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Although Zi Ling only revealed her eyebrows and eyes, the slight smile in her eyes exuded a myriad of charms.

If she were to use her seductive arts, a male cultivator with insufficient self-control would likely have his soul stolen from him with just one glance.

Li Shizhou nodded to Zi Ling in response, then flashed back to the courtyard.

Now, Zhuo Ruting has turned every available space in the courtyard of his cave into a medicinal herb garden.

The courtyard that was originally for the servants to live in has long since disappeared and has been filled with all kinds of spiritual herbs. Even the pavilions and towers have been demolished.

The dog used to run wild in the courtyard, destroying the flowers, plants and trees. Now it can only stay obediently in the stone room, and Li Shizhou will take it outside for a walk when he has time.

In fact, after entering the Core Formation stage, he could apply to the sect for a better residence.

However, I've gotten used to living in this cave for so many years, and it's also home to the spiritual herbs that Zhuo Ruting has worked so hard to grow.

In addition, the spiritual eye jade he buried underground is still growing. After so many years, the spiritual power emitted by this object is much stronger than before.

To ensure that the spiritual energy in the entire cave was sufficient to support cultivation, Li Shizhou continued to live there with Zhuo Ruting.

He returned to his cave to rest for a while, then sat cross-legged and began to practice his cultivation technique.

Inside the storage bag, a magical artifact shaped like a ruyi scepter shimmered with spiritual light. This was a communication tool left to him by the sect leader of the Miaoyin Sect.

In recent years, he has commissioned this sect to collect some spiritual materials, but all of them have now been handed over.

"Could it be that there's news about Yuan Yao?"

Thinking of this, Li Shizhou hurriedly took out a magical artifact from his storage bag and listened to it. It was indeed so, so he stopped his practice and left the cave.

As soon as they arrived outside the Miaoyin Sect, a female cultivator in white robes, who was at the Foundation Establishment stage and was holding a round fan, came to greet them.

After bowing, she said, "Senior Li, the sect leader is already waiting at the Star Gazing Pavilion and sent me to welcome you."

This white-robed female cultivator was Fan Jingmei, the newly appointed Left Envoy of the Miaoyin Sect. Li Shizhou had interacted with her several times and they were acquaintances.

"Then I'll trouble Left Envoy Fan to lead the way."

"You're too kind, senior. This way, please."

After speaking, Fan Jingmei covered her red lips with her fan, chuckled, and turned to clear the way on the left.

Her slender waist swayed gently, and her lotus-like steps moved lightly, making her appear incredibly alluring.

Li Shizhou followed behind and also got a good look at the sight.

After walking for a while, the two arrived at a two-story building with carved beams and painted rafters. The plaque above the building had three large gilded characters that read "Star Gazing Pavilion".

"Senior, the sect leader is waiting for you upstairs. I will take my leave now."

Li Shizhou nodded to Fan Jingmei and then pushed open the door. He went up the wooden stairs to the second floor, where the familiar beautiful woman in palace attire was already sitting behind the tea table making tea.

"Fellow Daoist Li, please sit down. It's a rare sight indeed. It's been at least half a year since I last saw you," the beautiful woman in palace attire said, feigning a resentful tone.

"Isn't that why I'm here? I've been busy lately." Li Shizhou sat down cross-legged opposite the beautiful woman in palace attire.

"Oh, you said the same thing last time. Many fellow Daoists wish they could live in my Wonderful Sound Sect. But you, you always come and go in a hurry."

"I'm not worried that my partner at home will get jealous and cause a scene. I prefer peace and quiet," Li Shizhou said, shifting the blame to Zhuo Ruting.

The beautiful woman in palace attire poured tea while smiling and said, "Fairy Zhuo is truly blessed. No wonder my Ziling often tells me how envious she is of her sister Zhuo for having such a good husband."

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Shizhou, still concerned about Yuan Yao, asked seriously, "You just told me that there was progress in Yuan Yao's matter, is that true?"

The beautiful woman in palace attire suppressed her smile upon hearing this: "Of course it's true. This Fairy Yuan Yao you're looking for has caused quite a stir in the Chaotic Star Sea recently. Not long ago, she assassinated the young master of the Qingyang Sect and absconded with many treasures. The Qingyang Sect is currently issuing a warrant for her arrest."

Upon hearing this, Li Shizhou was overjoyed, as this confirmed that the "Crying Soul Beast" was indeed on this woman.

But his only purpose was to find Yuan Yao to make a deal.

So he continued, "Sect Leader Wang, the information you just provided, if I were to inquire, would be sufficient for me to find out. Do you have any information about this woman's whereabouts?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, don't be anxious. Not only have we found out her exact whereabouts, but my people can also help you find her. We can't completely guarantee that this woman is Yuan Yao, but we are about 70 or 80 percent sure. Let me explain slowly."

"Oh, Sect Leader Wang, please speak."

After a short while, Li Shizhou finally understood the whole story.

It turns out that the beautiful woman in palace attire had a personal disciple whom she had raised since childhood, named "Su Qingyu".

Although not a cultivator of the Qingyang Sect, he has become a Daoist partner with a disciple of the sect and currently runs a shop in the Tianquan Island market.

Her husband had shown her the wanted posters inside Qingyang Gate, asking her to pay attention, which is why Su Qingyu had seen Yuan Yao's portrait.

A few days ago, a female cultivator who resembled Yuan Yao came to Su Qingyu's shop to buy materials for refining arrays. She secretly marked the materials with tracking information.

After everyone left, Su Qingyu informed her husband and also sent a message to the Miaoyin Sect.

The beautiful woman in palace attire had just received the item today and immediately informed Li Shizhou.

After listening, Li Shizhou felt it was a bit unreliable. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Sect Leader Wang, the other party didn't notice the markings when they bought the materials. They should be able to find them after a careful inspection when they get back, right? Besides, since it's for making arrays, the markings will most likely be destroyed when they're melted down."

"Rest assured, fellow Daoist. With that person's Foundation Establishment cultivation, it would take several months to refine that array. As for tracking marks, merchants are skilled at marking their goods. After all, firstly, they fear the goods might be robbed en route; secondly, they fear that some people might take advantage of the inspection of the goods to steal the treasure and escape; and thirdly, if..."

As she continued, the beautiful woman in palace attire seemed to realize something was amiss and stopped talking, picking up her teacup and pretending to drink tea.

Li Shizhou said with a half-smile, "Thirdly, if the cultivator who bought the treasure has a low cultivation level and no background, then we can take back the treasure and resell it."

"Cough cough...cough cough..."

The beautiful woman in palace attire choked on her tea upon hearing this, and a look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

Once she calmed down, she quickly changed the subject, saying, "If you're worried about unforeseen circumstances, you should set off as soon as possible."

Afterwards, she gave Li Shizhou Su Qingyu's contact information and other details.

"Then thank you very much, Sect Leader Wang. I will take my leave now and come to have tea with you after this matter is settled."

After paying the reward for the intelligence, Li Shizhou returned to his cave.

Zhuo Ruting had not returned yet, so he left a communication talisman and went to bring all the spirit beasts he was feeding in the stone chamber.

Then they flew toward the "Starry Sky Palace" located on the fiftieth floor of the Holy Mountain.