"Mr. Li!" A greeting made Li Yuanba lift his head, and he saw Elder Wei Xi smiling at him.
Elder Wei Xi, a disciple of Elder Zuo from the Shushan Sect and a friend of Li Shiming.
"Greetings to Fellow Daoist Wei!" Li Yuanba responded with a smile.
He was extremely friendly, clearly indicating his intention to make connections.
Now was not the time for righteous and devil cultivators to fight; the six major sects were unprecedentedly united, and their relationship could be considered an alliance.
Elder Wei Xi had a very good impression of Li Yuanba, mainly because Li Yuanba wasn’t a true devil cultivator. The pure Yang Sword Intent revealed that Li Yuanba’s cultivation technique should more rightfully belong to the righteous path.
Then there was Li Yuanba’s combat power, at the Golden Core Middle Stage and Great Elder-level Body Refining, capable of defeating the Wisdom Fire Arhat with just a middle-stage Sword Cultivator’s power. On the battlefield, he would much rather have Li Yuanba as a comrade-in-arms.
Most importantly, Li Yuanba was a friend of Li Shiming, which was crucial and also the reason Elder Wei Xi was willing to take the initiative to befriend him.
"Has Mr. Li just arrived as well?" Elder Wei Xi asked with a smile.
"It seems Fellow Daoist Wei was also urgently summoned!" Li Yuanba said with a laugh.
Both understood that they were there to carry out assassination missions, and the same task did not make them feel competitive but instead gave them a sense of shared animosity toward their enemies.
"The three we’re up against this time are very strong; let’s keep each other informed with any news!" Elder Wei Xi suggested.
"No problem!" Li Yuanba agreed with a laugh, then he looked around at the cultivators and whispered, "The cultivators here are not very trustworthy; we still don’t know how many have been bought by the other side!"
"You’ve noticed too. I discovered the same when I arrived. These cultivators are very bold, nearly recruiting openly, and it’s said that for every Golden Core cultivator they recruit, there’s a corresponding reward!" Elder Wei Xi was well aware of this and spoke sentimentally.
"Why doesn’t the sect do something about it?" Li Yuanba asked, puzzled.
Logically speaking, the six major sects, together with the Beishu Trading Company, should be able to control the situation here.
"I’m afraid the sects might be doing this intentionally, letting the situation develop. Until now, the sects still don’t know what exactly the Skywalk Trading Company is planning, so using these cultivators to gather information isn’t a bad idea!" Elder Wei Xi sent this thought privately.
Li Yuanba hardly meddled in sect affairs, while Elder Wei Xi held a high position in the Shushan Sect and likely had his information sources, so his words were probably not without basis.
He smiled and walked through the marketplace with Elder Wei Xi.
Ahead was the Beishu Trading Company’s store, a wooden building that had only one floor but covered an area of over a thousand square meters.
At that time, many Golden Core cultivators were excitedly shouting about something, seemingly attracted by whatever was there.
"It’s about the third-grade Spirit Pills seized from the Skywalk Trading Company. Almost every Golden Core cultivator from the Skywalk force that’s been killed has third-grade Spirit Pills on them, and the quality is quite good. If it weren’t for Master Li being such a top-notch Alchemy Master, perhaps our third-grade Spirit Pills would be far inferior to theirs," Elder Wei Xi, who had arrived a bit earlier, knew what was happening and explained softly.
Li Yuanba nodded. He knew his own affairs.
In the past, Li Shiming did a lot of alchemy, but since advancing to the Golden Core Middle Stage, he had reduced the amount of alchemy he performed.
This made it difficult for ordinary Golden Core cultivators to access the third-grade Spirit Pills made by Li Shiming, as these resources were all in the hands of the major sects and the Beishu Trading Company.
Of course, recently Li Shiming had also increased the quantity of his alchemy at the request of the Shushan Sect.
The purpose was to send them to the Yongle Battlefield as rewards for combat.
Nevertheless, the reason why the third-grade Spirit Pills from Yongle Island were more popular was partly because the quantity of Li Shiming’s third-grade Spirit Pills was still limited, and more importantly, the third-grade Spirit Pills from Yongle Island were not available on the Beishu Continent.
New third-grade Spirit Pills gave the best effects for Golden Core cultivators, especially upon first use.
Even Golden Core cultivators from the six major sects desired the third-grade Spirit Pills from Yongle Island.
"Mr. Li, what are your plans for the near future?" Elder Wei Xi asked casually after they had walked a while.
"I plan to enter the battlefield first to get a feel for the atmosphere. If Fellow Daoist Wei gets any news about those three Great Elders, you can contact me with this communication token!" Li Yuanba said, producing a communication token from the Beishu Trading Company.
The Beishu Trading Company’s communication tokens were a universal means of contact. In this place, Beishu Trading Company had even installed additional Communication Arrays, ensuring the tokens would function conveniently on the battlefield without any dead zones in communication.
Once the two sides added each other to their tokens as friends, they could contact each other at any time.
"Mr. Li, be extra careful. I’m still contacting other Great Elders. To deal with those three, we might need to join forces!" Elder Wei Xi said with a smile.
Great Elders generally moved in the same circles, and Li Yuanba was recognized because of his status as a Body Refining Grand Elder.
Indeed, a Great Elder’s combat power was on a different level compared to ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivators. Without the ability to mutually assist each other, how could they form equal friendships?
This wasn’t the Great Elders being snobbish; it was a common behavioral standard in the cultivation world.
Li Yuanba walked around the marketplace but didn’t find any spiritual objects to his liking.
He didn’t even consider that the spiritual objects he preferred, if available, wouldn’t be sold in stores; they would probably only be seen at auction.