Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 411: Chapter 252: Corpse Refining

Li Shiming left the mountain gate of the Thousand Illusion Sect, unsure if the monk from Qianye Temple who had been tracking him was still around. He checked the sky, which was already turning dark, and in another half-hour, it would be completely night.

He took out his Flying Boat, which carried him toward the direction of the Shushan Sect.

After waiting for night to fall, he found an unclaimed mountain peak, dug out a cave, and set up a shielding and hiding Formation.

Zhi Ming Arhat had been keeping an eye on Li Shiming. After Li Shiming entered the Thousand Illusion Sect’s gate, he stayed at the gate.

Fortunately, since Qianye Temple and the Thousand Illusion Sect were allies, Zhi Ming Arhat had greeted the Thousand Illusion Sect, allowing him to stay close to their mountain gate without being expelled.

Normally, unless officially visiting, a Golden Core cultivator lingering outside a Sect Formation is highly prone to misunderstandings.

The Sect Formation is highly sensitive to the fluctuations of Spiritual Power at the Golden Core Stage, and no matter how much a Golden Core cultivator tries to hide, they will be detected by the Sect Formation within a certain range.

Golden Core cultivators can exert certain influences on a Sect Formation. If several Golden Core cultivators simultaneously attack a Sect Formation when it is not fully activated, they could likely severely damage it.

Therefore, all sects are extremely vigilant toward Golden Core cultivators who try to approach the Sect Formation.

Zhi Ming Arhat kept watch until Li Shiming left the Thousand Illusion Sect’s gate, and continued tracking him until Li Shiming set up a temporary cave abode to rest.

There was nothing unusual about this; with Spirit Pills, a cultivator doesn’t need an environment rich in Spiritual Energy to cultivate.

As a high-level Alchemist, Li Shiming would certainly not be short on Spirit Pills for cultivation, likely preparing for his daily main Cultivation Technique practice.

Zhi Ming Arhat stayed not far from the Formation. He had a treasure to conceal himself, so he wasn’t worried about Li Shiming discovering him.

Li Shiming did not act immediately; he indeed needed time to adjust to the realm of late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Thinking that his breakthrough again happened due to Spiritual Tea, he couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head, no wonder cultivators place great importance on Spiritual Tea.

Of course, the Spiritual Tea only played a facilitating role; in fact, he had already been very close to breaking through to late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Feeling the space within the Spirit Lake inside him expand again, the Spiritual Power that once filled the lake was now only one-tenth of the volume.

This was the reservoir of Spiritual Power for late-stage Foundation Establishment, exactly ten times the total amount of Spiritual Power of a Peak of Middle Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Moreover, each strand of Spiritual Power had greatly increased in strength; where the previous Spiritual Power was like water in liquid form, it was now akin to viscous oil.

Although both are liquids, the density is completely different.

In fact, the significant change in Li Shiming’s Spiritual Power was due to the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Array.”

It was the continuous purification by the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Array” that brought his Spiritual Power to the extreme of his current realm, making it equivalent to the Spiritual Power of a Peak of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This had nothing to do with the total amount of Spiritual Power; even if he had just entered late-stage Foundation Establishment, he could exhibit the strength of a Peak of late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Li Shiming both loved and hated the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Array”; loved it because it truly brought great benefits to him, keeping his internal Spiritual Power always at the peak state of his current realm, and having all Five Elements of Spiritual Power complete.

Having all Five Elements of Spiritual Power brings considerable advantages, as he can almost learn and use various Secret Techniques without worrying about whether his Spiritual Power supports them.

His hate for the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Array” lies in the fact that he found no identical or even similar phenomena in any sources, which brought many unknowns to his future, especially concerning the formation of a Golden Core. He was almost forced to forge a unique path for himself.

This task’s difficulty left him with no confidence at all.

Thus, upon learning about the Five Qi Sect, he thought of visiting to see, partly because the Five Qi Sect was an ancient sect that specialized in cultivating the Five Elements’ Spiritual Power.

He doesn’t even need to discover any Cultivation Techniques in the remnants of the Five Qi Sect; merely witnessing the relics left behind by the Five Qi Sect’s gate allows an IBMz15 to analyze some situations, which can aid his research on Five Elements Spiritual Power.

However, with a monk from Qianye Temple watching him, he naturally couldn’t just boldly go there; if the ruins of the Five Qi Sect held something, he didn’t believe that the monks of Qianye Temple would let him succeed.

Moreover, he needed to send his clone, Li Yuanba, back to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains first; the attitude of Qianye Temple was too peculiar, and he couldn’t ensure what would happen if Li Yuanba was captured by Qianye Temple.

Although the clone Li Yuanba was not as critical to his main body as initially anticipated, Li Yuanba is still an important force for the main body, especially after learning the “Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique” from the Senluo Sect, almost certainly becoming a top-tier Golden Core Sword Cultivator.

Just like Elder Jian, capable of defeating multiple Golden Core cultivators of the same rank with his own power.

Li Shiming now has different roles for his main body and clone; his main body is focused on secondary jobs, having achieved significant results in Formation and Alchemy.

The main body seeks safety; if it falls, it is highly probable that the clone Li Yuanba will also fall.

This isn’t to say the main body’s combat capability is weak— at least in the Foundation Establishment phase, the main body’s combat capability can absolutely suppress the clone’s, with the Pure Dao Body providing unparalleled close combat defensive and spiritual enhancements, elevating the main body to the peak melee combat capability of the Foundation Establishment Stage.