Li Shiming looked at the six high-level 'Lieyang Tianling Pills' held in his mind in silence. He wanted to save some face for Master Yun Ruo, so he deliberately used the 'One Hundred and One Points Pill Art' to make this pill refining attempt end in failure, resulting in a draw between the two sides.

But who would have thought that his 'One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique' was actually outside the computer room and succeeded in one try.

"Master Li, you have a good trick!" Master Yunruo thought that he was humiliating him on purpose, so he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice.

"Master Yun, I used a secret method, so my victory is unfair. Let's just consider this competition a draw!" Li Shiming was saved face, so how could he really make a feud with an alchemy master, especially one from the Qianhuan Sect? He smiled and waved his hand.

His words stunned Master Yunruo. Master Yunruo did not expect that he meant this.

And Master Yun Ruo immediately thought of the reason why Li Shiming used the "One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique". It turned out that Li Shiming had discovered that Li Shiming had failed in refining the elixir, and he wanted to use the "One Hundred and One Points Alchemy Technique" to make him fail in refining the elixir so as to save face for himself.

As a master of alchemy, Master Yun Ruo naturally knows how low the success rate of pill-dividing methods such as the 'One Hundred and One Parts of the Pill' is.

He couldn't help but sigh for Li Shiming and his own luck. This one in ten thousand chance would happen to both sides, leading to the current situation.

"Master Li, what do you mean by a draw? It's not like I can't afford to lose. I wonder if Master Li would like to be my friend?" Master Yun Ruo smiled and bowed slightly.

"Master Yun, it's my honor!" Li Shiming smiled and bowed in response.

The two alchemy masters laughed at each other and put aside their grudges, and there was no longer any tension as before.

Master Tong Yun was watching from the side and was also very happy. If these two alchemy masters became enemies with him, it would not look good for him as their master.

Master Tong Yun hosted the event again, and Master Li Shiming and Master Yunruo did their respective arbitration work. In particular, Master Yunruo was in a good mood and would give some guidance to the outstanding alchemists from time to time, which made the atmosphere of the subsequent event extremely warm.

The Alchemist Conference will be held for three days. The first day will be an exchange for low-level alchemists, the second day will be an exchange for mid-level alchemists, and the third day will be an exchange for high-level alchemists.

After the first day of exchange activities, Li Shiming moved into the cave prepared for him by Huoyun Valley.

That is to say, he and Master Yun Ruo had such conditions. The other alchemists and the monks who accompanied them were all arranged in temporary wooden houses without dedicated spiritual veins.

For cultivators, it doesn’t matter how bad the living conditions are, but spiritual veins are a must, otherwise they can only practice by taking spiritual pills.

Fortunately, Huoyun Valley did not neglect its guests. Every guest was given a cultivation-assisting elixir based on their own strength. This one cultivation-assisting elixir was enough to make up for the loss of three days of inability to practice.

What Elder Zhao, the Jindan cultivator, received was a third-grade elixir. Nearly twenty Jindan cultivators came this time, and Huoyun Valley took out nearly twenty third-grade elixirs at once, which was of great value.

That is to say, Huoyun Valley has Master Tong Yun, and those who come here are all early Jindan cultivators, so there is no need to worry about Huoyun Valley not being able to produce elixirs.

Elder Zhao went to meet an old friend, so he didn't have to worry about Li Shiming's safety in Huoyun Valley.

He would not live in the cave. He could move freely during these three days and just had to return to the sect with Li Shiming when the event was over.

Li Shiming was very satisfied with the cave. There was a golden elixir-level spiritual vein connected to the bottom of the cave.

He did not practice, but just sat cross-legged at the exit of the spirit vein, thinking about what he had seen and heard today.

Even though today only junior alchemists were communicating, hundreds of them had their own heritage, and when facing the master alchemists on such days, they displayed their inherited secret alchemy methods without any reservation, which opened Li Shiming's eyes.

Thinking about the exchanges between intermediate and advanced alchemists tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, he would see more advanced alchemy secrets, which would be extremely helpful for him to collect alchemy data.

Just as he was thinking about it, a voice transmission spell came flying over.

He frowned. Although he came to participate in the alchemist gathering, there were certain rules for interactions between cultivators.

This is the time when most monks practice, and very few monks will disturb others' practice at this time.

He waved his hand, received the sound transmission spell and checked it with his mind.

"Tianxing Trading Company!" Li Shiming was recalling the information about this trading company in his mind. Outside the cave, a manager of Tianxing Trading Company came to visit.

The large-scale trading companies that are able to compete with Beishu Trading Company in Beishu Continent and still survive under the suppression of Beishu Trading Company's many advantages all have their own backgrounds.

Take Tianxing Trading Company for example, Tianxing Trading Company is a transcontinental trading company.

