Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1693 - 893: Supreme Treasure

Inside Jiao Xian the Great Cultivator’s soul crystal ring, Li Shiming uncovered a fourth-grade top flying boat.

Maybe because of the mighty cultivators he met in the Cloud Island Sea, during his brief stay there, he managed to obtain two fourth-grade top flying boats along with a substantial collection of fourth-grade upper stage flying boats.

Notably, although he possesses several fourth-grade top flying boats, these were seized as war spoils after years of fierce battles against powerful foes.

Furthermore, the majority of those fourth-grade top flying boats were linked to Great Powers, causing him to hesitate using them in the Cultivation World until now.

Yet, the pair of fourth-grade top flying boats from the Cloud Island Sea bear no connection to any Great Powers.

From his perspective, this could stem from the Cloud Island Sea’s rich resources, combined with the need for flying boats on extended voyages, leading to a higher presence of fourth-grade top flying boats.

Li Shiming just took a quick look at some top-grade fourth-grade refining materials before storing them away.

He doesn’t lack such refining materials; he can craft spiritual treasures on his own, but his current power doesn’t align with possessing spiritual treasures. Making extra ones would merely invite more dangers.

At last, he pulled out the soul crystal ring belonging to the half-step Great Power. Amusingly, he still doesn’t know this half-step Great Power’s name even now.

With the demise of the Great Cultivators from Yuzhu Islands, few will likely recall the half-step Great Power’s name anymore, and soon, it will vanish into obscurity just like its owner.

The half-step Great Power’s soul crystal ring held numerous Spiritual Objects. Observing this, Li Shiming deduced that this half-step Great Power had no strong backing and served as Yuzhu Islands’ own pillar, hence keeping the finest treasures within.

Yet another fourth-grade top flying boat appeared, and Li Shiming placed it into a special storage area for flying boats.

Next, he spotted a vast array of resources suited for peak Great Cultivators, which filled him with joy, though it wasn’t wholly surprising.

As an external hub for cultivators in the deadliest zone, Yuzhu Islands naturally taps into the ocean’s richest bounties.

Cultivators stopping by the islands always prefer trading their harvested resources with Yuzhu Islands first.

This setup lets Yuzhu Islands amass huge quantities of resources nonstop, including those vital for peak Great Cultivators.

Since Yuzhu Islands lacks its own peak Great Cultivators, such resources aren’t handed out but safeguarded by the half-step Great Power.

Over endless years, Yuzhu Islands hoarded peak Great Cultivator resources, and now they’ve all fallen right into Li Shiming’s hands.

Soon after, he stumbled upon a massive stockpile of Late Stage Fourth Grade Demon Cores, their abundance leaving him stunned.

While inspecting the Spiritual Objects inside the soul crystal ring, Li Shiming noted that despite their superb quality and impressive volume, they didn’t quite live up to his expectations for such treasures.

This figure was a half-step Great Power after all; previously, from the half-step Great Power Yang Xing, even a mere teleportation ring had saved him during his direst crises, guiding him to this point.

Not forgetting the contract he sealed with the Thunder Beast; the other items were solid as well.

However, gazing at the half-step Great Power of Yuzhu Islands, for all the heaps of treasures, their caliber hardly befitted his rank.

As Li Shiming pondered this with regret, his eyes caught a petite jade box crafted from top-grade fourth-grade Spirit Jade.

Even the jade box itself boasted immense worth, let alone the rune etched upon it—a mark exclusive to half-step Great Powers, infused with Rule Power that let it draw void energy to nurture the contents.

He moved to open the jade box, only to pause abruptly.

Activating ’Heavenly Eye Vision’ and deploying his Divine Sense, he meticulously probed the jade box multiple times.

Right as he geared up to unseal the jade box, a sharp warning flared from his spirit.

"Indeed, a half-step Great Power wandering alone—even the Spiritual Objects in his soul crystal ring carry restrictions!" Li Shiming shook his head with a sigh.

He fully grasped why the half-step Great Power had done this, for the man clearly harbored a deep sense of impending peril.

Reflect on that earlier clash: the half-step Great Power looked utterly feeble amid the spirit beast wave's onslaught and stayed feeble even under Li Shiming's assault, but when Great Cultivator Jiao Xian led a group of Great Cultivators into the Grotto Heaven, the half-step Great Power clung to some battle prowess, annihilating every one of those Great Cultivators and revealing its razor-sharp survival instinct.

While life endures, a hidden contingency must always remain ready.

Once the restriction was detected—which fell far short of the Divine Palace's formidable seals—Li Shiming tucked the jade box away in his cabin storage. Employing 0.05 nanometer precision manipulation alongside the probing power of his life-bound treasure IBMz15, he rapidly dismantled the barrier.

He beheld a jade pearl inside the opened jade box.

A tremendous surge of energy emanated from this jade pearl, reminiscent of a Spirit Pill, boasting purity on par with a top-grade Spirit Pill, its inner power directly usable by any cultivator.

Li Shiming channeled a Master Recognition Technique into the jade pearl, binding it to himself with success.

Insights from the jade pearl's feedback unveiled its origins: dubbed the ’Heavenly Spirit Jade Pearl,’ it marked a pivotal lucky break for the half-step Great Power during his younger years.

This very stroke of fortune propelled the half-step Great Power from humble loose cultivator roots to mighty heights, and upon unearthing the Inheritance Cave Heaven, it unlocked the path to half-step Great Power status.