Li Shiming was led by Elder Su into the sect's large formation. He did not use his spiritual sense to investigate, as a formation of this level would not reveal anything in a short period of time.
The most important thing is that Elder Su is right beside him, so he dare not make any unusual movements.
Elder Su took him to a mountain and stopped at a bamboo pavilion on the top of the mountain.
"Junior Li Shiming greets Elder Su. I was entrusted by Xu Chuan to give me this token of trust!" Li Shiming held up the token and saluted formally.
Elder Su gently lifted Li Shiming up and took the token.
He tapped the token lightly, and then received a message left by Xu Chuan in the token.
He finally confirmed Li Shiming's identity and found that he was indeed a friend Xu Chuan met outside.
"This is the Muyang clover I obtained!" Li Shiming took out a jade box and held it in his hand and continued.
When Elder Su heard the name Muyang Clover, his expression changed and surprise flashed in his eyes.
He suppressed his joy, took the jade box, opened it to take a look, and then quickly closed the jade box.
"You live in that cave first and don't move around casually!" Elder Su didn't say anything else. He gave instructions, threw out a cave control jade token, turned around and left.
Li Shiming understood Elder Su's mood. Although Elder Su tried his best to suppress it, he still saw a clue.
There was a hint of black lines in Elder Su's eyes. For a Jindan cultivator, he couldn't even control his own eyes. The impact of the injury must be significant.
He didn't know the details, but he estimated that Elder Su had been waiting for the Muyang Clover.
There was just one thing that he couldn't figure out: why Elder Su didn't ask about Xu Chuan.
It is simply impossible to say that Elder Su has no concern for Xu Chuan. How could he be indifferent to Xu Chuan when he entrusted Xu Chuan with such a major matter that may affect himself?
Unable to figure it out, Li Shiming stopped thinking about it.
He took the control jade token and walked towards a cave on the top of the mountain.
He breathed in the spiritual energy here through his mouth and nose, and his whole body felt clear. The spiritual energy here was so rich, so rich that he felt intoxicated.
To be honest, he doesn't even need to sit in the cave here. The spiritual power on the top of the mountain is enough for him to practice.
In addition, the spiritual plants planted on both sides of the path he was walking on, their auras indicated that most of them were second-grade spiritual plants.
He could even vaguely feel the aura of third-grade spiritual plants in some locations blocked by formations.
For any foundation-building cultivator, every step here is a treasure.
Of course, Li Shiming didn't dare to reach out his hand, because this was the mountaintop that belonged to the elders of Shushan Sect. Every blade of grass, every flower and every piece of mud were privately owned by Elder Su. If he dared to reach out his hand, he would be stealing Elder Jindan's spiritual objects.
While lamenting the wealth of the great sect's elders, he walked to the front of the cave.
He used the control jade token to open the cave, and when he walked into the cave, he was almost shocked by the concentration of spiritual energy inside.
He was unable to describe the concentration of spiritual energy. Every inch of space was filled with spiritual energy. Standing in the cave, let alone breathing, even his pores were permeating spiritual energy into his body.
Li Shiming did not hesitate at all, as he knew very well that there would not be many such opportunities.
This kind of cave is not prepared for foundation-building cultivators at all, but for Jindan cultivators. Even ordinary Jindan cultivators are not qualified to enjoy such a cave. Only when the friends of the Jindan elders come to visit will such a cave be used.
If Li Shiming had not taken out the Muyang clover, Elder Su would not have been able to wait to rearrange the other caves, and he would not have been able to use a cave of this level.
He entered the training room, where the spiritual energy was exiting, gushing out from the ground.
He sat on the spiritual energy outlet and started practicing the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique'.
He has always believed that the speed of cultivation is related to the external spiritual energy, and that it is sufficient when the external spiritual energy reaches the requirements of cultivation.
But when he sat on the spiritual energy outlet and practiced the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art', he felt the spiritual energy being squeezed into his body, and his original practice speed was passively increased.
Moreover, the spiritual energy here is purer than the spiritual energy he had used before, which speeds up the transformation during the practice process.
He was completely immersed in cultivation, and even in order to speed up, he closed his five senses and devoted all his mind to practicing the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art'.
He didn't want to waste even a moment of this rare opportunity.
The true disciple Ji Hongbo, the monk Yin Shaotao stationed in Guanshan Town, the six monks of the law enforcement team, and the Four Tigers of Lieshan were all waiting for Elder Su's action, but the action they imagined did not appear.
