When returning to the Northern Shu Continent from the sea, Li Shiming found a small snake on his finger that was invisible to others. It was the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' that he had signed a contract with.

The 'Jueling Huanxing Snake' is highly praised in the 'Jiushao Insect Classic'. On the one hand, the 'Jueling Huanxing Snake' is extremely powerful, especially in a surprise attack, it is almost impossible to resist it in the same level. On the other hand, the 'Jueling Huanxing Snake' is loyal.

Look at the space left behind by the Five Qi Sect. In order to protect the master's remains, even if the master terminated the contract with the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake', the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' still did not leave the master's remains until its death.

It can be seen that the loyalty of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is so great that even after the death of the giant 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake', this sense of protection was passed down through inheritance, allowing generations of 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snakes' to continue to guard the remains of their master.

The cold and slippery feeling of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' came on his fingers, but Li Shiming did not dislike this feeling, because the sense of dependence coming from the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' made him very happy.

This is his first spiritual beast in the true sense. The clone Li Yuanba is equivalent to his clone. Although there are still twelve iron corpses, the intelligence of the iron corpses is all based on combat instincts. Besides, it is impossible for him to have any close communication with a refined corpse!

The 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' became his companion, and with the lifespan of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake', perhaps this companionship would last a lifetime.

The food of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is a problem, because the 'Jiushao Insect Classic' is an ancient heritage, and many of the ingredients used in the recipes of the spirit beasts in it have been lost.

However, spiritual beasts have an instinct to eat. Li Shiming tried to use some of his spiritual objects to let the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' choose for itself. As a result, the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' chose the elixir.

No matter what kind of elixir it is, it is liked by the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake'.

Li Shiming was initially worried that something might go wrong with the 'Jueling Huanxiang Snake' after eating the elixir. However, after the 'Jueling Huanxiang Snake' ate a first-grade elixir in the late stage of Qi Refining, he used his spiritual thoughts and the contract connection with the 'Jueling Huanxiang Snake' to carefully check the condition of the 'Jueling Huanxiang Snake' and found that there was no problem at all.

The absorption ability of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is extremely strong. After taking the elixir, it is immediately digested into the energy needed by its body.

Now the strength of the newly born 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is probably in the late stage of Qi Refining. It has just been born. During these few days along the way, the strength of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is still continuously improving.

According to the records of the 'Jiushao Insect Classic', an adult 'Jueling Huanxing Snake' is at the level of a great demon.

As for why the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' in the sea that was killed by Li Shiming was only at the late stage of foundation building and was still a little short of being a great demon, the reason was very simple. Under the influence of the inherited consciousness, the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' never left that space and only hunted nearby.

That place is only three hundred miles away from the Beishu continent and is near the sea.

No powerful sea beast would approach such a close distance. Even weak spirit beasts would realize the danger of this sea area after being hunted by the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' many times.

Weak spirit beasts are even more sensitive to danger than strong spirit beasts, and the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' cannot leave the vicinity of that space, which means that the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' grows up almost without any resources.

No matter how good one's talent and qualifications are, without corresponding resources, how can one grow?

Li Shiming teased the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' with his fingers. No one would have thought that the small 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' would become a great monster in the future.

And the big monster is not the limit of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake'. As long as there is enough resource supply, the growth ceiling of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' is very high.

He took out another elixir. This elixir was taken by cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining, and he did not have many of them.

The main reason was that when he was refining the elixir for the late stage of Qi Refining, he did not have the ability to refine ten batches of elixirs at a time.

Of course, although the number of elixirs taken by the cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage was not large, that was in comparison with the elixirs in the Foundation Establishment stage in his hands.

The 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' almost accepted all food. At first, he was worried that the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' would eat too much, but the digestive system of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' was too strong. A elixir that could take a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining one or two days to absorb could be absorbed by the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' in just a few hours.

The 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' does not develop any drug resistance in its body, it regards the elixir as a spiritual object containing energy.

Considering the appetite of the 'Absolute Spirit Shape-shifting Snake', it is estimated that most cultivators cannot afford to feed it, but this does not include Li Shiming.

The 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' swallowed the elixir in Li Shiming's hand, and then rolled happily in his palm, expressing its gratitude and happiness to him in this way.

