Patriarch Zhan of the Qianhuan Sect stood aside without saying a word, but the eagerness in his eyes could not be concealed.

He looked at Old Ancestor Zuo with an ambiguous look in his eyes.

Patriarch Zuo looked at him and knew what he meant. He was asking whether the Shushan Sect was taking advantage of the situation and concealing the news of Li Shiming's advancement to the late Jindan stage.

Patriarch Zuo really wanted to explain to him that Li Shiming had really just been promoted to the late Golden Core stage.

Although Shushan Sect did intend to conceal the news of Li Shiming's advancement to the late Golden Core stage, the secret was not kept secret for long before Yin Shilan was promoted. Seeing that Li Shiming's advancement had become impossible to conceal any longer.

"Master Li, Shi Lan has just been promoted and is still in the process of cultivation. Let's go in first!" Elder Ge Yuqing smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Li Shiming.

"Thank you for troubling Master Ge!" Li Shiming bowed and thanked him.

Patriarch Ge could take the initiative to make friends as equals, but he couldn't. This was the rule in the world of immortal cultivation. Having the treatment of a Nascent Soul cultivator did not mean one was a Nascent Soul cultivator. He was very clear about this.

Ancestor Ge led Li Shiming in front, while Ancestor Zhan intentionally dragged Ancestor Zuo behind.

"Fellow Daoist Zuo, is Master Li able to refine a fourth-grade elixir?" Patriarch Zhan grabbed Patriarch Zuo's arm and asked in a voice transmission.

This matter is more important than anything else. The reason why Ancestor Ge invited Li Shiming into the mountain gate alone instead of together with Ancestor Zuo is to cooperate with Ancestor Zhan.

These Nascent Soul ancestors have been living together for hundreds of years and are already extremely familiar with each other. A glance is enough for them to coordinate with each other.

"Shiming successfully refined the first batch of fourth-grade elixirs!" Ancestor Zuo thought for a moment and replied.

It's not that he didn't want to lie, but he couldn't lie. The relationship between Shushan Sect and Qianhuan Sect was extremely close. Anyway, he and Patriarch Fan had already lined up with Li Shiming, and those who came later would have to follow behind.

Besides, Li Shiming has already shown up and displayed his cultivation level of the late Jindan period. It is impossible to conceal his alchemy skills, so it is better to tell the truth to avoid affecting their friendship.

"The first furnace was successful? How many fourth-grade elixirs? What's the quality?" Patriarch Zhan asked anxiously.

“They are all mature pills, and all three are high-level elixirs!” Ancestor Zuo replied with a smile.

"Ha!" Patriarch Zhan was startled. This sound was not transmitted through voice, but it startled Li Shiming and Patriarch Ge who were flying in front. They all turned their heads to look.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little excited after not seeing Fellow Daoist Zuo for many days!" Patriarch Zhan said, waving his hands awkwardly.

Fortunately, the Jindan monks who came to welcome us had already been asked to go back, otherwise it would have been a huge embarrassment.

However, Ancestor Ge seemed to have guessed something, and looked at Ancestor Zhan with a questioning look.

Patriarch Zhan nodded, and Patriarch Ge understood the meaning without much explanation.

"Master Li, I have been watching Shi Lan's promotion. Shi Lan has excellent talent and I like her very much. I plan to discuss with you about accepting Shi Lan as my disciple!" Patriarch Ge turned around and said to Li Shiming with a smile.

Yin Shilan already has a master, Master Luo, but in the world of immortal cultivation, one does not have to have only one master. As long as the original master agrees, one can become a disciple of other cultivators.

Not to mention that Ancestor Ge is a Nascent Soul Ancestor, the treatment and status of one in the Qianhuan Sect will be very different if one becomes her disciple.

When Li Shiming heard what Ancestor Ge said, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

If Yin Shilan really becomes a disciple of Master Ge, she will have a very strong background, which is extremely important to her.

Just like the clone Li Yuanba, although he was awarded the title of the number one golden elixir master in the Northern Shu continent, no one bothered him. Why is that?

Isn’t it because Li Yuanba’s background is strong enough? Those who want to compete with Li Yuanba, in addition to considering Li Yuanba’s combat power, must also consider the two Nascent Soul ancestors standing behind Li Yuanba.

"I'd like to thank Grandmaster Ge on behalf of Lan'er!" Li Shiming bowed again to express his gratitude.

"No need to do that, I just admire talent!" Elder Ge chuckled and waved his hand to stop Li Shiming from saluting.

Ancestor Zuo at the back rolled his eyes. Ancestor Ge really knew how to take advantage of opportunities. After learning about Li Shiming's alchemy ability, he immediately proposed to accept Yin Shilan as his disciple.

