I planted the spiritual roots for my people, and they bestowed upon me a body inscribed with incense

Just as the matter of the heretical cultivators was causing a stir in Qingshan County, at this moment, in a restaurant in Qingshan County, a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat spat out a mouthful of saliva after hearing the conversation in the restaurant.

"What bad luck! I've only just arrived in Qingshan County and I've already run into troublesome fellow travelers. With the current level of martial law in Qingshan County, it's going to be quite difficult for me to make a move."

This person was one of the evil cultivators who had fled from the border of Mosa to Daqing. He was curious when he heard that there were evil cultivators causing trouble in Qingshan County, but when he heard that they came from Mosa, he immediately realized that someone had made him take the blame.

This group of evil cultivators, despite their derogatory reputation, were actually quite willing to let these evil cultivators continue their evil deeds. With them as cover, they could do their work less easily and be discovered.

There were four evil cultivators who had fled from the border of Mosa to Daqing. The person in front of them was named Zhang Guaizi. The four of them planned to each do one big thing in a county, and finally, they would elect a leader based on their performance.

Zhang Guaizi chose Qingshan County because it was the weakest county in Daqing, which is why he chose this county that was the easiest to cause trouble. He never expected that there would be evil cultivators hiding in Qingshan County.

Just as Zhang Guaizi was listening intently, Li Yuan, who was on his way home, also arrived at the restaurant.

As soon as Li Yuan entered, he noticed the cripple in the restaurant, a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing that the man was unfamiliar and that his cultivation level was only at the eighth level of Qi Refining, Li Yuan paid a little attention to him. After seeing that the man did nothing excessive except ask for some food in the restaurant, Li Yuan slowly left the restaurant.

Having been away for over three months, it's time to return home and handle family matters. Li Shouyi and Li Shouchuan have grown quite a bit, and Li Yuan's purpose in returning is to first test their talents. If they don't have spiritual roots, Li Yuan will need to prepare for the planting of spiritual roots.

When Li Yuangang returned to Zhushan, he saw Li Daqiang with a serious expression. He went up to him and asked what was wrong, and Li Yuangang learned that such a big thing had happened in Qingshan County during the months he was away.

When Li Daqiang saw Li Yuan return, he remembered that Luo Tong had come and told Li Yuan to go to the Luo family.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded. After resting for a night on Zhushan Mountain, Li Yuan headed towards Suiyun County.

When they arrived at the Luo family residence, it was already afternoon. Coincidentally, Sun Xuan, the head of the Sun family, was discussing something at the Luo family residence.

Upon learning of Li Yuan's arrival, Luo Tong warmly stepped forward to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist Li, last time Brother Sun and I went to the Li family to look for you, but Brother Li was not there. After Luo Tong sensed the aura around Li Yuan, his face showed surprise."

"Haha, congratulations on your breakthrough, Brother Li."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan responded awkwardly, while Sun Xuan, standing to the side, rose to greet him with neither servility nor arrogance, to which Li Yuan also responded politely.

After the three of them sat down, Luo Tong looked at Li Yuan and slowly said:

"Fellow Daoist Li, what are your thoughts on this matter of evil cultivators?"

Seeing that Luo Tong had gotten straight to the point, Li Yuan slowly said:

"If we were to investigate the evil cultivator who destroyed the village, it would probably require the cultivators from the Evil Suppression Division. Even if we managed to find the evil cultivator, the losses would be too much for any of us to bear."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong clearly understood Li Yuan's meaning, and then slowly said:

"Alas... Brother Li, you probably don't know, but in a few days I will probably have to take up my post and become a member of this Evil Suppression Hall. Not only me, but Fellow Daoist Xu Qingfeng has probably already received the order."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan's expression immediately turned curious.

"Brother Luo, is this an order from the imperial court?"

Luo Tong nodded.

"This order was personally issued by Ouyang Xiao, the patriarch of the Ouyang family. This time, any local immortal clan that produces a Foundation Establishment cultivator must serve in the Zhenxie Division of Daqing Town. They must do something for Daqing before they can receive Daqing's protection."

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded. He hadn't expected that Daqing would start to tighten its control over local immortal clans. It seemed that Daqing becoming its own independent peak was imminent.

Li Yuan's guess was correct. At this time, many disciples of the Ouyang family on the other two peaks of the Medicine Sect had already voluntarily applied to return home. Apart from those disciples who had taken Foundation Establishment cultivators as their masters, most of the Ouyang family disciples had begun to return to Daqing one after another.

Few disciples on the Medicine Sect's Outer Affairs Peak disagreed with this, since the Ouyang family had produced a Purple Mansion cultivator, and the other cultivators of the Medicine Sect wouldn't dare to offend Ouyang Xiao.

The reason why the Ouyang family wanted to control the Foundation Establishment cultivators in this area was simply to unite the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Daqing into one force. Of course, Daqing was just looking for a way to control these Foundation Establishment cultivators so that they would have some power and a sense of belonging.

Daqing did not dare to coerce these local immortal clans, otherwise Daqing's current national strength would be quite worrying in dealing with them.

Seeing that Li Yuan showed no shock at all after hearing his words, Luo Tong was somewhat surprised. It seemed that Li Yuan also knew quite a bit of inside information.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan quickly came to his senses and then looked at Luo Tong.

"Brother Luo, do you mean that you and Fellow Daoist Xu must handle the evil cultivators in Qingshan County this time?"

Luo Tong nodded.

"Ah, that's exactly right, otherwise I wouldn't have called you and Brother Sun here."

This surprised Li Yuan. It seemed that Xu Qingfeng would also have to participate in the investigation of the evil cultivators. But what if Xu Qingfeng was an evil cultivator himself? If the investigation revealed the truth, Luo Tong would definitely fight against Xu Qingfeng.

Thinking of this, Li Yuan looked at the troubled Luo Tong.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, since you and Fellow Daoist Xu may be jointly responsible for investigating this evil cultivator, then you two seniors must work together."

"Of course, we will obey Fellow Daoist Luo's orders."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong understood Li Yuan's meaning.

"We are originally a local immortal clan of Qingshan County, so we should do our part," Luo Tong said, glancing at Sun Xuan.

"Fellow Daoist Sun, can you act under my command? Or will your Sun family send someone else?" Luo Tong said, looking at Sun Xuan.

Seeing this, Sun Xuan realized that they were forcing him to make a statement. Weren't the Luo, Li, and Xu families supposed to have similar relationships? It seemed that these two families were intentionally avoiding the Xu family.

Soon, after hesitating, Sun Xuan replied:

"Haha, now that the Evil Suppression Division has bestowed upon Fellow Daoist Luo his official rank, my Sun family will naturally take Fellow Daoist Luo as our leader."

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Li Yuan.

"Brother Li, I've heard that a Zhou family has recently appeared in Qingshan County. Zhou Tian of this Zhou family is actually a junior of yours, Fellow Daoist Li. Is this true?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan nodded, and then slowly said:

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Luo, your information network is truly impressive. However, the Immortal Clan was just established this week, so it seems we don't need to perform any imperial duties for the first three years, right?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Tong smiled and said:

"Haha, I was just asking, otherwise it wouldn't be good if the Zhou family were accidentally harmed."