Clan Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Hints

Chapter 174 Cave Heaven Bead

The silver screen displayed an abundance of Spirit Woods, causing Lin Shiming's eyes to dazzle, and he also spotted numerous Hearts of Heavenly Wood.

Among them, there were Third Rank Superior Grade Tianyun Woods and Third Rank Superior Grade Ironrock Bamboos.

The exchange conditions for these Hearts of Heavenly Wood required the slaying of twenty Foundation Establishment Late Stage Demon Cultivators. Seeing this, Lin Shiming was extremely envious and almost took out the token given by Hermit Black Flood Dragon to make an exchange.

But his problem at this moment was not True Yuan, but the lack of a suitable Magic Artifact.

He couldn't utilize a Supreme Grade Magic Artifact even if he exchanged for it. He was unable to control it for the time being. Only Superior Grade Magic Artifacts were available, but he was unwilling to settle for less.

Therefore, his target for exchange was a complete set of Third Rank Spirit Wood so he could refine a complete set of Superior Grade magic swords for the Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation.

As Lin Shiming examined the Spirit Wood, he discovered that there were only three types of complete Third Rank Superior Grade Spirit Wood: Qingming Wood, Flame Yang Wood, and Xuan Yang Wood.

Out of the three types of Spirit Wood, the first clearly didn't suit him. It was the second and the third ones that made Lin Shiming hesitate. The former, Flame Yang Wood, contained the power of blazing sun and flame.

With a Fire Spirit Root himself, even though he was cultivating the Purple Wood Heart Sutra, using the Flame Yang Wood would still enhance the Sword Array's power significantly, invoking the Flame Yang energy which would be absolutely devastating against Demon Cultivators and Corpse Cultivators.

As for the Xuan Yang Wood, it's an extremely sturdy Spirit Wood, with hardness comparable to Supreme Grade Spirit Wood, but the downside is that it's very ordinary, lacking additional properties, and such swords would become even heavier.

After much hesitation, Lin Shiming still wanted to choose the former.

However, just at this moment, he suddenly saw a system prompt appear:

"Filter through all the Spiritual Pearls, select the dust-covered Grand Cave Heaven Pearl, combine it with the Deputy Spirit Platform, and you will obtain a Cave Heaven World!"

Upon seeing the prompt, Lin Shiming felt his heart thump wildly.

The hand that was about to take out the token immediately withdrew, for fear of being misunderstood by the exchange personnel.

After reading the prompt several times again, he finally confirmed that there was no illusion in the prompt.

Lin Shiming had only heard about the legend of the Cave Heaven World in miscellaneous records of Immortal Cultivation, which claimed that only ancestors who had completed Divinity Transformation could control a Cave Heaven World and move it for their own use.

Beyond this, there were Cave Heaven Pearls. However, in the entire Zhao Kingdom, even in the entire Flame Region, no one had ever seen a Cave Heaven Pearl, let alone refine one.

If the system prompt has never shown an error, it means that among the items for exchange, there lies a Cave Heaven Pearl.

Lin Shiming shifted his gaze away from the Spirit Wood and began to inspect various Bead Artifacts.

Demon-devouring Bead, Heavenly Thunder Bead, Profound Extreme Bead…

Lin Shiming examined each Bead Artifact one by one.

Each Artifact came with a description. Lin Shiming skipped all of them, regardless of whether the Bead Artifacts were Third Rank Inferior Grade Artifacts or Third Rank Supreme Grade Artifacts.

In the end, at the very edge of the screen, he found a mysterious Third Rank bead.

The description of the bead was that it was a mysterious Artifact, not suitable for blood refinement, as heavy as a mountain, and it could be used to stealthily attack and smash the enemy.

Upon reading this description, he instantly confirmed that there was no doubt this was the Cave Heaven Bead. A Cave Heaven World naturally weighs immensely and is impossible to refine because the Cave Heaven Bead needs to be combined with a Spirit Platform. Without the system's prompt, no other cultivator would dare to attempt such a thing casually.

The exchange required twenty Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demon Cultivators.

At this moment, Lin Shiming was even more surprised. He hadn't expected that this Cave Heaven Bead would only require the heads of twenty Foundation Establishment Early Stage Demon Cultivators. To him, just returning from the battlefield that time, he had already slain four Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivators.

