Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 2110: Chapter 1101: Strength (Part 2)

He had originally been a little worried that, before Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu had fully grown into his role, the other three Great Immortal Envoys might try some little tricks; now he no longer had the slightest concern.

With Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu together with Great Immortal Envoy Li Shiming, they were enough to meet any challenge.

The five Great Immortal Envoys had already left the celebration and arrived above the main peak of the Southern Faction.

Although Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu’s celebration had been interrupted, he did not feel even a trace of anger; instead, a smile appeared on his face.

”Junior Brother, when will you advance to the Great Immortal Envoy Realm?” He turned his head to look at Li Yuanba and asked with a smile.

This question carried a touch of playful teasing. Li Yuanba and Li Shiming were friends, yet in outsiders’ eyes they were also competitors; back in the Central State, the two had been chasing after one another in raising their realms.

It was the same after arriving in the Land of Fallen Immortals; now that Li Shiming had advanced to Great Immortal Envoy first, Li Yuanba was the one lagging behind.

”It should be very soon!” Li Yuanba said calmly.

Since Li Shiming’s main body had already advanced to Great Immortal Envoy, he could share Li Shiming’s Gold Rules, Sword Intent Rule, and Space Rules. All the other conditions had also been met, so advancing to Great Immortal Envoy was definitely a matter that would not take long.

However, before breaking through he still needed some time, to take Top-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills and raise his physical body to a higher level.

He had just seen that the physical bodies of the several Great Immortal Envoys before him had not reached the same degree of power as Li Shiming’s.

It seemed that, to some extent, Top-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills were a special resource for breaking the shackles of the flesh.

In fact, in theory, such Top-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills should not have appeared in this world.

Because to refine a Top-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pill, one had to continuously produce one hundred furnaces of Fifth-grade Spiritual Pills, all at full pill yield and all of high quality, in order to accumulate enough medicinal power to meet the conditions for refining Top-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills.

Apart from Li Shiming, in the entire Cultivation World there was not even an Alchemy Master capable of continuously refining High-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills.

Even if some mighty figure had a tremendous burst of luck and managed to refine one furnace of High-level Fifth-grade Spirit Pills, to say that such luck would burst forth continuously was something whose likelihood was virtually zero.

Hearing Li Yuanba’s reply, Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu thought Li Yuanba was just speaking casually.

He knew very well how difficult it was to advance to Great Immortal Envoy. If he had not met Li Yuanba and tasted the Fifth Grade Inquiry Tea, he would still be bitterly chasing after the opportunity to advance!

”He’s coming out!” Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin reminded them.

The five Great Immortal Envoys all looked down in unison. Even Great Immortal Envoy Feng Kui, who harbored malice toward Li Shiming, would not make a move against Li Shiming in such a setting.

Li Shiming came out of the Inheritance Cave Heaven. When he discovered that there had been only him alone in the Inheritance Cave Heaven, he felt it inappropriate to occupy it for a long time.

This was, after all, the Southern Faction’s inheritance ground, housing the Southern Faction’s Book Collection Pavilion and several other important facilities.

He flew out of the Inheritance Cave Heaven and immediately saw the five Great Immortal Envoys.

Through Li Yuanba’s perception, he had long since come to know these five Great Immortal Envoys.

”Many thanks, Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin, for allowing me to break through here!” Li Shiming first bowed to Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin to express his gratitude.

”It was just a small matter; you are a friend of my Southern Faction!” Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin returned the bow with a smile.

Inwardly he was extremely satisfied with Li Shiming’s attitude. Li Shiming’s attitude showed that he acknowledged the Southern Faction’s help; this favor would be enough to keep Li Shiming standing on the Southern Faction’s side.

”Li Shizhen pays his respects to the several Great Immortal Envoys. Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu, I have disturbed your celebration!” Li Shiming then bowed to the other four Great Immortal Envoys.

He especially expressed his apologies to Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu; though this had not been his deliberate intent, the facts were the facts.

”The celebration is not important; I would rather have it be interrupted a few more times!” Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu replied with a smile and returned the salute.

The other Great Immortal Envoys also smiled and nodded to Li Shiming. They all stood in the Great Immortal Envoy Realm and were thus peers; the appropriate attitude had to be shown.

”I am truly sorry. Having just advanced, I need to consolidate my realm, so I must take my leave for now!” Li Shiming did not intend to remain here; he proposed his departure.

