Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1509 - 801: Classics
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Li Shiming remained within the Book Collection Pavilion, scanning the Jade Scrolls at a remarkable velocity, switching to a fresh one every half hour.
Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng knitted his brows in observation from nearby, convinced that Li Shiming failed to regard the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's heritage with proper reverence.
Within the realm of cultivators, individuals blessed with exceptional recall are far from rare, particularly those who focus on spiritual technique cultivation, whose memories can achieve near-perfect retention.
Nevertheless, the material within these one hundred Inheritance Jade Scrolls proves immensely broad, and even possessing photographic memory allows retention of just one or two Scrolls at best. Absorbing every detail from all one hundred Jade Scrolls in mere months remains utterly unattainable.
"Li Shizhen, have you committed to memory the Jade Scrolls you've examined?" Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng inquired, lifting a Jade Scroll that Li Shiming had perused and discarded aside.
"Yes, I've memorized it!" Li Shiming answered, his attention still fixed on the Jade Scroll he held.
Li Shiming managed to reply even as he continued perusing the Jade Scrolls, heightening Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng's doubts and leading him to suspect mere superficial effort.
"Recite the content from the thirty-first segment of this Jade Scroll," Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng demanded with gravity.
While keeping his divine sense attuned to the Jade Scroll, Li Shiming flawlessly responded to Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng's query, delivering lengthy excerpts without pause.
Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng verified the recitation as he listened, detecting no inaccuracies in what Li Shiming uttered.
Refusing to yield, he pulled forth more sections for Li Shiming to repeat, but regardless of his selections, Li Shiming reproduced them flawlessly, error-free.
Ultimately, he shook his head in reluctant admiration, grasping the essence of genuine prodigy as he gazed upon Li Shiming.
As a Great Cultivator himself, with merely two decades of lifespan remaining, he reflected on Li Shiming—another Great Cultivator, yet scarcely past a century in age—pondering the divergent path his own existence might have followed had he ascended to such realms in youth.
He stopped interrupting Li Shiming's study of the Jade Scrolls, instead helping to organize and shelve each one upon completion.
In truth, Li Shiming employed his life-bound magical treasure, IBMz15, to capture the Jade Scrolls' contents. He deliberately extended each reading to thirty minutes, stretching out the process on purpose.
Had he disregarded Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng's impressions entirely, he could have absorbed a full Jade Scroll's details in an instant.
True memorization proved unnecessary for him; a mere sweep of divine sense over the Scrolls' material sufficed, rendering the task extraordinarily swift.
Among the hundred Jade Scrolls lay a wealth of insights on rearing spirit beasts, bequeathed by past Great Cultivators, boasting value rivaling the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's premier spirit beast cultivation manuals.
Particularly vital were the accounts of spirit beasts progressing to Late Stage Fourth Grade, holding supreme significance for his pursuits.
Even for spirit beasts such as Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, endowed with supremely refined bloodlines, the breakthrough to Late Stage Fourth Grade carried grave perils, demanding meticulous safeguards against potential hazards.
"Apologies for the wait; allow me to prepare a pot of spiritual tea for you!" After an indeterminate period, as Li Shiming set aside the final Jade Scroll and observed Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng still positioned nearby, he stated.
"I've long heard tales of your spiritual tea; today fortune smiles upon me!" Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng responded with a grin, declining no such courtesy.
During Li Shiming's time at the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng had been in secluded cultivation and absent. Only post-departure did he sample the spiritual tea Li Shiming had bequeathed.
Per accounts from fellow Great Cultivators of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming's Fourth Grade Spirit Tea ranked supreme, but the brew from his own hands elevated it to an unrivaled pinnacle, the zenith of spiritual teas across the cultivation realm.
With a smile, Li Shiming produced the 'Green Mist Treasure Cauldron' and ignited Spiritual Fire to infuse a pot of spiritual tea inside.
Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng fixed his gaze upon the 'Green Mist Treasure Cauldron,' discerning from its aura a Top-grade Fourth-grade Pill Furnace.
Such a Top-grade Fourth-grade Pill Furnace lay beyond imagination, as Pill Furnaces and magical treasures diverged as wholly distinct entities.
Forging Pill Furnaces demanded far greater difficulty, necessitating vast amounts of rare Fourth Grade Top Materials, with requirements several-fold exceeding those for magical treasures.
For a Great Cultivator to wield a Top-level Fourth Grade Magical Treasure already marked remarkable achievement.
Yet the sight before him stunned; Li Shiming wielded a Top-grade Fourth Grade Pill Furnace merely to steep tea, a spectacle that would surely enrage any Alchemy Master beholding it.
Li Shiming served a cup of spiritual tea, sliding it toward Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng, whose exquisite flavor snapped him from his daze.
"Superb tea; to savor such a brew, my life holds no further regrets!" Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng sampled the spiritual tea, shut his eyes to relish it, and after extended moments, he declared.
Through his long existence, he had endured countless trials, rendering profound sensations elusive, yet this single cup of spiritual tea ignited a fresh vitality within, as if renewed in spirit.
This renewal transcended the physical, touching instead upon the soul and essence.
For a waning Great Cultivator, such spiritual tea wrought impacts far deeper than for one in prime vigor.
"I've freshly prepared additional spiritual tea; if it pleases you, accept these as a gift." Li Shiming perceived the shift in Great Cultivator Zhang Dansheng, paused briefly in thought, then retrieved a jade box and set it before him.
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