Gu Hong and Cai Chao were secretly discussing transactions, a situation that had already beco routine for Li An over the years.
He wouldn’t touch the most core and valuable resources, but things like talisman brushes and papers, array materials, spirit dicine, etc., if he had his eyes on them, he would intercept them in this way.
The higher-ups in the pavilion were well aware of this, but nobody said anything.
These are the advantages brought by background and connections; those who get caught for wrongdoing just didn’t have strong enough connections.
"Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt Perfection, ready to break through to Late-Stage Foundation Establishnt..."
Li An watched Gu Hong’s figure from afar and took a sip of tea.
Gu Hong’s progress in cultivation was still faster than Li An’s, but it had clearly slowed down.
Her aptitude was only Yellow Rank Middle Grade Spirit Root, so getting this far was already comndable.
If she did not find other opportunities, reaching Late-Stage Foundation Establishnt in this lifeti was the ceiling.
Core Formation?
Extrely unlikely!
"Have her refine a Life-extending Pill, the higher the grade the better."
Li An waved his hand and instructed Wang Zi.
He was now a hundred and forty-one years old, actually quite young, after all, thanks to the advantages of the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, his lifespan reached nearly six hundred years, with more than four hundred years left to live.
But for an average Early-Stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator, more than half their life was over.
He needed to stay in the Treasure Pavilion for a long ti; if he never aged or weakened, it would definitely raise suspicion.
Therefore, preparing a Life-extending Pill in advance would serve as a cover when the ti ca.
"Alright!"
Wang Zi imdiately departed.
...
At this mont.
"To report to the Pavilion Master, the Left Deputy had soone obtain two Purifying Spirit Pills and also wants Gu Hong to help refine a Life-extending Pill..."
In an array-filled and antique quiet room, Cai’Er was reporting to Pavilion Master Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan lay on a beautiful bed, completely naked, her face and every inch of her skin covered with "skin garnts" made from various beauty-enhancing treasures.
After a long while, she finally got up and dressed.
"Even these Second Grade skin garnts don’t have much effect on anymore, it’s loosening, sigh..."
She sighed, "The Prince has recently begun to summon less frequently."
She lanted to the mirror, "Serving with beauty, beauty fades, and the honor ends...when I truly grow old, I will surely be cast aside."
"By then, where will my son go?"
—Qin Xuan was once married in her early years and had a son nad Guo Ling, but her husband died unexpectedly early, leaving her a charming widow with a difficult life; fortunately, her exceptional beauty caught the Prince’s eye, leading to her current status.
Now, Guo Ling was also nearly a hundred years old and served as an ordinary artifact evaluator in the Treasure Pavilion.
After senior artifact evaluators Zhou Ying or Mo Rong retire, she planned to push Guo Ling to beco a senior artifact evaluator.
But that wasn’t enough...
Her goal was the chief!
She knew that the riches brought by her own beauty were not a long-term solution; her son lacked her advantages and could not gain the Prince’s full trust, so he couldn’t inherit the Pavilion Master position.
The best future she could arrange for him was to beco the Chief Artifact Evaluator!
So, she had already begun planning.
Eliminate obstacles!
She didn’t care about others, but this Li An...
Had connections with the Prince’s Mansion!
So she paid particular attention.
"If you break through to Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt and also extend your life, the threat to my son will only be greater..."
She was sowhat troubled.
But for the ti being, she couldn’t find a good way to deal with Li An.
...
In the evening.
Li An obtained two Purifying Spirit Pills.
After activating the Tier Two array of the Protector, he swallowed them and then charged towards Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt—
...
Three months later.
Li An walked out of the quiet room where he had been in seclusion.
His aura had changed, his whole being more reserved, and though he appeared elderly, he exuded an otherworldly sense.
Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt, achieved!
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, everything within five miles of his residence ca into his awareness.
"Divine Sense range reaches five miles!"
This made him very satisfied.
For an average Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator, Divine Sense typically reached only about one mile, and exceptional ones did not exceed two miles.
He had directly doubled it!
In situations such as battles and escapes, it presents a huge advantage to detect the enemy first.
"The second branch of the Life Seed already has a bit of a prototype..."
Breaking through to the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt didn’t make his Life Seed grow a second branch, but there was an additional small bulge, as if a bud was about to erge from it.
Back then, his first branch appeared when breaking through from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishnt.
The branches of the Life Seed are extrely significant to him, as they can individually strengthen different parts of the body!
"Moreover, the Dantian pool has expanded threefold, and the spiritual power is barely enough for to cultivate this ultimate technique, ’Tri-Elent Slash’..."
’Tri-Elent Slash’ is the most potent offensive art he possessed in his previous life, with only three forms but imnse power, at a grade as high as Profound Rank High Grade!
