Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 620: Chapter 356: Arrangements_2

This sort of top-grade second-grade Spirit Pill for him was merely a practice work at the alchemy early stage.

Ren Fei’er, who fell into a deep sleep after taking the Spirit Pill, wouldn’t be affected by the continuous days of sleep but, on the contrary, would see a great improvement in her abilities.

Such benefits were coveted by all cultivators in the Cultivation World, and Ren Fei’er, unknowingly, enjoyed these advantages.

Normally, to travel across the influence sphere of a grand sect takes more than a month, but Li Shiming, with the “Divine Foot Skill” called “Step by Step Lotus,” moved at a speed that defied common reasoning.

Just as he expected, as he delved deeper into the heartland of the Earth Evil Sect, he found no signs of damage to the ley lines.

These places were dotted with mortal towns; the scale of mortals was not small, with various mortal nations occupying vast tracts of land.

Li Shiming observed these mortals who probably would never know what the world outside was like throughout their lives; their concerns were only those directly impacting them, even officials merely witnessed the disputes between nations at most.

Probably only a minority within the nation would be aware of matters pertaining to the Cultivation World.

Just like him in the old days, if he hadn’t been born into a relatively high status, he might also have lived his entire life unaware of cultivation matters.

Li Shiming discovered that all these places were covered by a simple array, which had nodes set up everywhere, with its sole purpose being to monitor the ley lines.

Should the ley lines be tampered with, the Earth Evil Sect would know immediately.

This was to prevent any cultivator from utilizing the “Earth Evil Demon Skill” to cultivate using the ley lines; just how do cultivators of the Earth Evil Sect cultivate the “Earth Evil Demon Skill”?

There must be a place to absorb the Earth Evil Power from the ley lines in order to cultivate the “Earth Evil Demon Skill”; not everyone could just absorb the Earth Evil Power from others.

Throughout, he observed from a distance, without revealing himself or intervening in any matter.

He was quite aware of his current predicament, being within the sphere of influence of the Earth Evil Sect, and having killed quite a few of its disciples.

Of course, he also understood that if he revealed his identity, the Earth Evil Sect might not treat him poorly, but that would mean owing a favor to the Earth Evil Sect.

In the Cultivation World, owing a favor to a grand sect is extremely burdensome, as the Earth Evil Sect would expect the favor to be repaid multifold in the future.

Another possibility was that the Earth Evil Sect would keep him there to perform alchemy for them due to the crimes he committed, an even more troublesome outcome.

He and the Earth Evil Sect didn’t have a deep hatred; it was just a minor issue, so it wouldn’t be sensible to forge a deadly feud with such a grand sect over Ren Fei’er.

Sure enough, the Nascent Soul Ancestor didn’t stay long at the checkpoint; drone satellites locked onto the Nascent Soul Ancestor’s figure and watched as he left the current surveillance range of the drone satellite system.

The drone satellite system hadn’t been fully implemented within the Earth Evil Sect’s sphere of influence, hence the situation.

Once the drone satellite system is fully operational, then unless the Nascent Soul Ancestor came prepared, using invisibility along with shielding his own heat signature, he would manage to avoid the drone satellite system’s monitoring.

Li Shiming didn’t loiter further; lacking a detailed map of this area, he couldn’t even procure any local specialties.

Markets were not so easily found without the proper maps, it was difficult to locate one.

He headed towards the checkpoint; three two-hour periods after the Nascent Soul Ancestor left the checkpoint, he approached it.

The spiritual power fluctuation at the checkpoint was strong, showing that the formation at the checkpoint was fully activated.

Li Shiming wasn’t concerned whether the checkpoint’s formation was fully activated; with his Array Master abilities, plus the help of his lifebond magical treasure, the IBM z15, it wasn’t just a formation meant to block Golden Core cultivators and below—he could easily break even a fourth-grade formation.

Indeed, his level in formation had long surpassed that of a mere Array Master, reaching another realm.

Ten Baili away from the formation, the area had no shade, as the ley lines had been long damaged, turning the region almost into a flat wasteland.

