Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 1652 - 872: Exploration (Part 2)

Great Cultivator Shen Ze led the way, leaving the area of white tiles, and advanced along a faint path through the mountains and forests.

After just five steps, a Wind Blade suddenly appeared, slashing towards Great Cultivator Shen Ze.

Li Shiming employed ten brains, each maintaining a ’Thunder Fall Skill,’ allowing him to unleash thunder and lightning almost instantaneously with a mere thought.

With a ’boom,’ the lightning collided with the Wind Blade.

The lightning lasted for half a breath before being completely neutralized by the Wind Blade, but that half a breath gave the other Great Cultivators enough time to launch their respective attacks.

Various spell attacks landed on the Wind Blade, not only halting its advance but quickly depleting its energy.

When the second burst of lightning struck the Wind Blade, it could no longer sustain itself and shattered into scattered energy.

Li Shiming saw the Wind Blade disappear and watched as the six Great Cultivators relaxed.

It seemed each restriction only produced one attack. It made sense; if a restriction could generate multiple attacks with such power, not even six Peak Great Cultivators could withstand it; even more Peak Great Cultivators would be sent to their deaths.

"It seems collaborating with Mr. Li was the right choice, we’ve actually neutralized the restriction’s attack!" Great Cultivator Shen Ze said with a hearty laugh.

It wasn’t just him; all Great Cultivators from both Righteous and Devil Paths were elated.

Based on previous records, when six Great Cultivators entered here, they had to fully use their spells to block the restriction’s attack, causing all six Great Cultivators to retreat simultaneously.

The need for constant retreat, especially when facing restriction attacks, could not guarantee that retreating wouldn’t trigger new restrictions.

Therefore, whether exploring at the front or guarding at the back, both were extremely dangerous positions.

Yet, with Li Shiming’s addition, all the Great Cultivators’ attacks combined managed to completely nullify an attack from a restriction.

In other words, as long as they were careful, they wouldn’t need to retreat, ensuring their safety and allowing them to explore more areas.

At this point, Li Shiming extended a Divine Sense into the map jade scroll that Great Cultivator Shen Ze had given him.

It was a very rough map, covering the area of approximately two mountaintops, with two marked paths and many restriction locations noted.

He compared this map with the newly encountered restriction and found the recent restriction’s location wasn’t on the map at all.

The map’s primary function was to prevent Great Cultivators from taking the wrong path.

At least the roads previously traveled had relatively lower risk.

"A piece of Spiritual Medicine, not a bad start, a good omen!" Great Cultivator Ji Chuan took out a tool and dug out a piece of Spiritual Medicine from the ground.

The environment here concealed the aura of the Spiritual Medicine remarkably well, making it undetectable until you were close.

Additionally, no Great Cultivator dared to use Divine Sense scans here, significantly increasing the difficulty of resource acquisition.

Great Cultivator Ji Chuan produced a jade box and placed the Spiritual Medicine inside.

Li Shiming clearly saw that it was a Great Cultivator Spirit Medicine.

"Mr. Li, the distribution of Spiritual Medicine will be evenly divided at intervals," Great Cultivator Shen Ze explained, worried Li Shiming might have other thoughts.

That would ensure fairness; with three Righteous Path Great Cultivators leading, all discovered resources would likely be claimed by the Righteous Path Great Cultivators.

After a short pause, the group proceeded forward.

Almost every ten steps, Great Cultivator resources would appear; during this time, the restrictions were sometimes dense, one every step, and other times dozens of steps apart.

Li Shiming, though not an inexperienced cultivator, was still astonished by the resources within the Divine Palace.

The Great Cultivators only collected resources suitable for them, but the place was littered with Fourth Grade resources, from spirit trees to spirit flowers and grasses, and even stones on the ground could be Fourth Grade Spirit Jade.

It was unimaginable that so many Fourth Grade resources would exist within the Divine Palace.

Due to constant encounters with restrictions, the group’s pace was slow.

