Seeking immortality begins with daily intelligence reports.

After registering all the monsters hunted by Li Shen and his group, Zhao Qian and Zhao Ying then discussed how to distribute the contribution points from this trip.

In principle, a Tier 1 early-stage monster can provide between five and twenty basic contribution points, a Tier 1 mid-stage monster can provide between twenty-five and eighty points, and a Tier 1 late-stage monster can provide between eighty-five and three hundred points.

The disciples who are not part of the team leader register and calculate the contribution points to be allocated, and then the disciples who are the team leader allocate them themselves based on the specific performance of the members.

A moment later, Zhao Ying gave an allocation result.

Shi Yong got 56 points, Liu Feng got 42 points, Li Shen got 28 points, and Chen Qiao got 14 points.

Li Shen and the other three had no objection to this.

If Zhao Ying and Zhao Qian hadn't intervened, it's uncertain whether they would have survived unscathed.

After the registered disciples left, the group continued to advance in the original formation.

With the experience gained from previous teamwork, there were not many unexpected events in the subsequent monster hunt, and Li Shen also gained sixty contribution points.

Including rest time, the group arrived at the front of a misty valley on the evening of the second day after their departure.

This place is called Fog Valley.

The spiritual herbs that Shi Yong needed were among them.

Because this place is shrouded in deep fog all year round, spiritual senses are limited, and one can only enter the valley after the fog dissipates in the early morning.

So Li Shen and his group found a relatively safe place to rest and wait.

At night, the group lit two bonfires.

Zhao Qian and Zhao Ying sat in one group, while Li Shen and the other three sat in another.

Using his focus on cultivating spiritual sense as an excuse, Li Shen volunteered to patrol the surrounding area, just like before.

The location of Fog Valley was about the same distance as the previous intelligence. Last night, Li Shen took advantage of the patrol to quickly locate three remote mountain caves, and was just waiting to conduct an investigation after midnight today.

He arrived at the nearest cave first, crouched down to guard it, released his divine sense to be vigilant about the surroundings, and held a low-grade concealment talisman in his hand.

Time passed quietly, and suddenly Li Shen's eyes lit up as the daily intelligence report popped up at midnight as promised.

The crimson-striped python deep within the misty valley is actually called the Seven-Colored Python. With each additional color on its body stripe, it can unleash a new type of spell, and its strength increases accordingly. When all seven colors are gathered, it possesses the power of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator. If it successfully transforms into a dragon, it can rival a Nascent Soul cultivator. The Seven-Colored Python currently in the valley has only recently given birth and its senses are still weak, but this has made its temperament exceptionally fierce and volatile.

Seven-Colored Python, Nascent Soul Potential...

While Li Shen was shocked, a bad thought popped into his head: could it be that the spiritual herb Shi Yong needed was near the Crimson Python's lair, or that the Crimson Python itself was a demonic beast guarding spiritual herbs?

He withdrew his gaze from the misty valley, suppressed his various thoughts, and focused his attention back on the dark cave entrance before him.

Without hesitation, Li Shen summoned a concealment talisman, and his entire body instantly became ethereal, as if he had been suddenly erased from this world.

He cautiously entered; the cave was damp and cold, filled with the smells of decaying leaves and wild animals.

Li Shen cautiously probed in with his divine sense.

The cave was not deep, and apart from some animal skeletons and messy traces, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation or human remains.

He quietly withdrew and quickly moved on to the second location.

The second cave is located behind a patch of vines and is even more hidden.

It appears that someone briefly stayed inside the cave, as there were traces of withered grass in the corners, but nothing unusual about it.

Li Shen's heart sank slightly as he arrived at the last cave, which was also the least secluded.

The cave entrance faces a mountain path and has no natural obstructions.

The moment Li Sheng stepped into the cave, his gaze froze.

A narrow crack, just wide enough for one person to pass through, appeared at the bottom of the cave.

Li Shen slowly passed through, and suddenly the view opened up before him, revealing a natural stone chamber of moderate size.

The entire stone chamber seemed to have been the site of a fierce battle, with sword marks of varying depths and old bloodstains everywhere.

