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

Upon hearing this, Jinye Zhenjun's imposing aura subsided considerably, and he then looked down at Ouyang Xiao with disdain.

"Considering the difficulty of your cultivation, and that you are the first person in nearly a hundred years of my Medicine Sect to be born outside the sect's gates, I will spare your life this time. You must tell the Shaman royal family that if they dare to betray my Medicine Sect, I will surely sever your lineage and exterminate your clan."

Ouyang Xiao nodded hurriedly. Jinye Zhenjun glanced at Ouyang Xiao, then disappeared from the spot in a flash. Immediately afterward, the surrounding scenery changed drastically, and Ouyang Xiao was standing on the imperial city again. The Crimson Fire Space had vanished without a trace.

Meanwhile, the Foundation Establishment elders of the Ouyang family, who were guarding other parts of the imperial city, also approached Ouyang Xiao.

"Then the group bowed respectfully."

"Congratulations, Ancestor, on attaining enlightenment! Congratulations, Ancestor, on attaining enlightenment!"

Ouyang Xiao ignored him and turned back to the basement of the imperial city to heal his injuries. The successive battles had taken their toll on him, and he was already injured just as he was forming his Purple Mansion. He didn't want to leave any hidden dangers behind.

After dealing with Ouyang Xiao, True Monarch Jinye arrived at Green Wave Slope. Looking at the still majestic Blood Dragon, True Monarch Jinye reached out and directly suppressed the Blood Dragon's claws. Then, with a wave of his hand, an entrance appeared, and True Monarch Jinye's figure instantly disappeared into the air.

On the other side, although Li Yuan and Luo Tong were unaware of the situation in the imperial court, they had witnessed the anomaly caused by the blood dragon phenomenon.

As the blood dragon phenomenon appeared, the sand where the two were standing rapidly cracked open, and then a deep canyon appeared before their eyes.

Li Yuan and his companion exchanged a glance, and then jumped into the cracked canyon one after the other.

After walking for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, several dilapidated courtyards came into view, along with a wide medicinal herb garden. Beyond that was an even wider and larger cliff face. Indeed, there was another cliff face beneath the cracked canyon.

The two peered out from the cliff for a moment, and Li Yuan was the first to feel dizzy and lightheaded. Realizing something was wrong, Li Yuan quickly retreated.

Luo Tong was staring intently at the cliff face. If you looked closely, you could see that his eyes were vacant, as if his soul had been stolen by the endless darkness below.

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly pulled Luo Tong back from the edge of the cliff.

After a moment, Luo Tong came to his senses.

"Brother Li, what's wrong with me?" Li Yuan had no choice but to remind him again not to approach the cliff. In Li Yuan's perception, the abyss below the cliff seemed capable of sucking away souls.

This made Li Yuan, who had originally intended to cross the cliff, abandon the idea and instead obediently began exploring the surrounding area.

Li Yuan searched the vicinity and found no great treasures other than a few century-old spiritual herbs and some spiritual plants in the herb garden.

It seems that if there is any real treasure, it must be on the other side of this cliff.

However, with these few century-old spiritual herbs, the two of them did not make a wasted trip. These spiritual herbs were distributed fairly, with each person obtaining three beads.

The three medicinal herbs that Li Yuan was given were the Purple Gold Flower, the Rejuvenating Grass, and another herb that Li Yuan did not recognize.

After dividing the medicinal herbs equally, the two walked around the neighborhood to make sure nothing was missed, and then returned to their residence by the same route. However, Li Yuan did not notice the glint in Luo Tong's eyes as he left.

Upon returning to his residence, Li Yuancai learned that the elders of the Daqing Dynasty had successfully advanced to the Purple Mansion realm, while the people of the Dawei Dynasty and the Mosa Kingdom had voluntarily withdrawn their troops and conceded defeat.

Furthermore, a secret realm was revealed at the border of the three kingdoms, and the Medicine Sect allowed each of the three kingdoms to bring people to explore the secret realm together.

The candidates selected by Daqing this time were all the princes and members of the royal family who had made great contributions. The scale of the selection caused Daqing to fall into internal strife, with everyone vying for the spot to enter the secret realm.

Although Li Yuan wanted to care about these things, he had more important matters to attend to. After the battle ended, Li Yuan couldn't wait to return to the Li family.

Half a month had passed since Li Yuan returned to the Li family, which remained on high alert until Li Yuan returned from the battlefield.

Seeing Li Yuan return from the battlefield, Li Daqiang didn't say anything, but the smile on his face betrayed his true feelings.

Upon returning to the Li family, Li Yuan saw that the three spiritual herbs in his Qiankun bag were still alive, so he quickly planted them all on the bamboo mountain.

A spiritual herb that has grown for hundreds of years cannot be bought with just a few spirit stones. As for the spiritual herb that he did not recognize, Li Yuan placed it under the first-level spirit-gathering array issued by the imperial court.

Since I have never encountered it before, this spiritual herb is either worthless or extremely precious. Being able to grow for hundreds of years, it must belong to the latter.

After planting the three spiritual herbs, Liu Yue'er carried a bowl of spiritual rice porridge to Li Yuan's cultivation place.

"My lord, try this spirit rice porridge with spirit bamboo shoots. These tender bamboo shoots grew after you left, and they have the effect of enhancing your magical power."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan took the spirit rice porridge and tasted a mouthful.

"That's right, Yue'er. After deducting the taxes from Daqing, how much spirit rice is left from the spirit fields?"

Liu Yue'er answered in response.

"Four hundred catties is enough for the entire Li family to eat spirit rice porridge for three months."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded.

"Alright, provide full support to the Li family. Don't skimp on anything, hand over all the matters of the spirit fields to Li Tong, and you can focus on your cultivation from now on."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er looked at Li Yuan with tender eyes.

"My husband, I am just a woman and I don't have any great ambitions. Now, Father, Mother, and even you have a lot of expenses for cultivation. Besides, I am still young, so you should use the cultivation resources first."

"Furthermore, I also need to save some money for Shouqian and Shouyi, so that when they are able to cultivate, it will be much faster."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan pulled Liu Yue'er into his arms.

"I heard that when the Qian family attacked, it was Shouyi and Shouchuan who were the first to recognize them?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er's face showed lingering fear.

"Fortunately, the thief did not attack Shouqian. Father was defeated by the thief in two moves. In the end, it was the white snake who stepped in and defeated the thief."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan glanced around the bamboo mountain.

"Where is the White Snake?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yue'er slowly said:

"Since the last attack, the White Snake has only appeared at night, and I don't know what it's like now. But now that you're back, the White Snake should be back soon."

While the two were still talking, a huge white snake came to them carrying a lion in its mouth. Li Yuan immediately knew that the lion must have been captured from Daheng Mountain.

Upon seeing Li Yuan return, the white snake swallowed the lion whole and then came to Li Yuan, flicking its tongue as it looked at him.

Li Yuan touched the white snake's head and examined the wound on its back. Only after seeing that the wound had healed did Li Yuan feel relieved.

Thinking of the Gathering Power Pill he had brought from the battlefield, Li Yuan took out one of the pills to see if the white snake would react. The white snake looked at the pill that Li Yuan took out from his Qiankun bag and then swallowed it in one gulp.

Then, the white snake seemed to sense something. After sniffing Li Yuan for a while, it crawled to the side of the spiritual herb that Li Yuan did not recognize. Then, the white snake shrank and quickly transformed into a small snake, which coiled up next to the spiritual herb.

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly stepped forward to greet them, fearing that the white snake might steal his medicinal herb if he didn't bite it.