Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 818: Chapter 455: Ideas (2)

A few days later, a Golden Core Elder from the Earth Evil Sect delivered a purple Jade Scroll, containing the alchemical legacy of the Earth Evil Sect.

This was, of course, not meant for Li Shiming; the Golden Core Elder would stay at the Shushan Sect for three days, giving Li Shiming three days to memorize the contents of the Earth Evil Sect’s alchemical legacy.

For Li Shiming, a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, even an ordinary Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, three days would be enough time to memorize the alchemical legacy in the purple Jade Scroll.

Li Shiming merely scanned it once with his Divine Thought, and his life-bound artifact, the IBMz15, recorded all the contents of the legacy.

A vast array of Spiritual Medicine, from identification, processing, pharmacology, cultivation, precautions, to fourth-grade elixir recipes, and a sea of experiences and insights left by the predecessors of Earth Evil Sect in Alchemy.

This alchemical legacy greatly enriched the alchemical database in IBMz15; this legacy is renowned like that of the Shushan Sect, and the Earth Evil Sect, being a Demon Sect, possesses many unique alchemical methods.

Although many of these methods defy the Heavenly Dao, their principles are nevertheless of considerable benefit to Li Shiming.

While Li Shiming was practicing and learning, six Nascent Soul Ancestors from the six major sects once again arrived at Yongle Island.

”Welcome everyone!” Elder Jin Kai smiled and addressed the six Nascent Soul Ancestors entering the hall.

He waved his hand, signaling the Great Elder who led the Nascent Soul Ancestors in to withdraw, as such gatherings were not open to the Great Elders.

”Greetings, Senior Jin!” The six Nascent Soul Ancestors bowed in salute, then took their seats.

”Eh!” Elder Jin Kai noticed Old Taoist Lou and couldn’t help but make a sound of surprise.

One couldn’t blame him for being surprised, as he knew Old Ancestor Lou had been hit by a Golden Corpse within the Grotto Heaven, suffering severe injuries. Yet, looking at Old Ancestor Lou now, while his injuries hadn’t completely healed, his vitality had been restored, and the wounds were close to recovery.

”Mr. Lou, how did your injuries recover so quickly?” he asked curiously.

”Master Li refined a batch of Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pills for me, which allowed my injuries to recover!” Old Ancestor Lou thought for a moment and did not hide the fact.

There was no need to hide it either; the matter of Li Shiming advancing to Late-stage Golden Core and refining Fourth-grade Spirit Pills for Nascent Soul Ancestors was no longer a secret among the upper echelons of the Beishu Continent.

Elder Jin Kai simply hadn’t investigated it, but had he done so, he would have quickly found out.

”Is it that Master Li Shiming? He has already advanced to Late-stage Golden Core? Judging by Mr. Lou’s injuries, the Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pills he refined must have reached High Grade Fourth-Grade, right?” Elder Jin Kai’s eyes flickered as he asked repeatedly.

Judging by his understanding of Old Ancestor Lou’s injuries, to recover to such an extent in such a short time, it must be a Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pill to accomplish this.

However, to refine a High-Level Spirit Pill, no Alchemy Master throughout the Cultivation World would be confident enough.

The requirement for a High-Level Spirit Pill is for every step in the alchemical process to be in the most perfect state, with not the slightest error.

This might be possible with Third-grade pills and below, as they require at most a few hours of refining, during which an Alchemy Master could maintain no error, which is still conceivable.

However, with Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, the refinement takes nearly ten days.

Over this ten-day period, an Alchemy Master must meticulously monitor the changes within the Pill Furnace, avoiding even the slightest error—a remarkably low probability.

Even the best Alchemy Master Elder Jin Kai knows has only produced a few batches of High-Level Fourth-grade Spirit Pills in their lifetime, and that too was thanks to luck.

”Hehe!” Old Ancestor Lou, hearing Elder Jin Kai’s somewhat eager inquiries, felt a slight tremor in his heart, yet he did not answer Elder Jin Kai’s questions, merely smiling.

He became vigilant, afraid of bringing trouble upon Li Shiming.

