Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1372 - 732: Inventory_2

Once this business was concluded, he stashed all of Great Cultivator Duan Zhang’s possessions within the machine room space.

He organized the machine room space by transferring all items currently occupying it into a spare soul crystal ring.

This cleared enough room to fit three Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces.

While the presence of these three Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces made the machine room space feel somewhat tight, the area was fortunately just large enough to accommodate them.

The Golden Corpse Nanming was moved into the machine room space as well. He then directed his own 'Nanming Leaving Fire' and 'Red Sun Spirit Fire' into two of the Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces, while the Golden Corpse Nanming channeled its own 'Nanming Leaving Fire' into the third furnace.

Li Shiming divided his mental focus into three distinct threads: one was dedicated to managing the Golden Corpse Nanming, while the other two leveraged his mastery over the machine room space to operate the remaining Fourth Grade Pill Furnaces.

He intended to refine all three sets of Great Cultivator Spirit Medicine delivered by his clone, Li Yuanba, simultaneously.

Furthermore, this process would not interfere with his own progress, as all five of his Nascent Souls were capable of practicing the 'Heavenly Human Technique' at the same time.

As he commenced the alchemy process, he realized that his influence over the machine room space had intensified once more.

Where he previously possessed a control precision of 1 nanometer, he now found he could manipulate the space at a resolution of 0.1 nanometers.

Truthfully, for his standard activities within the machine room space, the difference between 1 nanometer and 0.1 nanometers was negligible.

Its true value only became apparent during such incredibly delicate alchemy tasks.

This was why the shift in control had only just come to his attention. Reflecting on it, however, the change made sense; every major boost to his spirit naturally refined his command over the machine room space.

Since practicing the 'Heavenly Human Technique', his spirit had advanced remarkably, reaching a level theoretically equal to that of a Great Cultivator.

The 0.1-nanometer precision further elevated his alchemical prowess. He discovered he could now effortlessly govern every component of the spiritual medicine inside the Pill Furnace, even suppressing specific portions to remain at a predetermined quality level.

He calculated that in this current batch, aside from the two Great Cultivator Spirit Pills intended for delivery, the four additional Great Cultivator Spirit Pills produced via the 'Hundred One-point Pill Technique' would reach the absolute peak of High Grade Fourth-Grade quality.

Meanwhile, the two pills meant for delivery would barely meet the criteria for high-grade Great Cultivator quality.

Such exacting management was the direct benefit of his 0.1-nanometer precision.

Furthermore, he noted that when the Chaos Energy from the 'Heavenly Human Technique' fueled the 'Nanming Leaving Fire' and 'Red Sun Spirit Fire', their quality surged by an entire stage.

This was an external boost rather than a permanent evolution of the fires themselves. According to his research, both the 'Nanming Leaving Fire' and 'Red Sun Spirit Fire' had the potential to self-upgrade permanently if they consumed sufficiently powerful flame energy.

He began pondering where such intense flame energy could be found, desiring to permanently raise the grade of his fires. If he succeeded, the added boost from the 'Heavenly Human Technique' Chaos Energy would drastically slash the time needed for alchemy.

Even now, with the Chaos Energy enhancement, the duration required to refine Great Cultivator Spirit Pills was reduced to a mere thirty days.

Unfortunately, the Golden Corpse Nanming’s side still needed over forty days; unless the corpse reached the Late Stage Fourth Grade, no major speed improvements were possible there.

Ten days later, the Heavenly Ghost finished absorbing its gains and awakened. While the increase in its spiritual power wasn't extreme, it had firmly stabilized its Peak Middle Stage Fourth Grade foundation.

Advancing to the high-stage of the fourth grade was no simple feat for the Heavenly Ghost, as it required the entity to grasp the rules governing the spiritual domain.

Based on Li Shiming’s assessment of the Heavenly Ghost’s nature, its rapid growth meant it would likely take hundreds of years to naturally comprehend such spiritual rules.

