A large flying boat was sailing in the sky. It had the logo of Shushan Sect on it, and its interior was extremely luxurious.
On the first floor of the large flying boat, there were two senior alchemists and a dozen low- and middle-level alchemists. On the second floor, there were only two people, one was Li Shiming, and the other was Elder Zhao, a sword cultivator and golden elixir master from the Shushan Sect.
Elder Zhao’s mission is to protect Li Shiming, and this outing is a mission arranged by the sect for Li Shiming.
The task is very simple, go to Huoyun Valley to serve as the arbitrator of this alchemist conference.
Speaking of the Alchemist Gathering, it is an important exchange meeting among alchemists.
As alchemists grow, they need to constantly learn and accumulate experience, which requires a lot of communication.
Under normal circumstances, alchemists are scattered among various sects and forces. Even among alchemists from the same sect, as long as they are not from the same lineage, there is rarely any communication.
Therefore, this kind of exchange event for alchemists is an extremely important social opportunity for every alchemist, and alchemists who have the conditions will actively participate.
More importantly, the winners of the Alchemist Festival will receive substantial rewards and comments from alchemy masters, which will greatly promote the self-improvement of alchemists.
Li Shiming had never participated in an alchemy event. It was not because the alchemy event excluded him, but because the alchemy event was only held once every ten years. Ten years ago, he had no contact with alchemy.
Of course, this is not the main reason. There is not only this alchemist gathering held in Huoyun Valley in the Northern Shu Continent, but also alchemist gatherings held by other forces.
Li Shiming had never attended any of these gatherings before, and he had never been invited to any of these gatherings.
The key point here is his alchemy level. Since he started to make alchemy publicly, he has never failed, and every time he made a full pill of high quality.
His level of alchemy is so high that even the alchemy masters would not dare to claim to be able to match it.
If he were invited, I'm afraid other alchemists would not dare to participate in the competition, and even the alchemy master would not be able to comment.
"Your flying boat is really great!" Elder Zhao calmly sipped the third-grade spiritual tea, glancing at the large flying boat he was on with some envy.
This large flying boat belongs to Li Shiming. It was originally a trophy obtained from Elder Lu of the Senluo Sect. It is a large flying boat of magic weapon level.
In other words, this large magic-level flying boat has its own energy supply, and does not require the cultivator to have the strength of the Golden Core Stage in order to be controlled by Li Shiming.
Li Shiming likes this large flying boat very much. With his current status and position, he doesn't have to worry about being conspicuous when using such a magic weapon-level large flying boat.
This time, he was going to attend the alchemist gathering and happened to bring some alchemists from the sect with him, so he took out the large magic-grade flying boat and used it.
Although Elder Zhao is the Jindan elder of Shushan Sect, with his wealth, he has no way of purchasing such a large flying boat of magical level.
The large magic weapon-class flying boat of Elder Lu of Senluo Sect is the property of Senluo Sect, not Elder Lu’s private property. Elder Lu’s private property is another small magic weapon-class flying boat.
Only large sects have the financial resources to build such a large magical flying boat.
"Elder Zhao, you're joking. It's just a toy!" Li Shiming was used to seeing good things, so he replied with a nonchalant smile.
"Shi Ming, it's a blessing for me to come out with you this time. Look at this flying boat and the spiritual tea we drink. If I had known earlier, I would have learned alchemy!" Elder Zhao said with a smile, shaking his head.
Of course he was joking. He was a sword cultivator, and once the external objects came into his hands, he would immediately sell them in exchange for materials to enhance his own flying sword.
The sword cultivator's natal flying sword is a bottomless pit that can be filled with any amount of wealth.
Fortunately, the natal flying sword of the clone Li Yuanba is the natal flying sword of the Jindan sword cultivator Yun Xingyi, which has been nurtured for hundreds of years. At least in the short term, there is no need to prepare materials to enhance Li Yuanba's natal flying sword.
"Uncle Zhao, please come with me. I will take good care of you!" Li Shiming said with a smile as he poured spiritual tea for Elder Zhao.
Elder Zhao was extremely kind to him and had even saved his life before. This time he had the mission of protecting him, so how could he possibly treat him badly?
The spiritual fruit on the table in front of him was of the third grade, and the spiritual tea was also of the third grade.
"I see that your sword intent has grown. You haven't even experienced a battle, but your sword intent can grow so fast. You really should major in sword skills!" Elder Zhao sat up straight and once again wanted Li Shiming to change his main practice method.
This was not the first time he had proposed this. Since meeting Li Shiming, he would try to persuade him almost every time they met.
