He began to attain enlightenment from the Demonic Sect.

Chapter 25 Half a Year

For the next six days, Du Jianyuan was able to collect one or two strands of pure [Heavenly Thunder Embers] every day.

Now that he's gotten used to collecting them, he can even use his spiritual wisdom to survey the terrain and find these spiritual energies.

But with the help of the beads, it's like having a surveyor to help him search and directly confirm whether the wisp of ember is pure and whether it's worth the effort to retrieve it.

As the power of the spring thunder in the sky gradually weakened, Du Jianyuan sighed inwardly:

"After this solar term, without the help of this lightning to cleanse the impurities, the pure spiritual energy in the cave will probably decrease considerably."

He also wanted to gather more spiritual energy, but there were too many people in the cave. Even if he found a suitable one, someone would be tempting him to refine it.

This place is guarded by powerful cultivators. Anyone who dares to try to steal it and disrupt the spiritual energy of the formation will basically be slapped to death.

"There are still nine days until the spring thunder arrives, so we need to hurry and collect as much as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to find even a single pure drop later."

Du Jianyuan sat cross-legged, silently observing the situation in the cave ahead, waiting for the lightning to weaken a little before immediately going in to gather spiritual energy.

Suddenly, he sensed a presence approaching and turned his head to look. He saw a beautiful figure riding the wind.

The woman looked to be no more than eighteen or nineteen years old, about the same age as me. She wore a moon-colored Taoist robe with cloud patterns, and her slender and strong waist was cinched by a jade belt, which accentuated her two beautiful curves. Her long, jade-like legs landed steadily on the ground.

Du Jianyuan glanced at the jade pendant hanging from her waist and immediately cupped his hands in greeting:

"Greetings, Lord Shen."

He had never seen the person who came, but he had heard of him.

Fu Fangyitou, Shen Suxian.

When he was still a paper maker and handyman, he heard many of his fellow workers say that the other party was a kind-hearted foreman who rarely made things difficult for his subordinates, a rare and refreshing figure in the paper maker's office.

The woman in the moon-colored robe nodded slightly and went straight to the point:

"I also need to collect [Embers of Heavenly Thunder]. I learned from my colleagues that your Dao wisdom is quite high, and you also happen to be collecting Qi. So I would like to ask you to help me find some pure spiritual energy. I will give you one spirit stone for each strand."

"Could it be that Yan Jun sent her to keep an eye on me?"

Du Jianyuan's heart skipped a beat; the other party indeed wouldn't let him off easily. He smiled wryly and helplessly.

"Your Excellency, I can only do my best and cannot guarantee that the spiritual energy will be pure every time."

"Okay, I won't keep you from gathering Qi. Just point me to a place."

As Shen Suxian spoke, she asked again:

"How many days have you been here? What have you gained?"

"In less than half a month... I barely managed to collect nine strands."

Du Jianyuan answered softly.

Seeing that he was holding back, Shen Suxian said calmly:

"If you help me collect a pure [Heavenly Thunder Ember], I will report to Lord Wen and request that you be transferred to my command, so that you will not be mistreated."

Du Jianyuan took this as mere empty promise.

After all, Yan Jun already knew that he was going to be transformed into a Yin fetus, so Shen Suxian couldn't possibly not know.

But since the head constable spoke, he dared not refuse and could only nod and agree.

Before long, a bolt of silver lightning and purple thunder crashed down, and numerous electric snakes spread across the ground and between the cracks. Du Jianyuan then swiftly rode the wind into the cave.

Shen Suxian followed without hesitation, watching with great interest as he surveyed the terrain and even tried to discern a wisp of inspiration.

There should be a wisp there.

Du Jianyuan pointed to a spot and then said:

"I must also go and seek my own spiritual energy."

"Thank you for your help."

Shen Suxian nodded slightly, her words polite and without any hint of arrogance.

Du Jianyuan was slightly surprised, but he didn't have time to think about it. He quickly crawled to the side, afraid that someone would get to the strand that the bead had discovered first.

