Li Shiming left the sect, with the shrunken Xiaofeng standing on his shoulder.
Although Xiaofeng has become smaller, it is still extremely beautiful, like a miniature phoenix.
Of course, there are all kinds of spiritual beasts in the world of immortal cultivation, and many of them look like phoenixes, so Xiaofeng’s form won’t cause any trouble.
He did not want Xiaofeng to be promoted to the fourth rank as soon as possible. Xiaofeng's previous promotion was too fast and he needed some time to settle down.
Xiao Feng's future is bright. As long as he can be promoted to the middle stage of Nascent Soul, then with sufficient resources, it is almost certain that Xiao Feng will become a late fourth-grade spiritual pet.
Because Xiaofeng has great potential, Li Shiming should pay more attention to Xiaofeng's growth process.
Besides, his combat power is not inferior to Xiao Feng's. He looks like an early Nascent Soul cultivator, but in fact his combat power has long surpassed the early Nascent Soul realm.
Xiao Feng made a "chirp" sound towards Li Shiming's other shoulder, but the Phantom Dragon hidden on that shoulder ignored Xiao Feng.
"Xiaofeng, be quiet!" Li Shiming took out a spirit beast enhancement pill and gave it to Xiaofeng and instructed.
Xiao Feng swallowed the Spirit Beast Enhancement Pill in one gulp, then shrank her body with satisfaction and lay on his shoulder.
He shook his head. Due to the nature of this mission, he did not pursue speed.
It just so happened that Jin Lei Yuanying needed to familiarize himself with the 'Sword Intent Soaring into the Sky Art', so he flew on his sword all the way.
This time of sword flying is different from the previous one. The previous sword flying was based on the "Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art", but this time it is the real sword flying technique of "Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Art".
His sword flying was accompanied by a faint sound of thunder, which was the result of mobilizing the 'Heavenly Thunder Sword Intention' to perform the sword flying technique.
Although there is a thunderous sound when flying with the sword, making it no longer secretive, the blessing of the "Heavenly Thunder Sword Intention" makes the speed of flying with the sword much faster.
He hasn't used his full speed yet. If he really used his full speed, he could reach the speed of lightning.
Any cultivator who saw the aura on him at this moment would think that he was a pure swordsman.
This was the aura he produced when he used the Golden Thunder Nascent Soul. The rune dagger of the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky' technique in the Golden Thunder Nascent Soul's body made the Golden Thunder Nascent Soul the sword cultivator Nascent Soul of the Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky Pavilion.
Li Shiming took out a life lamp, which was the life lamp of Senior Brother Zhong Qiang.
Since Senior Brother Zhong Qiang has taken over his body, ordinary means cannot find him. Only this life lamp with the mark of his soul can sense it when it is close to him at a certain distance.
Li Shiming observed the life lamp and found nothing unusual, so he put it away.
He has arrived at the territory of Guangyang Prefecture. Guangyang Prefecture is very large and it takes a lot of time to explore the entire area.
In front of his eyes, his natal magic weapon IBMz15 displayed a map, which was the map of Guangyang Prefecture.
Any area he explored would be marked so he wouldn't miss any.
The only thing that needs to be worried about is whether Senior Brother Zhong Qiangda will leave Guangyang Prefecture. After losing his memory, to what extent Senior Brother Zhong Qiangda's strength has recovered, what realm he is currently in, what his face looks like, and even whether he is a boy or a girl are all unknown.
So although this mission doesn't seem to be dangerous, it is actually extremely troublesome.
There are monks approaching ahead. When meeting monks in the wilderness, if both parties are at the same level, they need to maintain a certain safe distance. As long as there is no hatred between the two parties, they will maintain this safe distance.
Li Shiming restrained the aura of the Golden Thunder Yuanying and switched to the aura of the Wooden Thunder Yuanying.
In this way, he instantly became a thunder cultivator, and no more sword cultivator's aura leaked out.
"Excuse me, is this Master Li Shizhen? Peng Qi from Xiaoyao Tower greets you!" The cultivator on the opposite side did not want to cause trouble and was careful to keep a distance from Li Shiming. However, when the two sides passed each other, the cultivator on the opposite side discovered something and bowed and asked.
Li Shiming had never heard of the Xiaoyao Tower and thought it was just a small or medium-sized force.
Peng Qi's realm is the early Nascent Soul stage, so he poses no threat to Li Shiming.
In addition, Li Shiming had been keeping his 'divine eyesight' and 'telepathy' open. His spirit was much higher than Peng Qi's, and he could clearly sense that Peng Qi had no ill will towards him at all.
"Li Shizhen has also met Fellow Daoist Peng!" Li Shiming smiled and returned the greeting.
