After a month of seclusion, Li Shiming finally replenished some spiritual power in the five empty golden elixirs, which at least gave him the combat power of a true late golden elixir and allowed him to withstand the consumption of a battle.
He was not ready to come out, and still released the silver corpse, preparing to use it to receive guests.
During this month of retreat, all thirteen silver corpses were promoted to the late stage of silver corpse, and his overall combat power was improved once again.
Of course, the silver corpse was no longer much of a combat supplement to him at this point in time, and could only serve as an assistant in his research.
Li Shiming knew that there would be a lot of trouble outside, so he would rather hide as much as possible.
But things were not as he had imagined. When he opened the mountain protection formation of Chijian Peak, indicating that he was coming out of seclusion, the figure of Ancestor Fan had already arrived outside Chijian Peak.
From the look on Elder Fan's face, Li Shiming was afraid that he was always paying attention to the movements of Chijian Peak, otherwise how could he have come here the moment the Chijian Peak formation was opened.
This time he couldn't stay away any longer. Master Fan was his great master, and he had to give him face no matter what.
He came out of the cave reluctantly. At this time, Patriarch Fan did not wait for him to greet him. Since the formation had been opened, he went straight into the Sword-Climbing Peak and arrived at the top.
"Greetings, Grandmaster!" Li Shiming bowed immediately after seeing Grandmaster Fan.
Patriarch Fan did not say anything. He looked at Li Shiming as if he was looking at some rare treasure.
He was extremely excited in his heart, as Li Shiming had indeed advanced to the late Jindan stage.
It was almost the same as he estimated. For a genius like Li Shiming, the bottleneck of the middle Jindan stage could trap Li Shiming for several months, which was already the limit.
Li Shiming's promotion speed was only slightly slower than that of Li Yuanba, who was known as the number one golden elixir master, but the two were both top talents of the same level.
"Shiming, you can refine fourth-grade elixirs after you advance to the late Jindan stage, but don't be in a hurry to announce it to the public. Practice well first, and don't ruin your reputation as the number one alchemy master in Northern Shu!" Patriarch Fan came back to his senses, smiled and helped Li Shiming up.
Although he said he was not in a hurry, he had already taken out a jade box.
Li Shiming looked at the jade box in his hand, confused for a moment.
"This is the fourth-grade spiritual medicine Tianxuan Dixue Ginseng, the main ingredient for refining the 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pill'. You can use it to practice. Don't worry about failure. Feel free to try it boldly!" said Patriarch Fan with a smile.
However, Li Shiming saw a trace of reluctance in Patriarch Fan's eyes. Even though he was the ancestor of Shushan Sect, any fourth-grade spiritual medicine was extremely precious to Patriarch Fan.
Patriarch Fan was able to take out a fourth-grade spiritual medicine for himself to practice with. This showed how much determination he had put in.
'Shushan Tianxuan Baodan', this is the top-level elixir recipe in the Shushan alchemy tradition. Li Shiming has learned how to refine this fourth-grade elixir.
Although he had never refined it himself, he had had many experiences in refining it in the simulation environment of his natal magic weapon IBMz15.
Therefore, even though it was his first time refining a fourth-grade elixir, he had great confidence that he would not fail.
"Master, please rest assured. Come back in ten days to listen to the news!" Li Shiming nodded solemnly, accepted the jade box and said.
"Don't be afraid of failure, and don't take false reputation to heart. Which alchemy master has not failed many times in private? Don't feel burdened!" Patriarch Fan was afraid that Li Shiming would feel burdened because of the preciousness of the fourth-grade elixir, so he said with concern.
When he was leaving the Sword Holding Peak, he met Elder Su who was rushing over.
Originally, he wanted to instruct Elder Su, but he was too concerned about Li Shiming's promotion and had no time to do other things. When Li Shiming's formation was opened, he came directly over.
"Don't disturb Shi Ming, let him make the elixir in peace!" Patriarch Fan waved his hand and said to Elder Su.
"Shiming was promoted successfully?" Elder Su asked with a look of surprise on his face.
"I guess he was promoted right after he came out of seclusion, and he stabilized his realm. I left him a 'Heavenly Profound Earthly Blood Ginseng'. Remember to block the news and don't disturb him in the near future!" Speaking of Li Shiming, Patriarch Fan said with a proud smile on his face.
"Old Fan, this is where you're wrong. It's not good to eat alone!" Just as the master and the disciple were talking, a figure appeared beside them.
"Greetings, Uncle Master Zuo!" Elder Su recognized the man and bowed quickly.
"Xiao Su, go and get busy if you have nothing to do!" Patriarch Zuo waved at Elder Su and said.
