Liang Yexuan was very embarrassed. If she had known this would happen, she should not have followed.
She was such a stunning beauty standing next to Yin Shilan, but the male monk only had Yin Shilan in his eyes and didn't see her at all.
Li Shiming landed on the deck. He and Yin Shilan looked into each other's eyes. This one look made them forget everything, and there were only two of them left in the world.
"Lan'er!" he called softly.
Yin Shilan gave up all her reserve, threw herself on him, and hugged him with all her strength.
As the sun shone, the figures of the two seemed to emit a faint glow.
The light was so dazzling to Liang Yexuan that she coughed heavily to remind herself that there was another person there.
The cough startled the two people who were in love. Yin Shilan then remembered that Liang Yexuan was there, and she lowered her head with a rosy face.
"Lan'er, and this fellow Taoist, let's go to the palace to rest!" Li Shiming said with a smile as he stood side by side with Yin Shilan.
"My name is Liang Yexuan, and I'm Yin Shilan's senior sister!" Liang Yexuan emphasized her identity and said that she was not a fellow Taoist.
"It turns out to be Senior Sister Liang!" Li Shiming saw through Liang Yexuan's character and bowed with a smile.
When Liang Yexuan heard Li Shiming call her "senior sister", she nodded with satisfaction, and then she went down to the palace with Yin Shilan.
In the courtyard of the imperial palace, Chu Gang had long disappeared. He was just a small cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage. How could he have anything to entertain two true disciples? It would be better for him to stay away.
Besides, he had just seen the scene in the sky. Wouldn't it be troublesome for him to stay under such circumstances?
Li Shiming took out the spiritual tea, which was the same one from that year. After a long period of cultivation, the quality of the spiritual tea was still good, especially when it was roasted in the computer room, which brought the quality of the spiritual tea to the extreme.
Of course, for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, this kind of first-grade spiritual tea is just a drink.
Yin Shilan took a sip of the spiritual tea, with surprise in her eyes. She tasted that this was the spiritual tea she had when she first visited Li Shiming's cave.
The two looked into each other's eyes, understood each other, and couldn't help but smile.
Liang Yexuan took a sip of the spiritual tea and felt it was just average. She didn't know why the two of them had such expressions after drinking the spiritual tea!
Li Shiming looked at Liang Yexuan helplessly. He felt that Liang Yexuan's existence was really redundant.
Unfortunately, Liang Yexuan was not aware of this at all. She drank the spiritual tea leisurely, but her ears were perked up, waiting for the conversation between the two.
"Shiming, when did you build your foundation?" Although Yin Shilan had read the jade slip, what Li Shiming said in the jade slip was very simple. She also found that Li Shiming almost only reported good news and not bad news, and only talked about some light-hearted things. She cared about everything about Li Shiming, so she asked.
"After arriving at the Ten Thousand Mountains, I discovered that my Qi Refining Stage strength was making it difficult to make any progress. Then I found a top-grade spiritual vein, so I stayed there to practice for a while. I didn't expect that I would be able to successfully build my foundation!" Li Shiming's answer was relaxed.
"You are so lucky to have found a top-grade spiritual vein!" Liang Yexuan interrupted.
Li Shiming smiled and said nothing. It was obvious that Liang Yexuan was a flower raised in a greenhouse and had no idea what a top-grade spiritual vein represented among casual cultivators.
"Then how did you survive the North Sea during your Qi Refining period?" Yin Shilan immediately discovered the problem, frowned slightly, and asked again.
"After you left Tianhai Sect, I started to prepare to make a disposable flying magic weapon that could fly across the North Sea on its own. On the day when Mingxin Sect attacked our sect, I risked my life to use the disposable flying magic weapon, escaped from the cave, crossed the North Sea and came to the Beishu Continent!" Li Shiming explained casually.
What he said was not wrong. The rocket was, to some extent, a disposable flying magical tool, but the other flying magical tools were powered by spiritual power.
However, the rocket uses spiritual power to protect the rocket body, allowing the rocket to make fuller use of liquid hydrogen as power.
"Are there any powerful sea beasts in the North Sea? Have you ever encountered them?" Liang Yexuan interrupted.
She had seen descriptions of the North Sea in the sect's records.
The ocean is a forbidden place for monks, and entering the ocean is extremely dangerous.
This danger applies even to Jindan cultivators, but the risk factor is relatively small.
Li Shiming couldn't help but think of the imaginary giant he encountered in the North Sea. The feeling of fear made his face change slightly. Even after such a long time, he still remembered the horror of the giant clearly.
Yin Shilan sensed his mood and gently held his hand.
Li Shiming felt the warmth in his hands, and the depression in his heart disappeared immediately.
