Chapter 816 - 454: Healing (Part 2)
Li Shiming was quite satisfied with the effect of the fourth-grade healing spirit pill. The elixir recipe given by Ancestor Lou indeed had a strong effect on healing for a Nascent Soul Ancestor.
The key reason behind this is his alchemy skills.
A fourth-grade advanced healing spirit pill, which maximizes the elixir recipe’s effectiveness, has never appeared on the Beishu Continent.
Even as Venerable Huijing resided in Qianye Temple, the temple’s healing spirit pills—just under the effect of two fourth-grade healing spirit pills—could not allow Venerable Huijing to recover to eighty percent in such a short time.
Normally, even with a fourth-grade healing spirit pill, Venerable Huijing would need decades or even hundreds of years of arduous cultivation to restore his strength.
Otherwise, why would Nascent Soul Ancestors be so fearful of battle? It’s because injuries are extremely troublesome.
Looking at Venerable Huijing, Li Shiming felt much relieved; possessing the combat power of a Nascent Soul Ancestor, he had at least obtained some measure of self-protection.
In recent years, every time he interacted with Nascent Soul Ancestors, even though they were exceedingly courteous to him, the vast difference in strength made him feel insecure.
However, thinking of Elder Jin Kai’s Nascent Soul middle stage realm, especially knowing that Nascent Soul early stage practitioners called Elder Jin Kai "senior," made Li Shiming feel his strength was still insufficient.
Venerable Huijing was only at the Nascent Soul early stage; due to the influence of a Heart Demon, aside from his life-bound treasure, the fourth-grade Treasure Appearance Ruyi Buddha Beads, all other artifacts were left in Qianye Temple.
Furthermore, he had lost his memory, making many of the secret techniques he once learned unusable, rendering his actual combat power likely the lowest among Nascent Soul Ancestors.
The thing that frustrated Li Shiming the most was his limited understanding of Nascent Soul emergence; Venerable Huijing had lost his memory, requiring him to control Venerable Huijing in battle.