Chapter 209: An Zheyan's Defection

An Zheyan flew for a while, landed in the forest, and walked on foot. He pinched an invisibility technique and arrived at the Li family's territory without anyone knowing. After walking for more than ten miles, he saw a stretch of civilian houses. After walking for dozens of miles, Lijing Town was in sight.

Along the way, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and doors were not closed at night, which made An Zheyan remain silent. He pinched the formula and approached to look. The crowd on the street was laughing and talking. An Zheyan strolled through the streets twice and bought a bowl of wontons to eat.

An Zheyan had a craving for food all his life. A bowl of hot wontons entered his stomach, and his full anxiety and sorrow were reduced a lot. He touched a gourd of spiritual wine from his storage bag, drank more than half of it to embolden himself, then walked out of the crowd with slightly red cheeks, and patrolled a Li family soldier who was patrolling the street, shouting:

"Go and tell your master, the An family..."

An Zheyan was preparing to say An family An Zheyan, but his heart was dim, and he continued:

"Loose cultivator An Zheyan has come to visit."

The soldier was just slightly stunned and bowed:

"Please wait a moment, Senior."

After saying this, he went out hurriedly, leaving An Zheyan standing by the wonton stall for a while. Two soldiers invited him to sit in the guest courtyard. An Zheyan nodded and agreed, thinking secretly:

"Forget it, I am a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator after all. Even if that Li Tongya is powerful again, I can die if I seek death. There is no need to stay and suffer. Anyway, there is nothing left to be nostalgic about in this world."

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Li Xuanfeng had not entered seclusion often since Li Tongya went into seclusion, mostly paying attention to the situation in the family. Even if he went into seclusion, it was only for a short half-month, fearing that something would happen to the family if he stayed in seclusion for too long. He was reading the "Spiritual Eye Clear Pupil" in the courtyard, not expecting Li Xuanxuan to walk up hurriedly, speaking shockingly, opening his mouth to say:

"Brother Feng! Something happened in Milin County!"

"What?"

Li Xuanfeng put away the jade slip in his hand, raised his head, slightly horrified, and said in a low voice:

"The Yu family's Milin County?"

"Exactly!"

Li Xuanxuan nodded, his expression quite happy, and answered:

"According to the news from the people below, Milin County had an earthquake, the whole county was in a mess, and the Qi of the market formation in Milin County was linked to the earth veins, which was also shaken, leading to the whole spiritual vein being affected. The spiritual energy concentration will decrease."

Li Xuanfeng was full of doubts after hearing this, shook his head repeatedly, and said in a deep voice:

"How is this possible!"

"It is impossible for the Yu family not to link the earth veins when building the formation, suppressing one place. This formation locks the air and forbids the land, and can even prevent Foundation Establishment cultivators. How could it let the earth veins under their feet have problems? Leading to an earthquake and the collapse of the earth, making them so embarrassed?"

Li Xuanxuan slapped his palm, sat on the position, took the tea handed over by the servant, and said repeatedly:

"Who says it isn't? This is a ridiculous thing... If I hadn't sent people to investigate several times, Milin County would indeed be walls collapsing, everywhere falling, and blood flowing like a river. How could I not believe that such a thing would happen."

Li Xuanfeng thought for a while, suddenly remembered what Li Tongya said about the Fei family being able to drag the Yu family for eight years, laughed loudly, and said in a low voice:

"Seeing Fei Wangbai once said he could drag the Yu family for eight years. Eight or nine out of ten it was them! It was a big deal... I'm afraid Yu Mugao and Yu Xiaogui are now so angry that smoke is coming out of their seven orifices, but they have to swallow this evil result."

"The Fei family's means are probably more than this, just the beginning."

Li Xuanxuan laughed, but looked a bit gloating, and answered:

"I didn't expect Seeing Fei Wangbai to be a dashing figure, but his means are also hard to fathom. If you ask me, this Seeing Fei Wangbai probably secretly moved his hands and feet on the earth veins of Milin County more than ten years ago, and then built the Milin County market. This means broke out within the market's formation, so how can it be stopped?"

"Not bad, Brother's words also make sense."

Li Xuanfeng nodded, scanned with spiritual sense, frowned, and instructed:

"Brother Xuan... I see that your cultivation has not made any progress in the past six months, still in the appearance of just entering Qi Refining. Why is this?"

Li Xuanxuan smiled awkwardly and said in a low voice:

"In the past six months, I have made rapid progress in talisman arts, and all my energy has been put into talisman arts, thinking about drawing more talismans to subsidize the family, and I have to govern the family here, so the speed naturally slowed down..."