"One day I will kill it!" he thought to himself.
"Yes!" Li Shiming said lightly.
Liang Yexuan also sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so she tactfully did not ask any more questions.
She was too curious about Li Shiming. She found it hard to believe that a Qi Refining cultivator could cross the dangerous North Sea with the help of a disposable flying magic weapon he made himself.
But looking at Yin Shilan's expression, she had great trust in Li Shiming.
"What's the matter with what you said in the jade slip that you would consider joining the Qianhuan Sect again?" Yin Shilan asked.
Li Shiming glanced at Liang Yexuan and hesitated slightly.
"Don't worry about Senior Sister Liang. She is more familiar with the various sects in Northern Shu than I am. Just tell her what you have in mind. She will be able to provide some reference opinions!" Yin Shilan said to Li Shiming with a wink.
"Yes, when it comes to understanding the various sects in Northern Shu, no one in the sect knows more than me!" When talking about this, Liang Yexuan suddenly became full of confidence.
She had access to a lot of gossip, and even knew a lot of information about the Eight Seals from the Jindan elders of her own sect.
"I currently have two choices. One is to be recommended by Master Luo and become an outer disciple of Qianhuan Sect. The other is the opportunity I encountered after coming to Beishu, which allows me to enter Shushan Sect and become an inner disciple. I would like to ask Senior Sister Liang to comment on the pros and cons of one of them!" Li Shiming bowed to Liang Yexuan and asked.
Liang Yexuan stood up, paced back and forth a few times, and looked thoughtful.
"Li Shiming, how is your spiritual root?" She was more serious this time, as this was related to the future of her good friend and lover.
"Three spiritual roots!" Li Shiming replied without hiding anything.
“Needless to say, in the Qianhuan Sect, although your starting point for entering the sect is low and you are only an outer disciple, with Shi Lan and I here, at least no one in the sect will dare to bully you. But with your talent of three spiritual roots, it will be difficult for you to enter the inner sect. Besides, once your relationship with Shi Lan is exposed, there will be a lot of trouble in the sect, especially when you are on an outside mission!” Liang Yexuan analyzed slowly.
Li Shiming nodded. He did not want to rely on Yin Shilan's relationship. He now had a lot of spirit stones and was a high-level formation master. His strength in the foundation-building period was acceptable. These were enough for him to survive without relying on Yin Shilan.
Liang Yexuan was also telling the truth. For a beautiful female cultivator like Yin Shilan, there would be no problem if she had not favored any cultivator. But once she showed that she favored a cultivator, that cultivator would inevitably become a public enemy.
There will be many troubles, both overt and covert, and you may even be attacked and killed because of it.
When he was in Tianhai Sect, with the protection of Elder Yin, no cultivator would have such thoughts. But it was different in Qianhuan Sect. Master Luo did not like him, otherwise he would not have only given him the qualification to be an outer disciple.
You have to know that no matter what, Li Shiming is also a high-level formation master. Coupled with his relationship with Yin Shilan, at least his identity as an inner disciple should not be a problem.
"Li Shiming, what kind of martial arts are you good at?" Liang Yexuan asked with a proud look on her face, but quickly restrained herself when she saw Li Shiming listening carefully to her analysis.
"I'm good at thunder magic and flying swords!" Li Shiming thought for a moment and replied.
"The strength of the Qianhuan Sect lies in the techniques used to create illusions. Of course, the sect's collection is very comprehensive, with techniques of all types, but the techniques that have a complete inheritance are mostly techniques for creating illusions!" Having said this, Liang Yexuan seemed to feel that she had said too much and could not help but cover her mouth with her hands.
It seems that what she said was simple, but in fact it is related to the secret of the sect.
Complete inheritance cannot be compared to some captured martial arts. The captured martial arts may seem comprehensive, but compared to those martial arts that have been passed down for countless generations, especially when some cultivators have practiced the martial arts to the Nascent Soul stage and left behind a lot of related experience, the captured martial arts are much worse.
Unless a cultivator practices the confiscated skills to the Nascent Soul stage and leaves behind his experience, it will be considered that the first inheritance has been completed.
And in every big sect, there are almost no Nascent Soul cultivators who can break through by practicing the sect master's cultivation method. Some say that those external cultivation methods lack a few sentences of true meaning, or that the key parts are passed down orally.
Therefore, the most important thing for a large sect is the true inheritance of skills. Having a lot of experience and inherited skills is the most valuable wealth of the sect.
The rest of the skills are mostly for enriching knowledge. For example, the true teachings of the big sects almost never practice the main skills without the experience of inheritance, as that would greatly reduce the probability of breakthrough, which is not high to begin with.
