Just like that, more than half a year passed.

Finally, Li An got an opportunity when a True Core Level Demon Cultivator appeared to meet with the female Demon Cultivator!

Li An tracked this True Core Demon Cultivator for over three years before finally discovering a branch, which was located right next to the Emperor Origin Realm, in the Primordial Spirit Realm.

This immediately put Li An at ease.

Ye Lin could not possibly manage such a vast underground network!

Li An stopped the external tracking and quietly returned to Celestial Wind City.

After a period of observation and plotting, on this day, Li An disguised himself as a low-level Demon Cultivator and abducted a spirit girl from Celestial Wind City. During the fierce struggle, some demonic qi inadvertently spread, which was spotted by the female Demon Cultivator.

The other party indeed secretly followed Li An.

...

Taking several years to accomplish this, Li An did not find it cumbersome; instead, he felt it was safe.

Letting all schemes and arrangements appear almost natural, without anyone suspecting, that is the best scenario. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

...

Li An returned outside the Seven Yin Sect.

After waiting for nearly three and a half years, Lin Fangping finally went out once!

Taking this chance, Li An secretly snuck into his seclusion place, entering the seventh room where spirit mediums were being cultivated.

The woman in this room was named Xu Jing, who was currently one of the best-cultivated spirit mediums.

After these spirit mediums were captured, Lin Fangping deceived them by claiming to teach them cultivation methods. They consumed pills day and night; Xu Jing was refining the medicinal power when suddenly she felt a shadow flash before her eyes, and she fell into an unimaginable space...

Xu Jing vanished.

But Li An sat on the meditation mat, his appearance completely altered!

He had transformed into Xu Jing!

With a beautiful mole on her cherished face, pale complexion, identical body, even her life aura was the same.

Soon after, Lin Fangping returned, not noticing anything amiss, distributing a new kind of magic potion to each spirit medium.

"This potion is extremely important. Among you, whoever absorbs it the best and cultivates the fastest will have a great opportunity awaiting you. In the future, becoming a Nascent Soul, or even glimpsing the legendary Divinity Transformation, establishing a sect, becoming a patriarch, and dominating a region, all these are possible!"

Lin Fangping, as usual, drew big promises for these spirit girls.

Li An also received a magic potion. Upon careful inspection, he noticed a hint of familiarity in the smell.

His Demon Seed!

He inwardly sneered and took the magic potion.

In reality, he didn’t need these magic potions at all to demonstrate the perfect state of a spirit medium that Ye Lin required.

After all, Ye Lin’s Demon Seed came from the same origin as his.

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, seventeen years passed.

Over the seventeen years, Li An sat in meditation within this room, taking various magic potions, with his aura becoming increasingly perfect.

Vaguely, he had already surpassed all other spirit mediums.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Lin Fangping patted Li An on the shoulder and said, "Xu Jing, you surely have a bright future!"

"Follow me."

Li An felt quite expectant as he and the other top spirit mediums followed Lin Fangping into the hall in the cave dwelling.

There, two people were sitting opposite each other.

One was a very scholarly middle-aged gentleman, though his figure seemed somewhat hazy, seemingly not a real person, just a soul body.

The other was a young man dressed in black brocade, holding spirit tea and sipping it, his eyebrows handsome, naturally exuding an air of superiority and arrogance, with a strong aura. He slightly turned his head and smiled, saying, "Are these the ones?"

This person...

It turned out to be Ye Lin.

Ye Lin, the great master... they finally came.

Lin Fangping stepped forward to salute and respectfully said, "Reporting to the master, these have all reached the qualifying standards."

Ye Lin nodded, roughly scanning them, then said, "Great master, what do you think?"

The great master was particularly solemn, scrutinizing each one, with his gaze lingering the longest on Li An, then he pointed to Li An, saying, "This one is the most suitable."

Ye Lin nodded and waved his hand.

Lin Fangping immediately took away the other spirit mediums.

"What is your name? Where are you from?"

Ye Lin asked Li An.

"Xu Jing..."

Li An’s voice was clear and melodious, appearing a bit timid, as he recounted his background.

"Good, come over here."

Ye Lin smiled, patting the seat next to him, saying, "Sit beside me."

Li An hesitated for a moment but eventually sat over.

"My name is Ye Lin, remember my name, because one day, this name will shine throughout history."

Ye Lin’s mood was good, "I will also remember your name, Xu Jing... hmm, one day, your name too will be engraved on a pillar forged of Divine Gold, admired by future generations."

As he spoke, Li An felt a peculiar scrutinizing sensation, clearly coming from the great master!

The great master was probing to ensure that there were no problems with this spirit medium.

Li An had long used the Primordial Spirit Cauldron Skill to disguise and alter his Divine Sense and Primordial Spirit, and there were no issues with his bodily and blood lineage aura. Soon, the great master nodded towards Ye Lin.

"This cup of wine, for you to drink."

Ye Lin smiled slightly, handed a cup of wine to Li An.

Li An received it somewhat shyly, saying seemingly bashfully, "Thank you, master."

Then accepted it, draining it in one gulp.

After drinking the wine, Li An immediately felt the world spinning, passing out, completely unconscious on the spot.

...

After a long time.

Li An finally regained consciousness, only to find himself trapped on a jade bed, with a slight bulge in his lower abdomen, feeling as if something was gestating inside him.