Lu Li did not take An Luer as his protégé because he wanted to raise her as a concubine.
Ever since he married Yin Qingsi and Xiang Linglong, Lu Li had lost interest in love. He would not take in any more women.
He took An Luer as his protégé for two reasons. For one thing, he promised that he would keep her safe for the rest of her life. For another, he wanted to give An Luer a title to avoid gossip.
For another, he wanted to give An Luer some spiritual sustenance. After all, An Luer had no family. As her teacher, Lu Li was her family as well.
The presence of a young man and a little girl did not disturb the peace of the small town.
Lu Li often sat under the Tree of Eternity. Apart from cultivating, An Luer would play with the puppy. Occasionally, she would go hunting in the mountains. She rarely went to the small town.
She would only go to the small town to buy some daily necessities. She hardly talked to people.
Some kids in the small town wanted to play with her, but she did not talk to them.
Lu Li did not teach her cultivation skills or skills. He only told her to cultivate divine energy. At the same time, he gave her some soul-nurturing pellets to improve her soul. It was pointless to cultivate skills and skills at the moment. She might as well focus on improving her realm.
In a few years, when she reached the fourth tribulation, she would cultivate.
Even if he were to teach her profound skills, it would be difficult for her to learn them.
The Holy Body of Frigid Shade deserved its name. She could cultivate fast. She could feel the difference every day.
Lu Li also asked Blood Fairy to build a Spirit Gathering Formation for her so that she could cultivate faster.
It had been proven that with enough resources, fourth and fifth tribulation warriors could be cultivated in large numbers.
Lu Li had many pellets and An Luer had a rare divine body. With Lu Li's help, it would be hard for An Luer to cultivate slowly.
Lu Li did not teach her skills or skills. Instead, he gave her some books. Those books were not about cultivation, but about how to conduct oneself.
Lu Li hoped that An Luer would not become a killing machine and that she would live for revenge.
Even so, An Luer was still depressed. Every now and then, she would talk to the stray dog she named "Little Duo". Usually, she would not talk.
Lu Li had been cultivating under the Tree of Eternity. He had no time to chat with her.
Lu Li really didn't have the time to take care of An Luer. He had found something interesting in the Tree of Immortality that inspired him. Recently, he had been working on the soul skill.
There was a natural divine formation inside the Immortal Tree. Through this divine formation, the tree was actually cultivating. The tree's lifespan had also increased infinitely. That was why it didn't age.
Standing under the Tree of Eternity, Lu Li could sense that all the life in the surroundings had been sucked away by the tree. That was why there were no flowers or trees nearby.
Fortunately, someone in the town had set up a magic array to prevent the tree from absorbing the vitality of the town's residents. Otherwise, the people in the town would have a much shorter lifespan than ordinary people.
A tree could actually absorb the vitality of heaven and earth and cultivate?
Not only could it absorb vitality, but it could also absorb qi of the five elements, which intrigued Lu Li.
It fused the five elemental energies together and transformed them into the energy it needed.
This was what Lu Li was interested in. The integration of the Immortal Tree was ingenious. Lu Li wanted to integrate his soul as well to make the sword of soul that the Reincarnation Emperor mentioned.
It was late autumn. An Luer was at the Second Tribulation Realm, so she was not afraid of cold or heat. Lu Li didn't have to worry about her getting sick.
Time flew by in peace. Soon, it was winter. It was snowing.
Lu Li had been sitting under the Tree of Eternity with his legs crossed. He hadn't moved for several months. Now, he was covered in snow, turning into a snowman.
Seeing this, An Luer stopped cultivating. She walked over and started a fire next to Lu Li. She seemed to be afraid that Lu Li would freeze. She even built a simple pavilion to shelter him from the wind and snow.
Lu Li didn't pay attention to her. He continued to cultivate. An Luer often sat next to Lu Li.
In the middle of winter, the peace of the town was finally broken. A group of wandering bandits came out of nowhere and started to rob the town.
Lu Li didn't move. An Luer heard the cries in the town. She looked at Lu Li and rushed into the town with the saber Lu Li gave her.
These were the lowest level of wandering bandits. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been reduced to robbing a town.
Most of the wandering bandits were at the Second Tribulation Realm. The most powerful one was at the peak of the Third Tribulation Realm.
A small number of warriors were fighting with the wandering bandits in the town. An Luer had reached the peak of the Second Tribulation Realm after several months of cultivation. She only knew one kind of skill, a sword move.
Even though she was using a saber, she was brave and fierce.
She killed a wandering bandit in one move. Maybe it was because she had eaten human hearts and drank human blood before, she was not afraid of killing. She just looked a bit pale.
After she killed the first one, An Luer paused for a bit and then rushed on.
The weapon in her hand was just an average weapon for Lu Li but for regular warriors, it was a Relic Weapon. An Luer was brave and fierce. She killed several people in a row.
The people in the town didn't expect that this girl could be so powerful. They had lost all hope. Now, their morale was boosted.
The leader of the wandering bandits was fighting with the most powerful old man in the town. The old man had defeated the old man easily.
Seeing that An Luer had killed so many of his men with a Relic Weapon, the leader flew into a rage. He roared and charged at An Luer.
After all, An Luer was only at the Second Tribulation Realm. She had no experience in fighting. She could kill several people in a row because of the Relic Weapon Lu Li gave her.
Now that she was attacked by the bandit leader, she showed her cowardice. She was almost killed several times. She was even stabbed in the arm.
"Go to hell!"
The bandit leader's sword glowed and he stabbed at An Luer's head. Beautiful as An Luer was, the bandit leader would not show mercy to the fairer sex.
He just wanted to kill all the powerful warriors in the town, loot the town and leave as soon as possible.
"Buzzing ~"
Right at that moment, an invisible force field pressed down. The bandit leader felt he could not move. He looked at the road outside the town in horror.
A snowman walked over. He was covered in snow and wind. His face could not be seen.
An Luer's face was full of fear. Just now, she faced death for the first time. At that moment, she felt she was going to die.
When the An Family was destroyed, she had been protected by her forefather. This was the first time she was facing a life-threatening crisis.
"An Luer, kill him!"
Lu Li's cold voice came. An Luer obeyed Lu Li's words blindly. She swung her saber at the bandit leader. A head flew up. Blood gushed out from the neck and splashed on An Luer's face.
Lu Li seemed to be walking slowly, but he had reached An Luer in just a few steps. He saw An Luer covered in blood, her face full of fear, and her body still shivering. Lu Li said in a deep voice, "This is your first lesson, the smell of death.
A warrior who has never faced death and never experienced a life-and-death crisis will never become a powerful warrior.
Also, I want to teach you one more thing. If you want to help others, you must do what you can. Don't put yourself in danger. Reckless people are the easiest to die. Do you understand? "
"Yes!"
An Luer nodded. At that moment, she was not trembling. Her face was full of determination. Maybe it was because Lu Li was standing next to her that she felt fearless.
Lu Li waved his hand and said, "Go. These wandering bandits are vicious. Don't show them any mercy. Kill them all!"
"Yes, Master!"