Every close combat of the clone carries with it an enormous force. Even if the foundation-building cultivator uses a top-grade defensive magic weapon to block it, he will still be affected by the huge force.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't help but feel panic in his heart. How could he not know at this moment that he had encountered a talented cultivator trained by a large sect? Otherwise, how could a Qi Refining cultivator suppress a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Li Shiming had been observing the battle quietly. He would not show too much unless he was sure of killing the Foundation Establishment cultivator with one blow.

This is the weakest foundation-building cultivator, and is just right for training.

Whenever he was on Tianhai Island, he was always very cautious, fearing that he would attract the sect's attention, and he didn't dare to reveal too much.

But this is Northern Shu, and it is also within the Ten Thousand Mountains. He has no sect, no friends, and no relatives, so he has no worries at all.

During the battle, the clone seemed to be suppressing the Foundation Establishment cultivator, but the clone did not have many ways to deal with the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The main reason is that they do not have the ability to kill Foundation Establishment Monk. To defeat Foundation Establishment Monk, one can rely on faster speed and stronger strength, but if you want to kill a Foundation Establishment Monk, you need to break the Foundation Establishment Monk's defense.

Of course, this is the case when the clone does not use the third-grade sword foundation, but if the third-grade sword foundation is exposed, it can only be used when it is 100% certain to silence the witness.

Li Shiming saw the situation he wanted to grasp. He and his clone could deal with cultivators in the early stage of foundation building, at least in close combat.

He no longer hesitated, a sword flashed in his hand, and he joined the battle.

His sword light is more solid than it was half a year ago, and the sword intent contained in it is also more intense.

After more than half a year of research, and with the guidance of the sword bone, he truly gained the sword intent, and it was no longer necessary for the sword bone to guide the flying sword.

Even though he has lost his sword bone now, he still has the ability to emit sword intent on his own. Although the sword intent he emits on his own is far inferior to that emitted by the sword bone, it shows that he is on the right path.

Unfortunately, due to the short time he has mastered the sword intent, he has not yet been able to replicate the sword intent on his clone. This will require some time until he has mastered the sword intent to a deeper level.

He still used the Broken Jade Sword, mainly because the opponent's Foundation Establishment Monk's defensive magic weapon was also a top-grade magic weapon, so he could just try out the effect of the same-level magic weapon on the Foundation Establishment Monk.

"Sword intent!" The sword light hit the top-grade defensive magic weapon, and the foundation-building cultivator screamed in surprise.

Even in the Northern Shu Continent, cultivators who can comprehend the sword intent are still extremely rare. Each one of them is a seed of sword cultivation and will be valued by the sect.

The foundation-building cultivators were all wondering in their hearts what kind of monster they had encountered. One of them had a stronger body than the foundation-building cultivator, and the other had mastered the sword intent.

These two Qi-refining monks can be considered elite disciples in any sect.

He couldn't help but have the idea of ​​retreating, but how could Li Shiming let him go?

Every sword light from the main body will weaken the spiritual imprint in the foundation-building cultivator's top-grade defensive magic weapon by one point, and the control over the magic weapon will be reduced by one point.

The attack of the clone was like a violent storm, leaving no chance for the foundation-building cultivator to breathe.

Until now, due to the close proximity of the clone, the Foundation Establishment cultivator's most proficient fighting method has not been displayed, and the only super-grade attack weapon cannot even be used.

His super-grade offensive weapon was for long-range attacks, but due to his initial carelessness in close combat, he was distracted by the appearance of the clone, and completely lost the initiative.

The sword light of Li Shiming's original body continued to weaken the spiritual imprint of the top-grade defensive magic weapon, while his clone continued to hit the top-grade defensive magic weapon hard.

As the Foundation Establishment cultivator's control over the top-grade defensive magic weapon becomes weaker and weaker, the top-grade defensive magic weapon's ability to withstand the power of the clone's heavy blows becomes lower and lower. With every heavy blow from the clone, the Foundation Establishment cultivator's body will shake violently.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator knew that he couldn't go on like this, and he might die at the hands of the two Qi Refining cultivators today.

He gritted his teeth and took out a talisman from the storage bag on his waist. This was a talisman that he had obtained at a great cost and could withstand the attack of a cultivator in the late foundation building stage. He only needed to buy a little time to take out a super-grade attack weapon and launch an attack.