He smiled and focused his mind on the gains he had gained this time. At first he thought that the 'Five Rhythms Qi Training Art' was the biggest gain, and the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Shape-shifting Snake' was the second most important gain. After all, the 'Five Rhymes Qi Training Art' was the foundation of a cultivator, and was more important than the external force 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Shape-shifting Snake'.

But along the way, he studied the 'Five Elements Avenue' through IBM z15, and then he found that his biggest gain should be the 'Five Elements Avenue'.

After reading the 'Avenue of the Five Elements' for many times, although he was unable to gain a deep understanding of it, he developed a sense of familiarity with it. It seemed that the 'Avenue of the Five Elements' was somewhat similar to the Divine Power of Traveling to the Sky.

Of course, this does not mean that the 'Five Elements Avenue' is similar to the Divine Foot Pass in content, but that both involve the deepest levels of power in the world of immortal cultivation.

The 'Great Way of the Five Elements' is not like the inheritance of the Divine Foot Passage, where 'Lotus Blooms with Every Step' can be applied during the foundation-building period.

Li Shiming had a feeling that the 'Five Elements Avenue' might play an unimaginable importance after he achieved the Golden Elixir or a higher realm.

He shook his head, and with a slight movement of his consciousness, he put the ancient jade slip of "Five Elements Avenue" into the computer room space. After thinking about it, he put away the other two ancient jade slips.

He did not put away the two magic weapons he obtained this time. He would need to ask his master Elder Su about the two magic weapons after returning, as he did not know much about magic weapons.

As soon as he entered the communication range, his identity jade disc received messages continuously.

He took out his identity jade disc and checked it, and found that it was a security confirmation message sent by Elder Su and Elder Ma.

After he left the Northern Shu Continent, he lost contact with the sect. The sect probably couldn't find him or contact him, so they were a little anxious.

He first reported his safety to the two masters and told them his route to reassure them.

Li Shiming was out of the sect's communication range not long ago, and he only stayed at the bottom of the sea for about three days.

Although there is a spiritual vein in the space under the sea, the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein may have been extremely rich in ancient times, but there is no cultivator to maintain it. In addition, after a long time, it is very good that the spiritual vein can still exist.

The spiritual energy produced by that spiritual vein was not enough to sustain his cultivation needs, so after the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' was hatched and nurtured for a period of time, he left there when the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' stabilized.

That underwater space was extremely secretive. He restored the silt on the seabed and knew the exact location. Next time, he would not need to work so hard and could directly use 'Lotus Step by Step' to enter the underground space.

Li Shiming was still very careful while moving, as he didn't know whether Qianye Temple was still tracking him.

Since there was no urgency, he did not use 'Lotus Steps' to hurry on his way. He just flew at a leisurely pace while enjoying the scenery.

He knew very well that after returning this time, he would be in trouble if he wanted to leave the sect again.

There is a problem with Chiba Temple. Besides, all the resources he needs have been gathered. The most important thing next is to improve his strength and prepare for the next promotion to Golden Core.

This would be one of the few opportunities for him to travel far away before reaching the Jindan stage, so he still didn't want to return to the sect too early.

"Huh!" One day later, Li Shiming was flying on the sword light when he suddenly felt a golden elixir aura approaching from the front. He frowned, thinking that he was in trouble again.

Just as he was about to gather his spiritual power and avoid the Jindan cultivator, he stopped.

He stood in the air, waiting for the Jindan cultivator to approach.

"Disciple greets Uncle Master Zhao!" Li Shiming bowed respectfully to the visitor.

"I finally found you. Come back with me quickly!" Uncle Zhao saw Li Shiming, smiled and waved.

"Uncle Master, are you looking for me?" Li Shiming asked with a little surprise.

Uncle Master Zhao is a sword cultivator. The last time he asked for help, Uncle Master Zhao was the first to arrive and solved the problem for him.

He didn't ask for help this time, so why did Uncle Zhao come over anyway?

"Qianye Temple and Beishu Trading Company have wanted to see you in the sect many times. We were also worried that Qianye Temple would intercept you halfway, so your master sent me out to pick you up!" Uncle Zhao explained with a smile as he extended a divine thought to pull Li Shiming to speed up his flight.

