"Tianhai Island, I'm back!" Li Shiming murmured to himself when he arrived on land.
Since he left when he was more than ten years old, he is now close to forty years old. Due to the effect of Zhuyan Dan, his face remains the same as before, but his state of mind is completely different.
He sniffed the air of Tianhai Island, and the smell of this air often appeared in his memories.
Meteor Mo Zhou's speed slowed down, and he no longer needed to worry about his own safety when he reached land.
This is not the Beishu continent. The Golden Core stage monks here are already at the top of their combat power. The only fake infant ancestor also has the token given by Zuo Ancestor, so there is no need to consider the threat of the fake infant.
The first feeling I got when I came to Tianhai Island was that it was barren. It didn't mean the soil here, but the concentration of spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy intensity of Tianhai Island is obviously much worse than that of Beishu Continent. This is probably one of the reasons why the strength of the monks here is generally low.
The influence of the richness of spiritual energy on monks is not very obvious. Monks practice with the help of spiritual veins and spiritual energy gathering arrays.
However, a low level of spiritual energy means that spiritual resources are scarce and of low quality. This is the most serious problem.
Li Shiming sat in the flying boat and set Nanling Mansion as his destination.
His eyes kept scanning the scenery on the ground, trying to find familiar scenery.
Although the speed of Meteor Ink Boat has slowed down a bit, it is still very fast. It can take up to three hours to reach the original boundary of Nanling Mansion.
He also met some monks along the way. Those monks were of too low a level and were scared away when they saw flying boats flying in the sky from a distance.
After traveling for more than an hour, he discovered a chase.
With his temperament, he would be too lazy to interfere in this kind of battle in the world of immortality.
But when he used his 'divine vision' to see clearly the monk being chased, his powerful memory reminded him of the monk's identity.
With Li Shiming's thought, the meteor ink boat turned and flew towards the monk.
Zhu Ji sensed the spiritual power in the spiritual lake. Behind him were two early-stage foundation-building monks of the same level. His strength was weaker than any of them, and he consumed more spiritual power in the chase.
This caused his spiritual power to be exhausted.
A helpless and bitter smile appeared on his face. After the Tianhai Sect's mountain gate was broken, he followed the sect and wandered outside. He was spotted by a late-stage foundation-building monk and became his disciple.
Fortunately, he used some resources to be promoted to a foundation-building monk. Although he was under constant oppression from the Mingyue Sect, he still lived a good life.
But this time when he went to Fangshi to buy resources, he was targeted by two Mingyue Sect monks, and he was hunted down.
"It seems that we have to answer here today, so why not fight for it!" He mobilized the remaining spiritual power, stopped running away, and turned around to stop.
The two pursuing Mingxin Sect monks saw him stop, dispersed to the left and right, and surrounded him.
When the two Mingxin Sect monks took out two spiritual weapons respectively, Zhu Ji's heart sank. Although he was also a monk in the early stage of foundation establishment, he was still using super-grade magic weapons.
One against two, both the magical weapon and the strength are much weaker, and he will definitely die in this battle.
Just as Zhu Ji was waiting for death, a pressure came down from the sky.
The spiritual weapons of the two Mingxin Sect monks were fixed in the air, only one meter away from Zhu Ji but unable to move an inch.
"I have protected this person, you go!" A young voice came from the air.
Although they don't know who the other party is, as disciples of a sect such as Mingxin Sect, they know what this kind of pressure represents. This is a golden elixir monk.
"Senior, since you have spoken, we should leave!" After feeling the pressure on his body weakening, the Yiming Xin Sect monk bowed and said, neither humble nor arrogant.
Li Shiming couldn't help but nodded. Such monks have been carefully cultivated by the sect, and they will maintain the pride of the sect even if they face Jindan monks.
He also had no intention of taking action against the two Mingxin Sect monks, as his strength was not yet strong enough to resist the power of the fake infant.
He came back this time to visit relatives and didn't want to cause any trouble.
If he really wanted to take revenge for being kicked out of Tianhai Island by Mingxin Sect, he would have to wait until his strength increased enough to crush Mingxin Sect.
The two Mingxin Sect monks stepped back some distance, turned around and flew away with their spiritual weapons.
Li Shiming put away the flying boat, fell from the sky, and landed in front of Zhu Ji.
Zhu Ji's face didn't change much, it just lost its youthfulness and became calmer.
