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Chapter 858 - 475: Understanding (Part 2)

Chapter 858: Chapter 475: Understanding (Part 2)

Can’t blame him for being cautious. Being in a foreign land, it’s always better to be extra careful.

Now he no longer has a sect as his backing, and his enemy is a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even his own ally, Venerable Huijing, his strength is not enough to rely on.

Li Shiming’s appearance is not his real face. For a Body Refining Grand Elder, changing his appearance doesn’t require any magical artifacts; he just needs to adjust the bones and muscles of his face.

With the assistance of his life-bound magical artifact IBMz15, his appearance has changed very naturally, so others won’t think it’s fake upon seeing it.

"No need to thank me, I need a map of the continent!" Li Shiming said solemnly.

"Fellow, here is the map of the continent, along with the information I compiled!" Yuan Xi handed over a Jade Scroll without the slightest hesitation, speaking respectfully.

Li Shiming received the Jade Scroll, his Divine Thought entered it.

The map of the continent marked a lot of place names, and in one area, it noted numerous Cultivation World details, such as marketplaces, sect residences, and famous cultivators’ dwellings, etc.

Evidently, this region was where Yuan Xi usually traveled, which is why it’s so detailed.

"Fellow, I can also explain to you the situation of various forces on the continent!" Yuan Xi’s eyes flickered as he spoke.

"You are indeed clever. I hope you are truly clever!" Li Shiming looked deeply at Yuan Xi and said lightly.

Clearly, his request for the map was assumed by Yuan Xi to mean he was a foreign cultivator.

This wasn’t surprising; a Late-stage Golden Core cultivator like Li Shiming wouldn’t possibly lack a map of the continent if he was a Dongqi Continent native.

Li Shiming wasn’t worried about his identity as a foreign cultivator being leaked. Even if Heavenly Inquiry Sect knew he was an outsider, they wouldn’t connect him to Li Shiming from the Beishu Continent.

The entire Dongqi Continent has how many foreign cultivators. He’d heard that Dongqi Continent isn’t as closed-off as the Beishu Continent and doesn’t prohibit foreign cultivators.

"Fellow, please rest assured, I will keep my lips sealed!" Hearing Li Shiming’s words, Yuan Xi felt relieved and bowed slightly.

It seemed that Li Shiming couldn’t stay on other continents, so he came to Dongqi Continent.

This was a very normal occurrence; many cultivators did the same, offending major forces or powerful cultivators on one continent, they were compelled to leave and hide on another continent.

In the Cultivation World, battles and revenge are ever-present, and using various means to escape danger zones is all too common.

Like Ma Dongxin who just escaped, if he survived and returned to the continent, he would surely find another place to hide from Yuan Xi, fearing Yuan Xi’s revenge, quite similar to Li Shiming.

However, seeing Li Shiming’s strength, the force he offended must be formidable, for him to be so cautious.

Yuan Xi had no mind to worry about which force Li Shiming offended. He only thought of borrowing Li Shiming’s strength to retreat from the sea back to the continent.

Without a team, he was very much in danger at sea. If he wasn’t bringing his son Yuan Xiao, he was confident in returning safely.

But with Yuan Xiao, a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Array Master, he wasn’t assured of guaranteeing Yuan Xiao’s safety.

The journey from here to the continent, under normal conditions, would take nearly ten days.

The one-day time Li Shiming anticipated was based on his own speed, not that of an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.

Ten days, with a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in a dangerous sea, without a team protecting Yuan Xiao, any Great Demon could claim his life.

So Yuan Xi proposed accompanying Li Shiming, while he explained the situation of the continent to Li Shiming, obtaining protection in the meantime.

"Fellow, I’ve processed the Ice Crystal Beast for you!" Yuan Xi said, looking at the Ice Crystal Beast on the ground.

Although the Ice Crystal Beast was killed by lightning, leaving its corpse charred, the beast’s materials shouldn’t be wasted; they are quite valuable.

