Li Shiming left the Tiantang Kingdom, and he had an extra communication card in his hand. It was a communication card that could be used in the Beishu Continent and could be used to borrow the long-distance communication formation.
With the communication card, he can directly contact Yin Shilan within the Qianhuan Sect and the allied sects.
On the other side, Yin Shilan and Liang Yexuan took a flying boat back to the sect together. Yin Shilan had a faint smile on his face, thinking about something.
After a long period of no movement from Liang Yexuan, Yin Shilan finally reacted and looked at Liang Yexuan.
"Senior Sister, are you worried about something?" she asked softly.
"Junior sister, don't tell anyone about my advice to Li Shiming to go to Shushan Sect, not even Master Luo!" Liang Yexuan said to Yin Shilan with a pleading look.
"Why is that?" Yin Shilan didn't expect that Liang Yexuan had been thinking about this matter all the way, and asked curiously.
"I didn't know that although Li Shiming had three spiritual roots, he was able to comprehend the sword intent in the Qi Refining Stage. If I had known this, I would have introduced him to join the sect. At least joining the inner sect would not be a problem. Maybe the sect could have one more sword cultivator!" Liang Yexuan explained with some regret.
She didn't say what she was more worried about. She didn't know whether Master Luo wanted to suppress Li Shiming intentionally, or actually had high hopes for Li Shiming, so he only gave him the qualification to become an outer disciple.
You know, the elders like doing this kind of thing the most. It is called tempering the disciples.
"Okay, I won't tell anyone!" Yin Shilan was in a good mood. She knew that Li Shiming was safe and they could still contact each other frequently in the future. She didn't care whether Li Shiming joined the Qianhuan Sect or not.
In fact, in her heart, she also had some thoughts about Li Shiming joining the He Sect.
It is indeed as Liang Yexuan said, Li Shiming joined the Qianhuan Sect, but the martial arts inheritance itself was not compatible. In addition, the master really did not like Li Shiming, so if there was a better choice, Li Shiming would of course join a better sect.
"By the way, besides mastering the sword spirit, is there anything special about Li Shiming?" Liang Yexuan thought for a moment and asked again.
"He is also a mid-level spirit plant master and a high-level formation master. Do these count?" Yin Shilan replied with a chuckle.
"It's over. Junior sister should have told me earlier what I did!" Liang Yexuan fell to the ground without any ladylike image, looking at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.
After more than ten days of flying, Li Shiming's flying boat finally reached the outskirts of Shushan Sect.
The Shushan Sect is located in the Shushan Mountains. However, he did not enter the Shushan Mountains where the Shushan Sect is located, but stopped in a town outside the mountain.
This is the place where mortals live under the Shushan Sect's key protection. Most of them are the direct relatives of the disciples, and there are also some cultivators who are not qualified to join the Shushan Sect and run spiritual object businesses here.
With the protection of Shushan Sect, a spiritual object trading area has been formed here.
The town was called Guanshan Town, and Li Shiming's flying boat landed outside the town.
He put away the flying boat and walked into Guanshan Town. He first used a spirit stone to inquire around, and then determined that the target was the residence of the monks stationed in the sect in the center of the town.
Walking through the bustling streets, there are all kinds of spiritual materials and a large number of monks.
However, most of the cultivators do not have the Shushan Sect's mark on them, and the cultivators who wear the Shushan Sect's mark on their robes are extremely respected here, even if they are only in the Qi Refining Stage, and the cultivators will take the initiative to give way.
Li Shiming likes the atmosphere here. The strong business atmosphere gives him more room to display his talents.
If he could stay in Shushan Sect, with his means and such a business atmosphere, he could earn spirit stones more easily.
As I walked and looked around, I unknowingly arrived at a place in the center of the town with the Shushan Sect logo at the door.
Xu Chuan said that as long as the token is presented here, he can contact Xu Chuan's master, Elder Su.
After seeing the Shushan Sect mark, Li Shiming breathed a sigh of relief, ventured deep into the spirit beast area of the Hundred Thousand Mountains to obtain the Muyang clover, and finally reached his destination.
"I'm here to see Elder Su on behalf of a friend!" Li Shiming stretched out his hand and lightly pressed the door. There was a formation on the door, which reminded the monks inside. He used his spiritual power to transmit a voice inside.
When it comes to the Jindan Elder, regardless of whether it is real or not, the Shushan Sect cultivators inside react extremely quickly.
"Do you have a token?" The door opened, and a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building scanned Li Shiming with his spiritual thoughts and asked in a deep voice.
