Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1148: Chapter 620: Inventory (Part 2)

Unfortunately, this top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure only has its exterior crafted, without any runes drawn inside; thus, its quality is only reflected in the materials used.

Li Yuanba felt helpless because the fourth-grade top materials were wasted.

If he could have these top-grade materials, he would be able to refine a fourth-grade artifact tribulation treasure, perfectly suited to himself.

Bow-shaped magical treasures are a niche variety among treasures; even in the Hundred Refinement Sect heritage obtained by Li Shiming, there isn’t a refining method that matches this half-finished bow-shaped magical treasure.

This means that without the corresponding artifact refining method, the top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure is just for show.

Li Yuanba set the half-finished bow-shaped magical treasure aside and began to search through the soul crystal ring using his Divine Sense.

He discovered a golden jade scroll, which often stores important heritage.

’Sun Shooting Technique,’ a bow and arrow heritage stored within the golden jade scroll, is a rare branch even more uncommon than sword cultivation.

From the ’Sun Shooting Technique,’ he discovered both usage and refining methods for the bow-shaped magical treasure, a pleasant surprise.

This allowed the half-finished bow-shaped magical treasure to continue being refined into a complete treasure.

Moreover, if paired with the ’Sun Shooting Technique,’ it could exhibit long-range striking power similar to the boss of Ping’s Three Evil.

Given the half-finished bow-shaped magical treasure’s materials reaching top-grade fourth-grade, refining it into a top-grade artifact tribulation treasure would surpass even the boss of Ping’s Three Evil when wielded by Li Shiming.

However, as Li Yuanba is a Sword Cultivator, it’s impossible for him to learn the ’Sun Shooting Technique,’ and Li Shiming already has multiple cultivation techniques, leaving no room to learn the ’Sun Shooting Technique’ in the short term.

”No, the ’Sun Shooting Technique’ is peculiar!” Li Yuanba, upon briefly inspecting the ’Sun Shooting Technique,’ backed up all its contents with the IBMz15, which gave him unexpected feedback.

The ’Sun Shooting Technique’ wasn’t just an archery secret technique as imagined; it was a special top-level cultivation technique.

Indeed, the ’Sun Shooting Technique’ is on the same level as the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique’ in terms of cultivation level.

Uniquely, the ’Sun Shooting Technique’ can be amplified with the Nascent Soul’s power or deployed solely with the physical body, slightly weaker but not by much.

If practiced by body refining cultivators, the ’Sun Shooting Technique’ could enable nearly negligible consumption, continuously sending out long-range strikes.

Among the other spiritual objects in the soul crystal ring, none caught his attention, except possibly a fourth-grade middle-stage flying boat of some value.

Li Shiming showed interest in the half-finished top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure, using his status as Guest Elder to send a request to Central State Commerce.

Shortly after Li Yuanba returned to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, a long-distance flying boat from Central State Commerce passed by, taking the half-finished top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure with it.

In over half a year, Li Yuanba had become quite famous across the Central State Continent.

His reputation as one of the most talented Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners in Central State Continent was primarily due to his widely circulated battle accomplishments.

It wasn’t his intent to become famous, but in fighting Tang Xue Ning and Ping’s Three Evil at He Ding Mountain, cultivators watched from afar.

Such an occurrence was inevitable, given the proximity of the battle to a gathering place for cultivators.

Tang Xue Ning didn’t want credit for achievements that weren’t hers, so she claimed the killing of the first and second members of Ping’s Three Evil for Li Yuanba.

The second member of Ping’s Three Evil, although it was a joint effort to defeat him, Li Yuanba dealt the blow that obliterated his physical form; even with the Nascent Soul’s escape, body seizing and retraining were uncertain prospects.

Cultivators who undergo body seizing, despite possessing past life experiences and supported by resources, face various problems after seizing a body with their Nascent Soul.

Especially regarding safety, those who seize bodies lack self-defense capabilities, akin to a child with gold in a bustling marketplace, vulnerable to attacks if they show any weakness.

Li Yuanba’s status as one of Central State Continent’s most talented Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners stemmed from his capability to solo kill a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator.

The Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators mentioned here are not loose cultivators; they hail from major sects or higher forces.

Since completing the task of eliminating Ping’s Three Evil, Li Yuanba hasn’t taken on any new tasks, not due to reluctance, but because Tang Xue Ning hasn’t accepted any tasks.

Clearly, extinguishing Ping’s Three Evil proved fruitful for Tang Xue Ning.

Many prizes unappealing to Li Yuanba were suitable for Tang Xue Ning; Ping’s Three Evil, being Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators with unusual births and reckless conduct, commanded substantial resources.

Such is the way of Sword Cultivators: gain resources and convert them into cultivation, enhancing battle strength for future fights.

A battle-forging path, vital for Sword Cultivators’ growth.

Li Yuanba’s power had noticeably increased, most evidently in his ’Void Piercing Sword Intent,’ which reaped significant tempering benefits from real battles against Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators.

His ’Void Piercing Sword Intent,’ currently in its initial stage, was progressing rapidly.

The ’Void Piercing Sword Intent’ advanced from enveloping the sword tip, now capable of encapsulating most of the fourth-grade Xingyi Sword.

This improvement enabled ’Void Piercing Sword Intent’ to be effective in combat, not only in thrusting but even in sweeping strikes.

In the Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming received the half-finished top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure from Xin Jingyun.

The half-finished top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure constituted a rough magical treasure, redesigned over more than half a year by his primary treasure, IBMz15, following the bow treasure refining method from ’Sun Shooting Technique.’

The design alterations catered mainly to Li Shiming’s 5-nanometer control room precision, planning rune drawings at 5-nanometer scale, enhancing rune quantity by millions.

The artifact refining method in ’Sun Shooting Technique’ enabled dual drawing approaches for the bow-shaped magical treasure: imbuing large amounts of spiritual power to activate the special rune array, thus opening the bow-shaped treasure, enabling usage by Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestation.

Alternatively, applying immense force to draw the bow, utilizing the rune array on the bow body to gather energy and empower the arrow, releasing a powerful shot.

Li Shiming chose the latter approach, driven by his own plans.

Besides essential runes, he only retained two runes on the bow: ’Force Rune’ and ’Power Storage Rune.’

’Force Rune’ absorbed the force exerted on the bow body, converted into energy by the ’Power Storage Rune,’ storing vast power reserves.

Li Shiming spent a hundred days completing thirty million energy storage arrays on the top-grade fourth-grade bow-shaped magical treasure rough.

Each energy storage array comprised nine ’Force Runes’ and one ’Power Storage Rune,’ nearly filling all the blank spaces on the top-grade bow-shaped rough.

Of course, he left the final touches unfinished, knowing completion would trigger an artifact tribulation.

The bow-shaped treasure wasn’t meant to be revealed to any cultivator, even Grandmaster Hu; Li Shiming had other plans, with success significantly enhancing his combat abilities, providing self-defense within the cultivation world.