"Keep it for yourself, consider it as your fee for explaining things to me!" Li Shiming showed no interest in the Ice Crystal Beast’s corpse and waved his hand dismissively.

Yuan Xi smiled, recognizing Li Shiming’s genuine disinterest.

Indeed, with Li Shiming able to kill two Ice Crystal Beasts with a single strike, how could he care for their corpses?

He retrieved a small knife and started cutting open the Ice Crystal Beast’s body, first extracting the Demon Core, then slicing off several materials from different parts of the Ice Crystal Beast.

Especially when he removed the Demon Core from the middle-stage Great Demon Ice Crystal Beast, his hands trembled slightly.

Originally, he planned to trade this harvest for a mid-stage Golden Core Third Grade Cultivation Spirit Pill, but with this middle-stage Great Demon Core, he could ask an Alchemist to refine a batch of Third Grade Cultivation Assistance Spirit Pills.

His strength hadn’t increased for a long time; if lucky, he might enhance his cultivation by another notch.

The other gains could afford Yuan Xiao more array-related resources.

"Are you Loose Cultivators?" Li Shiming couldn’t help but ask upon seeing Yuan Xi’s actions.

Only Loose Cultivators would glean even the low-value materials from a Great Demon’s corpse; in his view, handling low-value materials was a waste of time.

"Yes!" Yuan Xi’s smile froze at the question, pondered, then replied.

Li Shiming sensed Yuan Xi’s answer wasn’t entirely firm, likely indicating there’s more to the story, yet he didn’t press further.

Who in the Cultivation World doesn’t have a story, especially mid-stage Golden Core Loose Cultivators?

At least in the Beishu Continent, mid-stage Golden Core Loose Cultivators are extremely rare; even though Dongqi Continent has more resources, mid-stage Golden Core is not everywhere.

Li Shiming glanced at Yuan Xiao, who was tidying up the Formation.

His gaze swept over the Formation and immediately memorized it; this Formation was different from what he learned, but under IBMz15’s analysis, he quickly grasped its principles.

"A fine Formation!" Li Shiming said with a smile.

Though Yuan Xiao wasn’t an Array Master, his skill in formations was considerable, at least at a High-level Array Master’s level.

"This is the Moving Flower Trapped Beast Array I researched. Too bad there aren’t enough Third Grade materials; otherwise, its power could be doubled!" Yuan Xiao said proudly upon hearing Li Shiming praise his Formation.

"This formation’s third node should move three points towards the Kun position, and the sixth node one point towards the Xun position..." Li Shiming casually pointed out several flaws in the formation.

Yuan Xiao froze, standing dumbly, repeatedly pondering Li Shiming’s words.

"Xiao’er, it’s time to go!" Yuan Xi, having collected the materials, noticed his son still standing in a daze and hadn’t packed the Formation, couldn’t help but remind him.

But Yuan Xiao didn’t seem to hear, still standing there blankly.

"No rush, he’s having some thoughts on the formation, and you can take the opportunity to tell me about the continent’s situation!" Li Shiming smiled, stopping Yuan Xi from urging Yuan Xiao.

He himself had progressed from an Array Master, naturally understanding an Array Master’s feelings when contemplating formations.

Nowadays, no matter how complex the problem, it wouldn’t affect his usual activities, but that’s because he has a hundred and ninety-one brains to use.

Understanding the importance of his son’s state, Yuan Xi was only worried about Li Shiming getting angry. Hearing Li Shiming’s words, he felt at ease.

Then he began explaining the Dongqi Continent situation, and Li Shiming gradually gained a clear understanding of the Dongqi Continent.

Dongqi Continent is a land with numerous forces congregating. Besides some cross-continent powers, the strongest local forces are the four families.

Taichu Sect is the leader of the Righteous Path, Ten Thousand Beast Sect masters spirit beasts with beast control techniques, a force not to be underestimated.

Lianhua Temple leads the Buddhist faction, and Sun Concealing Sect heads the Demon Sect. These four major local sects occupy most of the resources on Dongqi Continent, with the rest divided among cross-continent powers and medium-sized forces.