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Chapter 724 - 408 Invitation_2

Chapter 724: Chapter 408 Invitation_2

However, this time, he had no intention of completing the artifact refining process within the sect’s gate, as he did not want to once again attract attention because of the Artifact Tribulation.

Being an Alchemy Master was already enough; if he could easily produce a third-grade treasure that caused an Artifact Tribulation, it would only lead to additional trouble.

He then put away the Fourth Grade Heavenly Gang Four Phase Array Plate. There were four figures sitting cross-legged in the cultivation room, the vein-locking plate placed in the center position, from which Spiritual Energy was vigorously bursting out.

The four figures were of the Great Elder Level Golden Core Body, the Fake Infant Body, and the Nascent Soul Body, and the other was Venerable Huijing.

The Heavenly Ghost intermittently moved among the three bodies, controlling them to absorb Spiritual Energy and maintaining their bodily needs.

Venerable Huijing had altered his appearance and was holding the Fourth Grade Treasure Appearance Ruyi Buddha Beads Lifebound Treasure in his hands, closing his eyes to absorb the Spiritual Energy and cultivate.

The reason Li Shiming was so eager to refine Fourth-grade Spirit Pills was for Venerable Huijing.

In five years, Venerable Huijing’s injuries had only been stabilized without any sign of improvement.

He also understood that for a Nascent Soul Ancestor like Venerable Huijing, recovery time would be extremely lengthy without resources, but having Nascent Soul Stage combat power and not being able to use it felt terrible.

After cultivating for five years, he realized that without fortuitous encounters, it was not possible to advance to the Peak of Golden Core Late Stage in a short period.

With his rate of cultivation, he feared that it would take no less than twenty years to reach the late stage of Golden Core.

Twenty years might be a very short time for other cultivators, but for Li Shiming, it was nearly as long as he had been practicing cultivation since the beginning.

Over these years, he had tried administering third-grade Healing Spirit Pills of Golden Core Late Stage to Venerable Huijing, and even though the quality of the pills was high, they had no effect on Venerable Huijing.

Moving his attention away from Venerable Huijing, his consciousness entered the mechanical room space.

In the mechanical room space, nine flying swords were neatly arranged together, all of them being ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’ third-grade flying sword treasures.

However, these nine ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’ third-grade flying sword treasures differed a bit from the one he refined, as they were one step away from being activated.

Once activated, an Artifact Tribulation would descend. His current combat power was sufficiently strong, and his need for flying sword treasures was minimal.

Especially over the past five years, the ’Silver Light Sword’ and ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella,’ which he had obtained from the relics of the Five Qi Sect, had already regained their spirituality.

The ’Silver Light Sword’ was an extremely fast flying sword, almost comparable in speed to ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’. Since he had ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’, the role of the ’Silver Light Sword’ was naturally limited.

But the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ was different; he had not possessed a defensive treasure before, and ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ served as such.

The defensive effect of the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ was excellent, and it was particularly well-suited to him.

The surface of the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ was divided into five areas, each corresponding to one of the Five Elements. By inputting the respective Five Elements Spiritual Power, different defensive effects could be produced to counter various attacks.

And when all four kinds of Five Elements Spiritual Power were input simultaneously, the defensive power of the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ would be maximized.

With the Five Elements Spiritual Power of Li Shiming’s Middle Stage Golden Core, enhanced by the ’Five Elements Qi Absorption Array’ within the five Golden Cores, his Five Elements Spiritual Power reached the peak of the Golden Core Middle Stage.

When Five Elements Spiritual Power at the peak of Golden Core Middle Stage was simultaneously input into the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’, the resulting defensive power was able to withstand attacks even from the peak of the Late-stage Golden Core.

According to his estimates, once he entered the Late-stage Golden Core, merely relying on the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ would allow him to block the attacks of a Great Elder.

Although his own body refinement had reached the Great Elder Level, the defensive power of a Great Elder level body refinement could also withstand a Great Elder’s attack. However, an additional layer of defense provided extra safety assurance.

Who could predict what means existed in the Cultivation World? Using one’s body as a final safeguard was not the best choice.

