Uncle Nine: Scattering beans to create soldiers? I'm using plants and trees to create soldiers.

Lin Xuan's pupils contracted sharply as he watched Li Fuhai's face turn into a pool of black water.

The Li family's secret techniques are far too ruthless!

It can actually turn a living person into a pool of black water.

The expressions of the people around them changed drastically.

Uncle Nine quickly stepped forward and squatted down next to the black water to observe it carefully.

"He must have taken some kind of medication beforehand."

"After the drug took effect, it directly dissolved his own flesh and blood."

After saying that, Uncle Nine closed his eyes, made a hand seal with his fingertips, and spread his mind in all directions.

Everyone quieted down and did not make a sound to disturb them.

A moment later, Uncle Nine reopened his eyes, his expression even more solemn than before.

"It has no soul."

"Not only did his physical body disintegrate, but his soul was also scattered by the medicine."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed once again.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh.

"The Li family is truly decisive and ruthless."

"To avoid falling into our hands, they actually dared to swallow such a highly poisonous substance."

He had traveled the spiritual realm for many years, witnessing suicide by poison and evil cultivators using secret techniques to burn souls, but he had never heard of any poison that could completely shatter a person's soul while dissolving the physical body.

Chen Bingwen stood aside, feeling the hairs on his body stand on end. He couldn't help but recall his experience when he returned to the Li family with Li Fuhai.

At the time, Li Fuhai was outwardly polite and even had his servants prepare tea and pastries for him.

If one had been even slightly careless back then, and had been tricked by Li Fuhai into eating something laced with this evil drug...

Chen Bingwen glanced down at the black water on the ground, his face turning slightly pale.

I'm afraid that by now I've already turned into a pool of foul-smelling sewage.

Thinking of this, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he subconsciously took a half step back.

Du Hongying noticed Chen Bingwen's actions, guessed what he was thinking, and said, "This kind of poison may not be effective for everyone."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to her.

Du Hongying continued,

"After Li Fuhai ingested the poison, not even his flesh, bones, or soul remained; it's difficult for ordinary poisons to achieve this!"

"It should be related to the bloodline of the Li family; it is a poison specifically made for their own bloodline."

After a moment's thought, everyone nodded in agreement.

This explanation is indeed the most reasonable.

If this kind of poison could be used on outsiders at will, the Li family wouldn't have needed to spend so much effort cultivating the water monster and secretly arranging so many methods.

Simply putting poison into wells or food is enough to kill a large number of enemies.

Lin Xuan looked at Chen Bingwen, "Fellow Daoist Chen, did you get a clear look at this person's face just now? Is he Li Fuhai?"

"There's no mistake." Chen Bingwen nodded without hesitation. "I came here with him before. I recognize this face. The person just now was indeed Li Fuhai."

Lin Xuan looked down at the pool of black water, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Li Fuhai is the person in charge of the Li family."

"Now that he has committed suicide by poisoning himself, he probably wants to cut off all clues from his own life."

"And judging from his decisiveness just now, he most likely had already taken care of everything before we arrived."

Lin Xuan paused for a moment, then looked up and scanned his surroundings.

"However, just in case, let's search carefully."

"He might have overlooked something in the rush."

Uncle Nine nodded. "Search separately."

The crowd immediately dispersed and began a thorough search of the Li family mansion.

The halls, bedrooms, ancestral halls, accounting rooms, and even the woodshed in the backyard were all searched.

After searching, they did indeed find several hidden rooms in the Li family mansion.

But when everyone broke through the mechanism and entered, the place had already been cleaned up.

There were no account books, no letters, and no records of the Li family's cultivation techniques or the raising of water monsters.

One of the secret rooms even contained remnants of ashes from the burning, but the paper had long since been burned to shreds, making it impossible to decipher the contents.

The group then approached the employees of the Li family's shop and questioned them individually, but all they knew was about the Li family's daily business.

As for the true origins of the Li family, their secret keeping of the water monster, and Li Fuhai's recent whereabouts, they knew nothing at all.

After asking several times, the answers were almost identical.

After much searching, and with darkness falling, the group still hadn't found any substantial clues.

The remaining empty shell of the Li family and those unsuspecting servants can only be left to the Huaiyuan Town security team and the government to deal with.

Before leaving, the three parties met again in front of the Li family mansion.

Zhang Yan glanced back at the tightly closed door, his expression grave.

"This Li family is definitely someone important."

"A family that can raise so many water monsters and produce poison that can even shatter souls could not possibly be just an ordinary local family."

