Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1570: Chapter 831: The Situation (Part 2)

Master Li’s help to him was significant; the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman’ truly assisted him greatly. Now, with the ability to repay this favor, it’s certainly worth even staying a bit longer.

In the Cultivation World, favors are the hardest debts to repay, and such past assistance must be recompensed.

Cultivators who disregard favors, regardless of their strength, will be despised by all. Naturally, this also affects one’s mindset. Failing to repay a favor can impact one’s mindset.

According to rumors in the Cultivation World, mindset impacts can shake a cultivator’s spirit at critical moments, such as during major realm breakthroughs, causing them to fail.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Li!" Master Li exclaimed with a look of delight.

Although the ten furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills are quite different from what Luanyang Palace desired, with these ten furnaces, at least they won’t need to worry about Great Cultivator Spirit Pills for the next few years.

Once Li Shiming becomes available, they can continue refining high-level Great Cultivator Spirit Pills based on their rapport.

With the most important matter resolved, the exchanges between both parties became more harmonious. Grandmaster Hu took the opportunity to propose deepening the cooperation between the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and Luanyang Palace.

Master Li naturally agreed, as this is beneficial for both forces.

Don’t underestimate the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for not having powerful beings; it’s still a major sect. Occupying three-quarters of the Dongqi Continent as a great sect, its influence here is comparable to that of a superpower.

Most importantly, Li Shiming’s formidable combat ability, coupled with Dongqi Continent’s distance from other superpowers, enables him to suppress Dongqi Continent effectively.

Three female cultivators remained in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, and the materials for ten furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills were delivered.

Returning to the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, Li Shiming shook his head helplessly. He halted his Artifact Refining endeavors and retracted five Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces into the lab space, beginning the work of refining Great Cultivator Spirit Pills.

Originally, he planned to refine artifacts while leaving Dongqi Continent to head to Beishu Continent.

But the emergence of Luanyang Palace forced him to change plans.

Refining ten furnaces of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills would take just two months.

Luanyang Palace was straightforward, offering a Fourth Grade Parasol Tree as payment.

The Fourth Grade Parasol Tree is a unique Spirit Plant of Luanyang Palace, said to have been obtained from an ancient relic—a dying Parasol Tree—then cultivated as a new breed, infused with the spirit of the ancient Parasol Tree.

The Fourth Grade Parasol Tree has uses beyond Refinement; its branches possess wood-fire attributes, suitable for crafting wood-fire attribute magical items.

Another crucial function is providing a habitat for the Red Gold Phoenix.

Long-term habitation by the Red Gold Phoenix on the Fourth Grade Parasol Tree can consolidate its bloodline.

Li Shiming was quite satisfied with this remuneration.

He planted the Fourth Grade Parasol Tree in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven, a stable cave where the difference from the outside world is minimal.

When the Fourth Grade Parasol Tree was planted, Little Feng eagerly leapt onto the branches as soon as he saw it, chirping with excitement.

Through his soul connection with Little Feng, Li Shiming sensed the weak influence of the Fourth Grade Parasol Tree on Little Feng’s bloodline; spending a century on the tree equates to consuming Fourth Grade Late-stage Phoenix Clan Resources.

However, he wasn’t concerned about the influence on Little Feng’s bloodline; rather, Little Feng’s fondness for the Fourth Grade Parasol Tree made him feel the trade was worthwhile.

Soon after, other great cultivators visited, but Li Shiming tactfully declined them, citing his ongoing pill refining.

Though a few were from superpowers, he had no prior acquaintance with these great cultivators; if not for Li Yuanba’s prior interaction with superpowers, he wouldn’t even have heard of these great cultivators.

To prevent any trouble from these great cultivators, Li Shiming released five late-stage Golden Corpses.

The five late-stage Golden Corpses, possessing adequate wisdom, can follow orders precisely.

He temporarily granted control of the five late-stage Golden Corpses to Grandmaster Hu, whose steadiness assured that, with their assistance, maintaining stability would be no issue.

In fact, the visiting great cultivators dared not incite trouble.

No great cultivator wishes to offend a terrifying cultivator who can slay both Yan Gao Great Cultivator and Wang He Great Cultivator. Furthermore, neither the Yuqing Sect nor the White Emperor Sect—the superpowers—intended retaliations, evidencing the authenticity of Li Shiming’s combat ability.

However, it troubled Grandmaster Hu. While other great cultivators from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect had neither high status nor connections with superpowers, thus having little to discuss.

But Grandmaster Hu, having the status of Li Shiming’s mentor, was not only a great cultivator of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect but also Alchemy Master Li Shiming’s closest elder.

In some ways, Grandmaster Hu could influence Li Shiming’s decisions.

Various gifts, commissions, and the like, troubled Grandmaster Hu to the point of graying his hair.

He had vast networks of friends, leading to many acquaintances seeking him out, well aware of Li Shiming’s current inability to refine more pills, yet continually explaining, proposing agreements to contact after Li Shiming’s travels.

Fortunately, these great cultivators understood that Li Shiming’s time is precious; receiving a guarantee from Grandmaster Hu satisfied them.

As time passed with Grandmaster Hu handling visits, a significant influx of great cultivators into Dongqi Continent had another impact, reviving the reputation of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Though Dongqi Continent is a continent, resource scarcity discourages many great cultivators from visiting. Even if great cultivators from other continents arrived, it was merely for business.

This time, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect occupied three-quarters of Dongqi Continent, hosting numerous great cultivators, even superpower representatives, clarifying its connections to Dongqi Continent’s forces. Any forces likely unconvinced by the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, particularly the current two major sects, saw this spectacle and abandoned their doubts.

Moreover, others were shocked by the true power of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Aside from the great cultivators, there are three whom remain at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s mountain gate, with three other great cultivators stationed at various locations.

Three female cultivators from Luanyang Palace stationed at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s gate, alongside five late-stage Golden Corpses, pushed the combat power of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect to nearly match that of a superpower.

Not to mention Li Shiming, who is as formidable as two Peak Great Cultivators.

In such an atmosphere, cooperation intentions arose, and many superpowers recognized the strength of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect as a basis for collaboration.

Two months later, Li Shiming completed his seclusion, noticing over ten great cultivators added to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s mountain gate.

Initially suspecting something significant, he quickly learned from the Identity Jade Disc they were visiting great cultivators.

Crossing oceans takes time for great cultivators, aligning their arrival with these last two months on Dongqi Continent.

Li Shiming used the communication technique to arrive first at the reception area.

"Mr. Li, you’re out of seclusion!" Master Li arrived quickly, smiling warmly.

For the past two months, whenever she saw great cultivators seeking but unable to acquire pills, she felt satisfied.

Among them were friends, whose envy regarding her connection to Li Shiming greatly uplifted her spirits.

Of course, nothing compared to her happiness upon hearing Li Shiming’s summons, having waited two months just for Great Cultivator Spirit Pills.

"I did not fail my mission; here are twenty high-level Great Cultivator Spirit Pills!" Li Shiming pushed a jade bottle toward Master Li.

"Mr. Li, Luanyang Palace decided to leave behind three great cultivators to assist the Ten Thousand Beast Sect over the next hundred years, confident this time frame will allow a new generation of great cultivators to emerge within the sect!" Master Li said, checking the pills while addressing Li Shiming.