Chapter 11 Crisis
Chapter 11 Crisis
Xu Qiuhui’s reminder made Li An alert.
The wave of small beasts in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range had lasted for almost a year, the whereabouts of that mysterious spirit beast had been unknown, and then the sect had suddenly suspended all missions regarding the Spirit Beast Mountain Range.
Now, Xu Qiuhui suddenly reminded him to be more careful ……
Over at the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, something had definitely happened, and it might even spread to the Spirit Plant Mountain?
He couldn’t help but be glad that he had been persistent in befriending Xu Qiuhui.
A word from the other party could save him from a lot of trouble, as well as let him know a lot of news in advance.
……
Out of caution, he made another trip to the Outer Sect’s Zheng Yi Residence.
–Residence of the Remembered Disciples.
There was a handyman at the entrance who was responsible for registering the visit, and after completing it, it wasn’t long before Wang Dazhu had run out of the Zhengyi Residence.
“Brother An, you’ve finally come, great!”
Seeing Li An, he was overjoyed.
To Li An’s surprise, the one who came out with him was actually Zhao Xianchuan.
Zhao Xianchuan looked a little haggard, his spirit was low, when he saw Li An, he forced a smile:
“Haven’t seen you for half a year, come on, let’s drink, my treat!”
……
Not long after, beside the moon lake of the outer gate, in the pavilion.
Li An told the two about the recovery of his spiritual root.
Wang Dazhu was very happy and pulled the three of them to raise a glass to celebrate.
Even Zhao Xianchuan, who didn’t say any sneering words that would cause offense, was very easygoing and didn’t seem to have any animosity towards Li An anymore.
He drank quickly, and in no time at all, his face was already red.
“Li An, congratulations, it’s so nice to have your spirit root restored …….”
“You’re smarter than me, you know what’s right, I’m a fool …… Come often in the future, we three will be brothers from now on, when we drink together, drink together!”
He spoke drunkenly, fell on the table, and passed out.
Wang Dazhu sighed and said, “Last month, he went to the Nurturing Dao Residence to look for Mu Qingwan, but he found another male, who was close to Mu Qingwan, and the two of them clashed, and he was broken a hand by the other party, and he was also abolished as an official disciple ……”
Li An couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.
Zhao Xianchuan was different from Li An and the others, coming from an immortal cultivation family, with a strong Foundation Establishment Stage person in the clan, in a sense it was considered a small second generation of immortals.
To actually be bullied like this?
“That person’s name is Han Cheng, said to be the grandson of an inner sect elder, cultivation at the sixth level of qi cultivation, background strength, all far more powerful than Zhao Xianchuan ……”
“This month, Zhao Xianchuan pours his sorrows with wine every day, very depressed ……”
Li An understood, the second generation had met a more powerful second generation.
In fact, at the beginning, the most important reason why Zhao Xianchuan was hostile to Li An was that among that group of initiated disciples, Li An and Mu Qingwan were the closest.
Secondly, at that time, Li An had good qualifications and was a threat to him.
Now that he had also become a loser, moreover, having adapted to the cruel and difficult cultivation environment of the sect, looking back at the competition between each other at the time of his initiation, it only seemed laughable now.
Therefore, Zhao Xianchuan felt self-conscious that he was in the same boat as Li An, and his attitude changed.
“Da Zhu, do you understand the situation over at the Spirit Beast Mountain Range?”
Li An didn’t care about that, but instead asked in a grave manner.
Wang Dazhu said, “Not too clear, we were mainly in the periphery, doing some simple tasks, and then we heard that something happened in the depths, as if a Foundation Establishment Stage great cultivator was injured, and all the tasks were stopped.”
A Foundation Establishment Stage Major Cultivator was injured?
According to Li An’s experience, the news that came out was like this, then the truth would usually be more serious.
I’m afraid that that Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator is not injured …… but dead!
Otherwise, the Xuan Yang Sect wouldn’t suspend all missions just because a Foundation Establishment cultivator was injured.
There is danger ah ……
A sense of urgency struck his heart.
“Brother An, cheer up, in a year and a half it will be the sect’s big exam, by then, you’ll be able to become a disciple!”
Wang Dazhu was looking forward to it.
Li An, however, couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
It took him almost two years to cultivate to the second level of Qi Refining.
Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan, however, were both already at the third level of Qi Refining.
Still lagging behind a lot.
……
In the evening, Li An returned to Spirit Plant Mountain and had dinner.
He immediately started making talismans.
“The Spirit Gathering Talisman is too low level and not very useful ……”
He began to meditate, held the brush, and began to make a flame talisman.
The first four sheets, all failed.
