Patriarch Luo Wei stood at the bow of the flying boat. He saw Patriarch Jin Kai's actions and the spy who had infiltrated Tianxing Trading Company was captured.
But he did not come forward to protect the spy. The strength of Tianwen Sect and Tianxing Trading Company was almost the same. He understood that this was also what Patriarch Jin Kai did for him to see, just waiting for him to come forward.
If the spy was a disciple trained by the Tianwen Sect, he would really want to protect him, but he was only bribed with a small price. It is not worth it to break off with Patriarch Jin Kai for such a spy.
The purpose of his coming here this time was for something more important.
The spy's status was not high. He only reported back that the Northern Shu Continent and the Tianxing Trading Company were suspected to be cooperating on the matter of the Cave Heaven, but he didn't know the details.
However, a piece of information sent by the spy made Elder Luo Wei believe the spy's intelligence.
The intelligence said that Patriarch Ren Xun and another Nascent Soul Patriarch from the Northern Shu Continent were seriously injured, and this could not be concealed.
Especially Elder Ren Xun. In the past, all affairs of Yongle Island were handled by Elder Ren Xun. Ever since the news of Elder Ren Xun's injury, Elder Ren Xun has never shown up again.
Elder Luo Wei was very curious. There had never been a great Mahayana master in the Northern Shu Continent, so how could a cave heaven appear there?
But the attraction of the cave was so great that he brought the ancestor Han Xiao, who was in the early Nascent Soul stage, over to check the situation.
It’s not that Tianwen Sect doesn’t want to send out more Nascent Soul cultivators, but the larger the sphere of influence, the more Nascent Soul ancestors are needed to guard it.
The Tianwen Sect is not without rivals. If they dare to transfer too many Nascent Soul ancestors at once, some forces will find opportunities.
All the places guarded by the Yuanying Patriarch are the foundation of the Tianwen Sect and cannot be neglected.
"Han Xiao, you stay here. I'm going to meet that old guy Jin Kai!" Elder Luo Wei turned around and gave an order, then he left the flying boat and flew forward.
Ancestor Han Xiao stopped the flying boat. He also brought some people with him to Tianwen Sect this time. They were all cultivators who specialized in investigation in the sect.
Although these professionals may not be very powerful in combat, they play an extremely important role in exploration.
There was something strange about the flying of Old Ancestor Luo Wei. The wind on the sea seemed to be carrying him up as if it was obeying his command, and formed a whirlwind beside him.
Patriarch Jin Kai stood in the void, and Patriarch Ren Xun stepped back a little. This was a meeting between two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators, and Patriarch Ren Xun was not qualified to sit on an equal footing.
"Fellow Daoist Luo, the Tianwen Sect has a very sharp nose. You can smell anything that happens!" Ancestor Jin Kai said lightly.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, what are you talking about? I just need a kind of elixir that is only produced in the Northern Shu Continent, so I came here. I didn't expect to meet Fellow Daoist Jin here. It's really a coincidence!" Patriarch Luo Wei said with a smile.
"What elixir are you looking for? Tianxing Trading Company still has some friends in Beishu Continent!" Patriarch Jin Kai said deliberately even though he knew he was lying.
"How can I trouble you? I will find the elixir I need by myself!" Elder Luo Wei still said with a smile.
As the two parties spoke, their auras continued to clash. They did not actually attack each other, but this kind of probing caused energy fluctuations to continuously spread outward from the area where they were.
Ancestor Ren Xun and Ancestor Han Xiao took action together to block the waves that were spreading towards them.
"Huh!" When Elder Luo Wei saw Elder Ren Xun, he was slightly surprised.
From the intelligence, we know that Ancestor Ren Xun was seriously injured, but judging from Ancestor Ren Xun's breath and his attacks, the injuries on Ancestor Ren Xun can only be considered minor injuries. If he had not provoked Ancestor Ren Xun to take action, he would not have been able to tell that Ancestor Ren Xun was injured.
After a brief collision of auras with that of Old Ancestor Jin Kai, he knew that Old Ancestor Jin Kai's strength had improved significantly over the years, and was now on par with him.
Without any confirmed information about Dongtian, he didn't want to fight with the old ancestor Jin Kai.
"Fellow Daoist Jin, you and I are both guests here. I hope we can refrain from interfering with each other's affairs!" he said in a deep voice.
"Sure, we are all guests. Whether you are a bad guest depends on the host's opinion!" Patriarch Jin Kai nodded with a smile and said.
He was the one who least wanted to fight. Although his injuries were suppressed, if he really fought with the ancestor Luo Wei of the same level, the injuries would not be suppressed.
If Elder Luo Wei really discovered his intentions, he would probably have to flee in panic.
