Holy Maiden, wait a minute. Why are you asking me to cultivate again?

"hiss--"

"Phew~"

In the pool, Su Fangyue exhaled stale air, and her ghostly, sun-blinded expression returned to its aloof and holy state.

She ultimately couldn't control her longing and fantasized about Song Zhao appearing in the pool, thus falling into depravity once.

"No, if Song Zhao stays away from me for too long, I'll completely fall apart, I'll go crazy!"

Su Fangyue stretched out two fingers with their nails clipped, and frowned slightly.

She stepped onto the wooden platform with her two tender feet, dried herself off, and continued to apply cinnabar to her forehead.

Ever since Song Zhao removed her body, she has to apply cinnabar again every time she finishes bathing.

"Damn it! I should have made that old handyman draw the cinnabar on me; it's all his fault!"

Su Fangyue angrily threw down the cinnabar pen, and two lines of clear tears slid down her almond-shaped eyes.

"What's wrong with me...?"

"Old handyman, what kind of spell did you cast on me...?"

Knock knock knock!

There was a rapid knocking at the door.

"Is the Holy Maiden here? I am the Head of the Enforcement Hall!"

Outside, a group from the Enforcement Hall arrived at the palace gate with unfriendly expressions.

They hadn't intended to come looking for the saintess.

However, the pressure from the Du family is too great. If they don't figure out Du Lingfeng's situation soon, the Du family might destroy the entire Law Enforcement Hall.

The original words were: "If my Du family can't deal with the Tianwu Sect, surely we can handle your Enforcement Hall?"

Since the sect leader refused to mediate, all the pressure fell on the Enforcement Hall.

"They're here."

Su Fangyue applied the cinnabar, changed into a more conservative long gown, and her expression was indifferent.

"What brings Master Qiu here?"

Master Qiu's eyes were gentle as he smiled and said, "The Holy Maiden is exceptionally intelligent; I need not say more, do I?"

He was over three hundred years old and had no chance of condensing his inner core. He planned to serve for another fifty years before retiring and becoming a wealthy man in an ordinary family. He would live a carefree life for several decades before passing away peacefully.

So he didn't intend to offend Su Fangyue, nor did he intend to offend the Du family.

Su Fangyue pretended not to understand and remained silent.

Seeing this, Master Qiu had no choice but to say, "The Holy Maiden should know about Du Lingfeng's disappearance, right?"

"Before this, the Holy Maiden was the last person Du Lingfeng saw before his death, so the Enforcement Hall would like to invite the Holy Maiden to sit down and learn about the situation at that time."

Su Fangyue scoffed, her face arrogant: "What does his disappearance have to do with this Holy Maiden?"

"If you have solid evidence, this saint will go with you."

"Otherwise, there's no point in discussing it!"

boom!

The palace doors closed, and the disciples of the Enforcement Hall turned ashen-faced.

"We can only wait until that handyman returns from his mission." Hall Master Qiu frowned deeply.

If all else fails, just make up a story that Du Lingfeng was killed by that old handyman.

In any case, both sides will have an explanation.

......

......

Meanwhile, inside the stone gate of Zhou Huanshan's Demon Cave.

Song Zhao was horrified to discover that a biography of a person was left beneath the corpse of the demonic cultivator.

"Damn it, this guy is actually the former governor of Xuanzhou, Linghu Tang!"

"This old devil, knowing that his time was coming to an end, actually wanted to live a second life at the cost of all the living beings of Zhou Huan Mountain. Fortunately, he did not succeed."

The newly appointed governor of Xuanzhou, Linghu Tang, is the same person who stole Bai Chenyin's innate spiritual bone and married her to his son.

"Good riddance! Good riddance!"

Song Zhao stared at Linghutang's corpse in front of him, his teeth clenched with hatred.

But then I thought, if my father is practicing demonic arts, what kind of good thing could his son be?

Has Bai Chenyin, his beloved, been harmed by demonic methods over the past sixty years?

"Probably not, she's already become a demon-slaying general, I'm overthinking it."

