Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant-Chapter 390 - 248: Peril in the Secret Realm (Long - )
"Evil Skill?"
Li An looked at Gao Tai in shock.
"Yes."
Gao Tai was full of himself, seeming to appreciate the expression on Li An’s face, laughing, "No need to fear, Brother Gu, ordinary people would never get a chance to walk this path! If not for us being close friends, I wouldn’t lead you onto this road..."
Li An’s face turned unsightly, "Brother Gao... is this real? Once we cultivate the Evil Skill, it would be a point of no return! After that, how could I establish myself in the Spirit Realm?"
Gao Tai scoffed, "What point of no return, don’t tell me you truly want to spend your whole life as a Nascent Soul cultivator, dying of old age? This method communicates with the gods, it’s a Great Skill that defies fate!"
He paused, then suddenly said, "However, if you really dislike it, I can also extract the Evil Qi from your body, then you’d still be pure, what say you, think about it?"
He looked at Li An, whose facial expression kept changing, showing hesitation.
After a long while, he asked with some trepidation, "Brother Gao, aren’t you afraid of being discovered?"
"Once discovered, you’ll find no way out either above or below — remember, the Evil King has always been hunted by major forces like the Dao Sect and the Brahma Sect..."
Gao Tai heard Li An’s question, aware Li An was already enticed by his persuasion, he smiled slightly, "My dear brother, rest assured!"
"The entire New Continent will become our territory!"
"Within ten years, New Continent will be unified, and the Evil King’s power will become a super force standing alongside the Dao Sect and others, by then, we’ll be meritorious officials. What’s a mere Divinity Transformation, maybe we can even strive for the legendary Refining Void!"
Listening to Gao Tai’s grand vision, Li An’s eyes also showed a trace of longing, but he still worried, "Are you this confident?"
Gao Tai patted his shoulder, "Brother Gu, you have nothing to worry about!"
"Watch, starting from the Primordial Spirit Realm, within a few years, the New Dao Alliance will be completely eliminated!"
He was utterly confident.
Li An gritted his teeth, "Alright, alright, since Brother Gao is so confident... then I trust you!"
Gao Tai laughed heartily, then suddenly said in a low voice, "There’s one more thing, it’s precisely your chance to achieve merit... On the New Dao Alliance side, they’re planning a method to deal with Evil Cultivators and will prepare a series of arrays. I’ve already arranged connections there; someone will come to find you."
"You need to tamper with these arrays..."
Li An’s expression changed, suddenly showing reluctance.
"Brother Gu, once on this ship, there’s no chance to disembark! The New Dao Alliance is our mortal enemy; if you don’t destroy them, they will destroy you..."
Gao Tai’s words were slow.
Clearly, all these years his approach to Li An was for this very day.
The many Pills he gave Li An contained an evil force, now Li An had no choice but to become an Evil Cultivator!
Of course, Gao Tai in the Primordial Spirit Realm visited many people, likely he was not just developing Li An as a subordinate.
Li An thought rapidly, finally nodding, "Alright... Brother Gu will give his best effort!"
...
Gao Tai departed.
In truth, Li An could just kill Gao Tai directly.
Even though Gao Tai was Late-Stage Nascent Soul, he had the capability — after all, he had already planted many parasites in Gao Tai’s body, once they revolted, Gao Tai wouldn’t die, but would be heavily injured, lacking in combat strength.
Not to mention he had the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow to assist!
But it was unnecessary. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Killing Gao Tai would only alert the Evil Cultivators, even drawing their attention to Li An.
Agreeing first and playing along was the best option.
As for what to do next... Li An was still thinking.
Gao Tai’s approach left him in a dilemma!
If he doesn’t help, he’d meet immediate destruction, Gao Tai would definitely find a way to kill him. Li An would be in danger.
If he helps, he’d be tied to the Evil King’s faction, and it seems like the Dao Sect is involved in the Primordial Spirit Realm as well. The Evil King’s faction might not win, and if they lose, Li An might also perish with them.
Could he switch allegiance to the New Dao Alliance? Expose Gao Tai?
Doing this is even more dangerous. First, the New Dao Alliance might not believe Li An, even if they do, he’d be directly thrust into the storm’s center, bringing trouble upon himself. Second, Gao Tai mentioned before leaving that the New Dao Alliance would seek Li An for array crafting, and he’s already arranged things; this implies Gao Tai has insiders within the New Dao Alliance!
So, that’s a no-go!
Thinking it over, he had essentially two choices:
One is to flee, in such a complex situation, the best course is to extricate oneself, find another safe place to cultivate.
The cost would be resetting all his years of operations in the Primordial Spirit Realm to zero, and the trouble is, the Evil King’s faction’s information isn’t limited to the Primordial Spirit Realm. Where to go to entirely avoid them? Other places might still present difficulties.
Two is to stay, now he might be the only one aware of both the Evil King’s faction and the movements of Evil Suppression Peak, possessing an information advantage, allowing him maneuverability in chaos, even potentially benefit significantly.
But the risk is if things go awry, it might lead to disaster.
After much contemplation, Li An hesitated for quite a while, deciding to flee first!
A wise person stays away from dangerous walls.
"But there’s no hurry to run..."
First accumulate some capital.
After all, Jiang Shangfeng’s need for arrays is within ten years, and the New Dao Alliance’s preparation against the Evil Cultivators also requires time.
In the short term, safety is assured.
During this time, he can calmly look for other cultivation places, and meanwhile, accept orders from both the Jiang family and New Dao Alliance, and even ask for more things, then pull off a plan to abscond with the money, escaping far away!