The lifespan of a monk in the Qi-refining stage is about 150 years, and that of a monk in the foundation-building stage is two hundred years. Twenty years is not enough for a monk to change much.
Unless the monk is in the last days of his life, the rate of aging will increase exponentially.
Zhu Ji stared blankly at the monk in front of him, and he almost opened his mouth to call out a name, the name of the genius monk of Tianhai Sect, the young man who followed his instructions when he first started.
The reason why he didn't call out his name was because the other party was a Jindan monk, and calling him by his first name was extremely disrespectful.
Secondly, the face of the Jindan monk in front of him was really too young. Although he was exactly the same as the boy back then, it was impossible that he had not changed at all after twenty years.
"Senior Brother Zhu Ji, long time no see!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
"Are you really Li Shiming?" Zhu Ji asked in disbelief even when he heard Li Shiming call his name.
It has only been twenty years. In twenty years, he was at the eighth level of Qi refining, Li Shiming first entered the sect, and even when Mingxin Sect invaded, Li Shiming was only in the late stage of Qi refining.
But twenty years later, Li Shiming stood in front of him, and he was already a Jindan monk, which made him doubt his eyes.
"It seems that senior brother still remembers me!" Li Shiming said very happily.
It feels so good to be remembered by others. It is difficult for monks to have deep feelings. Back then, Zhu Ji taught him basic knowledge, but later on, there was almost no contact with him.
Because Li Shiming has an IBMz15, his memory is shared with the IBMz15. He can retrieve relevant memory scenes from his memory at any time. No matter how many years have passed, Zhu Ji can be recognized at a glance as long as the changes in Zhu Ji are not so great that they are beyond recognition.
"I dare not be called senior by my seniors!" Zhu Ji recovered from the shock and saluted respectfully.
Li Shiming sighed secretly in his heart, he knew it would be like this.
"I wonder how the Tianhaizong is doing?" Li Shiming waved his hand for Zhu Ji to get up, and then asked.
He also knew something about the Tianhai Sect. Elder Yin and Elder Ren also brought some news when they came to the Northern Shu Continent, but what happened after that was unclear.
"The Tianhai Sect has long since disappeared. Now the seven sects have merged into one and have been driven to the seaside to survive!" Zhu Ji mentioned the Tianhai Sect, with a look of sadness on his face.
He is different from Li Shiming. He has been near the Tianhai Sect since he was born, and later joined the Tianhai Sect. It can be said that he has the most authentic blood of the Tianhai Sect.
Therefore, his feelings for Tianhai Sect are very deep, far from Li Shiming who regards Tianhai Sect as a ladder to improve his strength.
Zhu Ji talked a lot after that, and also let Li Shiming know the current situation on Tianhai Island.
The Mingxin Sect was the only one, but the Mingxin Sect did not completely kill the other seven sects.
Instead, the seven sects were blocked and suppressed with all their strength. Since the cultivation resources of the seven sects were unavailable, the Jindan elders looked for other ways. Even if the seven sects were unified, there would only be nine Jindan elders left.
You must know that at the peak of the Seven Sects, there were more than 20 Jindan elders, and this is an official number.
Elders Xiang Yin and Elder Ren are the Jindan elders who have left. There is no other way to leave. Without the supply of resources, it will be difficult for the Jindan elders to even maintain their own strength, let alone improve their strength.
No Golden Core monk with any ambition would ever want to be trapped in a hopeless place like Tianhai Island.
As for why the Ming Xin Sect didn't kill them all, Li Shiming was too familiar with this method of dealing with it.
If Mingxin Sect really has no enemies in Tianhai Sect, then Mingxin Sect will slowly become corrupt. This is a lesson learned from the rise and fall of countless sects.
Without external enemies, the sect would have no bloody spirit and upward motivation.
Leaving the seven weak sects behind will allow the disciples of Mingxin Sect to have enemies to fight with.
"Senior, what are your plans for coming back this time?" Zhu Ji looked at Li Shiming's face carefully and asked uneasily.
In front of Li Shiming, even if Li Shiming restrained his spiritual energy fluctuations, there was still a terrifying oppressive force coming from Li Shiming.
He didn't know what Li Shiming's strength was, but he didn't feel this way even when facing Elder Jindan in the sect.
If Li Shiming can return to the sect, although the current sect is no longer the Tianhai Sect, the integration of the seven sects can be regarded as the continuation of the Tianhai Sect, then the strength of the sect will definitely be greatly improved.
