I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

"Haha, I was just joking with Brother Luo. Since Brother Luo has no intention of cooperating with me, then I'll take my leave."

After saying this, Xu Qingfeng left the Luo family without looking back. After walking more than ten miles, Xu Qingfeng was filled with shock. Not only could he not discern Luo Tong's cultivation level, but Luo Tong had also managed to resist his aura without even using his own cultivation technique. It seemed that Luo Tong's strength was far greater than he had imagined.

Just as Xu Qingfeng was secretly making plans, Luo Tong was doing the same thing, looking coldly at Xu Qingfeng as he left. He clearly knew that Xu Qingfeng had been testing his strength, but now was not the time to turn against him.

Ten days later, just as the four families of Qingshan County were on edge, the fifth immortal clan of Qingshan County began to appear in everyone's sight. This person was the Zhou Clan of immortals led by Zhou Tian.

The ancestral home chosen by the Zhou family was not far from Luoshan County. It was a location that Zhou Boyuan had painstakingly selected after much effort. It was situated in a mountain stream about a hundred miles from Luoshan County toward Qingshan County.

Not long after the Zhou family was established, the imperial court began to send people to guide the Zhou family on how to cultivate spiritual fields, and gave the Zhou family a first-level spirit-gathering array, along with some spirit rice seeds.

However, Zhou Tian was very skilled at cultivating and planting spiritual fields. Before the imperial court sent anyone to help with this, Zhou Tian had already hired many villagers to work for the Zhou family.

The Zhou family cultivated a total of five acres of land. These five acres of spiritual land were the spiritual land that the Zhou family planned to cultivate. Li Yuan also transferred four spiritual farmers from the Li family to help the villagers newly recruited by the Zhou family learn the techniques of spiritual farming.

Only after the Zhou family got back on the right track did Li Yuan stop. This time, the inheritance was completely completed, and the future of the Zhou family was entirely up to Zhou Tian himself.

After finishing his busy work, Li Yuangang returned to the bamboo mountain and was surprised by the concentration of spiritual energy there. In such a short time, the growth rate was truly rapid. It seemed that the bamboo mountain would soon be able to truly transform into a spiritual vein, and the Li family would definitely benefit greatly from it.

And since some unknown time, every morning when Li Yuan woke up, he could always sense an ethereal aura above the bamboo mountain. This aura inexplicably calmed the minds of those who cultivated on the bamboo mountain.

After strolling around Zhushan, Li Yuan arrived at the place where the Moonstone was placed. Upon seeing the drop of Moon Dew under the Moonstone, Li Yuan revealed a look of joy.

It seems my guess was right. This Moonstone absorbs the power of the moon to condense Moon Dew. As long as we have this Moonstone, Moon Dew will be an inexhaustible resource for the Li family, just like the Spirit Bamboo Shoots, which are part of the Li family's foundation.

After glancing at the Moon Dew, Li Yuan left Zhushan. The incense power of the Three-Colored Pearl was almost gone, so it was time to go to the county town to find Li Chang and Uncle Tiezhu.

Previously, Li Yuan had sent people from the Sishui Escort Agency to various places to inquire about temples with flourishing incense offerings. Now it was time to absorb some of the incense's energy to prepare for the younger generation of the clan.

Upon arriving at the Sishui Escort Agency, Li Chang explained his purpose and then took out a map. Looking at the map marked with red dots, Li Yuan nodded in satisfaction. With this map, they could absorb at least a hundred strands of incense offerings this time.

After putting the map away, Li Yuan left Qingshan County and began searching for the temples marked on the map.

The nearest one on the map is a Taoist temple called Qingtang Temple. Although it is not very famous, it still attracts quite a few worshippers.

After traveling for two days, Li Yuan finally arrived at Qingtang Temple, located in the mountainous county. As soon as he entered the temple, the three-colored pearl in his body reacted. Seeing this, Li Yuan knew that there was hope. After spending a hundred taels of silver, Li Yuan settled down in the temple.

At night, just as the people in the Taoist temple were sleeping soundly, Li Yuan arrived at the main hall of the temple. Immediately, the three-colored bead flew out of Li Yuan's body and began to absorb the power of the incense offerings.

A quarter of an hour later, ten more streams of incense smoke appeared inside the tricolor bead. After absorbing all the incense smoke from the Taoist temple, Li Yuan left the area overnight and headed towards the next red dot on the map.

Although the next two places had many pilgrims, they had no incense offerings. It wasn't until he passed through the mountainous county and arrived at the imperial city that he found several temples in the city, such as temples for praying for children and temples for marriage. Li Yuan wandered through the imperial city for half a month before he had visited all the temples and Taoist monasteries in the imperial city and the surrounding hundred miles.

After this trip, Li Yuan obtained a total of about one hundred streams of incense energy. Adding to the more than thirty streams from the three-colored pearl before, Li Yuan now has a total of one hundred and forty streams of incense energy in his body.

However, this is the limit of the Great Qing Dynasty. If they want to continue, they will probably have to go to the neighboring Great Wei Dynasty or the Mosa Kingdom.

Li Yuan spent more than three months stealing the incense offerings, unaware that a major event had occurred in Qingshan County during those three months.

At this time, since Li Yuan left, all matters of the Li family in Zhushan have been handed over to Li Daqiang. The recent tragedies in several villages in Qingshan County have forced Li Daqiang to be on edge.

Li Shouqian looked at Li Daqiang with a solemn expression.

"Grandpa, these evil cultivators are no ordinary people. Overnight, a village in each of Qingshan County, Luoshan County, and Suiyun County was slaughtered. What should we do?"

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang's expression also tightened.

"Now that Li Yuan is not here, and the spirit beast White Snake is also in seclusion and cannot be disturbed, if this evil cultivator comes knocking, the Li family will really have a hard time resisting."

Just as Li Daqiang was in a state of utter distress, at this moment, the Xu family...

Xu Qingfeng looked at Ouyang Suiguan with a slightly angry expression.

"My lord, it would be best to be careful with this operation. Although our cultivation methods may not be easily detected, your actions will inevitably cause trouble sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Ouyang Suiguan, who was standing to the side, smiled.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Xu, don't worry. I'm in charge of the Southern Evil Suppression Division. A few days ago, a few evil cultivators entered my Great Qing from the border of Mosa without any trace. I'll take advantage of these people to improve myself."

Hearing this, Xu Qingfeng said no more. The hidden danger left by Ouyang Suiguan was still in his body. If he did not get rid of it soon, he would probably still be at Ouyang Suiguan's mercy, and might even become Ouyang Suiguan's scapegoat.

Meanwhile, the Luo family also received news that three villages in their Qingshan County had been massacred. Luo Tong realized that this matter was related to the Xu family, and that Xu Qingfeng might have been responsible, since the Xu family was probably the only one in this area who practiced this karmic cultivation technique.

However, even if he knew that Luo Tong wouldn't say anything now, he would only do so after he had truly entered the Foundation Establishment Realm.