After staying on the battlefield for five days, Li Yuanba decided to return to the checkpoint. He needed to consider how to meet his original body Li Shiming.

The original body Li Shiming has been waiting on a mountain near the righteous checkpoint for a day, mainly to observe the situation on the battlefield and study the righteous side's formation.

This formation is jointly guarded by three righteous forces: Shushan Sect, Qianhuan Sect and Qianye Temple. If Li Shiming dares to enter the checkpoint directly, he will be immediately stopped by the Jindan elder of Shushan Sect who is guarding the checkpoint.

A true alchemist like him would be a treasure in any big sect. How could they allow him to take risks at will?

Besides, this Foundation Establishment War was between Qianye Temple and Senluo Sect to settle their hatred, and it has not yet developed to the point where the other two righteous sects would also want to get involved.

If they want Shushan Sect and Qianhuan Sect to participate, Qianye Temple must at least take the initiative to invite them.

So no matter from which perspective, Li Shiming could not enter the battlefield.

Li Shiming stayed outside the checkpoint in order to explore the formation. As he was a true disciple of Shushan Sect, the formation would not attack him. As long as he did not enter the formation to activate it, there would be no problem.

He followed the defense line and found a weak point in the formation, trying to explore the loopholes in the formation.

Such a large formation cannot be created entirely by a formation master or a senior formation master. Normally, such a large formation is designed by a formation master and then arranged by formation masters at all levels. The key formation nodes will only be operated by senior formation masters or formation masters.

The weak points he found should have been built by an intermediate formation master, and there were many errors in them.

Of course, even if there is a master of formation here, it would be difficult to take advantage of a small mistake in the formation.

The overall operation of the formation can conceal these minor flaws and prevent them from being exploited by the formation master.

But Li Shiming is different. With the help of IBM z15, as long as he finds a loophole, he can analyze how to exploit it through rigorous calculations.

After several hours of hard work, he finally figured out the loophole here and was able to enter and exit silently.

However, Li Shiming did not proceed immediately. He needed to cooperate well with Li Yuanba. He could not stay on the battlefield for too long. He would return immediately after exchanging supplies.

He also needed to practice 'Purple Air Coming from the East', and the time was set for the next morning.

Li Yuanba returned to the Jieshan Checkpoint and first had the corpse verified by the deacon in exchange for contribution points, and then came to the exchange pavilion.

At the exchange pavilion, he exchanged all his contribution points for knowledge of formations. The formation system of the Senluo Sect is mostly based on yin and cold spiritual energy, which is a relatively unique inheritance.

He even saw the complete knowledge of the Netherworld Ghost Realm formation, but this kind of formation required third-grade formation materials to set up, which was not something he could exchange for at present.

Regarding formations that require third-grade formation materials, all major sects have the same attitude and strictly control their circulation.

This blockade is for all the cultivators in the Jindan stage, because once this kind of formation knowledge spreads, the formation masters will compete with the Jindan stage cultivators for the third-grade materials, which will make the already scarce third-grade materials even more tense.

It can be said that this is also a kind of knowledge monopoly, a knowledge monopoly in which all major sects participate, whether they are righteous or evil.

Li Yuanba had more than 10,000 contribution points, all of which he exchanged for formation knowledge. These formation knowledge were placed in fifteen jade slips due to their different types.

This is also the only knowledge that the original body Li Shiming needs at present. Li Shiming has also exchanged a lot of formation knowledge in Shushan Sect. It can be said that Li Shiming's accumulation of formation knowledge is rapidly improving. He feels that another breakthrough in the formation starlight sea is no longer so far away.

Therefore, Li Shiming needs all the formation knowledge he can obtain to supplement his total amount of formation knowledge.

Li Yuanba used the spoils of war to exchange for a batch of second-grade elixirs unique to the Ten Thousand Mountains. It would be useless for him to keep the spiritual weapons and objects of ordinary magic cultivators and Buddhas anyway, so he might as well exchange them for elixirs unique to the Ten Thousand Mountains, which would also be of some benefit to his own alchemy.

After doing this, he left the level again.

Elder Lu was still watching from afar, but this time he turned back to the cave and took out a puppet. He injected a stream of spiritual power into the puppet and placed the puppet in the temporary cave where he normally rested.

With this aura, and the fact that he placed a jade disc of identity in the hands of the puppet, both the Jindan elders outside and the formation would think that he was still here.

