Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1616: Chapter 854: Consolidation (2)

With the speed of the Thunder Beast, the distance between the Central State Continent and the Dongqi Continent can be traversed in just four to five days for a round trip.

As for Li Shiming, the matter of the alchemy at Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion won’t be delayed much by cutting in line.

Li Yuanba’s late-stage Golden Corpse is responsible for delivering the Great Cultivator Spirit Medicine to the "Phantom Clone," and the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion is not worried about him coveting these medicines upon placing them in his hands.

An Alchemy Master capable of producing high-level Great Cultivator Spirit Pills transcends the value of these medicines by status alone.

This time, Li Yuanba spent a year in seclusion, using up numerous High-level Spirit Pills, allowing him to stabilize his realm far faster than usual for a Great Cultivator.

Slowly opening his eyes, he sensed the Nascent Soul within his body.

At this moment, the aura of the Nascent Soul was extremely sharp; the "Sword Intent Rule Imprint" had become clearer than a year ago, while the "Chaos Sword Intent" permeated every part of the Nascent Soul.

A common Nascent Soul is formed by the merging of spiritual power and the soul, but a Sword Cultivator’s Nascent Soul possesses additional sword intent.

It is precisely this point that allows Sword Cultivators to enhance the power of their sword intent without needing to employ a Nascent Soul Dharma Form.

With just a wave of their hand, a Sword Cultivator can unleash immense power, and if the "Sword Intent Rule Imprint" is infused into the sword intent, its power can be doubled.

"Powerful!" He assessed himself, making a mental judgment.

This strength was different from Li Shiming’s main body. Li Shiming cultivated the "Heavenly Human Technique," developing comprehensively in body refinement, spiritual power, and spirit, even being able to channel Thunder Cultivation and Sword Cultivation’s combat power through the special transformation of "Chaotic Spiritual Power."

Li Yuanba’s power, however, lay purely in sword cultivation; his physical body had been transformed by the "Chaos Sword Intent," and in just a year, his sword body had reached the Great Cultivator Realm.

In the Great Cultivator Realm, this sword body truly embodied why it is called a sword body, rather than a body refinement technique.

Because a sword body at the Great Cultivator Realm allows the physical form to perfectly align with the razor-sharp sword intent circulating within, with the formidable physique being a mere byproduct.

Li Yuanba felt as though he were a flying sword, his body was the sword’s blade, and the Nascent Soul was the sword intent, and together they formed the flying sword of a Sword Cultivator.

He believed that if he were at the same realm as Li Shiming’s main body, his sword cultivation attack would be more potent than Li Shiming’s due to the synergy between his physical body and Nascent Soul as pure sword cultivation.

Of course, the battle prowess of Li Shiming’s main body was not just that of a Sword Cultivator of the Great Cultivator level; it was only relatively ordinary among his numerous techniques.

What Li Yuanba needed most now was combat, to adapt to the Sword Cultivation combat style at the Great Cultivator level, and simultaneously temper his "Chaos Sword Intent."

The current power of Li Shiming’s "Chaos Sword Intent" was earned through Li Yuanba’s relentless battles and the consequent enhancement of the intent.

Li Shiming used sword cultivator attack techniques rarely in actual combat, and his understanding of sword cultivation in battle came from Li Yuanba.

The existence of the clone was precisely to make the main body safer, to bear the dangers of battle for it.

Li Yuanba cast a communication technique, and after waiting for a while, his master Jian Wuwei arrived at the cave dwelling.

After advancing to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Jian Wuwei began to take charge of certain matters of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, cultivating his management skills.

As a core descendant of the Jian Family branch, the main power of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion is typically inherited by the Sword Cultivators of this lineage.

Li Yuanba learned of this from Jian Wuwei before entering seclusion, which led to their connection regarding the alchemy matter.

"Master, you’re here!" Li Yuanba greeted Jian Wuwei with a smile as he entered.

He had already prepared a pot of Fourth Grade Spirit Tea for Jian Wuwei, which was precisely ready when Jian Wuwei came in.

