Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 439 266: Confession

The celebration continued until the second day before it came to an end, with the cultivators getting what they had desired, forming connections with Li Shiming and trading away some of the spiritual objects they had prepared.

Yin Shilan also left, as this place belonged to the Shushan Sect, and her current identity as a True Inheritor of the Thousand Illusion Sect meant she could not stay long within the Shushan Sect.

Li Shiming gained the most, with well over a hundred congratulatory gifts, which once again vastly increased his wealth.

In his cultivation room, he had set aside a small area, on which he added a thick layer of spirit soil, a mixture that could not be randomly composed but was exchanged from the sect using contribution points.

This spirit soil was specially intended for Third Grade Spirit Plants and contained a mixture of extremely precious spiritual materials.

He planted the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree in the spirit soil. Although the spirit tea tree had been well protected, leaving the soil for several days had still caused it to begin losing its vitality.

Although Li Shiming didnʼt often practice the spells related to plant cultivation, his level in this area had improved to almost advanced.

He exchanged for an advanced plant cultivation spell and learned it quickly through the IBMz15, then cast spirit rain on the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree, which finally helped it recover.

He also installed LED lights on the top of the cultivation room, powered by a small thunder array and electric current conversion equipment for the control device and LED lights.

The role of the control device was to turn on the LED lights at set intervals when Li Shiming was not in the cultivation room, to simulate the natural sunlight from the outside world.

The reason for placing the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree inside the cultivation room was that it is an extremely precious resource, coveted even by Golden Core cultivators.

While it was unlikely for cultivators within the sect to dare to steal the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree, those who owned such a tree would normally cultivate it in the safest place possible, to avoid drawing the envy of other cultivators and causing unnecessary trouble.

Another reason Li Shiming planted the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree in his cultivation room was the presence of the Third Grade Golden Lotus.

The Third Grade Golden Lotus and the Spirit Cleansing Carp made the spiritual energy in the cultivation room extremely dense and pure, creating an optimal environment for cultivation, and likewise, an ideal living condition for the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree.

Even the sunlight required by the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree was simulated by Li Shiming using the LED lights, leaving little difference between the outside and inside of the cave dwelling.

Although the celebration had just ended and he had made connections with many Golden Core cultivators, he wouldnʼt be disturbed by any cultivator in the next few days.

He had already announced that he needed the next few days to concoct pills for his senior apprentice sister, Ye Jingxian.

Having reached the level of an Alchemy Master, he no longer concocted five furnaces a day as before; the energy and spirit consumed by Third-grade Spirit Pills meant he could only concoct one furnace of Third-grade Spirit Pills per day.

Vessel Protecting Pill, Soul Stabilizing Pill, Resurrection Pill—these three types of Third-grade Spirit Pills took him three days to complete the concoction.

When he finished concocting the last batch of Third-grade Spirit Pills and stepped out of the cave dwelling, he discovered that his senior apprentice sister had already been waiting outside Sword Holding Peak.

It seemed out of fear of disturbing him or affecting his concentration while concocting pills, his senior apprentice sister had not cast a spell to notify him.

He smiled. When had his senior apprentice sister become so refined?

He deactivated the Mountain Protection Array Formation, and upon seeing the formation open, his senior apprentice sister, knowing that Li Shiming had finished his pill concoction, rushed in like the wind.

”Apprentice brother, have you finished?” Ye Jingxian asked anxiously.

Ever since Li Shiming became an Alchemy Master, his senior apprentice sister and the three senior apprentice brothers had changed their ways of addressing him from ʼjunior apprentice brotherʼ to ʼapprentice brotherʼ, as if they felt they could no longer call him ʼjuniorʼ.

”Senior apprentice sister, the mission is accomplished!” Li Shiming handed over three jade bottles, each containing two high-level Third-grade Spirit Pills, and said with a smile.

In the matter of alchemy, he couldnʼt break the rules, something Elder Ma had instructed him early on.

A Pill Master must abide by certain rules and can only receive more remuneration, not less, which is a common understanding in the Cultivation World, and no cultivator will make it difficult for a Pill Master on this account.

His senior apprentice sister took the three jade bottles and immediately opened them to check. After looking, her face was filled with excitement.

”Apprentice brother, I donʼt know how to thank you. Please come to watch my pill formation in a month!” She bowed rarely, in a formal gesture.

Her tall figure bowing in such a manner made Li Shiming somewhat unused to it, and what surprised him even more was the mention of her pill formation in a month.

”Congratulations, senior apprentice sister!” Li Shiming congratulated her with a smile.

”For some reason, after giving you the materials for the pill formation, I gained some insight. A few days ago, after you gave me the high-level ʼMountain-breaking Pillʼ, my understanding of pill formation deepened. I believe I will definitely succeed this time!” Although Ye Jingxian said she didnʼt know why, her eyes showed deep gratitude towards Li Shiming.

She was well aware of where her insights came from.

It was precisely because of Li Shimingʼs superior skills as a Pill Master, which had given her immense confidence that her path to pill formation seemed much smoother, allowing her to break through a crack in the bottleneck.

”Itʼs because your accumulation is sufficient, senior apprentice sister!” Li Shiming sincerely responded.

He was also preparing for his pill formation, but compared to his senior apprentice sister, who had been preparing for decades, she was much more serious.

In pursuit of resources, Ye Jingxian kept completing missions outside to earn enough contribution points to exchange for the corresponding resources and compete for the pill formation resources.

Li Shiming, on the other hand, didnʼt need to compete for resources for pill formation. Even without the compensation for pill formation resources from Elder Jiʼs lineage, the sect would provide him with a set of resources for pill formation when he reached the peak of the Late-stage Foundation Establishment period.