When Li Shiming heard He Chuan's words and combined them with the matter of going to Qixing Island to repair the formation, it seemed that the sect's actions were not groundless, but something really happened.
"Brother, with the might of the seven sects, are you still worried about external enemies?" He asked deliberately.
"I don't know the details, but seeing that the sect keeps recalling the monks outside, we can judge that the external enemies must be extremely troublesome!" He Chuan shook his head and replied.
Having said that, he also showed a look of worry.
For these cultivators, the sect is a support, a home, a shelter, and the foundation of their life.
Even though He Chuan had great talent, without a sect, he would not be able to progress smoothly on the path of cultivating immortals.
Li Shiming didn't know that the sect was recalling its monks outside the sect. This was related to his circle of friends.
He Chuan had something on his mind and lost interest in chatting.
Over the next twenty days, the two worked together, and Li Shiming also sped up the pace of setting up the formation, and finally completed the task of setting up one hundred formations.
Of course, during this period Li Shiming still returned to the sect every day as if he was going to work, and He Chuan had no objection to this.
He Chuan's mission is to protect Li Shiming. He will not ask what Li Shiming does.
"Junior brother, after I build my foundation, I will ask you to help me set up the formation for the cave!" Although He Chuan didn't know much about formations, he could see clearly that Li Shiming had a deep attainment in formations. When he returned to the sect after completing the mission, he invited him in advance.
He had a very clear view of the situation within the sect.
There is a severe shortage of formation masters in the sect nowadays. Even if he becomes a foundation-building cultivator, it is impossible for him to ask a senior formation master to set up a cave formation for him.
Currently, there are only two high-level formation masters in the sect, and it is difficult to maintain the operation of the sect's formation.
As for the intermediate formation masters, it is hard to say their level. The best one is Yin Shilan. The problem is that the price to pay for asking Yin Shilan to set up the formation for your cave is very high.
"Brother, if you have any request, I will go there!" Li Shiming agreed readily.
"The sect doesn't allow me to practice too fast, otherwise I would have broken through long ago!" He Chuan said helplessly.
Li Shiming was not clear about the training of talented monks, as the sect had its own complete set of procedures.
"Shouldn't we try to break through when we reach the peak of Qi Refining?" Li Shiming asked curiously.
It won't be long before he will face a breakthrough in his foundation-building process, and he wants to know more about this aspect.
"For ordinary Qi Refining peak stage, the spiritual power has not yet reached the perfect integration. It is best if the spiritual power can be compressed to the extreme before breaking through the Qi Refining stage, to the point where the body can no longer accommodate a trace of spiritual power. Breaking through under such circumstances will lay the best foundation for the Foundation Establishment stage." He Chuan did not hide it and explained with a smile.
Li Shiming had some guesses about this. Baili Jinyan, who is now his clone, is in this situation.
The spiritual power in his body made him afraid to practice. Any practice to increase the spiritual power of the spiritual energy vortex might trigger a breakthrough of his clone.
"Is it that we can only rely on time to slowly polish it? Is there no way to speed it up?" Li Shiming asked.
Considering his own situation, with his clone providing him with help in cultivation, he will soon reach the peak of Qi Refining.
But if one wants to achieve the same level of spiritual power condensation as that in the human body, it would take too much time.
"Of course there are. It is said that there are some spiritual medicines that can condense spiritual power, which can shorten the time of condensing spiritual power. In addition, the sect's foundation-building period exercises have a spiritual mind secret method called 'Hundred Turns of Mind', which can also shorten the time of condensing spiritual power. But the prerequisite is to have spiritual thoughts, which is a hundred times more difficult than condensing spiritual power!" He Chuan knew a lot and replied with a smile.
He deliberately made friends with Li Shiming, and told Li Shiming everything he knew.
All the way to the sect, he had been telling Li Shiming about the training of talented cultivators.
Li Shiming and He Chuan separated. He Chuan went to hand in the task, while he went to Lingji Pavilion to collect his reward.
As I walked into Lingji Pavilion, that uncomfortable feeling arose again, then quickly disappeared.
It was still Uncle Song who was there. When he saw him come in, Uncle Song nodded lightly.
Uncle Master Song was controlling the formation and did not speak to Li Shiming, who stood quietly aside.
Lingji Pavilion looks like just one of the many spiritual pavilions in the sect, but it is actually one of the core nodes of the sect's formation. Uncle Song can control the entire sect's formation here.
Li Shiming's understanding of the formation is not inferior to that of Uncle Song, so he can naturally see through some of Uncle Song's operations.
