Li Shiming discovered the arrival of these monks in his cave.
These monks had no intention of meeting him and just started working. Li Shiming thought about it and decided not to disturb them.
After the Nascent Soul level spirit vein entered the mountain, the formations on the mountain seemed to have energy supply and began to operate one by one.
However, since the construction team was still there, he did not fully activate the formation, but only activated all the formations in the cave.
Based on the situation of the cave, the natal magic weapon IBMz15 quickly designed a formation strengthening plan that suits the actual situation.
The eight fourth-grade formation flags and the three hundred and sixty-five third-grade formation flags came into play again. They were released one by one by him, and the defense of the cave continued to increase.
After finishing the work in the cave, he sensed the work of the construction team through the formation.
The spiritual objects placed by the construction team at the foot of the mountain are processed components. When combined together, they completely cover the foot of the mountain.
This work took a full ten hours, which made Li Shiming anxious. The main reason was that these Jindan cultivators always needed a lot of time to adjust the connections between components.
In his eyes, this job was extremely simple. If he knew the design drawings, he could arrange it by himself in less than an hour.
After all the components were arranged, the early Nascent Soul cultivator waved his hand, and thirty Golden Core cultivators flew away from the mountain.
The cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage chanted some incantations, and the spiritual objects composed of components turned into clouds and mist. The mountain shook violently, then separated from the ground at the foot of the mountain and rose up under the support of the clouds and mist.
When the mountain reached a certain height, it stopped.
Seeing that their work was finished, Li Shiming flew out of the cave and came in front of the cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
"Thank you, ancestor Li Shizhen!" Li Shiming bowed and expressed his gratitude.
When the early Nascent Soul cultivator saw Li Shiming, he was stunned. He did not expect that the owner of this mountain was actually a Jindan cultivator.
However, he had no intention of looking down on Li Shiming. It was not strange for the Wanshou Sect to have a floating mountain in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, but the treatment enjoyed by a Jindan cultivator in the early stage of the Nascent Soul was different.
If Li Shiming did not have any extraordinary qualities, if he did not have the same status as an early Nascent Soul, it would be impossible for him to own a floating mountain.
"Little friend Li, you can call me Uncle Song. You don't have to call me ancestor in the sect!" Uncle Song smiled and waved his hand. He then asked curiously, "I wonder what little friend Li is good at?"
"Uncle Song, I have some talent in alchemy!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
When he joined the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, he always had to refine pills for the early Nascent Soul cultivators, so he let people know as soon as possible and already had an order.
"So you are the master of alchemy. I wonder when you will start making elixirs. I have some fourth-grade spiritual medicines that need to be made into elixirs!" Uncle Song's eyes lit up and he spoke.
Although there are several alchemy masters in the Wanshou Sect who are able to refine elixirs for the early Nascent Soul stage, these alchemy masters are all very busy, especially the high-level alchemy masters. In order to improve their own level, in addition to the usual alchemy, they also conduct long-term research on spiritual materials.
It takes a lot of energy for an alchemist to refine elixirs, so any alchemist will only open a furnace after a period of time. In addition, the alchemist also needs to do some research, which means that the time for refining elixirs is even shorter.
The orders for each alchemy master are queued up for a long time, and anyone who wants to refine a fourth-grade elixir needs to wait.
Uncle Song just couldn't wait any longer. What's more important, the alchemy master who was chosen by the sect to enjoy the treatment of the early Nascent Soul stage must be of high level.
He planned to refine a batch of fourth-grade elixirs first. If Li Shiming's alchemy skills were ideal, he would continue to ask Li Shiming to refine fourth-grade elixirs.
"There are conditions for asking me to open the furnace to refine the elixir. The reward I need is the resources for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
Uncle Master Song was not surprised but happy. The higher the reward Li Shiming asked for, the more confident he was in his alchemy ability.
"I do have a resource for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage. If Master Li's ability does not match the reward, I will replace it with other equal rewards!" Uncle Song said after thinking for a while.
It was indeed the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, a large sect with great wealth and power. Any cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage had the resources to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.
Li Shiming was very happy, it seemed that joining the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was the right decision.
"Of course. However, it will take some time for me to start refining the elixir. I need to settle the cave first. I will officially start refining the elixir in a month!" Li Shiming nodded in agreement.
Uncle Master Song had no objection. It would only take a month to wait, which was a very short time compared to other alchemy masters who had to wait for several years.
After seeing off Master Song's construction team, Li Shiming came to the foot of the mountain and observed the things that formed the clouds and mist.
