Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 233 - 185: Li Gou Becomes a Calamity Cultivator, Demon Sect Utterly Disgraced (Long - )
Upon carefully inspecting the Purifying Evil Pill submitted by Li An, Gu Xuanting frowned deeply.
The Second Grade Purifying Evil Pill had only mediocre quality and was not considered a valuable item.
However, although Core Formation cultivators preferred the Third Grade Purifying Evil Pill, the Second Grade Pill still had a certain effect, thus classifying it as a strategic resource eligible for contribution exchange.
The Purifying Evil Pill that Li An submitted was just enough to ensure he could continue staying.
Gu Xuanting hesitated for a moment. Actually, if Li An were just a Second Grade Alchemist, he could still dismiss him.
After all, as an envoy, he had considerable room to maneuver and could simply report to Mountain Master Bai that Li An made no contribution, thus justifying expulsion.
But Li An was different; although his contributions were minimal and he wasn’t considered a strong figure under Mountain Master Bai, he had a very good relationship with Miss Xiaoying.
This made it impossible for him to manipulate the situation secretly.
"Indeed, it is a contribution item."
Gu Xuanting spoke blandly, "It barely meets the retention standard, so you don’t have to leave."
"But!"
He suddenly continued, his words solemn: "Your contribution points are too few, so you don’t have the privilege to choose the Spirit Veins first; you have to wait until others have picked before it’s your turn--"
As he said this, he turned to the three cultivators behind him and said, "The three of you may choose the Spirit Veins of Spirit Charm Mountain first--"
The three of them all smiled, extremely pleased.
They were two men and one woman, all in the early True Core stage, and their contributions were not substantial either, but they seized the opportunity to cozy up to the newly influential Zhou Libai, becoming her trusted aides.
Zhou Libai arranged for them to come, firstly because the Grade D Spirit Veins here were better than other Grade D Spirit Veins, and secondly because the Hundred Flowers Valley had twice birthed a spiritually unique rose; even though its Evil Vein had exploded now, no one knew if good things would appear again in the future.
Trusted people had to be placed here.
The three immediately chose Lingdong Peak, Spiritual Serenity Peak, and Lingyuan Peak.
Upon hearing this, Li An frowned and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu, in this case, I’ll be forced to go to Spiritual Evil Peak... I can’t cultivate there!"
Gu Xuanting simply smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist, there’s no other choice. I’m just following regulations. If you truly can’t manage, you can choose any other Grade D Spirit Vein, or leave?"
He felt quite pleased internally, as even if Li An found Miss Xiaoying, it wouldn’t be a problem for him, while also fulfilling Zhou Libai’s assignment.
Going to Spiritual Evil Peak, even as a Second Grade Alchemist, Li An wouldn’t withstand the invasion of Evil Qi.
Li An pondered for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Fine, I’ll go to Spiritual Evil Peak!"
Then, he returned to Spiritual Serenity Peak to pack his belongings, and when he walked out, he said resentfully, "Lin will definitely come back!"
He headed straight for Spiritual Evil Peak.
In witnessing this, several people laughed.
"Truly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, does he think not lacking Second Grade Purifying Evil Pills will enable him to survive at Spiritual Evil Peak?"
"That’s fine, so we avoid trouble."
"He deserved it after offending Daoist Zhou."
...
Spiritual Evil Peak was slightly farther from Lingyuan Peak and the other three peaks, about ten miles away.
Li An quickly landed on Spiritual Evil Peak, and compared to the other three peaks, this place was desolate, with a feeling of a desert wasteland due to the sparse vegetation.
The Evil Qi was so heavy that plants could scarcely grow.
However, Li An took a deep breath, and the abundant Evil Qi delighted him.
Only upon setting foot here did he realize that the ratio of Spiritual Qi to Evil Qi was almost one to one!
Every inhale of Spiritual Qi came with an inhale of Evil Qi.
This greatly benefited his cultivation in Demon Skills.
He set up a protective array for the mountain and carved out a cave dwelling in a secluded and hidden spot. The cave was deep, and it took him two days to reach the point where the Evil Vein vented.
He cultivated right there.
"Luckily, you are also not afraid of Evil Qi..."
He patted the little red bird on his shoulder, and it nuzzled him affectionately.
In fact, this Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow was born in the Ten Thousand Miles Abyss, where Evil Qi also thrived, and it continuously absorbed Li An’s Life Seed aura, so now, akin to Li An, it naturally had immunity to Evil Qi and toxins!
Reaching Spiritual Evil Peak gave him a three-year respite opportunity.
...
Next, Li An went into closed cultivation, not taking a single step outside.
Both the Spiritual Qi and Evil Qi in this place were extremely abundant, and he wasn’t short of Spirit Stones, so his progress was remarkably fast.
At the same time, he continued cultivating the Golden Treasure Skill’s lung section, and he had amassed quite a bit of Rank Three metals, incessantly elevating the Immortal Celestial Demon Armor.
Of course, there was alchemy too!
Now he started attempting to refine another kind of pill—the Purifying Soul Pill!
The Purifying Soul Pill was similar to the Purifying Evil Pill, used to prevent Evil Qi intrusion, but mainly targeted at the soul!
This kind of pill was rarely refined, mainly for two reasons: firstly, most cultivators wouldn’t reach the extent of having their soul invaded by Evil Qi, like Xiang Yuntian, who, despite being infected by Evil Qi, was already near death before soul evil could manifest. Secondly, Purifying Soul Pills were difficult to refine, and ordinary ones were generally ineffective against soul evil, except for the top-grade!
The market was small, and the difficulty was high.
Even a Rank Three Alchemist like Lady Shee would probably have little interest in this.
The aim of Li An refining such a pill was the four-tier talisman legacy!
Under Mountain Master Jie, there was a Rank Four Talisman Master, and from Wang Zhongxian’s memories, Li An knew that the Rank Four Talisman Master suffered from soul evil, constantly in seclusion, not even participating in the last great battle.
