"Have you found Master Li?" This is the most common phrase monks say when they meet in Northern Shu Continent in recent days.

There is concern, gloating, helplessness, and heartache. The most heartbroken one is the ancestor Ren Xun.

Patriarch Ren Xun handed over ten fourth-grade spiritual medicines and thirty-six drops of 'Tongxuan Kundi Immortal Dew' to Li Shiming, but now Li Shiming is gone.

He didn't want to blame Li Shiming. Everyone knew the reason why Li Shiming escaped. Luo Wei, the ancestor of Tianwen Sect, almost captured Li Shiming by going to his door. Anyone would have escaped.

The excuse given by Patriarch Luo Wei was not believed by the Nascent Soul ancestors of Tianxing Trading Company and Beishu Continent.

Some speculations naturally arose. Why did Elder Luo Wei suddenly become old and suddenly want to capture Li Shiming at all costs? This was not his style.

There must be some kind of interest driving Elder Luo Wei, and there is only one interest in the Northern Shu Continent that can make a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator disregard all rules, and that is the cave heaven inheritance of the great Zhai Ge.

Although it was just a guess, analyzing the actions of Patriarch Luo Wei and the reaction of Li Shiming, the Yuanying ancestors increasingly felt the possibility.

Of course, if we want to confirm this, we can only wait until we find Li Shiming.

Li Shiming was on the seabed ten miles away from the coast. He dug out a cave and set up a formation in it.

He monitored the actions of Tianwen Sect, Tianxing Trading Company, and the six major sects through the drone satellite system. In particular, the six major sects had sent a large number of Jindan monks to various places, and they were very determined to find him.

He smiled faintly. To be honest, he was not very disappointed about losing the protection of Shushan Sect.

With Venerable Hui Jing by his side, his own combat power was also strong enough. As long as he did not encounter the Nascent Soul Ancestor, no matter how many Golden Core cultivators came, they would not be his match.

The resources he had accumulated, plus the third-grade elixir in the 'Mountain and River Universe Fan', meant that he didn't have to worry about the problem of cultivation resources during the Jindan stage.

The only pity is the Nascent Soul level spiritual vein. He has returned to the state of sharing the Nascent Soul level spiritual vein in the fourth-grade meridian-locking disk with Venerable Hui Jing. However, with the 'Tongxuan Kundi Immortal Dew' in his hand, his cultivation does not require much spiritual vein.

"Let's wait and see the situation!" Li Shiming was still a little hesitant. He didn't know the attitude of the six major sects, especially the Shushan Sect, towards him.

This affected his subsequent plans. After all, both the Tianwen Sect and the Tianxing Trading Company were foreign forces and would not stay in the Northern Shu Continent for too long.

If there is no harvest for a long time, at least two middle-Nascent Soul cultivators from Tianwen Sect and Tianxing Trading Company will not be able to stay.

If Li Shiming still wants to stay in the Northern Shu Continent, it depends on the attitude of the six major sects towards him.

In fact, based on his recent observations, he was not optimistic about the six major sects.

The six major sects were eager to find him. The number of Jindan cultivators mobilized alone could be used to analyze the situation. Almost any possible place had been investigated by the six major sects.

You have to know that it is extremely obvious that Tianwen Sect wants to capture him. In his view, the six major sects are eager to find him.

Li Shiming cannot be blamed for being suspicious, but he does not feel safe, which makes him doubt.

Li Yuanba, who was practicing in seclusion in Chongxiao Peak, was forcibly called out of his cave. Ancestor Lu and Ancestor Li used their authority to forcibly open the Chongxiao Peak formation and came to the outside of his cave.

If he doesn't come out, I'm afraid the two Nascent Soul ancestors will enter the cave to look for him.

"Greetings, Grandmaster. Greetings, Granduncle-Master!" When Li Yuanba walked out of the cave, his sword intent was a little erratic and swaying. This unstable state of sword intent looked like his practice was disturbed.

He did this on purpose. The forced summoning method used by Ancestor Lu and Ancestor Li is extremely taboo in the world of immortal cultivation.

Even if the sect wants to awaken a Nascent Soul ancestor who is in seclusion, they will send out a signal and wait for the Nascent Soul ancestor to see it during his training, rather than forcibly awakening him without asking about the time.

"Yuanba, I'm sorry to disturb your practice. I really have something important to tell you. I hope you can understand!" Patriarch Lu said helplessly.

As Li Yuanba was the cultivator with the greatest hope of achieving Nascent Soul in Senluo Sect, and was also the successor of Ancestor Jian, he did not want to disturb Li Yuanba's cultivation.