He took a long breath, and the aura of his whole body dropped rapidly, quickly falling from the Golden Core Stage to the late Foundation Establishment Stage.

He tapped his body a few times with his fingers. This secret method could suppress his aura at the late stage of foundation building, so that it would not be detected by the Arhats of Qianye Temple or the righteous Jindan monks.

Of course, as long as his attack exceeds the level of the late foundation building stage, his secret method will be automatically unlocked.

Under normal circumstances, no Jindan would do this, because the defense of a Jindan in this state would drop to the late stage of foundation building, which is the weakest state.

If one is ambushed by a cultivator of the same level, he may die on the spot before he can unleash his full strength.

Elder Lu originally planned to find an opportunity to meet Li Yuanba, but who knew that Li Yuanba would not stay at the Jieshan Checkpoint for long. He only returned twice in total, and both times he left immediately after completing the task and handling the affairs, leaving him no chance at all.

Li Yuanba's caution forced Elder Lu to take the risk. Elder Lu thought it was worth it for the possibility of gaining magical powers.

Elder Lu took out another jade disc of identity, which was the identity of a foundation-building cultivator in the sect.

He left the checkpoint in a grand manner with a new identity and followed Li Yuanba's scent.

This was the mark left in Li Yuanba's body when he tapped him last time.

Li Yuanba could not detect the power of Jindan. Although he checked his body, he did not find anything abnormal.

This time, Li Yuanba was very clear about heading towards the designated location, a position close to the righteous defense line.

On the other side, the real body Li Shiming also passed through the formation and entered the edge of the battlefield, waiting for Li Yuanba.

He was quite relaxed. He used seventy-two formation flags to set up a formation and rested there.

"How many foundation-building monks have the Senluo Sect sent into the battlefield?" Zhikong Arhat asked in a deep voice.

"About one thousand two hundred!" Zhiming Arhat quickly gave the answer.

"Juetu's condition is unstable. He hasn't killed for a long time. If we delay any further, I'm afraid he won't be able to control himself anymore. Let's let him go to the battlefield!" Zhikong Arhat said after thinking for a while.

"It depends on how the Senluo Sect will compete with our sect in the next three hundred years since it lost these twelve hundred foundation-building monks!" Zhiming Arhat said with a smile.

He had great confidence in Juetu Buddha. If Juetu Buddha could become a Buddha by killing himself and achieve enlightenment instantly and become an Arhat, he would be able to add a powerful Arhat to Qianye Temple. Even when his realm was raised to that of Elder Jian, he would be able to fight with Elder Jian.

These twelve hundred foundation-building demon cultivators are the corpses of the Arhats who awakened and slaughtered the Buddha.

The murderous intent that Buddha Juetu could not restrain can be controlled by oneself as long as one reaches the level of Arhat.

All the efforts made by Chiba Temple over the past hundred years are completely worth it.

Zhiming Arhat waved his hand at the formation behind him, and the formation was activated. A murderous intent was no longer suppressed by the formation and rushed straight into the sky.

"Amitabha!" Arhat Zhikong chanted the Buddha's name in a deep voice, and the murderous intent that was rising in his heart was suppressed by this chant.

At this time, a figure appeared in the formation. It was a monk wearing a black robe and was two meters and five meters tall.

A height of two meters and five is extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivators. If he uses secret techniques, there are even demon cultivators who are taller than him.

But it is rare to see a normal height of 2.5 meters.

Juetu Buddha is not as strong as the ordinary Buddhas in Chiba Temple. Instead, he is thin, with deep eye sockets, high cheekbones, and a pair of red eyes.

If we didn't know that he was a Buddha who had reached the half-step golden elixir stage, we would have thought that he was the refined corpse of some demon cultivator.

His appearance is almost 70% similar to that of a refined corpse, and he looks more like a demon cultivator than a demon cultivator.

Especially his murderous intent, which made him lack the Buddhist spirit and compassion.

“Go ahead. This is your path to advancement. Kill thousands of people of the same level to prove your Buddhahood!” Zhikong Arhat pointed in the direction of the battlefield and said slowly.

"Uncle Master, I can't suppress it anymore!" Juetu Buddha made a hoarse voice, and it sounded like the kind of voice that was suppressed.

After Juetu Buddha finished speaking, he clasped his hands together, bowed, and rushed towards the battlefield.

"Namo Amitabha, Dothagata, Dodiyata, Amitabha..." Juetu Buddha recited the mantra of rebirth. He killed for all sentient beings and for the Buddha. This was his belief.

