In Zhijian Peak, Li Shiming sat cross-legged in the practice room, with Venerable Hui Jing sitting next to him.
A complete Nascent Soul level spirit vein is definitely more than enough for him. Even if he has five golden cores that absorb and exhale spiritual energy at the same time, he cannot use up the spiritual energy of a Nascent Soul level spirit vein.
Venerable Hui Jing was released by him and sat beside him.
Li Shiming is considering asking Venerable Hui Jing to practice martial arts again. The spiritual energy in Venerable Hui Jing's body is operating according to the body's instincts. Li Shiming has no inheritance of this martial art and does not even know the name of the martial art.
In the past, he didn't care. The fighting power of the Venerable was enough to solve all his troubles.
But now it’s different. What he needs is not a Venerable who can suppress the Jindan period, but a Venerable who can fight against the Yuanying ancestor.
This requires that Venerable Hui Jing possesses the true combat power of the Nascent Soul stage, or at least be able to display the Nascent Soul Dharma image.
In the past few days, he went to the Yuanying-level library to read the classics there and found that his previous ideas were biased.
The Nascent Soul Dharma Image cannot be displayed by just knowledge. It requires a certain level of control over the Nascent Soul's practice to unleash the power of the Nascent Soul Dharma Image.
No one knew what kind of martial arts Venerable Hui Jing was practicing, nor how he could improve his control over the martial arts.
The life magic weapon IBMz15 analyzed the current resources in Li Shiming's hands and the situation of Venerable Hui Jing, and gave an opinion, that is, Venerable Hui Jing should cultivate a new skill.
Re-cultivating the skills may seem very troublesome, but in fact it is not that difficult.
According to Li Shiming's observation, the technique that Venerable Hui Jing originally practiced was moderate and peaceful, and was a technique that did not have many special features in Buddhism.
This is not surprising. There are many such moderate and peaceful exercises in Buddhism, which are most suitable for monks who focus on ascetic practice.
The moderate, peaceful and non-distinctive exercises are also the easiest to practice, because they have no distinctive features and are therefore suitable for practicing most exercises.
Li Shiming is now considering what kind of practice to let Venerable Hui Jing switch to.
With his vision, he naturally looked down upon those skills that could only be cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage. However, even such skills were not easy to obtain in the Northern Shu Continent.
His status in Shushan Sect is very high. Unless he needs to change his practice, he will still not be able to obtain the sect's most core inherited skills.
"Forget it, let Hui Jing practice the spiritual skill 'Human Reincarnation Art' first. I think the spiritual attack launched at the Nascent Soul stage will be so concealed and powerful that it can cause the unprepared Nascent Soul ancestors to suffer some losses!" Li Shiming thought about it and finally made a decision.
As for the main practice method suitable for Venerable Hui Jing to cultivate, he planned to wait and see if there was any opportunity to obtain a suitable and powerful practice method.
Among the top-level skills he currently possesses, the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky' is a sword-cultivating skill. Even if Venerable Hui Jing wants to switch to this skill, he cannot do so.
'Nanming Lihuo' is a magical skill. Venerable Hui Jing does not have the relevant talent, so he cannot practice this magical power.
The 'Five-Rhythm Qi Training Art' is his main practice method. This practice method is suitable, but in the case of Venerable Hui Jing, he does not have all five elements in his body, so the power of the 'Five-Rhythm Qi Training Art' cannot be fully exerted.
Unfortunately, the cave left by the great Zhai Ge can only be opened by him as the master, and it cannot be opened by other Nascent Souls. Otherwise, there must be a practice suitable for Venerable Hui Jing in it.
Of course, another most critical issue is the issue of resources.
Li Shiming did not intend to spend too many resources on Venerable Hui Jing, because what Venerable Hui Jing needed were fourth-grade resources.
Although he had the 'Mountain and River Fan', a rare treasure for cultivating elixirs, the fourth-grade resources produced by the 'Mountain and River Fan' were not enough for him and his clone Li Yuanba to consume.
Even if he helped the Yuanying Patriarch of the Northern Shu Continent to refine a fourth-grade elixir and could obtain more benefits from the fourth-grade elixir than the Yuanying Patriarch, there was still a huge gap between what was required for cultivation in the Yuanying stage.
Li Shiming has great confidence that he can become a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he now needs to consider the accumulation of fourth-grade resources.
When it comes to the issue of the fourth-grade cultivation-assisting elixirs, he didn't want to waste even a single one of them. Everything was less important than his own cultivation.
His sights were not on the early Nascent Soul stage, he was looking further ahead, he had more resources in his hands than other Nascent Soul ancestors in the Northern Shu Continent, he wanted to become a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, and he was even thinking further.
