While Li Shiming was fighting with his clone, he used various means to observe whether the clone had any other aura leaking out.
In this regard, in addition to the formation, the spiritual consciousness of the original body and the clone has always remained open.
After a whole night, he didn't notice anything unusual with his clone.
He left his clone in the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation' and the clone was transformed into a corpse-refining state.
The clone can no longer practice the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique'. The spiritual energy vortex has long been saturated. If he continues to practice, he will probably try to break through.
He still needs to wait for a while and verify some ideas before considering letting his clone break through.
In addition, the breakthrough of the clone also requires it to reach its limit before breaking through. The clone's life state has indeed reached the limit. In terms of physique, spiritual power, and spiritual thoughts, it has reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage, even far exceeding ordinary Qi Refining peak cultivators.
But the clone's corpse refining state has not yet reached its peak.
Li Shiming didn't know much about the zombie state of his clone, but he followed his own judgment and would consider promotion after the clone's corpse-refining body reached perfection.
Moreover, with the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation' in place, reaching the pinnacle of bronze corpse refining is not a difficult task, and it won't take too long.
Just like his bronze corpse, he could not stay in the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation' at this time, but had to stay in the corpse bag.
It has been less than three years since Li Shiming obtained the bronze corpse, and under the effect of the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Array', the bronze corpse has now reached its peak.
He sent a message to Yu Yongan of Qianlong Trading Company, ordering a top-grade gold sword. As for defensive magic weapons or the like, he did not consider it.
Even the top-grade gold sword is only for temporary use. After the clone is promoted to the foundation-building stage, what needs to be considered is the super-grade sword or spiritual weapon.
There is a spiritual weapon sword, but the sword is not made of metal and is not very suitable for clones.
The reason why defensive magic weapons do not need to be purchased is that the defense of top-grade defensive magic weapons is probably not as strong as the defense of the clone's skin. Even super-grade defensive magic weapons are hard to say which one has stronger defense.
Of course, although the clone does not have a suitable weapon, he can still use the third-grade sword base at any time. The third-grade sword base is much more powerful than any spiritual weapon. Except that it cannot attack outside the body, the rest are far superior to the spiritual weapons used for foundation building.
Yu Yongan replied quickly, telling Li Shiming that his company had a top-grade gold sword that met the requirements and that he would deliver it immediately for a price of three thousand spirit stones.
In less than thirty minutes, Li Shiming received the golden-attributed top-grade sword he ordered, the 'Golden Light Breaking Sky Sword', which was of top quality.
Li Shiming directly used the "Painting the Dragon's Eyes Technique" to refine it. The special nature of him and his clone allowed both parties to use each other's magic tools, which had already been put into practice during practice.
No matter whether it is a magical instrument refined by the original body or by the clone, it is equivalent to refining one's own for both bodies.
The only exception is their respective third-grade sword bases. The third-grade sword bases are integrated with the body and only recognize the control of the body, not the soul.
Li Shiming also refined the super-quality armor as well. This piece of armor, which was the compensation from the Yun family and was called the "Vajra Body Armor", was meant for him.
This Vajra has no connection with the Buddhist Vajra, but is named after a material called Vajra Crystal in the armor.
When making a magical tool, the tool maker will give his or her work a name, and the name and usage details of the magical tool can be obtained during refining.
The characteristic of this 'Vajra Body Armor' is its comprehensive protection. It has two forms. One is for close protection inside the robe, and the other is to activate the comprehensive protection and transform into a full body armor to cover the head, hands, feet and other parts.
Unfortunately, with the current strength of the fifth level of Qi Refining, the 'Vajra Armor' can only last for ten seconds at most before its spiritual power is exhausted.
The clone can be used first, but it is not very useful because the clone's defense is too strong. Li Shiming deeply doubts whether the defense of this super-quality 'Vajra Armor' can compare to that of the clone.
Li Shiming still has an important problem to solve, which is the problem of foundation-building techniques.
He was used to preparing for a rainy day. He himself still had a long time before he could advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage, but his clone was very fast.
With his clone's qualifications, he would not consider those ordinary foundation-building techniques, but now he can't even get ordinary foundation-building techniques.
He put this matter on the priority list, otherwise even if his clone was promoted to the foundation-building stage, he would have no main practice to practice.
He was considering whether he could propose the foundation-building technique to the sect after he reached the level of a high-level formation master.
