Chapter 207: Chapter 176: Old Friends All Gone, Yet I Seek Immortality (Long Chapter) (4)

Three bottles of Rank Three pills, and about seven or eight Spirit Medicines.

Various Exotic Metals, two sets for Rank Three, over ten sets for Tier Two, all to support the future cultivation of the Golden Treasure Skill for the kidneys.

In addition, the Spiritual Food he specially asked Sun Jinxue to prepare, there is also a lot, because, over at Celestial Evil City, this kind of thing seems to be quite valuable.

Of course, there are also the most important Spirit Stones!

Before setting out, he nearly emptied South Spirit Peak’s warehouse, and converted most of it into Middle Grade Spirit Stones. Together with the spoils and loot, he now has 62,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones and 30,000 Low Grade Spirit Stones on him.

62,000 Middle Grade Spirit Stones, enough to supply him for seven or eight years of cultivation.

Moreover, the various resources he seized are not yet calculated; if everything is accounted for, he can practice in peace for the next ten years, without worrying about anything else.

“What a pity, the Jiang Clan sent me away…”

He felt a bit regretful.

If he hadn’t gone to the frontline at that time, and stayed with the Jiang Clan, he could’ve taken advantage of the chaos to plunder the Jiang Clan fiercely once, and perhaps wouldn’t have to worry about Spirit Stone resources for three to five decades.

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In the following period, he began to carefully understand the situation in Celestial Evil City, as well as the Celestial Killer Mountain Range.

He occasionally sold some Tier Two resources, which didn’t attract attention and he got to know some people in the city. Through understanding, he verified what Lady Shee said back then.

Indeed, the Celestial Killer Mountain Range has the existence of “Mountain Lords”!

There are more than one Mountain Lord, but all are powerful, with mysterious origins, and they control all resources within the Celestial Killer Mountain Range.

Generally speaking, Tier Two Spirit Veins are available in the city, but Rank Three Spirit Veins are in the hands of the Mountain Lords. If you want them, you can only find the Mountain Lords to “lease” them.

Therefore, cultivators at the True Core level and above who can settle down in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range can almost be said to be “tenants” of the Mountain Lords.

Lady Shee is one of them!

Moreover, the Celestial Killer Mountain Range does not lack Rank Three Spirit Veins, but pure Rank Three Spirit Veins are scarce. Most Spirit Veins are filled with Evil Qi, reportedly related to an ancient war. Many died in that war, and the Celestial Killer Mountain Range was the battlefield.

In that trade years ago, some locations he acquired, such as Purple Peak, were places heavily laden with Evil Qi.

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“Evil Qi can indeed be absorbed by Demon Skills, turning into Demonic Qi!”

That day, Li An bought several pieces of “Evil Crystal” and was very delighted after trying to absorb them.

Evil Qi and Demonic Qi are interconvertible!

Originally, if Li An wanted to cultivate the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill, it could not do without seizing others’ lives to generate Demonic Qi.

The strength of Demonic Qi and Magic Power dictates the strength of other demon skills and spells.

For example, he is currently cultivating the Immortal Celestial Demon Armor.

The stronger the Demonic Qi, the stronger the armor can become.

But now that Evil Qi can be absorbed and converted into Demonic Qi, he doesn’t have to go on a killing spree, taking reckless risks…

For a moment, Li An was inexplicably drawn to those Rank Three Spirit Veins containing Evil Qi, which are difficult for others to utilize. For him… it’s a double blessing.

First, his Demon Skill can absorb the Taiyin energy within, preparing him to form a Nascent Soul in the Purple Mansion.

Second, Evil Qi can also be converted into Demonic Qi, enhancing his Demon Skill.

But the pity is that even ownerless Rank Three Spirit Veins with Evil Qi are also… they need approval from the Mountain Lords.

It seems that sooner or later, he will have to deal with the so-called Mountain Lords.

Afterward, Li An remained hidden in the city and closely monitored several shops!

The foremost of these is naturally Lady Shee’s “Treasure Pill Pavilion.”

To seek out those Mountain Lords, he still needs someone to introduce him.

True Core cultivators who venture to the Celestial Killer Mountain Range for cultivation are definitely not ordinary people, and if not careful, he might get trapped and killed…

So, before making contact, Li An didn’t mind spending a few years carefully observing, gathering more information indirectly… not to fight an unprepared battle.

Besides “spying on” Lady Shee, Li An also participated in several other trade fairs, similarly exploring other avenues.

“Jiang Ribai!”

After spying for half a year, Li An unexpectedly discovered an old acquaintance.

Once one of the ruling figures of the Jiang Clan, having fallen to this place… Looking from afar, Jiang Ribai seemed to be doing well, presumably mingling fairly in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range.

It was late afternoon at that moment, Jiang Ribai came, seemingly quite secretly…

Jiang Ribai entered Lady Shee’s Treasure Pill Pavilion.

“Jiang Ribai’s relationship with Lady Shee must not be shallow…”

This was the most valuable piece of information he obtained after so long of spying.

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In the blink of an eye.

Two years passed.

For two years, Li An remained nestled within the city, inquiring repeatedly through various channels, making comparisons.

“Mountain Master Bai controls the widest territory, while Lady Shee does have some reliability…”

That day, Li An finally decided to take action.

He still decided to approach Lady Shee, but with a completely new identity, not using the token he received from her years ago, to avoid raising any suspicions.

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