Chapter 541: Chapter 287: Breaking Through to Harmonization Dao (Long Chapter) (Part 3)

Qin Fen furrowed his brows, "Since there are two of them, if we want to take Nanfu Island, we must kill both of them... Second brother, you handle this giant lizard here, while Third brother and I will go after the Gray Eagle!"

...

A few days passed.

The great battle in the valley has become known to the world. The gray giant lizard was killed by the Five Elements Sect, and news about the other gray eagle also spread.

Everyone is hunting that gray eagle.

Li An slowly woke up, soaked and filthy due to the rain that had fallen.

Nobody cared about him! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Li An remained calm, and taking advantage of no one paying attention, he quickly traversed through the mountain forests, concealing his aura.

Before long, Li An entered an underground cave. In one of the cave halls, the massive Gray Eagle was healing, while Chen Ning lay unconscious on the ground.

As he approached, the Gray Eagle became terrified and knelt on its hind legs like a human, showing utmost respect.

"Well done."

Li An had transformed into the appearance of a mysterious creature. He patted the Gray Eagle’s head, transmitting a pure anomalous qi into it.

The Gray Eagle lay on the ground, extremely excited.

"Thank you, my lord... Thank you, my lord..."

The Gray Eagle expressed gratitude through its divine sense.

"Stand guard outside."

Li An ordered, and the Gray Eagle immediately left the cave hall, standing guard at the entrance.

Li An set up two isolation arrays, then crouched down, placing his middle finger on Chen Ning’s lower abdomen. He injected poison and a thread of anomalous qi into her to ensure she couldn’t resist, then patted her face.

Chen Ning woke from her slumber, and upon seeing the gray humanoid creature before her, she was instantly terrified and said, "Ah... What are you?!"

She raised her hand to attack but felt weak and her spiritual power seemed to be locked.

"The world has been in chaos for three hundred years, Madam. Have you never seen a mysterious creature?"

Li An sneered, communicating through divine sense.

Chen Ning’s eyes were filled with horror, "Impossible... Aren’t mysterious creatures all dead?"

Even though they called the gray giant lizard and such mysterious creatures... but the two couldn’t truly be compared.

With the ebb of the Immortal Dao’s southern winds, pure mysterious creatures vanished...

Yet, there’s still one left on this Nanfu Island!

"Don’t ask so much; now, whatever I say, you do, understand?"

"No way! Even if I die, I won’t let you succeed..."

Chen Ning was quite stubborn.

"Your son is on the island right now, frantically searching for you. Capturing him is child’s play for me. You don’t want to comply? Fine, then I’ll bring him and make him do it."

Li An remained indifferent.

Chen Ning was instantly terrified; this mysterious creature was so powerful that only a Peak Master Level opponent could match him. Dealing with Song Wujing would indeed be exceedingly simple!

"Madam, you wouldn’t want your son to be turned into neither a human nor a ghost, would you?"

Li An smiled faintly.

His gray skin, sinister eyes, and that smile truly chilled one’s heart.

"What do you want me to do?"

Chen Ning gritted her teeth.

In Li An’s hand appeared a thread of anomalous qi, "Inhale it and refine it."

Chen Ning’s face changed dramatically, "How can this be absorbed?!"

Absorbing anomalous qi is a disaster for cultivators. Even a genius like Gu Canye fell into unconsciousness for countless years, so how could she manage?

"I said inhale, and you inhale. You don’t want to? Then I’ll have your son do it."

Li An spoke coldly.

Chen Ning trembled all over, but with no way out, she followed Li An’s instruction to inhale the anomalous qi. As soon as the anomalous qi entered her body, she tried to refine it but was met with a swift backlash. Instantly, her veins were in excruciating pain, her dantian felt as if it were being lashed, and she curled up in spasms, vomiting, and even lost control...

Watching this, Li An couldn’t help but be disturbed; pure anomalous qi was indeed a bane for ordinary cultivators!

This was after he had refined it.

He kept Chen Ning alive to use her as a test subject.

Could people of the Immortal Cultivation Dao transform into mysterious creatures by absorbing anomalous qi?

Generally, this prospect was impossible, but Li An possessed a Life Seed, so he tried to harmonize the anomalous qi using the Life Seed.

He intervened, removing it from Chen Ning, letting her regain consciousness, and handed her another thread, "Continue."

Chen Ning was extremely unwilling, "No... No, you’re a demon!"

Her fear reached its peak, her voice trembling.

...

Leaving Chen Ning’s hiding place, Li An quickly found the Dao Sect team.

Song Wujing was in distress.

"Young Master Song, no need to worry. I have a plan that can help us find Fellow Daoist Chen Ning and kill that gray eagle!"

Hearing this, Song Wujing suddenly looked at Li An, deeply suspicious, "You alone?"

Li An nodded, "Yes, just me."

"The gray eagle is difficult to find. The only option now is to wait for it to show itself."

"In its battle with the gray lizard, it was severely injured and surely needs to urgently seek something to replenish itself!"

Song Wujing said, "Do you even need to mention it? The Five Elements Sect has already used the gray lizard’s essence as bait!"

Li An shook his head, "Young Master doesn’t realize that the gray eagle is incredibly wary. The more you use the gray lizard as bait, the less likely it will appear!"

"What do you mean?"

"That beast is extremely cunning, beyond ordinary logic. I believe it’s most likely to appear again at the valley where the lizard was slain!"

Li An said, "The place is filled with anomalous qi, and most crucially, now everyone on the island thinks the gray eagle won’t go back there, making it very likely to go there to heal!"

"Set an ambush there?"

Li An nodded, "Indeed."