I create patterns, regardless of your level of expertise.

"Sister-in-law, I have another question for you."

"Do you know of any treasures in the Yue Kingdom that are rich in metal and earth elemental energy?"

We already have Azure Bamboo for Wood and Water, and for Fire, we found a Starfire Pill in the Azure Cloud Sect, which is quite useful.

Metal elemental energy can be obtained from the Sword Tomb, but it's too little and too slow, so Li Hao isn't satisfied.

As for the Earth element, there's really nothing we can do about it so far.

Li Hao's address of "sister-in-law" caused Shen Lingyan's face to flush slightly.

However, she quickly regained her composure and said, "There are still some if you want to find them, but most of them contain poor quality spiritual energy and are few in quantity. I imagine most of them wouldn't be of interest to you, senior."

"Anyway, the royal family definitely has them."

Hearing this, Li Hao stroked his chin: "The royal family... that mighty general backed down too quickly, making it hard for me to find fault with them."

"Besides, I was planning to go after the wedding, but now... never mind, I'll just practice for now."

The timing is about the same, and there's less than a month left until the wedding. He can use this time to cultivate.

Since that's the case, then let's practice.

After that, twenty cooks worked in succession to prepare bamboo shoots, while another group of disciples took bone powder and went to the forbidden area in the back mountain to accelerate the ripening of the spiritual bamboo.

Since Li Hao didn't need to sleep anyway, he ate non-stop, refining the food as he ate.

Ten days later, Li Hao arrived at the dilemma he had been hoping for.

As for why it wasn't the Three Difficulties, it's simply because they've been eating bamboo shoots all the time and haven't had time to eat the Starfire Pill.

I just wish I had two mouths.

It will be much simpler from now on; you can take Starfire Pills anywhere.

Besides, since he was the groom at the wedding, it wasn't appropriate for him to stay at the bride's house all the time.

With only a few days left until the wedding, he should go back.

……

Yancheng, Song family.

The wedding of Song Yuqi and Shen Lingyan is about to begin. Due to the tight schedule, almost half of the city has devoted itself to the wedding preparations.

During this period, many experts at the Qi Refining Realm and even the Fifth Difficulty Realm were willing to run errands for the Song family.

After Li Hao declared that "money is not a problem," it can be said that within a short period of time, the treasures of Yue Kingdom converged on the Song family and Qingyun Sect.

It was like a storm that swept across the entire Yue Kingdom and even spread overseas.

After all, having just one Qingyun Sect Master is already quite significant, not to mention the suspected involvement of an old monster who has been reborn through possession.

For a tiny country where the Core Formation realm is already considered the peak of power, this is nothing short of a magnitude 8 earthquake.

Furthermore, the news that the mighty and valiant general had been captured alive by this senior further elevated the Song family's status.

During this period, families from other places kept sending people over to secretly investigate.

Then I saw the pills that Li Hao had given to the Song family before.

First are the Strengthening Pill, Blood Circulation Pill, and Bone Nourishing Pill used in the Body Tempering Realm.

Next are the Spirit Elixir, Spirit Barrier Pill, and Profound Harmony Pill used in the Spirit Tribulation Realm.

Then there are the Ice Spirit Pill, Moon Essence Pill, and Meridian Protection Pill used in the Meridian Opening Realm.

A set of nine pills—collecting even these pills was extremely difficult; together, they were worth approximately five million spirit stones.

At first, the spies were envious when they discovered that the Song family had produced a set of pills.

After all, these pills are quite valuable, and besides, this is a complete set from body tempering to meridian opening, so its value is even higher.

They were very jealous when the Song family took out the second set of pills.

When the Song family took out the third set of pills, they almost couldn't resist trying to snatch them.

After all, no matter how powerful that mysterious senior is, it's just a rumor. At present, these messages are just rumors and have not been completely confirmed.

Faced with three whole sets of elixirs, the risk was worth taking.

But when the Song family took out the fourth set, the fifth set... and the hundredth set.

All the spies, including the heads of the families behind them, were filled with fear!

They deeply realized that the fate of the Yue Kingdom was about to change.

What's the big deal about the past conflicts between the Qingyun Sect and the royal family?

After weighing the two options, they decisively and without the slightest hesitation sided with the Song family.

During this period, the various families that came to make friends with the city have filled the inns in Yan City to capacity, and they are almost full.

When Li Hao rushed back, he could even see the tents set up outside the city.

It's outrageous!

They traveled into the city and arrived at the Song family residence.

Immediately, I saw the large group of people blocking the doorway.

Moreover, these people are all quite powerful; they are practically overflowing with powerful meridians and have the Five Difficulties everywhere.

In an effort to curry favor with the Song family, all the major clans have sent out their pillars of strength to act subserviently.

"Young Master! Oh no, Senior!"

As Li Hao was reminiscing, the gatekeepers, who had previously been looking down on him, suddenly noticed him, exclaimed in surprise, and rushed over to greet him.

"Greetings, senior!"

This caused quite a stir; those who were previously frustrated and unable to get in suddenly all rushed over.

"Senior! The Prince of Qing'an's family has come to pay their respects!"

"The Zhou family of Huaiyuan Prefecture has come to pay their respects!"

"The Li family of Qingyuan..."

However, before they could all gather around, the two disciples suddenly flew into a rage.

"Shut up, all of you!"

"Do you think you can just see the seniors whenever you want? You'd better get yourselves inside the Song family gates first!"

"Disperse, all of you!"

Despite being a group of experts at the Qi Refining and Five Difficulties Realms, they were scolded until their faces turned red by these two little Karamis at the Body Tempering Realm.

But they dared not say anything and could only suppress their anger and disperse.

Li Hao was stunned. How come he didn't remember the Song family having such a bully who relied on his master's power?

He's only been gone for less than a month... It's true what they say, it's hard to learn good things, but it's easy to learn bad ones.

Li Hao sighed softly, but didn't say anything more.

After all, since he didn't want to be Song Yushu, he wasn't the young master of the Song family, so he shouldn't get involved in such matters personally.

As they entered the Song family's gate, the people who had dispersed began to gather around again, but were blocked by two gatekeepers, and no one could get in.

The inn opposite the main gate of the Song family, on the second floor window.

A woman in palace attire witnessed the entire process, her beautiful eyes gleaming with a hidden light, lost in thought.

"General, it seems Senior Li has finally returned. Let's deliver our invitations."

Opposite the woman in palace attire, the imposing General Jiang Tianhao glanced at the Song family's gate, said nothing, and silently withdrew.

The woman in palace attire gently blew on the tea in her hand, then her gaze shifted to the corner of the room.

There, the two men were tied up and gagged.

When they saw the woman in palace attire looking over, their eyes immediately revealed a pleading expression.

"Don't blame me. If you have to blame someone, blame Tang Yunxuan."

Upon hearing the name, the two bound men became even more agitated and tried to struggle to get up.

However, the woman in palace attire gave them only a cold look, which instantly made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and they dared not react at all.