Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 467: Chapter 280 Divine Skills

Li Yuanba gave his Taoist body a name, calling it the ‘Taiji Dao Body.’ He had originally planned to name it the Yin Yang Dao Body, which would have been more fitting, but that sounded too unpleasant.

“It seems that Master’s news can’t be kept secret much longer!” he murmured to himself.

Two years had passed, and Elder Jian had never appeared, which had already led to much speculation among the cultivators within the sect.

Li Yuanba was still able to obtain some information within the sect; the information he got wasn’t from befriending fellow disciples, but rather, he purchased it with spirit stones.

There was a power within the sect that specialized in selling information, which he paid attention to after hearing other cultivators talk about it during mission assignments.

Now, every few days, that information-selling power would reliably send him various news within the sect, and the price was not high, just around a hundred or so spirit stones per month.

Recently, rumors about Elder Jian had been increasingly suggesting that more and more cultivators suspected Elder Jian had entered seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Even a Golden Core Elder took the initiative to visit Ten Thousand Sword Peak, wanting to enter, but was blocked by Li Yuanba.

Although Li Yuanba was in Ten Thousand Sword Peak, even a Golden Core Elder might not be able to harm him, but if he could avoid trouble, he would not bring it upon Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

With his ability to freely command the sword intent of Ten Thousand Sword Peak, there, his combat power was roughly equivalent to confronting someone in the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Originally, he had planned to seclude himself for all but the three annual sect assignments, not leaving Ten Thousand Sword Peak at all.

But plans cannot keep up with changes, and his realm had reached a point where he must leave seclusion.

He needed to find his original body, Li Shiming, to retrieve some Vessel Protecting Pills, Soul Stabilizing Pills, Resurrection Pills, and Mountain-Breaking Pills, to prepare for his later formation of the Golden Core.

He had planned for this to take more than four years, but who would have thought that he would reach the expected realm in just two years.

This time, Li Yuanba did not intend to tell anyone about his departure; he planned to leave quietly.

It was still unclear whether Ancestor Lu had re-entered seclusion, but as long as there was no absolute confirmation that Elder Jian was secluding to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, no Golden Core Elder would dare to attack Ten Thousand Sword Peak’s great formation.

Therefore, the safety of Ten Thousand Sword Peak did not need to be worried about for the short term, but given the current situation, it probably could not be upheld for much longer.

This was also the reason why he was in such a hurry; he needed to advance to the Golden Core Stage and completely transform Ten Thousand Sword Peak into a magical treasure to ensure its safety.

As a sword cultivator, the importance of Ten Thousand Sword Peak to him goes without saying; without the sword intent of Ten Thousand Sword Peak, his sword intent could not be improved rapidly.

The improvement of sword intent is even more difficult than the improvement of cultivation level to some extent; otherwise, the previous sect would not have invested massive resources and a long time to create a sword intent inheritance like Ten Thousand Sword Peak.

According to his estimation, Ten Thousand Sword Peak was extremely important for his cultivation at least until the late stage of Golden Core.

Without Ten Thousand Sword Peak, his cultivation speed would greatly decrease.

Although he planned to leave quietly, no matter how stealthily he acted, he was still unable to conceal it from the sect’s great formation; what he needed to do was to leave the range of the sect’s great formation as quickly as possible at night and then use the ‘Step by Step Lotus’ to escape far away.

Li Yuanba closed off Ten Thousand Sword Peak, fully activating the great formation into automatic defense mode.

He himself turned into a sword light and flew towards the gate, by the time a few Golden Core Elders within the sect who were highly concerned about him realized he had left the gate, they were no longer able to locate him.

Li Yuanba’s figure intermittently appeared and disappeared in the night, with each step accompanied by the emergence of white lotuses, his stride now reaching two hundred meters.

As he looked back towards the direction of the Senluo Sect’s gate, a hint of helplessness appeared on his face.

Who would have thought that as a True Disciple of Senluo Sect, he would always need to be cautious, for after all, the Demon Sect is the Demon Sect; no matter how peaceful it seems on the surface, the darkness hidden within is far more terrifying.

Another reason he left quietly was because he didn’t want any fellow disciples to know his cultivation level.

Simply by occupying Ten Thousand Sword Peak, he had already aroused the envy of many fellow cultivators, and if it were to be revealed that his cultivation had improved to the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment in a mere two years, it was likely that even some Golden Core Elders with strong backgrounds might strike at him within the sect.

Not until the gate was no longer in sight did he finally let down his guard; this time he planned to return to the territories of the Righteous Path forces, specifically to a location close to Shushan Sect, to meet with his original body, Li Shiming, in person.

Atop a cliff in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, within a cave concealed by vines, two monks with barely any signs of life suddenly opened their eyes together.

They were two Arhats from Qianye Temple, Zhi Xin Arhat and Wisdom Arhat.

They appeared dusty as if they had been in the cave for a long time.

Several years ago, Zhi Xin Arhat and Wisdom Arhat entered the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and were pursued by Senluo Sect.

Senluo Sect believed the two Arhats to have fallen prey to spirit beasts and didn’t expect them to be right near Jieshan Mountain Pass, having faked death using a Buddhist secret technique to disguise themselves as inanimate objects and lying in wait.

After opening their eyes, Zhi Xin and Wisdom’s vitality also manifested in their bodies.

Although they had been in a death-like state for over two years, it took them only about ten breaths to recover; even the dust on their bodies was shaken off by the restoration of their spiritual power, leaving them immaculate.

Zhi Xin and Wisdom maintained mental communication with one another through a secret technique, which was why they awoke simultaneously.