Master Zhao had mixed feelings. He always believed that he was not wrong and that protecting the monks of his peak was his duty as the master of the peak.
But after hearing Elder Baili address Elder Yin as 'son-in-law' and seeing Yin Shilan's shy reaction, he seemed to understand.
He turned to look at Sect Leader Yu, and he saw a hint of cunning and sinisterness on Sect Leader Yu's square face.
Sect Leader Yu clearly knew about the relationship between Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, but he did not tell him. It turned out that he was waiting for him to jump into this trap.
"Xiao Zhao, I am very dissatisfied with you. You are to handle this matter again. If even treason can be forgiven, then what has become of the Tianhai Sect?" Elder Yin looked at Master Zhao Feng at this time, and he gave a light order.
"Yes, I was wrong about this matter, and I will definitely correct it!" Master Zhao Feng assured repeatedly without any excuses.
"Everyone, go away, Junior Brother Quan, Junior Sister Sheng, let's have a good gathering tomorrow!" Elder Yin said nothing more and sent the guests away.
The two Jindan and other high-level foundation-building masters understood that Elder Yin had something to discuss with his daughter, so they left with a smile.
Only Elder Yin and Yin Shilan were left in front of the cave. Yin Shilan also wanted to leave, but looking at her father's eyes, she knew she couldn't escape today.
"Lan'er, what Old Monster Baili said is true, right? You are not a child anymore, and it is normal for you to have a lover. Daddy just wants to help you see what kind of character that boy has and whether he is worthy of my precious daughter!" Elder Yin said softly.
Yin Shilan felt something was wrong. It was the same as when her mother lied to her about Li Shiming. Although the words were different, the tone was exactly the same.
"No, we're just friends!" she whispered.
To Elder Yin, these words meant "Yes, we are in love."
Even though he had just come out of seclusion, how could he not understand his daughter who had been with him since she was a child?
His daughter was born in the Tianhai Sect. When he was born, he was already a Jindan cultivator in the Tianhai Sect. From childhood to adulthood, except for his younger sister, he had no friends of the same age. All of the people around him were cultivators who could be grandfathers in the secular world.
My daughter has been extremely smart since she was young. When her spiritual roots were tested at the age of twelve, she was found to have natural spiritual roots. This intelligence and talent, coupled with her talent in formations, made it impossible for her to find friends of the same age.
He is a cultivator with natural spiritual roots in the sect, but he has no talent for formations and has nothing in common with Yin Shilan.
Yin Shilan is a shy person, and once there is no topic, it is impossible to communicate with her.
"I will go with you to see Fei'er in a few days!" Elder Yin changed the subject.
Seeing that her father did not ask any more questions, Yin Shilan let out a long sigh and nodded slightly in response.
When Master Zhao Feng returned to Genfeng, the first thing he did was to imprison all the important personnel of the Yun’s Trading Company and find Yun Song, another foundation-building cultivator of the Yun’s Company.
"Greetings, Peak Master!" When Yunsong was summoned, he already knew that the Yun family was being investigated again. He did not ask about it, but immediately rushed to the Peak Master.
Yunsong never asked about the affairs of the Yun's Business. He had an extraordinary obsession with cultivation.
Apart from the Yun family's offerings, he did not have much connection with the Yun family.
"Yunsong, on behalf of Genfeng, you will go to find Li Shiming. All of the Yun family's current wealth has been seized and you can use it at will. My only request is to find a way to gain Li Shiming's forgiveness. In addition, Yun Gang will stay on the Tianhai coastline indefinitely. All middle-level and above personnel of the Yun family's business will be treated as traitors!" Master Zhao Feng said solemnly.
There was too much information in an instant, which made Yunsong a little confused. It was only after a moment that he understood what had happened.
First of all, the Yun family is finished. The previous incident was suppressed by Master Zhao Feng, so it did not affect too much.
But now it seems that all the elites of the Yun family will be charged with treason, a very serious crime. The lightest punishment is probably to have their cultivation abolished.
Secondly, Master Zhao Feng was afraid. Li Shiming's background was beyond his imagination, which made Master Zhao Feng retreat.
Thinking about the big event that happened today, that is, Elder Yin came out of seclusion, the two things combined made it clear to Yunsong that Li Shiming and Elder Yin were related.
"I'll do it right away, Master!" Yunsong bowed and responded, turning around and preparing to go.
"Wait, you won't be able to see Li Shiming like this. Go find the sect leader and ask him to arrange someone to take you to see Li Shiming!" Master Zhao Feng thought of something and waved his hand to give instructions.
Li Shiming, who was on Eagle's Beak Island, was not aware of the major events that had taken place in the sect.
