Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 762: Chapter 427: Reinforcements_2

However, the battle power of the Skywalk Trading Company here had weakened, and the only Great Elder, You Xia, would not leave Yongle Island. This caused Li Shiming not to notice anything abnormal about Yongle Island, and thus he could not confirm whether those local cultivators had made any new discoveries.

In order to monitor this matter, he deliberately allocated several parts of his brain to keep an eye on it.

He himself entered into secluded cultivation, mainly practicing the ”Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique”.

In the cultivation room, he maintained an awkward posture, lying on the ground and absorbing the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi transmitted from the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece on his forehead, as well as the spiritual energy emanating from a nearby Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein.

The Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi inside the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece seemed infinite. According to the observations and analysis of his life-bound treasure, IBMz15, a conclusion had been reached.

That was that inside the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece, there existed certain special pattern rules, which, after absorbing spiritual energy, could produce Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi.

As long as the external spiritual energy kept flowing, the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi would not disappear.

Of course, in an environment rich with spiritual energy, the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi emitted by the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece would increase.

It was unknown whether it was because Li Shiming’s Pure Dao Body naturally had the level of Great Elder-level Body Refining, or because the ”Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” was particularly compatible with him, but the speed at which he practiced the ”Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” was unexpectedly fast.

Actually, this was not difficult to understand. Although he currently had no Fourth Grade Body Refining Resources to consume, the Fourth Grade Body Refining Resources he had consumed in the past had affected his body.

Now, revisiting the ”Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique”, naturally, he enjoyed the benefits of the Fourth Grade Body Refining Resources.

And being at the Great Elder-level Body Refining realm was also the most important reason. This was like a mathematician starting to learn physics from scratch—although the content was somewhat new, standing at such a high level naturally meant learning at an extremely fast pace.

Li Shiming’s mastery of the ”Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique” soon progressed from the beginner level to proficiency, and afterwards, it was necessary to continuously absorb Taiqing Xuan Turtle Qi from the Taiqing Xuan Turtle Shell piece to strengthen himself.

During this time, his combat power had noticeably decreased, especially in close combat.

But he had no worries. As an Alchemy Master, as long as he did not leave the sect, he would not encounter any danger.

Besides, after he forged the ”Flowing Light Star Meteor” flying sword treasure, his strongest combat power was his flying sword.

With the Fourth-grade might of the ”Flowing Light Star Meteor”, he could easily break the defense of a Great Elder.

Time flew by, and a year had passed. Li Shiming was not aware of the other sects; he only knew that his master-ancestor from the Shushan Sect, Fan Ancestor, had already awoken.

After waking up, Fan Ancestor was in a rather bad mood. Those days, the atmospheric pressure within the sect was very low, influenced by the anger emanating from the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

However, these matters did not affect Li Shiming. Since he had announced his seclusion and had the Silver Corpse replace him in receiving guests, no cultivator had come to disturb him.

Even Fan Ancestor had not sought him out personally. All cultivators knew that his cultivation was tied to the personal interests of their ancestors.

A Nascent Soul Ancestor obtaining a Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine was not easy; handing it to another alchemy master versus handing it to an alchemy master of Li Shiming’s caliber, the effect of the Fourth-grade Spirit Pill would vary several times.

For this reason, every Nascent Soul Ancestor was hoping that his cultivation speed could be even faster.

If it weren’t for Li Shiming having enough resources himself, perhaps the Nascent Soul Ancestors would have wanted to give him some resources.

At the coastal outpost of the Yongle Battlefield, seven Nascent Soul Ancestors left their temporary caves at the same time. They looked at each other, eyes filled with worry.

”Let’s go and see together!” Elder Zuo suggested.

”That would trouble Venerable Huike!” Ancestor Lu signaled to Venerable Huike.

”Since we are defending together, there’s no need for such formalities!” Venerable Huike nodded and said.

This period of unified opposition had caused the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors to put aside their previous displeasures.

Regardless of the past, now all the Nascent Soul Ancestors here needed to look out for each other to confront a formidable enemy at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Centered around Venerable Huike, the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors merged into one entity, and Venerable Huike activated ”Within Inches of the World,” heading towards Yongle Island.

