Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant
Chapter 522 - 282: Ambushing Fellow Disciples (Long - ) (Part 3)
Zhan Qingxuan had also appeared twice.
Clearly, as the great change approached, the focus of the Dao Spirit Parrots increasingly shifted to this side.
"This person is dead, they should be buried!"
On this day, a young Dao Sect disciple deliberately or otherwise walked up to Li An, pointing at a dead body on the ground and spoke.
"Wait a bit more, soon now. If this person is buried, it will likely cause problems; I do not want to die..."
Li An spoke softly.
His strategy now was simple, just delay!
Keep delaying!
If he acted against these Dao Sect disciples now, and the news leaked out, if Su Yebai and the others knew Li An didn’t act according to their plans, it’d truly be bad. They might come up with more vicious plans, completely escaping his control...
But he predicted, as the external situation evolved, for safety, the Dao Spirit Sect would ultimately seal this place completely.
By then, everything that happened on this island wouldn’t be known to those outside the Dao Sect!
...
Finally, on this day, Shui Changxiao and the others acted, fully activating the array protecting Giant Tomb Island, completely isolating themselves from the outside world!
"Still not buried?!"
Seeing this, the people of the Dao Sect became a bit anxious, fearing they might miss an important event.
"We’ll bury them tonight!"
Li An finally spoke up.
That night, seizing a moment when no one was watching, he found Shui Changxiao and said, "Senior, Huaihai has something to report..."
Shui Changxiao appeared a bit tense lately and asked, "What is it?"
"I, junior, have discovered that some people on our island seem not much affected by the Anomalous Qi. They seem somewhat strange..."
Li An spoke, describing how those people’s life forces seemed to deplete slower, they weren’t sensitive to the Anomalous Qi and were less affected, moreover, they often contacted each other in private...
He mentioned not only the seventy-nine Dao Sect members but included several dozens more. After all, if he pinpointed only the Dao Sect disciples, it would cause suspicion.
Upon hearing this, Shui Changxiao immediately looked gravely serious and asked Li An for more details about these people.
"This information is very important! Elder Ying, you’ve made a great contribution!"
He gave Li An a heavy pat on the shoulder and said, "In a few days, I’ll request a longevity Pill for you again!"
By now, Li An appeared extremely aged, like an elderly man with one foot in the grave, looking as if he won’t live long, but still he was given false hopes.
"I’ll investigate right away!"
Shui Changxiao did not doubt Li An, after all, Li An knew a lot about the Anomalous Qi, and frequently wandered the island. It was normal for him to have some discoveries, besides, much of what Li An said was conjecture...
More importantly, Li An provided a direction!
The Dao Spirit Sect wasn’t unaware of the Dao Sect’s existence and always believed there might be spies on the island.
However, finding them was very difficult.
Now, with more defined clues, an investigation was inevitable.
...
That night.
A massacre quietly descended!
"Ah––"
"No!"
"Fight them! Long live our Dao Sect!"
The elite disciples of Dao Sect were full of valor, fearlessly dying, causing a significant impact, yet facing the numerous experts of the Dao Spirit Sect, the outcome was indisputable!
All seventy-nine elite disciples of the Dao Sect perished, and in addition to them, hundreds of innocents were caught in the crossfire––aside from those Li An used to mislead, the Dao Spirit Sect, adhering to the principle of rather mistakenly kill than let go, wiped out all connected to them.
"Bury them." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Li An, with a few others, buried the bodies of the Dao Sect disciples into the earth, his expression unnervingly calm.
What of Dao Sect disciples?
Block my path, provoke me...
Then I will kill you!
As for these disciples, from a certain perspective, they were heroes sacrificing their lives to save the world, laudable, but Li An didn’t care.
Whether for the country, for the people, or for saving the world... stand in my way, and I shall see you dead.
Not to mention them, if given a chance, Li An wouldn’t even spare the Daoist Sect Leader!
...
After burying the Dao Sect disciples, he finally enjoyed peace and quiet, without anyone mentioning the dead to him again.
And soon after, with the external tumult, the Dao Spirit Sect made a significant move!
More and more powerful figures arrived, and Li An suspected there were Mahayana Stage experts among them.
"After I’m dead, bury me here... My whole life, I spent here, let me guard this place!"
On this day, according to Shui Changxiao’s wishes, after digging the last pit, Li An lay at death’s door, life nearly depleted; a few young ones from Yingyuan Island gathered around, listening to his final instructions.
"Also, all the Exotic Soil Crystals we’ve excavated... Give them all to Senior Shui, beseech him to show mercy, and let you leave here. Now that the pits are dug, you staying here serves no purpose..."
Li An, his skin appearing nearly dead, hair disheveled, emaciated to just skin and bones, like a zombie, after giving his final instructions, he slowly closed his eyes and fell.
"Elder Ying!"
"Supreme!"
"Supreme!"
The young ones from Yingyuan Island were in deep sorrow, crying uncontrollably.
...
They buried Li An’s body in the pit as he requested.
...
"Elder Shui, Ying Huaihai has died."
A supervising disciple came over to report to Shui Changxiao, "The body is buried, the few from Yingyuan Island brought a gift, the Exotic Soil Crystals they dug up."
"Those few said Ying Huaihai’s dying wish was to plead with the Elder to let the people of Yingyuan Island leave in his name."
Hearing this, Shui Changxiao coldly replied, "Such nerve! On his account? What account does he have?"
"Take the stuff, let them get out."
Ying Huaihai? Someone who never mattered to him when alive, how could he possibly matter after death?
...
Outside.
Boom!
As though there came an unimaginable force, sweeping from the deeper parts of the Southern Sea; where it reached, the seawater surged skyward, forming terrifying waves, like a ghostly face ready to devour everything!
The great change of heaven and earth... had arrived!
...
Good night.