The reason for thinking this way was that he was learning formation knowledge too fast, and now his formation starlight sea had more than doubled in size. He felt that the time it took to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining and attempt a breakthrough would be faster than becoming a high-level formation master.
When he was practicing the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique', a flash of inspiration came into his mind, and he looked at his avatar who was in the state of refining corpse in the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation'.
The clone walked out of the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation', and after leaving the ghost environment, its body transformed into a human.
"Thank you for your help, fellow Taoist!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
"Helping my fellow Taoist is helping me!" The handsome smile of the clone is hard to look at.
Li Shiming just had an idea, and remembered that he and his clone were both practicing the "Five Elements Qi Gathering Art" and were in the same Qi Refining Stage.
The clone has natural spiritual roots and a cultivation speed of 100, while the original body's cultivation speed is only 38.79.
Anyway, the clone can no longer add spiritual power to the spiritual energy vortex, so it is better to input the spiritual power generated by practicing the "Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique" into the spiritual energy vortex of the main body.
Spiritual power recognizes its master, so normally the feasibility of this idea is almost zero.
Even though the spiritual power in a cultivator's body is extremely obedient, that is because the spiritual power is cultivated by the cultivator himself and carries the imprint of the cultivator's own soul.
The same spiritual power, if it enters the body of other cultivators, will become an extremely destructive attack.
Li Shiming's spiritual light came from the fact that he and his clone used the same soul. The clone's corpse-refining spirit was essentially separated from his blood. Coupled with the clone's special nature, the clone and the original body now truly shared the same soul.
Of course, it was impossible for him to experiment with cultivation right away. The clone stretched out a finger, and a bit of spiritual power flashed on the finger.
The clone lightly tapped the original body, and the spiritual power entered the body through the original body's skin.
If there is anything wrong, the clone can take back this spiritual power at any time, but obviously, there is no need for this.
This spiritual power entered the body of the original body and did not cause any damage to it. Although it was not particularly compatible with the spiritual power of the original body, it was because the spiritual power of the clone was much stronger than that of the original body.
"I'm so stupid. Why did I think of this only now?" Li Shiming said, patting his head in annoyance.
He seemed to have forgotten that he didn't dare to summon his clone out of the computer room before, and his real body couldn't enter the computer room.
Although his cultivation speed is currently considered relatively fast, look at Ren Feier, who is only one year younger than him but has already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.
This is the difference in talent. If the gap can be made up through the clone, then the clone will be of great help.
The spirit gathering formation gathered the spiritual energy from the lower-grade spirit veins into the formation, and the original body and the clone sat together back to back.
By practicing the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique' at the same time, Li Shiming soon realized how big the gap in cultivation was between himself and his clone.
He and his clone simultaneously channeled 100 points of gold-attributed spiritual energy into their bodies. The original body circulated the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique' in his body and converted it into 38 points of spiritual power that could be channeled into the spiritual energy vortex, while the clone converted all 100 points of spiritual energy into spiritual power that could be channeled into the spiritual energy vortex.
That's the difference, a huge difference.
It seems that the difference is only more than twice, but the entity has gone through many means, even breaking its own limit absorption rate, to reach the current level.
However, the clone is able to stabilize at this level because its absorption limit is 100.
The spiritual power transformed by the clone through the "Five Elements Qi Gathering Technique" was introduced into the body of the original body.
Li Shiming felt that his meridians were impacted, but fortunately he had practiced two body-refining techniques and had an extremely strong physique, so he was able to withstand the spiritual power transmitted by his clone who was at the peak of Qi training.
The spiritual power of the clone and the original body were introduced into the spiritual energy vortex together. The spiritual energy vortex shook for a moment, but soon stabilized.
It was only at this point that he was sure that his idea was feasible.
But he encountered a new problem, that was the spiritual energy produced by the inferior spiritual vein, which was far from enough for him and his clone to practice at the same time.
According to IBMz15's calculations, this time's practice increased his practice speed to 92.12. Theoretically, 100+38.79 equals 138.79. Even if there were losses in the process, the speed should not be only 92.12.
Of course, this cultivation speed is almost the same as that of a person with natural spiritual roots, but he is not satisfied yet.
There was clearly a cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining with natural spiritual roots working for him, but in reality, he did not achieve the effect he had imagined.
He thought of the rich spiritual energy of the Jiufeng, and it seemed that he could try to apply for a cave in the Jiufeng.
After the training was completed, the clone turned into a refined corpse and returned to the 'Netherworld Ghost Realm Formation', while Li Shiming's real body went to the Nine Peaks of the sect.
