Longevity: Starting as a Sect Servant

"Today’s transmission of skills ends here. Bring the jade slips you recorded and let me see if there are any errors."

Li An waved his hand, and everyone brought over the newly copied and compiled classics one by one. Li An verified them with great seriousness and attention, nodding continuously.

Transmitting skills takes more than a day; just the Life Nourishing Immortal Skill, with its content on Immortal Techniques, cultivation insights at various stages, and precautions, require a considerable amount of time.

On Dao Mountain, Yunxi, Ye Cauldron, and others are in secluded cultivation, only Li An busy with these "trivial matters" every day, but Hongbo Fairy never sends anyone to inquire.

"Immortal and Demon Skills, all have been passed down; he indeed seems to be arranging his affairs..."

In a palace, Hongbo Fairy gently smiled, saying, "Junior sister, I know you are unhappy, but everyone has their destiny; in the vast history, some people must make sacrifices."

Purple Fairy’s expression was calm: "There’s nothing to be unhappy about. He is my disciple, but I owe him nothing. Before he leaves, it is only fitting that he repays what he owes."

"You watch him every day; have you found anything?"

Hongbo Fairy shook her head: "Indeed, it’s just the content of Immortal and Demon Skills, nothing abnormal. For now, he seems sensible."

...

Night.

Li An sat meditating at his residence.

In his mind, he recalled one by one the classics that had been copied by everyone over the past few days.

At this stage, he had long been able to remember everything at a glance, so Li Nianxue’s delicate script was accurately reflected in his mind, many words combining and splitting...

－－Li An thought of a way to safely make contact with Shangguan Shengxian... precisely through Li Nianxue.

Li An would be closely watched if he went to Purple Cloud Mountain, so he decided to willingly become the one attracting attention.

First, he deliberately lured out the Heaven-Devouring Great Demon, then pretended to flee and seek survival, thus drawing all focus onto himself.

Meanwhile, he sent Li Nianxue with a pouch to meet Shangguan Shengxian.

He entrusted Li Nianxue with this task precisely when the eerie power of the Purple Cloud Mountain statue erupted, causing all Immortal Dao Dao Fruits to explode and releasing strange power continuously. In that brief time, even if someone was watching him closely, they couldn’t discern the situation on the Purple Cloud Mountain battlefield.

He gave Li Nianxue a pouch, along with a set of "text cipher" he painstakingly created.

Once Li Nianxue received information from Shangguan Shengxian, he would take advantage during the Dao Sect’s inheritance period and let Li Nianxue participate in the copying matter, making it all come naturally without drawing attention.

Li Nianxue, using his text cipher, gradually revealed the information in the copied classics, which Li An looked at openly.

All these were planned by Li An step by step!

Now it seems, Hongbo Fairy... has finally been deceived!

He painstakingly devised this text cipher: within the content of the first day, the heavier part of the pen stroke or individual character of the third character in the seventh vertical row on the first page is what she should tell Li An; the last character in the ninth vertical row on the third page... so it could be said there’s no discernible pattern, relying entirely on rote memorization.

After all, during the transcription, in the descriptions of Immortal Techniques and Divine Powers, hiding one or two words isn’t difficult, and if the predetermined position for transmission seems awkward or clumsy, it could be left empty and placed in other predetermined spots...

So even if anyone browses the classics back and forth, they wouldn’t find anything.

The more strictly monitored the situation, the more one should abandon flashy methods to secretly accomplish something...

Only Li An, according to the pattern, corresponded one by one.

Finally obtaining the information Shangguan Shengxian wanted to convey!

...

Goodnight.