Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1664: Chapter 878: Departure (2)

Ultimately, Master Ji Chuan still sat on the stone seat. When his mind entered the stone seat and he performed the Secret Technique of Guidance, just like Great Cultivator Shen Ze, he couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Disappointment left him a bit dazed, and he slowly stood up.

Great Cultivator Liao Yi saw his state and did not even feel like asking questions.

Great Cultivator Liao Yi, with an ugly expression, sat on the stone seat. He did not vomit blood, but his aura obviously weakened significantly, which was not lighter than the blood-spitting caused by anger and frustration.

They left the Heavenly Mechanism Garden disheartened, and saw Great Cultivator Shen Ze with crazed eyes.

”It must be Li Shiming who snatched our opportunity!” As soon as Great Cultivator Shen Ze saw the two Great Cultivators, he voiced his judgment.

After his reminder, the two Great Cultivators thought back for a moment and understood the happenings inside the Divine Palace.

Indeed, the only one possibly snatching the opportunity beforehand could only be Li Shiming, only Li Shiming had the chance to do it.

Their unwillingness, rage, all found an outlet, transforming into hatred for Li Shiming.

Unfortunately, here within the Divine Palace, even if they could find Li Shiming, they could do nothing to him.

Li Shiming was unaware that, during this exploration of the Divine Palace, he had formed mortal grudges with six peak Great Cultivators from both the righteous and demonic paths.

He was still joyfully exploring, harvesting Great Cultivator resources.

Outside the Divine Palace, no other place had such abundant Great Cultivator resources. The resources he accumulated over these ten days almost exceeded what he crafted for all the major powers and Great Cultivators of the Cultivation World over several decades.

The only trouble was the need for constant battles, fortunately, he had five Nascent Souls, and the Spiritual Power Pattern consumed in battles remained within a controllable range.

Unlike other Great Cultivators, although he was exploring alone and required multiple Thunder Skills to counter restrictive attacks, every Thunder Skill was empowered by ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, reducing the true consumption of each Thunder Skill.

”Ten-day countdown begins!” Just as he was about to explore further, his life-bound artifact, IBMz15, prompted him.

He adjusted his state, retracted Great Cultivator Luo Pei along with two Spiritual Pets, then consumed a high-grade Spirit Pill to restore Spiritual Power.

Standing still, he awaited the arrival of the final moment.

As the countdown of IBMz15 reached zero, he felt a strong repelling force between heaven and earth, forcibly ejecting him from this realm.

Li Shiming appeared in the air, his five Nascent Souls greedily absorbed the Spiritual Energy in the void, as if finding relief after a drought, and even his physical body absorbed the Spiritual Energy.

This was a result of being inside the Divine Palace, with energy only going out but not in over ten days, once the external Spiritual Energy could be absorbed by the body.

Feeling his internal state, he allowed his body to absorb the Spiritual Energy.

Even though not converted by ’Heavenly Human Technique’, the truly effective Spiritual Energy was little, but sufficient to reduce the sense of deprivation caused by long-term isolation from Spiritual Energy.

He sensed the teleportation ring on his finger and found the original spatial coordinates appeared again, although they were in a dim state, unable to activate despite the ample Spatial Energy within the teleportation ring.

Li Shiming speculated that this should be due to the Divine Palace’s closure, luckily during its energy restoration phase, even with the teleportation ring, he couldn’t teleport into the Divine Palace.

Just like the present situation, the Divine Palace had just closed, undergoing internal adjustment.

Perhaps after waiting a few hundred years, he might enter the Divine Palace in advance without needing its official opening.

But by that time, he probably wouldn’t need to enter the Divine Palace anymore.

Li Shiming was unaware that the teleportation ring in his hand was an extremely special token, whereas the jade tokens of the other six peak Great Cultivators were automatically recovered upon leaving the Divine Palace, awaiting the next dispatch through a certain method.

”Seems like all fellow cultivators have emerged!” Li Shiming was sensing the changes within him when he noticed multiple peak Great Cultivator auras emanating from afar. He was unaware of what transpired inside the Divine Palace following his exploration, and he rejoiced at the chance to meet the six peak Great Cultivators again.

Grandmaster Leng Hong also escorted out by the Divine Palace, stabilized his aura afterward, and found the two Demon Cultivators close to him.

Originally, the three were together, and when sent out of the Divine Palace, their positions were quite proximate.

He flew toward the two Great Cultivators, where according to senior experience, at this time, one should immediately flee, neither remaining at the current spot nor conversing with other Great Cultivators.

But this time’s Divine Palace trip was different, besides Great Cultivator resources, he gained nothing.

All were peak Great Cultivators, with little urgent need for Great Cultivator resources, the likelihood of risking lives for them was minimal.

Moreover, he wanted to contact the two Demon Cultivators, intending to ally against Li Shiming, believing it was Li Shiming who seized the Divine Beast contract opportunity first, inducing chaos in the Divine Beast Garden and losing their chance to contract a Divine Beast.

As a Devil Cultivator, forgoing revenge would negatively impact their mental state.

Even if they possessed conditions for advancement to great abilities, unresolved hatred would prevent them from calmly advancing.

”Mr. Zong, Mr. Qiu, how about joining forces to find Li Shiming?” Grandmaster Leng Hong voiced the proposal.

The two Demon Cultivators almost immediately agreed to his request, sharing the same purpose in this regard.

They understood Li Shiming’s mystery well enough that failing to seek him now would make future encounters exceedingly unlikely.

”Oh, the aura over there, it’s the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure’s aura, such a strong Heavenly Mechanism Treasure aura, it must have been a remarkable Heavenly Mechanism Treasure to emit such a concentrated aura!” Master Qiu Zhi suddenly sniffed sharply, his Secret Technique for sensing far surpassing that of the other two Great Cultivators.

”Rob it first, then seek Li Shiming!” No need for further discussion, Grandmaster Leng Hong and Great Cultivator Zongjing remarked in unison.

Blazing heat burned in their eyes, never expecting a righteous Great Cultivator to remain after acquiring a Heavenly Mechanism Treasure, rather than fleeing immediately. Wasn’t this a setup for theft!

Compared to their hatred for Li Shiming, the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure was of greater importance.

The three Demon Cultivators quickly reached a consensus and flew towards Li Shiming’s direction.

On the other side, Great Cultivator Shen Ze and the other two righteous Great Cultivators also appeared in a relatively small area, though they dared not converge.

They were heavily injured; their strength not at its peak, carrying resources attractive enough to entice many Great Cultivators.

Although their area lacked other Great Cultivators, prolonged stays would still attract others.

Every time the Divine Palace opened, some Great Cultivators unable to enter would linger around its outer area to spot peak Great Cultivators leaving, aiming to seize resources and treasures from them.

Though peak Great Cultivators possessed formidable fighting power, ten days of consumption within the Divine Palace diminished them, and those Great Cultivators formed teams, able to challenge peak Great Cultivators combined.

Of course, lucky peak Great Cultivators might encounter their sect-sent welcoming party, ensuring impassable safety.

Regardless, the best choice remained to flee immediately, finding a safe place, or returning to one’s sect.

Just as the three righteous Great Cultivators prepared to flee separately, they perceived via different means the aura of the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure, halting their departure.

They glanced toward the direction of the aura’s source, hesitation flickering in their eyes.