Cultivation is just so scientific!

He planned to wait until the Cave Heaven inheritance was discovered, then let Ancestor Han Xiao reveal the combat power of a Thunder Cultivator, and deal with the opponents together with him.

For example, if a confrontation with Skywalk Trading Company was really necessary, Ancestor Han Xiao was confident that he could kill Ancestor Ren Xun within a few breaths, while Elder Jin Kai could simply not withstand the combined force of Ancestor Han Xiao and him.

Ancestor Luo Wei sensed the positioning mark, which should vaguely sense the general direction no matter how far away it is.

Initially, he did not actively sense the positioning mark, as it was the last resort, and he still believed in Ancestor Han Xiao.

After two months when Ancestor Han Xiao hadn't returned, he began to sense the positioning mark, only to find that it could not be contacted.

There was only one possibility in this situation, and that is Ancestor Han Xiao not only fell, but even his corpse was destroyed.

If the corpse was still there, the positioning mark would still function.

This positioning mark was obtained by Ancestor Luo Wei through a fortuitous encounter, and it was not a technique inherited from the Heavenly Inquiry Sect. He even used it on a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator without being discovered.

He did not believe Ancestor Han Xiao could discover and clear it away; he was more inclined to believe Ancestor Han Xiao was killed.

"Could it be that Han Xiao encountered a spirit beast?" Ancestor Luo Wei murmured.

He did not believe Li Shiming had means to kill Ancestor Han Xiao.

This made him dismiss the idea of tracing along the route but rather believing Li Shiming was very likely still on the Beishu Continent.

Li Shiming was somewhat grateful for using the Fourth Grade Long Range Flying Boat. As he ventured deeper into the ocean, every now and then, he could sense the presence of Fourth Grade Spirit Beasts.

The Fourth Grade Spirit Beast also noticed the Fourth Grade Long Range Flying Boat but made no moves, allowing the boat to pass through.

If he hadn't used the Fourth Grade Long Range Flying Boat, it probably wouldn't have been this easy to pass.

Initially, he was a bit worried, but after encountering several Fourth Grade Spirit Beasts without any issues, he felt assured and focused on his cultivation.

This time the journey across the ocean took a full eleven months. The speed of the Fourth Grade Long Range Flying Boat was not slow at all, and it was further enhanced by Venerable Huijing, a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator controlling it. Although the speed couldn't compare to Divine Foot Skill, it was considered extremely fast for long-distance travel.

On this day, Li Shiming didn't cultivate; he collected the Long-distance Flying Boat.

It was not far from here to the Dongqi Continent, roughly a day's journey; he could encounter cultivators from Dongqi Continent at any moment.

He glanced at Venerable Huijing and hesitated slightly but still stored him into the engine room space.

He didn't know how much attention Dongqi Continent paid to Nascent Soul Ancestors, but at least on Beishu Continent, the appearance of any Nascent Soul Ancestor would be sensed by the great formations on the continent.

He didn't want trouble because of Venerable Huijing, in a place unfamiliar to him, he required at least to understand the situation before making plans.

Moreover, his optimal choice was not Dongqi Continent; Dongqi Continent was merely a transition place for him.

What he most wanted to do was to send Li Yuanba to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, for his own arrangements; even if he becomes a Loose Cultivator, with his alchemy skills, he could still mix exceedingly well.

Through this eleven-month journey, he discovered a particular situation.

As he traveled farther southward, the concentration of Spiritual Energy continued to increase.

The Spiritual Energy on Sky Sea Island, north of Beishu Continent, was considerably worse than that of Beishu Continent. Analyzing from this, the distribution of Spiritual Power Pattern in this world weakens from south to north.

Of course, at present, there was insufficient reference data to make an absolute judgment.

He activated 'Step by Step Lotus' and simultaneously triggered 'Charming Soul Concealing Secret Technique' and 'Sky Concealing Secret Technique'; 'Divine Eye Skill' was fully activated as he didn't want to encounter trouble on the final part of the journey.