"It's quite interesting that the Northern Shu continent actually has a legacy of Buddhist magical powers!" Patriarch Luo Wei said as his gaze shifted to the distance.
He said this because he sensed the aura of the six Nascent Soul ancestors from the Northern Shu Continent who were rushing over from afar using 'A World Away'.
Although the magical powers of Buddhism are more in an auxiliary role, magical powers are still magical powers, and every Nascent Soul ancestor who possesses magical powers is a headache.
At least his two ancestors Luo Wei and Jin Kai, who were in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, had not mastered magical powers. There was an extremely special phenomenon in the world of immortal cultivation, which was that the earlier a cultivator mastered magical powers, the more difficult it would be for them to be promoted in the Nascent Soul stage.
This is probably related to the difficulty of improving supernatural powers. It is easier to improve the skills to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul than to improve the supernatural powers to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
Patriarch Jin Kai smiled slightly and did not explain anything to Patriarch Luo Wei. Since they came for the cave heaven, then Patriarch Luo Wei was his opponent.
He has no obligation to provide information to Patriarch Luo Wei. Tianwen Sect is not Tianxing Trading Company, and it has already made arrangements in the Northern Shu Continent.
As an outsider of the Tianwen Sect, it would not be easy to obtain intelligence about the Northern Shu Continent.
Bei Shu Continent is a relatively xenophobic continent. The entire continent is controlled by six major sects, which have almost turned Bei Shu Continent into an iron barrel.
This was the feeling of Patriarch Jin Kai. He was happy before for having bribed a group of local cultivators, but later he found out that the reason these local cultivators could be bribed was simply because the six major sects deliberately let it go.
After the six major sects got serious about it, none of these local cultivators who defected had a good outcome.
After this action of the six major sects to crack down on the traitors, the local cultivators saw the prestige and strength of the six major sects. It would be many times more difficult for Tianwen Sect to take action in this regard than for Tianxing Trading Company.
"Senior Jin, Fellow Daoist Ren, is this senior a friend of Tianxing Trading Company?" Six Nascent Soul ancestors appeared not far from the side of Elder Jin Kai. Elder Lu bowed to Elder Jin Kai and asked.
In fact, they also realized that if they were really friends, or cultivators from the Tianxing Trading Company, they would have been welcomed into Yongle Island long ago, instead of being clearly separated at a safe combat distance.
Judging from the situation of this confrontation, Patriarch Jin Kai is not a friend of the other party and there is a high possibility that there is a conflict between them.
That's why the six Nascent Soul ancestors stood beside Ancestor Jin Kai, indicating that the two sides were in an alliance. They were not sure of defeating a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, so the best way was to cooperate with Ancestor Jin Kai.
"This person is not a friend of Tianxing Trading Company. He is Fellow Daoist Luo Wei from Tianwen Sect, and he is good at wind magic!" Ancestor Jin Kai replied with a smile.
He exposed the true identity of ancestor Luo Wei in an instant, and made the six Nascent Soul ancestors more cautious.
The most notable feature of wind-type cultivators is their speed. In addition, the power of wind-type spells is also considerable. Not to mention that Elder Luo Wei is in the middle Nascent Soul stage. In terms of speed, among all the Nascent Soul cultivators, probably only Venerable Huike can compare with him.
So after listening to what Patriarch Jin Kai said, the six Yuanying ancestors of the Northern Shu Continent did not disperse their formation, but still formed a formation with Venerable Huike as the center, ready to use the "A World Away" at any time.
"We would like to greet Senior Luo. May I know why Senior Luo came to the Northern Shu Continent?" Ancestor Lu looked at Ancestor Luo Wei, bowed and asked.
Patriarch Luo Wei frowned slightly as he watched the interaction between the six Nascent Soul ancestors and Patriarch Jin Kai. It was obvious that Tianxing Trading Company had established a cooperative relationship with the sects in the Northern Shu Continent.
He naturally guessed why they were cooperating, and the most likely reason was for the cave.
"We came here this time to look for spiritual medicines. We brought some fourth-grade spiritual pills with us. You can exchange them for fourth-grade spiritual medicines at a preferential price!" Elder Luo Wei replied with a smile.
In his opinion, in such a barren place as the Northern Shu Continent, even if there were alchemy masters, their level must be very low due to the extremely limited raw materials.
By exchanging fourth-grade spiritual medicine for fourth-grade spiritual pills, there is no need to worry about the success rate of the alchemy master. Even if you ask for more fourth-grade spiritual medicines, the Beishu Continent will respond positively.
Doing so can not only bring benefits, but also establish good relations with the various sects in the Northern Shu Continent, divide the relationship between the Northern Shu Continent and the Tianxing Trading Company, and thus find out the matter of the cave heaven.
But something unexpected happened. After he made this request, the six Nascent Soul ancestors of the Northern Shu Continent all looked at him with strange eyes.