This kind of spiritual scanning of cultivators is extremely rude, but who can blame him for being a cultivator from Shushan Sect, and this place is at the foot of Shushan Sect.
Li Shiming suppressed his dissatisfaction, took out the token and did not hand it over.
The cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building took a look at the token, and his spiritual thoughts swept over it again, confirming the authenticity of the token.
"Just wait for news in the town, I will pass it on!" The cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building looked indifferent, and closed the door after he finished speaking.
There was a flash of astonishment in Li Shiming's eyes. He knew that Xu Chuan was a true disciple. Holding the token of a true disciple, this cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building could be so rude to him. Could it be that all the cultivators of Shushan Sect are so arrogant?
He shook his head, turned and left, thinking of an inn he saw on the way here, he walked towards that inn.
"What room do you want, senior?" The shopkeeper in the Qi Refining Stage saw that the person who came in was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and stepped forward to greet him with a smile.
"What rooms are available?" Li Shiming sensed that the spiritual energy in the inn was abundant, not at all as thin as that in towns. He was not familiar with the inns for cultivators in Northern Shu, so he asked directly.
"The spiritual energy that senior needs for cultivation can only be supplied by the separate Jingyuan. The Jingyuan provides 50 spiritual stones per day!" The shopkeeper did not introduce the other rooms, but only mentioned the Jingyuan that matched Li Shiming's realm.
Li Shiming felt curious again. Even an inn here could provide spiritual energy for foundation-building monks to practice. No wonder there were so many foundation-building monks among the wandering cultivators.
From this point, it can be seen that the quality and quantity of spiritual energy in the Northern Shu Continent are much stronger than those in Tianhai Island, otherwise there would be no such inn.
"Give me a room in a fine courtyard for three days!" Li Shiming took out 150 spirit stones and handed them over.
"Please follow me!" The shopkeeper took the spirit stone and led Li Shiming to the back of the inn.
Behind the inn are a series of fine courtyards, each of which is locked with a formation.
"You can use this academy for three days. After three days, the jade token will become invalid!" The shopkeeper took out a jade token and handed it to Li Shiming, pointing to a academy.
Li Shiming nodded, and he used the jade token to open the Jingyuan.
As soon as he entered the Jingyuan, he felt the rich spiritual energy. The spiritual energy here was probably close to the level of high-grade spiritual veins. Coupled with a long period of accumulation, it would be no problem for him to supply it for a few days of cultivation.
Judging from the situation in Jingyuan, this inn should have controlled at least several spiritual veins to be able to open such an inn.
In fact, such inns are usually run by various sects and forces themselves. An inn like the one in Guanshan Town has the task of receiving visiting monks.
When the Xiang Sect holds some external activities, some monks arrive early and stay here waiting.
That is why the spiritual veins were moved here to serve the monks exclusively.
Of course, this is also a good business. Casual cultivators can accumulate spirit stones for a period of time, and then spend the spirit stones to borrow the spiritual energy in the inn to practice and break through.
Li Shiming had not practiced the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' for a long time. After he entered the courtyard, he immediately threw out several spirit stones, reinforced the formation here, and began to practice.
The 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy into his body, converted it into thunder spiritual energy and input it into the Spirit Lake. It was then converted into five elements of thunder spiritual energy by the 'Five Elements Gas Gathering Array' and stored in the Spirit Lake. He practiced without stopping for a moment.
After receiving Li Shiming, Yin Shaotao, the garrison monk in Guanshan Town, immediately opened the communication array.
Yin Shaotao, a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building, was not as calm as he appeared to be. He quickly received Li Shiming and hurriedly closed the door because he was worried that he would lose his composure and reveal his thoughts.
He was recently assigned to Guanshan Town, which is a lucrative position. Although he is stationed outside, it is at the foot of the sect's mountain and he can return to the sect at any time.
More importantly, Guanshan Town is extremely safe. No cultivator dares to cause trouble in Guanshan Town because it is too close to Shushan Sect.
In addition, a large number of spiritual objects are traded in Guanshan Town every day. The monks stationed there have considerable power and can influence some businesses, so it is common for them to accept some benefits.
Originally, it was a great thing that Yin Shaotao was arranged to Guanshan Town, but before coming here, he received a secret mission. The mission was issued by Senior Brother Ji, who asked him to monitor any news related to Xu Chuan and report immediately if there was any situation.
Who is Xu Chuan? He is also a true disciple. Above him is Elder Su, who is a powerful elder like Elder Ji, the father of Senior Brother Ji.
