Chapter 218 - 180: Certain Death Situation (Extended - )

"Zhou Libai and the others have left. Why don’t you leave too?"

Xiang Yuntian asked Li An.

Li An replied, "I don’t have enough Spirit Stones to contribute, where could I even go?"

Xiang Yuntian nodded, "Got it, you’re poor too."

"Xiang bro and fellow Daoist Zhou don’t seem to get along...?"

Li An asked.

He keeps calling her Zhou the Witch...

"Zhou Libai has been cultivating here for eleven years, changed two Dao companions. After her last Dao companion died, she coveted my body and even tried to seduce me."

Xiang Yuntian narrated calmly.

"And then what happened?"

"I chased her around the mountain with my sword for three big laps. If it weren’t for Lady Shee stopping me, I would have killed her!"

Li An: "..."

"Look at her current Dao companion. What a state is he in? He’s not far from death either."

Xiang Yuntian said, casting a glance at Li An. "So, staying away from this demoness witch is the best course for you, otherwise, you’ll end up dead by her hands sooner or later."

Li An suddenly understood why the first time he went to visit Xiang Yuntian, Xiang Yuntian warned him to stay away from Zhou Libai, or face death...

At the time, Li An thought Xiang Yuntian and Zhou Libai had a fling.

Turns out, it was like this...

Looking back, Xiang Yuntian meant well at the time.

It’s just, he’s inherently low on emotional intelligence, straightforward, and then invaded by Evil Qi, making him even more stubborn.

Li An could understand Xiang Yuntian’s personality, as most Sword Cultivators in the world are like that.

There aren’t many Sword Cultivators.

To achieve in Sword Dao, one’s state of mind is exceptionally important. Once the mind is tainted, at best the cultivation realm stagnates and hardly progresses, at worst it leads to being possessed or obsessed.

But Sword Cultivators also have a problem. So focused on Sword Heart, they often neglect other fields of cultivation.

Ordinarily, Sword Cultivation sects are super powerful establishments, but once a Sword Cultivator leaves their original sect, they find it hard to survive, as earning Spirit Stones becomes difficult.

No wonder Xiang Yuntian is this poor, allowing himself to be invaded by Evil Qi, and can’t even afford a Purifying Evil Pill.

Ordinary people pushed to this extent easily become rogue cultivators, and if a Sword Cultivator becomes one, they’re dangerously prone to going astray and causing harm to others.

Xiang Yuntian is indeed... having a tough time.

"Thank you for the warning, fellow Daoist Xiang!"

Li An expressed his gratitude.

"No need to thank."

Xiang Yuntian hesitated, seeming a bit unsure, but in the end, he still spoke, "Lin An, can you lend me some Spirit Stones?"

Li An: "..."

"I’m not well-off either, truly can’t afford to support you, Xiang bro... Here are two thousand low-grade Spirit Stones, please accept them with a smile, no need to regard it as a loan."

Two thousand low-grade Spirit Stones only convert to twenty middle-grade ones.

For a True Core cultivator, that’s very little!

Li An’s thinking was simple, not related by blood, why lend Spirit Stones? Besides, with you, a Sword Cultivator near death, who knows how many days you have left. When the time comes, will you ask King Yama for the money?

But he also didn’t want to make it too ugly, to avoid Xiang Yuntian bearing a grudge, always leave room for others.

"Lend me more, give me a thousand middle-grade Spirit Stones!"

Xiang Yuntian looked at Li An.

Li An’s brows furrowed slightly, a thousand Spirit Stones are a small matter, but for Xiang Wentian to be so greedy, giving them would make Li An seem soft and easy to bully?

"I don’t have that much."

Li An said indifferently, "Will you take five hundred?"

When Xiang Yuntian dies, Li An naturally has ways to retrieve those five hundred Spirit Stones with interest.

"Alright, fine, thanks."

Xiang Yuntian accepted the Spirit Stones from Li An, saying, "I’ve never owed anyone in my life, but this month, I first owe Zhou Libai a Purifying Evil Pill, and now I owe you a favor."

"That witch Zhou Libai, I’ve wanted to cut her down long ago, but out of respect for her pill, I spared her life, ending my killing intent."

"As for you, I’m planning to leave the Celestial Killer Mountain range next month, and before I go, I’ll repay your favor."

He looked at Li An, "I don’t have other skills, but I’m good at killing, you can think carefully, let me know who to kill—anyone below Nascent Soul, you pick."

"That’s it."

Xiang Yuntian turned and left, returning to Lingyuan Peak.

After he left.

Li An pondered for a moment, this Xiang Yuntian... truly fits the Sword Cultivator stereotype, foolish beyond measure.

He completely acts according to his own will.

"This array, seems to be an array core..."

Li An descended the mountain, checking around where the two True Core cultivators had just set down the arrays, one by one.

In his past life, he was already a Rank Three Array Master. Now he’s further studied the Demon Sect’s array inheritance, making him quite the expert in arrays.

After careful inspection.

"Indeed, the array set here is likely the core of another array, and also its weak point..."

Li An pondered.

After thinking it over, he decided to visit Miss Xiaoying.

With such a large array, Mountain Master Bai likely has something big planned, and this would definitely not escape Xiaoying’s notice.

...

"Miss Xiaoying, Xiaohong’s been chirping and chattering these last few days, I’ve been wondering what’s going on, turns out she misses you."

Watching Xiaoying play with Xiaohong the bird, Li An couldn’t help but chuckle, "Now that she’s seen you, she’s become so well-behaved."

Xiaoying said, "But you’re so weak, till now, you haven’t got a single contribution point... When will Xiaohong be able to take form and play with me?"

She was very straightforward.

Li An didn’t feel awkward at all and said, "Actually, I’d like to find some opportunities to earn a few contribution points, but I’m just too weak, if I die, Xiaohong would be left all alone..."

"Miss Xiaoying, is there something big happening in the mountains recently? Everyone seems to be so busy, arrays are being set up everywhere."

Xiaoying said, "You didn’t know?"

"That ugly lizard is about to take form, its innate bloodline is too good. The Mountain Master got the news that Jie Qianyuan is coming to snatch it, so they have to set up a defensive grand array in advance..."