Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 426 - 259 Dual Cultivation_2
Chapter 426 -259 Dual Cultivation_2
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Though a mosquito’s leg is small, it is still meat. While practicing without top-tier Spirit Pills, the improvement in training efficiency was still significantly helpful to him.
Moving the Third Grade Golden Lotus made the hall of the cave dwelling lack one significant view, however, the cultivation of the cultivator was more important.
Li Shiming returned to his normal life, where he would craft Spirit Pills five times a day, each time making ten furnaces, all of them second-grade Spirit Pills.
The rest of his time was spent cultivating, studying formations and technologies from his previous life, which actually made his life busier.
A few months later, the benefits of practicing the “Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique” became apparent, although it was not an increase in strength. With Li Shiming’s current strength at the Foundation Establishment Stage, he had nearly reached the peak of the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The benefit he gained was the enhancement of the Red Sun Spiritual Fire. The once small Red Sun Spiritual Fire had grown to the size of a fist after several months of absorbing fire attribute Spiritual Power.
This was a significant improvement, and the speed of this enhancement surprised him greatly.
He knew that the Red Sun Spiritual Fire had absorbed fire attribute Spiritual Power before, but there had never been such a speed of improvement. Initially, he thought it would take until the Golden Core Stage to substantially strengthen the Red Sun Spiritual Fire.
The enhancement of the Red Sun Spiritual Fire naturally came from the fire attribute Spiritual Power produced by practicing the “Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique.”
The Five Elements Thunder Spirit Power in Li Shiming’s Spirit Lake had become more spiritual compared to before he practiced the “Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique,” and it was this spirituality that caused the substantial enhancement of the Red Sun Spiritual Fire.
Although he did not know of other uses for this spirituality, just being able to enhance the Red Sun Spiritual Fire was a tremendous surprise.
This meant he could now attempt to craft third-grade Spirit Pills. Before, the Red Sun Spiritual Fire was somewhat insufficient, but now he no longer needed to worry about this issue.
In these days, he remained in closed-door cultivation, aside from when the cultivators from the Beishu Trading Company came to bring materials for Spirit Pills and take away the crafted ones, he himself did not leave Sword Holding Peak.
It happened to be that his master, Elder Su, was also in seclusion, so there was no need to visit Elder Su for the time being.
When Li Shiming was preparing to visit Elder Ma at Dan Ding Peak, he received a message from Elder Su. It seemed that Elder Su had come out of seclusion, and looking at the dates, it was the regular month for mentoring.
After thinking it over, he packed one Silver Frost Spiritual Peach and three Green Whiskers Nuts in two jade boxes and then headed towards Heavenly Eye Peak.
Upon arriving at Heavenly Eye Peak, he saw his eldest senior sister and three senior brothers. The fourth senior brother, Xu Chuan, and the third senior brother, Lu Shi, showed a hint of embarrassment upon seeing him.
Even the second senior brother, Wan Zheng, looked rather uneasy, secretly thinking that if he hadn’t been at the late-stage Foundation Establishment, he too might have felt awkward.
“I told you all to cultivate diligently, and now look, the junior brother has surpassed you!” elder sister Ye Jingxian voiced out what the three were thinking.
“Three senior brothers, it’s just that I had some opportunities that I could achieve this!” Li Shiming quickly reassured.
He didn’t want his fellow senior brothers to feel any rift over this matter; his senior brothers had always taken great care of him in the past.
“It has nothing to do with the junior brother. Our Spirit Pills for cultivation don’t need to compete with other cultivators, all are the best. We’ve already far surpassed other cultivators, and this is all thanks to junior brother!” Wan Zheng waved his hands continuously as he spoke.
Lu Shi and Xu Chuan also nodded in agreement with the second senior brother. Having Li Shiming as a high-level alchemist junior brother meant they no longer worried about cultivation resources.
Although, due to the rules for Alchemy Masters, Li Shiming would not concoct Spirit Pills for them for free, just being able to have Li Shiming craft Spirit Pills for them anytime was enough to make all the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Beishu Continent extremely envious.
Li Shiming’s reputation across the Beishu Continent was immense, particularly among the Foundation Establishment cultivators, mainly because he hardly made any more Qi Refining Stage Spirit Pills, focusing on second-grade Spirit Pills.
