Guiyuan Sect's unexpectedly low profile calmed down the situation, which was originally expected to turn into a battle between superpowers, in a short period of time.
Of course, the concessions made by Guiyuan Sect were not made public.
However, the Wanshou Sect stopped restricting the great cultivators of the Guiyuan Sect, which caused a lot of discussion in the cultivation world.
Yin Shilan received an extra set of fourth-grade top-quality jewelry and a fourth-grade top-quality women's robe, which were compensation from Guiyuan Sect.
Although Li Shiming could easily take out more, the fact that Guiyuan Sect was able to come up with these showed that they put a lot of thought into it.
Half a month later, in the hall of Fengqi Palace, this time it was the owner, Palace Master Feng, who came here. Li Shiming's phantom clone and Yin Shilan received Palace Master Feng together.
The Phoenix Palace Master took the initiative to apologize and did not sit in the main seat, but let her phantom clone sit in the main seat.
"Fellow Daoist Li, there is some news about Yi Xiao, but it has not been confirmed. However, I think it is very likely!" Palace Master Feng said softly.
"Please tell me, Palace Master Feng!" Li Shiming stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
But he knew that the Palace Master Feng had come in person, and this unconfirmed news about Yi Xiao was not simple.
If it was ordinary news, it only needed to be passed to him, or delivered by some cultivator, there was no need for Palace Master Feng to come in person.
Palace Master Feng was speaking, but she stopped and looked towards Yin Shilan.
Yin Shilan took out a set of top-grade fourth-grade tea sets. Palace Master Feng was not attracted by the top-grade fourth-grade tea sets, but by the tea leaves that Yin Shilan was putting in.
Li Shiming did not urge him. In order to thank Palace Master Feng for his efforts, he specially sent some fourth-grade tea from Dongqi Continent using a thunder beast.
After this period of consumption, the fourth-grade tea was already running out.
Although Yin Shilan did not have Li Shiming's tea-making skills, she followed Li Shiming and practiced with the most top-grade spiritual tea in the world of immortal cultivation, so her tea-making skills were not low.
As the heated fourth-grade spiritual spring water was poured into the teapot, a refreshing tea fragrance emanated.
"I didn't expect that I am so ignorant. I have only had the chance to smell this kind of spiritual tea today!" Palace Master Feng looked at Yin Shilan as she brought a cup of fourth-grade Wendao tea to her, and she gently picked up the fourth-grade top-grade teacup and sighed.
She naturally saw the preciousness of this spiritual tea, but she didn't notice that there was only one cup of it.
On the other side, Li Shiming's phantom clone could not drink tea, but Yin Shilan could drink tea. However, Yin Shilan did not prepare a cup for herself.
"This is the fourth-grade tea for asking questions. Please enjoy it, Palace Master!" Yin Shilan introduced with a smile.
"Thank you for the fourth-grade tea!" Palace Master Feng was not polite anymore. Although she was a little impatient, her good upbringing allowed her to remain elegant and calm while drinking tea.
After taking a cup of fourth-grade Wendao tea, her eyes lost focus and the aura in her body continued to surge.
Li Shiming and Yin Shilan did not disturb her, but just waited quietly by the side.
It took two incense sticks of time for Palace Master Feng to regain consciousness from her state of comprehension.
"Fellow Daoist Li, I owe you a big favor. This cup of fourth-grade tea has increased my chances of being promoted to a half-step great power by at least 10%!" Palace Master Feng could not hide the brilliance in her eyes. She suppressed her joy and said to Li Shiming with a slight bow.
"I'm glad that this tea can be of use to Palace Master Feng. I would also like to thank Palace Master Feng for his many helps!" Li Shiming returned the salute.
Palace Master Feng smiled. She kept the matter in mind. At her level, a favor was a promise. No matter whether Li Shiming accepted it or not, she would return the favor when necessary.
"According to the information we heard from Guiyuan Sect, Yi Xiao took away a complete inheritance of Guiyuan Sect. Based on the information we have collected so far, it is very likely that Yi Xiao will be in Bitao Sect!" She continued with the previous topic.
"The Bitao Sect is also a super power. Why would they protect Yi Xiao?" Li Shiming had a question.
This is the relationship between two super powers. Although Yi Xiao is a top-level cultivator, it is not a good choice to make enemies with Guiyuan Sect for the sake of a top-level cultivator.
Besides, previous intelligence mentioned that the Bi Tao Sect and the Gui Yuan Sect had a very deep cooperative relationship, which made the Bi Tao Sect's operations even more confusing.
"It is probably the complete inheritance. Guiyuan Sect is good at ice, while Bitao Sect is good at water. Or maybe there is a key role in the complete inheritance that we don't know about, which makes Bitao Sect pay a huge price for it!" Palace Master Feng analyzed.
