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

Seeing this, Li Yuan quickly stepped forward, ready to deliver the final blow.

Just then, a faint fluctuation of magical power caught Li Yuan's attention. Before he could investigate, a palm print of magical power struck him.

Seeing that he couldn't dodge in time, Li Yuan had no choice but to set up a protective shield around himself and withstand the attack.

"Fellow Daoist, you are quite skilled, managing to sense my presence." As he spoke, an aged figure identical to the old servant appeared before them. This person was none other than Huang San from the Huang family of Longling County, the helper the Qian family had sought.

Although Li Yuan blocked the attack, it took him a long time to recover from the shock. Then, Li Yuan's face turned cold.

"Fellow Daoist, this is a matter between me and the Qian family. If you leave now, I will pretend that attack never happened. What do you say?"

Huang San did not speak, but looked at the Qian family patriarch. Only after the Qian family patriarch stood up did he slowly speak:

"Old woman Qian, can you hold on?"

The patriarch of the Qian family slowly stood up.

"It's nothing serious. You hold this person back for me, and I'll give you this demonic snake." Upon hearing this, Old Huang nodded.

"Okay, be careful."

Seeing that the two had arranged their tactics, Li Yuan smiled coldly and then looked at Luo Tong.

Luo Tong understood Li Yuan's meaning and, without waiting for the two to catch their breath, immediately went to meet the old Taoist Zhou. Li Yuan, on the other hand, quickly rushed towards the old servant of the Qian family.

Although this old servant was a level above Li Yuan in cultivation, he quickly began to be overwhelmed by the combined attacks of Li Yuan and the White Snake.

Perhaps because his time was running out, the old servant of the Qian family did not back down even though he was being beaten until he vomited blood. Instead, he pounced on Li Yuan even more fiercely.

As time went by, the old servant of the Qian family finally fell to the combined attack of Li Yuan and the White Snake.

Huang San was initially dominating Luo Tong, but when Li Yuan and Bai She freed themselves up, Huang San sensed the danger and used his agility to turn and flee.

Li Yuan could not let him leave so easily, so he joined forces with the white snake and the two of them and the beast to attack Huang San.

However, the three of them underestimated Huang San's abilities. His ghostly movements and powerful magic forced the two of them to retreat. In an instant, Huang San used some kind of talisman, making him several times faster than before. In just a short while, he disappeared from everyone's sight.

Li Yuan and Luo Tong didn't give chase. Their priority now was to consume the cultivation resources of the Qian family and then leave. As for the spirit fields, they were too far away to get involved.

The Li family warehouse was easy to find; it was broken open by Li Chang and his group in no time. Besides most of the mortal grains, there were about 800 catties of spirit rice. In addition, there were 28 spirit stones in the Qiankun bag of the Qian family patriarch, as well as the magic weapon. This harvest was quite bountiful.

Most importantly, there were the two cultivation manuals in the Qianjia Old Servant's Qiankun Bag, and the recipe for refining the Yellow Sprout Pill.

The two manuals are titled "Fire Control Technique" and "Gold Entangling Technique".

After dividing the spoils equally, Li Yuan led the people from the Sishui Escort Agency away from the Qian family's residence. As for the ordinary people of the Qian family, apart from some unimportant servants, Li Yuan did not spare anyone who was related by blood.

Such is how family feuds have always been. Since the Qian family was deceived by their ancestor, there is no way they would kill innocent people indiscriminately.

However, the massacre of these mortals made Li Yuan realize why his Li family was being entangled with these Qian family members; it turned out to be because of Mo Bufan, the magistrate of Suiyun County.

Li Yuan naturally wouldn't take a mere mortal seriously. After understanding the matter, Li Yuan began to plan his income. As for the magistrate of Suiyun County, someone would take care of him.

What pleased Li Yuan the most was that he never expected that the Qian family would have the recipe for Huangya Dan, which meant that the Li family would definitely be able to produce a true alchemist.

