"What is this?" Li Yuanba was checking in the space ring. When his spiritual sense entered a seemingly ordinary jade slip, he made some unexpected discoveries.

This jade slip is a diary-like record of daily life, containing very trivial details from the time when this cultivator began his cultivation until he arrived at the Northern Shu Continent.

He didn't know what the mentality of this Jindan cultivator was to record the trivialities of life. Perhaps the low-level cultivator of the Tianwen Sect who got this jade slip could gain some insights into cultivation from it.

But for Li Yuanba, the experience in the jade slip was too low-level, and the difference in the skills made it of no use to him.

He was interested in the description of the long journey. Based on the description, Li Shiming's life-saving magic weapon IBMz15 sorted out the route from Dongqi Continent to Beishu Continent.

The gate of Tianwen Sect is located in Dongqi Continent. This Jindan cultivator may not even know it himself. The few words he recorded on the flying boat every day were analyzed by IBMz15 to draw a simple route map.

When Li Yuanba used telepathy to interrogate, he also wanted to ask about the route, but the matter of the route must have been specially restricted by the Tianwen Sect, and even telepathy could not reveal the route.

The flight routes are very important for a large sect, and too much energy needs to be invested in them in the early stages. Even if the flight routes are fixed, they still need to be checked every once in a while.

The spiritual beasts on the route are not always the same. Perhaps a more powerful spiritual beast will seize the territory and make the route dangerous.

Each route was acquired and maintained by a major sect at great cost, and there was no way it could be leaked out.

Li Yuanba looked at the map in his hand. This map was very simple and there might be errors, but with the routes on this map, long journeys in the ocean would be many times safer.

At least the safety near this route is much safer than going there alone. There are also some important reference objects on the route that can continuously correct route deviations.

He prepared this route for himself and also for his master, Master Jian.

He did not take a fancy to the other spiritual objects in the space ring. What made him most regretful was that the space rings of the three Tianwen Sect Jindan cultivators did not contain the hidden skills they practiced.

Even though he found the three Jindan monks very easily, he did it by cheating. He was still very tempted by the secret hiding methods of these intelligence personnel.

At least it was much better than the secret concealment method he practiced himself, but just like the route, it could not be interrogated through "telepathy". The secret concealment method practiced by these Jindan monks was also restricted in the soul.

Li Yuanba received his reward, which was three bottles of third-grade high-level elixirs to assist in cultivation in the late Jindan period.

Moreover, these three high-level elixirs that assist in cultivation were all refined by Li Shiming.

He shook his head. He had guessed this when he saw that the reward for the mission was a third-grade elixir. If it weren't for Patriarch Lu's request and his curiosity, he would not have paid for the reward.

He did not ask Patriarch Lu about the reaction from Tianxing Trading Company. From the smile on Patriarch Lu's face when he came back, it could be seen that the meeting between the two parties was very harmonious.

He left the stronghold and headed straight towards the gate of Senluo Sect.

He came to Chongxiao Peak, and although Patriarch Jian was very busy, he still met him.

"Yuanba, you should go into seclusion for the next few years!" After seeing Li Yuanba, Patriarch Jian persuaded him without asking his purpose.

"Master, is it because of the Tianwen Sect?" Li Yuanba asked.

"Yes, the situation in the Northern Shu Continent is a bit complicated right now. Once a battle breaks out, it will be at the Nascent Soul level. I will explain this clearly to Master before I leave. You just need to go into seclusion!" Ancestor Jian said in a deep voice.

"Will it make things difficult for Master?" Li Yuanba asked worriedly.

The departure of Patriarch Jian from Beishu Continent at this time weakened the combat power of Beishu Continent and had a significant impact on Senluo Sect.

Senluo Sect doesn't only have Patriarch Lu as the Nascent Soul Patriarch. In addition to the awakened Nascent Soul Patriarch, there is also Patriarch Li who is guarding the sect.

And he is now very famous, and is hailed as the number one person in the Jindan stage in the Northern Shu Continent, just like Ancestor Jian was in the past.

In those days, Ancestor Jian was always fighting for the sect and had no chance to rest.

With the influence of Patriarch Jian leaving the Northern Shu Continent, Li Yuanba lost a backer. When the sect asked Li Yuanba to carry out a mission, how could Li Yuanba refuse!

“Don’t worry, I talked to your master about it when I knew you had completed the task of capturing the Tianwen Sect monks.

