Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 642: Chapter 367: Transfer Out_2

Before, Jiang Pu had only heard about how Ancestor Lu favored Li Yuanba, but this time he witnessed firsthand the affectionate way Ancestor Lu treated Li Yuanba and felt the caring intentions close up.

After parting ways in Jieshan City, Jiang Pu returned to the Jieshan Mountain Pass, while Li Yuanba went back to his Guardian Mansion.

Li Yuanba returned to the Cultivation Room, where he took out the storage bag given to him by Qi Jin. As expected, it contained spirit soil.

What surprised him, however, was that besides the second-grade spirit soil, there was also a portion of third-grade spirit soil.

Third-grade spirit soil could be used to cultivate Third Grade Spirit Plants, and its value was extremely high. The amount in the storage bag was nearly half an acre.

The value was immense, and even though Li Yuanba was quite wealthy, holding this storage bag felt somewhat heavy.

It was clear that Qi Jin, as a senior brother, was repaying him for saving his life.

Li Yuanba also knew that keeping the second and third-grade spirit soil wasn’t very useful to him since he had chosen to be a Sword Cultivator and didn’t plan to learn any other side professions.

Though he wasn’t yet able to focus solely on the sword, sword cultivation took up too much time, leaving him no room to learn and practice any side professions, even if he wanted to.

For Sword Cultivators, besides cultivating their main technique, most of their time is spent refining Sword Intent. For Li Yuanba, this meant using Ten Thousand Sword Peak every day to strengthen his own Sword Intent.

“I might as well send this spirit soil to my original body!” Li Yuanba quickly thought of a way to handle it.

A month later, Li Yuanba received freshly picked Third-grade Spirit Tea Leaves from Qi Jin, along with a sizeable reward, which was ostensibly for Master Li Li Shiming.

He used that as an excuse to pass through the Jieshan Mountain Pass and went to the territory of the Righteous Path, where he handed the Third-grade Spirit Tea Leaves and the spirit soil over to his original body, Li Shiming.

This time passing through the Jieshan Mountain Pass went without any difficulties.

Back at the Senluo Sect, after Jiang Pu’s return, the other two Golden Core Elders, who already had a good relationship with Li Yuanba, became almost wholly accommodating after learning of Li Yuanba’s increased strength and Ancestor Lu’s attention.

Even the Righteous Gate elders didn’t cause any problems, and they explicitly offered Li Yuanba free passage whenever he wished.

In the subsequent days, Li Yuanba kept in contact with Qi Jin, and their relationship upgraded to that of close friends.

Qi Jin, one of the few Late-stage Golden Core Cultivators within the Senluo Sect who hadn’t practiced demonic techniques, was trustworthy in character and morality, and Li Yuanba was willing to make a friend of him.

Half a year later, after completing his cultivation, Li Yuanba received an emergency message from Jiang Pu.

He immediately transformed into a beam of sword light and flew toward the Jieshan Mountain Pass.

Upon arrival at the Jieshan Mountain Pass, the three Golden Core Elders were already seated in the hall, with Meng Sheng looking extremely displeased.

“What has happened?” Li Yuanba asked Jiang Pu.

“Mu Peng has been transferred out and replaced with Wisdom Light Arhat from Qianye Temple. This change was too sudden, and a batch of goods belonging to Junior Meng was confiscated by Wisdom Light Arhat!” Jiang Pu replied gravely.

Unlike the Jieshan Mountain Pass controlled by the Senluo Sect, the guarding Golden Cores at the Righteous Path checkpoints were not always solely from the three major sects, sometimes being Golden Core Elders from other prominent forces within the Righteous Path territory.

Usually, any transfer of the checkpoint’s Golden Core guardians would be notified in advance.

This sudden change, to some extent, broke the rules.

You see, the informal income at this checkpoint facing the Ten Thousand Great Mountains was quite substantial. As a covert rule, these gray earnings were part of the compensation for guarding this dangerous checkpoint.

Not only did Wisdom Light Arhat from Qianye Temple replace the previous guardian abruptly, but he also confiscated a batch of goods upon his arrival, in effect cutting off the financial avenue of the Golden Core Elders on both sides.

Although Li Yuanba didn’t know the extent of Meng Sheng’s losses, seeing Meng Sheng’s expression, he chose not to ask and thereby add to Meng Sheng’s distress.

“What can we do?” Li Yuanba asked, puzzled.

Even though he had freely passed through both checkpoints before by pulling strings, he would not dare attack the checkpoint’s guarding Golden Core, even if he could get through.

