Chapter 1883: Chapter 988: Advancement
The meeting between Great Power Meng Jun and Li Shiming was a form of assessment.
Just the day after this meeting, the Phoenix Palace Master sought out Li Shiming once again.
"Mr. Li, I’ve come to disturb you again!" The Phoenix Palace Master said to Li Shiming with a smile on her face.
"Phoenix Fairy, it’s no disturbance at all, rather, I’m the one who is disturbing Luanyang Palace!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
He knew that the Phoenix Palace Master wouldn’t come to him without a reason.
"Mr. Li, Elder Meng has instructed to open the inheritance classics for advancing to Half-step Great Power in Luanyang Palace to you. Elder Meng thinks highly of you, and I’m here to take you to the Book Collection Pavilion!" The Phoenix Palace Master said.
Li Shiming was taken aback upon hearing this, knowing how important the inheritance for advancing to Half-step Great Power was to a sect.
He originally planned to wait for Yin Shilan to acquire this inheritance, from whom he could learn about it.
But even if Yin Shilan wanted to pass on the Luanyang Palace’s inheritance to him, she could only share a small part due to her ability.
Yin Shilan didn’t possess Li Shiming’s ability to memorize all the classics.
With her ability, she could at most remember parts relevant to herself, while the rest would just be an overview.
No one expected Great Power Meng Jun to open the inheritance directly to him, sparing Yin Shilan the risk.
These core inheritances were protected by oaths, and Li Shiming wasn’t sure how much useful knowledge Yin Shilan could pass to him without harming herself.
"Please thank Uncle Meng for me!" Li Shiming genuinely expressed his gratitude.
Although Great Power Meng Jun did this to win hearts, it was nevertheless beneficial to him.
The Phoenix Palace Master led Li Shiming, not to the Inheritance Cave Heaven, but to a Book Collection Pavilion.
Li Shiming knew this arrangement was quite normal, as the Phoenix Palace Master saw he didn’t want to enter the Inheritance Cave Heaven.
Perhaps for Cultivators from other sects of lower realm, entering a sect’s Inheritance Cave Heaven signifies trust, but those from higher realms might feel cautious, knowing the Cave Heaven becomes its world, and there’s no escape once inside.
Before entering the Book Collection Pavilion, Li Shiming signed a contract, the content of which stipulated he couldn’t divulge the inheritance.
Upon entering, he found over a thousand Jade Scrolls containing the inheritance of advancing to Half-step Great Power.
Enhanced perception spread through the entire pavilion, scanning all the content in the thousand plus Jade Scrolls, recorded by IBMz15 into a database.
In less than a hundred breaths, all the inheritance content in this not-so-large pavilion was copied by him.
He stayed in the Book Collection Pavilion, closing his eyes to review the inheritance content.
Luanyang Palace follows a special cultivation path, co-cultivating with Phoenix Clan’s bloodline Spiritual Pets, also needing the power of Phoenix Clan’s bloodline spiritual veins when ascending to Half-step Great Power.
Even though Li Shiming had the Red Gold Phoenix Spirit Pet, Little Feng, he never thought of taking Luanyang Palace’s path.
His cultivation speed was too fast, the Spiritual Pet couldn’t keep up. Truly following the Dual Cultivation with a pet would slow down his progress.
Most crucially, he practiced the ’Heavenly Human Technique’, not the ’Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Technique’, making Luanyang Palace’s path just a reference.
He stayed in this Book Collection Pavilion for ten days, returning to Fengqi Palace afterwards.
On the Central State Continent, the conflict between Da Leiyin Temple and Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion worsened.
Li Yuanba ascended to Half-step Great Power, seemingly adding another Half-step Great Power to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, but actually, it meant one less Peak Great Cultivator who could take action.
Half-step Great Powers couldn’t attack externally, significantly reducing Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s high-level combat strength.
Truthfully, among the original two Peak Great Cultivators of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, Jian Tianyi, although powerful, was far from being as formidable as Li Yuanba.
Da Leiyin Temple could deal with Jian Tianyi, but to deal with Li Yuanba entailed great costs for many forces.
Now that Li Yuanba became a Half-step Great Power, Da Leiyin Temple allied with other four superpowers oppressed by Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, confronting it directly.
Another key reason was the absence of an external threat, the Great Power Leng Luo from Yuqing Sect, who once pressured Central State Continent superpowers, vanished in the Cultivation World, leaving no trace.
With external threats gone, internal conflicts on the Central State Continent intensified.
Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion faced five superpowers simultaneously; even if Sword Cultivators were stronger than those of the same level, they began losing ground.
Sword Cultivators were getting injured or falling outside, with a battle atmosphere pervading Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
These matters had little to do with Li Yuanba; even if Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion faced multiple superpowers and fell behind, Sword Elder and numerous Great Cultivators would handle them, not requiring him, a Half-step Great Power, to intervene.
Li Yuanba sat at the center of his Grotto Heaven, his understanding of spatial laws improved over time, expanding his Grotto Heaven to a radius of 1,200 meters.
This size exceeded that of most Half-step Great Powers’ Grotto Heavens, yet among Half-step Great Powers, he was just beginning.
Before Li Yuanba, ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ and ’Xingyi Sword’ hovered, both were his life-bound magical treasures.
