Inside the mountain gate of Mingxin Sect, the affairs concerning Li Shiming were being discussed. The Sect Master and the other Jindan elders heard the voice coming from outside the mountain gate, as well as the arrogant declaration.
This shows how much they do not take the Mingxin Sect seriously. Many Jindan cultivators, including the sect leader, were all filled with anger.
But the leader was different. He quickly suppressed his anger.
The fact that Li Shiming dared to provoke like this shows that he must be confident.
In particular, when the head of the sect used the sect protection formation to investigate Li Shiming, he discovered the figures of twelve silver corpses.
Twelve silver corpses are nothing, but the fact that Li Shiming carries twelve silver corpses alone has a completely different meaning.
The resources required to refine a silver corpse are extremely large, because the cost of failure must be included, so normally a Jindan cultivator can only refine one or two silver corpses at most. In addition, a large number of silver corpses will also put pressure on the Jindan cultivator's spirit.
From all this, it can be seen that Li Shiming not only has a very high status in the Shushan Sect and is valued by the Yuanying ancestor, but also controls a large amount of resources.
He glanced at Bo Ran. Li Shiming had previously asked for Bo Zhao to be handed over, and this matter was handled by Bo Ran.
As the head of the sect, he did not ask about it, thinking that with Bo Ran's experience, there would be no problem in handling such a matter.
But the fact is, not only did Bo Ran fail to handle the situation properly, he also let Li Shiming come to his door.
"Elder Bo, what do you think we should do?" the head of the sect asked Bo Ran.
Bo Ran was stunned. He understood the meaning of the master's words. He wanted him to go out and have a discussion with Li Shiming.
But how could he dare to go out at this time? Although he didn't know how strong Li Shiming was, the twelve silver corpses were not something he could deal with, not to mention that Li Shiming dared to block outside Mingxin Sect, so he must have other means.
"Master, this Elder Li is so contemptuous of the Mingxin Sect, so we should teach him a lesson. As long as we don't hurt him, I believe the Shushan Sect will not cross the North Sea just for such a small matter!" Bo Ran thought for a moment and replied.
Since Li Shiming wanted to hand him over, he and Li Shiming were mortal enemies. In this case, it was in his own interest to provoke a fight between the sect and Li Shiming.
"Master, let's go out and talk to Elder Li first. We can't just let him block the way outside forever, right?" A good friend of Bo Ran spoke up to support him.
The head sect leader thought about it and agreed. No matter what happened afterwards, the most important thing now was to communicate with Li Shiming to see if the matter could be handled to the satisfaction of both parties.
The prerequisite is that there must be a cultivator who can subdue Li Shiming. Originally, it would be enough to find a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, but looking at Li Shiming's confidence, it would be difficult for an ordinary cultivator in the late Jindan stage to subdue him.
"Please come in, Elder Fan!" The head of the sect cast a spell and said in a deep voice.
Joy appeared on the faces of Bo Ran and the other Jindan elders. Those who could be called great elders were all at the peak of the Jindan stage. To some extent, they had escaped from the Jindan stage and had come into contact with a trace of the power of the Yuanying stage.
In their opinion, as long as Elder Fan stepped forward, the matter would be very easy to resolve.
In the world of immortal cultivation, everything is decided by the power of the fist. They thought that the reason why Li Shiming dared to provoke alone outside was because he was confident that he could challenge any Jindan elder of Mingxin Sect by himself.
As for the siege, Li Shiming has the Shushan Sect behind him. If all the Jindan cultivators in the sect really came together to besiege and kill Li Shiming, it would definitely trigger revenge from the Shushan Sect afterwards.
This is the confidence of the big sect. Li Shiming did not come here secretly. Under such an open challenge, if Mingxin Sect really responded with a siege, it would be a huge blow to its own morale.
Not long after the sect leader uttered the spell, a middle-aged cultivator appeared in the hall. His aura was not noticeable, and he bowed slightly and saluted the sect leader.
The head of the sect did not dare to be arrogant and quickly returned the salute. The other Jindan elders took the initiative to salute him.
Great Elder Fan Xi is the first person in Mingxin Sect besides Patriarch Zang, and is also the hope of the sect.
As Patriarch Zang's life was coming to an end, Mingxin Sect invested all its resources in Great Elder Fan Xi, hoping that Great Elder Fan Xi could be promoted to the Nascent Soul Stage.
Of course, it is not easy to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, and there are many troubles involved.
But no matter what, with Patriarch Zang unable to take action, Great Elder Fan Xi is the only fighting force capable of suppressing the foreign enemies of the Mingxin Sect.
