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Chapter 578: Chapter 335 Swarm Out_2

Therefore, the prime suspect could only be the Skywalk Trading Company. Why the Skywalk Trading Company, you ask? Well, it’s because they sent a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

The Skywalk Trading Company had both motive and ability. The motive came from a Jade Scroll that Li Shiming obtained several years ago, which was captured from a cultivator of the Skywalk Trading Company and which contained partial information about the Sect Protection Array of Qianye Temple.

As for ability, a trading company operating across continents would undoubtedly have special methods that no one would believe they lacked.

Why was the rocket launched from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, yet it attacked Qianye Temple? Shouldn’t Senluo Sect be the priority target, or even the Shushan Sect and Thousand Illusion Sect since they’re closer?

The judgement from Qianye Temple was that someone wanted to incite hatred between the great sects.

After learning about the conflict at the Nascent Soul Stage between Senluo Sect and Qianye Temple, Skywalk Trading Company might use this method. If Qianye Temple truly believed the attack came from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, they would engage in an all-out war with Senluo Sect.

No matter how you look at it, Skywalk Trading Company ended up as the prime suspect from the final analysis by Qianye Temple.

Thus, Venerable Huike was the most proactive. He took the initiative to discuss with Elder Zuo and to take charge of this operation.

The intelligence systems of the six great sects sprang into action, and the news of a guest being received with high honors at Ten Thousand Buddha Temple quickly reached all six great sects.

This further convinced the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the six great sects of the veracity of Li Shiming’s information, and Venerable Huike kept in constant communication with the other Nascent Soul Ancestors.

A conflict involving Nascent Soul Ancestors could not go without a plan. It was unthinkable for six Nascent Soul Ancestors to mobilize only to end up without any gains. That would leave massive risks unaddressed and diminish the deterrent power of the six great sects over the Beishu Continent.

What allowed the six great sects to rule the entire Beishu Continent was the covenant formulated by the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the six great sects who have the shared duty of facing the enemies of the sects outside of their alliance jointly on a Nascent Soul level.

Besides the six great sects, there are other major forces that possessed Nascent Soul Ancestors, but these forces all rank below the six great sects, partly due to the rules set by the Nascent Soul Layer of the six great sects.

The distances from the six great sects to Ten Thousand Buddha Temple varied, with some closer and others farther away. If a Golden Core cultivator wished to reach Ten Thousand Buddha Temple in a short period, probably only those from the nearby Thousand Illusion Sect could achieve it.

However, the speed of a Nascent Soul Ancestor when fully deployed was unimaginable to a Golden Core cultivator.

In fact, the three Righteous Path Nascent Soul Ancestors had already arrived first at the location. They didn’t get too close to Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, but instead stopped at a distance, surrounding the temple from afar.

As Nascent Soul Ancestors, they inherently knew the range within which a Nascent Soul Ancestor could sense danger, so they conveniently stopped just outside of this range.

They were waiting for all six Nascent Soul Ancestors to arrive before striking like thunder, leaving Patriarch Weng Zhao with no chance to escape.

Li Shiming had no idea of the influence his shared information would bring. He guessed that Elder Zuo would probably invite one or two other Righteous Path Nascent Soul Ancestors to act together, never imagining that the Nascent Soul Ancestors of all six great sects would mobilize simultaneously.

One can’t blame him—his access to his sect’s secrets was limited, and he didn’t know the content of the covenant at the Nascent Soul level of the six great sects.

He had now arrived at the outskirts of a valley, which was Patriarch Weng Zhao’s hiding place, that secret base of the Skywalk Trading Company.

Li Shiming stood in the shadow of the trees; the “Charming Soul Concealing Secret Technique” allowed him to blend into the shadows. Coupled with the usage of “Sky Concealing Secret Technique,” he believed that unless Patriarch Weng Zhao was present, no cultivator would detect him.

He chose not to use Divine Thought, only using his eyes to observe the valley ahead.

The valley seemed to lack any fluctuations of Spiritual Energy, appearing just like any ordinary valley.

