At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

Li Lan had no idea that he was being targeted by a Core Formation stage expert.

He also didn't know that what he had done at Stone Bamboo Shoots Ridge had already been exposed.

Li Lan was even more unaware that Elder Di regarded him as an object in his pocket, wanting to personally capture him alive in the future for research.

Therefore, he didn't expose him immediately.

After dealing with the forced labor cultivator.

Li Lan fully urged the flying boat, not daring to stop for a moment.

He didn't know the whereabouts of Lin Xingyue and the others.

After flying for a while.

The imagined relentless pursuit and escape scenes did not appear.

This did not relax Li Lan's vigilance, but instead made him even more cautious.

Li Lan didn't choose to return directly to Guangji Temple or Immortal Trace Valley.

Instead, he flew straight towards a direction far away from Jiuhua County for a long time.

He continued until he was thousands of miles away, exceeding the maximum range that the tracking technique could reach.

Only then did he start rummaging through the forced labor cultivator's storage bag while hurrying on his way.

Since the other party's tracking technique had not yet been perfected, it was likely that he would not destroy it casually.

Sure enough.

Li Lan quickly found a jade slip among them.

What was recorded in it was the complete technique chapter of the "Thousand Mile Breath Lock Technique".

After reading it several times.

He erased the aura he had left behind according to the technique flaws described above.

After taking measures to prevent tracking.

Li Lan made a big circle and quietly returned to Guangji Temple.

At this time, a month had already passed.

During the time he was away.

An unimaginable disaster had occurred in the entire Flying Snow River.

For some unknown reason.

Demonic cultivators, who had not frequently appeared in nearly a hundred years.

Suddenly, they all jumped out as if they had gone crazy.

Moreover, they didn't target the spiritual veins of righteous cultivators.

Instead, they simultaneously set their sights on Flying Snow River, this small place that could be called a remote backwater.

The momentum of the demonic cultivators was unprecedentedly huge.

It was said that even Foundation Establishment middle and late-stage demonic cultivators were alarmed.

Initially.

The cultivators of various sects outside were all puzzled by the demonic cultivators' movements this time.

After all.

In the past, when demonic cultivators took action, they either picked some soft persimmons to pinch, robbing some nearby lone cultivators.

Or they would seize the spiritual veins of the righteous path.

It rarely happened that they attacked small rogue cultivator families.

Until later.

A cultivator who had safely escaped from Flying Snow River in advance took out a jade slip with only a few words written on it in a tavern.

Only then did the cultivators outside know the truth.

But after seeing the content on the jade slip, they were even more astonished.

This matter was actually planned by a Core Formation stage demonic cultivator?

Flying Snow River is such a small place.

It has neither spiritual veins nor ancient ruins or caves. How could it be targeted by a Core Formation stage cultivator?

They only felt that this matter, from the bottom of their hearts, revealed an extremely absurd feeling.

But if it was said to be fake.

The current momentum of the demonic path was obviously not like it.

The cultivators outside were puzzled.

But regardless of whether they understood or not, some clever people still quietly went to the vicinity of Flying Snow River.

They were constantly preparing to take the opportunity to pick up bargains.

You must know.

Demonic cultivators are usually existences that everyone shouts to kill in the cultivation world.

This Elder Di entered the demonic path and was able to live steadily to Core Formation, he must have something extraordinary about him.

Since even he has set his sights on Flying Snow River, this shows that there must be something amazing here.

The unknown means opportunity.

Some cultivators who have been mingling in the cultivation world for a long time have the most sensitive noses.

With the slightest disturbance, they would come smelling the scent.

In the end, even the cultivators of the Human Emperor Palace were alarmed.

With their help, Flying Snow River was able to solve its immediate crisis and successfully repel the encirclement of the demonic cultivators.

However.

After this battle.

The four major rogue cultivator families all suffered heavy losses.

Many Foundation Establishment stage experts had fallen, and the number of Qi Refining stage cultivators who died was even countless.

