Chapter 278: Chapter 185: Harvest (Additional update for Ba Chao 4488)_2
Furthermore, “Stealing Heaven’s Sound” is not only used for the sound of the zither, but can be applied to any musical instrument, and can still unleash the power of “Stealing Heaven’s Sound.”
Of course, the “Heavenly Sound Secret Manual” recorded the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s insights into playing the zither. If one uses the guqin to exhibit the power of “Stealing Heaven’s Sound,” there is no need to explore it on one’s own, but to directly learn from it.
Li Shiming frowned slightly, his talent wasn’t great, and having three spirit root seeds meant his cultivation speed was slow.
If he took up another Sound Cultivation Technique, his cultivation speed would become even slower, which would be highly detrimental to his progress.
At first, he thought the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s legacy was just a Secret Technique that used sound waves—who could have imagined that it was actually a Sound Cultivation Technique.
At least for the short term, he wouldn’t learn from the “Heavenly Sound Secret Manual,” not to mention Li Yuanba. For a Sword Cultivator who had already tamed a corpse for refining, adding Sound Cultivation would only take him further away from swordsmanship.
Setting aside the two golden Jade Scrolls, he turned his attention to a pile of jade boxes.
With his experience, he knew that Spiritual Objects housed within jade boxes were extremely valuable.
And if they were valuable to the Six-fingered Sound Demon, they were even more unimaginable to Li Shiming.
What followed was somewhat embarrassing: as he opened each jade box, he only felt an overflow of Spiritual Energy but couldn’t recognize any of the contents.
From the quality of the Spiritual Energy, he deduced that these were all Third-grade Spiritual Medicines, and the jade boxes themselves were Spiritual Artifacts that could preserve the medicines for a long time.
Even though he didn’t recognize the medicines, he still felt wealthy, the wealth of a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator truly was substantial.
Next to the pile of jade boxes were two pieces of spirit ore, Third-grade spirit ore, unprocessed, the basic material for making Magic Artifacts.
Li Shiming still couldn’t recognize the two pieces of spirit ore, which made him realize how much knowledge he still lacked.
This was despite having access to all the collections within Wei’s Book Collection Room. Of course, once he studied the Jade Scrolls from the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s study, his accumulation of knowledge would increase substantially.
The last item was a golden coffin that he couldn’t even open, and when his Spiritual Thought approached, he instinctively felt fear, as if something terrifying was sealed within.
This was all of the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s collection, and Li Shiming realized there were no Elixir Pills or Spirit Stones, not even a single low-grade spirit stone.
In fact, after so many years, the Six-fingered Sound Demon had long since exhausted all his Elixir Pills and Spirit Stones. If the Spiritual Medicines didn’t need to be processed before consumption, he would have used all of these Third-grade Spiritual Medicines too.
Storing the Space Ring in the dimensional space, his Spiritual Thought scanned over the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s body.
Soon he shook his head; the muscles of the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s body were so atrophied they were nearly ignorable, the entire body was shriveled and skinny, even the bone joints had stiffened from lack of movement.
This body had lost any value and was not even fit for Corpse Refining.
Corpse Refining required the body’s own quality as a foundation for transformation. With a body like the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s, where the muscle tissue was almost nonexistent, how could it be transformed into a refined corpse?
“Fellow, the body is yours now, you might find some use for it!” said Li Shiming to Li Yuanba.
“Fellow, then I’ll gladly take it!” Li Yuanba laughed as he stored the Six-fingered Sound Demon’s body in a storage bag and replied.
Li Yuanba was already preparing to join the Senluo Sect, and the Six-fingered Sound Demon had once been pursued by the Senluo Sect. Perhaps the body of the Six-fingered Sound Demon would be useful at a critical moment.
After resealing the cave abode, the formations there provided Li Shiming with a significant amount of knowledge about formations, especially concerning spacial isolation, which opened up a new world to him.
Leaving the cave abode, using Sword Escape and following the guidance of the map, they headed toward the Senluo Sect’s gate.
The journey was still extremely chaotic, with cultivators in every part of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains fighting for resources and benefits; the entire range seemed shrouded in an aura of brutality.