However, through his observation, he could see the Formation’s Spiritual Power Pattern sealing off the area around the valley.

A comparison of this valley’s formation with his personal treasure, the IBMz15, and the Array Formation Starlight Sea, revealed no similar or even remotely related formations.

This Formation was entirely different from the systems found on the Beishu Continent. Even if another Array Master were to come here and discover this Formation, breaking it would be extremely difficult and time-consuming.

The difference in the philosophical concepts behind formation styles results in variations in how formations are laid out, making it difficult for Array Masters to draw upon previous experiences to identify the formation’s nodes, let alone break the formation in a short amount of time.

In Li Shiming’s eyes, every Spiritual Power Pattern line within the valley formation was crystal clear. With the analysis of his mainstay magical treasure IBMz15, a partial design of the valley formation appeared in his mind.

He smiled, feeling every use of his mainstay magical treasure IBMz15 was well worth its value.

Although the mainstay magical treasure IBMz15 couldn’t directly attack an enemy, it could control more spells and magical treasures. As long as he had enough spiritual power within him, he could take on many cultivators of the same rank, overwhelming the enemy with numbers.

This was also why he felt confident to come here alone to the secret base of the Skywalk Trading Company. With his combat abilities in the Golden Core Stage, he did not fear any opponent.

“You stay outside, don’t let anyone escape from here,” he ordered the Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake through their mental connection as he released it.

The Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake nodded its head. Although it was still stuck at the pinnacle of the second-grade, its combat power was enough to threaten Golden Core Early Stage cultivators.

Its fangs could penetrate the defenses of a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator, and its primary method of attack was ambush—ensuring certain death for the enemy with a single bite from its venomous fangs.

Li Shiming had not hastened the Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake’s promotion, as he had witnessed the dangers of forming a core multiple times and intentionally let it stay at the second-grade for a while longer to strengthen its foundation.

With the Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake not revealing itself, even Li Shiming had to rely on their soul contract to detect it.

The most terrifying aspect of the snake was that Divine Thought could not detect it. Cultivators were overly reliant on Divine Thought and believed in it too much, which made it the most fearsome assassin.

Li Shiming released the Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake to seal off the valley’s outskirts, then he stepped on the White Lotus, moving from the shadow of a large tree to a large rock’s shadow near the valley.

Being extremely close to the Sect Protection Array of the valley, he probed with his Divine Thought unhesitatingly, altering the Spiritual Energy circulation before the formation could react.

Once again, he raised a White Lotus below his feet; this time, he did not conceal himself and appeared inside the valley.

From outside, whether looking down from the sky or from any other angle, there was no sign of any structure within the valley. However, after passing through the formation, he saw the entrance to the cave dwellings inside the valley.

Li Shiming this time did not call upon too many of his brains; two controlled the Heart Sword and the White Feather Sword, one brain managed the Silver Corpse, and the remaining ten prepared ten ‘Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunders’.

More than ten Divine Thoughts spread out, thoroughly exploring every detail of the surrounding area.

He stepped into the interior of the cave dwelling. The hall inside was vast, and two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators were engaged in conversation.

When the two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators saw Li Shiming, their expressions showed surprise. They didn’t suspect him to be an external enemy since only important members of the Skywalk Trading Company could enter and exit this place.

With the Skywalk Trading Company being suppressed, there were not many remaining important members.

They were puzzled that they’d never seen this Golden Core cultivator before, but since he had the rights to enter, he must be one of them.

They couldn’t be blamed, as since Patriarch Weng Zhao started restructuring the Skywalk Trading Company, several cultivators with concealed identities within the company had also come forward.

This led to new faces appearing at Skywalk Trading Company, and the two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators thought he was one of them.

What they didn’t realize was that Li Shiming had breached the formation, and without any warning from the formation, he had boldly entered.

They hesitated for a moment, and without any hesitation, Li Shiming opened his mouth and released an extremely faint ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’.

As the two Golden Core Middle Stage cultivators were affected by ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’, entering a moment of delirium, two beams of sword light pierced through their bodies.