"Great Elder Fan, the Jindan cultivator outside is an elder of Shushan Sect, and he has some conflicts with the sect!" The sect leader explained to Great Elder Fan Xi.
"Do you want me to kill him?" asked Elder Fan Xi in a deep voice.
He is now fully focused on cultivation and knows almost nothing about the outside world. His cave is shielded from all sound except for specific communication spells.
So he didn't know about Li Shiming, but with his strength, he didn't take any Jindan cultivator seriously.
"We can't kill him. I want the Great Elder to defeat Elder Li. Then our sect can have a good talk with him while gaining the upper hand!" The Sect Leader quickly shook his head.
If Li Shiming was really killed, the token of Patriarch Zuo that Li Shiming had revealed before would be enough to cause the Mingxin Sect to get into big trouble.
"I'll be there right away!" Great Elder Fan Xi nodded. He wanted to resolve the problem as soon as possible so that he could go back to practice.
He flew out of the sect protection formation and saw Li Shiming and the twelve silver corpses beside him. He couldn't help but show a sarcastic look on his face.
"Fancy!" he whispered.
In the eyes of such an orthodox cultivator as him, instead of cultivating twelve silver corpses, it is better to invest all resources into one silver corpse, so that he can have the strongest silver corpse.
A poor man like him could not understand Li Shiming's psychology. The growth rate of the twelve silver corpses was the fastest growth rate without considering resources.
Li Shiming sensed the strength of Great Elder Fan Xi and was slightly stunned. He did not expect that Mingxin Sect actually had such a great elder.
Any sect that has been passed down for many years cannot be underestimated, and there are very few grand elders even in the major sects.
With the resources of Mingxin Sect, the probability of a great elder emerging was extremely low, but he was cultivated.
"How will the Mingxin Sect respond? Will they hand over Bo Ran and Bo Zhao, or choose to go to war with me?" Li Shiming asked loudly.
"How dare you underestimate Mingxin Sect? I'll show you some color first!" Elder Fan Xi became furious when he heard this, and a light flashed in his hand as he flew towards Li Shiming.
Li Shiming did not dodge either. His aura suddenly changed, and terrifying blood and energy rushed straight to the sky.
A cloud above his head was scattered by the impact of his blood and energy.
Behind him, a huge shadow appeared, which was the true form of the angry Vajra.
A third-grade sword base appeared in his hand, and he swung the sword at the flying sword.
"Grand elder-level body refining!" After sensing the change in Li Shiming's aura, Grand Elder Fan Xi immediately changed the direction of his flying sword. He didn't dare to compete with a Grand Elder-level body refining golden elixir of the same level in magic weapon.
The magic weapon for refining the golden elixir is hand-held, and his flying sword is remotely controlled. Hand-held magic weapons have many disadvantages.
For example, holding a magic weapon makes it impossible to launch long-range attacks, the flexibility is too poor, etc. However, the biggest advantage of holding a magic weapon is the infusion of body-refining power, which can reach 100%. Even under the effect of secret techniques, the power can be amplified with the help of the magic weapon's sharpness.
If the two magic weapons were really connected, the one that would suffer the loss would definitely be Elder Fan Xi's flying sword.
Just as Great Elder Fan Xi retracted his flying sword, Li Shiming's body turned into sword light and moved closer to Great Elder Fan Xi.
How could Great Elder Fan Xi allow a Great Elder who had practiced body refining and golden elixir to get close to him? His body turned into a stream of light and he wanted to stay away from Li Shiming.
He felt deeply powerless. It was extremely difficult to achieve success in refining the golden elixir, but once it was achieved, his combat power would be extremely strong.
Among the great elder-level golden elixirs, the body-refining golden elixir is the most terrifying.
Just like now, Great Elder Fan Xi feels that Li Shiming is like a hedgehog. If he wants to attack Li Shiming with his long-range flying sword, he needs to take into account the long sword magic weapon in Li Shiming's hand and not use the flying sword to attack. The rest of the attacks are like tickling to Li Shiming, who is practicing body refining at the great elder level.
The spells that can be used in battle are not very powerful, and such spells cannot break Li Shiming's defense at all.
In this regard, Great Elder Fan Xi is very experienced. He met a body-refining Jindan cultivator many years ago. Although he had not yet reached the level of a great elder, his defense was enough to make Jindan cultivators of the same level helpless.
The battle was taking place outside the Mingxin Sect's protective formation, and many monks were watching the battle.
In that hall, the sect leader and the Jindan elders were also watching the fight between Li Shiming and Great Elder Fan Xi.
The battle was beyond their expectations from the very beginning. They thought that Great Elder Fan Xi would subdue Li Shiming, but looking at the current battle, Li Shiming is chasing Great Elder Fan Xi.