"Heh, old man, let's see what you have left to compensate me after you die."

Song Zhao carefully observed the area and, sure enough, found something valuable behind the corpse.

"Senior, what is this?"

About six or seven zhang away, there was a pool of water emitting a deep blue light, with traces of wolf claws around it.

It must have been the alpha wolf that drank the contents of the drink that enabled it to speak human language.

"This? I think it's called something like the Netherworld Spring." The witch seemed to be trying hard to identify the pool of water. "Yes, that's right, this is the Netherworld Spring."

Song Zhao said "Oh," and then asked, "So what is this Netherworld Spring water used for?"

He felt a surge of excitement.

Even the Heavenly Demon Pearl, who prides himself on being the Supreme Immortal King, could hardly recognize that this spring water is an extremely rare and precious item!

"For what purpose?" This really stumped the witch in the Heavenly Demon Pearl.

She pondered for a moment and said, "Anyway, I would rather use that thing to soak my feet."

Song Zhao:......

"But for a small, poor place like yours, it's not bad at all," the witch added.

This made Song Zhao feel a little better.

"As for its effects, it seems to strengthen the soul."

Strengthen the soul?

Song Zhao pondered for a moment and felt that this Netherworld Spring Water was quite suitable for him.

Cultivating immortality is nothing more than cultivating three things: the soul, the body, and the magic.

The Netherworld Spring corresponds to the realm of soul cultivation.

Once the soul becomes stronger, the cultivator can refine the soul and solidify the spirit. For cultivators with Yin Thunder supernatural powers, the Nether Soul Spring is a valuable natural treasure.

Without further hesitation, Song Zhao leaped into the Netherworld Spring.

Unlike the wolf demon, who was a beast that only knew how to refine the Netherworld Spring by eating, he was different.

By using a soaking bath to open all 365 acupoints in the body and focusing the mind to guide the flow of energy, the effects of this Soul-Binding Spring can be maximized.

"It's a pity that that damned beast drank a third of the spring water..."

Song Zhao sighed with regret, then focused on refining the Netherworld Soul Spring.

Half an hour later, he had completely refined the Netherworld Spring. Only after absorbing the last drop of Netherworld Spring water did he leave the pool.

"My divine sense has expanded from a radius of thirty feet to now be able to probe a radius of about one mile..."

"Such breadth of spiritual sense should only be achievable by cultivators in the early stages of Foundation Establishment."

"Furthermore, with my current spiritual strength, I could easily unleash the Yin Thunder Divine Power three times in a short period of time!"

Song Zhao experienced various benefits after absorbing the essence, the most crucial of which was the strength of his soul.

The enhancement of his spiritual sense was of little use to him, as his own Golden Core Eyes were already capable of seeing things ten miles away.

"But I overlooked one point: after my soul is nourished, the probability of success when I break through to the Foundation Establishment stage will be much higher."

Thinking of this, Song Zhao couldn't help but smile slightly.

Those who cultivate immortality are meant to constantly strive for higher realms, so this kind of achievement is the most gratifying.

"Let's see what other good stuff we have."

Song Zhao continued his search.

Two of the demonic cultivation manuals clearly showed signs of having been read, which was the work of the wolf demon.

One of the books is called the Taiyin Nourishing Qi Method. The alpha wolf probably drank the Ghost Spring water and gained sentience, so it referenced this method and used the wolf demon worshipping the moon to enhance itself.

The other book was a method for crafting corpse puppets. The wolf probably couldn't understand the crafting methods, so he didn't use it for cultivation.

Besides these, there was another cultivation manual that had not been read, and it was protected by a layer of restrictions.

Song Zhao cannot open it.

The restrictions on this cultivation technique are even more complex than the restrictions on Du Lingfeng's storage ring.

"Never mind, let's just take it first. Anyway, there are people in Xuanzhou who can break the restrictions."

Song Zhao put all three cultivation manuals into his storage bag, then searched it thoroughly, but found nothing else of use.

Just as he was about to leave, a sudden gust of cold wind swept in!

"Young friend, you've taken my things, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"