Of course, the best outcome would be to find a cultivator with a water spiritual root. As for whether they primarily cultivated water-element techniques, that did not matter. Shi Pochu would find all manner of excuses.
Then he would offer enticing terms and lure them into the trap.
What moved cultivators most were high-grade spirit stones and treasures from ancient ruins!
Wasn't Li Yan himself tempted by the treasures that might appear in an ancient ruin? Since it also lay conveniently along the way to the Wind God Continent, he had agreed.
For cultivators who knew of the "Seven Stars Cascading Waterfall Array," once they felt they had taken control of the "Celestial Pivot Star" array eye, their vigilance would diminish once more, and they would take another step closer to death.
Shi Pochu truly possessed deep schemes. Even after Li Yan had stepped onto the "Celestial Pivot Star," and even after he had judged Li Yan's "cultivation" to be inferior to his own, he still had not rushed to strike.
Instead, he cautiously carried out his carefully laid plan step by step, thoroughly enough to ensure that nothing could go wrong.
He continuously depleted Li Yan's spiritual power from behind, making Li Yan keep pouring spiritual power into the array to "assist" it, all to greatly reduce Li Yan's combat strength.
Even when he noticed Li Yan beginning to show signs of exhaustion, he continued squeezing him dry. Only when Li Yan finally displayed impatience did he realize he could wait no longer and decide to act.
Yet even at that point, Shi Pochu still did not attack Li Yan directly. Instead, he used the "Li Bei Beast" as bait to draw Li Yan's attention.
At the same time, he still feared that something might go awry. In an