With his gaze fixed on the center, Li Shen suddenly noticed a grim skeleton draped in a tattered cloak.

He immediately donned a mid-grade gold shield talisman and unhesitatingly threw out a low-grade fireball talisman, instantly igniting the skeleton.

When only a pinch of ashes remained after the cremation, Li Shen used his divine sense to examine it again.

Only after discovering that there was no spiritual energy or abnormal fluctuations did Li Shen's tense nerves relax slightly.

Using the faint light of the fluorite embedded around the stone wall, he began searching for the ten ancient spirit insect eggs.

I thought they would be hidden somewhere, but after walking a few steps, I saw the ten ancient spirit insect eggs on the ground.

Li Shen then picked one up, probed it with his spiritual energy, and immediately sensed a faint life fluctuation.

He was overjoyed and picked up all ten ancient spirit insect eggs. As soon as he looked up, he saw a brown cloth bag lying quietly not far ahead.

Based on the shape and size analysis, a word quickly popped into Li Shen's mind.

Storage bag!

He probed it with his divine sense and, finding nothing amiss, picked it up.

The moment spiritual energy probes in, it can clearly detect what is inside.

The storage bag was about one square meter in size, containing no spirit stones or magical artifacts, only two books.

Li Shen had an idea and took it out. Although the book was old and the edges were worn.

But the words on it are still clearly legible.

One book is called "The True Scripture of Refining Soul with Mysterious Evil" and the other is called "The Secret Essentials of Controlling Spirit Insects".

It's actually a demonic cultivation technique?

Li Shen opened the book "Mysterious Fiend Soul Refining True Scripture" and, after a brief reading, discovered that this cultivation method was extremely evil.

Besides the Profound Soul Fiend Qi cultivated from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, there are also four secret techniques:

The Yin Soul Escape technique used for escaping and pursuing.

A powerful killing move that requires a short charging time: Blood Soul Nail.

The Soul Extraction Technique used to cultivate soul slaves.

The Slave-Driving Technique used to control soul slaves.

There are also methods for refining and using the Yin Soul Banner, as well as a foundation-building method that does not rely on Foundation-Building Pills, called Yuan Yin Foundation Building.

However, this method requires the refining of a special elixir, the Heyuan Pill.

Of course, the method of refining this elixir and the specific materials are also recorded in the book.

Li Shen felt a great sense of regret. He then opened the book "Secrets of Spirit Insect Control," which detailed the cultivation, master recognition, and control methods of several spirit insects. Among them was the "Spirit Devouring Ant," to which the ten spirit insect eggs in his hand belonged.

This is a spirit insect that feeds on spiritual energy and materials and minerals containing spiritual energy.

The adult insect is entirely black with colorful wings on its back. It possesses a certain ability to fly and teleport short distances. Its carapace is extremely hard, and its mouthparts can secrete a strange acid that can corrode and devour most things containing spiritual energy.

However, the difficulty of breeding them is astonishing. In the early stages, the hatching of the insect eggs not only requires a continuous supply of spiritual energy, but also the provision of essence blood to encourage them to recognize their master, thereby reducing the risk of them going out of control later.

Subsequent cultivation requires a large number of spirit stones or materials containing spiritual energy.

"This demonic cultivator probably spent too much time and effort cultivating this insect, causing his own cultivation to fall behind the development of the insect swarm and resulting in a backlash."

Li Shen pondered to himself, his gaze sweeping once more over the sword marks and bloodstains in the stone chamber.

He suppressed his desire to investigate further and solemnly put the two books and ten spirit insect eggs into his storage bag.

Then they thoroughly searched the entire stone chamber several times.

They received a diary, a tattered banner of ghosts, and a black bag of spirit insects.

Only after confirming that nothing was missed did I quietly exit.

On the way, he regretted burning the skeleton. The skeleton of a Foundation Establishment cultivator could have been used to feed spirit insects, rather than being used to burn a pile of ashes.

Back at the camp, the night was deep.

Li Shen sat cross-legged as usual, regulating his breathing and silently circulating the "Evergreen Technique".

Half an hour after Li Shen left the stone chamber, four black-clad cultivators arrived at the cave entrance.