Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 245: Chapter 169: Meeting the Immortal

Li Shiming had applied a “Basic Light Body Talisman” to himself, which was merely for show. With his body refinement strength, his speed was already superior to the effects of the “Basic Light Body Talisman.”

This was for others to see, for he had no knowledge whatsoever about this place and might encounter a cultivator. The blue glow on his legs could mislead any cultivator’s judgement.

Concerning the Beishu Continent, Li Shiming was extremely cautious. Until he became truly familiar with Beishu, he planned to keep a low profile.

About a hundred miles after leaving the seaside, he could clearly see the landscape ahead. The direction he had adhered to for many days was correct, and he had indeed reached the Beishu Continent.

Using several visible mountains in the distance, he located his position on the map provided by Yun Xingyi.

His spiritual thought lightly moved over the map inside the jade scroll, searching ahead from this point.

Yun Xingyi’s map only contained information about the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and the North Sea. Moving further ahead, Li Shiming would officially enter the area of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

The situation in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains was likely very chaotic at the moment; the Senluo Sect was unifying the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and clearing all hostile cultivators.

As just a Qi refining cultivator, Li Shiming didn’t have to worry too much about being affected.

However, the most important thing now was to first integrate into the cultivators’ society of Beishu.

His language and some habits, under the scrutiny of the observant, would reveal differences from those of Beishu.

Li Shiming had interacted with Beishu Qi refining cultivators, and their speech always carried a distinctive accent.

With his learning abilities, he just needed more contact with the people of Beishu—he believed he could quickly resolve the language issue.

He decided to first interact with ordinary people, and even temporarily live as a commoner, mingling among the people of Beishu.

Nearby was a city marked on the map, and his first choice was to head to this place called Shimen City.

With a destination in mind, Li Shiming sprang forward, moving quickly as if continually leaping across the ground.

“The spiritual energy here exceeds that of Great Xia, but I wonder about the spiritual energy near the city?” Li Shiming mused while also analyzing the surrounding environment as he walked.

He needed to be most cautious about the spiritual energy, not knowing if the area he was in was unusual or if the spiritual energy density of the Beishu Continent was generally higher than that of Sky Sea Island.

Without sufficient data, he couldn’t make an accurate judgment.

Three days later, the window of a room on the third floor of the largest inn in Shimen City was opened.

Li Shiming stood at the window watching the pedestrians on the street. Shimen City was the largest nearby city with orderly streets, where government officials could be seen from time to time.

Shimen City’s population was close to three hundred thousand, and including the areas under its jurisdiction, the population was nearly a million—an impressive city even compared to those in Great Xia on Sky Sea Island.

Yet, on the map, Shimen City was just an ordinary city on the fringe of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, not considered essential.

At this moment, Li Shiming wore no sign of a cultivator’s attire. He was dressed in a scholar’s Confucian robe with a precious sword at his waist.

Due to his cultivation, he was already in his twenties, but he still appeared as young as when he had first entered the sect at sixteen.

Of course, that was with the Confucian robe on, the wide robe concealing his body.

If he revealed his body, the strong muscles were not something a scholar should possess.

Three days ago, he had used the “Invisibility Technique” to enter the city, first using his spiritual thought to observe for several hours, then locating the chief clerk of the city government.

Using enchantment techniques, this chief clerk processed a complete set of identities for Li Shiming.

Although two different places, the operations in the government offices didn’t differ much.

This body of Li Shiming was born in a family of government officials and had lived in a government office since childhood. Thus, he was very familiar with several aspects of how government offices operated.

The task he needed to be done could be easily handled by the chief clerk.

The new identity still bore the name Li Shiming; he was registered as a scholar from Shanshi Village. Unfortunately, not long ago, Shanshi Village had been attacked and razed to the ground, except for him, a scholar who had been studying in the city; no other survivors left, which incidentally solidified his identity.

With the chief clerk taking action, all documents were completed, and he obtained a legitimate proof of identity.

The reason he chose the identity of a “scholar” was because of the convenience it offered for study travels.

His desire to blend in with the common people didn’t necessarily mean he had to stay in one city.

In three days, the chief clerk had taken care of everything flawlessly.

Afterwards, Li Shiming erased the chief clerk’s memory and then moved into the inn under his new identity.

“Mr. Li, the caravan heading to Guanquan City departs tomorrow. The shopkeeper has already handled the procedures for you. You just need to wait at the door for Captain Zhao at sunrise tomorrow!” an attendant knocked and reported to Li Shiming.

“This is for you,” Li Shiming casually threw a few copper coins and waved his hand.

The attendant happily left the room.

Li Shiming had gathered some information about the situation in Beishu over the past three days.

The reason it was only partial was that even the chief clerk of Shimen City couldn’t know too much about the more distant areas.

What Li Shiming knew so far was just a small part of the situation in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. He was in Northern Border Country, and going deeper into the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, there were many kingdoms.

But recently, there were constant wars, and since Shimen City was on the edge, it was less affected.