Cultivation is just so scientific!

The soul crystal ring can be energy-converted; even when energy-converted, it can still store items.

Its greatest benefit is that the Nascent Soul can carry it along, and it can even be stored inside the body.

It's not to say that a normal mustard seed ring cannot be carried by the Nascent Soul, but the Spiritual Objects that the Nascent Soul can carry are very limited and must be held in hand to be taken away.

The soul crystal ring can be energy-converted, allowing a large number of Spiritual Objects to be stored inside without occupying the hands of the Nascent Soul.

This advantage alone is enough to make the soul crystal ring the most desired treasure for Nascent Soul Cultivators, especially since during Nascent Soul Emergence, the Nascent Soul can mostly only carry its life-bound magical artifact.

With the soul crystal ring, other magical artifacts can be stored inside it, allowing the Nascent Soul to take them out whenever needed after leaving the physical body.

Li Shiming's Divine Sense entered the soul crystal ring and found that its internal space was ten times the size of the largest mustard seed ring he currently possessed.

What surprised him the most was a large pile of fourth-grade magical artifacts, with thirty-three fourth-grade flying swords among them.

Additionally, out of the thirty-three fourth-grade flying swords, eighteen contained Sword Intent.

It seems Zhao Lingyu particularly enjoyed collecting the magical artifacts of enemies, having not sold any of the confiscated artifacts but instead collected them all.

Otherwise, even if Zhao Lingyu had some backing, it would be impossible to slaughter so many Nascent Soul cultivators in a short time to obtain so many fourth-grade magical artifacts.

The eighteen flying sword magical artifacts containing Sword Intent were all life-bound magical artifacts from Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators that Zhao Lingyu had killed.

Li Shiming couldn't help but feel a bit nervous; he was somewhat relieved to have successfully slain Zhao Lingyu.

Now he somewhat regretted it; if his clone Li Yuanba was on the Dongqi Continent, he could send these fourth-grade flying swords over. Coupled with the fourth-grade flying swords he had recently refined, it would greatly enhance the power of 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak'.

He then noticed the two flying boats in the soul crystal ring, one a small fourth-grade upper-stage flying boat and the other a medium fourth-grade middle-stage flying boat.

These two flying boats were too conspicuous, placed in a separate location. Due to the ample space inside the soul crystal ring, the two flying boats were not stored in a miniaturized state.

This allows the flying boats to be taken out and activated at full speed whenever needed.

Perhaps the time taken for a flying boat to revert from the miniaturized state to its normal size might mean the difference between life and death.

Li Shiming did not pay much attention to the small fourth-grade upper-stage flying boat, instead looking at the medium fourth-grade middle-stage flying boat.

The medium flying boat can accommodate hundreds of cultivators, but this medium flying boat is not an ordinary one.

This medium flying boat is extremely luxurious with very high-quality fourth-grade materials used. The reason it's only rated as a fourth-grade middle-stage is due to its large size, affecting the quality by having a lower proportion of fourth-grade materials used.

The specific details of the medium flying boat will only be known after recognizing ownership.

However, when Li Shiming attempted to recognize ownership, he sensed a Spirit imprint within the medium flying boat that was so strong, it was clear it couldn't be removed.

"It seems I'll have to ask Master to help!" Li Shiming thought to himself.

His Divine Sense shifted away from the flying boat, and he discovered the 'Thousand-Mile Sensing Plate'.

Next to the 'Thousand-Mile Sensing Plate' was a top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure, which was also a recognized ownership magical artifact.

"Hmm, this recognized Spirit imprint seems..." As he analyzed the situation of the top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure, he noticed something peculiar.

With a slight movement of his mind, the top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure appeared in his hand.

"Senior Brother, this should be your defense treasure?" Li Shiming had confirmed through the Spirit imprint while asking as he handed the top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure to Zhong Qiang.

Zhong Qiang accepted the top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure and gently stroked it, feeling the internal Spirit imprint, which was his recognized imprint.

