Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 568 - 330 Ancestor_2

Of course, unless it was absolutely necessary, he had no wish to take that step. The monks of Qianye Temple were a bit too stubborn, and he couldn’t be certain if their thinking would align with his assumptions.

He activated the "Sky Concealing Secret Technique," a cultivation technique that his clone, Li Yuanba, had acquired and learned, and was a secret technique of the Senluo Sect.

Since the clone, Li Yuanba, had learned it, it was as good as if he, the original body, had learned it himself. Moreover, with five elemental attributes of the Golden Core Spiritual Power in his body, he could learn and apply most secret techniques. The "Sky Conceiling Secret Technique" had no special requirements, so it was not difficult for him to execute.

He waited a moment longer, but the rescue from his sect had yet to arrive, intensifying the sense of crisis in his heart.

He realized he had no time left; his Divine Thought split into several strands—one to withdraw the Four Phase Array, another to detonate the ten Spirit Stone Bombs number one.

Patriarch Weng Zhao, Supreme Minister of Skywalk Trading Company, had attempted to approach the Beishu Continent before, but was blocked by a Fourth-grade Sea Beast, revealing his whereabouts.

This time, he concealed his aura and secretly infiltrated the Beishu Continent in a manner unbefitting of his identity.

After entering the Beishu Continent, he continually used a secret technique to hide his presence, as he didn’t want the major sects of Beishu Continent to detect him.

He found that the Beishu Continent, built by the six major sects, was as secure as an iron barrel. Despite the fact that the six major sects were divided into two camps, the orthodox and the demonic, and fought joyously amongst themselves,

the entire Beishu Continent was blanketed with formations, which were interconnected through intermediary forces, like the Beishu Trading Company.

As an outsider Nascent Soul Ancestor, the moment he ceased using his secret technique to hide his aura, he would immediately be discovered by the formations.

So, upon arriving at the Beishu Continent, he did not immediately take action for Skywalk Trading Company, but instead used his status as Supreme Minister to reorganize Skywalk Trading Company.

This ambush on Li Shiming was proposed by the remnants of Skywalk Trading Company, aimed at announcing to all the cultivators in Beishu Continent that Skywalk Trading Company had not perished.

Patriarch Weng Zhao learned of Li Shiming’s talent and took an interest in him, demanding that the ambush be changed to a capture. A young Alchemy Master like that, under his control, would bring significant benefits.

This was why Patriarch Weng Zhao, the Nascent Soul Ancestor, had joined in person.

He kept to his station and, coupled with the necessity to conceal his aura, did not take action.

Even though he needed to keep his aura hidden, he had methods to deal with a minor Golden Core Early Stage cultivator. Suppressed or not, at the Golden Core Stage, he was an invincible entity.

With the Taoist Body of a Nascent Soul Ancestor, even if he simply stood still, a Golden Core cultivator could not harm him.

This meant that Patriarch Weng Zhao, when facing any Golden Core cultivator, was already in an invincible position, and the secret techniques at his disposal were not something Golden Core cultivators could compete with. Employing Golden Core Stage Spiritual Power in combat meant he utterly outmatched all Golden Cores.

Patriarch Weng Zhao quietly waited, anticipating the moment when Skywalk Trading Company’s Golden Core cultivators would bring back Li Shiming, so he could place restrictions on him, controlling Li Shiming for life.

The longer he waited, the more he felt something was off. Twelve Golden Core cultivators, including two Late-stage Golden Core Cultivators, along with the array’s assistance—how could they take so long to subdue a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator?

Doubts crept into his mind, and he moved closer to the Four Phase Array.

Just as he neared the Four Phase Array, it suddenly vanished, and an explosion occurred simultaneously.

The explosion of Spirit Stone Bomb number one caused turmoil in the surrounding Spiritual Energy.

If Patriarch Weng Zhao hadn’t suppressed his cultivation, he could have easily detected Li Shiming, who was using "Step by Step Lotus" to escape afar amidst the explosion.

But the situation was sudden, and Patriarch Weng Zhao had his cultivation suppressed, so he did not notice it immediately.

By the time he realized something was amiss and intensified his scrutiny of the explosion area, he only caught a glimpse of a fading figure.

