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Chapter 1610: Chapter 851: Going Home (Part 2)

Another great cultivator met the same fate as him; a longbow of spiritual treasure level, likely the strongest bow in the cultivation world.

They were considered fortunate to be among the first batch of cultivators killed by the spiritual treasure longbow.

Of course, they themselves would likely not feel fortunate.

With the battle’s end, the three late-stage golden corpses put away their weapons, especially the spiritual treasure longbow.

It was only after Li Shiming observed for a while and found no cultivators around that they used the spiritual treasure longbow.

His figure flickered as he collected the spoils from the seven great cultivators.

He’s not the same as before, with the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and Beishu Sect, even more garbage can be consumed.

Moreover, he wanted to find clues about who commissioned the seven great cultivators from the items they carried.

"In the future, I must be more careful when using late-stage golden corpses!" Li Shiming concluded in his heart as he put away the spoils.

The battle went smoothly, but looking at the seven great cultivators, the power of the late-stage golden corpses was so overwhelming that none of the seven great cultivators had complete corpses.

Fortunately, these seven great cultivators were all independent cultivators, and Li Shiming didn’t expect to refine golden corpses from the bodies of independent cultivators.

He is extremely picky about the materials for refining corpses; previously, whether it was mid-stage or late-stage golden corpse materials, they all came from the core cultivators of superpowers.

In this battle, however, the bodies of two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts were preserved intact, and these two dragon beast carcasses would be thrown into the Beishu Sect’s Treasure Pavilion for the sect’s cultivators to practice on.

Back in the Green Flying Boat, Yin Shilan looked Li Shiming over with concern.

Actually, even if Li Shiming was injured, the ’phantom clone’ body wouldn’t show any harm.

"A little trouble, not sure which power dared not come themselves, so they hired seven loose cultivators to come!" Li Shiming said with a relaxed shrug.

"As long as you’re fine, let’s head back directly to Dongqi Continent." Yin Shilan said, losing her curiosity to explore.

Just now, even with the protection of the formation and the aura weakened by this Fourth Grade Upper Stage Flying Boat, she could still sense the aura of those seven great cultivators and two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts.

Recently she had witnessed a great number of great cultivators and had become very sensitive to their aura.

This obstruction seemed to be easily resolved by Li Shiming, but it made her realize something.

Yin Shilan had learned of Li Shiming’s true strength from Luanyang Palace.

But even such a powerful Li Shiming still faced enemy attacks, giving her insight into what kind of life he led before becoming as strong as he is now.

Though she had waited in lonely confinement for a hundred years, compared to Li Shiming, what she faced was insignificant.

"Let’s go home!" Li Shiming didn’t oppose, it seemed his enemies hadn’t given up, and he couldn’t let Yin Shilan be in any danger.

The flying boat turned and headed toward the Dongqi Continent.

After the battle, Yin Shilan was somewhat exhausted in spirit, and Li Shiming lovingly suggested she close her eyes and rest.

Li Shiming checked the spoils of war, without much hope in the loot from the independent cultivators, only thinking of whether he could find a clue to the mastermind behind it.

To his surprise, the wealth of the seven great cultivators wasn’t as poor as he had imagined.

Each great cultivator’s spatial item held some decent treasures, their value not inferior to the loot previously found in the spatial items of superpower great cultivators.

He quickly saw the reason; most of the treasures kept by the seven great cultivators came from various superpowers.

This was evident from the superpower markings on some treasures, and others had obvious style inclinations.

He even found a sea chart, a remarkably detailed one, with the most detailed being the West Sea.

He understood the identity of these seven great cultivators; they were pirates.

Those preserved treasures were likely spoils of robbery, but due to obvious markings or styles, they couldn’t sell these spoils and had to keep them as collectibles.

Because of these treasures, Li Shiming couldn’t pinpoint who commissioned the seven great cultivators.

There were too many clues, with treasures from various superpowers present, making it impossible to make an accurate judgment.

If there were only one or two superpower related treasures, it could be seen as a superpower hiring the seven great cultivators with payment.

Li Shiming sighed helplessly, actually having a suspicion in his heart; the biggest possibility was the Yuqing Sect or White Emperor Sect, or maybe both sects were involved.

But without evidence, he couldn’t act against the two sects based on this suspicion.

Moreover, it was hard to say if other superpowers were testing his strength, or trying to frame Yuqing Sect or White Emperor Sect.

The thought alone made his head ache, so he stopped thinking about it.

He wasn’t worried about these kinds of enemies; it didn’t matter how many came.

No further enemies appeared during the subsequent journey.

This was normal; to hire seven great cultivators was already a large undertaking in the cultivation world.

There may be many great cultivators in the cultivation world, but those without ties are few.

With Li Shiming’s reputation, those with connections wouldn’t dare trouble him.

Yin Shilan rested for a while, her spirit rejuvenating, and she strove to get used to battles between cultivators.

Reflecting on the previous battle, she suddenly realized that one of Li Shiming’s late-stage golden corpses was missing.

She looked toward Li Shiming but didn’t question him.

She knew that on the Central State Continent, Li Shiming must have some secret, and the late-stage golden corpse was left at that secret place.

"Lan’er, do you need me to leave a late-stage golden corpse by your side?" Li Shiming asked upon seeing Yin Shilan recover her spirit.

To him, after experiencing a not-so-dangerous danger, Yin Shilan would know the importance of self-protection.

As a female cultivator, whether she accepted refined corpses still needed to be asked.

"With you by my side, I don’t need a late-stage golden corpse!" Yin Shilan shook her head and refused.

It wasn’t just that she didn’t like refined corpses, but also because the late-stage golden corpse was an important battle asset for Li Shiming, and she didn’t want to reduce his combat power.

After all, she seldom travels out, and even if she did, Li Shiming would accompany her for protection.

"If you don’t like it, then don’t want it!" Li Shiming said with a smile.

Guided by Li Shiming, the flying boat returned to Dongqi Continent in less than a month.

Yin Shilan felt extremely at peace when entering the spatial barrier of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, truly feeling like she was home.

She felt a strong urge to see Li Shiming, even though the ’phantom clone’ was with her, it wasn’t like having Li Shiming’s true body by her side.

Her return was welcomed by the two female cultivator great cultivators stationed at Luanyang Palace’s garden here, who had prepared belated gifts for her.

Being stationed at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was a particularly popular guard duty.

Because at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, one could directly contact Li Shiming and had the privilege to ask him for alchemy.

Had it not been for Master Li and these two female cultivator great cultivators, having been here long and expressing their desire not to leave, the stationed great cultivators may have already been replaced.

After dealing with the two female cultivator great cultivators, Yin Shilan was led by the ’phantom clone’ into the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven in Li Shiming’s grotto.

She arrived outside the Treasure Lotus Hall, standing at the entrance and looking at Li Shiming, who was meditating with his eyes closed; seeing him made her entire body relax.

"It’s so good to be home!" she said to the ’phantom clone’ without disturbing Li Shiming’s cultivation.

"In another six hours, we’ll dine together in the Great Power Palace!" the ’phantom clone’ said with a chuckle.

"Won’t it affect your cultivation?" Yin Shilan asked with surprise and concern.

"You came back at the right time; this round of cultivation will end soon!" the ’phantom clone’ explained.

In fact, ending cultivation six hours later would waste some of the medicinal power, but Li Shiming didn’t mind.