Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 999: Chapter 546: The Event

”Senior Sister Feng, I’m going to collect the prize!” Li Shiming received a notification from the organizers and said with a smile to Feng Lanxin.

”Let’s go together and see what kind of prize made you take action!” Feng Lanxin said with great interest.

It’s not surprising that Feng Lanxin was curious. With Li Shiming’s alchemy skills, any Nascent Soul cultivator who asked him for alchemy would have to pay a high price.

She also wanted to know what kind of prize was worth Li Shiming risking the reputation of being a bully.

Shui Miao naturally followed along as they headed to the area of the alchemy contest.

Upon arrival, Li Shiming handed over the invitation card, which served as his identification here.

”Are you Master Li Shizhen?” Master Yu scrutinized Li Shiming and asked.

”Master Li, this is Master Yu, the most skilled alchemy master in our sect!” Shui Miao softly introduced Li Shiming on the side, fearing that Li Shiming might accidentally offend the alchemy master.

”Greetings, Master Yu, I am Li Shizhen!” Li Shiming bowed and greeted him.

”I’ve heard much about Master Li’s great name, and indeed, meeting you today shows how extraordinary your talent is!” Master Yu politely returned the greeting with praise.

He took out a jade bottle and a box sealed with spiritual fire.

”This jade bottle contains three Spirit Pills made by Master Li, which are given to you according to the rules. This is the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’. It seems Master Li is quite fond of this ’Xuanyin Spirit Fire’!” He smiled as he handed the items to Li Shiming.

”Spiritual fire is rare. I have a friend with quite some talent in alchemy but has not encountered a suitable spiritual fire, thus cannot become an alchemy master!” Li Shiming explained with a smile.

He was referring to his alter ego Li Yuanba; if Li Yuanba also had spiritual fire, then Li Yuanba’s alchemy skills wouldn’t be much weaker than the main body.

Although Li Yuanba didn’t have space for his own training, with the assistance of ’Divine Eye’, he could still exhibit eighty percent of the main body’s alchemy ability, which was already much higher than the average alchemy master’s level.

Li Shiming, when refining pills for others, always carefully restrained his alchemy skills. Anyone who possessed even eighty percent of his alchemy ability would be even stronger than what he has publicly displayed.

”I would indeed like to meet your friend, someone you consider having a good talent in alchemy surely holds the potential to become a top alchemy master in the future!” Master Yu said with a smile.

He exchanged contact details with Li Shiming and took the initiative to invite him to a gathering among alchemy masters a few days later.

It had been a busy day, yet extremely fulfilling.

Upon returning to his temporary cave dwelling, Li Shiming began examining the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’.

The ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ was placed inside the formation in the box, sustained by thirty-six top-grade spirit stones, allowing the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ to persist.

Upon first seeing the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’, it appeared as a gray-white flame the size of a fingernail.

Strangely, this flame gave off no heat but instead conveyed a sense of coldness.

Of course, this was just its outer manifestation. If truly burned by the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’, the heat would be anything but low; it was just the external appearance of the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ that was somewhat unique.

Li Shiming had not refined the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’, so he was unable to fully explore its capabilities.

He had already decided that upon returning, he would send the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ to his alter ego Li Yuanba, who was currently in seclusion.

Right now, Li Yuanba was cultivating in a corpse refining state, allowing him to grow along with the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’.

While Li Shiming rested in the temporary cave dwelling, word had already spread outside that he had won the alchemy competition’s championship.

Ordinarily, an alchemy competition championship wouldn’t mean much; such competitions were merely a means for the Taichu Sect to offer some quality spiritual objects, allowing cultivators attending the event to communicate more, unrelated to true professional competitions.

However, after Li Shiming won the alchemy championship, the scene of him conversing jovially with Master Yu was witnessed by other cultivators and spread around.

Moreover, with cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect promoting Li Shiming’s reputation, participating cultivators became aware of Li Shiming’s alchemy capabilities.

The third day’s event involved lectures by mid-stage cultivators of the Nascent Soul realm from the Taichu Sect, divided into six great halls where cultivators could attend according to their preferences.

Li Shiming attended out of interest, hoping to gain another bout of enlightenment; a single enlightenment had saved him a hundred years of arduous cultivation, an opportunity he would not let pass.

But things did not turn out as beautifully as he hoped. He did not join Feng Lanxin but instead found a great hall where a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner was giving a lecture.

The Dao being expounded by this mid-stage cultivator was quite similar to that of Qi the Great Cultivator, primarily focusing on the Five Elements Dao.

Of course, due to the mid-stage cultivator’s reputation being far inferior to Qi the Great Cultivator, along with the attributes of the cultivators themselves, only about thirty cultivators attended this great hall, half of whom were Golden Core cultivators.

The Golden Core cultivators who could enter here were either guests of the Taichu Sect or Golden Core cultivators with connections within the Taichu Sect.

These lectures were normally intended for Nascent Soul cultivators; for Golden Core cultivators wanting to attend, connections were essential.

As the lecture began, Li Shiming was not influenced by the lecture and was the first to disengage from its influence.

To be more precise, he was simply not affected by the lecture from the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner at all.

Theoretically, as long as one’s mind willingly accepted the lecture from the mid-stage practitioner, one should be able to understand and comprehend the Five Elements Dao of the practitioner. If unable to keep up with the lecture’s pace, one could still passively accept the taught Five Elements Dao at the expense of mental and energy resources.