Mu Qingwan suddenly arrived, and the three of them, Li An, were sowhat surprised, especially Zhao Xian’s Story, who lowered his head, feeling very embarrassed.
"Qingwan, is there sothing you need from us?"
Wang Dazhu broke the awkwardness by speaking up and asking.
"It’s like this, at the end of next month, I will be holding a wedding ceremony... I hope you all can co."
Mu Qingwan’s face was filled with a young girl’s anticipation for her wedding. She took out three invitations from her storage bag and handed them to the three of them.
"Li An, I heard you were injured in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range recently, are you okay?"
She asked with so concern.
Li An received the invitation and said, "I’ve fully recovered, thank you, Daoist Mu, for your concern."
There was a slight complexity in Mu Qingwan’s eyes. When she first joined, she had a slight affection for Li An, but six years have passed, and she and Li An are no longer in the sa world. Those budding feelings have disappeared.
"Young Master Xian... can you co as well?"
She asked Zhao Xian’s Story.
Zhao Xian’s Story blushed and had no choice but to lower his head to take the invitation, "Alright."
She seed to want to chat with Li An and the others, but Chen Cheng had already reminded her, "Qingwan, we still need to visit Elder Wang."
The implication was that they couldn’t waste too much ti with Li An and the others.
Mu Qingwan imdiately took her leave.
Watching her leave, Li An pondered but eventually shook his head and said nothing.
"Brother An, don’t think about it anymore, she’s soone else’s wife now..."
Wang Dazhu expressed so concern, "Don’t be like Zhao Xian’s Story, causing trouble when the ti cos..."
After speaking, he imdiately realized his mistake and hurriedly said, "Xian, I didn’t an it..."
Zhao Xian’s Story: "..."
"Dazhu is right, she’s indeed not from our world anymore. After marrying Chen Cheng, she’ll have backing in the inner sect."
Zhao Xian’s Story couldn’t help but lant.
But Li An just smiled.
Earlier, when Mu Qingwan handed the invitation, Li An noticed a bracelet on Mu Qingwan’s fair wrist.
That bracelet... looked very much like the "guardian bracelet" used by demon cultivators to nurture cauldrons.
If one really had to choose a cauldron from the outer sect disciples, Mu Qingwan is indeed the most suitable, with the highest level of spirit root...
The cultivation realm is not so clear-cut. The thods of demon cultivators are also used by righteous cultivators, sotis even more ruthlessly. This is not an uncommon occurrence.
It’s a pity that Mu Qingwan is still indulging in the joy of marriage...
Li An said nothing; he was not concerned about Mu Qingwan’s fate.
...
After the gathering, Li An bought a hundred pounds of Silver Sand from Wang Dazhu, spending twenty spirit stones.
He also bought a potion from Zhao Xian’s Story for five spirit stones, which was mainly offset by a large amount of miscellaneous spirit herbs he had.
...
Returning to the Talisman Hall, Li An started to train intensely.
The Life Nourishing Immortal Skill cannot be rushed. His goal was the next stage of the Iron Tree Skill — refining flesh!
Once the iron skin was refined, the techniques of early-stage Qi refining cultivators, as well as low-grade Tier One offensive talismans, were almost unable to harm Li An.
And in the flesh refining stage, once he achieved "Silver Flesh," Li An would be able to withstand attacks from mid-stage Qi refining cultivators!
Three months had passed quickly.
"Silver Sand is too scarce..."
Li An frowned.
A hundred pounds of Silver Sand had been completely exhausted. Currently, only part of the at on his right hand barely reached the "Silver Flesh" standard!
The consumption in the flesh refining stage was much greater than in the skin refining stage.
...
During his cultivation period, the ceremony of Mu Qingwan and Chen Cheng took place as scheduled. Li An only sent a gift through soone, not attending in person.
anwhile, within three months, so subtle changes also occurred in the Talisman Hall.
Li An noticed that since Tan Qingxue’s failure in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, Cao Zhirou and Jiang You had recently grown quite close to Sun Lin’s group.
In the competition with Sun Lin, Tan Qingxue was already behind. Now, having suffered a great defeat, it was normal for confidants to disperse.
Li An was also considering whether to ally with Sun Lin.
Aligning himself would certainly offend the inner sect’s Xu Qiuhui, but if he didn’t, life would not be easy in the Talisman Hall.
As he hesitated, soone abruptly knocked on the door.
Li An got up to open it, and the unexpected visitor was Feng Xi.
"Senior Brother Feng, what brings you here?" Li An asked.
Feng Xi sneered, "What, can’t I co?"