Yin Shaotao did not want to get involved in such a big event of gods fighting each other, but he had to accept the orders of Senior Brother Ji because he naturally belonged to the lineage of Elder Ji.
Yin Shaotao was very clear that the cultivator who came to find Elder Su with Xu Chuan's token must have something extremely important.
If he dared to conceal anything, then even if the monk holding the token was dealt with, if any news leaked afterwards, he would be the first person to be liquidated.
This is intercepting the information of the Jindan Elder, which is absolutely a capital crime of treason.
Senior Brother Ji has a father who is a Jindan elder and he was not directly involved in the matter, so all he needs to do is push the blame on Yin Shaotao.
Yin Shaotao also understood this, and he was hesitant about how to deal with it.
"I have to report it, but I can't offend Senior Brother Ji. So I'll report it an hour later and pass the message to Senior Brother Ji first!" Yin Shaotao thought for a moment and came up with a solution.
He no longer hesitated and sent a message to Senior Brother Ji that there was a cultivator holding Xu Chuan's token and wanted to see Elder Su.
He didn't care how Senior Brother Ji handled it. After another hour, he sent the message to Tianmu Peak where Elder Su was.
In the four courtyards of the Guanshan Town Inn, four cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building opened their eyes at the same time. They looked at their respective communication boards, which contained the same instructions.
They were not cultivators from the Shushan Sect, but four independent cultivators known as the Four Tigers of Lieshan.
But in a sense, they are not pure independent cultivators, they are protected by Shushan Zong Ji Zhenchuan and handle some matters for Ji Zhenchuan.
This time they received an order to lurk in Guanshan Town and kill people when necessary.
The mission did not specify who was to be killed, but killing someone in Guanshan Town at the foot of Shushan Zongshan would have extremely serious consequences no matter who was killed.
However, the conditions offered by Ji Zhenchuan were tempting enough. If they took action this time and successfully killed the target, Ji Zhenchuan would obtain the qualification for them to join the sect.
Even the outer disciples of Shushan Sect are countless times stronger than the independent practitioners outside.
Don't be fooled by the nickname of the Four Tigers of Lie Mountain. In fact, this nickname is only spread among some independent cultivators. They are nothing in front of the cultivators in the sect. It would be better to call them the Four Cats of Lie Mountain.
"The target is the No. 7 Academy, which has a defensive formation!" The four tigers of Lieshan gathered together, and the eldest said softly.
At this moment, a waiter from the inn trotted past them and seemed to have dropped something accidentally.
The fourth of the Four Tigers of Lieshan went forward to pick it up and discovered that it was actually a jade token engraved with the number seven Jingyuan, a jade token with higher authority than that of a guest.
The four tigers of Lieshan looked at each other and understood that this was Ji Zhenchuan's preparation.
They were shocked that Ji Zhenchuan was so well prepared.
They didn't know that in just an incense stick of time, Ji Zhenchuan not only found out Li Shiming's location, but also issued many orders.
Killing a foundation-building cultivator in Guanshan Town is not an easy task, and this matter cannot be done by cultivators from the sect. Once cultivators from the sect participate, the consequences will be uncontrollable.
The leader of the Four Tigers of Lieshan came to the outside of the No. 7 Jingyuan. He took out a formation plate and placed it outside the original formation of the No. 7 Jingyuan and activated the formation plate.
The fluctuations of the formation quickly enveloped the No. 7 Jingyuan, isolating it from the outside world.
"The battle must be ended within two incense sticks!" said the leader of the Four Tigers of Lieshan solemnly.
“Don’t worry, boss. He’s just a casual cultivator in the initial stage of foundation building. Why would he need so long?” The fourth elder chuckled.
After they got the information about the mission target, they were still very relieved. The target was not a cultivator from Shushan Sect, but a casual cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.
This made their mission much simpler and reduced the danger a lot. Looking at Ji Zhenchuan's arrangements, it seemed that they would have no problem joining the Shushan Sect.
While thinking about the wonderful life in the sect, they took out the control jade token of the No. 7 Academy.
The control jade token was activated, and the defense formation of the No. 7 Academy shook violently, but it did not disappear completely.
"What's going on?" asked the leader of the Four Tigers of Lieshan.
"It should be that the cultivators inside added a formation, but this formation is not strong. We should be able to break it by working together!" The speaker was the third brother, who knew something about formations.
"Hurry up and attack together!" the leader of the Four Tigers of Lieshan ordered in a deep voice.
Four cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building launched the attack together. With a loud 'bang', the formation that was originally only barely maintained by a few spirit stones was broken in an instant.