Li Shiming has spiritual stones on him, and a lot of them.
Although he did not intentionally collect spirit stones, the number of cultivators he killed was too large, and each cultivator had a large number of spirit stones.
In particular, the number of spirit stones on the cultivators from Tianxing Trading Company and Tianwen Sect whom he killed was astonishingly large.
After paying three thousand mid-grade spirit stones, he obtained the right to use the cave for thirty years. If he still needs to use it after thirty years, he will need to continue paying the rent.
He also got a token, which not only opened the cave, but also served as his identity token and communication token here.
One hundred mid-grade spirit stones were required to rent the cave for a year. He didn't know whether this price was high or low, but he didn't care about the three thousand mid-grade spirit stones anyway.
At least he finally had a foothold in Dongqi Continent, which allowed him to come into contact with the immortal cultivation world of Dongqi Continent.
When he left, he also got a jade slip, which contained the precautions in Wuqing Mountain.
His spiritual sense swept through the jade slip and he understood what he needed to pay attention to.
The flying altitude within the Wuqing Mountain formation is divided into different levels according to different realms. Jindan cultivators can fly freely, while foundation-building cultivators can only fly at an altitude of less than ten meters. Qi-refining cultivators can only walk on the ground even if they have flying instruments.
Li Shiming flew slowly from the bottom of the mountain to the top. The environment of Wuqing Mountain was good. There were a large number of cultivators here, some of whom lived here, and many more came here for business.
There are many shops on both sides of a street on the mountainside, and this street is also the most lively in the entire Wuqing Mountain.
He didn't look at it for long. There would be plenty of time later, so he planned to settle down in the cave first.
Finally he saw his own cave, which was an area covered by a formation.
There are two spiritual fields at the entrance of the cave. Although these spiritual fields are very small, it is understandable considering that they are given for free.
He used the token in his hand to activate the formation and landed in front of the cave entrance.
The spiritual energy within the formation can almost be said to be as rich as that of a Nascent Soul level spiritual vein, which surprised him slightly.
I didn’t expect that the spiritual energy in the Jindan period cave would be so rich.
It seems that the two spiritual fields have not been taken care of for a long time, and there are no spiritual plants on them. If you want to plant spiritual plants again, you need to take care of them again.
Walking into the cave, it is a standard cave, consisting of a hall, study, storage room, practice room, utility room, and spirit pet room. Each room has a different formation that enables the room to perform different functions.
Li Shiming did not have high requirements for the cave. He was only interested in the training room and did not have many requirements for the other rooms.
He checked first and found that the formation in the cave was separated from the formation in the outside world. The token in his hand was the controller of the formation. Wu Qingshan did not take any other measures in this regard.
It can be said that it is impossible to enter this cave without a token.
Of course, it's not that there is really no way, otherwise how could the cave left behind by the long-missing monks be reused.
Just like his cave, it was taken back because a late Jindan cultivator had lost contact for decades.
"Huh!" When he came to the utility room, he found something wrong.
With his 'Divine Vision', he saw that several spiritual power lines in the array in the utility room were deviated.
Li Shiming checked all the formations in the cave. The formation master who set up the formations was very skilled and seemed to be particularly experienced in cave formations. The formations here were extremely standard, without any errors.
With the level of a formation master like this, how could it be possible for several deviations of spiritual power lines to suddenly appear among the sundries?
It seemed like someone had tampered with the formation here and deliberately hidden the traces.
That is to say, Li Shiming. Any other cultivator, even a formation master, would not be able to find any signs that the formation had been tampered with, unless the other party was also a formation master with "Divine Eyes".
"What is hidden here?" Li Shiming muttered to himself as he stretched out his finger and gently stroked the wall of the utility room.
He used his knowledge of the formation to forcibly open a hole in the cave's protective barrier in the utility room, revealing the wall with the formation diagram drawn on it.
The "Divine Eyes" magnified the wall and observed the details on the wall with a micron-level vision.
Soon he discovered some differences in details. He tapped lightly with his fingers on multiple locations continuously. Soon after one tap, a piece of rock on the wall moved away, revealing a hole.
His spiritual sense entered the cave entrance and found that there was a five-meter passage inside the cave, and behind it was a small secret room.
He had read the precautions of Wuqing Mountain, which strictly prohibited cultivators from destroying anything inside the cave. Such behavior of privately digging a small secret room would absolutely not be allowed.