He pointed his finger at Venerable Hui Jing's forehead and passed the technique of 'Human Reincarnation Sutra' to Venerable Hui Jing.
The relationship between Venerable Hui Jing and him went beyond a normal contractual relationship. When Venerable Hui Jing was at his most vulnerable, his telepathy plus psychological suggestion made Venerable Hui Jing regard his clone Li Yuanba as the person he could rely on the most, and this reliance was also passed on to Li Shiming.
Venerable Hui Jing lost his memory and signed a reverse unequal servant contract with Li Shiming, making Venerable Hui Jing completely become Li Shiming's servant.
At present, Venerable Hui Jing’s condition is rather peculiar. He has lost his memory, which has made him extremely pure, with an empty mind without any distracting thoughts.
He was a monk. Although it was not known whether he had practiced any spiritual techniques, his spirit was extremely strong. With his mind clear of distractions, he quickly mastered the 'Human Reincarnation Technique'.
After Li Shiming had mastered the "Art of Reincarnation in the Human World" by Venerable Hui Jing, he no longer paid any attention to Venerable Hui Jing.
Venerable Hui Jing was in the cave, practicing the spiritual technique "Human Reincarnation Art" while practicing the unknown main technique, enhancing his own strength and helping Li Shiming consume the spiritual energy in the cave.
A month passed, and this day was the day when Li Shiming handed over the second furnace of elixirs to Old Ancestor Fan. In fact, he had already refined all of Old Ancestor Fan's fourth-grade elixirs in these days.
Of course, he couldn't take them all out, so he only took out two fourth-grade elixirs and put them into the jade bottle, then flew out of the cave.
He casually opened the formation of Chijian Peak without notifying Elder Fan, who was already waiting outside Chijian Peak.
"Fellow Daoist Ren, please come in with us!" Patriarch Zuo said with a smile to Patriarch Ren Xun beside him.
Although he had agreed to the request of Patriarch Jin Kai of Tianxing Trading Company, he agreed to Li Shiming's meeting with Patriarch Ren Xun, and persuaded Li Shiming to give priority to refining a fourth-grade healing elixir for Patriarch Ren Xun.
But Patriarch Zuo still delayed the time to today on the grounds that Li Shiming was unwell.
Although Patriarch Ren Xun had some objections, there was nothing he could do. Li Shiming had told the public that he was in seclusion, so it was impossible for him to break into Li Shiming's seclusion period, right?
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zuo!" Elder Ren Xun was still in good spirits. After taking several fourth-grade healing elixirs, his injuries were suppressed, but it was impossible for them to get better.
This was related to the quality of the fourth-grade healing elixir he took. The best fourth-grade healing elixir was only mid-grade, and its effect was several times lower than that of a high-grade one.
If it is an auxiliary elixir for cultivation, the difference of several times is just the difference in cultivation effect, but when it comes to healing elixirs, the difference is a world of difference.
After hearing about Li Shiming's ability to make elixirs, he couldn't wait to ask Li Shiming to help him make elixirs.
For this reason, he had been waiting in Shushan Sect for nearly a month, and today he was finally going to meet Li Shiming. He was thinking about what he could do to impress Li Shiming.
Although Patriarch Zuo agreed to help persuade, the one who actually made the elixir was Li Shiming.
Patriarch Ren Xun knew how much an alchemy master with such high level of alchemy would be admired by the Yuanying Patriarch. Patriarch Zuo would definitely not force Li Shiming to take action for him. He still needed to offer enough benefits to impress Li Shiming.
Following Elder Fan and Elder Zuo into the summit of Chijian Peak, Elder Ren Xun did not feel strange about the rich spiritual energy in the mountain.
If such a master of alchemy cannot even enjoy the Nascent Soul level spiritual veins, then the Shushan Sect is mistreating Li Shiming too harshly.
This is why Patriarch Fan and Patriarch Zuo must find a way to move a Nascent Soul level spiritual vein to Li Shiming. If Li Shiming is not given enough treatment, not only will Li Shiming have some thoughts in his mind, even the cultivators outside will blame the Shushan Sect.
"So young!" The first thought that Elder Ren Xun had when he saw Li Shiming.
When the Yuanying Patriarch judges a cultivator’s age, he does not look at his appearance, but rather his perception of vitality.
Li Shiming's whole body is full of vitality. According to his judgment, he is no more than fifty years old. A fifty-year-old in the late Jindan period would be a genius that only appears once in a thousand years even if he were placed outside.
But there were actually two such geniuses appearing simultaneously in the Northern Shu Continent.
At this time, he thought of Li Yuanba, the swordsman who had killed the great elder Shi Ming, the swordsman who was known as the best in the Jindan stage in the Northern Shu continent.