But who asked all the major sects to start with Li Yuanba and investigate Li Shiming's whereabouts? Even Patriarch Li agreed to start the investigation from Li Yuanba.

"I wonder what's the matter, Grandmaster?" Li Yuanba sighed in his heart. After all, Patriarch Jian had left, and his status had declined greatly.

If Ancestor Jian was still in the Northern Shu Continent, which Nascent Soul Ancestor would risk offending Ancestor Jian and treat him like this?

"You and Li Shiming are good friends. Do you know where Li Shiming is now?" asked Patriarch Li.

"Isn't Master Li in Shushan Sect? Why are you asking me about Master Li's whereabouts?" Li Yuanba was stunned when he heard that.

"Li Shiming has disappeared from Shushan Sect. We are all looking for him. If you have any useful information about Li Shiming, please tell us!" Seeing that Li Yuanba was not aware of the situation, Patriarch Lu deliberately pointed it out.

"Grandmaster, what do you think this is? After my master left, I followed his arrangements to practice in seclusion here and have never come out. Although Master Li and I have some friendship, how would I know where he is if he disappeared?" Li Yuanba said, spreading his hands.

When he spoke, he was full of resentment. Anyone who was forcibly called out of seclusion and whose cultivation was affected would be the same.

Therefore, Patriarch Lu and Patriarch Li were not angry at his attitude, but they were very disappointed when they heard his answer.

"Try to contact Li Shiming and see if you can get through!" Patriarch Li ordered in a deep voice.

Li Yuanba glanced at Ancestor Li, took out a contact card without refusing and was about to activate it, but it was snatched away by Ancestor Li.

"You don't need to contact them. I'll make the contact using this card!" Patriarch Li waved his hand and said.

Li Yuanba naturally knew what he was thinking. He just wanted to find Li Shiming's approximate location through the contact card.

As long as we coordinate with Beishu Trading Company in advance before contacting them, we can locate Li Shiming's position through the contact card in Li Shiming's hand after getting in touch with him.

"Then does that mean there's nothing for me to do? If there's nothing to do, I need to go back to the cave to heal my wounds!" Li Yuanba asked, bowing.

"This is a healing elixir, go and heal your wounds quickly!" Patriarch Lu took out a jade bottle and handed it over.

Li Yuanba took the jade bottle and returned to the cave.

He was in a very bad mood when he walked back to the cave.

His bad mood was not entirely due to Ancestor Li's attitude towards him. Ancestor Li was not his master, so naturally he would put interests first.

He could accept Patriarch Lu's attitude. Forcibly awakening his cultivation was indeed a bit too much for a master like him, but judging from Patriarch Lu's performance, he still wanted to express his care and concern for him.

The main reason why Li Yuanba was in a bad mood was another aspect.

From the way the two Yuanying ancestors addressed the original body Li Shiming, he discovered that the Yuanying ancestors had different attitudes towards Li Shiming.

Perhaps the two Yuanying ancestors did not notice this, and they called Li Shiming by his name.

For an ordinary Jindan cultivator, the Yuanying ancestor calling him by his name shows his concern and care for the Jindan cultivator.

But when Li Shiming was promoted to the late Golden Core stage, everyone in the Northern Shu Continent, from the Yuanying ancestors to ordinary cultivators, called Li Shiming "Master Li".

This small change shows the attitude of the Yuanying ancestors of Beishu Continent.

This also made Li Yuanba guess that it was very likely that the Yuanying ancestor of the Northern Shu Continent suspected that Li Shiming had obtained the Dongtian inheritance.

Li Yuanba sighed helplessly. If he was being investigated, then Yin Shilan would probably be investigated as well. Fortunately, he did not contact Yin Shilan before leaving. At most, Yin Shilan's status in the sect would be affected, but nothing serious would happen.

He gave Yin Shilan a lot of golden elixir resources, enough for Yin Shilan to consume for a while.

Patriarch Li returned to his mountain with the contact card, and Patriarch Lu followed behind him without saying a word.

Ancestor Li first contacted the Beishu Trading Company and asked for help in tracking down the other side of the contact card.

In fact, Beishu Trading Company was not willing to track down Li Shiming. If we were to say which force Li Shiming helped the most, it was not Shushan Sect, but Beishu Trading Company.

Ever since Li Shiming became a guest official of Beishu Trading Company, Beishu Trading Company's business share on the mainland has become increasingly larger, suppressing all other trading companies so that they cannot raise their heads.

Because of its relationship with Li Shiming, Beishu Trading Company was able to obtain priority in refining various elixirs from Li Shiming. The benefits of this far outweighed the value of these elixirs.

