Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 357 - 239: Fish Leaping into the Vast Ocean (Long - )
Twenty years, immersed in the sour and foul-smelling snake gastric juice, getting lost many times, encountering Dao Sect disciples time and again... It can be said that I’ve endured countless hardships, a truly arduous journey!
Finally, I have emerged.
Feeling a thick layer of sticky gastric juice on my body, I hurriedly jumped into a nearby stream, using spiritual power to shake and rub repeatedly. Only after two hours did I finally step out of the stream.
My whole body felt refreshed!
Breathing the free air, as the sunlight spilled over the mountains, my divine thought spread out. The fragrance of flowers, the song of birds entered my mind, the aroma of the soil, and the white clouds in the sky...
Li An’s mood was exceptionally good!
"Getting me out of the Dao Sect counts as a great achievement for you, from now on, stay by my side!"
Li An patted the head of the large python, which was already somewhat weak.
In fact, during these ten-plus years, the large python had long since completed its recognition of him as its master.
"A pity, I have nothing on me now..."
Li An sighed deeply.
Although he, without sealing, entered the Profound Turtle Peak under Zhan Qingxuan and others’ manipulations, everything on him, storage bags, and rings, were confiscated at the Profound Turtle Peak.
After all, Profound Turtle Peak is strictly guarded, and it’s impossible to allow outsiders to bring anything into it.
All his accumulations in the lower realm, including talismans, arrays, magical artifacts, spirit stones, etc., were gone.
Including that top-grade Nascent Soul Pill given by Tan Qingxue.
Now he was so poor that he didn’t even have clothes!
That Nascent Soul Pill, Li An found it quite pitiable... but he didn’t actually need it now.
Because inside him, there’s a group of strong ones’ original essences!
Demon Essence, Evil Essence, etc... are extremely precious, containing the essence of cultivation from individuals like Xun Dongfang. Any one of them is more valuable than a top-grade Nascent Soul Pill, and it aids his breakthrough to Nascent Soul far more than a top-grade Nascent Soul Pill!
After all, a top-grade Nascent Soul Pill, in addition to the supplement of spiritual substances, mostly contains some rules or elements between heaven and earth, thus helping cultivators hit the Nascent Soul.
But the original essences of Xun Dongfang and others are products of their spiritual substance sedimentation and Great Dao comprehension accumulation.
Just the strong ones’ original essences are worth a fortune; taking out just a bit could instantly make Li An rich!
Those evil demon bigwigs, like Xun Dongfang, not only saved him from the sea of suffering but also gave him such a great gift... Li An always felt grateful whenever he thought about it, truly they are Bodhisattvas rescuing the suffering!
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Li An hunted two wild leopards nearby, made a simple garment with leopard skin to cover his body, then had the large snake shrink its body, turning it into a black belt wrapped around his waist.
Walking out of this forest, Li An concealed his cultivation and entered the nearest town.
The town was bustling with people, and Li An stayed here for three to five days, touring around, and roughly understood his location.
－－Daozhou!
After consulting thoroughly with Shangguan Xiaoxiao, Li An already knew that the Spirit Realm is immensely vast with innumerable cultivation forces, among which the strongest, like the Dao Sect, the Brahma Gate, and the seven great Holy Lands, all occupy a major domain exclusively.
For example, the Dao Sect, just the territory of the main sect alone, covers as much as a million miles!
Its subordinate Daozhou is even more vast, with tens of millions of miles in land, and every city and town has a Daoist Temple of the Dao Sect stationed.
A true colossal entity.
Daozhou is definitely not a place to stay for long, and Li An is pondering his destination.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao suggested he go to the former Demon Realm!
Once, the Demon Realm was known throughout the world as the gathering place for demon cultivators. Although the Demon Sect was defeated and the Demon Realm now only has ruins, it still has resources and spirit veins sufficient for Li An’s cultivation. Shangguan Xiaoxiao especially knows some secret treasure locations, where Li An can grow rapidly once he goes there.
But Li An has his doubts, for one, the Demon Realm might still have Shangguan Shengxian’s minions, for another, what if it is a plot by Shangguan Xiaoxiao?
He has always been wary of Shangguan Xiaoxiao!
Before achieving Nascent Soul, he must remain cautious, as his "innate demon body" is immensely tempting to the likes of Shangguan Shengxian sisters before Nascent Soul.
"New Continent..."
After a long time, Li An slowly made a decision in his heart!
New Continent, as the name suggests, is a new continent.
Originally, it wasn’t a part of the Spirit Realm but was formed by countless lower realms ascending together!
For example, the Emperor Origin Realm has also become a part of the New Continent.
The reasons he decided to go were threefold.
First, as a still-forming continent, New Continent’s forces are relatively blank, allowing Li An more freedom, unlike places like Daozhou where the Dao Sect’s infiltration is seamless, leaving no room for Li An’s survival.
Second, he needs to return to Emperor Origin Realm once to find the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow—during the Yellow Springs Valley battle, he had it hide and wait on the outskirts, and later when people from the Spirit Realm arrived, he still didn’t let the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow appear, leaving it in Emperor Origin Realm.
After all, if the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow followed him to the Dao Sect, it surely wouldn’t be safe.
Third, based on the information and maps he obtained, he saw a familiar name on the New Continent’s composition...
Primordial Spirit Realm.
In the previous life... it was in the Primordial Spirit Realm!
In a sense, it’s his... hometown.
Whether his family from the previous life and others still exist? How many old friends are still alive?
These, he actually no longer cares about.
What he cares about is the secret realm he was exploring before his death in the last life!
The secret realm where he obtained the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill—should have traveled to the Spirit Realm with the Primordial Spirit Realm...
The space Li An and others explored in that secret realm was not large, and there are still many secrets!
He really wants to go back and take a look!
After all, being able to have something like the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill hidden there, it surely is of great origin.
...
At this moment.
Dao Sect.
"Master, it’s getting late, it’s time to return."
An Li stood behind Xiang Yuntian and urged him.
Eleven years have passed, but every year on Li An’s death anniversary, Xiang Yuntian would come here to set up wine, burn paper, and pay respects.
"Come here, help me burn the paper, give that old bastard some money, if he goes to the underworld, maybe he could say some good words for me, bless me to soon kill Li Yunxiao..."
Burning the paper, the master and disciple pair rose to leave, only the mountain wind blew past, lifting the ash into the air...
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