But thanks to his breakthrough in cultivation and the Super Sense Skill, which allowed him to improve his use of spiritual power by quite a bit, on the fifth piece of talisman paper, a lifelike flame pattern was finally drawn in its entirety! First grade low grade flame talisman, made successfully!
Moreover, the quality was good, Li An felt that a third level Qi Refining cultivator would only be seriously injured if he was hit!
He didn’t stop and drew forty talismans continuously in one breath.
Five were successful!
Flame talismans were much harder than Spirit Gathering Talismans, and belonged to the finest of the first-order low-grade spirit talismans, this success rate, was considered good.
This was mainly due to his experience in his previous life, otherwise, if a beginner wanted to successfully create a Flame Talisman, it would take at least half a year or so!
“Flame talismans are mainly attacks, and one must also refine talismans for control and defense.”
He mused, then began to craft the other two types of talismans.
The Cold Wind Talisman, when struck, could form a wind domain of about three meters that lasted for a few seconds, and the movement of the enveloped enemy would become sluggish.
Earth Shield Talisman, the main effect is defense, after using it an earth shield can be formed.
The difficulty of refining it was comparable to the Flame Talisman.
In fact, these three kinds of talismans were also the best sellers among cultivators at the early stage of qi refining, and were in short supply.
Due to converting the talisman types, Li An wasted thirteen sheets of talisman paper before producing the first Cold Wind Talisman.
Soon, he finished making four Cold Wind Talismans.
The Flame Talisman and Cold Wind Talisman cost him seventy-six sheets of talisman paper.
With just the four Cold Wind Talismans, he had already made back the money he spent on the talisman paper.
There were only twenty-four pieces of talisman paper left.
“Gotta make another earth shield talisman!”
Li An concentrated.
The thirteenth piece of talisman paper finally produced an earth shield talisman!
“Ten sheets of fine talisman paper!”
Li An Xin felt a trace of security in his heart.
Hiding the ten talismans in his sleeve pocket, Li An fell into a deep sleep.
……
For the next month, Li An entered the mountain forests near Spirit Plant Mountain from time to time in addition to his daily cloud traveling and rainmaking.
Constantly quenching his Water Arrow Technique, as well as probing for changes in the mountains and forests, and even, he tried to go several miles deeper and probe deeper.
He dared to do so mainly because he had the talisman on his side, and moreover, the Fate Seed allowed him to hide his aura with a high safety factor.
Li An’s Water Arrow Technique could currently be activated around twenty times in a row, and could send out four arrows at once with a range of up to sixty meters!
This was also the limit of the second level of Qi Refining.
Together with the talisman, even if he faced the third level of Qi Refining, he could mostly kill in seconds, and facing the fourth level of Qi Refining, it wasn’t impossible to fight!
“There are more beasts in this mountain forest than before, the leopards, lynxes, and other fierce beasts that originally didn’t belong to this side have appeared……. It seems that something is really coming over?”
On this day, Li An fell into deep thought after hunting a leopard with water archery.
This place was close to the Spirit Plant Mountain, and in the past, there were at most some small beasts like stinky rat wolves and hares, but in these few days, he had already killed more than one fierce beast.
In any case, one had to prepare in advance.
“There are lofty mountains on both sides, if something really wants to come over, this pass is the place to pass through.”
He circled around, and with his experience from his previous life, he launched various deductions in his mind.
What would happen if it was someone who was coming.
What would happen if it was a spirit beast that came.
If one faced danger here, how should one escape?
He did a meticulous and comprehensive analysis of the terrain and environment, and in one afternoon, he had already formulated four safer escape routes for this mountain pass alone!
Including the route, what place can make traps, where can hide …… he has done it in his mind.
“It’s not enough to know the escape routes, it’s not fast enough to run away-“
His thoughts moved, he had to cultivate his stance again.
“At the early stage of qi cultivation, the most practical is the light body step!”
He began to cultivate in the mountains and forests, his figure constantly flashing from forest to forest.
……
Returning to his residence in the evening, he prepared to continue refining talismans.
“Li An, are you home?”
Suddenly, Zhang Susu knocked on his door.
Li An immediately hid the talisman paper and talisman pen before opening the door and said, “Sister Susu, what’s wrong?”
In more than a year’s time, Zhang Susu had become more mature and charming, with a convex front and curved back, fair skin, and a very special appearance.
She walked into Li An’s room and smoothly closed Li An’s door, her face had a kind of redness that she couldn’t suppress and whispered:
“Fan Jie has been gone for three days, it is estimated that it will take a few more days before he can come back, I’m too uncomfortable during this period of time, can you do me a favor?”
Li An frowned.
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(End of chapter)