The number of Foundation Establishment cultivators on the Beishu Continent was vast. His crafted Spirit Pills were mostly ordered by the six major sects, with additional orders from various smaller sects. Very few actually made their way into the hands of Loose Cultivators.
Thus, although it seemed that Li Shiming produced many Spirit Pills each month, those marked with his signature were still in short supply, which greatly enhanced his reputation.
“In a little while, I’m afraid I will have to cut down on the production of the Second-grade Spirit Pills!” Li Shiming revealed some news with a smile, seeing that his three senior brothers showed no jealousy.
“Is something the matter?” Xu Chuan, startled, quickly asked.
“I recently felt that I might be able to try refining Third-grade Spirit Pills, and I plan to visit Dan Ding Peak after seeing Master!” Being amongst his own, Li Shiming did not hide anything.
He felt confident about refining Third-grade Spirit Pills, having seen Elder Ma refine them and, moreover, with Elder Ma’s considerable leniency, allowing him to observe the process with Divine Thought, which had enabled him to gather a vast amount of data on refining Third-grade Spirit Pills, recorded in the IBMz15.
“Is the junior brother aiming to become an Alchemy Master?” Ye Jingxian reacted the most, her hands gripping Li Shiming’s shoulders excitedly, her eyes filled with confirmation.
“I feel it’s about time to give it a try!” Li Shiming nodded.
“My formation of four different Spirit Pills just needs refining; I was unsure how to proceed, but now I must ask junior brother to lend a hand!” Ye Jingxian said joyfully.
She was naturally happy, although she could have asked their Master, Elder Su, or even Elder Ma to help, but requesting Elder Ma through Elder Su would cost a favor.
Most importantly, Li Shiming’s involvement guaranteed high-level Spirit Pills, a feat even Elder Ma couldn’t match.
Of course, Ye Jingxian didn’t know whether Li Shiming could maintain the quality of the pills while refining Third-grade Spirit Pills, but given her relationship with Li Shiming, if he was unsure, he wouldn’t undertake their refinement.
“If big sister doesn’t mind, once I’m confident, I will refine them for big sister!” Li Shiming did not decline, as his senior sister had treated him well.
“Let me give you the materials first, and you can hand them back once they’re refined!” Ye Jingxian, without much consideration, took out several jade boxes and handed them to Li Shiming.
She wasn’t the least bit worried about any mishaps with her hard-won resources for making the pills, as Li Shiming’s reputation had been built upon countless high-quality, high-level Spirit Pills.
“Senior sister, rest assured!” Li Shiming, looking at the jade boxes in his hand, nodded firmly in agreement.
He was fully aware of how important the resources for making the pills were. Ye Jingxian’s set of resources owed not only to Elder Su, but also to her decades of accumulated contribution points, a trust that moved him.
He actually had two sets of such resources himself; one was from his alter ego, Li Yuanba, and the other was compensation from Elder Ji’s side.
Elder Ji’s side had offered the only resource qualification for making the pills that their group had for a decade, which was negotiated with Elder Zuo by the Fan Ancestor in person.
The main reason was that Elder Ji’s group had gone too far, daring to tamper with the sect’s Alchemy inheritance, leading to intervention from the Alchemy faction, which forced Elder Ji’s group to compromise.
Otherwise, perhaps Elder Ji’s group’s supply of Spirit Pills would have been jeopardized, which would have caused dissension among the Cultivators in his group.
This matter was very secretive, partly to protect Li Shiming, as news of it getting out could jeopardize his safety, with Cultivators eyeing his resources for making pills.
On the other hand, it was a matter of face for Elder Ji’s group; such compensation severely damaged their reputation, which they undoubtedly wished to keep under strict wraps.
As they were speaking, Elder Su arrived, and as usual, he focused on the Cultivation progress of his disciples.
He particularly admonished Xu Chuan and Lu Shi, leaving both with helpless expressions and resentful glances towards Li Shiming, as such scolding was naturally because Li Shiming had now reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Elder Su also looked at Li Shiming. The disciple was reassuringly low-maintenance, needing hardly any oversight from Elder Su as long as he stayed within the sect, for his primary Cultivation Technique was his own.
