Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 353: Chapter 223: Guardedness

Wealth stirs the heart, and for cultivators, powerful cultivation techniques are equivalent to resources, and thus, equivalent to wealth.

The Divine Foot Skill inheritance is one of Qianye Temple’s divine inheritances, and also one that Jue Yuan Buddha had acquired.

Usually, Jue Yuan Buddha is always protected by an Arhat in secret. It’s rare for him to be killed by Li Yuanba in this battle. Therefore, there’s a certain chance that the Divine Foot Skill inheritance has fallen into Li Yuanba’s hands.

Elder Lv is at the Golden Core Stage, but he has ambitions too. He covets divine skills that even Nascent Soul cultivators pursue.

It’s said that the inheritance of various divine skills is extremely difficult, with Qianye Temple producing a disciple of such inheritance only once every few hundred years. But even if there is a one in ten thousand chance, as long as the Divine Foot Skill inheritance is in one’s hands, there will always be a sliver of opportunity.

Besides, even if one cannot comprehend the Divine Foot Skill, it is still an exceedingly precious resource that can be exchanged for a large amount of Golden Core Stage resources to enhance one’s power.

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When it concerns his own development, Elder Lv no longer needs to care about the image he has maintained within the sect.

As for whether to kill Li Yuanba or not, that depends on whether Li recognizes what’s best for him. If he doesn’t, then one must act cleanly and ensure that Elder Jian does not find out anything.

“Li, your contribution points for the true inheritance of Jue Yuan from Qianye Temple are 2400 points!” the Steward said, having finished with the formalities, and informed Li Yuanba.

The cultivators present, some who had heard of Jue Yuan Buddha’s reputation, looked at Li Yuanba with fear, no longer simply because of his status as a True Disciple.

Even those who had not heard much of Jue Yuan Buddha were stunned by the contribution points.

The contribution points for this mission were doubled, which meant that the reward for killing Jue Yuan Buddha was originally 1200 points, whereas the reward for killing a Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator was merely 800 contribution points.

The comparison made it clear that Jue Yuan Buddha’s strength far surpassed that of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Elder Lv, I’m going to rest now!” Li Yuanba nodded in gratitude to the Steward, then turned to bid farewell to Elder Lv.

“Go ahead!” Elder Lv smiled and waved his hand.

Li Yuanba left the Task Pavilion, his Spiritual Thought retracting from within his storage bracelet. He had kept his Spiritual Thought on the Sword Intent Buddha Beads the entire time; should Elder Lv make any suspicious move, he was ready to activate the Sword Intent Buddha Beads immediately.

This was his confidence in facing a Golden Core Elder, at least giving Elder Lv pause, allowing him a chance to call for help from other Golden Core Elders.

He took a deep breath, finding the Demon Sect troublesome, always having to be wary of various crises.

Thinking this, he walked to an open area, situated conspicuously at the peak of the checkpoint, where he laid out thirty-six flags and entered the formation.

He first sat cross-legged with eyes closed, calming his heart and emptying his mind.

Meanwhile, his true self, Li Shiming, through IBMz15 transferred the “White Lotus Diagram,” the inheritance diagram of the Divine Foot Skill’s Step by Step Lotus, into Li Yuanba’s spirit via the original’s intermediation.

The seated Li Yuanba only felt as if his brain had been struck by a heavy hammer. His head spun, no longer able to support his body, and he collapsed to the ground.

Massive amounts of data were instantly imported, and steam rose above his head, a sign of excessive brain usage.

He lay on the ground, groggy for two hours, before regaining his strength and sitting up to vigorously shake his head.

In terms of spirit, he was comparable to Jue Yuan Buddha, perhaps even slightly less formidable.

Top-tier geniuses, if cultivated with full effort from the onset, do not have a significant foundational gap. At least at the Foundation Establishment Stage, with both practicing top-tier cultivation techniques, there generally won’t be much disparity in constitution, spirit, or Spiritual Power Pattern.

Jue Yuan Buddha had a higher realm than Li Yuanba, so it was normal for him to have a slightly stronger spirit.

It took years for Jue Yuan Buddha to successfully visualize the “White Lotus Diagram” after receiving the Divine Foot Skill Step by Step Lotus inheritance. During this time, he received significant support from Qianye Temple, including Spiritual Objects that aided his memory and guidance in the corresponding mantras.

What Jue Yuan Buddha visualized over several years, IBMz15 transmitted to Li Yuanba in a moment. Li Yuanba’s spirit collapsed momentarily as a defense mechanism.

However, Li Shiming, the original, had calculated this. Having endured such a shock once, he was best qualified to judge.

Though Li Yuanba suffered some hardship, it allowed him to learn the “Step by Step Lotus” in a short time.

Ask any cultivator in the Cultivation World if they’d be willing to fall unconscious for two hours without lasting harm to master the introductory technique of a divine skill. Not to mention without consequences, they’d be willing even with treatable injuries.

Li Yuanba shook his head vigorously, his mind still in a state of chaos.

After waiting another thirty minutes, he was finally capable of thought.

He sensed the “White Lotus Diagram” within his spirit and smiled.

“Worth it, I finally have a viable means to protect myself!” he said to himself with a laugh.

Li Yuanba was strong; the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” granted him great defensive power and close combat attack strength. He had sword attacks for long-range and could also use Sword Escape.

However, due to his realm, his Sword Escape speed was only relatively fast among cultivators of the same level. Against cultivators specializing in speed and of higher realms, it was uncertain.

Using one’s body for defense and close combat was a last resort.

Employing it was extremely dangerous—there’s no telling if the enemy has the means to breach one’s defenses or possesses equally powerful close combat capabilities.

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