Cultivation is just so scientific!

"Shizhen, Zhong Qiang will go to you first. You will refine some Spirit Pills for his cultivation, and all the expenses will be on me!" Grandmaster Hu turned his head and instructed Li Shiming.

He thought of Li Shiming's alchemy skills, and considering Zhong Qiang's current situation, even if he helped, there wouldn't be many good methods.

Zhong Qiang needs the best Cultivation Assistance Spirit Pills, and with Li Shiming's alchemy skills, Zhong Qiang can make up for the time previously wasted.

"Master, no matter how much the senior brother consumes, it's a trivial matter!" Li Shiming waved his hand and said with a smile.

He could understand his master's thoughts. He indeed didn't lack these alchemy materials. Now, what Zhong Qiang consumes are merely some second-grade Spirit Pills; even if he advances to the Golden Core Stage, it's just third-grade Spirit Pills.

He just hasn't exposed his 'Mountain and River Qiankun Fan'. With the Spiritual Medicine produced by the 'Mountain and River Qiankun Fan', let alone one Zhong Qiang, even ten times more could be supplied.

"Zhong Qiang, do you have any objections to my arrangement?" Grandmaster Hu asked Zhong Qiang.

He was worried that Zhong Qiang might be unable to put aside his pride and feel embarrassed about being taken care of by the junior apprentice brother.

"Master, my life was saved by junior apprentice brother anyway, I already owe a huge debt of gratitude!" Zhong Qiang bowed to Grandmaster Hu and said.

When he lowered his head, a resolve flashed in his eyes, as if he had made some decision.

He also understood that Grandmaster Hu's main body wasn't here, and although the spiritual avatar could handle some affairs, it was not convenient enough to look after him.

Li Shiming led Zhong Qiang to his own abode and arranged a room for Zhong Qiang within it.

Due to Zhong Qiang's realm being really low, the Spiritual Energy in the abode did not need to be increased, but rather, needed to be reduced in concentration using a Formation.

"Senior brother, do you need to return to your abode?" Li Shiming asked after setting up Zhong Qiang's room.

"I won't go back for now; with my current realm, going back would cause quite a bit of trouble!" Zhong Qiang shook his head with a wry smile.

His abode was almost like Li Shiming's abode. He had no means to reduce the Spiritual Energy for himself using a Formation, to create an environment suitable for an early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator's cultivation.

He was previously a Loose Cultivator, almost penniless, and the remaining Spiritual Objects in his abode were almost all fourth-grade, which he couldn't control at his current realm.

If he really wanted to live in his own abode, he would need to ask a cultivator for help. If Second Junior Brother Yue Shan were in the sect, it would be better, but now that Yue Shan was not in the sect, it would be better to follow Grandmaster Hu's instructions and live here with Li Shiming.

"Here is a batch of second-grade Spirit Pills I refined for your cultivation use. If you have any special needs, you can call me anytime with the Identity Jade Disc!" Li Shiming said as he handed over several jade bottles.

"Junior apprentice brother, this might delay your cultivation too much!" Zhong Qiang said as he accepted the jade bottles.

Cultivators' cultivation should not be disturbed. Since Li Shiming said to find him anytime, it indicated that Li Shiming did not intend to enter a cultivation state.

Zhong Qiang felt somewhat indebted to Li Shiming, as he had already done so much for him.

"It's nothing to be interrupted by, I've recently taken up some alchemy tasks!" Li Shiming explained with a smile.

He certainly did not intend to stop cultivating. His cultivation was somewhat different from other cultivators; he just needed to keep one Nascent Soul on standby, and the other four Nascent Souls could enter a state of cultivation.

The 'Five Elements Qi Absorption Array' formed by five Nascent Souls would automatically convert the Spiritual Power Pattern cultivated by the four Nascent Souls, distributing it equally to the five Nascent Souls.

"Let's observe for some more time!" Zhong Qiang thought to himself. Although he had already made up his mind, he was still somewhat reluctant.

After Li Shiming left the room, Zhong Qiang opened the few jade bottles in his hand and found that all the second-grade Spirit Pills inside were high-grade second-grade Spirit Pills, with their quality reaching the extreme of high-grade.

This indicated that Li Shiming's alchemy level was indeed high, and also showed that Li Shiming put his heart into it.

With these high-grade second-grade Spirit Pills in hand, he was confident of advancing to the Golden Core Stage in the shortest possible time.

He was different from normal cultivators. Before advancing to the Golden Core Stage, he would not encounter a bottleneck; even if he advanced to the Golden Core Stage, the bottleneck he faced would be much smaller than that of normal cultivators.

This was related to his cultivation experience and also to the fact that his Nascent Soul had merged into this body.

Li Yuanba exhaled a turbid breath slowly, marking the end of another closed-door cultivation session, with the Sword Intent on his body becoming sharper.

This was a manifestation of the Xingyi Sword's augmentation of Sword Intent, shown externally. When the Xingyi Sword was upgraded from third-grade to fourth-grade, he did not deliberately suppress the fourth-grade Xingyi Sword, which led to such a situation.

He smiled slightly, and the Nascent Soul spat out the fourth-grade Xingyi Sword. The Xingyi Sword flew out of his body, transforming from energy into solid form.

"A top fourth-grade flying sword, this time's improvement is barely satisfactory!" he assessed the quality of the Xingyi Sword, murmuring to himself.

He was not being overly modest, as he used the top-grade fourth-grade refining material 'Abyss True Sand' to enhance the Xingyi Sword. Normally, without errors, the Xingyi Sword's quality should have been top fourth-grade.

Given the artifact refining techniques he shared from his main body Li Shiming, this achievement was indeed nothing remarkable.

Were it not for leaving room for the future inscription of 5-nanometer runes, he could certainly have enhanced the quality of the Xingyi Sword even further.

"It's just as well, now I can wield the Xingyi Sword without concern!" he thought to himself.

If he truly refined a fourth-grade Artifact Tribulation Treasure, he would need to consider the trouble caused by the exposure of the Xingyi Sword's quality.