Chapter 663: Chapter 378: Going Ho
“Sky Sea Island, I’m back!” Li Shiming murmured to himself when he reached the land.
He had left in his teenage years, and now he was nearly forty. Thanks to the Youthful Elixir, his appearance was the sa as before, but his mindset was vastly different.
He inhaled the air of Sky Sea Island, a scent that often appeared in his mories.
The speed of the teor Ink Boat slowed down as he no longer needed to worry about his safety upon reaching land.
This wasn’t the Beishu Continent; here, Golden Core cultivators were the peak of combat prowess. As for the sole False Infant Ancestor, he had the Token given by Elder Zuo, so there was no need to consider the threat of the False Infant.
The first thing he felt upon arriving at Sky Sea Island was its barrenness—not the soil, but the concentration of Spiritual Energy.
The density of Spiritual Energy on Sky Sea Island was noticeably less than that on the Beishu Continent, which was probably one of the reasons why the cultivators here were generally weaker.
The richness of Spiritual Energy was not too apparent in affecting cultivators, as they had the aid of spiritual veins and Gathering Spirit arrays to concentrate Spiritual Energy.
However, a lower concentration of Spiritual Energy ant scarce and inferior quality spiritual resources, which was the most serious issue.
Li Shiming sat in the Flying Boat, setting Nanling Prefecture as his destination.
His gaze swept across the various landscapes below, trying to find familiar scenes.
Even though the speed of the teor Ink Boat had decreased, it was still extrely fast. He estimated that it would take at most three two-hour periods to arrive at the original boundary of Nanling Prefecture.
Along the way, he encountered so cultivators whose realms were too low; they fled in terror as soon as they saw the Flying Boat soaring through the sky.
After more than a two-hour period of travel, he ca across a chase.
With his temperant, he was too lazy to intervene in such fights in the Cultivation World.
But when he clearly saw the identity of the pursued cultivator with his ‘Divine Vision’, his powerful mory reminded him of who the cultivator was.
Li Shiming had a thought, and the teor Ink Boat turned to fly towards the cultivator.
Zhu Ji sensed the Spiritual Power in Spirit Lake. Behind him were two early-stage Foundation Establishnt Cultivators. He was weaker than either of them and had spent more Spiritual Power in the chase, leading to his nearly depleted reserves.
A helpless and bitter smile surfaced on his face. After the gates of the Sky Sea Sect were breached, he wandered with the sect. He caught the eye of a late-stage Foundation Establishnt cultivator and beca his disciple.
He was fortunate enough to use a set of resources to advance to a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator. Even under constant pressure from the Bright Moon Sect, he was still living relatively well.
But during his trip to the market to buy resources, he was targeted by two Bright Moon Sect cultivators, resulting in this pursuit.
“Looks like I’ll have to make a stand here today. Might as well go down fighting!” he conveyed, mobilizing the remaining Spiritual Power, stopping his flight.
The two Bright Moon Sect cultivators, seeing him stop, split to his left and right, surrounding him.
When the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators each produced a Spiritual Artifact, Zhu Ji’s heart sank; although he was an early-stage Foundation Establishnt Cultivator, he was still using a super-grade Magic Artifact.
In a two against one situation, whether in terms of Magic Artifacts or strength, he was at a significant disadvantage and dood in this battle.
Just when Zhu Ji was waiting for death to co, a powerful pressure descended from the sky.
The Magic Artifacts of the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators were frozen in mid-air, one ter away from Zhu Ji, unable to move an inch further.
“This person is under my protection; you may leave,” a young voice ca from the sky.
Although they didn’t know who the voice belonged to, as disciples of a sect like Bright Moon Sect, they understood what this kind of pressure ant—it was from a Golden Core cultivator.
“Since the elder has spoken, we will take our leave!” The Bright Moon Sect cultivator, feeling the pressure on him diminish, bowed respectfully and said.
Li Shiming nodded in approval; such cultivators had been carefully cultivated by their sects, maintaining the pride of their sect even in the face of a Golden Core cultivator.
He had no intention of making a move against the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators; his power was not yet enough to contend with the might of a False Infant.
His return was for a family visit, and he did not wish to stir up trouble.
If he were to ever seek revenge for being driven out of Sky Sea Island by Bright Moon Sect, it would have to wait until his strength was sufficient to utterly crush Bright Moon Sect.
The two Bright Moon Sect cultivators retreated a distance before turning and activating their artifacts to flee.
Li Shiming retracted his Flying Boat and descended from the sky, landing in front of Zhu Ji.
Zhu Ji’s appearance had changed little, only losing the greenness of youth and becoming more composed.
A Qi Refinent cultivator’s lifespan was roughly one hundred and fifty years, and a Foundation Establishnt cultivator’s was two hundred years. Twenty years was not enough to bring about significant changes to a cultivator.
Unless the cultivator was in the last monts of life when aging would accelerate exponentially.
Zhu Ji stared blankly at the cultivator before him, almost about to call out a na—the na of that genius cultivator from Sky Sea Sect, the youth who had once entered the sect and listened to his guidance.
He refrained from calling the na for two reasons. The first was that the other person was a Golden Core cultivator, and calling him by na would be highly disrespectful.
The second was because the Golden Core cultivator before him looked too young; while the sa as that youth from twenty years ago, it seed impossible for there to be no change after two decades.
“Senior Brother Ji, long ti no see!” Li Shiming said with a smile.
“Are you really Li Shiming?” Even after hearing Li Shiming call his na, Zhu Ji still asked incredulously.
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