In his mind, those were components with runes drawn on them, connected together in some way.
It is impossible to analyze the principles just by observation. Since this knowledge appears here and is used in daily life, the Wanshou Sect must have the corresponding inheritance.
Li Shiming studied the formation of the mountain again and found that this formation was extraordinary and was created by a powerful formation master.
With the computing power of his life-long magic weapon IBMz15, he has restored the formation into a formation diagram after a period of analysis. However, he does not have the corresponding formation materials in his hands in the short term and cannot strengthen it any further.
This formation is a fourth-grade formation, and the materials required are all fourth-grade. At least before he became a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be difficult for him to get so many fourth-grade formation materials.
Li Shiming sighed in his heart, as both are large sects on the same continent, the difference between the former Shushan Sect and the current Wanshou Sect is really too great.
In the past, the Shushan Sect’s great formation was unable to stop the attacks of the Nascent Soul Patriarch, and it couldn’t even block them for a period of time.
But in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, let alone the sect's large formation, even the formation of his mountain can stop the Nascent Soul ancestor for a period of time.
Li Shiming also discovered that the mountains rising in the air did not just demonstrate one's status. The mountains in the air became the sect's first line of defense, while also enjoying the enhanced spiritual energy supply provided by the formation.
In addition to its own Nascent Soul-level spiritual veins, the mountain is also constantly absorbing spiritual energy from the surrounding void. When in the air, the surrounding spiritual energy is much denser than on the ground, making the spiritual environment within the mountain even better.
Li Shiming now safely places Venerable Hui Jing and his clone Li Yuanba in his own cave. It is absolutely safe here and he no longer has to worry about anyone breaking in.
He was in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect and did not need Venerable Hui Jing to follow him.
Venerable Hui Jing's strength improvement is a bit slow. Li Shiming hopes that he can improve his strength as soon as possible so that he doesn't need to worry about the training environment for a long time. Venerable Hui Jing can practice in seclusion for a long time.
The Phantom Dragon was also resettled in the spirit pet room. During this period, the Phantom Dragon had been absorbing dragon vein source crystals and was transferred from one cave to another by Li Shiming. It was also unable to settle down.
This time it’s finally okay, I finally have a safe cave.
Li Shiming had another idea. He had always let the Phantom Dragon run free and hardly interfered with its cultivation.
Now that he is in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, he can't just enter a mountain of treasures and come back empty-handed. He plans to find a secret method to nourish his spirit pet when he has time, so that the Phantom Spirit Dragon can grow faster.
He spent three days getting familiar with his cave and the mountain, and opened up an underground space deep in the cave, in which he placed large machinery and equipment, and used his brain to control the silver corpse to carry out previously unfinished research and production.
To his surprise, on the third day, a spell was transmitted from outside the mountain, and a cultivator actually came to visit him.
His spiritual sense connected with the spell and he found that it was not a cultivator he was familiar with.
In the Wanshou Sect, there are not many cultivators he is familiar with, namely, Ancestor Zhang Kai, Master Jiang Hong, and the newly-acquainted Uncle Song.
The one who sent the spell was a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage named Hua Yan, who was waiting outside the mountain.
Li Shiming hesitated for a moment, but then he thought that since this was the main sect of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, there wouldn't be any danger. He also wanted to expand his network, so he activated the formation.
"Excuse me for disturbing you!" Elder Hua Yan was still very surprised when he saw Li Shiming.
The news of Li Shiming joining the sect had not spread yet, and only a few cultivators knew of his identity as an alchemy master.
Patriarch Hua Yan obviously didn't know, which is why he looked surprised when he saw Li Shiming.
"I wonder what Master Hua wants?" Li Shiming didn't know the purpose of his visit. He first asked Master Hua Yan to sit down in the newly built pavilion outside the cave, and then asked.
"I have sixteen disciples who are all masters of spiritual plants. Seeing that your mountain needs to be developed, I wonder if you can give the spiritual fields on the mountain to my disciples for planting?" asked Patriarch Hua Yan with a smile.
Li Shiming was a little stunned. Was he here to take over the business? Was he still the Nascent Soul Patriarch he knew? Was he here just for the spiritual field of a mountain?
You can't blame him for this. When he was in the Northern Shu Continent, every Nascent Soul Patriarch was a high and mighty being, and all the resources of the sect were for the service of the Nascent Soul Patriarch.
It was indeed the first time that Li Shiming had seen an Yuanying ancestor like Hua Yan who came to the door to take on business.