"So what are the plans of Luanfeng Palace?" Li Shiming had some ideas in mind, so he asked.
"The Bi Tao Sect has taken in Yi Xiao, which means they have taken over the matter of Yi Xiao deceiving the female cultivators of Luan Feng Palace and attacking the core cultivators of our sect outside the mountain gate of Luan Feng Palace. Luan Feng Palace and Gui Yuan Sect will join forces to launch a war against the Bi Tao Sect!" said the Master of Feng Palace indifferently.
But there was a hint of coldness in this calmness. As the Palace Master of Luanfeng Palace, her decision was almost a rare opportunity for Luanfeng Palace to participate in the struggle between super powers.
It is understandable that Guiyuan Sect attacked Bitao Sect. How could they tolerate that their core heritage and a great monk who had been trained with all their strength were taken in and protected by Bitao Sect?
"Will this war cause the intervention of powerful people?" Li Shiming asked the question that concerned him most.
To be honest, even if the Bi Tao Sect is a super power, he doesn't care about the combat power of the Bi Tao Sect's powerful members.
Now he has a deeper understanding of the Half-Step Great Powers. He knows how difficult it is for a Half-Step Great Power to take action. For most of the Half-Step Great Powers, let alone taking action, distraction may affect the Half-Step Great Power's own cultivation.
Therefore, if there is a conflict with the Bi Tao Sect, the only person you need to worry about is the powerful.
"The ancestor and the mighty Jiang of Guiyuan Sect have already informed the mighty ones of Bitao Sect. The mighty ones of both sides will not take action in this war and will limit the war to the level of great cultivators!" Palace Master Feng replied with a smile.
She understood what Li Shiming meant, which was to prepare to participate in this war between superpowers.
Considering Li Shiming's horrific record, Li Shiming's joining will make this war exceptionally simple and easy.
"I will send Lan'er back to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect first, and then this clone will bring four late-stage golden corpses to participate in this war!" Li Shiming made the promise.
Although Li Shiming will not participate in the war personally, the participation of the four late-stage golden corpses is enough to give the Luanfeng Palace the combat power of more than four peak great monks.
In this way, Luanfeng Palace can almost remain invincible, allowing it to face the war calmly.
This is the first chance for Luanfeng Palace to show its fangs in many years, and the Palace Master does not want anything to go wrong.
Moreover, she was not prepared to mobilize outside help. Since Li Shiming was a participant in the conflict, it was understandable for him to join in.
The Bitao Islands are located in the south of the Zhongzhou continent. The Bitao Sect occupied this place and established a human settlement in the ocean. Although they had to face threats from the ocean, they also enjoyed the marine resources within the Bitao Islands.
In fact, after so many years of development, the Bi Tao Sect had already reached an agreement with the powerful spiritual beasts in the ocean, and the conflicts between the two sides were limited.
Because it is far away from other continents, the Bitao Sect has absolute power in the Bitao Islands.
In the main hall of the Bi Tao Sect's mountain gate located in the center of the Bi Tao Islands, two top monks sat opposite each other, and both of them had very ugly expressions on their faces.
"Yi Xiao, I kind of regret agreeing to protect you!" Great Monk Hua Ying said in a deep voice.
Master Hua Ying is the top master of the Bi Tao Sect and also the most powerful master of the Bi Tao Sect.
The Bi Tao Sect has a secret. The Bi Tao Sect has an inherited martial arts method called the 'Ning Shuang Divine Book', and the Gui Yuan Sect has an inherited martial arts method called the 'Hantian True Scroll'. In a book of the Bi Tao Sect, it is recorded that the 'Ning Shuang Divine Book' and the 'Hantian True Scroll' were originally one and the same.
The combination of the 'Ningshuang Divine Book' and the 'Hantian True Scroll' is a top-level water-based martial art called the 'Qingning Forbidden Canon'.
For this secret, the Bi Tao Sect intends to cooperate with the Gui Yuan Sect, hoping to obtain the inherited skills of the "Han Tian Zhen Juan" from the Gui Yuan Sect.
But how could the Guiyuan Sect possibly leak out such a core inherited martial art?
Although the Bi Tao Sect has been working hard for this, the huge price it paid before has only resulted in it obtaining a small portion of the content of the 'Hantian Scroll'. Without the complete inheritance of the 'Hantian Scroll', it is impossible to merge the two techniques.
Even the Bi Tao Sect was suspicious that the prerequisite for the merging of the two techniques was that the inheritance jade slips of the two techniques were needed to merge them into one.
Think about it, the 'Ningshuang Divine Book' alone is the core inheritance of the Bitao Sect, and the 'Hantian True Scroll' is also one of the core inheritances of the Guiyuan Sect. If the two core inheritances are merged together, how high will the grade of the merged 'Qingning Forbidden Canon' be?
