Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 549: Chapter 321 Jieshan

Jieshan City Guardian Mansion, Li Yuanba had the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure in front of him, which had transformed into a height of five meters.

With his eyes closed in meditation, he practiced the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique.” Countless Sword Intents flowed from the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure, swirling beside him, and in conjunction with the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique,” they enhanced his Sword Intent.

Inside his body, a force of elixir strength spread and transformed into strands of Spiritual Power that flowed into his Golden Core through the transformation of the Cultivation Technique.

The potency of the Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pill had noticeably boosted the Spiritual Power within his Golden Core.

Over the recent months, his strength had been rapidly increasing, and he had no need to worry about a shortage of cultivation resources.

With a communication channel set up with his original self, Li Shiming, cultivation resources were being sent over periodically.

Of course, he symbolically sent back some Spiritual Objects, which were either battle spoils he found useless or unique Spiritual Objects from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains given by his subordinates.

With sufficient cultivation resources, his strength was in a rapid growth phase.

His status at the Jieshan Mountain Pass had become stable through several battles. Whether it was the three Golden Core Elders from the Senluo Sect or the three Golden Core Elders from the other side on the Righteous Path, all of them showed him respect.

This respect was earned through his strength; last time, he had nearly slain two Righteous Path Golden Core Elders.

Since he had restrained himself, the two Righteous Path Golden Core Elders owed him a favor, ensuring that the goods flowing through his channels never faced any difficulties.

Once a cycle of the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique” finished, the elixir strength within his body was not consumed but naturally enhanced his physique.

If it were other Golden Core cultivators, they would not waste this elixir strength so lavishly. Instead, they would use Secret Techniques to store this residual power for later use, regardless of how modest the remaining elixir strength was, considering it was from a valuable Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pill.

Li Yuanba thought differently, believing that enhancing his physique was extremely important, so a bit of wasted elixir strength was acceptable.

He waved his hand at the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure in front of him, which shrank before falling into his palm and was stored inside his Space Ring.

Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure did not need to be fully unleashed; its currently five-meter-tall state provided enough Sword Intent for his cultivation needs.

Everything in Jieshan City was favorable except for the inconvenience of fully releasing the Ten Thousand Sword Peak Treasure. There simply wasn’t enough space within the city to do so, and placing it outside the city would remove it from Jieshan City’s great defensive array.

Thus, he came up with this compromise, which fortunately did not delay his cultivation.

He stood up, part of his spirit remaining with the Golden Core, where the Xingyi Sword was being nurtured. Under his deliberate control, the nurturing speed was noticeably superior to that of the Golden Core’s natural rate.

Therefore, whenever he was free, he would leave a portion of his spirit at the Golden Core.

In this aspect, he greatly envied his original self, Li Shiming, who, with his hundred and ninety-nine brains, could focus simultaneously on many tasks.

While practicing the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique,” Li Yuanba couldn’t send out his spirit to nurture the Xingyi Sword.

Of course, the current nurturance effect for the Xingyi Sword was weak, mainly because the Xingyi Sword itself was already very powerful, though the task of nurturing the Lifebound Flying Sword was one of persistent effort.

The former master of the Xingyi Sword, Yun Xingyi, had spent hundreds of years refining the sword. With Li Yuanba’s Golden Core Stage lifespan, the refinement he undertook would build on Yun Xingyi’s efforts, starting from a considerably higher level. Perhaps in a few hundred years, the power of the Xingyi Sword could be several times its current potency.

However, enhancing the Lifebound Flying Sword’s power is not an overnight achievement; nurturing the Lifebound Flying Sword would be his daily routine.

Additionally, he still needed to find ways to acquire more “Star White Yan Gold,” the primary material for the Xingyi Sword.

To enhance the Lifebound Flying Sword, it requires absorbing the essence within the third-grade “Star White Yan Gold.”

Many Golden Core cultivators wouldn’t undertake this expense because absorbing the essence of the primary material of a magical artifact is meant to prepare the artifact for an upgrade in quality.

Non-Sword Cultivator Golden Core cultivators would choose to abandon their original Lifebound artifacts upon advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

This action would cause damage to their spirit, and all the nurturing done during the Golden Core Stage would go to waste, but compared to the costs involved in elevating a Lifebound artifact’s grade using a substantial amount of primary material, these losses are negligible.

Thus, most cultivators upon reaching the Nascent Soul Stage would choose to refine new Lifebound artifacts using fourth-grade materials.

But Sword Cultivators are different. The Lifebound Flying Sword greatly influences a Sword Cultivator’s battle power. Without their Lifebound Flying Sword, a Sword Cultivator’s combat strength could drop drastically.

When Li Yuanba wielded the Xingyi Sword, just the sword’s amplification of his Sword Intent alone was as high as 135%, which means without the Xingyi Sword, his Sword Intent would lose nearly half of its power.

Since Sword Intent is, aside from Spiritual Power, the most important means of attack for a Sword Cultivator and the foundation for the ability to break myriad techniques with a single sword strike.

Therefore, even if a Sword Cultivator becomes a Nascent Soul Cultivator, they often keep their Golden Core Stage Lifebound Flying Sword and find various ways to enhance it, regardless of the high costs involved.

Regarding the “Star White Yan Gold,” Li Shiming was already considering it on his side. “Star White Yan Gold” is extremely rare, even for an Alchemy Master, and getting hold of it is somewhat troublesome.

As an Alchemy Master, the easiest resources Li Shiming could obtain were third-grade Spiritual Tea, Spirit Fruit, Spiritual Medicine, and some third-grade materials. However, the particularly precious resources among them had to be acquired through the Beishu Trading Company or the Shushan Sect.