Cultivation is just so scientific!

Once the pill was swallowed, success would greatly elevate one's status, turning one into a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. They hadn't even considered the possibility of failure because they couldn't afford to fail.

"Big brother, why haven't you arrived yet? I can barely hold on much longer!... Maybe you shouldn't come, it's so dangerous here!" Ren Fei'er, sensing the scarce spiritual power within her body, regretted her impulsive decision this time.

She hoped for Li Shiming to arrive quickly but also feared that he would encounter danger. These conflicting thoughts brought tears to her eyes.

At that moment, a slew of talismans flew out from one side, falling among the sea beast horde.

Although these talismans were not of high grade, they produced a huge amount of fog that obscured the sea beasts' vision.

The sea beasts, already muddled in their minds, became somewhat disordered under the sudden appearance of the fog.

"Is it big brother who has arrived?" Ren Fei'er stood up, looking outside the Formation with joy. She saw a small squad of six cultivators approaching.

When she noticed the masks on the six cultivators' faces and the unmarked robes, a shock went through her heart.

She had heard rumors about this region of the sea, where some cultivators hunted fellow cultivators to obtain resources.

She gritted her teeth and took out a talisman, ready to activate it with the little spiritual power she had at any moment.

Even if she was to die by the mouths of sea beasts, she couldn't fall into these cultivators' hands. Of course, she didn't want to die; she would cast a distress talisman after using the talisman.

Li Shiming's Jade Flying Boat was flying at full speed. To achieve greater velocity, he even channeled his spiritual power into the Flying Boat to increase the speed.

The Jade Flying Boat was equipped with a scanning Array that could detect the presence of spiritual power fluctuations in advance.

This made travel especially convenient, eliminating the need to constantly keep a vigilant eye on one's surroundings like in the past when venturing out.

Perhaps it was due to the reputation of the Holy Ice Sect or maybe because the Jade Flying Boat was fast enough, but after leaving the domain of the sect for a thousand miles, he encountered several groups of cultivators who posed no difficulty.

After entering within a thousand miles of the Heavenly Sea route, Li Shiming took out a telescope he hadn't used in a long time. Unlike the initial version, this telescope utilized image enhancement technology and was equipped with his latest creation, the "Dragon Heart II" chip.

The "Dragon Heart II" chip had reached 90 nanometers. It was a successful product of his attempt at nanoscale chip manufacturing after stabilizing the wafer technology.

This was the limit of his chip manufacturing abilities for the time being. It wasn't that he lacked the technology for smaller nanometer lithography machines; rather, some of the technology was difficult to implement, and he was still researching.

Standing on the deck of the Flying Boat, with nothing obstructing the view on the open sea, the telescope served its purpose to the fullest.

He could detect any danger early and react preemptively, allowing the Jade Flying Boat to maintain its speed.

When still some distance from Qingyi Island, he felt the rolling waves of spiritual power and a violent aura.

"It's Qingyi Island!" Li Shiming exclaimed, looking towards the distance. Even though he had many suspicions before, it was only when he was nearing Qingyi Island that he realized Ren Fei'er might truly be in danger.

Suddenly, a heaven-piercing aura soared, and a spiritual power sword fell in the direction of Qingyi Island.

Li Shiming's heart tightened, and he poured spiritual power frantically into the Jade Flying Boat as it flew toward Qingyi Island.

Upon reaching the vicinity of Qingyi Island, what he saw was an endless swarm of sea beasts, but he couldn't find Ren Fei'er.

"Fei'er!" he shouted loudly.

At his side, a copper corpse with three heads and six arms appeared, each arm holding a Mid-grade Magic Weapon Gatling.

The Jade Flying Boat charged fearlessly into the midst of the sea beasts, with all six Mid-grade Magic Weapon Gatlings firing icy crystal bullets.

A First-Order Sea Beast, no matter how strong, couldn't approach the Jade Flying Boat under such a dense barrage of icy crystal bullets.

The majority of the sea beasts couldn't withstand the attack of the Mid-grade Magic Weapon Gatling and fell in heaps, much like wheat being harvested.

