Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1549 - 821: Preparation

"Mr. Liu, I apologize!" Li Shiming caught sight of Master Liu Ziyun glancing at the robe draped over him, which made Li shake his head while flashing a smile.

A quick wave of his hand swapped out the shattered and worthless robe for a fresh top-tier fourth-grade one.

"It looks like Mr. Li just endured a massive fight!" Master Liu Ziyun responded, grinning back.

"Your sharp intel allowed me to block that invading foe!" Li Shiming voiced his thanks.

Without Master Liu Ziyun's crucial information, even backed by drone satellite networks, he couldn't have kept tabs on endless streams of data nonstop.

Maybe only when those two top-tier Great Cultivators showed up close to the zone Li Shiming had flagged would he have caught on, and at that point, the clash could have spilled into a key spot in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

"Given Mr. Li's power, you'd have crushed the invaders anyway, even sans my intel!" Master Liu Ziyun picked up on Li Shiming's hint, guessed the result right away, and commented with a grin.

Still, from what he could tell, the showdown Li Shiming faced was brutally intense, or else that elite fourth-grade robe wouldn't have ended up so completely wrecked.

Right then, while eyeing the fight's aftermath, Master Liu Ziyun spotted five late-stage Golden Corpses positioned at a distance.

With his level of might, plus how those five late-stage Golden Corpses gave off no corpse core energy anymore, they resembled ordinary Great Cultivators entirely.

He further noticed two late-stage Golden Corpses gripping two Great Cultivators by the arms. The gap was too wide to make out their faces clearly, yet he could spot the signature soil-toned robe of the White Emperor Sect.

"Why don't these five Great Cultivators look familiar? And that one in custody—could he be from the White Emperor Sect?" Master Liu Ziyun inquired, puzzled.

"They're my five Golden Corpses, and the prisoners are Yan Gao and Wang He!" Li Shiming answered steadily.

Master Liu Ziyun froze at those words, left speechless for a beat.

In the Cultivation World, the mightiest pair of top-tier Great Cultivators out in the wild had ended up snared by Li Shiming.

On top of that, those five late-stage Golden Corpses sent a shiver through Master Liu Ziyun; he soon figured it was likely those very five late-stage Golden Corpses that helped Li Shiming overpower Master Yan Gao and Master Wang He.

This was exactly the reveal Li Shiming aimed for Master Liu Ziyun to grasp, or he'd have wiped the area clean ages ago, hiding every trace from Master Liu Ziyun's view.

Li Shiming figured on leveraging Master Liu Ziyun to flash his might across the Cultivation World, warning any group bold enough to challenge him that they'd face heavy consequences.

That said, he planned to keep the Half-step Great Power angle under wraps; a single step ahead shows power, but ten steps ahead sparks doubt and nasty rumors.

Capturing two top-tier Great Cultivators ought to grab every faction's focus, no point in overdoing it.

"What’s your next move with Master Yan Gao and Master Wang He?" Master Liu Ziyun hated risking mix-ups, yet the scoop on these two top-tier Great Cultivators tempted him too much—especially since it could boost Central State Commerce and his group—so he pressed on.

"Interrogate them first, of course, then finish them off!" Li Shiming shot back with a grin.

A cold sweat broke out over Master Liu Ziyun; these weren't your average Great Cultivators, but elite top-tier ones, scarce even in mighty superpowers.

Every top-tier Great Cultivator's rise demanded a flood of resources funneled by their group across countless years.

Top-tier Great Cultivators stand as the real backbone of any faction, holding massive sway and serving as the top visible muscle for their side.

Truth be told, dropping these two top-tier Great Cultivators would slash the might of the White Emperor Sect and Yuqing Sect by a huge margin.

Be it hawking this news to the White Emperor Sect and Yuqing Sect themselves or to their rivals in the superpowers, it'd bring in massive gains.

Plus, it'd let Central State Commerce tip off its allies fast to swoop in and profit from the Yuqing Sect and White Emperor Sect's downturn.

"I've got the fourth-grade Array Materials you requested right here; good thing a fresh shipment rolled in, letting me round up exactly what you need!" Master Liu Ziyun shifted gears, pulling out a Mustard Seed Ring and setting it aside.

The batch of fourth-grade Array Materials Li Shiming needed this round was hefty, normally calling for a drawn-out delay since Central State Commerce would pull them from distant lands.

But things played out differently now, thanks to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's swelling influence demanding tons of fourth-grade Array Materials; Central State Commerce got wind first and hustled to stockpile heaps from across continents ahead of time to fuel the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's builds.

"I'll stick around Dongqi Continent another five months, taking on alchemy jobs at the Great Cultivator level. I promise top-quality results, so pay will match high-grade Spirit Pills for Great Cultivators!" Li Shiming grabbed the Mustard Seed Ring, swept it with his Divine Sense, and gave a pleased nod.

Unlike Li Yuanba, shielded by Chongxiao Pavilion's fierce Sword Intent, he'd already proven to the Cultivation World that his own combat strength was his shield.

Any who eyed his alchemy talents had to weigh his fighting skills—the kind that took down two top-tier Great Cultivators.