After learning about Li Shiming's true strength, Bo Ran broke out in a cold sweat.
He actually did something stupid in front of a great elder. If he had known that Li Shiming had such strength, wouldn't he be just a son? He would have tied Bo Zhao up and sent him over long ago, so how could he have done such a thing?
He thought again that if Li Shiming had taken action in the sky above the Xia capital at that time, he would not have been able to escape.
At this time, he saw the looks that the Sect Master and other Jindan elders were giving him, and those looks made him a little scared.
Li Shiming's request is to hand over Bo Ran and Bo Zhao. If it is really impossible to deal with Li Shiming, then obeying Li Shiming's request is the only option.
"Let Elder Fan come back. This battle cannot continue!" A Jindan elder reminded the headmaster.
On the battlefield, Great Elder Fan Xi relied on the secret technique of flying to constantly distance himself from Li Shiming. During the entire battle, he had very few opportunities to counterattack because any counterattack would affect his speed.
After knowing that Li Shiming possessed the physical strength of a great elder, the head of the sect realized that they had no way to deal with Li Shiming at all.
Since Patriarch Zang is unable to take action, the Great Elder is the most powerful being.
There is only one grand elder in the Mingxin Sect. If Grand Elder Fan Xi cannot take down Li Shiming, the Mingxin Sect will have no way to deal with Li Shiming.
Talking about siege, that's a joke. If the Mingxin Sect mobilized all its forces, it was indeed possible to defeat Li Shiming, but to keep behind a great elder-level body-refining golden elixir, that was completely impossible.
When it comes to survivability, the Body Refining Golden Elixir is the best.
"What happened?" suddenly the Jindan elder who had just given a reminder exclaimed.
In the battle in the sky, Li Shiming was a little annoyed with his own speed. Without using 'Lotus Steps', he was unable to catch up with Great Elder Fan Xi.
No matter what, Great Elder Fan Xi is also a great elder. He has some special secret method in terms of speed, which allows him to maintain a speed similar to that of Li Shiming.
Li Shiming uses the fighting method of the Golden Elixir Body Refining Technique, and he cannot defeat the enemy unless he gets close to him.
He also didn't want to let the twelve silver corpses join the battle. Although the twelve silver corpses were good at defense, they could not stop the attack of the great elder at all.
However, he has more than twelve silver corpses. His life-saving magic weapon IBMz15 analyzed the battlefield situation and provided him with several battle plans. He followed one of the plans and pressed forward step by step to the Great Elder Fan Xi.
The movement route of Great Elder Fan Xi in the air was unknowingly controlled by Li Shiming.
When Great Elder Fan Xi flew in one direction, the space around him suddenly fluctuated a little, and a big mouth bit his calf.
Neither his defensive magic weapons nor his protective spiritual power could block the bite.
What shocked him the most was that he didn't sense anything. You know, during the battle, he kept his spiritual thoughts outward at all times, and he was sure that there was no object in the area around his body.
This bite was caused by the Absolute Spirit Huan-Shape Dragon. After the Absolute Spirit Huan-Shape Dragon was promoted to a great demon, it was unable to do anything to Great Elder Fan Xi in a face-to-face battle.
However, as an ancient race of spiritual beasts, the Jueling Huanxing Jiao has evolved into a Jiao, and its strongest features are its bite and toxicity.
Elder Fan Xi was forced by Li Shiming to the side of the Absolute Spirit Phantom Dragon, just waiting for the Absolute Spirit Phantom Dragon to open its mouth and bite him.
The Absolute Spirit Huanxing Jiao was not greedy and immediately retreated after taking a bite. After it let go, the slight fluctuations caused by the attack disappeared as well, and it disappeared again in the mind of Great Elder Fan Xi.
"It's poisonous!" Great Elder Fan Xi didn't care about the Absolute Spirit Huanying Jiao anymore. His calves were already numb, and the numbness was spreading to his whole body.
Even after hundreds of years, he had never encountered such a terrible poison.
He quickly took an antidote pill, but this pill, which was said to be able to cure all poisons, had no effect on the poison in his body.
However, he soon didn't have to worry about the poison because he was in a chase with Li Shiming. When he stopped, he was caught up by Li Shiming.
Li Shiming's melee combat ability is so strong that it can be said that regardless of spiritual power or magic weapon defense, he is invincible in melee combat.
His life-saving magic weapon IBMz15, telepathy, divine vision, third-grade sword skills, and great elder-level physical training strength, all combined to maximize his close combat skills and power.
Among the same level, there are rare defensive magic weapons and spiritual power shields that can block the close-range attack of the Great Elder's body-refining golden elixir.