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Chapter 772: Chapter 432 Discovery_2

Li Shiming, however, did not notice the image of Elder Sword leaving, since a Nascent Soul Ancestor has many ways to conceal his departure and disappear without a trace.

The drone satellite system is not omnipotent, and when a Nascent Soul Ancestor intends to conceal himself, monitoring becomes extremely difficult.

However, when Li Shiming’s life-bound magical treasure, the IBMz15, called up the data from the drone satellite system, he noticed that a large, blurry spatial pattern had appeared thousands of miles away half a day earlier.

Such blurred spatial scenes could only be caused by a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Moreover, that large group of blurred spatial images was not the doing of a single Nascent Soul Ancestor, but several Nascent Soul Ancestors traveling together, resulting in such a formation.

Li Yuanba, taking advantage of his identity, approached the peaks of several other Nascent Soul Ancestors.

He was somewhat familiar with the aura of Elder Zuo and Ancestor Lu. Assisted by the analysis of his life-bound magical treasure IBMz15, he also sensed some differences in the auras of these Nascent Soul Ancestors compared to the usual.

If it were just one Nascent Soul Ancestor, it might have been a change caused by external influences.

But the simultaneous change among several Nascent Soul Ancestors was not a simple matter.

”All eight Nascent Soul Ancestors have mobilized? But they haven’t gone to Yongle Island, where did they go?” Li Yuanba wondered to himself.

If eight Nascent Soul Ancestors were headed to Yongle Island, it could not possibly be this quiet.

”Could it be?” A shock went through him as he considered a possibility.

On Li Shiming’s end, he had already left the sect gate, his target being in the direction where countless Nascent Soul Ancestors moved together. He did not know their destination, but his plan was to simply keep getting closer.

During his pursuit, he made another discovery. The speed at which these Nascent Soul Ancestors moved was off; even with his ’Step by Step Lotus,’ he could barely keep up.

It’s worth noting that his ’Step by Step Lotus’ was very different from the normal Divine Foot Skill ’Step by Step Lotus.’ His technique, stimulated by multiple brains simultaneously, kept the ’Step by Step Lotus’ in a state of constant activation without any breaks.

This technique allowed him to move several times faster than other Divine Foot Skill practitioners of the ’Step by Step Lotus,’ but even at that speed, it was hard to keep up with the Nascent Soul Ancestors, suggesting that they were also using the Divine Foot Skill.

He thought of the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the Beishu Continent forming a formation, unified with Venerable Huike, who was using the ’Inch by Inch World’ method of movement.

He was sure now, those were the eight Nascent Soul Ancestors of the Beishu Continent.

Still, he wondered what the secret purpose was behind these eight Nascent Soul Ancestors’ covert journey.

It was only Li Shiming, after all, who could track ordinary Nascent Soul Ancestors, let alone those using the ’Inch by Inch World’ to travel.

Ordinarily, for most cultivators, merely catching a glimpse of a Nascent Soul Ancestor from afar could trigger the Ancestor’s awareness.

Li Shiming used the drone satellite system, a method completely unrelated to the Cultivation World, thus preventing the Nascent Soul Ancestors from suspecting they were being monitored.

”For ten years now, what has Skywalk Trading Company been searching for?” Ancestor Lu suppressed his voice with spiritual power so that only the other seven Nascent Soul Ancestors could hear him.

The six major sects and Beishu Trading Company are the top forces of the Beishu Continent, with the six major sects having ruled over the continent for more than ten thousand years.

Every action of Skywalk Trading Company could not possibly escape the notice of the six major sects.

The six major sects wanted to understand the intentions of Skywalk Trading Company, which is why they tolerated Skywalk’s recruitment of local cultivators and did not take action against these cultivators who betrayed the Beishu Continent.

While the six major sects usually appear aloof, in reality, they have informants across every corner of the Beishu Continent.

After many local cultivators had returned from the Yongle Battlefield, not only had their strength suddenly improved, but they also wandered around constantly. How could they not be known by the intelligence systems of the six major sects?

It was under the permissiveness of these six major sects that the Skywalk Trading Company had been able to explore various places continuously over the past ten years.

Just the day before, the intelligence system had received an important piece of intelligence that the local cultivators in the Five Lang Mountain seemed to have discovered something. Afterwards, a Golden Core cultivator from the Skywalk Trading Company made a trip there and had stayed for a long time, up until now, without leaving.

The intelligence system of the six major sects had not for the first time discovered native cultivators being bribed to report to the Skywalk Trading Company. However, in the past, a Golden Core cultivator from the Skywalk Trading Company would soon leave, unlike this prolonged stay.

Moreover, from the intelligence that came from Yongle Island, Elder You Xia took this discovery very seriously.

Yes, the six major sects had expanded the intelligence to Yongle Island. Some intelligence personnel had infiltrated the inside of Yongle Island by pretending to defect and, through deliberate nurturing by the intelligence system, one of the personnel had attained a status close to Elder You Xia.

”Why not go see for ourselves? That Golden Core cultivator from the Skywalk Trading Company is setting up a formation there; he must have found something!” Ancestor Zhan said with a smile.

His eyes were shining; the resources on the Beishu Continent were too scarce, leaving these Nascent Soul Ancestors without hope of advancing.

He had never thought that there was anything on the Beishu Continent that the Skywalk Trading Company would take an interest in.

In the past, they didn’t have an accurate judgment of the strength of the Skywalk Trading Company, but since Elder Jin Kai arrived, they understood that the Skywalk Trading Company was definitely a formidable force.

There wasn’t a single Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner on the entire Beishu Continent, yet the Skywalk Trading Company could dispatch one; that was the difference.

For a power like the Skywalk Trading Company to deploy even a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner over some secret made him extremely curious.

In his opinion, something that a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner valued could only be a resource tremendously beneficial for practitioners at that level.

If such resources were to be obtained by the six major sects, it might give these Nascent Soul Ancestors a glimmer of hope for advancement.

Advancing from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage involved not only an increase in realm and cultivation but also a significant increase in lifespan once one reached the middle stage, which was most important.

”Of course he found something!” Elder Zuo said confidently.

He was the one who proposed this full mobilization; he was the first to point out the difference about Five Lang Mountain in the intelligence reports. Abiding by the principle of striking first, they planned to beat the Skywalk Trading Company and uncover the secret there.

Even Venerable Huike, who had not spoken, was also deeply excited. If they could really find a resource that was valuable to Nascent Soul Middle Stage, it might solve the recent decline in strength of the Qianye Temple.

If Qianye Temple could have a Mid-stage Venerable Elder, it would return to the forefront of major sects.

Of course, for this operation, all eight Nascent Soul Ancestors had signed a pact to cooperate fully during the mission and not to engage in any self-serving actions.

In terms of benefit sharing, battle arrangements, and other aspects, the pact had clear divisions.

The reason this operation was not notified to the other Nascent Soul Ancestors of the major sects was partly because this intelligence was still their speculation and had not been confirmed.

And most importantly, it was because the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the major sects needed to remain to guard the sect.

Nowadays, the Beishu Continent was not peaceful, with one Nascent Soul Middle Stage and one Nascent Soul Early Stage formidable enemy lurking around the Beishu Continent. Without sufficient defensive power, the millennia-old foundations of the major sects might not be preserved.

Moreover, the Nascent Soul Ancestors were somewhat selfish; if the resources acquired were plentiful, they would certainly hand over a portion to the sect, but if very little was obtained, then naturally it would be divided among the eight Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Venerable Huike’s ”A Hairbreadth in Heaven” pace quickened, as he thought about rushing to the Five Lang Mountain, feeling a sense of urgency.