At the core of Yongle Island, a terrifying and oppressive atmosphere weighs on the heads of every cultivator here.
Patriarch Jin Kai had an extremely gloomy expression on his face. It was unexpected that Great Elder Shi Ming was killed by Li Yuanba, but he never expected that Great Elder Sun Ao who was sent to carry out the mission would also get into trouble.
Great Elder Sun Ao brought with him a communication card commonly used in the Northern Shu Continent, which allowed him to use the card to contact Yongle Island as long as he was in the Northern Shu Continent.
In the past, he would report the situation to Yongle Island at a fixed time every day, but this time three days had passed and he had not received any news from Elder Sun Ao.
Patriarch Jin Kai didn't even need to investigate. Based on his perception of Great Elder Sun Ao, he judged that Great Elder Sun Ao might have already died.
When he reaches the middle stage of Nascent Soul, his spirit reaches a certain level, and he will have some kind of induction towards the familiar monks around him.
The consecutive killings of two great elders made him feel that the Northern Shu Continent was not as simple as it seemed.
It is possible that he has some misunderstandings about the Northern Shu Continent, or that the Tianxing Trading Company and other continents have some misunderstandings about the Northern Shu Continent.
Whether it is Great Elder Shi Ming or Great Elder Sun Ao, they are both top-notch at the level of Great Elders in the entire world of immortal cultivation.
But even such a top elder was killed in the Beishu Continent where the resources and cultivation techniques were low-level.
"Youxia, send the message back and ask the headquarters to send more monks here!" He gave a deep order to the Great Elder Youxia who was standing with his head bowed beside him.
He didn't care about losing face and asked the Tianxing Trading Company headquarters to send more monks.
He can confront multiple Nascent Soul ancestors, but he cannot personally enter the Northern Shu Continent to investigate. Once he does so, a war will immediately be triggered.
He would not do this unless it was absolutely necessary.
Because doing so would benefit no one.
Even if he defeated these seven Nascent Soul ancestors, who knows how many Nascent Soul cultivators there are in the Northern Shu Continent.
After he fights with all his strength, his life span will be affected to some extent, and he may even be at risk of dying on the Northern Shu Continent.
The old man Weng Zhao who came before was a Nascent Soul cultivator who mastered the magical power of attack. Although his realm was only in the early Nascent Soul stage, his combat power was only slightly inferior to him.
It was the death of Patriarch Weng Zhao that made Patriarch Jin Kai dare not act rashly.
In addition, what worries Patriarch Jin Kai the most is the purpose of this trip. Is the location where the space fluctuations were discovered to be the cave opened up by the great Zhai Ge?
However, he was sure that even if that was where the cave was, it was not open.
The opening of a cave would cause a huge commotion. If there were no way to deal with it in advance, the entire North Shu continent would be alarmed.
And based on his understanding of the Northern Shu Continent, the six major sects here have no inheritance regarding the cave heaven, let alone the means to deal with the opening of the cave heaven.
“When the men arrive, we must first find out who killed Sun Ao. We must get back the inheritance of the ‘Taiqing Xuangui Jue’!” Patriarch Jin Kai rubbed his brows and whispered to himself.
This is another troublesome matter. In addition, he led the team and caused the deaths of two top elders, which will also be a bit troublesome.
You Xia, the only great elder of Yongle Island, did not dare to go out again. This also changed the situation on the Yongle battlefield. Li Yuanba and the other four great elders continued to kill the monks of Yongle Island on the battlefield.
Li Yuanba had no intention of changing his body-refining technique. He possessed a Tai Chi Taoist body, and the 'Scorching Sun Jade Body Technique' was very suitable for his human state. Coupled with the 'Evil Corpse Spirit Record' in the corpse-refining state, his actual strongest body-refining combat power was in the corpse-refining state.
He also got his reward, which was a fourth-grade spiritual medicine and also the main ingredient of the fourth-grade spiritual pill that assists in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.
The fourth-grade spiritual medicine was placed in a jade box. Its spirituality was perfectly preserved, and its medicinal properties would not be lost even after a hundred years.
Although fourth-grade spiritual medicines can be grown in the Shanhe Qiankun Fan, Li Shiming cannot choose the fourth-grade spiritual medicines currently grown in the Shanhe Qiankun Fan, and can only be arranged by the spirit of the instrument.
The most important of these is the spiritual seed of the fourth-grade spiritual medicine.
The seeds of fourth-grade spiritual medicines are extremely difficult to harvest. The fourth-grade spiritual medicines planted in the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan have spirits that collect the seeds every few years to ensure the needs of planting in the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan.
If you want to plant other varieties of fourth-grade spiritual medicines in the Shanhe Qiankun Fan, you need to first obtain the seeds of the fourth-grade spiritual medicines, and you also need to let the spirit of the instrument learn how to plant that kind of fourth-grade spiritual medicine.