Elder Su naturally knew that the two Nascent Soul ancestors had something to discuss, and it would not be good for a junior like him to stay here, so he turned around and flew away.
"I really can't hide anything from you!" Patriarch Fan said, shaking his head helplessly.
"Haha, you can only hide it for a short time. You have to know that those old guys are all keeping an eye on Shiming!" said Patriarch Zuo with a big laugh.
"We'll keep it a secret for as long as we can. Wait until Shi Ming's ability to refine fourth-grade elixirs improves. Then schedule all the sect's fourth-grade elixirs for him to be refined. We'll deal with those old guys outside after they find out!" Patriarch Fan said indifferently.
He had already taken the initiative and did the greatest favor to Li Shiming.
"Shiming needs practice to refine the fourth-grade elixir. I still have a 'Heavenly Mysterious Earthly Blood Ginseng' here, which is just right for him to practice on!" Patriarch Zuo said in a caring tone.
"Okay, my apprentice wants to practice, what does it have to do with you? Don't I have a fourth-grade spiritual medicine? I will provide Shi Ming with the fourth-grade spiritual medicine for his practice!" Patriarch Fan shook his head and refused.
“If Shi Ming fails repeatedly, you won’t be able to bear it!” Patriarch Zuo reminded.
"Can you say something nice? That's a fourth-grade elixir. I hope Shi Ming's miracle of never failing will continue!" Patriarch Fan didn't like to hear this, he said with a glare.
"What did Shiming say?" Patriarch Zuo no longer wanted to interfere with Li Shiming's training, he asked.
"Come over in ten days. He looks very confident!" Patriarch Fan replied with a smile.
"Then come back in ten days." Old Ancestor Zuo said very happily.
"You go back. I will wait here for ten days. I am a little worried that someone might disturb him!" Although Patriarch Fan had instructed Elder Su, since it was a fourth-grade spiritual medicine, he had no intention of going back to wait.
Instead of going back and sitting there restlessly, it would be better to wait outside Chijian Peak.
It’s just ten days, it will pass in the blink of an eye.
"Okay, I'll stay here with you!" Old Ancestor Zuo waved his hand and released two sets of tables and chairs, saying with a smile.
In order to stay, he took the initiative to pour a cup of spiritual tea for Old Ancestor Fan and took out some spiritual fruits.
Compared with the nervousness of the two Yuanying ancestors, Li Shiming, the person involved, seemed to be fine.
After he got the 'Heavenly Profound Earth Blood Ginseng', he put the 'Heavenly Profound Earth Blood Ginseng' into the computer room. Because of its importance, he separated two brains to handle the matter of alchemy.
As he reached the late Jindan stage, his mental strength was greatly improved. With the help of the 'Shenmutong', his control over the computer room space reached 10 nanometers.
Although the refining of the fourth-grade elixir is extremely complicated and full of great uncertainty, in the environment of the computer room, with the help of his life-saving magic weapon IBMz15, the elixir refining went extremely smoothly from the beginning.
His Red Sun Spiritual Fire now is very different from the previous Red Sun Spiritual Fire.
Because he practiced the 'Nanming Lihuo', the Red Sun Spiritual Fire gained a lot of benefits. In the past, the limitations of his realm prevented the Red Sun Spiritual Fire from being improved.
Now the Red Sun Spiritual Fire has reached the late Jindan level, and is much stronger than the theoretical late Jindan Red Sun Spiritual Fire.
But even so, refining a fourth-grade elixir is a huge project.
According to the records in the alchemy tradition of the Shushan Sect, it usually takes ten days to refine a fourth-grade elixir at the late Golden Elixir stage.
According to the estimated time given by the life magic weapon IBMz15, it also takes nine days to refine the fourth-grade elixir "Shushan Tianxuan Baodan". This is the influence of the increased power of the Red Sun Spirit Fire.
Li Shiming took out another third-grade elixir to assist in cultivation and swallowed it. It was estimated that he was also considered an outlier among the alchemy masters.
He had the courage to practice without distraction while refining the fourth-grade elixir.
In a corner of the cave, the Phantom Dragon maintained its entangled posture. The Dragon Vein Source Crystal did not change at all. The Phantom Dragon's aura was still at the middle stage of a great demon and had not been upgraded to the late stage.
But the blood in the body of the Phantom Dragon is undergoing earth-shaking changes. Although the Phantom Dragon has dragon blood in its body, and after being supplied with a large amount of resources by Li Shiming, the dragon blood has been stimulated.
But compared with the dragon blood in the Dragon Vein Source Crystal, the dragon blood in the Phantom Dragon is not worth mentioning at all.
You should know that the four-clawed dragon in the cave has sealed most of its bloodline in the dragon vein source crystal.