He spends most of his time every day importing formation knowledge into IBM z15. Intermediate formation masters can obtain formation knowledge below the intermediate level for free.
This is an extremely large knowledge system. Normally, a formation master will choose a main focus and at most touch upon the rest.
So the formation master would select the usable parts to learn from the huge knowledge system, but Li Shiming is different. All he has to do is import the knowledge into IBM z15.
Wait for IBM z15 to analyze it thoroughly before sharing the learning results with him.
He skipped the longest part. What other formation masters took ten years to learn, he only needed a few dozen minutes.
Although he had lost some of his sense of belonging to the sect, and even did not take the initiative to claim the two thousand spirit stones and the two thousand spirit stones of formation resources, he would not let go of the formation knowledge.
If he did not claim the two thousand spirit stones and the formation resources worth two thousand spirit stones, he would be showing his attitude to the sect.
If he was assassinated and the sect treated him unfairly, it would seem too fake if he didn't get angry.
Through this incident, he can reduce his activities in the sect and devote his energy to cultivation and study.
He deeply realized that strength is everything, and no matter whether he became a foundation-building cultivator or a high-level formation master, he would not be treated unfairly.
"This is quite interesting!" He was importing the knowledge of formations when he discovered a passage in the knowledge of formations and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
There are many connections between formations and stars, and many formations are arranged according to the stars.
This passage contains words describing the thirty-three heavens.
The level above 3,000 feet is the first level of heaven, and every other level after that is the next level of heaven. Each level of heaven is separated by strong winds.
The strong wind will cause harm to the cultivator's body, and his spiritual power will be blown away by the strong wind.
This passage has very little description of the Thirty-Three Heavens. It only mentions the concept of the Thirty-Three Heavens and the matter of the Gangfeng.
This is fundamentally inconsistent with Li Shiming's theory of the sky in his previous life, and it is also related to another major plan of his.
"It seems that I need to look for information about the Thirty-Three Heavens!" Li Shiming shook his head helplessly.
He didn't want to ask anyone for help, but the information about the Thirty-Three Heavens was of great importance, so he needed to go and ask Uncle Master Zhuge.
IBMz15 sent a warning, and through monitoring Li Shiming saw two monks outside Yingzui Island.
One of them was Deacon Xu from the Law Enforcement Hall, and the other was a strange monk.
While Li Shiming was still in doubt, Deacon Xu shot out a ray of light that penetrated into the magic circle.
Li Shiming returned to the cave and casually grabbed the visiting card that Deacon Xu had sent into the magic circle. This was a very formal visit.
He activated a small mountain protection formation, allowed the two monks to enter Eagle's Beak Island, and came to the front of the cave himself.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I'm here on the orders of the Sect Leader to bring Yunsong to see you!" After seeing Li Shiming, Deacon Xu didn't know how to address him for a moment. Finally, he used a title that didn't require identity consideration in the world of cultivating immortals.
He is a foundation-building cultivator, so it is acceptable to call Li Shiming by his normal name or call him nephew.
But the problem is that he learned about today's events from the Sect Leader. If Li Shiming is really Elder Yin's son-in-law, then even the Sect Leader will have to call Li Shiming "Junior Brother".
Li Shiming did not pay attention to Deacon Xu's address. What he cared about was Yunsong, the foundation-building cultivator who came with him.
"Master Yun, is that the Yun from the Yun family?" he said in a cold voice, with a look of rejecting guests on his face.
"Fellow Daoist Li, please allow me to say a few words first. I come here with the utmost sincerity!" Yunsong said hurriedly.
"Fellow Daoist Li, the Sect Master wants you to make your own decision!" Deacon Xu said from the side.
"I wonder what else the Yun family and I have to discuss?" Li Shiming asked in a deep voice while mobilizing the formation.
He had suffered a loss once and was nearly killed by a sneak attack from Yun Gang of the Yun family. Although the formation here was not as good as the sect's formation, it was still possible to resist and force him to retreat into the cave.
"On behalf of the Yun family, I apologize to Fellow Daoist Li. Yun Gang, who attacked you, will remain at the Tianhai coastline until he dies in battle. All middle-level managers and above of the original Yun family trading company will be charged with treason. This is the compensation sent by Master Zhao Feng and the Yun family. I hope to seek forgiveness from Fellow Daoist Li!" Yun Song put down the airs of a foundation-building cultivator and said with an extremely humble attitude as he bowed.
As he spoke, he held a box in his hand and handed it to Li Shiming.
Li Shiming did not expect that things would take a turn for the worse a month later. How could something that even the head of the sect said could not be handled change so suddenly?
But this is also a good thing. At least we don’t have to worry about Yun’s revenge.
