Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 200: Chapter 146 The Big Dipper_2

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“Take a break!” Zhuge Xuan came up to the pair and reminded them.

His Spiritual Thought swept over the repaired area, his face showing a look of surprise.

The work Li Shiming and Yin Shilan had done in repairing the formation, in cooperation, was even faster than his as a High-level Array Master, and not only was the progress fast, the completion level was also high, almost negating the need for him to intervene again.

After working for twenty hours, Li Shiming and Yin Shilan were also tired; although they had Spiritual Thought, they were not Foundation Establishment Cultivators after all, and their early development of Spiritual Thought meant that long-term use would greatly fatigue their spirits.

“Uncle, I’m afraid we won’t finish the work here in ten days!” Li Shiming stopped his work and said helplessly.

“Ten days would actually be quick; Tianquan and Kaiyang islands have suffered the most serious damage. Our Tianji Island is relatively less damaged!” Zhuge Xuan shook his head bitterly.

The Beidou Seven Stars are divided into Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Shaking Light; the seven small islands are named after the seven stars.

“Uncle, who is behind this?” Li Shiming asked in a low voice.

He did not ask if it was the work of sea beasts, for anyone with eyes could see that it was caused by sword light.

Only Cultivators could use sword light, and he wondered what kind of powerful Sword Cultivator it would take to slash the formations like this in front of seven Golden Core Elders.

“Don’t ask so much, your task is to repair the formation!” Zhuge Xuan waved his hand, indicating that Li Shiming should not ask any further, his voice low and serious in reply.

Seeing this, Li Shiming could only suppress his curiosity and sat down to rest.

He took out stir-fried bamboo shoots, sweet and sour spareribs, steamed pork with rice flour, double-cooked pork, and braised pork, all Spirit Food, and placed them on a temporary small table. He then took out two bowls of Spirit Rice and set them aside.

“Uh, Uncle, would you like to join us for a meal?” Only then did he remember Zhuge Xuan, and he took out another jade bowl and asked.

“I couldn’t possibly eat!” Zhuge Xuan looked at Yin Shilan, who was standing gently beside Li Shiming, and couldn’t help but shake his head.

Li Shiming did not persist further; he asked Yin Shilan to sit down. The previous repair work had consumed quite a bit of their energy, and they needed good food to recover.

Yin Shilan’s previous range of Spirit Food was mostly vegetarian, but since Li Shiming acquired the bodies of tens of thousands of sea beasts, although he had processed the sea beast bodies, he had also kept many edible parts.

All the Spirit Plants that Li Shiming planted on Eagle Beak Island were just the right seasonings.

For a long time, spirit meat from these sea beasts had been the main food for Yin Shilan and Li Shiming.

Even to make the spirit meat tastier, Li Shiming had learned cooking from the materials inside the IBMz15 and mastered many famous dishes from his previous life.

Nowadays, Yin Shilan was used to eating spirit meat and even more accustomed to Li Shiming’s care for her.

Just as Li Shiming and Yin Shilan were eating their meal with great relish, a figure landed beside them. Li Shiming felt his whole body turn immobile, as if bound by something.

“Daddy!” Yin Shilan saw the person and stood up happily.

But then she remembered Li Shiming by her side and couldn’t help but lower her head, blushing like a peach blossom.

Hearing her address, Li Shiming knew well the identity of the newcomer.

With Yin Shilan’s outcry, he felt the stiffness leave his body and the feeling of being bound disappeared.

“So this is Li Shiming, eh? A fine young man indeed!” Elder Yin looked at Yin Shilan affectionately, and while speaking to her, turned his head to look at Li Shiming with a bright gleam in his eyes.

Li Shiming felt a chill run through him; he suspected that if it were not for Yin Shilan’s presence, Elder Yin’s gaze might have killed him on the spot.

Actually, Elder Yin was quite satisfied with Li Shiming, but seeing his daughter dining intimately with him, he felt somehow uncomfortable no matter how he looked at them.

In Elder Yin’s perception, Li Shiming’s strength for his age was extremely outstanding among ordinary Cultivators.

