A small black snake peeked out from Lady Shee's sleeve. She smiled and said, "You have something I need to feed my little spirit pet."

Li An felt a slight surprise in his heart.

He was indeed carrying some precious "spiritual food" with him!

Spiritual food is meant for spirit beasts. His Cyan Flame Divine Sparrow usually not only absorbs the energy of his Life Seed for cultivation but also needs spiritual food as a supplement.

Li An was already quite proficient in beast taming skills and could see at a glance that Lady Shee's small black snake was on the verge of transformation, hence its high demand for spiritual food.

"I understand that spiritual food is now rare in this city and everyone is desperately seeking it, so if you, my friend, can give me the spiritual food, besides telling you of available unowned Rank Three spirit vein spots, I can also introduce you to the 'Mountain Lords.' In this way, you will be able to truly settle in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range."

Lady Shee continued.

Li An's heart stirred, as he indeed noticed many places in Celestial Evil City were collecting spiritual food at high prices, but he didn't know why.

"Mountain Lords?"

Li An directly asked.

"Don't you know, my friend?"

Lady Shee gave a surprised smile, "When I saw you carrying spiritual food, I thought you were aware."

"In the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, it's not without masters."

She whispered, "Everything in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range belongs to the 'Mountain Lords.' Only with their permission can one settle down here for cultivation."

"During your journey into the city, you must have encountered quite a few spirit beasts, right?"

Li An nodded.

"Those ferocious spirit beasts also have to obey the Mountain Lords."

Li An was startled.

Among those spirit beasts, there were even Tier Three Great Demons. Even those had masters?

Could it be that there are powerful beast tamers?

"The origin of the Mountain Lords is mysterious, but there is a rumor that they are all from the Demon Race."

Lady Shee smiled.

Li An suddenly understood!

"Currently, one or two Mountain Lords are in urgent need of spiritual food. If you can offer enough, you could earn the favor of a Mountain Lord. If you wish to settle here, this is the perfect opportunity."

Li An pondered; the truth of Lady Shee's words was hard to decipher, but he believed most of it was true.

This logic held up.

The Demon Race, although different from spirit beasts, shares some similarities, so spiritual food would indeed be useful to them.

And Jiang Ribai, who escaped here, naturally resorted to collecting spiritual food for those "Mountain Lords" as the best option to establish himself in the Celestial Killer Mountain Range.

Moreover, he himself originated from the Jiang family, well-acquainted with these matters.

Hence, raiding the Jiang Clan came naturally.

Especially since these years coincided with a period of rapid expansion and development of Li An's enterprise, so him being robbed was not unusual.

"Thank you, Lady Shee!"

Li An said, "Indeed, I heard some news while coming to the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, aware that spiritual food was rare and hence brought some, not realizing there was such a hidden story."

He hesitated for a moment, then immediately took out a purple box, "Thank you for your guidance, Lady Shee; I have not much to offer in return."

Although this spiritual food was quite precious, to Li An, it was not a big deal.

In the Jiang family, acquiring such things was too easy for him.

The spiritual food gently floated towards Lady Shee, and she caught it with one hand. The little snake became exceedingly lively and excited.

"Thank you, my friend!"

Lady Shee was delighted, "When are you free? I can introduce you to see the Mountain Lord?"

Li An shook his head and said, "There's no need for now. I have no spiritual food left, going to meet the Mountain Lord empty-handed might not be appropriate."

He still needed to further verify the truth of Lady Shee's information and also investigate Lady Shee herself.

This is the Celestial Killer Mountain Range; nothing here is simple!

"If what I say is false, may I be struck dead by the five thunders."

Seemingly noticing Li An's caution, Lady Shee smiled slightly, made a vow, then tossed a token to Li An, "This is my token. When you need it, you can bring this token to the 'Treasure Pill Pavilion' in the city; there will naturally be someone to guide you to see me."

"Farewell."

After speaking, Lady Shee turned and left.

From beginning to end, she never asked Li An for his name.

...

Soon after, Li An changed his appearance again in a secluded place and stayed in the city for three to five days.

He focused on inquiring about related news about "Mountain Lords" and "spiritual food."

With Chen Cai and others' memories and experiences, he acted like a native old hand in the city, so he did not suffer any losses and managed to get some information.

It essentially corroborated what Lady Shee had said.

The so-called "Mountain Lords" were shrouded in secrecy; no one mentioned their origins.

But the Mountain Lords seemed to be the real masters of the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, intricately connected with the Demon Race.

If one were at Foundation Establishment level or below, it was fine; they could still stay in the city because Celestial Evil City also had Tier Two spirit veins. But Core Formation cultivators needed Rank Three spirit veins, and to make a stand here, they must have the Mountain Lords' permission.

The surrounding Mangcang Mountain Range belonged to different Mountain Lords.

"Demon Race..."

Li An frowned slightly.

In fact, after learning about the Celestial Killer Mountain Range, he had quite a longing for it.

For no reason other than that there were indeed many unowned spirit veins here.

Most of those spirit veins were unclaimed because of the gathering of evil spirits, making it impossible for anyone to set foot, but to Li An, they were true treasure troves.

However, the depth of these Mountain Lords was unknown...

Moreover, he also thought of Tan Qingxue, who had been possessed by a demon overlord; better safe than sorry.

"I'll investigate further later!"

Li An did not rush to make a decision.

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