Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 120: Chapter 106 Nanshan_2

As long as she was in the sect, no matter how busy she was, she would always free up time during the noon.

It was now noon, finally allowing her some free time to prepare for a communication with Li Shiming via the Identity Jade Disc.

Communicating with Li Shiming not only greatly benefited her formation skills, but also allowed her to feel an indescribable closeness.

“How could there be a mandatory task?” Yin Shilan murmured in disappointment.

Given her identity, she naturally wouldn’t have any connection with mandatory tasks, everything needed from the sect was always consulted with her.

“I’ll ask Li Shiming when he gets back!” she didn’t think too much and decided immediately, immersing herself back into her research.

Without such a spirit for research, how could she have become one of the few intermediate array masters in the sect, maintaining a unique advantage among them.

She was not like Li Shiming, who had the assistance of an IBMz15, completely relying on her own relentless effort and passion to achieve such accomplishments at a young age.

On the other hand, Han Tianlei, unable to wait, aggressively used the power of the Law Enforcement Hall to forcibly activate the defensive formation of Eagle Beak Island.

In his eyes, Li Shiming was now a dead man, and all the high-level lower grade spirit fields and spirit bamboo here were his.

As for the procedures, he used the authority given by the steward Xu Peiran of the Law Enforcement Hall to bypass the Transaction Hall and transferred the rights of Eagle Beak Island to his name; from then on, Eagle Beak Island was his, and he only needed to pay several hundred catties of Spirit Rice each year.

The Han Family, relying on the independent practitioner families of Nanshan Country.

Now, with Han Tianlei being a cultivator of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Sky Sea Sect, the Han Family had gained enormous benefits in Nanshan Country.

If not for the emperor of Nanshan Country being protected by the sect, the Han Family might even have become the new emperor of Nanshan Country.

Of course, if Han Tianlei became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it might indeed be possible.

In the grand hall of the Han Family, ten Han Family cultivators gathered together, with Han Yu sitting at the head.

Han Yu looked at the nine cultivators in the hall and felt a surge of pride within him.

Han Tianlei was his younger brother, and although his spirit root seeds were poor, far inferior to Han Tianlei, with Han Tianlei’s and the family’s help, he had barely reached Qi Refining Sixth Level after nearly a hundred years.

This was the peak of his cultivation; his aptitude set the limits for his growth.

However, looking at the Han Family cultivators in the hall, all of them possessed mid-stage Qi Refinement strength.

Under Han Yu’s leadership over these years, the Han Family had developed extremely fast, thriving by constantly absorbing and expanding.

Even now, the Han Family could reciprocate to support Han Tianlei’s cultivation.

“The younger brother has sent a message, asking us to take care of a Qi Refining Fourth Level cultivator, same as before, we mustn’t leave any traces. The younger brother will handle everything cleanly on the sect’s side!” Han Yu activated the hall’s formation and then spoke gravely.

Over the years, the Han Family had done many dirty deeds, and with Han Tianlei’s influence, these actions did not hinder the development of the Han Family, instead making them stronger with each gain.

“A mere Qi Refining Fourth Level, I wonder how wealthy he is!” one of the family cultivators chuckled.

“Do not be careless, no matter what, he is still a sect cultivator and might have some skills!” another family cultivator reminded.

“By the way, according to the younger brother’s message, this Qi Refining Fourth Level cultivator is a new entrant to the sect, and became a Spirit Plant steward right after entering, moving out of the sect’s Nine Peaks. He shouldn’t be very strong, but we can’t be careless!” Han Yu continued.

The atmosphere in the hall lightened, although caution was needed with a Qi Refining Fourth Level sect cultivator, a newcomer who hadn’t been in for a year shouldn’t be too powerful, even if he were given the sect’s strongest cultivation techniques.

The cultivation of a cultivator required time; the timeframe for Qi Refining cultivators was calculated by years, with only changes in strength appearing every few years being normal.

The higher the realm, the more time-consuming the advancement in cultivator tiers becomes.

Unless one possessed the astoundingly rare Heavenly Spirit Root, it would be difficult to escape this law.

A newcomer who hadn’t stayed in the Nine Peaks surely wouldn’t have strong potential; if he were that strong, the Nine Peaks would have competed for him long ago.

