Cultivation is just so scientific!

"Yes, Master!" Ye Jingxian bowed and responded.

"Senior Sister, this is the congratulatory gift I prepared for you in advance, for you to use to entertain guests!" Li Shiming said, tossing a jade box to Ye Jingxian as he was about to leave.

After everyone had left, Ye Jingxian opened the jade box and saw inside were twenty leaves of Third Grade New Tea, and one 'Youthful Elixir.'

Ye Jingxian covered her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from exclaiming aloud.

Although she was a tall giantess reaching 2.2 meters, she was also a female cultivator who took her appearance very seriously.

She had also learned through various channels that Li Shiming might still have a 'Youthful Elixir,' but she had never thought of asking for it.

Because she was well aware that with her own wealth, she couldn't afford a 'Youthful Elixir.'

The publicly known information was that the Beishu Trading Company always used the 'Youthful Elixir' in its promotions, causing the exchange value of spiritual objects for 'Youthful Elixir' to continually climb, reaching a level that astounded ordinary Golden Core cultivators.

Privately, it was known that Master Luo from the Thousand Illusion Sect exchanged one hundred and eight Third Grade Array Flags for one 'Youthful Elixir.'

One could imagine how high the value of a single 'Youthful Elixir' was, yet the congratulatory gift from Li Shiming included one.

Ye Jingxian also understood why Li Shiming didn't plan to give the 'Youthful Elixir' during the ceremony, as it would attract too much attention.

Aside from the 'Youthful Elixir,' whose value was incalculable, the twenty leaves of Third Grade New Tea in the gift were also quite valuable.

Based on the quality of the Third Grade New Tea, it should have been harvested from the Third Grade Spirit Tea Tree gifted to Li Shiming by Qianye Temple, and personally roasted by Li Shiming into Third Grade Spiritual Tea.

This kind of Third Grade Spiritual Tea had become legendary among the righteous forces in the Beishu Continent.

Since many cultivators had tasted the Second Grade Spiritual Tea roasted by Li Shiming at the Alchemy Master's celebration, his tea-roasting ability was almost regarded as equal to that of an Alchemy Master, which greatly increased the value of the Spiritual Tea he personally roasted.

Li Shiming returned to Sword Holding Peak, he took out a Sword Blade Blanks of a Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword that he had refined in his machining space.

This was a Spiritual Artifact that he had crafted while being distracted during the alchemy process of Jin Pill making conducted by Ye Jingxian.

Since it was crafted by himself, he could use it directly without needing to refine it.

However, he wouldn't switch flying swords, as he didn't need any more Spiritual Weapons.

Normally, the Spiritual Weapons he used included the nine spiritual weapon flying swords of the Nine Palace Sword Formation, twelve grade three needle-type spiritual artifacts 'Wind-transforming Needles,' which were sent to him by his sentient incarnation, Li Yuanba, and a Thick Earth Shield Pearl.

In addition, he had twelve Iron Corpses, eleven of which had three heads and six arms, and one further Life-taking Iron Corpse whose power far surpassed that of a regular Peak Iron Corpse.

In the Foundation Establishment Stage, his power had indeed reached the very top, and with one hundred and eight Third Grade Array Flags, he even dared to confront Golden Core cultivators.

His learning of Artifact Refining wasn't for the Foundation Establishment Stage; Elder Zhao had only spoken half the truth about his reason for learning artifact refining.

Li Shiming was indeed preparing to forge magic treasures after he entered the Golden Core Stage, but the main reason wasn't for himself, as the magical treasures in his hand were enough for use even in the Golden Core Early Stage.

He was doing it for his sentient incarnation, Li Yuanba. Although Li Yuanba had the Lifebound Flying Sword left to him by Golden Core Sword Cultivator Yun Xingyi, since Yun Xingyi shared the right of use with Li Shiming, sentient Incarnation Li Yuanba could unleash the full power of that Lifebond Flying Sword once his power reached the Golden Core Stage.

But Li Yuanba also needed to manage Ten Thousand Sword Peak, and having the designs left by Elder Lv, Li Yuanba also needed to posses a certain level of Artifact Refining skills to incorporate Ten Thousand Sword Peak as one of his personal magic artifacts.

Li Yuanba's realm was still Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, but he needed to start preparations now.

It's worth knowing that Li Yuanba had a vast amount of top-grade Spirit Pills, and even Li Shiming, with his triple spirit root seeds, managed to break through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment in just a few years after using a large number of those top-grade Spirit Pills. Presumably, it did not take long for Li Yuanba to reach the Late-stage Foundation Establishment either.

Light flickered in Li Shiming's hands as he was binding spells to the Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword; however, unlike with regular Magic Artifacts, the increase in power for a Spiritual Artifact was significant.

He endowed the Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword with the spells "Wind Breaking," "Light Splitting," and "Illusion"; additionally, the sword was enhanced with built-in Array Diagrams for speeding up and reinforcement.

The material of this Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword was quite ordinary, merely the material used for crafting low-grade Spiritual Artifacts, but it actually reached the quality of a top-grade Spiritual Artifact. This was accomplished through his sheer skill in Artifact Refining, which significantly elevated the quality of the Spiritual Artifact.

Having acquired the Zhang's Refining Inheritance was like opening a door for him, enabling him to effortlessly control previously unmanageable refining materials.

Of course, he was also redesigning the weapons for Nezha and the other ten Three-headed and Six-armed Iron Corpses using IBM z15, not planning to immediately produce for the Iron Corpses but rather designing them more meticulously.

His ambitions were grand; he was not planning to prepare Spiritual Artifact-grade weapons for the Iron Corpses but rather aimed at the Silver Corpse Rank.

Yes, his plan was to wait until he advanced to the Golden Core Stage, upgrade all the Iron Corpses to Silver Corpses, and then prepare an artifact for each Silver Corpse, similar to the mid-grade Magic Weapon Gatling he had made before.

This idea was not something a normal cultivator would consider. Just the requirement for third-grade refining materials alone was enough to leave a normal Golden Core cultivator without options.

Normal Golden Core cultivators would find it challenging enough to prepare a few artifacts for themselves, let alone weapons of artifact quality for Silver Corpses.

But as an Alchemy Master, particularly after advancing to the Golden Core Stage, Li Shiming would be able to produce higher grade Spirit Pills. Just in terms of Alchemy, he wouldn't have to worry about a shortage of third-grade refining materials.

Having finished binding spells to the Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword, Li Shiming transmitted information about the sword into an Array, awaiting its assimilation by a cultivator.

He stored the Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword in a separate storage bag, which already contained five Spiritual Artifacts of similar quality.

He took out a Minister Identity Card and sent out a message.

All these Spiritual Artifacts would be collected by Beishu Trading Company and replaced with more refining materials.

Li Shiming was now practicing Artifact Refining without the need to spend his own wealth; instead, he was actually earning wealth.

Since he began refining Spiritual Artifacts, he had been selling the artifacts he made through channels provided by Beishu Trading Company.

Initially, the Chief Manager of Beishu Trading Company, Lai Da, thought Li Shiming was disposing of looted items, essentially handling war loot.

But upon receiving the Spiritual Artifacts and realizing they were all newly made, and considering Li Shiming's Late-stage Foundation Establishment level, Lai Da guessed where these artifacts were from.

Lai Da actually wanted to persuade Li Shiming that spending this much time on this was less efficient than producing more Spirit Pills, but he still bought these Spiritual Artifacts at a high price and supplied Li Shiming with refining materials at possibly the lowest prices.

To attract an Alchemy Master, this spending was trivial.

Not to mention, the Spiritual Artifacts made by Li Shiming could not lose value even if purchased by Beishu Trading Company, because their quality was simply too good.

Normally, Artifact Refiners needed extremely rare and precious materials to craft Top-grade Spiritual Artifacts of comparable quality, but Li Shiming only needed ordinary second-grade refining materials to do the same, giving his production of top-grade Spiritual Artifacts almost a wholesale-like feel.

While waiting for the cultivators from Beishu Trading Company to come and collect the Spiritual Weapon Flying Sword, Li Shiming took out a second-grade high-level Spirit Pill.

With a slight stir of his consciousness, the second-grade high-level Spirit Pill disappeared, having been swallowed in one gulp by the invisibly present Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake.

The Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake, now a meter long, had achieved a strength equivalent to a second-grade Spiritual Beast at the early-stage Foundation Establishment.

Ordinarily, a spiritual beast like the Absolute Spirit Illusion Snake wouldn't be able to advance this quickly, but Li Shiming, having plenty of Spirit Pills, fed it with high-level Spirit Pills, which greatly accelerated the snake's growth rate.