Li Shiming only knew that the Dragon Vein Source Crystal contained dragon blood, which was of great benefit to the Phantom Dragon, but he did not know how great the benefit was.
He entered into a state of cultivation, but one part of his brain was still analyzing the current situation. This time he made quite a big noise, and he didn't even touch the mustard seed ring he got from Great Elder Youxia, and threw it into the machine room together with his body.
According to the news received from his clone Li Yuanba, an agreement was reached between the Northern Shu Continent and the Tianxing Trading Company, and the Yongle battlefield was suspended. Li Shiming became more cautious.
Now he somewhat regretted practicing the 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue', as this 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue' was the biggest flaw in his actions.
The rest of the spiritual objects and so on were all stored in the space items and thrown into the computer room, so there was no possibility of exposure.
But he had practiced the 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue' and it was impossible for him to abandon it. He could only reduce the possibility of going out.
Ten days would pass in the blink of an eye under normal circumstances, but this time, it felt extremely long to Ancestor Fan and Ancestor Zuo.
Especially on the ninth day, they no longer had the heart to drink tea and chat, and would look towards Chijian Peak from time to time.
They couldn't be blamed for their unstable state of mind, as whether Li Shiming could succeed in refining the elixir was related to their future cultivation.
Li Shiming's unparalleled talent in alchemy became their hope.
It is extremely difficult for a continent like Beishu to make further progress in the Nascent Soul stage due to the lack of fourth-grade resources. The appearance of Li Shiming gave them a glimmer of hope.
If Li Shiming succeeds in refining the fourth-grade elixir for the first time and can guarantee the quality, then they will have the ability to practice with high-level fourth-grade elixirs, which will greatly enhance the effect of their practice.
In the past few days, there have been many late Jindan cultivators who want to come and find Li Shiming. They also heard that Li Shiming is free.
But the late Jindan cultivators were first blocked outside Tianmu Peak by Elder Su, and then they learned that the two Yuanying ancestors were outside Chijian Peak, so they all left honestly.
Finally, the tenth day arrived. Under the earnest gaze of Ancestor Fan and Ancestor Zuo, the mountain protection formation of Chijian Peak was opened.
Li Shiming flew out with a pale face. If he hadn't had a smile on his face, the two Nascent Soul ancestors would have thought that something unexpected had happened.
Li Shiming's face was pale, half of which was fake, and the other half was caused by the conflict caused by his attempt to practice two spiritual cultivation techniques at the same time.
Yesterday he succeeded in refining the fourth-grade elixir 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pill'. He did not want to come out of seclusion early, as the longer it took to refine the elixir, the greater its value.
So he tried to practice the 'Human Reincarnation Art', but he kept practicing the other spiritual practice 'Greedy Heaven Sleeping Art' the whole time. Unless he encountered a situation that required the use of all 191 brains, the rest of the time 'Greedy Heaven Sleeping Art' was in practice.
When he was practicing the 'Human Reincarnation Art', the two spiritual cultivation techniques came into conflict. If his lifeblood treasure IBMz15 had not reminded him in time to stop practicing, his condition would not have been simply a mental shock.
He found a solution to the problem of practicing the 'Human Reincarnation Art' and the 'Greedy Heaven Sleeping Art', which is to stop practicing the 'Greedy Heaven Sleeping Art' every time he practices the 'Human Reincarnation Art'.
You can't blame him for being greedy. Although the 'Gan Tian Shui Meng Jue' is of a lower grade, the special thing about this spiritual practice is that it can maintain a constant state of practice.
The high grade of the 'Human Reincarnation Art' meant greater possibilities in the future, and he also didn't want to give up.
"Greetings to Grandmaster and Granduncle!" Li Shiming bowed and saluted to the two Nascent Soul ancestors.
"Shiming, are you okay?" Patriarch Fan did not ask about the alchemy, but was concerned about Li Shiming's health.
Considering Li Shiming's strength at the late Jindan stage, his pale face was really worrying.
"Thank you for your concern, Master. I have consumed too much energy in refining the elixir!" Li Shiming would never say that refining the elixir was easy. The more difficult it was to refine the elixir, the greater the benefits one could get.
At the same time, the longer he can delay, the more he doesn't want to become a tool for the Nascent Soul ancestors to make pills.
Of course, he was overthinking this. Even if he wanted to continuously refine fourth-grade elixirs, the Beishu Continent did not have the conditions for this.
The fourth-grade elixirs in the hands of the Yuanying ancestors today are all accumulated over a long period of time.
The Yuanying ancestors have a habit of looking for an alchemy master to refine them only after accumulating a certain number of fourth-grade elixirs. By continuously refining the same kind of fourth-grade elixir, the alchemy master's success rate will increase slightly.