Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 569 - 331: Return

By this time, the drones in the sky had finally managed to aim their cameras at the battlefield they had been monitoring earlier.

It was Shiming who had changed the camera’s direction before the drone arrived, resulting in a slightly unclear image.

The crucial components of the drone were not machine produced but were crafted by Li Shiming in his machine room space using artifact refining techniques combined with micrometer-level control.

Thus, in many respects, the surveillance capabilities of this drone had exceeded the civilian standards of his previous life and reached military-level capabilities.

He saw the figure of Elder Zuo, unmistakable and stirring a formidable presence in the sky that even affected the drone footage viewed through his eyepiece.

The figure of Elder Zuo was extremely blurry, not because of any fault with the camera; despite exceeding the optimal range for capture, it should not have been this unclear.

This blurriness was caused by the fluctuations produced around Elder Zuo’s body as his aura affected the camera’s imaging.

Elder Zuo wasn’t his primary target of interest; he was more focused on the Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Skywalk Trading Company.

Li Shiming couldn’t even wait for the drone’s built-in chip to process the data; his life-bound magic treasure, the IBMz15 server, had seen its computational power multiply many times since it became his life-bound treasure.

With no need to worry about cooling or energy consumption, the IBMz15 was capable of delivering terrifying computational power.

His Divine Thought connected directly to the data transmission system of the eyepiece, receiving the drone data feed.

The camera surveillance covered hundreds of miles around the battlefield, and this range expanded continuously as the drone approached.

Looking for the Nascent Soul Ancestor from Skywalk Trading Company in this area close to a gathering zone of cultivators might have taken an unknown amount of time.

But after Li Shiming activated his life-bound magic treasure, IBMz15, it analyzed every pixel of the data feed from the drone, and this process took merely two breaths of time.

He found the Nascent Soul Ancestor, and the two breaths included his life-bound treasure’s analysis of the ancestor’s departure route, determining which cultivators in the area were most likely to be the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

Fortunately, there weren’t many cultivators who met the criteria, and based on their flight speeds, he eventually located the Nascent Soul Ancestor.

As Shiming advanced to the Golden Core Stage, he found that monitoring the Nascent Soul Ancestor through the drone hardly elicited any reaction from the ancestor.

This was normal since in the past when he used drones or surveillance equipment to watch Nascent Soul Ancestors, they had sensed it because he had been too weak, and also because the drone equipment then wasn’t as advanced as it was now.

Li Shiming gave the command to the drone to pay close attention to that Nascent Soul Ancestor. Its flight path was no longer directed towards the battlefield but followed the Nascent Soul Ancestor high in the sky at ten thousand meters.

Clearly, Elder Zuo hadn’t encountered Patriarch Weng Zhao, who had left first. Although he couldn’t fly at Nascent Soul speed, his flying speed wasn’t slow.

Additionally, thanks to Elder Zuo’s uninhibited display of aura, Patriarch Weng Zhao noticed him from a great distance.

Li Shiming didn’t know that Elder Zuo was doing this deliberately; Elder Zuo didn’t wish to engage in a battle with an unknown Nascent Soul Ancestor in the Beishu Continent.

Elder Zuo’s intention was to drive the adversary away, of course, but if he truly found Patriarch Weng Zhao, he would also negotiate with him.

If a battle did ensue, Elder Zuo would seek the assistance of other Nascent Soul Ancestors from major sects; when dealing with such foreign powers, either avoid conflict, or if a fight was inevitable, ensure it ended with a decisive kill.

If the fight didn’t end with a death, it would only foster a mortal grudge, and Shushan Sect could face great troubles, which was not what Elder Zuo wished to see.

Nascent Soul Ancestors were indeed powerful, but they had to be cautious about their actions in the world, which was too fragile; the destruction they could cause if they fully unleashed their power was terrifying.

Therefore, battles involving Nascent Soul Ancestors either had to be concluded swiftly, or the combatants had to meet in the Thirty-Three Heavens for combat.

Li Shiming was monitoring Patriarch Weng Zhao’s location while making his way back to the Shushan Sect.

As he approached the Shushan Sect’s gate, he noticed that the sect’s protective array was emitting a brilliant light; the Sect Protection Array was fully activated.

An all-out activation of the Sect Protection Array would consume a vast amount of Spiritual Energy, not even the main spirit vein would suffice, requiring the input of additional Spirit Stones.

Obviously, the appearance of the unknown Nascent Soul Ancestor had put the Shushan Sect on high alert, entering a state of war readiness.

"Shiming, you’ve finally returned!" Elder Su came forward to greet Li Shiming the moment he flew into the gate, expressing his concern.

Li Shiming hadn’t informed him about this trip, but Elder Su was aware of it regardless.

In the sect, Li Shiming was under strict protection, but once he became a Golden Core cultivator, no senior member of the sect would forbid him to leave.

A Golden Core cultivator was very safe on the Beishu Continent. Moreover, who wouldn’t want to curry favor with an Alchemy Master like Shiming, and how could he possibly run into trouble?

Even if some troubles arose, with Li Shiming’s strength, escaping would not be an issue if he couldn’t win the fight.

This was also why Elder Su hadn’t stopped Li Shiming from going out.

Now that Li Shiming was a Golden Core cultivator, it wouldn’t be possible for Elder Su to keep tabs on this disciple forever, especially considering that this disciple held a higher status in the sect than himself; Elder Su needed to respect his disciple.