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

At the entrance of the small fishing village, a number of patrolmen had gathered at various entrances. Wang Tiezhu was sitting upright at the village entrance.

After Li Daqiang went down the mountain to Luoshan City that day, Wang Tiezhu also realized the seriousness of the matter. He then sent all the people from the escort agency to the small fishing village and the surrounding area, dividing them into two teams, one for day and one for night, to guard the small fishing village.

Just then, as Wang Tiezhu was patrolling at the village entrance, a white snake carrying Li Yuan slowly approached the village entrance. This scene greatly frightened Wang Tiezhu.

He quickly stood up, holding a knife in his hand to block the white snake, but it was noticeable that his hand holding the knife was trembling slightly.

As the white snake drew closer, everyone finally noticed that there was a person lying on its back. At that moment, Li Daqiang also arrived at the scene after hearing the news.

As a cultivator, Li Daqiang naturally had sharp eyes. The moment he arrived, he saw that the person lying on the white snake was Li Yuan.

After all, the White Snake and Li Daqiang had cultivated together on Bamboo Mountain. Upon seeing Li Daqiang arrive, the White Snake slowly put Li Yuan down and then transformed into a small snake, lying beside Li Yuan.

Seeing Li Yuan in such a state, Li Daqiang quickly carried him into the bamboo mountain. It wasn't until five days later that Li Yuan slowly woke up. When he opened his eyes and saw that he was on the bamboo mountain, Li Yuan was a little confused. After Li Daqiang brought him some spirit rice porridge and explained the situation to him, Li Yuan gradually understood.

Li Yuan struggled to get up, but a wave of pain washed over him, and he quickly lay back down.

Seeing that Li Yuan was unharmed, Li Daqiang was relieved and then called Liu Yue'er behind him to feed Li Yuan spirit rice porridge.

After swallowing the warm spirit rice porridge, Li Yuan felt much more energetic. At the same time, seeing Liu Yue'er's face covered in tears, he quickly began to comfort her.

During the days that Li Yuan was injured, Liu Yue'er stayed by his side day and night. Even after she knew that Li Yuan was alright, she was determined to see him wake up.

Seeing Liu Yue'er's dark circles, Li Yuan quickly told her to go back and rest, mainly because she was pregnant. If it weren't for the large number of people who witnessed the incident at the village entrance, Li Daqiang and the others might not have told Liu Yue'er about it.

As for Zhang, Li Daqiang completely blocked the news, preventing Zhang from knowing about this matter. In addition, Zhang was in the process of channeling spiritual energy into her body during this period, so she still did not know about this matter.

After sending everyone away, Li Yuan began to slowly circulate the "Five Elements Gathering Spirit Technique" to heal his injuries. However, as the technique was activated, Li Yuan suddenly found that his right hand was becoming somewhat sluggish.

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly examined his right hand and discovered that there were wisps of black magic power emerging from his right arm. Thinking of Yang Guang's appearance, Li Yuan quickly circulated his own magic power, trying to gradually remove the remaining black energy.

However, no matter how Li Yuan manipulated his magic, the black energy was only forced into his hand and did not move again, which made Li Yuan panic.

After several attempts, he found that he could not expel it. Fortunately, the sluggishness in his arm subsided. Seeing that he could not deal with the black energy for the time being, Li Yuan had no choice but to use all the magic power in his dantian to seal it in his right hand.

Li Yuan then began to focus all his efforts on recovering from his injuries, and ten days passed slowly in this way.

At this moment, in the magistrate's mansion of Luoshan City, Zhou Boyuan looked at the information sent down from above, his face extremely ugly. The only cultivator connected to his family was gone just like that.

The person Zhou Boyuan wrote to was Du Mei, who had passed away two days after returning home. She was unlucky and her dantian was shattered by a single blow, causing her magical power to leak out and leaving her with no chance to cultivate again. She passed away completely two days after returning to the Zhenxie Hall.

However, there were also the belongings of the elder Du Mei beside him. Zhou Boyuan looked at the items in the box and had a headache. No one dared to take these things now, but after a while, he would definitely not be able to keep them.

Thinking back to when he asked Senior Du to test the spiritual roots of his family members, and found that not a single person in the entire Zhou family had any spiritual roots, Zhou Boyuan still felt a little regretful.

However, what to do with these things has become a problem. The family can't use them, and he can't hide them away. Sooner or later, cultivators will come looking for them. Zhou Boyuan knows how tempting these cultivation techniques are to those people. If Du Mei hadn't died while completing the Daqing mission, someone would probably have already come knocking on his door.

After a moment of headache, Zhou Boyuan came up with a solution. He took out all the jade slips from the box and copied down their contents one by one.

As for the legendary spirit stone, Zhou Boyuan took out half of it and filled the rest with the rest. Then, Zhou Boyuan called the city guards and rushed towards the Li family.

Li Yuan originally did not want to see him, but when he heard that the other party specifically asked to see him, he became curious and appeared in the courtyard at the foot of the mountain.

"Master Li, it is my fault for disturbing you, but I have important business to discuss with you."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan slowly spoke:

"Brother Zhou, what's the matter that you're so panicked about?"

Zhou Boyuan then carried in a box of things; although it was in a box, it wasn't much.

"Master Li, this is a gift from Zhou to you."

Li Yuan glanced at the contents of the box, scanned it with his divine sense, and immediately became interested. His eyes then widened.

The box contained thirty spirit stones and four jade slips, each representing a spell and a cultivation technique.

"Brother Zhou, such a generous gift—does Brother Zhou have something to ask of my Li family?" Upon hearing this, Zhou Boyuan waved his hand and then said:

"Master Li, my younger sister is almost of marriageable age..." Upon hearing this, Li Yuan immediately fell into deep thought. He knew he was definitely not suitable, and as for Li Tong, he was also a core member of the Li family, and he would eventually find out about the Li family's secrets, so that was also not an option.

Suddenly, a face flashed through Li Yuan's mind, and he quickly spoke slowly to Zhou Boyuan:

"Brother Boyuan, my younger brother is too young for the time being. However, my father has a godson who is a bit younger than me, but he is still a member of the Li family. If Brother Zhou is willing, then this matter can be accomplished."

Li Yuan then added a sentence.

"Brother Zhou, my younger brother Li Chang has been highly regarded by the Li family since he was a child. I'm not trying to fool you."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Boyuan waved his hands repeatedly, then slowly said:

"Not at all, since Master Li has said so, then the betrothal is settled, and these will be the dowry of my Zhou family."

Seeing this, Li Yuan readily agreed, and then slowly said:

"Brother Zhou, would you like to go check on my little brother?"

Zhou Boyuan waved his hand.

"Haha, I still trust Brother Li's judgment."

"Now that things have been settled, I'll take my leave if there's anything else I need to do at my residence."

Li Yuan didn't try to stop him, and only watched him leave after seeing him out of the courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, Li Yuancai put away the spirit stones and then took out the four spellbooks and cultivation manuals from the box.

This cultivation technique, called "Azure Water Technique," is a water-attribute technique. Its cultivation speed is much better than my own "Five Elements Spirit Gathering Technique." However, it is only suitable for women to cultivate and not for men. It would be good to give it to my mother.

After putting away the cultivation manual, Li Yuan took out three spells, which the Li family needed. Among them, the Spirit Rain Spell was perfect for planting spirit fields.

As for the Golden Needle Technique, it is a magic for catching pests. As for the final Fireball Technique, the Li family already possessed this technique.