Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 769: Chapter 431: Meeting

“Thank you, Elder Zuo!” Li Yuanba certainly wouldn’t complain about having too many resources for advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, and he quickly bowed in gratitude.

The reward he had received for killing Elder Shi Ming had been a fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine, contributed by the six major sects jointly for Nascent Soul Stage advancement resources.

The fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine of this reward would not be the same as the Nascent Soul Stage advancement resources from the Senluo Sect, and every additional advancement resource could enhance the chances of reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

“Lu, you as a mentor, are quite stingy, aren’t you? With Li Yuanba’s talent, wouldn’t the sect’s Nascent Soul resources be granted to him anyway?” Elder Zuo teasingly pointed at Ancestor Lu as he spoke.

“What can I do if Yuan Ba is a Sword Cultivator? My resources are of no use to him!” Ancestor Lu said helplessly as he shook his head.

He had also wanted to offer some substantial reward, but he knew Li Yuanba very well; Yuan Ba had his own channels for resources and simply did not need Ancestor Lu’s intervention.

Not to mention Ancestor Lu, even Elder Sword, the mentor, had complained several times in front of him that he couldn’t assist Li Yuanba with cultivation resources.

As for magical treasures, Li Yuanba already had a Lifebound Magic Sword, and as a Sword Cultivator, he would not need other magical treasures.

What Li Yuanba truly needed, just like Elder Sword, was fourth-grade Gold Attribute Refining Material to upgrade his Lifebound Flying Sword once he advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage.

After discussing with Elder Sword, Ancestor Lu gave up on finding fourth-grade Gold Attribute Refining Material to improve the quality of Li Yuanba’s Lifebound Flying Sword.

It was a matter beyond his capability; Yuan Ba’s Sword Intent was Supreme Yang Sword Intent, which restricted the necessary fourth-grade Gold Attribute Refining Material exclusively to Supreme Yang materials—a rarity not found across the entire Beishu Continent.

In truth, Ancestor Lu was overly worried; if Li Yuanba truly managed to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, Li Shiming had already made arrangements for that well in advance.

Initially, it was just that Li Shiming’s perception was too limited, causing him to allow Li Yuanba to use Yun Xingyi’s Lifebound Flying Sword as his own.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the initial choice was wrong. When Li Yuanba advanced to the Golden Core Stage, he was able to wield a Flying Sword artifact that had been cultivated by a Sword Cultivator for hundreds of years, which already far surpassed other cultivators.

But who could have anticipated that Li Shiming would improve so much in Artifact Refining that he could produce a third-grade Flying Sword that underwent an Artifact Tribulation and, upon successfully withstanding it, possessed the power of a fourth-grade Flying Sword.

If Li Yuanba’s current Lifebound Flying Sword were the “Flowing Light Star Meteor”, it’s feared he would have been invincible at the Golden Core Stage.

In his hands, the power of “Flowing Light Star Meteor” would exceed even that in the hands of Li Shiming himself.

It’s not that Li Shiming didn’t want to let Li Yuanba use the “Flowing Light Star Meteor”; it’s just that it couldn’t be done in a short time. If he really gave the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” to Li Yuanba now, it would exceed the boundaries of a deepest friendship.

Both the Shushan Sect and Senluo Sect would harbor suspicions; the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” is an artifact even the Nascent Soul Ancestors have praised, to simply give such a treasure to another cultivator would be unheard of, regardless of the depth of their relationship.

Li Shiming had a plan: once his avatar, Li Yuanba, advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, if there weren’t any fourth-grade materials to upgrade Lifebound Flying Sword, he would craft a Flying Sword for his avatar himself.

If he could find fourth-grade materials, he was confident in creating a fourth-grade Flying Sword that would surpass all other fourth-grade magical treasures in level.

After Li Yuanba’s ascension, Li Shiming specially came out of seclusion to deliver a batch of third-grade Spirit Pills for the late-stage Golden Core period to him.

Due to Yuan Ba’s swift advancement, Li Shiming didn’t have many third-grade Spirit Pills for the Late-stage Golden Core, but fortunately, he still had enough to meet Li Yuanba’s temporary cultivation needs.

As for the future, so long as Li Shiming continued Alchemy, the supply of third-grade Spirit Pills for the Late-stage Golden Core in his possession would only increase.

Especially after he turns the Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine harvested from the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan into Spirit Pills. Not to mention Li Yuanba, even Li Shiming himself wouldn’t lack third-grade Spirit Pills in the future.

It is known that the Third-grade Spiritual Medicine in the Mountain and River Qiankun Fan matures once a year, and with the Artifact Spirit in charge, there was no need for Li Shiming to manage it.

Over the past few years, he has harvested over a thousand stalks of Third-Grade Spiritual Medicine.

If not for the fear that revealing so many Third-Grade Spiritual Medicines would lead to problems and attract powerful beings, the amount he had was enough to sustain dozens of Golden Core cultivators.

It was only because Li Shiming had not anticipated Li Yuanba’s rapid progression that he hadn’t prepared enough third-grade Spirit Pills.

After delivering the third-grade Spirit Pills, Li Shiming dedicated a part of his mind to tirelessly refine third-grade Spirit Pills for the Late-stage Golden Core in the mechanical space day and night.

Also, Li Shiming received good news: Yin Shilan finally reached the peak of the Late-stage Foundation Establishment and now was just one bottleneck away from the Golden Core Stage.

Once Yin Shilan has an epiphany, she could immediately advance to the Golden Core Stage.

The timing of this is uncertain. It could be a month, a year, or even decades or centuries, which would not be considered unusual.

Finding the moment for advancement varies greatly between cultivators, so aside from continuous attempts, it also requires a fair share of luck.

In this regard, Li Shiming could offer no assistance.

Although Yin Shilan has cultivated for so long and only now reached the peak of the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, that is the normal rate of cultivation for a True Inheritor.

Neither Li Yuanba nor Li Shiming, with their cultivation speeds, bears a replicable story.