Compared to these losses, the disappearance of the Su family head's wife seemed insignificant.

Li Lan, the key instigator of this incident, only learned about these things later.

At this moment, after testing the safety through various means.

He had returned to Guangji Temple.

Li Lan came directly to Qing Shi Workshop and found Miao Chenfeng.

No matter when he saw him, the other party would always sit on a chair and savor hot tea like a young master.

"Eh? Junior Brother Li, long time no see."

"It's not the day to distribute the monthly salary yet, why did you think of coming to me?"

"You know, my father will only be in a good mood on the day the monthly salary is distributed and reward me with some spirit sand."

Miao Chenfeng said politely and enthusiastically while holding the teacup.

His subtext was already very obvious, he had no money now.

Li Lan rolled his eyes.

What's wrong with the cultivators now?

Besides benefits, can't there be more sincerity and trust?

He felt that this friend and the old man in the Scripture Pavilion both had a trace of prejudice against him.

He really only chose to borrow spirit sand because he was forced to due to his humble background.

Li Lan felt that it was necessary for him to explain.

"I really didn't come to borrow spirit sand this time."

"You say that every time, Senior Brother, I have really been squeezed dry by you here."

"Oh, right."

Miao Chenfeng seemed to suddenly remember something.

He put down the teacup and stretched out a hand and said:

"Junior Brother Li, you should have memorized that half of the Foundation Establishment Pill formula, right?"

"Since you have memorized it, then return it to Senior Brother, you won't have lost it again this time, right?"

Li Lan held the other party's hand and smiled:

"Senior Brother Miao really understands me."

"Junior Brother came for this matter."

"Senior Brother Miao promised that when Junior Brother can refine that Foundation Establishment Pill, you will give me the complete pill formula, right?"

"I wonder if what Senior Brother Miao said before still counts?"

Miao Chenfeng said:

"Of course it counts, but even refining the lowest-level Foundation Establishment Pill."

"It also requires the fourth level of Qi Refining to be able to do it. Junior Brother Li, you are still young, don't be too anxious to seek…"

The word 'success' hadn't been spoken yet.

Li Lan unreservedly released the mana in his body, and the strength of the fourth level of Qi Refining immediately stirred up the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy into chaos.

Miao Chenfeng's eyes widened, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

He forcibly swallowed the words he originally wanted to say back into his stomach.

"Junior Brother Li, you… this… you actually broke through again?"

"Your cultivation speed is really too terrifying…"

"Are you really a four spiritual root aptitude? How is it that in terms of speed, you are already comparable to a true spiritual root?"

Miao Chenfeng was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue, and his speech was a little awkward.

"Junior Brother is just lucky."

Li Lan said lightly.

Only he himself knew best how much hardship he had endured and how much suffering he had suffered along the way.

He tried his best to make it seem so effortless.

The pseudo-spiritual root aptitude is indeed very poor, and it cannot be compared with the true spiritual root.

At the beginning.

Li Lan was able to barely keep up with the true spiritual root in terms of cultivation speed by relying on doubling his efforts day and night, so as not to fall behind.

But after reaching the second level of Qi Refining, it was no longer possible.

Each time he improved his realm, the gap in spiritual roots was further widened.

Even if he had already put in double the cultivation time, he could hardly catch up with the cultivation speed of those high-quality spiritual roots.

The reason why he was able to break through so quickly, to the point that Miao Chenfeng was surprised.

In addition to his own efforts.

The abundant spiritual energy of Immortal Trace Valley, which was not inferior to the Ding-level cultivation cave of Guangji Temple's spiritual vein, also had a large part to do with it.

Therefore.

It was not an exaggeration for Li Lan to say that he was lucky.

If he hadn't accidentally discovered the abnormal spiritual energy of Immortal Trace Valley.

If there were no techniques like 'Scattering Beans into Soldiers' to escort him, allowing him to cultivate steadily.

It would not have been easy for Li Lan to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.