Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 178: Chapter 135: Scheming (Extra 1 for Chen Pengyu at)_2

Yun Ze had limited influence in Yun’s Trading House. He wanted to speak up for Li Shiming but lacked the authority.

“I have gathered intelligence that Li Shiming will soon provide the Hidden Dragon Trading House with a batch of ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View Second Generation,’ which will greatly impact our current business!” another elder added forcefully.

The Yun Family Patriarch looked at the four elders and sighed helplessly in his heart, realizing that the matter had to be resolved.

“Yun Ze, you’ve always been in contact with Li Shiming. This time, use the ‘Thousand-Mile Mutual View Second Generation’ as an opportunity to arrange a meeting with him!” the Yun Family Patriarch said indifferently, looking at the standing Yun Ze.

Once a decision was made, the Yun Family Patriarch was a person of resolute action.

Which force doesn’t have its dirty secrets? Though it’s almost impossible to take action within the Sect’s boundaries.

But that’s almost, not absolutely. Cultivators need privacy, and the Sect Formation’s monitoring is only for public places; its effect is very limited inside buildings.

“Clan leader, Li Shiming is still worth fighting for!” Yun Ze made one last effort.

“Yun Ze, your job is to follow orders!” an elder beside him chided sharply.

“Yes, Yun Ze obeys!” Yun Ze no longer objected and bowed in compliance, then continued, “Based on my understanding of Li Shiming, it won’t be easy to arrange a meeting with him. He is extremely cautious and sensitive!”

This was something Yun Ze experienced deeply. Li Shiming hardly ever left the Sect too far, either undertaking tasks within the Sect Formation or staying in his own cave dwelling.

At that moment, Li Shiming was happily completing a task with Yin Shilan, which she had taken on and shared with him, to be accomplished by them both.

During a peak moment of the Sect, Li Shiming used his privileges to open a phantasmal passage, revealing the hidden interior.

He glanced back at Yin Shilan, who smiled lightly and nodded; he entered the passage first.

This was a scene within the Sect that no Cultivator but authorized Array Masters were permitted to see.

Dense Spiritual Power Patterns were drawn upon the mountain body, these lines were protected by the Sect Formation, hidden deep within the formation.

Their task was to check whether these Spiritual Power lines were clear, identify any issues, and repair them promptly.

The two entered inside the formation, and Li Shiming, without any reservations, used his Spiritual Thought to probe the surrounding Spiritual Power lines.

Yin Shilan also sent forth a strand of Spiritual Thought. Their thoughts intertwined, stirring both their spirits simultaneously.

Spiritual Thought is a combination of tactile, auditory, and visual senses, and also carries mental energy. When not used as an attacking force, it is nearly indistinguishable from the person’s own body.

The two Spiritual Thoughts quickly separated, but the feeling of mental connection lingered in their hearts for a long time.

In the quiet moments, words always seemed pale. The two exchanged glances, their eyes brimming with a watery smile.

Neither Li Shiming nor Yin Shilan asked how the other came to possess Spiritual Thought, especially Yin Shilan, who knew how rare it was during the Qi Refinement Realm.

Yin Shilan’s Spiritual Thought was activated by Elder Yin using a third-grade spiritual item, which was a one-time consumable. The cost was so great that even Elder Yin couldn’t obtain a second one.

Yin Shilan’s heart was filled with joy, she was happy for Li Shiming. She was very concerned about Li Shiming’s cultivation, and his having Spiritual Thought could significantly enhance his success rate in advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The two Intermediate Array Masters who possessed Spiritual Thoughts, and who had both formed an Array Formation Starlight Sea, could inspect the formation very quickly.

Working together, they quickly progressed within the Sect Formation.

“Up ahead is one of the one hundred and twenty-eight nodes of the peak; be careful, and don’t get too close to the node!” Yin Shilan checked the position and warned Li Shiming.

Li Shiming constantly maintained contact with the IBMz15, his Spiritual Thought collecting data from the surroundings at all times.

They were inspecting one of the one hundred and twenty-eight nodes of the peak, and the complexity of just this one node was beyond imagination.

Utilizing their Spiritual Thoughts, they checked along the way, and they hadn’t even covered one-tenth of just this node.

