"Shi Ming, don't tell Lan'er about Zhuge Xuan's death, so as not to affect her breakthrough to the foundation-building stage. I will let her go into seclusion to reach the foundation-building stage when I return!" On the way back, Elder Yin hesitated for a moment, but still spoke out.

"I know, Uncle Yin!" Li Shiming nodded in agreement.

Yin Shilan doesn’t have many people close to him in the sect, and Zhuge Xuan is definitely one of them.

Zhuge Xuan had given Yin Shilan a lot of guidance on formations. It was definitely not a good thing for Yin Shilan to learn the bad news about Zhuge Xuan when she was trying to break through to the foundation-building stage.

"Good boy!" Elder Yin's fatherly smile flashed across his eyes, and then he said seriously: "Your body refining has improved too much, which will have some impact on your impact on foundation building. You'd better stop learning formations and other aspects, do more sect tasks, exchange for more foundation building pills, and make preparations before foundation building!"

Li Shiming was stunned. He had always thought that physical training could increase the chance of breaking through the foundation-building stage, but he did not expect that physical training that was too strong would also have problems.

"Too much is as bad as too little. You have cultivated your physique to a level beyond Qi Refining. Currently, you are only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. When you reach the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, your physique will increase further. Your physique is too strong, which creates a stronger bottleneck for your breakthrough... Of course, after breaking through in your situation, your strength will be much stronger than that of a normal cultivator!" Elder Yin thought for a moment and then gave advice.

He did this for his daughter and also because Li Shiming was relatively obedient, so he gave him advice.

As for why the Jindan sword cultivator let Li Shiming go, he didn't think about it at all.

Because as far as he was concerned, even if he encountered cultivators from a hostile force, the most he would do was to kill the foundation-building cultivators, which would already be an act of extreme anger.

As for the Golden Core cultivators, those in the Qi Refining Stage are like ants and they are not willing to take any action against them.

Elder Yin completely accepted the explanation of Li Shiming's escape from falling into the sea without any doubt.

After returning to the sect, Li Shiming returned to his cave. Elder Yin would handle the attack and he didn't need to do anything.

Entering the familiar underground space, he thought of Elder Yin’s words, and even more so of what Yun Xingyi had said.

Yun Xingyi once told him that with his aptitude and talent, he would reach his limit at the foundation-building stage at most. He did not pay much attention to this statement at the time, but now he thinks that Yun Xingyi would not be talking nonsense.

He tried hard to narrow the gap between himself and the top talents, and even came up with the idea of ​​using clones to help with his practice.

But this method can only allow him to reach the peak of the Qi Refining Stage faster, but it will not work when he reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The foundation-building period is extremely important and is the time to lay the most solid foundation.

After reaching the foundation-building stage, it was impossible for him to practice the same main technique as his clone, because the clone's talent was too high. He would most likely drag down the clone, causing it to become mediocre.

The clone is equivalent to another him. If the clone can cultivate to a higher level faster, then the cultivation resources provided to the original body alone can make up for part of the talent gap.

"Didn't they say that I have poor talent and cannot be promoted to the Golden Core? Then I will let my clone become the Golden Core first and find a large amount of resources for me. I don't believe that a large amount of resources cannot produce a Golden Core. If the clone's Golden Core is not enough, then I will make the Nascent Soul!" Li Shiming said to himself with a firm look in his eyes and clenched fists.

He thought of the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique' and the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique', which were better than the sect's techniques.

He didn't quite understand why Yun Xing brought three complete versions of martial arts techniques with him at once. This was extremely rare among cultivators.

This is actually related to Yun Xingyi's mission. This time he needs to cross the dangerous sea and explore a safe route.

Before the mission, he had made the worst-case scenario plan. In case his life was in danger, he needed to be prepared to take over someone else's body.

These three skills are prepared for possession of another's body. When possessing another's body, memory confusion may occur, so it is extremely necessary to prepare corresponding skills.

Naturally, all the preparations he made benefited Li Shiming in the end.

Li Shiming is currently thinking about his future plans. He has thought about this many times before, but because the skills are not available, even with the help of IBMz15 for analysis, he cannot come to any useful conclusions.

It’s different now. There are two top-notch skills that can be practiced all the way to the Nascent Soul stage, which is enough for him to make a choice.

What he needs to choose is to become a sword cultivator or a magic cultivator. The 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art' is the pure way of sword cultivation, while the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' is the way of magic cultivation.