Now that Li Shiming has reached the Half-Step Golden Core realm, he still hasn't given up this idea.
Li Shiming also understood what he meant. He was thinking that after he achieved the elixir, he would switch his main cultivation method to sword cultivation.
But Li Shiming had his own considerations. His sword intent was indeed constantly increasing. This was the benefit he received from his clone Li Yuanba.
After several battles with Jindan cultivators, Li Yuanba's sword intent increased by 100 points if judged by numerical values, and the sword intent of the original body Li Shiming increased by 30 points accordingly.
In addition, Li Yuanba became a Jindan cultivator, and his sword intent increased rapidly every day, which made the original body Li Shiming continue to grow.
Li Yuanba is in the Jindan stage, and his sword intent can be said to be growing rapidly. Although Li Shiming has only achieved one-tenth of the growth progress, it is more obvious for Li Shiming, who is in the foundation-building stage, than for Li Yuanba.
Therefore, even Elder Zhao, who had only been in contact with Li Shiming for a short time, could sense the change in Li Shiming's sword intent.
"Uncle Zhao, I just have some questions related to sword intent that I would like to ask you!" Li Shiming didn't want to say more about changing his main practice method, but he couldn't refute directly, so he changed the subject.
"What do you mean by seeking advice? Just tell me if you have any questions!" Elder Zhao understood what Li Shiming meant, and he continued with Li Shiming's words.
Elder Zhao also knew that it was not appropriate to persuade Li Shiming to change his main cultivation method. The main reason he did so was that he did not want Li Shiming to waste his talent in sword cultivation.
"Take a look at my sword intent!" Li Shiming had always wanted to ask a sword cultivator for advice on his sword intent. Now that this opportunity came along, he didn't want to let it go.
He stretched out a finger, which was filled with sword intent. A hint of electric light flashed on his finger, making the sword intent even more violent.
"What is this?" Elder Zhao was surprised. He used his divine sense to sense it, and finally reached out to touch Li Shiming's sword intent.
Li Shiming's sword intent contained the power of thunder and lightning, a phenomenon that Elder Zhao, a sword cultivator, had never seen before.
"How did you do it?" Elder Zhao temporarily gave up the idea of persuading Li Shiming to change his cultivation. His mind was completely focused on Li Shiming's thunder and lightning sword intent.
"I don't know either. I practiced the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' and one day I suddenly had some realization, and lightning appeared in my sword intent!" Of course, Li Shiming couldn't tell the truth. In fact, he couldn't give an accurate explanation for why this happened.
However, in his opinion, the biggest reason was the effect of practicing "Purple Air Coming from the East" and using Fresnel reflectors to absorb the innate purple air for two years.
However, using the Fresnel reflector to cultivate the "Purple Air Coming from the East" was his secret, so he could not mention it to outsiders, and could only give an ambiguous answer.
"This is impossible. Although the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' is a good thunder-attributed technique, I have never heard of such a function!" Elder Zhao shook his head and said to himself.
He looked at the lightning sword intent on Li Shiming's fingers again, and was puzzled.
Li Shiming was somewhat disappointed. He had originally wanted to gain some insights from Elder Zhao, a senior sword practitioner, but who knew that he ended up making Elder Zhao confused.
During the rest of the journey, Elder Zhao did not speak much to Li Shiming and was always in deep thought. Even if he went to find Li Shiming, he wanted him to display his sword intent for his reference.
They did not encounter any trouble along the way. They were in the sphere of influence of the righteous path and had the mark of Shushan Sect. In addition, the large magic-level flying boat must be the vehicle of an important figure of Shushan Sect. How could any cultivator dare to intercept it?
We didn't rush and it took us three days to reach our destination.
Li Shiming looked at the mark on the map and saw that Huoyun Valley was ahead.
There are quite a few cultivators nearby. Huoyun Valley is a medium-sized sect that specializes in alchemy. There is an alchemy master in the sect, which has attracted many small forces around Huoyun Valley.
With Huoyun Valley as the center, a gathering place for cultivators has formed within a thousand miles. All cultivators follow Huoyun Valley, which makes Huoyun Valley, a medium-sized sect, almost comparable to some big forces in terms of the combat power that can be mobilized.
When they arrived outside Huoyun Valley, Li Shiming cast a spell to send a message.
He and Elder Zhao came on behalf of Shushan Sect, so the communication had to be made in a formal manner.
Not long after the transmission spell was cast, a white-haired and youthful-looking cultivator in the early Jindan stage flew out from the Fire Cloud Valley and arrived in front of the large flying boat.