For this price, the Bi Tao Sect has never given up.
Finally the opportunity came. Great Monk Yi Xiao had been paying attention to the affairs of the Bi Tao Sect and knew what the Bi Tao Sect was thinking about the "Han Tian Zhen Juan".
This time he came with the inheritance jade slip of the "Han Tian Zhen Juan" and demanded that the Bi Tao Sect swear to protect him before he would hand over the "Han Tian Zhen Juan".
The Bi Tao Sect agreed to the proposal of Master Yi Xiao. The price of protecting Master Yi Xiao and the benefits of obtaining the "Qingning Forbidden Code" allowed the Bi Tao Sect to take in Master Yi Xiao.
But the development of the matter was beyond the expectations of Master Hua Ying. He originally thought that it was just a dispute between two super powers, but he did not expect it to develop into a two-on-one super power war.
Especially since it involved Li Shiming, the most powerful and influential monk in the world of immortal cultivation, which gave Monk Hua Ying a headache.
"Friend Hua, you should think more about how to deal with it!" Great Monk Yi Xiao said calmly.
Before he sought refuge with the Bi Tao Sect, he considered all possibilities and specifically requested to sign an oath with the Bi Tao Sect to prevent the Bi Tao Sect from selling him out for profit.
In order to keep the "Qingning Forbidden Canon", the Bi Tao Sect made a vow with the great monk Yi Xiao.
The oath made by the sect is almost an unsolvable oath.
If the Bi Tao Sect really wants to break the oath, the price would be so high that the Bi Tao Sect would not be willing to pay it.
In the world of immortal cultivation, cultivators' oaths, especially oaths made according to the rules of heaven and earth, will be restricted by heaven and earth.
Once a cultivator violates this type of oath, he will be rejected by the rules of heaven and earth.
When a cultivator reaches the level of a great cultivator and wants to further enhance his strength, he needs to strengthen his understanding of the rules of heaven and earth.
Not to mention the other influences of being rejected by the rules of heaven and earth, the inability to deepen one's understanding of the rules of heaven and earth is enough to make any great cultivator dare not break his oath.
The rules established with the sect expanded the scope of the great monks subject to the restrictions to include all the great monks in the entire sect.
“The cultivators in Luanfeng Palace are all female cultivators, so there is no need to worry about their fighting power. Guiyuan Sect has suffered a lot of losses now, and without the fighting power of the top cultivators, they are not a big threat to us.
The only thing we need to consider is Li Shiming. His fighting power is too strong, and we don't have the fighting power to restrain him! "Master Hua Ying had already analyzed the situation, and he said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry about Li Shiming, he can't come in person!" Great Monk Yi Xiao said with certainty.
After all, Master Hua Ying is not a master from Zhongzhou Continent. The Bitao Sect is also somewhat out of touch with the world of immortal cultivators, and lacks some channels for intelligence involving powerful people.
He analyzed many things about Li Shiming entirely based on the information that was circulated.
"Li Shiming has been targeted by Luo Da Neng of Yuqing Sect. If he dares to leave Dongqi Continent, he may be attacked by Luo Da Neng himself. I hope Li Shiming can come here, so that this big trouble of his can be solved sooner!" Great Monk Yi Xiao went on to explain.
"If that's the case, then it's much simpler!" Great Monk Hua Ying nodded with joy on his face.
Great Monk Yi Xiao did not tell the other party that even if Li Shiming did not take action personally, the combat power he could send out was enough to kill any peak great monk.
Anyway, there are powerful people in the Bi Tao Sect. No matter how hard Gui Yuan Sect and Luan Feng Palace attack, they can only cause the Bi Tao Sect to lose some cultivators and can't do anything to themselves.
As long as he gets through this hurdle, the biggest trouble in the future will be that he cannot show up in the world of immortal cultivation. Guiyuan Sect and Luanfeng Palace will always be looking for him.
He looked at the great monk Hua Ying, who joined the Bi Tao Sect after receiving the sect's promise of protection.
If he really waits until Great Monk Hua Ying dies in battle, he will be the only top Great Monk in the Bi Tao Sect. Then he can find a way to show off in front of the powerful and maybe he can seize power in the Bi Tao Sect.
In that case, he could also obtain resources from the Bi Tao Sect to be promoted to a half-step great power. This was his alternative plan.
As for Guiyuan Sect, the sect only wanted to make him a thug for the top great monk and had no intention of training him further, otherwise they would not have chosen to use force to promote him to the top great monk, making his future path even more difficult.
Great Monk Yi Xiao was very clear about the great monk that Guiyuan Sect really wanted to cultivate, and that was Great Monk Jiang Hao, the descendant of Jiang Da Neng and a legitimate heir.
Great Monk Hua Ying probably would never have imagined that Great Monk Yi Xiao had also taken him into account.