"Tianhai Island, I'm back!" Li Shiming muttered to himself when he reached the land.

Since he left in his teens, he is now nearly forty years old. Due to the effect of the anti-aging pill, his face looks the same as before, but his state of mind is very different.

He sniffed the air of Tianhai Island, and the scent of this air would always appear in his memories.

The speed of Meteor Ink Boat slowed down, and when he arrived on land, he no longer needed to worry about his own safety.

This is not the Northern Shu Continent. The Jindan-stage cultivators here are already the top combat power. The only fake infant ancestor also has a token given by Ancestor Zuo, so there is no need to worry about the threat of the fake infant.

The first feeling when arriving at Tianhai Island is its barrenness. It’s not the soil here, but the concentration of spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy of Tianhai Island is obviously much less dense than that of Beishu Continent. This is probably one of the reasons why the strength of the cultivators here is generally low.

The concentration of spiritual energy does not have a very obvious effect on cultivators. Monks have the help of spiritual veins in their cultivation, as well as spiritual gathering arrays to gather spiritual energy.

But the low concentration of spiritual energy means that spiritual resources are scarce and of low quality, which is the most serious problem.

Li Shiming sat in the flying boat and set Nanling Prefecture as the destination.

His eyes kept scanning the scenery on the ground, trying to find something familiar.

Although the speed of Meteor Ink Boat has slowed down a bit, it is still very fast. It is expected to reach the original territory of Nanling Prefecture in three hours at most.

He also met some monks along the way. Those monks were of too low a realm and were scared away when they saw the flying boat in the air from afar.

After walking for more than an hour, he discovered a chase.

Given his personality, he was too lazy to get involved in such battles in the world of immortal cultivation.

But when he used his 'Divine Eyes' to see clearly the monk being chased, his strong memory reminded him of the monk's identity.

Li Shiming's mind moved, and the Meteor Ink Boat turned and flew towards the monk.

Zhu Ji was sensing the spiritual power in the spiritual lake. Behind him were two cultivators of the same level in the early stage of foundation building. His strength was originally weaker than any of them, and he consumed more spiritual power during the chase, which was about to be exhausted.

A helpless and bitter smile emerged on his face. After the Tianhai Sect's mountain gate was breached, he wandered outside with the sect. He was spotted by a cultivator in the late foundation building stage and became his disciple.

Fortunately, he used some resources to be promoted to a foundation-building cultivator. Although he was under constant oppression from the Mingyue Sect, he still lived a good life.

But this time when he went to the market to purchase resources, he was targeted by two Mingyue Sect monks, and thus a hunt began.

"It looks like I have to die here today, so I might as well have a fight!" He mobilized the remaining spiritual power, stopped running, turned around and stopped.

The two Mingxin Sect monks who were chasing him saw him stop, and they dispersed to the left and right and surrounded him.

When the two Mingxin Sect monks took out two spiritual weapons respectively, Zhu Ji's heart sank. Although he was also a monk in the early stage of foundation building, he was still using a super-grade magic weapon.

One against two, both his magic weapon and strength are much weaker, he will definitely die in this battle.

Just as Zhu Ji was waiting for death to come, a powerful pressure came down from the sky.

The spiritual weapons of the two Mingxin Sect monks were fixed in the air, only one meter away from Zhu Ji but unable to move at all.

"I've secured this man's life. Now you can go!" A young voice came from the air.

Although they didn't know who the other party was, as disciples of the Mingxin Sect, they knew what such pressure represented. This was a Jindan cultivator.

"Since the senior has spoken, we should leave!" A monk from the Mingxin Sect bowed and said neither humbly nor arrogantly after feeling the pressure on him weakened.

Li Shiming couldn't help but nodded. Such cultivators were carefully trained by the sect, and they would maintain the pride of the sect even when facing Jindan cultivators.

He also had no intention of attacking the two Mingxin Sect monks, as his strength was not yet able to counter the power of the fake infant.

He came back this time to visit his relatives and didn't want to cause any trouble.

If he really wants to avenge being driven out of Tianhai Island by the Mingxin Sect, he has to wait until his strength is improved enough to crush the Mingxin Sect.

The two Mingxin Sect monks retreated a distance, turned around, and drove their spiritual weapons to fly away.

Li Shiming put away the flying boat, dropped from the sky, and landed in front of Zhu Ji.

Zhu Ji's appearance didn't change much, except that he lost his youthfulness and became more stable.