Peng Qi's eyes lit up. He had many friends and one of them had given him a portrait of Li Shiming, so he recognized Li Shiming at a glance. However, he did not expect that Li Shiming was not arrogant but rather very approachable.
"Master Li, many cultivators from the Yanri Sect have appeared here recently, so you have to be careful!" Peng Qi provided Li Shiming with an important piece of information.
Li Shiming naturally understood that Peng Qi wanted to make friends with him.
But this information is absolutely true, and such things can be confirmed at any time.
"Thank you, Brother Peng, for the reminder!" Li Shiming thanked.
We really have to thank Peng Qi for this. If we had been completely unaware of the situation and fallen into the ambush of the Yanri Sect, it would have been extremely troublesome.
"I wonder if Master Li is still refining elixirs recently? Xiaoyao Tower is willing to show the utmost sincerity and ask Master Li to help refine a batch of elixirs!" Peng Qi then made his request.
It's not that he doesn't know that it's not right to use the favor he just received, but it's really not easy to meet Li Shiming. If he doesn't use the favor this time, he doesn't know how long it will take before he can meet Li Shiming again.
Li Shiming's alchemy is very famous, but there are very few cultivators who can really ask him to make pills, and most of them are cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
"I wonder what this greatest sincerity is?" Li Shiming did not refuse immediately. He could repay a favor, get a reward, and at the same time increase his own reserves of elixirs. Why not do it?
When Peng Qi heard Li Shiming ask this, he was not surprised but happy. Since he asked this, it meant that he agreed to make the elixir.
"Master Li, please refine a fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage. Feel free to ask for any remuneration you may have. Xiaoyao Tower has a history of more than 4,000 years, so we still have some surplus!" Peng Qi replied with a smile.
"I need fourth-grade refining metal. I think you all know my alchemy rules!" Li Shiming thought for a moment and replied.
"Of course I know the rules. Master Li, please go to Xiaoyao Tower!" Peng Qi invited with a smile.
He didn't expect that the reward Li Shiming wanted was not difficult to get. In this way, all the spiritual medicines accumulated in Xiaoyao Tower could be refined.
Fourth-grade refining metal is indeed precious, but every force has a considerable inventory, and it can be purchased through certain channels.
Fourth-grade refining metals can be purchased, but the quality of the fourth-grade elixir refined by Li Shiming cannot be purchased.
Peng Qi led the way in front, and Li Shiming followed behind.
Although Xiaoyao Tower is called a tower, it is actually a medium-sized sect.
As the largest force in Guangyang Prefecture, Li Shiming agreed to refine the elixir and also had the idea of going to Xiaoyao Tower to investigate.
For this kind of sect with a large formation, even if he came to the outside of the sect's formation with the life lamp, the life lamp would not be able to get accurate feedback due to the obstruction of the formation.
The refining of the fourth-grade elixir in the early Nascent Soul stage is not complicated, and it does not take a long time. He can open two furnaces to refine the elixir at the same time, and it will not take up much of his time.
"Qin Shu greets Master Li. Master Li's arrival brings honor to Xiaoyao Tower!" Outside the sect gate of Xiaoyao Tower, another cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage, Qin Shu, had been waiting there for a long time. After seeing Li Shiming, he stepped forward and greeted him.
"Fellow Daoist Qin, there's no need to be so polite. Bring me the elixir and arrange a quiet place for me. I'll start refining the elixir right away!" Li Shiming returned the greeting with a smile.
"Master Li, you are very straightforward. The cave has been prepared for you a long time ago. The elixir is right here!" Qin Shu took out a storage bag and pointed to a place.
Li Shiming took the storage bag and entered the temporary cave prepared for him.
There are twelve spiritual medicines and corresponding fourth-grade pill recipes in the storage bag, as well as enough fourth-grade refining metals. Although they are all of lower fourth-grade quality, they are absolutely in accordance with the rules, and the reward is more than enough.
In fact, he only needs to open four furnaces of elixirs. The rest of the elixirs are his. When he has time, he will refine them all into fourth-grade high-level elixirs.
He was also able to open two furnaces to refine pills at the same time, and in fact, it only took two days to complete the alchemy.
It was impossible for him to deliver the elixir in two days, but he waited for five days before leaving the cave.
Qin Shu and Peng Qi, two early Nascent Soul cultivators, were waiting outside the cave. When they saw him come out, they looked at him expectantly.
Although Li Shiming was well-known and had stable alchemy achievements, the twelve elixirs had been stored by the sect for a long time. If something went wrong, all the sect's years of hard work would be wasted.