Du Hongying nodded. "What's even more troublesome is that the whereabouts of those water monsters are still unknown! Letting them roam freely is ultimately a potential threat!"

No one knows exactly how many water monsters the Li family has bred, nor does anyone know where those water monsters have been moved to.

If this thing gets out of control, or is released to wreak havoc, nearby rivers and villages could be in danger.

"Besides the Li family, there is also the Yellow Heaven Cult."

"These evil cultivators use people as alchemy furnaces and their methods are ruthless. We cannot let them go unchecked."

Uncle Nine said in a deep voice.

Zhang Yan looked at everyone and said, "After I return, I will contact my fellow practitioners in the Xuanmen sect to inquire about the Li family and the Huangtian Sect."

Du Hongying then added, "We will also investigate the relationships within the sect."

Uncle Nine nodded slightly, "I will also ask someone to keep an eye out. Once their whereabouts are discovered, it is best to eliminate them as soon as possible to avoid further trouble."

After everyone finished discussing the matter, they left the Li family residence one after another.

After traveling some distance, the three parties went their separate ways.

Uncle Nine and Lin Xuan left along the way they came.

Chen Bingwen followed Du Hongying in another direction, but after walking a short distance, he couldn't help but turn back.

On the road in the distance, the figures of Uncle Nine and Lin Xuan gradually shrank.

Du Hongying noticed his movement and raised an eyebrow slightly. "What's wrong? You're reluctant to part with your friend?"

"Senior Sister is joking." Chen Bingwen quickly shook his head. "Actually, I haven't known Fellow Daoist Lin for very long, and we don't have that kind of deep friendship."

Du Hongying didn't stop walking and casually asked, "Then why were you staring at that person's back?"

Chen Bingwen withdrew his gaze, remained silent for a moment, and then a trace of emotion suddenly appeared on his face.

"I just feel that people are indeed different."

"Only today do I truly understand what genius is."

"Oh?" Du Hongying raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing this. "What do you mean?"

The image of Lin Xuan during his previous battle involuntarily resurfaced in Chen Bingwen's mind.

After a moment, he slowly spoke.

"Senior sister, do you know?"

"Fellow Daoist Lin is now in the late stage of Daoist cultivation."

Even as he said those words, Chen Bingwen's heart still raced a few beats faster.

He had previously sought confirmation from Lin Xuan.

Although Lin Xuan did not admit that his cultivation level had improved again, Chen Bingwen had personally witnessed him make a move and also sensed the change in his aura.

Even though Lin Xuan denied it, he already had the answer in his heart.

"Late-stage Taoist priest?"

Du Hongying was slightly surprised, then nodded to herself.

"For his age, to reach the late stage of Taoist cultivation, his talent is indeed quite remarkable."

"But to call someone a true genius based solely on this would be a bit of an exaggeration."

Although there are few talented people in the Xuanmen sect, it is not without a new generation of masters.

For some top sects to cultivate their true disciples to reach the late stage of Daoism at Lin Xuan's age is nothing to brag about.

Chen Bingwen glanced at Du Hongying, "Senior Sister, do you know what cultivation level Fellow Daoist Lin was at the first time I met him?"

Without hesitation, Du Hongying replied, "Isn't it a mid-stage Taoist?"

Chen Bingwen shook his head. "When I first met him, he had just broken through to the mid-stage of the Taoist realm."

Du Hongying suddenly stopped walking, turned her head sharply, and her pupils contracted slightly.

"you mean……"

"He advanced two minor realms in just a few days?"

Chen Bingwen nodded with a complicated expression.

That's why he found it hard to believe.

In just a few days, he progressed from the early stage of Taoist practice to the middle stage, and then from the middle stage to the late stage.

Such a terrifying rate of improvement is extremely rare even in the entire spirit world.

Even those evil cultivators who ingest evil medicines and absorb the life essence of others might not be able to achieve such speed.

More importantly, Lin Xuan's aura was extremely steady, and his foundation was not weak at all, which did not seem like a realm that had been forcibly raised by external forces.

The relaxed look on Du Hongying's face had disappeared.

Chen Bingwen added, "Moreover, he was also the one who fought the Li family water monster and the evil cultivators of the Yellow Heaven Cult in Lingxi Village!"

Du Hongying's expression changed again. "It's him too? So... he can already summon even the smallest soldiers?!"

"Not bad." Chen Bingwen nodded again.

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Du Hongying couldn't help but gasp.

She turned around again and looked into the distance.

At the end of the road, Uncle Nine and Lin Xuan had turned into two black dots and gradually disappeared from sight.

"A true genius..." Du Hongying sighed, a complex look flashing in her eyes.