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

A month later, Li Yuan had already handed over the Huangyadan he had bought to Li Daqiang, and Li Daqiang had also moved to Zhushan.

The spiritual root that Li Yuan planted for Li Daqiang was the five spiritual roots, which had the slowest cultivation speed. However, even with the five spiritual roots, Li Daqiang was still full of energy and was not intimidated by the difficulties of the five spiritual roots.

At this moment, Li Yuan was engrossed in studying the crafting method of the array flag in the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Meridians Technique". Although the materials were easy to find, there were a total of eighteen steps in the crafting process. Each material had to be crafted into its original shape before the final crafting was carried out.

Li Yuan began his research as soon as he returned, and to this day, there are still twelve techniques that he has not yet figured out.

Li Daqiang can't help Li Yuan right now; the only thing he can do is use his magic to clear the meridians of his wife and mother.

As for Li Tong, after learning that his father and brother were immortals, he was afraid of falling behind, so he practiced martial arts all day long, wanting to improve his strength.

Li Yuan and Li Daqiang did not stop him, especially Li Yuan. Li Yuan knew that the spiritual essence in his body was prepared for his mother. After Li Yuan found the power of incense offering, the first thing he did was to help his mother plant the spiritual root.

Of course, no one could tell him about this, so he had to keep it to himself. It wasn't that Li Tong was unkind, but rather that his mother was getting old, and if they continued to plant after she got older, it would be meaningless.

The Li family now has quite a few servants, such as Wang Tiezhu. Li Daqiang has already sent them out to find temples with incense offerings, as instructed by Li Yuan.

Some members of the bandit-suppression team were sent to Daheng Mountain to continue searching for the Ink Beast. The Ink Beast pelts could only be used to make five array flags for the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Pulse Technique," which was enough for the Li family's current needs. However, the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Pulse Technique" was not a name, but rather a technique that, when set up to its extreme, could truly gather the earth's energy from a thousand rivers.

The greatest use of this black beast's hide is that, when made into array cloth, it can prevent some divine sense from probing and thus prevent the array flags from being destroyed.

To set up the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Meridians Technique," Li Yuan must fully understand every array pattern and material attribute within it. Only in this way can he maximize the effectiveness of the array while setting it up.

While Li Yuan was studying formations, Li Daqiang naturally couldn't be idle either. After finishing his cultivation, Li Daqiang would go to take care of the fields at the foot of Zhushan Mountain, so that they could be cultivated into spiritual fields capable of growing spiritual rice as soon as possible.

Over the next five months, Li Yuan finally made a breakthrough in his research on array flags. The materials were originally enough to make five array flags, but Li Yuan failed with the first one. Fortunately, he successfully made the next four array flags.

Looking at the four array flags in his hand, Li Yuan was excited. These were array flags that could gather earth energy. He quickly inserted the main array flag into the bamboo mountain according to the array method in the "Thousand Rivers Gathering Pulse Technique" and then went down the mountain to head towards the nearby mountain peaks.

There aren't many high mountains near Zhushan, but there are a few decent small hills. Li Yuan selected three hills and then inserted the rest of the array flags into them.

As Li Yuan chanted the incantation on each array flag, several flags lit up with a faint, bright light, with wisps of white light converging towards the bamboo mountain in the center.

Looking at the scene before him, Li Yuan understood that this was the legendary earth energy.

After setting up all the array flags, Li Yuan returned to the residence below. He did not plan to cultivate for the next period of time, but instead intended to stay with Liu Yue'er until the child in her womb was born.

After Liu Yue'er became pregnant, Li Yuan kept feeding her foods containing spiritual energy. The two spiritual herbs he obtained from Black Wind Mountain all ended up in Liu Yue'er's stomach.

Li Yuan calculated the time; his offspring would be born soon, though he didn't know if it would be a boy or a girl.

Soon, Li Yuan, who was thinking as he hurried along, arrived at the Li family compound. The servants were all overjoyed to learn that a child had been born into the Li family.

