179: spy

Three days passed, and Lin Shiming opened his eyes, concluding his Cultivation of the Purple Wood Heart Sutra.

He only felt the true essence within his body surging like clouds, vigorous and turbulent.

After realizing that some faint Divine Sense around the small building had disappeared, he completely relaxed and took out the grotto-heaven pearl.

The pearl was still an ordinary grey color, and he held it to his chest.

The sub-spirit platform, evolved from the Heavenly Wood Heart, began to slowly release its gravitational pull.

Unlike when true essence was input into the spirit pearl with no change, the gravitational pull released by the spirit platform instantly attracted the grotto-heaven pearl.

Lin Shiming’s expression subtly shifted as he quietly sensed the magic of the grotto-heaven pearl.

The grotto-heaven pearl, as expected of a Magical Artifact from a great world, soon emitted a faint glow and spun even more rapidly.

Seeing this, he then released the gravitational pull from his spirit platform without limit, and from within the spirit platform, he drew out a pure and incomparable stream of true essence, which began to envelop the grotto-heaven pearl and draw it into his body.

The moment the grotto-heaven pearl touched the spirit platform, Lin Shiming felt a world-destroying suction force appear within his spirit platform.

Within the sub-spirit platform, true essence began to rapidly drain, disappearing completely in an instant.

And one must know, the sub-spirit platform held three times the true essence of the main spirit platform.

Frightened, Lin Shiming quickly took out spirit milk, Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and a handful of Medicinal Pills for restoring true essence.

He swallowed them all hastily, then began to rapidly refine them.

What stunned Lin Shiming was that the Medicinal Pills and spirit milk he had just swallowed were absorbed completely before he could even refine them, and his original true essence within his body also began to slowly drain away.

Lin Shiming had no choice but to take out more Medicinal Pills and use Spirit Stones to set up a small-scale Formation around him.

After quite a while, the grotto-heaven pearl finally quieted down, and by this time, Lin Shiming was covered in sweat.

He hadn't expected the grotto-heaven pearl to absorb such a terrifying amount of true essence.

Lin Shiming didn't dare to check it immediately; instead, he quickly Cultivated the Purple Wood Heart Sutra and began to recover.

Another half day passed, and only when he felt that most of his true essence had recovered did he finally relax.

At this moment, when he introspected his sub-spirit platform again, there was already a peculiar white light spot. When his Divine Sense entered it, a magical suction force appeared.

This suction force was not strong and was still within the control of his will.

Lin Shiming released his Divine Sense to enter, and the next moment, he only felt dizzy.

As a glimmer of light entered his eyes, it suddenly became clear, and a world about a hundred zhang in circumference appeared before him.

What met his eyes was overgrown with weeds, a desolate wasteland. Even the only Spirit Herb Garden in front of the single thatched hut was dilapidated and untended.

A few Spiritual Plants, rustling and almost withered, had even thinner Spiritual Qi.

Despite this, Lin Shiming was still incomparably excited. The preciousness of a Grotto-heaven World did not lie in the items within it, but in its very essence.

If Spiritual Qi was insufficient, a Spiritual Vein could be introduced. If the Spirit Herb Garden was barren, it could be tidied up and cultivated anew.

Moreover, with this Grotto-heaven World, Lin Shiming would not only find it convenient to retrieve treasures in the future, but he could also move Spiritual Plants like the Little Divine Tree into the Grotto-heaven World. Otherwise, in Fangmu Mountain, unnecessary complications could easily arise.

At the same time, it would make it convenient for him to Cultivate them at any time, accelerating the growth rate of the Spiritual Plants.

Lin Shiming continued to survey the entire Grotto-heaven World with his Divine Sense. After confirming there were no unexpected factors, he excitedly exited the Grotto-heaven World.

However, with the Grotto-heaven World rooted in his spirit platform, he discovered that all the true essence automatically absorbed and refined by his sub-spirit platform was being drawn by the Grotto-heaven World.

