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  It's been over a month since Xiao Shaojun was killed. During this time, the Li Tian Sect has been tossed about from top to bottom.

  Those low-ranking disciples were sent out every day to search for Li Hui's trail in the thousand-mile mountain range that was once called Bixiao Mountain, but is now forcibly renamed Lietian Mountain.

  Li Hui was not found, but many disciples were attacked by monsters in the mountains and suffered heavy casualties. All the low-level disciples were complaining. Later, they had to reorganize the disciples who went out to search, with each pair led by a Foundation Establishment cultivator leading dozens of Qi Refining disciples to conduct the search.

  Compared with the suffering of low-level disciples, Xiao Yuqi and Zhao Mingjiu's days were also difficult.

  More than a month had passed, and still no trace of Li Hui was found. Xiao Yuqi's hatred for Li Hui did not dissipate in the slightest, but instead grew with each passing day. His heart became increasingly restless, and his pent-up anger had nowhere to vent, so he took it out on those disciples who had gone out to search but returned empty-handed.

  Several disciples of the Refining Qi stage were killed by Xiao Yuanqi in a fit of rage just because they answered his questions somewhat carelessly.

  This way, all the low-ranking disciples who went out to search for Li Hui did not dare to slack off again, fearing that disaster would befall them one day.

  Zhao Mingjiu was unable to find Li Hui for a long time, and he was extremely furious. The disciples of the Lietian Sect couldn't find any trace of Li Hui, and there were no messages about him from other sects in Chuzhou either. Zhao Mingjiu couldn't help but feel disappointed. With so much time having passed, it was enough for Li Hui to have escaped far away or hidden himself in a secluded place.

  As for the other sects in Chu State, they initially paid attention to Li Hui's information, but after such a long time without any gains, they basically gave up. They weren't the ones whose sons were killed by Li Hui or needed to refine him into a puppet clone, so naturally, they wouldn't bother with that idle thought. As for Zhao Ming's supposed personal connection and whatnot, it's been over a month since anyone saw even his shadow, who knows where this kid ran off to?

  So all the major sects didn't continue to deliberately search for Li Hui, but just casually checked the unfamiliar cultivators who passed through their territory.

  Only Lie Tian Zong was still tirelessly searching for Li Hui's trail in the vast mountains.

  The higher-ups are unwilling, but these low-ranking disciples have already given up hope. Every day, they just go through the motions of completing their tasks, searching around a bit, and then returning to carefully respond in front of the sect master.

  ……

  In the Yu Huang Xian Fu.

  On the stone table in the bedroom, all kinds of spiritual instruments, elixirs, spiritual stones, jade slips and so on were poured out in a big heap. These were all poured out from Xiao Shaojun's storage bag.

  "This Li Tianzong's young master is indeed wealthy!" Li Hui also couldn't help but be impressed.

  Xiao Shaojun's storage bag had hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones! Hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones were equivalent to tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones! Carrying tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones with him, even an ordinary Golden Elixir cultivator wouldn't have such wealth.

  Li Hui had forgotten that he had piled up a heap of various spiritual stones in his immortal mansion...

  There were over a dozen spiritual artifacts, most of which were high-grade spiritual artifacts. Three of them were even top-grade spiritual artifacts, one of which was the Wind and Fire Fan that Xiao Shaojun had used against the cultivators from Bi Xianguan that day.

  Another top-grade spiritual artifact is a purple-gold calabaza, emitting a strong fire-attribute aura, probably also a top-grade spiritual artifact related to the use of fire.

  These two top-grade spiritual artifacts were tailor-made for Xiao Shaojun, who possessed the Fire Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root. As for Li Hui, they didn't have much use. Those high-grade spiritual artifacts also had limited use for Li Hui, who already possessed multiple top-grade spiritual artifacts.

  "Finally, I've found one that's quite satisfactory!" Li Hui reached out and picked up a palm-sized, dart-shaped small flying boat, which was exactly Xiao Shaojun's flight spirit artifact, the Breaking Wind Dart, an extreme-grade spirit artifact.

