Cultivation is just so scientific!

However, considering that cultivators live longer than ordinary people, especially because they must not dissipate their Primordial Yang and Yin before achieving a Golden Core, the relationship between the two would persist for a long time, even longer than the lifespan of mortals.

Another function of the Guest Identity Card was to check alchemy tasks.

Li Shiming cast a spell towards the Guest Identity Card, and it emitted an illusion. The illusion displayed the alchemy tasks currently available.

These alchemy tasks were listed according to his status as a high-level alchemist; presumably, they were tailored specifically for him.

There were a vast number of alchemy tasks, with bulk assignments at the forefront.

Li Shiming naturally did not look at those tasks aimed at producing one or two furnaces, as they offered him little benefit.

Although he now possessed over three hundred top-quality ‘Shushan Yellow Spirit Pills,’ which were probably sufficient for a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator’s top-grade Cultivation Spirit Pills, he also had a clone, and preparations must be made for the clone to have access to top-grade Spirit Pills as well.

The strength of the clone could not be too far off from the original, otherwise, it would not be able to assist the original.

‘Qianyuan Returning Jade Pill’ and ‘Heavenly Treasure Qi Harmonizing Pill,’ these two types of Elixir Pills were second-grade Spirit Pills for Mid and Late-stage Foundation Establishment respectively, and a single task for their production could accept up to a thousand furnaces.

He understood that the materials for these two types of cultivation assistance Spirit Pills must be under the control of the Beishu Trading Company, capable of being massively produced, hence the large quantities.

This was similar to the ‘Shushan Hunyuan Pill’ and ‘Shushan Yellow Spirit Pill’ from Shushan Sect; without mass production of all the necessary spirit materials, it would not be possible to produce such large quantities.

Li Shiming did not hesitate and immediately took on the maximum task load for both ‘Qianyuan Returning Jade Pill’ and ‘Heavenly Treasure Qi Harmonizing Pill,’ a thousand furnaces each, keeping him busy for more than a month.

As he accepted the tasks, Cai Hong, who was returning to the trading company’s base, received his task applications.

Cai Hong paused mid-air, looking at the two tasks Li Shiming had taken, his lips twitched involuntarily.

Even though he had heard of Li Shiming’s alchemy speed, accepting a total of two thousand furnaces in one go still surprised him.

The profession of an alchemist was highly coveted, but very few alchemists managed to achieve significant success. Once capable, alchemists would be highly sought after by cultivators.

Thus, alchemists generally held themselves with great pride, and it was nearly impossible to expect them to endure hard work. Alchemy was a spirit-consuming task, and a normal Foundation Establishment alchemist would usually stop after producing one furnace of Elixir Pills a day to avoid affecting the success rate.

Even though a Golden Core Stage alchemist would have a stronger spirit, unless they reached the level of an Alchemy Master, the remuneration in the form of second-grade Spirit Pills would not be of much use to them apart from exchanging for Spirit Stones.

Therefore, Golden Core Stage alchemists also would not fully commit to alchemy, a phenomenon seen everywhere.

Cai Hong had not expected Li Shiming to be so proactive, showing none of the reserve typical of high-level alchemists.

But he liked such high-level alchemists; as a result, his task evaluation would increase significantly.

With that in mind, Cai Hong suddenly increased his flying speed to the extreme, needing to immediately retrieve two thousand portions of alchemy materials and deliver them to Li Shiming, as any delay was a waste.

As for any issues with delivering two thousand portions of alchemy materials to Li Shiming, that was not a concern at all.

Not to mention the power of the Beishu Trading Company, just Li Shiming’s identity as a True Inheritor of Shushan Sect’s alchemy was more valuable than these two thousand portions of alchemy materials.

The cultivators of the six major sects, whether righteous or demonic, held very high credibility. Even if a cultivator encountered issues, their sect could be approached.

That very night, Li Shiming received the materials personally delivered by Cai Hong and started a new round of alchemy.

From one thousand furnaces of Spirit Pills, he could obtain two hundred top-grade Spirit Pills, and over a thousand and three hundred bottles of high-grade Spirit Pills, each bottle containing ten pills.

