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Chapter 870 - 481: Alchemy (Part 2)

Chapter 870: Chapter 481: Alchemy (Part 2)

This increased his confidence in surviving the Heavenly Tribulation. He needed to improve the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ as much as possible before attempting the tribulation.

Unknowingly, the twenty-day appointment had arrived, but he would not forget, as his natal magic treasure, IBMz15, reminded him.

He took out a jade bottle, which contained two Fourth Grade Early Stage Spirit Pills, probably the worst quality spirit pills he had ever made.

He truly didn’t dare to refine the Fourth Grade Spirit Pills any further. According to the information he had obtained, there weren’t many alchemy masters on the Dongqi Continent who could guarantee full Dan, and they were all from top sects.

When he exited his cave dwelling, he saw Yu An’s anxious face.

Over the past twenty days, Yu An’s mind was never settled. After all, it was a Fourth Grade Demon Core. Although Yu Ancestor hadn’t said much, he knew how difficult it was to obtain a Fourth Grade Demon Core.

To acquire a Fourth Grade Demon Core would require several Nascent Soul Ancestors teaming up to hunt Fourth Grade spirit beasts.

Whether they were Fourth Grade spirit beasts on land or in the ocean, once they reached the Fourth Grade level, none of them were simple to deal with.

"Master Li, did you fail?" Yu An immediately asked as soon as he saw Li Shiming appear.

Li Shiming looked at him speechlessly. If they were on the Beishu Continent, he would have long slapped him. How little did he think of him?

"This time I was lucky, full Dan!" he said lightly and then waved his hand to toss the jade bottle to Yu An.

Yu An hurriedly reached out to catch it, afraid it might fall to the ground.

He forgot, not to mention he was a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, his Divine Thought alone could prevent the jade bottle from falling to the ground. Even if it did, the jade bottle was extremely sturdy and wouldn’t break unless attacked with a magic treasure.

Carefully, he opened the jade bottle with a hint of suspicion, even though he had heard Li Shiming say it was full Dan.

One couldn’t blame him; he initially thought that if Li Shiming could successfully refine, even producing just one Fourth Grade Spirit Pill would be the best outcome.

The Fourth-grade Clear Spirit Fruit as a reward was already worth it, but he never expected that Li Shiming had really refined a full Dan, a Fourth Grade full Dan.

Seeing the two low-level Fourth Grade Spirit Pills in the jade bottle, he had no complaints about the low quality of these two Fourth Grade Spirit Pills.

"Master Li, please rest first. I will deliver the spirit pills!" Yu An bowed excitedly to Li Shiming and said.

At this moment, his address for Li Shiming had changed. An alchemy master capable of refining Fourth Grade Spirit Pills was not comparable in status to one who could only refine Third-grade Spirit Pills.

In front of Li Shiming, he could no longer address him as a peer. His father, Yu Ancestor, was the only one qualified to engage with Li Shiming as equals.

This was the Cultivation World’s respect for an alchemy master capable of refining Fourth Grade Spirit Pills. Even top sects needed to adhere to this rule, let alone loose cultivators.

Yu An carefully held the jade bottle in his hand, afraid of it being snatched.

He also knew that being in Wuqing Mountain, it was impossible for any cultivator to have such boldness, but the value of the Fourth Grade Spirit Pills in his hand was too great to be taken lightly by a Golden Core cultivator like him.

As he flew towards the mountaintop, he had already cast his spell, and by the time he reached Yu Ancestor’s cave, it was already open.

"Father, full Dan, Master Li refined a full Dan!" he shouted as soon as he entered the cave.

This time, Yu Ancestor did not berate his recklessness. Yu Ancestor’s eyes were filled with astonishment, clearly not expecting Li Shiming’s alchemy skills to be so high.

With a wave, the jade bottle in Yu An’s hand flew over to Yu Ancestor.

He opened the jade bottle and perceived the two Fourth Grade Spirit Pills inside, confirming everything was true.

Of course, whether it was full Dan was really impossible to judge. Perhaps Li Shiming had only refined two Fourth Grade Spirit Pills and presented both.

