Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1958: Chapter 1025: Alchemy (Part 2)

The ancient relic lay in the depths of the ocean, but with his strength, he wasn’t afraid of any unforeseen events.

Upon reaching the site of the ancient relic, he discovered that the seawater here was much colder than elsewhere. This cold was not ordinary chill but a kind of eerie coldness.

Following the entry method provided by the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, he cast a spell, and a space gate appeared at the location of the ancient relic.

Li Shiming hesitated not a bit; his figure flashed as he entered the space gate.

Upon entering the space gate, he found himself standing on a white ground.

He quickly realized that the white ground was not actually white at all but was covered with a thick layer of bones.

This space didn’t connect with the outside world; he could determine this by sensing the rules here.

The energy here was filled with Yin Cold Energy, and with so many bones, it was expected for this space to be full of such chilling aura.

He was situated amid a range of undulating hills, and when he attempted to fly, he found he couldn’t.

This was the effect of a flight-forbidding restriction; to affect such mighty beings, the power of the restriction was truly beyond imagination.

After realizing he couldn’t fly, Li Shiming began observing the surroundings.

As he focused on one area, his attention was drawn to a peculiar scene.

Among the ground bones, a skeleton stood up, the ghostly blue spiritual fire in its eyes proving the skeleton was ‘alive.’

As soon as this skeleton stood upright, it cautiously retreated to the side.

Its body seemed like a black hole, continuously absorbing energy.

Quickly, this skeleton advanced in rank. When it first stood up from the bones, it was just of first grade.

But after absorbing the Yin Cold Energy for a moment, the skeleton reached second grade, and its power continued to rise.

Li Shiming witnessed the birth of an evil creation, this mode of birth was so bizarre.

The skeleton, which had just grown to second grade, left its hidden place and walked out.

Just as the second-grade skeleton took a few steps, a bone hand stretched out from the bones beneath, grabbing its calf.

Only then did Li Shiming realize that beneath the bones was a third-grade skeleton.

One couldn’t blame his sense for not detecting the third-grade skeleton; the space was filled with Yin Cold Energy, which concealed the third-grade skeleton’s aura.

The third-grade skeleton pulled down the second-grade skeleton and tore out its spiritual fire, swallowing it in one gulp.

The aura of the third-grade skeleton strengthened slightly, and now it was its turn to head out.

Li Shiming somewhat missed his avatar Li Yuanba, whose Corpse Refining body would be completely at home here.

He didn’t concern himself with the skeletons’ battles; he was purely curious.

Stepping on the bones, he moved forward.

After only a few steps, the surrounding bones began to shake, and then skeletons from all directions started to attack him.

This time, a fourth-grade skeleton was the first to strike at Li Shiming.

With a casual blow, he sent the head of the fourth-grade skeleton flying off its body.

This fourth-grade skeleton, which would be considered quite powerful in the Cultivation World, fell with just a single strike from him.

Seeing the spiritual fire in the fourth-grade skeleton’s head slowly extinguish, Li Shiming summoned the Heavenly Ghost.

The Heavenly Ghost, seeing the spiritual fire of the fourth-grade skeleton, swiftly devoured the fire.

Although the presence of the half-step fifth-grade Heavenly Ghost consuming the spiritual fire of the fourth-grade skeleton didn’t serve much purpose,

gazing at the boundless sea of bones, one couldn’t help but wonder how many fourth-grade skeletons lay among them.

While a single fourth-grade skeleton’s spiritual fire might not count for much, if there were a hundred or more such ‘spiritual fires,’ it might just push the Heavenly Ghost to new heights.

Not only did he summon the Heavenly Ghost, but he also called forth all one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits.

These Holy Spirits were equivalent to half-step fifth-grade corpses; however, these Holy Spirits, after reaching half-step fifth-grade, transformed the Yin Cold Energy within into divine energy.

He wasn’t sure whether the half-step fifth-grade Corpse Refining Materials would be effective for the Holy Spirits; this remained a mystery.