He casually walked into Li An’s room, "What, after mingling for so many years, you still live in such a shabby place. Do you still want to stick with Tan Qingxue?"
Li An caught the implication and couldn’t help but say, "Senior Brother Feng, please guide ."
Feng Xi smiled. This kid had beco more tactful. He imdiately said:
"Got any spirit stones? Give a hundred pieces first, and I’ll put in a good word for you with Senior Brother Sun Lin."
"Additionally, if you succeed, I’ll take half of your monthly allowance from now on."
Upon hearing this, Li An’s mouth twitched slightly. People called him Li the Skinner, but even he didn’t skin people this harshly.
"Senior Brother Feng, can I have so credit? I got injured recently and owe a huge debt... How about a six-month defernt?"
Li An asked nervously.
"Get lost!"
Feng Xi’s expression changed instantly, and he stood up, walking out the door:
"Kid, you chose this yourself!"
After he left, Li An’s frown deepened.
He didn’t necessarily want to seek refuge with Sun Lin.
But not through Feng Xi!
With every hundred Spirit Stones he earned, Feng Xi might take fifty from him, and this exploitation would continue indefinitely.
If he were to rely on soone, he needed to approach Sun Lin directly himself.
"No matter, I need to reach the Qi Refining Fourth Layer first. Even if I want to negotiate with Sun Lin, being at the fourth layer will make more valuable!"
After submitting the required number of talismans for the next month in advance, he began secluded cultivation to break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer!
...
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
"Failed..."
Li An walked out of his residence, his expression sowhat complicated.
As expected, the disadvantage of his Spirit Root had finally beco apparent.
During the early stages of Qi Refining, he had progressed relatively smoothly, but the small threshold from early-stage to mid-stage Qi Refining had proven to be extrely challenging.
His Spirit Root’s sensitivity was too low.
Even though he had reached perfection in the third layer of Qi Refining, succeeding in entering the fourth layer might take many years of attempts.
"Li An, gather at the grand hall imdiately!"
At this point, a disciple ca to notify him.
Li An quickly jogged to the grand hall, where many other disciples were already gathered.
At the front of the hall stood an elderly man with white hair and a white beard, dressed in a black robe, none other than Hall Master Guo Xiao.
He spoke:
"One year and nine months, Sun Lin has successfully completed the tasks of the Talisman Hall!"
"From today onwards, Sun Lin will receive the Tier Two Talisman inheritance from the Talisman Hall!"
The words were t with long-lasting applause within the Talisman Hall.
Li An was a bit astonished. How had Sun Lin managed this?
By his calculations, for Sun Lin to earn ten thousand contribution points should have taken at least four or five years.
This guy must have had so other avenues.
Li An couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful. Another month spent in seclusion; trying to seek Sun Lin’s backing now might be too late...
"In addition, the Squad Leader Li of Qingyang Marketplace is getting old, and the sect has agreed to let him return for retirent. Qingyang Marketplace urgently needs a capable disciple to take charge."
Guo Xiao continued, his gaze falling upon a young woman in the crowd:
"Qingxue, you should go gain so experience outside—"
Tan Qingxue’s expression was extrely gloomy, tears welling up in her eyes!
Failing to compete for the Tier Two Talisman inheritance ant she was out of the running for the position of the next Hall Master.
Failure often ant being assigned to external affairs at marketplaces, far removed from the core of the Talisman Hall from then on.
"Sun Lin, your junior sister Qingxue is inexperienced. Help her choose a few Talisman Hall disciples to go along."
Guo Xiao gave a few simple instructions, then turned and left.
The crowd dispersed instantly, swarming around Sun Lin, flattering and congratulating him, needless to say.
"Junior Sister Tan, Qingyang Marketplace is also an important place for the sect. The Talisman Hall has a shop there, and the profits are quite high..."
Sun Lin pretended to comfort her, a mocking look in his eyes.
"I don’t need your pretentiousness!"
Tan Qingxue bit her lower lip, saying, "I’m taking Cao Zhirou and Jiang You with ."
Although she was upset with this outco, her heart had already prepared for it, so despite the sorrow... she could only accept it.
Sun Lin shook his head, saying, "Sorry, the two of them told they want to stay within the sect..."
"How about this, Li An can accompany you, how about that?"
Tan Qingxue’s face grew even more unsightly.
During today’s gathering at the hall, Cao Zhirou and Jiang You had made excuses not to co, for fear of facing her...
She couldn’t help but smile miserably!
Old affections from the past ultimately could not match the pursuit of real-world interests...
She turned to look at Li An, who was standing to one side, and asked, "Are you willing to accompany ?"
Li An sighed softly, remained silent for a mont, and then nodded.
...
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