Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1566: Chapter 829: Sea of Lightning (Part 2)

The Thunder Beast understood Li Shiming’s intention. It looked at the thundercloud, then at the Thunder Cave Heaven, somewhat disdaining the smallness of this cave heaven.

However, it was still very interested in the thunder rules within the thundercloud. Although it didn’t know what methods Yang Xing, the Half-step Great Power, initially used to make the Thunder Beast sign the Ancient Contract, there was certainly a reason related to the thunder rules of the Yuqing Sect’s Half-step Great Power.

The Thunder Beast entered the thundercloud, its body flickering with lightning, causing the thundercloud to rapidly expand.

The small cave heaven with a radius of thirty meters was quickly filled by the thundercloud in no time.

Within the thundercloud, the Thunder Beast began to leap around, the lightning on its body becoming more lively, also stirring up the electrical flashes within the cloud.

Li Shiming was continuously observing the situation within the thundercloud, somewhat worried that the Thunder Beast might unintentionally disrupt the thundercloud.

Without the thundercloud, there’s nowhere for the thunder rules to reside, and this cave heaven might collapse instantly.

Standing within the thundercloud, the cave heaven’s owner was the Heavenly Ghost, which was his spiritual pet, so there was essentially no difference between the Thunder Cave Heaven and his cave heaven.

The lightning within the Thunder Cave Heaven would not harm him at all, not to mention enhancing the thundercloud was his spiritual pet, the Thunder Beast, making it impossible for the lightning to affect him.

He could sense that the lightning within the thundercloud was steadily increasing. As the lightning filled the entire Thunder Cave Heaven, everything else in the thundercloud was repelled, leaving only the lightnings.

"Is this a miniature Sea of Lightning?" He contemplated a possibility as he noticed the countless lightning beside him.

At this moment, the Thunder Beast was finally comfortable. It no longer needed to leap around; it became akin to a member of the lightning, rising and falling within the Sea of Lightning, occasionally transforming into electrical flashes to appear on the opposite side of the Sea of Lightning.

Feeling the Thunder Beast’s joyful emotions, Li Shiming relaxed, thinking the environment here was extremely suitable for the Thunder Beast.

He didn’t intend to forcibly keep the Thunder Beast within this small cave heaven with a thirty-meter radius unless the Thunder Beast was satisfied.

His attention returned to the origin of the thunder rules; since there was only the singular rule of thunder within the Thunder Cave Heaven, it was an environment unsuitable for any life to survive.

Of course, this did not include the Thunder Beast, which lived by consuming lightning. The Thunder Beast transformed the thundercloud into the Sea of Lightning, showing no signs of discomfort in this single-rule cave heaven.

To Li Shiming’s surprise, the thunder rules were slowly changing, albeit with extremely subtle changes.

If it weren’t for his lifebound magic treasure IBMz15, allowing him to compare the thunder rules from before and after, he might not have noticed the variance in the thunder rules at all.

Given that the thunder rules he mastered had reached the pinnacle of his current cultivation, he couldn’t comprehend what exactly was changing within the thunder rules. However, he did feel that the support strength of the Thunder Cave Heaven was enhancing.

This indicated an enhancement of the thunder rules. Once this support strength reached a certain level, the Thunder Cave Heaven might even expand.

Li Shiming then condensed ten Thunderbolt Groups from within, tossing them to the Thunder Beast, and agreed to deliver Thunderbolt Groups periodically as food.

Leaving the Thunder Cave Heaven, he felt puzzled. If the Thunder Beast possessed such power, why didn’t Yang Xing, the Half-step Great Power, take the Thunder Beast into his own cave heaven?

He shook his head. Perhaps there were secrets he was unaware of, and maybe Yang Xing didn’t want the Thunder Beast exposed to the great powers of the Yuqing Sect.

Li Shiming then returned to the Treasure Lotus Hall in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, continuing his cultivation.

A month later, he completed the refining of five furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills. Two furnaces were of slightly lower quality, made to fulfill commissioned tasks—twelve pieces of high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills—just reaching fourth-grade high quality.

The remaining three furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills were crafted for himself, naturally achieving the theoretical pinnacle of high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills—a perfect batch of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills.