The outsourcing of the mountain's spiritual fields does not require concern for the mountain's safety. The mountain's formation can open the spiritual field area separately, and only designated spiritual plant masters can enter the formation.
"I wonder what I need to pay?" Li Shiming thought about it and didn't care. Although he also had the ability of a spiritual plant master, he really didn't have the time to manage the entire mountain.
"One tenth of the mountain's spiritual fields!" Elder Hua Yan replied with a smile.
This is really not much, and Li Shiming doesn't need to spend any thought on it. As long as he goes out of the spiritual field on the mountain, he can get nine-tenths of the harvest.
“Don’t worry, 60% of the floating mountains in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect are my clients. I, Hua Yan, am well-known for my integrity. If you want to take back the spiritual fields, just ask for it in the previous year and I will return it to you next year!” Patriarch Hua Yan seemed to be afraid that he was worried about something, and continued.
"I wonder what will be planted in the spiritual fields on the mountain?" Li Shiming asked finally.
"Third-grade beast saliva fruit!" Patriarch Hua Yan answered without hiding anything.
Li Shiming searched the IBMz15 database and found no relevant information about the third-grade beast saliva fruit.
"This third-grade beast saliva fruit is the main ingredient for the third-grade spirit beast enhancement pill. The sect consumes a lot of spirit beast enhancement pills, but the growth conditions of this third-grade beast saliva fruit are extremely harsh. Only the suspended mountains in the sect meet the requirements!" Ancestor Hua Yan explained again.
"What is the value of this third-grade beast saliva fruit?" When Li Shiming heard that it was a third-grade spiritual medicine, his interest decreased a lot. Even if all the spiritual fields on the entire mountain were planted with third-grade beast saliva fruit, how much value could it bring?
Patriarch Hua Yan looked at Li Shiming again. If a Nascent Soul Patriarch asked this question, he would not have any doubts. However, it was strange that Li Shiming, a Jindan cultivator, looked down on third-grade spiritual medicine.
"The main user of the third-grade spiritual beast enhancement pill is not the third-grade spiritual beast, but the fourth-grade spiritual beast. This is the staple food of the fourth-grade spiritual beast. Although its value is not as high as the fourth-grade spiritual plant, the quantity is enough to make up for the difference in value!" Ancestor Hua Yan explained patiently.
"Then the spiritual field on this mountain will be handed over to Patriarch Hua. Just give me the third-grade beast saliva fruit that is harvested and belongs to me!" Li Shiming became interested and said after thinking about it.
He also has a spiritual pet, and he is a master of alchemy. He prepared some food for the Phantom Dragon in advance, especially the food prepared by the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect for the fourth-grade spiritual beasts. He thought the Phantom Dragon would like it.
Patriarch Hua Yan hesitated for a moment. The profit he earned was not just one-tenth. If the other nine-tenths of the third-grade beast saliva fruit were given to him, and he asked an alchemist to refine it into a third-grade spirit beast enhancement pill, he could still make a profit.
However, he thought of Li Shiming's peculiarity, that as a Jindan cultivator he had a floating mountain as his cave residence, so he gave up even if there was any loss in benefits.
"It's settled then. I'll sign a contract with you!" He took out his identity jade disc and handed a drafted contract to Li Shiming.
After Li Shiming checked the contract and confirmed it was correct, both parties left their spiritual imprints on it. The contract would be filed with the sect via the identity jade disc, and the sect would supervise the completion of the contract.
As soon as Li Shiming signed the contract, Patriarch Hua Yan called over two spiritual plant masters.
Hearing the two Jindan-stage spiritual plant masters calling Old Ancestor Hua Yan "master", it seems that Old Ancestor Hua Yan has indeed trained a group of spiritual plant masters.
Li Shiming set the authority for the two spiritual plant masters, and he didn't need to worry about anything else afterwards, as the two spiritual plant masters would handle everything.
Professionalism lies in speed. The two spiritual plant masters brought all the materials with them and repaired the spiritual fields on the mountain that had been abandoned for who knows how long. They added various materials to make these spiritual fields come back to life.
It took about ten days, and the entire mountain was no longer the same as before. The area near the top of the mountain was all developed into a third-grade spiritual field.
Seeds were sent into the spiritual field one by one, and then heavy clouds and rain fell.
After being busy for more than ten days, the two spiritual plant masters did not stay on the mountain all the time. According to Li Shiming's observation, the two spiritual plant masters were also responsible for the spiritual plant work on two other mountains.