In the skies, on the sea surface, and on the island, any sea beast that blocked the path of the Jade Flying Boat was an enemy of Li Shiming and a target for the copper corpse. Experience more tales on My Virtual Library Empire

Li Shiming stopped shouting; he realized it was futile.

He opened his mouth again, but this time he did not call out "Fei'er," instead he began chanting "Buddha's Light Appears."

Though "Buddha's Light Appears," emitted by the "Devil Sound Lotus," could not kill the high-level first-stage sea beast, it could still affect the strong sea beasts.

The jade flying boat flew above Qingyi Island, his spiritual thought swept over the island and discovered a tiny figure shrouded in a spiritual power shield.

His heart leapt with joy, and the jade flying boat began to descend.

Six mid-grade magic weapon Gatlings, at the cost of sixty spirit stones every ten seconds, crazily fired deadly ice crystal bullets.

His spiritual thought then swept to the side, where he saw a cultivator looking at him with a horrified gaze, with the remains of five cultivators beside him, their corpses almost shattered beyond recognition, seemingly slashed by something enormous.

Li Shiming immediately thought of the previous soaring sword light; his spiritual thought detected the talisman in Ren Fei'er's hand.

"Damn it, they wanted to harm Fei'er!" He understood what had happened. Ren Fei'er had used the talisman because of these cultivators.

A mid-grade magic weapon Gatling on the copper corpse swiveled its barrel and aimed at the struggling cultivator. Cultivator's defenses were broken in an instant under the barrage of ice crystal bullets, and then the cultivator was turned into a honeycomb.

Li Shiming arrived next to Ren Fei'er; he wanted to help her, but the shield around her prevented him from getting close.

"Fei'er, Fei'er!" Amidst the noise generated by the six mid-grade magic weapon Gatlings, he kept calling out Ren Fei'er's name, hoping she could hear him.

"Hmm!" Ren Fei'er woke up; she had underestimated her own mother.

After she used the talisman, a cultivator launched a deadly attack on her and the formation had been broken as well.

Just as she was on the brink of life and death, a protective spiritual power shielded her; the seemingly fatal attack from a late-stage Qi refining cultivator could not even shake the shield.

This was the protection left inside her by her mother, activated at the most critical moment.

"Big brother, did you die too? To be able to see you after death, I'm so happy!" Although awake, Ren Fei'er was still in a daze, and seeing Li Shiming standing not far from her, she said in a woozy voice.

Li Shiming watched Ren Fei'er at this moment with a mix of laughter and helplessness, feeling both annoyed and soft-hearted.

"You're still alive, but how did you cause such a huge commotion?" he said in an annoyed tone.

Yes, the trouble here was indeed too great, far exceeding the capabilities of the Qi Refinement Realm.

If he hadn't modified the copper corpse and added firepower, he might not have been able to rescue Ren Fei'er even if he had arrived.

"It really is big brother, I knew you would come to save me!" Ren Fei'er fully awoke, jumped up, and hurled herself toward Li Shiming, exclaiming excitedly.

Once she got up and began moving again, the protective spiritual power disappeared from her body.

Li Shiming did not dodge; the area was surrounded by sea beasts, merely relying on the copper corpse's firepower to maintain safety, and Fei'er immediately threw herself onto him.

His body stiffened; even though he and Yin Shilan were somewhat closer, at most they had only held hands.

Though smaller, Ren Fei'er was only a year younger than him, a female of a similar age.

"Alright, get down quickly, the fight's not over yet!" Li Shiming didn't dare to make any moves, stiffly saying.

Ren Fei'er also realized her action was a bit over the line, her face blushing as she jumped down from Li Shiming, her eyes darting around nervously.

"How is this copper corpse different? Three heads, six arms, no dead angles in combat, and these magic artifacts, so impressive, big brother is so smart!" She noticed the copper corpse and mid-grade magic weapon Gatling, her eyes full of admiration.

After Ren Fei'er used the talisman, the lingering scent of the Spirit Summoning Liquid on the island was completely destroyed.

Now, under the slaughter of the six mid-grade magic weapon Gatlings, the number of sea beasts surging up was less than those already downed, and the number of sea beasts in the surrounding area rapidly decreased.