It didn't take long before a sword light came from afar and approached from the Sumeru.

The person who came was Elder Zhao, a Jindan sword cultivator from the Shushan Sect. His fierce sword intent made the four Jindan cultivators present change color.

This was not some casual Jindan cultivator, but a real Jindan cultivator from a large sect. He was also known as the best sword cultivator in killing. The sword intent he revealed alone was enough to scare several Jindan cultivators.

Elder Zhao took a quick look with his mind and understood the situation here.

He knew the four Jindan cultivators here. There were only a limited number of Jindan cultivators within the influence of Shushan Sect, and they had met each other in some Jindan cultivators' activities.

The three Jindan cultivators were obviously protecting the attic, which was filled with formations. Combined with what was said in the distress message, it seemed that Li Shiming was in the attic.

As for Hang Jian, the only one facing the attic, needless to say, he was the Jindan cultivator who wanted to assassinate Li Shiming.

This thought flashed through his mind in just an instant, and a sword intent locked onto Hang Jian. It seemed that as long as he made the slightest movement, the terrifying sword intent would burst out and kill him on the spot.

When Li Shiming saw Elder Zhao coming over, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although the three Jindan cultivators invited by Beishu Trading Company blocked Hang Jian, they couldn't give him much sense of security.

The three Jindan cultivators knew Hang Jian and had a good relationship with him. This could be judged from the speed at which the three Jindan cultivators arrived.

The three Jindan cultivators must be very close to this market to be able to arrive in a short time.

Li Shiming would not put his own safety on the scale of interests and friendship and let the three Jindan cultivators choose.

He swept his mind over and put away all the formation flags, and the formation in the attic disappeared.

"Disciple Li Shiming greets Uncle Zhao. Thank you for coming to the rescue!" Li Shiming walked out of the attic and bowed.

"Okay, what's going on?" After the formation disappeared, Elder Zhao's spiritual sense also discovered the situation in the attic. Especially when he saw Ji Hongbo collapsed on the ground, he seemed to understand something. He waved his hand and asked.

"Ji Hongbo colluded with Hang Yuqing and used the formation here to set an ambush to harm me. Hang Yuqing and five accomplices were killed by me. Ji Hongbo had a special identity, so I spared his life and handed him over to the sect for disposal!" Li Shiming told the general story.

After saying this, he took out a jade slip and handed it to Elder Zhao.

Elder Zhao used his divine sense to examine the jade slip, and there was anger and surprise in his eyes.

The anger was that Ji Hongbo was so audacious that he dared to gather five late-stage foundation-building cultivators from the sect to attack and kill the sect's true alchemy master.

The true teachings of alchemy are not ordinary teachings. They are the alchemy tradition passed down through the sect and are an important cornerstone of the sect.

Ordinary true teachings can be lost, and the impact on the sect is not that big, but once the true teaching of alchemy is lost, the consequences are extremely serious. It will have an impact on the sect's supply of elixirs for the next few hundred years, the sect's resource allocation, and all the cultivators in the sect.

Elder Zhao's surprise came from Li Shiming's short battle experience. As a sword cultivator, how could he not see the key to Li Shiming's victory in battle.

The five cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage were unable to block Li Shiming's flying sword. The sword intent contained in that flying sword was so powerful. It was a pity that such a genius sword cultivator actually practiced some kind of thunder magic.

"You are quite meticulous. You actually recorded their every move. But you have become timid. Why didn't you kill Ji Hongbo with one sword?" Elder Zhao said to Li Shiming while looking at Ji Hongbo lying on the ground in the attic.

He thought to himself that if Li Shiming focused on sword cultivation, he would have to be decisive in killing people. He would definitely not be like this now, actually sparing Ji Hongbo's life.

"There is still a friendship between Master and Elder Ji!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.

Elder Zhao pointed at Li Shiming and couldn't help laughing.

Of course he understood what Li Shiming meant. This was outside, and he could not expose the conflicts between the Jindan within the sect in front of several independent Jindan cultivators.

Li Shiming kept Ji Hongbo, which was equivalent to letting Elder Su get hold of Elder Ji's weaknesses. In addition, by saving Ji Hongbo's life, Elder Ji had to accept Elder Su's favor no matter what. Otherwise, Elder Ji would have no place in the sect or in the world of immortal cultivation.

Li Shiming's move will give Elder Su a great advantage in competing for resources to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Hang Jian, what do you have to say?" Elder Zhao turned to look at Hang Jian and asked in a deep voice.

After hearing what Li Shiming said, Hang Jian's face changed from gloomy to happy. He was not a fool. His mentality was unbalanced because his son Hang Yuqing was killed and the market was robbed.

