Chapter 685: New Identity (5800 Added)

Qingding Mountain.

Behind the mountain, beneath a peak wreathed in clouds and mist.

Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong waited at the foot of the mountain, their faces full of trepidation.

A few days ago...

The Coalition of cultivators broke through the Qingding Sect, wiped out all the remnants, and subsequently occupied this place.

Not long after, a Golden Core Cultivator from Wanhua Valley arrived; she was a charming female cultivator known as 'Wanhua Furen'.

Aaron invited her directly into the back of the mountain to negotiate, and no one knew what the result was.

"Sigh..." Li Jiantong was slightly happy at first, but then it turned into worry: "It is a pity that after searching the entire treasury of the Qingding Sect this time, we did not find any life-extending spiritual items..."

Aaron continued to ask about the situation, letting Shen Wantong report on the spoils of war and the list of several cultivators they were focusing on.

Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong hurriedly bowed.

Aaron smiled slightly: "My surname is Fang, a mere Loose Cultivator. Recently, by a stroke of luck, I succeeded in Foundation Establishment and am looking for a place to cultivate..."

A patrolling law-enforcement cultivator's eyelids twitched, and he immediately stepped forward to pay his respects: "Welcome, Senior, to our Wanshang Market. No matter what needs you have, we will do our best to fulfill them..."

As for how the Li Family's influence is expanding? To be honest, he did not care too much...

"Brother Li, you are worrying unnecessarily..." Shen Wantong laughed: "Unless necessary, Golden Core Ancestors will never fight to the death. Since your Ancestor was able to kill Qingyunzi, Wanhua Furen will certainly not dare to push too hard... From now on, this Lin Kingdom will be the Li Family's world. I congratulate you, brother!"

In reality, the best secret method for extending life was held right in his own hands.

Originally, the Qingding Sect destroyed the Haoran Sect and also took advantage of the situation to annex the Wu Country.

And that Ancestor Qingjing did indeed look like his time was running out, which was truly worrying!

There were too few Li Family cultivators; they had bitten off more than they could chew and truly could not spare any Foundation Establishment cultivators to come and preside over things.

Moreover, due to convenient transportation and abundant Spirit Qi, the market established here could always attract many Loose Cultivators, earning a large amount of Spirit Stones for the main family.

On this day, a young Foundation Establishment cultivator, riding a High-grade Magical Tool, landed at the entrance of the 'Wanshang Market'.

Although he was not of the Li Family bloodline, he could let the Li Family know of the existence of the "Bloodline Reincarnation Method," voluntarily sacrifice a clansman with excellent talent, and then he could put on the other party's skin to continue acting with authority for another five hundred years...

By then, a Golden Core cultivator from the Li Family would instead become a major factor dragging down the development of the power.

"We dare not!"

Shen Wantong's expression also became solemn.

Four years later.

But he did not intend to do so.

Dongmen Valley.

After the Li Family destroyed the Qingding Sect, this Spirit Vein and market in Dongmen Valley naturally fell into the hands of the Li Family.

"No need for formalities."

"Brother Shen, what do you think of this matter?"

Aaron waved his hand lightly and airily.

"Greetings, Senior!"

'And... the larger the base, the greater the possibility of having good Spirit Root aptitude... Using bloodline restrictions is too stupid.'

"Life and death are fated... I have already looked past it."

Since he had decided to build a force to support his grand plan of growing medicine, Aaron naturally still had to develop it a bit.

'Li Qingjing can live for a few more decades, let the Li Family be happy for a while, and then he can go die... Then I can continue to operate another Loose Cultivator identity and establish a sect in the Lin Kingdom! A peaceful handover!'

Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong looked at each other in dismay; this was no longer just cutting off a wrist to save the arm, but directly chopping off half the body!

"What? My time is running out, and the Li and Shen families are thin on the ground. Could it be that you still want to swallow both countries?" Aaron rolled his eyes: "Or should I, this Ancestor, drag these old bones to continue fighting to the death with Golden Core cultivators?"