Don't think that my departure will weaken the strength of the Northern Shu Continent. I have already negotiated with the major sects. When I return to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion, if possible, Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion will take care of the Northern Shu Continent. Even if it is just a statement, it will make forces like Tianwen Sect and Tianxing Commercial Bank dare not easily attack the Northern Shu Continent!" Ancestor Jian smiled and explained the reason.

Li Yuanba felt relieved. He thought that his life would be difficult after Ancestor Jian left, but now he realized that the emergence of Tianwen Sect made Ancestor Jian's departure more important.

No wonder Patriarch Jian let him retreat with peace of mind without having to worry about any tasks assigned by the sect.

"Master, I got this, can you see if it is useful?" Li Yuanba suppressed his emotions, took out the map he hand-drawn and asked.

Patriarch Jian took the map and didn't pay much attention to it at first. But when he saw the markings on it, surprise appeared in his eyes.

"Where did this come from?" he asked quickly.

"It was compiled from the notes of a cultivator from the Tianwen Sect!" Li Yuanba did not hide anything and took out another jade slip and said.

Patriarch Jian took the jade slip and checked its contents. After reading it for a short while, he couldn't help but shook his head and put the jade slip aside.

"You are really thoughtful!" He couldn't help but admire his disciple. The content of this jade slip was very confusing. There were cultivation experiences, scenery seen, and records of what the cultivator thought about every day.

During the long years of cultivation, monks always have some emotions in their hearts that need to be vented, and each monk has different ways of venting their emotions.

The way this Tianwen Sect monk vents is to record daily trivialities, and Li Yuanba is able to find vague or straightforward route descriptions from so many messy records and form them into a route, which requires a tremendous amount of energy.

Even if Patriarch Jian got this jade slip, it would not be easy to compile such a route map.

"With this route map, I can first reach the Dongqi Continent, where I can find the long-distance flying boat of the big trading company. Then I can take the long-distance flying boat to return to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion!" He said with rare excitement.

When Li Yuanba saw that he could help his master, a smile appeared on his face.

Time passed quickly, and the arrival of Tianwen Sect did not cause chaos in the Northern Shu Continent. At least, it had no impact on ordinary cultivators.

The Tianwen Sect lost a group of intelligence personnel, but there are still intelligence personnel who have penetrated deep into the interior of the Northern Shu Continent.

Information was constantly being reported to Elder Luo Wei, allowing him to understand the current situation of the Northern Shu Continent, but no one knew how much information he had obtained and how much of it was about the Cave Heaven.

At Qianye Temple, it was discovered that one of their own arhats was deliberately trying to inquire about the matters of the cave heaven. After investigation, it was found that he had been bribed by the Tianwen Sect.

That is to say, this Arhat's actions were not concealed, so he was discovered. The other major sects all suspected that their disciples had also been bribed, but they had not discovered it yet.

Under such circumstances, Patriarch Jian was ready to leave.

On the top of Chongxiao Peak, a red sun was rising, and golden light was shining on the top of the mountain, covering the spiritual herbs, spiritual trees, pavilion, as well as the bodies of Sword Ancestor and Li Yuanba with a layer of golden gauze.

A faint sadness of parting emerged between the two. In the world of immortal cultivation, the relationship between master and disciple is even closer than that between father and son.

Although Li Yuanba is a clone, there is no falsehood in this emotion.

He said nothing and presented the prepared things to Ancestor Jian.

Patriarch Jian opened it and took a look. It was thirty kilograms of third-grade spiritual tea. Judging from the quality, one could tell that it was roasted by Li Shiming himself.

He couldn't help but shook his head. He was a little confused about how good the relationship between Li Yuanba and Li Shiming was.

Thirty kilograms of third-grade spiritual tea is probably the amount that has flowed out of Li Shiming's hands in the past ten years. This is not something that can be obtained through ordinary relationships.

Even he, an old ancestor at the Nascent Soul stage, could only obtain two taels of the third-grade spiritual tea roasted by Li Shiming every year through the cooperation relationship with the six major sects.

He had never seen this disciple clearly. He knew that Li Yuanba was able to cultivate so fast because Li Shiming provided a large amount of cultivation resources.

This is also the reason why he did not leave any cultivation resources for Li Yuanba. It was because this disciple had more cultivation resources than him.

"Yuanba, I will no longer use Chongxiao Peak. I have told your master that you can use this mountain for a hundred years, and then it will be taken back by the sect!" Before leaving, Ancestor Jian still managed to get some benefits for Li Yuanba.

According to his judgment, a hundred years is enough for Li Yuanba to cultivate to the level of a great elder. If Li Yuanba still needs a Nascent Soul level spiritual vein afterwards, Li Yuanba himself will already be a Nascent Soul ancestor by then.

