Peerless Sword God of the City

After Li Yi retrieved the spirit sword, he declined Liu Shanshan's offer to give it to him and instead took a taxi and left the school.

By the time Li Yi arrived in Daqing, it was almost evening.

Before long, Li Yi arrived outside the cave of the person in seclusion.

"Li Yi has come to return the sword."

Li Yi clasped his hands slightly and bowed respectfully.

"Young friend, there's no need for such formalities," came the voice of the reclusive cultivator from inside the cave.

"Om."

As the reclusive cultivator finished speaking, a sword's cry was heard, and the Xuan Tie Sword transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the cave.

As the spirit sword entered, the person in seclusion seemed to sense something and immediately let out a horrified cry.

"How can this be?"

"Young friend, you are already a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining and the peak of the Spirit Building Realm."

The person in seclusion was shocked to sense Li Yi's aura.

Three days ago, Li Yi was just an ordinary person with no strength to even kill a chicken. In just a few days, he has transformed into a cultivator.

Furthermore, he has already reached the peak of the Spirit Building Realm, one of the three realms of Qi Refining.

This is simply unimaginable!!!

Not to mention that the current Taoist traditions on Earth are incomplete and spiritual energy is scarce, so ordinary people have no chance to embark on cultivation.

Li Yi not only became a cultivator, but also broke through three realms in succession. What this meant was very clear to the person in seclusion.

First of all, the level of cultivation technique that Li Yi practices must be extremely high.

Secondly, there must have been someone who provided him with a large amount of cultivation resources.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to reach such a level in such a short time.

To achieve this in just a few days, to create a cultivator out of thin air, is something that ordinary cultivation families cannot accomplish.

Only those ancient cultivation families with profound heritage and a thousand-year-old tradition can achieve this.

However, given his more than 100 years of life and his military career, he was quite knowledgeable, but he had never heard of the Li family being a family of cultivators.

It is also very possible that Li Yi is just an alias used by this person to gain experience in the secular world.

Thinking about it this way, Li Yi's promise to help him build his foundation gave the person in seclusion a boost of confidence.

But the person in seclusion, despite all their calculations, could never have imagined that Li Yi was not actually from a family of cultivators, but rather the reincarnation of a great cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage.

The reclusive cultivator recovered from his shock and said to Li Yi, "So, young brother, you come from a family of cultivators. I am He Donglai. May I ask which family of cultivators you are from?"

"He Donglai?"

Listening to He Donglai's question, Li Yi guessed that He Donglai's transformation from an ordinary person to a cultivator in just three days had caused him to misunderstand something.

Li Yi shook his head slightly and said, "I am not from any cultivation family."

He is the reincarnation of a powerful being in the Tribulation Transcending stage, the invincible sword god of the universe, Li Yi. At his peak, he wielded a three-foot-long sword and traversed countless miles of starry rivers in the universe.

However, He Donglai, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, would never believe it, so it's better not to say anything.

"Since you have something difficult to say, young friend, please forgive my rudeness," He Donglai apologized upon hearing Li Yi's denial.

"It's nothing, but are there many cultivation families like the one you mentioned on Earth?" Li Yi didn't want to explain to He Donglai, but asked with a puzzled look.

He was also very curious that there were cultivation families on Earth.

He Donglai wondered, could it be that Li Yi really wasn't a disciple of a cultivation family?

“Young friend, those who can be called cultivation families are ancient martial arts families that have been passed down for thousands of years in China. They are not just ordinary cabbages on the roadside. There are only a handful of cultivation families in the entire China.”

"Furthermore, many cultivation families have gone into seclusion and no longer concern themselves with worldly affairs, so it is now almost impossible to encounter cultivators in the mortal world, with only a few martial artists remaining to walk among the common people."

Li Yi became more and more puzzled as he listened. Could those cultivation families and these martial artists be connected?

Or, could it be that martial artists like Liu Dong and Lu Qingshan are branches of those reclusive cultivation families?

