Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1404: Chapter 748: Ten Years (Part 2)

While he was in deep cultivation, the Identity Jade Disc on his body began to tremble.

He was not in complete seclusion, so he retained a bit of divine sense to handle external affairs.

This bit of divine sense fell on the Identity Jade Disc; it was an emergency message from his mentor, Jian Wuwei.

Helpless, he began to gather the spiritual power within him, slowly exiting his cultivation state.

There was still quite a bit of Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pill energy inside him that hadn’t been absorbed; normally, cultivators are unwilling to suddenly stop cultivating because the remaining portion of the Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pill would be wasted.

Li Yuanba didn’t care about Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills; he consumed more and more of them at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

Over the past ten years, any sword cultivator who could establish a connection with him at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion would try every means to reach him, even though his alchemy fee was many times higher than other Alchemy Masters; but this didn’t reduce the enthusiasm of the sword cultivators.

It’s mainly because all the Fourth-grade Spirit Pills he refined were Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills.

A single Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pill had effects several times greater than a Mid-level Fourth Grade Spirit Pill, and compared to a Four-grade Junior Spirit Pill, it was more than ten times better.

Furthermore, the medicinal residue of Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills was extremely low, allowing for a shorter interval between consuming two Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills, making cultivators’ cultivation more efficient.

In terms of value comparison, even ten Mid-level Fourth Grade Spirit Pills couldn’t be exchanged for one Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pill; no cultivator would want to exchange Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills for Mid-level Fourth Grade Spirit Pills.

Add to that, there are rumors that consuming Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills also conveys subtle benefits like producing more powerful spiritual power, but these are just hearsay as few cultivators can continuously consume Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills, making it impossible to obtain accurate comparative data.

Over the past ten years, the quantity of Nascent Soul Early Stage Fourth Grade Elixirs refined by his main body Li Shiming nearly solved almost half of the Spirit Pills needed by Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

There was no other way; the sword cultivators in Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion always managed to find familiar sword cultivators to send alchemy commissions to him.

Of course, he never intended to reject any alchemy commissions; after all, it was just a trip to collect them every so often.

Things were even simpler for Li Shiming over there, as cultivating wasn’t even delayed, and six Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces were in the infirmary space simultaneously performing alchemy; as long as there were no commissions for Great Cultivator Spirit Pills, any large number of alchemy tasks were effortlessly completed.

Li Yuanba exhaled a breath of pill gas, which was the energy of the Fourth-grade Advanced Spirit Pills within him.

He stood up, took out the Identity Jade Disc, responding while heading out of the Cultivation Room.

Exiting the cave, he flew towards his mentor Jian Wuwei’s cave.

Although Jian Wuwei’s cultivation was just at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, his status at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion was not low because he hailed from the core lineage of the Jian Family.

The cave was situated within Sword Cave Heaven, and it was also very close to the center.

As soon as Li Yuanba arrived at the cave entrance, it automatically opened.

He flew into the cave, where he saw Jian Wuwei and Great Cultivator Lou seated across from one another, with a pale-faced Lou Wu beside them.

"Junior Master Lou, Mentor, what’s wrong with Lou Wu?" Li Yuanba only heard from Jian Wuwei that something had happened to Lou Wu, but upon seeing Lou Wu’s condition, he realized it was worse than imagined.

He wasn’t a very competent mentor to his disciple Lou Wu.

Fortunately, Jian Wuwei was around, and Jian Wuwei was very good to his grand-disciple Lou Wu; although Jian Wuwei and Lou Wu were at the same level, Jian Wuwei had access to more core inheritances, and with knowledge only passed down in the core lineage of the Jian Family, his understanding of sword cultivation theory even surpassed that of Great Cultivator Lou.

Lou Wu often followed Jian Wuwei, as the cultivation world values strength, but this does not include sect inheritances.

Even if Jian Wuwei’s cultivation wasn’t high, Lou Wu still had to honor him as an ancestor.

