, you can do whatever you want to her. How about it?"

Li An thought for a while, and suddenly laughed: "I am a ruthless person, and we are not friends, why should I Why should I help you?"

"You... Li Gou, you are so bold, you dare to rebel against me, right?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao glared at Li An with a straight face, but Li An looked like he was aloof and said, "Don't forget, I am a person, why should I do something that has no benefit to me?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao stared at him and was quickly defeated. He could only grit his teeth and beg, "Li Gou, my closest comrade-in-arms, most loyal friend, and most trustworthy person... help me, please?"

The big eyes showed innocence and some resentment.

The expression on Li An's face suddenly broke, and he couldn't help laughing and said, "Okay, I will help you, my closest comrade-in-arms."

"Li Gou, remember this, next time you ask me for help, I will make you kneel down and beg me for three hours!"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao looked at Li An's smug look, gritted his teeth, and swore secretly.

Li An immediately asked her about the materials she needed to rebuild her demon body, but after listening to her, Li An was overwhelmed. These things are extremely difficult to find. They can be said to be real creations. I am afraid that they cannot be gathered at one time and one place.

Li An immediately asked her to continue to return to the spiritual platform.

"By the way, what is the name of your candy beans? Actually... the taste is okay."

Before leaving, she suddenly asked again.

Li An said: "Hmm... Dove?"

"Dove Dan? Weird, like a woman's name... But I will refine more next time."

After that, she returned to Li An's spiritual platform and slowly cultivated.

...

Li An actually didn't want to help Shangguan Xiaoxiao.

After all, after she completed the reconstruction of her body, she would definitely fight with her sister Shangguan Shengxian, but could she win?

Li An felt it was close enough.

For so many years, Li An only felt breathless when facing Shangguan Shengxian. The opponent's strength, scheming, and so on... were all top-notch!

If she loses, will Li An be implicated?

Moreover, Shangguan Xiaoxiao has been by Li An's side for so many years, and knows Li An inside and out. Except for the life-nourishing immortality formula, she knows everything else!

After she left, Li An was worried.

But, not helping her?

That's not realistic!

Li An once managed a family of immortals, so he naturally understood that if a person's mentality becomes negative, it will not have any positive effect on himself, on the contrary, it is likely to harm himself!

It is necessary to give Shangguan Xiaoxiao hope.

Secondly, from a certain perspective... Li An does owe Shangguan Xiaoxiao a lot.

Although she helped Li An escape from Tianyang City at the beginning in order to stop her sister's plan and to seize Li An's body, she helped many times later. Without her, Li An would have died many times.

It's not an exaggeration to say that they experienced life and death together.

However, it is very difficult to find the things she wants. If she can't find them for a while, Li An still has time to slowly think about the pros and cons.

...

The spiritual field is temporarily ineffective. The output of the spiritual mine this year has basically been exhausted by Li An's breakthrough. Fortunately, the offerings from the royal family of Jiguo are almost enough for Li An's basic practice, and there is still a little surplus!

In addition to Jiguo, there are also a number of large and small Jindan sects who come to visit and ask for an audience. Li An did not care much and just let Li Shuangshuang handle it on his behalf. He actually received gifts of three or four hundred top-grade spiritual stones.

Li An is preparing to go out. He still has to find a way to earn more spiritual stones. After all, he needs too many resources now. Although he has entered the Nascent Soul stage, he does not have enough cards in his hand.

His main idea is the formation!

The cost of a set of fourth-level formation materials is only about two hundred top-grade spiritual stones, but it can be made into a formation and sold. Depending on the formation, the price can be bought for at least five hundred yuan!

As for alchemy and talismans, he will not expose them for the time being.

Now the outside world knows that he is proficient in formations, so it is best to use this to earn spiritual stones, so as not to expose too much to the outside world.

"Next month is the auction of Panlong Chamber of Commerce!"

Li An was thinking. When Zhou Daoji, the Yuanying cultivator of Panlong Chamber of Commerce, came to visit him, although he refused to work for Panlong Chamber of Commerce, Panlong Chamber of Commerce still gave him a jade card. With that jade card, he could get the biggest discounts and discounts when buying materials in Panlong Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he could directly participate in the highest-level auction!

