Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 247: Chapter 170 Combat

Four Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivators were very sensible, and it could be said that almost all cultivators were extremely sensible when they encountered someone with significantly greater power.

Although there were cultivators who fought beyond their levels, this absolutely did not occur among Loose Cultivators.

Were they relying on the mediocre magic artifacts in their hands, or were they relying on talismans whose power was inferior to the spells they cast themselves?

“Thank you, fellow, for saving my life!” Guan the Elder bowed to Li Shiming and said.

Li Shiming did not speak, but just silently watched him.

“This is the Senluo Order, please keep it safe!” Guan the Elder hastily pretended to realize, and took out a plaque from his storage bag and handed it over.

Although Li Shiming had never seen the Senluo Order before, as soon as his spiritual thought swept over the plaque, he discovered the trickery involved.

Since the Senluo Order was issued by the Senluo Sect and was also a symbol of trust, it naturally would not be too ordinary.

However, the plaque that Guan the Elder took out was carved from spirit wood, and indeed, it had ‘Senluo Order’ written on it, but the craftsmanship and enchantments used were probably made by an Artifact Maker of Low Grade Magical Artifacts.

Li Shiming was not a Loose Cultivator; he was also a sect cultivator. If this Senluo Order was real, then on what basis would the Senluo Sect distinguish its authenticity?

Not to mention other Artifact Makers if even Li Shiming himself, provided he had the materials of spirit wood, could make countless Senluo Orders indistinguishable from the real ones.

“Why do this? What’s wrong with handing over the real thing? Since you brought out a fake one, then your lives are mine!” Li Shiming said indifferently.

A streak of sword light flashed past, and the head of Guan the Elder soared into the sky, while the still unshocked Guan the Second’s head flew up almost at the same time.

Only Guan Laosan was left wanting to scream in horror, but found himself unable to move.

Li Shiming’s spiritual thought swept over, and their storage bags were taken.

He grabbed Guan Laosan, gave a slight smile towards Captain Zhao’s direction, showing a warning, believing that someone seasoned like Captain Zhao wouldn’t spread any rumors.

The sword light carried Li Shiming and Guan Laosan, fleeing far away, until Li Shiming found a cave.

A spiritual thought swept through the inside of the cave, all the trash on the ground and the strange scents in the air were swept out of the cave.

Li Shiming brought Guan Laosan into the cave, throwing him down on the ground.

He took out three storage bags, poured out everything inside, and then from a Low-grade shield, he took out a wooden plaque.

Honestly, the Guan brothers’ ability to hide items was quite good, but it was a joke under the spiritual thought of Li Shiming, who possessed this ability.

Li Shiming picked up the wooden plaque, swept a spiritual thought over it, and nodded in satisfaction after.

This wooden plaque used a very special enchanting method, and also had a special marking on its surface, which included a very bizarre flow of spiritual power, likely due to some special secret technique.

If he wasn’t mistaken, this wooden plaque was the real Senluo Order.

As for whether it was genuine, that depended on Guan Laosan’s answers.

He kept Guan Laosan precisely for this purpose, and he also needed to gather information on the nearby Cultivation World.

It could only be said that the Guan brothers had disrupted his original plan, truly, plans can’t keep up with changes.

Originally, he intended to visit Guanquan Mountain under his mortal identity to see if there were any cultivators there.

He hadn’t expected the Guan brothers to come to him, and to offend him, giving him a reason to act.

According to Li Shiming’s principles of conduct, he wasn’t yet cruel enough to provoke unrelated cultivators without any prior offense, akin to a Devil’s behavior.

A rope flew out of Li Shiming’s hand, binding Guan Laosan securely.

This was the Soul-binding Rope he had acquired from Baili Jin Yan, unfortunately, during his time on Sky Sea Island, he dared not use it.

Seeing that he was already at the Qi Refining Ninth Level, and would soon be able to attempt Foundation Establishment, if not for the Guan brothers, maybe the set of Soul-binding Rope and Soul Piercing Needle used for coercion would have remained buried in his hands.

After Foundation Establishment, the use of magical artifacts becomes very minimal.

Just like the two Top-grade Magical Artifacts, one offensive and one defensive, in the storage bracelet of Baili Jin Yan. When he first acquired them, they were extremely powerful artifacts for Li Shiming but now, Li Shiming could already use Super-grade Magical Artifacts.

Thus, those two high-end Top-grade Magical Artifacts had lost their value and had become collections commemorating past experiences.

“What are you going to do? I won’t say anything,” Guan Laosan cried out in fear, looking at Li Shiming.

He was very aware that falling into the hands of a cultivator, some torment was inevitable; he just hoped that Li Shiming’s methods would be somewhat gentler.

However, when he saw Li Shiming skillfully take out the professional Soul-binding Rope and then another needle-shaped magical artifact, he could no longer feign calm.

After using the Soul Piercing Needle once, Li Shiming learned all the information he wanted to know, the things he should and shouldn’t have said, and Guan Laosan spilled everything involuntarily.

Li Shiming finally understood what the Senluo Order was — in the end, it was just a method by the Senluo Sect to incite chaos among the various cultivator forces.

The Senluo Sect, being from the Devil’s Path, naturally acted in inexplicably sinister ways, releasing a batch of Senluo Orders and inciting numerous forces in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains to scramble over them.

Although these Cultivation World forces were far weaker in power than the Senluo Sect, their numbers were extremely vast and had ambiguous relationships with the major sects.

The appearance of the Senluo Order led to continuous conflicts among the forces in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.