Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 546: Chapter 319 Alchemy_2

Speaking of Li Shiming’s lucky fate, Elder Su also couldn’t help but sigh speechlessly.

What is luck? Just look at Li Shiming’s process of advancing to the Golden Core Stage, and you will understand what luck is—numerous dangers brought numerous opportunities.

The process of forming his core, seemingly destined for failure, actually not only succeeded but also left him with a robust foundation.

Consider Li Shiming’s encounters during his travels; it was common for a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage to be attacked by a Golden Core cultivator, and he even encountered powerful beings at the Nascent Soul Stage twice.

It must be noted that he traveled very infrequently, yet the incidents he experienced during these few trips were incomparable even to those cultivators who had been outside for many years.

Just as Elder Ma said, if Li Shiming were not an Alchemy Master protected by the Shushan Sect, when would he have peace?

The process of refining the ‘Green Feather Star Pointing Pill’ encountered hardly any trouble, and the entire alchemy process went extremely smoothly.

Once again, Li Shiming felt wise about his decision to use IBMz15 as his destiny Spell tool; during alchemy, his computational abilities and reflexes were many times faster than before when he was connected to the IBMz15 in the server room space.

The energy-transformed IBMz15 didn’t need to worry about overheating issues; to increase computing power, simply increase the electricity input.

Under his Divine Thought, any slight change within the ‘Five Elements Nine Revolutions Furnace’ would be detected and immediately reacted upon.

This time, he conducted his alchemy in the server room space, where micron-level control still had an extremely important role even though he had reached the Golden Core Stage using the IBMz15 as his destiny Spell tool—yet at the microscopic level, it was still impossible to achieve micron-level control in the outside world.

When he used the ‘Dividing Pill Formula,’ three virtual Spirit Pills manifested above the three ‘Green Feather Star Pointing Pills,’ and afterward, Spiritual Energy infused the pills.

He used two jade bottles to each hold three ‘Green Feather Star Pointing Pills’; the three ‘Green Feather Star Pointing Pills’ resulted from the ‘Dividing Pill Formula’ were not to be revealed as they were crucial for accumulating cultivation resources.

Moreover, his reputation in the realm of alchemy was already well established, so there was no need to use the ‘Dividing Pill Formula’ to boost his fame any further.

Looking at the time, five two-hour periods had passed.

He picked up a jade bottle and walked out of the cave, the sky had already darkened outside, and Elder Su and Elder Ma were still waiting.

“Master, I have not failed your expectations!” he handed over the jade bottle.

Elder Ma took the jade bottle, opened it, and immersed his Divine Thought; soon his face lit up with a smile.

Elder Su also immersed his Divine Thought and laughed aloud along with Elder Ma.

Inside the jade bottle, all three ‘Green Feather Star Pointing Pills’ were Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills, each of the highest quality among Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills, as always.

This matched Li Shiming’s characteristic in alchemy. Now on the Beishu Continent, any Third Grade Spirit Pill of the highest quality would undoubtedly be recognized as crafted by Li Shiming.

Other Alchemy Masters might also be able to produce Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills, but his Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills existed on an entirely different level, surpassing all other Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills in quality.

“Shiming, let’s discuss your alchemy schedule. Do you have any plans?” Elder Ma asked with a smile.

Elder Ma would not order Li Shiming around; Li Shiming had grown up and, though still his Registered Disciple, had surpassed him in status.

“How about firing up the furnace once every ten days?” Li Shiming suggested after some thought.

“I know alchemy consumes your cultivation time, but not to mention the external branch, even many elders within our own sect are already waiting with Spiritual Medicine for your alchemy. How about this, limit it to two months. After two months, you fire up the furnace every three days, and after those two months, switch back to every ten days,” Elder Su suggested from the side.

Both masters dared not let Li Shiming fire up the furnace every ten days; if so, just the elders within the sect would have to wait a long time for their turn.

