Cultivation is just so scientific!

Li Shiming became famous in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, and even on the Dongqi Continent. The most apparent thing he brought was the increase in price of promotion resources for the Nascent Soul Stage.

Many Golden Core cultivators who had reached the Great Elder Realm found that when they were preparing to purchase resources for the Nascent Soul Stage, they suddenly became scarce on the market, and the prices doubled.

While they were helpless, they also discovered the reason. It turned out that an Alchemy Master in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect had reached the Great Elder Realm and was preparing to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage.

For some reason, this Alchemy Master had little confidence in his advancement and set his alchemy compensation as Nascent Soul resources.

Even more frightening, this Alchemy Master's alchemy ability was extremely high, which made many Nascent Soul cultivators willing to seek his alchemy services. This caused the available Nascent Soul resources to be continuously acquired and flow into the hands of the Alchemy Master.

Li Shiming sat in the cave dwelling, having been in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect for three years. In front of him were thirty-five batches of Nascent Soul promotion resources.

This included his gains from the Beishu Continent and the Dongqi Continent, but of course, the vast majority were obtained from alchemy rewards in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Now the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the sect could no longer find Nascent Soul resources for him. Nascent Soul resources were considered strategic resources, and those circulating on the market were usually found by chance in the wild.

The truly stable Nascent Soul resources were actually controlled by various forces and were produced at some fourth-grade resource points.

But this portion of Nascent Soul resources could not be traded; they were resources prepared for outstanding Golden Core cultivators by the sect.

In order to obtain as many Nascent Soul resources as possible, Li Shiming no longer concealed his actions, refining fourth-grade Spirit Pills at an average speed of one furnace every seven days.

Anyway, as long as Nascent Soul cultivators had seen him, they could tell that he was not only a Golden Core Great Elder but also a Body Refining Grand Elder. His mental cultivation was also at a Great Elder level, making his recovery capability after alchemy relatively stronger, which was normal.

Nearly three years of nearly insane alchemy resulted in such a large amount of Nascent Soul resources in front of him. Even alchemy had impacted his time in the Book Collection Pavilion to absorb knowledge.

Although alchemy took place in the machine room space, which almost had no effect on him, he couldn't appear in the Book Collection Pavilion reading while also doing alchemy. That would be quite unreasonable.

He shook his head, thinking that he might need to change the terms of alchemy compensation in the future.

With thirty-five batches of Nascent Soul resources as assurance, even if he did not participate in the Green Field Cave Heaven, he had some confidence in advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

However, advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage wasn't just about having a pile of Nascent Soul resources; it also required a promotion opportunity.

This promotion opportunity was unclear to everyone, and needed to be comprehended on one's own.

He had already thought it through: if he had a promotion opportunity before the Green Field Cave Heaven opened, he would attempt advancement directly.

The Cloud Stepping Order would not be wasted; his avatar, Li Yuanba, could still be useful. At that time, Li Yuanba could enter Green Field Cave Heaven to seek resources.

As Li Shiming was pondering, he suddenly stood up, looked in the direction of the Spiritual Pet Room, and then stepped forward. Under the activation of 'Telekinesis', he appeared in the Spiritual Pet Room.

It had been over three years, and the Illusion Spirit Jiao had been in a dormant state, integrating the Dragon Vein Source Crystal. Today, there was finally some movement.

At this moment, the Illusion Spirit Jiao was not in an invisible state; since surrounding the Dragon Vein Source Crystal and entering a dormant state, it had shown its form.

When Li Shiming arrived at the Spiritual Pet Room, he found that the Dragon Vein Source Crystal, surrounded by the Illusion Spirit Jiao, was gone, and the Illusion Spirit Jiao was rolling on the ground, seemingly in extreme agony.

He simultaneously activated the contract and 'Telepathy', using both methods to establish a spiritual connection with the Illusion Spirit Jiao, sharing the Illusion Spirit Jiao's pain.

He felt the pain feedback from the Illusion Spirit Jiao, a kind of pain akin to having one's skin peeled off and sinews extracted.

This pain, as he perceived it, was distributed across one hundred and ninety-one brains, making it more bearable.

As the master of the Illusion Spirit Jiao, sharing the Illusion Spirit Jiao's pain through spiritual connection could alleviate the Illusion Spirit Jiao's pain sensation.

The Illusion Spirit Jiao had been with him since it hatched, and he had watched it grow up, making it highly dependent on him.

The Illusion Spirit Jiao was barely able to endure the pain, instinctively rolling continuously, an action that allowed it to vent its body's pain sensation.

Li Shiming did not stop it; he somewhat regretted not exchanging a Dragon-Type Spirit Pet Secret Technique from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, as that could have helped the Illusion Spirit Jiao more significantly.

Now, he could only share part of the Illusion Spirit Jiao's pain, unable to intervene in the remainder.

While rolling, the Illusion Spirit Jiao's scales kept peeling off, its skin rubbing against the ground amidst the rolling, seemingly shedding from its body.

In Li Shiming's perception, every time a scale peeled off, the dragon bloodline in the Illusion Spirit Jiao strengthened by a degree, as it was in a transformative state.

Without related knowledge, he dared not easily interfere in this transformative state.

As the Illusion Spirit Jiao twisted, the skin on its head loosened, allowing its head to emerge from the skin.

A look of joy appeared on Li Shiming's face. The head of the Illusion Spirit Jiao emerging from the old skin revealed new skin with fine scales, appearing more advanced than the old skin.

The most joyful discovery was the appearance of two budding horns on top of the Illusion Spirit Jiao's head, indicating the growth of dual horns.

With dual horns, it could be called a dragon and no longer part of the Jiao species.