The lifespan of a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is approximately one hundred and fifty years, and that of a cultivator in the Foundation Building Stage is two hundred years. Twenty years is not enough time for a cultivator to undergo significant changes.

Unless the monk is in the last days of his life, the speed of aging will increase exponentially.

Zhu Ji stared blankly at the cultivator in front of him. He almost wanted to call out a name, the name of the talented cultivator from Tianhai Sect, the young man who had accepted his instruction when he first joined the sect.

The reason why he did not call out the name was because the other party was a Jindan cultivator, and calling him by his name was extremely disrespectful.

The second was that the face of the Jindan cultivator in front of him was too young. Although he looked exactly the same as the young man back then, twenty years had passed, so it was impossible that there had not been the slightest change.

"Senior Brother Zhu Ji, long time no see!" Li Shiming said with a smile.

"Are you really Li Shiming?" Zhu Ji asked in disbelief even when he heard Li Shiming calling out his name.

It has only been twenty years. In the past twenty years, he was at the eighth level of Qi Refining when Li Shiming first entered the sect. It was when the Mingxin Sect invaded, and Li Shiming was only in the late stage of Qi Refining.

But twenty years later, when Li Shiming stood in front of him, he had already become a Jindan cultivator, which made him doubt his own eyes.

"It seems that senior brother still remembers me!" Li Shiming said happily.

It feels so good to be remembered by others. It is difficult for monks to have deep feelings among each other. Zhu Ji taught him the basic knowledge back then, but they had almost no contact afterwards.

Because Li Shiming had IBM z15, his memory was shared with IBM z15, so he could retrieve relevant memory images from his memory at any time. No matter how many years had passed, as long as Zhu Ji's changes were not so drastic that he was unrecognizable, he could recognize him at a glance.

"I dare not be called senior brother by you!" Zhu Ji recovered from his shock and saluted respectfully.

Li Shiming sighed inwardly, he knew it would be like this.

"I wonder what's going on with the Tianhai Sect?" Li Shiming waved his hand to let Zhu Ji stand up, then asked.

He also knew something about the Tianhai Sect. Elder Yin and Elder Ren also brought some news when they came to the Northern Shu Continent, but he was not clear about what happened afterwards.

"The Tianhai Sect disappeared long ago. Now the seven sects have merged into one, and they have been driven to the seaside to survive!" Zhu Ji's face was full of sadness when he mentioned the Tianhai Sect.

He is different from Li Shiming. He was born near Tianhai Sect and later joined Tianhai Sect. It can be said that he has the most authentic blood of Tianhai Sect flowing in his veins.

Therefore, his feelings for Tianhai Sect are extremely deep, which is far different from Li Shiming who regards Tianhai Sect as a stepping stone to improve his strength.

Zhu Ji said a lot afterwards and let Li Shiming know the current situation of the island.

The Mingxin Sect was the most powerful one, but it did not completely wipe out the other seven sects.

Instead, they blocked and suppressed the seven sects with all their strength. Since the seven sects had no way of obtaining cultivation resources, the Jindan elders all looked for other ways out. Even if the seven sects were united, there would only be nine Jindan elders now.

You should know that during the peak period of the seven sects, there were more than twenty Jindan elders, and this is just the number on the surface.

Elder Yin and Elder Ren are the Jindan elders who left. They had no choice but to leave. Without the supply of resources, the Jindan elders would find it difficult to maintain their own strength, let alone improve their strength.

Any Jindan cultivator who has a shred of ambition would no longer want to be trapped on Tianhai Island, a place without any hope.

As for why the Mingxin Sect did not kill all of them, Li Shiming was too familiar with this way of dealing with things.

If the Mingxin Sect really had no enemies in the Tianhai Sect, then the Mingxin Sect would slowly become corrupt. This is the lesson from the rise and fall of countless sects.

Without external enemies, the sect would lose its bloodiness and motivation to move forward.

By leaving behind the seven weaker sects, the disciples of the Mingxin Sect will have enemies to fight.

"Senior, what are your plans for coming back this time?" Zhu Ji looked at Li Shiming's face carefully and asked anxiously.

He was in front of Li Shiming, and even though Li Shiming had restrained the fluctuations of his spiritual energy, a terrifying oppressive force still emanated from Li Shiming.

He didn't know how strong Li Shiming was, but he didn't have this feeling even when facing the Jindan elder in the sect.

If Li Shiming could return to the sect, although the current sect is no longer Tianhai Sect, the integration of the seven sects can be regarded as the continuation of Tianhai Sect, so the strength of the sect will definitely be greatly enhanced.