Some relationships were deeply intertwined with the two masters, so having Li Shiming start alchemy ahead of schedule was also a favor.

“Master Ma, this won’t affect you, will it?” Li Shiming asked, looking towards Elder Ma.

He planned to start the alchemy furnace every ten days partly to accommodate his training schedule, and partly out of consideration for Elder Ma.

With his level of Refining Spirit, once he fully unleashed his alchemical skills, he feared it would significantly reduce the alchemy work available for Elder Ma, consequently affecting Elder Ma’s earnings.

“You don’t need to worry about me. After so many years of alchemy, I’ve long wanted a rest. Besides, do you really think I could completely stop? If you’re making Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills at the Golden Core Middle Stage, then I’ll still be the one making them at the Golden Core Early Stage!” Elder Ma said, waving his hand and laughing.

The two masters, having received Li Shiming’s definitive response, then left Sword Holding Peak.

Li Shiming stood at the summit of Sword Holding Peak; his gaze around him was exceptionally sharp, as if he could see through everything.

Indeed, the scenery he observed differed from what a typical Golden Core cultivator saw.

Firstly, there was the Formation: in his eyes, it consisted of many Spiritual Power Patterns and energy nodes.

The most ordinary evening breeze he sensed—upon first noticing it, he calculated the wind’s speed, direction, path, and projected routes, among other elements.

Upon seeing a spirit tree, he knew exactly how many leaves it had, how many branches, how many veins each leaf contained, and the flow paths of Spiritual Energy within the tree.

The world in his eyes was extremely complex, so much so that a typical cultivator would feel dizzy just by taking a glance.

But after a month of adaptation, he had managed to process the information he saw normally.

Li Shiming extended his hand and in the air, he meticulously drew an intricate Spell Pattern. Three breaths later, the Spell Pattern was completely formed; the Thunder Spirit Power from the five Golden Cores inside him flowed into the Spell Pattern.

Just before the Spell was about to be executed, he waved his hand, stopping its release.

He was very satisfied with his casting speed. Three breaths may seem like a long time.

In the battles of Golden Core cultivators, three breaths could let an opponent attack many times.

But one must realize that the Spell he was executing was a Thunder magic for the Golden Core Stage called ‘Heavenly Thunder Strike Technique’, a Third Grade Technique rarely used in face-to-face combat.

Because the casting time for a Third Grade Technique is simply too long; though its power is immense, the preparation time allows an opponent either to strike first, disrupting the casting process, or to escape beyond the Spell range.

That’s why normally, Third Grade Techniques are crafted into talisman papers, using Third Grade spirit ink on Third Grade Talisman Paper to encapsulate the Technique.

During combat, the talisman can complete the casting process without hindering the cultivator’s ability to fight.

The Spell Li Shiming had just performed was called ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’, from the ‘Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique’. It was the most intricate among the Third Grade Techniques, and three breaths was the theoretically fastest casting speed achievable.

And yet, after only three days of practice, he reached the theoretical maximum speed for ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’.

This was not due to ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’ being simple—quite the contrary. According to the ‘Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique’ records, reaching the theoretical maximum speed of three breaths, without hundreds of years of continuous practice, was unachievable.

Almost no Thunder Cultivator would spend hundreds of years practicing a powerful, yet requiring more than three breaths preparation time, Technique.

The reason Li Shiming achieved what others needed hundreds of years to master in just three days was due to his life-bound magic weapon, IBMz15.

No matter how complex the casting process, no matter how precise the Spiritual Power operation required, no matter how strict the margin for error, with the assistance of his life-bound magic weapon IBMz15, Li Shiming only needed a very short practice time to meet the most perfect casting requirements.

Although three breaths is long, other Third Grade Thunder magic Spells like ‘Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunder’—a single-target attack Spell from the ‘Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique’—he practiced to the theoretical fastest speed of one breath, which already counts as a combat power in face-to-face battle.