Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1487 - 790: Lou Wu

Li Yuanba's routine stayed mostly the same. He typically entered seclusion for a full month of cultivation, then stepped out from his cave abode to greet those seeking alchemical help, afterward heading off to pass the materials supplied by them to his true form, Li Shiming.

Back he came with the spirit pills freshly refined by Li Shiming during that prior month. When dealing with spirit pills for Great Cultivators, the entire routine might drag on for two months or beyond.

His odd habits drew some raised eyebrows, but as a renowned alchemy expert and a prodigy in cultivation, even quirky actions passed as everyday for him.

The leadership in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion understood that Li Yuanba remained deep in seclusion, so no duties came his way.

His past role in the Hell Cave Heaven mission, combined with his ongoing alchemy support for the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, already stacked up against the hard work of dedicated sword cultivators.

Word of Li Yuanba's feats from the Hell Cave Heaven mission spread like wildfire, crowning him the supreme genius across the Central State Continent and the whole Cultivation World.

Factions and cultivators nursing grudges against him, itching to stir chaos, found no opening thanks to his long-drawn-out seclusion.

Not a single power could breach the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's mountain barriers; the most they managed was snagging scraps of intel for a price.

Ten years into Li Yuanba's secluded practice, a major happening pulled him briefly from his isolation.

Suspended mid-air above a barren islet beyond Sword Peak, Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou gazed silently down at Lou Wu on the land below.

This marked the moment Lou Wu pushed to advance into the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. With Lou Wu as his direct disciple, Li Yuanba had to witness such a pivotal breakthrough.

Several vein-locking arrays dotted the island, channeling three Great Cultivator-grade spirit veins. Li Yuanba had loaned in two from fellow Great Cultivators, while he provided the remaining one.

Lou Wu picked this site for his ascension all on his own. In the usual way, breakthroughs happened in spots optimized to smooth the path forward.

Clearly, some untold tale linked this remote islet to Lou Wu's past. Great Cultivator Lou never brought it up, and Li Yuanba held back from probing.

Even so, backed by guardians like Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou, Lou Wu's breakthrough stood safe from threats, no matter the enemy's power.

"Yuanba, your cultivation advancement stands out clearly. It looks like in under a hundred years, you'll climb to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak and challenge the Great Cultivator Realm!" Great Cultivator Lou remarked with deep feeling, detecting the aura enveloping Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba's swift pace in cultivation left him utterly stunned.

Still, when factoring in Li Yuanba's alchemy skills, the rapid growth felt logical enough.

Hardly any cultivator matched Li Yuanba in hoarding near-endless supplies of fourth-grade advanced cultivation-boosting spirit pills.

Within the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's Nascent Soul Middle Stage core sword cultivators, not one enjoyed the luxury of relying on fourth-grade advanced cultivation-boosting spirit pills so heavily.

Core sword cultivators boasted richer resources over regular ones, yet the edge stayed modest, offering superior mentoring, deeper insights, tougher missions, and smoother paths to gathering supplies.

While core sword cultivators gained extra lore and assets, they shelled out dearly in return.

Li Yuanba, by contrast, covered his cultivation demands simply through the cut he kept from alchemy jobs.

Truth be told, Li Yuanba tapped into far more than Great Cultivator Lou suspected, since he handed off every bit of his pill-making to his original self, Li Shiming, who wielded the 'Hundred One-point Pill Technique' to double the yield.

Should any cultivator glimpse the spirit pills fueling Li Yuanba's own practice, the gap with those he made for other sword cultivators would jump out immediately.

All the pills he took were top-tier fourth-grade high-level ones, hitting the peak theoretical quality for that grade. This stemmed from a special knack of his original body, Li Shiming, craftable only in that hidden realm.

"It'll still take a hundred years!" Li Yuanba replied, flashing a wry, helpless grin.

To Great Cultivator Lou, hitting Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak in just a century felt astonishingly quick.

But to Li Yuanba, that timeframe dragged on far too much.

To gauge if cultivation speed counts as swift or sluggish, a proper benchmark proves essential.

In Li Yuanba's cavern inside the Sword Cave Heaven, thanks to his services to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, the spiritual energy density there matched Great Cultivator levels—the peak available, save for the Sword Elder's own.

Yet even that setup paled against the cultivation haven of his original body, Li Shiming.

Li Shiming's practice space layered on stacks of precious artifacts.

The 'Heavenly Person Hall' in Heavenly Person Cave Heaven already brimmed with the densest spiritual energy in its domain, crafted for the elite powers themselves.

On top of that, spiritual veins scooped from countless ventures got embedded in the 'Heavenly Person Hall', boosting the energy inside even higher.

Nestled in the 'Heavenly Person Hall' lay the Treasure Lotus Hall, which refined the spiritual energy purer still, with help from the 'Infinite Jade Mat' and similar wonders, creating a setup fit for the mightiest.

Beyond those outer aids, the biggest boost sprang from the 'Heavenly Human Technique' itself.

Cultivating the 'Heavenly Human Technique' worked like wielding the Five Elements' five rules at once, making its output incredibly potent.

From what Li Yuanba had seen so far, no method outpaced the 'Heavenly Human Technique' in efficiency—not even the 'Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique' came close.