He Donglai explained, "Many years ago, powerful cultivation families in China reached an agreement for some unknown reason to go into seclusion and separate themselves from the secular world. But how could such a large cultivation family go into seclusion entirely? So they left some outer disciples to manage secular finances and collect cultivation resources."

"But in reality, these people were just abandoned by their families. After the cultivation families went into seclusion, they took away the complete cultivation methods of their families. Those outer disciples did not have a complete cultivation method, so they had to find another shortcut. Eventually, they gradually explored and created a martial arts system, which is how the martial arts lineage came about."

After listening to He Donglai's words, Li Yi had a general understanding of the situation.

To put it simply, these martial artists can be considered a branch of cultivators, but they are merely abandoned members of their clan, only responsible for collecting cultivation resources.

Because these people were unwilling to accept the lack of cultivation methods, they created another pirated cultivation system by imitating cultivators.

However, the cultivation system created by these people can only cultivate internal energy in a simple way, and the highest level can only be cultivated to the level of a Grandmaster of the Profound Realm, which is comparable to the peak of Qi Refining.

However, since there is no comparison between internal energy and spiritual power, which are worlds apart, martial artists are much weaker than cultivators of the same level.

Those martial artists were isolated from the true cultivation families, and over time, the Taoist arts in the secular world became increasingly incomplete, until even the simple inheritance of spells was lost.

No wonder even someone like Liu Dong didn't know how to use the Spirit Spring.

Even if you knew about it, without the cultivation method, you could only drool over the spiritual spring.

Although Li Yi did not admit to being from a cultivation family, He Donglai was already convinced that Li Yi must be a disciple of a powerful cultivation family who had come out to gain experience, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to become a cultivator in just three days.

He had already made up his mind to try and win over Li Yi.

He Donglai knew that his aptitude was limited, and since he was just a rogue cultivator, he truly had no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage without any opportunity.

However, ever since he met Li Yi, he had a strange feeling that Li Yi really had the ability and background to help him establish his foundation.

Although this feeling was somewhat unrealistic, seeing Li Yi become a Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator in just three days made him even more convinced.

"Have you ever heard of the Foundation Establishment Pill?" Li Yi asked casually.

Upon hearing this, He Donglai excitedly asked, "Does young friend possess such a miraculous pill of creation?"

Foundation Establishment Pill, a divine pill that helps Qi Refining cultivators break through to the Foundation Establishment realm, is a rare and precious medicine in the cultivation world of Earth. Apart from those aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years, the recipe for it has long been lost.

"I don't have any, but I can refine it, though I don't have the medicinal herbs," Li Yi shrugged.

Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill wouldn't be difficult for Li Yi now, but as he said, he lacked the necessary medicinal ingredients.

“Young friend, you can take this to a man named He Chiming. He can help you collect the medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.” He Chiming suppressed his excitement and threw a three-inch token out of the cave.

"He Chiming?"

Li Yi took the token and looked at the character 'He' on it. He guessed that the token was He Donglai's personal keepsake.

Furthermore, He Chiming's contact information was also found on the back of the token.

Li Yi originally thought that since he had promised He Donglai to help him establish his foundation, he should refine the pills before helping him establish his foundation, which could be considered as a way of repaying him for indirectly saving Fei'er.

However, for Li Yi now, finding medicinal herbs is a big problem.

Now that He Donglai has offered to help him solve this problem, Li Yi is quite happy to oblige.

Li Yi did not refuse and accepted the token directly.

Li Yi noticed that He Donglai seemed to trust him greatly enough to find the ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill, so He Chiming's identity was probably not that of an ordinary person.

Later, I will need to find some artifacts to refine the spirit sword for self-defense. At that time, I can also ask this person if he has any good refining materials.

After receiving the token from He Donglai, Li Yi told He Donglai how to contact him, bowed slightly, and then turned and left.

He Donglai sensed Li Yi's departure with his divine sense, his eyes thoughtful as he muttered to himself.

"Xiaoming, your godfather has given you a great opportunity to soar to new heights. I hope you will seize it."