What worried them the most was that Li Shiming's elixir refining time was too short, so short that they thought it must have been due to several failed furnaces.
According to the normal speed of alchemy, Li Shiming should not come out at this time.
Li Shiming also felt their mood, and without saying anything, he smiled and handed over a jade bottle.
"Master Li's alchemy skills are indeed as stable as the rumors say. You are the most skilled alchemist I have ever seen in my life!" Qin Shu is quite good at talking, and he boasts as if it were free.
He was not talking nonsense, although the fourth-grade elixir in his hand was not of high-quality, it was only a step away from high-quality, and all fourth-grade elixirs were of the same quality.
Although many alchemy masters sometimes have great luck and can refine a fourth-grade high-level elixir.
However, these alchemy masters have a higher chance of refining low-level fourth-grade elixirs, which is far less likely than Li Shiming, so there is no need to worry about the quality of the fourth-grade elixir.
"Master Li, Zhao Lingyu, a middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Yanri Sect, and two early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators seem to be looking for something and are exploring various places in Guangyang Prefecture!" Peng Qi hesitated for a moment, but still stepped forward and transmitted the message.
If the reminder a few days ago was just a gesture of goodwill, this reminder is different. If this specific information is released, it will offend the Yanri Sect.
With the strength of Xiaoyao Tower, if they offend the Yanri Sect, they may be destroyed.
"Zhao Lingyu?" Li Shiming was stunned when he heard the name. Isn't this the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Yanri Sect who fought with Senior Brother Zhong Qiang?
"Why is he here? Could it be..."
Li Shiming's heart skipped a beat and he thought of a possibility.
The Wanshou Sect and the Yanri Sect are both large sects, and both sides have been trying to infiltrate each other.
The news of Senior Brother Zhong Qiang's rebirth might have been sent to the Yanri Sect by spies from the Wanshou Sect, otherwise how could Zhao Lingyu appear here by such a coincidence.
"I'll remember this favor. Here's my contact information. We'll keep in touch later!" Li Shiming said as he took out a contact card.
This was his external contact card, and Peng Qi and Qin Shu exchanged contact information.
Li Shiming's behavior was tantamount to recognizing them and formally establishing friendship with them.
The two Nascent Soul cultivators were naturally very happy to be accepted by an alchemy master of Li Shiming's level. It would be convenient for them to make alchemy in the future.
Although Li Shiming's alchemy remuneration was high, many cultivators in the Dongqi Continent were unable to hire Li Shiming to make alchemy even if they were paid.
The energy of an alchemy master is limited. A large part of it is needed to complete the sect's tasks. After deducting the time for cultivation, there are not many other alchemy tasks that he can take on.
When Li Shiming left Xiaoyao Tower, he did not forget to check the life lamp. He found that the life lamp had no reaction, which meant that Senior Brother Zhong Qiang's reborn body was not in the Xiaoyao Tower sect.
After leaving Xiaoyao Tower, he immediately contacted the drone satellite system through his natal magic weapon IBMz15.
Originally, he treated this security mission as a way to relax. Guangyang Prefecture is a relatively remote area, and with his strength, there would be no problem with safety.
Of course, the most important thing was that he released Xiao Feng and Huan Ling Long. These two pets were extremely sensitive to danger, so he did not need to worry about being ambushed by monks, so he rarely paid attention to the drone satellite system.
It’s different now. Knowing that there are enemies in this area, he must grasp the enemy’s movements.
There are a limited number of Nascent Soul cultivators in Guangyang Prefecture, and the locations of each of them are marked out by the drone satellite system.
In the following time, IBMz15 would record the location of the Nascent Soul cultivators marked by the drone satellite system at regular intervals. After one day, three Nascent Soul cultivators moved most frequently.
Needless to say, these three Nascent Soul cultivators should be the three Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yanri Sect.
Based on the vague range around the three Nascent Soul cultivators, Li Shiming determined that one of them should be Zhao Lingyu, who was in the middle Nascent Soul stage.
On the virtual screen in front of him, Zhao Lingyu's movement trajectory was drawn out. At the same time, through the analysis and research of the movement trajectory, IBMz15 gave a predicted movement trajectory of Zhao Lingyu.
He ignored the other two Nascent Soul early stage cultivators. If he attacked them first, it would alert the enemy, and it would be difficult to launch a sneak attack on Zhao Lingyu.
Although he had never met Senior Brother Zhong Qiang, as a disciple of Master Hu, he avenged his Senior Brother not for the sake of his fellow disciples' enlightenment, but for Master Hu.
Master Hu has always been extremely concerned about Senior Brother Zhong Qiang, and he doesn't want to disappoint his master.