Cultivation is just so scientific! - Chapter 663: 378: Going Home

Chapter 663: Chapter 378: Going Home

“Sky Sea Island, I’m back!” Li Shiming murmured to himself when he reached the land.

He had left in his teenage years, and now he was nearly forty. Thanks to the Youthful Elixir, his appearance was the same as before, but his mindset was vastly different.

He inhaled the air of Sky Sea Island, a scent that often appeared in his memories.

The speed of the Meteor Ink Boat slowed down as he no longer needed to worry about his safety upon reaching land.

This wasn’t the Beishu Continent; here, Golden Core cultivators were the peak of combat prowess. As for the sole False Infant Ancestor, he had the Token given by Elder Zuo, so there was no need to consider the threat of the False Infant.

The first thing he felt upon arriving at Sky Sea Island was its barrenness—not the soil, but the concentration of Spiritual Energy.

The density of Spiritual Energy on Sky Sea Island was noticeably less than that on the Beishu Continent, which was probably one of the reasons why the cultivators here were generally weaker.

The richness of Spiritual Energy was not too apparent in affecting cultivators, as they had the aid of spiritual veins and Gathering Spirit arrays to concentrate Spiritual Energy.

However, a lower concentration of Spiritual Energy meant scarce and inferior quality spiritual resources, which was the most serious issue.

Li Shiming sat in the Flying Boat, setting Nanling Prefecture as his destination.

His gaze swept across the various landscapes below, trying to find familiar scenes.

Even though the speed of the Meteor Ink Boat had decreased, it was still extremely fast. He estimated that it would take at most three two-hour periods to arrive at the original boundary of Nanling Prefecture.

Along the way, he encountered some cultivators whose realms were too low; they fled in terror as soon as they saw the Flying Boat soaring through the sky.

After more than a two-hour period of travel, he came across a chase.

With his temperament, he was too lazy to intervene in such fights in the Cultivation World.

But when he clearly saw the identity of the pursued cultivator with his ‘Divine Vision’, his powerful memory reminded him of who the cultivator was.

Li Shiming had a thought, and the Meteor Ink Boat turned to fly towards the cultivator.

Zhu Ji sensed the Spiritual Power in Spirit Lake. Behind him were two early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators. He was weaker than either of them and had spent more Spiritual Power in the chase, leading to his nearly depleted reserves.

A helpless and bitter smile surfaced on his face. After the gates of the Sky Sea Sect were breached, he wandered with the sect. He caught the eye of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and became his disciple.

He was fortunate enough to use a set of resources to advance to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Even under constant pressure from the Bright Moon Sect, he was still living relatively well.

But during his trip to the market to buy resources, he was targeted by two Bright Moon Sect cultivators, resulting in this pursuit.

“Looks like I’ll have to make a stand here today. Might as well go down fighting!” he conveyed, mobilizing the remaining Spiritual Power, stopping his flight.

The two Bright Moon Sect cultivators, seeing him stop, split to his left and right, surrounding him.

When the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators each produced a Spiritual Artifact, Zhu Ji’s heart sank; although he was an early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he was still using a super-grade Magic Artifact.

In a two against one situation, whether in terms of Magic Artifacts or strength, he was at a significant disadvantage and doomed in this battle.

Just when Zhu Ji was waiting for death to come, a powerful pressure descended from the sky.

The Magic Artifacts of the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators were frozen in mid-air, one meter away from Zhu Ji, unable to move an inch further.

“This person is under my protection; you may leave,” a young voice came from the sky.

Although they didn’t know who the voice belonged to, as disciples of a sect like Bright Moon Sect, they understood what this kind of pressure meant—it was from a Golden Core cultivator.

Th𝚒𝖘 𝐜h𝖺p𝐭𝙚r 𝚒𝐬 p𝗼𝘴𝖙є𝒅 b𝙮 𝒌𝐢𝖙ℯ𝓃ɵ𝘷𝓮ḷ

“Since the elder has spoken, we will take our leave!” The Bright Moon Sect cultivator, feeling the pressure on him diminish, bowed respectfully and said.

Li Shiming nodded in approval; such cultivators had been carefully cultivated by their sects, maintaining the pride of their sect even in the face of a Golden Core cultivator.

He had no intention of making a move against the two Bright Moon Sect cultivators; his power was not yet enough to contend with the might of a False Infant.

His return was for a family visit, and he did not wish to stir up trouble.

If he were to ever seek revenge for being driven out of Sky Sea Island by Bright Moon Sect, it would have to wait until his strength was sufficient to utterly crush Bright Moon Sect.

The two Bright Moon Sect cultivators retreated a distance before turning and activating their artifacts to flee.

Li Shiming retracted his Flying Boat and descended from the sky, landing in front of Zhu Ji.

Zhu Ji’s appearance had changed little, only losing the greenness of youth and becoming more composed.

A Qi Refinement cultivator’s lifespan was roughly one hundred and fifty years, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s was two hundred years. Twenty years was not enough to bring about significant changes to a cultivator.

Unless the cultivator was in the last moments of life when aging would accelerate exponentially.

Zhu Ji stared blankly at the cultivator before him, almost about to call out a name—the name of that genius cultivator from Sky Sea Sect, the youth who had once entered the sect and listened to his guidance.

He refrained from calling the name for two reasons. The first was that the other person was a Golden Core cultivator, and calling him by name would be highly disrespectful.

The second was because the Golden Core cultivator before him looked too young; while the same as that youth from twenty years ago, it seemed impossible for there to be no change after two decades.

“Senior Brother Ji, long time no see!” Li Shiming said with a smile.

“Are you really Li Shiming?” Even after hearing Li Shiming call his name, Zhu Ji still asked incredulously.