Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1312: Chapter 702: Inventory_2

"Withdraw the cultivators, then collaborate with allied forces for intelligence. We must locate Luo Pei as soon as possible. Only leave great cultivators and intelligence personnel on the Central State Continent!" Yan Gao, the great cultivator, decided conclusively.

At this moment, Great Cultivator Luo Pei was on an uninhabited island in the ocean, where he had built a temporary cave dwelling.

Above his head, a drone satellite was installed, all as precautions against any approaching enemies.

Currently, he was surrounded by enemies, yet he had no intention of approaching the Fuliu Sect immediately. Waiting is the most painful thing.

He knew the strength of the Fuliu Sect very well and understood how to inflict pain on the Fuliu Sect.

Within the grotto heaven of Great Power Zhai Ge, Li Shiming was examining the items in front of him.

A top-grade fourth-grade mountain peak treasure, which was the natal treasure of Great Cultivator Ning Xi.

A great cultivator’s natal treasure already had a faint aura of rule. If possible, this natal treasure might be enhanced by the rules to a point where heaven and earth could not contain it, thus undergoing the artifact tribulation.

This was the most artifact-tribulation-level treasure Li Shiming had encountered besides the ones he refined himself.

In his place, artifact tribulation treasures were nothing special, but in the cultivation world, such treasures were extremely rare, and not even all great cultivators in a super force could possess them.

He placed the top-grade fourth-grade mountain peak treasure aside. Although it was a natal treasure, it could still be refined to provide earth origin energy to the ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’.

Of course, the ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ was with Li Yuanba, to be enhanced when the opportunity arises.

Li Shiming looked at the robe beside him. Although he was also an artifact refining master and considered himself at the top level, refining robes was a different craft.

The robe in front of him was a top-grade fourth-grade robe.

He performed a master recognition technique to claim the top-grade fourth-grade robe and obtained the information on this robe.

The ’Rocky Robe’ consisted of a crown, robe, and boots. This ’Rocky Robe’ was a multipurpose robe, solidifying earth-based rock magic on defense.

It also enhanced the effect of earth escape and absorbed earth spiritual energy to assist cultivators in cultivation.

This was an extremely comprehensive top-grade fourth-grade magical treasure, but unfortunately, due to Great Cultivator Ning Xi actively disabling the ’Rocky Robe’s defensive spell, it was easily breached.

Of course, even if the earth-based rock magic solidified by the ’Rocky Robe’ took effect, it couldn’t withstand Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s attack with the spiritual treasure ’Black Water Sword’.

The defense of a top-grade fourth-grade robe was somewhat inferior to that of a true defensive treasure. Robes served more as auxiliary defense rather than the main defense.

Li Shiming replaced the ’Fire Dragon Robe’ he was wearing with the ’Rocky Robe’.

The ’Rocky Robe’s effect of absorbing earth spiritual energy to assist in cultivation had some utility, at least enhancing his earth element spiritual power cultivation speed to some extent.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he needed to recall the earth thunder nascent soul left in Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s body to utilize this function.

Lastly, before him was a soul crystal ring, something he was most curious about.

The space item of a great cultivator from a super force was something he was eager to see what it contained.

His divine sense easily entered the soul crystal ring, revealing a mid-sized flying boat made from an unknown brown material, marked with both Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s and the White Emperor Sect’s insignia. It was also a ritual boat.

It seemed that Great Cultivator Ning Xi was using this mid-sized flying boat both for daily and ritual purposes.

However, this mid-sized flying boat looked rather unappealing; its surface was not smooth, resembling the surface of crudely processed iron and stone, making it appear extremely rugged, unlike the meticulously refined products by a cultivator.

But when his divine sense probed the surface of the mid-sized flying boat, he realized the extraordinary nature of the material.

The first impression his divine sense received was of its sturdiness—extremely sturdy. According to the analysis of the natal treasure IBMz15, the material belonged to an outer heaven meteorite.

There were many types of outer heaven meteorites, most being of little value. However, some were of exceedingly high quality; the chances of one with high quality falling from the sky were so rare that even in thousands of years it might not happen.

Let alone such a large piece of outer heaven meteorite. Although the mid-sized flying boat used runes to freely adjust its size, the meteorite itself was ten meters long, five meters wide, and over three meters thick.

Li Shiming used a master recognition technique to learn the name of this mid-sized flying boat: ’Rock Solid Boat’.

The ’Rock Solid Boat,’ true to its name, was marked by its sturdiness. It was even designed for collisions.

The ’Rock Solid Boat’ could forcibly charge into enemies’ proximity, allowing cultivators inside to remain safe from external attacks, striking only when they believed they held an advantageous position.

The ’Rock Solid Boat’ could withstand multiple attacks from great cultivators and could also absorb energy to repair minor damages.

Li Shiming was quite tempted by the ’Rock Solid Boat.’ Having such a flying vessel meant that even when facing great cultivators, he could use it to hold off as long as needed to react.

Next, he discovered two Great Ability Life-saving Jade Talismans in the soul crystal ring. Seeing these talismans made him realize his good fortune.

If Great Cultivator Ning Xi had the chance to activate even one of these life-saving jade talismans, the battle’s outcome would have been entirely different.

Fortunately, it was due to his thunder skill as a thunder cultivator, which kept Great Cultivator Ning Xi in a state of paralysis and gave Great Cultivator Luo Pei time to eliminate Great Cultivator Ning Xi.

He must thank the Yuqing Sect; without the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ they provided, his thunder skill would not have been so powerful.

Carefully, he put away the two Great Ability Life-saving Jade Talismans. Now he possessed three of them.

In the soul crystal ring, Li Shiming found fourteen great cultivator spirit pills and ten stocks of great cultivator spirit medicine, which, for him, were more valuable than ready-made spirit pills.

Furthermore, there were high-quality life-related spiritual objects. The spiritual wine, spiritual tea, and spirit fruits alone could last him for a hundred years.

There were also two top-grade fourth-grade defensive treasures and various grades of other treasures, likely spoils of war, which were not of top-grade fourth-grade quality.

Honestly, Li Shiming did not feel overly satisfied. Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s possessions were not as abundant as he imagined.

He did not find any top-grade fourth-grade materials in the soul crystal ring, let alone anything suitable for his needs.

There wasn’t the cache of jade scrolls he had imagined. It felt like Great Cultivator Ning Xi wasn’t the type to carry much with him, which was the type he severely disliked.

He preferred those who carried everything with them, yielding more spoils after their defeat.

Finally, he focused his attention on a jade box. The jade box was of fourth-grade quality, indicating the spiritual object inside must be extraordinary.

Opening the jade box, there was a slab of clay.

His divine sense perceived the clay slab, but Li Shiming appeared confused. He could not sense anything from it. If this clay slab hadn’t been inside Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s soul crystal ring, enclosed within a fourth-grade jade box, he would have thought it was just an ordinary piece of clay.

His mind stirred slightly, bringing the clay slab into the control room space, sensing it with his 1-nanometer control ability.

That’s when he discovered that every speck of soil forming the clay slab bore a peculiar mark.

"Rule mark!" Though Li Shiming did not understand the mark’s significance, he recognized what it was since his spiritual treasure bore a similar mark.

A rule mark, an imprint carrying the power of rules.