Chapter 256: Chapter 192: Successfully Concealed (Long Chapter) Part 2

Thinking about this, he immediately decided to play along and said, “That’s true, thank you for your concern, fellow Daoist. Then I’ll borrow your ring—”

Shee Anqi smiled and handed the ring to Li An.

Li An silently checked it and found that there were no traps or mechanisms in the ring, but… there was an array hidden very well within it.

His Life Seed was particularly sensitive to life essences, so he instantly sensed that this array was used to collect life essences!

Li An couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief; it seemed the other party was mostly just suspicious of the spirit bird and hadn’t reached the point of directly killing him to seize his treasure.

He summoned the Divine Bird, letting Xiaohong fly into the ring.

Life essence? Already concealed by his Life Seed; the other party couldn’t possibly discover Xiaoqing’s true identity.

Moreover, ever since the Jiang Ribai incident, he had been on guard, secretly feeding the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow with the blood of another spirit bird, and this time, it was just the opportunity…

“Where did it go wrong…”

Li An was baffled in his heart; Lady Shee wasn’t Jiang Ribai and wasn’t that proficient in Beast Taming Skill, so she shouldn’t be able to see through anything.

Besides, even Jiang Ribai back then only noticed something unusual about Xiaohong’s claws, probably without really recognizing it.

However, it was good that Shee Anqi tested it this time, to prevent these sisters from eyeing his bird again in the future.

“Let’s go.”

Li An spoke.

Shee Anqi’s eyes were full of laughter, and immediately the two of them entered.

The valley was heavily shrouded in Evil Qi, and with each breath, one felt the invasion of Evil Qi into the body, the surrounding vegetation growing in chaotic and eerie ways.

Just entering the mouth of the valley, the Spiritual Qi and Evil Qi in the air were already very tempting to Li An, as the Evil Qi and Spiritual Qi here were far stronger than those in Spiritual Evil Peak, truly worthy of being the intersection of several Spirit Veins.

He must think of a way to cultivate here!

Cultivating here for a year is equivalent to cultivating in Spiritual Evil Peak for three years, saving considerable hard work.

Li An and Shee Anqi walked side by side, fully extending his Divine Sense, vigilantly sensing everything around.

In a place like this, Divine Sense became his unique advantage!

In severely Evil Qi-infested places, ordinary cultivators’ Divine Sense would be obstructed, severely limiting the range of exploration.

However, Li An practiced Demon Skill, absorbing Evil Qi, so he was less affected, able to detect anything first.

As he continuously extended his Divine Sense, the entire overview of the valley slowly mirrored in his mind…

The valley was not large, only about thirty miles.

There were only three or four places where Evil Qi erupted as sources, so even he couldn’t fully discern them.

“No ambush.”

Li An was slightly relieved but did not let down his guard, always keeping a close watch on Shee Anqi.

“There are even Evil Beasts…”

As they kept moving forward, Li An suddenly sensed a spot within the grass and trees ahead where a cultivated Spiritual Evil Poison Python lay!

This python grew amidst Evil Qi, large in size, over forty or fifty meters long, blending with the Evil Qi, so he hadn’t noticed it during the previous broad sweep!

A plan formed in his mind.

Approaching the front, Li An deliberately said, “The Evil Qi is getting heavier up ahead, I’ll scout ahead. If there’s danger, I can cover behind—”

Shee Anqi nodded, indeed, the further in she went, the weaker her Divine Sense became. Now the surrounding Evil Qi was so dense it felt like a layer of film, making her uneasy.

The two moved in a line.

Li An sensed the location of the Spiritual Evil Poison Python and stepped into waist-deep grass.

Whoosh—

As if a gusting wind hit, within the waist-deep grass, a massive shadow attacked instantly, and Li An exclaimed in surprise, being slapped away—

This was a Rank Three Spiritual Sand Poison Python!

“Lin An—”

Shee Anqi’s face turned pale with shock, she reflexively cast two runes, repelling the hidden enemy.

But once Li An was smacked away by the python’s tail, Shee Anqi became its sole target.

The shadow coiled as a massive python head raised over ten meters high, then suddenly lunged at Shee Anqi.

Facing the blood-red mouth of the poison python, Shee Anqi shrieked as the brilliance of the Rank Three magical treasure on her body lit up, barely blocking the massive mouth, but the four fang-like short swords tore through her protective light shield, and those fangs like tubes sprayed a burst of yellow smoke!

“No—”

Shee Anqi’s expression changed drastically; just from contact with the yellow smoke, her snow-white skin started to fester, and she felt her Spiritual Power stagnate and struggle to circulate.

The python was poisonous, and it was Evil Poison!

“Friend Shee—”

At this moment, Li An also turned red-eyed, summoning two small swords directly to attack, the Cold Ice Small Sword freezing fiercely, slowing the massive snake head, while the Black Poisonous Small Sword directly pierced into the snake head—

“Roar!”

The giant snake head shook violently, giving Li An an opportunity to attack, several spirit talismans falling, simultaneously casting the Tri-Element Slash, this poison python received severe injuries, turned to escape—

Fleeting as the wind, vanishing instantly.

Li An drove off the poison python and quickly cradled the nearly unconscious Shee Anqi.

Shee Anqi’s once beautiful and vivid face was now festering like mud.

“Stay strong, friend—”

Li An immediately gave her a Purifying Evil Pill and an Antitoxic Pill, then carried her, flying out of Yunqi Valley!

…

Not long after.

Spiritual Serenity Peak.

“Friend Shee, save her quickly—”

Li An shouted, and Lady Shee hurried out, activating the array, as Li An descended.

“What happened?”

Lady Shee inquired, taking one look at Shee Anqi in Li An’s arms, and gasped, “Bring her inside quickly—”

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