The ground was covered with small pebbles, and had it not been for the continuous supplementation from the ley lines in the territory of the opposing righteous forces, this area would have turned into a desert long ago.

Li Shiming, upon seeing such a scene, realized why the disciples of the Earth Evil Sect were so keen on absorbing the Earth Evil Power from here; it was likely because the spiritual vein of the Righteous Path’s territory continuously replenished this area.

By absorbing the Earth Evil Power here, it was like covertly shearing wool from the territory of the Righteous Path.

A distance of twenty li, in times of lesser attention, could still be stealthily crossed by him, but now the checkpoint was not only guarded by a Guardian Golden Core Elder, but also by countless Golden Core cultivators invited by Chu Xun.

Li Shiming was sure that no Nascent Soul Ancestor was present; as long as he didn’t reveal his identity, he could cause as much chaos as he liked and simply leave before a Nascent Soul Ancestor arrived.

He took out a mask and put it on his face.

Although the mask could block the probing of Divine Thoughts, it was impossible for a single mask to prevent cultivators from recognizing him.

He wouldn’t rely solely on this; the aura of Earth Evil Power surged from his body, a shield of Earth Evil Power formed on the surface, and at the same time, it concealed his original aura.

It was the Earth Evil Power that freed him from many reservations.

He then took a robe and changed; his original robe was a third-grade robe, but he changed into an ordinary robe.

After checking everything and ensuring there were no flaws, he flew towards the formation.

“Senior Brother Zhao, and all fellow cultivators, please lend a hand, the cultivator has appeared!” Chu Xun, at the checkpoint, saw the formation’s feedback and immediately bowed to a Golden Core cultivator beside him, then spoke.

The formation’s surveillance covered over a hundred li, but Li Shiming was detected only at twenty li, indicating that the other party had planned to sneak through.

At such a time, a sneaking cultivator was most likely the murderer who killed his son.

Even if it was a mistake, Chu Xun could just apologize and give some gifts to his friends afterwards.

Almost immediately after Chu Xun spoke, including Senior Brother Zhao, all the present Golden Core cultivators moved swiftly towards the accurate direction of Li Shiming to breach the formation.

Li Shiming and these Golden Core cultivators didn’t conceal their auras, both sides sensed each other’s strength.

Chu Xun was surprised, Li Shiming only had the strength of the Golden Core Early Stage, so how was Zuo Tai, who was in the Golden Core Middle Stage, killed?

With his identity hidden by the Earth Evil Power, Li Shiming felt his blood boiling; he rarely had the opportunity to fight with his full strength, as he usually had to be cautious due to his sensitive identity.

Being an Alchemy Master spared him from worrying about cultivation resources, but it also restrained him from acting freely to protect this status.

Before arriving, he had thoroughly studied the formation here, and even if the formation here was fully activated, it wouldn’t take him more than two breaths to pass through.

Given that his identity was not at risk and there was a way out, he was prepared for a major battle.

He couldn’t use the Heart Sword or the White Feather Sword, nor the Thunder Skill, as all could expose his identity.

He held a Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure in his hand; although it couldn’t attack separately from his body, his strategy for this fight did not involve acting as a magic cultivator.

When they were still ten li apart, his gaze fell on one of the Golden Core cultivators.

“How could there be a Great Elder Level Golden Core cultivator!” he thought to himself with a slight shock.

He seemed to be encountering Great Elder Level Golden Core cultivators rather frequently of late.

However, in the Cultivation World, the number of Great Elder Level Golden Core cultivators was quite limited, mostly found within the six great sects.

To cultivate to the level of a Great Elder required a massive amount of resources, especially in the Late-stage Golden Core, advancing one’s cultivation required exceedingly rare and precious resources.

Furthermore, personal talent and cultivation techniques were also limitations to becoming a Great Elder Level cultivator; without extraordinary talent and the top cultivation techniques of the Beishu Continent, no amount of resources could develop a Great Elder Level Golden Core cultivator.