Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 377: 235 Guest Visit

Li Yuanba sat on the mountaintop, facing the east, where a hint of red light emerged at the horizon.

Suddenly, one thousand five hundred Fresnel lenses reflected the world’s first ray of sunlight onto him, absorbing the “Purple Qi Eastward”—the Innate Violet Aura—and transforming his body.

He had been cultivating “Purple Qi Eastward” for over a month, and the transformation of his Taoist Body delighted him.

The Body Refining Techniques from the “Sword Demon Secret Manual” used the influence of the Third Grade Sword Base to strengthen the Taoist Body. Such a drastic method was bound to leave some damage, but after a month of continuous absorption of the Innate Violet Aura, the damage to his Taoist Body had almost vanished.

His spirit also grew continuously, the increase profoundly evident. He believed that if he kept it up a little longer, he would be able to attempt cultivating the “Thousand-Hammered God Technique” and transform his Spiritual Thought into Divine Thought ahead of time.

All of these were similar to the original body’s cultivation of “Purple Qi Eastward,” and they were no unexpected blessings.

The real surprise came from the unique change that only Li Yuanba experienced, which was the transformation of his Sword Intent.

Over there with the original body, Li Shiming, who cultivated Thunder Skill and nurtured Five Elements Thunder Spirit Power within his body, his Sword Intent had taken on an effect of lightning.

Li Yuanba’s Sword Intent, on the other hand, had absorbed the Supreme Yang Power from the Innate Violet Aura, resulting in an evil-cleansing effect.

Having his Sword Intent endowed with an evil-cleansing effect left him with mixed feelings of amusement and frustration.

As a cultivator from the Demon Sect like Senluo Sect, his Sword Intent turned out to be evil-cleansing, which was more orthodox than the Righteous Path itself.

Of course, although the evil-cleansing effect was specifically against the cold and Yin energies and had a restraining effect on Devil Cultivators, it was also powerful against general Cultivation Techniques.

After all, it was the Supreme Yang Power. Even though it was just a trace for now, all types of energy in the world would be affected by it.

The extent of this influence varied, however, depending on how much Supreme Yang Power the Sword Intent contained.

Li Yuanba had told Elder Jian, his mentor, that he would need to undergo secluded cultivation for at least a year, so Elder Jian would not disturb his cultivation or assign him any tasks.

This was a relatively stable period. Both Li Yuanba and his original being, Li Shiming, were under their mentors’ protection, and the outside world’s turmoil didn’t affect them.

Li Shiming began to accept a small number of private Alchemy commissions in Shushan Sect, which were all requests from the younger generation related to his mentor, Elder Su. As for the other sect cultivators, they had no chance to meet him, let alone to have him concoct pills for them.

That day, he was summoned to Heavenly Eye Peak by his mentor, Elder Su. It was the same pavilion as before, but this time Elder Su was already standing inside the pavilion with a stranger by his side.

Li Shiming’s spirit was strong, and since the stranger didn’t conceal his cultivation, Li Shiming sensed that the man was a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator. However, the aura of the early Golden Core stage was somewhat peculiar, and he couldn’t pinpoint what was odd about it.

“Greetings, Master!” He stepped forward, saluted, and greeted.

“Shiming is here. This is Mr. Cai Hong from the Beishu Trading Company; I’m just making the introduction. Talk among yourselves,” Elder Su said to his disciple, with a slight embarrassment in his tone.

He turned and walked away, but Li Shiming heard his Master’s voice ringing in his ears through the method of sound transmission.

“Shiming, this is a favor I owe to someone. I’m only responsible for your meeting with Mr. Cai Hong. The outcome does not matter, so don’t worry about my thoughts!”

Li Shiming maintained a smile on his face, yet he surmised that his Alchemy abilities must have become known to Beishu Trading Company, prompting them to send a cultivator to seek him out.

Beishu Trading Company was the largest trading company on this continent, including Sky Sea Island. Maintaining a good relationship with such a company could only be beneficial, so he didn’t mind this meeting.

“Mr. Li, I apologize for the abrupt visit. Please excuse me!” said Cai Hong, bowing, once Elder Su had walked a distance away.

The extensive network of Beishu Trading Company could not be underestimated.

Upon discovering Li Shiming’s sudden rise, Beishu Trading Company promptly sent Cai Hong, a high-status shopkeeper who was the closest to Shushan Sect.

The reason for their urgency was the fear that Li Shiming might sign a contract with another trading company before them, which would be a significant loss for Beishu Trading Company.

Since becoming a Pill Master, Li Shiming had concocted Spirit Pills only for the sect and for a few private individuals. However, according to Beishu Trading Company’s investigation, Li Shiming had never failed, whether with any grade of Spirit Pills, and maintained a hundred percent success rate with high-level Spirit Pills.

Beishu Trading Company’s think tank unanimously believed that Li Shiming was bound to become an Alchemy Master, and not just any Alchemy Master, but one that was highly productive.

Although many Alchemy lineages come with Secret Techniques for concurrently concocting multiple Spirit Pill furnaces, these techniques generally pertained to lower-grade Spirit Pills.

That is, a High-level Alchemist could effortlessly use Secret Techniques to simultaneously concoct several furnaces of First-grade Spirit Pills.

However, when High-level Alchemists concoct Second-grade Spirit Pills, they can no longer use such techniques. Otherwise, they risk reducing the success rate and significantly diminishing the quality due to divided attention.

But according to Beishu Trading Company’s investigation, even when Li Shiming concocted Second-grade Spirit Pills for Middle Late Stage Foundation Establishment, he likewise employed the method of concocting multiple furnaces at once, otherwise, he would not have completed such a quantity of Spirit Pills in a short period.

Li Shiming was precisely the type of Pill Master that Beishu Trading Company most needed, capable of significantly enhancing their Spirit Pill business.

“Please, Senior, no need for such formality. May I know the purpose of your visit?” Li Shiming asked with a smile while returning the salute.