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And Li Shiming had also cultivated Body Refining Techniques, and even grasped Spiritual Thought, which was almost the standard for a top-tier genius.

But he knew that the sect hadn’t provided this kind of cultivation for Li Shiming; it was entirely due to his own fortunate encounters.

Moreover, and most importantly, Li Shiming’s prowess in formations was very strong.

Elder Yin understood his own daughter well; he had been worried that the indifferent Yin Shilan would struggle to find a suitable partner.

Yin Shilan had met many top-tier geniuses, and with her status, had become the target of pursuit for many of them, but none could catch her eye.

“I’ve seen…” Li Shiming hurriedly stood up to salute but didn’t know how to address Elder Yin.

Elder Yin hadn’t disclosed his identity, and since Li Shiming had not discussed this matter with Yin Shilan, he was afraid of addressing her with the wrong identity.

“Just call me Uncle,” Elder Yin said with an inevitable shake of his head as he glanced at the somewhat worried Yin Shilan.

“I’ve seen Uncle Yin!” Li Shiming corrected himself.

Watching from a distance, Zhuge Xuan couldn’t help but twitch his mouth corners, internally sighing at Li Shiming’s good fortune—it was like he had latched onto a super powerful ally.

“Mr. Yin, have you not found that person?” A group of shadows descended, and an old monk spoke first.

Li Shiming’s already nervous heart nearly stopped beating because the figures descending gave him an immense sense of pressure.

All of these people were Golden Cores; he had seen more Golden Cores in this short period than he had heard of his entire life before.

Yin Shilan started to secretly introduce the identities of the Golden Cores to Li Shiming using voice transmission, which wasn’t very effective in front of Golden Cores, but given Elder Yin’s face, no one would mind such small actions.

Li Shiming came to understand that these Golden Cores were elders from the seven major sects.

“No, with such severe injuries, he might already be dead somewhere!” Elder Yin shook his head.

“It may not be that easy. Despite his serious injuries, a Sword Cultivator’s physique can sustain life for a while!” Elder Lu of the Shuiyun Sect, a woman, objected.

Elder Yin had not participated in the battle; he was notified after the battle’s end to inform the sect elders to come and search for the enemy. It was normal for him not to be clear about the enemy’s strength.

“Let’s see if the other fellow sect members can find him. We must find out why he appeared here. I always feel like big trouble is looming!” Elder Jie of the Holy Ice Sect said gravely.

All the sects had dispatched their Golden Core Elders, and together with the seven Golden Core Elders of Seven Star Island, fourteeen Golden Core Elders had gathered, which showed how seriously the seven sects took this matter.

Li Shiming listened on the side and picked up on some clues.

An unidentified Golden Core Sword Cultivator had appeared near Seven Star Island, leading to a major battle. With the combined effort of Seven Star Island’s seven Golden Cores and the advantage of formations, they had only managed to severely injure the unidentified Golden Core Sword Cultivator and caused him to flee.

It was hard to imagine how formidable the Golden Core Sword Cultivator must have been for Li Shiming to begin doubting the strength of the sect’s Golden Cores for the first time.

Being Golden Cores themselves, could there really be such a vast gap between them?

“Let’s wait then. In the meantime, we should find out what happened on the sea side. We need to understand what occurred. Otherwise, why would a Golden Core Sword Cultivator risk his life to cross the sea to fight us?” Elder Gong of Jinghong Sect sighed with resignation.

Only then did Li Shiming learn the identity of the Golden Core Sword Cultivator: a cultivator from across the sea. He just didn’t know where across the sea referred to, as this was news he had never heard in the sect before.

“Master Du Hai, I must trouble you with this. Would you help inquire through Buddhist channels?” Elder Yin said, looking at Master Du Hai of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect.

“The Ten Thousand Buddha Sect will handle this matter. It will take some time before we receive a reply,” Master Du Hai replied, accepting the task without demur.

As Elder Yin had said, other sects had less contact with the outside world. Only the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect had channels to communicate with the outside, and the cooperative agreement among the seven sects was clear.

Now faced with trouble, it was only right for the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect to exert effort.