He was not the only formation master who went out to set up the formation. Several intermediate formation masters also accepted the task, but he had the most tasks.
Now Uncle Song is connecting the formations he has set up and checking their performance.
"Li Shiming, you have completed your task very well. I will deduct all your good deeds. Go and get the Foundation Establishment Pill!" Uncle Song was not surprised that he did not find any problems. He nodded lightly.
"Yes, Uncle Song!" Li Shiming bowed and responded.
"I hope you'll be lucky this time!" Uncle Song said to himself expressionlessly as he watched Li Shiming's figure disappear.
Li Shiming went to claim the Foundation Establishment Pill, but he did not encounter any trouble. Good deeds could be exchanged for Foundation Establishment Pills, and the formation lineage wanted to take up a quota. Even if there were only three pills left, no force in the sect would say anything.
On this point, Uncle Song did not do anything.
Li Shiming obtained the sixth foundation-building pill, which was twice the minimum standard for three spiritual roots.
Just when he was about to return to the cave, a message came from his identity jade disc. It was a notice from the sect, asking him to go to Zhongfeng Tianhai Palace.
As a sect disciple, he must go there immediately.
When he arrived at Tianhai Palace, a disciple of Tianhai Palace led him to the headmaster's office.
Li Shiming entered the room and found that Sect Master Yu, who normally sat behind a large table, was standing aside. A female monk was sitting behind the table.
In the middle of the room stood two monks, one of whom was He Chuan, who had just separated.
"Shiming is here! Come quickly and meet Elder Sheng!" Sect Leader Yu smiled and waved to Li Shiming.
Li Shiming was slightly startled and quickly stepped forward to salute.
Elder Sheng is the only female among the sect’s Jindan elders, and also the third Jindan elder that Li Shiming has met.
"Li Shiming, stand with them two!" Elder Sheng smiled slightly and pointed at the two monks in the middle and gave the order.
Li Shiming stood beside He Chuan and gave him a questioning look. He Chuan shook his head to indicate that he didn't know what it was about.
But Li Shiming discovered that the Qi-refining cultivator standing with He Chuan had similar strength to He Chuan, and should also be a talented cultivator trained by the sect.
Li Shiming didn't quite understand why the sect let him stand with the two talented monks. He was a formation master and belonged to the formation lineage within the sect.
“There will be a battle at the Qi Refining Stage on the Seven Star Island, between Qi Refining cultivators from the Seven Sects and foreign Qi Refining cultivators. Although this battle is a battle at the Qi Refining Stage, it is a battle of honor and must be won in order to strike a blow to the arrogance of the foreign cultivators!
Shang Haoquan and He Chuan were assigned by the sect. As for Li Shiming..." Elder Sheng looked at Li Shiming with helplessness, and then slowly said, "You killed Du Bingyan of the Holy Ice Sect. The Holy Ice Sect instigated several other sects to jointly ask you to fight, so you also need to participate in this mission!"
Li Shiming didn't know the current situation of Qixing Island, but he thought that the dispute was about to officially begin.
He didn't want to get involved in that vortex at all. It was a battlefield for Jindan cultivators, so what did it have to do with him, a small Qi-refining cultivator?
With his small body, he does have some advantages in the Qi Refining Stage, but in a conflict at the Golden Core Stage, he is definitely not even cannon fodder. Any slight impact is enough to kill him hundreds of times.
"Li Shiming, you don't have to worry. Any means are allowed in this battle. You can arrange a formation in advance to protect yourself. With the help of your formation, you can also enhance the combat effectiveness of Shang Haoquan and He Chuan!" Elder Sheng comforted him.
But after Elder Sheng said this, Li Shiming became even more worried.
What does it mean to allow the use of any means? Doesn't this mean that the other party can also use any means?
If it was a regular battle, perhaps he would have a better chance of winning.
"Okay, tell Master Yu what you need, and I will send you to the Seven Star Island!" Elder Sheng waved his hand.
Li Shiming left the room with a bitter face along with the other two Qi-refining monks, along with Sect Leader Yu.
"Master Yu, I am an auxiliary cultivator fighting for the sect this time, and I need the sect's resources and help!" Li Shiming complained to Master Yu.
He Chuan and Shang Haoquan both looked sideways. Even if others didn't know, how could they not know?
Li Shiming single-handedly killed a team of late-stage sixth-stage Qi Refining cultivators, including Du Bingyan. It was precisely because of this kind of combat power that the Holy Ice Sect asked him to replace Du Bingyan.
If this is still an auxiliary monk, then what are the two of them?
