Chapter 653: Chapter 316: Executioner Gu Fan
Could it be that there are still survivors from the Dao Sect... yet, they were captured, becoming prisoners.
Li An was calm and said, "Young master, why not directly use soul searching? That way, all secrets will naturally be revealed."
Gong Shanqing replied, "Do you even need to say that? Those Dao Sect guys are very cunning. They’ve placed restrictions on their primordial spirits so that once we perform soul searching, the primordial spirit will self-destruct."
Li An said, "Reporting to the lord, regarding the upper echelons of the Dao Sect, I am not familiar with them and don’t have any good methods. However, considering they’re staunch like bones, they are prepared to die and won’t spill anything. We might as well just kill them..."
"You know nothing, directly killing them, how would we explain that to Purple Cloud Mountain if we just kill them!"
Gong Shanqing was somewhat frustrated, "Damn it, what exactly is Purple Cloud Mountain looking for, they don’t even say straight, only asking us to interrogate. Why don’t they interrogate themselves if they have the capability..."
A thought stirred in Li An’s heart, even those from Purple Cloud Mountain have come?
When he was inside the Yi Clan, he vaguely knew that during the great family conflicts in the Spirit Realm of Purple Cloud Province, Shadows of Purple Cloud Mountain were involved!
Purple Cloud Mountain is the real giant of Purple Cloud Province, one of the three thousand famous mountains, and the Gong Clan and Yi Clan are, to some extent, just its affiliates.
Is there something within the Dao Sect that can even make Purple Cloud Mountain interested?
As the Supreme of the Dao Sect, how could he not know?
But he had no intention to care about these matters, nor did he think of saving Taiqingzi and others, as staying uninvolved was the wisest choice at this time. He then volunteered:
"Lord, from this day onwards, I will follow your lead and brave any danger... Is there anything under your command that Gu could do?"
Gong Shanqing thought slightly and said, "Do you know the art of cultivation?"
A look of joy appeared on Li An’s face, and he couldn’t help but say, "Reporting to the lord, I am quite knowledgeable about Spirit Medicine and wish to serve you!"
Gong Shanqing nodded; now that they had taken the Spirit Realm, aside what trouble there was with Purple Cloud Mountain, making Dao Sect a proper place for Blood Medicine cultivation was very important for improving the strength of the entire Gong Clan.
In fact, he initially looked down on someone like Li An from the Spirit Realm but was thin on influence within his clan, recently establishing a few great achievements, and having a rise in status. For subsequent competition with other clan members, more manpower was needed, so he planned to keep Li An.
"Here is our Gong Clan’s Anomalous Qi Dao Mark, once you absorb it, you are then considered a member of our Gong Clan and a true Exotic Spirit!"
He took out a black box and handed it to Li An, who received it with much gratitude.
Then, he arranged for Li An to go to "Evergreen Peak" and also gave him several slaves from the Gong Clan to manage and be responsible for cultivating Spirit Field and grow Blood Medicine on Evergreen Peak.
Li An learned from Gong Shanqing that the Gong Clan valued the Dao Sect lands in the Spirit Realm greatly. After their conquest, they had divvied up the peaks among Gong Shanye, Gong Shanqing, and Gongshan Xiu, the three direct descendants, to govern.
Gong Shanye and Gongshan Xiu held considerable influence within the clan, commanding strong forces and a wealth of talent, but the same couldn’t be said for Gong Shanqing. Without Li An’s help several times, he would not even have a seat at the table. Now, although he had a title, he had no one useful, making it hard to compete with the other two, so even someone like Li An from the Spirit Realm had to be taken under his wing.
After these instructions, Li An led the eight clan slaves to Evergreen Peak.
Shortly after, they landed on the lush Evergreen Peak, and being reacquainted with the place, Li An couldn’t help but feel a complex emotion.
Such a spiritual and beautiful place was about to become a bloodstained land.
But he didn’t dwell on it much and instructed the eight clan slaves to cultivate the fields.
These clan slaves’ cultivation was also not poor, around the level of Nascent Soul; it wouldn’t take long for Evergreen Peak to become an excellent medicine field.
Li An then found a place to enter seclusion, beginning to absorb the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark.
His residence was the cave abode he had built during his time cultivating on Evergreen Peak, and even the Spirit Field outside the cave abode hadn’t changed much...
Entering the seclusion cave and extracting the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark.
He now had a deeper understanding of the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark.
This item essentially functioned as a "credential"!
In the Immortal Realm’s thirty-three heavens, there were countless mysterious creatures, but every force received recognition from the mysterious. Without this item, even if one was altered by the mysterious qi, the speed and quality of absorbing the mysterious qi would be affected. Upon reaching a certain level of cultivation, one’s progress would be stalled, unable to advance further.
Similarly, this item also became a symbol of identity; having it meant becoming a true mysterious creature!
Li An operated his Demon Skill, refining the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark into his body, which was directly absorbed by his Dantian.
Li An took out a piece of Anomaly Crystal and attempted to absorb it.
"Hmm? The speed hasn’t changed at all..."
He couldn’t help but feel puzzled...
He had asked Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao told him that after obtaining the Dao Mark, his cultivation speed was ten times faster than before, differing greatly!
Why was there no change for him?
Could it be that his cultivation speed had been maxed out from the start, so even with the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark, it couldn’t be improved anymore?
This was very possible!
After all, Li An’s cultivation speed was indeed very fast, several times that of ordinary Exotic Spirits, and his monthly Anomaly Crystal consumption was also higher than others.
Doesn’t this mean that the Anomalous Qi Dao Mark was actually useless to him?
