Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

He swept the area with a cold gaze, his eyes growing sharper by the moment.

He hadn't expected that someone had already entered the Taibai Sword Palace ahead of time!

Especially after seeing the mess inside the Alchemy Pavilion and the large hole that was all that remained of a once large tree outside, he couldn't help but clench his fists tightly.

"May I ask which fellow Daoist is here? Please, show yourself," he said.

Even as the young man with sword-like eyebrows spoke, his hands didn't slow their movements, retrieving a bagua wooden plaque.

As soon as the young man channeled True Yuan into the plaque, myriad spirit lights of different colors erupted from it, beginning to rotate slowly.

However, the rotation speed was surprisingly fast, and in the next moment, spirit light flared up and then dissipated.

The expression on the young man's face turned increasingly sour.

Not a single trace had been left behind.

And his divine sense couldn't find even a shadow of a cultivator. It was important to note that even though he was an external incarnation, his divine sense was still far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators at the early stage of the Purple Mansion!

The young man furrowed his brows, scanned the surroundings once more, and disappeared from the spot yet again.

The Alchemy Pavilion quickly fell silent once more.

All that remained was the Alchemy Pavilion, still smoking, with its ruined walls and the slightly empty quadruple fire columns.

It was uncertain how much time had passed, but in the next moment, a sword abruptly rose, and the area outside the Alchemy Pavilion was suddenly filled with shadowy swords.

In the void, sword lights surged one after another, overturning every inch of the land.

The sword Qi cleansed everything, lingering for a long time. The terror it inspired was far greater than that of the previously encountered three Golden Core True Person incarnations, and yet it was still incomparable!

The young man with sword-like eyebrows reappeared, holding a small sword in his hand. He looked around coldly once more before vanishing again.

After another ten breaths, the young man reappeared, and with him, dozens of Qingxuan Sect disciples.

"That person should have already left the Alchemy Pavilion. Search the remaining alchemy chambers!" he ordered.

"Yes, Elder Taishi!" the disciples responded in quick succession.

The young man then took a step forward and disappeared again.

The remaining Qingxuan Sect disciples began their search with somewhat grim faces.

It was clear that someone had been here, and for these disciples, their haul was certainly going to be much less, and even that would have to be turned over to Elder Taishi of the Heavenly Sword, leaving them with very little.

The dozen or so people divided into several groups and began a meticulous inspection of the remaining areas of the Alchemy Pavilion.

An hour later, the disciples' faces had turned even uglier: the elixirs from the Alchemy Pavilion were all gone—they had only managed to find some pill furnaces and jade slips. Pill formula jade slips were still a notable contribution to the Qingxuan Sect, but the ordinary pill furnaces earned them much fewer Contribution Points.

As the disciples sighed, at the top of the pavilion near the earth fire clifface, a transparent coffin was barely visible.

It was Lin Shiming, hidden in that spot.

This location had even earned Flame Yang's admiration.

"You really aren't afraid of death!" he said.

Lin Shiming was almost at the edge of the formation. It was known that places like the Alchemy Pavilion—a critical location—were absolutely surrounded by various formations and killing arrays.

Lin Shiming was so bold, positioning himself nearly at the edge of a formation!

If he indeed triggered it, even if he could calmly escape from the formation, the commotion would not escape the attention of a Heavenly Sword True Person's Purple Mansion incarnation.

Lin Shiming simply grunted in response, not offering much reply to Flame Yang, the Soul Summoning Sword.

His gaze continued to scan ahead, daring not to use his divine sense.

Of course, his hiding in this spot wasn't because he was overly confident or reliant on pure luck.

It was because the Peach Blossom River Scenic Map was also a formation, and to create a formation within a formation required impressively high accomplishments in the art.

Mostly, it was about preventing the two formations from having a reactive conflict.

And Lin Shiming's Peach Blossom River Scenic Map simply couldn't compare with the formations of the Taibai Sword Palace.

The areas it couldn't cover were unsafe.

That's why Lin Shiming had hidden himself here; it was also the quickest method to find a safe spot.

But now, what troubled him was that he couldn't leave. He wasn't sure if the Heavenly Sword True Person's incarnation had really left.

He was waiting for a system prompt.

The attire of the disciples suggested they were from the Qingxuan Sect's Danqi Peak and Haoran Peak.

The Qingxuan Sect, using the disciples of Shen Ji Peak and Heavenly Sword Peak as a distraction, was actually using the inconspicuous Danqi Peak and Haoran Peak disciples to harvest treasures.

Therefore, the Heavenly Sword True Person's incarnation had no need to search for treasures.

The six paths were naturally covered by others who would retrieve the treasures.

The Heavenly Sword True Person's incarnation just needed to prevent the cultivators from stealing anything.

