Perhaps it was affected by the war between Great Yan and the Great Li Dynasty...

He changed his appearance, made Xiaoqing shrink to the size of a small sparrow, hid it in his sleeve, and then found a nearby town to understand the situation.

The war ended three years ago!

And the outcome was far more tragic than Li An had imagined...

During the stalemate, a Nascent Soul powerhouse from the Great Li, White Tiger Ascendant, made a decisive move. Single-handedly, he crushed five Nascent Soul experts from Great Yan. Even Jiang Qingcang's Rank Four Divine Bird was destroyed in that battle!

The tide of the battle turned, and Yan Country suffered a massive defeat.

In just six months, Great Li flattened Yan Country and, taking advantage of the momentum, conquered neighboring Zhao Country and Luo Country as well.

Now, the territory of the Great Li Dynasty is ten times its former size!

It is now known as the number one nation on the Xiling Origin Continent.

In Xiling, perhaps only a few massive forces like the Blood Essence Sect and the Taiyi Sect can barely suppress Great Li.

And the White Tiger Ascendant, who legendarily killed five Nascent Souls in one battle, was naturally the former White Tiger Master, who had clearly become a follower of Shangguan Shengxian...

"Shangguan Shengxian..."

Li An couldn't help but feel a slight complexity in his heart; this woman was indeed terrifying.

At the same time, his sense of urgency grew.

There was simply no point in going to other countries and forces on the Xiling Origin Continent—they would be swallowed by Great Li sooner or later; nothing could stop it!

He thought for a while, then set off, heading toward the Celestial Killer Mountain Range.

There, he could temporarily settle, and Great Li's expansion could not reach that side, making it relatively safe.

Now that the war was over, the interior of Great Li was very stable, but Li An still disguised himself, concealed his cultivation, and did not expose himself, taking half a year to reach the borders of Great Li, flying away—

The whole time, he never returned to Yan Country.

The Jiang Clan was already destroyed, whether Sun Jinxue and Lihua survived depended on their fate. Li An had done all he could for them. From now on, the path of the Immortal Dao was like that of strangers!

This was also why Li An dared to arrange for their escape and help Lihua repair her Dantian.

Li An would change his identity and leave; even if someone found them, they could never trace Li An's whereabouts.

...

Half a month later.

Li An finally arrived outside the Celestial Killer Mountains.

He didn't rush in but lay low at the entrance for over ten days, until he finally encountered a group of bandits, doing the same type of trap-setting as Chen Cai and his group from back then.

As the bandits passed by him, he suddenly struck, catching them off guard.

He refined a Fake Pill female cultivator, the leader, into a puppet and read her memories.

"Chen Cai's wife, Gu Yue..."

Li An was surprised to find that this Fake Pill cultivator was the spouse of Chen Cai, whom he had killed in the past.

The two of them, in his hands, ended up as a husband and wife reunited in the afterlife.

"Not much has changed,"

only then did Li An quietly infiltrate the mountain range. As before, he avoided the bandits, lying low and waiting several times in between to avoid encounters with the powerful Spirit Beasts in the mountains.

Eight days later, Li An saw Celestial Evil City.

Once again, he changed his appearance to look like a middle-aged man and concealed his aura to the Fake Pill level, while Xiaoqing was completely veiled, making its power undetectable.

"The Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow is too recognizable..."

Li An went so far as to conceal even Xiaoqing's life aura, making it indistinguishable from an ordinary Spirit Pet.

Only then did he enter the city.

His current appearance was completely ordinary, different from when he had entered the city years ago, with an entirely new identity.

Celestial Evil City was bustling and diverse, home to many who didn't wish to reveal their identities. Armed with his experience with Chen Cai and his wife, Li An blended in effortlessly and found a place to stay.

"According to the rules, pay all the rent upfront. How many years are you renting for?"

A steward in blue led Li An into a small courtyard; after inspecting the premises, Li An was asked.

This courtyard was in the south of Celestial Evil City, relatively close to the center of the city.

After all, Celestial Evil City had no city walls; although there were rules against murder and treasure snatching within the city, life and death were ultimately one's own business. The central area was somewhat safer.

The rent alone was as high as two thousand lower-grade Spirit Stones per month!

"Two years then..."

Li An's purpose here was the Rank Three Spirit Vein in the Celestial Killer Mountains!

However, he was not reckless. Although Lady Shee back then owed him a favor and gave him a token, promising to take him to see the 'Mountain Lord' to request a Spirit Vein for cultivation, Li An remained cautious of Lady Shee.

For now, he planned to lie low in the city, observe carefully, and gather information slowly.

After all, he was unfamiliar with the territory; a single misstep could lead to disaster.

After paying the rent.

Li An immediately set up two Tier Two Arrays and a Rank Three Array around the courtyard!

After closing the door, Li An let out a light sigh of relief; he was finally settled safely.

First, he took stock of his current situation.

Before setting out, he had frantically prepared various resources within the Jiang Clan.

Following the battle in Great Li's north, his resources had been depleted, but he also managed to replenish from the storage rings of Jiang Rilan and the two True Core cultivators.

Currently, he had about twelve hundred Rank Three Runes left.

Five to six hundred Tier Two Runes.

Four Rank Three Arrays!

Six Rank Three Magical Artifacts: a Cold Ice Small Sword, a Black Poisonous Small Sword, a Heart-Protection Mirror and a Golden Armor obtained from the Jiang Clan, all defensive artifacts. The other two, a battle hammer and a silver net, were spoils from that battle.

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