Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1212: Chapter 652: The Appointment (Part 2)

”Do you sell materials for refining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces here?” Li Shiming put away the three Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces and asked, thinking of something.

”Senior, there’s no precedent for this. I need to ask the owner!” The middle-aged Golden Core cultivator paused at the words, having never heard of such a request before. However, his response was quick as he bowed and said.

”Go ahead and ask, I’ll still use Fourth-grade Spirit Pills for the trade!” Li Shiming waved his hand and said.

The middle-aged Golden Core cultivator walked to the side, and Li Shiming didn’t bother to use any means to eavesdrop.

After a while, the middle-aged Golden Core cultivator came over with a smile on his face.

”Senior, fortunately, we have two sets of materials for refining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces in the store, one is Fourth Grade Lower Stage, and the other is Mid Fourth Grade. Which one do you need?” The middle-aged Golden Core cultivator asked with a smile.

He was extremely excited inwardly, knowing that although he was selling Pill Furnaces, obtaining Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, especially Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth Grade Spirit Pills, wasn’t easy.

After explaining to the owner that Li Shiming was using Fourth-grade Spirit Pills for trade and mentioning that Li Shiming had a considerable amount of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, the owner, who also needed Fourth-grade Spirit Pills himself, opened this shop to accumulate resources to exchange for Cultivation Spirit Pills.

Directly trading for Cultivation Spirit Pills was naturally the best choice, even if Li Shiming wanted to buy materials for refining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces, he could sell them at a high price.

He had his own channels within the Central State Commerce, allowing him to continuously obtain materials for Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces. Selling one or two sets of materials for refining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces wouldn’t have much impact on him.

”I’ll take them all!” Li Shiming, without a trace of hesitation, retrieved a pile of jade bottles and placed them on the counter.

The middle-aged Golden Core cultivator, experienced this time, selected a few bottles of Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth Grade Spirit Pills from the pile before retrieving two sets of materials for refining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces.

Li Shiming was very satisfied and intended to use his own artifact refining techniques to create higher-quality Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces.

In fact, his Tai Chu Treasure Tripod, if not for the materials being only fourth-grade high-stage, with the wisdom of the Artifact Spirit within the Tai Chu Treasure Tripod, it was highly likely to become a magical treasure.

However, among Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces, fourth-grade high-stage was already of extremely high quality. At least among the Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces that Li Shiming had seen, ’Tai Chu Treasure Tripod’ was the highest quality.

He wanted to see if using Mid Fourth Grade materials to refine Pill Furnaces could create one that surpassed the ’Tai Chu Treasure Tripod’.

He left the shop and continued heading towards the Treasure Pavilion.

The Treasure Pavilion was located in the core area of the Central State Commerce headquarters, and upon reaching the core area, the number of cultivators here had noticeably decreased.

Li Shiming entered the Treasure Pavilion, which was more of a magical artifact than a mere building, in fact, a gigantic magical artifact.

The entire Treasure Pavilion was made from fourth-grade materials, resembling the techniques used in refining Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasures.

However, while Mountain Peak Type Magical Treasures were offensive magical treasures, this Treasure Pavilion belonged to a special category of magical treasures.

Upon entering the Treasure Pavilion, he sensed an aura of a great cultivator locking onto him.

”I’m here to claim ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’. Here is my Guest Official Jade Plate!” Li Shiming, not wanting to cause any misunderstanding, took out the Guest Official Jade Plate and said.

Although he couldn’t see the figure of the great cultivator, he was certain that the great cultivator was observing him through some means.

”Li Shizhen, are you Master Li from the Dongqi branch?” came an astonished voice from the great cultivator, who seemed to know Li Shiming.

”Yes, indeed!” Li Shiming replied.

”Wang Changdong greets Master Li!” A figure appeared in front of Li Shiming; it was a tall great cultivator whose age wasn’t apparent, but his face bore a smile as he bowed very politely to Li Shiming.

”Li Shizhen greets Senior Wang!” Li Shiming hurriedly returned the courtesy.

He didn’t understand why Wang Changdong was being so courteous, though he was an Alchemy Master with high status, it was not enough for an unfamiliar great cultivator to treat him this way.

