Li Shiming followed Master Jiang Hong into the upper floor of the palace. It was a luxurious hall with walls decorated with all kinds of rare treasures and the ceiling painted with mysterious patterns. The patterns emitted light and illuminated the hall.

But no matter how luxurious the hall was, it could not attract the attention of the female cultivator sitting at the top.

It is hard to tell the female cultivator’s age. You could say she is around twenty years old, or you could say she is several hundred years old.

A female cultivator has an appearance of around twenty years old, but has a temperament of several hundred years old. That kind of temperament that comes from years of holding power cannot be acquired in a short period of time.

This female cultivator could not be described as beautiful. She was like the strongest light in the hall, shining on everyone's heart and making people dare not ignore her in the slightest.

Li Shiming sensed the realm of this female cultivator, and he carefully put away his 'divine vision' and 'telepathy', not daring to reveal them in the slightest.

The female cultivator's realm is the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. He has seen such beings in the Northern Shu Continent. Ancestor Jin Kai and Ancestor Luo Wei are both cultivators in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

But none of them could match the powerful oppressive force from the female cultivator in front of them, not to mention that next to the female cultivator was lying an unknown spirit beast with a dragon's aura and a completely black body.

The grade of this dragon-breeding spirit beast has reached the fourth grade. Judging from its breath, it is similar to that of a human cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Even if the combat power of the female cultivator in front of him is the same as that of Ancestor Jin Kai or Ancestor Luo Wei, with the dragon-breeding spirit beast beside her, her combat power is enough to rival that of two mid-Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Master Li, come and meet Sect Master Ji!" Master Jiang Hong reminded Li Shiming softly.

Li Shiming was shocked. This Nascent Soul female cultivator was actually the leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Who would believe that a female cultivator could become the leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect if she said she had no ability?

Although the world of immortal cultivation focuses on cultivation and ignores other aspects, the fact is that there are still some differences between male and female cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation.

In most forces, some power can be reserved for female cultivators, but female cultivators can only occupy a small part of the power, and most of the power is still in the hands of male cultivators.

Li Shiming had never seen any sect give the position of sect leader to a female cultivator. It was not that he looked down on female cultivators, but he was surprised that this was a common practice in the world of immortal cultivators.

"Li Shizhen greets Master Ji!" Li Shiming suppressed the thoughts in his mind, bowed and said.

"Master Jiang, is this the alchemy master you recommended?" Sect Leader Ji glanced at Li Shiming indifferently, then turned to Master Jiang Hong and asked.

"Yes!" Master Jiang Hong bowed and replied.

"Since you recommended him, go and complete the procedures for joining the sect. Didn't you stop accepting disciples? Why are you planning to accept disciples again?" Sect Master Ji waved his hand and asked, remembering some circumstances.

"Master Ji, you are joking. Master Li's talent in alchemy is higher than mine. How can I be qualified to be his master? I don't want such an alchemy genius to be buried in the outside world!" Master Jiang Hong said with a smile and shook his head.

He was also self-aware that the alchemy ability displayed by Li Shiming, even if he was hiding something, was still better than his.

He invited Li Shiming to join the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, on the one hand because Li Shiming's talent in alchemy was indeed extremely strong, and he valued his talent.

On the other hand, if he didn't invite him, Li Shiming would soon fall into the eyes of other big sects, which would then be an advantage for other big sects, and this was not what he wanted to see.

"Master Li, right? I am sorry for being rude!" Sect Leader Ji's expression changed slightly when she heard Master Jiang Hong's explanation. She looked at Li Shiming again and bowed slightly.

You can't blame her for being rude before. With her status as the leader of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, she represents the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect at all times and in all places.

There was no way she would lower herself to a master alchemist who was a casual cultivator. The alchemists who were casual cultivators were too shabby.

But it was different with Master Jiang Hong's evaluation. She knew Master Jiang Hong's character very well and he would not praise people casually.

It is extremely difficult to catch the eye of Master Jiang Hong, not to mention that Master Jiang Hong thinks that his talent in alchemy is not as good as Li Shiming's.

"I dare not!" Li Shiming quickly returned the greeting.

"Master Li, welcome to join the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. No matter what troubles you have encountered in the past, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect will always be your strong backing!" Sect Master Ji assured Li Shiming.

She knew very well that such a genius in alchemy had fallen to such a state, he must have encountered some trouble.

