"That's good!" Patriarch Fan said with a long sigh of relief.
His eyes fell on Li Shiming's hand, or to be more precise, on the jade bottle in his hand.
That is a jade bottle made of third-grade spiritual jade. Ordinary third-grade spiritual pills cannot be made with this grade of jade bottle.
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission and did not waste your 'Heavenly Mysterious Earthly Blood Ginseng'!" Li Shiming knew what Grandmaster Fan cared about most. He smiled and handed over the third-grade jade bottle in his hand.
Patriarch Fan suppressed his excitement and took the third-grade jade bottle handed over by Li Shiming.
He opened the jade bottle and was immediately able to sense what was inside.
His eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.
Ancestor Zuo, who was standing next to him, saw Ancestor Fan's expression and became anxious. He even wanted to snatch the jade bottle from Ancestor Fan.
But the jade bottle contained a fourth-grade elixir, and he didn't dare to snatch such a precious spiritual object.
"Old Fan, say something!" Patriarch Zuo called out anxiously.
"Hahahaha!" Instead of answering him, Old Ancestor Fan burst into laughter.
His laughter was full of pride and satisfaction. His lineage had produced a genius alchemy master like Li Shiming. Now Li Shiming could truly be called the number one alchemy master in the Northern Shu continent.
Unlike before, Li Shiming was unable to refine the fourth-grade elixir due to his realm, which made Li Shiming's title of the number one alchemy master in the Northern Shu Continent always feel a bit unworthy of his reality.
"Shiming, I will apply for a Nascent Soul level spiritual vein for you later. Even if the spiritual veins are in short supply, I will definitely move one to you!" Patriarch Fan looked at Li Shiming and made a promise.
The sect has all the resources for Li Shiming, and even the martial arts techniques were found by himself. The only thing the sect can do to help Li Shiming is to protect him, and there is not much else they can do to help him.
Now that Li Shiming has reached the level of refining fourth-grade elixirs, his corresponding treatment should be improved to be on par with the Nascent Soul ancestors.
"Old Fan, I support what you said, but can you let me know the elixir in the jade bottle first?" Old Ancestor Zuo couldn't help it anymore and asked.
“Look, from now on we have to work hard to find a fourth-grade elixir!” Patriarch Fan did not hide anything and threw the jade bottle in his hand to Patriarch Zuo.
Patriarch Zuo took the jade bottle and sensed the fourth-grade elixir in it. The smile on his face widened and even his eyes narrowed.
In the jade bottle, there were three 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pills', all of which were fourth-grade high-level elixirs, the quality of which was so high that Patriarch Zuo had never seen before.
Li Shiming still maintained the level when he was refining the third-grade elixir, and all the pills were of high-quality.
It can be said that this fourth-grade spiritual medicine of Patriarch Fan has brought its effect to its extreme.
"I still have a few fourth-grade spiritual medicines here. Let's line up now. Shiming, there's no need to rush. You must get a good rest. Alchemy must not affect your rest and practice!" Ancestor Zuo returned the jade bottle in his hand to Ancestor Fan and said to Li Shiming with a smile.
"Old Zuo, wait a minute. Don't you see how tired Shiming is?" Old Ancestor Fan was not in a good mood towards Old Ancestor Zuo who wanted to cut in line, and waved his hand and said.
"Shiming, no matter what, the rules of the alchemy master must be followed. One of the three 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pills' is what you deserve, and you must take it!" He turned to Li Shiming and said.
As he said this, he took out a 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pill' and put it into another jade bottle, then handed the jade bottle to Li Shiming.
Li Shiming did not refuse. Sometimes the rules of alchemy cannot be broken.
In the world of immortal cultivation, alchemists are a group, and the rules of alchemy have been passed down for tens of thousands of years.
No matter what kind of relationship they have, the most that can happen is that the rest of the compensation will not be collected. The rule of taking a portion of the money from alchemy cannot be broken.
Ever since Li Shiming started learning alchemy, Elder Ma had told him that if he broke the rules, it would be like destroying the jobs of all the alchemists and would also bring trouble to himself.
You gave a reduction to this friend today, but what about that friend tomorrow?
The master alchemist might offend people unintentionally, so it is better to collect all the money, which is a fair rule.
Li Shiming took out three 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pills' together, actually to let Patriarch Fan know his alchemy level.
It is estimated that Patriarch Fan did not expect that Li Shiming not only got a commission from this 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pill', but also used the 'One Hundred and One Point Pill Art' to divide it into three 'Shushan Tianxuan Treasure Pills'.
In other words, he refined a fourth-grade elixir once, and Patriarch Fan, the elixir seeker who provided the fourth-grade elixir, got two, while he himself got four.