When Li Yuan arrived at the courtyard where Liu Yue'er was, he saw Liu Yue'er sitting at the table embroidering. When Liu Yue'er saw Li Yuan coming, she quickly went forward to greet him.

"My husband, you've come."

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly helped Liu Yue'er sit down.

"No need for formalities. We are husband and wife, there is no distinction between superior and inferior."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er looked at Li Yuan with even more affection, and then sat down.

Li Yuan came here to use his magic to clear Liu Yue'er's meridians, so that she would suffer less during childbirth.

Furthermore, Li Yuan hoped that through the influence of magic, his offspring would be born with spiritual roots, which would be the best outcome for Li Yuan and the Li family.

While Li Yuan was tending to his body, Wang Tiezhu hurriedly came to the door. Seeing Li Yuan in the courtyard, he quickly bowed and greeted him.

"Master Li, Master Li." At this moment, Wang Tiezhu no longer dared to treat Li Yuan as the junior he had before.

Seeing this, Li Yuan slowly said:

"Uncle Wang, don't be so formal. Is there something you need from me?"

Wang Tiezhu nodded, and then said:

"I have found several temples with incense offerings that the head of the family asked me to find, and I have come to inform Master Li." Then Wang Tiezhu took out a map.

Li Yuan took the map and looked at the temples circled on it. One was in Luoshan County, and the other two were in Suiyun County.

After handing the map to Li Yuan, Wang Tiezhu immediately said:

"Master Li, shall we continue the search?"

Li Yuan shook his head, then said:

"You and Zhou Qiang should focus all your efforts on finding the ink beast in Daheng Mountain. Put everything else aside for now."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tiezhu accepted the order and left the courtyard.

Li Yuan looked at the map in his hand. He had never been to this place in Luoshan County before, and he wondered if there was any incense offering power there.

After tidying up Liu Yue'er's body, Li Yuan left Liu Yue'er's courtyard and headed towards the temple.

In half a day, Li Yuan arrived at the temple in Luoshan County as indicated on the map. The place was not far from Luoshan City, and the temple was built at the border between Luoshan County and Qingshan County.

Many merchants passed through this place. Perhaps because merchants were greedy for profit, or because they had done too many bad things, one merchant came here and found a dilapidated temple. He then had the temple rebuilt and enshrined a new Buddha statue.

Li Yuan glanced at the background of the temple and realized that it had been built over a hundred years ago. He couldn't help but think to himself:

"This time we can absorb a lot more incense offerings."

As soon as Li Yuan stepped into the temple, he found that in the front courtyard, besides an old man sweeping the floor, there was only one monk. Li Yuan glanced at the old monk sweeping the floor and was about to speak when a young monk came up to him.

"Esteemed benefactor, are you seeking a marriage partner or a solution to a dispute?"

Li Yuan looked at the approaching monk and spoke slowly;

"I seek inner peace. Is it even possible to attain it?"

Upon hearing this, the monk frowned, but quickly relaxed and said:

"Of course you can ask for it. Anyone who comes to my Gutuo Temple with sincerity will have their wish granted." After saying that, he led Li Yuan toward a side hall.

Upon arriving at the side hall, Li Yuan discovered that this temple was different from the deserted front courtyard; instead, there were many more monks. One of the monks offered Li Yuan a stick of incense and then slowly said:

"Please take the incense and go to the main hall to offer it. Your worries will surely be resolved."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan didn't say anything more. He took the lit incense and headed towards the main hall. However, at this moment, Li Yuan seemed to have noticed something unusual.

Li Yuan sensed something was wrong from the scent of the Buddhist prayer beads held by the monk behind him. Now, with the incense in his hand combined with the fragrance of the prayer beads, Li Yuan realized the seriousness of the situation. The combination of the two was clearly a bewitching drug that could confuse the mind and soul.

Such tricks might be effective against others, but for a cultivator like Li Yuan, whose soul is strong, they are nothing but child's play. However, Li Yuan was still curious about what tricks the other party was playing, so he pretended to be a little absent-minded and followed the monk in front of him.