"Senior Sister Liang, please tell us about the situation of Shushan Sect!" Li Shiming pretended not to notice anything and said with a smile.
“Among the Shushan Sect’s Nascent Soul ancestors, there are both sword cultivators and magic cultivators. It can be seen that their inheritance includes the complete inheritance of these two main cultivation techniques. In addition, the Shushan Sect and the Qianhuan Sect are allies. Even if you join the Shushan Sect, you will have the opportunity to meet Shi Lan!” Liang Yexuan thought for a moment and replied.
What she said was truly a secret, as it involved the Shushan Sect's Nascent Soul information. How would an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator know about it!
Even she heard it when she followed her father and listened to him bragging to his friends.
And her father's friends are naturally also Jindan. When Jindan talks in private, they will have fewer concerns and even dare to bring up matters of Yuanying as a topic of conversation.
"Senior sister, do you mean that joining Shushan Sect is a good choice?" Li Shiming asked with a smile.
"If you can really become an inner disciple right after entering the sect, then the best choice is Shushan Sect. The treatment of inner disciples is completely different from that of outer disciples. They have access to more resources and are more likely to come into contact with Golden Core Elders!"
Liang Yexuan replied with certainty. She hesitated for a moment, glanced at Yin Shilan, and then said, "Your talent is too poor. It is not easy to become an inner disciple. Even if you join the Qianhuan Sect, it is extremely difficult to have such an opportunity!"
Li Shiming didn't care about his own talent. Although his cultivation speed was slow, due to the influence of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array', every time he cultivated, he was actually closer to being promoted to the next level.
As long as he fills the spirit lake with spiritual power, he can directly reach the middle stage of foundation building, which is something other foundation building cultivators cannot do.
No matter how good one's talent is, the spiritual power generated through practice will be relatively weak and needs to be compressed after it is full. This task is difficult to accomplish and consumes a lot of resources and time.
"Lan'er, what's your opinion?" Li Shiming looked at Yin Shilan beside him and asked softly.
"Shiming, your cultivation is the most important thing!" Yin Shilan replied softly.
As a monk, she can still distinguish between short-term reunions and long-term reunions.
After they established their foundation, they had almost two hundred years together. After they became golden elixirs, they were able to spend another five hundred years together.
In order to have a chance of breaking through to the Golden Core stage, the two must even wait until they reach the Golden Core stage before they can truly be together.
Both of them were very clear about this, and Elder Yin had specially reminded Li Shiming of it.
Liang Yexuan was very dissatisfied with this atmosphere, which made her feel that she had no sense of existence.
She is the senior sister, so she should guide her junior brothers in their cultivation.
"Li Shiming, you have just broken through the foundation-building stage, and you must have never fought with foundation-building cultivators before. Today is a good opportunity for me to guide you and see your combat ability at the same time!" Liang Yexuan interrupted the tender affection between the two and said seriously.
"Isn't this bad?" Li Shiming looked at her in confusion.
"If senior sister is interested, then you can fight with her!" Yin Shilan of course knew Liang Yexuan's temper. If she didn't fight with her, she didn't know how she would annoy the two of them later.
Of course it was impossible to fight in the city, so the three of them came to a remote place outside the city.
Yin Shilan acted as the referee and looked around. On one side was her lover, and on the other side was her best friend.
"Li Shiming, you make the first move!" Liang Yexuan said magnanimously.
She is a true disciple of Qianhuan Sect. Although she has also been promoted to the Foundation Establishment Stage not long ago, she is full of confidence.
"You're welcome!" Li Shiming replied in a deep voice.
He tapped his fingers lightly, and a sword light flew towards Liang Yexuan. He did not use the Nine Palace Sword Formation, but only used one of the Central Palace Swords.
Liang Yexuan waved her hand and a scarf flew out, blocking her in front of her.
A pair of phoenixes embroidered on the rouge came to life as the rouge unfolded, flew out of the rouge and headed towards the sword light.
Li Shiming was shocked. This spiritual weapon was so strange that he could not help but be more careful. He mobilized the sword intent in the sword bone, and the sword intent in the sword light doubled.
The sword light swept across a phoenix, and the phoenix let out a shrill cry, and its figure turned from real to virtual, as if it would disappear at any time.
"Sword Intention, my Phoenix Handkerchief!" Liang Yexuan screamed, and quickly took back the handkerchief, carefully checking the condition of the Phoenix Handkerchief.
The Phoenix Handkerchief is a spiritual weapon specially designed to complement the Thousand Illusions Technique. If it encounters an ordinary cultivator, the two phoenixes are enough to give the cultivator a headache, but this does not include cultivators with sword intent.