Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1374: Chapter 733: Comprehension (Part 2)

"Yes, Master!" he responded with a bow.

"With your Spirit Pill, I can take on missions with you in about a hundred years!" Jian Wuwei lightly patted the jade box and said with anticipation in his eyes.

He felt extremely proud for having taken on such an accomplished disciple.

What surprised him the most was Li Yuanba’s alchemy abilities, as the Li Yuanba of the past had no such skills.

However, he remembered that during his time on the Beishu Continent, Li Yuanba was friends with the legendary Alchemy Master Li Shiming, and it’s likely Li Yuanba received guidance and inheritance from him.

At the thought of Master Li Shiming, Jian Wuwei felt a sense of regret. Originating from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, he naturally knew just how monstrous Li Shiming’s alchemy skills were.

Back then, his abilities were limited, plus Master Li Shiming had his own sect, so he could not draw him into the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Later, he inquired about Master Li Shiming but learned that he had disappeared without a trace.

"Master, I’m waiting for you to do missions together!" Li Yuanba said with a smile.

After spending half a day at Master Jian Wuwei’s cave, Li Yuanba chatted with him extensively. He only left when Jian Wuwei’s cultivation time came.

Upon leaving Jian Wuwei’s cave, he saw Sword Elder at a glance.

Already accustomed to the unpredictable appearances of Sword Elder, he stepped forward and bowed in greeting.

"Follow me!" Sword Elder said, grabbing Li Yuanba’s shoulder.

Li Yuanba sensed a spatial shift and was surprised to discover this was a Space Movement ability.

Yet he did not feel any sign of divine skills. Previously, when Sword Elder displayed this ability, he lacked the means to observe its special characteristics. But now, with his elevated realm and after Master Li Shiming had practiced the ’Heavenly Human Technique’, his understanding of the rules had deepened significantly.

The knowledge and insights shared by Master Li Shiming allowed him to gain new understandings of the rules.

That was how he sensed the fluctuations in space rules during Sword Elder’s teleportation.

Having practiced the Divine Foot Skill himself, if Sword Elder was indeed using a space-related divine skill, it wouldn’t escape his perception.

As he pondered, he found himself appearing inside a grand hall.

"Sword Elder, isn’t this a space divine power you’re displaying?" Li Yuanba, having a good relationship with Sword Elder, asked curiously.

Sword Elder did not expect that having brought Li Yuanba here, Li Yuanba would inquire about the ability just demonstrated instead of this place’s situation.

"Once you have your own Grotto Heaven, you too will be able to use this ability within it!" Sword Elder said with a wave of his hand, then pointed at the center of the hall and continued, "This opportunity was given to you by Jian Wuwei. You must not let his expectations down."

Li Yuanba then saw in the middle of the hall stood a stone stele.

Merely observing it from afar, he could feel a suppressed Sword Intent emanating from the stele, though suppressed, gave off an incomparably terrifying aura.

"This is the Sword Intent Stele, originating from ancient times. The Jian Family’s ’Phantom Breaking Sword Intent’ was inherited from this stele, and it is the core inheritance of the Jian Family.

The Sword Intent Stele opens for six hours every hundred years to recharge, and each time it gives priority to the Jian Family’s direct descendants. Jian Wuwei left the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion long ago. Initially, this opportunity was meant to compensate him, but he has passed it on to you!" Sword Elder explained slowly.

Sword Elder explained thoroughly so that Li Yuanba would understand Jian Wuwei’s intentions.

Judging by Li Yuanba’s current growth trajectory, Sword Elder, using his own experience, believed that a Great Cultivator should not be Li Yuanba’s end goal, and Li Yuanba has a chance to break into the Mahayana Realm.

Given Li Yuanba’s age and his master-disciple relationship with Jian Wuwei, once grown, Li Yuanba could protect Jian Wuwei for at least several thousand years.