Master Jiang Hong agreed, which means the trouble is not that big. Even if it is a big trouble, so what? The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is never afraid of trouble.

"Master Ji, this is the 'Great Sun Qi-combining Pill' that Master Li refined according to my request. Please take a look at it first!" In order to increase the sect's attention to Li Shiming and to make friends with Li Shiming, Master Jiang Hong took out the 'Great Sun Qi-combining Pill' that Li Shiming had refined before and handed it to Master Ji.

Sect Leader Ji took the jade bottle. When she saw the quality of the three 'Great Sun Qi-combining Pills' in the jade bottle, her gaze towards Li Shiming became softer.

The most numerous cultivators in the sect are those in the early Nascent Soul stage, and the consumption of fourth-grade elixirs in the Nascent Soul stage is also the highest.

Even though the quality of the 'Great Sun Qi-combining Pill' in his hand is also intermediate, there are three alchemy masters in the sect who can refine an intermediate-quality fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage, but that also depends on probability and it cannot be refined every time.

The 'Great Sun Qi-combining Pill' in his hand was only one step away from high-level quality, which showed that the probability of Li Shiming refining a fourth-grade intermediate elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage was very high.

Having such a master of alchemy in the sect is a very beneficial thing for the entire sect.

At the same time, she also understood the reason why Master Jiang Hong took out the "Great Sun Qi Pill" was to help Li Shiming get the treatment he deserved.

"Master Li, please go through the formalities of joining the sect first. I will discuss it with several deputy sect leaders!" Sect Leader Ji said to Li Shiming with a smile.

The procedure for joining the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was very simple. Master Jiang Hong left after handing him over to a deacon. Master Jiang Hong was very busy. When it came to inviting Li Shiming to join the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Master Jiang Hong was absolutely impartial.

Li Shiming was led by the deacon to the next floor of the palace, where he swore an oath in front of a jade tablet representing the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. After swearing the oath, he received an identity jade disc.

"Junior Brother Li, with the jade disc of identity, you can receive corresponding resources and own a cave!" The deacon was very enthusiastic towards Li Shiming, which was mainly due to the face of Master Jiang Hong.

The deacon was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. He sensed that Li Shiming was also in the late Jindan stage, but he had joined the sect a long time earlier, so he was naturally his senior brother. He saw no problem in calling Li Shiming his junior brother.

"Thank you for your help, Deacon!" Li Shiming thanked the deacon and followed him to another room.

This is where sect affairs are handled. Of course, the affairs handled here are those of the Jindan and Yuanying stages, and lower affairs are handled outside the sect.

Li Shiming handed his identity jade disc to the cultivator opposite him, and the cultivator placed the identity jade disc into the small formation in front of him.

"Hey, did something go wrong?" The monk asked in surprise after a moment.

He saw that the resources and caves belonging to Li Shiming were distributed according to the standards of an early Nascent Soul cultivator, but the person in front of him was clearly a Jindan cultivator.

After checking again and again, he found that there was nothing wrong. He looked up at Li Shiming with a strange look in his eyes.

"You choose a mountain first. After you make your choice, it will take one day to transform the mountain, and it will be able to rise after one day! In addition, this is a mustard seed ring configured for you. It contains three years of resources. Every three years, someone will deliver it to your cave or you can come here to collect it!" The monk in charge of the affairs became respectful and explained to Li Shiming carefully.

Li Shiming himself has a mustard seed ring, but this is a mustard seed ring with the seal of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. Not only is it safer than the mustard seed ring he got, but the space inside is also larger.

He sent out a divine thought to recognize the mustard seed ring as his master. There were not many things inside.

The robe, the crown, and the boots are all made of fourth-grade materials. Although in his perception, these are the lowest level of fourth-grade materials, but after being made by the master of refining of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, they can still be comparable to ordinary fourth-grade magic weapons.

These appear to be three magic weapons, but in fact they are a set of fourth-grade magic weapons. Their main function is to provide the cultivator with the final defense, as well as some normal functions of magic robes.

Next to it is a fourth-grade flying sword magic weapon. In the world of immortal cultivation, the flying sword is the most common magic weapon and has the most users. The standard fourth-grade magic weapon of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is the flying sword magic weapon.

The rest is a box of thirty pieces of fourth-grade spiritual tea and nine fourth-grade spiritual fruits.