"Thank you, Master. I need it right now!" Li Yuanba suppressed his emotions of separation and said with a smile.

"I'm waiting for you at Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion. There's no room for you here!" Ancestor Jian finally said to him through voice transmission.

After he finished speaking, Patriarch Jian rose into the air, and a jade disc of identity fell from the sky and landed in Li Yuanba's hands. It was Patriarch Jian's jade disc of identity.

Li Yuanba took the jade disc of identity and flew into the air. He only saw a ray of sword light flying into the distance.

"Master, have a safe journey!" he murmured to himself.

Concerning the departure of Ancestor Jian, apart from Ancestor Yuanying, only Li Yuanba knew about it in Senluo Sect, and the other cultivators were unaware of it.

Li Yuanba felt something in his heart. He looked at the mountain beside him. That was the mountain where Ancestor Li was. There, Ancestor Li was standing in the void, also looking at Ancestor Jian who was going away.

"Practice well and become an infant as soon as possible!" Ancestor Li also sensed Li Yuanba, and a faint voice was transmitted to Li Yuanba's ears.

Li Yuanba bowed and saluted. This was the first time he met Patriarch Li.

When he stood up, he could no longer see the figure of Ancestor Li.

He returned to Chongxiao Peak, with his master's identity jade disc in his hand, allowing him to control all the formations on this mountain.

He activated all the formations and sent a message to the Jindan Elder who was in charge of the sect, saying that he would practice in seclusion from today and would no longer be involved in external affairs.

Li Shiming, who shared feelings with Li Yuanba, was in a very bad mood. The departure of Master Jian made his clone lose an important support.

Although Li Yuanba has Patriarch Lu behind him, their relationship is not as close as that with his master, Patriarch Jian.

It can be said that Patriarch Jian can stand up for anything Li Yuanba wants, while Patriarch Lu also needs to consider the interests of many aspects.

Li Shiming has currently completed the alchemy work of Ancestor Fan and Ancestor Zuo. In fact, not only that, he has even refined all the fourth-grade elixirs sent by the Nascent Soul ancestors of other sects such as the Qianhuan Sect into fourth-grade elixirs.

All the alchemy tasks in his hands were completed, but he still delivered them one by one according to the previously agreed time.

On this day, he received Elder Ge from the Qianhuan Sect and gave her the fourth-grade high-level elixir she had refined.

If it weren't for the fact that Patriarch Ge was Yin Shilan's master, he would not have come out and would have let the Silver Corpse come out.

Patriarch Ge left with the elixir very satisfied. Patriarch Zuo took this opportunity to find Li Shiming.

"Shiming, I need your help with something!" Patriarch Zuo said somewhat embarrassedly.

"What's the matter, uncle-master?" Li Shiming asked with a hint of surprise.

All the fourth-grade elixirs in Ancestor Zuo's hands were sent to him and refined into fourth-grade elixirs. Besides refining elixirs, what else can he do to help Ancestor Zuo?

“It’s like this. Recently, our cooperation with Tianxing Trading Company has become closer. They have put forward a condition and would like you to refine a batch of fourth-grade elixirs for them.

Of course, you can discuss the remuneration with them, we won't ask, you can just offer a higher remuneration, they are very rich anyway!" said Patriarch Zuo helplessly, spreading his hands.

Before, Tianxing Trading Company had always wanted to meet Li Shiming again through the relationship with Ancestor Zuo.

But Patriarch Zuo did not agree due to various reasons.

You must know that Li Shiming's alchemy is related to the interests of the six major sects in the entire Beishu continent, and even the interests of the Yuanying ancestors of forces such as Beishu Trading Company.

Just like in recent times, Li Shiming has been refining pills for Qianhuan Sect. If Tianxing Trading Company is allowed to cut in line, it will affect the alchemy plan of Beishu Continent's own Nascent Soul ancestor.

But who called for the Tianwen Sect, which forced the six major sects to strengthen their ties with Tianxing Trading Company, and also made it impossible for the six major sects to refuse Tianxing Trading Company's proposal.

Now, Patriarch Zuo came in person to invite Li Shiming to meet with Patriarch Ren Xun of Tianxing Trading Company to discuss Tianxing Trading Company’s alchemy matters.

As for the issue of queue-jumping, the Nascent Soul ancestors of the six major sects who had already lined up but had not yet made the elixir agreed to let Tianxing Trading Company jump the queue for the collective interests of the Northern Shu Continent.