Li Shiming was not in a hurry to make a breakthrough. He gave himself a month to think slowly and consolidate the insights he had gained previously.

This is also what most cultivators have to do before breaking through. Breaking through in this way can maximize the chance of breaking through.

Although Li Shiming is confident in his breakthrough, this is still the body, the foundation of his cultivation. There cannot be even the slightest mistake or omission, and he must not damage the foundation because of impatience.

That is to say, as for the clone Li Yuanba, since it is just a clone, he will be relatively casual.

During this month, he gave up all other matters and sorted out his understanding of the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art' and the 'Five Rhythms Qi Training Art', so that he could have a deeper grasp of these two techniques.

Outside the Chijian Peak where he lived, the formation of the Tianmu Peak was activated to the limit, directly protecting the Chijian Peak.

Chijian Peak is originally a peak in the Tianmu Peak mountain range. With Elder Su not sparing any effort in consuming his spiritual energy, the Tianmu Peak formation was able to cover the entire mountain range.

In fact, Elder Su was overly worried. Even in normal times, Chijianfeng was inside the Shushan Sect's mountain gate, with the sect's great formation in place, so no cultivator would dare to act recklessly.

Elder Su's actions also let the sect's cultivators know that Li Shiming was about to break through to the golden elixir stage.

This news made all the Jindan cultivators in the sect very excited, especially those in the middle and late Jindan stages.

In the past, it was okay for cultivators in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. They could enjoy the third-grade elixir refined by Li Shiming. That kind of third-grade high-level elixir was of the best quality among all the third-grade high-level elixirs.

However, Li Shiming's realm was not high enough, so the sect's middle and late Jindan cultivators could only watch.

Even in recent times, many Jindan middle and late stage cultivators have saved up the third-grade elixirs they have obtained with great difficulty, and are not in a hurry to find an alchemy master to make elixirs.

They were waiting for Li Shiming to break through. If Li Shiming broke through and then refined third-grade elixirs for them, not only would the quantity of third-grade elixirs they would obtain be guaranteed, but they would be able to get two third-grade elixirs in one furnace.

The quality can also be guaranteed. Judging from Li Shiming's record of never failing, the third-grade high-level elixir he refines is likely to be much better than those obtained from other alchemy masters.

Each third-grade elixir is obtained by a Jindan cultivator who has spent time and energy at great risk. Being able to have more and better-quality third-grade elixirs, everyone naturally hopes that Li Shiming can be promoted to the Jindan stage as soon as possible.

In the Shushan Sect, even Elder Ji, who originally had a bad relationship with Li Shiming, gave up the idea of ​​becoming an enemy of Li Shiming.

If he were to become an enemy of Li Shiming, it was very likely that Elder Ji's power within the sect would fall apart.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. Li Shiming, who was sitting cross-legged in the cave, opened his eyes. Five kinds of light flashed in his eyes, and lightning appeared from time to time.

His heart was calm, after a month of adjustment, he felt that he was in the best condition.

He cast several spells to transmit messages, and then his figure flew to an open space on the top of the Chijian Peak.

A formation for gathering spiritual energy had already been set up there, so that he would have enough spiritual energy to replenish when he was promoted.

He sat in the center of the formation, waiting with an empty mind.

Soon, Elder Su and Elder Ma appeared, and behind them were three cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage, among whom was Li Shiming's second senior brother Wan Zheng.

Wan Zheng had mixed feelings when he came to observe Li Shiming's advancement to the Golden Elixir realm. When Li Shiming entered the sect, he was in the late foundation building stage. When Li Shiming was in the early foundation building stage, he was in the late foundation building stage. When Li Shiming was in the middle foundation building stage, he was in the late foundation building stage. When Li Shiming was in the late foundation building stage, he was still in the late foundation building stage.

In the end, Li Shiming surpassed him and achieved the Half-Step Golden Elixir. He no longer wanted to compare himself with Li Shiming.

But when he saw his master Li Shiming at the promotion site today, Wan Zheng found that he was still unconsciously comparing himself with Li Shiming. Wan Zheng didn't even know what he had been practicing for nearly a hundred years.

The two late foundation-building cultivators brought by Elder Ma are Elder Ma’s disciples.

This opportunity to observe the advancement to the Golden Core stage live is extremely rare, and without a very strong relationship, others will not be allowed to watch.

The more monks who watch, the more likely it is to cause trouble.

Even the slightest bit of trouble could cause problems in a monk’s advancement.