Suddenly, as if they had received a transmission, the line of disciples hurriedly set off back on the mountain path they had come from.

This scene left Lin Shiming somewhat puzzled.

However, despite his confusion, he still didn't move.

"Youngster, you can leave now. They should be heading to the Scripture Storage Pavilion. Without the Sect Master's orders, they can only search jade wall after jade wall for cultivation techniques, and a cultivator can only obtain one technique!" Seeing that Lin Shiming still hadn't moved, Flame Yang spoke again.

Lin Shiming finally understood why Flame Yang had not advised him to visit the Scripture Storage Pavilion first.

For The Great Sects' Scripture Storage Pavilion, it was not like those of the smaller families; the formation protecting it was one of the most secure places within the entire Sect.

And for an ancient power like Taibai Sword Palace to have a Cultivation Technique for protection was all too normal.

However, now that he knew the reason, Lin Shiming still did not act.

He could wait, for being prompted by the system was when he felt most secure.

He didn't need to take risks.

His harvest this time was already sufficient.

Even if the situation dictated, he might consider abandoning the Kuimu Sword Canon.

However, as time passed, suddenly, fluctuations from magical combat transmitted from the sky.

Terrible Sword Intent was directly felt outside the Alchemy Pavilion.

Moreover, the intensity of this magical combat grew increasingly fierce, larger and larger.

This made Lin Shiming ponder.

The fluctuations from the magical combat clearly indicated another group of forces had entered the Taibai Sword Palace.

Of course, it could also be possible that several Golden Core True Persons from the Spiritual Medicine Garden had burst out.

In this mini world, the scheming of True Persons was unfathomable. At this moment, he couldn't be certain, but this was undoubtedly good news for him.

And before he could make a move, the ground suddenly surged, and in the next moment, a Corpse Refining Sect Cultivator burst forth from underneath.

Next to him, at least a hundred refined corpses quickly searched the remaining halls of the Alchemy Pavilion.

This Corpse Refining Sect Cultivator was even more extreme than him.

All the plaques and roof tiles of the Alchemy Pavilion were swept into his Storage Bag.

Like a whirlwind sweeping away the chaff, after collecting everything, he prepared to dive back underground.

But before he could descend, a crack suddenly opened, revealing a transparent coffin.

"Golden Corpse Child senior brother!" the Cultivator exclaimed with surprise, apparently not expecting to encounter the Five-colored Silkworm Coffin of the Golden Corpse Child.

As he spoke, more than ten refined corpses quickly became alert towards the Five-colored Silkworm Coffin.

But their alert came too late!

The coffin opened and a Rolling Divine Plate charged out swiftly, while a Split Spirit Blade simultaneously pierced into the Cultivator's mind.

Causing the Corpse Refining Sect Cultivator to scream in an instant.

All his prepared Spirit Arts dissipated.

On the contrary, the refined corpses, seemingly unaffected, shielded the Cultivator.

However, a glimmer of ghostly light flashed, directly entering the Corpse Refining Sect Cultivator's Dantian.

It was the Netherworld Needle.

The Spirit Platform shattered, and his True Yuan began to dissipate gradually.

A Monster Binding Ring flew out, firmly binding him.

"You have three breaths of time to explain the combat below!"

"One!"

"Two!"

...

"Three!"

The Cultivator was stubborn, not saying a word, just glaring fiercely at Lin Shiming.

As if he had a hold on Lin Shiming.

When Lin Shiming's Divine Sense probed, he found that indeed, the Cultivator's Sea of Consciousness was protected by the Sect's Jade Book.

Unless he had another way to break the Blood Devil Ban.

But in the next moment, Lin Shiming's finger twitched ever so slightly and Sword Qi burst forth, splitting the Cultivator's head in two instantly.

His eyes were still wide open, clearly unclear about why Lin Shiming had killed him before even questioning him.

After Lin Shiming killed the Corpse Refining Sect Cultivator, he immediately collected all his refined corpses.

Several powerful spirit corpses were stored into his Storage Bag, while early and mid Third Rank refined corpses were now under his control, as he started to employ simple Corpse Decrees.

His Corpse Decree wasn't advanced, and should anything unusual occur to him, those corpses might even turn against their master.

But at this moment, he wasn't aiming to use these corpses for attack but as a decoy.

He absolutely could not expose his identity, and inside the Five-colored Silkworm Coffin, even if he were discovered, the Cultivators of Qingxuan Sect would only assume he was the Golden Corpse Child.

Lin Shiming returned to his initial position, started refining the spirit corpses, and waited for the arrival of the next day.

The distant magical combat grew more terrifying, seemingly more Cultivators appeared in this time.

And as dawn broke on the second day, Lin Shiming's spirit coffin also started moving again, heading towards the passage entrance.

He moved very slowly, ready to react immediately if the system prompted anything.