"Elder Sheng has spoken. As long as it is needed for battle, the sect's warehouse will be open to you!" said Sect Master Yu generously.
Sect Leader Yu received instructions from Elder Sheng not to be stingy with resources and to try his best to ensure the safety of the few people.
You must know that Shang Haoquan and He Chuan are both talented cultivators of the sect, and Li Shiming is related to Elder Yin. The sect does not want to lose any of them.
"I want second-grade iron spirit wood, green crystal, flame crystal, earth-forming stone, and wood-turned-iron!" Li Shiming stated his request without even thinking.
Sect Leader Yu almost couldn't catch his breath, because what Li Shiming wanted was second-grade formation materials, and among them, the extremely precious five-element formation materials.
There was indeed some in the sect's warehouse. As an intermediate formation master of the sect, Li Shiming knew this very well.
"Are you planning to use the Five Elements Formation to fight?" Sect Leader Yu asked with some doubt.
"Of course, this is the battle formation I have considered for a long time!" Li Shiming lied with his eyes open.
The second-grade five-element formation materials he wanted were naturally not all for fighting, he had selfish motives.
Mainly because he listened to He Chuan's suggestions on breaking through the foundation, he thought of a passage in the "Five Elements Qi Gathering Art".
That was a relatively vague description, meaning that in order to increase the chances of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique' breaking through the foundation, one could use external forces to allow the spiritual energy in the body to undergo the five elements conversion.
The description of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique' only provides a general direction, and the process involved is mostly guesswork.
When Li Shiming reached the late stage of Qi Refining, he had a systematic understanding of cultivation.
He did not agree with this speculation because it was too far-fetched.
But after listening to He Chuan's words, he thought of this description.
He wondered if there was a possibility that the cultivator who created the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique' originally created it for cultivators with five spiritual roots.
How difficult it is for a cultivator with five spiritual roots to break through the Qi Refining Stage? Just look at the huge sect. Even if a cultivator with no less luck is in the Foundation Establishment Stage, he or she will at least have to have the talent of four spiritual roots to have a chance of reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the hope is extremely low.
Don't even think about the five spiritual roots, they are useless. Let alone building a foundation, there is not much hope even to reach the middle stage of Qi Refining.
Originally, Li Shiming just paid attention to the description of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Art' and asked IBMz15 to try to analyze and study it, but when Elder Sheng suggested that he could make a request to the sect, wasn't this just perfect?
"The second-grade Iron Spirit Wood, Green Crystal, Flame Crystal, Earth-Knotting Stone, and Wood-Turn Iron are exchanged for your good deeds!" Sect Leader Yu said gritting his teeth.
"Well, I have just used up all my good deeds. There is not a single one left. How about I owe it to you first?" Li Shiming took out his identity jade disc and shook it and said.
"Then just keep it as your debt and repay it when you complete your missions in the future!" Master Yu said helplessly, waving his hand.
"Since I can owe you, I'd like to buy you another 'Hundred Minds Spiritual Technique' on credit!" Li Shiming took the opportunity to ask for more.
It is not easy for Master Yu to make an offer, as the second-grade materials cannot be exchanged by an intermediate formation master, even if he has done good deeds.
If the materials are of the second grade, you must be either in the foundation-building stage or a high-level formation master, otherwise, forget it.
If we don't take this opportunity now, it will be hard to say what will happen in the future.
He Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and the look he gave Li Shiming was strange.
Sect Leader Yu still knew some information. Only a few people in the sect knew that Li Shiming possessed spiritual thoughts, and he was one of them.
"You are clearly robbing me!" Sect Master Yu pointed at Li Shiming with an agitated expression. He then raised his voice and said, "You must pay back the 20,000 merits of the Hundred Minds Spiritual Technique within three years!"
Sect Leader Yu seemed very dissatisfied with Li Shiming, but both Li Shiming, He Chuan and Shang Haoquan could see that he was not dissatisfied at all, but was actually helping Li Shiming.
Li Shiming made demands again and again without restraint, and Sect Leader Yu met Li Shiming's demands one by one in the name of Elder Sheng.
If Elder Yin is responsible for this matter, then Sect Leader Yu must take into account the relationship between Elder Yin and Li Shiming to avoid causing any negative impact on Elder Yin.
But it would be different if Elder Sheng took charge, as Elder Sheng had nothing to do with Li Shiming.
"Do you two have any requests?" Master Yu looked at He Chuan and Shang Haoquan and asked in a deep voice.
His tone sounded as if he might slap the two of them to death if they dared to make any excessive demands.