It was as if nothing had happened, and there has been no news of Elder Su since that day.
Although Ji Hongbo should be happy that nothing happened, he just couldn't be happy.
The less Elder Su moves, the more it shows that there must be something important going on.
Even Elder Ji couldn't sit still anymore. He planned to meet with Elder Su and have a frank conversation.
"It seems that the monk brought back the elixir that Old Su needs!" Elder Ji sighed and muttered to himself.
He and Elder Su are competitors within the sect, but what they are competing for is not a small fight, but the sect's Nascent Soul inheritance qualification.
He and Elder Su had been competing since the Qi Refining Stage. Elder Su's school emphasized the word "sincerity" and treating friends with sincerity, so Elder Su had a lot of friends.
Elder Ji is good at strategy. He has used interests to bind many allies, and his power is not inferior to that of Elder Su.
If Elder Su had not been injured, this competitive relationship would have continued, and each would have competed for the qualification to inherit the Nascent Soul stage based on their own abilities.
But Elder Su was injured in the battle with the Demon Sect's Jindan, which gave Elder Ji an opportunity.
The ancestor behind Elder Su was in seclusion, and Elder Ji took away the elixir that Elder Su urgently needed in advance, making Elder Su's injuries unable to be cured.
If it is delayed for another year, Elder Su's foundation will be damaged, and by then even if the ancestor comes out of seclusion, he will not be able to change anything.
"Man proposes, God disposes, but God is not on my side!" Elder Ji shook his head.
He didn't have much regret. If he failed this time, there would be another chance in the future. If he failed again, they would compete fairly.
There is no way he would let go of the qualification to inherit the Nascent Soul stage, as that is his path to becoming a Nascent Soul stage.
The so-called Nascent Soul inheritance qualification is not just about inheriting the skills. For Jindan cultivators like them, the inheritance of most sects will be open to them.
The most important thing for the qualification of Nascent Soul inheritance is resources. When the Nascent Soul ancestors of the sect travel outside, they will obtain some fourth-grade resources. In addition to the resources consumed by the Nascent Soul ancestors themselves, some of these resources can increase the probability of Jindan being promoted to Nascent Soul. These resources will be provided to qualified Jindan.
In the Senluo Sect's cave in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Li Yuanba was also practicing. Since he had completed his mission for the year and needed to improve his strength quickly, he also entered a state of seclusion.
The cultivation of the original body and the clone are both top-level main techniques, but it is obvious that Li Yuanba's spiritual roots still have a strong advantage.
Li Yuanba's cultivation speed is almost twice as fast as Li Shiming's, and this is when Li Shiming is in the Jindan Cave and Li Yuanba is in an ordinary foundation-building cave.
Li Shiming could imagine that, if nothing unexpected happened, when Li Yuanba entered the Golden Core Stage, he might still be lingering in the middle Foundation Establishment Stage.
This is also a good thing. Then he will have a Jindan cultivator to find cultivation resources for him.
Elder Su did not appear at Tianmu Peak until two months later. His mental state was completely different from before, and his aura was even stronger.
Half of the two months was spent processing materials, and he asked a good friend in the sect to make pills for him.
Because of what happened before, he didn't dare to hand things over to someone he didn't trust. Who knew if some monk would risk his life to destroy his life-saving elixir.
The other half of the time was naturally spent taking Sanyang Huitian Pills to heal his injuries. The third-grade Sanyang Huitian Pills, in addition to curing the poisonous energy in his body, also relieved his long-suppressed strength.
It was not until his body fully recovered that Elder Su thought of Li Shiming, whom he had left in the cave at Tianmu Peak.
Li Shiming is not a cultivator of Shushan Sect, so he cannot leave the cave. Any place outside the cave is a restricted area for Li Shiming.
That is to say, the demand for spiritual food by Foundation Establishment cultivators is very small. Otherwise, if a Qi Refining cultivator was placed here, he would have starved to death within two months.
Elder Su arrived in front of the cave and cast a spell inside to alert Li Shiming inside and ask him to come out.
But there was no reaction from inside. He thought something had happened to Li Shiming, so he opened the formation of the cave with a wave of his hand.
He is essentially the owner of the cave here, and everyone living inside is a guest.
As the host, he would naturally not break into the guest room unless there was a problem.
Entering the training room in the cave, he saw Li Shiming, who was still in deep seclusion at this time.