He didn't have any hope that there would be any treasure in the secret room.
To be honest, if an old ancestor of the Nascent Soul stage lived here, he might be interested in the secret room he built.
But as a late Jindan cultivator, and a casual cultivator at that, he really had little interest in it.
The entrance and the passage were only wide enough for one person to crawl in, and he didn't want to crawl in. This did not pose a problem for Li Shiming. A white lotus appeared under his feet, and then he appeared in the secret room.
The walls of the secret room are covered with array patterns, which not only have the effect of hiding the aura, but also allow the secret room to blend into the earth, thus preventing it from being detected by cultivators from the outside.
There was only a wooden box in the secret room, and Li Shiming used his divine sense to open the wooden box.
As soon as the wooden box was opened, densely packed flying needles flew out. In the narrow secret room, it was impossible to dodge the attack of the flying needles.
The phantom of the Taiqing Black Turtle appeared behind Li Shiming. The flying needles hit his body, making a crisp sound, and then bounced back and fell to the ground.
His mind grabbed a flying needle, which was made of third-grade material. However, since the magic runes engraved on it exceeded the maximum bearing capacity of the material, the flying needle could only be used once.
But this only time it was used, it was extremely powerful, even reaching the attack power of a third-grade high-level magic weapon.
The incident happened suddenly, and if an ordinary Jindan cultivator was caught unprepared and suffered such continuous attacks, he would probably die on the spot.
"This is too cautious!" Li Shiming was careless for a moment and fell into the opponent's trap. He couldn't help but shake his head.
In the end, it was a close call. No matter how well-planned the arrangement was, it would not be able to produce any effect when faced with absolute strength.
The Great Elder-level body refining and the ultimate 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue' of the Jindan period cannot be broken by this kind of attack. At least it requires a Great Elder holding a third-grade high-level magic weapon to break his defense.
All the flying needles in the wooden box were shot out, and the stored things were revealed in the opened wooden box.
It was a jade plate with the words "Treading on the Clouds" written on it. The jade material of the jade plate was extremely strange, and it looked like low-grade spiritual jade. He gently squeezed it with his hand and found that it had a hardness exceeding that of third-grade spiritual jade.
This was unusual. He had never even heard of this kind of jade. It seemed that the jade pendant made from it would be absolutely impossible to replicate.
His spiritual thoughts were also unable to penetrate the surface of the jade token, making it impossible for him to sense the contents of the jade token.
His spirit had reached the pinnacle of the Golden Core Stage, and he was unable to sense the inside with his divine sense, which made him even more curious about the function of the jade token.
A jade token that has been so carefully preserved by a late Jindan cultivator and has magical properties must be extremely important.
Li Shiming smiled. Since he had discovered it, it was his.
When he has free time, he will look up some information about the two words "Tayun".
He thought about it and took out a piece of jade. Although he could not imitate the material of the Stepping Cloud Jade Token, he could forge a jade token that was exactly the same as the Stepping Cloud Jade Token.
In order to make it more like the Stepping Cloud Jade Token, he also put the jade into the machine room and engraved nano-scale solid runes on its surface, making the forged jade token have a similar hardness as the Stepping Cloud Jade Token, at least in terms of hardness.
The reason why they are said to have similar hardness is that Li Shiming cannot accurately judge the hardness of the Ta Yun Jade Plate, because in order to find out the hardness of the Ta Yun Jade Plate, it is necessary to conduct destructive experiments on it.
He would not do this before he fully understood the origin of the Stepping Cloud Jade Token.
The jade token he forged had a hardness that exceeded that of third-grade spiritual jade. In this case, the authenticity of the forged jade token was even higher.
He put the jade token into the wooden box. Unfortunately, the flying needles could no longer be used. However, he still restored the flying needle activation array and rearranged the flying needles back in place.
This operation was easily accomplished in the hands of a formation master like him.
He used 'Lotus Step by Step' again to retreat to the storage room of the cave, and restored the formation on the wall to its original state.
Afterwards, he took out some third-grade formation flags and began to reinforce the formation of the cave, at least to the extent that it could not be easily broken from the outside.
In Wuqing Mountain, there is always a Nascent Soul ancestor to protect it, so it is impossible for the cave to be forcibly broken into. This is the reputation of Wuqing Mountain.
