Cultivation is just so scientific!

His left leg was used to cast a life-preserving secret technique, sacrificing it to replace a fatal injury on his body.

Only a Fourth-grade Advanced Limb Regeneration Elixir can counteract the rule power of the life-preserving secret technique, allowing the lost left leg to grow back.

He knew the difficulty of refining a fourth-grade high-level spirit pill, and the chance of the sect's alchemy master producing such a pill is very low, but he wanted to try his luck.

As it turned out, his luck wasn't good, as five sets of alchemy materials failed to produce even one Fourth-grade Advanced Limb Regeneration Elixir.

Mu Jing became increasingly angry, thinking of Li Shiming, blaming him for the situation.

He seemed to forget that he was the one who sought trouble with Li Shiming in the first place.

At this moment, he received a message.

After forming a deep grudge with Li Shiming, he used the sect's intelligence system, spending a considerable amount, to ask spies from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect to keep an eye on Li Shiming.

The message he received was about Li Shiming leaving the sect and the direction he was heading.

"You've finally left the sect!" Mu Jing said through gritted teeth.

He naturally wouldn't go alone to find trouble with Li Shiming; his injuries made him afraid to leave the sect.

He offered some resources and a hefty favor to invite Duan Zhen, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner of the sect.

"Master Duan, please make your move!" He sent the message to Duan Zhen, attaching the direction Li Shiming was heading.

"Little Mu, I'm currently on a mission near the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, so I'll deal with him on my way!" Duan Zhen quickly replied.

"Thank you, Master, I'll thank you properly when you return!" Mu Jing replied happily.

He took another sip of spiritual wine. Although the physical impairment affected his cultivation results quite a bit, knowing he could avenge this deep grudge allowed him to momentarily forget his body's shortcomings.

Nascent Soul Cultivators' physical impairments have a relatively smaller impact on cultivation, but for a Nascent Soul Cultivator who cultivates for an extremely long time, even a slight impact becomes significant over time.

Most critically, if he didn't address his physical impairment soon, his mentor's attention towards him would wane, which was the biggest problem.

Duan Zhen indeed was near the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. Recently, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and Sun Concealing Sect were targeting each other, frequently leading to the two sides' cultivators being ambushed.

Duan Zhen looked at the message and smiled.

The target was a famous alchemy master from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. If he could eliminate this target, aside from the benefits from Mu Jing, the sect would heavily reward him as well.

It was a win-win situation, and he also knew that Li Shiming carried a powerful artifact on him.

Li Shiming had obtained the acknowledgment of ownership of the "Tai Chu Treasure Tripod" from the Taichu Sect, which wasn't a secret.

And as an alchemy master, Li Shiming's wealth wasn't insignificant.

Duan Zhen saw that the direction Li Shiming was heading wasn't far from his location, so he could prepare in advance.

As for Li Shiming changing directions midway, such instances rarely occurred among cultivators.

Cultivators are extremely sensitive to direction, and once they choose a destination, they'd fly directly towards it unless there was a necessary area to avoid, and they wouldn't change directions.

Of course, if Li Shiming did indeed alter his course en route, it would be his luck, narrowly avoiding a disaster.

Li Shiming controlled the "Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword," using the Sword Control Technique to fly, a means to strengthen the bond with the "Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword."

Over two years, he refined the "Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword" to one hundred percent. Further enhancement became much more difficult, not achievable in a short period.

Like the Xingyi Sword of his other self, Li Yuanba, which took hundreds of years of refining to enhance its sword intent.

Currently, the "Five-Colored Flying Phoenix Sword" was only normally refined and not his life-bound magical treasure, making it challenging to delve deeper into refining. Sword Cultivators could enhance their bond by continuously wielding the flying sword.

Flying in the air, the Sword Control Technique made him more like a sword cultivator, and he greatly enjoyed the feeling of Sword Control that sword cultivators had.

Duan Zhen discovered Li Shiming, lurking within a cloud. His concealing secret technique was of exceptionally high quality, merging him seamlessly with the cloud.

The Sun Concealing Sect specializes in ambush tactics, concealing oneself to launch a sudden sneak attack, making it hard to defend against.

Li Shiming's "Divine Eye Sight" didn't notice Duan Zhen hidden within the cloud.

The "Divine Eye Sight" wasn't omnipotent, and Duan Zhen's concealing technique was indeed very brilliant.

As Li Shiming was flying using Sword Control, as he neared the cloud, a dark light shot toward him.

Duan Zhen, at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage realm and having prepared for a long time, aimed for a fatal strike, making it nearly impossible for Li Shiming to easily evade.

This was also Li Shiming's own fault; had he used the "Interspatial Levitation" for travel, relying on his readiness with multiple "Interspatial Levitation" methods, any ambush could be evaded with ease.

But today, he was using Sword Control Technique, too confident in his "Divine Eye Sight," and hadn't considered being ambushed so close to the sect.

The dark light was a black flying sword, and he could even sense the aura of the "False Resentment Netherworld Technique" from it.

The black flying sword launched its attack from just fifty meters away, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage's powered-up strike, covering the distance almost instantaneously.

Li Shiming's scalp tingled with fear, knowing deeply the characteristics of the "False Resentment Netherworld Technique," understanding that this strike, though not using the Nascent Soul Dharma Form, was no weaker than an attack executed in Nascent Soul Dharma Form state.

In a fleeting moment, he could think of all this, thanks to his life-bound treasure IBMz15 enhancing his thought speed.

Though he had time to think, it was too brief for his body to react in time.

Just when the black flying sword was about to hit Li Shiming's body, his robe flashed a light, and a blue water dragon appeared, coiling around him, completely shielding his body.

The black flying sword struck the water dragon, causing only a slight ripple on its blue watery surface without slicing through it.

"Luckily, I have the 'Water Dragon Taoist Robe'!" Li Shiming exhaled a long breath of relief. Though his body refinement was decent, relying on his body to resist a flying sword strike driven by the "False Resentment Netherworld Technique" was beyond his capability.

Especially sensing that the attack came from a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner.

He felt a bit frightened as it was a warning from Grandmaster Hu two years ago, and he nearly got ambushed this time.

Considering the significant gains from robbing a Great Cultivator two years ago, which had made him slightly arrogant.

Now, Duan Zhen had taught him a valuable lesson about the dangers of the cultivation world.

"You indeed have a good robe!" Duan Zhen, having exited the concealing secret technique when he attacked, was surprised that his strike didn't succeed and noticed the quality of the "Water Dragon Taoist Robe."

He gazed at the robe with greed. A robe with a passively activated powerful defensive spell was almost equivalent to an extra life.

He wasn't too worried about the "Water Dragon Taoist Robe," as this level of defensive spell couldn't be activated multiple times.

Even the currently activated "Water Dragon Protection" would only last for a few moments before dissipating.

He activated another secret technique, allowing his body to become extremely light and fast, ready that if Li Shiming attempted to escape during the "Water Dragon Protection" duration, he would closely pursue.

In fact, Duan Zhen's current actions already went against his usual behavior.

This situation was different; Li Shiming's realm was a whole major level weaker, and besides the "Tai Chu Treasure Tripod," he had this "Water Dragon Taoist Robe."

It was worth the risk to pursue Li Shiming for the "Water Dragon Taoist Robe." It wasn't common to see a top-level fourth-grade magical treasure on a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner.