Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 355: Chapter 224 Tracking

After spending five days on the battlefield, Li Yuanba decided to return to the Jieshan Mountain Pass; he needed to consider how to meet with his original self, Li Shiming.

The original Li Shiming had already been waiting for one day on a mountain peak close to the Righteous Gate, primarily to observe the battlefield situation and study the Formation of the Righteous Path’s side.

This Formation was guarded by the cooperation of three Righteous Path powers: Shushan Sect, Thousand Illusion Sect, and Qianye Temple. If Li Shiming dared enter the gate directly, he would immediately be detained by the Golden Core Elders of the Shushan Sect guarding the gate.

As a True Inheritor Alchemist like him was a treasure in any major sect, how could he be allowed to take risks at will.

Besides, the current Foundation Establishment Stage war was a score to settle between Qianye Temple and Senluo Sect, and it had not escalated to the point where the other two sects of the Righteous Path needed to be involved.

If Shushan Sect and Thousand Illusion Sect were to get involved, it would at least require Qianye Temple to invite them actively.

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So from any perspective, Li Shiming could not enter the battlefield.

Li Shiming remained outside the pass precisely to investigate the Formation; with his status as a True Disciple of Shushan Sect, the Formation would not attack him. As long as he did not enter and trigger the Formation, there wouldn’t be any problems.

By following the defensive line, he found a weak point in the Formation and tried to research its vulnerabilities.

Such a Formation could not possibly be crafted entirely by Array Masters or High-level Array Masters. Normally, these kinds of Formations were designed by Array Masters and then installed by Array Masters of various levels, with only the key Formation nodes being handled by High-level Array Masters or Array Masters themselves.

The weak point he found was likely constructed by an Intermediate Array Master, and it contained many errors.

Of course, the minor errors within the Formation would be difficult to exploit, even if there were an Array Master present.

The overall operation of the Formation would conceal these small imperfections, preventing Array Masters from finding any exploitable weaknesses.

But Li Shiming was different; with the help of IBMz15, as long as there was a loophole, he could analyze how to utilize it through rigorous calculation.

After several exhausting hours, he finally mastered the loophole here and could enter and exit without a sound.

However, Li Shiming did not act immediately; he needed to coordinate with Li Yuanba. He couldn’t stay on the battlefield for too long and would return immediately after exchanging goods.

He still needed to practice “Purple Qi Eastward,” timing it for the next morning.

Li Yuanba returned to the Jieshan Mountain Pass and went to have the bodies verified by a steward to exchange for contribution points before heading to the Exchange Pavilion.

At the Exchange Pavilion, he exchanged all his contribution points for knowledge of Formations. The Formation system of Senluo Sect was based primarily on cold spiritual energy, which was a rather unique inheritance.

He even saw the complete knowledge of the Netherworld Ghost Realm Array. However, this kind of Formation, which required Third Grade Array materials, was not something he could currently afford.

The stance of the grand sects on Formations requiring Third Grade materials was the same: to strictly control their dissemination.

This blockade was for all Golden Core cultivators because once such Formation knowledge spread, Array Masters would compete with Golden Core cultivators for Third Grade materials, making the already scarce materials even scarcer.

It could be said that this was also a knowledge monopoly participated in by all grand sects, whether on the Righteous Path or the Demon Sect.

Li Yuanba had over ten thousand contribution points, all of which he exchanged for knowledge of Formations. Because of their various types, this knowledge was stored in fifteen Jade Scrolls.

This was the only knowledge that the original Li Shiming currently needed. Li Shiming had also exchanged for a lot of Formation knowledge at the Shushan Sect, and his accumulation of Formation knowledge was rapidly increasing. He felt that a breakthrough in the Array Formation Starlight Sea was not as far off as before.

Therefore, Li Shiming needed all the Formation knowledge he could get to supplement his total knowledge of Formations.

Li Yuanba then used the spoils of war to exchange for a batch of the unique Second Grade Spirit Medicine from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains. Ordinary Devil Cultivators, as well as Buddha’s spiritual artifacts and spiritual objects, were of no use to him; it was better to exchange them for unique Spirit Medicine from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, which could also benefit his original self in alchemy.

Having arranged everything, he left the pass again.

Elder Lv was still watching from afar, but this time, he turned around, returned to his cave dwelling, took out a puppet, and infused a stream of Spiritual Energy into it. He placed the puppet in his temporary cave dwelling where he usually rested.

With this breath of life and the fact that he had left an Identity Jade Disc in the puppet’s possession, both the Golden Core Elders outside and the Formation would think he was still there.

He took a deep breath, and his aura quickly dropped, falling from the Golden Core Stage to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment in no time.

He tapped his body several times with his fingers. This secret technique allowed his aura to be suppressed at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment and would not be detected by Arhats of Qianye Temple or Golden Core cultivators of the Righteous Path.

Of course, if he made a move that went beyond the capability of the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, the secret technique would automatically unravel.

Normally, no Golden Core cultivator would do this, as in such a state, their defense would fall to that of Late-stage Foundation Establishment, which was the weakest condition.

If they were ambushed by a cultivator of the same level, they might fall before they could unleash their true strength.

Elder Lv had originally planned to find an opportunity to meet Li Yuanba; however, Li Yuanba simply did not linger long at the Jieshan Mountain Pass. He only returned twice, and both times he left immediately after completing his tasks and handling affairs, not giving Elder Lv any chance at all.

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