Li Yuanba nodded heavily, his gratitude toward Jian Wuwei evident in his eyes.

"You have only six hours. I will be outside acting as your protector!" Sword Elder said one more time before turning and leaving.

Li Yuanba walked to the Sword Intent Stele and sat cross-legged directly in front of it, his eyes fixed on the stele.

The entire body of the Sword Intent Stele exuded an ancient, timeworn aura, the mark left by the years.

He did not immediately scan the Sword Intent Stele with his Divine Sense but instead connected with Master Li Shiming’s Life-bound Artifact, the IBMz15.

IBMz15 allocated part of its computational power, ready to support him.

Only then did he release his Divine Sense and touch the Sword Intent Stele.

As soon as his Divine Sense made contact with the stele, he felt his entire body stand on end, every hair quivering.

Having faced life and death multiple times, coupled with his strong spirit, he didn’t withdraw at first.

What his Divine Sense perceived inside the Sword Intent Stele was an indescribable Sword Intent.

This Sword Intent shared some characteristics of the ’Phantom Breaking Sword Intent’, yet was not exactly the ’Phantom Breaking Sword Intent’, possibly being a part of this ancient Sword Intent.

The Sword Intent possessed a might that seemed to be able to cut through everything. Though this Sword Intent didn’t attack Li Yuanba, just perceiving it gave him the illusion of being sliced in two.

Suppressing his fear of the Sword Intent, he discarded all emotions and began to comprehend the Sword Intent.

The vastness of this Sword Intent exceeded his imagination; he could not fathom what kind of existence could wield such a Sword Intent.

He even thought that with such a Sword Intent, one could cleave the earth and rend the sky; such a Sword Intent deserved the notion of cutting through all spells with a single strike.

He forgot about time, his whole mind wholly invested in comprehending the Sword Intent.

Time was too short; even the most talented Sword Cultivator could only delve deeply into a tiny fraction of this Sword Intent within six hours.

However, Li Yuanba did not delve deep; he had planned in advance before fully immersing his mind.

He did not intend to delve deeply but to fully experience the Sword Intent once.

No Sword Cultivator would do this; such a precious opportunity, available for only six hours every hundred years, even if offered every century to the same Sword Cultivator, would not allow them to comprehend a tenth of this Sword Intent in their lifetime.

Thus, it would be better to focus on one aspect of the Sword Intent. Perhaps in six hours, one could retain a slight impression, and through continuous study, there might be a possibility of a breakthrough in their Sword Intent.

Li Yuanba spent six hours experiencing the entire Sword Intent, seemingly a lose-lose strategy, losing both the watermelon and the sesame seeds.

But he never intended to comprehend anything significant in six hours. Instead, he used the IBMz15’s capabilities to record all the information about the Sword Intent for in-depth research later.

At close range, with ’Divine Eye’ aiding his Divine Sense, though the observational precision was far below that of Master Li Shiming’s capabilities, it was still sufficient to reach a thirty-nanometer precision.

However, without a machine room, even with ’Divine Eye’ assisting and achieving thirty-nanometer precision, replicating Li Shiming’s nanoscale artifact refining techniques was still impossible.

Achieving thirty-nanometer scanning precision and having thirty-nanometer engraving capabilities are two entirely different concepts.

During the six hours, Master Li Shiming had to increase computational support for IBMz15 due to the overwhelming amount of data being recorded.

He allocated no less than one hundred and fifty minds to participate in IBMz15’s recording task.

By the end of the six hours, a virtual Sword Intent Stele had formed within IBMz15, a virtual reality three-dimensional image perfected with thirty-nanometer precision, replicating the real Sword Intent Stele.

Besides the virtual Sword Intent Stele, there was a plethora of diverse data gathered through Li Yuanba’s Divine Sense scans, encompassing mental, perceptual, and other levels of data.

These data were gathered to the greatest possible extent, considering all facets, ensuring that everything relating to the Sword Intent Stele was recorded.