With such tremendous profits, his motivation was high, maintaining a pace of five furnaces per day.

His spirit was almost comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator, so the task of refining five furnaces a day had no significant impact on him.

As for the impact on his cultivation, under the consumption of top-tier Spirit Pills, it became negligible.

Days flowed like water; a year passed in the blink of an eye. The conflict between good and evil continued unabated, neither intensifying nor diminishing much.

From time to time, there would be a battle either at the Qi Refinement Realm or Foundation Establishment Stage, yet none escalated to the scale of a large-scale Golden Core cultivators’ war, keeping the conflict within controllable limits.

During this period, the thing that most concerned the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Beishu Cultivation World was no longer the battle between good and evil.

The longer the time dragged on, the less attention was paid to the battle between good and evil.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators were concerned about their cultivation, and Beishu Trading Company launched Elixirs marked with Li Shiming’s signature such as “Qianyuan Returning Jade Pill,” “Heavenly Treasure Qi Harmonizing Pill,” “Liu Ren Rejuvenation Pill,” “Purple Jade Bone Changing Pill,” and so on.

Cultivation Assistance Spirit Pills, Healing Spirit Pills, and Body Strengthening Spirit Pills—all were high-level Spirit Pills.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators discovered that these Spirit Pills were about ten percent more effective than those produced by other high-level alchemists.

A ten percent improvement in Cultivation Assistance Spirit Pills could have a tremendous impact over time.

A ten percent improvement in Healing Spirit Pills might mean the difference between life and death.

Crucially, compared to the usual scarcity of high-level Spirit Pills, the quantity available from Beishu Trading Company this time was very large.

Of course, no matter how large the quantity, it was not much in front of the massive base of Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivators bought these high-level Spirit Pills marked with Li Shiming’s signature based on their maximum needs, fearing such good fortune might not come again.

Those Foundation Establishment Cultivators who failed to purchase the high-level Spirit Pills grew even more eager after hearing other cultivators praise the Spirit Pills marked with Li Shiming’s signature.

In summary, as these high-level Spirit Pills were sold, Li Shiming’s reputation spread from within the sect to the Cultivation World, becoming widely known among Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

At Sword Peak, Ye Lingyun, Wan Qian, and Lu Yingtong, three followers of Li Shiming, now all possessed the strength of Qi Refining Peak. Their strength had increased somewhat quickly, and having enhanced their abilities through a large amount of Elixir Pills, they needed several years to consolidate before attempting a breakthrough.

They were not in a hurry; their current situation was beyond anything they had ever dreamed of.

Having sufficient high-level Spirit Pills every month provided them with cultivation conditions that surpassed most cultivators of their original families.

They no longer worried about Foundation Establishment Pills; following behind a high-level alchemist, they never lacked for Elixir Pills.

Their only way to repay Li Shiming was by diligently tending to the Spirit Plants at Sword Peak.

Although they understood that the benefits from the Spirit Plants at Sword Peak were insignificant to Li Shiming compared to what he could gain from a casual session of alchemy.

Their gaze would occasionally drift towards the peak of the mountain, surrounded by a large formation, but still the place where their spirit rested.

After finishing a session of “Purple Qi Eastward” at the summit of Sword Peak, Li Shiming was now packing up the Frenel reflectors.

His body had become saturated with Innate Violet Aura, and “Purple Qi Eastward,” which was said to be infinitely cultivable, had been pushed to its limit using scientific methods from his previous life.

As Innate Violet Aura entered his body, it no longer offered even the slightest enhancement to his Taoist Body, a situation that had persisted for over ten days. Today, he had decided to formally give up cultivating “Purple Qi Eastward.”

He packed 1,500 Frenel reflectors into several storage bags and tossed them into the engine room space, perhaps never to use the Frenel reflectors again.

He had no plans to destroy the Frenel reflectors as the engine room space was very secure. Besides, he had acquired many storage bags from multiple battles, which served as warehouses and did not affect the engine room space.