They did not disturb the Yongle Battlefield, but when seven Nascent Soul Ancestors took action simultaneously, it caused all the cultivators within Yongle Battlefield to evacuate.

They all understood that once Nascent Soul Ancestors started to act, staying nearby would absolutely be a death wish.

Elder Jin Kai stood above Yongle Island, watching the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors with a smile. The two groups were not far from each other, and no actions from either side could escape the eyes of the Nascent Soul Ancestors opposite them.

”Fellows, have you come to welcome the Flying Boat of Skywalk Trading Company?” he said, joking.

”Senior, it seems another fellow from Skywalk Trading Company has arrived. We indeed hope to get acquainted at the earliest opportunity!” Ancestor Lu responded evenly.

However, his heart was not as calm as his face appeared. He was very aware that the Flying Boat coming from the sea must have Nascent Soul Ancestors on board, otherwise it could not survive at sea.

What he and the other six Nascent Soul Ancestors were most concerned about was, what was the level of the Nascent Soul Ancestor who had arrived?

If another Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner had come, then there would be no point in continuing the standoff; they might as well surrender immediately.

In the Cultivation World, when one side’s power reached a crushing level, admitting defeat was not an unacceptable thing.

While they were speaking, the enormous Flying Boat had already approached them.

When Ancestor Lu sensed the Nascent Soul Aura inside the enormous Flying Boat, the anxiety on his face disappeared.

The one escorting the enormous Flying Boat was a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner, which was not an unacceptable situation.

Although the addition of a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner from Skywalk Trading Company would cause them quite a bit of trouble, the combined Nascent Soul Ancestor combat power of the six major sects plus Beishu Trading Company was perfectly manageable, so long as no more Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners arrived.

Even at all costs, the Beishu Continent could absolutely defeat Skywalk Trading Company.

”Little Ren, long time no see, I didn’t expect you to lead the team over!” Elder Jin Kai said with a smile, greeting the Nascent Soul Ancestor who descended from the enormous Flying Boat.

”Ancestor Ren Xun pays his respects to Senior Jin!” Ancestor Ren Xun said, saluting respectfully.

As he straightened up, his gaze fell on the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors, and a flash of combat intent passed through his eyes.

The expressions of the seven Nascent Soul Ancestors became somewhat unpleasant because the aura emanating from Ancestor Ren Xun showed that he was very young, probably not exceeding five hundred years.

Five hundred years might be a lifetime for Golden Core cultivators, but for Nascent Soul Ancestors, it was an extremely young age.

At this age, Nascent Soul Ancestors had plenty of life span to spare, and during battle, they need not be overly cautious with the consumption of their life span.

Such Nascent Soul Ancestors were the most formidable, for they were highly warlike.

But once they reached seven to eight hundred years old, Nascent Soul Ancestors would become exceedingly frugal with their internal energy, trying to reduce their combat consumption as much as possible to avoid affecting their life span.

”Everyone, this is Ren Xun; please take good care of him in the future!” Elder Jin Kai said with a smile.

On the surface, his demeanor was not at all like that of someone facing an enemy.

Actually, he was in very good spirits; he hadn’t expected that within just a year, Skywalk Trading Company could afford to send Ancestor Ren Xun to support them.

Though Ancestor Ren Xun’s strength among Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners wasn’t particularly strong, that required a comparison. In Beishu Continent, Ancestor Ren Xun’s prowess would absolutely allow him to defeat most of the Nascent Soul Ancestors in one-on-one combat.

”Senior Jin, we will definitely get closer to our fellow Ren!” Ancestor Lu said faintly.

He stressed the word ”closer” significantly, the implication unmistakable.

More cultivators came out from the enormous Flying Boat, all of them Golden Core cultivators. The seven Nascent Soul Ancestors observed these Golden Core cultivators and noted that there were not many at the Great Elder level — only five.

However, this group of Golden Core cultivators was at least one hundred and fifty strong, and from the traces evident in their movements, all of these cultivators were skilled in combat. Moreover, they unintentionally positioned themselves in such a way that they could easily form a battle formation.