Two hours later.
Ten miles outside the market, Li An found an uninhabited forest and opened the storage ring.
With a flash of light, Gu Hong appeared in the woods.
She was wearing a bright yellow dress, tall and slender, with a mature beauty. She was very excited to breathe the air of the real world again.
"Gu Daoyou, this is some money I prepared for you."
Li An handed over another storage bag.
In the storage bag were some elixirs, spirit stones, and a few simple basic magic tools.
Gu Hong did not refuse. She took the storage bag and looked at Li An deeply, with many emotions surging in her eyes.
"Li Daoyou, thank you!"
She spoke sincerely. Li An smiled: "Gu Daoyou, it's more dangerous to leave the market. I have to go back quickly. Please be careful. There are Xuanyang Sect cultivators patrolling this area. You can ask them to escort you away."
"By the way, please keep it a secret about me, Gu Daoyou!"
He didn't want people to know that he killed the demon cultivator and saved Gu Hong.
Gu Hong nodded and said: "Li Daoyou, don't worry, Gu Hong will never leak this matter."
She paused, "Li Daoyou, Gu Hong will go back to the Cuiyue Valley where my master practices. You can write to me at any time, or come to me at any time."
"Gu Hong will remember the friendship of life and death for the rest of her life!"
Li An also spoke deeply: "Gu Hong will remember the friendship of life and death for the rest of her life!"
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Gu Hong left.
Li An quickly changed his appearance and went back to the market.
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Soon after, he returned to the Lingfu Shop.
Everything went well, and no one found out that he had left the market.
"Next, it's time to practice slowly and steadily..."
Li An is now in the best condition.
No longer worried about spirit stones, he has thousands of spirit stones to support him.
Moreover, in terms of magic weapons, he got a first-grade chain mail from the demon cultivator. Although it is slightly weaker than the thorn armor, it is also a treasure.
And a first-grade treasure umbrella, which is a treasure that combines offense and defense. When it is opened, it can instantly send out 300 flying needles. After opening, it can be used as a magic weapon such as a spirit shield.
As for elixirs, he still has three Chongling Pills in his hand for backup.
In terms of talismans, he always keeps about ten first-grade talismans, and then slowly increases them later.
"Li Lang, are you back? What do you want to eat tonight?"
Tan Qingxue came over, wearing a light shirt and a graceful waist. Compared with half a year ago, she now has a more mature charm and extraordinary charm.
"I was eating you."
Li An hugged her into his arms.
"Don't... It's broad daylight, and the door is not closed."
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Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, five years have passed.
Li An has made steady progress and finally reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.
It has been nearly ten years since he and Tan Qingxue came to the market.
Li An is now 38 years old, and Tan Qingxue is older, 44 years old.
In these five years, Li An has never left home.
He also received some letters, mainly from Wang Dazhu and Zhao Xianchuan from the outer sect.
After doing odd jobs for several years, Wang Dazhu finally became a formal apprentice of Master Yu and began to learn to refine weapons. He made some achievements and reached the sixth level of Qi Refining three years ago. Moreover, he is getting stronger and stronger, and even has the hope of becoming a formal disciple and impacting the inner sect.
Li An guessed that a certain bloodline in his body should have been completely developed.
Zhao Xianchuan's cultivation slowed down. He only broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining two years ago, only one step faster than Li An.
Moreover, Zhao Xianchuan had given up on the inner sect and found a Taoist partner in the outer sect to prepare for having children.
In fact, under normal circumstances, Li An and Zhao Xianchuan are both at their peak age.
With their spiritual root qualifications, they can only advance one or two small realms in this life, and then they will stop moving forward. Therefore, it is the best choice to find a Taoist partner to have children while their blood and qi are at their peak.
Although raising offspring can live decades longer than ordinary people, they are still just a handful of yellow earth.
Having children at this time will also improve the spiritual roots of the offspring.
In fact, in the past six months, Tan Qingxue has also consciously worked hard in this direction, but she has not been pregnant.
