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

Li Daqiang looked at Li Yuan's stubborn appearance.

"Very well, very well then, I will stay home and manage everything in the Li family well." After saying that, Li Daqiang took out a piece of yellow silk cloth and handed it to Li Yuan.

"These are the clan rules I compiled before I went into seclusion. Take a look and see if there are any problems." After saying that, he handed the silk and yellow cloth to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan took a look.

"Alright, do as Father says, but we need to add a clause: no descendant of the Li family may privately check whether their offspring possess spiritual roots."

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang's eyes froze.

"It seems I haven't considered this carefully enough." But how can we conceal the matter of planting a spiritual root?

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan slowly said:

"At that time, we can simply write the matter of planting spiritual roots as a ritual for the Li family's talented disciples to increase their chances of obtaining immortality."

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang's eyes lit up. "Excellent, excellent, let's do it this way."

After discussing with Li Daqiang, Li Yuan began to restore his magical power.

This is a village in Luoshan County.

"A disheveled figure in a green robe with blood-red eyes was gnawing on a blurry, bloody ball of flesh."

From high above, one can see that the entire village is now completely silent, except for the chewing sound of the figure in the green robe.

If Li Yuan were here, he would be shocked to see this person, who is none other than Xu Qingfeng of the Xu family.

After finishing off the ball of flesh in his hand, Xu Qingfeng used his magic to change his clothes and then slowly left the village.

Three days later, while Li Yuan was cultivating, Zhou Boyuan, the magistrate of Luoshan County, arrived at the entrance of the small fishing village. Everyone naturally recognized Zhou Boyuan, and seeing his serious expression, they let him in.

Zhou Boyuan immediately demanded to see Master Li at the pass, and the news quickly reached Li Shouqian's ears. Knowing that Li Yuan was in seclusion, Li Shouqian immediately notified his grandfather, Li Daqiang.

Upon seeing Li Daqiang arrive, Zhou Boyuan respectfully said:

"Greetings, Patriarch Li."

Li Daqiang bowed respectfully, and seeing the stern look on his face, slowly said:

"What is it that has caused you such panic, Magistrate Zhou? My son is in seclusion. Just tell me what happened."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Zhou...

"Master Li, this matter concerns the safety of my Luoshan County, please be sure to inform us."

"A small village called Sihai Village, a hundred miles away, was wiped out overnight. Apart from some human remains, nothing else was left."

"I suspect it is the work of demons, and that is why I have come to inform the immortal."

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang hesitated for a moment. Yuan'er had told him that evil cultivators would cause trouble during the immortals' summons. Could it really be the work of demons?

"In that case, Magistrate Zhou, go back and send your men to check each household for any suspicious persons. If you don't have enough manpower, you can recruit from my Sihai Escort Agency. I'll go and inform Yuan'er first."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Boyuan was overjoyed and immediately said:

"Okay, I'll take care of it right away." After saying that, Zhou Boyuan left the Li family with several yamen runners.

Li Daqiang also put aside what he was doing and went to Zhushan.

Zhou Boyuan not only informed the Li family about the matter, but also reported it to Daqing. Just as Li Yuan and Li Daqiang were discussing it, several members of the Zhenxie Division were also heading towards Qingshan County.

On the bamboo mountain, Li Yuan had already put away his cultivation technique.

"Father, this matter is not simple. You stay at home and have the bandit-suppression team patrol day and night. If they see any suspicious people in the village, report them immediately."

I'll go and inform the Xu and Luo families first, so that the three of us can look out for each other.

After saying that, Li Yuan went out the door.

As for the White Snake, Li Yuan left her on Bamboo Mountain to deal with any unforeseen circumstances.

Upon arriving in Luoshan City, Li Yuan first sought out Xu Qingfeng. However, Xu Qingfeng's courtyard was no longer as lively as before. Apart from a maid who poured water and an old servant who swept the floor, there was no one else in the entire courtyard.

Xu Qingfeng and Li Yuan sat facing each other in the empty courtyard. After taking a sip of tea, Li Yuan slowly said:

"Brother Xu, what do you think of this matter?"

Xu Qingfeng didn't speak until after a long pause.

"He's undoubtedly a heretical cultivator," Xu Qingfeng thought, his eyes turning bloodshot.

"I am not happy with you, Brother Li. My family was also slaughtered by this evil cultivator once. When my family went back to the Xu family ancestral home to worship our ancestors, they were all killed because you delayed them for a while."

"This evil cultivator has reappeared. Brother, we must tear him to pieces no matter what."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan was shocked, never expecting that this evil cultivator had been entrenched in Qingshan County for so long.

Seeing that the matter could not be delayed, Li Yuan and Xu Qingfeng immediately set off for the Luo family's territory in Suiyun County.

When the two arrived, they discovered that the person who was suppressing the evil spirits was talking to the head of the Luo family.

When Luo Tong saw Xu Qingfeng and Li Yuan arrive, he quickly went forward to greet them.

After the four sat down, the person from the Demon Suppression Division was the first to speak to Li Yuan and ask:

"Patriarch Li, what's your opinion on this matter? After all, it happened on your Li family's territory."

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, realizing he was indeed unaware of the matter, and then looked at Xu Qingfeng.

"My lord, why don't we let Fellow Daoist Xu speak? He should know more about this matter than I do."

After hearing Li Yuan's words, everyone turned their attention to Xu Qingfeng.

Seeing this, Xu Qingfeng slowly said:

"I am sorry to bother you fellow cultivators, but this evil cultivator did not just appear recently. Five years ago, when I took my family back to my ancestral home to pay respects to our ancestors, I was delayed by some business. When I returned, I found that my family had been slaughtered. However, no matter how I searched, there was no trace of them at the scene."

"At that time, I suspected that it was the work of your two families and secretly investigated your two families. After this incident, I have concluded that it was the work of the evil cultivators hiding in my Qingshan County."

After hearing this, the person from the Suppressing Evil Division seemed to understand something and slowly nodded.

He then looked at the group of people.

"According to Fellow Daoist Xu, it's not the local immortal clans that are doing the wrong thing. That makes it much easier to investigate. After you go back, each of you should return to the county under your jurisdiction and work together to investigate. If there's any sign of trouble, then notify us."

After saying that, the people from the Evil Suppression Division left the Luo family.

When the people from the Evil Suppression Division told them to investigate themselves, they all looked troubled. If they could investigate themselves, what use would the Evil Suppression Division be?

However, among the people's troubled expressions, there were naturally some who were pretending.

After the people from the Zhenxie Division left, the group agreed that they would provide full support to each other should one of them be in trouble, and then they returned to their respective homes.

Meanwhile, in a mountain stream, the arrogant Zhenxie Division chief was now kneeling beside a person dressed in a black robe whose face was covered.

"Sir, that's the situation. Do you think those three families are suspects?"

After a long pause, the man in black robes finally uttered a single word.

"Investigate, investigate as far as you can."

"Yes." After accepting the order, the member of the Demon Suppression Hall respectfully withdrew.

After the man in black robes withdrew, he murmured slowly:

"Xu Qingfeng has been cultivating this demonic art for so long, I wonder what results he has achieved. I'd like to see for myself."

After saying that, the man in black robes disappeared into the mountain stream in an instant.