  As for the speed of this broken Wind Dart, Li Hui still remembered it vividly. Without hesitation, he dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the broken Wind Dart and then activated his spiritual power to refine it. After that, he could control it freely.

  He picked up a jade slip, and Li Hui's spiritual sense probed out. After scanning it for a while, he furrowed his brow slightly as he withdrew his spiritual sense.

  This jade slip actually records a certain kind of demonic dao secret technique that uses the double rest method to improve one's cultivation. This type of qigong, Li Hui naturally disdains.

  One after another, he swept through several jade slips, all of which were evil and heretical magic skills.

  "Hmm! Soul Searching Technique! This seems to have some use!" In one of the jade slips, Li Hui found a demonic cultivation technique called "Soul Searching Technique", which could be used to search the souls of cultivators with lower cultivation levels than himself, allowing him to obtain information from their minds.

  This soul-searching technique wasn't difficult, and Li Hui immediately sat down cross-legged on the ground to cultivate.

  Soul Search Technique, is a method that utilizes the yuan Shen to invade the opponent's yuan Shen. For cultivators who have cultivated out of spiritual awareness and established their foundation, it is easy to grasp.

  After several hours, Li Hui grasped the essentials of the Soul Searching Technique.

  Li Hui continued to sort out the things left behind by Xiao Shaojun and did not find anything valuable again.

  "I wonder how Senior Sister Han's cultivation is going?" After finishing all this, Li Hui suddenly thought of Han Xue who had broken through the foundation period in Linshui Pavilion. With a move of his mind, he sensed the emotions within Linshui Pavilion through Yuanhao Immortal Mansion.

  In the Linshui Pavilion, Han Xue sat quietly in the center of the pavilion, the surrounding spiritual vortex had dissipated, and the spiritual energy had become stable, but it was rapidly entering Han Xue's body.

  Han Xue's eyes were tightly closed, but her face was calm and peaceful, her breathing steady. The aura emanating from her body had increased several times compared to the past few days.

  Li Hui's face flashed with a hint of joy: "Sister Han has also successfully built her foundation!"

  At this time, Han Xue had indeed successfully built her foundation and was still absorbing spiritual energy to consolidate her realm.

  Li Hui suddenly seemed to remember something, his figure flashed and he had already left the bedroom, appearing in the sword pavilion.

  In Jian Ge, on the sword rack, various flying swords, spiritual instruments and treasures were placed.

  Those treasures are currently useless to Li Hui. His gaze lingers on the two flying swords, spiritual instruments, on the sword rack.

  He picked up the flying sword with a snow-white blade and a hilt made of a material similar to white jade, on which was engraved: "Sword name Qingfeng, refined from the marrow of thousand-year-old icy jade, frosty blade like snow, foundation-building initial use, can release cold air to freeze the enemy, lightly making the enemy's movements slow, heavily injuring the meridians, great suppression."

  Li Hui held the Qingfeng sword in his hand, and he felt a chill that was oppressive and seemed to penetrate into his bones.

  "Good sword!" Li Hui exclaimed, but temporarily put it back on the rack.

  He picked up another flying sword, and the inscription on the scabbard read: "Sword name Zi Dian, forged from purple iron with lightning, tempered in the middle of the foundation period, its momentum is like electricity, extremely hard and strong, I love it very much."

  The Purple Electric Sword has a purple glow flowing through its body, with an aura of killing intent. According to the description on the sword rack, this sword excels in speed and sharpness. Even Yuan Huaoren said "I love it dearly", showing his extreme fondness for this sword, which is certainly not an ordinary item.

  "Great sword! In the foundation period, you will follow me and roam the world!" Li Hui also liked this sword very much, so he dripped a drop of blood on it and recognized its master to refine it.

  After doing all this, Li Hui sensed the situation in Linshui Pavilion with his divine sense. Han Xue had already finished her cultivation and was just standing up, but she seemed to be gesturing excitedly, apparently also feeling the foundation-building stage of her own cultivation.

