Cai Hong said goodbye and left, leaving only Li Shiming in the pavilion.
Master Elder Su appeared in the pavilion and looked at Cai Hong's disappearing figure without saying a word.
"Master, I have accepted the offer from Beishu Trading Company to be their guest alchemist!" Li Shiming bowed and reported.
"That's good. With Beishu Commercial Bank here, you don't have to worry about your cultivation resources!" Elder Su glanced at Li Shiming and said with a smile, "It seems that Old Ma treats you well and gave you a lot of pills. You have already advanced to the middle stage of foundation building!"
Although he said this, he was actually still a little confused in his heart. What kind of elixir did Elder Ma give Li Shiming to allow Li Shiming to reach the middle stage of foundation building so quickly?
Moreover, there was no residual medicinal power in Li Shiming's body. It couldn't be that he had taken only top-level elixirs!
What Elder Su didn't know was that the most unlikely answer he was thinking of was exactly the truth.
"I'm just luckier!" Li Shiming didn't know how to explain, so he could only respond casually.
"That's true. You have great fortune, but you can't rely on it too much. Alchemy can't affect your cultivation. You have to know that cultivation is the key!" Elder Su said earnestly.
Li Shiming can be considered to be in high spirits now. Although there is no delay in alchemy and cultivation, he is also worried that Li Shiming will be blinded by the wealth gained from alchemy, which will cover his heart of Taoism and cause him to relax his cultivation.
"Thank you for your advice, Master. I will keep your teachings in mind!" Li Shiming bowed his head and said. He suddenly thought of something and asked, "What kind of power is the Beishu Commercial Bank? What is its background? Please enlighten me, Master?"
"I would tell you even if you don't ask me!" Elder Su pointed to the stone bench beside him.
Elder Su sat down first, took out a pot of spiritual tea from his space ring, and poured a cup for himself and Li Shiming respectively.
Li Shiming sat respectfully at the bottom. He felt that his master, Elder Su, had a different attitude towards him.
In fact, this is easy to understand. The status of a senior alchemist in a large sect is higher than that of a foundation-building cultivator. Although not as good as a golden elixir elder, it is not much different.
Not to mention Li Shiming, a senior alchemist who is almost certain to become a master alchemist. This can be judged from the fact that Beishu Trading Company sent a fake alchemy shopkeeper.
"In the early years, Beishu Trading Company was jointly established by the six major sects of righteousness and evil and several free-born Yuanying. As the conflicts among the six major sects of righteousness and evil became more intense, the management of Beishu Trading Company was handed over to several free-born Yuanying. This was regarded as preserving the exchange channel of resources between the major sects of righteousness and evil. Everyone needs such a channel, and it has continued to this day." Elder Su introduced slowly after taking a sip of spiritual tea.
"Then Beishu Trading Company also has a share in Shushan Sect?" Li Shiming asked again.
"Of course. The profits of Beishu Trading Company need to be distributed to the six major clans. Otherwise, how could you have survived until now!" Elder Su nodded and said.
Li Shiming couldn't help but gasp. With the six major sects of righteousness and evil as its background, and several free Nascent Souls, it was no wonder that Beishu Trading Company could grow to such a scale.
"In this case, Beishu Trading Company will have no rivals, right?" Li Shiming sighed.
"The six major sects of righteousness and evil have their own supporting businesses. Some free Nascent Souls also have supporting businesses. Even the Beishu Business will not use force to confront these businesses. It can only use business methods. So even though the Beishu Business is the only one in the market, it still cannot dominate the business world!" Elder Su explained with a smile.
Although Li Shiming didn't know how powerful a Yuanying was, he was sure that if he offended a Yuanying, then even though Beishu Trading Company had so many forces behind it, it would have no chance of doing business.
Only after returning to his cave abode on Chijian Peak did Li Shiming have time to check his guest ID card.
The guest ID card of Beishu Trading Company is a magical tool with multiple functions.
Li Shiming's mind easily understood the corresponding functions, and the guest identity card could be easily refined, just like having an extra magic weapon.
As the guest identity card is refined, the corresponding introduction and usage instructions will also be transmitted to the brain.
For example, connecting to the Beishu Trading Company's communication network spread across the Beishu Continent. Li Shiming was wondering how the Beishu Trading Company did it before, but now he thinks it must be with the support of the six major clans that this communication network can be spread throughout the continent.
Of course, not everyone can use this communication network. Only those who have reached a certain level of status in the Beishu Trading Company have such authority.
