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Composing himself, Li Shen said calmly:

"You can go to Zhao's Grocery Store on Fangshi West Street and tell the manager that Li Gongfeng recommended you. He will arrange a stable job for you."

Upon hearing this, Ye Fan immediately understood, his gloomy expression vanishing as he grinned. However, he inadvertently aggravated a hidden injury on his face, instinctively hissing, and quickly bowed in thanks.

"Thank you for your kind words, senior!"

Li Shen nodded slightly, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

It was as if he had only arranged a trivial matter.

Watching that receding figure, Ye Fan was still immersed in excitement, and after a long while, he murmured softly:

"That old fortune teller really wasn't lying to me; there really are opportunities at the rogue cultivator market! Those ten spirit stones weren't wasted! But he looks quite young, yet he's already an elder of a Foundation Establishment family..."

Thinking of this, Ye Fan couldn't help but shudder, recalling his reckless words when he first spoke to someone in front of the Demon Hunting Ranking, and a wave of fear washed over him:

"The cultivation world is truly full of hidden talents. I can't be so careless in the future. Luckily, I met someone with a good temper, otherwise I wouldn't even know how I died."

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Li Shen then visited several more stalls, bought the suitable spiritual materials with a wave of his hand, and left the market of rogue cultivators without lingering any longer.

On his way back to the Zhao residence, he happened to pass by the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

The Song and Zhou families were the main businesses in the market dealing in medicinal plants.

After pausing to think for a moment, Li Shen decided to give up his plan to go in.

He didn't have a good relationship with either of these families, especially the Zhou family. Chen Liangdao's apprentice, Zhou Ren, came from the Zhou family.

However, so far, the Zhou family has not taken any action against the Zhao family or Li Shen, the talisman master, which means that Zhou Ren most likely did not tell the family that his master had his eye on the Zhao family's talisman master.

But this is just Li Shen's guess; perhaps the Zhou family has their own plans.

Li Shen didn't think too much about it and decided to arrange for a few reliable Zhao family disciples to help him find suitable spiritual plants at the Spirit Medicine Pavilion in the future.

Li Shen continued walking forward, and before long, he passed through the inner city gates and arrived at the Zhao residence.

"Li Gongfeng".

"Li Gongfeng".

When the two gatekeepers of the Zhao residence saw Li Shen approaching, they immediately bowed respectfully.

Li Shen's gaze lingered for a moment before he walked straight inside.

The two gatekeepers' attitudes were completely different from when he first arrived, which made him sigh at the ironclad rule of the cultivation world that strength is paramount.

He walked towards the training hall with practiced ease, no longer showing the awkwardness he had when he got lost at the Zhao residence.

The Zhao family members they encountered along the way all stopped and bowed respectfully.

Li Shen nodded slightly in response, but continued walking.

Perhaps influenced by Ye Fan's recent changes, or perhaps because he was getting closer to Foundation Establishment.

He had many feelings during his visit to the Zhao residence.

Of course, it's also possible that I'm getting older and my mindset has become more stable.

Li Shen did not delve into the reasons behind this.

Stopping at the courtyard gate, he, as usual, tossed the rent for the high-level training room, along with the spirit stones as a reward, to the disciple on duty.

I walked into the slowly opening stone door without any distraction.

Time flies, and a year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the Zhao family's advanced training room.

The warm yellow candlelight suddenly flickered.

Li Shen sat cross-legged on the futon, his spiritual energy suddenly surging as he closed his eyes and looked inward at himself.

Within the dantian, the qi sea was dense, seemingly showing a tendency to solidify.

"This Qi Condensation Technique is truly remarkable. At first glance, it seems to compress and purify spiritual energy, which would take a considerable amount of time, but in practice, it greatly enhances one's cultivation level."

Li Shen slowly opened his eyes, secretly delighted.

With a light tap of his two fingers, the cyan ball of light condensed at his fingertips became smaller, and with the enhancement of Li Shen's current spiritual strength, it had changed from a ball shape to an almost elliptical shape.

Observing the changes, Li Shen quickly came up with a word.

针！

It has been a consensus in the cultivation world since ancient times that flying needle-type magical artifacts are extremely difficult to forge.

The same applies to similar techniques.

It requires extremely high levels of spiritual awareness and power.

With this thought in mind, Li Shen channeled his spiritual power, attempting to reshape the oval-shaped blue light at his fingertips.

However, things did not go as smoothly as he had imagined.

The oval blue light seemed to be surrounded by a thick, impenetrable barrier, and the spiritual energy it emitted could only swirl around it.

It seems to imply the idea of ​​grinding an iron pestle into a needle.

Li Shen frowned slightly, but he was not impatient. His gaze was focused as he guided his spiritual energy to refine itself continuously.

He wanted to see what his limits were.

Time slipped away quietly in the silent practice room.

After an unknown amount of time, when Li Shen's forehead was drenched in sweat, the ball of blue light at his fingertips finally underwent a further change, gradually lengthening and solidifying until it transformed into a slender blue needle.

However, even though it's called a small needle, it only has a clear needle shape and is still quite different from what Li Shen envisioned.

Li Shen was not discouraged. However, since there were no items in the training room to test his moves, he dismissed the "Green Needle" that he had painstakingly crafted.

He understood the principle that haste makes waste, so he did not demand too much from the needle.

Avoid getting bogged down in rigid perceptions and creating unnecessary disadvantages when engaging in strategic battles.

He believed that once he had the strength, things would fall into place naturally.

Next, Li Shen recovered slightly and attempted to condense the Blood Soul Nail.

This is one of his main and effective methods now; the more he condenses, the greater his chances of winning.

Before long, the maximum number of condensed at one time was seven.

Moreover, the condensation speed is several times faster than that of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Li Shen was quite satisfied with this.

This means that in actual combat, the number of times one can use this technique is at least seven or more. Combined with the Concealing Breath Talisman and the Yin Soul Escape, the margin for error against the enemy is even greater.

Li Shen then conducted preliminary experiments on the number of magical artifacts he could control.

Judging from the number of magical artifacts he currently possesses, continuous use is not a problem.

Li Shen nodded slightly, having gained a basic understanding of his own strength.

However, to truly test one's current abilities, one must engage in actual combat.

Li Shen collected his thoughts, and then, with a sudden thought, lines of text appeared.

This is the intelligence we obtained yesterday at midnight.

[Near Qingya Ravine, 120 li north of Laoshan Mountain, there is a collapsed cave containing a small pool of earth vein essence. After 500 years of accumulation, it has turned into milk. Refining it can not only purify one's own spiritual power but also promote cultivation growth and accelerate the absorption of spiritual energy.]

Li Shen knew about Qingyajian.

The map that Han Yuanhua wrote showed signs that appeared to be the cave dwellings of ancient cultivators.

Based on this intelligence, Li Shen guessed that the ancient cultivator's cave might be near the location of this earth vein spiritual milk, or even that the spiritual milk might be inside the ancient cultivator's cave.

However, Qingyajian is located in the area where second-tier monsters are active.

The danger cannot be ignored.

Even though Li Shen had a second-tier Soul Slave, he wasn't entirely confident of victory if he encountered a second-tier demon beast.

However, we could put this matter aside for now and search for it when we have enough strength.

If this earth vein spiritual milk, like an aged spiritual plant, naturally emits an aura that attracts demonic beasts, then by the time he searches for it again, it will probably no longer exist.

If you team up with someone...

Li Shen shook his head, dismissing the idea.

His previous experience told him that no matter how well things were said in the beginning, there would definitely be clues when it came time to distribute the treasure.

Faced with this dilemma, he pondered for a moment and gradually made a decision.