Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Chapter 692 - 326: Pure Blessed Land (Part 2)

Array protections around Celestial Spirit Mountain are tightly secured, Li An silently waits at the mountain pass. After a day and a night, he finally spots a team of cultivators emerging, patrolling the area, and Li An quietly follows.The leader of this team is an immortal, likely a high-ranking member of the Celestial Spirit Palace, and the others are Mahayana and Crossing the Tribulation level. Li An quietly tracks them, and finally, before a lake, the immortal is alone, although the other cultivators are nearby, Li An decides to act --

His primordial spirit moves first, unleashing a torrent of power. The immortal seemed to sense something, hurriedly turning around, but upon turning, he is already completely captured by Li An’s primordial spirit power, frozen in place, unable to move, with only a hint of terror in his eyes.

Li An steps closer, seizing his throat, dragging him away into a dense forest, then begins to refine --

The entire process is remarkably smooth; this immortal of a blossoming flower couldn’t even make a sound before falling victim to his lethal hand.

The difference between them was just too great; now, immortals of the same realm are like ants before him.

Not long after, this immortal is refined into a puppet!

Li An takes out the token, contact jade talisman, and several immortal talismans from his body, handing them to the puppet --

"Once the battle commotion from Celestial Spirit Mountain reaches here, attack and kill in this place."

Li An arranges this.

His speculation is not wrong; this place is not a stronghold or base. It looks heavily guarded from the outside but is likely only a diversionary tactic.

The most powerful among them are just a few immortals.

After making arrangements, he quietly leaves.

"This place is not far from Celestial Spirit Valley, controlling this puppet with my primordial power is not difficult."

Li An calculates internally.

Immortal Celestial Demon Skill originates from Supreme Celestial Demon Skill, a forbidden method known for its tyrannical and sinister nature. However, the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill seems to have been filtered, transformed, differing but still exceptionally mighty.

Even after achieving immortality, this skill remains useful. He implanted a strand of his primordial spirit into the puppet’s primordial spirit, this strand lying dormant and will not act until Li An makes a move, allowing easy puppet control.

However, this method risks losing control, as the split primordial spirit might become an independent entity, gaining self-awareness, seeking to destroy the host and replace it.

Therefore, he must consider the control distance.

Currently, the control distance of this method over the puppet should be around a hundred thousand miles.

...

After dealing with the puppet, his aura suddenly shifts, instantly transforming. The grey aura and spots on his skin vanish, reverting to the appearance of a legitimate cultivator!

Heading directly to Celestial Spirit Valley.

Is Celestial Spirit Mountain really the base of those traitors? Can it become a serene blessed place?

Li An doesn’t care at all.

Even if Gao Rushan and Yi Linglin played tricks, intentionally sending him here, he hasn’t thought much about it.

Regarding this assessment, his competition strategy is simple.

Why bother killing so many legitimate cultivators?

Killing Yi Linglin alone suffices!

With Yi Linglin dead, Li An becomes the one and only!

Moreover, he’s aware that gaining entry into Purple Cloud Mountain and reaching this stage largely correlates with Leng Rufeng’s attitude.

Li An must hold some value for Leng Rufeng.

Therefore, he believes the success of this matter may not be that significant to him.

Thus, the key point is preventing Yi Linglin from succeeding; they’ve already become mortal enemies, allowing Yi Linglin to gain power inside the mountain would only be cruel to himself.

Once Yi Linglin is dead, he will casually carry out the tasks, even if not entirely successful, as long as he demonstrates best efforts, that’s sufficient.

Thus, he goes wherever Yi Linglin goes!

If he guessed correctly, Yuan Province will secretly aid Yi Linglin. Eager for achievements, she will inevitably clash with the legitimate cultivators.

In battle, a legitimate cultivator accidentally kills her, completely plausible.

He leaves the puppet behind to create his own "alibi."

His dual cultivation of legitimate and enigmatic Immortal Dao is his greatest secret, absolutely undetectable or suspicious.

...

Celestial Spirit Mountain and Celestial Spirit Valley are quite close, less than sixty thousand miles apart. Li An arrives in a flash.

"To deal with the cultivators here, the best method is array arts!"

Li An evaluates the geography, considering if Yuan Province indeed aids Yi Linglin, the best approach is through array arts.

After some time, he sneaks into a cliff outside the valley.

"Indeed!"

Here, after careful searching, Li An finds an embedded Array Jade.

This cliff is the locus of creation aura; if arranging an array, it must use this place as the array base. As an Immortal Array Master, these naturally cannot escape him.

"The array is formidable, at the Profound Immortal level."

Li An inspects the Array Jade situation, then quietly relocates this piece of Array Jade!

There aren’t many experts within the Celestial Spirit Palace; facing Purple Cloud Mountain’s array would most likely be a dead end, certainly preventing Yi Linglin from having it too easy.

Once the array is altered, triggering it would startle the snake, leading her into trouble herself.

"This place supposedly contains the Array of Rejuvenation, allowing cultivation to Crossing the Tribulation level..."

After completing this, Li An recalls this point.