Otherwise, if it can be used at will, the first ones to object would be the six major sects.
The establishment of this communication network covering the entire continent was allowed for the sake of Beishu Trading Company's business, and also to provide the top leaders of the six major sects with a smooth communication channel so that they can communicate at critical moments.
The communication function of the guest ID card is very powerful. After obtaining his authentication, the cultivators of the six major sects of righteousness and evil can send him messages within the coverage of the mainland's communication network.
He can also use the guest ID card to proactively contact any monk within the coverage of the mainland's communication network.
The first thing Li Shiming did was to use his guest ID card to send a message to Yin Shilan, informing her that she could use this contact method in the future.
Unfortunately, Yin Shilan was probably practicing at that time and did not reply to him.
This is how it is for lovers in the world of immortal cultivation. They both need to practice cultivation, especially when they reach the foundation-building stage. It is normal to practice for more than ten days or even a month at a time, and the contact between the two sides will decrease.
However, considering that the lifespan of a cultivator is longer than that of a mortal, and especially for the chance of achieving golden elixir, the Yuan Yang and Yuan Yin cannot be lost before the golden elixir is achieved, this kind of love between the two will last for a long time, longer than a mortal's life.
Another function of the guest ID card is to check the alchemy tasks.
Li Shiming cast a spell at the guest ID card, and the guest ID card emitted an illusion, which displayed the alchemy tasks that could be accepted now.
These alchemy tasks are listed based on his status as a senior alchemist. It is estimated that this is a task list made specifically for him.
There are a lot of alchemy tasks, and large quantities of alchemy tasks are ranked at the front.
Li Shiming would naturally not look at those tasks of refining one or two furnaces, as he would not get much benefit from those tasks.
Although he now has more than 300 top-level 'Shushan Huangling Pills', which are probably enough for the top-level spiritual pills for cultivation in the middle stage of foundation building, he still has a clone, and the clone also needs to prepare top-level spiritual pills for cultivation.
The strength of the clone cannot be too different from that of the original body, otherwise it will not be able to help the original body.
'Qianyuan Huanyu Pill' and 'Tianbao Heqi Pill' are second-grade elixirs for the middle and late stages of foundation building respectively. One refining task can accept a maximum of one thousand furnaces of refining.
He also understood that the materials for these two kinds of spiritual pills that aided in cultivation must be under the control of Beishu Trading Company and could be produced in large quantities, which was why there were such large quantities.
This is the same as Shushan Sect's 'Shushan Hunyuan Pill' and 'Shushan Huangling Pill'. If all the spiritual materials cannot be produced in large quantities, how can they be refined in large quantities?
Li Shiming did not hesitate to take on the largest task of producing 'Qianyuan Huanyu Dan' and 'Tianbao Heqi Dan', one thousand furnaces each, which would keep him busy for more than a month.
He accepted the task, and Cai Hong, who was on his way back to the trading company's headquarters, received his task application.
Cai Hong stopped in the air and looked at the two tasks that Li Shiming had accepted, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Even though he had heard of Li Shiming's alchemy speed, he was still surprised that he could take on the task of refining two thousand furnaces of alchemy at one time.
The profession of alchemist is very popular, but there are very few alchemists who can really achieve success. As long as they have the ability, alchemists will be sought after by monks.
Therefore, alchemists are generally very arrogant. It is almost impossible to expect them to endure hardships and work. Alchemy is a mentally exhausting job. A normal alchemist in the foundation-building stage will stop after refining one furnace of pills a day, as this will affect the success rate.
For alchemists who have reached the Golden Core Stage, although their spirits are strong, if their strength has not reached that of a master alchemist, the second-grade elixir given as reward will not be of much use to them. It is just exchangeable for some spirit stones.
Therefore, alchemists in the Jindan stage will not put their full effort into refining the elixir. This phenomenon is the same everywhere.
Cai Hong did not expect Li Shiming to be so proactive and lacked the reserve that a senior alchemist should have.
But he likes such high-level alchemists, because this way the evaluation of his tasks will be greatly improved.
Thinking of this, Cai Hong suddenly sped up and increased his flying speed to the limit. He needed to immediately get two thousand sets of alchemy materials and deliver them to Li Shiming. Any delay would be a waste.
As for whether there would be any problems once the two thousand sets of alchemy materials were delivered to Li Shiming, there was no need to worry about such a thing.
Not to mention the power of Beishu Trading Company, even Li Shiming's identity as a true disciple of Shushan Sect's alchemy is more valuable than these two thousand alchemy materials.
