Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 834: Chapter 463: Probing for Information (Part 2)

”Master Li, this is the Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine I brought, along with the corresponding elixir recipe. I ask Master Li to help refine it!” he said, as he handed over a space ring.

Li Shiming accepted the space ring, discovering that it contained ten stalks of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised. To know that the Skywalk Trading Company came not just for business and carried with them ten stalks of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine, which likely wasn’t all they had to offer.

Ten stalks of Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine, this number just happens to hit the right balance. Any more would cause the Skywalk Trading Company to distrust Li Shiming, and any less would make Li Shiming find the Skywalk Trading Company to be stingy.

Li Shiming calculated in his mind and placed the space ring aside.

”The quantity you’re having me refine this time is quite a bit. I should finish my current tasks first and then start refining for you in about sixteen months!” Li Shiming said with a smile.

”That’s no issue. We intend to establish long-term cooperation with Master Li. Oh, and here’s the reward for refining ten furnaces of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills. We hope Master Li will be satisfied!” Ancestor Ren Xun said with a smile as he placed a Jade Gourd in front of Li Shiming.

Li Shiming looked at the Jade Gourd; it was a magic treasure. However, to offer a Third Grade magic treasure as payment for refining ten furnaces of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills—the reward seemed a bit low.

Although Li Shiming was still at the Golden Core Stage, the Fourth-grade Spirit Pills he refined were Nascent Soul Level spiritual objects. Therefore, the reward should naturally be a Fourth Grade Spirit Item.

Moreover, this time he needed to refine ten furnaces of Fourth-grade Spirit Pills, so the reward should be even higher.

He picked up the Jade Gourd and discovered it hadn’t recognized an owner, so his divine thought easily entered it.

”Huh, what’s this?” Li Shiming found that inside was a type of spiritual liquid, but he couldn’t find any similar entries in his IBMz15 database.

IBMz15’s analysis determined that this spiritual liquid was a Fourth Grade Spiritual Liquid, and its properties were incredibly gentle and stable.

”This is ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’, originating from the deep underground of Dongqi Continent. Its production is incredibly low. It’s the top-tier resource that only geniuses of Dongqi Continent are fit to use. In the late-stage Golden Core, it can significantly accelerate one’s cultivation speed!

The Spirit Gourd contains thirty-six drops, which is all we brought this time!” Ancestor Ren Xun introduced with a smile.

What he didn’t say was that the ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ was from Elder Jin Kai’s private collection.

’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ is an exceptionally unique Fourth Grade resource, special because it is used for Golden Core practitioners, despite being a Fourth Grade resource.

But this doesn’t affect the value of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’. On the contrary, its scarcity makes its value incredibly high, ranking in the upper-mid tier among Fourth Grade resources.

Using ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ as payment is a high cost indeed.

Most importantly, this type of Dongqi Continent resource is unknown to Li Shiming, who resides on the Beishu Continent, which makes the full value of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ hard to realize.

The reason why Elder Jin Kai offered ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ as payment is that he hopes Li Shiming will soon become a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

This held his private motive, where giving Li Shiming the ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ could not only show the sincerity of Skywalk Trading Company but also help Li Shiming advance to the Nascent Soul Stage quicker, allowing him to refine Nascent Soul Middle Stage Fourth-grade Spirit Pills.

Although Elder Jin Kai’s injuries looked fine, without Nascent Soul Middle Stage’s Fourth-grade Healing Spirit Pills, his injuries would take a long time to heal, which might affect his cultivation plans.

Li Shiming advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage sooner would mean an earlier possibility of obtaining Nascent Soul Middle Stage’s Fourth Grade Healing High-level Spirit Pills to recover his injuries.

For this, sacrificing some ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ is worthwhile.

As for whether Li Shiming would agree to refine pills for him, that was hardly a concern. Li Shiming was publicly refining pills, and as long as the compensation could tempt him, there was no problem with refining pills.

Even though Li Shiming didn’t know the preciousness of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’, he could see its importance to him.

What does it mean to significantly accelerate cultivation speed? His cultivation speed was already extremely fast. If it increased significantly, could he perhaps become the Great Elder sooner?

That’s not surprising. In the past, he used ten drops of ’Heavenly Immortal Milk’ to elevate his Body Refinement to the Great Elder Level. At that time, he witnessed the formidable effects of Fourth Grade resources on Golden Core cultivators.

But he had never heard of Fourth Grade resources that could enhance the growth speed of a Golden Core. He hadn’t expected such an opportunity to appear in front of him now.

His heart surged with excitement. Through his interactions with Nascent Soul ancestors, he knows that the earlier one enters the Nascent Soul Early Stage, the better. That way, there’s ample time to cultivate further.

Although Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners have a lifespan of a thousand years, the difficulty of advancing further increases significantly after eight hundred years, and if they suffer injuries in combat, their lifespan can drastically reduce.

Hence, on the Beishu Continent, relatively younger Nascent Soul ancestors are typically entrusted with handling matters.

Those Nascent Soul ancestors with shorter lifespans tend not to meddle with worldly affairs, and if they do, it’s at the expense of their life span.

”Since there’s ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’, I’ll take time out soon to refine the ten furnaces of Spirit Pills. It won’t interfere with my cultivation!” Li Shiming happily said.

”Once Master Li tries ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’, you’ll know how potent it is!” Ancestor Ren Xun responded with a smile.

In his heart, he envied Li Shiming greatly. Back in his day, he never had such favorable conditions. Resources like ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ are reserved for core disciples nurtured by major sects, and others don’t get this treatment.

Moreover, even those considered core disciples wouldn’t obtain so much ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’.

When he received the ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’, he was amazed at Elder Jin Kai’s generosity, unaware of Elder Jin Kai’s plans.

Ancestor Ren Xun was very pleased with this interaction, having exchanged contact tokens with Li Shiming, allowing direct contact—a significant breakthrough.

Although Li Shiming’s stance was not definitively clear, his behavior suggested a good possibility of joining Skywalk Trading Company.

Ancestor Ren Xun left in a cheerful mood.

Li Shiming felt even better, eagerly wanting to test out the effects of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’.

’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ has different intervals for intake based on a cultivator’s Taoist Body.

After consuming, cultivators can sense the refining progress of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ within their body, naturally understanding the next time for consumption.

”Huijing, protect me, and if anything goes wrong, help me!” Li Shiming summoned Venerable Huijing and instructed.

Venerable Huijing had completely recovered from his injuries and was in peak physical form, but having to re-cultivate the Liu Yan Erosion Sun Skill, his combat power was temporarily restricted.

Li Shiming asked Venerable Huijing for protection in case any issues arose during the metabolism of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’.

Even though the Skywalk Trading Company using ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ to harm him was highly unlikely, this unheard-of Fourth Grade resource, which the Skywalk Trading Company brought willingly to him, warranted caution.

He opened his body’s perception to Venerable Huijing, allowing her to monitor any changes.

Should anything unexpected happen, Venerable Huijing could intervene.

While Venerable Huijing couldn’t fight at the moment, assisting Li Shiming was effortless.

Li Shiming sat cross-legged at the Spiritual Energy outlet of the Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein, retrieved the Third Grade Spirit Gourd, and poured a drop of ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ into his mouth, proceeding to circulate the Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique.

After entering the body, ’Reach Profound Kun Earth Immortal Dew’ did not unleash a vigorous surge of spiritual power but instead seemed to open a spiritual spring within him, with a continuous flow of spiritual power from the abdomen spreading to every part of his body.