Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1223: Chapter 658: Divine Skills

Li Shiming’s delay, resulting from his overly cautious behavior, gave the Yuqing Sect time to begin their investigation.

Although the Yuqing Sect is not a sect of the Central State Continent, as a superpower, their intelligence capabilities on the Central State Continent are still very strong.

It’s important to know that the Central State Continent is home to the most superpowers, and every move here is linked to the peace and stability of the entire Cultivation World.

When the intelligence organization of a superpower is fully engaged, particularly when the Central State Continent falls within the Yuqing Sect’s intelligence network, tracing the source of an aura is not a difficult task.

In the Central State Commerce, there are quite a few cultivators who have encountered Li Shiming.

Moreover, as a commercial powerhouse, the loyalty of ordinary members to the power is not as strong as that of regular sects, and no one considers identifying the source of an aura as betraying the Central State Commerce.

As a result, three days after the incident, the Yuqing Sect identified Li Shiming.

All information about Li Shiming was placed before Great Cultivator Duan Zhang. When Great Cultivator Duan Zhang saw that Li Shiming was a cultivator of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, and that during the time the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ was lost, Li Shiming was on the Dongqi Continent.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang immediately determined that Li Shiming was the cultivator who snatched the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’. However, although the Yuqing Sect affirmed this, they couldn’t get help from other powers, mainly fearing the whereabouts of the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ being known by other sects.

The Central State Continent is different from the Dongqi Continent. The Dongqi Continent has no superpowers, and even the combat power of those Great Cultivators is extremely limited.

However, the Central State Continent not only has superpowers, but the strength of Great Cultivators there also far exceeds that of the Dongqi Continent.

If the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ fell into Li Shiming’s hands, the Yuqing Sect still had hope of retrieving it from him.

But if it fell into the hands of some superpowers, then the Yuqing Sect would be helplessly watching without any means at all.

Therefore, the Yuqing Sect mobilized their disciples in the Central State Continent, with the intelligence network fully activated, sparing no effort to find Li Shiming’s tracks.

Fortunately, while waiting for the drone satellite system to be established, Li Shiming set up a Concealing Array, then entered the Grotto Heaven through it.

He started cultivating in the ’Heavenly Human Dao’ hall, without wandering around the Central State Continent.

Most importantly, because he was within the Grotto Heaven, his Guest Official Jade Plate from Central State Commerce couldn’t connect with the Communication Array in the Central State Continent, thus preventing Central State Commerce from locating his position via the Guest Official Jade Plate.

The Yuqing Sect spent a great price to bribe a manager of Central State Commerce, all to find Li Shiming’s location. If only Li Shiming carried the Guest Official Jade Plate on the Central State Continent, he would be located.

This should not happen within a superpower, but Central State Commerce is a commercial power, and Li Shiming is merely a guest elder, not a formal member.

Despite the guest elder status appearing honorable, it does not make one a true member of Central State Commerce, essentially serving as an externally hired cultivator.

And this manager did not know Li Shiming’s true prowess. Based in the Central State Continent, he looked down on the reputation Li Shiming had on the less developed Dongqi Continent.

Great Cultivators Wang Changdong and Meng You did not spread Li Shiming’s reputation, at least not in the short term.

Li Shiming had limited time, a Great Cultivator’s batch of Spirit Pill requires at least forty days straight, consuming a lot of the Alchemy Master’s energy.

The Great Cultivators noticed Li Shiming’s excellent aptitude for cultivation; his time was already limited, and if his fame spread, with the number of Great Cultivators in the Central State Continent, they feared they’d have to wait long to have Alchemy work done by Li Shiming.

Their selfish considerations caused Central State Commerce to misjudge when Li Shiming faced trouble, and thus the manager traded Li Shiming’s information.

Li Shiming cultivated within Great Power Zhai Ge’s Grotto Heaven for a month, with five Nascent Souls focusing on cultivation, aided by Nascent Soul Middle Stage High Grade Fourth-Grade cultivation assistance spirit pills. Despite being only a month, there was still some progress.

The most evident improvement was with the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul; instead of training in the ’Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique,’ it cultivated the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture.’

With the Five Elements Qi Absorption Array within him, it didn’t matter what kind of Spiritual Power Pattern he cultivated, as it would always convert to Five Elements Thunder Attribute Spirit Power, granting him more freedom in his cultivation.

The idea to have the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul train in the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ came from his avatar, Li Yuanba’s experience.

Li Yuanba’s cultivation speed now is much faster than before obtaining the Spirit Treasure Xingyi Sword, speeding up the cultivation is a key characteristic of a Spirit Treasure.

However, Spirit Treasures are usually owned by Mahayana Realm cultivators; the boost a Spirit Treasure gives to cultivation is insignificant for Great Mahayana Cultivators, but for a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator like Li Shiming and Li Yuanba, the effect on their cultivation improvement is significant.

With a Spirit Treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ in hand, the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul used the Thunder Rule Imprint within the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ as the Artifact Spirit digested the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ to expedite training.