According to the communication between Li Shiming and the spirit of the weapon, the types of spiritual medicines that the spirit of the weapon controls in the Mountain and River Universe Fan are limited. Even if he wants to plant other spiritual medicines, he needs to choose from the types controlled by the spirit of the weapon.
The cultivation of fourth-grade spiritual medicines is extremely complicated and difficult. If you want to let the spirit of the instrument master the cultivation of new fourth-grade spiritual medicines again, the experiments required will take an extremely long time.
You should know that it takes thirty years for a fourth-grade spiritual medicine to mature in the Mountain and River Universe Fan, and it would probably take hundreds of years to experiment with the cultivation method of a fourth-grade spiritual medicine.
Li Shiming didn't know how the original owner of the Shanhe Qiankun Fan obtained so many methods of growing spiritual herbs, but he thought that this definitely could not be researched by a cultivator.
The Yongle battlefield became a little calmer, but the large number of bribed local monks scattered across the Northern Shu continent did not stop their work.
However, the combat power of Tianxing Trading Company here has weakened, and the only great elder Youxia will not leave Yongle Island. This prevented Li Shiming from noticing any abnormalities on Yongle Island, and he could no longer be sure whether those local cultivators had made any new discoveries.
In order to monitor this matter, he specially set aside a few brains to pay attention to it.
He himself entered into seclusion and practiced, mainly practicing the "Taiqing Xuangui Jue".
In the training room, he maintained an ugly posture, lying on the ground, absorbing the Taiqing Black Turtle Qi coming from the Taiqing Black Turtle scales on his forehead, as well as the spiritual energy coming from the Nascent Soul level spiritual vein beside him.
The Taiqing Black Turtle Qi within the Taiqing Black Turtle Shell seems to be endless. Based on the observation and analysis of the natal magic weapon IBMz15, a conclusion was drawn.
That is, there is some special regular pattern inside the Taiqing Black Turtle shell, which can produce Taiqing Black Turtle Qi after absorbing spiritual energy.
As long as the external spiritual energy is maintained, the Taiqing Xuangui Qi will not disappear.
Of course, in an environment full of spiritual energy, the Taiqing Black Turtle Qi emitted by the Taiqing Black Turtle Scales will increase.
It is not known whether it is because Li Shiming's Immaculate Taoist Body is already at the Great Elder-level of physical training, or because the 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue' is very suitable for him, but he is practicing the 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue' unexpectedly fast.
In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Although he currently has no fourth-grade body refining resources to consume, the fourth-grade body refining resources he consumed in the past can have an effect on his body.
Now that he was practicing the 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue' again, he naturally enjoyed the benefits of the fourth-grade body refining resources.
The great elder-level body refining realm is also the most important reason. It is like a mathematician starting to learn physics from scratch. Although he has not been exposed to the content before, he is at an extremely high level, so the learning speed is naturally very fast.
Li Shiming's 'Taiqing Black Turtle Art' quickly progressed from entry level to mastery, and after that he needed to continuously absorb the Taiqing Black Turtle Qi from the Taiqing Black Turtle shells to strengthen himself.
During this period, his combat effectiveness declined significantly, especially his close combat ability.
But he had no worries. As a master of alchemy, he would not encounter any danger as long as he did not leave the mountain gate on his own initiative.
Besides, after he refined the magical flying sword "Flowing Light and Falling Stars", his strongest combat power was his flying sword.
With the might of the fourth-grade 'Flowing Star', he could easily break through the Great Elder's defense.
In a flash, a year had passed. Li Shiming had no idea about other sects. He only knew that his grandmaster, Master Fan of Shushan Sect, had awakened.
After being awakened, Patriarch Fan had a bad temper. The air pressure in the mountain gate was very low during those days. That was the influence of the anger emanating from the Nascent Soul Patriarch.
However, these things did not affect Li Shiming. Ever since he announced his retreat to the outside world and the silver corpse was again taking over his job of receiving outside guests, no cultivator had come to influence him anymore.
Even Patriarch Fan did not take the initiative to look for him. All cultivators knew that his cultivation was related to the vital interests of the ancestors.
It is not easy for the Yuanying Patriarch to obtain a fourth-grade elixir. If it is sent to other alchemy masters and to an alchemy master of Li Shiming's level, the effect of the fourth-grade elixir will be several times different.
For this reason, any Nascent Soul ancestor hopes that his cultivation speed can be faster.
If Li Shiming didn't have enough resources himself, perhaps the Yuanying Ancestor would want to give some resources to him.
At the coastal outpost of the Yongle battlefield, seven Nascent Soul ancestors left their temporary caves at the same time. They looked at each other, with worry in their eyes.