"Lou Wu was ambushed while out, and although he’s taken Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills, his injuries still can’t be stabilized!" Great Cultivator Lou was anxious about his son’s injuries and immediately responded.

Li Yuanba came to Lou Wu’s side and released his divine sense.

In the cultivation world, using divine sense to examine other cultivators’ bodies is prohibited, but as Lou Wu’s mentor, he had no such concerns.

Lou Wu’s physical body and Nascent Soul’s injuries were quite peculiar, with some kind of corrosive energy slowly polluting his body and Nascent Soul.

The medicinal power within him had reached saturation, indicating that he had consumed multiple Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills.

This way of consuming Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills would prevent him from using such pills for a long time afterward.

Lou Wu likely understood this point, and the reason for doing so was naturally due to the severity of his injuries, necessitating such a consumption of Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills.

The Nascent Soul Early Stage High Grade Healing Spirit Pills for Lou Wu were given by Li Yuanba to his disciple for preservation, it was because of these Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills, along with life-preserving methods given by Great Cultivator Lou, that allowed Lou Wu to survive.

Li Yuanba shook his head helplessly; Lou Wu indeed encountered one misfortune after another. The last time they met, he barely managed to survive.

But the injuries he suffered last time were healed by Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pills; this time the injuries were significantly more difficult.

Luckily, in ten years’ time, his mastery over the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power had improved greatly due to research by his main body Li Shiming.

He cast several bursts of ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power with a wave of his hand, streams of wood-element green brilliance fell upon Lou Wu, enveloping both his physical body and Nascent Soul, bathing in healing light.

Li Yuanba repeatedly cast ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power ten times, consuming all the ’Innate Wood’ rune energy accumulated in his body.

"It’s alright now!" He sensed Lou Wu’s condition once more and breathed a sigh of relief.

The healing effect of the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power was still in the entry-level stage for him, far from fully mastering this wood-element divine power.

At the extreme mastery of ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power, it would be almost equivalent to indestructibility, allowing instant recovery from any kind of attack or damage, even with extensive bodily harm.

Unlike now, he had just healed Lou Wu’s injuries, consuming all the ’Innate Wood’ Divine Power rune energy within him.

"Here’s this child causing you trouble again!" The worry on Great Cultivator Lou’s face vanished, and he expressed gratitude to Li Yuanba.

"As his mentor, I’ve been remiss; this is the most I can do!" Li Yuanba waved his hand in return, then turned to Lou Wu, asking, "Who injured you?"

The last time Lou Wu was hurt, Li Yuanba almost wiped out the Qianren Sect.

"I should handle this matter; Lou Wu had conflicts with cultivators from the Infinite Sect, and coincidentally, a group of Infinite Sect cultivators passed by, and he got besieged!" Great Cultivator Lou answered for Lou Wu.

Li Yuanba slightly furrowed his brow, thinking how could it possibly be so coincidental.

In Langcai Cave Heaven, he had practically formed a mortal enmity with Che Lian from Infinite Sect.

Although he hadn’t ventured out in the last ten years, he was well aware of cultivation world news.

Che Lian’s days haven’t been easy, as his reputation declined greatly due to the label of ingratitude, not only affecting him but also tarnishing Infinite Sect’s reputation.

In response, Infinite Sect revoked Che Lian’s status as a core cultivator; now, Che Lian was just an ordinary cultivator, with future cultivation prospects almost severed.

Meanwhile, Li Yuanba had become a figure of resentment for Infinite Sect.

He couldn’t discern if Lou Wu’s serious injuries were related, but suspicion nagged at him.

He chose not to voice his suspicions aloud; resolving matters could be simple, merely by going out and letting Infinite Sect focus their grievances on him, sparing others from the fallout.

Of course, he also needed to go out for experiences; after ten years of cultivation, he had made substantial progress in both spiritual power and sword intent.

However, his sword intent had only been enhanced through theoretical studies, and actual combat was needed to test and refine it; this was not only his task but also required by Li Shiming for evaluating sword intent research outcomes.