Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1573: Chapter 833: The Reason

Li Shiming followed in the footsteps of Patriarch Ge, arriving at a section of the Thousand Illusion Sect’s mountain gate. At first glance, this was clearly not a dwelling for core cultivators, as even the Spiritual Energy seemed more scarce than in other places.

"Don’t come anymore, we have no resources left!" Ren Fei’er’s voice came from within the cave dwelling.

Just from the voice, one could hear the change in Ren Fei’er, who used to be fearless of heaven and earth. At this moment, Ren Fei’er seemed to be enduring some kind of oppression.

Li Shiming glanced at Patriarch Ge beside him, whose eyes were flickering.

"Ren Fei’er, it’s me, I’ve returned!" Li Shiming said to the tightly closed door of the cave dwelling.

The door of the cave dwelling opened instantly, revealing Ren Fei’er’s now matured face.

"Brother-in-law, why did it take you so long to return? We’ve been bullied to death!" Ren Fei’er looked at Li Shiming and then at Patriarch Ge, who was a few steps behind Li Shiming. Her intelligent eyes picked up on some clues, and she burst into tears, hugging Li Shiming tightly and hitting him as she spoke.

"It’s my fault, where is your sister?" Li Shiming quickly relaxed the autonomous defense of his physical body to prevent Ren Fei’er from injuring herself by hitting him, he asked softly.

Ren Fei’er, who was now at the Golden Core Middle Stage, had reached this stage normally over a century, with her talents.

"Ah, sister, I have to tell sister!" Ren Fei’er suddenly realized and turned to run back into the cave dwelling.

At this moment, it seemed like the old Ren Fei’er had returned, and Li Shiming couldn’t help but smile.

"Tell me, what happened here?" Li Shiming pointed to the cave dwelling and asked.

He had not been unkind to the Thousand Illusion Sect, solely for his alchemy contributions, many cultivators there owed him favors.

His demands from the Thousand Illusion Sect were not much, merely asking them to take care of Yin Shilan.

But looking at the current cave dwelling, it was the worst one, showing what kind of life Yin Shilan was living in the sect.

Not to mention, the other Golden Core cultivators seemed to know nothing about Yin Shilan, or pretended not to, which was the same as treating her like air.

"After you left, other sects’ patriarchs joined forces several times. The Thousand Illusion Sect was weak, and I managed only to protect Shilan, but couldn’t give her extra resources!" Patriarch Ge answered bitterly.

As he spoke, Li Shiming sensed the presence of Yin Shilan. When he saw her, he was suddenly taken aback.

Yin Shilan’s aura was only at the Golden Core Middle Stage. It should be known that the Spirit Pills he left for her were more than enough to cultivate to the Late-stage Golden Core.

Before he left, he had provided Yin Shilan with several times the required resources, thinking that once she reached the Golden Core Stage Peak, she could use the excess resources to exchange for Nascent Soul Stage resources. Coupled with the sect’s upgrade resources for Golden Core Peak cultivators, with Yin Shilan’s talent, advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage shouldn’t have been a problem.

But the Yin Shilan before him was still at the Golden Core Middle Stage, a hundred years entirely wasted.

"Where are the resources I left for Lan’er?" He suddenly turned to Patriarch Ge and asked sternly.

Patriarch Ge’s body flew backward as if struck by a giant palm, flying back tens of meters.

Patriarch Ge ignored the pain in her body; what horrified her more was Li Shiming’s strength.

She was a hundred percent sure that just a moment ago, Li Shiming hadn’t used any Spiritual Power Pattern. The mere intimidation in his glance had sent her flying.

In her limited knowledge, she detected that Li Shiming’s strength seemed superior to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioners she’d seen before.

But she couldn’t exactly describe how it was stronger.

Because, in her eyes, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner was like a mountain, and Li Shiming’s aura seemed taller and more gigantic than the mountain, yet due to her level and vision, she could only see this much.

"Shiming, don’t blame Master, she had no choice!" Yin Shilan softly exclaimed, stepping forward to gently hold Li Shiming, fearing he might continue his rage, she gently advised.

"Lan’er, they wasted a hundred years of your time!" Li Shiming gently embraced Yin Shilan, lovingly saying.

Even having endured a century of grievances, Yin Shilan was still so kind.

"I don’t care, I’ve finally waited for your return!" Yin Shilan said with a firm and happy voice.

"We’ll never be apart again, in these hundred years, I’ve gained the strength to protect you!" Li Shiming looked at Yin Shilan with a warm promise.

"You must have suffered a lot over this hundred years!" Yin Shilan didn’t care about Li Shiming’s rise in strength; after losing his protection, she understood the harshness of the Cultivation World, and how tough it was for a cultivator to be alone outside.

"Tell me what happened here!" Li Shiming glanced at the rising Patriarch Ge, then turned to Yin Shilan and asked.

"After you left, Master initially managed to protect me, but too many patriarchs came, and Master couldn’t help but agree to their demands for the sake of the Thousand Illusion Sect!" Yin Shilan calmly stated.

"What happened to the resources I gave you?" Li Shiming had a hypothesis forming in his mind, he asked.

"They were all taken by the patriarchs, over the years thanks to Master that Fei’er had resources to cultivate to the Golden Core Middle Stage. Resources are scarce in the Thousand Illusion Sect, and for someone like me, targeted by many patriarchs, the sect couldn’t provide many resources!" Yin Shilan shook her head and said.

"Mr. Ge, send my message: to all the Nascent Soul cultivators who took resources from Lan’er, I give them twenty days to prepare, return tenfold of what they took, or face the consequences!" Li Shiming turned to Patriarch Ge and said.