Cultivation is just so scientific! - Chapter 760 - 426 Inventory_2

Chapter 760: Chapter 426 Inventory_2

For his own safety, he had expended a great deal of effort on the formation of his cave dwelling.

Most of the materials for the formation that he obtained from refining pills for other cultivators were also used in arranging his cave dwelling.

He could even guarantee that his cave dwelling surpassed that of a Nascent Soul Ancestor in terms of blocking various types of long-range sensing.

That was the reason why he only took out the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell after he had returned to his cave dwelling.

Li Shiming first set the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell aside, then started to examine Great Elder Sun Ao’s Mustard Seed Ring.

The Spiritual Objects within the Mustard Seed Ring were abundant, but he did not touch those objects. Even if some of them were useful, he wouldn’t take them out at this time.

Unless it was an especially useful Spiritual Object, he wouldn’t take the risk of being discovered by Elder Jin Kai.

Th𝗂𝘴 ƈh𝗮p𝖙𝘦r ɪ𝙨 p𝕠𝗌𝗍ꬲđ b𝘺 𝕂𝒾τ℮𝙣𝟬ѵꬲ𝕝

“Indeed, there is one!” Li Shiming laughed out loud.

Since Great Elder Sun Ao held a status equal to that of Elder Shi Ming in the Skywalk Trading Company, it was certain that he must also possess Spiritual Objects capable of facilitating a breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Such important Spiritual Objects would not possibly be allowed to leave the side of Great Elder Sun Ao, who had already reached the Great Elder level.

What if the moment to break through came, it’s not like he could cross the sea back to the headquarters of Skywalk Trading Company to fetch the Spiritual Object to make the breakthrough, right?

If that were the case, he would probably miss the opportunity and it would be too late for regrets.

What Li Shiming found was a third-grade jade bottle labeled “Supreme Mysterious Turtle Marrow Pill.”

He had not heard of the name “Supreme Mysterious Turtle Marrow Pill” before, but after opening the jade bottle and smelling the scent of the “Supreme Mysterious Turtle Marrow Pill,” his life-bound magic treasure, IBMz15, immediately analyzed the “Supreme Mysterious Turtle Marrow Pill.”

The “Supreme Mysterious Turtle Marrow Pill” was a fourth-grade Body Refining Spirit Pill. From the name alone, one could deduce that its main ingredient was the marrow of some fourth-grade Spirit Turtle, and combined with the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique,” it could increase a cultivator’s chances of breaking through realms.

Compared to Elder Shi Ming, the other Spiritual Objects in the Mustard Seed Ring were somewhat poor, as there were no other fourth-grade Spiritual Objects.

Li Shiming stored this Mustard Seed Ring into the storage space of his mechanical room, and as long as Elder Jin Kai remained on the Beishu Continent, he would not take out this Mustard Seed Ring.

It wasn’t that he was too cautious, but Elder Jin Kai was the first Nascent Soul Middle Stage ancestor he had encountered.

Not to mention, he had obtained the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell, effectively severing the inheritance of the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” from the Skywalk Trading Company.

Li Shiming believed that even within the Skywalk Trading Company, there wouldn’t be too many inheritances of top-tier cultivation techniques like the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique.”

He then checked the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan and communicated with its Artifact Spirit.

The Mountain and River Qiankun Fan was severely damaged at the place of its fall; now that it was no longer influenced by that Sword Intent, the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan was undergoing self-repair under the control of the Artifact Spirit.

This process would take ten years, and only after ten years could the damaged fan surface recover to its optimal state.

However, this did not affect the other eight faces of the fan or the internal planting space; in those eight planting spaces, the Artifact Spirit had always been managing.

Regrettably, all the Spirit Medicine previously obtained had been decomposed by the Artifact Spirit into nutrients to sustain the existence of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan.

The Artifact Spirit did not know when the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan would be able to escape its predicament, so it instinctively reduced the fan’s consumption. Decomposing Spirit Medicine to provide nutrients for the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan was the best method.

This left Li Shiming only with a batch of fourth-grade Spirit Grass that was about to ripen, which he could harvest in three years.

Together with the two Three Elements Illusion Spirit Grass plants in the damaged planting space, he would soon have eighteen fourth-grade Spiritual Medicines.

