Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

Below is a bottomless abyss, mist ebbs and flows!

The more accomplished a cultivator is, the deeper the sensation while traversing this path. After stepping onto the path of cultivation, flying and escaping the earth become commonplace. Who has the chance to walk like a mortal? Now, feeling jittery is enough to stir inner fear!

Dao Sect says: Only by knowing fear does one become truly strong.

Li An swallowed the Sealing Spirit Pill, rendering his spiritual power unusable. Walking along the stone bridge by the cliff, after taking a dozen steps or so, he already felt a tremor in his heart, his back faintly damp!

With a glance downward, dizziness almost instantly overcame him.

No other reason, it’s too high!

"Damn it..."

Li An quickly steadied his mind, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly squatted down, using his hands and feet, slowly moved towards the stone cave at the end...

"Huh?"

On the cliff behind, several disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall widened their eyes.

This... actually crawling over??

"Truly... so cowardly!"

"Probably the most cowardly True Disciple, right?"

"I’ve seen slow walkers, but it’s the first time seeing someone crawl..."

Who’s crawling... Once word gets out that you got scared and crawled over at the Cliff of Reflection, what about your reputation?

As it happens, Li An doesn’t care...

...

About a few hours later.

Li An finally reached the stone cave on the opposite side. On the spacious protruding ground in front of the cave, he rolled over and lay down, looking up at the sky, exhaling a long sigh of relief.

It was truly perilous!

The Dao Sect indeed knows how to play. Midway, Li An’s legs indeed went weak several times, and his body was soaked with sweat.

"Hmm? Who is it..."

From within the cave, hearing the commotion, Xiang Yuntian walked out. When he saw Li An lying on the ground, he couldn’t help but rub his eyes and said, "Old sly one, why are you here?!"

"What sect rule did you violate?"

Li An struggled to get up and said, "What sect rule violation, it was your Peak Master who insisted on inviting me to teach you the Sword Dao..."

"Aren’t you going to take out some wine to entertain me?"

Xiang Yuntian pouted, "Drinking wine here at the Cliff of Reflection, you can only drink dew!"

...

At this moment.

Celestial Dao Peak.

"Sect Leader, it’s truly unexpected that Li An would have such an accident, sigh..."

Gui Changshou said, "Now that he’s punished to the Cliff of Reflection, I’m afraid it requires the senior brother’s intervention..."

The Sect Leader furrowed his brows slightly and said, "Li An is always a slippery one. Did he discover something, thus using this as a golden cicada shedding its shell?"

"It’s possible, but his friendship with Xiang Yuntian doesn’t seem to be feigned or pretentious."

The Sect Leader pondered for a moment and said, "No matter, there’s no urgency for now, Ye Lin isn’t prepared either."

"Let’s also give Li An some time, let him cultivate the Demon Seed to a stronger state."

...

Xiang Yuntian was extremely curious about Li An’s reason for coming here, but Li An did not tell him.

No need.

The cave at the Cliff of Reflection is quite spacious, empty with nothing inside. Xiang Yuntian was not idle; he practiced his sword and felt the Sword Dao every day.

Li An also quietly cultivated while contemplating.

The reason he fought Luo Zijie hard was to leave the Evergreen Peak!

Gui Changshou and the Sect Leader are birds of a feather. Staying at Evergreen Peak is very dangerous, only being manipulated by them.

The Cliff of Reflection is a restricted area for closed cultivation, no one can come. For Li An, it’s equivalent to a clean land.

Of course, he couldn’t be sure he is completely safe. After all, if the Sect Leader wants to come, presumably no one can stop him, right?

But with Xiang Yuntian by his side, if the Sect Leader wants to deal with Li An, there’s a risk of the matter being exposed. They act so low-key and secretly, surely not wanting any clues seen.

Plus, the Peak Master of Heroic Sword Peak is upright and strong. If something happens to Xiang Yuntian, he would surely inquire...

All in all, Li An has come here, treating Xiang Yuntian as his Protective Talisman.

"The Demon Seed still needs to be nurtured!"

Li An thought for a while. Although he has done so much, he still decided to follow the intention of Gui Changshou and others, to cultivate the Demon Seed.

In case they really coerce him, by all means, when there’s no way out, this would also be his trump card, either to survive or to exchange for something, it’s all possible.

...

In the blink of an eye, thirty years passed.

...

On this day, the Sect Leader arrived again at a secluded valley.

In the small bamboo house, Ye Mo, the great master of the Demon Sect, seemed to know he would come today, so he had already prepared a chessboard.

Jun Yelin was meditating beside, fully absorbed in his state.

The Sect Leader entered the bamboo house, first staring at Jun Yelin for a long time, finally nodded, and said, "Thank you, great master, for your nurturing. Jun Yelin must eternally remember your great kindness for this opportunity!"

The great master slightly smiled and said, "What great kindness or not, I am merely a dead man, just borrowing Jun Yelin to fulfill a wish from before my death. Ultimately, it was you who made it happen."

The Sect Leader sat down, and the two began playing chess.

"How is the preparation of the Demon Seed?"

The great master asked.

The Sect Leader said, "He has stayed at the Cliff of Reflection for thirty years; I do not know how it is."

The great master lifted his eyebrows to look at him, "Such an important matter, could the rules of the Cliff of Reflection possibly stop you?"

The Sect Leader placed a piece nonchalantly, saying, "If I want to go, I certainly can, but, why bother? Let it be, let it be."

The great master sighed and said, "Taiqing, you still can’t get past yourself."

"Ultimately, it’s just a matter of taking a Demon Seed from Li An. Once he has entered the Dao Sect, the Demon Seed is of no use to him. Losing the Demon Seed is not only harmless but allows you to watch over him, which is a great boon for him. Why can’t you see this?"

The Sect Leader said, "Indeed, the result would be a win-win, but some things arise from selfish desires and are born from dark evil. Just as if I wield a knife to kill, the one I intend to kill does not die by my hand, but is instead cured of an ailment by my cut. Do I then have merit? Is there not guilt?"