"What are you doing here?"

Even though the fluctuations here had been isolated using an array, Li An still asked with a whisper.

"No need to be afraid; no one will notice. I’ve been waiting here for you for more than a year."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao smiled calmly, took a step forward, and said, "Let me see how my obedient disciple’s cultivation is progressing—"

As she spoke, she placed her slender hand on Li An’s forehead, sensing the state of Li An’s primordial spirit. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she said, "So the rumors are true, your primordial spirit indeed has a defect—"

"What exactly do you want to do?" Li An asked again.

"Ha, have you forgotten your master after becoming a Dao Sect elder? How disrespectful."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao casually sat down and said, "Li Gou, do you have any De Fu Pills?"

Li An sighed and reluctantly handed over a storage bag.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao scanned it with her divine thought. Inside were various flavors of De Fu Pills, and of very high quality. There were a few Tier Seven pills, which must have been refined after Li An entered the Harmonization Dao realm. She couldn’t help but smile happily, grabbing a few and popping them into her small cherry-like mouth, savoring them.

"Not bad."

Her face showed a satisfied expression, "Seeing as you still have this filial piety, as your master, I can’t just watch you go downhill like this."

She casually tossed a storage ring to Li An.

Li An took it and saw inside was actually the corpse of an Exotic Spirit!

Li An was extremely astonished and looked at her.

"Remember the Immortal Celestial Demon Skill? Re-cultivate, use this corpse to re-cultivate."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s eyes were very earnest: "The aura of this Exotic Spirit’s corpse might let you walk the path of the Demon Dao again, and in the future, like your master, accommodate the traces of the Dao, and roam the world!"

"Where did it come from?"

"Snatched from the hands of the Dao Sect, of course."

Li An recalled the message Xiang Yuntian had sent before, about Shangguan Xiaoxiao appearing in Daozhou, robbing a batch of items from the Dao Sect... was it actually this?

She is now wanted by all the factions in the world, with the Dao Sect Immortal Tianchenzi and Evil Suppression Peak Master Li Yunxiao determined to capture her. By venturing deep into the Dao Sect’s blessed land, she was taking a huge risk...

all for this object.

"What, moved? Haha, you are my only obedient disciple, of course, I think of you. Hmm, I snatched seven or eight corpses, used most of them myself, and only this one is left to give to you, no need to thank me."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao saw Li An’s silence and laughed.

"I don’t need this."

Li An coldly threw the storage ring back to her: "I’ve told you, I will not walk the path of the Demon Dao again."

"Li Gou, are you really stupid, or do you have some other support?"

Shangguan Xiaoxiao stared at him: "Why did Taiqingzi plan ahead and let me and Jun Yelin walk the strange path? Do you know, in the first upheaval of heaven and earth, the remains of a Fallen Immortal drifted from the deep sea, indicating a calamity that even immortals cannot resist, and what Taiqingzi is doing is the only solution..."

"I don’t care what secrets you have or how you think, I’ve given you the things, from today on, you must cultivate for me. If you don’t take this path, I’ll refine you."

"Make you into a puppet, or kill you!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Her words carried an unmistakable threat.

Li An’s eyebrows furrowed tightly.

"Don’t forget, you once swore an oath to help me revive the Demon Sect and kill my sister..."

She stood up, suddenly took out a hairpin, placed it on the table, and said, "It’s my sister’s, I had a fight with her."

"I told you not to go looking for her."

Li An’s brows furrowed even more.

"Don’t worry, I didn’t win the fight, but I didn’t exactly lose either."

Shangguan Xiaoxiao said, "However, the Great Master gave her guidance, and Taiqingzi might collaborate with her to help her become an Alien Immortal."

"The specific news isn’t very clear, but within the Dao Sect, they are planning a great ceremony to become immortals. When the time comes, they may deliberately draw in the Southern Sea’s celestial wind, allowing a group of elites from the Dao Sect to attempt to become immortals amid the upheaval. Immortals achieved in such a way might be more resilient in the future catastrophe..."

"At that time, my sister and I will also take the opportunity to become Alien Immortals."

She walked up to Li An, suddenly extended both hands, and grabbed his cheeks.

Li An wanted to resist, but he couldn’t. She pulled Li An’s face into a pig face, her eyes were so bright and clear, "Li Gou, I know you have many secrets, but you must walk the path of the Demon Cultivator, you must!"

After speaking, she let go of Li An’s face, and her figure disappeared directly into the void—

She had already left.

All that was left at the scene was a storage ring and a hairpin.

...

Li An collected the ring and the hairpin, his mind calm.

The Dao Sect’s ceremony to become immortals should be targeted at the middle generation; Yun Qian, Xiang Yuntian, and others should all have opportunities.

The original Sect Leader, now Supreme Taiqingzi, getting involved with Shangguan Shengxian is not surprising to Li An.

For Li An, these are all insignificant!

At least for now, he doesn’t have the strength to contend with these people; having the intention wouldn’t change anything.

Without strength, there’s no need to compete, and there’s no hurry for revenge. Focusing on cultivation is the most important thing.

...

Two years passed, and Li An became increasingly familiar with the construction progress on the island. After repeated studies, taking advantage of when no one was watching, he buried the teapot lid into the foundation of an array.

Just as Lady Yi said, this teapot is very mysterious. Once buried, there was no abnormality. Even a Supreme from the Dao Sect came, but didn’t discover any issue.

...

In the blink of an eye, another twenty years passed.

Nanfu Island’s trial ground was finally completely built.

According to the agreement from years ago, each major faction sent their first batch of trialists.