“Today, we all move out; get ready at Changshi Valley!” Han Yu issued the order, and nine cultivators immediately sprang into action.

It was rare for all to be mobilized; they might verbally downplay it, but Loose Cultivators emphasized deploying all possible efforts, which is why every mission undertaken by the Han Family was executed cleanly.

Changshi Valley was the only route from the ocean to Nanshan Country, as the rest were high mountains. Foundation Establishment Cultivators could easily scale them, but Qi Refining cultivators would not opt for the difficult mountain paths when there was an easier route available.

Most crucially, the map for the compulsory mission designated this route.

Li Shiming felt slightly fatigued; he had been flying over the ocean for ten days, and this was only possible with continual use of the “Sword Manipulation Technique” for Sword Escape, otherwise the journey would have taken several days longer.

Jumping off the paper crane onto land, the solid ground beneath his feet provided a reassuring comfort.

Despite his strength as a cultivator, he maintained considerable respect for the ocean.

Fortunately, he had not encountered any trouble along the way.

This entire route was under sect influence, and unless he was unlucky enough to run into disciples of the Xuanming Sect, nobody would dare attack a cultivator of the Sky Sea Sect given the robes he wore.

He wasn’t in a rush to continue his journey and chose a flat area to sit down and rest for a while.

This land was already within the boundaries of Nanshan Country, but he was still some distance from his mission site. If he traveled at full speed, it would take nearly two days.

Li Shiming could no longer contain his curiosity since he had acquired Baili Jin Yan’s storage bracelet; he had suppressed his curiosity about the Spiritual Objects inside the bracelet.

Now far from the sect and even farther from the site of the incident, he couldn’t believe that the Holy Ice Sect could trace him here, across such a vast distance.

Besides, he had no plans to take the Spiritual Objects out of the storage bracelet into the outside world; at most, he would move them into the engine room space.

After all, with a clone present in the engine room space, even if his consciousness couldn’t completely check, he could still inspect through his clone.

Thinking of the storage bracelet, he hesitated no more and entered the engine room space with his consciousness.

The clone was sitting cross-legged on the ground of the engine room space. Even without cultivating, streams of Spiritual Power continuously entered the clone’s body, strengthening it and enhancing the Spiritual Energy Vortex.

However, with this rate of progress, the growth of the Spiritual Energy Vortex was extremely slow.

If he hadn’t discovered Baili Jin Yan’s main Cultivation Technique within the storage bracelet, then Li Shiming might have to consider switching his clone’s main Cultivation Technique.

As for how to identify the main Cultivation Technique, it was simple; since Baili Jin Yan was a Metal Spirit Root, the main Cultivation Technique would certainly be a top-tier metal attribute technique.

First, he set up a Formation, the Mysterious Shadow Formation he had previously obtained. In his eyes, this Formation was mediocre; however, without material for other formations, this was the best he could come up with.

This area was rarely visited, and the Mysterious Shadow Formation also had a concealment effect.

Unfortunately, the Five Elements Array Flag he had made was left in the underground space, nourished by the Low Grade Spirit Vein, because Han Tianlei had not allowed him to pack up his belongings.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t need to use the Xuanming Sect’s formation; using the Mysterious Shadow Formation within the Sky Sea Sect’s territory could lead to misidentification by other cultivators who recognized it.

The Mysterious Shadow Formation was deployed, and his body was enveloped in black mist.

With a shift of his mind, he switched to his clone’s body.

The clone stood up, walked over to the storage bracelet, and took it in hand.

A stream of Spiritual Power was inputted, and the interior of the storage bracelet came into his perception.

As when he first checked, the first thing that caught his eye was the Flying Boat.

Ever since he saw Yin Shilan standing elegantly on the Flying Boat, he had developed a special fondness for it, ardently wishing he too had a Flying Boat that could soar through the sky with Yin Shilan.

The Flying Boat before him appeared rather small, probably only about a foot long, seeming even smaller within the vast space of the storage bracelet.

But Li Shiming knew well that this was only on the surface; once he claimed ownership of the Flying Boat, it could be controlled to revert to its original size.