Cultivation is just so scientific!

The sea pig meat was very fragrant, throughout the year, aside from the last two months when he had eaten spirit fish meat, this was only the second time he had tasted spirit meat.

Li Shiming indulged himself immensely, consuming two jin of spirit meat in one meal.

However, when he cultivated the "Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill," he found that although he ate a lot of sea pig meat, its cultivation effect was far inferior to that of the spirit fish, not to mention the effect of the spiritual medicine recorded in the "Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill." This highlighted the miraculous nature of the spirit fish.

But the sea pig meat satisfied his cravings, and since he didn't dare to waste the spirit fish by consuming it liberally, the less valuable sea pig meat was something he could enjoy freely.

Through interactions with Qiu Tan, he learned that sea beasts were rarely seen within the sect's marine territory because the sect had established a marine defense line at the outer sea access.

Many sect cultivators adept at combat were concentrated there, targeting sea beasts for hunting.

In the "Catalog of Sea Beasts," the sea pig beast, a low-level First-Order sea beast, was among the weakest of the sea beasts.

A First-Order sea beast is comparable to a human cultivator's Qi Refinement Realm strength, but of course, this strength is not absolute.

The strength of a sea beast depends on its own bloodline and talent ability. For example, the sea pig beast Li Shiming encountered had reached the Qi Refinement Third Level in terms of spiritual power, but the sea pig beast did not have effective attack methods; it only used its body to ram, and at most, possessed the Water Spirit Shield defense talent ability.

In actual combat, a cultivator at the Qi Refinement Third Level could easily defeat it with sufficient talismans and means of flight.

The advantages of a sea beast were also clear; in marine battles, if they were not killed in one hit, the sea beasts could flee into the sea, making them unreachable by cultivators without underwater combat ability.

Still regarding the sea pig beast, even that Water Spirit Shield defense talent allowed it to potentially escape after being wounded by a cultivator if it managed to contact the sea water.

In the outer sea, human cultivators and sea beasts usually hunted in small teams, as many sea beasts could rely on their strong bodies to overpower cultivators of the same rank, making one-on-one fights extremely dangerous for human cultivators.

Li Shiming, looking at the "Catalog of Sea Beasts," was greatly enlightened. Perhaps when he reached the Mid Qi Refinement stage and refined an Intermediate-grade defense array, he could participate in hunting sea beasts in the outer sea.

With his Vajra Seventh Level combat power in the form of a copper corpse, and "white phosphorus bombs" and "thermite bombs," he could use these means to kill sea beasts without needing to team up with others.

The "Catalog of Sea Beasts" indeed recorded that some sea beasts would condense inner cores within their bodies. Sea Beast Inner Cores were principal materials in creating various cultivation-supporting Elixir Pills and were of great value.

Hunting sea beasts could then yield Spirit Stones, and the pills refined from their inner cores could enhance his strength—the prospect of which was delightful.

Of course, Li Shiming was also aware that this was still a distant goal for him; what he needed to do was focus on diligent cultivation.

Over the following six months, since he could not cultivate Spirit Rice, he found himself relatively idle.

The climate in the Sky Sea Area was quite special, and he came to understand why Spirit Rice could not be cultivated there; just over ten days had passed when winds from the outer sea brought extremely moist air.

This made the sky almost continuously overcast throughout the day, with the sun obscured by dense clouds.

Rainfall also became a common occurrence, with the potential to rain at any moment during the day.

Under such weather conditions, Spirit Rice, which requires high environmental standards, needed stronger photosynthesis capabilities and flood resistance and also faced the challenge of the "Spring Breeze and Rain Skill" spirit rain being diluted at any time.

According to Li Shiming's judgment, under these weather conditions, the consumption vs. yield ratio in cultivating Spirit Rice would likely result in a loss regardless of the amount planted.

This wasn't an unsolvable issue. The transgenic project he was currently researching was striving toward that very goal.

Moreover, if he were to construct a transparent glass greenhouse, using lamps as a substitute for sunlight and ensuring proper drainage, he could also cultivate Spirit Rice under such weather conditions.

However, this would require devising a new method of cultivating Spirit Rice in the greenhouse.

Cultivators with the capability wouldn't bother with Spirit Rice for such a meager profit, and the actual Spirit Plant Cultivators lacked the necessary skills.

You must know, in this world, to achieve the transparent glass greenhouse, lamps, drainage, as well as a completely new cultivation model, everything needed to be accomplished through Arrays.

Modifying a single spirit field was one thing, but to transform all the sect's spirit fields, the costs involved were unimaginably high.

Most crucially, breaking away from natural planting methods was disdainful to Spirit Plant Cultivators, hence none of them even considered such a possibility.

Spirit Plant Cultivators would enhance Spirit Plant Magic, boosting yield through cultivator techniques. Indeed, assigning an Intermediate Spirit Plant Cultivator to grow Spirit Rice, doubling the yield of Spirit Rice, was not a problem.

With such a solution available, which Spirit Plant Cultivator would consider an issue using non-Spirit Plant Cultivator methods?

Li Shiming had no intention of constructing a greenhouse. Even if transgenic Spirit Rice were developed, he wouldn't bring it out immediately.

Only when he had enough strength and was not afraid of being coveted by others, might he publish his findings.

Of course, he wouldn't consume the transgenic Spirit Rice himself; it was his principle. When the yield increased, he could make a bit more profit. After all, cultivators were unlikely to be affected by the transgenics.

"It looks like a trip to Changming Island is necessary!" one day, Li Shiming sighed helplessly to himself.

He lacked many things, such as talismanic ink materials, Spirit Plant seeds, and some knowledge, all of which depended on the sect's good deeds for exchange, and he didn't know how many years it would take to accumulate enough good deeds.

He was now very glad that he had chosen the most expensive "Sword Control Technique"; otherwise, just for the "Sword Control Technique" alone, it would take him at least ten years to accumulate enough good deeds for the exchange.

The Spirit Rice could be sold for two thousand kilograms, and together with the more than two thousand Spirit Stones he had, he believed he would have enough to buy some needed items.

The market on Long Time Island was divided into Sun Workshop, Moon Workshop, and Year Workshop. Sun Workshop was open every day, featuring fixed businesses that were always available.

Moon Workshop was a larger market that occurred once a month, attended by many cultivators looking to buy and sell items. Year Workshop was even grander, with even Foundation Establishment Cultivators trading there.

Li Shiming set out at four in the morning, mainly because the paper crane was too slow. Heading to Changming Island took two hours, and leaving later would mean missing the morning market.

According to Qiu Tan, the morning session of the Sun Workshop had the most businesses open. Since businesses were run by cultivators and they also needed time for cultivation, most wouldn't operate in the afternoon.

The items he needed to purchase were not very rare, so there was no need to attend the Moon Workshop.

Sitting on the paper crane, with the damp wind blowing on him, he no longer felt like an Immortal. The paper crane's speed was less than ideal, and it was completely exposed.

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