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

Feeling the continuous flow of magical power within his body and the transformation of his divine consciousness, Li Yuan soared into the sky. After circling the bamboo mountain three times, Li Yuan flew back to the bamboo mountain.

As soon as he flew back to Zhushan, the white snake landed on Li Yuan's shoulder. To Li Yuan's surprise, even though he had already broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he still couldn't catch a glimpse of the white snake. What kind of bloodline did the white snake have?

Just as Li Yuan was wondering what was going on, all the members of the Li family who were cultivating slowly ascended the bamboo mountain.

Li Daqiang looked at the spirited Li Yuan and slowly nodded.

"Hahaha, my son is a Foundation Establishment cultivator! Our Li family has truly risen to prominence!" Everyone agreed with Li Daqiang's words. After all, Foundation Establishment cultivators can live for at least two hundred years. As long as Li Yuan doesn't die, the Li family can develop steadily for more than two hundred years.

As the number of Li family members increases, the number of Li family cultivators will surely rise, so there's no need to worry about the Li family being humiliated.

At this moment, Li Daqiang seemed to have become several years younger, and even the white hair at his temples had faded considerably.

Li Yuan's breakthrough was such a significant event that the Li family naturally held a grand banquet. However, only the Li family members dined together, and the Li family did not intend to publicize the matter.

There is a Foundation Establishment demon beast that can both deter those cultivators who have designs on the Li family and avoid being too ostentatious. If the news of Li Yuan's breakthrough to Foundation Establishment is spread now, it will probably attract more attention. If trouble arises as a result, it will be a loss that does not outweigh the gains.

However, if any cultivators dare to cause trouble for the Li family now, Li Yuan will definitely make an example of them, letting the Li family's strength be revealed to these people.

The Li family banquet lasted for two days before it ended. After having a meal with his family, Li Yuan returned to his secluded cultivation place alone and began to comprehend the mysteries of Foundation Establishment cultivators. After all, he had just broken through to Foundation Establishment and still needed to familiarize himself with the power of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

While Li Yuan was cultivating, little did he know that the three-colored pearl within his body had already undergone changes due to the birth of the Li family's foundation.

At the center of the three-colored bead, a piece of gold paper was floating. Li Yuan only noticed this anomaly after he had been in seclusion for more than ten days, refining his magical power.

Li Yuan looked at the golden paper floating in the three-colored bead and tried to control it with his mind. Sure enough, under Li Yuan's control, the golden paper appeared in Li Yuan's hand.

The paper only contained one cultivation technique. Li Yuan looked at the first three large characters and slowly read them aloud:

"What kind of technique is the Body Shaping Method?" However, considering the extraordinary nature of the three-colored beads, Li Yuan did not dare to underestimate it and began to carefully study this Body Shaping Manual.

After a long while, Li Yuan slowly came to his senses. At this moment, Li Yuan's face was filled with excitement, no less than when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Looking at the piece of golden paper, Li Yuan muttered to himself:

"I never expected that this Body Shaping Technique would actually be a Taoist cultivation method, capable of enabling cultivators to attain the Golden Body."

Realizing the immense implications of this method, Li Yuan quickly retrieved it into the three-colored bead. At the same time, Li Yuan began to ponder the cultivation method of this body-shaping technique.

To cultivate this body-shaping technique, one must meet a certain condition: one's soul must be powerful enough to split in two. Secondly, one must use one's soul as the foundation to absorb the essence of incense offerings and create one's own incense-infused golden body. As long as there is enough pure incense power, one's incense-infused golden body will continuously grow stronger.

At this moment, Li Yuan was already thinking about how to collect pure incense power. However, in order to ensure the purity of his incense power, Li Yuan planned to build an ancestral hall in the Li family and then radiate it outwards to the surrounding small fishing village. Only in this way could the incense power he absorbed be considered pure.

The construction of the ancestral hall should be arranged now. After we return to the Li family after our trip to the depths of the Daqing Imperial Palace, the ancestral hall should be completed. Then we can start making further arrangements.

Now he still needs to figure out how to get out of the depths of that palace. Even if the Guo family's angry woman has a way, Li Yuan can't rely on her. Li Yuan won't entrust his life to a stranger.

And so, a month passed slowly. At this time, Li Yuan, who was in seclusion in the Bamboo Mountain, stopped cultivating. The Five Elements Spirit Gathering Technique was clearly not enough for him at the Foundation Establishment stage. This time, in addition to the Dragon Crystal, he also had to see if he could find a new cultivation method.

After stopping his cultivation, Li Yuan sent a message to Li Daqiang and then headed towards the imperial city. His Foundation Establishment stage speed allowed him to reach the restaurant where he had met the Guo family woman in just two days.

As if she knew Li Yuan was coming, the Guo family woman had already prepared a table of spiritual food. As soon as Li Yuan arrived, he realized something was wrong. At this moment, besides the Guo family cultivator, there was another person sitting at the table.

Li Yuan observed that Li Yuan's cultivation was much stronger than his own, having actually reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

As if noticing Li Yuan's unusual expression, Guo Ruyan stepped forward and slowly said:

"Fellow Daoist Li, this is Fellow Daoist Tan, who is my partner. Fellow Daoist Tan is one of the top experts in formations in our southwest region. We need his help to infiltrate the Daqing Imperial Palace this time."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan greeted him politely and then sat down.

At this moment, Li Yuan couldn't help but marvel at the Guo family's extraordinary strength, as Guo Ruyan had found out his background so quickly.

He just called me Fellow Daoist Li, but I never told him my surname.

After the three sat down, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Tan slowly said:

"Gentlemen, since we share the same goal—the dragon crystal left over from Daqing—let's settle the distribution issue. Otherwise, it would be unwise to create discord over such a small matter."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan and Guo Ruyan both nodded, but neither of them spoke first. After a while, Guo Ruyan from the Guo family couldn't sit still any longer and slowly looked at the two of them.

"Fellow Daoists, if you didn't want to bring it up, then I did. Please don't say I'm being biased."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan pondered for a moment and slowly spoke:

"Haha. You two are both mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators, so it's no big deal for you two to take a little more this time. But my 30% is not less at all, otherwise I'll leave immediately."

Upon hearing this, the two, who had originally intended to continue speaking, exchanged a glance and then began to speak:

"Of course, if your demon beast can truly find the location of the dragon crystal, the success rate will be 30%."

The two men glanced at Li Yuan more closely; he was quite clever to have seized on this 30% right from the start.

Although Li Yuan had demonic beasts with him, his cultivation had only just broken through to the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Naturally, Li Yuan didn't dare to ask for more; 30% would be enough.

The remaining 70% was unexpectedly split equally between the two. After determining their respective shares, the next step was to wait for news from Guo Ruyan. It was probably only Guo Ruyan who had the means to determine when the Ouyang family patriarch would leave the capital.

Three days later, Li Yuan and the other two were in the palace. Their faces had been transformed into those of palace maids and guards. Li Yuan and Guo Ruyan were keeping watch for Tan Xing, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and each held a cone-shaped magic weapon in their hands.