Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1972: Chapter 1032: Trial_2

Li Shiming had two Free Great Powers and one ’Flying Night Demon’, equating to three Great Power battle strengths.

Moreover, the true strength of the ’Flying Night Demon’ is only vaguely mentioned in ancient texts; almost no Great Powers have seen one firsthand, so its combat capabilities can only be estimated at the highest level.

Li Shiming possessed the ability to refine high-level fifth-grade Spirit Pills, which compelled any Great Power wishing to enhance themselves to seek his help.

Thus, even if a Great Power wished to organize others to attack Li Shiming, few would respond.

A repeat of when a group of Great Power Avatars besieged Leng Luo Great Power wasn’t possible; back then, Leng Luo Great Power had only personal strength and repeatedly violated Cultivation World rules, angering all Great Powers and leading to his siege.

Li Shiming was just about to return to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect when he suddenly turned to look at a location where Li Taibai had previously established a formation for Thunder Cultivators.

This time, he took nearly two months, using the time in the ’Thunder Prison’ much shorter than he expected.

This meant that the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect Thunder Cultivators had stayed in that formation for close to two months, and he discovered a Thunder Cultivator rising with a trace of lightning rules aura.

The trace of lightning rules aura was extremely faint, as this Thunder Cultivator was at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage; sensing even a hint of lightning rules aura at this stage indicated top-tier Thunder Cultivation talent.

As he was contemplating, Li Taibai’s figure flashed and appeared in the formation, standing before the Thunder Cultivator.

The Thunder Cultivator, feeling something during his cultivation, looked up to see Li Taibai’s figure.

”Tang Zhe greets the Ancestor!” The Thunder Cultivator’s eyes showed admiration, and he performed a grand salute with these words.

”Your name is Tang Zhe; do you have a master?” Li Taibai asked indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhe was delighted, understanding the implication of Li Taibai’s question.

”Ancestor, Tang Zhe has no master. I currently study independently through the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ inheritance!” Tang Zhe replied earnestly.

This wasn’t surprising; the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had only been accepting Thunder Cultivator disciples for a little over a hundred years.

Tang Zhe being at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage likely joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect midway.

Since the Yuqing Sect’s closure, many Thunder Cultivators belonging to it lost their sect and became Loose Cultivators.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had a complete ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ inheritance, which alone attracted the majority of Thunder Cultivators in the Cultivation World.

Regarding these Thunder Cultivators’ loyalty, the sect’s oath combined with its nurturing made winning them over relatively easy.

For sects over ten thousand years old, a comprehensive system was in place.

Li Shiming had checked Tang Zhe’s situation; with his authority, he quickly gained Tang Zhe’s information.

Tang Zhe was originally a descendant of a Yuqing Sect Thunder Cultivator, never formally joining the Yuqing Sect; he had intended to join the Yuqing Sect but found it chaotic due to Li Shiming’s influence.

He followed his family elder’s ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ basic part, achieving the Golden Core Stage, and joined the recruitment of Thunder Cultivators by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

In the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, his talent and effort led him to complete sect missions, obtaining vast resources that elevated him to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage within a century.

Li Shiming’s contributions to the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect with abundant resources, through direct investment and trade enabled by his influence, were to thank.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was in a rapid development stage, allowing talented seedlings to receive special attention.

That Li Shiming saw the sect’s information department’s good evaluation of Tang Zhe made him consider accepting disciples.

However, Li Taibai would be the one to accept Tang Zhe as a disciple, not Li Shiming.

Li Taibai was a Thunder Cultivation Great Power and would acknowledge Tang Zhe under this identity.

Tang Zhe remained bowed, anxiously awaiting Li Taibai’s reply.

He knew well that this was an opportunity to leap into greatness, one he didn’t want to miss.

Whether Li Taibai accepted him was beyond his control; all he could do was show his best side.

”Tang Zhe, are you willing to enter under my tutelage?” Li Taibai asked indifferently.

”Disciple is willing!” Tang Zhe immediately knelt before Li Taibai, exclaiming excitedly.

”Entering my tutelage comes with conditions. If you can ascend to Great Cultivator within ten years, I will accept you!” Li Taibai gestured, placing a jade bottle before Tang Zhe, saying, ”Here are some Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation resources, remember the ten-year timeline!”

This was a test; Li Taibai, as a Great Power, couldn’t accept disciples casually; if it were too easy, it would make Tang Zhe feel trivial.

Grasping the jade bottle, Tang Zhe tried to speak but found Li Taibai had vanished.

Cautiously opening the jade bottle, his Divine Sense detected it contained Nascent Soul Middle Stage High Grade Fourth-Grade Spirit Pills.

The quality of these pills indicated they were hand-refined by Ancestor Li Shiming, whose unique alchemy skills were unparalleled in the Cultivation World.

After Li Shiming became a Great Cultivator, he rarely refined non-Great Cultivator Spirit Pills.

Upon ascending to Great Power, even Great Cultivator Spirit Pills were seldom refined, making Li Shiming’s spirit pills even more precious.

High value aside, Li Shiming’s refined advanced spirit pills notably enhanced cultivation progress.

”I can surely achieve this!” Tang Zhe forcefully muttered to himself.

Li Taibai returned to Li Shiming’s side, and the two exchanged smiles.

Thanks to IBMz15’s presence, Li Shiming could detect subtle differences in cultivators’ talents; Tang Zhe’s talent, in his eyes, was among the top Thunder Cultivators he had seen.

With suitable conditions, Tang Zhe could grow rapidly.

Li Shiming intended to ensure the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had an inheritor Great Power, with Tang Zhe as one candidate and presently the only one.

He wasn’t focusing solely on Tang Zhe but planned to cultivate several promising cultivators within the sect.

He would choose cultivators with potential value, not those requiring vast resources to forcibly elevate.

One Yin Shilan was enough; no matter how many resources, they weren’t to be wasted idly.

Li Shiming tested the ’Flying Night Demon’, which at full power required cautious handling even from him.

In lightning and space, the ’Flying Night Demon’ surpassed the current Li Shiming.

This was beneficial; studying the ’Flying Night Demon’s’ Thunder Rule Rune and Space Rule Rune facilitated his growth in lightning and space rules.

This ongoing learning process allowed him to perceive daily progress.

After refining the first ’Flying Night Demon’, Li Shiming didn’t continue with it.

He still had one Great Power human flesh body, the Sword Cultivation Great Power’s body, obtained from an ancient relic; an empty shell but still alive.

Li Shiming wouldn’t use that relic’s empty shell but recently nourished it with his spirit, aiming to cultivate it as his backup body.

Using IBMz15’s simulation, he found a usage plan for the backup body.

He placed the backup body in the Grotto Heaven, letting Grotto Heaven nourish it daily.

If his external body were destroyed, the Grotto Heaven would be transferred into the backup body; as a Great Power-grade body, his strength wouldn’t diminish.

This choice was reserved for crucial situations as losing his original body would almost block further advancement, which he couldn’t accept.

Despite multiple survival strategies, he maintained a sense of reverence.