Patriarch Weng Zhao’s visage reddened with anger, as he had never expected to be played by a junior at the Golden Core Early Stage—it was an affront to a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

He sought to lock onto Li Shiming’s figure, but realized in shock that Li Shiming was using the Divine Foot Skill, even just the basic "Step by Step Lotus." With his cultivation suppressed, he was unable to catch up.

He almost recklessly chased after him, even if it meant exposing his own presence, he was determined to capture Li Shiming.

But reason prevailed and he did not do so. Located within the Beishu Continent, his mission this time was to rebuild the Skywalk Trading Company’s branch and take over the original intelligence system.

This mission was far more important than capturing Li Shiming, and it was his ultimate task for coming here.

He watched Li Shiming’s figure, which was already faintly visible, disappear from his line of sight, and committed his image to memory with determination.

When Li Shiming used "Step by Step Lotus" to flee, he noticed that the intervals between the use of "Step by Step Lotus" had shortened, which allowed him to increase his movement speed.

This was related to his life-bound magical treasure, IBMz15. Unleashing "Step by Step Lotus" was similar to casting a spell; he used several brains in rotation to activate "Step by Step Lotus," achieving a near-instantaneous spellcasting.

After he successfully performed "Step by Step Lotus" three times and had escaped a considerable distance, he felt a gaze locking onto him.

A strong malice transmitted from that gaze caused the hairs on his body to stand on end.

Fortunately, his movement speed was very fast, and for some reason that Patriarch Weng Zhao did not even attempt to pursue him, allowing him to leave just like that.

Continuous use of "Step by Step Lotus" carried him away from Patriarch Weng Zhao, and only then did the feeling of being maliciously watched by a powerful being disappear.

At that moment, he realized his body was covered in cold sweat, which wasn’t due to cowardice, but rather an instinctive reaction to being targeted by a powerful being.

He changed directions several times and was still fleeing when his Identity Jade Disc received a message.

"I am Zuo Haoqing, where is the Nascent Soul?" As Li Shiming took out his Identity Jade Disc, the sect cultivator on the other end forcefully initiated the chat mode and asked through voice.

Li Shiming almost threw the Identity Jade Disc in his hand. Who was Zuo Haoqing? He was another Nascent Soul Ancestor of the sect.

That Nascent Soul Ancestor really held him in high regard, even revealing his name.

Zuo Haoqing, Elder Zuo, the master of sect Elder Ji and on the same level as Li Shiming’s own great-grandmaster Fan Ancestor amongst the Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Li Shiming did not know the relationship between Elder Zuo and Fan Ancestor, but he knew that Elder Ji’s relationship with his master, Elder Su, was not good.

And his own relationship with Elder Ji was even worse. Elder Ji’s son, Ji Hongbo, had his cultivation crippled by him, turning into a mortal.

"Elder Zuo, the Nascent Soul Ancestor is in the southern region of Little View Mountain, but by this time, he has probably left!" Li Shiming steadied his mind and replied. Fortunately, the contact was through the Identity Jade Disc; Elder Zuo couldn’t possibly jump through the disc to hit him, right?

"Return to the sect immediately, I’ll be at Little View Mountain in ten breaths!" Elder Zuo replied gravely.

Clearly, Elder Zuo was different from what Li Shiming had imagined; Elder Zuo was concerned for Li Shiming’s safety.

In fact, what Li Shiming did not understand was what a talented Alchemy Master like him meant to the Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Although he was not yet capable of concocting pills for Nascent Soul Ancestors, with his cultivation speed, as soon as he breaks through to the Late-stage Golden Core, he would possess the ability to refine Fourth-grade Spirit Pills.

If Li Shiming’s alchemy skills still maintained their quality when concocting Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, then any Nascent Soul Ancestor on the Beishu Continent would treat Li Shiming with respect.

For Nascent Soul Ancestors, a Fourth-grade Spirit Pill requires at the very least one Fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine in its ingredients.

Fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine is almost like Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Even the Nascent Soul Ancestors, who wield the greatest power on the Beishu Continent, find it extremely rare to obtain a Fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine.

Given Li Shiming’s alchemy skills, if he ever reached the point of concocting Fourth-grade Spirit Pills for Nascent Soul Ancestors, the benefits he could bring to them would be enormous.

Even if Li Shiming could not maintain his previous standards on the Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, as long as he could elevate his realm to the Late-stage Golden Core and refine Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, it would be an extremely important matter for the Nascent Soul Ancestors.