Elder Su knew what had happened and had his own ways to wake Li Shiming up.
He lightly tapped his fingers, and Li Shiming, who was in seclusion with his five senses closed, felt the call from outside. This reminded Li Shiming of where he was, and he began to slowly gather the spiritual power in his body to end his practice.
"Elder Su!" Li Shiming opened his eyes and saw that it was Elder Su. He lowered his head embarrassedly, not knowing what to say for a moment.
He lived in the cave borrowed by Elder Su and actually closed his five senses during his cultivation.
However, when he sensed the spiritual power in the spirit lake, he was still very satisfied with this retreat. The spirit lake was filled with a small half of thunder spiritual power, which could at least satisfy him for a long time of fighting. He would not let his spiritual power be exhausted after casting spells a few times like before.
"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. If you have resources, you have to fight for them. Cultivators rely on fighting. Fight with yourself for time, fight with other cultivators for resources, and fight with God for opportunities!" Elder Su said to Li Shiming with a smile.
He was very satisfied with Li Shiming, as he had not done nothing in the past two months.
Long before he asked someone to make the elixir, he ordered people to investigate Li Shiming's situation.
When he recovered, he also obtained Li Shiming's investigation materials.
Li Shiming is definitely a cultivator with a clean background. Although Tianhai Island is a bit far away, Shushan Sect has obtained information about Li Shiming through Beishu Trading Company and the cultivators from the seven sects on Tianhai Island.
Li Shiming was a cultivator who was recognized by his sect, left Tianhai Sect and came to Beishu Continent to seek opportunities.
Besides, just relying on Li Shiming's contribution in returning the Muyang Clover, even if there is any trouble, Elder Su is willing to take it on for him.
"Let's talk about Xu Chuan first. Why hasn't he come back?" Elder Su asked Li Shiming.
"Brother Xu led away a four-clawed dragon monster for me on his way to find the Muyang clover. I haven't heard from him since!" Li Shiming said with sadness when he thought of Xu Chuan.
"Xu Chuan is not dead. His soul lamp in the sect is still on. He should be hiding somewhere to recuperate!" Elder Su waved his hand and said in an affirmative tone.
Only then did Li Shiming understand why Elder Su did not ask about Xu Chuan when they first met.
About two months later, Xu Chuan still hadn't returned, so he started asking.
"Originally, I thought that the Muyang clover was found by you and Xu Chuan together, but I didn't expect that you got it alone. Xu Chuan left a message in the token asking me to accept you as a registered disciple and lead you into the inner gate of Shushan Sect!" Elder Su paused here.
Li Shiming bowed and stood with his hands behind his back. He didn't know whether Elder Su's words meant good or bad.
"I need to understand your situation before making a decision!" Elder Su said slowly. His mind swept over Li Shiming, and a strange look appeared on his face as he asked, "Tell me what kind of skills you have practiced. Tell me about your main training and body training."
From the divine sense investigation just now, he found that Li Shiming had three spiritual roots and his aptitude was indeed not that good.
However, Li Shiming's physique is so strong that even ordinary cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building are far inferior to him. Even among the foundation building cultivators who specialize in body refining, his physique is extremely outstanding.
According to the information obtained by Elder Su, although Li Shiming was born in Tianhai Sect, Tianhai Sect did not help him much. Li Shiming was just an ordinary disciple of Tianhai Sect. The special thing about him was that he had an ambiguous relationship with a female cultivator who was a true disciple, and was taken care of by Elder Jindan.
Relying on such a relationship is far from enough to develop Li Shiming's physical training ability.
As for Li Shiming's participation in the Qi Refining Competition with the Mingxin Sect, it had no value at all in the eyes of Elder Su.
In addition, there is thunder spiritual power in Li Shiming's body, which means that Li Shiming has practiced thunder-related main skills, which makes Elder Su even more surprised.
It can be said that Li Shiming, a cultivator with third-rate talent, has practiced the top-notch body refining and main cultivation techniques. The most important thing is that he has become a foundation-building cultivator at a young age, and there is not even a trace of foundation-building pill left in his body.
After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, there will be drug residues for at least five years. Its special medicinal properties cannot escape the power of Elder Su.
Of course, Elder Su's question was definitely beyond the normal range. He was also testing Li Shiming. The help Li Shiming gave him this time was too great, so great that he could not be dismissed as a simple registered disciple.
He was also very optimistic about Li Shiming, but his decision still required Li Shiming to be qualified.