When he came to Jiufeng, he naturally went to find Uncle Zhuge first and went directly to the Affairs Pavilion. He was afraid that the Qi-refining brother in the Affairs Pavilion did not have the authority to handle the matter, which would make it even more troublesome.
"Uncle Zhuge, I'm here to bother you again!" Li Shiming entered Lingji Pavilion and saluted.
"Are you applying for the high-level formation master assessment?" Uncle Zhuge replied jokingly.
Of course he was joking. If it was so easy for a high-level formation master to be promoted, the sect wouldn't have to worry about the shortage of high-level formation masters.
"Let's wait for two years. I'm here to ask if I, a mid-level formation master, can apply for a cave residence in Jiufeng?" Li Shiming said, spreading his hands.
Uncle Zhuge ignored his suggestion of waiting for two years, thinking he was joking too.
He did hear Li Shiming's request clearly, was stunned at first, and then thought for a moment.
"Eagle's Beak Island is your private property. Theoretically, you can apply for another cave!" He replied with a smile, and then asked, "You live well on Eagle's Beak Island, why do you want to find a cave in Jiufeng?"
Although the spiritual vein of Eagle's Beak Island is a bit poor, its geographical location is very good.
Besides, with Li Shiming's talent of three spiritual roots, that inferior spiritual vein is enough for him to use.
"Well, I think it will be more convenient to complete the mission. Having a cave in Jiufeng will allow me to better serve the sect!" Li Shiming naturally would not answer honestly.
"Okay, even I don't believe this reason. I'll give a heads up to the Affairs Office and you can go there to handle it!" Uncle Zhuge waved his hand and said unhappily.
"Uncle-master, I heard that intermediate formation masters have benefits when applying for spiritual veins. I wonder if you can arrange a cave with a stronger spiritual vein for me?" Li Shiming asked somewhat embarrassedly.
"You came here just for this, right? Intermediate formation masters do have benefits in this regard. Do you want a low-grade spiritual vein?" Uncle Zhuge pointed at him, shook his head and asked with a smile.
"Can it be higher? The low-grade spiritual veins are not enough!" Li Shiming knew that this was not the time to be polite, so he quickly tried to get it.
"I understand what you mean. An intermediate formation master can apply for a mid-level spiritual vein at most. I'm giving you the reason that you need to study formations!" Uncle Zhuge said as he operated his fingers on the identity jade disc.
The sect provides very high benefits to intermediate formation masters, which are similar to those of foundation-building monks to a certain extent. However, Li Shiming has been an intermediate formation master for too short a time and has made too little contribution to the sect.
If it weren't for the help of Uncle Master Zhuge, Li Shiming himself would not have been able to apply for a mid-grade spiritual vein cave.
Li Shiming turned around and went to the Affairs Room. He did not recognize the Qi-refining cultivator he met this time.
He still used spirit stones to clear the way, and took out ten spirit stones and handed them to the monk who was doing the work.
"Since you haven't officially joined the Nine Peaks in the sect, the cave you choose is only within this range. You can choose!" The monk in charge accepted the spirit stone and opened the three-dimensional map in an illusory form.
Because it is located within the Nine Peaks area and is a mid-grade spiritual vein cave, there are not many caves to choose from.
On the three-dimensional map, there are only about thirty caves dotted around.
"Brother, do you have any suggestions?" Li Shiming looked at the more than 30 caves. He originally wanted to choose Dui Feng's cave, but when he saw that Dui Feng's vacant cave was very close to Lingji Pavilion, he didn't want to choose it anymore.
Being so close to a high-level formation master, he still felt unsafe even with the formation separating him.
It’s not that I’m worried about Uncle Zhuge snooping, but he has too many secrets. If any senior formation master accidentally discovers something unusual, it will be a big trouble.
"This cave in Xunfeng has just become vacant. It originally belonged to a senior brother who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. He died unexpectedly outside and it has been confirmed that he died. The cave is close to a medium-grade spiritual field and the environment is excellent. At the same time, there is no other cave in a large area nearby." The monk in charge said, lightly tapping his finger.
Spiritual stones are never wasted, and this has been proven many times.
There is no saying among cultivators that a cave dwelling where someone has died is unlucky. In fact, any cave dwelling in a sect with a history of thousands of years has had someone dead before it.
"This is the cave!" Li Shiming said without hesitation, tapping his finger lightly on the cave.