Cultivation is just so scientific! - Chapter 761 - 427: Reinforcements

Chapter 761: Chapter 427: Reinforcements

At the heart of Yongle Island, a suffocating atmosphere weighed heavily on every cultivator present.

Elder Jin Kai’s face was extremely somber. The unexpected killing of Elder Li Yuanba by Elder Shi Ming had already been a surprise, but he had never anticipated that Great Elder Sun Ao, who had been sent on a mission, would also encounter trouble.

Great Elder Sun Ao carried a communication token commonly used in Beishu Continent, which allowed him to contact Yongle Island as long as he was within Beishu Continent.

Normally, he would report to Yongle Island at a fixed time every day, but this time, three days had passed without any message from Great Elder Sun Ao.

Elder Jin Kai didn’t even need to investigate, as his sense of Great Elder Sun Ao led him to conclude that Sun Ao had likely fallen.

By the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, one’s spirit reaches a certain level, creating a kind of sensing ability toward cultivators they frequently interact with.

The consecutive killings of two great elders made him realize that Beishu Continent was not as simple as it seemed.

He realized there might be a discrepancy in his, or even Skywalk Trading Company’s, understanding of Beishu Continent compared to other continents.

Both Elder Shi Ming and Great Elder Sun Ao were among the top existences in the rank of great elders in the entire Cultivation World.

Yet, such top-notch great elders were lost in Beishu Continent, a place with inferior resources and cultivation techniques.

“You Xia, send a message back, and have the headquarters send more cultivators over!” he ordered Elder You Xia, who stood bowing beside him.

He didn’t mind losing face; it was necessary to request additional reinforcements from Skywalk Trading Company’s headquarters.

He could confront multiple Nascent Soul Ancestors, but he couldn’t personally explore Beishu Continent. If he did so, it would immediately trigger a major conflict.

Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t do it.

Th𝑖𝙨 𝕔h𝒶p𝐭ᥱr 𝐢ѕ p𝑜𝓈𝙩𝗲ḍ b𝕪 𝒌𝚒ţᥱη𝖔𝖛ᥱ|

Because such action would be detrimental to everyone involved.

Even if he defeated these seven Nascent Soul Ancestors, who knows how many more Nascent Soul cultivators there were in Beishu Continent.

And after an all-out battle, his life span would likely be affected, and there was even a risk of falling within Beishu Continent.

The previous visit from Patriarch Weng Zhao, a Nascent Soul cultivator proficient in offensive divine skills, though only at the early Nascent Soul stage, was nearly equal to him in combat strength.

The fall of Patriarch Weng Zhao was what made Elder Jin Kai cautious about making any rash moves.

Additionally, what concerned Elder Jin Kai the most was whether the location where spatial fluctuations had been detected was the Grotto Heaven opened by the great power Zhai Ge.

However, he was certain that even if that place was the location of a Grotto Heaven, it had not been activated.

The activation of a Grotto Heaven would cause a significant disturbance, and without preemptive measures, the entire Beishu Continent would be alerted.

With his understanding of Beishu Continent, its six major sects didn’t possess the legacy of dealing with Grotto Heavens, let alone the means to handle their activation.

“When reinforcements arrive, first find out who killed Sun Ao. We must retrieve the ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ legacy!” whispered Elder Jin Kai, massaging his temples.

This was another troublesome matter, as was leading a team where two top great elders perished, which could also cause complications.

As the only great elder left on Yongle Island, Elder You Xia dared not venture out anymore. This had altered the situation on the Yongle Battlefield, where Li Yuanba and the other four great elders were continuously slaying cultivators from Yongle Island.

Li Yuanba had no thoughts of changing his Body Refinement techniques. He possessed the Taiji Dao Body, and the “Fiery Sun Jade Body Technique” suited his human form well, coupled with the “Evil Corpse Spirit Record” in his corpse refining state, his strongest body refinement combat power was in corpse refining state.

He had also received his reward, a Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine, which was also the main ingredient for the Fourth Grade Spirit Pill that aided advancement to the Nascent Soul Stage.

The Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine was kept in a jade box, perfectly preserving its spiritual essence, ensuring that its medicinal properties would not deteriorate even over a century.

Although the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan could cultivate Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicines, Li Shiming was unable to choose the Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicines currently growing in the fan and had to leave the arrangements to the Artifact Spirit.

The most crucial aspect was still the spirit seeds of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine.

It was extremely challenging to harvest the spirit seeds of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine. The Artifact Spirit would collect the seeds every few years to ensure the cultivation needs within the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan.

To cultivate other varieties of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicines in the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan, one first needed to acquire the spirit seeds of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine and teach the Artifact Spirit how to cultivate that variety.

According to the communication between Li Shiming and the Artifact Spirit, the types of spiritual medicines it controlled within the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan were limited. If he wanted to cultivate other types of spiritual medicines, he would need to choose from the planting types mastered by the Artifact Spirit.

The cultivation of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicines was extremely complicated and difficult. To teach the Artifact Spirit to master a new type of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine, it would take an immensely long time to experiment.

It takes thirty years for a Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine to mature once in the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan, and the time required to experiment on planting methods for Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine would be several hundred years.

Li Shiming did not know how the original owner of the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan had acquired so many medicinal planting methods, but he believed it could not have been researched by a single cultivator.

The Yongle Battlefield had quieted down somewhat, but a large number of local cultivators who had been bribed on Beishu Continent did not cease their activities.