Li Shiming opened Wu Shao's mustard seed ring. He had no intention of taking the spiritual objects inside. Both Wu Shao and Young Master Zhang Xian were related to a great monk.
He was just a little curious and checked the mustard seed ring in the computer room. Even if there was a spiritual object with a tracking mark, its location would not be tracked.
Wu Shao's wealth is not very rich, but he is definitely not poor. He has three fourth-grade magic weapons, one fourth-grade flying magic weapon, one fourth-grade bell-shaped defense magic weapon, and a fourth-grade bamboo hat magic weapon with the effect of restraining breath.
What caught Li Shiming's attention the most was the fourth-grade bamboo hat magic weapon. The offensive and defensive effects of the magic weapon were very clear. When he used his divine sense to check on the bamboo hat magic weapon, he found that the bamboo hat magic weapon could isolate the divine sense.
This fourth-grade aura-containment magic weapon is so powerful that even a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot detect the cultivator hiding under the magic hat.
Of course, the prerequisite is to be able to drive the fourth-grade bamboo hat magic weapon, which requires the Nascent Soul stage to refine.
In addition to three fourth-grade magic weapons, Li Shiming also found two secret techniques, which were recorded in two jade slips.
One of the secret methods is the 'Searching Infants and Combining the Body', and the other is the 'Guiding Yuan and Prolonging Life'. After checking the two secret methods, he guessed that they were given to Wu Shao by the great monk in order to protect Young Master Zhang Xian.
Usually, this kind of secret techniques that a force does not pass on to others will not leave the sect, and it is almost impossible for outsiders to learn them.
Therefore, when Great Elder Wei Long discovered that Wu Shao was using the 'Secret Method of Scattering Infants and Combining the Body', he determined that he was a cultivator from Feiyun Pavilion.
Needless to say, Wu Shao had demonstrated the effect of the 'Separated Infants and Combined Bodies Secret Technique', which could allow a Nascent Soul cultivator to suppress his realm to the Golden Core stage and retain a strong body. The strength of the body could even exceed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator in his normal state.
This secret method can deceive Green Field Cave Heaven, which shows how strange the 'Scattered Infants and Merging Secret Method' is.
Another secret method, the 'Secret Method of Guiding Essence to Prolong Life', is to transfer the vitality to a designated monk to prolong the life of that monk.
This secret method should be what the great monk wanted Wu Shao to use his own vitality to prolong the life of Master Zhang Xian when necessary.
Li Shiming's eyes moved slightly. When he saw the 'Secret Method of Guiding Yuan and Prolonging Life', he thought of the biggest trouble he had in advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.
He has five golden cores in his body, which means he needs more spiritual power, vitality and spirit than a normal great elder to be promoted.
He was not worried about the spiritual power, as the five golden elixirs themselves had accumulated spiritual power. If that didn't work, he still had elixirs to replenish his spiritual power at any time.
There is no need to worry about his spirit, as the total amount of his spirit is beyond the imagination of any cultivator.
The spirit of a normal cultivator is the spirit that a brain can possess. The strongest spirit in the Jindan stage is only the spirit of a great elder.
But Li Shiming was a little special. His life-saving magic weapon, IBMz15, gave him one hundred and ninety more brains than a normal cultivator. In a previous adventure, he replenished the spirits of these one hundred and ninety brains to the level of a great elder.
In other words, he has the total spiritual energy of one hundred and ninety-one great elder-level cultivators who specialize in spiritual cultivation. So let alone five golden cores giving birth to five Nascent Souls, even if there are a few more, his spiritual energy is enough.
His only worry was that he didn't have enough vitality.
His vitality is the vitality of this body. Even though he has cultivated the 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue' to the level of a great elder in the Jindan period, which has enabled his vitality to reach the extreme of the Jindan period, it is still far from enough to supply five Jindan to nurture Nascent Soul.
The 'Secret Method of Guiding Yuan to Extend Life' gave him a new direction. He had a fourth-grade pearl that contained a large amount of vitality. He could let Venerable Hui Jing use the 'Secret Method of Guiding Yuan to Extend Life' to guide the vitality in the pearl into his body.
If the vitality in the pearl is not enough, Venerable Hui Jing can also sacrifice himself and channel his own vitality into it.
"What a huge harvest this time!" he muttered to himself.
He was eager to advance to the Nascent Soul stage as soon as possible, but he was not too anxious. He needed some time to adjust himself and get himself into the best condition.
He knew very well that there was only one chance to advance to the Nascent Soul stage. If he failed, even if the damage to his body was not serious, the difficulty of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage the second time after recuperation would be doubled.
Li Shiming also checked Master Zhang Xian's mustard seed ring. In the mustard seed ring, he found a jade box with the Feiyun Pavilion mark, which contained seven different fourth-grade high-level elixirs.
"This is Feiyun Pavilion's 'Seven Star Infant-Upgrading Pill'!" The effect of extensive reading was reflected, and he recognized the seven fourth-grade high-level elixirs in the jade box at a glance.
'Seven Star Nascent Soul Pill', this is Feiyun Pavilion's unique resource for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. Seven fourth-grade elixirs form a set, and the effect is best when used together.
Not to mention that the 'Seven-Star Infant-Upgrading Pill' in his hand is of high quality, even if it is of the worst low quality, its value is insignificant.
A set of 'Seven Star Infant Promotion Pills' can increase the chance of advancement to the Nascent Soul stage by 30%.
Just one set of 'Seven-Star Infant Promotion Pills' has a higher effect than the sum of all the Nascent Soul Promotion resources that Li Shiming has collected for so long.
Needless to say, this is the benefit of having a father who is a great monk. If Young Master Zhang Xian can really use the altar successfully in the Green Field Cave, then Young Master Zhang Xian's advancement to the Nascent Soul stage will be a sure thing, but at least a 50-50 chance.
Although Li Shiming was not planning to use the spiritual objects in the two mustard seed rings, this set of "Seven Star Infant Pills" was right here, and it would play a huge role in his advancement to the Nascent Soul stage. How could he not use it?
As the days passed, he was the same as usual. Apart from practicing alchemy, he would go to the library to read in his free time.
Ten years passed like this, and he never left the sect. He had completely established himself in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
He used his alchemy ability to make friends with the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Phoenix lineage of the sect and those from factions that were friendly with the Phoenix lineage, and thus had some connections in the sect.
Of course, since he could only refine fourth-grade elixirs for the early Nascent Soul stage, the Nascent Soul cultivators he made friends with were all early Nascent Soul cultivators, and his influence could only be considered average.
But even so, it was enough to protect him, a Jindan cultivator.
On this day, Li Shiming came to Master Ji to ask for an audience. Master Ji received the news and let him in.
"Greetings, Sect Master!" Li Shiming walked into the hall and bowed.
"Master Li, you have completed a lot of alchemy tasks for the sect over the years and accumulated a lot of contribution points. Do you have any requests this time?" Sect Master Ji asked with a smile as he helped him up.
Li Shiming would not ask to see the sect leader unless he had something to ask. From Li Shiming's expression, one could tell that he had something to ask.
She had a very good impression of Li Shiming. As the sect leader, how could she not like an alchemy master who worked hard to complete the sect's tasks? In the past ten years, almost all the tasks of making fourth-grade elixirs for the early Nascent Soul stage were completed by Li Shiming.
Before this, no alchemy master was willing to take on this kind of task, and she, as the sect leader, had to assign it by force. Not only did this offend the alchemy masters, but the quality could not be guaranteed.
Look at it now, each of the four-grade elixirs refined by Li Shiming is of intermediate quality, and they are all the best among the intermediate ones.
It is precisely because of this fourth-grade elixir that the sect's early Nascent Soul cultivators have become motivated and are willing to complete other tasks of the sect in order to obtain the fourth-grade elixir reward.
The sect therefore seemed to be thriving, making her, the sect leader, feel relieved.
"Master, I'm here to exchange for the use of a fourth-grade retreat room!" Li Shiming said as he took out his identity jade disc.
The fourth-grade retreat room he mentioned is the sect’s most special resource, and also the most sought-after resource.
The fourth-grade retreat room is a retreat room specially prepared by the sect for cultivators who are about to be promoted. In addition to the spiritual energy inside that is many times richer than the normal Nascent Soul-level spiritual veins, it also has various effects that can increase the chances of a cultivator's promotion.
This fourth-grade retreat room is not specially prepared for cultivators who are advancing to the Nascent Soul stage. A fourth-grade retreat room is needed when the Nascent Soul advances from the early stage to the middle stage, and from the middle stage to the late stage.
For a Nascent Soul cultivator to advance to a smaller realm, a single retreat might take decades, which made the fourth-grade retreat room extremely tense.
"Have you accumulated enough? Are you sure?" Sect Master Ji asked with a look of surprise.
She has always been concerned about Li Shiming's promotion.
Her concern was not only because of Li Shiming's importance to the sect, but also because she, as the sect leader, needed Li Shiming to be promoted as soon as possible. If Li Shiming could become a Nascent Soul cultivator, he would be able to refine fourth-grade elixirs for the middle and late stages of the Nascent Soul.
With the alchemy skills that Li Shiming has demonstrated, he would probably be immediately ranked among the top alchemy masters in the sect. If he could really maintain his current alchemy skills, it would not be impossible for him to be ranked first.
Sect Master Ji was also willing to send her fourth-grade alchemy materials to Li Shiming. As far as she knew, many of the sect's mid-Nascent Soul cultivators were storing fourth-grade alchemy materials, all waiting for Li Shiming's promotion.
"Thank you for your concern, Master. I feel the time is ripe!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
"Okay, you have accumulated enough contribution points in recent years. I will exchange it for the use of a fourth-grade retreat room for you. The specific time depends on your actual use time. The extra contribution points can be exchanged for these two elixirs!" Sect Master Ji nodded and said.
She waved her hand and two jade bottles and a jade plaque flew out and landed in front of Li Shiming.
Li Shiming didn't even need to open the jade bottle. Just by looking at the words on the jade bottle, he knew what the elixir was in the jade bottle.
The 'Taishang Infant-forming Pill' and the 'Taishang Infant-fixing Pill', these two fourth-grade elixirs are of intermediate quality and are extremely rare even in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. The so-called contribution point exchange was entirely taken care of by Sect Master Ji.
These two fourth-grade elixirs cannot be exchanged for contribution points. He has never seen them in the sect’s exchange list.
There is a word "five" written on the jade token, which is the control token of the fourth-grade retreat room.
Due to the importance of the Fourth-grade Retreat Room, the issuance of usage rights for the Fourth-grade Retreat Room is personally managed by Sect Master Ji.
"Go ahead, I wish you success in becoming an infant!" Sect Master Ji waved his hand and said.
Li Shiming bowed and then left the hall.
During these ten years, almost all the contribution points he obtained from completing the sect's alchemy tasks were cleared out, but he had no complaints.
He waited ten years before preparing to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, not simply to adjust his body and mentality, but also to reduce trouble.
The death of Master Zhang Xian had a greater impact than he expected.
In the first few years, Feiyun Pavilion mobilized almost all the capabilities it could mobilize to investigate every suspicious object.
In other words, Li Shiming used the identity of an alchemy master as a cover and did not arouse the suspicion of Feiyun Pavilion.
The main reason was that he did not use the Phantom Dragon at the entrance of the Green Field Cave Heaven, and did not leave any trace of his Phantom Dragon. Although he was also a thunder cultivator, what he was most famous for in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, besides alchemy, was that he had a pet with a very strong dragon bloodline.
No cultivator would believe that a master alchemist from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect could confront those powerful Jindan cultivators without using his spiritual pet.
Of course, the Great Elder Gong You of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was investigated, and Feiyun Pavilion and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect made quite a fuss about this matter.
The aura of Great Elder Gong You was detected, and it matched the aura of a cultivator at the scene. Unfortunately, there was no news about Great Elder Gong You before that, and neither the Wanshou Sect nor the Feiyun Pavilion could find him.
Feiyun Pavilion's investigation was becoming less and less successful. Whenever they finally found a target, they would find that the target had disappeared long ago.
Feiyun Pavilion's enthusiasm for the investigation also weakened as the investigation became stalemate. After five years, it had become much more restrained, and it seemed that it was about to give up the investigation.
Li Shiming also received the news at that time, but he still waited for another five years. Ten years after the incident in Green Field Cave Heaven, he decided to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage.
Ten years can minimize the attention on Feiyun Pavilion.
He had heard that all the Nascent Soul cultivators who were promoted five years after the incident at Green Fields Cave Heaven were being targeted and investigated by Feiyun Pavilion.
He was able to obtain so much information thanks to the connections he had made over the years.
In fact, ten years is still a bit short. If it is delayed for another ten or twenty years, it will truly disappear from the Feiyun Pavilion's attention.
But Li Shiming really couldn't wait any longer. He could hardly suppress his own realm. The spiritual power in his golden elixir and the spirit in his body were both filled to the extreme. After these years of continuous polishing, he felt that he might enter the state of promotion at any time if he was not careful.
This phenomenon of his is not surprising at all. The depth of his accumulation is unique among Jindan cultivators.
The five golden elixirs made his spiritual power five times that of a normal great elder, his spirit nearly two hundred times that of a great elder who specialized in spirit, and his physique cultivated to the great elder level. Everything was perfect to the extreme.
If he continued to suppress his own promotion, he was afraid that it would have the opposite effect and cause unexpected troubles in his promotion.
Li Shiming flew to a place in the Wanshou Sect, where the fourth-grade retreat room was located. When he approached the fourth-grade retreat room, he sensed multiple probing auras, and these probing auras retreated when they discovered that he was holding a token in his hand.