His sub-spirit platform was refined from the Wood Core of a Wood Demon, and it could automatically absorb true essence.

Fortunately, that speed was synchronized with the spirit platform's absorption rate, and for his Cultivation, he still used his main spirit platform.

For him, it did affect a portion of his true essence recovery speed, but overall, it was harmless.

Next, Lin Shiming tried placing Spirit Beasts and Magical Artifacts inside. Taking them out was as convenient as using a Storage Pouch, which made Lin Shiming beam with joy, as if it were his first Flying Sword when he embarked on Cultivation. He played with it for quite a while.

However, at this moment, Lin Shiming felt a tremor in his heart, and his spirit contract seemed to be pulling and changing.

The next moment, a System prompt suddenly appeared.

“Pay attention to your Spirit Beast; it has been spied upon!”

The System prompt clearly referred to the Golden Winged Mantis; the Red-haired Demon Monkey being on him was no surprise.

Lin Shiming was a little anxious. He knew that where the Golden Winged Mantis was located, there was not only the Golden Winged Mantis, but also two High Grade Magical Artifacts, several High Grade Magical Artifacts, plus dozens of High-Grade Spirit Stones.

Especially the High-Grade Spirit Stones, these were his greatest treasure for Breaking through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in a short time.

Lin Shiming pondered for a moment, unwilling to stay any longer. He opened the Formation of the house, then sent a sound transmission to Lin Xianzhi to tender his resignation.

He also sent a sound transmission to Xie An, asking him to report on his behalf, and at the same time, applied for a city exit token from him before leaving the city.

Xie An did not stop him. The Lin Family was not originally a frontline Family, only having gained merit to atone for their sins because Cloud Mirror Mountain was plundered. And with his record of killing twenty cultivators of the same stage, no one would say much.

However, upon his return, a thorough interrogation would inevitably await him… At an unnamed small mountain, lush greenery covered the area, with many towering trees.

Deep within the trees was a giant cave.

Inside the giant cave, a golden mantis lay quietly on a rock wall, unmoving.

Only its constantly chewing mouth indicated that the mantis had not lost its vitality.

A Spirit Light descended from the sky, and then a figure in a green robe entered the Immortal Cave.

It was Lin Shiming, who had been circling around for half a day to get here.

If the situation hadn't been urgent, Lin Shiming would have definitely circled a few more times.

But now, seeing that the Golden Winged Mantis was unharmed, he was relieved.

As soon as the Golden Winged Mantis saw its master, it chirped, turning into a golden light and flying to Lin Shiming's front. Its golden triangular head constantly rubbed against Lin Shiming's waist.

It chirped excitedly, like a resentful wife left alone at home.

Without Lin Shiming, the Golden Winged Mantis naturally couldn't open the Storage Pouch.

Lin Shiming was also overjoyed to see the Golden Winged Mantis, and then took out spirit water and Beast Nurturing Pills for it.

This batch of Beast Nurturing Pills was almost all his stock. Second-tier Beast Nurturing Pills were, after all, Beast Nurturing Pills, and the Golden Winged Mantis could eat more than ten at a time.

The Jin Chi (Golden Wings) was indeed very hungry. It ate most of the Beast Nurturing Pills in one go, and then consumed a large amount of spirit water and spirit beast meat before stopping.

However, to his surprise, after the Golden Winged Mantis was full, it did not peacefully enter his spirit beast pouch; instead, it continued to chirp.

The spirit contract also conveyed feelings of anger.

“You mean, wait here a little longer, who do you want to fight?” Lin Shiming asked hesitantly. The Golden Winged Mantis’s demeanor was clearly the same as the Red-haired Demon Monkey who had just had a Breakthrough. After the Demon Monkey’s Breakthrough, it wanted to compete with the Jin Chi (Golden Wings).

The Golden Winged Mantis’s chirping became more urgent, and its triangular head kept nodding.

Lin Shiming was still somewhat hesitant, but thinking of the System prompt, he guessed that this matter was probably related to that spying!