Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1319 - 706: Cultivation

Upon returning to his temporary island residence, the Great Cultivator Luo Pei delivered all the spoils of war to Li Shiming.

The main hall of the ‘Heavenly Human Dao’ was quite spacious. Even after Li Shiming placed both the Treasure Pavilion and the Book Collection Pavilion inside, they occupied only a small fraction of the hall's area.

In reality, both structures contained their own independent dimensions, making their internal space significantly larger than what appeared from the outside.

When Li Shiming extended his Divine Sense into the Treasure Pavilion, he frowned. He discovered a master recognition spirit mark embedded deep within its core.

Since this mark belonged to a Great Cultivator, erasing it would be no simple feat.

However, as he considered the problem, he couldn't help but let out a sudden laugh.

While it would typically take him a great deal of time to dismantle a Great Cultivator’s spirit mark, he had a better solution.

With its unique spiritual talents, the Heavenly Ghost was a master of such tasks; even the mark of a Great Cultivator posed little challenge to it.

With a mere thought, Li Shiming signaled the Heavenly Ghost. Outside, the eyes of Great Cultivator Luo Pei turned vacant, and his Nascent Soul became equally dazed as the Heavenly Ghost drifted out of his body and entered the Grotto Heaven through the spatial rift.

Acting on Li Shiming’s command, the Heavenly Ghost flew straight toward the Treasure Pavilion the moment it entered the ‘Heavenly Human Dao’ hall.

The Treasure Pavilion attempted to resist the Heavenly Ghost’s intrusion, but it was too far from its true owner to receive any support. Aided by Li Shiming’s mastery of array runes, the Heavenly Ghost quickly bypassed the defenses and reached the core.

The Heavenly Ghost’s method for dealing with the Great Cultivator’s recognition spirit mark was straightforward: it swallowed the mark in a single gulp.

After devouring the mark, the Heavenly Ghost let out a soft burp.

Li Shiming gave another order, and without any delay, the Heavenly Ghost glided toward the Book Collection Pavilion.

Using the exact same process, the Heavenly Ghost consumed the Great Cultivator’s recognition spirit mark within the Book Collection Pavilion as well.

Far away, near the mountain gate of the Fuliu Sect, Great Cultivator Mao Jing suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood. This wasn't caused by anger, but was the physical backlash from his recognition spirit marks being forcibly shattered.

“Senior Brother!” Great Cultivator Hu Shiming rushed to his side, his face full of worry.

Great Cultivator Mao Jing waved him off to signal he was alright, though he knew exactly what had happened: the mark inside the Treasure Pavilion was gone.

Just then, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

Great Cultivator Hu Shiming was stunned. For Mao Jing to vomit blood repeatedly, something catastrophic must have occurred.

“The Treasure Pavilion and the Book Collection Pavilion... Luo Pei, I will never forgive you!” Great Cultivator Mao Jing hissed, his voice trembling with suppressed rage and his face turning deathly pale.

He had previously heard reports from the sect's Cultivators that the pavilions were stolen, but he had remained calm. As long as his internal recognition spirit marks remained, any Spiritual Objects or jade scrolls Luo Pei managed to extract would only be surface-level items.

One should never underestimate the hidden reserves of a sect that was once a superpower.

Within the Fuliu Sect’s mountain gate, the most secure location was the Yimu Cave Heaven, where the Treasure Pavilion and Book Collection Pavilion were kept.

These pavilions were typically guarded by powerful Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners, with Great Cultivators constantly overseeing the Yimu Cave Heaven.

He never dreamed that in the short time he and Great Cultivator Hu Shiming were away, the Yimu Cave Heaven would be breached by Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

Unaware of the turmoil facing Mao Jing and Hu Shiming, Li Shiming began performing the Master Recognition Technique, casting it into the cores of both the Treasure Pavilion and the Book Collection Pavilion.

Once the process was complete, he received a flood of information from both structures.

“So this is the true foundation of the Fuliu Sect!” he whispered to himself.

On the surface, the Treasure Pavilion appeared to hold only two fourth-grade top materials from Fourth-Grade Upper Stage Spiritual Beasts and one earth-element material.

But this was just a facade. Li Shiming suspected that even Great Cultivator Hu Shiming was unaware of the pavilion's true secrets.

Hidden behind the visible storage area was a secret space containing eight sets of fourth-grade top materials and a single magical artifact.

Among those eight sets, four were wood-element, while the others represented metal, water, fire, and earth—one of each, clearly preserved as a legacy.

The magical artifact was a spiritual branch placed inside a bottle. Had it not been for the distinct aura of a magical artifact, Li Shiming might not have recognized it.

It looked nothing like the magical artifacts he expected; it bore almost no marks of human craftsmanship, appearing more like a natural branch that had been harvested and kept in its raw state.

As an Artifact Refining Master of high caliber, and with the aid of his ‘Divine Vision’ to see details others missed, he inspected it intently.

The spiritual branch was etched with a wood-element rule imprint. He didn't recognize the artifact, nor could he sense its Artifact Spirit.

Despite his many treasures, this particular artifact had never been claimed by any Great Cultivator of the Fuliu Sect. He wasn't sure why, or if it carried some hidden danger.

Regardless, the artifact was now his. He had plenty of time to study it and could choose to bind it whenever he felt ready.

The unexpected acquisition of a magical artifact and eleven sets of fourth-grade top materials represented a level of wealth that was truly staggering.