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Several hours later, Li Shizhou opened his eyes.

"That was close!"

After the green light entered his sea of ​​consciousness, the benefits of his arduous practice of the Pure Yang Technique became apparent.

Although his cultivation was slightly lower than Qi Boyuan's, his soul was stronger. In the end, it took him the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to win the battle of possession.

In the time that followed, Li Shizhou tried his best to read the fragments of Qi Boyuan's memory before Qi Boyuan's soul completely dissipated.

From these fragments of memory, he learned that Qi Boyuan's ancestors had cultivation levels approaching the peak of Foundation Establishment.

The matter of the Blood Spirit Fruit was indeed true. Originally, they planned to give one to Li Shizhou, but unfortunately, they discovered on the way that the body of their old friend's son had been taken over by someone else, so they changed their plans at the last minute.

As for the process of harvesting the Blood Spirit Fruit, it was pretty much as Li Shizhou had guessed.

Qi Boyuan first used the beast to restrain it, while he took the opportunity to enter the depths of the cave and pick all three spiritual fruits from the fruit tree.

Unfortunately, despite all his calculations, he overlooked one crucial point: the red-browed black ape possessed a degree of intelligence. Last time, Qi Boyuan failed to retrieve the fruit and fled wounded.

This demon learned its lesson and this time blocked the passage with stones, preventing it from escaping the cave.

The little demon beast that Qi Boyuan killed last time was the cub of the Red-browed Ink Ape. Therefore, the demon went berserk as soon as it saw him, and even though it was severely injured, it still wanted to kill him.

"Let's go find a safe place first."

Li Shizhou sat up, burned the demon ape's corpse again, swallowed a pill to restore his mana, and was about to carve out a passage when the golden panel refreshed, but this time there was only one piece of information.

[Daily Opportunity Information]

[Area: One li]

[An: A hundred feet away, there is a jade with an underdeveloped spiritual eye. Obtaining it will accelerate your cultivation speed.]

Li Shizhou's eyes lit up as he looked at the intelligence report.

The Jade of the Spirit Eye is a rare treasure in the cultivation world, capable of continuously generating spiritual energy.

He turned and strode quickly into the depths of the cave. After a short while, a small tree about half a person's height came into view. This was the Blood Spirit Fruit Tree.

Once the fruit of this tree ripens or is picked, it will slowly wither and become worthless.

So Li Shizhou didn't have any reservations and directly took out the silver sword to start digging.

After digging for a full half hour, they finally unearthed a piece of white jade about the size of two fists, as white as mutton fat, emitting a rich spiritual aura.

"It truly is a jade of spiritual insight; no wonder such a spiritual herb as the Blood Spirit Fruit can grow here."

Li Shizhou held it in his hand and examined it carefully for a while before putting it into his storage bag with satisfaction.

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Huaiyang Prefecture, Qianyang City.

It is a hundred miles away from Fengming Mountain.

It was a famous large city in the State of Chen, with a population of nearly 500,000.

After traveling for most of the day, Li Shizhou arrived at the north gate of the city. There was a blank wooden sign hanging on the left side of the gate.

As he approached within ten feet of the wooden sign, a faint spiritual pressure emanated from it; it turned out to be a magical artifact.

He channeled his magical power into his eyes, unleashing his Heavenly Eye Technique, and the words "Restricted Combat" appeared on the wooden plaque.

"It seems that in a large city like Qianyang City, the Star Palace has cultivators stationed there."

Li Shizhou entered the city like any other ordinary person.

The streets after entering the city are all paved with blue bricks and are rarely dusty, so they must be cleaned regularly.

It's the height of summer again, but it's evening and the heat is starting to dissipate.

The streets were bustling with pedestrians, the cries of vendors rose and fell, and shop flags fluttered in the breeze.

Qianyang City was the ancestral home of the Qi Boyuan family.

Li Shizhou came here not to cause trouble for Qi Boyuan's clan, but to find a quiet place for cultivation, which was located underground in the Qi family ancestral hall.

The Qi family was a prominent clan in the city, and after making a few inquiries, he found the Qi family mansion.

Li Shizhou first found a tea stall nearby and drank some tea. When it was completely dark, he found an empty alley, made a hand seal to cast an invisibility spell, and quickly concealed his figure.

After climbing over the courtyard wall, we arrived at the Qi Family Ancestral Hall.

With no one around, and a soft creaking sound, Li Shizhou slowly pushed open the door and went inside.

Inside the ancestral hall, hundreds of memorial tablets were placed on a huge offering table, arranged from top to bottom.

He tiptoed behind the offering table and lifted the silk curtain that was covering it.

Find the mechanism in the hidden spot, and as the mechanism turns, a wooden door more than two feet wide slowly opens.

Behind the door was a dark and narrow staircase.

Li Shizhou descended the stairs, and upon reaching the bottom, he pushed open an iron door, revealing a pale yellow light curtain before him.

