Li An looked at Guo Xiaoxiao, who had fainted on the ground, sipping tea to calm his mind while silently sensing the current changes.

With a single thought, he could perceive everything about Guo Xiaoxiao, including her memories and thoughts!

He could even control Guo Xiaoxiao.

"Yin Yang Demon Sect, Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill!"

His heart tightened. Through Guo Xiaoxiao's memories, he learned the name of this demon skill.

The Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill is an extremely domineering demon Dao cultivation technique, which can transform others into one's puppets through the ritual of "flesh and blood merging."

Moreover, most intriguingly, after other puppets are controlled, they can still maintain a certain level of consciousness, unlike ordinary puppets forged by a Puppet Master, which are merely dead objects.

They can continue to cultivate and live normally, and their cultivation progress and effects will likewise be added to their master above.

For example, now, if Guo Xiaoxiao's level were to increase, Li An would also receive the benefits correspondingly.

However, this method is not without side effects.

The more flesh and blood puppets one controls, the greater the risk of going mad!

After all, the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill not only allows the master to influence the puppet but also allows the puppet to influence the master in return.

Generally speaking, even a late-stage Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator can only control up to three puppets at most.

Li An's Life Seed adds to his Divine Sense, and he can barely reach this number.

"Moreover, the more frequently the puppets are controlled, the more it harms one's soul..."

Li An was cautious.

"This cultivation technique is a Profound Rank High Grade, perhaps with a significant background..."

The Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill is a Profound Rank cultivation technique, and this Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill is the same.

The Demon Sect's foundation is not shallow at all.

However, Guo Xiaoxiao seems to only know the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill, not the Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill.

These two techniques seem to be held by different people within the Demon Sect?

Now, instead, Li An has gathered them both!

"Yin Yang Demon Furnace uses the exchange of Yin and Yang to increase Spirit Root, while the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace merges to control puppets..."

"The two seem to have originated as one!"

Li An sensed something.

The Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill, during Spirit Root advancement, requires a deadly tribulation, which involves taking someone else's body along with the Spirit Root.

But this process is extremely dangerous, requiring various conditions to be met, such as the assistance of Spirit Medicine and being free from Heart Demons, yet still uncertain of success.

However, if assisted by the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace method, refining the host as one's puppet first would make the body-swap effortless.

Why do the people on the Life-taking Horse-Faced side only know about the Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill, while the demon cultivators on the White Tiger City side only know about the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill?

Could it be that there are internal divisions within the Demon Sect?

That's quite normal; according to Li An, the Yin Yang Demon Sect was once extremely prosperous but later declined, and under such conditions, disintegration usually follows.

However, although this cultivation technique is extremely domineering, it's not particularly important to Li An.

With the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, these cultivation techniques all seem rather inferior.

"Additionally, indeed, there are insiders within the Demon Sect in White Tiger Mountain..."

What Li An truly paid attention to was this!

Guo Xiaoxiao is the mistress raised by the second disciple of White Tiger Master, "Jiang Huan."

And appearing to be a mistress, she is actually his disciple!

Jiang Huan is a Squad Leader Level member of the Demon Sect.

The Demon Sect's plan is to act when White Tiger Master changes his Golden Core, eliminate White Tiger Master, and take over White Tiger City!

Based on what Guo Xiaoxiao knows, the Demon Sect's main method is to break the array!

Destroy the Eight Trigrams Locking Array, letting White Tiger Master fail.

Once successful, White Tiger Master will either be dead or severely injured.

At that time, with Jiang Huan suddenly striking, White Tiger City will indeed be in grave danger.

And Guo Xiaoxiao sought out Li An because he is an Array Master. The Demon Sect is controlling all the city's Array Masters using the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace method.

The Eight Trigrams Locking Array requires not only ten plus disciples for stable operation.

Many sections need the "sub-arrays" to maintain the great array's operation.

At that time, White Tiger Mountain will surely need the city's Array Masters to refine the corresponding arrays.

