She was somewhat excited.

"You, Wu, hurry over and get it for me..."

Jiang Ruolin was extremely anxious.

Li An felt heavy-hearted, but he still followed the coffin forward.

The path on the cliff was very narrow. He had to crawl over the first coffin to reach the fourth one one by one.

As Li An walked, he gently directed the Evil Qi. He crawled into the second coffin, and just as he was about to climb out and move forward, he was suddenly struck by the Evil Qi, froze all over, foaming at the mouth, and fell back into the coffin!

"He was hit by the Evil Qi!"

The old woman frowned, "You all, go—"

She spoke to the others behind her.

The others looked at each other but could only move forward.

But by this time, the Evil Qi was already light, and these cultivators, after only a few steps, were hit by the Evil Qi just like Li An.

"Ruolin, take the Tribulation Jade and go—"

The old woman spoke.

Jiang Ruolin's face changed, showing some fear.

"Getting the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow's egg, you can definitely become one of the three main seed candidates. This is your only chance—"

The old woman spoke sternly!

Jiang Ruolin gritted his teeth, holding a piece of Tribulation Jade in hand, flipped over, indeed not attacked by the Evil Qi, he reached the fourth coffin; the coffin lid gently shook, Evil Qi sprayed out, Jiang Ruolin hurriedly held the Tribulation Jade to resist.

Then he took the cyan god's egg from under the withered bird corpse and turned back, ecstatic: "Grandmother, I did it—"

At this moment!

Rumble!

At the bottom of the valley, it was like an angry dragon roaring, an astonishing muddy yellow Evil Qi shot up to the sky in an instant.

"No..."

The group of Jiang clan's cultivators was all terrified, the Evil Qi attacked suddenly, they were almost instantly wiped out!

One by one, they fell off the cliff!

"Quick, Ruolin, activate the Tribulation Jade to block it..."

Jiang Ruolin hurriedly activated the Tribulation Jade, but at this moment, the Evil Qi was indeed too fierce, and the clear Tribulation Jade in his hand quickly became turbid, Evil Qi invaded his body—

"Ah!"

Jiang Ruolin almost went crazy!

A falcon flew out from his sleeve, trying to escape, but after fluttering its wings a few times, it still fell into the air—

"Ruolin!"

The old woman's True Core Cultivation erupted, but at this moment, the Evil Qi was extremely chaotic, she could only protect herself, exerting force forward, trying to save Jiang Ruolin but felt as if her insides were tumbling, spat out an old mouthful of blood, and was almost powerless!

"Senior, the coffin... the coffin can block the Evil Qi."

At this moment, Li An seemed to have recovered, hurriedly reminded.

He pondered back and forth... finally decided not to kill the old woman.

There's a use in keeping her!

The old woman took a closer look, indeed, Li An was inside the coffin, surprisingly not much affected by the Evil Qi, she quickly jumped into the first coffin, and simultaneously said: "Ruolin, the coffin—"

Jiang Ruolin's face was deathly pale, holding the cyan bird egg, staggered and fell into the third coffin.

...

The Evil Qi surged in the abyss, ceaselessly for a long time.

Long, long after.

Li An barely got up from the coffin, retreated, checked, and found the old woman and her grandson had both passed out.

Even a True Core cultivator couldn't withstand it!

Li An first carried the old woman out of the abyss, where two waiting cultivators had already run away in fear, nowhere to be seen, Li An found a place to lay down the old woman, then hid his items like the Rank Three flying sword, Tribulation Jade, etc.

Then he went back to carry out her grandson.

Li An carefully checked and found that the Evil Qi in Jiang Ruolin's body should be very heavy, beyond saving.

But Li An still drove the Evil Qi inside the Tribulation Jade into Jiang Ruolin's body, making him utterly unsalvageable!

"This bird egg, it actually still has vitality..."

Li An checked the bird egg again, under its stone-cold shell, there was a faint life pulse.

He pondered for a moment, then also injected Evil Qi, crushing the egg's vitality until just a trace remained...

Then, he quietly infused a wisp of the Life Seed's aura into it.

"The Divine Bird Egg doesn't have enough vitality; after the Jiang family obtains it, they also need to save it..."

And Li An gave it a wisp of the Life Seed's aura to sustain its life, making it recognize Li An's aura!

This was a backup Li An left for himself.

If something happened after entering the Jiang family, this would be a card of Li An.

Using the godly egg to command the Jiang clan!

After completing all this, Li An then carried the egg in one hand and Jiang Ruolin on his back out.

After carrying them out, Li An continuously took out Spirit Stones and placed them beside the old crone and Jiang Ruolin, allowing them to replenish their Spiritual Qi. Even so, it took an entire day and night before the old crone slowly regained consciousness.

