Cultivation is just so scientific! - Chapter 955 - - 524: welcome
Chapter 955: Chapter 524: Welcome
Li Shiming was flying through the air, heading for the first time to the cave residence of his master, Grandmaster Hu.
Grandmaster Hu had prepared an entrance ceremony for him and invited several old friends to witness it, so he needed to arrive ahead of time.
He flew toward the center of the sect, where there were no mountains floating in the air.
He was somewhat curious about what Grandmaster Hu’s cave residence looked like.
The sect’s central area was protected by a formation, preventing him from seeing inside.
When Li Shiming reached the outside of the formation, a passage appeared before him. Upon entering the passage, he discovered a valley with a spatial gate thirty meters high.
He now realized that Grandmaster Hu’s cave residence was not outside but within the Grotto Heaven.
He had some understanding of Grotto Heavens, and one with a fixed spatial gate was extremely rare.
It’s important to know that maintaining a spatial gate requires a certain amount of energy, and most Grotto Heavens only activate the spatial gate as needed to conserve energy.
“Senior Brother Li, I am Lu Heng, the registered disciple of our master, here to guide you!” said a short-bearded cultivator standing by the spatial gate with a smile to Li Shiming.
A registered disciple is a rank lower than a full disciple, so even though Li Shiming had just become Grandmaster Hu’s full disciple, Lu Heng, as a registered disciple, still had to address Li Shiming as senior brother, as per the rules.
Lu Heng’s cultivation level was in the early Nascent Soul Stage, yet his attitude was very respectful.
“Thank you, Junior Brother Lu!” Li Shiming nodded with a smile of gratitude.
Lu Heng led Li Shiming through the spatial gate and into the Grotto Heaven.
“This is the Four Symbols Cave Heaven, and one can apply to enter at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage!” Lu Heng introduced to Li Shiming.
The space within the Four Symbols Cave Heaven wasn’t particularly large compared to other Grotto Heavens Li Shiming had seen.
In comparison to his own Grotto Heaven, besides the Human Dao and Heavenly Human Dao spaces, the other four independent spaces were much larger than this Four Symbols Cave Heaven.
The interior of the Four Symbols Cave Heaven could be taken in at a glance, at least for Li Shiming, who had practiced ‘Divine Sight’.
Upon his observation, the Four Symbols Cave Heaven was a space with a diameter of two hundred miles, making it quite small for a Grotto Heaven.
In the sky of this space, thirty-five mountain peaks floated, with the five centrally located peaks being the most prominent, and the remaining thirty peaks surrounding these five.
What surprised him most was the rules of this Grotto Heaven.
Perhaps due to the small size of the Grotto Heaven space, its rules didn’t differ much from the external world, making it the closest to the real world out of any Grotto Heaven he had seen.
Moreover, the concentration of spiritual energy within the Grotto Heaven was even denser than within the sect grounds of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, with the spiritual energy in the void being more suitable for cultivators to absorb.
No wonder middle late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators were willing to set up their cave residences within the Four Symbols Cave Heaven; the environment here was much superior to that outside.
The difference in cultivation environments might not show over one or two days, but over a hundred or more years, its impact would be substantial.
“Every time I come here, I wish to move my cave residence inside!” Lu Heng noticed Li Shiming’s astonishment and said with a smile.
In truth, Lu Heng was very envious of Li Shiming, who managed to become the formal disciple of Grandmaster Hu.
He was only a registered disciple and didn’t know how long he would be under observation before he could become a formal disciple, and it wouldn’t be surprising if he remained a registered disciple for his entire life.
But he wasn’t jealous of Li Shiming. In the few short years after joining the sect, Li Shiming had become quite renowned.
His skills in alchemy made Lu Heng only want to form a good relationship with Li Shiming, as he might need Li Shiming’s help in the future.
“That mountain peak is our master’s cave residence; our master has long been waiting, let’s get going quickly!” He pointed to one of the central five floating peaks.
Li Shiming nodded and followed Lu Heng flying towards the mountain peak.
The closer he got to the range of the five peaks, the more he felt the spiritual energy becoming increasingly dense.
Especially after entering the mountain, the concentration of spiritual energy reached an astonishing level.
However, he was not too envious, as the spiritual energy density here was not much different from that in his own Heavenly Human Dao Palace within his Grotto Heaven.
Besides, the Heavenly Human Dao Palace was for his sole use, unlike this Grotto Heaven, which was shared by many Nascent Soul cultivators.
Grandmaster Hu’s cave residence was not the traditional type carved into a mountain wall but was a Qing Jade construction situated on the mountain top.
He knew that the building made of fourth-grade Qing Jade wasn’t actually constructed with that much Qing Jade, but was a result of an artifact refining technique.
He hadn’t yet been exposed to such an artifact refining technique. There were no records of it in the Nascent Soul Stage Book Collection Pavilion, likely because it was the sect’s secret artifact refining technique.
However, becoming an apprentice under Grandmaster Hu meant obtaining this secret artifact refining technique was only a matter of time.
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“Shizhen, come in!” As soon as he entered the mountain’s range, Grandmaster Hu’s voice came from the Qing Jade building, and simultaneously, the building’s door opened.
As Li Shiming walked toward the door, he noticed Lu Heng standing with hands bound, looking at him with eyes full of envy.
As a registered disciple, one could not enter the master’s cave residence without a summons; only formal disciples had the right to enter their master’s cave residence.
Inside the door was a hall, already arranged, with three low tables on the main seat and more than ten low tables beneath.
Grandmaster Hu was directing a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner to do something, and upon seeing Li Shiming enter, he smiled and motioned with his hand.
