Patriarch Jin Kai was checking intelligence, when suddenly his mind became confused and his gaze turned to the battlefield outside Yongle Island.
Just when he wanted to investigate, the aura of seven Nascent Soul ancestors rose from the opposite stronghold, which was a reaction to his actions.
"Shi Ming has fallen!" Patriarch Jin Kai already understood what had happened.
He didn't want to explore anything anymore. Under the current circumstances, it would be best to maintain the current status with the Northern Shu Continent.
Although he was stronger than these Nascent Soul ancestors, he was still unable to deal with seven Nascent Soul ancestors and the entire Northern Shu Continent by himself.
Besides, his purpose of coming here was not to compete for resources in this resource-scarce land, but to have other intentions. The plan is currently going very smoothly, and he does not want to disrupt the current situation.
However, the unexpected death of Great Elder Shi Ming made Patriarch Jin Kai very angry.
The three elders transferred from the Tianxing Trading Company headquarters this time are the three most powerful elders. Once any one of them is promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, he will be an extremely powerful existence in the Nascent Soul stage.
Although Patriarch Jin Kai did not fully investigate the situation, he still discovered the aura of Li Yuanba at the place where Great Elder Shi Ming died.
He took note of the breath, and when the plan was completed, he would avenge Great Elder Shi Ming if he had the chance.
He was also very curious about Li Yuanba's ability to kill Great Elder Shi Ming, and he could do some research before taking revenge.
Elder Shi Ming is a sword-cultivating elder. His combat power should definitely crush all the Jindan cultivators in the entire Beishu Continent.
As long as the Yuanying Patriarch does not take action, Great Elder Shi Ming should be invincible.
In such a barren place as the Northern Shu Continent, there shouldn't be a cultivator capable of killing the Great Elder Shi Ming.
But in fact, the Yongle battlefield was under the joint surveillance of Patriarch Jin Kai and seven Nascent Soul early stage ancestors, so it was impossible for any cultivator beyond the Jindan stage to take action.
After Li Yuanba packed up his spoils, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end and he felt like he was being watched by some terrifying being.
Without even thinking about it, he activated the 'Lotus Steps' and returned to the base in a flash.
Only after he entered the stronghold did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He was sure that the feeling just now was definitely from that old ancestor Jin Kai. It was not a good thing to be noticed by a hostile middle-Nascent Soul cultivator.
"Yuanba, what happened?" The figure of Patriarch Lu appeared beside Li Yuanba and asked.
Just now, the ancestor Jin Kai of Yongle Island suddenly made some unusual movements, which scared the seven Yuanying ancestors.
Especially Patriarch Lu, he thought of Li Yuanba entering the Yongle battlefield. It seemed that only a cultivator of the Great Elder's level had done something that could cause Patriarch Jin Kai on the opposite side to become abnormal.
Even if other cultivators were killed, they would not attract the attention of the Nascent Soul Ancestor.
"Grandmaster, I killed the great elder Shi Ming!" Li Yuanba did not hide his battle record, he bowed and reported.
"No wonder the other side reacted so strongly!" Upon hearing this, Patriarch Lu couldn't help but smile.
He had no doubts about what Li Yuanba said. This kind of thing could be found out with a simple investigation.
There are only three great elders on the opposite Yongle Island. It is impossible to conceal such a big event as the death of a great elder who practices sword skills.
"Master, this is a corpse!" Li Yuanba took out the corpse of Great Elder Shi Ming as evidence. He was thinking about the resources for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage that were given by the six major sects.
In order to obtain this resource for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage, he exerted all his strength, even using his most hidden corpse refining state.
Although this battle was very short, it was more dangerous than he had ever experienced in recent years.
If he hadn't been in the corpse refining state, he might have been the one who died.
In his human form, he had lost the ability to fight back after being attacked by the flying sword of Great Elder Shi Ming.
"Yes, did you all see it?" Patriarch Lu nodded and asked with a smile towards the void.
"After all, it's Brother Daoist Lu's lineage. They killed a great elder as soon as they arrived!" The voice of Patriarch Zuo sounded.
"I've told you before, don't forget the reward for Yuanba!" Patriarch Lu said with a big laugh.
He gained face in front of many Yuanying ancestors, which made him in a very good mood.
"Li Yuanba, how about the fighting power of Great Elder Shi Ming?" asked Patriarch Zhan of Qianhuan Sect at this time.
Although he did not see the faces of the Nascent Soul ancestors, Li Yuanba could still sense their concern about this issue.
Li Yuanba's keen perception told him that the other six Nascent Soul ancestors were watching him from their respective caves in the mountains, waiting for his answer.
