Li Shiming's pavilion at the top of the mountain is extremely lively today.
This time it was he who initiated the party, and of course, it was also Feng Lanxin's reminder.
He sent out invitations ten days in advance, and most of them were those early Nascent Soul cultivators, which was Feng Lanxin's small circle.
He had attended a party before. Since the news of his roasted fourth-grade spiritual tea spread among the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, Feng Lanxin took the initiative to contact him and asked him to initiate a party.
Li Shiming thought about it and agreed.
All the Nascent Soul cultivators who attended the last gathering came, including Master Jiang Hong and Master's registered disciple Lu Heng. As for Second Senior Brother Yue Shan, he had also planned to invite him, but Yue Shan had something else going on recently and was unable to accept the invitation.
When Master Jiang Hong saw Li Shiming, he had a smile on his face, as if nothing that had happened before had happened.
But he and Li Shiming both understood that after what had happened before, their relationship would never be the same again.
Li Shiming didn't dare to trust Master Jiang Hong anymore. He could sense Master Jiang Hong's hidden jealousy, and Master Jiang Hong had not really let it go.
"Master Li, please take out the spiritual tea quickly. I want to drink some fourth-grade spiritual tea, which requires a fourth-grade formation material to exchange for five spiritual tea leaves!" Feng Lanxin said impatiently.
"Senior Sister Feng, I'll make it right away!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
He prepared a lot of fourth-grade spiritual fruits for this reception.
His current wealth is pretty good. Since he has only been refining pills for a short time, he has not accumulated many fourth-grade spiritual objects. However, spiritual objects like fourth-grade spiritual fruits are enough for one or two gatherings.
Different from the last gathering, although Li Shiming was a master of alchemy at that time, his position in the gathering was not the most important protagonist.
Master Jiang Hong, a veteran alchemist, had a higher status than him at that time. In addition, people like Feng Lanxin also had a very high status.
But this time there was an obvious difference. All the monks seemed to regard Li Shiming as the protagonist.
This is not only because Li Shiming is the master, but also because he has become a formal disciple of Master Hu, and his status in the sect has been greatly improved.
Li Shiming used a fourth-grade Lihuo Dan Ding to brew tea. He did not use the 'Nanming Lihuo', which is a fire-related magical power. He did not want to be famous in this area.
This method of using a fourth-grade alchemy furnace to brew spiritual tea is currently his original invention.
Master Jiang Hong watched Li Shiming's movements with his eyes slightly fixed. No matter how many times he watched it, he felt that Li Shiming's control over the spiritual fire exceeded his imagination.
It's not that he hadn't tried it himself, he had tried it privately, but the spiritual tea he brewed each time was very different from the one brewed by Li Shiming.
The spiritual tea brewed by Li Shiming can almost be said to have brought the spirituality of spiritual tea to its extreme.
Sometimes Master Jiang Hong didn't understand why he was jealous. It might be because Li Shiming grew too fast and formed competition with him.
Originally, he thought that after Li Shiming joined the sect, it would take a long time for him to be promoted to the Nascent Soul stage. During this period, Li Shiming could only refine the fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage.
Even if Li Shiming is promoted to the Nascent Soul stage later, he will still need to practice refining the fourth-grade elixir of the middle Nascent Soul stage again. It will take at least one or two hundred years to catch up with him.
However, not long after Li Shiming joined the sect, he was promoted to the Nascent Soul Stage, and one year after that, he showed extraordinary talent in alchemy.
Even though there were three alchemy masters competing with each other in the Wanshou Sect before, in fact, the difference in their levels was limited.
The number of monks who asked the three alchemy masters for elixirs was almost the same, which meant that the competition between the three alchemy masters was not very fierce.
However, Li Shiming's sudden rise, with the intermediate quality of the fourth-grade elixir in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul taking over the advanced quality, formed the strongest competitiveness, which made many cultivators who were originally clients of Master Jiang Hong switch to Li Shiming's side.
As Master Jiang Hong was thinking, an indescribable fragrance filled the entire area.
"No wonder this spiritual tea is so expensive!" Feng Lanxin murmured softly.
She was considered to be quite knowledgeable, but she was still attracted by the aroma in the air.
Originally, the fourth-grade spiritual tea roasted by Li Shiming was the top-grade fourth-grade spiritual tea. After being brewed by Li Shiming using a fourth-grade alchemy furnace, it brought out 100% of the spirituality of the fourth-grade spiritual tea, which even surpassed the fourth-grade spiritual tea of the same quality drunk by the great monks.
Li Shiming smiled. The fourth-grade spiritual tea he brewed was just enough for each cultivator, no more, no less.
After the monks tasted a sip of the fourth-grade spiritual tea, there was no sound in the entire pavilion. All the monks lost their voices, and fell into the ultimate feeling of the fourth-grade spiritual tea.
