Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1418: 755: Departure (2)

Ming Fa had targeted several Sword Cultivators from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to harvest intelligence. Once his actions were exposed, they chased him all the way to the Little Lei Yin Temple.

Had the Little Lei Yin Temple remained intact, the Da Leiyin Temple would have simply needed to extract Ming Fa in secret upon their arrival, leaving Li Yuanba with no recourse. However, the temple was destroyed before they could act and Ming Fa was seized; according to the unspoken laws governing superforces, Da Leiyin Temple can no longer pursue the matter.

The only shocking element was that even with Great Venerable Hongfa protecting the Little Lei Yin Temple, Li Yuanba had still managed to shatter it.

The Venerable shook his head as he compared Li Yuanba’s legendary battle record against Great Venerable Hongfa’s mediocre combat capabilities.

Meanwhile, the subject of their discussion, Li Yuanba, was already traveling back toward the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

“Hongfa, does your Divine Foot Skill possess a physical legacy item?” Li Yuanba inquired, his curiosity piqued.

He noticed that Great Venerable Hongfa’s version of the Divine Foot Skill varied slightly from his own.

This was common, as while the core principles of the Buddhist Divine Foot Skill are identical, the external manifestations can differ significantly.

When Great Venerable Hongfa utilized his Divine Foot Skill, it took the form of ‘Shrinking the Ground into Inches.’ While it shared similarities with ‘A Step Away from Eternity,’ it appeared far more ethereal and possessed a visible elegance.

“Master, I can create a legacy item for you if you require one!” Great Venerable Hongfa replied, eager to make up for his failure to fulfill Li Yuanba’s initial request.

“That won't be necessary. Also, do not call me master; from now on, just call me Yuanba. We shall treat each other as equals. Once we arrive at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, you can simply say I invited you as a Talisman and Formation master!” Li Yuanba said with a dismissive wave of his hand.

“As you wish, Yuanba!” Despite the shift in terminology, Great Venerable Hongfa’s tone remained deeply respectful.

“Explain the principles of spatial movement arrays to me; I find this field quite fascinating!” Li Yuanba added.

“The history of spatial movement arrays goes back to ancient times. In that era, Ancient Cultivators utilized space transmission arrays for intercontinental travel, crossing from one continent to another in a single breath.

However, following the end of the ancient era, these arrays vanished. Only fragmented records remain within the ruins of the past.

Da Leiyin Temple once recovered a tome from such ruins, but time has been unkind. Though recorded on Spiritual Objects, much of the text has faded. After tens of thousands of years of study by countless Space Venerables, we can only manage to construct a space acceptance array. We are nowhere near restoring the former glory of long-range space transmission arrays!” Great Venerable Hongfa became quite talkative once the conversation turned to his specialty.

“Do you have a transcript of those ancient spatial texts?” Li Yuanba asked once the other finished.

“I have the original ancient spatial texts right here!” Great Venerable Hongfa answered, unexpectedly producing an object.

Li Yuanba accepted the item from Great Venerable Hongfa—a worn, tattered booklet.

The pages were crafted from an unidentified fabric and were etched with Spiritual Power Patterns, marking them as Spiritual Objects.

He sensed that if not for the massive loss of spiritual essence, the pages would likely be ranked above the mid-fourth grade. Their original quality was now impossible to determine.

The material used for the pages had likely been extinct for ages.

Ink had been used to record information, but the pages were marred by large blank gaps where the spiritual essence had failed.

Without the protection of spiritual power, the ink had been claimed by the passage of time.

Even parts of the pages themselves had crumbled away as their essence depleted.

Li Yuanba opened the booklet with care. It was written in ancient script, but this was no obstacle for him; the IBMz15 database already possessed the necessary linguistic data.

He flipped through the pages rapidly, finishing the entire booklet in less than a dozen breaths.

Great Venerable Hongfa watched in stunned silence. The contents were incredibly dense, dealing with the complex application of spatial laws. To someone without a foundation in spatial rules, it should have been as incomprehensible as a heavenly book.

Furthermore, the missing sections made the text even more difficult to decipher.

“Yuanba, I also have a Jade Scroll containing my own research and reorganized notes on these texts. You should look at this as well,” Great Venerable Hongfa suggested, handing over the scroll under the assumption that Li Yuanba found the original too difficult.

Li Yuanba smiled but didn't bother to explain. With existing research to reference, the IBMz15 would be able to work even faster.

In truth, he hadn't been "reading" the ancient texts in the traditional sense; they had been scanned directly into the IBMz15.

This analytical task was being handled by Li Shiming in coordination with the IBMz15. Li Shiming was capable of partitioning his mind into multiple threads for such work without disrupting his Cultivation.

Li Yuanba used his Divine Sense to sweep the Jade Scroll, and its data was instantly duplicated by the IBMz15.

For the next two hours, Great Venerable Hongfa followed Li Yuanba quietly, careful not to break his concentration.

He assumed Li Yuanba was deeply contemplating the Jade Scroll's contents, remembering how he himself had been mesmerized for a long time upon first reading it.

While moving through the air with ‘A Step Away from Eternity,’ Li Yuanba suddenly paused. His fingers began to trace seventy-two invisible gestures in the air, connecting a series of seventy-two nodes repeatedly.

These movements appeared chaotic to a layman, but they instantly captured Great Venerable Hongfa’s undivided attention.

Others might not understand Li Yuanba’s actions, but for a man who had spent his life studying spatial transmission arrays, the pattern was unmistakable—it was the structural blueprint of a space acceptance array.

In a mere two hours, Li Yuanba had mapped out the entire structure of the array. Such natural talent was terrifying!

Li Yuanba ignored the Great Venerable’s internal shock; he didn’t find the space acceptance array particularly complex.

The array was detailed within the Jade Scroll, and after the IBMz15 analyzed it, drawing the formation structure was a simple task.

Back with Li Shiming, he had dedicated one hundred and fifty mental threads to researching the ancient texts and the Jade Scroll's data.

In the current Cultivation world, Li Shiming was undoubtedly the premier authority on formations.

Aided by the IBMz15, he could perform billions or even trillions of calculations in an instant—a feat no other Cultivator could hope to match.

Furthermore, the IBMz15’s memory capacity far exceeded the Array Formation Starlight Sea of a typical Array Master. While the Starlight Sea only stored researched knowledge and specific results, the IBMz15 stored every bit of raw data it encountered and could calculate results in real-time whenever needed.

Li Shiming and Li Yuanba had mastered the Divine Foot Skill long ago. Although they hadn't fully mastered spatial rules due to their current realm, their innate perception of space provided a massive boost to their research of the ancient texts.

Li Yuanba’s fingers moved again, adding thirty-six more nodes to the original seventy-two. Through a series of complex connections, he completed a far more expansive formation diagram.

“Yes! That’s it! With this, the range of the space acceptance array can be pushed to a million miles!” Great Venerable Hongfa shouted in excitement, his eyes filled with pure admiration. He had completely forgotten his dignified status as a Great Venerable.

Previously, Li Yuanba had used his overwhelming strength to force Great Venerable Hongfa into submission.

But now, the dynamic had changed—Li Yuanba had earned his genuine respect through his brilliance in spatial arrays, shattering the limits of everything the Great Venerable had achieved in a lifetime of study.