Seeking immortality begins with daily intelligence reports.

Inside a small courtyard in the outer urban area of ​​Fangshi.

Li Shen returned to the house without any problems.

Close the doors and windows tightly, and take the wooden box out again.

Push open the box and take out the dull gray bead.

As soon as Li Shen pinched his fingers together, within two breaths, wisps of black energy began to continuously flow into his body.

A moment later, it was absorbed by the bead, and its color deepened.

This continued for a full incense stick's time, until all the malevolent energy on Li Shen's body was absorbed.

The entire demon-suppressing bead changed from gray to almost black, and then gradually returned to its original color.

Li Shen put the bead back into the wooden box and closed his eyes to carefully feel the changes in his body.

At this realization, his brow twitched slightly.

After moving my shoulder joints around, my body seemed to feel a bit lighter.

It was as if some heavy object had been suddenly unloaded.

He had sensed it before, but he attributed it to the side effects of breaking through his cultivation level too quickly. Now he knows it was caused by the evil energy accumulated in his body.

Then, he activated his spiritual sense and looked inward at himself.

Within the dantian, the Qi Sea was as usual, and within the meridians, the true Qi flowed smoothly, just as before.

He carefully examined it for a moment and finally discovered the difference from before.

It's an emotion.

Like the dark clouds hanging over my heart, suddenly blown away by the wind.

The anxiety he had initially dismissed disappeared.

He always thought it was due to the pressure of the demonic invasion, the tension of exploring the secret realm, and the worry about whether the foundation building would be successful.

Unexpectedly, it was actually malevolent energy that was in control.

Just like a fish can't feel the existence of water because the fish is in the water.

At that moment, he emerged from the water.

I have regained control of my emotions.

After sitting quietly for a long time, he slowly opened his eyes. The furnishings in the room were the same, but now they looked a little different.

Looking back on Fei Feng's words, I now understand their true weight.

Since obtaining the "Mysterious Soul Refining Scripture," he has been extremely cautious about mastering its secret techniques and has never dared to reveal them to others.

They thought they were hiding it well, and that as long as they didn't use it in front of others, no one would notice.

But Fei Feng saw through it at a glance.

What does this mean?

This means that in the eyes of true masters, one's own thoughts are like child's play, not worth mentioning.

Anxiety washed over him like a tidal wave. He instinctively thought:

It seems this secret technique can no longer be used in the future.

But as soon as this thought arose, it was suppressed by an even stronger will.

Li Shen was never one to back down in the face of adversity.

If you become timid and hesitant because of something unknown, crippling yourself, what's the point of talking about the path to immortality? What's the point of cultivating immortality?

Having made up his mind, he looked again at the evil-suppressing bead in the wooden box.

Based on the color change of the bead just now, Li Shen made a preliminary judgment that the bead's current color must also be due to absorbing a lot of evil energy.

Since it is called the Suppressing Evil Pearl, there must be a way to replace the Yin Soul Pearl on the Yin Soul Banner.

With this thought in mind, Li Shen took out the Yin Soul Banner and placed it horizontally.

He chanted the incantation, drawing upon spiritual power, and attempted to remove the damaged Yin Soul Bead from the top of the banner and replace it with this Demon-Suppressing Bead.

As soon as it was pressed, a series of mournful screams came from the Ghost Banner.

Li Shen probed into it with his divine sense and found that wisps of black energy were being drawn into the Suppressing Pearl.

And this black energy comes from the soul slaves within the banner.

Li Shen frowned slightly, but did not remove the bead.

If his prediction is correct, this is not a bad thing.

Sure enough, after a while, the weakest soul slave gradually calmed down. Its illusory figure not only did not fade, but became even more solid than before.

It hovered inside the banner, and a glimmer of clarity flashed in its originally cloudy eyes as it bowed slightly in Li Shen's direction.

Li Shen was certain.

He knew he had made the right bet.

This evil-suppressing bead can not only absorb the evil energy within his body, but also purify the soul slave.

If the malevolent energy on these soul slaves can be completely removed, they will no longer be ferocious creatures, but will become purer spiritual beings.

At that time, when you start using it yourself, you won't easily be tainted by evil energy.

He continued to channel his spiritual power, guiding the power of the Demon-Suppressing Pearl to slowly permeate every corner of the Yin Soul Banner.

After an incense stick had burned, the evil aura on the last soul slave was completely drained away.

Seven figures stood in neat rows inside the banner, bowing respectfully in the direction of Li Shen.

The Demon-Suppressing Pearl returned to calm and ceased its absorption.

"good."

Li Shen muttered a comment, put away the Yin Soul Banner, returned to his bedside, and silently circulated the Evergreen Technique to recover his lost spiritual power, waiting for midnight to arrive.

Time flies by quietly, and lines of text appear as promised.

After a brief glance at the intelligence, he was shocked.

[Azure Marrow Ginseng, a spiritual plant with special spiritual properties, prefers to feed on wood-attribute spiritual energy. It is timid and possesses the ability to burrow underground. It is one of the main ingredients for refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Foundation Establishment Pills are elixirs that can forcibly condense a cultivator's Qi Sea, transforming it into liquid and establishing their foundation. The denser the Qi Sea within the cultivator's body, the higher the success rate; however, the risks are not to be ignored. Failure will result in the dissipation of all cultivation, destroying years of practice in an instant.]

After reading it carefully, Li Shen's gaze lingered on the three words "Foundation-Building Pill," and his thoughts surged.

"Forcibly condensing the Qi Sea to establish a foundation? There's such a method?"

Now that Li Shen has reached the peak of Qi Refining and has also cultivated the Qi Condensation Technique to improve the quality of his Qi Sea, and by using the Cleansing Meridian Fruit to widen his meridians and increase the concentration of Qi Sea, the risk of creating a Foundation Pill is not too great for him.

However, this item was captured at Fei Feng's request, but she was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so this pill had no effect on her...

At this point, a thought suddenly popped into Li Shen's mind:

"Could it be for Du Shanyan? No way..."

Li Shen muttered to himself, but upon closer reflection, it wasn't impossible.

Since Du Shanyan had no hope of achieving Foundation Establishment, he used Li Shen to return the token of love given to him by Fei Feng.

They wanted to end their relationship as soon as possible.

Li Shen knew the real reason perfectly well.

Fei Feng then came to Yunhe Mountain Market from Linlang City and became the new head of the underground black market. He must have gone to Duobao Pavilion to find Du Shanyan and must have used some means to confirm his thoughts before making his plans.

"If that's true, then Fei Feng is truly deeply in love with Du Shanyan."

Li Shen murmured to himself, immediately understanding Old Wu's true role in this trip.

"I'm afraid it's mainly to monitor me. If I go alone and she gets malicious and tries to steal the Azure Marrow Ginseng, Fei Feng's plan will be completely thwarted. However, this will inevitably provoke her endless rage, and the consequences are unimaginable."

Li Shen shook his head and chuckled as he finished his analysis.

He had to admit that for a moment after receiving the information, he was indeed tempted.

Having more foundation-building methods means having more confidence.

Opportunities are earned through struggle.

However, after weighing the pros and cons, Li Shen decided to give up on the matter.

Fei Feng and Du Shanyan both genuinely benefited him, so it's fair to call them good friends.

Since they were friends, Li Shen would not choose to betray them.

If I really need it in the future, I can find another way to do it myself.