Visit

Before Li Shiming could go visit Gu Jia, Mo Yan delivered a visiting card into his hands on the morning of the third day.

Seeing the name of the Royal Offering Gu Jia on the visiting card, Li Shiming hurriedly told Steward Zhang to open the central gate wide, then quickly went out to greet him.

"Greetings, Dao Brother!" Sure enough, standing outside the gate was Gu Jia, the man who had stopped his carriage that day. He bowed and saluted.

Gu Jia had come alone, still wearing that Azure Daoist Robe, looking utterly ordinary.

As for how Gu Jia had found this place, Li Shiming was not surprised in the slightest. For Gu Jia, who could mobilize the power of the royal family, finding someone was an extremely easy matter, let alone in Central Capital—even anywhere within Great Xia.

"Little Friend Li, we meet again!" Gu Jia said with a smile and a nod.

Li Shiming welcomed Gu Jia into the main hall and waved everyone else away.

"Little Friend Li, the investigation into you has passed. The reasons and origins of your cultivation can all be verified!" After sitting down, Gu Jia first told Li Shiming this news.

Great Xia's Intelligence System was even more complete than Li Shiming had imagined. All matters great and small that occurred over in Nanling Prefecture would be compiled by designated personnel and sent to Central Capital for storage.

Gu Jia had retrieved the intelligence from Nanling Prefecture from the past few months. Based on Li Shiming's description, and then comparing it with the timing of the incidents recorded in the intelligence, he matched up everything Li Shiming had said one by one.

In particular, the ancestor of the Mighty Escort Agency had indeed produced a cultivator. That cultivator had returned to the mortal world and left descendants behind, so it was not strange for him to have left a cultivation inheritance as well.

According to the intelligence, Escort Chief Wang of the Mighty Escort Agency had indeed been hunted by cultivators and had hidden in the garden of the Nanling Prefecture Yamen. Li Shiming had then luckily obtained the cultivator inheritance Escort Chief Wang had hidden away.

Afterward, two fellow sect cultivators had carried out a mission together, with one dead and one injured, and left Nanling Prefecture. This matter had also been confirmed from the sect's side.

It could only be said that Li Shiming's Immortal Fate was excellent. After obtaining a cultivation method, he had also obtained the cultivation resource of Spirit Stones.

Gu Jia did not care about the cultivator inheritance Li Shiming had obtained. It was nothing more than the inheritance of a rogue cultivator.

Compared to that bit of profit from a rogue cultivator's inheritance, he valued Li Shiming's future more.

"Dao Brother, then can I join the Sky Ocean Sect?" Li Shiming hurriedly asked when he heard this news.

"Haha, Little Friend, your background is clean, and you were born within the sect's sphere of influence. Joining the sect will not be a problem!" Gu Jia gave him a very clear guarantee.

Li Shiming's heart filled with joy. If the Immortal Ascension Gathering had not been in the autumn of next year, he would not even have wanted to take part in the Spring Examination.

"Hmm? This tea of yours is rather special!" Gu Jia looked at his excited appearance and smiled as he took a sip of tea, then said in surprise.

As a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivator, he looked down on Li Shiming's tea leaves, but this spirit water had been produced by the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art. If he were in the sect, he might be able to get something better, but right now, he was in the mortal world, which made this spirit water exceptionally precious.

While garrisoned in Central Capital, the sect issued Spirit Stones every month, but daily supplies had to be purchased back at the sect every once in a while.

"Dao Brother tasted it. This is something I made with the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art!" Li Shiming did not hide this spell of his and said with a smile.

Whether it was Fake Spirit Tea or the spirit water used to brew tea, after Gu Jia had investigated his experiences, he would be able to guess the origins of these things.

It would be better to admit it directly. Perhaps it could even add points toward joining the sect.

"Little Friend, you actually learned the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art?" Gu Jia said, somewhat surprised.

The Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art could not be considered a powerful spell, but what was special about this spell was that it was the entry-level spell of a Spirit Planter.

He guessed that the inheritance left by that ancestor of the Mighty Escort Agency was probably a Spirit Planter inheritance. He could not be blamed for guessing this way; he simply could not imagine that Li Shiming could have obtained a second inheritance in the mortal world.

With this, the last little thought he had toward that inheritance also vanished. Even if a Spirit Planter inheritance were placed in his hands, he would still need the talent of a Spirit Planter to comprehend it.

"I had no choice. Even the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art took me quite a lot of time to learn!" Li Shiming said, putting on a helpless expression.

"Little Friend, once you enter the sect, you'll know just how important it is to master one of the Hundred Crafts of Cultivation. This will reduce many difficulties on your Dao Path!" Gu Jia said with a smile.

He valued Li Shiming's future even more now. After Li Shiming entered the sect, at least during the Qi Refining Stage, he would be more stable than other cultivators because he had this craft.

Only those who had experienced it knew just how important stability was in the Cultivation World.

Gu Jia thought of many fellow sect members he had known. Those cultivators had better talent than him and were stronger than him, yet in the end, while carrying out missions outside, they had become history.

If he had not also had a craft that could reduce the number of dangerous missions he had to carry out, he would not have lived until now either.

"This is the address for the Cultivator Market. The market opens three times a month. Since the Immortal Ascension Gathering will be held here next year, many cultivators will come out to join the excitement. From now on, the number of cultivators in the market will increase quite a bit, and there may be some good things. However, you must be careful about safety when attending the market, and you must hide your appearance well!" Gu Jia took out a map and placed it in front of Li Shiming as he spoke.

This was his investment. This market was a Qi Refining Stage rogue cultivator market, and he often went there to take a look.

Of course, in a rogue cultivator market like this, things that could catch the eye of a Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivator like him were extremely rare. Instead, he would sell some unused items through the market.

Most of the cultivators in this market were Early-Stage and Mid-Stage Qi Refining rogue cultivators, and among them, there were not many Mid-Stage Qi Refining cultivators.

The fact that this market could exist was actually related to the Sky Ocean Sect's Garrison Cultivator. The market operated under the name of the Sky Ocean Sect's Garrison Cultivator, and the Garrison Cultivator could get some extra income from it.

In particular, items that flowed out from Sect Cultivators' hands made rogue cultivators even more willing to come to this market to try their luck.

Gu Jia introduced this market to Li Shiming because he wanted Li Shiming to truly come into contact with the Cultivation World. The safety of this market was relatively very high, making it just right for an Early-Stage Qi Refining cultivator like Li Shiming.

"Dao Brother is truly generous. I have no other way to thank you. Here is some water collected with the Spring Breeze Transforming Rain Art. Since Dao Brother can still find it acceptable, please accept it!" Li Shiming put away the map and presented a large jar of spirit water he had prepared long ago.

Originally, he had planned to give it along with the Fake Spirit Tea, but he discovered that Gu Jia did not think much of the Fake Spirit Tea.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!" Gu Jia did not refuse and smiled as he put away the jar of spirit water.

The spirit water was not high in value, but it was practical for Gu Jia. With Li Shiming's status and strength, the fact that he could take out spirit water was already beyond his expectations.