Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 429: Chapter 261 Congratulations

In the Gathering Immortal Pavilion at Heavenly Eye Peak, Elder Su, Elder Ma, Elder Zhao, and five other Golden Core Elders gathered together.

For this meeting, Elder Su had brought out Third Grade Spirit Tea and various types of Third Grade Spirit Fruits to treat his old friends, which was quite a generous offer, showing how good his mood was.

“Elder Su, you’re being stingy, giving us only one Silver Frost Spirit Peach. Look, we can’t even get a bite, and these Green Whiskers Nuts are so small, you didn’t bring enough to share!” Elder Zhao commented, pointing at the Silver Frost Spirit Peach and Green Whiskers Nuts in front of him.

Actually, Elder Su was not being stingy. Apart from these two types of spirit fruits, he had provided one of each of the other fruits for everyone.

It was just that Silver Frost Spirit Peach and Green Whiskers Nuts were not part of the customary Golden Core benefits, so it was rare for Golden Core cultivators to taste them on ordinary days.

“No help for it, since Shiming only sent this much, and I don’t have a way to get these two kinds of spirit fruits!” Elder Su had been anticipating his friends’ questions, so he responded with a smile and a helpless gesture.

“This is Shiming’s tribute?” Elder Zhao asked in surprise.

He wasn’t lacking in these Third Grade resources, but it was different when they were a disciple’s tribute.

All the Golden Core Elders present had disciples, but among them, only Li Shiming could present Third Grade resources to his master during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

“Indeed, it’s too little. Shiming also gave me a portion; I’ll bring it out as well!” Elder Ma timely interjected.

He took out Silver Frost Spirit Peaches and Green Whiskers Nuts and divided them with a jade knife, serving them to all the old friends present.

“I regret it now; Shiming has the talent of a Sword Cultivator, I should have at least taken him as a Registered Disciple!” Elder Zhao, biting down hard on a piece of peach, said regretfully.

His remark immediately sparked agreement among the other Golden Core cultivators, all saying they should have accepted Li Shiming as a Registered Disciple too.

“Elder Ma, Jingxian’s resources for pill concoction have been entrusted to Shiming; you must watch them closely, try to prevent any failures!” Elder Su now thought of his eldest disciple, Ye Jingxian, and spoke to Elder Ma.

Though not explicitly asking Elder Ma to intervene, he still indicated that Elder Ma should get involved.

Mainly because the resources for pill concoction related to Ye Jingxian’s advancement to Golden Core, not only did Ye Jingxian prepare for decades, but Elder Su as a master also paid a considerable price.

There were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators competing for pill concoction resources, and if it wasn’t for Li Shiming having already obtained a set of resources for pill concoction from Elder Ji’s lineage, even Ye Jingxian could not have competed with Li Shiming.

Initially, Li Shiming was not supposed to compete for this round of resources, but since his cultivation had reached the late-stage of Foundation Establishment, he qualified to vie for the pill concoction resources.

Given Li Shiming’s circumstances, the sect was almost bound to provide him with a set of resources for pill concoction.

“…” Elder Ma was about to speak when he paused.

His Divine Thought swept over his Identity Jade Disc, where he received a message from Li Shiming, stating that he had successfully concocted three high-grade ‘Turtle Marrow Essence Boosting Pills.’

Truth be told, Elder Ma couldn’t help feeling envious. What kind of alchemy talent was needed for Li Shiming to concoct a full yield of high-quality ‘Turtle Marrow Essence Boosting Pills’ on his first attempt?

Even Elder Ma himself could only occasionally achieve such a feat of three high-grade full pills under exceptionally good luck.

The difficulty in concocting Third-grade Spirit Pills was that managing the changes in the Pill Furnace was a thousand times more complex than with Second-grade Spirit Pills, where any slight mistake could affect the quality of the Third-grade Spirit Pills or even lead to outright failure.

The ‘Turtle Marrow Essence Boosting Pill’ was relatively easier to concoct among Third-grade Spirit Pills, but Elder Ma could only ensure they wouldn’t fail, without guaranteeing their quality.

However, just as Elder Ma’s envy began to surface, it was overrun by elation, leaving no trace behind, as his disciple had become the sect’s second Alchemy Master.

Though, as an alchemy master who had not reached Golden Core, Li Shiming could only concoct the most basic Third-grade Spirit Pills, but an alchemy master is an alchemy master, recognized as one who can concoct Third-grade Spirit Pills, which is the universally accepted standard.

“Elder Ma, what’s the matter?” Observing Elder Ma suddenly pausing and his expressions changing, the other Golden Core Elders, thinking something significant had happened, eagerly asked.

“Let’s replace wine with tea and toast to the sect gaining another Alchemy Master!” Elder Ma, laughing, stood up and held his cup with both hands towards the other Golden Core Elders.

“Did Shiming concoct a Third-grade Spirit Pill?” Elder Su asked, somewhat incredulously.

You can’t blame him for being skeptical; everyone knew that an alchemy master had to be at least a Half-step Golden Core to qualify, which relates to the Spiritual Fire and also to the Spirit and Divine Thought.

“If Shiming isn’t lying, then on his first attempt at a Third-grade Spirit Pill, he concocted three high-grade ‘Turtle Marrow Essence Boosting Pills’!” Elder Ma proudly announced.

The Golden Core Elders present knew that Li Shiming would not lie to Elder Ma.

What they focused more on were the ‘three’ and ‘high-grade’ aspects, their eyes flickering, which meant that Li Shiming had achieved the pinnacle in concocting the most basic Third-grade Spirit Pills.

Unless it was a one in a million chance of concocting a supreme quality spirit pill, high-grade was the highest quality amongst normal spirit pills.

The ‘three’ indicated that Li Shiming had produced full pills, and one should not think that the difference between two and three spirit pills was just one spirit pill.