Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 826 - 459: Gifting a Pill (Part 2)

"Yuan Ba, have you encountered any problem?" Elder Sword smiled as he looked at his disciple and asked.

Li Yuanba had just visited once, and even if it was because of a farewell, he wouldn’t come again within half a day.

Although Li Yuanba possesses the Divine Foot Skill, it takes less than two hours to travel back and forth from the mountain gate to Jieshan City, but he also has to consider both sides’ time. Elder Sword had just been promoted not long ago, and with his departure in ten months, he had many affairs to deal with.

"Master, I went to the Shushan Sect and brought this back for you!" Li Yuanba handed over a jade bottle and said to Elder Sword.

Elder Sword took the jade bottle, and after examining the Spirit Pill inside, his expression became solemn.

"This is the Earth Evil Sect’s Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill. I heard that Ancestor Lou went to ask Master Li for alchemy some time ago and obtained two Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pills. This must be the one left by Master Li, right? Did you exchange the Golden Corpse Core for it?" Elder Sword pondered for a moment and judged the truth of the matter.

An involuntary smile appeared on his face. The gratitude in his heart made his smile extraordinarily sincere.

This is, after all, a Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill. Li Shiming might easily concoct such pills, but Elder Sword knew well that even in the past at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, he had never seen a healing Spirit Pill of this level.

Perhaps it was related to his lower realm at that time and his lack of insight, but the higher the level of the Spirit Pill, the harder it is to concoct. Not to mention ensuring the grade, even ensuring the success rate is challenging.

As far as he knew, Ancestor Ren Xun of the Skywalk Trading Company also sought alchemy, though he didn’t know the cost, but the price was surely significant.

The effectiveness of the Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill was evident with Ancestor Lou and Ancestor Ren Xun, especially with Ancestor Ren Xun, whose injury should have taken a century to heal, but after consuming the pill, it was largely healed.

Elder Sword held the Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill in his hand, feeling its pressure.

He was well aware that, if it weren’t for the friendship between Li Yuanba and Li Shiming, not to mention one Golden Corpse Core, even several more wouldn’t have been enough to exchange for this one Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill.

"Master, you’re about to set off on a journey, keep this Spirit Pill for protection. My resources are assured!" Li Yuanba said with a smile.

"I’ll accept it!" Elder Sword smiled and put away the jade bottle.

He didn’t let Li Yuanba leave and spent several days teaching him about Sword Dao, eager to impart everything he knew into Li Yuanba’s mind.

Two months later, Ancestor Lu of the Senluo Sect visited Li Shiming. Besides agreeing on alchemy, he also left a deposit: one Golden Corpse Core.

It was as if planned; in the following days, Venerable Huike of Qianye Temple and Ancestor Lan of the Yin Yang Sect also visited Li Shiming and likewise settled alchemy affairs, with the reward being prepaid, all were one Golden Corpse Core.

On Li Yuanba’s side, he privately inquired Elder Sword about the Golden Corpse Core and discovered that besides the Golden Corpse Core obtained by Elder Jin Kai, all the other cores eventually ended up in Li Shiming’s possession.

In the fourth month of Venerable Huijing’s cultivation of ’Liu Yan Erosion Sun Skill,’ Li Shiming observed the simultaneous emergence of the first cultivation method rune within his body and Nascent Soul.

This was an extremely important discovery, marking Venerable Huijing’s correct path in changing cultivation techniques.

’Liu Yan Erosion Sun Skill’s cultivation method rune replaced the position of an original cultivation method rune, and such runes were scattered throughout Venerable Huijing’s body. To truly succeed in changing techniques, a complete replacement of the original runes was necessary.

This was a colossal task, though the conversion of the initial rune was the most difficult, it would become smoother thereafter.

Additionally, Li Shiming noticed a phenomenon; when ’Liu Yan Erosion Sun Skill’ rune appeared in Venerable Huijing’s body, there was a slight change in his aura.