It's not that he is cruel. Just look at the expression on Elder Fan's face and you will know how satisfied he is with this alchemy.
"Grandmaster, I think the arrangement for refining this fourth-grade elixir is to refine one furnace a month. What do you think?" Li Shiming thought for a while and put forward his own opinion.
"Isn't the time a little too tight?" Patriarch Fan looked at his face and asked hesitantly.
"It's okay. The first time I made the elixir, the consumption was a bit high. It will be much better in the future!" Li Shiming explained with a smile.
"Well, I still have three fourth-grade spiritual medicines here. You can take them first. I will go and prepare the Nascent Soul level spiritual veins for you!" Patriarch Fan said with a smile as he took out three jade boxes and handed them to Li Shiming.
He had already prepared these three jade boxes and was waiting to give them to Li Shiming.
Originally, he planned to waste two of the fourth-grade spiritual herbs to give to Li Shiming for training. He thought that with two fourth-grade spiritual herbs for training, Li Shiming's alchemy talent should be able to master the refining of fourth-grade spiritual herbs.
No one expected that Li Shiming’s talent for alchemy was so terrifying that he reached perfection the first time he refined a fourth-grade elixir.
Patriarch Fan did not speak for Patriarch Zuo. Anyway, he was the first in line. After seeing Li Shiming accept the three jade boxes, he turned around and left.
"Shiming, I'm not as stingy as your Grandmaster Fan. These are my four fourth-grade spiritual medicines. I'm taking a commission according to the rules. Also, this is your reward!" Ancestor Zuo said with an intentionally raised voice.
His voice was heard by Old Ancestor Fan, who wanted to cause trouble for him.
Patriarch Fan figured it out quickly, and his originally annoyed look turned into pride. After all, Li Shiming was his disciple, so he could make pills without paying!
Patriarch Zuo took out five jade boxes, one of which naturally contained the reward.
Li Shiming didn't feel comfortable opening it to check the reward in person, as Patriarch Zuo was the sect's Nascent Soul Patriarch and he took good care of him.
It wouldn't matter even if he didn't give any extra compensation, not to mention that Ancestor Zuo had given him extra compensation, so it would be impolite for him to check it at this time.
"Uncle-master, I will refine the elixir for you after I finish refining my master's elixir!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
"It's settled. I'll go help Old Fan!" This was what Old Ancestor Zuo was waiting for. He replied with a smile, turned around and chased in the direction of Old Ancestor Fan.
After Patriarch Zuo left, Li Shiming opened the jade box containing the reward.
Soon he showed a strange look. In the jade box was a golden corpse core. This was a fourth-grade material, which was still useful for the silver corpse to be promoted to a golden corpse.
He was well-known for his love of refining corpses, and this reputation made the monks choose to reward him according to his preferences.
Just like the third-grade corpse refining materials in his hands, except for the initial batch he ordered from Beishu Trading Company, all of them were extra rewards given by Jindan cultivators who asked him to refine pills.
Li Shiming also guessed where the core of the golden corpse came from. It should have been harvested from the cave.
There are not many golden corpses in the Northern Shu continent. The reward that Patriarch Lu gave to his clone Li Yuanba was nothing more than fragments of a golden corpse's core. It is extremely difficult to obtain such a complete golden corpse's core in the Northern Shu continent.
Not to mention that judging from the aura of this golden corpse core, it was just dug out from a golden corpse.
He shook his head. The cave was his. The core of the golden corpse was theoretically his as well. Ancestor Zuo was just returning the original item to him.
Of course, with his current strength, he cannot open the cave, and he cannot obtain whatever is inside.
This golden corpse core is very important to him. Although corpse refining does not help much to his combat power, it does not include the silver corpse Nanming. He is planning to upgrade the silver corpse Nanming to a golden corpse.
As long as the silver corpse Nanming is promoted to the golden corpse, with the defensive power of the golden corpse and the power of the "Nanming Lihuo", Nanming's combat power will have a qualitative leap.
As for the other silver corpses, Li Shiming didn't want to promote them to gold corpses, but the resources were too scarce, not enough for so many silver corpses.
In order for a silver corpse to be promoted to a golden corpse, it needs to consume fourth-grade corpse refining resources.
There are too few fourth-grade resources in the Northern Shu Continent. With Li Shiming's identity as an alchemy master, it is not a problem for him to take the opportunity to obtain some resources of Nascent Soul cultivators, but it is difficult to obtain fourth-grade corpse refining resources.
On the second day after Li Shiming refined the first batch of fourth-grade elixirs, a piece of news came that prevented him from staying in the mountain gate any longer.
News came from Yin Shilan that she had successfully advanced to the Jindan stage and became a Jindan cultivator with a lifespan of 500 years.
