One month later.

Under the arrangements of the senior members of the Jiang family, Li An and Jiang Ruoshi set out together for the Great Li Dynasty.

Jiang Ruoshi didn't bring many people; including Li An as their "guide," there were only eight of them, but among them were two Fake Pill practitioners, two at Foundation Establishment Perfection, and two at Late-Stage Foundation Establishment.

The configuration was very high!

They moved extremely fast; within a few days, they had traversed mountains and forests and stealthily entered the territory of the Great Li.

Along the way, Jiang Ruoshi consulted Li An about many locations and the original division of power in the northern part of the Great Li, and also took out many maps for thorough inspection and verification.

Li An guessed that this was the final preparation before the war!

Over the years, the Jiang family must have sent many people to infiltrate the northern Great Li, draw maps, and gain a clear understanding of the situation, among other things.

But before the great war, there is some important task that requires a family core member like Jiang Ruoshi to personally deal with.

Li An followed along, silently contemplating the Jiang family's intentions.

Subsequently, Jiang Ruoshi also had Li An lead the way to the Ten Thousand Miles Abyss, but he did not enter; he only confirmed the location and the surrounding mountains and roads and made important markings on the map.

"Do you know anything about the Divine Sword Sect?"

While resting inside the former Qingfeng Stronghold, Jiang Ruoshi studied the map for a long time before looking up and asking.

"The Divine Sword Sect is one of the Core Formation forces in the north of the Great Li, with a deep foundation, but I've had little interaction with them..."

Li An answered honestly.

Jiang Ruoshi nodded and said, "Hmm, you just stay here and wait for us; I have some important matters to attend to."

Evidently, Li An's role was to bring them to the Ten Thousand Miles Abyss, and after mapping the path, he wasn't qualified to participate in the subsequent affairs.

"Young master,"

Li An respectfully said, "Not sure how long I need to wait?"

"As little as two months, as much as half a year."

Jiang Ruoshi said calmly, but upon departure, he laid down a Tier Two trapping formation around the mountain stronghold!

Clearly, they feared that Li An might run away, revealing their secrets.

Thus, in a way, Li An was "softly confined" first.

After they left.

"Two months, that's enough..."

Li An's eyes sparkled.

He carefully looked for flaws in this Tier Two trapping formation, researched for a long time, and with the help of Shangguan Xiaoxiao, bypassed this heavy arrangement, quickly left, and captured a bandit in a small nearby stronghold, refined him into a flesh puppet, and placed it back in the Qingfeng Stronghold, transformed to look just like him.

This was to guard against Jiang Ruoshi and others suddenly returning.

Then he went to a forest near the Ten Thousand Miles Abyss and dug out the storage bag he had buried there.

In the bag were two small swords, Black Poison and Cold Ice, and two pieces of Tribulation Jade.

With two Rank Three flying swords in hand, Li An felt assured and headed straight for White Tiger City.

Ten days later, he reached White Tiger City,

He first found Zhao Yi in a town outside of White Tiger City.

Zhao Yi had been stationed there by him, constantly observing White Tiger City.

By reading Zhao Yi's memories, he acquired much information!

The Great Li Dynasty had undergone further drastic changes!

In the decades since Li An left the Great Li, two imperial uncles of the Great Li Dynasty broke through to Nascent Soul, increasing their number to five!

Their strength had greatly increased.

Moreover, they dispatched experts to reclaim the Northern Border and rebuilt Celestial Yang City.

The Northern Border's White Tiger City, Hundred Beasts Sect, and Divine Sword Sect were also directly annexed by the Great Li royal family; reportedly, only a few remains escaped.

Currently, White Tiger City is under the control of the Great Li royal family.

In addition, the Great Li royal family dispatched troops to attack another neighboring country—Chen—reportedly with numerous victories.

"Shangguan Shengxian..."

Li An couldn't help feeling awed.

All of this must certainly be inseparable from this enchantress!

At the same time, he also guessed the Jiang family's plot.

Taking advantage of the Great Li Empire waging war against Chen, having no time for the north, they would suddenly take action to capture the Northern Border, at least the piece of land where the Ten Thousand Miles Abyss is located.

Jiang Ruoshi now, should be looking for the remnants of the Divine Sword Sect.

Coordinate from within and without!

The plan was very loud, and the strategy very outstanding.

But the outcome...

Li An didn't think much about this, directly changing identities, and entered White Tiger City.

He was exceedingly cautious, found a place to stay in White Tiger City, and spent half a month observing the ancient well where he had buried pills.

There was nothing unusual.

One midnight, he quietly snuck into it and dug out the locked spirit black box he had buried years ago.

Early the next day, he left White Tiger City promptly.

The whole process went very smoothly.

Primarily because his aura could change at any time, and the city couldn't detect the demon dao aura on him at all.

Amid the vast sea of people, as long as he wasn't locked by a special aura, it was too difficult for them to guard against him.

Besides, who would think that in such a broken old well, someone had hidden a top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill buried a hundred years ago?

Li An buried it deeply, at a position of dozens of meters at the well's bottom, so even if the well was reconstructed, it wouldn't reach the locked spirit black box.

"This top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill, wouldn't it be the one you buried here over a hundred years ago during the plotting for Primordial Spirit Pills with Xu Qiuhui and others???"

Even Shangguan Xiaoxiao couldn't help speaking, as she recalled events from a century ago.

At that time, Xu Qiuhui and Zhang Deyi had approached Li An to collaborate in refining the Essence Spirit Pill.

The outcome was that Zhang Deyi was killed, but only one True Core pill and one Secondary Pill were produced; at that time, people on the White Tiger Mountain side carefully investigated and all believed Zhang Deyi indeed failed to refine a top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill.

But now, Li An actually dug out one from a depth of dozens of meters???

How could she not be impressed...

"Li Gou, oh Li Gou, you really... are a dog!"

She was left speechless.

What kind of person is this, hiding a top-grade Primordial Spirit Pill, burying it for over a hundred years before coming to dig it up!!

If the enemy had a slightly shorter lifespan, these hundred years would have directly endured them to death.

But remembering how Li An was so cautious, willing to stay in the muddy sewage for twenty-two years, she suddenly felt it actually understandable...

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