Originally he had planned to stay and observe Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin’s ascension, but plans could not keep up with changes. Now that he had advanced to Great Immortal Envoy, remaining in the Immortal Alliance was no longer a good choice.

Although within the Immortal Alliance the five Great Immortal Envoys’ attitude toward him was fairly decent,

only Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin and Great Immortal Envoy Jian Feiyu were truly sincere with him; the attitudes of the other three Great Immortal Envoys were somewhat unclear.

Moreover—and this was the most important point—from beginning to end none of the Great Immortal Envoys had addressed his realm as ”Great Immortal Envoy.”

If Great Immortal Envoy Feng Jin or another Great Immortal Envoy were to propose that he join the Immortal Alliance, things would become awkward; he had no intention of joining the Immortal Alliance.

The Great Immortal Envoys did not try to persuade him. Consolidating one’s realm was a major matter, and with this reason they could not say much more.

And at such a time, it was not a good moment to raise the issue of asking Li Shiming to join the Immortal Alliance.

At the very least they would have to wait until Li Shiming had consolidated his realm before bringing up the matter of his joining the Immortal Alliance.

Li Shiming nodded to Li Yuanba in indication, then his figure flashed and vanished from where he stood.

As he performed Space Movement, he immediately sensed that his grasp over space had reached a level where he could easily merge into space itself.

He felt that with just a single thought he could perform Space Movement and traverse an extremely long distance.

Li Shiming was still familiarizing himself with his new spatial abilities; he sensed that the Space Movement he was performing still had enormous room for improvement.

He did not immediately pursue long-distance Space Movement, but instead repeatedly performed Space Movement, allowing himself to gradually become familiar with his spatial abilities.

The world of the Land of Fallen Immortals was many times more stable than the world within the Inheritance Cave Heaven; it would not give him that feeling that a slight exertion of force would tear space apart.

However, when he exerted his full strength, he could still tear space.

Because Li Shiming was not using the Immortal Alliance’s teleportation, he was performing Space Movement continuously within the Immortal Domain of the Land of Fallen Immortals; at present he was far from all the Immortal Residences.

He halted his Space Movement and swung his palm down forcefully.

As Li Shiming’s palm swung down with force, an indescribable mighty power emanated from his palm. When his palm contacted the void, the obstruction before him was cut open, and in the path his palm passed, it left behind a spatial rift.

This minor spatial rift did not require repair; it would automatically heal after a short while.

Watching the spatial rift vanish in the void, then glancing at his own palm,

he understood that at his current realm, aside from some treasures with special effects, ordinary Spiritual Treasures perhaps no longer held much use for him.

The power his palm could unleash was far stronger than the might of ordinary Spiritual Treasures.

Only the Spiritual Treasures he had refined himself, whose power exceeded that of ordinary Spiritual Treasures by many times, would not become useless; at the very least they could somewhat enhance his offensive power.

Including his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, all offensive Spiritual Treasures now provided only extremely limited enhancement to his combat strength.

Physical attacks were not the true power of a Great Immortal Envoy; the strongest attacks of a Great Immortal Envoy came from the manifestation of their Grotto Heaven in the external world.

Of course, when he was not fighting at full strength, if he used his previous methods, his battle power had still improved by leaps and bounds.

In fact, Great Immortal Envoys almost never had the opportunity to use Spiritual Treasures in battle. Unless they were guiding and feeding moves to juniors of their own lineage, to deal with any mighty cultivator below the Great Immortal Envoy Realm, Spirit suppression alone was enough to resolve the matter.

And battles between Great Immortal Envoys still depended on the manifestation of their Grotto Heavens in the external world.

Li Shiming issued an order to IBMz15, directing it to reanalyze and study the battle methods of Great Immortal Envoys.

All his states were recorded into IBMz15’s database, which then used him as a template to create enemies—two Great Immortal Envoys both possessing the ability to manifest their Grotto Heavens—examining how best to withstand such heaven-like attacks.

Just as he lingered in the void, familiarizing himself with his own condition, he suddenly sensed a trace of hidden energy fluctuation.

He reached out a hand and took out the Immortal Alliance’s Identity Jade Disc from his soul crystal ring. The Identity Jade Disc appeared unchanged, but he could sense from it a faint connection to the external Falling Immortal Formation.

His gaze grew deep. The change in the Identity Jade Disc made him recall the time Great Power Lu Wei had found him.

At that time he had already understood that the Immortal Alliance’s Identity Jade Disc possessed tracking capabilities. It seemed that someone had set their eyes on him.