Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 332: Chapter 212 Research_2

“Why are there top-grade Spirit Pills?” Li Shiming did not believe it was due to luck; there must be some reason of which he was unaware.

Fortunately, IBMz15 faithfully recorded every alchemy process, allowing him to pull up all the alchemy data for study.

Among the extensive data, he did not find anything different about this batch of Elixir Pills compared to previous ones. His nearly perfect ‘Golden Sun Fire Control Technique,’ ‘Green Willow Sensing Spirit Technique,’ and ‘Seven Finger Refining Pill Technique’ should theoretically ensure consistent quality across all Elixir Pills.

Neither he nor IBMz15 could analyze any special traits from the data. It seemed, just as Master Ma had said, that top-grade Spirit Pills were purely a product of luck.

When he cleaned the Three-Revolution Heavenly Treasure Furnace again, he felt a slight change in the medicinal qi inside it.

A thought flickered in his mind, considering a possibility.

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“Master, may I take the Spiritual Medicine back to my cave to refine?” he requested of Master Ma.

Being watched by the Master, it was inconvenient for him to employ certain techniques.

“Take one hundred portions of ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ ingredients back with you; just bring the completed ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ when you return!” Master Ma was very confident in his alchemy skills and would not refuse his request.

Li Shiming was capable of refining early-stage Foundation Establishment Elixir Pills, which was the highest level any intermediate alchemist could achieve. To further improve his alchemy skills, he either had to continue learning alchemy inheritance to elevate his Pill Master rank to advanced.

Or he had to nurture the Red Sun Spiritual Fire to a usable level. Second-grade Red Sun Spiritual Fire was sufficient to refine any second-grade Spiritual Medicine. By then, even using intermediate alchemist techniques, all Foundation Establishment Spiritual Medicines could be refined.

Master Ma would not force growth. Although Li Shiming was extremely skilled at alchemy, he had only started learning not long ago and still lacked experience, so it was best to solidify his foundation before elevating his alchemist rank.

Li Shiming, carrying one hundred portions of ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ ingredients, rode his sword light back to Sword Holding Peak. In the sky, he sensed a breakthrough in Sword Intent from Li Yuanba in the distance. With a slight smile, a thread of Sword Intent formed on his fingertips, dancing in the air.

The Sword Intent mastered by the clone, Li Yuanba, normally could not be taught to others.

Sword Intent is something that can be intuitively understood but not transmitted verbally; it is a perception of the sword, and also a talent ability.

But Li Yuanba and Li Shiming were one and the same. Besides some sword techniques that required specific Cultivation Techniques, everything, including Sword Intent, could be easily shared by Li Shiming from Li Yuanba.

Especially in terms of talent for Sword Cultivation, Li Shiming’s talent was far inferior to that of his clone, Li Yuanba.

Before becoming a clone, Li Yuanba had been cultivated as a Sword Cultivator by Elder Baili, practiced the ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual,’ and had a Gold Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, which is the most elite body type for a Sword Cultivator.

Li Shiming could simply reap the benefits. Wasn’t this the advantage he considered when he nurtured Li Yuanba as a clone?

Back in the cave at Sword Holding Peak, Li Shiming no longer had any reservations. He took the Three-Revolution Heavenly Treasure Furnace into his machine room space.

Inside the machine room space, he had micrometer-level control. He could still use ‘Golden Sun Fire Control Technique’ and ‘Green Willow Sensing Spirit Technique’; as for the ‘Seven Finger Refining Pill Technique,’ he could replace it with Spiritual Thought.

Moreover, micrometer-level control was comprehensive; even without using these secret techniques, he could refine directly.

He commanded IBMz15 to begin recording the alchemy process.

Especially the internal situation of the Three-Revolution Heavenly Treasure Furnace, his Spiritual Thought was there, and micrometer-level perception was enough to detect any subtle changes inside the Pill Furnace.