"I have already joined other sects. I came back just to take a look!" Li Shiming shook his head. He thought for a moment, took out a jade bottle, threw it over and said, "Meeting is fate. We will meet again in the future if we are lucky enough!"

After saying that, he flew into the air, took out the Meteor Ink Boat and left.

Zhu Ji held the jade bottle in his hand and looked at Li Shiming's flying boat until it was out of sight, then he looked away.

No matter how little knowledge he had, he could tell that the flying boat was a magic weapon. It seemed that Li Shiming was doing very well out there.

He opened the jade bottle in his hand, sniffed it, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

There were ten second-grade high-level elixirs in the jade bottle, and their quality was beyond his imagination.

Although he only sniffed it lightly, he could feel the stimulation of the spiritual lake in his body, and his spiritual power increased a little.

If he took all ten second-grade high-level elixirs, his strength would be able to increase by at least one level.

He quickly looked around and found that there were no other cultivators there. He carefully put away the jade bottle, shrank his body, and ran away quickly.

Li Shiming had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the Seven Sects, so he increased the speed of the flying boat.

Nanling Prefecture is in the south of Xia State, where he traveled through time.

When he was close to Nanling Mansion, he put away the Meteor Ink Boat, cast an invisibility spell on himself, and flew into Nanling Mansion.

The familiar streets are no longer the same as before. Every face here is unfamiliar. The soldiers I used to recognize at the government gate are no longer familiar.

His spiritual sense swept across the government office and found that the owner had long been changed.

He was a little at a loss for a moment. He had no intelligence support in Xia Country, so he had no idea where his father was.

His eyes fell on the main study, where there was a middle-aged man wearing the robes of a fourth-rank official.

The main study is the master's study, and in this government office only the prefect is qualified to use it.

Li Shiming fell into the room through the open window, and then he released his invisibility.

"Who are you? Do you know that I am a fourth-rank official of the Xia Kingdom and the head of a prefecture?" The prefect was a little surprised to see Li Shiming suddenly appear, but he still asked in a deep voice.

He probably thought that if he spread the word, soldiers would come over.

But he didn't know that Li Shiming had already sealed off the study room. Not to mention any sound, even if someone stood at the door they couldn't see what was happening inside.

Li Shiming did not answer. He toured the study. There were not many changes here. The furnishings were still the same, but the books were replaced.

"Where did Magistrate Li, who originally lived here, go?" After looking around, he turned to look at the magistrate and asked.

"Are you an immortal?" The prefect glanced at the two soldiers who were standing not far outside the study. It seemed that they had no idea what was happening here. He reacted and asked.

"Answer my question!" Li Shiming said impatiently.

"Lord Li was promoted to the capital ten years ago!" After guessing that Li Shiming was an immortal, the prefect immediately became respectful and answered the questions honestly.

Li Shiming was delighted. He didn't expect that the prefect actually knew his father's whereabouts.

"Sorry to bother you!" Li Shiming nodded, and his figure disappeared in a flash.

The prefect stood there for a long while, without calling the soldiers outside, but looked at the place where Li Shiming disappeared with fanatical and envious eyes.

Li Shiming came out of the study and cast the invisibility spell on himself again. He flew over the garden, where he had a precious memory. He copied the scenery here into his life magic weapon IBMz15 so that he could view it at any time in the future.

From here to the capital, he no longer used the flying boat, but directly used the 'Lotus Step by Step'. He even did not use the 'Secret Method of Concealing the Soul' and the 'Secret Method of Concealing the Sky', but only used ordinary invisibility spells.

It is estimated that the cultivators of Xia Country have not even reached the Foundation Establishment Stage. An ordinary invisibility spell is enough to make it impossible for the cultivators here to see through it, not to mention other mortals.

In front of the old house in the capital, Li Shiming looked at the somewhat old vermilion gate. He didn't even need his divine sense to know that his father Li Wenyuan was here, relying on the intuition between relatives.

Considering the oldness of the gate and the fact that his father, Li Wenyuan, was a fourth-rank official when he passed away, if his father returned to the capital, he should have at least a mansion that suited his status. It was obvious that the Li family was in decline.

He knocked on the door, and more than ten breaths after the sound of the door knocker, the door slowly opened a crack.

"Young Master, it's the Young Master, the Young Master is back!" When the person who opened the door saw Li Shiming, he was stunned for a moment, then shouted in surprise, and then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously.