Cultivation is just so scientific!

She took out one of the jade bottles given to her by Li Shiming, opened it, and poured out a Third-grade Spirit Pill, ready to consume it, only to find that this Third-grade Spirit Pill was actually a Top-grade Third-grade Spirit Pill.

She then took out other jade bottles, discovering a total of more than 180 Top-grade Third-grade Spirit Pills for the Golden Core Middle Stage, and over 100 more for the Late-stage Golden Core.

According to Li Shiming, once the Third-grade resources on hand were used up, many more would be replenished after some time. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"I must cultivate diligently and not let Shiming down!" Determination flashed in her eyes as she made up her mind.

She knew very well that these abundant resources were obtained by Li Shiming at great risk, and she couldn’t afford to disappoint him.

Yin Shilan was already highly talented, and with access to the best resources and the best cultivation environment in the world, her cultivation level improved unprecedentedly.

The greatest advantage of the Top-grade Spirit Pills is their purity, allowing one to absorb the vast energy within and then immediately take another without the risk of pill poison.

This means that with enough Top-grade Spirit Pills, a cultivator’s cultivation speed could be greatly accelerated.

The rapid cultivation speed of Li Shiming in the past was largely due to the effect of such pills.

However, after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage, due to the scarcity of Fourth-grade resources compared to Third-grade resources, he could no longer mass-produce Top-grade Spirit Pills.

Top-grade Spirit Pills aren’t made arbitrarily but require the essence of the herbs, accumulated through numerous alchemical processes, to fully develop, resulting in a single Top-grade Spirit Pill after many batches.

Li Shiming has a cultivation room space, allowing him to accurately determine the timing for producing Top-grade Spirit Pills.

Even for other Alchemy Masters, ensuring the production of Top-grade Spirit Pills is difficult, regardless of the number of pills refined.

Thus, Top-grade Spirit Pills are virtually priceless in the Cultivation World, especially at low realms. Even at the Golden Core Stage, it’s rare for an Alchemy Master to produce a few in a lifetime.

As for the Nascent Soul Stage, it’s even more unlikely, except for those held by Li Shiming. It’s safe to say Fourth-grade Top-grade Spirit Pills have never appeared in the Cultivation World.

Li Shiming stood outside the Great Power Palace. He didn’t leave immediately but observed Yin Shilan’s cultivation, departing Heavenly Person Cave Heaven only after she began cultivating.

Upon exiting, he noticed that the situation outside was amiss.

Ren Fei’er had halted her cultivation and was standing tensely within the formation of the cave dwelling, observing the situation outside.

The floating mountain was surrounded by a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner and eight Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners.

Ancestor Ge and Ancestor Zhan from the Thousand Illusion Sect stood at a distance, not participating in the siege and unable to counter this Nascent Soul Cultivator squad.

The mountain’s formation had already been broken. Elder Li, with a deep grudge against Li Shiming, was eager to seize the female cultivator within the cave dwelling, not having detected Li Shiming’s presence.

Elder Li harbored the greatest hatred for Li Shiming because of Li Shiming’s friend Li Yuanba. When forced to leave the Senluo Sect, Li Yuanba had destroyed his cave dwelling and even his mountain, causing him a humiliating loss of face before all the Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner Xiao Lu hadn’t stopped Elder Li’s impulsiveness, noticing the extraordinary defenses since the attack on the mountain formation.

The mountain formation was nearly on par with a mid-sized sect formation from the Dongqi Continent. If it weren’t for the coordinated attack by him and the eight Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners, and the lack of understanding of formation control by the insiders, it might not have been breached so easily.

Even though the formation had been breached, the golden sea of flowers ahead gave him a sense of unease.

Since Elder Li was eager to go first, he was more than happy to let someone else test the waters.

Ren Fei’er was cultivating within the cave dwelling. The dwelling’s authority was jointly owned by her and her sister Yin Shilan, and she had received a warning as the formation was attacked.

She quickly stopped her cultivation. Fortunately, given that she was reconstructing her cultivation, it hadn’t progressed deeply, allowing for an easy withdrawal.

Upon inspecting the cultivation room, she found that the external formation had been breached.

Unable to find her sister and brother-in-law, she grew increasingly anxious.

Especially with Elder Li flying towards her location, her fear intensified.

She recognized Elder Li as the primary instigator when her sister was forced to hand over resources and treasures.

As she worried, Li Shiming suddenly appeared by her side.

"Brother-in-law!" Ren Fei’er turned to Li Shiming, and all her worries vanished.

"I gave them a chance, but they didn’t cherish it. They’re asking for death!" Li Shiming waved his hand lightly, then glanced outside.

Li Shiming had indeed given the other sects a chance, proposing tenfold compensation while considering that this was his homeland, the Beishu Continent, and he didn’t want to act too excessively there.

However, he hadn’t anticipated that the sects of Beishu Continent would conspire with outsiders, intending to handle him just like before.

As Elder Li’s figure entered the mountain range and he prepared to fly towards the cave dwelling, the golden sea of flowers below suddenly swayed.

Petals danced into the air, seemingly slow, yet in a moment encompassing Elder Li within them.

"Ah!" A piercing scream rang out, and the petals gently drifted down, returning to their respective flowers.

Elder Li vanished, with a faint mist of blood lingering in the air, indicating his fate.

Silence reigned outside the floating mountain.

Even Xiao Lu, this Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner from the Dongqi Continent, was taken aback by the scene.

His knowledge far surpassed that of the Nascent Soul Cultivators from Beishu Continent, yet he couldn’t discern the nature of this arrangement.

A chilling feeling ran down his spine, making him realize that this operation seemed to be a colossal mistake.

Being able to set up a defense unseen even in the Dongqi Continent, Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator Li Shiming was not simple.

"Fellow Daoist, might I have a word with you?" Xiao Lu ceased contemplating an attack, instead opting for a dialogue to understand what kind of cultivator they faced.

Up to this point, he hadn’t seen the enemy, relying solely on descriptions from the Beishu Continent’s Nascent Soul Cultivators.

"Ren Fei’er, stay inside the cave dwelling!" Li Shiming instructed, then vanished and reappeared in the sky above the mountain.

A terrifying Great Cultivator aura enveloped the whole area, causing the remaining seven Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners to plummet to the ground.

From such a height, a Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner’s body could withstand the fall, but the terrifying aura of the Great Cultivator was like a massive mountain, pressing them down, rendering them immobile.

"My lord, it’s a misunderstanding. I am a cultivator from the Canglong Sect, a vassal of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect!" Xiao Lu, upon seeing Li Shiming, completely abandoned resistance, speaking as fast as he could.

He feared that a moment’s hesitation would lead to his death.

This was Li Shizhen, a Great Cultivator at the pinnacle of the Dongqi Continent.

The Ten Thousand Beast Sect had distributed information about Li Shizhen, including his portrait, to all related forces to avoid any misunderstandings with their Great Cultivator.

Even Xiao Lu in the Beishu Continent had received this information via the long-distance flying boat not long ago.

At this moment, Xiao Lu wished he could drag the already dead Elder Li back. If Elder Li’s body hadn’t vanished, he would have sliced it to pieces a thousand times over.

This was someone terrifying enough to have killed two Peak Great Cultivators in a single battle, a powerhouse capable of bending superpowers to his will. In contrast, how could a mere Nascent Soul Middle Stage like him contend with such a presence?