Chapter 173: Chapter 133 Intermediate
In his third year in the sect, Li Shiming’s total amount of Spiritual Power had doubled. He had reached the Qi Refining Fifth Level, marking him as an intermediate existence within the Qi Refinement Realm.
The Third Grade Metal that had accompanied his half-year cultivation of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” was now completely absorbed by his body.
Of course, although the Third Grade Metal was absorbed, there was still a long distance from the first stage of the “Sword Demon Secret Manual”, which is the strongest stage of the Qi Refinement Realm.
However, his cultivation speed had reached 38.79. The circulation of the Third Grade Metal inside his body not only strengthened his physical body but also significantly enhanced his speed of absorbing and converting Spiritual Power.
His cultivation speed was now no weaker than that of an ordinary Dual Spirit Roots, which was the reason he could advance to the Qi Refining Fifth Level within half a year.
The “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” had advanced to the maximum limit of his current realm, and he felt that relying solely on his body, he could compare with a copper corpse at the Qi Refining Seventh Level.
It was difficult for a Mid-grade Attack Magic Tool to break through his body’s defense.
Offensively, starting with the copper corpse, in addition to the attack power of six Mid-grade Magic Weapon Gatlings, the copper corpse itself also raised its realm to the pinnacle of copper corpses.
The copper corpse possessed the strength of the Qi Refining Ninth Level, thanks mainly to the ghostly environment formed by the “Netherworld Ghost Realm Array.”
Even with the burden of two additional heads and four arms, the copper corpse’s speed of advancement wasn’t significantly affected. The Third Grade Spiritual Object used to create the “Netherworld Ghost Realm Array” provided too many benefits to the copper corpse.
Next was the “Sword Manipulation Technique”, upgraded with a gold element High Grade Sword Artifact named “Broken Jade Sword.” The quality of the “Broken Jade Sword” was absolutely top-tier among high-grade magic tools.
With even a slight further enhancement, this “Broken Jade Sword” could become a Super-grade Magical Artifact.
With the “Broken Jade Sword” and the cultivation of the “Sword Manipulation Technique” over half a year, his understanding and thus the power of the “Sword Manipulation Technique” had greatly increased.
Of course, Super-grade Magical Artifacts were extremely rare in the Qi Refinement Realm, mainly because the Spiritual Power needed to operate such artifacts was enormous. It was difficult for Qi Refining cultivators to handle unless they had reached the Qi Refining Ninth Level.
Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators generally either desperately undertook missions in the most dangerous places to gain good deeds or Spirit Stones to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills, or they were in seclusion preparing to forcefully break through.
Anyway, in his three years at the sect, Li Shiming seldom encountered Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators.
Li Shiming’s Spiritual Thought also strengthened. His Spiritual Thought Jade Sword had made significant improvements in reach and power after advancing to the Qi Refining Fourth Level.
The main spirit of the “Spirit Control Soul Splitting Technique” had transformed into a complete Soul Body since it devoured a large amount of souls half a year ago. If not in an ethereal state, it was nearly indistinguishable from a real person.
The key was that the “Spirit Control Soul Splitting Technique” had truly reached a major achievement, something he had never anticipated.
From then on, the main spirit no longer needed to devour souls. Each time it separated a soul spirit, it only needed to absorb the energy from the heavens and earth to recover on its own.
In just half a year, his strength had greatly advanced.
In terms of resources, from his trade with Yun’s Trading House earlier, he had used a significant number of Spirit Stones to purchase various goods and knowledge of formations, but he still had 190,000 Spirit Stones left.
This was a considerable benefit from the modest “Thousand-Mile Mutual View,” even after increasing his spending.
Moreover, he didn’t sell the more than ten thousand sea beast corpses through Yun’s Trading House but instead sold this batch of sea beasts using various identities over half a year.
This batch of more than ten thousand sea beast corpses was the real profit center, earning a total of 2.4 million Spirit Stones.
After inquiring about the value of sea beast corpses, he knew that he couldn’t trust Yun’s Trading House too much with such profit.
It proved that his caution was warranted.
Li Shiming, of course, understood the intentions of Yun’s Trading House well. By utilizing the “Thousand-Mile Mutual View”, Yun’s Trading House had gained a lead in business but paid less attention to Li Shiming, the creator of the “Thousand-Mile Mutual View.”
The key was that Li Shiming’s strength was too weak, and his status as a Basic-level Array Master was somewhat ignored as Yun’s Trading House’s power increased.
Equal strength allowed for fair cooperation.
Of course, Yun’s Trading House wasn’t so blatant in targeting him; though, there were some minor actions in the trading with the House, knowing that Li Shiming held nearly 200,000 Spirit Stones.
This kind of cultivator holding huge sums of Spirit Stones without corresponding power is indeed an attractive target for exploitation!
In the underground space over this half-year, not many devices were added. He had devoted a large amount of energy to cultivation and not much to technological replication.
This was partly due to Yun’s Trading House; procuring materials became increasingly troublesome, which annoyed him.
He needed a new talisman to protect himself from any backlash from Yun’s Trading House, so he decided to undertake the Intermediate Array Master assessment that Yin Shilan had mentioned several times.
Within the sect, an Intermediate Array Master was already a core component of the array masters, like Yin Shilan.
Even without considering her father’s influence, her status within the sect was not low.
Moreover, Li Shiming needed a new business partner for ordering a large amount of materials.
Li Shiming took a new model of “Thousand-Mile Mutual View” out of the machine, which he named “Thousand-Mile Mutual View Second Generation.”
He stored the “Thousand-Mile Mutual View Second Generation” in his storage bag and left Eagle Beak Island, flying toward the Nine Peaks with wings fluttering behind him.
His first target was Dui Peak. Before setting off, he had sent out an application for the Intermediate Array Master assessment to the Spirit Mechanism Pavilion.