He vanished from the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng, his figure appearing outside the Cave Heaven Space barrier of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
The Golden Winged Dapeng flew away without needing his command.
Li Yuanba arrived at the mountain gate with a single āstepā, and he entered the Sword Cave Heaven directly.
The first thing he did was head to the outside of Sword Elderās abode. No announcement was needed; Sword Elder could perceive any situation within the Sword Cave Heaven.
As long as Sword Elder was available, he would decide whether to see him.
Li Yuanba had already decided that if Sword Elder was unavailable, he would immediately go to Dongqi Continent to meet Li Shiming.
Before several great powers reclaim their treasures, he would either erase the spiritual imprint inside the treasures or store the treasures into Li Shimingās machine room space.
Li Yuanba preferred the former method. He had a background; as a Sword Cultivator of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, being besieged by great cultivators from five super forces, reason was on his side.
As long as he could remove the spiritual imprints inside the treasures, even if the great powers had any ideas, they couldnāt do anything to him.
"Come in!" Sword Elderās voice called out.
At the same time, the formation of Sword Elderās abode opened, revealing a path for Li Yuanba to enter.
Li Yuanba walked into the abode and saw Sword Elderās clone.
"Greetings, Sword Elder!" Li Yuanba bowed deeply and saluted.
"Yuan Ba, whatās the matter?" Sword Elderās clone asked with a smile.
Sword Elder was aware that Li Yuanba wouldnāt disturb his rest unless it was something important.
"Sword Elder, please look at these few treasures!" Li Yuanba didnāt explain first but took out the treasures instead.
āInfinite Fire Peakā, āEye of the Stormā, and āThunder Sound Bellā were sealed in jade boxes. Yet once taken out, Sword Elderās clone sensed what was inside the jade boxes.
Sword Elderās clone wore a strange expression, glancing at Li Yuanba.
Realizing Li Yuanbaās realm was Peak Great Cultivator rather than Mahayana Realm, he believed Li Yuanba hadnāt robbed those great powers.
"Hold on, Iāll have my true form come out; erasing the spiritual imprints from these treasures consumes quite a bit!" Sword Elderās clone didnāt question why, merely saying.
Sword Cultivators of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion never asked the origin of things; as long as they were in hand, they belonged to them.
Sword Cultivators leaned towards seizing resources; truly asking about origins would be bothersome to death.
No sooner had Sword Elderās clone spoken than Sword Elderās true form appeared.
Sword Elder saw each familiar treasure, his smile never ceasing.
"Old Monk, your āThunder Sound Bellā belongs to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion now!" He shot a sword light at āThunder Sound Bellā; the shadow of an old monk appeared on the bell, laughing wildly.
"Amitabha!" The old monk looked helplessly at Sword Elder, uttered a single sutra phrase, and vanished.
"Old Fire Monkey, āInfinite Fire Peakā is accepted!" Sword Elder shot another sword light at āInfinite Fire Peakā; a fiery figure appeared, and Sword Elder spoke with a smile.
"Sword Madman, what do you want with this? Return it, and Iāll exchange something for it!" The great power known as Old Fire Monkey reacted quite strongly, shouting at Sword Elder.
"This was seized by my junior generation, so naturally belongs to the junior; since when does a Sword Cultivator return whatās seized?" Sword Elder laughed back.
Old Fire Monkey wished to say more, but upon losing the spiritual imprint in āInfinite Fire Peakā, he soon dissipated.
Sword Elder directed a sword light at āEye of the Stormā; this time, no great powerās figure appeared in āEye of the Stormā.
"Such uninteresting company, doesnāt even show up!" Sword Elder seemed displeased, feeling it lack flavor.
Apparently, the great power of Feiyu Sect knew Sword Elderās quirky sense, hence didnāt appear to provide Sword Elder a jest.
"Alright, Yuan Ba, all the spiritual imprints are removed for you, you can now reclaim ownership!" Sword Elder tossed back the three treasures to Li Yuanba.
"Sword Elder, this time Da Leiyin Temple, Infinite Sect, Beidou Sect, Guiyuan Sect, and Feiyu Sect joined forces with thirty-one Great Cultivators, including four Peak Great Cultivators intending to ambush me. These treasures were obtained from them!" Li Yuanba bowed and received the three treasures, explaining the situation.
Even though Sword Elder never inquired, he felt compelled to clarify.
Sword Elder might seem to jest in removing spiritual imprints, and provocatively spoke to the great powers, but Li Yuanba knew clearly that Sword Elder had taken on potential troubles for him.
Afterward, even if he used these treasures, no great powers would seek him out.
This was the advantage of having a backing, plus Sword Elder being a forceful Sword Cultivation Great Power; if anything arose, Sword Elder could handle it.
"Left any of the thirty-one Great Cultivators?" Sword Elder wasnāt surprised, asking calmly.
He understood Li Yuanbaās rapid rise had triggered opposition from other super forces; they didnāt want the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to harbor an excessively strong Sword Cultivator.
Although he hadnāt expected Li Yuanba to be targeted by five super forces soon after reaching Peak Great Cultivator.
This was a matter among juniors; since the opposing side didnāt deploy great powers, he couldnāt interfere as a great power.
"All stayed!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.
Hearing Li Yuanbaās reply, Sword Elder couldnāt help but twitch his lips; this lad was more ruthless than himself back then.
Yet Sword Elder soon realized some matters, his smile deepening.
"Good, any trouble from this matter can come to me!" Sword Elder waved his hand.
Li Yuanba understood this as Sword Elderās intent to send him off; he bowed and exited the abode.
After his departure, Sword Elder issued several consecutive commands.
Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion hadnāt occupied many resource points; they mainly relied on seizing to acquire resources.
But ever since having Li Shiming as a top Alchemy Master, Great Cultivator resource points became even more significant.
The Central State Continent inherently hosted the most Great Cultivator resource points; for ages, eight super forces inhabited the Central State Continent, controlling these Great Cultivator resource points.
Yet now, five super forces suddenly lost a significant number of Great Cultivators, especially the fall of Peak Great Cultivators, leaving five super forces temporarily lacking maximum combat strength.
This was the perfect moment for Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to seize the resource points of these five super forces, in retaliation for their ambushing of Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba was unaware, but his assault incident led Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to take a large bite of resources from the five super forces due to prioritized intel.
He returned to his own abode and retrieved the spoils of this endeavor.
His mindset had elevated; checking spoils held no more excitement for him.
One by one, spiritual objects seen as precious by other Great Cultivators seemed commonplace to him.
Yet, when inspecting spoils from a Guiyuan Sect Great Cultivator, from the soul crystal ring he found a familiar treasure.
"Is this the āHeart Inquiry Ropeā?" Li Yuanba looked at the āHeart Inquiry Ropeā he had extracted, surprised.
Li Shiming had encountered āHeart Inquiry Ropeā before; it was an extremely unique treasure, binding cultivators to answer any question regardless of cultivation.
Considering the steadfast spirit of many cultivators, extracting secrets from them posed immense difficulty.
But with āHeart Inquiry Ropeā, beyond mere secrets, even a cultivatorās most embarrassing matters would be completely confessed.
Of course, āHeart Inquiry Ropeā lacked any combat function; it was solely for interrogation.
Li Yuanba shook his head, deducing the reason Guiyuan Sect carried the āHeart Inquiry Ropeā.
Seemed their plan intended to subdue him and inquire about his rapid advancement using the āHeart Inquiry Ropeā.
Unfortunately, even if he truly failed, the āHeart Inquiry Ropeā had limited effect on him, because Li Shimingās true form could remotely and forcibly take over this body at any time.