In his previous life, he also started cultivating it only after entering Core Formation because the spiritual power and bodily strength during the Foundation Establishnt Stage couldn’t support the demands of the Tri-Elent Slash.
However, he decided to begin cultivation today because it’s a trump card against future dangers.
Constant practice, striving to unleash so of the power of the Tri-Elent Slash during the Foundation Establishnt Stage...
"The poison of Cold Yin Finger is unbearable even at Mid-Stage Foundation Establishnt, but unfortunately, it still poses no threat to Core Formation cultivators..."
He glanced at his own hand, a flash of azure passed by.
If he could find a Third Grade poison to refine into his hand, it might be effective against Core Formation cultivators.
But this cannot be forced, as Third Grade pills are already extrely rare, and poisons among them are even fewer.
"Besides Tri-Elent Slash and Cold Yin Finger, body refining should also proceed continuously, and after mastering ’Iron Tree Skill’, it’s ti to cultivate ’Golden Treasure Skill’."
The Golden Treasure Skill is a step beyond Iron Tree Skill, tempering the practitioner’s internal organs!
The Golden Treasure Skill was an incomplete scroll Li An unexpectedly obtained in his late years in his past life; its grade is unknown, but Li An speculated that even in its incomplete form, it is at least around Profound Rank High Grade treasure.
If it were complete, it would be unimaginable, at least Earth Level!
Moreover, he had carefully checked that Iron Tree Skill and Golden Treasure Skill seem to be body refining thods from a glorious great sect. After Golden Treasure Skill, it might lead to... Golden Body Skill!
The Golden Body Skill is incredibly famous anywhere where the flas of cultivation flourish, known to all, and is said to be as high as Celestial Level!
The incomplete scroll of the ’Golden Treasure Skill’ in Li An’s hands can only refine three parts: heart, kidneys, stomach.
Despite this, the resources needed to cultivate these three parts are vast. Even in his previous life, with the support of a cultivation clan, Li An managed to barely refine one kidney.
"Tri-Elent Slash and Golden Treasure Skill are long term plans..."
"Currently, so powerful techniques need to be cultivated for self-defense."
"’Earth Demon Seventy-Two Steps,’ Profound Rank Middle Grade, a body technique spell!"
"’Five-Colored Flower Burst Skill,’ Profound Rank Lower Grade, a wood elent offensive spell that can conjure flowers of five colors using wood elent spiritual power, scattering everywhere to explode, and I can even infuse poison into it to increase the power!"
Li An decided to first cultivate these two.
...
In the blink of an eye, five more years had passed.
Li An was already one hundred and forty-six years old.
"Next month, the pavilion will need to auction a treasure in White Tiger City——"
On this day, Pavilion Master Qin Lan, along with the Prince Mansion steward Jiang City, ca in person and summoned Xu Changkong, Li An, Mo Rong, and Zhou Ying.
"This auction is extrely important, and must be hosted by an Artifact Evaluator of at least second-tier level in person."
Qin Lan said, "I wonder, which one of you four can take the trip?"
The few exchanged glances.
A second-tier Artifact Evaluator is the core of the Treasure Pavilion.
Generally, they do not go outside!
What kind of treasure could be so important?
"There’s no harm in telling you all, it’s a Fourth Grade residual herb."
The Prince Mansion steward Jiang City casually remarked.
Hearing this, the few were imnsely shocked!
Fourth Grade Spirit dicine!
An item of such grade is exceedingly rare, typically never appearing on the market.
Because Fourth Grade Spirit dicine is useful even to Nascent Soul powerhouses, and Core Formation cultivators covet it eagerly!
Why would the Treasure Pavilion auction such a thing?
Li An furrowed his brows even more, instantly thinking that the Prince Mansion is the main base of the Yin Yang Demon Sect!
And the White Tiger Master in White Tiger City is now a Golden Core powerhouse.
Might this herb be another sche by the Demon Sect?
Could the Demon Sect be planning sothing again against White Tiger City, White Tiger Master?
After contemplating for a while, Xu Changkong was the first to speak: "I’m already old... such a matter might be hard to handle."
He declined graciously.
Because the risk was too high!
If news about the Fourth Grade Spirit dicine leaked, there’s no telling what powerhouses might jump out to seize it, even resulting in killings for treasures, and since he was already the chief with no further advancent opportunities, there was no need to take the risk.
Zhou Ying and Mo Rong even shook their heads, unwilling to participate.
The reason being, even if they completed this task and achieved great rit, they might not get promoted to chief—Li An, with his connections, was there!
"Left Second-tier?"
Qin Xuan slowly looked at him, "It seems we can only ask you to make the trip to White Tiger City—"
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