He was somewhat curious as to how such a barren land as the Northern Shu Continent could produce these two geniuses at the same time.
"Master, this is your elixir!" Li Shiming said as he handed over a jade bottle.
Patriarch Fan took the jade bottle and checked it. Nothing unexpected happened. It was two more fourth-grade high-level elixirs.
"Shiming, let me introduce you. This is Brother Ren Xun from Tianxing Trading Company!" He put away the jade bottle and introduced him to Li Shiming.
"Greetings, Master Ren Xun!" Li Shiming stepped forward and bowed.
"Master Li, let's just treat each other as peers. With your talent in alchemy, if you were in Tianxing Trading Company, you would enjoy the same status as a Nascent Soul cultivator!" said Patriarch Ren Xun as he returned the salute.
His words made both Ancestor Zuo and Ancestor Fan frown, as there was an unclear meaning in these words.
It’s just that Patriarch Ren Xun’s words were vague, so the two Nascent Soul Patriarchs couldn’t say anything to his face.
"Shiming, Fellow Daoist Ren, like Fellow Daoist Lou, was also injured while exploring with us. He came here this time to refine a fourth-grade healing elixir. He is not a cultivator from the six major sects of the Northern Shu Continent, so you should discuss the specific conditions with Fellow Daoist Ren!" Patriarch Zuo winked at Li Shiming and said.
If it weren't for that look, the words he said alone would have the meaning of persuasion.
But that look made Li Shiming understand that it was Old Ancestor Zuo telling him to let go of the killer.
"Ancestor Ren, I wonder what elixir you want to refine? My level is limited, and I haven't learned all the elixirs from the various sects in the Northern Shu continent!" Li Shiming asked to Ancestor Ren Xun with a smile.
Patriarch Ren Xun looked at Li Shiming and always felt that there seemed to be a little fox opposite him. Then he looked at Patriarch Zuo and Patriarch Fan next to him, who were obviously two old foxes.
He knew that he couldn't let these two old foxes be around, otherwise he didn't know how much he would have to pay to get Li Shiming to make the elixir.
You must know that Ancestor Zuo and Ancestor Fan are very clear that he must go through with his quest for the elixir this time, no matter how great the cost.
He saw the condition of Ancestor Lou. Although Ancestor Lou's injuries were lighter than his, they were still not too light. Looking at Ancestor Lou's current condition, he was almost fully recovered.
He had great confidence in the fourth-grade high-level healing elixir refined by Li Shiming. As long as he obtained the fourth-grade high-level healing elixir, his injuries could be cured.
He is still young, and if his injury really delays him for a hundred years, his future path of cultivation and future prospects will be almost over, and his hope of becoming a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator will be extremely slim.
"Fellow Daoist Zuo, Fellow Daoist Fan, I wonder if I can have a private talk with Master Li!" Patriarch Ren Xun said to the two Nascent Soul ancestors with a smile.
Although he used a question mark, his meaning was to ask the two Nascent Soul ancestors to step aside.
Asking for elixir requires payment, so it is not a particularly strange request for him to ask the two Nascent Soul ancestors to stay away. The reward may involve some secrets, and it is normal not to want outsiders to know.
Ancestor Zuo and Ancestor Fan looked at each other, nodded, and left Chijian Peak.
They didn't have to worry about Li Shiming getting into any accidents. Not to mention that Patriarch Ren Xun was seriously injured and couldn't take action, even if he could, this was inside the Shushan Sect's mountain gate.
As long as Master Ren Xun was not crazy, he would not attack Li Shiming here.
Of course, another reason why they were still confident in Li Shiming was the formation of Chijian Peak.
Their vision was naturally sharp, and they could feel the tightness of the formation on the top of Chijian Peak. Even if the Yuanying ancestor showed his power here, the formation could still resist a little.
Especially after Chijian Peak had a Nascent Soul-level spiritual vein, the formation here had powerful energy, making it even more powerful.
As long as the formation can hold out for a moment, the sect’s Nascent Soul ancestor will come to the rescue.
"Master Li, this is my reward. Please see if you are satisfied with it. If it is still short, just ask for it!" said Elder Ren Xun as he took out a jade bottle and handed it over.
When Li Shiming saw the jade bottle, he was stunned. He was a master of alchemy, but Patriarch Ren Xun sent him a jade bottle containing an elixir. So what kind of elixir was in the jade bottle that could impress him, a master of alchemy?
As he thought about it, he took the jade bottle and probed his spiritual thoughts into it.
"Ningying Pill?" He asked with slight hesitation.
Most of the alchemy masters in the Northern Shu Continent would not be able to recognize this elixir. Li Shiming was able to recognize this elixir because he had read the description of the Ningying Pill in a travelogue of the Yuanying Patriarch.