As for what Yunsong said, its truthfulness can be judged by the fact that he was accompanied by Deacon Xu from the Law Enforcement Hall.
Li Shiming took the box. It was not big, but it was a bit heavy in his hand.
He opened the box and saw two things. One was a jade bottle that looked very familiar. This was the jade bottle that the sect used to store the Foundation Establishment Pill.
If Yunsong had not cheated, then there would only be Foundation Establishment Pills in this jade bottle.
The other item is a magical weapon, a relatively rare close-fitting armor.
Li Shiming lightly touched the close-fitting armor with his fingers and was suddenly shocked to find that it was a super-grade magical weapon.
Even though he complains about the super-grade magic weapon, saying that it consumes too much spiritual energy and that his strength is not enough to bring out the power of the super-grade magic weapon.
But a super-grade magic weapon is a super-grade magic weapon. A normal cultivator who obtains one can use it until the foundation-building stage.
Currently, many cultivators in the sect’s foundation-building stage are using super-grade magic weapons. Spiritual weapons are to the sect’s foundation-building cultivators what super-grade magic weapons are to the sect’s Qi-refining cultivators.
A super-grade defensive magic weapon was sold at the previous auction of Qianlong Trading Company for a price of more than 300,000 spirit stones, plus a foundation-building pill. It can be said that this compensation is much better and more sincere than the previous 150,000 spirit stones.
"I believe in the sect's handling of the matter, and I also believe in the sect's law enforcement hall!" Li Shiming put away the box and said to Yunsong.
Yunsong looked relieved, as the mission was finally completed.
For these two kinds of compensation, the Yun family paid a huge price.
"As long as Fellow Daoist Li is satisfied, we won't stay any longer!" Deacon Xu saw that the matter was settled and said goodbye with a smile.
Li Shiming sent the two foundation-building monks out of the formation. He was somewhat impatient and used his spiritual sense to explore the jade bottle and confirmed that it was the foundation-building pill.
You can't blame him for being anxious, he already has two Foundation Establishment Pills, and with this one, he has three.
Theoretically, three foundation-building pills are the minimum requirement for three spiritual roots to advance to the foundation-building stage, plus he still has a Yuanyang body, and Yin Shilan gave him a top-grade breakthrough pill.
With such resources, if he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, he would dare to try to break through.
He is probably the only one who has the strength of the fifth level of Qi Refining and is able to gather all the resources required to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, and he also comes from an ordinary background.
It is estimated that even for those top-level second-generation cultivators, their elders would not put foundation-building pills or something like that in the hands of the second-generation cultivators when they are at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
He was in a very good mood and was thinking about going to find Uncle Master Zhuge, so he took out the jade flying boat and headed towards the sect.
Lingji Pavilion, Li Shiming didn't know how the three senior formation masters were assigned. Every time he came to Lingji Pavilion in the past two years, Uncle Zhuge was there.
"Li Shiming, it's a rare occasion for you to come here. Did Genfeng look for you?" Uncle Zhuge asked with a smile.
Li Shiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was really impossible to keep secrets within the sect. Uncle Master Zhuge already knew about what happened just now.
"Thank you for your concern, uncle!" He expressed his gratitude sincerely.
He saw very clearly how Uncle Master Zhuge treated him, and he even went so far as to turn against Gen Feng in an argument for him.
"Okay, you will go and collect the spirit stones and the formation resources you are supposed to take away later. The sect is very large, so some problems are inevitable. When you are strong enough in the future, you can make any changes you want!" Uncle Zhuge waved his hand and said.
"Listen to my uncle!" Li Shiming did not say anything else on this issue and responded with his head down.
But because of what happened before, the rift between him and the sect was not so easy to repair.
He also gave up the idea of getting too involved in the sect's affairs. Just as Uncle Zhuge said, the sect was very big and he was a person who didn't like trouble.
He likes to get revenge directly after being wronged.
However, if one is attacked while in a sect, one cannot take action on one's own and must wait for the sect to handle the situation.
Look at his conflicts with the Holy Ice Sect. The Holy Ice Sect had troubled him many times, and he had always responded with the most resolute resolve.
"Uncle-master, I came here this time to ask you for advice!" Li Shiming said with a bow.
"You, you haven't come to me since you started learning the formation. You should communicate more about the formation. Although I can't give you too much guidance, you will still gain something!" Uncle Zhuge pointed at Li Shiming and said with a laugh.
He was in a very good mood. On the one hand, Elder Yin had resolved the incident from a month ago after coming out of retreat, which helped Li Shiming to resolve his problem.
Secondly, Li Shiming coming to seek guidance was, in his opinion, a way of expressing his attitude to the sect.