"Am I still in the mortal world..."

The old crone's face was pale as she struggled to lift her eyes.

"Senior... you're still here, cough cough, cough cough..."

Li An coughed incessantly, struggling to step forward.

"You, Wu Qin... you're still alive. What about my grandson?"

"The young master is still alive, he's still breathing..."

The old crone was truly overjoyed to see that Jiang Ruolin still had a breath in him, tears streaming down her face. "Where are Awu and Aliu?"

"Are you referring to the two fellow Daoists left to guard here? They seem to have left, no sign of them..."

The old crone sighed. "Was it you who rescued us?"

"Yes, everyone else is dead. Only you and the young master remained, so I had to carry you out..."

The old crone nodded. "Wu Qin, from today onwards, I owe you a tremendous favor."

"But this Evil Qi has entered the body, making it incredibly difficult to treat. You must quickly take us away..."

Li An nodded, bracing his body assaulted by the Evil Qi, carrying the old crone on his back, then lifting the unconscious Jiang Ruolin, hanging the magical egg at his waist, he walked step by step down the mountain.

He stumbled many times, in a pitiful state, but gritted his teeth and persisted.

The old crone lay on Li An's back. Despite her profound cultivation and having seen countless people, she found Li An deeply reliable at this moment. Thinking of how her own clansmen had run away, abandoning them, she felt even more favorably towards Li An in comparison...

After a day and a night, Li An finally brought them back to Qingfeng Stronghold.

Li An was so exhausted that he collapsed as soon as he set them down and was unconscious, falling asleep.

...

Two days later, Li An barely woke up, only to see the old crone looking sorrowful, sitting dazedly beside Jiang Ruolin, as if aged by decades!

"Senior, the young master, he..."

"He's dead."

The old crone's expression was unbearably sorrowful.

"It's all Wu Qin's fault, it's all Wu Qin's uselessness. If I could have carried the young master out of Four Sceneries Mountain, perhaps he could've been saved..."

Li An also wept endlessly. "Senior, please take care of yourself; you too have the Evil Qi inside you..."

Saying this, Li An quickly took out various Antitoxic Pills. "Senior, see if these pills can be of any use..."

The old crone shook her head. "Wu Qin, you are a good child."

"Bury my grandson in a good place."

With that, she stood up, her body swaying.

Li An hurriedly supported her. "Senior, I know there's a village at the foot of the mountain. How about we bury the young master there? My two apprentices are also in the village. By burying him there, they can visit annually, and he won't become a nameless grave..."

The old crone nodded repeatedly, "Good, good, do as you say!"

Li An then carried the corpse down the mountain. As he left, he cast a sidelong glance and noticed that the cyan egg had disappeared, obviously taken away by the old crone.

Moreover, Li An's own storage pouch had also been thoroughly searched!

Clearly, even in her overwhelming grief, the old crone, a Great Cultivator of True Core, hadn't completely lost her senses. She was cautious and meticulous, calculating at every step.

Had Li An revealed even a hint of a flaw, he might not have survived until now!

But Li An showed nothing.

Immediately, the old crone followed Li An down. Not long after, they arrived in front of Taining Village.

The villagers of Taining Village saw Li An carrying a corpse and approached with concern and inquiries. Li An only said it was his close friend and carried it beside Lihua's grandfather's grave for burial.

Li An had purposely brought the old crone here!

The old crone now owed a great favor to Li An and had gained trust in him... And Li An still needed to add more fuel to the fire, to secure his future position in the Jiang family.

"Er Niu, quickly bring a hoe here, Lihua, come help me..."

Li An began arranging the burial, but the old crone swept her gaze and said, "No, wait..."

"This grave!"

She stared at Lihua's grandfather's grave.

Li An said, "Senior, this is Lihua's grandfather's grave..."

Before he could finish, the old crone suddenly struck, flipping over the tombstone of Lihua's grandfather's grave, and dug out a piece of bone!

"The bone of the Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow, the inherited sacred art of my clan, how can it be here?"

The old crone was taken aback, staring at the grave before her. "Could it be, buried here is the Jiang Riqing Patriarch?!"

Her voice trembled slightly, then she suddenly turned back, staring at Lihua, "You say this is your grandfather?"

Lihua was so intimidated by the old crone's gaze that she instinctively hid behind Li An.

"Senior, this?" Li An frowned.

But the old crone stepped forward, overtaking Li An in an instant, grabbed Lihua's hand, scraped it with her nail, and the blood flowed from Lihua's palm, landing on a jade plate the old crone held, which immediately glowed.

"You are of my Jiang Clan bloodline!"

The old crone stared at Lihua, speaking loudly!

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