After leaving the Tower of a Thousand Buddhas, Lin Shiming felt a bit strange, because as a body cultivator, he could vaguely sense that these ascetics from the Buddha Sect were almost all practicing both the Dharma and the body together.
The strength of the Buddha Sect in the Bodhi Sea Domain indeed deserved its reputation as one of the leading powers among the six major sea domains.
Lin Shiming held the fragments in his hand and continued to explore the shops, purchasing some Foundation Establishment puppets used to activate the War Treasure Ships of the Lin Family, and also bought some Fourth Rank Spirit Talismans.
It was just a pity that on the day of the Qingxuan Sect’s fall, he did not obtain the method to refine War Treasure Ships!
Lin Shiming felt regretful, but he had no intention of giving up the research on War Treasure Ships. He planned to wait until a Fourth Rank Artifact Refiner appeared in his family, then, with the system’s prompts and the root of the Minor Divine Abilities’ deductions, he would emulate the research on the Transmission Formation and replicate the War Treasure Ship.
Upon returning to the tavern, Lin Shiming activated all the formations to prevent any prying eyes.
Although he was eager, with so many True Persons on Xu Ri Island, Lin Shiming still resisted the immediate impulse to take out the Sword Storing Book.
Instead, he continued to meditate and cultivate the Kuimu Sword Canon.
Streams of Kuimu True Yuan entered his body and gradually strengthened, adding a few more touches of joy to Lin Shiming’s expression.
As his Spiritual Body unfolded slowly, his cultivation speed also increased slightly. Although the improvement was modest, with time, perhaps one day, his cultivation speed could reach the level of a Heavenly Spirit Root.
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What Lin Shiming did not know was that, within the Xu Ri Palace, the Xu Ri True Person had bloodshot eyes, with a red glow appearing before him.
The glow was reflected on a small mirror, which perfectly displayed the image of Lin Shiming’s cultivation.
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He was sitting quietly, pinching a Jade Disk in his hand, which bore a dazzling Star Chart that twinkled silently. Read chapters at freewebnovel
After a while, the Xu Ri True Person put away the Jade Disk and in his hand appeared a set of thirty-two yet-to-be-completed magical treasure Spiritual Pearls.
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As the sun rose, the sunlight on Xu Ri Island was even more splendid than the morning sun elsewhere, with swathes of golden light spilling down, and Lin Shiming couldn’t help but open his eyes.
But at this moment, his brow was deeply furrowed!
System prompts hung above his head, turning all his moods to naught.
"Please note the Xu Ri True Person’s scrutiny of the Starlight Tempering Body Technique, killing Xu Ri True Person may yield an incomplete Starlight Spiritual Treasure!"
Lin Shiming felt embarrassed, the latter part about the Starlight Spiritual Treasure being ignored by him. The key point was that Xu Ri True Person seemed to have some kind of spiritual eye that had seen through his Starlight Tempering Body Technique.
Clearly, he had carefully concealed it within his body using the Sword Storing Book, but the strength of his own body had not been concealed, and given that the other party possessed a Starlight Spiritual Treasure, they probably coveted his body.
Naturally, Lin Shiming dared not have the slightest intention to take out the Sword Storing Book or enter the Cave Heaven World!
Otherwise, he would most certainly die even quicker!
Moreover, at this moment, he also surmised that he was under surveillance.
He was just thankful that the other party needed him to enter the Purple Sun Secret Realm and most likely did not have the treasure required to decode the Family Jade Book.
Or perhaps the other party assumed his Family Jade Book was rather potent and thus refrained from acting!
But regardless, Lin Shiming knew he had fallen into a predicament once again.
Lin Shiming couldn’t help but sigh, the Purple Sun Secret Realm was naturally also of great importance to him, but if it meant risking his life, he would rather stay hidden in Shuangmu Island.
With the strength of a Flaming Sword Golden Core, it should be no trouble to deal with Xu Ri True Person.
But if it came to a head-on confrontation, he wouldn’t be dealing with just the Xu Ri True Person, but rather, the leaders of the Twelve Inner Islands of Coral Island and even the rumored Coral True Person who reached the pinnacle of Golden Core.
While Lin Shiming was troubled, he was, fortunately, the other party did not intend to act immediately, giving Lin Shiming a brief respite.
Of course, the remaining page of the Sword Storing Book could only be checked once he was back on Shuangmu Island.
Lin Shiming in the tavern now cultivated with a sense of restlessness, to alleviate it a bit, he took out the mysterious cushion and sat down, which made him feel somewhat better.
Time ticked away, and another two days passed, and with the grand meeting of the Twelve Inner Islands, more cultivators arrived on Xu Ri Island.
The San Yang Hermit finally sent a message, there would be a Purple Mansion trade meeting today, starting at dawn.
He told Lin Shiming to prepare.
With the system refresh prompt at dawn, Lin Shiming was rather interested.
Of course, if the system prompted that Xu Ri True Person had murderous intentions, he would immediately flee through the Transmission Formation.
Without the transmission array, even if the Xu Ri True Person gave chase, it would take nearly half a month to get from Xu Ri Island to Tian Xu Island.
As dawn approached, the system did not prompt again and Lin Shiming sighed in relief, put on the spirit-isolating gauze, took out the Purple Yu Cloth Magical Treasure, transforming it into Inner Armor hidden inside his clothes.
Then he got up and hurried to the location of the small Purple Mansion trade meeting.
The meeting place was in an unnamed small mountain on Xu Ri Island, surrounded by an array of foggy formations.
With the Token from San Yang Hermit in hand, Lin Shiming was naturally unobstructed and quickly entered a magnificent hall adorned with various exotic stones and murals, exuding an imposing atmosphere.
Inside the hall, countless cultivators were already waiting, all wearing spirit-isolating gauze, Lin Shiming also noticed some ascetics in plain view, with no disguise.
What Lin Shiming did not expect was that one of the people in charge of the trade meeting was the San Yang Hermit.
The San Yang Hermit, with the Qi Cultivation just entering the Purple Mansion Late Stage and Body Refining Cultivation at the Purple Mansion Middle Stage, was naturally not considered top-notch among the hundreds of Purple Mansion Hermits present.
The mode of the trade meeting was also vastly different from the past, not simply bringing treasures forward in the hall to exchange.