Chapter 1850: Chapter 971: Wuwei (2)
Jian Wuwei could no longer hold it in, he cast the Master Recognition Technique towards the spiritual treasure flying sword.
It didn’t take long before the spiritual treasure flying sword started to tremble; he could sense the flying sword’s condition.
"Guard me for a moment!" Jian Wuwei, feeling the spiritual treasure flying sword, immediately made his decision.
He forcibly severed the connection with his Lifebound Flying Sword and re-refined the spiritual treasure flying sword, transforming it into his Lifebound Flying Sword.
He was very decisive; such an opportunity was extremely rare.
Changing one’s Lifebound Treasure was an exceedingly grave affair; first, the original Lifebound Flying Sword needed to be dealt with, and then replaced with the spiritual treasure flying sword.
When Jian Wuwei broke the connection with his own Lifebound Flying Sword, he spat a mouthful of blood.
Fortunately, he had anticipated this and immediately cast a more complex spell towards the spiritual treasure flying sword, refining it into his Lifebound Flying Sword.
Jian Wuwei was pleased; changing the Lifebound Flying Sword, while making adjustment difficult for a long time, would greatly assist him in the long run.
With a wave of his hand, Jian Wuwei made the spiritual treasure flying sword appear before him.
Even though it had just been refined, the spiritual treasure flying sword’s power exceeded his original Lifebound Flying Sword many times over.
"This should be the most precious gift I have ever received!" Jian Wuwei said with a smile to Li Yuanba.
Li Yuanba felt a bit relieved; with the spiritual treasure flying sword in Jian Wuwei’s possession, even though he had just broken through to the Great Cultivator Realm, his combat power with the Lifebound Spiritual Treasure Flying Sword would match the old Great Cultivators.
After seeing Li Yuanba off, Jian Wuwei went to meet Sword Elder.
Sword Elder immediately sensed something amiss with Jian Wuwei’s aura.
"A spiritual treasure flying sword?" Sword Elder, though full of questions, trusted his intuition.
"It was a gift from Yuan Ba!" Probably only in front of Sword Elder would Jian Wuwei be so casual, he said self-assuredly.
"You have accepted a good disciple!" Sword Elder shook his head and said.
Sword Elder did not know that Li Shiming could easily craft spiritual treasure flying swords.
In his understanding, crafting a spiritual treasure flying sword, regardless of its power, was extremely difficult.
Yet Li Yuanba had given a spiritual treasure flying sword to Jian Wuwei; even great powers covet such a treasure.
"I’ve got quite a knack for accepting disciples!" Jian Wuwei responded with a smile.
"You’d better go back and close yourself in cultivation for a while. Only when you can conceal the spiritual treasure flying sword’s aura should you come out!" Sword Elder didn’t want to hear him boast and advised him.
A Great Cultivator wielding a spiritual treasure flying sword was like a child flaunting gold in a busy market.
To conceal the spiritual treasure flying sword’s aura, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion has the corresponding Secret Technique, which requires Jian Wuwei to learn and cultivate to a certain level.
"Understood!" Jian Wuwei acknowledged the advice.
Unlike the perceived preciousness by Sword Elder and Jian Wuwei, Li Yuanba was indifferent to a spiritual treasure flying sword; he took on a combat mission from Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
Meanwhile, after completing seventy-three rounds of Corpse Refining, Li Shiming did not cease his busy endeavors.
He began researching one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’; unlike Corpse Refining, ’Eternal Water Bear’ is a true spiritual insect.
’Eternal Water Bear’ is at Fourth Grade Late Stage and within the highest fourth-grade realm.
Moving further, they would reach the fifth grade.
Li Yuanba left one hundred and eight ’Eternal Water Bears’ here to strengthen them.
With Li Shiming’s level in Alchemy and aided by IBMz15, he believed he could discover a method to accelerate the ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ power-up.
Of course, this wasn’t a simple task; ’Eternal Water Bear’ is an extinct Ancient Spirit Worm.
In all the ancient books he had examined, none recorded anything about ’Eternal Water Bear’, rendering his research extremely challenging.