For such a major event as a cultivator's advancement to the Golden Core stage, no trouble is wanted, so Li Shiming only invited Elder Su and Elder Ma, as well as their disciples who met the observation requirements.

Not only Li Shiming, but also Wan Zheng or Elder Ma's two disciples, when they are promoted to the Golden Core stage, they will also have to send out invitations to the cultivators who are closest to them.

This is the sect’s tradition, passed down from generation to generation.

Elder Su, Elder Ma, and the three disciples in the late foundation building stage were all extremely quiet. They stayed far away from the formation, fearing that their presence would affect Li Shiming's breakthrough process.

Li Shiming did not speak, and did not even open his eyes. In such an occasion, promotion was the most important thing.

He didn't want his state of mind, which had been adjusting for a month, to change just by saying hello, and the two masters understood that.

Shortly after the observing monks arrived, Li Shiming waved his hand and five third-grade five-element formation materials were thrown out by him and fell to the ground.

This landing point is extremely special. Not only does it form a simple "Five Elements Qi Gathering Formation", it also does not conflict with the original formation that gathers spiritual energy.

Elder Su and Elder Ma had extraordinary eyesight. After seeing Li Shiming's ability to set up an array, they couldn't help but look at each other with surprise in their eyes.

With this move alone, Li Shiming's formation level is probably comparable to that of a formation master.

In addition, what they did not understand was why Li Shiming needed five third-grade five-element formation materials to set up the formation in order to be promoted.

None of them understood, let alone the three disciples in the late Foundation Establishment stage. The three of them had confusion in their eyes, but since they could not communicate on the spot, they could only watch.

With Li Shiming's current identity, he doesn't mind exposing some of the special features of his body.

With his status as a master of alchemy, even if he practices magic in Shushan Sect, the sect will still accept him.

As long as he doesn't do something as serious as treason, the sect will treat him with kindness and respect.

The 'Five Elements Gas Gathering Array' composed of five third-grade five-element array materials is connected to the 'Five Elements Gas Gathering Array' in the spiritual lake in his body.

There was no other way to replace the second-grade five-element energy nodes of the 'Five-element Qi Gathering Array' in the Spirit Lake. The only thing he knew was to use the power of the rules of heaven and earth before breaking through to a higher realm. This was the result of IBMz15's research on the 'Five-element Qi Gathering Array' formed in the Spirit Lake when he recorded the breakthrough of the Qi Refining Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

This is also the reason why he had to quietly organize what he had learned and adjust his state of mind for a month. Due to his previous recklessness, his breakthrough was full of variables.

In the past, he had no master to guide him, and his soul came from another world with completely different ideas from the people in that world, so he dared to try things recklessly, which led to the formation of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array' in the Spirit Lake.

The formation of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array' in Linghu Lake cannot be said to be good or bad, as it is too early to say.

At present, the benefits of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array' in the Spirit Lake are obvious. As long as one breaks through to a certain small realm, no matter how much spiritual power is stored in the body, the quality of the spiritual power can be transformed into the pure five elements spiritual power that can only be possessed by the peak of the small realm through the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array'.

Perhaps Li Shiming is creating a new martial art, which is a very good thing for the younger generation of cultivators.

But for Li Shiming, the pioneer, it was full of risks. If he made a mistake, he would be crushed to pieces and there would be no recovery.

At this point, he had no other choice but to continue on the path of the 'Five Elements Qi Gathering Array'.

In fact, it was because he had enough talent to become a master alchemist. Otherwise, just collecting five third-grade five-element formation materials in the foundation-building period as preparation before a breakthrough would not be something a normal cultivator could achieve.

You have to know that even for a true disciple of a large sect, with a Jindan elder as his master, it is extremely difficult to obtain third-grade materials, not to mention the five specified third-grade five-element formation materials.

For most Jindan elders, the five third-grade five-element formation materials are spiritual objects worth half of their wealth. Who would hand such spiritual objects to their disciples?

Most Jindan elders have three or more disciples, and some even have more than ten disciples.

If Elder Jindan were to provide his disciples with such training resources, he would probably have to sell himself.

Under the puzzled gazes of Elder Su, Elder Ma, and three disciples in the late foundation building stage, Li Shiming began his formal promotion.

Li Shiming took out a third-grade meridian protecting pill with purple light and put it into his mouth. Just when the third-grade meridian protecting pill with purple light appeared, Elder Su looked at Elder Ma.

Although Elder Su did not say anything, Elder Ma certainly understood the meaning in his eyes.

Although Li Shiming is a master of alchemy, he can also refine the third-grade meridian protecting pill, and his level has surpassed Elder Ma.

