Chapter 617: Chapter 355: Earthly Fiend
The Meteor Ink Boat soared through the sky, with Li Shiming standing atop the Flying Boat, and Ren Fei’er sitting inside it.
There was no exchange between the two; Li Shiming didn’t know what to say. He had even closed off his “Telepathy,” for Ren Fei’er had changed greatly from the Fei’er of the past.
This might have been due to Ren Fei’er’s experiences over the years: her sect had been destroyed, and she had drifted with her parents for many years, enduring too much.
Ren Fei’er was extremely uneasy inside. Her recklessness this time had almost led her into the abyss, and she didn’t even know how to face her parents upon her return.
Nor did she know how to face Li Shiming. Li Shiming was too outstanding—so much so that she harbored no thoughts about him, probably only her sister was a match for Li Shiming.
Ever since the destruction of her sect, she had been jealous of her sister. Jealous of how her sister could enter a great sect like the Thousand Illusion Sect and have a smooth journey after that.
It was only after she reached the Beishu Continent and interacted with her sister that she realized the gap between them.
Her sister was always working hard in the sect, in both Formation and cultivation. Even in a sect like the Thousand Illusion Sect, which was filled with geniuses, her sister was among the very best of her generation.
Whereas her own heart was filled with too many distractions. After this return, if she truly could enter the Thousand Illusion Sect, she would definitely cultivate earnestly like her sister.
To pass the time, she took out the spoils of war that Li Shiming had given her.
Six storage bags and a Space Bracelet. The six storage bags didn’t contain many Spiritual Objects that surprised her, but the Space Bracelet held quite a few extremely precious Spiritual Objects, which brought a surprised expression to her face.
She really wanted to tell Li Shiming about the precious items inside the Space Bracelet, but then she thought about it and couldn’t help but shake her head and chuckle bitterly.
What she considered precious items were merely Second Grade Spiritual Objects. With Li Shiming’s current status, Second Grade Spiritual Objects had long ceased to catch his eye, and even ordinary third-grade spiritual items would probably not be valued too much by him.
Like Ren Fei’er, Li Shiming was also checking the spoils of war.
Normally, he would just sweep his Divine Thought over the space rings of Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators and be done with it.
However, to pass the time today, he let his Divine Thought linger a little longer inside the space ring.
Truth be told, even though this Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator was an Elder of the Earth Evil Sect, his possessions weren’t all that impressive, containing a total of only two magical treasures.
However, among these two magical treasures, other than the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator’s own life-bound flying sword, there was a Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasure.
This inevitably made him think of the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure; the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure in his clone Li Yuanba’s hands could suppress a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator with a single strike.
Thus, he was very interested in Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasures, and he took the Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasure and held it in his palm.
With his Divine Thought, he sensed the small mountain peak and minutely inspected this Mountain Peak Treasure.
Soon he was somewhat disappointed. The Mountain Peak Treasure was far inferior to the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure; made mostly of refining materials from low to non-grade, mixed in with a small amount of First-grade Refining Materials and only at key positions were there Third-grade Refining Materials.
Let’s not forget that Li Yuanba’s clone’s Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure was made from an actual mountain peak that had been fashioned into a magical treasure. But remember, Ten Thousand Sword Peak itself had been strengthened by a sect for countless years, continuously accumulating a variety of refining materials to transform the mountain.
Especially the ten thousand swords infused with Sword Intent—years of their Sword Intent permeating the mountain had made the entire Ten Thousand Sword Peak’s body already surpass ordinary refining materials.
Moreover, as Li Yuanba’s own strength increased, the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure, influenced by the Sword Intent, would also slowly strengthen.
As for the Mountain Peak Treasure in Li Shiming’s hands, it could at most be considered a top-notch item among treasures, still far from a Golden Core Stage top-tier treasure like the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure.
But the biggest difference between Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasures and ordinary treasures lies in their intrinsic power, which often can unleash several times the power of the same-tier treasures.
Li Shiming himself was also quite skilled in Artifact Refining; he intended to modify the Mountain Peak Treasure in his hands, to make it one of his regular methods.
The other Spiritual Objects in the space ring didn’t catch his eye, but as his Divine Thought swept over a Jade Scroll and entered it for a brief investigation, he was about to skip past when he suddenly stopped.
“How is this possible?” He scanned the contents of the Jade Scroll again in disbelief, confirming that he had made no mistake.
Inside the Jade Scroll was a transmission of the ‘Earth Evil Demon Skill.’ Of course, it wouldn’t be the original transmission of the Earth Evil Sect, as the quality of the Jade Scroll wasn’t high.
This ‘Earth Evil Demon Skill’ transmission went up to the Nascent Soul Stage and appeared to be comprehensive; it included many Cultivators’ cultivation experiences.
That a great sect like the Earth Evil Sect would allow a core cultivation technique like the ‘Earth Evil Demon Skill’ to be copied was unthinkable. If Li Shiming hadn’t had the technique in his hands already, he wouldn’t have believed such a thing could happen.
It is well known that great sects protect their cultivation techniques stringently. Even someone of Li Shiming’s status, when exchanging for a cultivation technique from his sect, needs to completely memorize the technique within the sect’s gate and return the original before being allowed to leave.
And to transcribe a cultivation technique, once discovered, is an act almost akin to the heinous crime of betraying the sect.
Li Shiming shook his head; this was a core technique of the Earth Evil Sect, after all. It was not surprising that something went amiss with a Demon Sect.
What he did not know was that the ‘Earth Evil Demon Skill’ of the Earth Evil Sect, after countless years of transmission within the sect’s own walls, had long since formed different cultivation factions. They each treasured their own methodologies, and thus multiple transmission systems had been formed.