He understood that to enhance the ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ power, he needed to find Spiritual Objects that could bolster its strength and refine them into Spirit Pills, maximizing their effects.
This long-term labor was unachievable in the short term, hence the ’Eternal Water Bear’ had to remain here for the timeframe.
For this research, Li Shiming only devoted one mind, with IBMz15 providing minimal computational power.
IBMz15 primarily conducted records and statistics; he asked Ten Thousand Beast Sect to cooperate by collecting various Spirit Animal and spiritual insect-favored Spiritual Objects, along with some elixir recipes.
He seldom relies on Ten Thousand Beast Sect, so upon receiving his directive, the sect took it seriously.
Ten Thousand Beast Sect is dedicated to Spiritual Pets, boasting a history of spirit beast research spanning over ten thousand years, amassing numerous Spiritual Objects suitable for spirit beast consumption.
During the coming days, Ten Thousand Beast Sect continuously delivered various Spiritual Objects to Li Shiming, who recorded the ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ response to them.
This work spanned twenty years, and Ten Thousand Beast Sect even conquered several Dongqi Continent sects specializing in spiritual insects to acquire numerous texts on spiritual insect cultivation.
Finally, they found a Fourth Grade Spirit Fruit named ’Xuan Crystal Fruit’; it grows in Spiritual Springs and is the fruit of the aquatic Spirit Plant Xuanshui Crystal Grass.
’Eternal Water Bear’ has a strong affinity for ’Xuan Crystal Fruit’, and based on their contractual relationship, Li Shiming could sense its subtle reaction to ’Xuan Crystal Fruit’.
After Li Shiming used ’Xuan Crystal Fruit’ to refine a ’Xuan Crystal Pill’ purifying its energy, ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ reaction increased.
’Eternal Water Bear’s’ response was instinctual, evident in many spirit beasts.
Spirit beasts naturally favor certain Spiritual Objects, typically indicating some beneficial effect for the spirit beast.
Just like injured spirit beasts would seek special Spirit Plants for self-healing, spirit beasts aiming to break through their realm would consume enhancing Spiritual Objects to improve their success rate.
After consuming the Fourth Grade High Quality ’Xuan Crystal Pill’, ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ strength saw some improvement, constrained over millennia while enduring constant life force extraction, preventing it from reaching its full potential.
The enhancement from the Fourth Grade High Quality ’Xuan Crystal Pill’ on ’Eternal Water Bear’ was evident, with high compatibility between them.
That was merely the Fourth Grade High Quality version of ’Xuan Crystal Pill’, and Li Shiming was having Ten Thousand Beast Sect collect ’Xuan Crystal Fruits’.
’Xuan Crystal Fruits’ are not particularly rare or precious; as long as sufficient quantities can be gathered, he has confidence in refining a batch of supreme top-tier ’Xuan Crystal Pills’.
Doing so would significantly boost the ’Eternal Water Bear’s’ power, possibly allowing it to surpass Fourth Grade Late Stage to reach Half-step Fifth Grade.
Such was his ambition, coinciding with Yin Shilan’s recent closed cultivation, granting him ample spare time.
Importantly, this research required minimal computational power from IBMz15, having little impact on research concerning the Divine Perception Stele.
Over these twenty years, due to closed cultivation from Li Shiming and Li Yuanba, many Great Cultivators began emerging.
Among them, Jian Wuwei’s rise attracted numerous major powers.
What made Jian Wuwei compelling was his direct lineage from the Jian Family, with substantial authority at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.
Half his reputation stemmed from his ’Breakthrough Sword Intent’, the other from the spiritual treasure flying sword.
Enemy witnesses of the true spiritual treasure flying sword didn’t survive; ordinarily, he uses Secret Techniques to suppress the spiritual treasure flying sword’s quality to top fourth grade.
Despite this, possessing extreme speed and sharpness, the spiritual treasure flying sword enabled him, within twenty years, to slay many formidable foes, earning recognition from numerous major powers in the Cultivation World, establishing himself as a new leading figure among Great Cultivators.
