Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1567 - 830: Dragon Phoenix
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Li Shiming made his return to the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, locating Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon within the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven.
Their auras had become far more solid, a clear sign that the foundations of Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon were now much firmer.
Spotting Li Shiming, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon eagerly dashed through the air toward him, shifting into compact sizes before softly nestling against his frame.
For all those years in the Cultivation World, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon had stayed constantly by Li Shiming's side. After this extended time apart, their yearning for him burned fiercely.
"Looks like you're prepared. I'll remain right here alongside you from now on!" Li Shiming declared with a grin, tenderly caressing Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon.
From his storage, he pulled out the late-stage fourth-grade resources of the Phoenix Clan and Dragon Clan that he'd gathered well in advance, passing them along for Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon to absorb.
Devouring these materials would stretch over a few months, pushing the energy inside Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon to its absolute maximum.
Thrilled beyond measure, Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon relished feasting daily on the elite resources of the Dragon Phoenix Clan available in the Cultivation World.
This luxury came solely because Li Shiming ranked as a Great Cultivator, skilled enough to craft advanced Spirit Pills for peers at that level, and because an entire long-distance trading fleet's haul had been bartered for these precious Dragon Phoenix Clan supplies.
The Central State Commerce had poured immense resources into leveraging vast networks just to fulfill Li Shiming's demands for late-stage fourth-grade Dragon Phoenix Clan materials.
Inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven, Li Shiming unleashed eleven 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects.'
His needs for resources remained modest; in exchange for his alchemy services, he'd requested fourth-grade Insect Clan materials.
Progress in raising the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects' left him with scant guidance, a real setback since the 'Tuo Luo Insect Manual' sourced from the Gu Feng Sect offered only shallow details.
The Gu Feng Sect stood as a freshly risen powerhouse, one that crumbled once more after Li Shiming eliminated their Great Cultivator.
Such a faction's documentation on breeding spiritual insects hardly impressed with its depth.
Though Li Shiming possessed a wealth of knowledge, writings centered on spiritual insects proved extremely sparse.
Be it the Central State Continent or Dongqi Continent, groups delving into Gu insects were few and far between, placing the Gu Feng Sect among the top few in that niche.
As a result, Li Shiming lacked solid methods to cultivate the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects' beyond supplying them with decent provisions.
His prowess in generating resources alone enabled him to pursue diverse paths all at once.
Most Great Cultivators couldn't juggle several fronts, already strained by securing supplies just for their personal Cultivation.
Precisely due to this strength, he aimed to elevate every aspect of his fighting force to align with his own mighty power.
He sensed deep down that the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects' hid greater potential; a single fourth-grade specimen could overwhelm a Great Cultivator up close, unleashing a terrifying prowess that defied belief.
Unsuspecting of the 'Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects,' a typical Great Cultivator would find their inner Spiritual Power Pattern thrown into chaos the instant one latched onto them.
Days flowed steadily onward, and in that span, he steadily produced ten batches of Spirit Pills for Master Liu Ziyun across two full months.
Word from Master Liu Ziyun revealed that at the Central State Commerce, Great Cultivators lined up eagerly for pill refinement, with a backlog reaching at least a hundred furnace orders.
Who claimed resources for Great Cultivators in the Cultivation World were in short supply? Simply put, with so many sharing the pie, the portions fell woefully short of what's needed.
Within the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, representatives from various super forces, along with allied major sects, voiced keen interest in paying a visit.
A number of Great Cultivators had already embarked toward Dongqi Continent, led by the Luanyang Palace, which dispatched its first Great Cultivator ahead of the rest.
The Ten Thousand Beast Sect grasped well that this influx of Great Cultivators targeted not the sect's other powerhouses, but Li Shiming himself.
This development proved beneficial, bolstering the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's supremacy across Dongqi Continent while forging stronger bonds with the Cultivation World's super forces for smoother dealings ahead.
Having seized control over the bulk of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect's assets, attention now turned to sustaining long-distance trade routes.
Dongqi Continent's distinctive yields couldn't be halted, given the flood of orders from super forces, and moreover, these specialties could fetch back the very items the Ten Thousand Beast Sect required most.
To reap the fullest gains from inter-continental exchanges, deploying their own long-range Flying Boats for transport and deals became essential—a vital move echoed by all dominant powers.
Li Shiming paid no heed to such affairs; daily, he positioned himself near Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, monitoring their progress closely.
At last, two months in, a Divine Sense scan revealed the Illusion Spirit Dragon's energy brimming at full capacity, while Little Feng hovered just shy of that mark.
He fetched an additional batch of late-stage fourth-grade Phoenix Clan resources and offered them to Little Feng, propelling it to match the Illusion Spirit Dragon's saturated state through this boost.
Though holding back for Little Feng pushed the Illusion Spirit Dragon's timeline by a single day, the impact on their ultimate breakthrough remained negligible.
In truth, the vast outlay of resources poured into hastening Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon's advancement could have instead forged multiple Great Cultivators within a prominent sect.
"Time to move!" Li Shiming gathered Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon before soaring out from the Ten Thousand Beasts Cave Heaven.
Two hundred li away from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming had erected a Formation, amassing tremendous Spiritual Energy inside its bounds.