When Li Shiming returned to Shushan Sect, he discovered that there were obviously fewer cultivators in the sect.
Although the Shushan Sect covers a very large area, there are a large number of cultivators in the sect, and there are always crowds of cultivators passing through the sky during the day.
But today, I feel that the number of monks is less than half, and the contrast is very obvious.
He took out his identity jade disc, but did not receive any message.
He changed direction and flew towards a mountain. It was Sifang Peak, a mountain with a square flat top. It was also where Xu Chuan's cave was located.
He cast a spell and waited for a moment. The formation in front of him opened and he entered it.
Before he landed, Xu Chuan came to greet him.
"Junior brother, I heard that you went out for a while. How come you have time to come to me?" Xu Chuan asked with a smile as he flew closer to Li Shiming.
"Senior Brother, I just came back and found that there are many fewer cultivators in the sect. I wanted to ask you what's going on." Li Shiming did not beat around the bush and asked his questions with a smile.
"Didn't you receive the message?" Xu Chuan was startled at first, then he immediately reacted and said, "You are an alchemist, how could I notify you?"
Seeing that Li Shiming was still in the air, he made a gesture of invitation and led Li Shiming into his cave.
The cave is at the top of the mountain, and its specifications are similar to those of the Chijian Peak. There are many ornaments in the cave hall, and each one is a priceless spiritual object.
A waitress brought spiritual tea. Li Shiming didn't expect Xu Chuan to mistake the follower for a maid, and he couldn't help but look at her twice.
"Haha, I heard from my senior brothers that you treated the female cultivators they sent as coolies. Originally, they wanted you to take them as maids and serve you!" Xu Chuan saw Li Shiming's gaze, thought of something funny and teased.
"I like to be alone!" Li Shiming explained, shaking his head.
Xu Chuan would not ask about Li Shiming's personal affairs. Anyway, that little spiritual field would not tire the female cultivator. He was just joking.
"There is news that the conflict between Senluo Sect and Qianye Temple finally came to an end with the death of a Jindan elder of Senluo Sect. However, the conflict between good and evil has not ended. This is just the beginning!" Xu Chuan turned the topic to business and his expression became solemn.
Li Shiming was a personal participant, so he naturally knew what happened to the fallen Jindan elder of Senluo Sect.
In fact, Elder Lu’s death had nothing to do with Qianye Temple, but he still pretended to know nothing and listened.
"Just three days ago, the Disha Sect had a conflict with our sect on the southern border of the sect. Three foundation-building cultivators from our sect died, and two foundation-building cultivators from the Disha Sect died. It is said that Elder Ji had a fierce battle with the Disha Sect's Jindan Elder at that time.
Yesterday, the sect notified us that it had mobilized a thousand foundation-building monks to the south. The sect was planning to take this opportunity to seize several spiritual mines on the southern border!" Xu Chuan continued.
"How did those senior brothers make the arrangements?" Li Shiming asked quickly.
His clone Li Yuanba had experienced such a war once, where the danger level was extremely high.
"Second and third senior brothers have gone. Although my injuries have healed, my strength has been severely damaged, so the sect did not let me go!" Xu Chuan replied with a wry smile.
"It's okay if you don't go!" Li Shiming consoled with a smile.
He also knew that not all monks had secondary job talents like himself and could easily obtain a large number of contribution points.
Even though Xu Chuan is a true disciple, he cannot rely entirely on his master's guidance. If he wants to improve his strength as quickly as possible, he also needs to complete the sect's tasks.
The rewards for this kind of battle mission are very high. In addition, Xu Chuan is a true disciple and his strength is guaranteed. He should have gained something in such a large-scale mission.
It was inevitable that he felt a little depressed because he couldn't go because of his lack of strength.
After sitting with Xu Chuan for a while, he sent messages to Elder Su and Elder Ma respectively, informing them of his return, and then returned to Chijian Peak.
After returning to the cave, Li Shiming plunged into the study that he had previously interrupted.
Although he did not stay in the sect this time, he brought nine spiritual alchemy furnaces with him, and continued to offer sacrifices and refine them every day. Although the nine spiritual alchemy furnaces had not reached 100% refining when he came back, they were enough for alchemy.
Before leaving the sect, he had completed all the preparations for refining ten furnaces of elixirs at the same time.
He can now use the 'Divine Thought Dividing Technique' freely. After possessing divine thoughts, this technique is not difficult for him. Ten spiritual furnaces are ready for use at any time, waiting for him to refine ten spiritual pills at the same time for the first time.
Since it was his first time refining, he would not choose something too difficult. He put aside the ten prepared materials of 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill'.
