Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1673 - 883: Talisman

Li Shiming rented a cave dwelling on Duiyi Island, the topmost island available for cave dwelling leases. Fifty cave dwellings grace the island, situated not overly distant from each other.

In the Cultivation World he once knew, a cave dwelling like this was beyond imagination; even typical Nascent Soul or Golden Core cultivators could claim an entire mountain peak just for their personal abode.

Evidently, land across the Yuzhu Islands holds immense value.

Duiyi Island serves Great Cultivators exclusively, with every one of its fifty cave dwellings up to their lofty standards.

Although the dwellings stand fairly near one another, protective formations divide them, banishing any worries of disturbance or influence between Great Cultivators.

Only if a Great Cultivator boldly shattered the formation would trouble arise. Even then, breaching it would demand substantial time, sufficient to alert the Yuzhu Islands' Guardian and fellow Great Cultivators.

Spirit stones pay for leasing such a dwelling, a trivial matter for Li Shiming since reaching Nascent Soul Stage.

Still, he boasts a vast stockpile of spirit stones, amassed from loot after slaying fellow cultivators, all stashed away in a single spot without fuss.

Items bought with spirit stones offer him no benefit at his current realm; true Great Cultivator resources demand far more than mere spirit stones.

Inside the cave dwelling's hall, Li Shiming settled down and pulled out formation flags to reinforce the standing formation.

Next, he fetched the freshly bought blank talismans: thirty standard Great Cultivator blank talismans, five at peak Great Cultivator level, plus assorted fourth-grade talismanic inks.

He had bartered all these blank talismans for a high-level spirit pill tailored for Great Cultivators.

As he departed the shop, a grin lit his face, matched by the shop attendant cultivator's delighted expression.

Swapping a slightly subpar high-level spirit pill—one he'd never bother using himself—for such a haul of blank talismans struck Li Shiming as an absolute steal.

The shop attendant saw it as a bargain too; a high-level Great Cultivator spirit pill's worth could justify double the blank talismans Li Shiming requested.

Unlike the Cultivation World Li Shiming once roamed, the Cloud Island Sea lacks widespread alchemy prowess and high-level spirit pills among its Great Cultivators.

Rarity breeds value; Li Shiming had actually lowballed the worth of that high-level Great Cultivator spirit pill.

Seated in the hall now, profit margins didn't occupy his thoughts; instead, he scrutinized the blank talismans closely.

"The resources here are truly enviable!" He sighed, shaking his head.

To Cloud Island Sea cultivators, these blank talismans seem mundane, given their familiarity with Great Cultivator talismans.

Yet in the Cultivation World he remembered, talismans made from ordinary blank ones would serve as vital lifelines for Nascent Soul cultivators.

Talismans from peak Great Cultivator blank talismans would offer ordinary Great Cultivators their own escape from death.

Such lifelines remained out of reach for average cultivators back in that prior Cultivation World, hoarded by high-ranking sect members.

Li Shiming acquired these blank talismans precisely to equip his friends with emergency safeguards.

He tucked one Great Cultivator blank talisman into the computer room space, along with suitable talismanic ink stored nearby.

With Divine Sense, he shaped it into a talisman pen, loading it with talismanic ink.

His mind recalled the rune for the Divine Foot Skill’s ’one-step-to-reach,’ then pondered adding the ’Divine Eye Skill’ rune too.

His life-bound treasure, IBMz15, kicked off designing the talisman method, virtualizing the blank talisman’s data via scan. Quick calculations soon revealed the perfect way to etch the ’one-step-to-reach’ rune onto it.

Though new to the craft, IBMz15 held all necessary knowledge, boosted by the computer room space’s 0.05 nanometer precision—no rival cultivator could rival his accuracy in talisman making.

From stroke precision in talisman drawing, to blending spiritual power patterns with talismanic ink, right down to crafting rhythm, flawless execution lay within reach.

IBMz15 even allowed etching both the Divine Foot Skill’s ’one-step-to-reach’ and ’Divine Eye Skill’ onto one talisman, enabling an eight-thousand-mile instant shift.

Alas, IBMz15’s analysis showed a standard Great Cultivator blank talisman could handle only the ’one-step-to-reach’ divine skill. Adding ’Divine Eye Skill’ demanded a peak Great Cultivator blank talisman.

Li Shiming’s consciousness wielded the Divine Sense talisman pen, carving the ’one-step-to-reach’ rune onto the Great Cultivator blank talisman—a far cry from simply drawing divine power runes.

The full spellcasting sequence, plus needed spatial energy, had to bind to the blank talisman, so activating it unleashed ’one-step-to-reach’ exactly once.

High-grade talisman crafting rests on perfect energy equilibrium above all.

Runes on the blank talisman demand steady energy balance across its form; the slightest tilt spells total collapse upon finishing the craft.

Every blank talisman differs subtly, often sparking unexpected mishaps mid-crafting.