Yun Xingyi probably also wanted to prevent the situation in which the body he possessed would become unable to practice sword skills, and he prepared another path of practice as a precaution.

Sometimes, possessing another's body is not an option. For ordinary cultivators, it is too difficult to practice the sword technique.

Li Shiming also knew that compared to sword cultivation, the path of magic cultivation was much easier.

This can be judged from the number of sword cultivators and magic cultivators. In a sect, only cultivators with extremely excellent talents will choose to practice sword cultivation, and ordinary cultivators are almost all magic cultivators.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the combat power of Dharma cultivators is poor. The Dharma cultivation method that Yun Xingyi, the Jindan sword cultivator, is interested in also inherits the characteristics of sword cultivators, that is, extreme attack power, so he carries the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art'.

Thunder cultivators are the ones with the strongest attack power among all magic cultivators. If a thunder cultivator has a special spiritual root like thunder spiritual root, he is of course the best choice.

If you don't have thunder spiritual roots, then gold spiritual roots are the second choice.

Yun Xingyi's words made Li Shiming realize his own qualifications.

Li Shiming no longer thought about cost-effectiveness as when he first entered the sect, and took advantage of the free opportunity to choose the most expensive martial arts method "Sword Controlling Technique".

Although the 'Sword Controlling Technique' does make his combat power extremely strong, this does not mean that sword cultivation is suitable for him.

Given his lack of talent and aptitude, if he were to choose sword cultivation as his goal, he would be worried that his talent would not be able to support his ambitions.

Of course, the clone's practice of the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique' is actually, to a certain extent, the same as his own practice.

He can use the magical instruments of his clone, and the clone's cultivation is actually cultivation performed with part of his consciousness, and they are one at the soul level.

It is possible that the main body cannot unleash the power of the avatar's 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique', but this effect can definitely be compensated by the power of thunder cultivation.

In addition, Li Shiming had an inexplicable feeling towards the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art', as if he was born to be compatible with this technique.

So he made a decision in his mind that after the foundation-building period, his main practice would be the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art', while his clone would practice the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art'.

It is hard to imagine that a cultivator without any background has already formulated a cultivation direction for himself after building the foundation as soon as he enters the late stage of Qi Refining. This is a privilege only available to second-generation cultivators or cultivators with amazing talents.

"I am going to break through to the foundation-building stage and need to be in seclusion for three to six months!" Yin Shilan sent a message. When Li Shiming replied, she had already entered the seclusion room.

Li Shiming wished her success in his heart, and hoped that after she successfully came out of seclusion, she would not be too sad because of the death of Uncle Zhuge.

The clone rested in the ghost realm of the "Netherworld Ghost Realm" for half a day in the state of corpse refining, and the injuries on his body recovered.

The clone transformed back into human form, and the injuries on his body completely disappeared.

"Thank you for your hard work, fellow Taoist!" Li Shiming bowed and said to his clone.

"It's not hard, just a small attack of the golden elixir!" The clone waved his hand and said with relief.

After saying this, the original body and the clone laughed in unison.

Li Shiming felt relieved only when he found out that his clone was safe. If the clone's injury lasted for a long time, it would affect his training plan.

He also checked the condition of his right thumb. He didn't know if it was because his realm was too low, or if the level of his sword bone had reached a high level. Anyway, no matter how he checked, using his spiritual power or IBMz15, he didn't find anything special about his right thumb.

If there is any difference, it is that the hardness of the right thumb is extremely high, but since he cannot check the hardness of his right thumb, he can only make this judgment.

He had no intention of using the magic weapon to cut off his right thumb. As long as it had no impact on his right thumb, he would pretend that nothing had happened to it.

"Fellow Daoist, I'll leave this sword to you!" Li Shiming handed Yun Xingyi's natal flying sword, Guiyi Sword, to his clone.

In addition to helping the original body practice the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique', the clone can no longer carry out daily practice, and will enter the promotion state if it is not careful.

So he gave the Guiyi Sword to his clone, and the clone usually carried the Guiyi Sword with him.

Anyway, the clone will not appear in front of other cultivators, so there is no need to worry about the Guiyi Sword being exposed.

Li Shiming decided to become a magic cultivator in the future, so he naturally gave the Guiyi Sword, the natal magic weapon of a Jindan sword cultivator, to his clone.

Since the clone had the same soul imprint of Li Shiming, and also had the aura of the original body, Guiyi Sword accepted the clone in the same way as it accepted the original body.

Of course, this kind of acceptance only means having the right to use it, and one is still a long way from becoming the master of the Guiyi Sword.