The Great Cultivators preferred to move slowly, rather than risk their lives due to negligence.

Li Shiming finally noticed something strange about the Divine Palace; after activation of attacks, his Spiritual Power Pattern regenerated extremely slowly.

Even consuming High-level Spirit Pills for recovery had a greatly diminished effect compared to the outside.

When he tried to actively restore his Spiritual Power through cultivation techniques, the effectiveness was also very poor here.

It seemed the spiritual energy here wasn’t being absorbed by cultivators, as though they were in a sealed environment even in a place rich with spiritual energy.

Upon realizing this, Li Shiming became more mindful of his energy expenditure.

He had five Nascent Souls, and his attacks were all ’Thunder Fall Skill,’ a relatively low-consumption single-target spell within Thunder and Lightning Magic.

Especially since he could use the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ to enhance ’Thunder Fall Skill,’ allowing him to use less spiritual power to unleash more potent attacks.

It took three days just to cross a mountain top.

"Let’s rest here for a while!" Great Cultivator Shen Ze suggested.

No Great Cultivator raised any objections; Li Shiming noticed a marked spot on the map, indicating this was where the predecessors rested.

There was a large rock here, and several Great Cultivators sat on it.

Great Cultivator Ji Chuan took out the gains from the past three days, and the Great Cultivators present, possessing excellent memory, knew exactly what had been gained.

Great Cultivator Ji Chuan distributed the loot, with the most being Great Cultivator Spirit Medicine, and a few Fourth Grade Top Materials.

Even with seven Great Cultivators sharing, each of them received a handsome amount of loot.

"This time’s harvest exceeded expectations!" The gaunt face of the Demon Cultivation Sect Master bore a slight smile; even with the smile, he appeared less intimidating, as he remarked with that expression.

"Thanks to Mr. Li!" Grandmaster Leng Hong of the devil path waved his haul, saying.

Their initial dissatisfaction with Li Shiming’s inclusion had turned to acceptance.

Li Shiming’s involvement substantially increased their pace and reduced many dangers.

This caused each of them to gain more loot, exceeding the predecessors’ records by over twenty percent.

Don’t underestimate a twenty percent improvement; for them, Great Cultivator resources were precious. Even if they couldn’t use them, they could trade them with their sects for needed resources.

During the rest, buoyed by their haul, the Great Cultivators became more talkative.

Through the conversation, Li Shiming learned about the sects these Great Cultivators hailed from, though he refrained from inquiring about the geographical specifics of where they were based.

The other Great Cultivators assumed Li Shiming already knew, so they didn’t mention this aspect.

The six Great Cultivators came from six different sects, none of which Li Shiming had ever heard of.

To cultivate Peak Great Cultivators, with his experience on the Central State Continent, only superpowers had the capability to nurture Peak Great Cultivators.

Furthermore, Li Shiming felt that these Peak Great Cultivators were not primarily after the Great Cultivator resources.

Though Peak Great Cultivators needed such resources, their necessity for it was minimal. At the Peak Great Cultivator Realm, more precious treasures were required.

The Great Cultivators didn’t explicitly say it, but he had a sense—the Divine Palace was a place to produce the necessary resources for Peak Great Cultivators to ascend to greater power.

Li Shiming once again took out the map jade scroll; beyond the area of two mountain tops, there was no indication, just a blank space.

If there was any treasure, it would be in the area beyond the two mountain tops.

Suddenly, he sensed danger; the threat came from the sky.

Great Cultivator Shen Ze and the other Great Cultivators sensed it too. Great Cultivator Shen Ze waved his hand, and his treasure mirror emitted light, enveloping all the Great Cultivators.

In the sky, a giant golden eagle hovered overhead, exuding the fearsome aura of a late-stage Fourth Grade Divine Beast.

Under normal circumstances, seven powerful Great Cultivators wouldn’t overly worry about such a strong golden eagle, but in an environment filled with restrictions, a conflict with the golden eagle would trouble the Great Cultivators greatly.