Although its competitiveness in the Northern Shu Continent is not as good as that of the Northern Shu Trading Company, it possesses many resources that the Northern Shu Continent does not have, which enables Tianxing Trading Company to maintain strong competitiveness.

It was not surprising that the other party came to him. When he was in Shushan Sect, many cultivators he made friends with were asked to do favors, and all major business houses wanted to meet with him to discuss matters.

But he rejected them all. He had always had a pleasant cooperation with Beishu Trading Company, and he did not want to have any contact with other trading companies because there was no need. He cooperated with Beishu Trading Company only to get Beishu Trading Company's help in collecting a large amount of mortal resources for him.

As the largest trading company in the Northern Shu Continent and also a local trading company, it is definitely the best partner in collecting all kinds of resources.

Originally, Li Shiming wanted to ignore the sound transmission technique, but considering that the other party was already outside the cave, it would be better to give face to such a powerful force and meet him once.

He came to the entrance of the cave and opened the passage.

To his surprise, the visitor from Tianxing Trading Company was a female Jindan cultivator, who was at the early Jindan stage.

This female Jindan cultivator was very charming and did not look like a business person at all. Instead, she looked like a female cultivator from the Yin Yang Sect, one of the three major demon sects.

"Master Li, I'm sorry to bother you with my visit. I, Fang Lu, am honored to meet you!" Fang Lu bowed. The robe she wore was a slim-fitting one, and her curvaceous figure was clearly visible. Coupled with her alluring face, she had a great appeal to men.

Li Shiming was not infected by this temptation. His eyes were clear, because when Fang Lu bowed, he sensed a fluctuation of spiritual power, which meant that Fang Lu had mobilized some secret method.

Perhaps when an early Jindan cultivator like Fang Lu uses his secret magic, it will definitely have a strong effect against ordinary foundation-building cultivators, but this does not include Li Shiming.

Li Shiming, who is half a step away from the golden elixir stage, has a mental strength that is almost the same as that of a cultivator in the early stage of the golden elixir stage.

He practiced the 'Vajra Body Protection Magic', and although he did not intentionally practice the Buddhist spiritual skills, he was influenced by the Buddhist sounds for many years and had a strong resistance to this kind of spiritual secret techniques.

Not to mention that Fang Lu was in Huoyun Valley. She didn't dare to use her full strength when performing her secret technique. In order not to be discovered by Huoyun Valley, she did not mobilize much spiritual power.

According to Li Shiming's analysis, Fang Lu performed this secret technique not out of hostility but out of instinct. This secret technique combined with Fang Lu's natural charm could help her gain the other person's favor the moment they met.

"I am a guest here too, please come into the hall to talk!" Li Shiming said lightly.

He invited Fang Lu into the hall, and both parties sat down as host and guest.

Li Shiming only used second-grade spiritual tea to entertain Fang Lu. Given his relationship with Tianxing Trading Company, he was not yet at the stage where he could use third-grade spiritual tea to entertain her.

"Master Li, Tianxing Trading Company wants to cooperate with you!" Fang Lu sat down and chuckled, directly stating the purpose of her visit.

Li Shiming was not surprised by what Fang Lu mentioned. Ever since he became a master of alchemy, many big forces wanted to cooperate with him. However, he had always been in the Shushan Sect and did not have many opportunities to make requests in person.

"I think Fellow Daoist Fang also knows that I am a guest official of Beishu Trading Company!" Li Shiming replied calmly.

"Tianxing Trading Company is not competing with Beishu Trading Company. What we want to cooperate with is trading with other continents. It has nothing to do with Beishu Continent and does not involve the interests of Beishu Trading Company. This does not conflict with your status as a guest official!" Fang Lu explained with a smile.

Li Shiming was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Fang Lu to say that.

Although he had known for a long time that Tianxing Trading Company was an intercontinental trading company, as far as he knew, cross-continental business could only be accomplished by a Nascent Soul Patriarch. Even the elixirs produced by him, a master alchemist, were not qualified to be transported by a Nascent Soul Patriarch.

You should know that only fourth-grade spiritual objects can summon the Nascent Soul Ancestor. The elixir refined by Li Shiming is only of the third grade, and it is the lowest level among the three-grade elixirs.

"Brother Fang, you must be joking!" He shook his head in confusion.

"Master Li underestimates your value. As long as you are willing to cooperate with Tianxing Trading Company, the trading company will terminate your guest relationship with Beishu Trading Company on your behalf. We will also give you double the benefits of Beishu Trading Company and invite you to become a guest of the trading company!" Fang Lu continued with a charming smile.

Li Shiming no longer believed Fang Lu's words. If he really asked Fang Lu to help him terminate the guest relationship with Beishu Trading Company, he would be completely offending Beishu Trading Company.