The stupid method that Li Shiming thought of was to let his clone and Guiyi Sword stay together for a long time.

Especially after the clone is promoted to the foundation-building stage and begins to practice the 'Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Technique', he can use the sword cultivation method to nourish the sword. Only then can his feelings be truly deepened.

The master of the Guiyi Sword has passed away. Although it is difficult for the clone to transfer the right of use to the right of ownership, he has plenty of time.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist, the Guiyi Sword will recognize us as its master!" said the clone as he put the Guiyi Sword back at his waist.

Li Shiming is getting used to this kind of multitasking conversation, finding a bit of vitality in his lonely practice.

In the days that followed, he followed the guidance of Elder Yin and began to take on a large number of formation missions.

He did not go to Lingji Pavilion again. Since Zhuge Xuan's death, the senior formation master stationed there was replaced by a female foundation-building cultivator named Song.

The death of Zhuge Xuan, coupled with Yin Shilan's retreat, increased the sect's formation tasks a lot.

Li Shiming would take on one or two sect formation tasks almost every day, which to some extent reduced the impact of losing a high-level formation master on the sect.

His spiritual energy vortex was also increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. His cultivation speed was faster than that of his natural spiritual roots, so it only took him one month to raise his realm to the late seventh level of Qi Refining.

Three months later, he broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

"Uncle Yin!" Li Shiming received the message from Elder Yin and came to Zhongfeng's retreat room. He saw Elder Yin was also there.

Judging from the atmosphere in the retreat room, Yin Shilan will come out today.

"Shiming, you have reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. It seems that you are practicing very hard!" Elder Yin was a little surprised when he sensed Li Shiming's realm and gave him a rare compliment.

He didn't want to ask Li Shiming to come over, but this was what his daughter had asked him to do before she went into seclusion.

Recently, he had also inquired about Li Shiming's news and learned that Li Shiming had completed a large number of formation tasks.

This showed that he had taken his instructions to heart, which improved his impression of Li Shiming.

"Did Lan'er succeed in breaking through?" Li Shiming looked at the door of the retreat room and blurted out a question.

He was worried and confused. With Yin Shilan's talent and the preparations made by Elder Yin, it was not too difficult for her to break through the small foundation-building stage.

"I don't know!" Elder Yin said in a cold voice with an unhappy look on his face.

When did this guy start calling his daughter by her nickname? Can he call her Lan'er? This is the exclusive right of the couple to call their daughter.

Li Shiming was startled. He looked at the sudden change in Elder Yin's face and thought that Yin Shilan had trouble breaking through, and his worry intensified.

He stared at the door of the retreat room, wondering how sad Yin Shilan would appear, whether she was injured, or whether she was crying.

Neither Elder Yin nor Li Shiming said anything else. Elder Yin was angry, while Li Shiming was worried.

After an unknown amount of time, the gloomy atmosphere changed as the door of the retreat room opened.

"Lan'er!" The voices of Li Shiming and Elder Yin appeared at the same time.

When Yin Shilan walked out of the retreat room, she saw Li Shiming, who was worried, and her father, who was proud of her.

"Shiming!" Yin Shilan felt a flood of love and care flooding into her heart, and she responded softly.

Li Shiming sensed the aura from Yin Shilan, which was the unique sense of oppression of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at Elder Yin. He didn't understand what Elder Yin meant before. Was he trying to scare him on purpose?

"Daddy!" Yin Shilan was not aware of the weirdness between the two men, so she looked at Elder Yin and shouted.

"After you come out of retreat, consolidate your realm. I will go tell your mother the good news first!" Elder Yin was dissatisfied that his daughter called him after Li Shiming, but he would not take this dissatisfaction out on his daughter. He held this dissatisfaction on Li Shiming.

He didn't want to stay here at all. He felt very uncomfortable with Li Shiming around.

After saying this, he flew up and quickly disappeared.

"Shiming, I have good news for you. Look what this is?" Yin Shilan watched her father leave with some confusion. She thought of something important and took out a porcelain bottle with a little pride.

Li Shiming recognized at a glance that it was the bottle of Foundation Establishment Pill, which was of the same standard in the sect.

"You broke through without using the Foundation Establishment Pill?" Li Shiming felt that he had underestimated Yin Shilan's talent.

"By retreating for an extra month, you have saved this Foundation Establishment Pill. You need it more than I do!" Yin Shilan put the porcelain bottle in her hand into Li Shiming's hand with a happy smile on her face.