Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1487 - 790: Lou Wu
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Li Yuanba's daily routine remained largely the same. He typically entered seclusion for cultivation lasting a full month, emerged from his cave abode to meet those seeking pills, and then carried the materials they provided to his main body, Li Shiming.
From there, he returned with the spirit pills that Li Shiming had refined during that month. For pills meant for great cultivators, the entire cycle might stretch to two months or beyond.
His odd habits drew little suspicion, given his status as both a master alchemist and a prodigy in cultivation—such quirks were simply accepted as part of his brilliance.
The higher-ups in the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion were aware that Li Yuanba remained in seclusion, so no missions were handed to him.
His prior involvement in the Hell Cave Heaven expedition, combined with his alchemy services for the pavilion, already matched the efforts of the most dedicated sword cultivators.
Following the Hell Cave Heaven mission, Li Yuanba's fame exploded, establishing him as the premier genius across the Central State Continent and throughout the entire Cultivation World.
Those cultivators and factions nursing grudges against him found no opening to strike, thanks to his extended period of isolation.
No outside power could infiltrate the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's mountain gates; at best, they might purchase scraps of information.
Ten years into his seclusion, a major occurrence finally drew Li Yuanba out of hiding.
Hovering above a barren little island beyond Sword Peak, Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou observed Lou Wu on the ground below, watching in silence.
This marked the occasion for Lou Wu's breakthrough attempt into the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. Since Lou Wu served as Li Yuanba's disciple, attending this pivotal moment was essential.
Multiple vein-sealing arrays had been set up on the island, harnessing three spirit veins from great cultivators. Two came from loans by fellow great cultivators, while the third was supplied by Li Yuanba himself.
Lou Wu had selected this spot for his advancement, a choice that deviated from the norm where one would pick the optimal location to ease the process.
A hidden connection appeared to link this island to Lou Wu's past. Great Cultivator Lou kept silent on the matter, and Li Yuanba refrained from prying.
Regardless, having Li Yuanba and Great Cultivator Lou as guardians meant that even formidable foes couldn't threaten Lou Wu's breakthrough safety.
"Yuanba, your cultivation advancement is truly remarkable. It looks like within a mere century, you'll hit the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak and push toward the Great Cultivator Realm!" Great Cultivator Lou remarked with deep feeling, detecting the aura emanating from Li Yuanba.
The rapid pace of Li Yuanba's progress left him astonished.
That said, given Li Yuanba's prowess in alchemy, such swift growth made perfect sense.
Rarely did any cultivator enjoy access to near-endless supplies of fourth-grade advanced spirit pills for aiding cultivation like Li Yuanba did.
Not even the Nascent Soul Middle Stage core sword cultivators within the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion utilized fourth-grade advanced cultivation assistance spirit pills to that degree.
While core sword cultivators enjoyed superior resources over regular ones, the gap wasn't vast—they gained enhanced mentoring, deeper insights, tougher missions, and smoother paths to resources.
More knowledge and supplies flowed to core sword cultivators, but at a steep cost in return.
Li Yuanba, by contrast, met his cultivation demands effortlessly from the share he retained from his alchemy work.
Truth be told, Li Yuanba's resources exceeded even what Great Cultivator Lou suspected, since he delegated all alchemy to his original body, Li Shiming, who employed the 'Hundred One-point Pill Technique' for twice the pill yield.
Should any cultivator glimpse the spirit pills Li Yuanba used for his own practice, the disparity with those he made for other sword cultivators would stand out clearly.
All the pills he took were fourth-grade high-level ones, boasting quality at the pinnacle of what fourth-grade high-level could theoretically achieve. This stemmed from a unique skill of his original body, Li Shiming, who could only produce such excellence in the hidden chamber.
"Still need a hundred years!" Li Yuanba replied with a wry, helpless grin.
To Great Cultivator Lou, attaining Nascent Soul Middle Stage Peak in just a hundred years felt astonishingly quick.
But to Li Yuanba, that duration dragged on far too much.
To gauge if cultivation speed qualifies as swift or sluggish, direct comparisons prove essential.
Inside Li Yuanba's cave dwelling in the Sword Cave Heaven, his pavilion contributions had elevated the Spiritual Energy density to great cultivator standards—the peak level short of the Sword Elder's own.
Yet, this setup paled against the cultivation haven prepared for his original body, Li Shiming.
Li Shiming's setup relied on stacked layers of precious artifacts.
The 'Heavenly Person Hall' in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven stood as the richest in Spiritual Energy within its bounds, crafted specifically for the mighty.
On top of that, various Spiritual Veins gathered from countless ventures were embedded in the 'Heavenly Person Hall,' boosting the ambient Spiritual Energy even more.
Nestled inside the 'Heavenly Person Hall' lay the Treasure Lotus Hall, which refined the Spiritual Energy to greater purity, further supported by the 'Infinite Jade Mat' and similar treasures, providing Li Shiming with an elite cultivation realm.
Beyond these environmental boosts, the paramount factor was the 'Heavenly Human Technique' itself.
Cultivating the 'Heavenly Human Technique' equated to harnessing the technique through the five rules of the Five Elements, yielding extraordinarily high efficiency.
From Li Yuanba's perspective so far, no other method surpassed the 'Heavenly Human Technique' in efficiency—not even the 'Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique' came close.