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The next day, at dawn, the night was as dark as ink.

Li Shen arrived right on time at the ancient well at the entrance to the black market.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Old Wu strolled over leisurely.

Seeing that Li Shen was so punctual, Lao Wu smiled and nodded. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two of them headed towards Laoshan together.

They traveled in silence, deliberately avoiding the territories of monsters along the way. After about an hour, the sky gradually brightened, and the morning mist began to linger.

Old Wu, who was walking ahead, suddenly slowed down and stopped in a mountain hollow.

"arrive."

Li Shen followed closely behind, looking around.

The area is densely wooded, with many ancient trees reaching for the sky. Vines hang from the branches, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves. The air is humid and carries the scent of earth and decaying leaves.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed rich in wood-attribute spiritual energy.

"This area is the scope we've identified."

Old Wu raised his hand and took out an array plate with three small blue flags floating on it. As he moved his lips, the array flags landed in three corners not far away.

Immediately afterwards, the inscriptions on the array plate lit up one by one from the outside in, with the inner and outer rings rotating alternately, and a semi-circular cyan spiritual energy shield enveloped the two of them.

As the spiritual light above the array plate gradually dimmed, the entire protective shield became transparent, seemingly merging with the air.

"Young friend Li, this Concealment Array can shield you from the senses of second-tier demonic beasts, making it easier to act within its confines. Let's proceed."

Li Shen nodded slightly upon hearing this, circulated his spiritual power, and brought his two fingers together in front of him. After a moment, wisps of azure spiritual energy floated out from his fingertips, penetrating the array wall and spreading outwards.

Time passed slowly.

In the blink of an eye, there were already ten spirit stones at Li Shen's feet, their spiritual energy drained.

"Senior Wu, will this really lure it out?"

Li Shen frowned slightly, his expression somewhat ferocious, and asked in a low voice, pretending to be in pain due to excessive consumption of spiritual energy.

Although he did decide to help Fei Feng capture the Azure Marrow Spirit Ginseng, it didn't mean he would recklessly expend his spiritual energy to seduce it.

After all, this place is in the Laoshan Mountains, within the range of second-tier demonic beasts, so he can deal with any emergencies immediately.

"Young friend Li, just hang in there a little longer, it should be soon."

Old Wu handed a new spirit stone to Li Shen, glanced at the sky, then looked towards the mountain hollow, and continued:

"It rained last night, and now it's foggy. In no more than half an hour, this little guy will be unable to resist coming out."

Upon hearing this, Li Shen didn't say anything, just nodded, gripped the spirit stone tightly, and absorbed it while maintaining his original output speed, his blue eyes fixed on the front.

The fog thickened, blurring the view even ten steps away. The forest was silent, with the occasional dewdrop sliding off a leaf and making a soft "plop" sound as it hit the withered foliage.

Just as the first ray of sunlight was about to pierce the fog from the east, there was finally movement on that open ground.

The fallen leaves on the ground were slightly raised.

A tiny white root cautiously emerged.

Then, the second one, the third one...

A moment later, a pure white ginseng with a blue spiritual light flowing inside emerged from the ground. Its roots were like legs, and when it stood up, it was about a foot tall. It looked around and moved as naturally as a living creature.

It was indeed the Green Marrow Spirit Ginseng.

Li Shen was secretly delighted. Old Wu immediately reached out and pressed his shoulder, transmitting his voice:

"Young friend, don't move. This little guy is very sensitive. His spiritual energy cannot fluctuate in any way, or all our efforts will be in vain."

After speaking, three earthen-yellow talismans appeared between Old Wu's fingers, their runes shimmering with a faint light, ready to be unleashed.

Li Shen also stabilized his spiritual power as Lao Wu had instructed.

Ling Shen's movements were halting, then he suddenly turned towards the direction where Li Shen was hiding, as if he had noticed something.

But then it suddenly turned to the other side, looking around in all directions.

Li Shen and Lao Wu exchanged a glance, and simultaneously held their breath, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

A moment later, the Azure Marrow Ginseng seemed to lower its guard, stretching out its roots and beginning to absorb the wood-attribute spiritual energy around it.

Before long, a small cyan vortex condensed, stirring the spiritual energy of the area.

Just as the two were about to begin their capture, a mournful roar suddenly echoed from the depths of the prison mountain.

The roar shook the trees, causing leaves to fall and startling countless birds into flight.

Startled, the ginseng abruptly stopped, its roots shrinking as it tried to burrow back underground.

"not good!"

Old Wu's expression changed, and he immediately cast three Earth-Stabilizing Talismans near the Green Marrow Spirit Ginseng.

The soil within a radius of fifty feet instantly solidified like iron.

The ginseng rooted halfway through its burrow when its roots became stuck in the hard soil, unable to move.

Li Shen darted out, his body half-spinning, and grabbed the stem and leaves of the ginseng. With all his might, he pulled it out of the ground.

"We succeeded!"

Old Wu's face lit up with joy upon seeing this, but before he could finish speaking, a dark shadow rushed straight towards Li Shen:

"Young friend, be careful!"

Halfway through his sentence, a loud bang erupted.

Smoke and dust rose everywhere.

Li Shen's figure was also among them.

The aura of a second-tier demon beast spread rapidly.

Old Wu's heart trembled. He didn't even have time to put away the array flags. He spread his divine sense outward and rushed towards where Li Shen was.

"Young friend, you must hold on!"

He murmured to himself, and when he arrived, most of the dust had cleared, revealing a huge black panther with golden eyes. It arched its back, bared its whiskers, and let out a sharp hiss filled with intense hostility at Old Wu.

There were obvious traces of fresh blood and fragments of spiritual energy shield at its feet.

"Old Wu, run! Something's fishy about this!"

Li Shen transmitted his voice, and upon hearing this, Old Wu's tense mood eased slightly.

This means that Li Shen and the Azure Marrow Ginseng are both safe for the time being.

His gaze quickly shifted to the left, and soon he spotted Li Shen's figure in the dense forest not far away.

Old Wu's fat face suddenly trembled; he hadn't expected Li Shen to have already run so far.

Then came another roar from a beast.

However, this roar didn't come from the golden-eyed black panther, but from deeper within the prison mountain in the opposite direction.

The second tone, the third tone...

The continuous roars of beasts echoed from the depths of the prison mountain, rising and falling, deafeningly loud.

The golden-eyed black panther had already vanished. Only then did Old Wu realize what was happening, his expression changed drastically, and he quickly followed Li Shen's footsteps.

The beast tide is coming!

However, the two had only traveled a hundred feet when two figures suddenly emerged from the forest ahead and blocked their path.

A man dressed in the robes of an inner disciple of the Yunhe Sect, with a handsome face and a faint smile on his lips.

A man dressed in a black robe, with a pale face, exuded a strong aura of blood.

Foundation Establishment cultivator.

There are still two.

Li Shen's heart sank. There was one person he recognized: Leng She, the young master of the Blood Soul Sect who had escaped from his grasp!

Old Wu's face was ashen, but even with a powerful enemy in front and a beast tide behind, he still subconsciously protected Li Shen behind him.

"Yunhe Sect? Blood Soul Sect?"

He spoke in a deep voice:

"What is the meaning of the two of you standing together?"

The Yunhe Sect disciple smiled slightly and cupped his hands in greeting:

"We have no hostility towards you, but may I have a look at the thing that your fellow Daoist behind you just captured?"

His tone was polite, but his gaze was already greedily fixed on the storage bag at Li Shen's waist.