With one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits, any subsequent appearing skeletons were dispatched by the Holy Spirits on their journey.

The Heavenly Ghost also showed enthusiasm, quickly devouring any spiritual fire from the skeletons, upright or collapsed, that it latched onto.

Li Shiming wasn’t in any rush; he intentionally went around in circles to allow the Holy Spirits and the Heavenly Ghost more chances to absorb energy.

Soon after exiting the first valley, he finally saw other colors.

Black tombstones stood amidst the white bones, and Li Shiming’s eyes lit up as he sensed the aura of Corpse Refining materials from the black tombstones.

Unfortunately, the grade of these black tombstones was only fourth-grade, far from reaching a half-step fifth-grade quality.

However, now that he had a direction, if he could find fourth-grade Corpse Refining materials here, the chances of finding half-step fifth-grade Corpse Refining materials would be greatly increased.

He quickened his pace and arrived among the black tombstones.

Suddenly, a figure flew out from beneath one of the black stones, lunging towards Li Shiming.

When the figure reached mid-air, the nearby Heavenly Ghost opened its mouth, transforming it into a massive maw and swallowing the figure whole.

Li Shiming saw clearly that the figure was a fourth-grade peak Corpse Refinement.

In a place where even such a grade existed,, it gave him insight into the Corpses here.

Unfortunately for the fourth-grade peak Corpse Refinement, facing him was futile, as it couldn’t harm the half-step fifth-grade Heavenly Ghost, while the Heavenly Ghost could devour the fourth-grade peak Corpses easily.

In no time, the Heavenly Ghost spat out the fourth-grade peak Corpses, by which time its spiritual fire had long been extinguished.

Another fourth-grade mid-stage Corpse Refinement lunged out from under a black tombstone, only to meet a half-step fifth-grade Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit emitted a white light, and under the illumination, it only took a breath for the fourth-grade mid-stage Corpse’s spiritual fire to extinguish.

Such was expected, for a half-step fifth-grade’s strength made dealing with the fourth-grade Corpse Refinement as simple as an adult subduing a child.

Li Shiming continued his advance, and sporadically there would be Corpse appearing from the ground.

With the intense life force he emanated, it attracted these Corpses, heedless of whether they could contend with him.

Corpses had an innate desire to annihilate human presence upon sensing it.

After traveling some distance, Li Shiming could be certain that a typical Peak Great Cultivator would come here merely to die; with so many fourth-grade Corpses around, if the fighting lasted even a little longer, more and more Corpses would emerge.

A sharp screech echoed, and he sensed a half-step fifth-grade Corpse.

This half-step fifth-grade Corpse emerged from beneath a black tombstone, immediately lunging at Li Shiming.

As for the other half-step fifth-grade beings, they were disregarded; the aura of the Holy Spirits discomforted it, and the energy-concentrated Heavenly Ghost was not to its liking as a target.

Li Shiming paid no heed to the half-step fifth-grade Corpse; it was quickly surrounded by three Holy Spirits midway through its lunge.

For the three Holy Spirits, space movement was as instinctual as breathing.

The three Holy Spirits mounted simultaneous attacks, rapidly subduing the half-step fifth-grade Corpse.

The Heavenly Ghost approached the half-step fifth-grade Corpse, opting not to leave but instead transforming an arm into a needle, which it inserted into the Corpse’s head.

The half-step fifth-grade Corpse struggled fiercely, but the three Holy Spirits, each boasting half-step fifth-grade prowess and being the bane of Corpses,

Within Five Breath Time, the Heavenly Ghost retracted the needle-like arm, and its aura slightly elevated but not significantly.

Li Shiming reached the black tombstone from which the half-step fifth-grade Corpse had emerged, discovering nearby exposed Corpse Refining Materials of half-step fifth-grade quality.

Sword Elder hadn’t deceived him; this place indeed produced half-step fifth-grade Corpse Refining Materials.

Collecting half-step fifth-grade Corpse Refining Materials wasn’t complicated; with one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits and a Heavenly Ghost, one could traverse the space without needing to fight intentionally.