With the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’ at hand, if a cultivator’s methods could breach the defenses of the ’Mo Yu Spirit Umbrella’, then Li Shiming could gauge the strength of their attacks and thus dodge their assault.

Li Shiming tossed out a third-grade Spirit Pill, which suddenly disappeared in mid-air, and shortly after, he felt the joy from the Illusion Spirit Jiao.

The growth speed of the Illusion Spirit Jiao was not slow; it was about to reach the middle stage of a Great Demon.

The rapid growth of the Illusion Spirit Jiao naturally could not be separated from a large number of Third-grade Spirit Pills.

These Third-grade Spirit Pills, if placed within some powers, could sustain nearly ten Golden Core Early Stage cultivators.

But Li Shiming did not feel it was a pity, as the potential of the Illusion Spirit Jiao was enormous, which became increasingly apparent as its strength continually improved.

Each time he sensed the Jiao bloodline within the body of the Illusion Spirit Jiao, he always felt this bloodline possessed an extremely high level of life, giving him a natural sense of being suppressed.

Although this feeling was very subtle, it also indicated that the bloodline of the Illusion Spirit Jiao was not simple.

It was just a waste of some Third-grade Spirit Pills. The Third-grade Spirit Pills for Golden Core Early Stage were no longer needed by him and his avatar, Li Yuan Ba, and he still had many left in his hands.

After playing with the Illusion Spirit Jiao for a while, a communication technique flew in.

He beckoned and opened the communication technique, his face showing a look of astonishment.

It was an invitation, inviting him to attend the promotion ceremony of the Elder Sword of the Senluo Sect, issued by the Senluo Sect.

However, the fact that this invitation reached him indicated that the Shushan Sect also agreed to his participation.

It should be noted that he had always been in seclusion, and all external communications were conducted through the Silver Corpse.

The outside world had numerous invitations asking him to participate in various activities.

For example, events for alchemists, some sect celebrations, and even auctions, among others; being invited to these high-end activities was natural given his identity.

To avoid trouble, he asked his sect to handle these invitations; he was too lazy to participate in these activities.

Currently, he was still in a period of rapidly increasing his strength, at least until he reached the peak of Golden Core Middle Stage, he did not intend to leave the sect.

He did not have to worry about cultivation resources, and had cut off connections with the mortal world. Even with Yin Shilan, due to her long-term seclusion, they had resorted to leaving messages for each other.

Aside from alchemy matters, Li Shiming focused entirely on cultivation, uninterested in anything else.

Clearly, the invitation from the Senluo Sect had been considered by the sect before it was forwarded to him.

"Master, I have received an invitation from the Senluo Sect, do you know what this is about?" Li Shiming took out the Identity Jade Disc and sent a message to Elder Su.

"The promotion ceremony of Elder Sword of the Senluo Sect is a gathering of Nascent Soul Ancestors, and your invitation is a significant honor, one that you cannot refuse!" Elder Su was free at the moment and, knowing the purpose, immediately responded.

Actually, the sect had discussed this invitation with Elder Su first before sending it to Li Shiming.

Li Shiming was stunned; what business did he have attending such a gathering of Nascent Soul Ancestors?

But since he had been invited, he truly could not refuse; who knew if any of the Nascent Soul Ancestors had extreme personalities? His absence might make them think he was looking down on them, potentially causing enmity between them.

Although this possibility was very small, it was not impossible.

It was precisely because he knew how formidable Nascent Soul Ancestors could be, that he was even more reluctant to have any disagreements with them.

"You don’t need to worry; Elder Zuo from our sect will also attend. Additionally, most Nascent Soul Ancestors will bring their most accomplished disciples along. You can make more friends at the ceremony, which will benefit you!" Elder Su continued.

Those who could be accompanied by a Nascent Soul Ancestor were the top cultivators of their respective sects, hopeful to become Nascent Soul Cultivators themselves.

If Li Shiming could form connections with such cultivators in advance, he could build a strong network across the Beishu Continent.

Of course, this was reciprocal; being invited alone and treated on the same level as a Nascent Soul Ancestor, he was also a person many cultivators wanted to connect with.