It took a long time for the monks to come back to their senses.
"It's still too expensive!" Zhang Kai said softly.
This fourth grade spiritual tea brings extremely strong feelings to the cultivators, which is beneficial for Nascent Soul cultivators.
But as Zhang Kai said, it is too expensive and it is simply not affordable for ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
It is estimated that among the Nascent Soul cultivators here, only Feng Lanxin and Master Jiang Hong are wealthy enough to purchase some.
The other Nascent Soul cultivators would not take out so many fourth-grade resources to buy fourth-grade spiritual tea. This is beyond their ability. They cannot reduce their cultivation resources just to buy fourth-grade spiritual tea.
You know, no one has ever purchased a portion of fourth-grade spiritual tea. Whenever you buy one, it must be at least ten portions, which means at least two portions of fourth-grade materials.
"It's a bit expensive, but it's definitely worth it!" Feng Lanxin said, shaking her head.
This kind of mental stimulation for Nascent Soul cultivators can sometimes play an extremely important role. When they encounter bottlenecks or when they are comprehending a technique, a little mental stimulation can bring huge benefits.
In addition, the spirituality in the fourth-grade spiritual tea can also allow Nascent Soul cultivators to enter into a state of spiritual realization. As for what they can realize, it depends on the talent of each Nascent Soul cultivator.
"I also want to thank Senior Brother Li. I did not attend the apprenticeship ceremony that day. In fact, even if I did, except for the three great monks including Master, other monks did not get to taste this spiritual tea. I only heard about it afterwards. Finally, I got what I wished for!" Lu Heng said.
He was trying his best to praise Li Shiming. Although he did not enter the apprenticeship ceremony, he still knew what happened inside. He borrowed the three great monks to increase the value of this fourth-grade spiritual tea.
Feng Lanxin smiled and said nothing. She did not immediately tell Li Shiming about the purchase. If she really told it here, other cultivators would feel the difference in wealth and would have bad thoughts.
She was a very considerate person, and this kind of thing would never happen.
Master Jiang Hong did not mention buying the fourth-grade spiritual tea. Although he was very interested in the fourth-grade spiritual tea, he did not want to praise Li Shiming at this time.
"Master Li, where is Xiaofeng?" Feng Lanxin thought of something and asked with a smile.
Another reason why she persuaded Li Shiming to hold this gathering was to allow the cultivators of the Phoenix lineage to meet Xiao Feng.
With Xiaofeng, the red-gold phoenix spirit pet, Li Shiming's status in the Phoenix lineage will be greatly improved, and the impact brought by the previous Phantom Dragon will be reduced to a minimum.
"Xiaofeng, come here!" Li Shiming called.
Xiao Feng came hopping over from a distance. After so many days of feeding, its body had grown bigger and its feathers had become much prettier. It no longer looked like a chick, but more like a beautiful big rooster.
"Red-gold Phoenix!" All the Nascent Soul cultivators exclaimed in unison.
They had heard Feng Lanxin mention it before they came, but they were still excited when they actually saw a young red-gold phoenix appear.
The red-gold phoenix has an extremely special status in the Phoenix lineage. There are two types of Phoenix spiritual pets, one is the red-gold phoenix, and the other is others.
All the Nascent Soul cultivators present, including Lu Heng, are from the Phoenix lineage, and their Phoenix spirit pets are others.
Envy flashed in the eyes of each Nascent Soul cultivator as they saw the top-level Phoenix spirit pet appear before them. This was what they had always dreamed of.
Xiao Feng didn't care about these Nascent Soul cultivators. It jumped to Li Shiming's side and looked at Li Shiming's mustard seed ring. The meaning was very clear: it was waiting for Li Shiming to give it food.
Li Shiming would not take out the third-grade top-level spirit beast enhancement pill in front of these Nascent Soul cultivators. He just patted Xiao Feng on the head to express his affection.
Although Xiaofeng didn't get any food, she squinted her eyes happily.
"Let's go back to the cave and play!" Li Shiming ordered with a smile.
Xiao Feng jumped back to the cave and disappeared in front of the Yuanying cultivators.
The eyes of the Yuanying cultivators looking at Li Shiming became much more enthusiastic. As long as Li Shiming didn't die, when Xiaofeng grew up, it would at least be equivalent to a fourth-grade spiritual pet of a great cultivator.
This time may take hundreds of years, but it will not prevent them from deepening their friendship with Li Shiming in advance.
The gathering continued, and just like before, the Nascent Soul cultivators answered each other's questions. They tasted the spiritual fruits and did not ask for fourth-grade spiritual tea.
They all knew in their hearts that a cup of such expensive fourth-grade spiritual tea was already a huge luxury.
