Chapter 236: Chapter 185: Li Gou Becomes a Calamity Cultivator, Demon Sect Utterly Disgraced (Long Chapter)

Too many variables, Li An found himself unable to obtain effective information.

“Who wins or loses has nothing to do with me. I just need to understand how the loser will escape!”

Li An’s focus was on the losing side.

He wanted to rob the losing side!

After all, the resources in his hands were too scarce; if this continued, in another two years he would face the prospect of starving and his cultivation would stagnate.

All he had left were talismans to sell, over a thousand Rank Three talismans, which could surely fetch a lot of Spirit Stones.

But talismans were an important source of security for Li An; if he could avoid selling them, he would prefer not to.

Li An repeatedly considered the map surrounding the Demon Transformation Pool in his mind.

“If Mountain Master Bai’s people were defeated, how would they escape? If Mountain Master Jie’s people were defeated, how would they escape?”

After much contemplation, Li An came up with three principles:

“First, do not collide with the retreating main force or the pursuing main force—that would not be robbery, but suicide!”

“Second, be far enough away from others to avoid causing too much commotion during combat and being noticed.”

“Third, I must be able to return promptly.”

In this way, there weren’t many places that met his requirements…

“Celestial Wolf Pool.”

He muttered softly.

The Celestial Wolf Pool was about thirty miles from Longyu Gorge. Geographically speaking, whether it was the losing side, when retreating, they were unlikely to choose Celestial Wolf Pool as their escape route.

At most, only a few scattered individuals might escape from there.

This kind of place was the safest and most reliable for Li An.

After figuring it out, he gave a nod to the other two and went into a gorge in Longyu Gorge to dig a cave, saying it was to suppress the Evil Qi in his body and asked the two not to disturb him.

The two could also see that he was entangled by Evil Qi, so they didn’t interfere.

After entering the cave, Li An quickly set up an array to prevent anyone from approaching or investigating, then released the puppet Wang Zhongxian.

Using Evil Qi and his life essence to craft a disguise, Li An also dug a tunnel from the cave, connecting it to the rushing river, from where he stealthily swam out.

Deep into the night, Li An restrained his aura and slowly moved stealthily, reaching the Celestial Wolf Pool in the latter half of the night.

But upon arrival, Li An was somewhat dumbfounded. This place… who would come here!

This place was filled with heavy Evil Qi; usually, no one would come, there wasn’t even a speck of bird droppings to be seen.

Li An inexplicably had a premonition; if he was to set up an array and lay a net here, it might just be in vain…

In reality, this was mainly due to Li An’s insufficient understanding of the terrain, and also because he was overly cautious!

If he were just a bit bolder and set his sights on other places, it definitely wouldn’t be like this…

But those other possible retreat routes had a high probability that the deserters were not just one or two, nor were the pursuers.

The probability of a perfect strike with a safe retreat was at most sixty or seventy percent, which, rounded, was zero percent.

Moreover, at that time, Nascent Soul level elders and others would mix into the battlefield, posing a seventy or eighty percent risk to Li An himself, which, rounded, was a hundred percent.

Anything less than absolute safety was unsafe, so, it’s not doable.

After a lot of thinking, Li An still decided to set up an array right here.

If there’s something, there’s something. If not, so be it.

Safety first.

“I’m really amazed… Trying so hard to be a robber, yet being this cowardly??＠￥％…”

Shangguan Xiaoxiao directly marveled, across the Spirit Realm for so many years, she had really never seen someone so extremely cautious about preserving his life…

If it were other naturally born Demon Bodies, such a setup wouldn’t be complete without rushing in to kill and cause a bloodbath, would it?

“Li Gou as a robber, the face of a naturally born Demon Body is utterly lost… Luckily, you are not one of our Demon Sect, otherwise…”

She simply couldn’t bear to look.

Li Gou surviving to this day, there truly was a reason!

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