However, to become an alchemist, one must at least reach the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining; otherwise, the magical power within the body simply cannot support the condensation of the pill.

The only person in the Li family who meets the requirements right now is himself; even his father's fourth-level Qi Refining cultivation level would probably be insufficient.

Besides cultivation supplies, the Qian family also took more than twenty carts of grain. Apart from the first cart containing spirit rice, the rest were ordinary grains, which were just enough to fill the granaries that the Li family later built.

It took another half month to get back to the Li family. As soon as they arrived at Zhushan, Li Daqiang came looking for them.

"Yuan'er, Zhang Xuan from the Ministry of Revenue of Qingshan County of the Imperial Dynasty came to see you." These words made Li Yuan frown. Could it be that there really was a beast tide?

Thinking of this, Li Yuan took out all the spirit stones in his Qiankun bag and then asked Li Daqiang.

"Father, how many spirit stones are left in the clan treasury?"

Upon hearing this, Li Daqiang slowly spoke:

"We still have a hundred spirit stones. We need to keep ten for emergencies, and your mother used five to break through to the third level of Qi Refining. Li Shouyi and that kid Zhou Tian used two for their Qi Awakening."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded.

"Alright, take out all the remaining spirit stones. I'll head to Qingyang Market now. The family hasn't purchased a defensive formation yet. If there really is a beast tide, having a defensive formation will give the Li family a chance to catch our breath."

Li Yuan was not the only one with the same idea; most of the cultivation families in Daqing were starting to hoard talismans and pills.

At this time, the Xu family in Qingshan County.

Xu Daoqian looked at Xu Qingfeng with eyes full of relief and surprise.

"Hahaha, God blesses my Xu family! Now the Medicine Sect has that little fellow Xu Haoran, and the family has you, Qingfeng. How could my Xu family not prosper?"

Xu Qingfeng's face showed no smile, but he slowly spoke:

"Patriarch, according to Prince Sui Guan, it seems that a beast tide has indeed descended upon Daqing. Our Xu family should simply retreat and defend our own family territory."

Upon hearing this, Xu Daoqian nodded. "Qingfeng, you can arrange everything."

At this moment, in the Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts, a thousand miles away from the border of Daqing, countless ferocious beasts were roaring incessantly toward a certain area. If you looked closely, you could see a huge white elephant on the mountain in front of it, with a lush peach tree next to it.

The white giant elephant roared, and all the roaring beasts below lowered their heads, as if paying homage to their king.

Just over ten miles away from where a large number of demonic beasts had gathered, True Monarch Jinye, Ouyang Xiao, and Elder Tianzhen stood in mid-air.

Looking at the horde of beasts ahead, Ouyang Xiao's expression turned grim.

"True Lord, this savage white elephant dislikes killing more than anything in its life, so why would it actively gather a herd of beasts?"

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Jinye looked at the other Heavenly Array Elder.

"Did you figure anything out?"

The Grand Elder of the Heavenly Array looked puzzled.

"Like Fellow Daoist Ouyang, I truly have no idea where the problem lies." Upon hearing this, True Monarch Jinye looked disappointed.

If I perish, how will you preserve the legacy of my Medicine Sect?

Then, Jinye Zhenjun pointed to the peach tree next to the wild white elephant.

"He is the true demon king of this Forest of Ten Thousand Beasts. You two have already reached the Purple Mansion realm; could it be that you can't sense the overwhelming demonic aura emanating from this peach tree?"

Upon hearing this, the two then focused their senses on the peach tree next to the wild white elephant.

Just as the two were shifting their consciousness toward the peach tree, a huge wave of soul energy struck them directly, instantly causing them to cough up blood.

Jinye Zhenjun looked at the two injured people without any surprise, and instead looked in the direction of the beast tide.

"It's been a century since we last met. I didn't expect your cultivation to have improved so much."