Elder Ren came suddenly and left just as suddenly, and there has been no news of him since.
Li Shiming's contact card did not help him contact Ren Fei'er. He felt regretful that he could not say goodbye to Ren Fei'er.
He was going to Beishu, and given the distance between Beishu and here, it could be said that there would never be a chance for them to meet.
Six months passed, and there was no news from Beihai Trading Company. However, Li Shiming successfully broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
At this time, the Tianhai Sect was no longer peaceful. After such a long time, many forces within the sect knew that the Northern Shu cultivators were preparing to invade.
If the sect had not had several Jindan elders keeping it in check, the sect would have collapsed long ago without even the North Sea cultivators having to come and attack.
Li Shiming also witnessed the way the immortal cultivation sect handled things, which was different from what he had imagined, that of all-out defense to protect their homeland.
When faced with an enemy far stronger than itself, the first choice of an immortal cultivation sect is to leave, even if the sect has been stationed in its location for ten thousand years.
There are almost no forces that want to switch to the Northern Shu cultivators. This is related to some unspoken rules in the world of immortal cultivation.
The immortal cultivation sects will not accept cultivators with unknown identities or those with hatred. Only after the secular lands of the seven sects have been occupied, and at least several generations of secular people, will they consider training disciples from this secular world.
For a sect, the definition of sect time is different from that of mortals.
The normal life of a mortal is no more than a few decades, but the lifespan of a Jindan cultivator in a sect alone can reach five hundred years. In the eyes of a Jindan cultivator, thirty years in the secular world is one life, and four lives are no more than one hundred and twenty years.
One hundred and twenty years is enough time to wipe out the traces of the original seven sects in the secular world, leaving only the trace of the Mingxin Sect.
Off the coast of Qixing Island, there were already ten giant flying boats and eighteen Jindan monks opposite Qixing Island.
The seven sects on the Seven Star Island had countless golden elixirs. Although the combined number of their seven sects was slightly more than that of the Mingxin Sect in Northern Shu, they all knew very well the combat effectiveness of their own golden elixirs.
A seemingly ordinary but extremely fast flying boat flew from behind the ten giant flying boats.
Then the monks on the ten giant flying boats were all excited, and they shouted "Ancestor" loudly.
Elder Yin looked at the scanning information provided by the Big Dipper Formation, and he knew in his heart that the Seven Sects had completely lost.
Although there was no fighting, the seven sects had already lost their ten thousand year foundation.
The spiritual power fluctuation value scanned by the Big Dipper Formation exceeded the maximum value designed by the Big Dipper Formation.
Perhaps when the Big Dipper formation was designed, the Nascent Soul was not taken into consideration.
Although the fake infant is not as good as the Nascent Soul, it is actually also considered to be at the Nascent Soul level of combat power. It can be considered a top-level combat power in Northern Shu, not to mention the seven sects area of Tianhai Island, where it is simply invincible.
The flying boat stopped five miles away from Qixing Island, and a huge illusory old figure appeared.
"You are given six hours to leave. After six hours, all the monks who remain in the seven sects' headquarters will be killed!" The voice of the huge illusory figure resounded through the heavens and earth.
Then a huge illusory figure stretched out his hand and gently patted Qixing Island.
The Big Dipper Formation on Qixing Island, which was said to be able to withstand a full-strength attack from a late Jindan cultivator, was forcibly broken by this casual attack.
Fortunately, this huge illusory figure had no intention of hurting anyone, and it withdrew its hand after the formation on the Seven Star Island was broken.
"Nascent Soul Dharmakaya!" Elder Yin exclaimed softly as he sensed the obscurity of the golden elixir in his body.
The other Jindan elders behaved in the same way as him. The legendary Yuanying stage's great supernatural powers and Yuanying Dharma form possessed the power to destroy the heavens and the earth.
Although they had seen descriptions of the Nascent Soul in many records, the feeling of oppression when actually facing a Nascent Soul cultivator, as well as the feeling of powerlessness in being an enemy of heaven and earth, made the Jindan elders no longer have any hope of luck.
Without any communication, all the cultivators on the Seven Star Island flew backwards and returned to their respective sects.
There was no need to communicate anything further, as this had already been discussed long ago, and after truly experiencing the horror of the Nascent Soul Dharma Image, even those cultivators who still had a glimmer of persistence had completely given up the idea.
Patriarch Zang retracted his Nascent Soul form. He watched the cultivators from the seven sects leave with an extremely indifferent expression, as if he was casually sending away a group of ants.