The talisman was activated the moment the top-grade defensive weapon was shot down. A fierce look appeared on his face. This time his price was high. He wanted to kill two Qi-refining monks and use their storage bags to compensate for the price.

He no longer dodged or defended. He firmly believed that the talismans on his body could withstand the two Qi-refining monks for a period of time.

During this period of time, he could attack the two Qi Refining Monks without any scruples, letting them know the true power of the Foundation Establishment Monks.

When the clone discovered that the talisman had turned into a defensive spell, he knew that the best time had come.

The golden fencing sword in his hand disappeared, and was replaced by a third-grade sword base, which turned into a long sword.

He made a standard two-handed thrust, delivering the most powerful sword strike he had ever delivered in the battle.

Although the third-grade sword base is not a real golden elixir magic weapon, it has broken the skin of a golden elixir sword cultivator in actual combat.

Faced with the defense of the late stage of foundation building, the clone's full-strength sword, plus the effect of the third-grade sword foundation itself, pierced the defense with one sword.

The third-grade sword base continued to pierce into the body of the foundation-building cultivator, and the terrifying force pushed the body of the foundation-building cultivator backwards horizontally.

The sword light controlled by Li Shiming's body penetrated into the center of the foundation-building cultivator's eyebrows and opened a hole in his head.

After the battle, Li Shiming looked at the Foundation Establishment cultivator whose life breath was extinguished and couldn't help but burst into laughter. His clone also laughed along with him, like a pair of lunatics.

All the frustration that had been suppressed for such a long time was vented out through this battle.

In Tianhai Sect, he did not receive any evacuation notice from the sect and could only escape from Tianhai Island on a rocket. He almost became a snack for a sea beast on the way.

He had a lot of resentment suppressed in his heart, which was one of the reasons why he decided to fight the foundation-building cultivator head-on.

He needed a good fight, he needed to get rid of the resentment in his heart.

This has proven to be very effective.

He and his clone were originally one. Killing this foundation-building cultivator meant that he had the combat power to kill someone in the early stage of foundation-building.

This kind of confidence is very important and will bring about a change in his mentality.

Both he and his clone felt the spiritual energy in their bodies become more active, and his clone almost couldn't suppress the urge to break through.

The clone had already reached the time for a breakthrough, but unfortunately, without considering the fact that the clone could help the original body in cultivation, the environment for the breakthrough must also be considered.

The clone needs a cultivation environment where the spiritual energy at least reaches the standard before it can consider a breakthrough.

Not only the clone, but also when the spiritual energy vortex of Li Shiming's original body is compressed to a certain extent after a period of time, the spiritual energy environment for cultivation also needs to be considered.

He is no longer in the period where he can rely on the 'Spirit Gathering Array' to satisfy his cultivation even in the mortal world. He and his clone, who are at the ninth level of Qi Refining, require a very high spiritual environment.

Li Shiming collected all the storage bags. The storage bag of the foundation-building cultivator was quite good. It was a 30-cubic storage bag that was opened by spiritual thoughts.

As for the storage bags of the other four mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, he just glanced at them and threw the four storage bags into the machine room to serve as a warehouse.

In the storage bag of the foundation-building monk, he found a compass with a bright spot on it.

After some experiments, he found that this compass was designed to track the Senluo Order. He even found the mark of the Senluo Sect in a corner of the compass.

This should have been released intentionally by the Senluo Sect in order to increase the difficulty of returning the Senluo Order and cause more chaos.

Fortunately, the perception range of this compass is only a hundred miles. No wonder the three brothers of the Guan family hid among mortals before. The route taken by mortals is completely different from that of monks, and monks will not pay attention to mortals.

Unfortunately, the three brothers of the Guan family had already been targeted and were tracked and intercepted.

Li Shiming smiled and threw the Senluo Order into the machine room. Immediately, the Senluo Order, which was originally placed in the storage bag and could be sensed by the compass, disappeared from the compass in an instant.

He was not surprised. The computer room space was extremely effective in shielding various signals. It could even be imagined that it could shield a Jindan cultivator from sensing his own essence and blood.

Among the other items of the foundation-building cultivator, only the super-grade flying axe has some value, but even the super-grade flying axe can only be regarded as ordinary stuff among super-grade magic weapons.

Li Shiming was a little curious that there could be a foundation-building cultivator among the casual cultivators. This was simply unimaginable when he was on Tianhai Island.