Unfortunately, among so many things, only the fourth-grade spiritual tea and fourth-grade spiritual fruit are useful to him. He cannot use the full-body magic robe and flying sword because of their high fourth-grade grades.

"Look, these mountains are all optional!" The cultivator in charge activated another formation, and the illusory picture of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect appeared in front of Li Shiming.

One mountain after another was marked out, and without exception, all of these mountains were on the ground, distributed throughout the sect.

The life magic weapon IBMz15 began to call up the portrait of Li Shiming when he entered the sect and analyzed it.

Although the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect's formation has not yet been fully researched, IBM z15 has analyzed some important nodes of the formation.

Among the marked mountains in front of us, several are located near the nodes of these formations, and there is one mountain in particular that coincides with a node of the formation.

Of course, the sect’s large formation is not set up on these mountains, but forms a huge and complex formation underground.

Perhaps the mountain that coincides with the node of the formation would be no different from an ordinary mountain if it fell into the hands of other cultivators, but it was completely different for Li Shiming.

"Let's choose this mountain!" Li Shiming said, pointing to the mountain that coincided with the node of the formation.

"Please wait a moment!" said the monk in charge as he started to operate.

After a while, he handed Li Shiming's identity jade disc to Li Shiming.

"You go to the cave on the mountain and wait first. Someone will come to transform it in an hour at most!" he said at last.

Li Shiming took back the jade disc of identity, thanked the deacon and the monk in charge of the affairs, and then left.

Because of his identity jade disc, he had the power to fly alone in the sect.

He flew towards the chosen mountain, which would be his home for a long time.

But this time, he was not as excited as when he first joined the Shushan Sect. He retained some feelings and did not want to pour too much emotion into the Wanshou Sect. He was afraid of betrayal.

When they arrived at the top of the mountain, the formation had not yet been activated. The mountain was still desolate, with only a sealed cave on the top.

He used his identity jade disc to activate the sealed cave, and the formation of the cave began to operate.

He walked into the cave. He didn't have high expectations for it, but after entering, he found that the cave was far from as desolate as it looked from the outside.

In addition to the hall, practice room, alchemy room, study, meditation room, weapon refining room, spirit pet room, cultivation room, storage room, etc. that a normal cave has, there is also space for spirit plants and a fourth-grade spirit spring.

The spiritual plant space has been sealed for a long time, but after being sealed, there has been almost no change in this spiritual plant space, and its quality is still the fourth grade.

Yes, this is a fourth-grade spiritual plant space, built using special means.

Although the spiritual plant space is only sixty square meters, it is enough to plant many fourth-grade spiritual plants. As for how many can be planted, it depends on the variety of spiritual plants.

Not to mention the fourth-grade spiritual spring. You should know that the water from this fourth-grade spiritual spring outside needs to be purchased with high-grade spiritual stones.

He didn't know whether this cave had this fourth-grade spiritual spring only or all the caves had it.

In fact, he was lucky enough. He chose the mountain at the node of the formation. The location of this cave was exactly at the center of the node of the formation. After long-term cultivation, he had this fourth-grade spiritual spring.

Because there was no fourth-grade spiritual spring before it was sealed, and no cultivator had checked this cave afterwards, he had the opportunity to obtain this cave and the fourth-grade spiritual spring in it.

The size of the cave doesn't matter, the entire mountain belongs to him, and if he has any needs in the future, he can expand it on his own.

However, the spiritual plant space is different from the fourth-grade spiritual spring. The spiritual plant space is a benefit for the primary Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, while the fourth-grade spiritual spring is an unexpected gain. These two places cannot be expanded by themselves.

Currently, this mountain has no spiritual veins, and the spiritual energy used is still the spiritual energy shared within the mountain gate of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

This made it impossible for Li Shiming to strengthen the formation of the cave, but he was not in a hurry. He believed that the sect would soon add a Nascent Soul level spiritual vein to the mountain.

It didn't take long before a team led by an early Nascent Soul cultivator and thirty Golden Core cultivators arrived at the top of the mountain.

The Yuanying early stage cultivator waved his hand, and thirty Jindan cultivators began to arrange the spiritual objects one by one at the foot of the mountain. Their movements were extremely skilled, and it was obvious that they did this many times.

The cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage took out a meridian-locking disk, released the Nascent Soul-level spiritual vein inside, and guided it into the interior of the mountain.