Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 657: Chapter 375 Influence

Li Shiming checked Venerable Huijing’s injuries and upon examination, he found the venerable’s Nascent Soul to be extremely weak.

He didn’t have any Spirit Pills that could treat Nascent Soul injuries on hand, and such pills were unlikely to ever be in his possession.

As for Venerable Huijing’s injuries, they would have to naturally heal over time.

Li Shiming activated the Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins of the Fourth-Grade Locking Vein Plate for Venerable Huijing and gave him an order to heal through cultivation on his own.

Venerable Huijing sat down cross-legged. Cultivation had become instinct for him— even with lost memories, the Nascent Soul still managed to control the intake of Spiritual Energy into the body, entering the state of cultivation.

After observing for a while, Li Shiming noticed that although Venerable Huijing’s Nascent Soul was severely injured, the injury did not worsen too much once he began cultivating.

However, as to how long it would take for the injury to heal, that was unknown.

It’s worth noting that a Nascent Soul Ancestor’s retreat for cultivation could take months or even years, and Li Shiming knew too little about such beings.

If Venerable Huijing’s injuries were to heal sooner, what was needed was a Fourth Grade healing Spirit Pill.

“I guess I’ll just have to wait for Huijing to recover on his own!” Li Shiming uttered with the resignation of someone who couldn’t afford better treatment.

Although he was incredibly wealthy and even had some Fourth Grade Spiritual Objects, in the face of Venerable Huijing’s injuries, he still felt his own poverty.

Looking at Venerable Huijing’s appearance, he knew that just by showing up outside of the bunker space, any cultivator who saw him would likely guess the venerable’s identity.

While having a Nascent Soul Ancestor by one’s side for protection was extremely comforting, it wasn’t a good deal if it attracted the attention of Qianye Temple.

“Huijing, can you grow some hair?” Li Shiming commanded Venerable Huijing through the one-sided servant’s pact.

To request a monk, especially a Nascent Soul Stage Venerable, to grow hair was a demand that, if expressed to any other Venerable, would get one’s head smashed in.

But Venerable Huijing, while continuing to cultivate his primary Cultivation Technique, complied with Li Shiming’s command.

Strand by strand of white hair sprouted out on the previously bald Venerable Huijing. Soon, he had a head of white hair which styled itself into a daoist topknot.

Li Shiming inspected Venerable Huijing in detail within the bunker space through his mental connection, and even though Huijing now had hair, his face was still recognizable.

Maintaining his soul connection with Huijing, as he pondered, Venerable Huijing’s appearance transformed and his white hair turned black.

After a few moments, he no longer saw the previous Venerable Huijing, but instead a young man with black hair.

Only then did Li Shiming remember that cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage could easily change their appearance, although those at this stage rarely cared about their looks.

Li Yuanba received the treatment due to a Nascent Soul Ancestor as Ancestor Lu forcibly breached the Jieshan Formation, protecting him and bringing him through.

At the Senluo Sect’s Jieshan Mountain Pass, Ancestor Lu left him behind and headed towards the sect entrance.

“Junior Li!” A voice, full of surprise, called out from the Senluo Sect’s Jieshan Mountain Pass, as Jiang Pu, Meng Sheng, and Shi Can, the three Golden Core Elders, flew out together.

Ancestor Lu’s disturbance was quite significant, and they had been preparing to meet the Nascent Soul Ancestor, but when they emerged, they saw only Li Yuanba.

Since Li Yuanba was abducted by Venerable Huike, Jiang Pu and the others had been overwhelmed with guilt, believing that if they hadn’t asked Li Yuanba to help, he might not have been captured.

“Ancestor Lu rescued you; we failed you, drawing you into danger!” Jiang Pu approached Li Yuanba, bowed solemnly to apologize, the other two Golden Core Elders followed suit to express their remorse.

“It’s not your fault; it would have happened sooner or later even without this incident. Qianye Temple is set on capturing me!” Li Yuanba quickly helped Jiang Pu to his feet and said.

This was the truth; with a Venerable involved, without this opportunity, they would have found another way to ensnare him.

He couldn’t always stay within Jieshan City and even Jieshan City wasn’t guaranteed safety— for Venerable Huike, breaking through the Jieshan Mountain Pass was not difficult.

Of course, if Qianye Temple attempted anything against Li Yuanba after this incident, it would definitely spark a Nascent Soul conflict between Qianye Temple and the Senluo Sect.

If not for Ancestor Lu feeling greatly benefited from the situation, he would not have so easily concluded the matter.

Ying Hou and Xin Tong, the two Golden Core Elders from the Righteous Path side, also reported that Ancestor Lu’s passage through their grand formation had been noticed.

In fact, unless a Nascent Soul Ancestor used a Secret Technique to conceal their presence, their movements couldn’t escape the surveillance of various Formations.

The influence of Ancestor Lu’s forceful entry into the Righteous Path territory was not insignificant.

Nevertheless, related information about this event was conveyed to the five major sects by the Senluo Sect.

As the wrongful party in this incident, it was no surprise that Ancestor Lu was angered, apart from Qianye Temple, the Shushan Sect and the Thousand Illusion Sect stayed out of it.

Qianye Temple had captured Ancestor Lu’s genius disciple, which was a personal matter to the Nascent Soul Ancestor. Ancestor Lu’s response was supported by even the larger sects of the Righteous Path.

Over the years, due to the inheritance of various Divine Skills, Qianye Temple’s actions had become increasingly arrogant, long causing discontent among the other major sects.