As the mantra of rebirth he chanted became louder and louder, the murderous intent in him not only did not weaken, but instead became stronger and stronger.

The murderous intent is like the spiritual thoughts of other cultivators. It is his way of perception. The released murderous intent even has a wider range of perception than the spiritual thoughts.

A team of four demon cultivators were searching for the Buddha, when suddenly they felt a chill all over their bodies, and an indescribable sense of evil enveloped them.

It’s funny to say that the demon cultivators are actually afraid of evil. They should be the biggest source of evil in the world of cultivation.

Evil is an expression of emotion, and hidden within the emotion is the more terrifying murderous intent.

When the four demons were ready to be on guard, murderous intent filled their brains and souls, and they froze in place for a moment.

The evil ghost-like Juetu Buddha appeared, and his tall figure pounced on the four demon cultivators. He did not use any spiritual weapon, but his hands turned into sharp claws and frantically tore the bodies of the four demon cultivators.

Amidst flying blood and flesh, the four demon cultivators had no idea what was happening before they were torn into pieces by Juetu Buddha.

Juetu Buddha's whole body was soaked in blood. With his strength of half-step golden elixir, or half-step arhat, he could have completely avoided being soaked in blood, but he enjoyed the taste of blood extremely, and an intoxicated look appeared on his face.

"Kill!" he let out a hoarse howl.

On the Senluo Sect's side, a Jindan elder discovered the undisguised aura on the battlefield.

"Half-step Arhat, damn it, why is there no information at all!" Elder Jindan roared.

He immediately sent a message to the other Jindan elders, and soon two more Jindan elders appeared.

"Where is Elder Lu?" Elder Jindan asked with a frown.

"In the cave, he didn't receive any sound transmission, so he must have gained some insights!" another Jindan elder replied.

"Why would Elder Lu be in seclusion now? A Half-Step Arhat has appeared in Qianye Temple. If we don't make a decision now, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties among the sect's foundation-building monks!" Elder Jindan said anxiously.

The other two Jindan elders also looked helpless. Both sides had four Jindan and Arhats. This was a fair war, which was recognized by both sides.

On the righteous side, there were several Jindan cultivators from other sects in a very nearby checkpoint, but they did not participate in the war.

However, once the Jindan elders of the Senluo Sect entered the battlefield and violated the rules of war, the righteous Jindan cultivators over there would definitely use this as an excuse to surround and kill them.

This is an open conspiracy of the righteous side, which is to force the Senluo Sect to make a choice: to protect the foundation-building cultivators, or to send out the Jindan cultivators at the risk of being killed.

In either case, it would be beneficial to Chiba Temple.

"Immediately notify all the monks to return and withdraw from the battlefield!" Elder Jindan had no choice but to save as many people as possible.

He also knew that since they could not enter the battlefield and there was no communication coverage within the battlefield, he would not be able to notify every Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The battlefield is located exactly at the junction of the Ten Thousand Mountains and the righteous path. Both sides are very restrained here and take the initiative to prevent the formation from covering this area, making this area one of the very few places where long-distance communication cannot be used using the formation.

Orders were issued one after another quickly, but it was already morning, and most of the demon cultivators who had rested had entered the battlefield.

"We can only hope that the true disciples can contain this Half-Step Arhat!" Elder Jindan shook his head and sighed.

Although the Half-Step Arhat is strong, there are ways to restrain him. The life-saving items in the hands of true disciples, such as talismans, have the power to threaten the Half-Step Arhat.

However, several Jindan elders did not know the situation of Juetu Buddha. If they knew that this was a Half-Step Arhat who became a Buddha through killing, they would not think so.

Talismans or other life-saving attack items all require time to activate.

Besides, it is still a problem for the talisman, which has only one tenth of the power of a magic weapon, to harm Juetu Buddha, who is half a step away from being an arhat.

Juetu Buddha is much stronger than the ordinary Half-Step Arhat. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the ceiling of the foundation-building period.

This is why the Arhats of Chiba Temple are so confident in Juetu Buddha, and it is precisely because of this understanding.

Li Yuanba did not have as keen perception as Elder Jindan, and he was still approaching the rendezvous destination quickly.

Elder Lu behind him also did not sense the Half-Step Arhat aura of Juetu Buddha. It was not because Elder Lu was not strong enough, but because he used all his secret techniques to suppress everything in his body to the late stage of foundation building. This was how he was able to escape the surveillance of the Jindan cultivators on both sides.