Free Web NovelChapter 716: Chapter 332: The Truth of the World (Part 4)
This surprised the upper echelons of Purple Cloud Mountain. After he came out, Immortal Ziyun immediately came over to inquire. Li An told him that these corpses contained mysterious roots, which were quite beneficial to his cultivation, so Immortal Ziyun should not interfere or disturb him.
Immortal Ziyun was skeptical, but after some investigation, he indeed found that the mysterious roots in the corpses had been taken by Li An, and he no longer interfered.
Moreover, to desensitize the higher-ups of Purple Cloud Mountain and make them more accustomed to his activities, he proactively left Purple Cloud Mountain many times.
Although he never traveled far each time, he went in and out, back and forth, and every time he stayed outside the mountain for quite a while.
Indeed, there were a few times during these outings that Immortal Ziyun personally showed up, saying he was accompanying him for some sightseeing fun. Li An didn’t expose him, and with great interest led Immortal Ziyun into a forest, found a pool casually, hunted two mating crocodiles, roasted them for a meal, and even invited Immortal Ziyun to gnaw on a crocodile leg.
Later, Immortal Ziyun also realized that Li An’s current state was entirely that of a soul who had been detached from the mortal world for a long time, feeling everything about the world extraordinarily fresh, hence his yearning for the outside world.
After this, regarding Li An’s outings, Purple Cloud Mountain also became thoroughly insensitive, letting things take their course since, after all, each time Li An wouldn’t go far and would return.
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
In three years, everything was as usual for Li An. He already possessed the highest level of authority in Purple Cloud Mountain. In a way, he was now the freest person.
He could go wherever he wanted to go.
He could take whatever he wanted to take.
"Has there still been no news from the other side of the Land of Departure?" He was quite curious, even inquiring Immortal Ziyun once, only to know that the Golden Immortal Nan Jibei, who sent his Immortal Light, still hadn’t returned!
This efficiency was really something.
However, when Li An thought about it carefully, in such a situation, it’s either because the number of returning souls was too many, or the detection at the Land of Departure was too slow, or possibly both.
After all, there is only one Land of Departure, while within the Thirty-Three Heavens, famous mountains, Source Lands, Celestial Palaces, and so forth, no one knows how many there are, and each year so many keepers wait for the return of living beings from years passed, the larger the base, naturally the more people there are.
Moreover, the method of verification at the Land of Departure is probably not easy to operate, which forms this situation.
Anyway, for Li An, it was beneficial!
On this day, he still returned to the ancestral temple, continuing to cultivate the Immortal Dao, advancing his realm to perfection without blemish.
"Gu brother, how are things on your side?"
That day, the voice of the chubby Xu Yuan finally came.
"Last time I pretended to fail reaching Immortality, this time I’m making another attempt, you should be almost ready, right?"
Li An replied, "My lifespan has almost run out... I am on the brink of death, yet I have stolen some Dao Fruits of the Immortal Dao, three months from today, you dig up my body and take me away—"
The chubby one, upon hearing this, was immediately unimaginably excited and said, "Okay!"
...
Li An looked calmly inside the giant bronze lantern.
The giant bronze lantern stored many Dao Fruits of the Immortal Dao, and for the current Li An, they were indeed within easy reach!
In fact, over these years, he had already quietly taken some...
Mainly the Hongmeng Immortal Light of the Immortal Level, as well as Profound Immortal-level Dao Fruits.
But he had not touched anything of higher level.
Because the Dao Fruits of the Celestial Immortal Level are quite important "firewood" for the giant bronze lantern, if taken, it may cause a significant change in the lantern’s flame, and he would be discovered.
...
Three months later.
On this day, Li An left the place of the giant bronze lantern.
All went smoothly without hindrance.
He first wandered around within the mountain, then headed to the burial ground.
Upon reaching the site.
Li An carefully sensed to ensure no one was watching him; he then, as usual, dug up a grave, opened the coffin, and slipped inside.
His body emitted an anomalous aura covering the entire coffin, and then he immediately took out a puppet!
This puppet was none other than Gongshan Xiu.
After repeated refinements by him, this puppet was the perfect substitute!
The puppet emitted a life force identical to his, just hiding in the coffin, while Li An concealed all his life aura, and waited for two or three days. At a certain midnight, he leapt out of the coffin and jumped into another relatively new grave...
The next night, the chubby Xu Yuan finally arrived. Holding an unknown treasure, he managed to conceal his life force thoroughly, almost like a stone, hard to be detected unless one was close or meticulously probed with Divine Sense multiple times.
However, he couldn’t escape Li An’s sensing of life’s aura. Sensing his arrival, Li An intentionally allowed the aura of the Golden Pearl to grow slightly stronger; Xu Yuan, indeed perceiving it, hurriedly came over, dug open the grave, and inside the coffin was indeed an extremely senile body...
"Gu brother!"
Xu Yuan let out an excited roar, then quickly took Li An and fled swiftly...
...
Good night.