But he knew in his heart that although he looked relaxed on the surface, he had actually suffered serious injuries in the confrontation with the Senluo Sect.
He had no intention of fighting to the death with the cultivators from the seven sects. The cultivators transferred from Mingxin Sect were carefully selected cultivators from the sect, and he did not want to inflict any more losses on these cultivators.
If he does not take action, he can still protect Mingxin Sect for some time. Once he attacks with all his strength, his remaining life will be shortened.
Outsiders always see Patriarch Zang as a fake infant that is not much different from a Nascent Soul, but in his own perception, the fake infant has only been upgraded to the Nascent Soul level in terms of combat power, but the original body is not much different from the peak of the Golden Core.
Because of this, not only is his life span the same as that of the peak Jindan stage, but he also has no hope of any improvement in the future.
This is the price of using a special secret method to forcibly enter the false infant state, cutting off all hope for the future in exchange for this kind of strength.
No cultivator in Mingxin Sect opposes the opinion of Patriarch Zang. Patriarch Zang is the pillar of Mingxin Sect.
Li Shiming was doing research when he suddenly discovered that the 'Qianli Hushi Second Generation' program-controlled switching system had multiple prompts appearing in succession.
He seemed to be indifferent to worldly affairs in the sect, but no other cultivator knew that he was aware of many things.
Ever since he was affected by the collusion between the Holy Ice Sect and the forces within the sect to attack him, he took advantage of the opportunity to launch 'Thousand Miles Mutual Vision' and 'Thousand Miles Mutual Vision Second Generation' to monitor all chats through 'Thousand Miles Mutual Vision'.
He doesn't have the time to pay attention to normal contacts. Only messages that trigger keywords will send out alerts and attract his attention.
He came to the programmable switch and checked the trigger message inside.
Soon his face changed drastically because all he saw was news of evacuation. The entire Tianhai Sect was evacuating and all the cultivators had received notification from the sect.
But he didn't receive any message, as if he had been forgotten.
He took out his identity jade disc and soon discovered the problem.
The identity jade disc was unable to connect to the sect's formation. This had never happened before.
You have to know that his identity jade disc has privileges because he is a formation master, and it has more power than the identity jade disc of a normal cultivator.
If one wants to ban his identity jade disc, he needs a Jindan elder of the sect to do it.
"Could it be that some Jindan elder wants to harm me?" he guessed in his heart, but quickly shook his head to reject the idea.
The sect's Jindan elder, even if he didn't consider his identity as a sect disciple and formation master, had to give face to Elder Yin. Besides, if the Jindan elder really wanted to deal with him, there was no need to use such means. He could just find an opportunity to kill him with a single blow.
"If it's not the Jindan Elder, then who could it be? Or which force?" His brain was working rapidly, and he soon thought of a possibility.
The person with the greatest authority over the sect's formation is not the Jindan Elder, but the two remaining senior formation masters in the sect.
Li Shiming couldn't help but think of Uncle Song. The malice that Uncle Song inadvertently revealed made him have a clear judgment that the identity jade disc was banned.
He didn't understand why Uncle Song did this, but the consequence of doing so was to put him to death.
When he was studying it just now, he did not pay special attention to the warning of the programmable switching system at first. He usually checked the status of the programmable switching system when he had time.
Given his status and position in the Tianhai Sect, there are generally no major events. If there is any major event about to happen, the sect will also notify you.
It was this delay that caused him to lose the opportunity to reunite with the sect as soon as possible.
It had been quite a while since Patriarch Zang issued the ultimatum and Elder Yin and other Jindan cultivators returned to the sect.
Such a large sect needs to be evacuated, and even if preparations have been made in advance, a few hours is too short.
When Elder Yin and several other Jindan elders led the sect's monks away, he discovered that Li Shiming was missing.
He quickly took out his identity jade disc and wanted to contact Li Shiming, but found that he could not contact Li Shiming's identity jade disc.
There is only one possibility in this situation, that is, Li Shiming has left the sect within a thousand miles.
Elder Yin did not expect another possibility, that is, Li Shiming's identity jade disc was banned.
Although the sect is going to evacuate, it has not disappeared and the sect formation has not been completely closed.
Elder Yin shook his head and said that Li Shiming would contact him later. Anyway, it was not within the sect. He believed that with Li Shiming's intelligence, there would be no danger.
The sect’s evacuation cannot wait. It will take time for so many monks to leave.