"Let's go and take a look together!" suggested Patriarch Zuo.
"Then I'll have to trouble Venerable Huike!" Patriarch Lu gestured to Venerable Huike.
"We are fighting the enemy together, so there is no need to be so formal!" Venerable Huike nodded.
The united fight against the enemy during this period made the seven Nascent Soul ancestors put aside their previous unhappiness.
No matter what happened in the past, the Nascent Soul ancestors here now need to take care of each other and face the powerful enemy in the middle Nascent Soul stage together.
With Venerable Huike as the center, the seven Nascent Soul ancestors merged into one entity. Venerable Huike activated the "A World Away Yet" and headed towards Yongle Island.
They did not alarm the Yongle battlefield, but when the seven Nascent Soul ancestors were dispatched at the same time, they still ordered all the cultivators in the Yongle battlefield to evacuate.
They all knew that once the Yuanying Patriarch started a fight, they would definitely be courting death if they stayed nearby.
Patriarch Jin Kai stood above Yongle Island, looking at the seven Nascent Soul ancestors with a smile. The two sides were not far away from each other, and the actions of either side could not be hidden from the Nascent Soul ancestor on the opposite side.
"Everyone, is this the flying boat that comes to welcome our Tianxing Trading Company?" He joked with a smile.
"Senior, I think another fellow Taoist has arrived at Tianxing Trading Company, and we naturally hope to meet him as soon as possible!" Patriarch Lu replied indifferently.
However, his heart was not as calm as his face showed. He knew very well that a flying boat that could cross the sea must be commanded by a Nascent Soul Patriarch, otherwise it would not be able to survive in the sea.
What he and the other six Nascent Soul ancestors were most concerned about was what realm the Nascent Soul ancestor who came this time was at.
If another cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul comes, then there is no need to continue this confrontation and they can just surrender directly.
In the world of cultivating immortals, when one side’s strength reaches a crushing level, admitting defeat is not unacceptable.
As they were talking, the huge flying boat in the distance came closer.
When Patriarch Lu sensed the Nascent Soul aura in the huge flying boat, the worry on his face disappeared.
It was not unacceptable that the person escorting the huge flying boat was a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
Although the presence of an early Nascent Soul cultivator on the Tianxing Trading Company's side would cause them considerable trouble, but in fact, with the six major sects plus the Nascent Soul ancestors that Beishu Trading Company can now mobilize, as long as there is no more Nascent Soul middle stage cultivator, there will be no problem at all.
Even at all costs, the Beishu Continent can definitely defeat the Tianxing Trading Company.
"Xiao Ren, long time no see. I didn't expect you to lead the team here!" Patriarch Jin Kai smiled and greeted the Yuanying Patriarch who got off the huge flying boat.
"Ren Xun greets Uncle Jin!" Patriarch Ren Xun bowed respectfully.
When he straightened up, his gaze fell on the seven Nascent Soul ancestors, and a fighting spirit flashed in his eyes.
The seven Nascent Soul ancestors looked a little ugly, because the aura of Elder Ren Xun showed that he was very young, no more than five hundred years old.
Five hundred years old may be a lifetime for a Jindan cultivator, but it is an extremely young age for a Yuanying ancestor.
At this age, the Nascent Soul Patriarch has plenty of lifespan, so he doesn't need to be so careful about spending it in battle.
Such Nascent Soul ancestors are the most terrifying because they are very warlike.
After reaching the age of seven or eight hundred, the Nascent Soul Patriarch will treasure the energy in his body extremely carefully and try to reduce combat consumption as much as possible in order not to affect his lifespan.
"Everyone, this is Ren Xun. Please take good care of him in the future!" said Patriarch Jin Kai with a smile.
On the surface, his attitude doesn't seem hostile at all.
In fact, he was in a very good mood. He didn't expect that in just one year, Tianxing Trading Company would be able to make time for Patriarch Ren Xun to come and support.
Patriarch Ren Xun's strength was not particularly strong in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, but that also needed comparison. In the Northern Shu Continent, Patriarch Ren Xun's strength was definitely enough to defeat most of the Nascent Soul ancestors in a one-on-one battle.
"Senior Jin, we will get closer to Fellow Daoist Ren!" Patriarch Lu said lightly.
He emphasized how intimate his tone was, and the meaning was self-evident.
More cultivators came out from the huge flying boat, they were all Jindan cultivators. The seven Yuanying ancestors looked at these Jindan cultivators and found that there were not many great elders among them, only five.
However, this group of Jindan monks numbered more than 150. Judging from the traces revealed in their actions, these Jindan monks were all skilled in combat. At the same time, they would inadvertently coordinate with each other in their positions, intentionally or unintentionally, to form a battle formation.