Because its growth had been largely forced through Li Shiming’s infusions, it lacked the time required to build a deep, natural foundation.

Li Shiming, however, felt no rush. As his 'Heavenly Human Technique' advanced, he would inevitably gain his own insights into spiritual rules. By sharing these realizations through their soul connection, he could potentially trigger the Heavenly Ghost's breakthrough.

Naturally, he expected to become a Great Cultivator before the Heavenly Ghost did, given that the 'Heavenly Human Technique' was so potent that the bottleneck to the Great Cultivator realm was significantly lessened.

With the Heavenly Ghost's recovery, Great Cultivator Luo Pei was brought back to a state of utility.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei consumed a Great Cultivator Spirit Pill and began his cultivation. Despite his mediocre talent, he was still capable of training and increasing his power.

He could not be allowed to remain at the bottom tier of Great Cultivator combat strength, as that provided Li Shiming with very little utility.

Once his strength reached an average level for his rank, the power of the Spiritual Treasure Black Water Sword would allow him to dominate a significant number of other Great Cultivators.

In the past, Li Shiming would have restricted Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s cultivation to ensure his own safety.

Had Luo Pei grown too strong, the Heavenly Ghost might have struggled to maintain control, risking a potential backlash.

But the situation had changed; the Heavenly Ghost had consumed the Nascent Soul of Great Cultivator Duan Zhang, which bolstered its strength immensely.

As for Li Shiming, he was now practically a Great Cultivator himself. Whether in terms of his Spiritual Power Pattern, Body Refinement, or Spirit, he possessed the might of a Great Cultivator in every category.

The only thing separating him from a true Great Cultivator was that his power stemmed from the unique 'Heavenly Human Technique' rather than his own personal mastery of Rule Power.

The Great Cultivator Spirit Pill given to Luo Pei was of a quality that neither Li Shiming nor Li Yuanba cared for, having been looted from fallen Great Cultivators.

Keeping such low-quality pills was a waste for Li Shiming, as they were only good for trading.

Using them to bolster Luo Pei’s strength was a perfect way to recycle these resources.

The reason Luo Pei wasn't given higher-quality pills was simply the scarcity of Great Cultivator resources; Li Shiming had to prioritize his clone, Li Yuanba.

Li Shiming was a massive consumer of resources himself, with five Nascent Souls requiring Spirit Pills—essentially the workload of five separate cultivators.

Had he not severed ties with the Central State Commerce, he might have had more chances to take on alchemy contracts. Now, with only Li Yuanba accepting commissions at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, his stockpile of Great Cultivator Spirit Pills was growing too slowly.

He estimated that he could barely sustain himself and Li Yuanba; there simply wasn't enough to supply other Great Cultivators.

Of course, this was temporary. Once he officially became a Great Cultivator and shed his current restrictions, his legendary alchemy skills would draw countless Great Cultivators to him, allowing for rapid accumulation.

Another option was for Li Yuanba to take on more commissions. However, while Li Yuanba was a skilled alchemist, he lacked the 'Hundred One-point Pill Technique' and couldn't produce the double yields that Li Shiming could.

Both Li Shiming and Great Cultivator Luo Pei entered a state of cultivation. Fortunately, Li Shiming was within the Treasure Lotus Hall. His total command over the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven allowed him to funnel massive amounts of Spiritual Energy directly to the hall to satisfy his requirements.

With his current level of control over the Cave Heaven, adding Luo Pei to the mix was no burden at all.

He estimated that the available Spiritual Energy could easily support seven or eight Great Cultivators cultivating at once.

If a mighty expert were to sit upon the throne of the 'Heavenly Human Dao' hall and actively draw Spiritual Energy from the void, the density of energy within the Cave Heaven would skyrocket.

Such a Grotto Heaven was capable of sustaining an entire major Sect, or providing for all the core elders and Great Cultivators of a super-sect simultaneously.