The so-called expulsion was just a joke. Uncle Zhao and Elder Su were from the same lineage of the sect and had a very close relationship.

As a sword cultivator, Uncle Zhao has an extremely fast flying speed and even more powerful combat power. He is naturally the best candidate to bring back Li Shiming.

"Why is Qianye Temple staring at me?" Li Shiming was still a little confused. He happened to meet Elder Zhao, who was nice and easy to talk to, so he asked.

"According to your master, it's because you are too blessed that you got into this trouble. According to the venerable of Qianye Temple, Qianye Temple found clues to the reincarnation of a Buddhist predecessor, and you were not far away at the time. Qianye Temple wanted to find clues from you!" Elder Zhao was indeed easy to talk to, and told him what he knew.

Li Shiming immediately understood the reason. His clone Li Yuanba used the 'Lotus Step by Step'. He had also learned the 'Lotus Step by Step' and knew how difficult it was to master it.

Even if one gets the approval of the Jade Foot Relic and passes the test, it would take more than one or two years to memorize a 'White Lotus Picture', not to mention using 'Lotus Step by Step' to a level of ease.

When the monks of Qianye Temple saw that Li Yuanba had learned the "Lotus Blooming with Every Step" in a short period of time, they naturally thought of the reincarnation of a great Buddhist. Otherwise, how could they explain that he had learned the power of divine feet in such a short period of time?

He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. It was really an unexpected disaster. Fortunately, he didn't use 'Lotus Step by Step' in front of the monks of Qianye Temple, otherwise, wouldn't he be the reincarnation of a Buddhist elder?

"It seems that I won't be able to go out in the future!" Li Shiming sighed.

"Let's go back first. This time Qianye Temple took the initiative to cause trouble for our sect. Even our ancestors have been dispatched. I guess the matter cannot be resolved without an explanation from Qianye Temple!" Elder Zhao said leisurely.

The more trouble Li Shiming gets into, the more it demonstrates his influence.

In fact, neither Elder Zhao nor Li Shiming's two masters were too worried about this incident. The main reason was that Qianye Temple was a member of the righteous path, and it was impossible for them to attack Li Shiming when Shushan Sect knew what happened.

The fact that Zhiming Arhat broke Li Shiming's formation alone put Qianye Temple in a passive position.

In order to quell the trouble, Qianye Temple sent Zhikong Arhat, the most powerful Arhat, to handle the matter and he personally went to the gate of Shushan Sect.

The person sent by Beishu Trading Company this time was not Cai Hong, the fake alchemy manager, but Lai Fei, the late Jindan stage manager, who also went to the Shushan Sect's mountain gate in person.

This shows that Beishu Trading Company has greatly increased its attention to Li Shiming. This attention has also forced Qianye Temple to consider the consequences of taking action against Li Shiming again.

With Elder Zhao's guidance, Li Shiming's speed of returning to the sect was greatly improved. Of course, although Elder Zhao's sword escape speed was fast, it was far inferior to 'Lotus Step by Step'.

Li Shiming put the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' into the computer room, and prepared a lot of elixirs, allowing the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' to eat on its own.

He had no intention of exposing the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake'. The 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' was too strange and the fact that it could not be detected by divine sense alone was enough to attract considerable attention.

He was planning to make the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' one of his trump cards. Once the ability of the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake' was exposed, its suddenness against the enemy would be greatly reduced, which would be disadvantageous for him to use the 'Absolute Spirit Phantom Snake'.

Elder Zhao was not idle along the way. He kept instilling in Li Shiming the power of sword cultivation, and from time to time he showed Li Shiming his sword skills.

Elder Zhao's meaning was very clear. He wanted Li Shiming to switch to sword training. Although he might not be able to become Elder Zhao's registered disciple, at least he could have another top swordsman in the sect.

Li Shiming always responded with a smile. Why did he need to learn sword cultivation anymore? His clone Li Yuanba took sword cultivation as his main skill. Naturally, his original body could display some of the sword cultivation skills. Coupled with his thunder magic and formation, with the combat ability of a normal cultivator alone, he could suppress most of the cultivators of the same level.

On the way, he still had time to study the corpse refining and formation combination. He now had twelve iron corpses, eleven of which had three heads and six arms. If they were combined with the formation, the power of these twelve iron corpses would be even greater.