Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1550: Chapter 821: Preparation (Part 2)

"Mr. Li, I won’t disappoint you, I will make contact as soon as possible!" Master Liu Ziyun, after much effort, had delivered the array materials at the fastest possible speed and finally received his reward, he said excitedly.

Li Shiming’s gaze did not return to him but was focused on the array materials within the Mustard Seed Ring.

Master Liu Ziyun was a businessman, how could he not understand his meaning.

"I will go back and make contact immediately, not a moment can be spared!" Master Liu Ziyun said to Li Shiming before he soared into the sky and left.

Li Shiming watched the departing figure of Master Liu Ziyun, smiling and shaking his head.

He didn’t trust Master Liu Ziyun at all; Master Liu Ziyun was a competent businessman who could sell a lot of information for profit, including the intelligence of Central State Commerce.

Even though the information he sold belonged to another faction within Central State Commerce, it was clear that Master Liu Ziyun’s bottom line was very low.

But what of it? As long as he’s aware of this point, it’s perfectly fine to take advantage of Master Liu Ziyun.

He refocused his attention on what was ahead, extracting part of the Fourth-grade Array Materials from the Mustard Seed Ring and tossing them into a controlled space.

He directed the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ into the controlled space and used five minds to simultaneously refine five array bases.

The reason for refining only five array bases at a time wasn’t due to his limits but rather the limit of the controlled space.

The controlled space was still too small, and sometimes he’d feel helpless as this space was the most unique space he had, accompanying him to this world. Though not like the IBMz15 that could provide analytical computing and enhance his mind, indirectly bolstering his combat power.

But the role of the controlled space was by no means minor. It was precisely through his mastery over this unique space that he possessed the ability to inscribe runes with precision down to 0.05 nanometers for artifact refining.

Furthermore, whether in alchemy or other operations requiring precision, the controlled space offered him the perfect assistance.

The speed of refining the array bases was quick, for though these bases designed by IBMz15 appeared complicated, their complexity became extremely simple within the controlled space.

After several days of refining, eighteen hundred array bases were lined up beside him.

For this array arrangement, he not only used all of the Fourth-grade Array Materials sent by Master Liu Ziyun but also consumed a significant portion of his previously stored Fourth-grade Array Materials.

Once the array bases were refined, he began the formation setup.

Eighteen hundred array bases, setting up an array of this scale, even ten Array Masters working together would need several months to complete, and encountering trouble might require even longer.

But Li Shiming’s formation setup was as simple as casually placing items.

Each array base was placed by him using Divine Sense at the designated location, and eighteen hundred array bases were arranged in only a few hours.

He carefully placed the jade compass at the core of the formation and activated the array.

The activation of the formation triggered a strong surge of spiritual power, fortunately, there were no cultivators nearby, otherwise, such disturbance would attract many cultivators.

Though Li Shiming’s understanding of formations surpassed the Array Masters of today’s Cultivation World, this was indeed the first time he set up such a large formation.

He stood at one node of the formation, where it received multiple layers of protection from the formation; even if terrifying energy were to destroy the formation, it would afford him time to escape.

He dared not underestimate Half-step Great Power and their grotto heavens. As he hadn’t yet threatened the life of Half-step Great Power, with them hiding in a turtle-shell-like grotto heaven, without sensing a destructive aura, Half-step Great Power would not make a desperate move.

What he aimed to do was to drive Half-step Great Power into destruction. If the opponent fought desperately, he would only lose eighteen hundred Fourth-grade Array Bases and one formation.

Such a formation, in his view, was not worth much.

His Divine Sense manipulated the formation, and at its core, several mystical runes appeared on the jade compass.

The purpose of these gathered runes was to extract, extract the spiritual energy from the target.

In a cramped grotto heaven, Yang Xing’s expression was extremely grim.

This grotto heaven did not resemble those of the Cultivation World’s Great Power, which were vast. This grotto heaven was but thirty meters in radius, with the most prominent feature being the thunderclouds in its upper half.

The thundercloud flashed with electricity, keeping the grotto heaven from being entirely dark.

Within the rules of the grotto heaven, the most striking were the Thunder Rules within the thunderclouds, the most comprehensive rule within the entire grotto heaven.

It was the Thunder Rules that upheld the structure of this grotto heaven, along with two rules weaker than Thunder Rules: the Fire Rules and Wood Element Rules. There were additional weak rules supporting the material system of the grotto heaven.

Of course, the material system within the grotto heaven had not truly established itself, offering only the duality of sky and earth, or rather, the upper half resembling heaven and the lower half resembling earth.

The upper half was the sky, but it was too small to be called anything more than a patch of heavens.

The lower half, termable as earth, could only be called a piece of land.

Yang Xing hovered between heaven and earth, filled with helplessness and irritation.

Originally, with him in the process of comprehending the rules of the grotto heaven, he wouldn’t leave the sect and would benefit from the sect’s protection.

Departing from the grotto heaven implied two possibilities: the first being failure, with the grotto heaven collapsing, he would succumb along with it, perhaps glimpsing the external sky before death.

The second possibility was success, emerging beneath the open sky as Mahayana Realm power.

However, due to the formidable combat strength of Li Shiming, who not only slaughtered several Great Cultivators but also defeated the Peak Great Cultivator Ren Mu from Central State Commerce,

Earlier, Li Shiming had vanished without a trace, leaving the Great Power of Yuqing Sect furious. Losing the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ significantly impacted his combat capability, driving him to distrust Nascent Soul cultivators, thus dispatching Yang Xing.

Yet to Yang Xing’s amazement, he seized the perfect opportunity, launching an attack on Li Shiming with complete assurance of sealing him.

But instead of being sealed, Li Shiming exploded with energy unexpectedly, besting two Peak Great Cultivators and sealing his grotto heaven.

Now, Yang Xing could not communicate with the external Cultivation World nor receive spiritual energy from outside.

Of course, there was still abundant spiritual energy within the grotto heaven, coupled with the ability to draw spiritual energy from the void, he presently wasn’t cultivating or consuming spiritual energy massively; thus, the spiritual energy within the grotto heaven remained sufficient.

But the inability to communicate outside left him deeply uneasy.

He knew the compass containing his grotto heaven had already fallen into the hands of Li Shiming, and he could only hope Li Shiming lacked the experience to deal with the grotto heaven.

As he pondered, he suddenly felt the emergence of a drawing force from all around the grotto heaven.

The spiritual energy within the grotto heaven rushed through the walls due to this drawing force, rapidly diminishing the once thick spiritual energy.

Yang Xing desperately wanted to halt the loss of spiritual energy, but what leaked wasn’t from any specific gap; it was leaking from every part of the grotto’s walls.

He understood well that his grotto heaven was still fragile, nor had it truly hidden within the void. Even a truly concealed grotto heaven would maintain a connecting anchor point with the Cultivation World, an anchor point capable of penetrating the grotto’s interior.

However, a complete grotto heaven would have its anchor point carefully hidden, minimizing the chances of discovery, along with its owner able to maneuver it freely within.

Not like Yang Xing, whose incomplete grotto heaven left the anchor point immobile, compounded by the current full spatial confinement of the grotto heaven, rendering him powerless to shift the anchor point.

He couldn’t comprehend what method Li Shiming had applied to forcibly extract the spiritual energy from the grotto heaven.

Little was he aware that to siphon his grotto’s spiritual energy, Li Shiming had arranged an array nearly comparable to the scale of a medium-sized sect protection array, exploiting its prowess to draw spiritual energy, a process demanding vast resources, with the materials being a minor aspect compared to the substantial effort in array setup.