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Chapter 736 - 414: Accident_2

Chapter 736: Chapter 414: Accident_2

"I have merely an average talent. I am four hundred and thirty-five years old this year, and after ascending to the Nascent Soul Stage, I will have over five hundred years of life span left," Sword Elder said, his face revealing a wry smile.

Sword Elder thought about how it took him much longer to reach the Nascent Soul Stage compared to his predecessors at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

But that did not mean his talent was inferior; rather, it was because he was in the Beishu Continent, where the resources could not compare with those at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

"Nascent Soul, perhaps with your talent, you could ascend to Nascent Soul at the age of two hundred. Then, you would have eight hundred years in the Nascent Soul Early Stage to cultivate, which would allow you to ascend to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage before your life span ran out. But this would also exhaust all your potential and leave you unable to advance any further. The resources of Beishu Continent would not allow you to progress!" he continued.

"Master, do you mean I should also leave Beishu Continent after I ascend to the Nascent Soul Stage?" Li Yuanba guessed the meaning of Sword Elder’s words.

"The decision should be yours to make. If a Mid-stage Cultivator had not come close today, I would not have spoken with you about this. Perhaps by achieving Nascent Soul on Beishu Continent, you could live safely and comfortably. However, leaving Beishu Continent, you may encounter many dangers," Sword Elder said with a wave of his hand.

Originally, Sword Elder had planned to discuss these matters with Li Yuanba when he himself was about to leave Beishu Continent. But the arrival of a formidable enemy made him feel the urgency of time, and he needed to convey some important things to Li Yuanba ahead of time.

Li Yuanba showed a pensive expression. If he were to leave Beishu Continent, it wouldn’t just be him departing; he would be leaving together with his main body, Li Shiming.

To tell the truth, he and Li Shiming had genuinely taken root in Beishu Continent. Although they belonged to different sects of righteousness and deviltry, they both held extremely high statuses.

There are few on Beishu Continent who could bully them now, and as their strength increased, once they ascended to the Nascent Soul Stage, with their methods, it would be no problem for them to roam the continent unchecked.

However, Sword Elder had made it clear that no matter how talented they were, the resources of Beishu Continent would limit them to, at most, the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Knowing that the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion had ancestors who had ascended, Li Shiming had long set his sights on ascension. He wanted to witness the higher realms; he did not want to fade away like the grass and trees.

"Master, after I reach the Nascent Soul Stage, I will make the same choice as you. I, too, am a disciple of Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and I will return there!" Li Yuanba pondered for only a moment and, after communicating with Li Shiming, made a decision.

When he became a disciple of Sword Elder, he also joined the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion as a disciple.

"Good, once you reach the Nascent Soul Stage, you will be able to find a map to leave within the scroll painting. Following that map, you will find the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and I will be waiting for you there!" Sword Elder said with a laugh.

"Master, if your Lifebound Flying Sword cannot be upgraded, should we consider switching to a Fourth-grade Flying Sword first?" Li Yuanba brought this up, thinking of the impending arrival of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage enemy.

He had already thought it through. If Sword Elder truly had this in mind and the Senluo Sect did not have a suitable Fourth-grade Flying Sword, he would first bring one over from his main body.

Unlike Sword Elder, a pure Sword Cultivator, he had, in addition to his Lifebound Flying Sword, a Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure and a Silver Corpse, as well as a Third Grade Sword Base for close combat.

"You don’t need to worry about this; the sect has Fourth-grade Flying Swords. But it seems there won’t be a need for me to cultivate a new Fourth-grade Flying Sword!" Sword Elder said with a light smile.

"Master, have you found the upgrade materials?" asked Li Yuanba excitedly, catching the implication.

He wasn’t sure where Sword Elder’s confidence came from, as there hadn’t been any such news in the trade with the Nascent Soul Ancestors before.

"With a great enemy coming to Beishu Continent, the other sects will naturally consider finding upgrade materials for me as a priority!" Sword Elder said with a smile.