But this possibility was extremely low. The alchemist’s share was the rule, and even alchemy masters couldn’t break it.

Moreover, who could resist the temptation of a Fourth Grade Spirit Pill? If exchanged for Third-grade resources, the amount acquired would be enormous.

"Yu An, find a time for me to meet with Master Li!" Yu Ancestor said after putting away the jade bottle.

He originally planned to immediately meet with Li Shiming, but considering that Li Shiming had been busy with alchemy for many days, he was likely resting now, and disturbing him wouldn’t be good.

"Father, Master Li will attend the auction a month from now!" Yu An thought for a moment and said.

"Auction, arrange for Master Li to be in the booth next to mine!" Yu Ancestor said.

He was considering whether to spread the word about Li Shiming’s alchemy abilities, but he would decide after meeting Li Shiming.

He didn’t want to offend Li Shiming over this matter. Although he had absolute strength, he had no intention of opposing an alchemy master with such capabilities.

He was eager to curry favor with such an alchemy master rather than offend him.

"By the way, find out what Master Li likes and find a way to send some over!" he added.

"I’ve already investigated, Master Li likes the travel notes of cultivators and array formation books. He purchased many of such books from the Ten Thousand Books Pavilion!" Yu An replied skillfully.

As the master of Wuqing Mountain, such things were easy to investigate.

"Books are easy to handle. Copy all the travel notes and array formation books you can find in Wuqing Mountain and send them to Master Li!" Yu Ancestor smiled when he heard Li Shiming’s preferences and said.

If Li Shiming had liked something else, Wuqing Mountain might have had to pay dearly. But for books, they could just copy onto blank jade scrolls, costing virtually nothing.

"Oh, I also have some travel notes here, take them as well!" he remembered something and added.

In the following days, Yu An mobilized all resources in Wuqing Mountain, contacted many Golden Core cultivators, and together with Wuqing Mountain’s own Book Collection Pavilion, copied all the array formation and travel notes books they could gather.

During this time, his actions greatly surprised Master Wei of the Ten Thousand Books Pavilion. Master Wei was well aware that Yu An was collecting the exact types of books Master Li had previously purchased from the pavilion.

This made Master Wei feel he had missed something. Could it be that Master Li’s alchemy capability had prompted Wuqing Mountain to make such efforts to form a connection? If so, there must be something about Master Li he was unaware of.

Several days later, Li Shiming received a storage bag from Yu An, which contained a large number of jade scrolls.

Yu An, being quite sensible, did not linger. He only secured this goodwill. Further connections were for his father, Yu Ancestor, to make, as he was no longer at a sufficient level for it.

Li Shiming wasn’t too surprised by Yu An’s actions.

His treatment on the Beishu Continent was even better than this, with cultivators from all over the Beishu Continent coming to seek pills. He had almost collected all formation and alchemical knowledge within the continent.

This was just some travel notes and array knowledge from a single Wuqing Mountain, which was truly nothing significant.

His natal magic treasure, IBMz15, recorded the contents of these jade scrolls into its database. While recording one jade scroll, Li Shiming discovered an important keyword, ’Cloud Stepping Order.’

The ’Cloud Stepping’ in the Cloud Stepping Order was the same as the ’Cloud Stepping’ on the Stepping Cloud Jade Token he had obtained, which was no coincidence.

Upon examining the jade scroll, he discovered it was a travel note penned by Yu Ancestor, and it detailed the function of the ’Cloud Stepping Order.’

The ’Cloud Stepping Order’ was a secret key to open a Grotto Heaven. Of course, not just a single ’Cloud Stepping Order’ could open the Grotto Heaven.

This Grotto Heaven was named Green Field Cave Heaven, transformed by a great power for the sect’s descendants. After his fall, this Grotto became a publicly accessible Grotto Heaven.

Every four hundred years, the Green Field Cave Heaven would open once. Gathering a certain number of ’Cloud Stepping Orders’ could unlock it, allowing all cultivators possessing the ’Cloud Stepping Order’ to enter.