Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1559: 826: Inventory
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The self-destruction of Master Wang He and Master Yan Gao revealed to Li Shiming the strict secrecy measures that cultivators guarding the vital secrets of superpowers must follow.
Reflecting on his clone Li Yuanba placed in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, it appeared as though he had accessed the heart of it all, yet truly, his grasp on the pavilion's deepest secrets remained quite shallow.
Thus, he figured that only a select few cultivators within a superpower were tied down by these binding vows.
Following the demise of these two pinnacle great cultivators, Li Shiming claimed their soul crystal rings along with their personal natal magical treasures from the corpses.
Though their garments ranked as supreme fourth-grade robes, Li Shiming left them intact. The remains of these elite great cultivators were bound to become corpse refinings down the line.
Next, he pulled out the corpse of the half-step great power Yang Xing from the Thunder Cave Heaven.
Earlier, the allure of the thunder rules inside the Thunder Cave Heaven had drawn his attention away from dealing with the half-step great power's body right away.
Even in death, the form of the half-step great power Yang Xing radiated a fearsome presence that intimidated everything nearby once it left the Thunder Cave Heaven.
Just as ordinary folks shrink back from the carcass of a mighty beast, the dead body of this half-step great power still imposed a primal warning on great cultivators.
“Such a shame!” Li Shiming gazed upon Yang Xing's half-step great power corpse; transformed into a corpse refining, it would boast tremendous might.
Yet turning a body this formidable into a corpse refining demanded far more than basic materials— at minimum, elite fourth-grade ones, and several nearing fifth-grade quality.
As detailed in the ‘Prohibited Book of Xuan Yin Yaksha’, should Yang Xing’s corpse indeed get refined into a corpse refining, it stood a strong chance of rivaling a Flying Night Demon in strength.
Li Shiming produced a dedicated storage bag and slipped the half-step great power Yang Xing's body inside, securing it safely in the machine room space.
For now, he could only plan the refinement once he gathered sufficient corpse refining resources later on.
His eyes shifted to the trio of soul crystal rings and the three natal magical treasures. Nothing extraordinary marked these natal magical treasures; even Yang Xing's, the half-step great power, amounted to just a fourth-grade supreme artifact tribulation ‘Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’.
A top-tier fourth-grade magical treasure bearing an artifact tribulation retained considerable worth for the majority of great cultivators, despite its strength being cut in half from its natal bond.
Thus, investing centuries plus heaps of rare resources to wipe away the spiritual mark on such a fourth-grade supreme artifact tribulation treasure proved a smart move.
That said, Li Shiming placed little stock in this fourth-grade supreme artifact tribulation ‘Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’; after all, he wielded his own at the spirit treasure level.
Truth be told, given enough time, he could craft additional spirit treasures whenever needed.
At this tier of magical treasures, his interest lay solely in spirit treasures forged from genuine fifth-grade materials.
Evidently, a half-step great power such as Yang Xing, lacking a complete Grotto Heaven, found it impossible to cultivate fifth-grade materials, much less forge a spirit treasure.
Li Shiming began by examining Master Yan Gao’s soul crystal ring: it held a fourth-grade supreme flying boat, three batches of earth-element fourth-grade supreme materials, twelve sets of great cultivator alchemy ingredients, and two vials containing eighteen great cultivator spirit pills.
These great cultivator spirit pills reached mid-tier fourth-grade quality—nothing spectacular, yet far from the lowest grade.
Most captivating to him was a stack of jade scrolls.
A quick scan showed they consisted entirely of the White Emperor Sect's studies on earth rules. Since rules prove tough to put into mere words, these study notes primarily aimed to spark enlightenment.
Via basic outlines, they guided cultivators toward a smoother immersion in comprehending earth rules.
The sheer volume of these study notes suggested, in his view, an accumulation from endless peak great cultivators, half-step great powers, and full great powers across the White Emperor Sect's long history.
He transferred the data from these jade scrolls into his natal magical treasure IBMz15; such resources would vastly enhance his own probes into earth rules.
Moreover, he uncovered the cultivation insights for the ‘White Emperor Technique’. He had seized the ‘White Emperor Technique’ before, but back then, juggling so many techniques left him no room to pursue it.
Things had changed now; he didn't need to fully cultivate the ‘White Emperor Technique’—merely mastering its hidden techniques would match or exceed its full might.
The earlier version of the ‘White Emperor Technique’ missed the sections for great cultivators, but this one from Master Yan Gao offered greater completeness.
This pattern was common; sects often presented their inheritance techniques as all-encompassing, but in truth, the deeper layers got skimmed over, with fuller details revealed only at advanced cultivation stages.
Should outsiders snag these inheritance techniques, they'd hit a wall in advancing further.
Not due to flaws in the techniques themselves; the summarized parts included plenty of pitfalls, while the ‘White Emperor Technique’ from a peak great cultivator's hands had been polished through ages of testing and refinement.
The White Emperor Sect probably never imagined Master Yan Gao perishing abroad, which is why this inheritance technique ended up in his soul crystal ring.
Li Shiming felt drawn to exploring the secret techniques of the ‘White Emperor Technique’. In time, once he mastered the spirit treasure ‘Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ completely, he could tap into its authentic mountain peak magical treasure prowess.
Or perhaps he might forge his own mountain peak magical treasure one day, then wield it via the ‘White Emperor Technique’ for far greater potency than alternative approaches.