One must realize that inside the checkpoint, there is a powerful formation aiding it, so if he were to truly make a move, it would amount to antagonizing the Righteous Golden Core Elders, while also contending with the suppression of the formation.

“According to Mr. Ying’s suggestion, we should first talk with the Wisdom Light Arhat, and if we can’t come to an agreement, look for an opportunity to incite conflict between the two sides, then have a showdown in the central buffer zone, where we’ll give the Wisdom Light Arhat a harsh blow!” Jiang Pu said through gritted teeth.

To cut off someone’s wealth is akin to killing one’s parents; if the Wisdom Light Arhat really doesn’t know what’s good for him, the Guardian Golden Cores of both sides will not let him off.

Ever since Li Yuan Ba came to Jieshan City, the Guardian Golden Cores from both sides have had a very comfortable time.

The smuggling they did on the side brought them tremendous benefits, but that was a minor matter.

The key was Li Yuan Ba’s channels, which enabled them to convert their profits into Third-grade Spirit Pills refined personally by Master Li, allowing them during their time guarding the checkpoint to either greatly improve their strength or accumulate vast cultivation resources.

All the Guardian Golden Cores were at the Golden Core Middle Stage, a level which was the most difficult to advance from, and with such conveniences at this post, it was impossible for them to let go willingly.

“I don’t like the Arhats from Qianye Temple!” Li Yuan Ba stated his attitude plainly.

“When it really comes down to action, we’ll still need Junior Li’s help!” Jiang Pu said with a smile.

The reason for summoning Li Yuan Ba here was precisely due to his combat strength.

In a head-to-head confrontation, only Li Yuan Ba was likely capable of inflicting serious damage or even killing the Wisdom Light Arhat in a short period of time.

“Let me know when the time comes!” Li Yuan Ba nodded and answered.

Inside the Righteous Gate, Ying Hou walked into the residence of the Wisdom Light Arhat.

“Mr. Ying, if you’re here concerning the smuggling matter, please save your breath!” The Wisdom Light Arhat’s attitude toward Ying Hou was not at all friendly, and before Ying Hou could speak, he sternly proclaimed.

“Wisdom Light Arhat, are you aware that this is the rule of this place? If you come here, you have to follow the rules here, and the interests involved are not only mine but also those of multiple factions within the three major sects. Do you really want to go to such extremes?” Upon hearing the Wisdom Light Arhat’s categorical tone, Ying Hou also laid the matter out clearly.

“The sect sent me here to guard this place. In my eyes, anything that doesn’t comply with the rules will be pointed out and dealt with. If you have any complaints, go and appeal to the temple!” the Wisdom Light Arhat said in a grave voice.

“If that’s the case, then you will bear the consequences!” A cold light flashed in Ying Hou’s eyes, and after he uttered these words, he left with a flick of his sleeve.

The Wisdom Light Arhat looked at Ying Hou’s departing figure, a cold smile appearing on his face.

Ever since the arrival of the Wisdom Light Arhat, numerous unreported goods had been investigated, affecting many powers.

Yet, with Qianye Temple as his powerful backer, nobody could do anything against him.

What infuriated everyone even more was that he almost never rested and was constantly at the passage of the checkpoint, inspecting all goods.

Normally, such duties would be shared in rotation by the three Guardian Golden Cores.

Over time, even the Guardian Golden Cores of both sides couldn’t bear it any longer.

Ying Hou and Xin Tong, two Righteous Path Golden Cores, took the initiative to contact Jiang Pu to discuss how to deal with the Wisdom Light Arhat in detail.

Li Yuan Ba did not participate in their discussions; he only needed to take action at the last moment to resolve the issue with the Wisdom Light Arhat.

In fact, the impact of the Wisdom Light Arhat on him was not significant; his original body, Li Shiming, had a large number of Golden Core Early Stage Third Grade Cultivation Assistance Spirit Pills, which had been delivered to him long ago.

He did not have any other immediate needs or goods that needed to be transported through the checkpoint.

However, the presence of an Arhat from Qianye Temple at Jieshan Mountain Pass made him extremely uncomfortable.

Qianye Temple had always been eyeing him covetously, and not removing the Wisdom Light Arhat sooner made him feel somewhat uneasy.

Although he wasn’t paying much attention to this matter himself, his original body, Li Shiming, had specifically allocated part of his brain to monitor the situation near Jieshan Mountain Pass through unmanned drones and satellite systems at all times.