Ancestor Ge became Yin Shilan's master. If he wanted to ask Li Shiming to refine the elixir in the future, he could just tell Yin Shilan and he could naturally jump the queue at any time.

The other Elder Zhan shook his head helplessly. This trick was only effective for Elder Ge. Elder Ge was a female cultivator and had a natural advantage in accepting Yin Shilan.

As a male cultivator, even if he wanted to accept Yin Shilan as his disciple, it would depend on whether Yin Shilan and Li Shiming were willing.

As everyone was talking, they arrived at Yin Shilan's mountain. The formation on the mountain had been opened long ago. At the top of the mountain, Master Luo was waiting outside the cave. The cave was closed, so it seemed that Yin Shilan was practicing inside.

"Greetings to all the ancestors, and greetings to Master Li!" Master Luo stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

"Hello, Master Luo. Long time no see!" Li Shiming smiled and returned the greeting.

As for the other four Nascent Soul ancestors, they just nodded. Although Master Luo was a master of formations, his status was obviously far inferior to that of Li Shiming, the master of alchemy. There was a huge gap between their levels, so this attitude was normal.

Being able to nod in response to Master Luo is already very friendly to Master Luo.

Master Luo sensed the aura of the late Jindan period from Li Shiming, and his heart was like a raging storm and could not calm down.

She once again thought of the time when Elder Yin asked Master Luo to bring Li Shiming to join the Qianhuan Sect. She believed that Li Shiming's talent for cultivation was average, so she only gave him the qualification to join as an ordinary disciple.

Who would have thought that when Li Shiming came to the Northern Shu Continent, he did not join the Qianhuan Sect, but through his own efforts joined the Shushan Sect, which was a large sect like the Qianhuan Sect.

He also became the disciple of Elder Su and became a true disciple of Shushan Sect.

Afterwards, news about Li Shiming kept coming, and every time she saw Li Shiming, Li Shiming would have great improvement.

Now, when she faces Li Shiming again, she has to look up to him.

A master alchemist in the late Jindan stage, who is able to refine fourth-grade elixirs.

Looking at the equal attitude between the three Yuanying ancestors and Li Shiming, there is no need to doubt Li Shiming's ability to refine fourth-grade elixirs.

"My fellow ancestors, Master Luo, I have some good tea here, why don't you sit down and take a rest first!" Li Shiming took the initiative to greet them.

He took out a set of three-grade tea sets and set them up on the stone table outside the cave.

"Haha, I forgot that Master Li is also half the owner of this place!" Old Ancestor Ge said as he chuckled and sat down at the stone table.

The other two Nascent Soul ancestors would naturally not let Li Shiming down. Besides, there were not many opportunities to communicate with Li Shiming.

Even Patriarch Zuo didn't want to miss it. Li Shiming was not so easy to see in the Shushan Sect. He usually spent most of his time in seclusion, and it was the Silver Corpse who represented the outside world.

This is because Li Shiming has a special identity. Among the major righteous sects, Li Shiming is the only one who openly uses corpse refining.

In other major righteous sects, even if there are people who can refine corpses, they will only use it when necessary. They are not like Li Shiming who has no scruples at all.

"Master Li, your spiritual tea is not easy to make. Today you can drink it as much as you want!" said Patriarch Zhan with a big laugh.

Only Master Luo sat carefully at the last seat, watching his two Yuanying ancestors flatter Li Shiming so much. The only one who could be flattered by the Yuanying ancestors was probably Li Shiming.

Li Shiming smiled and used the spiritual spring to prepare a cup of third-grade spiritual tea for the three Yuanying ancestors and Master Luo, and placed it in front of them.

At the same time, he took out a third-grade jade plate and placed it on the stone table, and put a third-grade spiritual fruit on the third-grade jade plate.

Now that Li Shiming uses luxurious daily necessities such as third-grade tea sets and jade plates, no monk would say anything.

Throughout the entire Northern Shu continent, any cultivator who communicated with the outside world knew how rich Master Li Shiming was.

"Master Luo, I like Shi Lan very much. I have already told Master Li about it. I plan to accept Shi Lan as my disciple. Do you agree?" At this time, Patriarch Ge asked Master Luo with a smile.

Master Luo was stunned. She had never expected that Ancestor Ge would make this request.

"It's Lan'er's honor!" She didn't dare to think too much and quickly replied with a smile.

This kind of request was made in such an occasion. If she dared to object, she would make a great enemy with Ancestor Ge.

The question is, does Master Luo dare to make a big enemy with Patriarch Ge? Besides, it is a good thing for Yin Shilan to become a disciple of Patriarch Ge, and her original master will also benefit from it.

“That’s good. Once Shi Lan’s realm stabilizes, we will hold a ceremony to accept her in!” Patriarch Ge nodded with satisfaction.