The time given by Patriarch Zang was exactly at a point that prevented the various sects from dismantling too many facilities in their sect headquarters, otherwise there would not be enough time to leave.
"Let's go!" Elder Yin looked at the nine peaks of the sect reluctantly and said in a deep voice.
More than five thousand monks took off into the air together. Among them were huge flying boats, ordinary small flying boats, and some other means of flying. The Tianhai Sect did not abandon any monk.
At least before the sect’s accumulation is consumed, there will not be a situation where a large number of disciples leave the sect.
This was a rare occasion. More than 5,000 cultivators left by flying, and with the assistance of the Jindan elders, the flying speed became extremely fast.
When Li Shiming soared into the air and looked towards the direction of the sect's nine peaks, there was no trace of immortals there. Even the sect's great formation, which had not been closed for many years, was closed when he left.
His gaze turned to another direction, where he vaguely saw the shadow of a giant flying boat heading towards the Nine Peaks of Tianhai Sect.
He didn't know whether he could successfully escape by using sword escape at this time, but he didn't want to take the risk. He still remembered that he had an enemy in the Jindan stage among the Northern Shu cultivators.
In addition, he did not want to leave with the sect. Even if he caught up with the group leaving the sect, it would be very dangerous for him to go there without knowing whether Uncle Martial Master Song or any other high-ranking cultivator was going to deal with him.
The sect's withdrawal made the sect's protection no longer as effective as before, and his enemy in the Holy Ice Sect, Elder Baili, would probably not let him go.
He couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. This little Qi-refining cultivator had enemies at the Jindan level in both the enemy and our camps. This could be considered a kind of ability.
"Fortunately, I have a trick up my sleeve!" Li Shiming let out a long sigh and said to himself.
Yes, he did not place all his hopes of leaving on the sect, nor did he place all his hopes of going to Beishu on the Beishu Trading Company.
He returned to Eagle's Beak Island and first went to the underground space to collect everything he could take away into the space ring.
Fortunately, the space inside the space ring is large enough for him to carry all the large equipment.
These devices are the result of several years of hard work. With the help of these devices, he has restored many of his technological capabilities from his previous life.
It was with the help of Tianhai Sect, and by utilizing 'Thousand Miles of Mutual Vision' and 'Thousand Miles of Mutual Second Generation', and obtaining a large amount of supplies from the sect's business, that these devices came into being.
After leaving the sect, it was no longer easy for him to obtain large amounts of supplies.
Although he had millions of spirit stones in his hands, without the protection of the sect, the consequence of his daring to take action to obtain massive amounts of supplies was that he would be immediately targeted by major forces.
If a mere ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator were targeted by a powerful force, the consequence would be annihilation.
He also tried to catch as many spiritual fish as possible from the spiritual spring, because after he left, he would have no chance to catch spiritual fish again.
After finishing everything, he returned to the island and started to set up.
On the other side, Patriarch Zang led the monks of Mingxin Sect to Tianhai Sect first.
The geographical location of Tianhai Sect is exactly the center of the seven sects. First occupy Tianhai Sect, then use Tianhai Sect as a base and send out monks to take over other sects.
Once any problems arise, Patriarch Zang, who is in the middle of the coordination, can be dispatched at any time to solve all possible troubles.
The Mingxin Sect had been in a standoff with the Seven Sects on the Qixing Island for a long time, but they were not completely inactive. They had collected a lot of intelligence about the Seven Sects through various means.
The giant flying boat was flying slowly. Ancestor Zang was watching the time. He needed to abide by the agreement and could only enter the Nine Peaks of Tianhai Sect after the specified time.
The Mingxin Sect did not clean up the islands along the way.
There is no need for this. The Tianhai Sect has evacuated, and the remaining mortals on the island are also a resource.
As for the possibility that there are still monks left on the island, this matter will be dealt with after taking over Jiufeng.
Because of this, although Li Shiming's Eagle Island's mountain protection formation was activated and it was not far from the route of the giant flying boat to the Nine Peaks of Tianhai Sect, it did not receive much attention.
In the hands of Mingxin Sect, there is a map of the spiritual veins of Tianhai Sect, and only the islands with abundant spiritual energy are worthy of attention.
For an island like Eagle's Beak Island which only has inferior spiritual veins, only Qi-refining cultivators would come to investigate in the future. It is really not worth sending out Foundation-building cultivators.
This also gave Li Shiming some time to complete his plan and created favorable conditions for his departure.