Though this subtle change could still not prevent Nascent Soul Ancestors from recognizing Venerable Huijing’s aura, it indicated that once all cultivation method runes were replaced with ’Liu Yan Erosion Sun Skill’ runes, his aura would undergo a complete transformation.

Nascent Soul Ancestors would no longer identify Venerable Huijing by his aura, even if he stood before them, they would assume him to be another Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Li Shiming occasionally kept track of the Six Great Sects’ investigation progress. He and his avatar, Li Yuanba, held high positions in two major sects, making it easy to gather such confidential information.

Over several months, the Six Great Sects’ information network still showed no progress.

It was no surprise, as the person involved was within Shushan Sect; no amount of external investigation could lead to Li Shiming.

Externally, there were Ancestor Jin Kai and Ancestor Ren Xun of Skywalk Trading Company cooperating with Beishu Continent, while internally, the six major sects of Beishu Continent were tightly allied, ushering in a peaceful atmosphere.

However, this peace was altered by an unexpected event. Ten months after the Grotto Heaven incident, a Long-distance Flying Boat appeared at Yongle Island, complicating the situation.

The investigation arrays of Yongle Island and Beishu Continent simultaneously issued alarms, triggered by sensing a powerful aura.

The reaction was a bit slower on Beishu Continent’s Six Great Sects side, requiring their Nascent Soul Ancestors to travel from their respective sects to Yongle Island.

Concerned that a powerful entity might be beyond the capacity of a single Nascent Soul Ancestor, they needed to meet at a certain location before heading to Yongle Island, which delayed their pace further.

Fortunately, there was Venerable Huike who could use Divine Foot Skill, gathering all Nascent Soul Ancestors at the quickest meeting point and forming a formation to use the Divine Foot Skill expedited their travel, saving considerable time.

Elder Jin Kai looked sullenly at the Flying Boat approaching the sea, slowing down for docking. It was a standard Long-distance Flying Boat, his gaze fixating on its markings.

"It’s the Heavenly Inquiry Sect!" he spoke grimly.

"How can this be? Why would the Heavenly Inquiry Sect come?" Ancestor Ren Xun, standing beside him, furrowed his brows and asked.

He promptly thought of a possibility and looked towards the temporary base below.

If the Heavenly Inquiry Sect came due to Grotto Heaven matters, then among their cultivators, there were spies from the Heavenly Inquiry Sect.

Skywalk Trading Company expanded its influence too rapidly, and their nurtured cultivators quickly became insufficient, leading them to recruit in various continents.

Attracted by the benefits offered by Skywalk Trading Company, these cultivators often included a few spies.

These spies usually showed no anomaly, only activating during major events.

Elder Jin Kai casually grabbed a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator from below, bringing him to the forefront. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓

The cultivator’s eyes were filled with terror, trying to scream but unable to make a sound.

"Use the Soul Inquiry Technique to extract his secrets!" He threw the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator to Ancestor Ren Xun.

This spy normally would have been beyond Elder Jin Kai’s detection.

But since the Heavenly Inquiry Sect’s Flying Boat approached, and the spy fell within Elder Jin Kai’s perception range, the subtle emotional shifts were naturally undetected.

"I will make him unable to seek death nor life!" Ancestor Ren Xun replied sternly.

He applied multiple restrictions on the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator, then stored him in the life-compatible space he carried.

Upon discovering the spy, both Nascent Soul Ancestors understood that the Grotto Heaven affair was most likely known by the Heavenly Inquiry Sect.

Due to the involvement of Six Great Sects’ power and needing cooperation from Skywalk Trading Company, maintaining secrecy was impossible.

They hadn’t expected a powerful entity to visit such an impoverished continent, infrequent in foreign encroachment, at this time.

Elder Jin Kai sensed an aura on par with his own realm oppositely, his expression growing darker.

The injury he had been suppressing persisted; he was not as powerful as he appeared, pretending to be unharmed was a show for Beishu Continent’s Six Great Sects.

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