Elder Jin Kai needed no direct answer; he could infer a lot from Old Ancestor Lou’s demeanor.

At this moment, Elder Jin Kai was tempted. The hopes of recovering Ancestor Zhai Ge’s grotto heaven were slim, but discovering such an Alchemy Master like Li Shiming was equally significant.

An Alchemy Master of such caliber, confined to a place like the Beishu Continent, seemed a waste to Elder Jin Kai.

Besides, Elder Jin Kai himself had suffered injuries that, while not severe, were difficult to recover from at his level.

If Li Shiming could refine a High-Level Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pill for him, his injuries might soon heal.

Unfortunately, Li Shiming’s cultivation level was too low; even though it’s the same Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pill, the one used by a Nascent Soul Early Stage and that of Nascent Soul Middle Stage are not the same type of Spirit Pill.

The Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pill Elder Jin Kai needs would require Li Shiming to be at least of a Nascent Soul Early Stage level to refine.

Elder Jin Kai had a notion to meet Li Shiming, but before that, perhaps Ancestor Ren Xun could go probe first.

”Senior Jin, we haven’t found any traces of You Xia or Sun Ao across the Beishu Continent; could we be searching in the wrong direction?” Ancestor Lu spoke up at this point.

Ancestor Lu deliberately shifted the topic to business, as a Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Beishu Continent, he did not wish for Alchemy Masters from his territory to be coveted by Nascent Soul Ancestors from other places.

”You haven’t found any traces using the aura I provided?” Elder Jin Kai asked with a frown, drawn to this piece of information.

In order for the six major sects to smoothly track down Elder You Xia and Great Elder Sun Ao, he had preserved the aura left in their temporary grotto heavens and given it to the six sects.

The Cultivation World has many tracking Secret Techniques that can be used to search in all directions, provided a reference aura is available.

Wherever Elder You Xia and Sun Ao have passed, they would leave some aura, more or less.

With the influence of the six sects across the Beishu Continent, if Elder You Xia and Great Elder Sun Ao were active outside, their movements would be detected by the intelligence network of the six sects.

Not discovering anything for so long, it is either because Elder You Xia and Sun Ao have been hiding somewhere, never leaving their hidden location, or if they left the area of the grotto heaven, they would leave auras.

Or it implies Elder You Xia and Great Elder Sun Ao have perished, and if that’s the case, locating the grotto heaven becomes exponentially more difficult.

Without any leads, finding the inheritor of the grotto heaven is akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

”There’s also a clue that the cultivator who passed the grotto heaven’s test practiced a thunder Cultivation Technique!” Elder Jin Kai thoughtfully suggested.

This clue lifted the spirits of the six Nascent Soul Ancestors, as not many Cultivators practice thunder Cultivation Techniques in the Beishu Continent.

Thunder Cultivation Techniques are extremely challenging to cultivate, with strict talent restrictions for the Cultivator, resulting in few practitioners, even though Thunder Cultivators have formidable combat strength.

”With this clue, the search should accelerate!” Ancestor Lu nodded, agreeing.

”Mr. Zuo, I have a favor to ask. Nephew Ren Xun is gravely injured and hopes to meet your sect’s Master Li, requesting him to refine a batch of Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pills!” Elder Jin Kai asked of Ancestor Zuo.

Ancestor Zuo was taken aback by this request from Elder Jin Kai at this moment.

Truth be told, he could not easily refuse this request.

Ancestor Ren Xun was injured during a battle together with them, and it isn’t an especially difficult request to fulfill. Opposing it might affect the relationship between the Beishu Continent and Skywalk Trading Company.

”Senior Jin, Master Li has recently refined two batches of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills and particularly before refining Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pills for Mr. Lou; he hardly rested, causing a depletion of his vitality. If Mr. Ren needs it, I’m afraid it can’t be done immediately!” Ancestor Zuo considered before responding.

”No rush for immediate refinement. Have my Nephew meet Master Li first, and arrange for the pill refinement. His injuries are getting serious, and any delay might affect his path!” Elder Jin Kai waved his hand, indicating.