Three thousand li away, a small island appeared; he saw eight cultivators on the island.

This was the first time he encountered cultivators in eleven months; this allowed him to relax significantly. It seemed the danger here was quite low; otherwise, cultivators wouldn't be present here.

"They are hunting sea beasts!" Li Shiming cautiously approached not intending to alert these cultivators, yet he saw a sea beast emerging from the sea heading towards the island, engaging in battle with the eight cultivators.

At this point, he was already within a hundred li and could discern the realms of the eight cultivators.

Among the eight cultivators, seven were Golden Core cultivators, and one was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Li Shiming was astonished how the Foundation Establishment cultivator could venture this far to hunt sea beasts; although he couldn't identify the species of the sea beast, he could judge it was a Third Grade Demon.

Through observation, he slowly understood the role of the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This Foundation Establishment cultivator was an Array Master, not directly involved in combat but aiding other Golden Core cultivators with formations.

Among these Golden Core cultivators, except for one being Golden Core Middle Stage, the others were all Golden Core Early Stage, which strikingly wasn't as formidable as Li Shiming imagined.

They were at most comparable to Golden Core disciples of sects on Beishu Continent, with neither notable treasures nor impressive secret techniques.

"Ma Dongxin, your defense was a beat too slow!" Yuan Xi shouted loudly.

This team was gathered by him; he chose this ocean deep location to gain greater profits.

Yet after so many days of honing, they still couldn't reach a level satisfying to him, which made him quite anxious.

If encountered by powerful spirit beasts or many spirit beasts and such mistakes occur, it could result in casualties within the team.

While speaking, a blade of sword light flew from Yuan Xi's hand, striking the body of the Third Grade Demon, causing a wound and momentarily halting its movement.

This granted the Golden Core cultivator attacked by the Third Grade Demon time to dodge and allowed other Golden Core cultivators to focus their assaults on the Third Grade Demon, adding more wounds on its body.

The Third Grade Demon let out an angry roar, its defense tremendously sturdy, these Golden Core cultivators wielding Third Grade treasures couldn't inflict fatal harm, but it was on the verge of madness due to multiple injuries.

It spat out a breath of cold air, which froze the air in front into ice crystals swiftly spreading towards the cultivators.

The Array Master waved a formation flag in hand, adjusting the formations, leading a gust of wind to redirect the cold air to the side, without directly affecting the Golden Core cultivators.

Ma Dongxin, who was named earlier, manipulated a shield treasure to block the residual cold air.

Even residual waves formed a thick layer of ice crystals on the shield treasure.

"It won't last much longer, it can't sustain such expenditure several times!" Yuan Xi laughed to boost morale.

The remaining Golden Core cultivators also smiled; having forced the original cold air out of the Ice Crystal Beast gave them more assurance of success.

The original cold energy, although tremendously powerful, every time the Ice Crystal Beast exhales original cold air, its strength diminishes slightly.

"Yuan Xiao's formation effects are excellent!" Ma Dongxin praised the Array Master Yuan Xiao in the rear.

Although Yuan Xi had just rebuked him, he felt no resentment; had it not been for Golden Core Middle Stage Yuan Xi willing to lead them, how could they have achieved these few days' worth of results?

After spitting out a breath of original cold air, even the defense of the Ice Crystal Beast decreased, aggravating its injuries significantly with more wounds.

It grew angrier, anger driving it to spit out a breath of original cold air once more.

Knowing that exhaling original cold air would impact its strength further, it still did so.

While Third Grade Demons had wisdom akin to humans, their wisdom in anger was pitifully low.

With the second breath of original cold air exhaled, once again, the Array Master Yuan Xiao's formation redirected most of the cold air, and other Golden Core cultivators seized the chance to inflict several wounds on the Ice Crystal Beast.

This round of attacks, particularly the flying sword treasure from Golden Core Middle Stage cultivator Yuan Xi, inflicted a wound nearly piercing through the Ice Crystal Beast.