Because Li An has been locking the dragon essence, it is useless for her to use all kinds of tricks and work a hundred times harder.
Have children and follow the path of family-style cultivation?
Li An had no interest in this. In his previous life, he had run a large family of immortal cultivators at the Jindan level, with many wives and concubines and many children.
But it would only affect his determination and distract his attention!
Especially, for Zhao Xianchuan and others, perhaps they have reached the last peak of their lives and must face the cultivation of the next generation.
But Li An still has infinite hope. With the blessing of the Yangming Zhuxian Jue, he can live hundreds of years longer than Zhao Xianchuan and others in the Qi Refining Stage alone.
Slowly endure, but also endure.
In addition, he also received an unsigned letter with only a few short sentences in the letter:
"I have returned, don't worry."
"If there is anything, just write to me, I will help you when the letter arrives."
Li An knew, of course, that the letter was written by Gu Hong.
She was very careful and was afraid of causing trouble to Li An, so the letter was passed around several times before it reached Li An's hands, showing an attitude.
Will never forget Li An's great kindness. Li An was very satisfied with this. The most perfect thing was that no one knew that it was Li An who saved Gu Hong. This was a hidden favor and trump card.
At the same time, during this period, the Dali Dynasty became increasingly restless, and the Yin-Yang Demon Cult became more and more powerful.
In the Xuanyang Sect, a secret order was also passed down that all disciples must destroy the corresponding Yin-Yang Demon Cult skills immediately once they found them. Those who dared to practice privately would be killed without mercy.
Li An asked around and found out that the Yin-Yang Demon Cult had been actively spreading the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace Gong in the Dali Dynasty in recent years!
Even in the Qingyang Market, some other spells disguised as magic skills had appeared and were found out.
Li An was very concerned about this and secretly investigated and found that the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace Gong that the Yin-Yang Demon Cult spread widely should be a defective version. Many key parts were deleted, and it was far from reaching the level of the Xuan-level skills.
Those abridged versions of the Yin-Yang Demon Furnace Gong that were circulated could still improve spiritual roots and enhance cultivation, but the speed would be very slow, and there was no content of the Shapeshifting Technique.
Obviously, the Yin-Yang Magic Furnace Technique is the treasure of the Yin-Yang Magic Cult, and the Magic Cult cannot really treat it as a free cabbage and sell it everywhere.
However, the abridged version is still extraordinary, and it can be regarded as a mid-level yellow-grade technique. For the world, it is still tempting. After all, it can improve the spiritual roots and enhance the cultivation. I am afraid that many low-level cultivators will give up everything for this.
It is precisely because of this that the number of followers of the Magic Cult is increasing, and the security in the Dali Dynasty is becoming more and more chaotic.
Therefore, there is news that the three major sects may restart the war. It is said that the division of interests of the three major sects for the mid-grade spiritual mine seems to have problems again.
In short, the outside world is not peaceful!
This situation can also be felt in the market.
Therefore, Li An is more and more urgent. The attack of the Magic Cult on the market a few years ago is still vivid in his mind. The only good strategy is to strengthen himself.
"Li Lang, it's time to rest."
At night, Tan Qingxue came in, wearing a snow-white skirt. She casually put her arms around Li An's neck and sat on Li An's thighs. Suddenly, she gently lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing her beautiful legs in snow-white silk stockings.
"Li Lang, that white silk you mentioned... is this it?"
She breathed like orchid, "I want to give you a child, okay?"
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In the blink of an eye, another eight years passed.
After eight years, Li An finally completed the fifth level of Qi Refining and was ready to attack the sixth level of Qi Refining.
During this period, news came from the inner gate.
Xu Qiuhui, the foundation was successfully built!
Li An was expected to do this, but Tan Qingxue was extremely happy.
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One day three months later, early in the morning, the door of the talisman shop was suddenly knocked.
Li An opened the door and was stunned when he saw the person outside.
"Master Li Fu, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"
Xu Qiuhui was wearing a light yellow dress, looking as bright as ever, and smiled slightly.
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