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Chapter 1733: Chapter 913: Investigation

The phantom clone stood still and did not pursue the ice element peak great cultivator who used Water Escape to leave.

Such strength of a great cultivator is certainly not someone unknown, discovering their identity won’t be difficult.

Moreover, with the strength of his phantom clone and the weakness of the late-stage golden corpse, it’s impossible to chase down the ice element peak great cultivator.

With the departure of the ice element peak great cultivator, Moon Viewing Peak returned to tranquility.

During the battle, he had intentionally avoided injuring other cultivators, especially the female cultivators of Luanyang Palace.

He recalled the four late-stage golden corpses and gathered all six great cultivator corpses together.

The matter here needs Luanyang Palace to send cultivators over to handle, as it is within Luanyang Palace’s territory, for Yin Shilan, he also needs to give Luanyang Palace due respect.

With a slight movement of his mind, the Golden Winged Dapeng descended from the air to his side.

Seeing the unharmed phantom clone, Yin Shilan’s worries eased. Although it was just a phantom clone and not the actual body of Li Shiming, the clone contained a portion of the spirit of the actual body. If something were to happen to the phantom clone, the actual body would suffer soul damage too.

In the Cultivation World, whether the physical body or the Nascent Soul is injured, as long as there are effective Spirit Pills, the injuries to the body and the Nascent Soul can be repaired. But soul injuries are extremely difficult to recover from.

"Senior Sister Yu!" Yin Shilan saw the dazed Senior Sister Yu and approached softly.

"I’m okay, thank you!" Senior Sister Yu forced a smile, her gaze constantly on the corpse of Great Cultivator Mu Zhang, she replied.

The other female cultivators of Luanyang Palace came over, and they began to comfort Senior Sister Yu.

The phantom clone had no intention to participate and stood where he was, cautiously maintaining vigilance of the surroundings.

This time, fortunately, the Golden Winged Dapeng and four late-stage golden corpses were brought along. Without the Golden Winged Dapeng, Yin Shilan would have been controlled by the opponent, making him extremely passive.

"I truly underestimated the cultivators of the world!" Li Shiming thought to himself.

He had always been vigilant against mighty cultivators but didn’t expect a peak great cultivator leading six great cultivators would almost catch him off guard.

The reaction on the Luanyang Palace side was quick, with Phoenix Palace Master leading a team of female cultivators arriving hastily.

"Mr. Li, forgive us for the embarrassment of seeing a cultivator daring to extend their hand here in Luanyang Palace!" Phoenix Palace Master gestured for the accompanying female cultivators to check the situation and handle affairs, she bowed slightly in front of the phantom clone.

Upon hearing what had occurred, Phoenix Palace Master was extremely enraged.

Due to the relationship between Yin Shilan and Li Shiming, Luanyang Palace received great benefits. While other forces’ great cultivators had to queue for alchemy, the alchemy commissions of Luanyang Palace were always prioritized.

Moreover, Phoenix Palace Master valued Li Shiming’s potential greatly; now, Li Shiming is a genuine peak great cultivator with a very high possibility of ascending to a mighty cultivator.

Maintaining friendship with a future mighty cultivator is unquestionably the most advantageous affair, requiring only a minor investment now.

What transpired today is not just a provocation against Luanyang Palace but an attempt to undermine the relationship between Luanyang Palace and Li Shiming.

"It’s my fault for involving Luanyang Palace; this was a trap targeted at me and Lan’er!" The phantom clone shook his head and said, reflecting for a moment, he continued: "I need Luanyang Palace’s assistance, the final ice element peak great cultivator; surely Luanyang Palace can find out their identity!"

"Of course, no need for Mr. Li to ask, this is something Luanyang Palace should do!" Phoenix Palace Master gestured with her hand and said.

While speaking, a female cultivator investigating the scene beside came over, she bowed to Phoenix Palace Master, yet did not speak seeing the phantom clone present.

"Have you discovered anything? No need to avoid Mr. Li; directly tell us!" Phoenix Palace Master instructed sternly.

"Palace Master, the identities of the six killed great cultivators at the scene have been confirmed. One is Great Cultivator Yan Rong from Guiyuan Sect, who used a Disguise Pill to transform into Loose Cultivator Great Cultivator Mu Zhang. We suspect he is from Guiyuan Sect’s intelligence department.

All five other great cultivators are from Bitao Sect!" The female cultivator respectfully reported the results detected.

Li Shiming was not surprised that Great Cultivator Mu Zhang, whose true identity was Great Cultivator Yan Rong from Guiyuan Sect, was a cultivator from Guiyuan Sect. However, he did not expect the other five great cultivators to be from Bitao Sect.

Bitao Sect is also a superpower, but it is not based on any continent, rather it occupies Bitao Island, establishing a superpower there.

"Guiyuan Sect and Bitao Sect, Guiyuan Sect actually allied with Bitao Sect against Luanyang Palace!" Phoenix Palace Master’s eyes flashed with coldness as she spoke.

Guiyuan Sect is a superpower on the Central State Continent, and allying with Bitao Sect against Luanyang Palace is a typical example of cooperating with external superpowers against the superpowers within the same continent.

Although there are some conflicts among the superpowers of Central State Continent, generally there’s more cooperation.

These superpowers jointly occupy the Central State Continent with the most abundant resources and best environment in the Cultivation World, facing immense pressure from other superpowers, naturally choosing cooperation in external affairs for better protection.

Even if there are some contradictions among superpowers within Central State Continent, they won’t collaborate with external forces against the internal superpowers, it’s an unwritten rule complying among Central State Continent’s superpowers.

Especially seeing the still weeping female cultivator with the last name Yu, Phoenix Palace Master’s anger could no longer be contained.