Currently, the Demon Sect's plan seems flawless and quite thorough.

Many other Array Masters have most likely been made into puppets as well.

...

If everything goes smoothly, White Tiger Mountain will start the Golden Core changing method in three months.

"Truly, an unshakeable leech..."

Li An couldn't help but lament; unexpectedly, he walked right into Yin Yang Demon Sect again. With Profound Yang Sect just destroyed, White Tiger City is next.

Knowing all this, Li An began deliberating his next steps.

Personally, he very much wanted to quietly "report" the Demon Sect's plot.

Spread the Demon Sect's plan, and wouldn't they be left staring helplessly? Moreover, he would immediately eliminate Jiang Huan, this Squad Leader Level demon cultivator.

But it was merely a thought; Li An wouldn't do this.

The survival of White Tiger Mountain, what does it matter to him?

If he truly did this, the Demon Sect would surely regard him as an enemy, relentlessly hunting him.

The White Tiger Mountain side might not be grateful either; they'd also investigate him.

Pointless trouble.

Ignoring the Demon Sect's plan, he only had two choices left.

First, leave immediately. It was his plan prior — stay far from troubled lands, find a place to lay low, and let others do their fighting.

Second, stay and watch the changes. Now that he knows the Demon Sect's plan, being a mantis stalked by the oriole, perhaps he could end up like at the Ma Mountain ferry back then, reaping the benefits from behind?

After all, he used almost all his resources to reach Foundation Establishment.

Currently, he only had a couple of thousand Spirit Stones and some hard-to-sell materials.

"Don't be greedy!"

But in the end, Li An shook his head.

Decided to leave!

Constantly standing by the river, one's shoes will get wet; dealing too much with the Demon Sect, one moment of carelessness, and he might get backfired.

Then he looked at Guo Xiaoxiao on the ground.

How should this person be handled?

Killing her directly would alert the Demon Sect.

After hesitating for a moment, Li An stepped forward, injecting a stream of Spiritual Power into her body.

Guo Xiaoxiao gradually woke up.

Her face was pale, looking at Li An, but her eyes inexplicably had a trace of emptiness.

"Remember, from now on, you've successfully made me into a puppet."

"I'm already under your control, following your intentions."

"Understood?"

Li An was secretly circulating the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill, strengthening his connection with Guo Xiaoxiao while speaking.

The Yin Yang Demon Furnace Skill and the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill indeed originated from the same source; he operated them smoothly.

"Understood."

Guo Xiaoxiao's gaze was dull, slightly nodding her head.

"Go, continue handling the tasks Jiang Huan assigned you."

Guo Xiaoxiao got up immediately, walking out of Li An's courtyard somewhat woodenly.

Once she stepped outside, the wooden and empty look in her eyes gradually faded, returning to a normal state.

Others absolutely couldn't tell she is now a puppet!

After sending off Guo Xiaoxiao, Li An packed his luggage. He planned to leave White Tiger City early the next morning—primarily because White Tiger City closes the gates at night, allowing entry and exit only during the day; otherwise, he'd want to leave immediately.

Conveniently, he'd drop by to inform Gu Hong.

...

Early next morning.

Li An was ready to leave.

But just then, the door was knocked upon.

Li An opened the door to see that the visitor was Xu Qiuhui!

Li An's heart slightly tensed; he said calmly, "Greetings, Lord Xu."

There was a hint of complexity in Xu Qiuhui's eyes, but she still spoke, "Qiu Hui is here to ask Daoist Wei for help with an errand; would that be possible?"

Li An knew full well that apparently Xu Qiuhui... indeed fell into the Demon Sect plan.

If Li An had truly become a flesh and blood puppet, her approaching him to refine the array now, would be walking right into a trap.

"Lord Xu, please speak clearly."

Xu Qiuhui said, "Qiu Hui has an array map and hopes Daoist Wei can assist in its refinement."

After saying that, she directly took out an array map and handed it to Li An.

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