Since he had spent most of the previous year refining the 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill' to complete the sect's alchemy mission, he had a lot of materials left in his hands.
You have to know that he always has top-level full pills, which means he only needs to open eight furnaces to complete the sect's task of providing ten materials.
For him, the high-level 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill' had no effect on him, so except at the beginning, he later chose to exchange the 20% of the high-level elixir he received for alchemy materials for preservation.
Now that these alchemy materials are useful, they can be used for refining hands without having to worry about the trouble of failure.
Alchemists need to invest in the early stages, just like the sect's "Shushan Hunyuan Pill" mission, which requires handing in eight elixirs for each furnace.
In the early stages of refining, since the alchemist is new to the process, not only will he be unable to make eight pills, but he may also fail, and the alchemist will have to pay for it himself.
Sect missions are different from private alchemy. When you make alchemy for others, regardless of success or failure, the responsibility is borne by others, while the sect requires that 80% of the proceeds be handed over.
If Li Shiming failed to refine the elixir using the sect's materials, he would have to pay ten furnaces of elixir at a time, which was the amount of elixir he had to refine in two days, and he would also have to provide the materials himself.
Li Shiming released his spiritual thoughts, and all the ten spiritual furnaces, including the three-turn Tianbao furnace, were within the range of his spiritual thoughts. He then performed the 'divide and transform the mind' technique, and he felt that his consciousness was divided into ten parts, each with the ability to analyze and think.
The 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill' was so simple and skillful that it couldn't be more skillful. Under the control of ten consciousnesses, ten portions of materials flew into ten spiritual furnaces in batches.
The 'Golden Sun Fire Control Technique' under the control of ten consciousnesses controlled the red sun fire in ten spiritual furnaces. With his peak spiritual power at the initial stage of foundation building, it was not a problem to divide the red sun fire into ten parts for alchemy.
IBMz15 was also divided into ten threads, which monitored the conditions inside the ten spiritual furnaces in real time.
Although it was his first time to refine ten furnaces of pills at the same time, his operation was orderly and there was no confusion at all.
The divine consciousness used the 'Green Willow Spirit Sensing Technique' to sense the situation inside the alchemy furnace, and IBMz15 converted it into data and informed Li Shiming. Even if there was the slightest sign of something wrong, it would be discovered and resolved immediately.
Ten consciousnesses controlled the divine thoughts, tapping gently on the ten spiritual furnaces.
It was as if a percussion performance was going on in the cave. Due to the different situations inside the ten spiritual furnaces, the timing of using the 'Seven Finger Pill Collecting Technique' was also different, resulting in uneven sounds of knocking on the furnaces.
Then, with elixir energy rising, one after another "Shushan Hunyuan Pills" flew out of the furnace. A total of one hundred elixirs came out of the furnace one after another. The scene was extremely spectacular.
One hundred 'Shushan Hunyuan Pills' were sent into ten jade bottles by divine consciousness, and the jade bottles fell in front of him.
Without checking, he could be sure that every 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill' was of high quality.
A smile appeared on Li Shiming's face. He had expected this success, but it still made him extremely excited. This meant that his alchemy ability had increased tenfold at once.
This is still outside the computer room. If it is inside the computer room, it will not be a problem. His control ability in the computer room is at the micron level, and the quality of the elixir will be improved to a certain extent.
Of course, he was not satisfied with his achievements, now he had divine consciousness and spiritual fire, although he had not reached the middle stage of foundation building, he could still try to improve the level of alchemy.
In addition to mastering alchemy knowledge, advanced alchemists also need some mandatory basics.
High-level alchemists can refine elixirs for the middle and late stages of foundation building. Most of the recipes for these elixirs are second-grade spiritual medicines, which makes it more difficult for alchemists to harmonize the energy in the spiritual medicines.
This requires more advanced alchemy techniques, and there are different techniques in the various inheritances of alchemists.
In the 'Shushan Dan Dian' inheritance obtained by Li Shiming, there are three compulsory alchemy techniques that senior alchemists need to master, and one optional technique.
The three compulsory magic formulas are 'Thirty-Six Palms to Return the Pill', 'Spirit Flame to Control Fire', and 'Green Emperor's Ascending Magic Formula', and the optional magic formula is 'One Hundred and One Points of Pill'.
The 'Thirty-Six Palms to Return the Pill' technique is a technique for adjusting the balance of the elixir in the pill furnace. By continuously striking the pill furnace, the effect of harmonizing the energy in the furnace is achieved.
'Spiritual Flame Control Fire Technique', this is a technique for controlling flames, and it is also more suitable for controlling spiritual fire.