Li Xuanfeng shook his head. He was now at the fifth level of Qi Refining and couldn't help but remind his brother:

"Art is a method of self-protection, and the Dao is the top priority. Brother, you must pay attention!"

Li Xuanxuan waved his hand disapprovingly, obviously having thought about it carefully, put down the teacup in his hand, and answered:

"I naturally considered it, but you and Uncle are the best at attacking in the family, and I have never been good at fighting, so I can only study talisman arts. First, to add some income to the family, and second, to protect the younger generation."

He sighed in a low voice and continued:

"I am forty years old this year. How can I break through to Foundation Establishment before sixty? Even if the family gets a second Suiyuan Pill, it will only increase the probability by half a percent. I have no fate with Foundation Establishment in this life, so it is better to study talisman arts more and add some heritage to the family."

Li Xuanfeng paused after hearing this and could no longer say anything, only sighed and answered:

"Brother has a plan in his heart, so nephew cannot say much..."

Li Xuanxuan smiled quite easily and comforted:

"The family still has to rely on you and Uncle. You are only thirty years old now and have reached the fifth level of Qi Refining. It will definitely be in time before sixty."

The two were laughing and talking when Li Xiewen walked into the courtyard hurriedly and bowed:

"Report to the family head! An Zheyan has come to visit!"

"An Zheyan?! He didn't die on Huashan Mountain..."

This name shocked Li Xuanxuan slightly. He looked at Li Xuanfeng, and both of them hooked their smiles. Li Xuanfeng smiled and said:

"Damn, double happiness."

"Bring him up."

Li Xuanxuan instructed. With the formation blessing on this mountain, the Jin Geng long bow in Li Xuanfeng's hand was not for nothing, and he was not afraid of any tricks from this stray dog An Zheyan.

"This person is already a stray dog, but he fled to my house. It seems he wants to defect to us and take revenge on the Yu family."

Li Xuanxuan saw Li Xiewen go down and said in a low voice.

The two waited for the time of a stick of incense, but An Zheyan had not come up yet. Li Xuanxuan had already thought about it floatingly, smiled at Li Xuanfeng, and said solemnly:

"The news of An Jingming's breakthrough was leaked from An Zheyan's mouth. This person's mouth is not tight and cannot be reused. Now that he has come to defect to my family, I don't know if he has any second thoughts. Let's first extract many techniques of the An family from this person's mouth, then we can use him as a thug, and observe carefully for a while first."

Li Xuanfeng was about to answer when a person walked in slowly outside the door. He was wearing a beast-skin hat on his head, his figure was slightly fat, his face was full of anxiety, he bowed, and said respectfully:

"An Zheyan has met the two... seniors."

An Zheyan had reached the end of his rope. He was fish and meat in the hands of the Li family, and he had to grievance himself to greet these two juniors of his son's generation. Li Xuanxuan naturally would not let him be embarrassed on the spot, hurriedly stepped forward, his face full of panic, and said in a low voice:

"Senior, what do you mean! Xuanxuan is terrified!"

An Zheyan's complexion suddenly looked much better, and even a little bit of gratitude arose. His eyes were red, and he hated:

"I only hate that I didn't follow my son's plan and join forces with your noble family to resist the Yu family. Now I have fallen into such a situation. It is really my own fault!"

An Jingming first persuaded An Zheyan to cede Huashan Mountain and let An Jingming marry a direct daughter of the Li family, so that the two families could support each other and resist the Yu family together. An Zheyan was greedy and stingy and didn't want to cede Huashan Mountain. An Jingming had to seek a lower strategy and finally ended up in such a situation.

"Senior, what are you talking about!"

Li Xuanxuan's attitude was very respectful, and he asked in a low voice:

"It's just the current An family... I don't know how it is?"

These words caused An Zheyan's heart to twist with pain, and he cried:

"It has been occupied by my younger brother from a concubine and has become a vassal of the Yu family... Poor my child, I'm afraid he doesn't even have a place to be buried!"

Li Xuanxuan comforted:

"Senior has now become a loose cultivator. Both you and my Li family have a blood feud with the Yu family. Coming to my Li family must also have the intention of joining forces... Why not stay in my house for a while."

Li Xuanxuan spoke nicely. An Zheyan was greatly moved. While grateful, he also understood that once he agreed, he would probably have to make a Profound Scene Spiritual Oath, handing over An Jing's secret techniques and many inheritances. But he was now empty-handed and had nothing, so where was there any room to retreat.

Thinking of the words An Jingming ordered before he died, An Zheyan's eyes were red, and he thought secretly:

"Ming'er said before he died to go to the Li family, there must be his considerations. I just need to be obedient! Now I can only think of nothing else!"

There is a social engagement tonight, so it was a bit late. Sorry.

Added a few hundred words to express apologies^

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