  Li Hui's mouth curled up in a faint smile. Han Xue was much stronger than herself, at least she didn't immediately fly up and circle around Lin Shui Pavilion a few times.

  He reached out and took the Qingfeng sword, putting it into his storage bag. Li Hui's figure flashed, and he appeared in Linshui Pavilion.

  "Master Huan!" Li Hui called out, and immediately smiled: "Congratulations, Master, on successfully building your foundation!"

  "Li Shidi!" Han Xue was also in a great mood, with a smile on her face. Her spiritual sense scanned Li Hui's body and she exclaimed with some surprise: "Li Shidi, you've successfully built your foundation too!"

  Some immediately coquettishly said: "It seems that Junior Brother Li has successfully built his foundation first! Earlier than me, should I call you Senior Brother Li now?"

  Li Hui was taken aback and didn't expect Han Xue to joke with him about this. He also laughed and said, "Indeed a bit earlier than you, so from now on, call me Shixiong."

  Han Xue was taken aback, and immediately two red clouds flew onto her face. She didn't expect Li Hui to also play a joke on her.

  Li Hui felt a bit awkward after blurting it out and lowered his head in embarrassment, the atmosphere between them becoming subtle and ambiguous.

  "Li Shidi, what are your plans for the future?" Han Xue asked after a while, seemingly to break the awkwardness between them.

  Li Hui's heart stirred, and after a moment of thought, he replied: "At this time, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the Chu State's Xiu Zhen realm. In the next few days, I plan to leave Chu State and venture out to other places. The world is vast, and it's just right for me to gallop and roam freely." After speaking, he also felt a bit of heroic spirit in his heart.

  "Oh!" Han Xue replied slightly disappointedly.

  Li Hui noticed Han Xue's slight emotional change and asked: "Sister, what are you planning to do?"

  Han Xue, however, slightly furrowed her brow, with a hint of melancholy, making her look even more gentle and captivating: "The sect was destroyed, originally the sect had agreed to meet at the border of Chu State and Xia State after escaping, but now I don't know how those fellow disciples are doing."

  Li Hui's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he didn't have much feeling about the destruction of Bi Xiang Men, but looking at Han Xue's intention, it seemed that she wanted to go find the scattered Bi Xiang Men cultivators.

  "Sister, don't worry too much. After some time, when I leave this place, I will also pass through the borders of Chu State and Xia State, and then I'll accompany you to take a look." Li Hui said reassuringly.

  "Really?" Han Xue's face broke into a smile, "Then I'll trouble Shidi."

  "It's okay, I'm going that way anyway, so I'll accompany my sister for a while." Li Hui smiled and said. During this time with Han Xue, Li Hui was also very happy.

  "Li Shidi!" Han Xue called out softly, her head slightly lowered, her voice also somewhat gentle and soft, as if she was a bit shy.

  Li Hui was taken aback, but he didn't know why Han Xue suddenly made that expression.

  "Since you don't plan to return to Bi Xuan Men, and we've both established our foundations... " Han Xue lightly bit her lower lip. "From now on, we don't have to address each other as fellow disciples. You... can just call me Xue Er." By the time she finished speaking, Han Xue's voice had already become barely audible, her head deeply bowed, and her face a deep red.

  Li Hui's whole body shook, and Han Xue's words he naturally heard clearly. At this time, his heart was also "thumping" rapidly.

  "Han Shifu... Xue Er!" Li Hui called out somewhat unnaturally, but finally managed to get the words out, his heart filled with a strange sense of panic.

  The two were roughly the same age, and in the Cultivation Realm, they didn't distinguish between seniors and juniors based on age. Both of them were Foundation Establishment cultivators, with a lifespan of over 200 years, so getting entangled in these mundane formalities was meaningless.

  Han Xue heard Li Hui call her "Xiao Xue" and felt a sweet feeling in her heart, her mouth slightly curved up, and she smiled shyly, then also called back: "Li Hui!"

  Then the two of them lowered their heads together and fell into a brief silence, but in their hearts they were extremely delighted.

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