"This is Master Tong Yun!" Elder Zhao introduced the visitor to Li Shiming using the method of voice transmission.
Li Shiming nodded, and he and Elder Zhao went out together.
"Youngster Li Shiming greets Master Tong Yun!" Li Shiming took the initiative to bow and salute.
"Stop being so polite. How dare you accept Master Li's gift? I admire Master Li very much!" Master Tong Yun did not have the airs of a senior at all and returned the greeting very politely.
Master Tong Yun had heard many rumors about Li Shiming, but after actually meeting him, he was even more shocked.
Li Shiming is actually already half a step into the Golden Core stage. Considering Li Shiming's age, it shows that he has a very high talent for cultivation. I'm afraid there are not many cultivators in the Northern Shu Continent who can match him.
His talent for cultivation is extremely high, not to mention his talent for alchemy.
If Li Shiming's realm had not been low enough to refine some complicated third-grade elixirs, perhaps the ranking of alchemy masters' strength would have been overturned long ago.
Even so, the alchemist community is hesitant about ranking Li Shiming, and currently places him outside of all alchemy masters without ranking him.
It is estimated that after Li Shiming becomes a Jindan cultivator, his alchemy ranking will jump to the forefront.
"Greetings, Master Tong Yun!" Elder Zhao was very respectful to Master Tong Yun, who was a true master of alchemy, one who could refine most of the third-grade elixirs.
The status of the alchemy master is extremely high in the world of immortal cultivation, so the respect shown by Elder Zhao is normal.
Master Tong Yun returned the greeting, then waved his hand and invited Li Shiming and Elder Zhao to enter the Fire Cloud Valley together.
The three of them were flying in front, and a large flying boat carrying the alchemists of Shushan Sect followed behind.
After Li Shiming entered the Fire Cloud Valley formation, he immediately felt the specialness of this place.
The space was filled with a faint medicinal fragrance, from which he could tell the flavors of several third-grade spiritual medicines.
He was able to analyze the name of the elixir contained in the complex medicinal fragrance by just relying on his sense of smell, and this was largely due to the help of IBMz15.
Huoyun Valley has opened up a separate area to serve as the venue for the alchemist conference, and other areas of Huoyun Valley will not be open to the public.
But with the enthusiastic guidance of Master Tong Yun, after sending the Shushan Sect's alchemists to the venue, Master Tong Yun led Li Shiming and Elder Zhao to visit the Fire Cloud Valley.
Huoyun Valley was able to become a sect that specialized in alchemy, and its characteristics were revealed in every aspect.
There are fields of medicinal herbs, ranging in quality from low to high, and they are looked after by professional spiritual plant farmers.
These medicinal fields are planted with first- and second-grade magical medicines, and the planting area is the largest that Li Shiming has ever seen.
"Is that the 'Scorching Sun Berry'?" Li Shiming smelled the scent of a magical medicine. At the same time, he saw a patch of red clouds surrounding the hillside in front of him. He couldn't help but ask in surprise.
'Scorching Sun Berries' are a third-grade spiritual medicine. He knows the growing environment of 'Scorching Sun Berries', and the environment in front just fits the bill.
"Master Li has a good eye. He knew from such a distance that the place where the 'Scorching Sun Berries' are grown is there!" Master Tong Yun did not intend to hide it. The sect took Huoyun Valley as its foundation precisely because of the 'Scorching Sun Berries'.
This is not a secret at all, all the major sects know this.
The 'Scorching Sun Berries' produced here will be used to make elixirs, some of which will be sold to the three major orthodox sects.
With the protection of the three major orthodox sects, there is no need to worry about other cultivators spying on this place.
Of course, Huoyun Valley has the secret method of cultivating 'Scorching Sun Berries', which is also an important reason for ensuring its occupation of this place.
Li Shiming did not suggest going inside the red cloud for a look. The formation there was very strict and it must be the most important secret of Fire Cloud Valley.
"It is indeed a sect that inherits the art of alchemy. They are able to cultivate third-grade elixirs on their own. It is truly amazing!" he exclaimed.
"That patch of red mist is the reason why Fire Cloud Valley got its name, and it is also a necessary condition for the growth of 'Fire Sun Berries'!" Master Tong Yun explained proudly.
Afterwards, Master Tong Yun and Li Shiming began to exchange experiences in refining the 'Lieyang Tianling Pill', and for a while they had a very interesting conversation.
It was just a pity for Elder Zhao, as he couldn't understand what the two were saying and could only do his job of protecting them.
The visit took two hours and was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests.