The gathering was indeed very casual. All the Nascent Soul cultivators were at a similar level, and they mostly discussed problems encountered during their cultivation. Those who had answers would answer them.
It was the first time that Li Shiming saw this kind of interaction between cultivators. Although there were cultivator gatherings in the Northern Shu Continent, they were mostly for transactions, and even the exchange of experiences was not so direct.
The Nascent Soul cultivators had a feeling of helping each other and improving together, rather than being conservative on their own.
He also understood that the main reason for this situation was that there were a large number of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Wanshou Sect, and the competition for resources was not very fierce. The goal of the Nascent Soul cultivators was to advance to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.
In addition, the early Nascent Soul cultivators here all belong to the Phoenix lineage, and this relationship is closer than that of the same clan.
He sat aside, listening to the discussions of the early Nascent Soul cultivators, and he also gained a lot.
"Master Li, are you able to refine a fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul now?" When it was Master Jiang Hong's turn to speak, he asked Li Shiming.
"Master Jiang, as you know, I don't have any orders for fourth-grade elixirs for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and I haven't practiced it yet!" Li Shiming spread his hands and said helplessly.
He had just been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage not long ago, and was still refining a fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage.
There is more than one fourth-grade spiritual medicine in the recipe of the fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, which greatly increases the difficulty of refining.
"The sect can provide you with three sets of materials for the fourth-grade elixir of the middle Nascent Soul stage for you to practice, and the Phoenix faction can also provide you with one set. Even if all four sets of materials for the fourth-grade elixir of the middle Nascent Soul stage fail, don't worry too much. After you accumulate enough contribution points, you can continue to apply to the sect for materials for practicing!" Master Jiang Hong said with a smile.
He actually knew that Li Shiming had not yet refined the fourth-grade elixir for the middle Nascent Soul stage. Before Li Shiming showed the ability to refine the fourth-grade elixir for the middle Nascent Soul stage, no private individual would dare to hand over the materials to Li Shiming.
"Thank you, Master Jiang!" Li Shiming said with a look of surprise.
He didn't need to practice. Even though the difficulty of refining a fourth-grade elixir in the middle Nascent Soul stage had increased a lot, he was confident that he would not fail.
He had simulated the refining of a fourth-grade elixir for the middle and late Nascent Soul stage through his life-saving magic weapon, IBM z15, and had a strong grasp of the refining process, not to mention refining the elixir in the computer room. His ultimate control made it impossible for mistakes to occur during the alchemy process.
After being promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, his control over the computer room space has become even stronger, reaching a precision of 5 nanometers.
He also discovered that after reaching this level of control, it would be very difficult to further increase it. Even an increase of one nanometer would be a huge improvement.
In other words, he made a breakthrough and was able to improve from 10 nanometers to 5 nanometers.
By refining a fourth-grade elixir with a control level of 5 nanometers, any error will be discovered in its infancy and resolved in time.
With four sets of materials for the fourth-grade elixir of the middle Nascent Soul stage, he can show his alchemy ability to the sect, and thus be able to receive orders for the fourth-grade elixir of the middle Nascent Soul stage.
You should know that the reward for refining a fourth-grade elixir in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul is much higher than that of a fourth-grade elixir in the early stage of the Nascent Soul. If he can demonstrate the guarantee of intermediate quality, then the reward will be higher than that of other alchemy masters.
He currently lacks a lot of resources, which need to be obtained through the rewards of alchemy.
"I also know that four sets of materials are indeed too little for practice, but we all got here this way. If it doesn't work, we can buy the materials on credit from the sect. It will be easy to repay with your alchemy ability!" Master Jiang Hong said with a smile.
"Master Li, if you are able to refine a fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, please do not reject our elixir. You can't be like Master Jiang, who only accepts orders for fourth-grade elixirs for the middle and late stages of the Nascent Soul!" Feng Lanxin interjected with a chuckle.
Her words resonated with the other Nascent Soul cultivators. Li Shiming's alchemy ability was so stable that it was most reassuring to send the materials to Li Shiming.
If Li Shiming does not accept the order for the fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage, it will affect their future cultivation.
Why was Li Shiming invited to attend such a private gathering just after he was promoted to the Nascent Soul stage?
But don't underestimate this kind of private gathering. This small circle is very cohesive. The force formed by more than a dozen early Nascent Soul cultivators has a very large say both within the Phoenix lineage and in the sect.
If there are some tasks that require multiple Nascent Soul early stage monks to complete together, the Nascent Soul monks in a small circle will find reliable partners.
If you want to join this kind of small circle, you normally need to go through a long period of examination and obtain the consent of all members of the small circle before you can join.
Li Shiming is special. His ability in alchemy makes all the early Nascent Soul cultivators in this small circle want to forge a deeper friendship with him.
The energy of a master alchemist is limited. It takes more than ten days to refine a fourth-grade elixir in the middle Nascent Soul stage, and the energy consumed is increased several times. This means that the master alchemist in the Nascent Soul stage must have a greatly improved physique to be able to persevere.
The reward for refining a fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul is many times higher than that for refining a fourth-grade elixir for the early stage of the Nascent Soul. Once the alchemy master is able to refine a fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, he will almost never think about refining a fourth-grade elixir for the early stage of the Nascent Soul again.
“Whether or not I can refine a fourth-grade elixir for the middle Nascent Soul stage, I will still refine fourth-grade elixirs for everyone here!” Li Shiming promised with a smile.
Hearing his assurance, all the Nascent Soul cultivators laughed.
Master Jiang Hong wanted to say something but just shook his head slightly. Li Shiming had already said it, and if he said anything else he would offend the Nascent Soul cultivators here.
"Master Jiang, do you have any channels? I want to buy a fourth-grade alchemy furnace?" Li Shiming thought of something at this time and asked Master Jiang Hong.
"Speaking of this, I forgot that you can first choose a fourth-grade alchemy furnace from the sect's warehouse. When you are able to refine a fourth-grade elixir for the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, this fourth-grade alchemy furnace will be a reward to you by the sect!" Master Jiang Hong patted his head lightly, shook his head and replied with a smile.
Li Shiming's eyes lit up. Although he had a fourth-grade alchemy furnace, the fourth-grade Fire Phoenix Cauldron was a public alchemy furnace. Since it could not deeply recognize the owner, it could not be considered a real private alchemy furnace.
A master alchemist at the Nascent Soul stage does not even have a private fourth-grade alchemy furnace. This is somewhat unacceptable both in terms of alchemy and reputation.
Most importantly, as the 'Nanming Lihuo' magical power reached the Nascent Soul stage, with the control of spiritual consciousness, the 'Nanming Lihuo' can completely replace spiritual fire for alchemy.
That way he could refine two furnaces of elixirs at the same time, greatly increasing his elixir refining speed.
"After the party is over, I will go with you and get the four sets of materials together!" Master Jiang Hong continued.
"Master Li has one more chance to enter the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts. This time you have to subdue a spiritual pet with the bloodline of the Phoenix clan!" Feng Lanxin reminded.
"Yes, you can't be of the Phoenix lineage while your spirit pet is of dragon blood. There must be one with Phoenix blood!" Zhang Kai continued with a smile.
"How can we accurately subdue the Phoenix clan's bloodline pet after entering the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts?" Li Shiming couldn't help but ask.
He knew that the sect had a cave of ten thousand beasts. After the sect's monks were promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, they could enter the cave of ten thousand beasts and choose a spirit beast as their spirit pet.
This is also the only chance to enter. If you want to enter the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts for the second time, you need to make great contributions to the sect, or use astronomical contribution points to exchange for the opportunity.
He did not have a strong need for a spiritual pet. Now that he had the Phantom Dragon, he would wait for it to survive the fourth level of heavenly tribulation. With the Phantom Dragon's talent, it was enough for it to become his most powerful helper.
He thought that if he entered the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts, and if he failed to subdue a spirit pet with Phoenix bloodline, it would be difficult for him to truly integrate into the Phoenix lineage.
It is not noticeable at ordinary times, but when he really fights with other Nascent Soul cultivators, other Nascent Soul cultivators all summon their Phoenix bloodline spirit pets, while he summons his Dragon bloodline spirit pets, which is uncomfortable to watch.
“As long as we add one more spiritual medicine to the third-grade Spirit Beast Enhancement Pill, we can make the third-grade Spirit Beast Enhancement Pill attract spiritual beasts of the Phoenix clan’s bloodline!” Master Jiang Hong replied with a smile.
He took out a jade slip and threw it to Li Shiming. After Li Shiming took it, he found that it was indeed the case.
"Master Li, you should refine more third-grade Spirit Beast Enhancement Pills and choose the ones with the best quality. The better the quality of the third-grade Spirit Beast Enhancement Pills, the more likely they are to attract spirit beasts with stronger qualifications!" Feng Lanxin continued.
"I have saved quite a few third-grade beast saliva fruits. I will go and refine a batch of third-grade spirit beast enhancement pills later!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
Over the years, he handed the mountain over to the spiritual plant master for management, and only refined a small amount of the third-grade beast saliva fruit that belonged to him to be used as food for the Phantom Dragon.
A small gathering helped Li Shiming solve many problems.
After the party, Master Jiang Hong took him to collect the materials for four Nascent Soul Stage Fourth-Grade elixirs, and then went to see Sect Master Ji, from whom he obtained permission to enter the sect's fourth-grade elixir furnace warehouse.
Li Shiming, holding his identity jade disc, stood in front of a tall tower. This was where the sect's warehouse was located.
Unlike what he had imagined, the sect's warehouse was not hidden somewhere, but stood in the form of a tall tower in the most conspicuous position of the sect.
This is related to the strength of the Wanshou Sect. The Wanshou Sect has its own confidence. Even if there are cultivators coveting the treasures in the sect’s warehouse, the sect has the ability to protect these treasures.
Placing the sect warehouse in a conspicuous location can inspire the sect disciples to be motivated and complete sect tasks enthusiastically in order to get the reward of entering the sect warehouse to choose treasures.
He placed the jade disc of identity on the stone platform in front of the tower door. A spatial energy enveloped him, and he was then teleported into the tower.
"You have the authority to choose a fourth-grade alchemy furnace!" An old voice came when his figure appeared inside the tower.
He looked around where he was. It was a small room with a number of cabinets placed in it. On each cabinet was a fourth-grade alchemy furnace.
In this room, there are twenty-eight fourth-grade alchemy furnaces.
He didn't know if this was all the sect's inventory, but these twenty-eight fourth-grade alchemy furnaces alone were enough to show the strength of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
His spiritual sense swept across each of the fourth-grade alchemy furnaces. These fourth-grade alchemy furnaces were ownerless. As long as he refined them, they could become his private alchemy furnaces.
When his spiritual sense swept over the first fourth-grade alchemy furnace, he found that the quality of this fourth-grade alchemy furnace far exceeded that of the fourth-grade Fire Phoenix Cauldron.
Come to think of it, the Fourth-Rank Fire Phoenix Cauldron is just a casual cultivator's alchemy furnace. How can it be compared with the treasures of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect?
Li Shiming felt a little dazzled. Each fourth-grade alchemy furnace far exceeded his expectations and were all top-notch fourth-grade alchemy furnaces.
Of course, all the fourth-grade alchemy furnaces here are of similar quality, so it doesn’t make much difference which one you choose.
"Huh!" When his spiritual sense was scanning among the twenty-eight fourth-grade alchemy furnaces, he suddenly made a discovery.
He sensed a familiar aura on a fourth-grade alchemy furnace that was completely red.
"This is the breath of 'Nanming Lihuo'!" He was 100% sure of this.
He himself has cultivated the 'Nanming Lihuo', so how could he not recognize the aura of the 'Nanming Lihuo'.
Although the aura of the 'Nanming Lihuo' on this fourth-grade alchemy furnace is very weak, there is absolutely no way this aura can be mistaken.
He checked again and came up with a guess.
There is a great possibility that the owner of this fourth-grade alchemy furnace had practiced the 'Nanming Lihuo' in the past, which is why the residual aura of the 'Nanming Lihuo' remains on the fourth-grade alchemy furnace.
Look at this fourth-grade alchemy furnace. It has signs of having been used, so I think it cannot be wrong.
He was attracted by this fourth-grade alchemy furnace. Since he could not offer sacrifices to it, he could not have a deep understanding of all the fourth-grade alchemy furnaces here. Instead of choosing randomly, he might as well choose this fourth-grade alchemy furnace whose previous owner practiced the "Nanming Lihuo".
He picked up the fourth-grade alchemy furnace and cast a spell of recognition of the master into the fourth-grade alchemy furnace.
Just after he completed the process of recognizing his master, he was sent out of the high tower of the sect's warehouse by a stream of spatial energy.
Li Shiming returned to the cave with a smile on his face. After recognizing its master, he obtained detailed information about the fourth-grade alchemy furnace from it.
The name of this fourth-grade alchemy furnace is "Lihuo Danding". The name alone can tell that it has some connection with "Nanming Lihuo".
This is indeed the case. In addition to supporting normal spiritual fire, the 'Lihuo Dan Ding' has a special amplification effect on the 'Nanming Lihuo', allowing cultivators to use the 'Nanming Lihuo' to refine pills more easily.
It seems that the previous owner of the 'Lihuo Dan Ding', like Li Shiming, wanted to use the 'Nanming Lihuo' to make elixirs.
You should know that 'Nanming Lihuo' is a magical power with fire attribute. As long as it is well controlled, 'Nanming Lihuo' will be more effective than ordinary spiritual fire.
Li Shiming's Red Sun Spirit Fire is not of high quality. Although it has been increasing along with his realm, if it had not been strengthened by his practice of 'Southern Ming Fire', it would still require a lot of resources to be invested in it to enable the Red Sun Spirit Fire to reach its current level.
Being an alchemist is a profession that requires great investment, and the investment in spiritual fire is continuous and huge.
Li Shiming was just lucky, so he didn't have to invest much in the Red Sun Spirit Fire, but the Red Sun Spirit Fire met the conditions for refining the fourth-grade elixir.