Li Shiming sensed the fatigue of the Heavenly Ghost, he shook his head and waved to retract the Great Cultivatorâs body back into the engine room space, allowing the Heavenly Ghost to leave the Great Cultivatorâs body for rest.
He casually took out a third-grade top âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillâ, from his sleeve, the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ flew out and swallowed the âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillâ in one go.
The âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ let out a light chirp after swallowing the âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillâ.
This light chirp carried emotions of joy.
The âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ flew back into his sleeve, this chirp was a thank you to Li Shiming.
It had been several tens of days since the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ consumed the first top-grade âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillâ.
Each time the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ consumed a top-grade âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillâ, its emotions grew slightly.
Now Li Shiming didnât need to put the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ into the âGu Wind Bagâ, as without the control of twenty brains, the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ would quietly stay by his side.
During this time, the frantic emotions of the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ weakened more and more, especially when staying on Li Shimingâs body, the frantic emotions magically disappeared.
After the frantic emotions disappeared, he was able to sense from the contract the faint attachment the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ had towards him.
As the number of top-grade âSpirit Worm Golden Yang Pillsâ consumed increased, this faint attachment continued to grow stronger.
The thing that satisfied him most about the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ was its formidable ability to conceal its aura when not in combat, making it impossible for other cultivators to sense the presence of the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ even when close to Li Shiming.
Of course, when the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ was in combat mode, its fierce aura could not be hidden.
He took out a batch of âSpiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pillâ, and as soon as he did, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon came rushing in from outside.
Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon had transformed into smaller bodies to move more freely within the cave.
Since Little Feng matured, its energy needs increased considerably.
Fortunately, âSpiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pillâ is also a third-grade Spirit Pill, and his speed in refining third-grade Spirit Pills was quite fast, enough to meet Little Fengâs needs.
Itâs quite funny that when Little Feng first saw the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ, it thought of it as food.
It took a good explanation from Li Shiming to make Little Feng dispel that thought.
Li Shiming had no intention of having Little Feng try to attack the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ, as the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ had extremely sturdy defensive power, but Little Feng was a natural Red Gold Phoenix with the ability to burn the soul.
He didnât want to find out whether the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ could withstand Little Fengâs soul flames, as the âSilver Winged Spirit Gu Insectâ was an important combat force for him and couldnât be damaged out of mere curiosity.
He checked his Identity Jade Disc and found some messages from cultivators requesting Elixir Pills, he replied to each message and set up times.
Even though he was in isolation, he still accepted alchemy business, which was his main source of income.
Most importantly, taking on alchemy business also constantly increased his Elixir Pills stock, which were his cultivation resources.
He left the Fire Thunder Nascent Soul out of cultivation specifically to use âNanming Leaving Fireâ for alchemy.
Now that the Golden Corpse Nanming had finished refining the late-stage Nascent Soul healing Spirit Pill, it could also conduct alchemy alongside Fire Thunder Nascent Soul.
Aside from alchemy, he also planned to refine the Fourth Grade Puppets and âTraceless Illusion Goldâ, but these were not urgent, and required a lengthy design period.
Time passed quickly, in the blink of an eye, two years had gone by.
During these two years, Li Shiming never left his cave, all his outside contact was through the Heavenly Ghost controlling a Body Refining Great Elder Living Dead named Li Si.
Over these two years, his greatest achievement was completing the refining of three Fourth Grade Puppets and almost finishing the work on the âTraceless Illusion Goldâ flying sword artifact, with only one last step remaining.
Li Shiming stared at the three Fourth Grade Puppets in front of him, these three Fourth Grade Puppets were quite unusual, not the same as the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppets.
The three Fourth Grade Puppets were designed for speed, and he used his unique techniques to inscribe eight hundred thousand acceleration runes on their feet.
This made the three Fourth Grade Puppets extremely fast, and due to the material and his design philosophy, the defensive power of the three Fourth Grade Puppets was not strong, able only to withstand a full-force strike from a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner.
This level of defensive power was too weak for a Fourth Grade Puppet, and he lacked the Fourth-grade Puppet Mechanism Materials required to make frontal armor for the Fourth Grade Puppets.
He left interfaces for the Fourth Grade Puppets, so that he could add on the armor once he acquired those materials in the future.
But actually, adding it or not didnât matter, as he never intended for the three Fourth Grade Puppets to engage in close combat.
Normally, Fourth Grade Puppets were primarily for close combat, acting as a mobile shield for cultivators, absorbing a portion of the attacks for them.
However, Li Shiming designed a new weapon, the electromagnetic cannon, for the Fourth Grade Puppets, freeing them from the constraints of close combat, with the power of the long-range electromagnetic cannon attacks far surpassing that of melee combat.
For this reason, the three Fourth Grade Puppets he refined did not require overly strong defenses, but instead had a high need for speed.
Unfortunately, the Fourth-grade Puppet Mechanism Materials for making feet could only bear eight hundred thousand acceleration runes before reaching their limits, otherwise, he could have added more acceleration runes to the feet of the Fourth Grade Puppets.
By relinquishing close combat, the energy core of the Fourth Grade Puppets had more energy to supply to the electromagnetic cannon, thus greatly enhancing the power of the electromagnetic cannon.
With four Fourth Grade Electromagnetic Cannon Puppets, under the control of his life-bound artifact IBMz15, he could effectively launch a devastating first strike.
The effective attack range of the electromagnetic cannon was currently five Baili, within five Baili, even a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner, if completely unguarded and hit by a simultaneous focus fire from four electromagnetic cannons, could be seriously wounded.
Besides the Fourth Grade Electromagnetic Cannon Puppets over the two years, the only other achievement was the flying sword artifact which was one step away from completion.
He had gone to great lengths to refine the âTraceless Illusion Goldâ.
âTraceless Illusion Goldâ cannot be detected by Divine Sense, as if it were nothingness, but it can be physically touched.
Fortunately, in the engine room space, âTraceless Illusion Goldâ could be sensed using 5-nanometer control to interact with it.
âTraceless Illusion Goldâ is extremely difficult to smelt, due to its high grade, as fourth-grade top materials are not typically reachable treasures for Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners.
Normally, fourth-grade top materials are only attainable by Great Cultivators.
Li Shiming devised a method, allowing Golden Corpse Nanming and Fire Thunder Nascent Soul to jointly use âNanming Leaving Fireâ, and it was this combination that allowed âTraceless Illusion Goldâ to melt.
For this flying sword artifact, he had a special design concept, that is the ultimate sharpness.
There was no need to consider speed, durability, and such factors, the sharpness alone had to be extremely high.
Given âTraceless Illusion Goldâ is invisible, and coupled with the use of Li Shimingâs unique Sword Cultivator techniques, there was a certain guarantee of speed, albeit speed was not the primary concern.
âTraceless Illusion Goldâ by itself is incredibly durable, considering the conditions required to smelt itâtwo Nascent Soul Level âNanming Leaving Fireâ flames were barely sufficient to melt âTraceless Illusion Goldâ.
Long hours of âNanming Leaving Fireâ scorching were needed to finally melt the âTraceless Illusion Goldâ for artifact refining.
The real emphasis for this flying sword artifact was on its extreme sharpness.
The flying sword artifacts were inscribed with ninety million sharp runes at 5-nanometer precision.
As for speed, âTraceless Illusion Goldâ is invisible, and combined with Li Shimingâs unique Sword Cultivator skills, speed was assured to some extent, but it wasnât the primary factor.