Eighteen high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills were enough for him to undergo three rounds of cultivation, and in the entire Cultivation World, there likely wasn’t a more extravagant Great Cultivator than him.

Even with the twelve high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills, he only needed to hand over ten pieces, leaving the remaining two high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills for future calculations when refining similar pills.

Having completed the alchemy, Li Shiming immediately sent a message to Master Liu Ziyun, asking him to come and collect the spirit pills.

Master Liu Ziyun arrived incredibly swiftly, leading Li Shiming to suspect that he might be nearby the Taichu branch.

Master Liu Ziyun was more eager than anyone else; this cooperation was their first after the falling out with Li Shiming, and it was also a test of Li Shiming’s alchemical skills.

If Li Shiming indeed possessed the capability to refine high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills, then even Master Liu Ziyun’s standing within the Central State Commerce would be significantly elevated.

Master Liu Ziyun absolutely needed to secure this channel; perhaps it was the path to their faction’s rise.

This time, he didn’t plan to let the headquarters of Central State Commerce or any other cultivator intervene.

Previously, he trusted the headquarters, which led to the fallout between Li Shiming and Central State Commerce. Now that the relationship was repaired, he couldn’t afford to repeat the same mistake.

In a month’s time, several buildings had already been erected on the original ground of the Taichu branch, including those intended for guest reception.

It was in this location that Li Shiming met with Master Liu Ziyun. The Ten Thousand Beast Sect had decorated the place with numerous Fourth Grade Spirit Items during its arrangement, making it one of the most luxurious areas beside the guest halls of a few Great Cultivators at the sect’s gate.

"Mr. Li, I’m somewhat anxious. May I have a look at one furnace of refined spirit pills first?" Master Liu Ziyun asked, somewhat embarrassed, without a mind to taste the spirit fruits on the table.

He thought Li Shiming had summoned him over for a batch of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills. Calculating the time, it was about right for the duration of refining one batch of spirit pills.

Using the Great Cultivator realm’s prowess in alchemy, whether with ’Red Sun Spirit Fire’ or ’Nanming Leaving Fire,’ the potency was greatly enhanced, allowing him to compress the refining time for Great Cultivator Spirit Pills to within twenty-five days.

This discovery, made at the start of alchemy, enabled him to refine more Great Cultivator Spirit Pills within a limited timeframe.

Li Shiming didn’t bother explaining further. He pushed a jade bottle over.

Master Liu Ziyun, with a look of excitement, opened a crack in the bottle’s lid. Great Cultivator Spirit Pills were incredibly precious, and even a slight loss of potency was significant waste.

When he saw the ten high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills inside, disbelief flashed in his eyes.

"Did you refine these within a month?" He knew it was inappropriate to ask, but he couldn’t resist.

"Currently, I can at most refine five furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills simultaneously!" Li Shiming openly shared his ability without hesitation.

Truth be told, if he were only refining the quality of high-grade Great Cultivator Spirit Pills to meet commissioned standards, he wouldn’t necessarily need to do it within the machine room space. With such extensive alchemical experience and IBMz15’s assistance, refining spirit pills barely reaching high-grade quality wouldn’t be an issue.

If it were large-scale refinement, he only needed to gather enough Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces. One brain could manipulate one Fourth Grade Pill Furnace, and with abundant ’Nanming Leaving Fire,’ even refining a hundred and ninety-one furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills simultaneously wasn’t impossible.

"If this news spreads, the entire Cultivation World would be driven mad!" Master Liu Ziyun, after several dozen breaths of emotional fluctuation, managed to suppress his intense emotions and spoke with excitement.

"I don’t have much time. This time, I can only spare two months for alchemy!" Li Shiming reminded aloud.

He had his own plans. If not for his massive consumption of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills, he wouldn’t allocate time for alchemy at such a period.

He had just recently ascended to Great Cultivator status and was still in the phase of melding his power.

Matters concerning Little Feng and Illusion Spirit Dragon’s ascension, five late-stage Golden Corpses, his own magic treasure refinement, and comprehending thunder rules—all required a significant amount of time.