CHAPTER 966: CHAPTER 529: GATHERING (PART 2)

"It may be a bit expensive, but it’s definitely worth it!" Feng Lanxin shook her head and said.

This kind of mental stimulation for Nascent Soul Cultivators can sometimes play a crucial role. When encountering a bottleneck or during the comprehension of a cultivation technique, a bit of mental stimulation can bring tremendous benefits.

In addition, the spirituality within the Fourth Grade Spirit Tea can also bring Nascent Soul Cultivators into a state of spiritual awareness. As for what can be realized, it depends on the talent of each Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Thank you, Li. I didn’t participate in the apprenticeship ceremony that day. Actually, even if I had participated, apart from the three Great Cultivators, no other cultivators got to taste this Spirit Tea. I only heard about it afterward and finally got my wish!" Lu Heng said.

He was doing his best to praise Li Shiming. Although he wasn’t present at the apprenticeship ceremony, he knew what happened inside. He used the three Great Cultivators to enhance the value of this Fourth Grade Spirit Tea.

Feng Lanxin smiled without saying anything. She didn’t immediately bring up the purchase with Li Shiming. If she did, it would make other cultivators feel the wealth gap, leading to improper thoughts.

She was extremely considerate in her dealings and would not let such things happen.

Master Jiang Hong also didn’t mention purchasing the Fourth Grade Spirit Tea. Although he was very interested in it, he didn’t want to join in praising Li Shiming at this moment.

"Master Li, where is Little Feng?" Feng Lanxin thought of something and asked with a smile.

Another reason she persuaded Li Shiming to hold this gathering was to let the cultivators of the Phoenix lineage meet Little Feng.

Having Little Feng, a Red Gold Phoenix Spirit Pet, would significantly elevate Li Shiming’s status within the Phoenix lineage, minimizing the influence brought by the Illusion Spirit Dragon before.

"Little Feng, come here!" Li Shiming summoned.

Little Feng hopped over from afar. After so many days of feeding, its body became bigger, its feathers more beautiful, no longer resembling a chick, but a beautiful big rooster.

"Red Gold Phoenix!" All the Nascent Soul Cultivators exclaimed in unison.

Before arriving, they had heard about it from Feng Lanxin, but truly seeing a juvenile Red Gold Phoenix appear still excited them.

The Red Gold Phoenix holds an extremely special position in the Phoenix lineage. Phoenix Spirit Pets are divided into two categories: Red Gold Phoenix and others.

All the Nascent Soul Cultivators present, including Lu Heng, belonged to the Phoenix lineage. Their Phoenix Spirit Pets fell into the "others" category.

Envy flashed in the eyes of each Nascent Soul Cultivator. Seeing the top-tier Phoenix Spirit Pet before them was what they had long dreamed of.

Little Feng didn’t care about these Nascent Soul Cultivators. It hopped to Li Shiming’s side and looked at his Mustard Seed Ring, the intent clear that it was waiting for Li Shiming to feed it.

Li Shiming wouldn’t take out the Third Grade Top Spiritual Beast Essence Boosting Pill in front of these Nascent Soul Cultivators. He merely patted Little Feng’s head, showing affection.

Though Little Feng didn’t get the food, it happily squinted its eyes.

"Go play in the Grotto Heaven!" Li Shiming instructed with a smile.

Little Feng hopped back to the Grotto Heaven, disappearing from the sight of the Nascent Soul Cultivators.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators looked at Li Shiming with more enthusiasm. As long as Li Shiming doesn’t fall, once Little Feng reaches maturity, it will at least be equivalent to a Great Cultivator’s Fourth-grade Spiritual Pet.

This might take hundreds of years, but it didn’t deter them from deepening their friendship with Li Shiming in advance.

The gathering continued, just like before, with the Nascent Soul Cultivators helping each other solve difficult problems. While tasting Spirit Fruits, they didn’t insist on serving more Fourth Grade Spirit Tea.

They all clearly understood that such expensive Fourth Grade Spirit Tea, just one cup, was already extremely luxurious.

They also heard that the process of making this Fourth Grade Spirit Tea was extremely troublesome, with a low success rate.

"Speaking of which, in a short while, a new wave of spirit beast tides will arrive. How about we discuss forming a team?" Feng Lanxin suggested.

"Spirit beast tides? From sea spirit beasts?" Li Shiming asked, puzzled.

From what he knew, on the Dongqi Continent, spirit beasts held no significant place, with minimal habitats, deliberately left for them, making spirit beast tides impossible.

"Yes, almost every century or so, a spirit beast tide occurs. The last spirit beast tide was ninety-nine years ago. Recently, news from the sea indicates a strange increase in the number of spirit beasts, suggesting a spirit beast tide will appear soon!" Feng Lanxin nodded in response.

"Though the ocean is vast, how do these spirit beast tides form?" Li Shiming continued to inquire.

He saw the Moving Flower Trapped Beast Array set by the Ten Thousand Beast Sect along the coast to hunt spirit beasts through the array formation.

He thought that even just the coastal Moving Flower Trapped Beast Array greatly reduced the number of spirit beasts.

No matter the number of spirit beasts in the ocean, years of slaughter would drastically decrease their numbers in this sea area.

Spirit beasts aren’t like cabbages that can be harvested in a short time; their growth requires time.

Even if the ocean is rich in resources, Fourth or Third-grade spirit beasts would be widely spread apart. If it’s just a spirit beast tide made up of First and Second-grade spirit beasts, Nascent Soul Cultivators wouldn’t take it seriously.

"The sect speculates that there’s a place akin to the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven in the ocean, where spirit beasts continually form and rapidly mature. Normally, a few spirit beasts escape from the cave heaven, but at some moment, it opens to release a large number of spirit beasts.

It’s a pity that the sect sent many cultivators to investigate, but they found no sign of this possible cave heaven!" Feng Lanxin explained to him.

Even though it’s an unverified conjecture, Li Shiming had been to the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven. If there’s truly a cave heaven similar to it in the ocean, everything would make sense.

"A spirit beast tide is a grand feast. Master Li, since your cultivation level hasn’t fully stabilized yet, you shouldn’t participate. We will hand the demon cores we acquire to you for refining into Spirit Pills!" Zhang Kai said with a smile.

Being an Alchemy Master, the sect wouldn’t let Li Shiming, still stabilizing his cultivation level, go to the battlefield.

However, after Zhang Kai said this, Master Jiang Hong’s expression once again turned unpleasant.

The business of using the Fourth Grade Demon Pill for alchemy used to be routed to him by the Nascent Soul Cultivators here.

Now, in front of him, Zhang Kai directly stated they’d have Li Shiming refine the pills, which made him feel uneasy.

Zhang Kai didn’t think about it much. For these cultivators, the alchemy materials they painstakingly collected should naturally be given to the most suitable Alchemy Master for refining.

Li Shiming’s alchemy skills had already been proven. Whether it’s Fourth Grade Spirit Pills for the Early or Middle-stage Nascent Soul, the quality of the Fourth Grade Spirit Pills Li Shiming refined consistently maintained a level close to mid-level fourth-grade, deterring Zhang Kai from choosing other alchemists.

"Indeed, Master Li, we will have to trouble you!" Other Nascent Soul Cultivators said with smiles.

Li Shiming had promised them he would refine pills for them, and they were more than willing to have him do it.

Currently, Li Shiming’s ability to refine Late-stage Nascent Soul Fourth Grade Spirit Pills wasn’t known by every Nascent Soul Cultivator, or they would be even more enthusiastic.

"No problem, I’ll do my best to ensure your efforts are not wasted!" Li Shiming replied with a smile.

Actually, he still had an interest in observing the spirit beast tide; however, he wouldn’t team up with these Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Now that his Illusion Spirit Dragon and Golden Corpse had some fighting strength, coupled with his five Nascent Souls, they could match up to a team of six Nascent Soul Cultivators.

The only downside was his lack of sustained combat power. If he really wanted to go, he could only pick up some advantages and not engage in prolonged battles.

The Nascent Soul Cultivators divided into three groups after discussion to resist the spirit beast tide together.

As the gathering ended, the Nascent Soul Cultivators left quite content, each saying goodbye to Li Shiming, having arranged their alchemy matters.

Li Shiming agreed one by one. Now, he could refine two batches of Spirit Pills simultaneously, and refining Early-stage Nascent Soul Fourth Grade Spirit Pills wouldn’t affect his sect tasks or the refining of Mid-stage Nascent Soul Fourth Grade Spirit Pills for practitioners.