Li An currently needs to buy a lot of things.

He has sorted out that after entering Yuanying, he mainly practices several techniques besides Yangming Zhuxian Jue!

Jinzang Jue must continue to advance, and the remaining heart and spleen organs of Jinzang Jue need things to temper, but the cost is not big, and he can use the third-grade things to refine the method first.

In fact, although Jinzang Jue is not bad, it is only the basic body refining method of Brahma Sect. The reason why Li An wants to complete it is to use it as a basis to specialize in one or two high-level body refining methods he knows now!

He has been in the Sutra Pavilion for many years, and he has obtained so many things that he can be said to have no shortage of Taoist scriptures - although they are all unorthodox!

The poison power of the "Flower-Picking Poison Finger" needs to be improved urgently. The poison accumulated on his middle finger is still a little weak for Yuanying cultivators, and the effect is definitely not ideal.

Gu Shu, this kind of thing is unpredictable and hard to guard against. He likes it very much, but the materials for refining Gu worms are often strange and difficult to find.

Shennong Shu, Shennong Shu can improve the level of spiritual medicine, but he currently has some third-grade spiritual medicines. Even if they are successfully transformed, the upper limit is most likely fourth-grade... If he can buy some fourth-grade spiritual medicines and raise them, wouldn't it be possible to raise fifth-grade spiritual medicines in the future? !

Fifth-grade spiritual medicine... that is the opportunity to become a god!

How can he not be tempted?

Besides, he still needed a lot of talisman paper, array materials, etc.

With so many things, Li An felt inexplicably short of money when he thought that he could only use the one thousand top-grade spirit stones that Ji country paid tribute to him...

However, he took it step by step.

...

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

On this day, Li An left the Evil Spirit Lake and went to the headquarters of Panlong Chamber of Commerce - Qianshuiyunzhou, Longzhou, Longcheng!

Although this city is within the territory of Qing country, it belongs entirely to Panlong Chamber of Commerce, and there is no possibility for others to get involved.

The city is extremely prosperous, and all industries are basically owned by Panlong Chamber of Commerce. Both sides of the street are full of various cultivation resources for sale, and the grade is much higher than other places.

Even Li family, Bishui Palace, etc. often come to Panlong Chamber of Commerce to buy resources.

In recent years, the business of Panlong Chamber of Commerce has been growing bigger and bigger. Relying on the development of the New Dao League, its tentacles have extended to the surrounding Diyuan Realm, Fengling Realm, etc. The auction held every quarter has attracted much attention from all parties, and major forces in other regions will also send people to participate.

Outside the headquarters of Panlong Chamber of Commerce, many cultivators are queuing up to register. Basically, they are all True Dan cultivators. Occasionally, there are one or two foundation-building cultivators, who are also geniuses, and they come out with their elders to gain experience.

True Dan-level forces come here and do not get preferential treatment at all. They need to go through procedures to queue up and pay spirit stones before they can enter the auction.

Li An calmly walked into the hall of the headquarters of Panlong Chamber of Commerce. As soon as he entered, a beautiful woman in a white dress, with a graceful figure and an extremely iconic appearance, came forward to greet him, politely and enthusiastically: "Senior Gu, are you here to participate in the auction?"

The moment Li An entered the Panlong Chamber of Commerce, the jade pendant on his body had sensed it, reminding Panlong Chamber of Commerce that an important guest had come!

Li An nodded calmly, and the woman said, "Senior, please follow me. The VIP room has been prepared for you in the Bi Pavilion——"

Li An followed him and left. Suddenly, he saw an old friend in the room...

It was a woman, wearing a light green long skirt, with a graceful figure. Compared with the past, she had more charm of a married woman...

She Anqi.

Beside her, there was another man. The middle-aged man was handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were vaguely similar to Li An. He talked and laughed with her, and was very intimate.

He should be her Taoist partner.

When old friends met, She Anqi naturally didn't recognize Li An. The two passed by each other, and Li An didn't say hello.

...