"What exactly does Falcon want? Sending a mere yamen leader to find me for no reason is not only scary, but it also wastes my time and energy helping her..."

Du Jianyuan sighed inwardly. With the help of the beads, he discovered that many good spots were already occupied, and there was no chance to collect a second strand.

After a long time, the two emerged from the cave almost simultaneously.

Shen Suqian, also holding a meteorite iron bottle, looked at him with considerable admiration, handed him a spirit stone, and said:

"They are indeed quite skilled; their [Embers of Heavenly Thunder] are much purer than the ones I collected before."

"It's just that the adults were lucky."

Du Jianyuan gladly accepted it and said a compliment with a smile.

Shen Suxian's expression remained unchanged, but she understood that to absorb such spiritual energy, she needed someone skilled in discerning spiritual energy by her side, so she said:

"If you want to come to Tianlei Cave to gather Qi after the Awakening of Insects, remember to let me know at the Gui Zi Workshop."

"...Yes, sir."

……

half a month later.

Du Jianyuan barely managed to collect a wisp of spiritual energy, slightly impure, into the bottle, and sighed deeply in his heart:

"As expected, without the cleansing and purification of the heavenly lightning, the spiritual energy here will inevitably contain impurities."

Two days ago, he could find a wisp of pure [Heavenly Thunder Embers], but today, after running back and forth through the cave more than a dozen times, he could only find two wisps of spiritual energy with the fewest impurities.

The other strand was naturally given to Shen Suxian.

After all, he didn't have the chance to collect it, and he might scatter the spiritual energy the next time he shed tears. So he might as well do Shen Suxian a favor.

If it were anyone else, Du Jianyuan would definitely have resorted to some tricks.

Shen Suxian has a great reputation, which has been widely known for many years. Doing her a favor might be helpful to me in the future.

Here, take it.

After Shen Suxian came out of the cave, she handed over the spirit stones and gave one to Du Jianyuan.

"Thank you, sir."

Du Jianyuan thanked him politely as always, and remarked that in the past half month, he had not only not spent any money to collect spiritual energy, but had actually earned a few more.

After all, sometimes he thought that the spiritual energy with many impurities was fine, but Shen Suxian didn't care and still went to collect it. She even said that he was too demanding and that he could just buy some high-grade pills to remove the impurities after breaking through.

Faced with such words, Du Jianyuan simply smiled and responded without offering any further explanation.

High-grade pills are something a poor wretch like him can't afford.

He went into the cave five or six more times. As the sun set, Du Jianyuan sighed softly:

"There are too many impurities, it's impossible to process them. I'll just have to come back next time I encounter Xiao Lei."

"Um."

Shen Suxian nodded slightly. She had just stubbornly tried to catch a strand of Du Jianyuan's finger, and the impurities within were indeed something even she found repulsive. She said softly:

"Thank you for your help this time. Remember to call me next time you come."

"it is good."

……

The next six months.

Du Jianyuan mostly cultivated and drew talismans in his cave, and occasionally he would go to Tianlei Cave with Shen Suxian to collect spiritual energy.

However, without the cleansing and purification of the Heavenly Thunder, the [Heavenly Thunder Embers] that can be collected basically contain two or three traces of impurities.

However, Shen Suxian was quite satisfied, and occasionally generously gave a few more spirit stones as a reward.

On this day, in Cave No. 3 of the Jia-class cave.

Nine terrifying sword energies shot out, instantly slicing the stone table into pieces before disappearing into the sleeves.

"Swordsmanship is already quite difficult to master; it seems I'll have to see blood first."

Du Jianyuan exhaled lightly, adjusted his breathing, and sank his spiritual sense into his dantian, scanning over the few lines of text.

【Fiery Heart-Burning Technique: 689/1000 (Mastery)】

【The Alternating Method of Fire and Evil Origin (Completed)】

[Nine Palaces Suspended Evil Sword Control Technique: 853/1000 (Mastery)]

[Talisman Skill: 232/400 (Mid-grade Qi Refining)]