Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1696 - 894: Emergence from Seclusion (2)

Li Yuanba harbored numerous questions he longed to pose, yet he understood Jian Wuwei was restricted in his responses; probing further would merely discomfort Jian Wuwei.

"Master, I wish to peruse books from peak Great Cultivators!" Li Yuanba pressed on.

"Your cultivation hasn't attained that stage yet, but it shouldn't cause issues. I'll submit the application for you and reply swiftly!" Jian Wuwei welcomed the request, smiling as he gestured.

Li Yuanba served as his disciple and a direct Jian Family heir. With Li Yuanba's astonishing cultivation pace, perusing these texts was merely a question of when.

"I'll also assist in applying for texts on ascending to Great Power, letting you foresee the hurdles and ready yourself beforehand!" Jian Wuwei paused briefly before suggesting.

Li Yuanba had only recently become a Great Cultivator, but his alchemy prowess guaranteed no shortage of supplementary resources.

Thus, Li Yuanba should commence stockpiling materials for the Great Power breakthrough; failing that, he might ignore treasures placed right before his eyes.

"Thank you, Master!" Li Yuanba voiced his genuine appreciation, sensing his master's deep concern.

"No need for such words; after your extended seclusion, my Spiritual Tea has vanished entirely—do you have any remaining?" Jian Wuwei inquired with a grin.

"Anyone else asking, I'd deny them, but for you, Master, I possess some!" Li Yuanba responded smilingly.

From his storage, he retrieved a jade box packed with Fourth Grade Spiritual Tea and offered it to Jian Wuwei, whose face radiated delight.

Jian Wuwei, overseeing a segment of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's authority, had exhausted much of his Fourth Grade Spiritual Tea reserves.

In particular, various Sword Cultivators in the Pavilion, aware it was personally stir-fried by Li Shiming, constantly devised pretexts to visit and savor his Fourth Grade Spiritual Tea.

Undoubtedly beneficial, this practice of nurturing ties with countless Sword Cultivators immensely bolstered his oversight of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Two days passed, and Jian Wuwei finalized Li Yuanba's book access permissions, endowing his Identity Jade Disc with entry rights to a library chamber.

Securing access, Li Yuanba hastened directly to the Book Collection Pavilion.

Nestled in a structure near the Sword Cave Heaven's core, proximate to Sword Elder’s abode and shielded by formidable formations, the Book Collection Pavilion represented the ultimate secure zone.

Arriving at the building, Li Yuanba detected the formations scrutinizing him as a divine sense brushed over his frame.

"Yuanba, you're permitted to examine the books, but refrain from hasty Great Power advancement. Prioritize resources. Furthermore, the Pavilion shall furnish some advancement materials!" Sword Elder’s voice echoed in his ear.

"I understand!" Li Yuanba bowed toward the emptiness.

Sword Elder offered no further words, and a gateway materialized ahead.

Li Yuanba experienced mild astonishment; such rigorous safeguards affirmed this Book Collection Pavilion as the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's most vital repository.

Sword Elder’s caution enabled him to glean certain insights.

Freshly elevated to Great Cultivator, exposure to peak Great Cultivator methods might provoke unpredictable repercussions.

Nevertheless, Li Yuanba weighed his own factors. Though his cultivation remained inadequate, his Sword Intent mastery equaled a Peak Sword Cultivator's.

On the practical side, battles against foes exceeding his realm had refined his Sword Intent to flawless heights.

Theoretically, IBMz15—natal treasure of his true body Li Shiming—unceasingly dissected the ’Sword Intent Stele,’ while his true body’s elevated realm imparted Sword Intent comprehension vastly exceeding his current capacity.

Traversing the portal, he materialized within a confined space.

This resembled a diminutive space fragment's interior, distinct from a Grotto Heaven since its internal rules mirrored the outer world's, preventing rule discrepancies from harming the texts.

Spatial turbulence or implosion was inconceivable.

Measuring a hundred meters square, the space was more compact than standard space treasures yet allowed living beings seamless ingress and egress, prized for its supreme stability and confidentiality.

Floating bubbles filled the space, each encasing a jade scroll—predominantly dark gold, denoting supreme-grade jade scrolls.

Two hundred and sixty bubbles drifted, signifying precisely that number of jade scrolls.

This count was drastically smaller than the public Book Collection Pavilion for standard Great Cultivators in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, which held tens of thousands of volumes.

Li Yuanba stretched toward a bubble, yet his hand refused to penetrate inside it.

But upon his Divine Sense making contact with the bubble, he sensed the jade scroll’s contents.

Li Yuanba promptly triggered the IBMz15 linked to his true body Li Shiming; the IBMz15 promptly devoted a share of its processing power to capture the jade scroll’s information.

He remained unsure whether any cultivators were surveilling the location, though Sword Elder was almost certainly keeping an eye.

Should Sword Elder be watching, it would escape his notice entirely; thus, he scrutinized the jade scroll’s contents with deliberate care, mimicking an average cultivator, unlike his previous hasty scan and dismissal.

The material within described in depth the method to forge a Grotto Heaven, a subject briefly covered in the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ yet far less comprehensively.

This jade scroll laid out the sequential steps for erecting a Grotto Heaven through a Sword Cultivator’s viewpoint, seemingly the firsthand chronicle of an ancestor’s trials.

Toward the document’s close, it revealed that this ancestor had broken through to Half-step Great Power and later ascended to authentic Great Power.

Withdrawing his hand from the bubble, Li Yuanba released a heavy sigh, now comprehending the immense challenges of Grotto Heaven creation via this ancestor’s odyssey.

For any Great Power, a Grotto Heaven acted as both a pathway beyond mortal shackles and a binding limitation.

Erecting a Grotto Heaven permitted a Great Power to vastly amplify command over the rules, an ongoing endeavor that persisted to the text’s conclusion, where the ancestor continued perfecting the Grotto Heaven’s inner rules.

Li Yuanba then laid his hand upon a different bubble, absorbing its data.

He lingered within the Book Collection Pavilion for an entire month, examining all two hundred and sixty jade scrolls.

He realized the documents ceased at the achievement of Great Power breakthrough, offering nothing beyond.

Additionally, no fresh cultivation techniques appeared, a logical omission given that every Sword Cultivator in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion cultivated solely the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique.’

Every document revolved around the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique.’

In truth, a trace of disappointment lingered in him; though valuable, these documents merely provided referential value for his true body, Li Shiming.

A Sword Cultivator’s Grotto Heaven stood apart from the one in the ’Heavenly Human Technique.’

With the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ being a completely novel cultivation method devoid of ancestral precedents, Li Shiming had to collect vast quantities of supreme Great Cultivator texts, allowing IBMz15 to perform thorough analysis and infer the construction process for the ’Heavenly Human Technique’s’ Grotto Heaven.

Even so, perusing these texts greatly eased Li Yuanba’s path toward Great Power advancement.

He gained knowledge on procuring the required resources too, and he already held one such Heavenly Mechanism Treasure in his possession.

Nevertheless, prioritizing his true body Li Shiming per established principles, he would only contemplate personal use if Li Shiming possessed surplus Heavenly Mechanism Treasures.

Stepping out of the Book Collection Pavilion, Li Yuanba offered a bow to the emptiness, certain that Sword Elder observed him.

"Yuanba, you possess the highest potential among your generation to reach Great Power, and I place great expectations on you!" Sword Elder’s voice resounded through the air, brimming with anticipation.