After all, he was a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator. As long as he could truly exert his own battle strength, even if he might not necessarily defeat a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner, he could play a significant role in a fight.

Li Shiming, on the road, was sharing in the conversation between Sword Elder and Li Yuanba, his brows tightly furrowed.

The drone satellite system did not cover the maritime area, leaving him unable to understand the situation of the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors. He worried that if the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors were defeated, his peaceful cultivation time would be gone.

Despite his esteemed status as an Alchemy Master and the granddisciple of a Nascent Soul Ancestor from Shushan Sect, these would not be of much use in the face of crisis, and instead, he could become a prime target for attack.

Venerable Huike used "Close-yet-Worlds-Apart" to travel and intercepted a giant airship approaching the Beishu Continent over the great sea.

"It’s the Skywalk Trading Company!" Ancestor Lu said, using spiritual power to send his voice upon seeing the mark on the giant airship.

There was no need for him to remind them; all Nascent Soul Ancestors had already noticed this.

The Skywalk Trading Company was the force they valued most; it was precisely because of the Skywalk Trading Company that each of the six great sects had a Nascent Soul Ancestor who could not enter seclusion.

However, the elusive Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Skywalk Trading Company had disappeared, which left the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the six great sects unable to go into seclusion with peace of mind.

Whenever a Nascent Soul Ancestor was involved, there was no such thing as a trivial matter.

But what they hadn’t anticipated was the existence of a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner within the Skywalk Trading Company.

"Just one at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage; I didn’t sense that one!" Ancestor Lan Weiyan sent her voice.

Her cultivation wasn’t the strongest among all the Nascent Soul Ancestors, but her spiritual power was the highest. Together with a special spiritual secret technique, her perceptions were able to reveal more than the other Nascent Soul Ancestors could sense.

"Could it be that the elder suffered injuries and perished?" Elder Zuo speculated.

"Regardless, when this Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner asks, we’ll just say we don’t know; indeed, we really don’t know!" Ancestor Lu continued.

They had no wish to engage in battle with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner. The reason they were able to preside over affairs without entering seclusion was that they were still relatively young.

A great battle at the level of Nascent Soul Ancestors, especially with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Elder, would greatly deplete them and could potentially result in significant life-span damage.

Moreover, the most important point was that they had fought a battle with Patriarch Weng Zhao.

In a situation of absolute disadvantage, Patriarch Weng Zhao still managed to break through the encirclement and escape. His strength and methods made them aware of the formidable power of a Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Skywalk Trading Company.

The one before them had a higher realm than Patriarch Weng Zhao, so his strength needed no further elaboration.

If there truly were a battle, perhaps among the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors present, there would most likely be casualties.

"The Beishu Continent has such a grand reception; am I to believe that as soon as I approach, so many Nascent Souls come to greet me?" a voice emanated from inside the giant airship, and then a person appeared on the bow of the ship.

"I am Lu Gong, my fellow practitioners and I were just holding a gathering and sensed the arrival of the elder, so we came to welcome you. May I know which elder from the Skywalk Trading Company it is?" Ancestor Lu said, bowing deeply.

Within the Nascent Soul Stage, each realm was a world apart, so it was absolutely normal for those in the early stage to address those in the middle stage as their seniors.

Ancestor Lu’s respectful attitude was also an attempt to probe what the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner intended to do.

The Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner deliberately revealed his Nascent Soul Middle Stage aura, showing an interest in formal contact rather than forcefully entering the Beishu Continent. This indicated that he might not necessarily intend to initiate battle.

"I am Jin Kai of the Skywalk Trading Company. I have come to the Beishu Continent for two matters: one is to rebuild the Skywalk Trading Company, and the other is to inquire about the whereabouts of Fengyi and Weng Zhao, as both have not been in contact for some time!" Elder Jin Kai said indifferently.

While speaking, he released a powerful aura and also observed the expressions of the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors.

He practiced a secret technique that allowed him to sense the emotional changes of cultivators weaker than him, which enabled him to infer certain situations.