Chapter 1784: Chapter 938: Erasure (Part 2)

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 ’step’, and he entered the Sword Cave Heaven directly.

The first thing he did was head to the outside of Sword Elder’s 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 Shiming’s 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 couldn’t do anything to him.

"Come in!" Sword Elder’s voice called out.

At the same time, the formation of Sword Elder’s abode opened, revealing a path for Li Yuanba to enter.

Li Yuanba walked into the abode and saw Sword Elder’s clone.

"Greetings, Sword Elder!" Li Yuanba bowed deeply and saluted.

"Yuan Ba, what’s the matter?" Sword Elder’s clone asked with a smile.

Sword Elder was aware that Li Yuanba wouldn’t disturb his rest unless it was something important.

"Sword Elder, please look at these few treasures!" Li Yuanba didn’t explain first but took out the treasures instead.

’Infinite Fire Peak’, ’Eye of the Storm’, and ’Thunder Sound Bell’ were sealed in jade boxes. Yet once taken out, Sword Elder’s clone sensed what was inside the jade boxes.

Sword Elder’s clone wore a strange expression, glancing at Li Yuanba.

Realizing Li Yuanba’s realm was Peak Great Cultivator rather than Mahayana Realm, he believed Li Yuanba hadn’t robbed those great powers.

"Hold on, I’ll have my true form come out; erasing the spiritual imprints from these treasures consumes quite a bit!" Sword Elder’s clone didn’t 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 Elder’s clone spoken than Sword Elder’s true form appeared.

Sword Elder saw each familiar treasure, his smile never ceasing.

"Old Monk, your ’Thunder Sound Bell’ belongs to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion now!" He shot a sword light at ’Thunder Sound Bell’; 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, ’Infinite Fire Peak’ is accepted!" Sword Elder shot another sword light at ’Infinite Fire Peak’; a fiery figure appeared, and Sword Elder spoke with a smile.

"Sword Madman, what do you want with this? Return it, and I’ll 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 what’s seized?" Sword Elder laughed back. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Old Fire Monkey wished to say more, but upon losing the spiritual imprint in ’Infinite Fire Peak’, he soon dissipated.

Sword Elder directed a sword light at ’Eye of the Storm’; this time, no great power’s figure appeared in ’Eye of the Storm’.

"Such uninteresting company, doesn’t even show up!" Sword Elder seemed displeased, feeling it lack flavor.

Apparently, the great power of Feiyu Sect knew Sword Elder’s quirky sense, hence didn’t 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 wasn’t surprised, asking calmly.

He understood Li Yuanba’s rapid rise had triggered opposition from other super forces; they didn’t want the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to harbor an excessively strong Sword Cultivator.

Although he hadn’t 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 didn’t deploy great powers, he couldn’t interfere as a great power.

"All stayed!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.

Hearing Li Yuanba’s reply, Sword Elder couldn’t 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 Elder’s intent to send him off; he bowed and exited the abode.

After his departure, Sword Elder issued several consecutive commands.

Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion hadn’t 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 ’Heart Inquiry Rope’?" Li Yuanba looked at the ’Heart Inquiry Rope’ he had extracted, surprised.

Li Shiming had encountered ’Heart Inquiry Rope’ 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 ’Heart Inquiry Rope’, beyond mere secrets, even a cultivator’s most embarrassing matters would be completely confessed.

Of course, ’Heart Inquiry Rope’ lacked any combat function; it was solely for interrogation.

Li Yuanba shook his head, deducing the reason Guiyuan Sect carried the ’Heart Inquiry Rope’.

Seemed their plan intended to subdue him and inquire about his rapid advancement using the ’Heart Inquiry Rope’.

Unfortunately, even if he truly failed, the ’Heart Inquiry Rope’ had limited effect on him, because Li Shiming’s true form could remotely and forcibly take over this body at any time.