Elder Ge and Elder Zhan would not mention the matter of alchemy to Li Shiming at this time. They would only contact him privately. Asking Li Shiming to make an elixir would require payment, and it would be inconvenient with so many cultivators present.

After waiting for a short while, the formation of the cave opened and Yin Shilan walked out.

Li Shiming looked at Yin Shilan, who was dressed in green. Even though decades had passed, Yin Shilan's temperament had not changed. She was just like the girl standing in the rain on the flying boat back then.

This is probably related to Yin Shilan's lifestyle. She almost never leaves the mountain gate and only studies formations and practices skills in the gate.

Other cultivators need to consider the issue of resources, but her parents are both Jindan cultivators, and she has Master Luo as her master, so she doesn't have to worry about resources in the early stages of foundation building.

Afterwards, Li Shiming became an alchemist and would occasionally send her some elixirs for cultivation, which made her cultivation resources more abundant.

It was for this reason that Yin Shilan was able to become a Jindan cultivator in just a few decades.

Although Li Shiming and Li Yuanba both reached the late Jindan stage when she was promoted to the Jindan stage, Li Yuanba was already the number one Jindan master in the Northern Shu continent, and Li Shiming was a genius on par with Li Yuanba.

"Shilan has met Ancestor Ge, has met..." Yin Shilan only knew Ancestor Ge, but did not know Ancestor Zhan and Ancestor Zuo. She bowed and stopped speaking halfway.

"Lan'er, this is Elder Zhan from Qianhuan Sect, and this is Great Uncle Master Zuo from Shushan Sect!" Li Shiming introduced them to her with a smile.

"Greetings to Grandmaster Zhan, and Grandmaster Uncle Zuo!" Yin Shilan realized she had said the wrong thing as soon as she said it. She couldn't help but glance at Li Shiming with a slight frown.

“Yes, just call me Uncle Master Zuo. I like this title very much!” Old Ancestor Zuo laughed and continued.

He took out a third-grade flying sword magic weapon and placed it in front of Yin Shilan.

"You all call me Uncle Master Zuo. This is my greeting gift!"

"Thank you, Uncle Master Zuo!" Yin Shilan was lowering her head in shame. Li Shiming took the third-grade flying sword magic weapon, helped her put it away and thanked her.

Li Shiming could tell at a glance that this third-grade flying sword magic weapon was of extremely high quality and was a top-level magic weapon among the third grade.

"We won't disturb you anymore!" Patriarch Ge looked at the two young monks, smiled and waved his hand.

Including Master Luo, everyone left the top of the mountain, leaving only Li Shiming and Yin Shilan.

"Shiming, how come I'm in the Jindan stage but still can't see your cultivation level clearly?" Seeing that everyone else had left, Yin Shilan's shyness disappeared. She looked at Li Shiming carefully, and soon discovered something and asked.

"I have just been promoted to the late Jindan stage!" Li Shiming originally did not want to say it, for fear of discouraging her, but since she asked, he had to tell her.

"That's great, you will definitely be able to become the Nascent Soul Patriarch!" When Yin Shilan heard the answer, she didn't think about herself, but was happy for Li Shiming.

"I have prepared some things you will need in the Jindan stage!" Li Shiming said as he took things out.

Yin Shilan was protected too well. She had never been exposed to the dangers of the world of immortal cultivation, and Li Shiming didn't want her to be exposed to those things either.

Li Shiming liked her character, she was not interested in worldly matters and was indifferent to everything. In her world, besides Li Shiming, everything else was formations and cultivation.

"This is the Green Jade Treasure Boat magic weapon. It consumes a lot of energy. You should refine it after your realm stabilizes. This is the Seven-Colored Dazzling Skirt magic weapon. These are two life-saving talismans. These are five bottles of third-grade cultivation-aiding elixirs. This is a box of third-grade spiritual tea. You can use it for daily drinking or entertaining guests!"

He took out magic weapons and resources one by one and placed them in front of Yin Shilan.

Yin Shilan's gaze did not fall on these spiritual objects that could make Jindan cultivators jealous, but instead she looked at Li Shiming, who was looking like a treasure, with a smile on her face.

She likes looking at Li Shiming. She doesn't have high demands on external things. Being with the person she likes is what she wants to do most.

In order to be with Li Shiming for a long time, she practiced hard. You know, even though her parents had strict requirements, she only devoted a small part of her mind to practice, and put most of her mind on the formation.

It’s not that Li Shiming doesn’t want to give Yin Shilan something better. With the third-grade refining materials in his hands, any magic weapon he can make will be better than these ones.

But he did not want to bring trouble to Yin Shilan. If he was not a master of alchemy, who knows how much trouble it would cause if 'Flowing Star' appeared.

He raised his head and was about to explain the situation of these spiritual creatures to Yin Shilan, but he saw a pair of tender eyes.