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Chapter 1530: Chapter 811: News (Part 2)

"Such a big matter, why didn’t you tell me about it?" Grandmaster Hu asked, both agitated and slightly annoyed.

The reprimand was laced with deep concern, leaving Li Shiming momentarily perplexed.

"What big matter? Is there anything more significant than the sect’s victory?" Li Shiming asked in confusion.

"Did you have a duel appointment with Master Ren Mu from the Central State Commerce?" Grandmaster Hu directly inquired, observing Li Shiming’s state.

"Oh, it was for that matter. Master Ren Mu and I didn’t go all out; we just probed each other’s strength!" Li Shiming realized what Master Hu was referring to and explained with a smile.

For him, it was merely a probing match, not a full-scale battle.

Neither side exerted full force, and the fight was kept at a relatively safe level.

"Did you defeat Master Ren Mu?" Grandmaster Hu pressed further.

"There was no one else present during my fight with Master Ren Mu, how does Master know the result?" Li Shiming was taken aback and couldn’t help but ask back.

"News from the Central State Commerce has spread that you challenged Master Ren Mu and claimed victory over him!" Grandmaster Hu explained.

"It was supposed to be a private duel, how did it get publicized?" Li Shiming muttered, shaking his head in confusion.

Little did he know, in order to resolve the feud between him and the Central State Commerce, Master Ren Mu himself revealed the outcome of their battle.

This was to let the various factions within the Central State Commerce understand Li Shiming’s formidable combat strength. If any faction disagreed when Master Ren Mu returned for reconciliation, they would send their own master cultivator to deal with Li Shiming directly.

Master Ren Mu was already the strongest among the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in the Central State Commerce. Even if other factions intended to oppose Li Shiming, they couldn’t find a great cultivator to defeat him.

Besides, the Central State Commerce is a commercial power; they would not offend a formidable adversary for a feud, as such an action could jeopardize their survival.

"I didn’t expect your strength to be this formidable. You should’ve informed me earlier, so that the Ten Thousand Beast Sect could seize more benefits!" Grandmaster Hu understood the implication of Li Shiming’s words, acknowledging the victory over Master Ren Mu, and shook his head.

"Did everyone return because of this matter?" Li Shiming looked towards several other great cultivators and asked.

"This is indeed a major event. Perhaps you haven’t realized what this means for the Ten Thousand Beast Sect?" Master Ding, with an enthusiastic flush on his face, said with a smile.

"With the combat power of a peak great cultivator, no superpower branch will infringe upon the interests of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect on the Dongqi Continent!" Master Chai added.

"Shizhen, the few of us discussed and decided that henceforth, the resources for great cultivators will prioritize you. You are the only one among us with the hope of advancing to the Mahayana Realm, and the sole hope for elevating the Ten Thousand Beast Sect to a superpower!" Grandmaster Hu said solemnly.

Li Shiming was genuinely stunned by his master’s words. The resources for great cultivators on the Dongqi Continent were already scarce. Even occupying three-quarters of Dongqi, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect still aimed to cultivate multiple great cultivators.

Prioritizing the resources to him meant not producing a few more great cultivators; even the existing ones might not enhance their strength.

He looked into the hopeful eyes of each great cultivator, understanding their immense love for the sect. To them, the hope of the sect becoming a superpower outweighed their personal advancement.

Elevating a Mahayana Realm powerhouse would allow the large sect, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, to ascend to a superpower, enabling it to partake in the contest for the superpowers’ interests.

"Thank you all for your goodwill, but I have my way of acquiring cultivation resources and do not require the sect’s provision!" Li Shiming bowed and explained to the great cultivators.

Grandmaster Hu and the other great cultivators insisted on their standpoint, and after several rounds of discussions, they reached a conclusion.

The sect’s resources for great cultivators would be divided into several portions, with each receiving a part, and Li Shiming receiving three shares, the remainder used to cultivate new great cultivators.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect took two months to fully control three-quarters of the Dongqi Continent’s territory.

Recently, Li Shiming has been consolidating his strength while preparing to enhance his combat power.

Master Luo Pei’s five mid-stage golden corpses are still with his clone, Li Yuanba.

Li Shiming has ample alchemy materials and intends to directly refine late-stage golden corpses.

Currently, he has five high-quality great cultivator corpses, all from superpower great cultivators he has slain over the years.

The other great cultivator corpses, being of slightly lesser quality, were set aside.

His standards are somewhat picky, but it cannot be helped since his strength is already high, and he does not have high demands for the combat power of late-stage golden corpses.

He needs late-stage golden corpses with potential, despite the difficulty in advancing further, but through some ancient texts, he discovered a realm beyond golden corpses.

Flying Night Demon, a realm beyond golden corpses, is akin to a great power among human cultivators.

This realm exists only in texts, as he’s never heard of a Flying Night Demon appearing in the cultivation world.

But since the Flying Night Demon exists, Li Shiming is considering attempting it.

After all, he has plenty of corpse refining resources, all acquired by his clone, Li Yuanba.

Moreover, if the late-stage golden corpse is refined and proves insufficient, he’ll hand it over to his clone, Li Yuanba, who still needs it.

Of course, refining a late-stage golden corpse is not a simple task, requiring extensive preparations.

Leveraging his relationship with Master Liu Ziyun, Li Shiming ordered a batch of spiritual objects from the Central State Commerce.

This batch of spiritual objects is for refining late-stage golden corpses, all from a prohibition titled ’Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’ for corpse refining.

This technique was obtained by his clone, Li Yuanba. Many cultivators in the Central State know of Li Yuanba’s mastery in corpse refining, which he found in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and exchanged for.

The ’Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’ is a method to elevate a golden corpse directly to a Flying Night Demon, thus included in the core collection of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Upon reviewing the ’Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’ regarding Flying Night Demons, Li Shiming noted that the possibility of ascending a corpse to a Flying Night Demon was exceedingly low, due not only to the difficulty but also because the required materials are all fifth-grade.

Despite his vast knowledge and wealth, aside from two spiritual treasures crafted from fifth-grade materials, he has never actually seen fifth-grade materials, let alone specific fifth-grade corpse refining materials.

His self-crafted spiritual treasures were only elevated through special artifact refining techniques, unrelated to fifth-grade materials.

However, the method for refining late-stage golden corpses from the ’Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’ required fourth-grade materials, which, though precious, were not beyond his reach.

Of course, the ’Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’ would serve merely as a reference. He intended to implement his unique techniques in the corpse refining process and incorporate the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven Golden Corpse Core.

Ordinary golden corpses, even at the late-stage golden corpse level, could hardly satisfy his standards.

He prefers to do nothing or to do it to perfection.

Great Cultivator Liu Ziyun was worried Li Shiming wouldn’t seek his help. As soon as Li Shiming made his requirements known, he immediately activated his connections, quickly arranging for even the rarest items in the shipment to Dongqi Continent.

The batch of spiritual objects arrived alongside the dragon and phoenix line late-stage fourth-grade resources, expressing goodwill from the Central State Commerce.