After killing four maids in a row, there was no blood on Li Shiming's palms, except that his robe was pierced. He looked at Yunze as calmly as when he first arrived.
"Kill me!" Yunze sat dejectedly on the stone bench. Due to the restraint of his spiritual power, his strength in the late stage of Qi training was not even as good as that of a maid. He completely gave up resisting.
Li Shiming walked up to him and patted his chest lightly.
The confinement of spiritual power was not able to limit Li Shiming's spiritual thoughts. In this environment, Li Shiming still had many cards up his sleeve.
The spiritual thought entered Yunze's body. This palm seemed to be just brute force, but with the momentum of this palm, the jade sword transformed by the spiritual thought was sent into Yunze's spiritual energy vortex.
The spiritual energy vortex was imprisoned and was hit directly in the center without any resistance, and the spiritual energy vortex collapsed immediately.
This blow did not take Yunze's life, but it made him spit blood. However, his injuries were countless times more serious than they appeared.
Because, Li Shiming's attack completely destroyed the foundation of his cultivation. The collapse of the spiritual energy vortex and the collapse under the state of spiritual energy confinement made it impossible for his body to produce any resistance. His spiritual roots were affected by the spiritual energy vortex.
The spiritual roots are damaged and cannot be healed unless it is the top-grade spiritual medicine.
But let alone Yunze, it is not easy even for Elder Jindan to get the elixir that can heal the spiritual roots.
"You've ruined my path!" Yunze looked at Li Shiming with bloodshot eyes, pointed at him with trembling hands and said unwillingly.
A monk can die and be killed, but he cannot become a disabled person.
How could the cultivators accept that a powerful being who could go to heaven and earth and roam the world turned into a useless person who needed someone to serve him even when he ate?
"You are a monk from a sect, I will hand you over to the sect for disposal!" Li Shiming said coldly.
He took off the storage bag from Yunze's waist and hung it around his own waist without any hesitation.
Then he ignored Yunze, who had become a waste, and looked under the stone table.
He was very curious about what kind of formation could produce the effect of imprisoning spiritual power.
You have to know that formations rely on spiritual power to operate, and the effect of imprisoning spiritual power is not compatible with the effect of the formation. At least as an intermediate formation master, he has not seen the relevant knowledge yet.
What he was more curious about was what on earth could escape the perception of spiritual thoughts.
You know, after mastering the spiritual thoughts, he was almost invincible when using them.
Under the stone table, an inconspicuous metal box was open, revealing a cube emitting black light inside.
The metal box was very small, and the cube emitting black light inside was even smaller, only the size of a fist.
Just by visual inspection, Li Shiming realized that his previous judgment was wrong.
This is not a formation at all. If we talk about a formation, there was originally a formation here that had the function of isolation and concealment, and it was designed to make this metal box impossible to perceive with the naked eye.
When Li Shiming used his spiritual sense, he did discover that there was an isolating and hidden formation here, but there was nothing when he passed through the formation, so he didn't care.
It is normal to have several isolating and hiding formations in a cave. There are many such formations in his own cave.
He used his spiritual sense again. The metal box and the cube inside were clearly in front of him, but his spiritual sense was filled with fog and he could not see anything clearly in front of him.
This is because Li Shiming has too little knowledge and has no understanding of this substance, otherwise he would have noticed the difference when using his spiritual thoughts.
Li Shiming studied it and found out that the terrifying spiritual power-binding effect was actually emitted by this cube. The metal box outside was made of a strange metal that he could not identify, which could seal the spiritual power-binding effect of the cube inside.
When he walked into the yard, Yunze opened the mechanism, allowing the metal box to open, exposing the cube in the yard.
He pressed lightly on a place on the metal box, and the metal box closed silently. Then he felt the spiritual energy vortex begin to become active, and the spiritual energy in the surrounding void appeared again.
"What is this?" Li Shiming asked as he picked up the metal box.
Yunze looked ashen and did not answer his question.
Li Shiming shook his head, took out his identity jade disc, contacted Uncle Xu from the Law Enforcement Hall, and explained the situation here.
He did not go out immediately, but waited here for the arrival of the Law Enforcement Hall.
In the distance outside the yard, two pairs of eyes were staring in the direction of the yard.
These two are the Yun family's spies, and they are responsible for monitoring Yunze.
Due to Yunze’s previous performance, the top management of Yun’s Trading Company does not have much trust in Yunze, which is also the style of Yun’s Trading Company.
"That's a monk from the Law Enforcement Hall. Something has happened. Report it quickly!" A Yun clan monk exclaimed softly.
It only took a moment for the Law Enforcement Hall to travel from Zhongfeng to Genfeng. After receiving the report from Li Shiming, Deacon Xu immediately brought a total of twelve law enforcement monks over.
On the Yun side, the top management of Yun Trading Company understood that something unexpected had happened, and they were also contacting their backers.
The Yun family has two foundation-building cultivators in the sect, and the one who is currently free is Uncle Master Yun Gangyun.
Deacon Xu from the Law Enforcement Hall stood outside the yard, preparing to use his power to forcibly break through the defensive formation in the yard in front of him.
The Law Enforcement Hall has great power and can take some compulsory actions when there is reasonable suspicion.
For example, now, a mid-level formation master got into trouble, and the sect allowed the Law Enforcement Hall to use strong measures to solve the problem.
If it is outside the nine peaks of the sect, it is still a little difficult to break through the defense formation of a cave, but inside the sect's formation, the Law Enforcement Hall can apply to call on the power of the sect's formation.
With the consent of the senior formation master guarding Duifeng Peak, the sect's formation can be used, which will forcibly tear open the defensive formation of this type of cave.
However, before Deacon Xu could use his power, the formation in the yard in front of him automatically activated, revealing the situation inside.
Deacon Xu did not go through the courtyard gate. All the law enforcement monks followed him and flew into the courtyard.
The scene in the courtyard made Deacon Xu's eyes freeze. There was nothing wrong with leaving four bodies outside, but where was this place? This was the Nine Peaks of the Sect. It had been many years since such a vicious case happened in the Nine Peaks of the Sect.
He saw Yunze, who was somewhat famous in the business world, but a stranger in the eyes of Deacon Xu who was in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Yunze's aura was disordered, and it was obvious that his spiritual roots had been destroyed. How great a hatred must one have to resort to such means.
Deacon Xu finally looked at Li Shiming. He and the others present understood how strong Li Shiming's background was. To be honest, he did not know much about Li Shiming.
However, Li Shiming sent another Deacon Xu from the Law Enforcement Hall to the Tianhai Sea Line to stay there for a full twenty years. It was Deacon Xu who concluded the case and he left a deep impression on him.
"Junior Brother Li, nice to meet you again!" Deacon Xu nodded and greeted Li Shiming.
His behavior puzzled the twelve law enforcement monks who came with him. This was not Deacon Xu's style. Why would he take the initiative to greet a small fifth-level Qi Refining monk?
Although Yunze was in a decadent state of being a useless person at this time, he also understood the meaning of Deacon Xu's words.
Li Shiming was not, as the Yun's Trading Company judged, a young cultivator without any foundation and with some talent in formation. Otherwise, how could a dignified foundation-building deacon of the Law Enforcement Hall treat Li Shiming in such an attitude.
"Li Shiming greets Uncle Master Xu!" Li Shiming stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
"It seems that you are in trouble. Tell me what happened?" Deacon Xu expressed his position in one sentence again. This was related to his liking for Li Shiming and his years of experience in handling cases.
Since there is no cave of Li Shiming in Genfeng, this courtyard does not belong to Li Shiming.
If a conflict occurs after entering the cave, it will be difficult for the guest to gain the upper hand, because there are formations and various defensive measures in the cave, and the owner will have a great advantage.
Li Shiming is not a madman. He killed someone in Genfeng’s cave and took the initiative to report it to the Law Enforcement Hall.
"Uncle Xu, there is Soul Suppressing Powder in the spiritual tea on the stone table. I suspect the four maids are trained killers who are proficient in body training and close combat swordsmanship. In addition, there is this, which can imprison the spiritual power in the yard!" Li Shiming pointed at them one by one, and finally put the metal box on the stone table and said.
Deacon Xu waved his hand, and his law enforcement monks walked over to check the scene.
The law enforcement monks he brought with him were all professionals and were veterans in scene investigations.
"This is the gold box that seals the forbidden spirit gold!" Deacon Xu looked at the metal box on the stone table with a solemn expression. He did not open it rashly, but recognized what it was based on his experience alone.
The mere appearance of the Forbidden Soul Gold means things here will be of no small importance.
"This is Yun Ze, a member of the Yun's Trading Company. He invited me here in the name of the Yun's Trading Company. This is an assassination attempt against me by the Yun's Trading Company. At the same time, according to what Yun Ze said before, the Yun's Trading Company has also colluded with the Holy Ice Sect, received benefits from the Holy Ice Sect, and is preparing to send my body to the Holy Ice Sect!" Li Shiming continued.
He spared Yunze's life not out of mercy, but because he wanted to drag Yun's Company into trouble.
"Shut up!" A voice interrupted Li Shiming, and then a figure flew to Li Shiming and pressed him down with a palm.
Li Shiming didn't even think about it, the Broken Jade Sword flew out, and turned into a sword light to meet the palm.
He felt the horror of that palm. The person who came was a foundation-building cultivator, who was far beyond his ability to deal with.
After using the 'Sword Controlling Technique' to meet the enemy, he used his authority as an intermediate formation master and mobilized the might of the sect's formation to protect himself.
This was one of the few privileges he had while in the nine peaks of the sect. Before, he was inside the defensive formation of the courtyard and could not mobilize the sect's formation. Now that the defensive formation of the courtyard was wide open, there was naturally no barrier between him and the sect's formation.
The man slapped the Broken Jade Sword away with one palm, and the terrifying spiritual pressure in his palm hit Li Shiming in front of him, but was separated by an invisible force.
"The Yun Company colluded with the Holy Ice Sect to assassinate their fellow disciples in Genfeng and was discovered. They started killing people to silence them again!" Li Shiming shouted.
His voice seemed not loud, but through the sect's formation, his voice spread to most areas of the Nine Peaks. As long as there was no sound isolation in the area, his voice could be heard.
Now that there are foundation-building cultivators coming to kill him, he is definitely going to make things as big as possible.
"Yungang, what are you going to do?" Deacon Xu roared and stood in front of Li Shiming.
"I heard this kid slandering my Yun family, so I couldn't help but take action. After I kill this kid, I will go to apologize to the leader!" Yun Gang said coldly, stepping on the magic weapon.
There was a flash of surprise in his eyes. That palm strike could definitely kill Li Shiming, but for some reason it was blocked.
"It's not your turn to judge whether it's slander or not. This matter will be handled by the Law Enforcement Hall!" Deacon Xu was so shocked to see that Li Shiming was fine that he broke out in a cold sweat. If Li Shiming was killed in front of him, he could almost imagine how much trouble it would be.
Yun Gang had the intention to kill just now, and he moved so fast that even Deacon Xu couldn't stop him in time.
Even as they were talking, cultivators appeared one after another all around. The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage saw the two Foundation Establishment cultivators here, especially the cultivators from the Law Enforcement Hall, and quickly retreated to a farther place.
However, the foundation-building monks who came didn't care. They flew around the yard and looked down at what was happening below from the sky.
All of this was caused by Li Shiming's shout. The fact that there was a traitor in the sect was a matter of concern to all cultivators, not to mention that the Yun family also had some influence in the sect.
Among them were Yun’s friends, Yun’s enemies, and some unrelated cultivators. They all kept silent, waiting for the situation to develop.
Li Shiming looked at the foundation-building cultivator in the sky, and horror flashed in his eyes. He had been in Jiufeng for quite some time, and he truly understood the power of the sect.
There are more than twenty foundation-building monks here alone, and these are those who come here as soon as they have free time. It can be seen that the sect's foundation-building monks are not as few as he imagined.
"Please take charge, fellow masters. The Yun family is lawless and has set up killing traps in the sect. Their methods are so skilled that it is definitely not a one-day job. I believe this is not the first time that the Yun family has used forbidden spirit gold and trained female killers to kill their fellow disciples!" Li Shiming knew that he needed to work hard at this time. He bowed to the foundation-building cultivator in the air and spoke loudly.
The foundation-building monks were not blind. When they saw the four corpses of the maids and the golden box on the stone table, how could they not understand the intricacies of the matter?
The foundation-building cultivators who had bad relations with the Yun family had begun to show expressions of gloating, while the foundation-building cultivators who had close relations with the Yun family also had wandering eyes, as if they were weighing their relations with the Yun family.
"Boy, you want to use this trick to deal with the Yun family. Who knows if this Forbidden Spirit Gold was brought by you? You killed four maids and seriously injured Yun Ze just to slander the Yun family!" Yun Gang immediately retorted when he saw that the situation was not right.
In fact, all the foundation-building cultivators present understood that it was impossible for Li Shiming to obtain the Forbidden Spirit Gold by relying on himself.
Forbidden Soul Gold is a special metal controlled by all the major sects. It is used to restrict the sect from committing repeated crimes. Objects made of Forbidden Soul Gold are loaded into the body of a cultivator, which can prevent the cultivator from mobilizing spiritual power and turn him into an ordinary person.
As for the Yun's Trading Company's usage, it can only be used against cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage. When the spiritual power reaches a certain intensity, the spiritual power-confining effect emitted by the Soul-Forbidden Gold will lose its effect.