Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1681 - 887: Trouble

Li Shiming persisted in rejecting Cultivator Dai Biao. Tempting though the offer of one thousand Great Cultivator blank talismans proved, from Dai Biao’s remarks and his experiences across the Yuzhu Islands, he grasped that such Great Cultivator blank talismans weren’t especially scarce within the Cloud Island Sea.

Just in the Yuzhu Islands, he had collected more than five hundred Great Cultivator blank talismans. Simply by journeying to different spots, securing Great Cultivator blank talismans turned out to be fairly straightforward.

Furthermore, an odd sensation stirred within him. Desperation for high-level Spirit Pills shone plainly on the face of the Purple Cloud Sect’s Great Cultivator standing before him, sparking his wariness.

He grasped the idea that holding precious items invites disaster; if others assumed he stockpiled vast amounts of high-level Spirit Pills, it would bring immense headaches.

By the time this dawned on him, matters had already spiraled. Ever since Cultivator Dai Biao tracked him down, countless Great Cultivators drew near under friendly pretenses, all seeking to acquire high-level Spirit Pills.

Having dwelled in the Yuzhu Islands for two full months, Li Shiming resolved to depart without delay. He had drawn the gazes of numerous cultivators, detecting flashes of greed and ill intent directed toward him now and then.

On that very day, he vanished without notifying a single soul, abandoning the cave dwelling entirely.

The local cave dwelling included a gratis 300-year lease, allowing him the option to return and reside there sometime later.

Soaring away from Duiyi Island, he picked up a faint sense of observation trailing him, yet shrugged it off. Beyond the boundaries of the Yuzhu Islands, no cultivator could endanger him.

The lone genuine peril he perceived in the Yuzhu Islands stemmed from that elusive half-step Great Power lurking in the shadows.

After departing the Yuzhu Islands, he accessed the map held within his IBMz15.

Throughout his stay at the Yuzhu Islands, he snapped up a wealth of books. The Cultivation World’s surroundings here diverged utterly from his prior knowledge, rendering cultivation techniques and assorted volumes priceless aids for his studies.

Procuring editions penned by diverse authors also vastly improved IBMz15’s assembly of a comprehensive Cloud Island Sea map.

Across the Cloud Island Sea’s peripheral zones, forces resembling the Yuzhu Islands dotted the landscape in abundance.

Li Shiming occasionally mused that should every one of these factions harbor a half-step Great Power, the Cloud Island Sea’s collective might would prove utterly daunting.

However, chats with Jingyi Island’s resident Great Cultivators revealed that outfits like the Yuzhu Islands boasting a half-step Great Power stood as extreme rarities.

The majority of such groups commanded one or several Peak Great Cultivators.

No one knew what stroke of destiny enabled the Yuzhu Islands’ half-step Great Power to defy boundaries amid the isles’ sparse resources, ascending to that lofty state.

Li Shiming felt intrigue toward the Yuzhu Islands’ half-step Great Power’s fateful boon, yet harbored no desire to delve into it.

His own trove of fortunes already brimmed sufficiently. Merely refining them appeared sufficient to propel him toward half-step Great Power realm.

He summoned the ‘Chasing Wind Dragon Boat’ and ventured forth across the waves.

This sea realm fell under human cultivators’ dominion, rendering voyages here safe from assaults by formidable spirit beasts.

Spirit beasts did prowl the depths, but the mighty variants remained confined to the fringes, while any breaching into the Cloud Island Sea became prime targets for cultivator hunts.

The seascape yielded scant spectacle, merely an infinite expanse of water fusing with the remote skyline as the enduring vista.

Savoring Spiritual Tea, Li Shiming withdrew a book and immersed himself in its pages.

He had charted his course meticulously: roam the Cloud Island Sea for years, barter unique regional specialties, then seek seclusion in a cavern until the teleportation ring restored its power.

His auxiliary mind, in tandem with IBMz15, delved into dissecting the ‘Yuzhu Islands’ grand formation.

The prior beast tide had furnished IBMz15 with virtually every detail on the Yuzhu Islands array, including elements impossible to scan absent activation.

Fortune smiled as the beast tide ignited the array’s full array of capabilities, granting him complete data harvest.

This formation’s design brimmed with intricacy, demanding an array of Fourth-grade Array Materials sourced solely from the Cloud Island Sea. Exclusively bases forged from these enabled the colossal isle’s unfettered traversal.

Regrettably, the Yuzhu Islands offered no such Fourth-grade Array Materials for sale. Probing locals confirmed availability only in the Cloud Island Sea’s thriving heartlands.

Rank-and-file cultivators rarely sought these Fourth-grade Array Materials; grand factions erecting floating islands snapped them up exclusively, accounting for their absence from Yuzhu Islands stocks.

"Trouble has come after all!" Li Shiming set down the cup he held, shaking his head with a deep sigh.

A subtle formation aura caught his attention up ahead; thanks to his fresh studies on the Yuzhu Islands’ array, he possessed heightened sensitivity toward it.

This aura harmonized perfectly with the Yuzhu Islands’ array; it either stemmed from their Great Cultivators or was tied to them in some way.

Li Shiming brought the ’Chasing Wind Dragon Boat’ to a stop. Mere meters in front stood the formation’s outer barrier; taking one more step would plunge him straight into its midst.