It was unclear whether it was a coincidence or if the original owner of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan had some connection to the Beishu Continent, but for all the fourth-grade Spiritual Medicines planted inside the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan, Li Shiming had the corresponding Elixir Recipes in his hands.

Due to Li Shiming’s special alchemy talent, none of the major sects entertained the idea of withholding alchemy-related information from him.

Instead, they proactively provided him with alchemy knowledge, treating it as part of the compensation for requesting his services.

In fact, the sects had no choice; while elixir recipes and alchemy knowledge are indeed precious, their ultimate purpose is to refine Spirit Pills.

It is widely acknowledged on the Beishu Continent that Li Shiming’s alchemy skills are unparalleled.

Requesting Li Shiming to refine pills could yield a much greater harvest than if done by other Alchemy Masters, especially with high-level Spirit Pills like the Hundred Percent Full Pill, which sets him significantly apart from his peers.

To have Li Shiming refine pills, one must deliver the elixir recipes to him.

Although Li Shiming is not yet capable of refining Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, rather than waiting to deliver them to him when he is ready, it is better to provide him with the Four-grade Pill Formulas and related knowledge in advance so that he can become more familiar with them.

By the time he advances to the Late-stage Golden Core, he will be able to control the pill refining process of the Fourth-grade Spirit Pills even faster.

Li Shiming let out a long sigh. Every thirty years, he would collect once, and each time, he would obtain eighteen stalks of Fourth-grade Spirit Grass, ensuring a steady supply of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills at least until he reached the Nascent Soul Stage.

Now he just needed to wait until he could break through to the Nascent Soul Stage. At that thought, he couldn’t help but shake his head and smile; he was still in the Golden Core Middle Stage, with a long way to go before the latter stages, let alone considering the matters of the Nascent Soul Stage.

At present, there was another important matter he needed to attend to—cultivating the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique.”

Although his “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” had already been cultivated to the Great Elder level, since this cultivation technique had no further paths to progress, he had long considered switching to a different Body Refining Technique.

With the Great Elder-level “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” as his foundation, it was expected that his cultivation speed for the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” would not be slow.

He had a long time to practice during the Golden Core Stage, and he had no plans to solely rely on Body Refining Techniques to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, so changing techniques at this time wouldn’t cause any issues.

He didn’t need to check the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece; all its content had already been backed up by his life-bound magical treasure, the IBMz15.

The IBMz15 was analyzing the contents of the technique based on a vast amount of cultivation experiences to facilitate Li Shiming’s learning and practice.

The “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” was incredibly profound, but with the cultivation experiences from the legacy for reference, the IBMz15 had already provided an analysis just when he needed it.

Li Shiming placed the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece against his forehead, slowly exhaled and laid prone on the ground.

Truth be told, the practice movements for the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” were quite unseemly, but one had to imitate the movements of the Taiqing Xuan Turtle to cultivate it.

As he began to circulate his energy, a stream of cool qi flowed from the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell into his body.

This was the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi described in the technique. Although it seems gentle, once it entered his body, it forcibly expelled all traces of Vajra power.

Despite this being the first time the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi had entered his body, and it was only a wisp, even this small amount was enough to dispel his previously cultivated powerful Vajra power.

There might only be a slight difference in external power between the two forces, but inside the body, they represent a difference in the level of energy, unrelated to their power.

Li Shiming couldn’t help feeling somewhat helpless, knowing that by the time he got the basics of the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” down, his “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” would almost be rendered useless.

If it weren’t for the fact that even though the Vajra power was being expelled, his Great Elder-level Body Refining body remained unchanged, only incapable of calling upon the Vajra power, making his strength in Body Refining Technique incredibly weak.

However, he did not stop cultivating the “Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique.” Rather than a short-term decrease in strength, he preferred the solution of switching to a stronger technique over the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill,” which had no advancement path and would eventually fail to match his growing strength.

With the summary of experiences from his predecessors, he successfully drew in the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi and formed a complete cycle within his body on his first attempt at cultivation.

After several hours, when he finished this session of practice, the dominant aura of his Body Refinement had greatly diminished, but he could sense the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi nourishing his body continuously in place of the Vajra power.