There were cultivators who had seen Great Elder Shi Ming take action before, but because they were bystanders and the gap in their realms was too great, they were unable to give an accurate answer.
But Li Yuanba is different. Li Yuanba has fought against Great Elder Shi Ming head-on, and his judgment of Great Elder Shi Ming's strength is more accurate.
If you know the strength of Great Elder Shi Ming, then you can judge the combat power of the other two great elders.
This is extremely important information for the safety of our great elder, and it can allow our great elder to make more accurate analysis and judgment.
"Great Elder Shi Ming is extremely powerful, stronger than any great elder I have ever met. An ordinary great elder would find it difficult to withstand a few attacks in front of him!" Li Yuanba thought for a moment and replied.
The answer he gave made all the Yuanying ancestors both agree and be surprised. They agreed because Tianxing Trading Company was from the outer continent after all, and it was superior to Beishu Continent in terms of resources, skills, magic weapons, etc.
What was unexpected was that Li Yuanba's judgment put his own combat power at a higher level.
But all the Yuanying ancestors are smart people, and it is impossible for them to ask Li Yuanba what trump card he has.
They were each thinking about how to deal with the remaining two great elders from Yongle Island.
"Grandmaster, I'm going to rest first!" Li Yuanba picked up the body of Great Elder Shi Ming and bowed to Grandmaster Lu.
Patriarch Lu sensed the instability of his aura and knew that he was injured.
"Go and take good care of your injuries. You've done a good job!" Patriarch Lu waved his hand and said.
Although he didn't know the course of Li Yuanba's battle, Patriarch Lu could guess the risks involved.
This battle was not an easy one, as it could injure Li Yuanba, a cultivator who mastered the magical power of 'Lotus Blossoms with Every Step'.
Since the Yuanying ancestors could not influence the Yongle battlefield, the Yuanying ancestors of both sides were monitoring each other and could not focus their minds on the battlefield, so the Yuanying ancestors could not know the details of what happened on the battlefield.
Only based on the fluctuations of breath can we guess some of the situations.
Li Yuanba collected the body of Great Elder Shi Ming, turned around and flew towards the temporary yard.
A corpse like that of Great Elder Shi Ming will not be taken away after verification.
The corpses of strong men, especially those from hostile forces, are extremely precious resources.
After activating the formation in the yard, he took out his natal flying sword magic weapon.
"What a pity!" The natal flying sword magic weapon in his hand is of extremely excellent quality. It has reached the top level of the third grade and is the best among the top-grade magic weapons.
However, since this is the natal flying sword of Great Elder Shi Ming, most of the spiritual imprint in it has dissipated due to the death of its owner, but there are still some remnants in the natal flying sword.
This residual spiritual imprint is extremely difficult to remove, at least it cannot be removed in the Jindan stage.
Holding such a magical flying sword, one can only exert half of its power at most.
He put his natal flying sword magic weapon aside and took out the space ring of Elder Shi Ming.
This is a mustard seed ring, a space ring of the third-grade magic weapon level. The space inside is a huge space of ten thousand meters long, wide and high, similar to the mustard seed ring obtained by the original body Li Shiming.
It is also divided into time-still space, life space and normal space. This mustard seed ring alone is an extremely precious treasure.
In other words, Great Elder Shi Ming did not hide it, otherwise, given the characteristics of the mustard seed ring, it would be difficult for Li Yuanba to find the mustard seed ring from the corpse.
Li Yuanba's spiritual consciousness entered the mustard seed ring, and he was shocked by the number of spiritual objects inside.
In the life space alone, there are thirty third-grade spiritual fruit trees and ten third-grade spiritual tea trees planted. These spiritual fruit trees and spiritual tea trees alone are enough for the Jindan cultivators to entertain and use on a daily basis.
The spiritual soil used for planting is even closer to the fourth-grade spiritual soil.
He turned his attention to the still space, where hundreds of elixirs were placed.
Judging from the aura of the spiritual medicines, these are all third-grade spiritual medicines.
However, judging from the original body Li Shiming's level as a master of alchemy, he was unable to recognize these third-grade elixirs.
Of course, this does not mean that Li Shiming cannot use these third-grade spiritual medicines. As long as the medicinal properties of these third-grade spiritual medicines are analyzed and studied, the computing power of his natal magic weapon IBMz15 can be used to reconfigure the pill formula.
However, when Li Yuanba put his spiritual thoughts into the ordinary space, he found that his worries were unnecessary. He found a large number of pill recipes in the jade slips.
Among these pill recipes, all the third-grade spiritual medicines in the static space are recorded.