Aaron smiled slightly, and a strand of Dharma Power lifted the two of them up.

Under a towering spiritual apricot tree, Aaron sat cross-legged, his beard and hair all white, looking at the two who had arrived.

This place was located at the border of the Lin and Wu countries and had experienced the control of many forces such as the Dongmen family, the Sanshan Association, the Qingding Sect, and the Haoran Sect...

Alas...

Li Jiantong recognized it; that was Wanhua Furen's 'Hundred Flower Fragrant Carriage'.

'By the way... it is also a way to throw away the hatred for destroying the Qingding Sect... That is the Li Family's business, what does it have to do with me, Ancestor Fang? Even if the remnants of the Qingding Sect want revenge in the future, they must find the right person!'

How could Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong withstand this? They both knelt down immediately...

Later, it was the Supreme Elder of the Li Family who spoke, contracting this place out for the price of ten thousand Spirit Stones every ten years.

At this moment, Aaron's voice reached the ears of both him and Shen Wantong: "Come up!"

'Looking at the Far West, sect forces also suppress families... The reason is simple... If a disciple is no good, you can throw them away and find another, but if your own son is no good, can you really abandon him?'

And now, those forces had all been destroyed, but the Spirit Vein of Dongmen Valley still existed.

This time, Aaron just moved his lips, and he ceded more than half of the Qingding Sect's territory...

The two reported one by one, and at the end, they pleaded guilty: "Ancestor... we are incompetent and did not find any life-extending spiritual items..."

Such a treaty of ceding territory and paying indemnities, humiliating the nation and forfeiting its sovereignty, was something even Qingyunzi would not have dared to sign.

But Aaron did not care!

After all, he had no historical baggage, nor was he burdened by any reputation...

Li Jiantong and Shen Wantong below were still fantasizing about the future, not knowing that the Ancestor sitting above was already calculating how to shift the blame...

"Ancestor... what was the result?" Li Jiantong asked with trepidation.

"Shen family boy, you are also considered an in-law of this family, no need to stand on ceremony."

Aaron waved his hand and made his decision.

"Ancestor is wise!"

Li Jiantong asked with a worried look on his face.

"I am not the real Li Jia Lao Zu; being bound to a family is, after all, too..."

Several nearby Foundation Establishment families and small sects gritted their teeth, paid the Spirit Stones for the contract, and jointly operated a free market, naming it "Wanshang Market."

It is Li Qingjing whose reputation has turned foul; what does that have to do with me, Fang Yu?

Even if Fang Yu's identity were exposed, it would actually be nothing more than a mask for Aaron...

Three hours later, a colorful streak of Light drifted leisurely away from the Back Peak, scattering flower petals all along the way.

"Directly give up Wu Country?"

On the summit of Hou Shan.

Li Jiantong thought about it; the Li Family was indeed thin on strength, and even if they united with the Shen Family, taking over Lin Kingdom would be quite strenuous, and they were indeed powerless to expand outward; furthermore, the Ancestor had already made the decision and was merely notifying him, so what else could he say?

"How is the situation at Qingding Sect?"

"Greetings, Ancestor..."

"Then it is settled."

And besides... he just wanted to find a Spirit Vein to cultivate Spirit Medicine...

"Since Qingding Sect has been destroyed, the alliance with Wanhua Valley is naturally void..." Aaron waved his hand: "Other than that... this seat promises to completely abandon Wu Country and let those hungry wolves chase after it... as for Lin Kingdom, it shall belong to my Li Family."

The lifespan of a Golden Core Ancestor is the core issue concerning the rise and fall of a power.

This was a new identity he prepared to cultivate.

Let "Li Qingjing" announce seclusion or travel, while the new identity comes here to check in; over time, outsiders will naturally believe it without doubt.

(End of this chapter)