ebookslot Chapter 109 Big Trouble [Updated on 2/3, please subscribe! ]
Chapter 109 Big Trouble [Updated on 2/3, please subscribe! ]
Li Lan, controlling the spirit bean soldiers, spoke with impatience, urging the other party to speak quickly and not to hesitate.
Guo Banxian then continued.
It turned out that Huang Erdan's wife,
disappeared inexplicably in the tenth month of her pregnancy.
When Huang Erdan learned of this, he almost went crazy.
He begged every household in the town, searching every inch of the land for half a month.
Finally, they found her in a remote mountain gully.
His wife didn't know what had happened.
She vaguely remembered falling asleep, and when she woke up, she was in the wilderness.
A pregnant woman with a large belly disappeared into thin air for half a month,
and during that time, without food or water,
she not only showed no signs of distress but even looked plump and healthy.
In the mortal world, this could indeed be called a miracle.
There were all sorts of rumors among the people, but the most widespread was that Huang Erdan's wife had been chosen by an immortal from heaven.
She was protected by the immortal, which allowed her and her child to be safe.
Later, the strange phenomena in the sky during her labor further confirmed this rumor.
The speaker didn't mean much, but the listener took it to heart.
After listening, Li Lan
felt his hair stand on end.
He suddenly thought of the time when he first went to Nineflower County City,
and met Zhang Jingyuan, the deacon of the Human Emperor Hall.
The other party had previously mentioned unintentionally.
That Nineflower County City was not peaceful,
and those demonic cultivators were engaging in the business of human trafficking,
specifically abducting pregnant mortal women in their tenth month, but the specific purpose was unknown.
And that Zhang Jingyuan seemed to have been investigating this matter ever since, even giving his life for it.
Li Lan felt that he had touched on some of the truth of the conspiracy.
But after careful consideration,
he decisively dismissed the idea of continuing to delve deeper.
After all.
Even a Foundation Establishment stage expert had died on the road to investigating the truth,
how could a small Qi Refining stage cultivator like him be qualified to participate in such a matter?
Although Li Lan was surprised, he didn't show it at all.
He controlled the spirit bean soldiers and snorted coldly, saying:
“What is so strange about this matter? You mortals make a fuss about everything.
This尊 (Běn Zūn, a way to refer to oneself) only passed by this place and thought that you, who dare to call yourself a half-immortal, had some unique secret method for examining spiritual roots, but now it seems that you are nothing more than that.
Forget it, seeing as you have solved my doubts, I will reward you with this thing.”
The spirit bean soldier in the black robe flicked his finger,
and a white jade porcelain bottle flew in front of Guo Banxian.
The latter caught it, opened it, and
a fresh medicinal fragrance mixed with a faint spiritual energy immediately wafted over.
Guo Banxian was overjoyed, how could he not know the value of this thing?
He was so excited that he kowtowed and bowed repeatedly. "Thank you, Immortal! Thank you, Immortal!"
When he raised his head,
he found that the black-robed man in front of him had disappeared.
The other party's voice floated lightly into Guo Banxian's ears.
“These two Qi Refining and Yuan Nourishing Pills are considered a reward for you.
After taking them, remember to completely forget what happened tonight, and remember not to mention it to anyone else, otherwise,
you know the consequences.”
Li Lan didn't rashly kill this person, not because he was compassionate.
It was just that it was better to remain still than to act rashly,
after all, if those demonic cultivators had contact with this Guo Banxian and the latter suddenly disappeared from the world, it would be difficult to guarantee that it wouldn't arouse the other party's vigilance.
At that time, it would only increase the trouble.
Therefore,
Li Lan chose to spare the other party's life,
in case there were demonic cultivators monitoring in the dark and discovered what happened tonight.
He could be considered to have stated his position,
that he was just passing by, asking out of curiosity,
and didn't notice anything wrong, nor did he have any intention of interfering with their plans.
Of course,
doing so couldn't completely guarantee his safety.
Just in case,
Li Lan still chose to leave Yellow Mud Town overnight.
Along the way, he was very cautious, sending out all the spirit bean soldiers he could control to scout the way.
After several probes, confirming that there was really no one tracking him,
he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However,
Li Lan, who had successfully avoided getting into big trouble,
couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.
From the currently known information,
it was very likely that he had been deeply involved in this conspiracy before he was even born.
Now it was just the calm before the storm.
Li Lan once again carefully and meticulously checked his physical condition,
but still didn't find anything abnormal.
It seemed that the so-called conspiracy wasn't doing anything to the cultivators themselves.
Li Lan pondered for a moment, but couldn't figure it out.
When soldiers come, block them; when water comes, dam it; there was no point in worrying about it here.
He shook his head and simply stopped dwelling on it.
Subsequently.
Li Lan began to consider his current situation.
At this time,
he had very few spirit stones left,
and couldn't even afford to set up a spirit stone cave for cultivation again.
If he wanted to continue to steadily improve his cultivation realm,
he had to think of some way to get some spirit stones.
He definitely couldn't go to Immortal Trace Valley,
the old Zitan tree had been completely dealt with, and there were still a large number of spirit stone mines in the central area that hadn't been mined.
As long as the Grand Elder wasn't out of his mind, he would definitely reclaim this spiritual vein.
The days when he occupied the spiritual vein alone and cultivated peacefully,
were completely gone.
As for returning to the Guangji Temple in the Peach Blossom Mountain Range,
this idea only flashed through his mind for a moment before Li Lan quickly dismissed it.
Although he hadn't been present when the Zitan Spiritual Core was taken,
and the Grand Elder and the other two were trapped in an illusion, they might not have known about the appearance of the spirit bean soldiers later.
According to common sense,
it seemed that there was no danger for him to return to Guangji Temple now.
But Li Lan never had the habit of treating others as fools.
His actions always emphasized doing his best and planning for the worst.
Therefore,
Li Lan had no intention of taking this unnecessary risk; he didn't plan to return to Guangji Temple, and didn't even want to continue staying in this southern region of the county.
Before, his strength was too low, and he had no choice but to accept the protection of Guangji Temple.
Now that he had some cultivation resources in his hand, Li Lan began to seriously consider his future plans.
With the help of the Zitan Spiritual Core, in addition to breaking through the great realm of the Qi Refining late stage,
he wouldn't be as helpless as before,
unable to move without the help of a spiritual vein cave.
Therefore,
when Li Lan was making future plans,
in addition to earning spirit stones to prepare in advance for the resources needed to break through the Qi Refining late stage,
the primary consideration was his own safety.
What place was both safe and had the opportunity to obtain a large number of spirit stones?
Li Lan immediately thought of Nineflower County City, which he had visited once before.
As the most prosperous city of immortal cultivation in the entire Nineflower County territory, the opportunity to obtain spirit stones here was definitely much greater than in the remote Peach Blossom Mountain Range.
What's more.
There was also the power of the Human Emperor Hall stationed there, so safety was needless to say.
To take a step back,
even if Li Lan's matter of taking the Zitan Spiritual Core was exposed,
even if the Grand Elder and the other two discovered that he was the one who benefited in the end.
Bearing the name of a famous righteous sect, under the eyes of the Human Emperor Hall,
even with the strength of the Foundation Establishment middle stage,
the Grand Elder would probably never dare to openly kill him in Nineflower County City.
Of course.
In addition to safety,
Li Lan chose this city as a retreat for another more important reason.
In Nineflower County City,
there was a shop called Quiet Cultivation Cave,
which specialized in selling cultivation caves in various spiritual veins within the county.
Staying in the city,
it would be more convenient for him to break through the Qi Refining late stage in the future.