Seeking immortality begins with daily intelligence reports.

Three months later.

At the beginning of Shenshi, the sun's shadow was setting in the west.

Li Shen sat in the advanced training room, slowly opened his eyes, and exhaled a long breath.

"Now, thanks to the accumulation of high-grade Qi Gathering Pills, I feel that the Qi Sea in my dantian has become much richer, but I am still a little short of breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining."

Li Shen muttered to himself.

Although he has been in seclusion these days, thanks to the daily intelligence he receives, he is not entirely unaware of the outside world.

The conflict between the Jade Sword Sect and the Cloud Crane Sect lasted only ten days before it came to an end.

The result was pretty much what Li Shen had expected.

The Cloud Crane Sect compensated the Jade Sword Sect with three third-tier demon cores, and the matter was considered closed.

Comparison of the third-tier realm of demonic beasts with that of human Golden Core cultivators.

Therefore, Yunhe Sect's provision of compensation demonstrates their sincerity.

This also indirectly demonstrates the formidable strength of the Jade Sword Sect.

Li Shen had no idea how Chen Liangdao was dealt with.

Anyway, we're already too busy taking care of ourselves.

Just yesterday at midnight, the daily intelligence report stated:

The two late-stage Qi Refining disciples that Chen Liangdao's apprentice Zhou Ren'an had planted in the shadows to monitor the Zhao family have already left.

The reason is simple: when Zhou Ren was resisting the Jade Sword Sect, he was injured by the combined attack of Zhao Qian and Zhao Ying, and was afflicted with cold energy, and had not yet found a suitable way to resolve it.

With their master seriously injured and unable to care for himself, the promised benefits are naturally uncertain.

Moreover, the other party is a talisman master of the Zhao family, which speaks volumes about their strength.

For another three months, he did not leave the Zhao residence, and he could not afford to waste any more time.

Of course, without this intelligence, Li Shen did intend to fight them to the bitter end.

After all, he was in the vast Zhao family mansion and had a certain status. If he wanted to collect spiritual plants for alchemy, he could ask a member of the Zhao family to do it for him.

As a foundation-building family engaged in the art of talisman making, the Zhao family has virtually no worries about the materials needed for drawing talismans.

As for spirit stones, Li Shen could easily obtain them by selling talismans and pills.

However, if some major opportunities are short-lived, staying at the Zhao residence indefinitely can indeed be a hindrance.

Entrusting it to other members of the family is not very reassuring, and the source and reasons are hard to say.

However, it's not entirely without a solution; Li Shen still has the superior-grade concealment talisman.

Having learned from the Blood Soul Sect's experience of using the Greedy Molting Gu Worm to track him last time, he no longer relied on the superior-grade Concealing Breath Talisman as much as before.

The cultivation world is vast, and Li Shen believes there must be more than one way to restrain it.

Fortunately, this kind of information about opportunities has not been updated.

"Lord Li, the person has been brought here."

A respectful voice came from outside the stone gate. Li Shen stood up, opened the stone gate, and warm sunlight rushed in.

His gaze fell upon the Zhao family members who were on duty in the training room today.

Li Shen's eyes gleamed with a blue light, and his divine sense could detect that the person standing at the entrance of the training academy was Shi Yong.

"Thank you for your hard work, please let him in."

Li Shen took out ten spirit stones, and with a flick of his finger, they all floated into the disciple's arms.

"Thank you, Venerable Li. I'll let him in right away."

The Zhao family disciple quickly put away the spirit stones, bowed respectfully, and took his leave.

He had received a total of forty spirit stones from Li Shen over the past few days, in various rewards.

This is still considered low; other disciples who also took on the duty have already received more than one hundred spirit stones.

Li Shen's actions gradually made the task of guarding the training room a coveted position among the younger generation of the family, especially those from collateral branches or those who did not receive preferential treatment from the family's resources.

In the three months that Li Shen stayed here, he met many new faces he had never seen before.

Li Shen also met Li Niu's three-and-a-half-year-old child.

The child took his mother's surname, Zhao, and his given name was Yunfei.

After all, he has the talent of three spiritual roots, and although he is still young, he can still receive the support of his family's resources.

Therefore, Li Niu brought his wife and children to visit Li Shen to reminisce.

When Li Niu's wife first met Li Shen, she didn't think much of him. But when she learned that he was a talisman master, her attitude immediately improved.

She also found the answer in her heart to why the elders of the Zhao family had given Li Niu all sorts of benefits.

Li Shen, as an observer, saw all of this, but he didn't say much. Li Niu was honest and kind-hearted, and as long as he could stand tall and live happily in the Zhao family, that was enough for him.

Before leaving, Li Shen secretly gave the two low-grade Water-Dividing Thorns that had been gathering dust in his storage bag to Li Niu.

As a gift for the child's birth.

This was something Li Shen decided to give away after some thought.

At least taking it out won't inexplicably create more enemies.

Before long, the disciple led Shi Yong to Li Shen.

The two sat down in a pavilion not far from the practice room.

"Young Li, you're doing quite well in the Zhao family now. As soon as people say you're a friend of Elder Li, the Zhao family disciples treat me with utmost respect. I never received this kind of treatment when I first came here."

Shi Yong chuckled.

"Brother Shi, you're joking. Is your wife feeling any better?"

Li Shen smiled and asked with concern.

Upon hearing this, Shi Yong's smile faded slightly, and a complex expression flashed in his eyes, but he quickly regained his nonchalant demeanor.

"It's still the same. After giving her the Melting Pill, it did have an effect, but the root of the Dragon Nether Body is in her bloodline, so it can't cure the root cause. However, if it can make her feel comfortable for a few days, then this risky trip was worth it."

Li Shen nodded and did not ask any further questions.

The two chatted for a while about what they had seen and heard in the past three months, and the atmosphere gradually became more relaxed.

Shi Yong spoke with considerable pride about how he had shaken off the Blood Soul Sect's pursuit.

Finally, I would like to add:

"That Golden Core cultivator in Linlang City is incredibly powerful. He single-handedly drove back the Blood Soul Sect, and I was able to escape back thanks to his help."

Li Shen listened, occasionally revealing a hint of admiration for Master Lu, before getting to the main point:

"Brother Shi, last time you mentioned the fourth layer of the Thousand Refinements and Myriad Transformations Hand technique. After I came back, I studied the formula you gave me for a few days and tried it several times, but I still couldn't get the hang of it."

As he spoke, he took out a small jade bottle from his pocket and poured out a dull-colored, low-grade fasting pill.

"I took some pills to practice with, and I've already wasted seventeen or eighteen of them."

Shi Yong took the pill, twirled it between his fingertips, examined it for a moment, and a slight smile appeared on his lips:

"Young Li has a good character; judging from the marks, he put a lot of effort into them."

Li Shen smiled wryly:

"Brother Shi, please stop teasing me. I understand the principles of this deconstruction method, but when it comes to actually doing it, I'm constantly hampered and completely clueless."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yong burst into laughter. Seeing Li Shen's expression, he recalled his own embarrassing situation when he was learning deconstruction.

"No problem, young Li, I've come prepared today as well."

As soon as he finished speaking, he reached out and patted the storage bag.

A double-eared alchemy furnace rests steadily on the stone table in the pavilion.

The furnace is no more than half a person's height, entirely black, and covered with inscriptions.

Li Shen glanced up and down and immediately made a judgment.

This furnace is at least as good as the alchemy cauldron I bought from the black market.

Shi Yong patted the furnace and smiled confidently:

"Young Li, watch closely, I'll show you something today."