You have to know that the Foundation Establishment Pill alone has blocked the path to advancement for all independent cultivators, not to mention those who really have the aptitude and talent to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining. If that were the case, they would have been recruited into the seven sects long ago and would not have become independent cultivators.

He had no intention of resting any longer. The Foundation Establishment cultivator and four Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators he had found this time seemed to be from a family of immortal cultivators, and he did not want to be tracked down again.

Even though he killed a Foundation Establishment Monk, this Foundation Establishment Monk was the weakest among them.

He did have the means to kill Foundation Establishment cultivators, but means like talismans and magic weapons were reserved for use in life-and-death crises, not at this time.

He took his clone back to the computer room, and then used sword escape to fly away.

He was still heading towards Guanquan City, but the first place he had to go to was a market town along the route.

This is the market town I learned about from Guan Lao San. It is controlled by the Wei family of immortal cultivation. It is considered to be a relatively fair and safe market town in the vicinity. It has a very good reputation and is frequented by many cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage.

Li Shiming needed to go to the market to buy a map first. Although the map of the Jindan sword cultivator Yun Xingyi was relatively clear, the places related to cultivators marked on the Jindan cultivator's map were not places that a small Qi-refining cultivator like him would dare to go to.

Take the market town for example. The market town frequented by Jindan cultivators is definitely a high-end market town. It is hard to say whether Li Shiming can enter it.

Not to mention entering that kind of market town. As long as you reveal the idea of ​​wanting to enter that market town, you will be noticed by interested cultivators, because those who want to enter that kind of high-end market town either have obtained some treasures and want to sell them, or are carrying some secrets.

The ninth level of Qi Refining, coupled with the continuous compression of spiritual power in recent times, has greatly increased the time and speed of his sword escape.

In particular, the sword bone on his right thumb will also produce a strengthening effect when he is using the sword to escape, and can currently increase his sword escape speed by about 10%.

This improvement will continue to increase as his control over sword intent improves and the energy of sword bones increases.

After traveling for most of the day, he came to a valley. It looked like an ordinary valley, but he could sense the fluctuations of the formation from a long distance away.

This is the high-level formation master's ability to perceive the formation of the Starlight Sea. He took out a hat with a veil and covered his face. This hat was found in the storage bag of a foundation-building cultivator. It was probably for the convenience of entering and exiting the market.

Although this hat is not a magic weapon, the veil is made of some spiritual material and can block the prying of spiritual thoughts.

Li Shiming came to the entrance of the valley. He mobilized his spiritual power and cast a spell at the formation at the entrance of the valley, revealing a passage for entry.

In fact, this formation is not complicated. Even without this spell, he can still enter. However, it will be troublesome if he is discovered by cultivators.

Walking into the passage, his spiritual thoughts swept across the formation in the valley, and he could clearly sense the spiritual power lines within the formation.

The formation here is not in the records of his formation Starlight Sea, but with the computing power of IBMz15, it is not difficult to detect a not-so-complicated formation.

The reason why he was so careful was to prevent any accidents from happening in the market. Once an accident occurred, he could easily leave the valley without being affected by the formation.

Walking into the market town, it is more accurate to say that it is the residence of the Wei family, a family of immortal cultivators. They just opened up an area outside the residence to serve as the market town.

The advantage of this is that the safety of the market town can be guaranteed. You should know that the Wei family is quite powerful here, and there are foundation-building cultivators stationed here all year round.

Of course, the residence of the Wei family of immortal cultivation would not allow outside cultivators to approach, but the buildings of the Wei family of immortal cultivation could be seen in the market town.

The market here is not much different from the market on Tianhai Island. It is also composed of two parts, one is mobile stalls and the other is fixed shops.

Today is obviously not an event day, so there are not many mobile stalls or customers walking around in the market.

This is not a lot compared to such a large market. There seem to be only 20 to 30 customers, which is even less than the number of stalls and shops.

But you have to know that most of the monks who come here have the intention to buy. Who would come to the market for no reason if they don't have the intention to buy?

Li Shiming walked among the mobile stalls, observing the spiritual objects for sale.

The spiritual objects sold here are all what cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage need. But compared to the market on Tianhai Island, one can tell how rich Northern Shu is just by looking at the mobile stalls.

In the market of Tianhai Island, it is rare to see resources of the late stage of Qi Refining. Most of them are resources of the early and middle stages of Qi Refining. The resources of the late stage of Qi Refining can either be obtained from the sect or by going to the sea and killing sea beasts to get it.