Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1580 - 836: Cultivation (2)
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She retrieved one of the jade bottles Li Shiming had given her, uncorked it, and spilled out a Third-grade Spirit Pill, prepared to swallow it, but realized this Third-grade Spirit Pill turned out to be a Top-grade Third-grade Spirit Pill.
Next, she pulled out the remaining jade bottles, uncovering in total over 180 Top-grade Third-grade Spirit Pills suited for the Golden Core Middle Stage, along with more than 100 for the Late-stage Golden Core.
Li Shiming had informed her that after exhausting the current Third-grade resources, a fresh supply would arrive not long afterward.
"I need to train hard and not disappoint Shiming!" A spark of resolve appeared in her gaze as she steeled her resolve.
She understood perfectly that Li Shiming had risked much to secure these plentiful resources, and she refused to let him down.
With her innate high talent, plus the finest resources and the ultimate cultivation setting worldwide, Yin Shilan's progress in cultivation surged like never before.
The key benefit of Top-grade Spirit Pills lies in their pure composition, enabling the absorption of their immense energy followed by ingesting another one right away, free from any danger of pill poison.
As a result, possessing sufficient Top-grade Spirit Pills can dramatically boost a cultivator's advancement pace.
Much of Li Shiming's swift progress before stemmed from the power of these kinds of pills.
Yet, once he advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, the relative rarity of Fourth-grade resources versus Third-grade ones prevented him from producing Top-grade Spirit Pills in large quantities anymore.
Top-grade Spirit Pills demand careful crafting; they extract the core essence from herbs built up over countless alchemy steps, yielding just one such pill from numerous attempts.
Thanks to his cultivation room space, Li Shiming can precisely gauge the right moments to create Top-grade Spirit Pills.
For fellow Alchemy Masters, no matter how many pills they refine, guaranteeing Top-grade ones remains a tough challenge.
Therefore, in the Cultivation World, Top-grade Spirit Pills hold immense value that's nearly unbeatable, particularly in lower realms. Even during the Golden Core Stage, it's uncommon for an Alchemy Master to craft just a handful over a lifetime.
Regarding the Nascent Soul Stage, it's even rarer, save for those in Li Shiming's possession. One could claim that Fourth-grade Top-grade Spirit Pills have yet to surface in the Cultivation World.
Li Shiming positioned himself beyond the Great Power Palace. Rather than departing right away, he watched over Yin Shilan's cultivation progress, leaving Heavenly Person Cave Heaven solely after she started her session.
When he stepped out, an odd atmosphere caught his attention outside.
Ren Fei’er paused her cultivation and stood rigidly inside the cave dwelling's formation, scanning the exterior scene.
A Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner along with eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners encircled the floating mountain.
From the Thousand Illusion Sect, Ancestor Ge and Ancestor Zhan kept their distance, steering clear of the assault and powerless against this group of Nascent Soul Cultivators.
The protective formation around the mountain lay shattered. Elder Li, nursing a profound grudge against Li Shiming, itched to capture the female cultivator inside the cave dwelling, unaware of Li Shiming's whereabouts.
Elder Li's deepest resentment toward Li Shiming arose from Li Shiming's ally Li Yuanba. During his forced exit from the Senluo Sect, Li Yuanba wrecked his cave dwelling and demolished his mountain, shaming him publicly in front of every Nascent Soul Ancestor.
The Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner Xiao Lu didn't curb Elder Li's rash actions, having noted the remarkable defenses during their strike on the mountain formation.
This mountain formation rivaled those of a medium-sized sect from the Dongqi Continent. Without his joint effort with the eight Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners, and the enemies inside lacking control over the formation, it wouldn't have fallen so readily.
Though the formation was now defeated, the golden sea of flowers in front stirred a vague worry in him.
With Elder Li so keen to charge ahead, Xiao Lu gladly allowed him to probe the dangers first.
Ren Fei’er practiced cultivation inside the cave dwelling. Authority over the dwelling belonged equally to her and her sister Yin Shilan, and a alert hit her as the formation came under assault.
She halted her cultivation promptly. Luckily, since her session involved rebuilding her foundation, it was shallow enough to stop without hassle.
Checking the cultivation room, she saw the outer formation had collapsed.
Failing to locate her sister or brother-in-law, her anxiety mounted sharply.
Particularly as Elder Li sped toward her spot, her dread deepened.
She remembered Elder Li as the main force behind pressuring her sister to surrender resources and treasures.
While she fretted, Li Shiming materialized abruptly at her side.
"Brother-in-law!" Ren Fei’er spun toward Li Shiming, her fears evaporating instantly.
"I offered them an opportunity, yet they squandered it. Now they're courting their own doom!" Li Shiming flicked his hand casually, then looked outward.
Indeed, Li Shiming had extended a chance to the rival sects, suggesting ten times the repayment, mindful that this was his native Beishu Continent, where he aimed to avoid overdoing it.
Still, he never expected the Beishu Continent sects to ally with foreigners, plotting to deal with him in the same old way.
As Elder Li's form ventured into the mountain range and he geared up to soar toward the cave dwelling, the golden sea of flowers beneath stirred abruptly.
Petals lifted into the sky, moving leisurely at first glance, but in an instant they enveloped Elder Li completely.
"Ah!" A shrill cry echoed, and the petals softly settled back onto their blooms.
Elder Li disappeared entirely, leaving only a thin blood mist in the air to hint at his end.
A heavy silence fell over the area outside the floating mountain.
Even Xiao Lu, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner hailing from the Dongqi Continent, found himself stunned by the display.
His expertise exceeded that of Beishu Continent's Nascent Soul Cultivators, but even he couldn't identify what this setup truly was.
A cold shiver crept up his back, alerting him that this mission might prove to be a grave error.
Capable of deploying defenses unseen even in the Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator, was far from ordinary.
"Fellow Daoist, could we talk for a moment?" Xiao Lu dropped ideas of attacking, choosing talk instead to gauge the opponent's true nature.
Until now, he hadn't glimpsed the foe, drawing only from accounts by Beishu Continent's Nascent Soul Cultivators.
"Ren Fei’er, remain within the cave dwelling!" Li Shiming directed, before vanishing and rematerializing high above the mountain.
A formidable aura from a Great Cultivator swept across the region, forcing the leftover seven Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners to crash downward.
Falling from that altitude, a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner's frame could endure the impact, but the overwhelming Great Cultivator aura acted like an enormous weight, pinning them helplessly.
"My lord, this is all a mistake. I belong to the Canglong Sect, under the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's banner!" Upon spotting Li Shiming, Xiao Lu forsook any fight, blurting words in haste.
He dreaded that a second's delay might seal his fate.
This figure was Li Shizhen, the Dongqi Continent's top Great Cultivator.
The Ten Thousand Beast Sect shared details on Li Shizhen, complete with his image, among allied groups to prevent clashes with their Great Cultivator.
Xiao Lu, even in the Beishu Continent, got this intel recently through the long-distance flying boat.
In that instant, Xiao Lu longed to resurrect and punish the deceased Elder Li. Had Elder Li's remains persisted, Xiao Lu would have torn it apart countless times.
He embodied a terror who slew two Peak Great Cultivators in one clash, a dominant force that made superpowers bow. Against that, how could a simple Nascent Soul Middle Stage like him stand a chance?