"Save some of this spirit tea for me!" Jian Wuwei’s eyes brightened as he inhaled the fragrance of the Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, he said.

The aroma of this spirit tea was very familiar to him; in the Cultivation World, only two cultivators could produce it, one was Li Shiming from the Beishu Continent, and the other was Li Shizhen from the Dongqi Continent.

Observing how recently the Ten Thousand Beast Sect suddenly allied with the Beishu Sect of the Beishu Continent, which was a merger of the original seven sects of the Beishu Continent, and Li Shiming was the true controller of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

These signs, coupled with Li Shiming’s alchemy ability, made Jian Wuwei almost certain that Li Shiming and Li Shizhen were the same person.

Especially after obtaining Li Shiming’s portrait from the intelligence department, it confirmed his suspicion further.

Seeing this Fourth Grade Spirit Tea today made Jiang Wuwei aware of his disciple’s connection with Li Shizhen.

Previously in the Beishu Continent, Li Yuanba was friends with Li Shiming, and since Li Shiming was also Li Shizhen, it wasn’t surprising Li Yuanba was connected to Li Shizhen as well.

"If you like it, I have some more; I’ll give it all to you!" Li Yuanba smiled and placed a jade box in front of Jian Wuwei.

Jian Wuwei was not at all shy, for the teacher-disciple relationship was very solid.

"Honestly, did you have Li Shizhen concoct the spirit pills?" Jian Wuwei asked after taking a sip of the spirit tea, savoring its flavor.

"Master, my alchemy skill is indeed capable of producing high-quality Great Cultivator Spirit Pills; it’s just that I didn’t have the time to concoct them, so I asked Mr. Li for a favor!" Li Yuanba explained with a smile, having no intention of hiding it.

Saying that, he took out the Great Cultivator’s high-level spirit pills commissioned by the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and placed them in front of Jian Wuwei.

"Perhaps I don’t understand how geniuses interact!" Jian Wuwei remarked with a chuckle, looking at the jade bottles before him.

The Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion commissioned Li Yuanba to produce high-level Great Cultivator Spirit Pills, offering very little as compensation, whereas asking Li Shiming to do it would require exponentially more in compensation.

Without the exceedingly good relationship between Li Yuanba and Li Shiming, such compensation would not be sufficient for Li Shiming to undertake the task.

Not to mention, according to Jian Wuwei’s knowledge, Li Shiming’s alchemical commission queue was backed up for at least ten more years, so the high-level spirit pills Li Yuanba brought out must have cut in line.

"You’ve stabilized your realm and need battles to adapt, fortunately there are many suitable battle tasks in the pavilion for you!" Jian Wuwei put away the jade bottles and continued.

"That’s exactly what I was thinking!" Li Yuanba, already contemplating combat related matters, replied with a smile.

For other large forces, sending a top alchemy master onto the battlefield might be unimaginable.

But for the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, Li Yuanba’s talent was not limited to alchemy alone, his combat potential was equally strong.

As for Sword Cultivators, engaging extensively in combat is a process they must go through to enhance their strength.

It is precisely due to this growth approach that Sword Cultivators at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion love to venture into battles, and why in the Cultivation World they are often called "sword maniacs."

After sending off Jian Wuwei, Li Yuanba took out his Identity Jade Disc.

His Identity Jade Disc had its permissions upgraded; previously, as an Alchemy Master, it granted powers equivalent to a Great Cultivator’s, but it was not entirely the same in terms of the tasks that required Great Cultivator-level abilities.

Now his Identity Jade Disc displayed tasks relevant to a Great Cultivator.

Upon opening the Great Cultivator tasks, he was a bit shocked by their number.

There were over ten tasks from top to bottom, which highlighted the current chaos in the Cultivation World at the Great Cultivator level.

As he browsed these Great Cultivator tasks, he noticed they were mostly similar, involving the seizure of Great Cultivator resources.

Great Cultivator resource points usually had owners, and various powers worked hard to hide the locations of these resource points.