"I have already joined other sects. I came back this time just to have a look!" Li Shiming shook his head. He thought for a while, took out a jade bottle and threw it over and said: "Meeting can be regarded as fate. We will meet again in the future if we are destined!"
After saying that, he flew into the air, took out the meteor ink boat and left.
Zhu Ji held the jade bottle in his hand and looked at Li Shiming's flying boat until it was no longer visible, and then withdrew his gaze.
No matter how little knowledge he had, he still saw that the flying boat was a magic weapon. It seemed that Li Shiming was doing very well outside.
He opened the jade bottle in his hand and sniffed it, then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
There were ten second-grade high-grade elixirs in the jade bottle, the quality of which exceeded his imagination.
Although he only took a slight sniff, he felt the stirring of the spiritual lake in his body, and his spiritual power increased a little.
If he takes all ten second-grade high-level elixirs, his strength will at least increase by a small level.
He quickly looked around and found that no other monks were there. He carefully put away the jade bottle, shrunk his body and ran away quickly.
Li Shiming had no intention of intervening in the affairs of the Seven Sects, so he speeded up the flying boat.
Nanling Mansion is in the south of Xia Kingdom, where he traveled through time.
When approaching Nanling Mansion, he put away the Meteor Ink Boat, blessed himself with an invisibility spell, and flew into Nanling Mansion.
The familiar streets have changed, and every face here is unfamiliar. The soldiers who were originally familiar at the gate of the government office have also changed into unfamiliar appearances.
His spiritual mind swept across the government office and found that the owner had changed long ago.
He was at a loss for a moment. He had no intelligence support in the Xia Kingdom, which made it impossible for him to know where his father was currently.
His eyes fell on the main study room, where there was a middle-aged man wearing a fourth-grade official robe.
The main study is the master's study. In this government office, only the prefect is eligible to use it.
Li Shiming fell into the room through the open window, and then he took off his invisibility.
"Who are you? Do you know that I am the fourth rank of the Xia Kingdom and the master of a mansion!" The prefect saw Li Shiming suddenly appearing. Although he was a little surprised, he still asked in a deep voice.
He probably thought that if he spread his voice, soldiers would come over.
But he didn't know that Li Shiming had sealed off the study room a long time ago. Not to mention the sound, even if there were people standing at the door, they couldn't see what was going on inside.
Li Shiming did not answer. He took a look around the study. There were not many changes here. The furnishings were still the same, but the books were changed.
"Where did Magistrate Li, who used to live here, go?" After looking around, he turned to look at the magistrate and asked.
"Are you an immortal?" The prefect glanced at the two soldiers standing not far from the study. It seemed that they didn't know what was happening here. He reacted and asked aloud.
"Answer my question!" Li Shiming said impatiently.
"Master Li was promoted to the capital ten years ago!" After the prefect guessed that Li Shiming was an immortal, his attitude immediately became respectful and he answered the question honestly.
Li Shiming was overjoyed because he did not expect that the prefect actually knew his father's whereabouts.
"Excuse me!" Li Shiming nodded and disappeared in a flash.
The prefect stood there for a long time, not calling the soldiers outside, but looking at the place where Li Shiming disappeared with fanatical and envious eyes.
Li Shiming came out of the study. He re-applied the invisibility spell to himself. He flew over the garden. Here was a precious memory of his. He copied the scenery here to his natal magic weapon IBMz15, which can be accessed at any time in the future.
From here to the capital, he no longer used the flying boat, but directly used the 'Bu Bu Sheng Lotus'. He even did not use the 'Charming Soul Concealment Secret Technique' and the 'Sky Covering Secret Technique', and only used ordinary invisibility.
Spells.
The monks in Xia Kingdom probably haven't even reached the foundation building stage. An ordinary invisibility spell is enough to make it impossible for the monks here to see through it, let alone other mortals.
In front of the old house in the capital, Li Shiming looked at the somewhat old vermilion door without using his spiritual thoughts. Relying on the feeling between relatives, he knew that his father Li Wenyuan was here.
Considering the old gate and the fact that his father Li Wenyuan was still a fourth-rank official when he left, if his father returned to the capital, he should at least have a mansion suitable for his status. It was obvious that the Li family was in decline.
He knocked on the door. After more than ten breaths after the knocker hit, the door slowly opened a gap.
"Master, it's the master, the master is back!" When the man who opened the door saw Li Shiming, he was stunned for a moment, then shouted in surprise, and then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed.