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Chapter 1796 - 944: News (Part 2)

The Phoenix Palace Master didn’t mind praising Li Yuanba, as it would offend Li Shiming, and she considered herself on Li Shiming’s side.

"The Phoenix Palace Master also remains as elegant as ever!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.

"Mr. Li and Li Shizhen, as a Daoist couple, are friends; thus, they are also friends of the Luanyang Palace!" The Phoenix Palace Master continued, her words drawing them closer.

"I am honored to be friends with Luanyang Palace!" Li Yuanba wouldn’t refuse the goodwill of the Phoenix Palace Master, and he followed up with these words.

After a few words, the atmosphere in the hall became even more harmonious.

"Mr. Li, I have heard some news, but I’m not sure of its accuracy. Please don’t take offense if I speak." The Phoenix Palace Master pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Please go ahead, Phoenix Palace Master!" Li Yuanba straightened his posture and said solemnly.

He was very clear that with the Phoenix Palace Master’s status, it was unlikely she would say anything without basis.

And any news spoken in such a setting would be very significant.

"I have heard that some forces are plotting against you recently; you should be cautious!" The Phoenix Palace Master continued.

Li Yuanba wasn’t very surprised by this; he had offended five superpowers to such an extent, nearly slaughtering most of the strongest Great Cultivators of these five superpowers at the time.

If these superpowers didn’t react to such actions, they wouldn’t be able to stand in the Cultivation World anymore.

However, he was curious about how they would deal with him.

He wasn’t afraid of them deploying Great Cultivators, and if they sent out Great Powers, Sword Elder wasn’t just for decoration.

Not to mention Great Powers, even half-step Great Powers couldn’t be deployed; he was not Li Shiming, and the impact of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and Sword Elder backing him would cause forces breaking the rules to pay a huge price.

"Thank you, Phoenix Palace Master, is there any more detailed information?" Li Yuanba gave a courteous bow in thanks and then asked.

"I’m very sorry; it’s inconvenient for me to disclose or elaborate on the channels for such information!" The Phoenix Palace Master shook her head apologetically.

Li Yuanba knew without thinking that this news came from a certain bridegroom.

Although Luanyang Palace did not meddle in the affairs of the Cultivation World, when it came to intelligence, Luanyang Palace perhaps exceeded other superpowers.

Because Luanyang Palace could gather a lot of secret information, obtained through its female cultivators from their Daoist partners.

Precisely because Luanyang Palace rarely participates in the affairs of the Cultivation World, even if Luanyang Palace learned some intelligence, there would be no impact. So these bridegrooms wouldn’t hide much from their Daoist partners.

Li Yuanba naturally received the goodwill from the Phoenix Palace Master, and in the subsequent exchanges, he solidified his friendship with Luanyang Palace.

After leaving Luanyang Palace, Li Yuanba did not reduce his activities outside.

Whenever Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion had missions that met his criteria, he would accept them. Additionally, when accepting missions, he would occasionally hide his identity to increase his combat experience.

With the increase of such behavior, the influence of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion kept growing. Just imagine, a nearly invincible Peak Great Cultivator like Li Yuanba frequently appearing in some ordinary missions, the impact would be immense.

Regarding the information provided by the Phoenix Palace Master, he also relayed it to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion Intelligence Department.

The Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion Intelligence Department had no relevant information, but they promised to intensify their intelligence investigations in this area.

However, he didn’t fully believe in the abilities of the intelligence department; analyzing from the last battle’s result, at least exceeding the previous combat power would be required to deal with him.

But the problem was, the concentrated Great Cultivators’ combat power last time was almost the strongest among the five superpowers.

He couldn’t believe that the five superpowers could send out a stronger batch of Great Cultivators than last time, unless there was outside assistance involved, or a half-step Great Power took action.

As time passed day by day, Yin Shilan had already gone into seclusion.

Luanyang Palace had a retreat location specifically for advancing into Great Cultivators, in the Inheritance Cave Heaven of Luanyang Palace, paired with the ’Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Technique,’ the effects were excellent.

With Yin Shilan’s accumulation, combined with the Cultivation World’s top-ranking Spirit Pills for advancing Great Cultivators, the chance of advancing to a Great Cultivator was incredibly high.

No worries for Yin Shilan there, being in Luanyang Palace, no cultivator could affect her.

Meanwhile, on Li Yuanba’s side, he constantly awaited potential attacks, but after several months, he hadn’t encountered any trouble.

It seemed just like before, as if the five superpowers had conceded.

The intelligence department of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion found nothing, if not for the Phoenix Palace Master’s words, it would have seemed that there was no conspiracy against Li Yuanba.

A year later, one day, after completing a simple task, Li Yuanba returned to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

The reason it was called a simple task was relative to his strength; currently, all of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s missions were simple tasks to him.

No matter the opponent, either a strike from the Xingyi Sword or a Wind Blade from the ’Eye of the Storm’ could instantly resolve the battle.

Such overwhelming combat left his battle experience unsatisfying.

He was even eager to encounter the superpowers’ conspiracy; at least then, there would be battles posing a threat to him.

Just after returning to his cave, Great Cultivator Lou arrived with Lou Wu.

"Yuanba, it was only when Lou Wu returned that I learned you saved him; thank you!" Great Cultivator Lou bowed and said upon seeing Li Yuanba.

"Don’t mention it, even though I’m Lou Wu’s master, any other Sword Cultivator of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion in such a situation wouldn’t leave him to die!" Li Yuanba helped up Great Cultivator Lou as he spoke.

The gratitude from Great Cultivator Lou did not diminish one bit; he knew that back when Lou Wu was initiated under Li Yuanba, Lou Wu didn’t entirely follow Li Yuanba.

He could teach his son himself, thinking it was sufficient.

And that’s how he proceeded; Lou Wu spent very little time by Li Yuanba’s side.

Especially after Lou Wu advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, they rarely met with Li Yuanba, partly due to Li Yuanba’s seclusion training, but mainly because of the mutual understanding from the apprenticeship back then.

In reality, Lou Wu gained quite a bit from Li Yuanba, though there wasn’t much direct teaching, resource-wise, he benefitted greatly.

This time, Great Cultivator Lou brought his son over, not only to thank Li Yuanba but also to ask Li Yuanba to mentor Lou Wu.

Things were different now; Li Yuanba’s cultivation far exceeded his, and to elevate his son’s cultivation and future potential, Lou Wu could no longer learn from him.

Following Great Cultivator Lou’s teachings would at most leave Lou Wu at a comparable cultivation level, which was the limit of Great Cultivator Lou’s instruction.

But under Li Yuanba’s tutelage, there was much greater potential for the future.

"Yuanba, I’m getting less capable of guiding Lou Wu, could you mentor him more?" Great Cultivator Lou said with some embarrassment.

Since Lou Wu became an apprentice, he had been training under him. Now changing his mind was hard to bring up.

But for his son’s sake, Great Cultivator Lou was willing to put aside pride and implore Li Yuanba.

"Whenever I’m back at the pavilion, Lou Wu can come by and ask about any cultivation issues!" Li Yuanba was indifferent; since he acknowledged Lou Wu as his disciple, he wouldn’t ignore him.

"Haha, now I’m truly at ease!" Great Cultivator Lou said with a smile.

Lou Wu also took this opportunity to raise some cultivation questions with Li Yuanba.

For someone like Li Yuanba, who had studied Sword Intent to an unmatched level in the entire Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, questions from Nascent Soul Middle Stage Lou Wu were of no difficulty.

Li Yuanba further collaborated with the IBMz15, elaborating the issues in accessible terms.

The originally hard-to-understand content became much more absorbable for Lou Wu after Li Yuanba’s explanation.

Seeing Li Yuanba’s teaching ability, Great Cultivator Lou couldn’t help but regret not having Lou Wu study under Li Yuanba earlier.