Cultivation is just so scientific!

Passing through the barren spirit field, Li Shiming could tell from the condition of the spirit plants and his spiritual thought scanning the interior of the cave dwelling that this cultivator wasn't wealthy.

Additionally, given that Li Shiming was only seventeen years old with a three spirit root seeds talent, Baili Jin Yan could confirm with one hundred percent certainty through his secret technique upon touching Li Shiming's body.

For someone of his age with a three spirit root seeds talent to have reached the Qi Refining Fourth Level of strength and still have the spare capacity to practice Body Refining Techniques was noteworthy.

Hearing the gossip from Qiu Tan on Changming Island previously, Baili Jin Yan had only believed three-tenths of it, but now he believed most of the rumors about Li Shiming.

Baili Jin Yan believed that without the help of Yin Shilan, it would have been impossible for someone with Li Shiming's conditions to achieve such accomplishments at the age of seventeen with a triple spirit root seeds talent.

Even though in the eyes of a prodigy like Baili Jin Yan, Li Shiming's strength wasn't anything impressive, when considering what kind of resources Baili Jin Yan had access to during his growth, the background he came from, and his own spirit root seeds, there simply was no comparison between them.

Baili Jin Yan didn't want to kill Li Shiming just yet; he produced a rope in his hand and tied up Li Shiming as nimbly as a spiraling Spirit Snake.

From his appearance to having completely subdued Li Shiming, Li Shiming had only managed to summon the Fiery Flame Sword, and could do nothing else.

He had managed to summon the Fiery Flame Sword only because his mastery of the 'Sword Manipulation Technique' was extremely proficient, which was known as the strongest sword dao cultivation technique of the Qi Refinement Realm.

After being restrained by Baili Jin Yan, Li Shiming immediately put the corpse bag into his mechanical room space and swapped his ten cubic meter storage bag for a five cubic meter one.

In the five cubic meter bag, he stored some ordinary Spiritual Objects such as High-level Grain Avoidance Pills, while all the important items were in the mechanical room space.

The mechanical room space was connected to his soul and was not affected by his spiritual power being sealed or his body being controlled.

He was still somewhat bewildered, not knowing where this cultivator came from and why he had restrained him.

Li Shiming could feel the cultivator's might; even Senior Brother Ji, who mentored the new Qi Refiners, never gave him such a sense of oppression.

When Baili Jin Yan approached him, that sense of oppression nearly robbed him of his will to resist.

But Li Shiming had no intention of surrendering without a fight; stowing away the corpse bag was to keep an ace up his sleeve.

Everything before his eyes went dark as something covered them, and he soon left Eagle Beak Island, speeding away at an incredibly fast pace.

Thirty-one minutes and sixteen seconds later, the flight ceased. This timing was exact, as it was recorded by the IBMz15.

Baili Jin Yan arrived on an uninhabited island and with a flick of his wrist, a sword light flew out and carved out a simple cave dwelling.

This would become the place where he interrogated Li Shiming, taking out an array plate and placing it in the center of the dwelling.

With the activation of the array plate, a beam of white light enveloped an area within the dwelling, forming a cocoon-like space.

Baili Jin Yan carefully picked up Li Shiming and carried him into the white cocoon, taking every precaution, not leaving Li Shiming any chance at all.

He removed the black cloth from Li Shiming's face. Shifting from darkness to light should have required an adjustment period under normal circumstances.

Li Shiming acted as though acclimating to the light, squinting his eyes slightly.

But in truth, the IBMz15 was unaffected, and was collecting data through his senses about the surroundings.

Within a short time, he knew far more than Baili Jin Yan could imagine.

There was an array in this space, which created a defense from both the inside and outside.

Once inside the array, people from the outside couldn't enter for a short time and those inside couldn't leave.

As Li Shiming's eyes adjusted, his gaze swept over the array plate on the ground.

This casual glance allowed the IBMz15 to record all the complex inscriptions and patterns on the array plate.

He connected his consciousness to the IBMz15, importing the recorded inscriptions and patterns into his brain to start analyzing them.

"Your name is Li Shiming, right?" Baili Jin Yan asked gracefully as he took out a wooden chair to sit on, looking down at Li Shiming who was sitting on the ground.

