As Li Chen took stock of the demon fox's treasures, he told Xia Ziyi, "Boy, go home for now. Remember to be cautious, and don't reveal your cultivation lightly. Spend years cultivating diligently, then travel the world for a while before showing it to others."
Xia Ziyi froze at his words. "Elder Bai, you're staying here?"
"That's right," Li Chen said. "This demon fox is a suitable body vessel. He'll let me move freely through these mountains and forests. But I'll still keep an eye on you from the shadows. I hope you can help me gather spirit materials and information in the city."
After a moment of melancholy, Xia Ziyi replied glumly, "All right."
He dimly understood that every banquet under heaven must end. This time, Elder Bai truly intended to leave him.
Watching Xia Ziyi depart, Li Chen narrowed his eyes, his expression turning unfathomable.
He had spared no expense in using a false core to raise Xia Ziyi's cultivation. Of course, he would not consider the matter settled after merely hunting down a demon fox.
He had deliberately placed Xia Ziyi in the open as a pawn to probe the Immortal Alliance.
If the Immortal Alliance resumed its investigation, Xia Ziyi would be the first person it found. Only then would it truly be time to leave.
The gift of a new lease on life was merely the payment Li Chen had given him in advance. Without that cultivation and destiny, he could not redirect karma and mislead the Primordial Spirit Realm great power behind the Immortal Alliance.
That was an expert who possessed a Primordial Spirit dharma eye. With qi-momentum guidance and intuition, combined with the True-Sight Talismans used by the cultivators under their command, they could very well find him.
In fact, they had already