With his current cultivation level, he was unable to drive this top-grade fourth-grade shield treasure.

Given his current circumstance, the possibility of obtaining a top-grade fourth-grade treasure was extremely low.

Even Master Grandmaster Hu could not provide him with top-grade fourth-grade materials to make a treasure again.

Even for a Great Cultivator, top-grade fourth-grade materials obtained are very limited, and Grandmaster Hu has more than one disciple.

Grandmaster Hu must maximize the utilization of top-grade fourth-grade materials; any extra will be given to the disciple with the most potential, not Zhong Qiang who has lost most of his potential.

This is not about endearment, but a realistic choice.

"It's my defense treasure, the Golden Copper Armor Shield, which I lost in battle with Zhao Lingyu. I never expected Zhao Lingyu to never recognize ownership of it after all these years!" Zhong Qiang sighed softly.

"This was placed together with the 'Thousand-Mile Sensing Plate'. It seems it was meant to track you!" Li Shiming explained to him.

"You should keep it!" Zhong Qiang handed the Golden Copper Armor Shield back to Li Shiming.

"Senior Brother, this is your treasure. You can't use it now, but once you regain your strength, you can use it!" Li Shiming refused with a smile.

If it were top-grade fourth-grade refining materials, he might have considered it, but a ready-made top-grade fourth-grade treasure didn't hold much interest for him.

Especially since this Golden Copper Armor Shield was his Senior Brother Zhong Qiang's treasure, with the recognized imprint still there, he could not possibly claim it for his own.

Zhong Qiang paused for a moment, then smiled without insisting further, and accepted the Golden Copper Armor Shield.

He still had a top-grade fourth-grade flying sword as his life-bound treasure, coupled with this top-grade fourth-grade defense treasure, the Golden Copper Armor Shield. Once he enters the Nascent Soul Stage, he would possess decent combat power.

It may not compare to his peak, but at least he has a foundation to stand upon.

Li Shiming re-entered the soul crystal ring with his mind, skipping over the Spiritual Medicine and Spirit Pill zones, which couldn't attract much of his interest.

He finally found the broken jade map Zhong Qiang mentioned, which seemed circular with about half still intact.

Next to the broken jade map was a jade box covered with isolation runes.

It was clear that Zhao Lingyu placed equal importance on this jade box and the broken jade map by placing them together.

Li Shiming was filled with curiosity about the jade box, wondering what kind of Spiritual Object Zhao Lingyu had considered important enough to place alongside the broken jade map.

He used his Divine Sense to open the jade box, and upon opening it, his Divine Sense immediately issued an alarm.

Radiation, strong radiation, promptly closing the jade box again.

Despite only opening the jade box briefly, he realized what was inside it.

It turned out to be a sword-shaped magical artifact made of 'Hell's Bane Crystal'. The reason it wasn't called a flying sword was that this sword-shaped magical artifact made from 'Hell's Bane Crystal' was fundamentally different from regular flying sword treasures.

This sword-shaped magical artifact was more like a mountain peak-type magical treasure, transforming into a massive form to crush enemies.

The sword-shaped magical artifact made of 'Hell's Bane Crystal' in the jade box was in its reduced state. Without a recognition of ownership, he couldn't determine how large it would be when expanded.

He hesitated, pondering whether to recognize the sword-shaped magical artifact as his own.

In the Cultivation World, 'Hell Disgust Crystal' is also known by another name, 'uranium ore'.

Due to the 'Hell's Bane Crystal' in the Cultivation World's unique properties, it has acquired a fourth-grade quality.

Even though Li Shiming had never seen a magical treasure refined from 'Hell's Bane Crystal', he was still somewhat incredulous upon encountering one.

Using the 'Hell's Bane Crystal' to create a sword-shaped magical artifact—a weapon that poses a severe radiation hazard not only to enemies but to the user as well.

His mind, through analysis of the radiation from the 'Hell's Bane Crystal' sword-shaped magic artifact, concluded that it had a harmful effect on Nascent Soul Cultivators.

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