He toyed with Li Shiming's storage bag in his hand.

Using his powerful spiritual thought, he forcefully broke into the storage bag and pulled out Li Shiming's Identity Jade Disc.

Due to the isolation of the Array, he didn't have to worry about the Identity Jade Disc being detected by the Sky Sea Sect.

Within the range of the sect, the Identity Jade Disc could be tracked using certain means if one had sufficient authority to do so.

With Yin Shilan's authority, she could track the location of Li Shiming's Identity Jade Disc, even if it were placed inside a storage bag.

Baili Jin Yan had not left the bounds of the Sky Sea Sect; the area was so vast. Besides, he still had to meet Yin Shilan, so he wouldn't let dealing with Li Shiming, such a trivial matter, affect his plans.

Through the Identity Jade Disc, Baili Jin Yan knew he had captured the right person, but he needed to get Li Shiming to comply with the interrogation.

"Who are you? Why have you captured me?" Li Shiming retorted while sensing the rope on his body.

The rope was a Magic Artifact, designed to restrain the body and inhibit spiritual power.

This rope Magic Artifact was specifically made to control cultivators. Qi Refining cultivators who were tied up by the rope Magic Artifact had absolutely no way to free themselves.

Of course, that applied to other cultivators, not to Li Shiming.

The room within Li Shiming where his spiritual power resided was unaffected by physical or spiritual influence; as long as his consciousness wasn't erased, he could use that room to collect anything in contact with his body.

The rope Magic Artifact tied around him naturally fell within the range of objects he could collect.

However, he didn't collect it right away; instead, he was waiting for an opportunity.

Baili Jin Yan sitting opposite him put great pressure on him; his terrifying strength made Li Shiming aware that he couldn't act impulsively and had to wait for a foolproof moment to resist.
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"Answer my question!" Baili Jin Yan's hand suddenly held a thin needle, which flew out and pierced Li Shiming's arm.

Li Shiming's body jerked, and an indescribable pain emanated from the spot pierced.

"Damn it, this guy actually learned my interrogation methods!" Amidst the extreme pain, he had a strange thought.

When he had interrogated others before, he used extreme pain to force confessions.

However, his methods were based on medical knowledge, which, compared to Baili Jin Yan's methods, had a significant difference.

The thin needle used by Baili Jin Yan was also a Magic Artifact. Once it penetrated a cultivator's body, it caused damage and an intense sensation of pain.

This needle-shaped Magic Artifact was suited for sneak attacks. If it hit an enemy, even if it didn't pierce a vital part to kill them instantly, it could still incapacitate them with pain, leaving them unable to resist subsequent attacks.

Li Shiming never thought he was so resistant to pain before; it could be that his partial consciousness in the room of spiritual power affected his pain perception.

Although the pain brought his body close to its endurance limit, his mind remained extremely clear, unaffected to the point of being unbearable.

The entire painful experience lasted about twenty seconds before Baili Jin Yan retracted the needle-shaped Magic Artifact.

"Name?" Baili Jin Yan again asked sharply.

"Li Shiming!" This time, Li Shiming did not hesitate and revealed his own name.

"Looking at you, how could you possibly be worthy of Yin Fairy? Only someone like me with a Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit Root is a match for Yin Fairy, not trash with a triple spirit root like you!" Seeing Li Shiming capitulate, Baili Jin Yan mocked him.

Li Shiming was taken aback; he finally understood why he was captured.

He never imagined it was because of Yin Shilan.

Thinking about it, with Yin Shilan's excellence, it made sense for those with the power to pursue her to want him dead once they learned how close he was to her.

"Yet, why do you look like a loser?" Li Shiming suddenly provoked.

"You little brat, you're courting death!" Unable to contain his fury, Baili Jin Yan waved his hand, and the needle-shaped Magic Artifact flew out again, piercing into Li Shiming's body.

He watched Li Shiming, who couldn't move due to being restrained by the rope Magic Artifact, twitch and scream in agony, and couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

"After you die, I will extract your soul and turn you into a Soul Banner, letting you watch with your own eyes as I am together with Yin Fairy!" Baili Jin Yan laughed uncontrollably.