They also heard that the preparation of this fourth-grade spiritual tea was extremely troublesome and the success rate was not high.
"A new round of spirit beasts will be arriving soon. How about we discuss forming a team?" Feng Lanxin said.
"A tide of spiritual beasts? Are they spiritual beasts in the sea?" Li Shiming asked in confusion.
As far as he knew, there was no status for spiritual beasts on the Dongqi Continent. The living space for spiritual beasts was extremely small, and it was deliberately left out, so it was impossible to produce a tide of spiritual beasts.
"Yes, there will be a tide of spirit beasts about every hundred years. The last tide of spirit beasts was ninety-nine years ago. According to the news coming from the sea in recent times, the number of spirit beasts has increased abnormally. The tide of spirit beasts should appear soon!" Feng Lanxin nodded and replied.
"Although the ocean is vast, how did this tide of spiritual beasts come about?" Li Shiming asked.
On the coast, he saw the Yihua Trap Beast Formation set up by the Myriad Beasts Sect, which used the formation to capture and kill spiritual beasts.
In his opinion, the Yihua Trap Beast Formation on the seashore alone greatly reduced the number of spiritual beasts.
No matter how many spiritual beasts there are in the ocean, the killing over the years will greatly reduce the number of spiritual beasts in this sea area.
Spiritual beasts are not cabbages that can be planted in large quantities in a short period of time. It takes time for spiritual beasts to grow.
Even if there are a lot of resources in the ocean, the third and fourth grade spirit beasts are very far apart. If a spirit beast tide is composed of first and second grade spirit beasts, it is impossible for a Nascent Soul cultivator to take it seriously.
"The sect has some speculations about the spirit beast tide. They believe that there is a cave in the ocean similar to the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave. Spirit beasts are constantly generated in the cave and grow rapidly. Usually a small number of spirit beasts escape from the cave. At a certain moment, the cave will open and release a large number of spirit beasts.
Unfortunately, the sect sent many cultivators to investigate, but none of them found this possible cave!" Feng Lanxin answered for him.
Although this is an unconfirmed speculation, Li Shiming has entered the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts. If there really is a cave similar to the Cave of Ten Thousand Beasts in the sea, all phenomena can be explained.
"The Spirit Beast Tide is a feast. Master Li's realm is not yet completely stable, so you don't need to participate. When the time comes, the demon pills we get will still be sent to you to help refine them into spiritual pills!" Zhang Kai said with a smile.
As Li Shiming was a master of alchemy, it was impossible for the sect to let him go to the battlefield when he was still in a stable state.
But after Zhang Kai said this, Master Jiang Hong's expression became ugly again.
In the past, the Nascent Soul cultivators here would come to him for the business of refining pills using fourth-grade demon pills.
Now, in front of him, his friend Zhang Kai directly said that he wanted to ask Li Shiming to make the elixir, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.
Zhang Kai didn't think so much. For cultivators like them, they had to find the most suitable alchemy master to refine the alchemy materials they had obtained with great difficulty.
Li Shiming's alchemy ability has been confirmed. No matter whether it is a fourth-grade elixir in the early or middle Nascent Soul stage, the quality of the fourth-grade elixir refined by Li Shiming can remain at a consistent level. The quality of the fourth-grade intermediate and close to advanced level makes Zhang Kai not want to choose other alchemy masters.
"Yes, Master Li, we are going to trouble you!" The other Nascent Soul cultivators said with a smile.
Li Shiming promised them that he would make elixirs for them, and they were also willing to ask Li Shiming to make elixirs.
At present, the fact that Li Shiming has mastered the refining of the fourth-grade elixir for the late Nascent Soul stage has not been known to the other Nascent Soul cultivators, otherwise they would be even more enthusiastic.
"No problem, I will do my best to refine it and will not let everyone's efforts go to waste!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.
In fact, he still had the idea of taking a look at the tide of spirit beasts, but he would not team up with these Nascent Soul cultivators.
Now his Phantom Dragon and Golden Corpse have reached a certain combat capability. Together with his five Nascent Souls, they are enough to match a team of six Nascent Soul cultivators.
The only trouble is that his sustained combat power is insufficient. If he really wants to go, he can only pick up bargains and cannot fight for a long time.
After discussion, the Yuanying cultivators formed three teams to block the tide of spirit beasts together.
At the end of the party, all the Nascent Soul cultivators had a great time. They said goodbye to Li Shiming one after another and made an appointment to refine the elixir.
Li Shiming agreed to all of them. Now he could refine two furnaces of elixirs at the same time. The refining of the fourth-grade elixir for the early Nascent Soul stage would not affect his alchemy tasks for the sect and his refining of the fourth-grade elixir for the middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.