“Fellow, this is where we part ways. Take care of this item and be careful!” Li Shiming said to Li Yuanba as he took out the Senluo Order from the dimensional space and passed it over.
This place was still a thousand miles away from the Senluo Sect, but if they advanced, they would enter the coverage area of the Senluo Sect’s great formation. Once the Senluo Order was taken out from the machinery space, such a sudden appearance would lead to great trouble.
Moreover, relatively speaking, the area ahead was safer. As one approached within ten thousand miles of the Senluo Sect’s location, conflicts between cultivators became much less frequent.
The cultivators around here seemed to suddenly become loving like family, without the brutality found in more distant areas.
“Fellow, be careful!” Li Yuan Ba said as he passed the Senluo Order.
Li Shiming’s figure turned into a sword light and veered away, while Li Yuan Ba folded up the Senluo Order, watching his figure disappear.
“Stop that kid, the cultivators ahead!” Just as Li Yuan Ba turned to move forward, a voice came from behind him.
When he turned his head to look, he saw a blood-covered youth with an arm missing, quickly approaching from behind, with more than ten cultivators in hot pursuit.
The one-armed youth warily eyed Li Yuan Ba and, seeing that Li Yuan Ba had no intention of making a move, finally turned his gaze forward to the ground. Upon spotting a stele on the ground, an excited smile couldn’t help but appear on his face.
The youth’s speed increased once again, and he stopped in front of the stele, showing a mocking expression to the more than ten cultivators chasing after him.
Li Yuan Ba had no thoughts of getting involved and also passed by the stele. When he passed by, he saw the words ‘Senluo Sect’ engraved on it.
“Damn it, he’s reached the Senluo Sect, wait, that cultivator also has a Senluo Order!” One of the cultivators who had closed in, holding a compass in his hand, looked at the youth and Li Yuan Ba and spoke annoyed.
But even though the youth and Li Yuan Ba were only a short distance away from them, they made no move to attack.
No cultivator dared to break the rules of the Senluo Sect, at least not in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
The youth also heard what the pursuers said and couldn’t help but look at Li Yuan Ba. After seeing the copper mask on Li Yuan Ba’s face and that his body was clean and undamaged, a look of jealousy flashed in the youth’s eyes.
He had obtained the Senluo Order, all his relatives had died protecting him, and he had escaped here at the cost of his life. The price he paid was too great.
Li Yuan Ba also obtained the Senluo Order, yet why was he unharmed, leisurely arriving at the Senluo Sect as if walking in a courtyard? This was so unfair.
Li Yuan Ba was unaware of the youth’s thoughts. After observing the stele, he saw that the pursuers behind him had stopped, understanding that past the stele was safe territory.
He also felt relieved, no need to worry about other cultivators causing him trouble anymore.
At this thought, his Gale Golden Light Sword flew out from his body, turning him into a sword light as he swiftly fled forward.
Seeing him leave, the youth, fearing that he would steal his opportunity, cast an angry glance at his pursuers, his eyes filled with venomous resentment, akin to a bloodthirsty snake.
He memorized the faces of his enemies and turned to sprint at full strength towards the entrance of the Senluo Sect.
Some of the dozen or so cultivators shivered secretly, some clenched their magic artifacts tightly, suppressing the thought of silencing the youth, while others looked at the youth with disdain.
The Senluo Sect, a great sect of devil cultivators, had an entrance that was not the gloomy one might imagine.
The gateway to the Senluo Sect was formed by twelve peaks, lush and green, with white clouds floating among them and flocks of birds flitting through the mountains at times.
Li Yuan Ba stood outside the entrance, in front of him a huge stone tablet inscribed with two blood-red characters ‘Stop’. Within the strokes of these characters, it seemed as though countless figures were howling and tumbling, narrating the taboos of this place.
The meaning of the two characters was self-evident: those who dared not stop, their blood and souls would join the characters on the stone tablet.
He held the Senluo Order in his hand, waiting for the reaction of the Senluo Sect.
Not long after, the youth also arrived. His complexion was pale, his injuries aggravated in his pursuit to catch up with Li Yuan Ba, and the look of hatred in his eyes towards Li Yuan Ba was even deeper and more intense.