Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 405 249: Breakthrough

Xiao Ke actually wanted to speak, he wanted to say the excuses he had prepared earlier, and add some words about how Li Shiming was overbearing and unreasonable. He thought that Elder Zheng would more likely believe him, a True Disciple of the sect.

But he was unable to speak, for within his Spirit Lake, a Sword Intent had emerged.

This Sword Intent was a Thunder Sword Intent, which darted about in the Spirit Lake, occasionally striking the Spirit Lake.

The Spirit Lake is the core of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and any problem with the Spirit Lake could damage the foundation of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. At this time, constantly harassed by the Thunder Sword Intent, he needed all his focus to counteract it.

If he became distracted and spoke, unable to suppress the invasion of the Thunder Sword Intent, he feared his Spirit Lake would be damaged.

”Li Shiming, I remember now, you are the high-level alchemist from the Shushan Sect, Iʼve offended a sect disciple!” Elder Zheng suddenly remembered who Li Shiming was, his face filled with a smile.

Li Shiming had become famous within a yearʼs time; even Elder Zheng, a Golden Core Cultivator, had heard of his name.

Any pill Li Shiming produced was guaranteed to be a high-level Spirit Pill, and he could refine them in large quantities, a rarity among alchemists.

Itʼs worth noting that the cultivators who could refine pills in large quantities were those who crafted Spirit Pills one level lower than their own alchemy level.

The ability to mass produce Spirit Pills of the same level as oneʼs alchemy level was indeed top tier genius among alchemists.

”Elder Zheng, it was just a minor issue, and I must thank Elder Zheng for handling it justly!” Li Shiming bowed respectfully.

Elder Zheng nodded with a smile, seeing Li Shimingʼs humble attitude and he couldnʼt help but looked at Xiao Ke with a disgusted expression, making it clear who was right and who was wrong without further words.

Yin Shilan also thanked Elder Zheng profusely, then took Li Shiming inside the mountain gate.

As a True Inheritor of Formation, Yin Shilan had her own mountain peak within the mountain gate, a privilege of True Disciples.

After Yin Shilan took Li Shiming away, Elder Zheng was about to leave, but seeing Xiao Ke still standing there, he noticed Xiao Ke was injured.

It was merely because Xiao Keʼs Flying Technique was still active; otherwise, without the ability to summon Spiritual Power in his Spirit Lake, he would have fallen from the sky by this time.

Elder Zheng approached Xiao Ke, and extending his Divine Thought into Xiao Keʼs body, quickly discovered the Sword Intent in his Spirit Lake.

”Go back to your master and have your master remove the Sword Intent. If your master canʼt, let your master find Li Shiming!” Elder Zheng shook his head helplessly.

Although Li Shimingʼs Sword Intent was not deemed very strong, it was extremely pure and carried a thunderous effect, which gave even Elder Zheng a headache.

Because the Sword Intent was in Xiao Keʼs Spirit Lake, removing it was extremely dangerous: the Spirit Lake is very fragile and one careless move could cause the Spirit Lake to collapse, completely damaging Xiao Keʼs Foundation, effectively ending his path.

A Sword Cultivatorʼs Sword Intent has a very special effect; even after leaving the Sword Cultivator, as long as it is in a Spiritual Power environment, it can still last a very long time.

Especially within a cultivatorʼs Spirit Lake, the Sword Intent not only causes destruction but can also absorb Spiritual Power to replenish its own loss.

It can be said that as long as the Sword Intent is not removed, Xiao Keʼs Spirit Lake cannot be at peace; one should not think that the Sword Intent will vanish on its own, for the time the Sword Intent exists in the Spirit Lake definitely will be longer than the time Xiao Keʼs Spirit Lake can support the destruction caused by the Sword Intent.

Xiao Ke is now unable to cultivate, as his Spirit Lake is simultaneously suffering from the destruction caused by the Sword Intent and the absorption of Spiritual Power by the Sword Intent. Once the Spiritual Power in the Spirit Lake decreases to a certain level, unable to resist the Sword Intent, his Spirit Lake will collapse.

Elder Zheng assessed that his chance of successfully intervening was too low; it was not worth the risk to his own reputation should he fail.

While they were speaking, Xiao Keʼs figure swayed, about to fall.

”I will take you to your master.” Elder Zheng caught his form with his Divine Thought, his face showing reluctant resignation.

He would not, for Xiao Keʼs sake, compromise his own prestige to seek out Li Shiming.

Li Shiming, a future Alchemy Master, was someone even a Golden Core cultivator like him needed to foster good relations with, in case a need arose in the future.

Even if he never seeks out Li Shiming, with the network of an Alchemy Master, Elder Zheng did not want to offend Li Shiming over Xiao Ke.

Not to mention Elder Zheng escorting Xiao Ke to see his master, on the other side, Yin Shilan and Li Shiming were flying inside the Thousand Illusion Sect mountain gate and soon arrived at Yin Shilanʼs mountain peak.

”Thatʼs where my masterʼs cave dwelling is located, those are my three senior sistersʼ cave dwellings, and this is where my cave dwelling is!” Yin Shilan introduced everything to Li Shiming along the way.

The layout of the Thousand Illusion Sect mirrored that of the Shushan Sect: Golden Core cultivators occupied a range of mountains with the main peak occupied by a Golden Core cultivator, the surrounding peaks were the cave dwellings of their disciples.

What caught Li Shimingʼs attention was the large formation here, which was somewhat different from the formations he had encountered before.

He saw clouds swirling between the mountain peaks, from time to time, immortal cranes glided through the clouds, yet he could not sense any life force from them; the cranes must have been illusions, and even the clouds were similar.

The Flying Boat descended at Yin Shilanʼs peak, and she led Li Shiming to sit in the pavilion at the summit, her favorite spot for solitude, where the most beautiful scenery could be viewed.

”Truly a fairyland!” Whether it was the influence of the grand formation or the place itself was naturally charming, Li Shiming couldnʼt help but praise after sitting down in the pavilion.