At the same time, she also met the conditions for a cultivator to form a Taoist couple without affecting his or her own cultivation.
The message that Yin Shilan brought was naturally not about discussing with Li Shiming about becoming a Taoist couple, but just informing Li Shiming of the news.
For Li Shiming, this was an extremely important matter and he needed to go there in person to congratulate.
Even Elder Su and Patriarch Fan could not stop this matter. They had already known about the relationship between Li Shiming and Yin Shilan.
After receiving the news, Li Shiming informed Elder Su that he needed to go out to Qianhuan Sect.
When he packed up and was about to fly out of Chijian Peak to set off, he saw Ancestor Zuo.
"Shiming, I happen to be going to Qianhuan Sect this time, so I will go with you!" Patriarch Zuo greeted Li Shiming with a smile.
Li Shiming would not believe what Ancestor Zuo said. How could such a coincidence happen?
He also understood Ancestor Zuo's thoughts, and was afraid that Ancestor Fan also had his opinion in this.
He had seven fourth-grade elixirs from two Nascent Soul ancestors. They were not afraid that he would abscond with the money, but they were afraid that something would happen to him.
Whether it is for the seven fourth-grade elixirs or for Li Shiming's alchemy level, Ancestor Zuo and Ancestor Fan do not want anything to happen to him.
In other words, Tianxing Trading Company is no longer in trouble and the awakening plan has been terminated. Otherwise, there would not be only two Nascent Soul ancestors awakened in the sect, and there would be more Nascent Soul ancestors who would care about him.
"Then I'll trouble you, uncle-master!" Li Shiming said with a bow.
Patriarch Zuo took out a magic-level flying boat and sat inside it with Li Shiming.
This time, protecting Li Shiming's trip was indeed an action discussed by the two Yuanying ancestors.
On the way, Zuo Laozu talked with Li Shiming about the cave heaven. The reason why he talked about the cave heaven was to increase Li Shiming's knowledge and also as a way to deepen the relationship between the two.
Li Shiming listened with great interest. He understood the situation of the cave from another perspective.
He had never actually fought against either ghosts or corpses, so he didn't know much about them.
It was far from being comparable to Ancestor Zuo, the Nascent Soul Ancestor who had participated in the battle. From Ancestor Zuo's words, he learned a lot, especially the terrifying speed of the golden corpse.
Li Shiming became more interested in the golden corpse core given to him by Ancestor Zuo. Perhaps this golden corpse core would bring him an unexpected surprise.
Perhaps the Qianhuan Sect was notified in advance. When the flying boat arrived at the Qianhuan Sect's mountain gate, the Qianhuan Sect's mountain gate was wide open. Hundreds of Jindan monks were suspended in the air and divided into two rows, respectfully welcoming them.
In the middle of the two rows of Jindan cultivators were two Yuanying ancestors, one male and one female.
Li Shiming was surprised by the grand welcome, but Patriarch Zuo seemed to have expected it. He smiled and patted Li Shiming lightly, indicating that he should get ready to get off the flying boat.
"Welcome Fellow Daoist Zuo and Master Li to Qianhuan Sect!" Elder Ge Yuqing said with a smile.
"Welcome Elder Zuo and Master Li to Qianhuan Sect!" As soon as she finished speaking, hundreds of Jindan cultivators around her said in unison.
Li Shiming was not quite used to this scale of welcome, as this was the sect's most ceremonious way of welcoming.
In his opinion, he was able to receive such courtesy because of the help from Ancestor Zuo.
What made him most uncomfortable was that Elder Ge Yuqing placed him on the same level as Elder Zuo.
In fact, he didn't know that although Elder Ge Yuqing had treated him almost as an equal before, the two sides were just polite when communicating with each other.
This time, there was no original plan to welcome Li Shiming on an equal footing with Patriarch Zuo. Instead, the plan was to give two welcome speeches, which would demonstrate Li Shiming's extraordinary status without over-exalting him.
This time, Patriarch Zuo’s visit, which he had given advance notice of, was a formal visit, so the Qianhuan Sect also held a formal welcome ceremony.
But when Patriarch Ge Yuqing sensed Li Shiming's realm, he immediately put Li Shiming's welcome on par with that of Patriarch Zuo.
Throughout the entire Northern Shu continent, all the Nascent Soul ancestors were waiting for Li Shiming to advance to the late Golden Core stage.
The status of an alchemy master who can refine a fourth-grade elixir in the late Jindan period is very high.
It is generally recognized in the Northern Shu Continent that once Li Shiming becomes a late Jindan cultivator, his alchemy level will not decline, and his status will be completely equivalent to that of a Yuanying ancestor.
At least any Yuanying ancestor would be able to accept being on equal terms with Li Shiming, because they would all come to Li Shiming for help.
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