”Master Li, I must thank you profusely. Back then, you crafted a Fourth-grade High-level Limb Regeneration Pill for me, preventing me from becoming a cripple!” Wang Changdong explained with a smile.

He spoke these words using voice transmission.

He still remembered the agreement back then; the matter of Li Shiming being able to refine great cultivators’ Fourth-grade High-level Spirit Pills was to be kept confidential.

Li Shiming had used just three sets of Fourth Grade Rejuvenation Pill materials to refine one Fourth-grade Advanced Limb Regeneration Elixir, and apart from the two from the Dongqi Continent branch, only the great cultivator involved knew of this.

Wang Changdong was the unfortunate great cultivator who had been severely injured and, upon acquiring the Fourth-grade Advanced Limb Regeneration Elixir refined by Li Shiming, returned to the Central State Commerce headquarters for recuperation.

Although the Fourth-grade Advanced Limb Regeneration Elixir helped restore his limbs, his injuries still required a long time to heal, hence he took on the task of guarding the Treasure Pavilion.

”I also need to thank Senior Wang. Without your ’Nascent Soul Early Stage Fourth Grade Breaking Realm Pill’, I wouldn’t know how long I’d be stuck in the Nascent Soul Early Stage!” Li Shiming was not one to accept a favor without reciprocating, so he replied with a smile.

In fact, it was merely a transaction that ended a long time ago.

”Master Li, having you visit the headquarters, I must fulfill my duty as a host. Once things are settled, I will take you to taste the local delicacies of the headquarters!” Wang Changdong said with a smile.

He was keen not to let their connection fade; he was well aware of Li Shiming’s alchemy abilities. Not forging a good relationship with such an Alchemy Master would be his loss.

”Thank you, then. I shall ask Senior to retrieve the ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’ for me!” Li Shiming replied with a bow.

Wang Changdong’s enthusiasm was hard to refuse, and besides, forming a bond with a great cultivator from the Central State Continent was not a bad thing.

”Master Li, please hand me the Guest Official Jade Plate!” Wang Changdong said to Li Shiming.

Li Shiming handed the Guest Official Jade Plate to Wang Changdong, watching as he placed the Guest Official Jade Plate onto a Formation.

This Formation was to scan the information within the Guest Official Jade Plate. After waiting for a moment, spatial energy fluctuations occurred nearby, and a jade box was transported over.

”I cannot access the fourth-grade resources within the Treasure Pavilion; they’re entirely controlled by the Pavilion’s formations, and only when conditions are met can they be extracted!” Wang Changdong handed both the Guest Official Jade Plate and the jade box to Li Shiming, explaining.

Li Shiming displayed a look of curiosity, though he understood that this Treasure Pavilion was not something he could research.

In his assessment, the treasure division likely housed an Artifact Spirit, and the functions of these formations were somewhat similar to the computer functions of his previous life, in that they could analyze and process certain information.

However, such knowledge concerning the core of a superpower was something he would never access unless he obtained very high authority within the Central State Commerce.

With his status as a Guest Elder, it was undoubtedly impossible.

He put away the Guest Official Jade Plate and opened the jade box to examine the ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’.

Not that he distrusted Wang Changdong, it was just that Wang Changdong had not had contact with the spiritual object inside the jade box; he was simply curious about ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’.

The knowledge he possessed about ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’ was based on ancient texts; he had never seen the object in person.

Once the jade box was opened, lightning flashed from within, and with a mere thought of his Divine Sense, all lightning was suppressed back into the jade box.

It was a rectangular piece of ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’, preliminarily smelted, purged of impurities, and undergone initial processing.

His eyes gleamed with sharpness, for this ’Thousand Thunder Tempered Gold’ perfectly met his requirements. It seemed the enhancement of the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ was no longer a problem.

”Master Li, it will take some time to find someone to replace me here. I’ll reserve a spot at Yuntian Pavilion; how about we meet there at noon tomorrow?” Wang Changdong smiled and inquired for Li Shiming’s opinion.

”I’ll be there on time tomorrow!” Li Shiming replied with a smile.