But no matter how much Beishu Trading Company thinks, it cannot fight against the six major sects. The six major sects have coordinated to find Li Shiming at all costs, so Beishu Trading Company must cooperate.

Patriarch Li took out the contact card and started to contact Li Shiming through it.

Something embarrassing happened to him. The contact card could not contact the contact card in the distance. Either Li Shiming was not within the range of the mainland contact formation, or Li Shiming turned off the contact card.

"It seems that the relationship between Yuanba and Li Shiming is not to the extent of life and death!" Patriarch Lu said lightly.

"No, look around, is there anyone who can get as many benefits from Li Shiming as Li Yuanba? The Qianhuan Sect is embarrassed to take action against that girl, so what do we have to worry about? Capture Li Yuanba, and then release the news and set a trap!" Ancestor Li said coldly.

Patriarch Lu frowned. Wouldn't this make Li Yuanba feel disappointed? Li Yuanba was not only extremely talented, but he was also Patriarch Jian's disciple and his apprentice's grandson.

"Lao Lu, the inheritance of Dongtian is related to the prosperity of the sect. You have to consider the importance of the matter. He is just a Jindan disciple. Besides, we are not going to take his life. We are just using him as bait. After we catch Li Shiming, we will let him go. We will give you some compensation afterwards!" Ancestor Li said in a deep voice.

Patriarch Lu hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.

It's not just for the sect, but also for these Nascent Soul ancestors. As long as they can find Li Shiming and ask about the Cave Heaven inheritance, they may be able to make further progress.

The lifespan of the early Nascent Soul stage is one thousand years. In the middle Nascent Soul stage, the lifespan can be increased by five hundred years.

Even if there is a slight possibility, the Yuanying ancestors are willing to take the gamble, not to mention just using a Jindan disciple as bait, they are willing to bear such a price.

Li Yuanba did not take the third-grade healing elixir. He always felt a sense of oppression, as if something was going to happen.

He didn't know where this feeling of oppression came from, but he soon found out.

Two terrifying auras appeared again, this time even more violent and rude. Last time at least the cave formation was still intact, but this time Li Yuanba's cave formation was forcibly broken.

Different from the formation on Chongxiao Peak, the formation on Chongxiao Peak was arranged by the sect. It needs to be coordinated with the sect's formation and is also controlled by the sect.

Of course, if one wants to have the authority to forcibly open the mountain protection formation of a Nascent Soul level mountain, the procedures required are somewhat complicated.

But who could blame it? Patriarch Jian had already left, and Li Yuanba, a Jindan cultivator, had become the master of Chongxiao Peak. This had also reduced the authority of Chongxiao Peak a lot, so the two Yuanying ancestors could naturally force it open easily.

The formation of the cave is a private formation. Breaking the formation of the cave by force is an invasion of private space.

But even so, Li Yuanba's cave formation was forcibly broken, and he himself was suppressed by an irresistible aura.

"Yuanba, you have to endure some suffering, and the sect will compensate you afterwards!" Ancestor Lu explained.

Patriarch Li gently pointed his finger at Li Yuanba, and a rune penetrated into Li Yuanba's body, sealing his golden elixir.

The golden elixir was blocked and Li Yuanba was unable to use his spiritual power.

Patriarch Li grabbed Li Yuanba's body, flew away from Chongxiao Peak, and came to a mountain that was completely black.

Li Yuanba recognized that this was the Black Mountain where the sect's criminals were imprisoned. Not only were there several late Jindan cultivators guarding this place, but it was also densely covered with a large number of formations. These formations were connected to the sect's main formation. The Jindan cultivators were imprisoned in them, not to mention that their Jindan was sealed. Even if their strength remained the same, they would not be able to escape from here.

Li Yuanba was thrown into a cell. Ancestor Li turned around and left. Ancestor Lu wanted to say something, but shook his head and left without saying anything.

Li Yuanba looked at the environment here. This was a cell made entirely of metal, and the metal was a second-grade refining material.

Although it is only of the second grade, it is covered with magical runes, making the cell extremely sturdy. Coupled with the formation outside and the late Jindan cultivators guarding it, it can be said to be a foolproof place of detention.

There was nothing in the cell, not even a table or chair. If you wanted to rest, you could only sleep on the cold ground.

Compared with the cold environment here, what is even colder to Li Yuanba is his heart.

He really regarded Senluo Sect as his own home, and it had the same status as Shushan Sect in his heart.

But looking at the environment, he couldn't help but shook his head and smiled bitterly.

The only thing that comforted him a little was that his mustard seed ring was still there. Perhaps Ancestor Li did not touch his mustard seed ring for the sake of Ancestor Lu.