But Li Shiming had only been a master alchemist for a short time, and the total number of times he had opened the furnace to refine the third-grade meridian-protecting pill was far less than that of Elder Ma.

The purple light represents a top-level elixir, which will only appear extremely occasionally during a long refining process.

Judging from the time and the amount of refining, the possibility of Li Shiming refining the top-level third-grade meridian protecting pill by himself is too low. On the contrary, Elder Ma may have such accumulation.

In addition, Elder Ma attaches great importance to Li Shiming. If he has a top-grade third-grade meridian protecting pill, he will definitely give it to Li Shiming to help him break through the golden elixir.

Elder Ma also did not speak. He shook his head to indicate that it had nothing to do with him.

He had only produced a third-grade top-level elixir when the sect had fixed third-grade resources for refining third-grade elixirs.

However, it is impossible to refine many furnaces of third-grade elixirs like the third-grade Meridian Protecting Pill at one time, and no top-level third-grade elixir has ever been produced.

The only top-grade third-grade elixir he ever refined was kept by him as a treasure to show off to other alchemy masters.

"This is too extravagant!" These were the thoughts of the three disciples in the late Foundation Establishment stage who were watching.

Although they knew how rare the third-grade top-level elixir was, they were not as clear as the two Jindan elders about how precious it was.

The aura on Li Shiming's body became extremely unstable. The aura of the Half-Step Golden Elixir suddenly rose, and then suddenly dropped.

In his body, due to his greed, he simultaneously activated the 'Five Rhythms Qi Refining Art' and the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Art'.

Naturally, his actions could not be hidden from the perception of Elder Su and Elder Ma, and Elder Ma looked at Elder Su with dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Elder Su knew what Elder Ma meant. He was questioning how he taught his disciples. How could they use two techniques at the same time to try to break through at such an important moment?

There is a huge difference in the results between a breakthrough in one technique and a breakthrough in two techniques.

Take Li Shiming's situation for example. If Li Shiming breaks through with the 'Five Rhythms Qi Refining Art', then his golden elixir will be centered on the five elements of spiritual power. After he becomes a golden elixir, even if he practices thunder magic, its power cannot be compared with that of a cultivator who achieves a golden elixir with thunder magic.

The golden elixir is the source of power for cultivators in the golden elixir stage. Without the golden elixir as a foundation, if one wants to practice a technique with different properties from the golden elixir, it is impossible to achieve anything unless one is prepared to abandon the golden elixir and start over.

Elder Ma saw Li Shiming's greed, which is also a common problem among many cultivators.

After all, many top-notch skills have their own focus. The five elements of spiritual power can allow cultivators to learn most of the secret techniques, while the power of thunder magic will make the cultivator's combat power the strongest in the same realm.

In fact, as early as the initial stage of foundation building, the cultivators have chosen their own main practice method. No matter how it changes afterwards, they will choose a practice with the same attribute and better skills, so that they will not need to start over completely.

Elder Su was also helpless. This could not be blamed on him at all. His guidance to all his disciples was the same.

Guidance is provided approximately once a month.

But Li Shiming's realm improved so quickly that the number of times Li Shiming received guidance from Elder Su was very limited.

Elder Su's teaching method is very common among Jindan cultivators. Considering the decades of cultivation time a cultivator spends from the early to late stages of foundation building, the master can almost explain in detail to his disciples any problems encountered during cultivation.

It took other cultivators decades to practice, but Li Shiming only took less than ten years to reach the half-step golden elixir stage.

This speed of cultivation allowed Li Shiming to receive a lot of teachings from Elder Su.

It's too late now. Even if Elder Su wanted to guide Li Shiming, he couldn't say it at this time, otherwise the original hope of a successful breakthrough would be lost due to Elder Su's interruption.

Li Shiming started to practice the 'Five Rhythms Qi Refining Technique' and the 'Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique', and the spiritual energy in the formation poured into his body.

He had entered a state of advancement at this time. An inexplicable opportunity for advancement appeared, allowing him to absorb spiritual energy at an unimaginable speed.

First, the spiritual energy in the spirit gathering formation poured into his body, but soon the speed at which the spirit gathering formation gathered spiritual energy could not keep up with the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual energy.

As his mind moved slightly, the Sword Peak Array gathered all the spiritual energy from all parts of the entire array to the top of the mountain and sent it towards him.

In his body, the 'Five Elements Energy Gathering Array' in the Spirit Lake was operating at full capacity, processing the spiritual energy converted through the two techniques and purifying it again.