According to Qi Boyuan's memory, this array light barrier can prevent spiritual energy from escaping and block divine sense from probing.

However, it lacks defensive capabilities, since the Qi family's mortal members also pass through here.

He stepped through the light curtain, and his eyes were suddenly brightened. The spiritual energy inside was far richer than that in the cave he rented in Tianxing City.

This is a secret chamber that is four or five zhang long and wide, and nearly two zhang high, with many moonstones embedded in the ceiling.

"This formation is truly excellent; not a single trace of spiritual energy leaks out."

It's a pity he knew nothing about formations, otherwise he would have definitely taken this formation.

The secret chamber was filled with gold and silver treasures on both sides, and in the center hung a portrait taller than a person. It depicted a man with an otherworldly air, who looked five or six parts similar to Qi Boyuan. He was Qi Boyuan's ancestor who had established his foundation.

In front of the portrait was a three-foot-wide offering table. Li Shizhou walked around the offering table, pushed the portrait with his palm, and a stone door slowly opened.

The inner room was twice the size of the outer room, and it was elegantly furnished with all the necessary cultivation tools, making it a proper cultivator's cave dwelling.

He walked straight in, and the stone door slowly closed by itself.

Li Shizhou first used his divine sense to carefully check the secret room. After finding nothing unusual, he sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and took out Qi Boyuan's storage bag.

As the saying goes, "once bitten, twice shy," this time he first protected himself with his silver armor, then used his magic to isolate each item he took out, carefully examined it with his divine sense, and then sorted and placed it on the bed.

The sorting was completed in the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

There are about two hundred spirit stones in total.

There are three ritual implements in total.

One of them, a three-foot-long golden mace, is a high-grade magic weapon, while the other, a black flying sword, is only a mid-grade magic weapon.

The last item was the black cloak. According to Qi Boyuan's memory, it was made from fragments of a magic weapon and was considered top-grade even among top-tier magic artifacts. No wonder it was able to evade Li Shizhou's spirit-peeping technique.

There were only a few talismans left; the offensive and defensive ones had been exhausted. The most valuable one was the Mantra Talisman, which still had half of its power remaining.

A black jade tablet, this item allows the soul to temporarily reside there, and it was with this item that Qi Boyuan suddenly launched his attack and seized the body.

Besides being a key, this jade tablet also serves as a map. Qi Boyuan's Foundation Establishment ancestor left behind a relic in a hidden place, and only those with Foundation Establishment cultivation can find its location from within the jade tablet.

Two jade slips.

One of them is a cultivation technique that can be practiced up to the late Foundation Establishment stage, but unfortunately it requires an earth elemental root to cultivate. Li Shizhou possesses wood, metal, and fire elements, so it wouldn't be of much use to him.

The other jade slip is an introductory text on formations.

The three bottles of pills were not of high value.

All that remained was a white jade box, a monkey skin, and some miscellaneous items.

With anticipation in his eyes, Li Shizhou slowly opened the jade box using his magic.

Three thumb-sized, slightly bluish, red oval fruits lay quietly inside the box.

It was indeed the Blood Spirit Fruit, exactly as described in the ancient texts.

Upon seeing this, Li Shizhou's breathing became a little rapid. He picked one up, put it to his nose, and sniffed it, immediately feeling refreshed.

He didn't take it rashly. Instead, he put the things on the bed into his storage bag, took a bath, and slept soundly.

After resting and recovering his energy the next day, he took out a Blood Spirit Fruit and put it in his mouth.

As soon as I took a bite, my jaw started chattering; it really was incredibly sour.

As the spiritual fruit entered his stomach, Li Shizhou felt his spiritual energy surging and his body becoming hot. He quickly circulated his cultivation technique to absorb it.

Soon, Li Shizhou's skin turned completely red on the wooden bed, his heart pounded, and excruciating pain surged like a tide, wave after wave.

The pores on the skin opened, and a thick, black liquid seeped out from time to time.

Having endured the agony of being burned alive by the Pure Yang Technique for so long, this little pain was nothing to him.

Moreover, the Blood Spirit Fruit can improve one's aptitude, and Li Shizhou even hoped that the pain would come even more intensely.

Two full days and two nights passed before the medicine was completely absorbed, and Li Shizhou was covered in mud.

He first tried to cultivate by circulating his cultivation technique, and then took out a pill that could increase his cultivation level and consumed it to refine it.

Several hours later, Li Shizhou concluded that his aptitude had indeed improved after consuming the Blood Spirit Fruit. Whether meditating or taking pills, the effects were 30% better than before.

Moreover, in addition to improving his aptitude, the abundant spiritual power of the Blood Spirit Fruit also greatly increased his cultivation level.

He was already close to the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and his successful breakthrough in the past two days, with a surplus, was an unexpected bonus.

"As expected, opportunities are found in danger, and this time we made a killing."

After resting for a while, Li Shizhou got up and washed off the dirt on his body.

He had just sat back on the wooden bed when suddenly the bed shook, accompanied by a woman's moans.