Li Shiming opened Wu Shao’s mustard seed ring. He had no intention of using the spiritual objects inside, as both Wu Shao and Young Master Zhang Xian were connected to a great cultivator.
He was just a bit curious and wanted to check the mustard seed ring in the engine room space. Even if there were spiritual objects with tracking and positioning marks, they wouldn’t be able to be traced to the location.
Wu Shao’s wealth wasn’t considered very abundant, but he was definitely not poor. He had three fourth-grade magical treasures, one fourth-grade flying treasure, one fourth-grade bell-shaped defense treasure, and one fourth-grade bamboo hat magical treasure with a breath-concealing effect.
What caught Li Shiming’s attention most was the fourth-grade bamboo hat magical treasure. The effects of attack and defense treasures were very clear, and when he used his divine thought to check this bamboo hat magical treasure, he discovered that it could block divine thought.
This kind of fourth-grade breath concealing treasure would remain undetected, even by Nascent Soul cultivators, if someone was hidden under the bamboo hat magical treasure.
Of course, the prerequisite is the ability to wield the fourth-grade bamboo hat magical treasure, something that requires the Nascent Soul Stage to refine.
Apart from the three fourth-grade magical treasures, Li Shiming also found two secret techniques recorded on two jade scrolls.
One secret technique was the ’Nascent Soul Body Fusion Secret Method,’ and the other was the ’Life Extending Secret Method.’ After checking the two secret techniques, he suspected that these were given to Wu Shao by the great cultivator to protect Young Master Zhang Xian.
Normally, these kinds of secret techniques, which are not passed outside of a sect or force, almost never leave the sect’s scope, making it nearly impossible for outsiders to learn.
So, when Elder Wei Long discovered that Wu Shao was using the ’Nascent Soul Body Fusion Secret Method,’ he concluded that he was a cultivator from Feiyun Pavilion.
The ’Nascent Soul Body Fusion Secret Method’ needs no further mention. Wu Shao had exhibited the effect of this secret technique before, allowing a Nascent Soul cultivator to suppress their cultivation to the Golden Core Stage, while retaining a powerful body. The strength of the body could even exceed the normal state of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
This secret technique could even deceive the Green Field Cave Heaven, demonstrating how mysterious the ’Nascent Soul Body Fusion Secret Method’ is.
The other secret technique, the ’Life Extending Secret Method’, transfers life essence to the designated cultivator, serving the purpose of prolonging that cultivator’s life.
This secret technique was likely intended by the great cultivator for Wu Shao to use his own life force to extend Young Master Zhang Xian’s life, if necessary.
Li Shiming’s eyes subtly moved. Upon seeing the ’Life Extending Secret Method,’ he thought of the biggest problem he faced in advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.
With five Golden Cores inside him, it meant he needed more spiritual power, life force, and spirit than a normal great elder advancing.
He wasn’t worried about spiritual power, as the five Golden Cores themselves accumulated spiritual power, and if that wasn’t enough, he still had spirit pills to supplement his spiritual power at any time.
The spirit was also no concern. The total amount of his spirit was beyond what any cultivator could imagine.
A normal cultivator’s spirit is essentially the spirit one brain can possess, with a maximum spirit at the great elder level during the Golden Core Stage.
However, Li Shiming was somewhat unique. His life-bound treasure, IBMz15, allowed him to have 190 more brains than a typical cultivator, and through previous fortuitous encounters, he had replenished all 190 brains to the great elder level of spirit.
This means he has the total spirit of 191 great elder-level cultivators specializing in spirit, so let alone nurturing five Nascent Souls from five Golden Cores, even if there were more, his spirit would be sufficient.
His only worry was the insufficiency of life essence.
His life essence was that of this single body. Even though he cultivated the ’Taiqing Xuan Turtle Technique’ to the great elder level of the Golden Core Stage, bringing his life essence to the peak of the Golden Core Stage, it was still far from enough to sustain the nurturing of five Nascent Souls by the Golden Cores.
The ’Life Extending Secret Method’ provided him with a new direction. He possessed a fourth-grade pearl containing a substantial amount of life essence, which Venerable Huijing could use to transfer the pearl’s life essence into his body with the ’Life Extending Secret Method.’
If the pearl’s life essence was still insufficient, Venerable Huijing could also make a sacrifice to transfer his own life essence.
"This harvest is too great!" he murmured to himself.
He was almost tempted to quickly begin advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage. However, he did not rush; he needed some time to adjust himself and prepare to reach his optimal state.
He was well aware that there was only one chance to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage. If he failed, even if his body wasn’t severely damaged, the difficulty of advancing on a second attempt, after recuperation, would double.
Li Shiming also inspected Young Master Zhang Xian’s mustard seed ring, where he found a jade box marked with Feiyun Pavilion’s symbol. Inside, there were seven different high-grade fourth-grade spirit pills.
"These are Feiyun Pavilion’s ’Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills’!" The effect of extensive reading manifested, as he immediately recognized the seven high-grade fourth-grade spirit pills inside the jade box.
The ’Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills’ are unique Nascent Soul advancement resources of Feiyun Pavilion. A set of seven fourth-grade spirit pills, used together, achieves the best effect.
Even without mentioning that the ’Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills’ in hand are of high quality, even the lowest-grade quality is remarkably valuable.
A set of ’Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills’ can increase the probability of advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage by thirty percent.
A single set of ’Seven Stars Nascent Soul Pills’ surpasses the combined effect of all the various Nascent Soul advancement resources Li Shiming had collected over such a long time.
Needless to say, this illustrates the benefit of having a great cultivator as a father. If Young Master Zhang Xian had successfully used the altar in the Green Field Cave Heaven, advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage would be as good as guaranteed, or at the very least a fifty-fifty chance.