He was very conflicted at this moment, but in the end, he did not use the token to exchange for the Cave Heaven Bead.

It wasn't that he felt the Cave Heaven Bead unworthy. On the contrary, he was worried that using such a precious token to exchange for the Cave Heaven Bead might easily expose the secret within.

If the Three Sects' Purple Mansion cultivators discovered the secret of the Cave Heaven Bead, he would have no chance of obtaining it.

Lin Shiming lingered on the spot for a long while, his mind in turmoil, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and chose not to pursue the Cave Heaven Bead. Instead, he used the token to exchange for the Flame Yang Wood, the condition for which was the heads of thirty Foundation Establishment late-stage demon cultivators.

Its value was remarkable, even among Third Rank treasures.

However, upon seeing the hundred-meter-long crimson spirit wood in his Storage Bag, Lin Shiming also understood why it took the heads of thirty late-stage Foundation Establishment demon cultivators.

Yet even if he was able to refine eighty-one Formation Swords to form the grand Purple Wood Profound Heavenly Sword Formation, he wasn't too excited at the moment, since he hadn't laid hands on the Cave Heaven Bead yet.

Only with the Cave Heaven Bead in hand, possessing the Cave Heaven World, would he be able to transplant the Minor Divine Ability Tree and the tree demons there, without fear during searches of his Storage Bag.

For this reason, he ground his teeth in determination.

The next time the demon cultivators attacked, he must reveal some of his strength and cut down enough early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in one fell swoop.

Upon leaving the Treasure Pavilion, Lin Shiming headed straight for an Artifact Refining Pavilion in Heavenly River City—Xuanqing Artifact Refining Pavilion—owned by a Qingxuan Sect Danqi Peak cultivator.

Natural Third Rank Spirit Wood was meant to be refined into a Sword Array embryo, yet his own Artifact Refining skills were only capable of crafting Inferior Grade Second Rank Magic Artifacts; he was far from capable of refining Third Rank Artifacts.

This Artifact Refining Pavilion was also recommended by Xie An; it had to be said, this fellow apprentice contributed greatly to the Lin Family.

The Xuanqing Artifact Refining Pavilion was just a two-story building, signaling that it could only refine artifacts for Foundation Establishment.

Upon entering, one could see two cultivators seated across from each other, one holding a Secret Technique tome, reviewing its content. Both cultivators were young, but both were mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Excuse me, are you the two masters Lin Xuan and Xu Qing?"

Upon seeing Lin Shiming enter, the two cultivators put down their books and sat up straight, looking at him solemnly.

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"Yes, but, of us two Artifact Refiners, only one can be chosen. Please make your choice," one of them said.

"Indeed, in terms of Artifact Refining, I am far superior to the one beside me. I presume you know how to choose," each said one after the other, instantly filling the air with tension.

Only then did Lin Shiming understand why Xie An had that expression after recommending the Artifact Refining Pavilion when he asked where to find quick and cost-effective refining services.

Reflecting on it now, Xie An had probably anticipated this situation.

This competition within the same store was both novel and an advantage to Lin Shiming, as he guessed that the cost to refine would likely be lower!

"To both masters, I would like to receive the Magic Artifacts as quickly as possible, so please work together," Lin Shiming spoke up, then seeing their expressions turn cold, he added with a smile:

"Don't worry, Spirit Stones and materials are not an issue!"

"Fellow, you are mistaken. Our skills as Artifact Refiners are among the top within the disciples of the Qingxuan Sect. You can only choose one of us.

"Besides, do you possess such a vast amount of refining materials?" they retorted in turn.

Lin Shiming said nothing, taking out the Storage Bag that contained the Flame Yang Wood and then retrieved thirty catties of Qingming Iron.

These two materials were top-notch substances for refining Flying Swords.

"This..." Xu Qing, seeing the abundant Artifact Refining materials, was instantly taken aback. He had never expected Lin Shiming, a junior stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, to produce Spirit Materials worth a million Spirit Stones.

"Agreed, Xu Qing, let's use this chance to have a proper comparison!" Lin Xuan, after a moment of surprise, also quickly consented to the proposition.