Chapter 1505 - 799: Returning to the Sect

The Great Venerable was at his wit’s end, the ’Nirvana Fire’ of the Red Gold Phoenix, just one small mishap could ruin a magical artifact.

And the Illusion Spirit Dragon posed an even greater headache, as its poison could severely damage magical artifacts, whether used for attack or defense.

He didn’t have many magical artifacts, one fourth-grade top-tier life-bound artifact, the Golden Bell, was already damaged, and he had no spare artifacts to use.

He could only resort to such near-scurrilous means, these Buddha Beads were a legacy of Lianhua Temple and would automatically form a formation once dispersed.

While attacking Little Feng, the Great Venerable also sought out the Illusion Spirit Dragon, but no matter how he scanned with his Divine Sense, he couldn’t locate the dragon.

The Illusion Spirit Dragon was currently outside the range of the Great Venerable’s Divine Sense, and he couldn’t maintain such a scan indefinitely. Once an opportunity arose, the dragon would close in on the Great Venerable again.

Li Shiming waited for a moment, realizing that persisting this way wouldn’t work.

Further delay could summon more Great Cultivators.

He put away the ’White Emperor Light Cloud Boat’ and flew with Great Cultivator Luo Pei toward the battlefield.

Perceiving the approach of Great Cultivators, the Great Venerable immediately turned a wary eye toward Li Shiming.

He did not recognize Li Shiming’s identity, and a vigilant gleam flickered in his eyes.

"Lianhua Temple’s Guangling pays respects to the benefactor; may I know who you are?" Guangling Great Venerable greeted Li Shiming with a dharma greeting.

"Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s Li Shizhen pays respects to Guangling Great Venerable!" Li Shiming replied with a faint smile.

"Li Shizhen?" Fang Ling Great Venerable immediately recalled who Li Shizhen was, showing surprise in his gaze.

By now, Li Shiming had used ’Divine Eye’ to scrutinize the formation set by the 108 Buddha Beads, identifying the formation’s nodes with the help of the IBMz15.

"This is the mountain gate of my Ten Thousand Beast Sect, and according to the rules, it is not permissible for a Great Venerable of your realm to intrude unprovoked!" Li Shiming said sternly.

The area near the mountain gate is under the sect’s surveillance; any closer would enter the Grotto Heaven’s boundary — a forbidden area for any sect.

Unless invited by the sect, approaching unprovoked is equivalent to declaring enmity.

"The Ten Thousand Beast Sect, soon enough, it will cease to exist!" Guangling Great Venerable sneered coldly.

Hearing this, Li Shiming’s eyes surged with murderous intent.

His figure suddenly disappeared from its original spot; ’a single stride’ shattered the distance limit of Great Cultivator attacks, teleporting beside Fang Ling Great Venerable, outside the attack range.

The formation set by the 108 Buddha Beads, now thoroughly understood by IBMz15, no longer affected him.

As he teleported beside Guangling Great Venerable, a Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation appeared in his hand.

He struck Guangling Great Venerable with the sword’s spine; previously weakened by Illusion Spirit Dragon’s poison, even a new defensive barrier couldn’t block the strike.

He chose not to use the sword’s edge to gather information from Guangling Great Venerable.

He’s unsure how far the conflict among Ten Thousand Beast Sect and the other three sects has progressed; killing Guangling Great Venerable could mean irrevocable hostility with Lianhua Temple.

Better to hand over Guangling Great Venerable to Ten Thousand Beast Sect for them to deal with.

This hit carried ’Chaos Sword Intent’; although without a wound for the intent to enter, part of it still infiltrated Guangling Great Venerable’s body.

Struck by the blow, Guangling Great Venerable stiffened, losing the power to resist.

Li Shiming faintly smiled, reinforcing with two more taps on Guangling Great Venerable’s flesh.

Instantly, Guangling Great Venerable’s physical body was constrained, and his Nascent Soul was locked with a thunder rune, unable to summon a bit of spiritual power.

Li Shiming roughly removed Guangling Great Venerable’s Mustard Seed Ring, sweeping his Divine Sense over the 108 Buddha Beads. Without Guangling Great Venerable’s support, they reverted to their original state under his scan.

"Quite a fine treasure, indeed!" Li Shiming showed some interest in the string of Buddha Beads.

The beads had been nurtured over long years by many Buddha Venerables; a unique treasure already, with over five thousand years of Buddhist nurturing, almost worthy of being called a Buddhist treasure.

Especially as each Buddha Venerable used them as the foundation for formations, imparting a unique Artifact Spirit Wisdom, allowing the beads to autonomously form formations.

Though not of the finest material, only fourth-grade high-stage, five thousand years of nurturing compensated for material shortcomings.

Watching Li Shiming take spoils from him, particularly the Buddha Beads — Lianhua Temple’s supreme treasure — Guangling Great Venerable’s eyes were near-bursting with fury.

Yet, despite his hatred for Li Shiming, he was utterly powerless under Li Shiming’s suppression.

Casually, Li Shiming tossed Guangling Great Venerable to Great Cultivator Luo Pei, then took out his Ten Thousand Beast Sect Identity Jade Disc.

"Master, I’ve returned, just outside the mountain gate!" He messaged Master Grandmaster Hu.

Well-aware this area was under Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s formation surveillance, he avoided approaching the mountain gate to prevent mishaps.

"Are you my little junior?" A figure approached from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect direction, incredulously questioning as he neared Li Shiming.