The credibility of the cultivators in the six major sects of righteousness and evil is still very high. Even if a cultivator has a problem, he can still turn to their sect.
Li Shiming received the materials delivered by Cai Hong personally that evening, and he began a new round of alchemy.
With one thousand furnaces of elixir, he can get two hundred top-level elixirs, and more than one thousand three hundred bottles of high-level elixirs, each bottle containing ten elixirs.
With such huge profits, he was very motivated and maintained the pace of five furnaces a day.
His spirit was almost comparable to that of a Jindan cultivator, so the task of refining five furnaces a day had no effect on him.
As for the impact on cultivation, it becomes insignificant after taking the top-level elixir.
Time flies, and a year passes in a flash. The conflict between good and evil continues, neither becoming more intense nor weakening.
From time to time, there would be a great battle between good and evil, either in the Qi Refining Stage or the Foundation Establishment Stage, but it had never risen to the level of a large-scale battle between Jindan cultivators, keeping the conflict at a controllable level.
During this period, the foundation-building cultivators in the Northern Shu cultivation world were not most concerned about the great war between good and evil.
The longer time goes on, the less attention the battle between good and evil will receive.
What the foundation-building monks are concerned about is their cultivation, while the Beishu Commercial Bank has launched the 'Qianyuan Huanyu Pill', 'Tianbao Heqi Pill', 'Liuren Huichun Pill', 'Ziyu Huangu Pill' and so on, which are marked with Li Shiming's mark.
Cultivation-assisting elixirs, healing elixirs, and body-strengthening elixirs are all high-level elixirs.
The foundation-building monks discovered that the effects of these elixirs were about 10% stronger than those of high-level elixirs produced by other high-level alchemists. This 10% improvement should not be underestimated.
The effect of practicing auxiliary elixirs is improved by more than 10%. Over time, this improvement will have a huge impact.
A healing elixir that improves its effectiveness by more than 10% could mean the difference between life and death.
Most importantly, the foundation-building monks discovered that compared with the scarce number of high-level elixirs in the past, the number of high-level elixirs sold by Beishu Trading Company this time was very large.
Of course, no matter how large the number is, it is nothing compared to the base number of foundation-building cultivators.
Powerful foundation-building cultivators all purchase high-level elixirs marked with Li Shiming's mark based on their greatest needs, for fear that such a good thing will no longer be available.
The foundation-building cultivators who failed to purchase the high-level elixir became more eager for it after hearing other cultivators' praises for the high-level elixir marked with Li Shiming's mark.
In short, with the sale of these high-level elixirs, Li Shiming's reputation spread from the sect to the world of immortal cultivation and became widely known among the cultivators in the foundation-building stage.
Chijian Peak, Ye Lingyun, Wan Qian and Lu Yingtong, three of Li Shiming's followers, are now all at the peak of Qi Refining. Their strength has increased too quickly. The strength improved by taking a large number of elixirs needs to be accumulated for several years before they can try to break through.
They are not in a hurry because the current situation is something they never dreamed of.
They have sufficient high-level elixirs to take every month, which allows them to practice in conditions that surpass those of most cultivators in their original family.
They don't have to worry about the foundation-building pills. Following a high-level alchemist, there will be no shortage of pills.
The only way they repay Li Shiming is to take good care of the spiritual plants on Chijian Peak.
Although they also understood that the benefits of the spiritual plants on Chijian Peak to Li Shiming were not as great as what he could gain from a random pill refining.
From time to time, their eyes looked towards the top of the mountain, which was surrounded by a large formation, but it was where their spiritual sustenance was.
At the top of Zhijian Peak, after finishing the practice of "Purple Air Coming from the East", Li Shiming was putting away the Fresnel reflector.
His body had become saturated with the innate purple energy. The 'Purple Energy Coming from the East', which was said to be able to be cultivated infinitely, was cultivated to its limit by him using the scientific methods of his previous life.
The innate purple energy entered his body, but it did not improve his Taoist body at all. This situation has lasted for more than ten days. Today he decided to officially give up practicing "Purple Energy Coming from the East".
He packed up fifteen hundred Fresnel reflectors into several storage bags and threw them into the machine room. Perhaps he would never need Fresnel reflectors again.
He had no intention of destroying the Fresnel reflector just like that. The computer room was still very safe. Besides, he had seized a large number of storage bags in many battles. These storage bags could be used as warehouses and would not cause any impact on the computer room space.