Perhaps some of the low-grade spiritual medicines in these pill recipes are not available in the Northern Shu Continent, but with these pill recipes, Li Shiming can more easily research pill recipes that are suitable for the spiritual medicines of the Northern Shu Continent.
Li Yuanba searched the jade slip but did not find the main practice method of Elder Shi Ming.
Come to think of it, even Li Yuanba himself did not have the inheritance jade slip of the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky'. This inheritance was passed down from master to disciple from generation to generation.
The disadvantage of this method is that once an accident happens to a certain generation of disciples, the inheritance will be broken, but the advantage is that it can prevent the inheritance from leaking out.
He did discover quite a few other techniques, but judging from the quality of the techniques, they were probably snatched from relatively weak forces. They were one level lower than the main technique of Great Elder Shi Ming, and were almost at the same level as the techniques passed down by the six major sects.
He flipped through it casually but didn't take it too seriously. There were better inheritances out there, so how could he pay attention to these inheritances?
"What a lucky guy!" he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
When he opened a jade box, he found an elixir inside.
This elixir is a fourth-grade 'Taishang Sensing Pill', one of the many auxiliary fourth-grade elixirs for breaking through the Nascent Soul stage. It helps Jindan cultivators sense the Nascent Soul in advance and has a great promoting effect on breaking through the elixir and becoming a Nascent Soul.
The value of this 'Taishang Induction Pill' alone is so great that Li Yuanba would not even trade it for four fourth-grade magic weapons.
This 'Supreme Induction Pill' was probably prepared by Great Elder Shi Ming for his own use, but it was a bargain for Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba was extremely happy, and he continued to check the other spiritual objects in the mustard seed ring.
The third-grade spiritual objects did not arouse much interest in him. These third-grade spiritual objects were extremely precious treasures for other cultivators, but for Li Yuanba, who had the backing of his original body Li Shiming, they were really nothing.
It was not until he found the fourth-grade metal sealed with multiple talismans in the area where the refining materials were placed that he smiled again.
As expected, the cultivators from the outer continents are wealthier, especially the great elders. They are all cultivators who have strong confidence in becoming Nascent Soul ancestors. This can be seen from the fourth-grade materials they carry.
Theoretically, a Jindan cultivator would not put fourth-grade materials in the space items. Even if there are fourth-grade materials, they can be stored in a safer cave.
But who can blame Elder Shi Ming for having such strong confidence in his own strength? He is confident that he is invincible and no Jindan stage cultivator can defeat him, let alone kill him.
This kind of confidence cannot be blamed, because it is the state of mind that a sword cultivator needs to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
But in fact, Great Elder Shi Ming delivered these fourth-grade materials to Li Yuanba, which strengthened Li Yuanba's future strength.
The only pity is that this is a fourth-grade spiritual iron with ice attributes, which is incompatible with Li Yuanba's attributes. However, it can be used by the original body Li Shiming.
Li Yuanba thought about it and took out the jade slips containing fifteen martial arts techniques. These jade slips could enrich the martial arts techniques of the Senluo Sect.
He has decided to leave Senluo Sect after becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator. Compared with the contribution of Li Shiming, the head of Shushan Sect, to the sect, his contribution to Senluo Sect is not that great.
On the contrary, he has been taken great care of by the Senluo Sect, and he needs to repay the sect in order to feel at ease.
These fifteen skills have been included in the database of Li Shiming's natal magic weapon IBMz15.
There were three bottles of twenty-seven late-stage and mid-stage third-grade elixirs in the mustard seed ring. They were all third-grade elixirs used as auxiliary for cultivation. He took them out as well and would trade them with other cultivators when needed.
The third-grade elixir of the late Jindan period is extremely precious in the Northern Shu Continent. Most of the cultivators in the late Jindan period are concentrated in the six major sects and major forces, but even so they cannot guarantee their own needs for the third-grade elixir for cultivation.
Even though Li Yuanba had reached the late stage of the Golden Elixir, he still looked down on these third-grade mid-stage elixirs, as he had better third-grade advanced elixirs available.
He heard from Great Elder Wei Xi that an auction would be organized later, and spiritual objects from foreign continents would be for sale. He hoped to then be able to exchange these third-grade elixirs for the spiritual objects he wanted.
This kind of third-grade intermediate spiritual medicine in the late Jindan period is hard currency, the most sought-after spiritual object, and the most easily accepted spiritual object for trading.
Li Yuanba imprinted his spiritual mark on the mustard seed ring, put it on his finger, and the mustard seed ring disappeared as he moved his mind slightly.