Chapter 367: Chapter 230 Alchemy (Added for book friend 171021102948988)
Li Shiming returned to Shushan Sect, only to find that there were significantly fewer cultivators within the sect.
Although Shushan Sect spanned a vast territory, it had an abundant number of cultivators, and the skies during the day were always bustling with cultivators moving about.
Today, however, it felt like the number of cultivators had decreased by more than half, an obvious contrast.
He took out his Identity Jade Disc but hadn’t received any messages.
He changed direction and flew toward a mountain peak, known as Four Directions Peak, where the flat-topped mountain was also the location of Xu Chuan’s cave dwelling.
He cast a spell, waited a moment, and the formation in front of him opened, allowing him to enter.
Before he could even land, Xu Chuan had already come to greet him.
“Little junior brother, I heard you went out for a trip, how come you have time to visit me?” Xu Chuan asked as he flew closer to Li Shiming with a smile.
“Senior brother, I just got back and noticed that there are many fewer cultivators in the sect, so I wanted to ask what happened?” Li Shiming cut to the chase with a smile, voicing his concerns.
“Didn’t you receive the message?” Xu Chuan was initially startled then quickly figured it out, saying, “You’re an Alchemist, why would they notify you.”
Seeing that Li Shiming was still in mid-air, Xu Chuan made a welcoming gesture and led Li Shiming into his cave dwelling.
The cave dwelling was at the mountain top, similar in scale to Sword Holding Peak, and its hall was filled with many valuable Spiritual Objects.
Female servants brought over Spiritual Tea, and Li Shiming, taken aback that Xu Chuan had turned his followers into maidservants, couldn’t help but take a second look.
“Haha, I indeed heard from other senior brothers that you turned the female cultivators they sent over into hard labor, originally they thought you would take them as maidservants to serve you!” Xu Chuan caught Li Shiming’s glance and jokingly brought up the amusing matter.
“I prefer solitude!” Li Shiming shook his head as he explained.
Xu Chuan obviously didn’t pry into Li Shiming’s private affairs, knowing the spirit field duties wouldn’t wear down the female cultivators, it was merely a jest.
“Some news came, after the conflict between Senluo Sect and Qianye Temple, which ended with the fall of a Golden Core Elder from Senluo Sect, but the conflict between the righteous and the demonic factions is far from over, this is just the beginning!” Xu Chuan brought the topic to serious matters, his expression becoming solemn.
As a participant himself, Li Shiming was fully aware of how the Golden Core Elder from Senluo Sect had fallen.
In fact, the fall of Elder Lv had nothing to do with Qianye Temple, but he still pretended to be ignorant and listened.
“Just three days ago, Earth Evil Sect had a skirmish with our sect on the southern border of our sect, resulting in the fall of three Foundation Establishment Cultivators from our sect and two from Earth Evil Sect. It is said that at that time Elder Ji had a great battle with a Golden Core Elder from Earth Evil Sect.
Yesterday, the sect announced that they were mobilizing a thousand Foundation Establishment Cultivators to the south, intending to take this opportunity to seize several spirit ores from the southern border!” Xu Chuan continued.
“How were those senior brothers arranged?” Li Shiming quickly asked.
His clone, Li Yuanba, had experienced such a large-scale battle, and he knew the extreme dangers involved.
“Second senior brother and third senior brother went; although my injuries have healed, my strength was severely impacted, so the sect did not send me!” Xu Chuan replied with a wry smile.
“It’s good that you didn’t go!” Li Shiming comforted with a smile.
He knew that not all cultivators had a secondary talent like himself, allowing them to easily earn large amounts of contribution points.
Even though Xu Chuan was a True Disciple, he couldn’t rely solely on his master’s provisions; he needed to complete sect missions to quickly enhance his strength.
And the rewards for missions involving large-scale battles were very substantial. Moreover, as Xu Chuan was a True Disciple with guaranteed strength, he should have made significant achievements in such large-scale missions.
Being unable to participate due to weakened strength inevitably left him somewhat distressed.
After sitting with Xu Chuan for a while, he also sent messages to Elder Su and Elder Ma to inform them of his return, then he headed back to Sword Holding Peak.
Upon reaching his cave dwelling, Li Shiming plunged back into his studies that were paused earlier.
This time out, although he was not within the sect, he carried nine Spirit Artifact Furnaces with him, continually refining them every day. By the time he returned, although the nine Spirit Artifact Furnaces had not yet reached 100% refinement, they were sufficient for Alchemy.
Before leaving the sect, he had already prepared everything needed to simultaneously refine ten batches of Spirit Pills.
The ‘Divine Separation and Thought Transformation Technique’ he could now use with ease; possessing Divine Thought, this spell was not difficult for him, and the ten Spirit Artifact Furnaces were ready for his first attempt at simultaneous ten-batch Spirit Pill refinement.
For the first attempt, he naturally wouldn’t choose anything too difficult, and he kept the prepared materials for ten ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ at the side.
Since he spent most of the past year making ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ to fulfill the sect’s Alchemy tasks, he had a lot of ingredients left over.
You must understand that each time he managed perfect batches, managing to fulfill the sect’s requirement for ten batches of ingredients with just eight furnaces.
For him, advanced ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pills’ were of no use; so except at the beginning, he later chose to exchange his share of two-tenths of the high-grade Spirit Pills for Alchemy materials to keep.
Now these Alchemy materials were useful, serving as practice material without the need to worry about failure.
Being an Alchemist in the early stages did require investment, just like the sect’s ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ task, which required eight Spirit Pills per furnace.
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