Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1956 - 1024: Fifth-Grade (Part 2)

"Junior Li, this puts me in a difficult position. Luanyang Palace does not have half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials!" Great Power Meng Jun said helplessly.

Li Shiming glanced at Great Power Meng Jun, unable to determine if he truly didn’t have it or was making excuses.

He frowned slightly; refining fifth-grade spiritual pills didn’t affect him much, but it required him to dedicate at least three years of his mind and lab space.

During this time, his mind had to continuously monitor the pill furnace without making a single error, otherwise, the alchemy would fail.

Although the cost wasn’t high for him, he didn’t want to waste his efforts.

For ordinary great powers, the cost of refining fifth-grade spiritual pills wasn’t small, which is why Sword Elder said he could name any reward he wanted.

"Half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials are indeed difficult to come by, but I know where they can be found. In exchange for this information, I hope you will refine five furnaces of fifth-grade spiritual pills. What do you think?" Sword Elder said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing Sword Elder’s words, Li Shiming began to consider it.

From Sword Elder’s words, the place where the half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials were located was definitely very dangerous.

Otherwise, Sword Elder could have gone himself. Although Sword Elder’s main body couldn’t go, his great power avatar was strong.

"Agreed, I’ll refine five furnaces of fifth-grade spiritual pills in exchange for information on the half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials!" Li Shiming agreed without much thought.

For him, refining fifth-grade spiritual pills was beneficial in itself.

Even without the rewards for the alchemy, he was willing to do it, but as an alchemy master, it was impossible not to take rewards.

This was the rule of alchemy; even a great power must follow it if one is an alchemy master.

"This is the location of an ancient ruin. A Sword Cultivator from Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion discovered it but didn’t leave alive, only sending out some information. Later, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion sent several more sword cultivators, but the losses were great. Finally confirming the situation of the ancient ruins, they sealed the information!" Sword Elder explained as he handed Li Shiming a jade scroll.

Receiving the jade scroll, Li Shiming noted Great Power Meng Jun showed no reaction, rather seemed satisfied knowing Li Shiming agreed to the alchemy.

It seemed to him there was some agreement between Great Power Meng Jun and Sword Elder, which was none of his business. The opportunities to refine five furnaces of fifth-grade spiritual pills were theirs to distribute.

"The ancient ruins have somehow become a land of the dead, and over long ages, it’s given birth to high-grade corpse refinements and ghost souls. Among them, there are many half-step fifth-grade corpse refinements and ghost souls!" Sword Elder spoke, recalling with a look of lingering fear.

Li Shiming was also shocked. He had refined numerous half-step fifth-grade corpse refinements, especially sanctified spirits, reaching one hundred and thirty-three.

He knew the power of half-step fifth-grade corpse refinements; once reaching that level, they possessed incredibly potent abilities in one or multiple areas.

As corpse refinements, their abilities were largely destructive.

One half-step fifth-grade corpse refinement was manageable, but if their numbers increased, paired with half-step fifth-grade ghost souls, even a great power would have a severe headache.

In the cultivation world, great powers couldn’t leave their grotto heavens, which were tied to their sects’ main halls, only their avatars could travel afar.

The great power avatars couldn’t handle numerous half-step fifth-grade corpse refinements and ghost souls, especially the ghost souls, posing a greater threat.

"Are there ’Flying Night Demons’ there?" Li Shiming inquired.

If there really were fifth-grade ’Flying Night Demons’, he would have to be extremely cautious entering those ancient ruins.

"Our investigations found no ’Flying Night Demons’, but it’s certain that in those ancient ruins, great powers can’t open their grotto heavens or even draw cave heaven energy!" Sword Elder continued.

Li Shiming could imagine that Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion must have had some free great power enter the ancient ruins and suffer losses.

"Thank you, Sword Elder, I’ll be cautious!" Li Shiming nodded.

"I don’t want anything to happen to you. If things become unmanageable, retreat immediately!" Sword Elder advised with a smile.

Sword Elder nodded to Great Power Meng Jun, and the two great power avatars each took out a set of materials, the main of which was a fifth-grade spiritual medicine, stored in a Fourth Grade Top Jade Box.

The jade box alone was invaluable, but to great powers, fourth-grade top-quality spiritual objects weren’t very significant.

Besides the main material, there were other auxiliary materials, along with an elixir recipe.

The fifth-grade spiritual medicines and recipes provided by the two avatars differed.

In reality, fifth-grade recipes were top secrets of their own sects, but alchemy masters had open access to any grade of recipe.

Of course, alchemy masters had professional ethics, not to disclose recipes.

"Here are two sets of materials, refine two furnaces of fifth-grade spiritual pills first!" Sword Elder said with a smile.

Li Shiming nodded, understanding their intent; if both sets of fifth-grade spiritual pills failed, then there was no need to ask him for alchemy.

"Is there anything else?" He put away the materials and asked.

"Nothing more!" Both avatars replied with a shake of their heads.

"Then I’ll be returning; these materials are too precious!" Li Shiming stood up and bid farewell.

This time he had come with a phantom avatar. The responsibility of safely handling the two sets of fifth-grade materials was his.

He left Luanyang Palace, appearing on the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng, speeding back to the Dongqi Continent.

Meanwhile, Li Shiming’s main mind was pondering over the elixir recipes within the jade scrolls. IBMz15 had already calculated the contents of both fifth-grade elixir recipes, analyzing potential issues during alchemy.

The fifth-grade spiritual medicine was in the hands of his phantom avatar, and upon initial scanning, IBMz15 had acquired some data on it. Combined with the recipes, it allowed for a thorough analysis of the pill refinement process.

Li Shiming also split his focus to consider the map inside another jade scroll.

He was aware of the tasks ahead; the ancient ruin marked on the map was a destination he must visit.

A location with numerous half-step fifth-grade corpses surely had half-step fifth-grade corpse refining materials.

With enough of these materials, he could advance his half-step fifth-grade corpse refinements entirely, turning them into genuine ’Flying Night Demons’.

He waited for his phantom avatar to return and encountered no trouble along the way.

Even if there was trouble, the speed of the Golden Winged Dapeng could leave it far behind.

Li Shiming collected the fifth-grade materials, putting two fifth-grade pill furnaces into the lab space.

He had obtained two such furnaces, one from exploring ancient ruins, the other from the ’Hundred Herbs Garden’ in the Divine Palace.

The Divine Palace counted as ancient ruins, so both pill furnaces were derived from ancient ruins.

The Fifth Grade Immortal Fire ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ was input into the two pill furnaces in the lab space, then the ’Banana Treasure Fan’ waved, elevating the fire’s grade by a small level.

He still needed to input cave heaven energy into the ’Infinite Immortal Fire’ to ensure its power.

The alchemy process was not overly difficult for him; two minds controlled the two furnaces, IBMz15 monitored, and the lab space’s ultra-fine control, as long as his mind didn’t rest, failure was impossible.

Days passed as Li Shiming spent most of his time researching methods to refine and enhance fifth-grade corpse refinements.

The knowledge in his corpse refining tomes was clearly insufficient, but fortunately, in terms of research, IBMz15 had unparalleled capability.