At this time, he knew what had happened and understood that it was his Hang family that was at fault in this matter.

Besides, in the current situation, he no longer has the right to speak. What can he say? What does he dare to say? Elder Zhao's sword intent is locked on him. If he dares to show the slightest dissatisfaction, he will be beheaded on the spot.

"Hang Jian is incompetent and doesn't know how to educate his children!" he said with his head down.

"Hang Jian, you need to go back to the sect with me, and the sect will study your punishment. But before that, you have to make compensation to Shi Ming first!" Elder Zhao said after thinking for a while.

He looked at Hang Jian, and then saw the flying sword magic weapon.

He waved his hand and the flying sword magic weapon was in his hand.

Of course, this was because Hang Jian did not resist at all and let him do what he wanted. Otherwise, even if he was a sword cultivator, he would not be able to control other people's flying swords.

Hang Jian felt a chill in his heart, knowing that this time the loss would be huge. To be honest, since they were going to take him to Shushan Sect, his life would naturally be safe. At most, he would serve Shushan Sect as a Jindan cultivator for a period of time.

This is also the normal punishment method used by large sects for Jindan cultivators. Even the weakest Jindan cultivator is still an extremely precious fighting force. As long as they are not extremely evil, they will be used first rather than killed.

Especially people like Hang Jian who have family burdens are easier to control.

Elder Zhao looked at the flying sword magic weapon in his hand, and the sword intent in his body was suddenly aroused, and the flying sword magic weapon made a slight sound.

Hang Jian's body shook, and he almost fell from the air because he couldn't stabilize his body. Although he knew what Elder Zhao wanted to do and was mentally prepared, the forced disconnection of the magic weapon and his soul still caused some trauma to his spirit.

The flying sword magic weapon in Elder Zhao's hand had lost its owner, and its light dimmed.

"Shiming, although you are not a sword cultivator, you are practicing the Ten Thousand Swords Stream. There will be a lot of demand for flying swords and magic weapons in the future. I will take the initiative to compensate you with Hang Jian's flying sword magic weapon!" Elder Zhao threw the flying sword magic weapon to Li Shiming and said.

"Thank you, Uncle Master Zhao!" Li Shiming took the flying sword magic weapon and bowed to express his gratitude.

"You, instead of practicing sword skills, you choose to practice thunder skills!" Elder Zhao still wanted to persuade Li Shiming, and shook his head.

Li Shiming smiled and didn't say much. He looked at the flying sword magic weapon in his hand.

It is obvious that this flying sword magic weapon is Hang Jian's only magic weapon. It has not been long since Hang Jian became a golden elixir, and this flying sword magic weapon has not yet been completely refined into his own magic weapon.

Otherwise, the value of this flying sword magic weapon will be greatly reduced, because if the magic weapon is used by other cultivators, its power will be reduced by almost half.

If Yun Xingyi had not been planning to take over another body, the ownership of Yun Xingyi's natal flying sword would not have been transferred. This also meant that Li Shiming and his clone Li Yuanba would not have to worry about the power of the sword being weakened when using it.

It was precisely because of this that Elder Zhao took the magical flying sword from Hang Jian and gave it to Li Shiming.

In addition, he was also thinking that Hang Jian's combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced after he lost his magic flying sword. In addition, the sect's punishment would force Hang Jian to serve for at least several decades or even a hundred years.

In this way, Hang Jian's threat to Li Shiming will completely disappear.

I think if Hang Jian meets Li Shiming again after a hundred years, he will not be able to be Li Shiming's opponent at all.

The flying sword magic weapon in his hand is the third flying sword magic weapon Li Shiming has obtained. Yun Xingyi's natal flying sword magic weapon was given by him to his clone Li Yuanba.

The quality of that natal flying sword magic weapon is the best, enough for Li Yuanba to use in the Jindan stage. Li Yuanba is preparing to become a pure sword cultivator and will only have one natal flying sword magic weapon.

Just now Elder Zhao said that Li Shiming was practicing the Wanjian Style, which is a special branch of sword cultivation that practices long-range flying swords.

The Ten Thousand Swords Flow naturally does not mean to refine ten thousand swords, but refers to driving multiple flying swords and defeating the enemy with dense flying sword attacks.

This is completely opposite to the idea of ​​sword cultivation that specializes in one sword. It is impossible to compare the superiority between breaking all swords with one sword and using ten thousand swords simultaneously. However, the thought of obtaining a large number of flying swords and magic weapons in the Jindan stage is enough to make most sword cultivators give up the idea of ​​following the Ten Thousand Swords style.