After Li Shiming had arranged the formation of the cave, he summoned Li Yuanba and Venerable Hui Jing out.
He had no intention of sending Li Yuanba out to act alone. He was already the Grand Elder and it was unknown when he would be able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
After being promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, he will take Li Yuanba to Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
In the training room, a fourth-grade meridian-locking disk was placed in the center, and a spirit-gathering formation was arranged around the training room. Combined with the spiritual energy supply of the cave itself, the training environment in the cave was even better than his previous training environment.
It is enough for Venerable Hui Jing, Li Yuanba and his three fellow cultivators to practice together. At least they don’t need to consider the practice environment in the short term.
He also put the Phantom Dragon into the pet room. The Phantom Dragon is currently in a dormant state, with its body wrapped around the Dragon Vein Source Crystal. It is unknown how long it will take to wake up.
After resting in the cave for three days, he left Li Yuanba behind, put Venerable Hui Jing into the machine room and left the cave.
For his own safety, he would always bring Venerable Hui Jing with him whenever he went out.
"Fellow Daoist, we are neighbors. Let me introduce myself. My name is Wang Fan!" Just as Li Shiming came out of the cave and flew into the air, he heard a cultivator greeting him from the side.
"Hello, Brother Wang. My name is Li Shizhen!" Li Shiming said the pseudonym he had given himself in order to live in Wuqing Mountain.
He didn't dare use his real name, Li Shiming. Both Tianwen Sect and Tianxing Trading Company would be looking for him, so using his real name was not a good choice.
Although the world of immortal cultivation is extremely large, even the Dongqi Continent is large enough, but at his level, there are not too many cultivators in the late Jindan stage, so it is still easy to attract attention.
"Fellow Daoist Li, let's get together when we have time. People of the same level and fellow Daoists living in Wuqing Mountain will get together regularly to share what we have!" Wang Fan said with a smile.
Li Shiming sensed that Wang Fan's cultivation was also in the late Jindan stage. It seemed that he came to invite him because he discovered that he was also in the late Jindan stage.
"I wonder when the next gathering will be so I can prepare well in advance?" Li Shiming asked with interest.
He was thinking about how to get in touch with the immortal cultivation world of Dongqi Continent, so that he would have the opportunity to communicate with fellow practitioners of the same level. This is a rare opportunity.
"Friend Li, let's exchange contact information. I will inform you when there is news!" Wang Fan said as he took out the token.
Li Shiming also took out the token, and both parties added each other as friends in the token. In the future, they can use the token to send messages to each other.
"Friend Li Daoyou, what secondary job are you good at?" Wang Fan asked curiously after adding him as a friend.
"I still have some research to do on alchemy!" Li Shiming thought about it and decided to start with alchemy, he replied with a smile.
He had already thought it through. Even if he revealed his alchemy skills, he would not be able to make them flawlessly like he did in the Northern Shu Continent.
In the process of alchemy, there must be some flaws to match his identity as a casual cultivator, and also to avoid the risk of his identity being discovered through alchemy.
"Are you an alchemist?" Wang Fan said in surprise.
After he said this, he immediately looked around and casually cast a spell, creating a soundproof barrier around him and Li Shiming.
"Yes!" Li Shiming nodded.
"Can you refine a third-grade elixir for the late Jindan stage?" Wang Fan asked with hope in his eyes.
It can be seen that even in Dongqi Continent, a place with excellent environment for cultivating immortals, alchemist is a highly valued profession.
"I can only refine the third-grade primary and intermediate elixirs of the late Jindan period, but the chance of a full pill is very high!" Li Shiming said very modestly.
"Oh my God, I actually met a master of alchemy. Master Li, I wonder when you are free? I would like to ask you to make a furnace of elixir for me." Wang Fan became even more excited, and his attitude became much more respectful.
"After the party, I will start refining the elixir!" Li Shiming did not refuse, but just postponed the time a little.
Wang Fan had no objection to this at all. He was a master alchemist, and every alchemist would have a temper. Li Shiming's attitude was already very easy-going.
"Master, where are you thinking about? I am very familiar with Wuqing Mountain. I will lead the way for you!" he said enthusiastically.
A late Jindan cultivator was so enthusiastic, but Li Shiming did not feel uncomfortable at all. Not to mention a late Jindan cultivator, even a Yuanying ancestor would be equally polite when seeing him in the past.