Chapter 196: Chapter 173: The Outbreak of War Once More

“Lihua pays respects to Master!”

Walking into the main hall of South Spirit Peak, Jiang Ruoli immediately knelt down, tears brimmed in her eyes, she was overwhelmed with emotion.

Er Niu’s eyes were also misty. Ever since following Lihua into the Jiang family, life was good for a while, but after Jiang Ribai fell from power and Lihua’s dantian was shattered, his life also plummeted, subjected to abuse and neglect.

“Rise—”

Li An helped them up, his eyes also showed a hint of emotional resonance.

During this period, he had already heard about Lihua’s situation.

Since marrying Jiang Ruoxu, she had been feigning madness and stupidity, confined until now, when she finally saw the light of day again.

“From now on, you will be here on South Spirit Peak, and no one will dare to mistreat you again.”

Li An comforted them, “As for your dantian, I will search for Spirit Medicine to restore it for you, certainly paving a way back to the path of cultivation for you.”

In reality, if Li An truly wanted to heal her, it wouldn’t be difficult.

After all, the Life Seed can repair a dantian, the green aura within it should be able to heal Lihua.

But Li An didn’t plan to truly heal her—not at least for now.

The reason Li An proposed to cultivate Lihua was merely to gain the trust of the Jiang family.

After all, if he showed a deep master-disciple bond with Lihua, cared for her future, then the Jiang family would be less wary of him, which would be beneficial.

He would indeed send people to search for Spirit Medicine to restore the dantian, whether it could be found or not.

Solely relying on Spirit Medicine, the chance of Lihua’s dantian recovery was extremely slim.

“As long as I can stay by Master’s side, whether my dantian is restored or not doesn’t matter.”

Lihua smiled with tears, “Master, your grace upon Lihua is as heavy as a mountain!”

Er Niu also said, “The grace of Master, I will never forget in this lifetime!”

Li An nodded, “Go and get familiar with the surroundings, I’ve already arranged training caverns and residences for you, as well as several cultivation techniques. Anytime you have issues, come to me.”

The two nodded and left immediately.

Exiting the grand hall.

“Miss Ruoli…”

Er Niu instinctively spoke, but Lihua already said, “Er Niu, just call me Lihua.”

Her expression was calm, “Jiang Ruoli died today; I am Lihua of Taining Village.”

Er Niu paused for a moment, then said, “Okay, Sister Lihua, I heard people say that Master became a Guardian Elder of the Jiang Clan. His journey is truly like a legend, and now he is even the owner of the Divine Bird.”

“I wonder how the old man managed to achieve that… Master is also a man with secrets. There’s a rumor in the Jiang family saying that he might have obtained the Jiang family’s Beast Taming Skill…”

Lihua said, “Er Niu, remember,”

Her expression was solemn: “In the Jiang family, the only one we can eternally trust is Master, no matter what kind of person he is!”

“The old man has saved me twice!”

She recalled how, years ago, before joining the army to battle against Great Li, Li An had detailed some arrays near Ten Thousand Miles Abyss to her…

If not for those arrays, she might have already died.

Now, having escaped that mire of a marriage, she was saved a second time by Li An.

Er Niu nodded, clenching his fist: “I must work hard in cultivation, not disgrace Master!”

…

After Lihua and Er Niu left.

Li An made a trip to Guest Peak.

Learning that the Guardian Elder had personally arrived, all the Honored Guest Elders at Guest Peak warmly welcomed him.

“Greetings, greetings Guardian Elder…”

The Hall Master of Black Tortoise Hall, Chen Lin, was terrified, sweat streaming down his back.

He never imagined that Li An could reach this level…

Becoming a True Core Great Cultivator and being honored as an external elder of the Jiang family.

When Li An was down and out, he once subjected him to utmost humiliation, but now their statuses were worlds apart.

Li An glanced at him indifferently, and lifted a hand!

Forming spiritual power, he directly slammed Chen Lin away.

Chen Lin crashed heavily dozens of steps away, his chest a bloody mess, his dantian shattered.

Everyone’s faces changed drastically.

“Chen Lin was in league with Tan Xue, likely his ally. His cultivation is nullified today; expel him from the Jiang family.”

Li An simply stated lightly.

Everyone remained silent.

With a True Core Great Cultivator taking action, who among the mere Foundation Establishment dared to argue?

Chen Lin’s face was full of sorrow, but he dared not utter a word, his body trembling, dragged away by several Jiang family disciples, thrown out of the Jiang family.

“You, Wang Ying? From today, you are promoted to the Upper Minister of Black Tortoise Hall.”

Li An called out directly to a middle-aged man from the crowd; this middle-aged man was an Alchemist, and upon hearing this, was overwhelmed with surprise.

This Wang Ying had shown respect towards Li An before.

“Catch up with Chen Lin before he gets too far, kill him, and take his head back to South Spirit Peak to feed the Spirit Beast.”

Li An whispered an order, and Wang Ying nodded repeatedly.

Since making a move, Li An wouldn’t leave any future troubles unaddressed, if something needed to be eliminated, it should be eliminated entirely; in fact, he imbued poison in the previous strike, Chen Lin would become a corpse once out of the Jiang family.

He was merely giving Wang Ying a chance to prove himself by beheading Chen Lin as a token of loyalty, allowing him to gain Wang Ying as a confidant.

Beside him, Zhang Meng knelt with a thud, trembling in fear, “Mercy, Guardian Elder, mercy…”

She had once allied with Feng Yuancheng against Li An, and later became one of Chen Lin’s trusted aides.

“Mercy? Seems like you self-incriminated for colluding with Tan Xue…”

Li An pointed a finger.

Zhang Meng died on the spot!

Everyone at Guest Peak was horrified, while others felt fortunate.

…

Having concluded everything, Li An turned and went to Sun Mansion.

Sun Jinxue did not come to greet him, but as he entered, he saw Sun Jinxue dressed elaborately and splendidly, as if meeting someone incredibly important.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep