With the great tribulation upon them, the clashes between the Nine Great Immortal Sects and the Immortal Extermination Alliance grew ever fiercer.
Amid such chaos,
even Li Chang'an faced danger from time to time.
Thus, he had long since ordered Song Yu'er and Ye Qingqiu to remain on Azure Mountain, forbidding them from leaving to gain experience.
Song Yu'er's void spirit body and Ye Qingqiu's azure wood spirit body were both important to him. He could not allow either of them to come to harm.
"Azure Mountain is protected by layer upon layer of arrays, as well as the quasi-fifth rank puppet I left behind."
"Logically, unless a Spirit Transformation cultivator acts, Qingqiu shouldn't be in danger. But the hexagram image reads slightly ominous. Something isn't right."
Li Chang'an immediately realized that someone was targeting Ye Qingqiu.
And that person was no weakling.
However,
Ye Qingqiu cultivated on the mountain year-round and had never made enemies. Why would anyone target her?
"Perhaps it's because of me."
Li Chang'an sighed inwardly, having more or less guessed the reason.
Many years ago,
Ye Qingqiu had wanted to become his disciple.
But he had refused, unwilling to entangle himself too deeply in karma with her lest his own affairs drag her into trouble.
Yet in the eyes of outsiders, Ye Qingqiu was already his disciple.
There was simply no avoiding this karmic tie.
Anyone who wanted to target Li Chang'an would naturally think of his disciple, Ye Qingqiu.
Ye Qingqiu was weaker and easier to strike at.
"Let's see who's plotting in the shadows."
Li Chang'an drew a deep breath and took out various Divination Treasures along with a trace of Ye Qingqiu's aura. He began probing her ominous divination, pushing his quasi-fifth rank Divination Technique to its limits.
The next instant, silver