On the twentieth day after Li Shiming settled down, his mountain finally returned to normal peace.
Apart from changing continents and sects, his life was no different from before.
The life of cultivating immortality is monotonous, especially for a Golden Core cultivator like him who has practiced various cultivation techniques, with almost every day fully scheduled.
This is already good; if he reaches the Nascent Soul Stage, a single cultivation session can take several months or even years.
It seemed that seeing he had settled in, Master Jiang Hong came to his mountain.
Li Shiming personally came out of the mountain to greet Master Jiang Hong. He was very grateful to Master Jiang Hong, as it was Master Jiang Hong who brought him into the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, giving him the stable cultivation environment he has now.
He welcomed Master Jiang Hong into the hall of his cave dwelling, a place only extremely close cultivators would be invited into.
"Master Li, according to Dongqi customs, when moving into a new cave dwelling, friends must present gifts!" Master Jiang Hong said with a smile.
As he spoke, he took out a storage bag and handed it over.
"Master Jiang, you’re too kind!" Li Shiming hadn’t expected Master Jiang Hong to bring a gift; he waved his hands repeatedly and said.
Just introducing him to the sect was a huge favor, and he felt quite overwhelmed by it.
Master Jiang Hong was also an Alchemy Master and had almost nothing to ask of him, purely helping him out of goodwill, which he clearly understood.
"You don’t have many friends in the sect, and I can’t just let you quietly move into your cave dwelling like that!" Master Jiang Hong said, placing the storage bag into Li Shiming’s hands.
Li Shiming was someone he had brought into the sect and was naturally aligned with his faction.
Whether it was in terms of cultivation talent or alchemy talent, Li Shiming was top-notch, and his future achievements were immeasurable.
The Ten Thousand Beast Sect was large and well-established, but internally it was not monolithic; it was divided into various factions. Strengthening one’s own faction was something every cultivator in the faction desired to do.
Master Jiang Hong was investing feelings now to hold onto Li Shiming.
Of course, these matters were still far off; within the sect, without reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, one couldn’t participate in power struggles.
"Thank you, Master Jiang!"
Li Shiming accepted the storage bag, and his divine thought swept over it, discovering a Fourth Grade Tea Tree inside, sealed with several talismans.
He couldn’t help but be amazed by Master Jiang Hong’s generosity, which reminded him of the Beishu Continent, where it was extremely difficult to savor a cup of Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, even with his status as the top Alchemy Master on the Beishu Continent.
Li Shiming used the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring Water from his cave dwelling and brewed tea using his specialty in the pill furnace method, serving a cup of Fourth Grade Spirit Tea for Master Jiang Hong, and also placed five Fourth Grade Spirit Fruits on the table, which were the best hospitality items he could offer.
Master Jiang Hong looked at the Fourth Grade Spirit Fruits in front of him and nodded secretly, aware that Li Shiming had received early-stage Nascent Soul resources for three years upon joining the sect, totaling only nine Fourth Grade Spirit Fruits, and now he was offering five at once.
"Not bad, this Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring Water is of even higher quality than before!" He didn’t take the Fourth Grade Spirit Fruits, which were precious to Li Shiming, but not much to him. However, Li Shiming’s Spirit Tea brewed personally using the pill furnace intrigued him very much.
"This is water taken from the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring inside the cave dwelling, indeed better in quality than the ones previously bought at Wuqing Mountain!" Li Shiming also took a sip of the Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, nodding as he spoke.
"You say your cave dwelling has a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring?" Master Jiang Hong’s voice couldn’t help but grow louder, somewhat incredulous as he confirmed.
"Yes, it was there when I opened the cave dwelling with my Identity Jade Disc!" Li Shiming replied, sensing a hint of anomaly.
"Your luck is really enviable; Fourth Grade Spiritual Springs are not easily obtainable. The sect has only three Fourth Grade Spiritual Springs, all communal. None is private property. Even if I wanted a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring, I would need to use sect contribution points to exchange for it!" Master Jiang Hong shook his head, marveling at Li Shiming’s fortune.
He was genuinely happy for Li Shiming having a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring and bore no jealousy.
This was related to his own wealth. As one of the top three Alchemy Masters in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, he really didn’t care much for the contribution points needed to exchange for a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring.
"I thought every cave dwelling was equipped with a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring!" Li Shiming laughed and said.
He speculated on the reason for the appearance of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring, noting that its location was at the center of a Sect Formation node, and since the cave dwelling had remained unused for years without any spiritual energy interference, a Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring must have formed over countless years.
"You do dream big. In the future, I’ll come to you for the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring!" Master Jiang Hong joked with a smile.
"I’ll fill you a gourd right away to take with you!" Li Shiming said, taking out a Spirit Gourd.
He tossed the Spirit Gourd into the depths of the cave dwelling, using divine thought to manipulate it to fill the gourd with the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring.
Although the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring looked abundant, it was formed over many years, producing only a single drop per day.
Only with a sufficient accumulation of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring could the gourd be filled.
Li Shiming didn’t mind having just under half of the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring left; he handed the Spirit Gourd to Master Jiang Hong.
Master Jiang Hong also didn’t mind the Spirit Gourd of Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring, caring more about Li Shiming’s attitude. He accepted the Fourth Grade Spiritual Spring with a smile.