Elder Zhao had no objection to Li Shiming's practice of the Ten Thousand Swords Stream, mainly because of Li Shiming's alchemy level. As long as Li Shiming became an alchemy master, it would not be too difficult for him to accumulate multiple flying sword magic weapons.

The alchemy master is so rich that the Jindan monks are willing to take out their most precious spiritual materials just to ask the alchemy master to make elixirs for them.

"Hey, your two masters are here too!" Elder Zhao looked into the distance and said with a smile.

The arrival of Elder Su and Elder Ma made Hang Jian feel even more fortunate that nothing had happened to Li Shiming.

He didn't know that Li Shiming had two golden elixir elder masters, especially Elder Ma, the alchemy master who was also Li Shiming's master. If he had known this, he would have thought about it before taking action.

"Shi Ming!" Elder Su and Elder Ma shouted in unison.

They naturally sensed that Li Shiming's breathing was normal, and their worries were gone.

Elder Zhao handed the jade slip to the two men and told them what had happened.

Elder Su certainly knew the reason why Li Shiming kept Ji Hongbo. He was very happy that his disciple had thought so much about his master.

"Shiming, Ji Hongbo will not be able to practice anymore!" Elder Su would not leave any hidden dangers for Li Shiming. He grabbed Ji Hongbo with his spiritual power, pressed his hand lightly on his body, and then said to Li Shiming in a deep voice.

His approach was naturally different from Li Shiming's. This time he completely destroyed Ji Hongbo's spiritual roots.

Without spiritual roots, even if the Nascent Soul Patriarch took action, he would not be able to change the result that Ji Hongbo was unable to practice.

No matter how much Elder Ji thinks of a mortal, he will just be thrown into the mortal world to be nursed to death, and there is no way he will be able to make any more waves.

Ji Hongbo's whole body was shaking. He felt that the most precious spiritual root in his body was disappearing. He kept struggling and wanted to stop the spiritual root from disappearing, but everything was in vain.

After his spiritual roots completely disappeared, he no longer had any spirit, and even his resentment towards Li Shiming disappeared along with his spiritual roots.

"I would like to thank the three of you on behalf of my disciples. From now on, this market will be run jointly by the three of you!" Elder Su bowed and expressed his gratitude to the three Jindan cultivators who came to help.

Hang Jian remained silent. He would be punished by Shushan Sect and after losing his family, he could only find a place to hide and recuperate. How could he have the ability to preserve such a market town?

"Elder Su, Fellow Daoist Li should occupy the majority of this market. We are willing to run this place for Fellow Daoist Li!" The three Jindan cultivators bowed hurriedly and said.

They certainly didn't want to offset this rescue effort with a market town.

It is hard to say whether the market town can still be operated after this incident. Besides, they are concerned about Li Shiming's future. A favor from Li Shiming is more important to them than the market town.

"Three seniors, I will remember your favor. This market is given to you by my master, so just accept it!" Li Shiming interrupted.

"Thank you, Elder Su and Fellow Daoist Li. I will run the market well in the future!" The three Jindan cultivators looked at each other and exchanged ideas, then Fu Feng bowed and said.

The three Jindan monks withdrew to find someone to handle the affairs of the market town, and they also needed to properly appease the monks who were currently stranded at the scene.

The monks present today were truly eye-opening and could brag about it for many years when they go back.

They saw seven Jindan cultivators, including three Jindan elders from the Shushan Sect, and experienced the unparalleled power of the sword cultivators' Jindan.

We also saw that Li Shiming used a formation to block Hang Jian's attack, and that Li Shiming summoned six Jindan in a short period of time. What a great influence this was.

"Master, I have to travel outside for a while, so I won't go back with you!" Li Shiming said a little embarrassedly when only the sect's Jindan elder and Li Shiming were left.

"After this, I think no blind cultivator will dare to deal with you. It would be a good thing for you to travel for a while!" Elder Su pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Li Shiming grew up a little too fast, and he had been staying in the sect to make pills. Elder Su was afraid that his long-term lack of contact with the outside world would be detrimental to his cultivation.

"I know you have something to save your life, so just use the 'One Escape Ten Thousand Miles Talisman'. When you're done using it, tell me and I'll prepare some for you!" Elder Ma continued.

He was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Shiming's way of dealing with Li Shiming's entrapment this time.

You should know that Li Shiming has the life-saving item "One Escape Ten Thousand Miles Talisman" in his hand. Even if he encounters an early Jindan cultivator, he can use the "One Escape Ten Thousand Miles Talisman" to easily escape without putting himself in danger.