Even the ancestors Jin Kai and Ren Xun of Tianxing Trading Company looked at him as if he were a fool, making him feel as if he had done something wrong.
Patriarch Jin Kai was already laughing in his heart. There were so many good conditions proposed by Patriarch Luo Wei, but he actually proposed to exchange a fourth-grade elixir for a fourth-grade elixir.
In the current Beishu Continent, every Nascent Soul ancestor attaches great importance to the fourth-grade spiritual medicine in his hands, not to mention trading the fourth-grade spiritual medicine from them. The only destination for these fourth-grade spiritual medicines is Li Shiming.
If Tianxing Trading Company had not yet established a channel with Li Shiming, Patriarch Jin Kai would have considered sending all of Tianxing Trading Company's fourth-grade spiritual medicines over there.
"Senior Luo, the production of fourth-grade spiritual medicines in the Northern Shu continent is extremely rare, and we don't have any extra fourth-grade spiritual medicines. Thank you for your kindness!" Ancestor Lu couldn't just leave Ancestor Luo Wei alone like this, so he said apologetically.
"In that case, we can also cooperate in other areas!" Elder Luo Wei didn't know what went wrong, so he could only say this.
"I wonder how long the senior plans to stay in the Northern Shu Continent?" Elder Lu understood what Elder Luo Wei meant, which meant he was not planning to leave. He didn't know why Elder Luo Wei came, so he asked.
"It's rare for me to come out, so I'll stay here for a while and see what happens on Fellow Daoist Jin's side. I can also just occupy one island, and the Nascent Soul cultivator can stay on the island!" Patriarch Luo Wei said, looking at Yongle Island.
He also understood that a continent that was completely controlled by a sect would never allow a Nascent Soul ancestor to enter.
The resources of such a continent have already been allocated. What does the Yuanying Patriarch want to do after entering?
In addition, he did not have the confidence to deal with both the Tianxing Trading Company and the Beishu Continent at the same time. He chose to stay first and then send monks into the inland to gather intelligence.
Patriarch Lu exchanged glances with the other Nascent Soul Patriarchs, and they all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. They also did not want to conflict with the Tianwen Sect that had come out of nowhere.
Judging from Patriarch Jin Kai's hostile attitude, it can be judged that the Tianwen Sect is probably not weaker than the Tianxing Trading Company.
The Northern Shu Continent relies only on the number of Nascent Soul ancestors. This is their base camp, but if they want to confront a force like the Tianwen Sect that can send out Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivators, the Northern Shu Continent will have to pay a heavy price regardless of winning or losing.
They also want to know the purpose of Tianwen Sect's visit so that they can make accurate judgments and decisions.
"Please give us a few days. We will clean up the mountains and islands over there within five days, and then you can stay there!" After discussing with several Yuanying ancestors, Ancestor Lu turned around and bowed to Ancestor Luo Wei.
That mountain and island is right next to Yongle Island. The originally established formation has not been removed and can be used directly.
They no longer have to move the mountain they moved here, but it will be hard for them, as they will need to come to the stronghold here to guard it for a while.
Patriarch Lu also saw the long-distance flying boat behind them. Judging from the size of the long-distance flying boat, it didn't seem like Patriarch Luo Wei and another early Nascent Soul cultivator came here together. There should be quite a few cultivators accompanying them on the flying boat.
Shanhai Island confronts Yongle Island on one side, and the stronghold guarded by six Nascent Soul ancestors on the other side. As long as some cultivators are sent to defend nearby, most of the Tianwen Sect's cultivators can be blocked outside the coast.
They also don't have to worry about any battles among the Jindan cultivators of the Tianwen Sect, which is usually the priority choice for confrontations between various forces.
Establish a low-level battlefield and have low-level monks from both sides enter it. If one side can completely suppress the monks of the other side, then it will have a considerable advantage in many aspects, including negotiations.
The reason why it is usually the preferred choice is because it is very rare for the Nascent Soul ancestors of two major forces to go to direct battle.
If the Yuanying Patriarch starts a war, any injury will more or less affect his lifespan. The Yuanying Patriarch is an extremely important fighting force in any force.
Therefore, by choosing a Jindan stage cultivator to take action, we can see the average combat power of the two opposing forces, which to a certain extent represents the strength of the Yuanying stage cultivator.
Because of the powerful swordsman Li Yuanba, the people in the Northern Shu continent are not afraid of this kind of Jindan battlefield, and they are not worried about the Tianwen Sect causing trouble.
When Li Yuanba killed Great Elder Shi Ming, he was still in the middle stage of the Golden Core. Now he is in the late stage of the Golden Core, and his combat power has been further improved. At least in the Golden Core stage, he is the strongest high-end combat power in the Northern Shu Continent.