If spiritual thoughts had been used to inspect the small Mountain Protection Array of Eagle Beak Island, this workload would have checked the small Mountain Protection Array several times over.

Li Shiming was able to discover ancient traces within the Spiritual Power Pattern lines of the formation, perhaps some of these Spiritual Power Pattern lines were drawn by an Array Master thousands of years ago.

It is known that the existence of the Heavenly Sea Sect has surpassed ten thousand years, and this Sect Formation has been continuously strengthened, having undergone the efforts of generation after generation of genius Array Masters, finally resulting in today’s massive super formation that covers thousands of miles.

Li Shiming retracted his spiritual thoughts, and since Yin Shilan knew more about the Sect Formation, he naturally trusted her reminders.

Moving forward, the terrifying fluctuations of spiritual power were bound by the formation, like wild horses harnessed by reins, under control.

When one of the 128 nodes of the Shaking Summit was seen, its dazzling light made it unbearable to look directly at it.

Fortunately, both he and Yin Shilan observed using their spiritual thoughts, so they were unaffected by the brilliance.

Within the light, an ancient array flag swayed with the fluctuations of spiritual power, each flutter of the flag’s surface causing a surge of electrical light.

The dazzling light was caused by countless bursts of electricity shooting out.

Li Shiming had also crafted array flags, but compared to this array flag, his own felt like a child’s toy.

“What a magnificent creation!” Yin Shilan’s beautiful eyes fixated on the array flag, no matter how many times she looked at it, she was captivated.

She loved formations, and apart from cultivating, she had previously devoted her entire mind to researching formations.

She glanced at Li Shiming, who was equally in awe, and her lips curved in a slight smile; now, there was an additional concern in her heart.

Li Shiming did not dare to approach the array flag with his spiritual thoughts, the scenes observed from afar were recorded by IBM z15, the complexity of the array flag, with its densely packed pattern lines, contained too much unfamiliar formation knowledge.

This was indeed the true core system of Heavenly Sea Sect’s formations, accessible only to high-level Array Masters.

“I really don’t know how it was made!” the more Li Shiming observed, the more amazed he became.

“No one in the sect can make them now; only Golden Core Stage Array Masters are capable of crafting such array flags!” Yin Shilan transmitted her voice.

This was a secret of the sect’s formation, and even though they were in the safest, least likely place inside the great formation to leak secrets, she still informed Li Shiming through voice transmission.

Having the permission to enter this place, Li Shiming naturally had the right to learn about this information.

Li Shiming smiled bitterly and shook his head, it seemed that these were still too far out of reach for him, but he also hoped to learn something from the array flag.

The Shaking Summit’s formation was associated with thunder, and if special formation runes related to the thunder attribute could be researched from it, it could completely replace the current electricity generation.

Just looking at the array flag of the node in front of him, the electric power contained was terrifying, almost comparable to the large power plants of his previous world.

As they passed by the array flag, the two continued to inspect other spiritual power lines.

During which, they discovered a segment of spiritual power lines that had been damaged due to being overly ancient.

Yin Shilan took out the materials she had prepared in advance, with Li Shiming taking the lead in the operation, a rare opportunity to participate in the repair of the Sect Formation, even if it was just fixing this small segment of spiritual power lines, it would also bring understanding of the formation.

Li Shiming did not hesitate, his spiritual thoughts extended to the disordered spiritual power, driving it apart.

The ink, mixed with various Spiritual Objects, flowed evenly under the spirit pen, repairing the original Spiritual Power Pattern lines.

This seemingly simple task in fact required a great deal of calculation, otherwise, just the disordered spiritual power would have kept an Array Master busy for a long time.

The damaged Spiritual Power Pattern lines also needed to conform to the operation of the Sect Formation, it was only because Yin Shilan was watching beside him that he, on his first mission, was given the opportunity to perform the repair work.

When he released the disordered spiritual power, it seemed to find its right path, rushing along the new Spiritual Power Pattern lines.

Yin Shilan was not surprised that he was able to complete it easily on his first attempt, she knew how formidable his calculation abilities were, that was even before the addition of Array Formation Starlight Sea, now with its help, addressing such minor issues was even easier.