Because the prerequisite for inheriting the "Shushan Dan Dian" is to possess spiritual fire, when this inheritance is passed on to high-level alchemists, it is necessary to use spiritual fire to unleash the maximum power of the "Shushan Dan Dian".
'Qingdi Shanggan Jue', this is a spell to sense the state of the elixir in the alchemy furnace, it requires divine thoughts to activate.
The reason why the additional 'One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique' is said to be optional is because this technique is too difficult.
After using the 'One Hundred and One Points Pill Art', there is a certain chance that the elixir that has been used with the 'One Hundred and One Points Pill Art' will be produced at double the quantity.
That is to say, if the 'One Hundred and One Points Pill Art' is performed successfully, a furnace of pills will produce up to twenty pills at most, and their quality will not be reduced.
But according to the records in the 'Shushan Dan Dian', the probability of 'One Hundred and One Points Dan Jue' is not one percent. In fact, it is lucky to reach a 1% probability. The normal probability is many times lower.
The most troublesome thing is that when using the 'One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique', it may cause energy chaos in the alchemy furnace, resulting in a furnace of waste pills.
Therefore, it is up to the alchemist to decide whether to learn and use the 'One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique'. Only the alchemists with a gambling nature will learn it.
When it comes to learning the magic formulas, Li Shiming, with the help of IBM z15, learns very quickly. No matter how complicated the runes are, or what kind of true meaning is required, he can remember and achieve it through IBM z15.
This is his greatest advantage over other cultivators. In addition, the detailed introduction to a large number of spiritual medicines in the "Shushan Dan Dian" and the research on the balance of spiritual medicines were also sorted out by IBMz15 and mastered by him.
Li Shiming used his contribution points to purchase the elixir 'Shushan Huanglingdan'. The elixirs named after the Shushan Sect all have the same characteristic, that is, the sect can produce the elixir needed by itself.
'Shushan Huanglingdan' is a second-grade elixir for the middle stage of foundation building, and it is an elixir that can only be refined by high-level alchemists.
He did not refine it himself, but took three batches of materials for the 'Shushan Huangling Pill' and went to Danding Peak.
Sometimes Li Shiming felt that Elder Ma was his real master, because he could not visit Elder Su at any time. Unless there was an emergency, he could only see Elder Su at fixed times every month.
But it is different for Elder Ma. He has the qualifications to enter and exit the Danding Hall of Danding Peak. He does not need any permission and can enter and exit the Danding Hall at any time.
Li Shiming entered the Dan Ding Hall and saw Elder Ma refining the elixir. He sat aside without saying a word.
His alchemy skills improved so quickly, especially when he was refining the second-grade elixir for the initial stage of foundation building, he succeeded with very few failures, all because of the data support he usually collected from Elder Ma through IBMz15.
If he were to learn the 'Shushan Huangling Pill' by himself, he would probably waste a lot of spiritual medicines. The 'Shushan Huangling Pill' recipe contained five second-grade spiritual medicines. He would feel painful if he wasted any of them.
Therefore, it would be better to watch Elder Ma refine the elixir once, rather than letting him fail again and again and learn from his failures. He can then find the most correct method of refining the elixir through the data collected by IBMz15.
Afterwards, fine-tune the data within a small range to continuously improve the quality of the pills while ensuring the success of alchemy.
"Are you here to refine the 'Huang Ling Dan'?" Elder Ma didn't pay much attention to the situation in the furnace. He turned around and asked with a smile.
"Master, how did you know that?" Li Shiming asked in surprise.
He rushed over after exchanging three sets of materials for 'Shushan Huanglingdan'. Elder Ma was refining pills during this period, so how could he know that he had exchanged the materials for 'Shushan Huanglingdan'.
"You smell of the second-grade Huangling Powder. You have never come into contact with this elixir before!" Elder Ma replied with a smile.
Li Shiming couldn't help but sigh that Elder Ma was really amazing. He just took out the second-grade Huangling Powder and observed it for a while when exchanging it, and Elder Ma sensed the taste of the second-grade Huangling Powder.
The second-grade Huangling Powder is the second-grade main ingredient in the "Shushan Huangling Pill", so we can guess Li Shiming's purpose.
"Master, I have exchanged three sets of materials and come to ask you to guide me in refining a furnace!" Li Shiming stated his purpose directly.
"Put the materials aside!" Elder Ma said, pointing to a shelf on the side.
Li Shiming placed a batch of ingredients for the "Shushan Huangling Pill" on the shelf. Elder Ma took out a spiritual furnace and demonstrated how to refine the "Shushan Huangling Pill" for him while refining the pill.