Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1962 - 1027: Withdrawal (Part 2)

Li Shiming checked his harvest and saw nearly four hundred pieces of half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials, reducing his desire to continue exploring.

After inspecting the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s corpse, he felt a sense of crisis.

"Leave here!" Li Shiming decisively made the decision.

He turned and walked away, the Heavenly Ghost trailing behind, with one hundred thirty-three Holy Spirits guarding the surroundings.

The journey back was extremely smooth because he returned along the path he had traveled before, encountering almost no enemies.

Without enemies, the speed of returning increased significantly, and in one day, he was back at the entrance.

As he stepped out of the ancient ruins, he felt a mental wave sweep across the ancient ruins, though his body was already halfway out of them.

"Fifth-grade ghost soul!" Standing outside, Li Shiming couldn’t help but say.

He was almost certain that the mental wave he sensed before leaving was emitted by the fifth-grade ghost soul.

Even for him, without a fifth-grade spirit pet by his side, he wouldn’t provoke a fifth-grade ghost soul.

Inside the ancient ruins, his full strength was hard to utilize, while the environment there was most suitable for ghost souls, and the battle prowess of a fifth-grade ghost soul would be greatly enhanced.

Under such circumstances, he had no confidence to deal with a fifth-grade ghost soul.

Additionally, he was more worried that this fifth-grade ghost soul was not simple; the ancient ruins inside were a Land of Death, but such ruins wouldn’t be built just randomly; there must be some purpose behind them.

The appearance of the fifth-grade ghost soul made him suspect there was an unknown secret between the ancient ruins and the ghost soul.

Li Shiming shook his head, abandoning guesses about the ancient ruins.

He summoned the Golden Winged Dapeng, sat on its back, and let it fly away from the location of the ancient ruins.

After taking out the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s corpse, he could research the body more deeply after reaching the outside world.

After repeatedly investigating the corpse with perception, he frowned slightly as he hadn’t found what he most wanted.

He hesitated slightly before storing the corpse in the engine room space.

The engine room space with its ultra-fine control allowed exploring the corpse with precision below the nanometer level.

Finally, inside the corpse, he discovered a bit of energy-anomalous substance that fused with the body.

If it weren’t for the meticulous investigation by the engine room space, it would take considerable time to find this anomaly using perception alone.

Li Shiming released the corpse again, focusing his perception on the energy-anomalous matter.

Then a space stone appeared before his eyes; it seemed Li Yuanba wasn’t the first cultivator to use a space stone as a Cave Heaven anchor point carrier.

Once energy-converted, the unique nature of the space stone combined with the concealing secret technique used by the Sword Cultivation Great Power made it extremely difficult to detect.

What’s important is not the space stone but the Cave Heaven anchor bound to it.

Through the Cave Heaven anchor, one can access the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s Cave Heaven.

The condition is that the Cave Heaven hasn’t collapsed, then one can enter it through the anchor point.

Li Shiming certainly couldn’t open the Cave Heaven anchor point in mid-air; it was far too unsafe.

He gently patted the Golden Winged Dapeng’s neck, signaling his intention.

Shortly after, the Golden Winged Dapeng landed on a small island, and Li Shiming’s "Dustless Sword" flew out, carving out a temporary shelter on the island.

He activated the "Beidou Formation Map" and the "Nine Heavens Star Constellation Array Diagram" to protect the temporary shelter.

Only then did he cast a spell towards the space stone.

The spell landed on the space stone, the Cave Heaven anchor on it slowly expanded, transforming into a portal.

Li Shiming did not enter the portal first; he summoned a Holy Spirit and controlled it to enter the Cave Heaven.

Through the pact with the Holy Spirit, he could share its vision, ensuring the Cave Heaven had no immediate danger.

After confirming safety, he stepped into the Cave Heaven.

This was a very expansive Cave Heaven, and most importantly, it showed no signs of collapse.

Considering the way the Sword Cultivation Great Power fell, in the ancient ruins, the ruins isolated him from his Cave Heaven.

Even if the Great Power had fallen, the Cave Heaven remained unaware and preserved.

Since Li Shiming took the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s corpse out of the ruins, without sending a collapse signal due to the power’s fall, the Cave Heaven existed long-term without an owner, showing no change.

The Sword Cultivation Great Power was a Free Great Power, so he didn’t need to consider comprehensive development of the Cave Heaven.

Free Great Powers’ Cave Heavens rarely fully develop; like this Cave Heaven here, filled with Gold Element Energy, the trees here were all condensed from Sword Intent.

If the Sword Cultivation Great Power were alive, any enemy entering the Cave Heaven would face Sword Intent Flying Swords attacking them at the power’s mere thought.

During external battles, the Sword Intent of the Cave Heaven could also be summoned to form Sword Intent Flying Swords to attack enemies.

In other words, this Cave Heaven served as a weapons cache.

The Sword Cultivation Great Power could summon the Cave Heaven’s Sword Intent to transform into flying swords of intent; with the vast Sword Intent Forest here, he needn’t worry about running out of Sword Intent Flying Swords outside.

Unfortunately, the Great Power entered the ancient ruins, disconnected from the Cave Heaven with less than a tenth of his power intact.

Li Shiming sighed at the formidable Sword Cultivation Great Power and silently warned himself not to become arrogant due to his own strength.

This purely battle-focused Cave Heaven didn’t hold much significant value.

Li Shiming reached the Cave Heaven Core, attempting to claim ownership, which was easily done.

Of course, claiming ownership only gained the core’s recognition, not truly making the Cave Heaven his own.

An owned Cave Heaven is an extension of the self, akin to a body organ.

While a claimed Cave Heaven is more like an oversized storage space.

To his dismay, in the vast Cave Heaven, Li Shiming found no spiritual objects.

He couldn’t help but marvel at the Sword Cultivation Great Power, who treated the Cave Heaven purely as a weapon.

Who keeps spiritual objects and residential areas inside a weapon?

Nevertheless, the Cave Heaven wasn’t entirely without use; as its owner, he could use the core to control the Sword Intent trees.

When needed, he could mobilize these trees externally to combat enemies.

Even if he employed ’Thousands of Swords in Concert’ in each battle, it barely affected the consumption of these Sword Intent trees.

Li Shiming took out the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s soul crystal ring; since the Cave Heaven lacked the power’s belongings, his assets must reside in this ring.

He immersed his mind into the soul crystal ring, finding it meticulously organized.

The Jade Scroll section held the complete "Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique" and Mahayana Realm-related documents.

Li Shiming’s lips curled with a smile upon seeing the contents of these scrolls.

Before Li Yuanba advanced to a Great Power, he couldn’t access these Mahayana-related documents.

These texts likely circulated only among the Great Powers of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, unknown to Sword Cultivators of other realms.

With these texts, he gained substantial insight for enhancing his understanding of Sword Intent Rules and tactics for Sword Cultivation battles.

He finally realized how the Sword Cultivation Great Power fought, the considerations and finer points of the strategy.

Besides, there were all the fifth-grade elixir recipes of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion; among them, was the recipe given by the Sword Elder.

These recipes resulted from countless experiments and studies of ancient knowledge.

These elixir recipes significantly aided his research in Fifth-grade Alchemy; the Fifth-grade Spiritual Medicine he knew was limited, and the more alchemical knowledge he amassed, the more enriched IBMz15’s database would become.