Given the connections that Beishu Trading Company has in the Beishu continent, the Shushan Sect would have some opinions about him.

He even worried that the Beishu Trading Company was afraid that he would join other trading companies and would get rid of him as a threat that was of no use to them.

"Friend Fang, then there's nothing to talk about!" Li Shiming picked up the teacup and pretended to take a sip.

In this kind of first meeting, the host did not offer the best spiritual tea to the guest, and the host even raised the tea and said words of refusal. The meaning was very clear, that is, he wanted to send the guest away.

Fang Lu's smile faded. She was the Taoist partner of the director of the Beishu branch of Tianxing Trading Company.

It’s not quite accurate to call her a Taoist partner, because she is not the only Taoist partner in charge of the Beishu branch of Tianxing Trading Company.

Her main job at Tianxing Trading Company is to attract talents.

She has natural conditions in this regard, especially the skills she practiced, which made it difficult for monks to refuse her methods of attracting talents.

When Li Shiming first saw Fang Lu, he thought she was a demon cultivator from the Yin Yang Sect, and that was an accurate assessment.

Fang Lu is a cultivator from the Yin Yang Sect, but ever since she joined the Tianxing Trading Company, her previous identity has been hidden, and she always presents herself to others as a member of the Tianxing Trading Company.

This is also the reason why she was able to appear in the sphere of influence of the righteous path, and Tianxing Trading Company whitewashed her origin.

Of course, although Fang Lu’s background could be concealed from ordinary forces of the righteous path, it could not be concealed from the intelligence system of the three major righteous sects, so she did not dare to go to the mountain gates of the three major righteous sects.

Li Shiming had been in the mountain gate before. Fang Lu had no way to deal with Li Shiming and had many tricks that she could not use.

Finally, after learning that Li Shiming was attending the alchemist conference in Huoyun Valley, Fang Lu used the relationship with Tianxing Trading Company to find this place and was able to enter Huoyun Valley.

Fang Lu's original plan was that as long as Li Shiming was willing to cooperate, after obtaining the elixir refined by Li Shiming, she would use this batch of elixirs to attack the relationship between Li Shiming and Beishu Trading Company.

Li Shiming has signed a contract with Beishu Trading Company. If the relationship between Li Shiming and Beishu Trading Company deteriorates, Fang Lu's Tianxing Trading Company will be able to reap the benefits.

Unfortunately, Li Shiming was very sober and was not the young and inexperienced genius that Fang Lu had imagined. He did not give her any chance to take advantage of.

After seeing Li Shiming's intention to send the guest away, Fang Lu was instantly filled with anger and became extremely vicious. She was originally a demon cultivator and did not have many scruples in her actions.

At this time, there were only her and Li Shiming in the hall of the cave. She was in the early stage of Jindan cultivation. Although her strength was mostly in spiritual power, it was still easy for her to deal with a half-step Jindan cultivator in the early stage of Jindan.

As long as Li Shiming is subdued, the Yin-Yang Sect's methods can be used to control Li Shiming and make him do whatever he wants.

As for the consequences, if she brought a genius like Li Shiming back to Tianxing Trading Company, Tianxing Trading Company would definitely protect her.

Besides, no matter how talented Li Shiming is, he is still in the Foundation Establishment Stage. No matter how great his potential is, it is only potential. Without growth, he cannot cause a conflict between Shushan Sect and Tianxing Trading Company at the Nascent Soul level.

As long as it is not a conflict at the Nascent Soul level, Fang Lu does not have to worry about the consequences.

"Master Li, since you don't want to accept my toast, then come back with me!" Fang Lu suddenly changed her tone, and all the strength in her body was activated, the Yin Yang Sect's Xuan Yin Su Nu Gong was fully activated, and her charm instantly increased tenfold.

A pink aura expanded outwards, about to cover Li Shiming.

Li Shiming's perception was extremely sensitive. When he discovered that Fang Lu was mobilizing his spiritual power, he knew that the other party was planning to use force.

He was extremely furious. He thought that the other party had come to visit openly during the Alchemist Conference, so he let the other party into the cave to entertain guests.

Who would have known that people from the prestigious Tianxing Trading Company would actually resort to violence when they met.

What was even more terrifying was that he was in a hall which was not big to begin with and the pink aura was expanding so quickly that he had no place to dodge.

He was using the 'Lotus Step by Step', but there was no place in this space for the 'Lotus Step by Step' to be performed.

A khaki shield appeared on his body, which was the shield spontaneously generated by the 'Thick Earth Shield Bead'.

Unfortunately, the Xuanyin Su Nu Gong that Fang Lu activated was a spiritual power, and the 'Thick Earth Shield Bead' was only a rare treasure for the foundation-building period, so its defensive effect was limited.