Refining a batch of Elixir Pills took about one and a half two-hour periods; he could refine up to three batches per day.

Last time a top-level ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ appeared was during the tenth batch in the control room space, where this speed could not be accelerated. However, since he was within his own cave dwelling, he had the time to refine Elixir Pills whenever possible, managing several more batches each day.

He had set a plan for himself, to refine up to five batches of ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ per day within his cave dwelling, so that the time spent would not affect his other cultivations.

The ‘Purple Qi Eastward’ every morning was never discontinued, as it was his most important cultivation technique, even more crucial than his main cultivation technique at the moment.

‘Purple Qi Eastward’ was compensating for his innate talent deficiencies, something that would impact his future path in cultivation, and he dared not take it lightly.

Body Refinement also could not be stopped daily, as achieving greatness in body refinement made him feel the enhancement of his Taoist Body every time he cultivated the ‘Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill’ and the ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual,’ and he was gradually catching up with Late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Li Shiming understood his advantages; the reason he could achieve his current accomplishments with a three spirit root seeds talent was largely due to body refinement, even Elder Su had once praised his talent for it.

He needed to maintain his advantage in body refinement, as it was his assurance against enemies during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In the control room space, the spirit carbon ignited and heated the Three-Revolution Heavenly Treasure Furnace, and the process, under the control of his consciousness, was no different from performing it in the outside world.

The first refining process of the ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ was uneventful, resulting in ten high-grade ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills,’ and the quality was even higher than those refined in the outside world.

This was because, in the control room space, Li Shiming was refining from a God-like perspective, able to perceive micrometer-level changes in the Pill Furnace, refining the alchemy data analyzed by the IBMz15 to perfection.

He checked the time and continued to start refining the second batch of ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills.’

Perhaps due to bad luck, he had been refining ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ for several consecutive days, with micrometer-level perception in the control room space allowing the IBMz15 to collect more comprehensive alchemy data.

Yet the top-tier elixirs he desired had not appeared even once; he had already refined more than twenty batches of ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills,’ twice the duration it initially took for a top-tier elixir to appear.

He then understood what Master Ma had said: the appearance of top-tier Spirit Pills had no traceable signs; it was purely dependent on luck.

Finally, on the sixth day, another top-tier ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ was refined.

“Finally, it has been refined!” Li Shiming said excitedly, waving his hand vigorously.

The mysterious veil of the top-tier Spirit Pill was finally lifted before him; through the records on IBMz15, he saw the entire process of the top-tier ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ formation.

The alchemy process in the control room space involved micrometer-level material changes, only achievable with such meticulous monitoring in the control room space.

He discovered that there was an abundance of a particular substance in the Three-Revolution Heavenly Treasure Furnace at that time, and at the moment of pill formation, this ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ absorbed these special substances, thereby elevating its quality to top-tier.

He reviewed the previous alchemy records and found that this special substance was produced during the alchemy process, each time in very small quantities.

About ten batches’ worth could produce one top-tier Spirit Pill; it could only be said that his first time refining a top-tier ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ was incredibly lucky, just enough to trigger the emergence of a top-tier Spirit Pill by reaching this special substance’s quantity.

Upon examining the alchemy records in the control room space this time, he discovered a significant amount of this special substance had been lost; when it reached a certain concentration, it either did not merge with the Spirit Pills or it merged simultaneously with several Spirit Pills, thus failing to form the basis for nurturing a top-tier Spirit Pill.

Knowing the reasons for producing top-tier elixirs, Li Shiming began to prepare to make this probabilistic production a regular occurrence.

For other alchemists, even an Alchemy Master, extracting that bit of special substance mixed with other various substances from the Pill Furnace was utterly impossible.

But in the control room space, under his micrometer-level control, he could manipulate every micro-particle of the special substance, and could completely gather all the special substances produced in each batch, thereby creating the basis for producing top-tier Spirit Pills himself.

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