"Using the system's power to cheat had let me take countless shortcuts."
The same was true for pill refining, artifact forging, runes, formations, and all sorts of cultivation arts. Li Yu had taken shortcuts in all of them and had hardly made anything with his own hands.
Having reached the pinnacle of cultivation, every further step had become immensely difficult. Even the slightest flaw in himself could affect his final achievement.
"So that was it!"
He had slacked off before, but now he had to make up for it.
At this moment, Li Yu no longer treated alchemy as something to merely draw upon. Instead, he regarded it as a chance to mend the foundations of his own cultivation, and he became even more serious.
"Companion growth? The branches and leaves on the right side of this Xu Liu Wood are more luxuriant because Crushed Spirit Grass is growing alongside it on the ground to the right."
"Duyuan Jade Lotus is born in Poison Marsh Land. This is truly unstained despite emerging from the mud."
He identified herbs as he traveled and gathered them as he went. Day by day, Li Yu ventured farther and farther, picking more medicinal herbs and identifying even more plants.
In the end, Li Yu completely forgot that this was a test. He forgot about gathering herbs and immersed himself wholeheartedly in verifying and comprehending the knowledge of grass and trees.
Although Li Yu had sealed his cultivation, his understanding of cultivation realms remained that of Great Heavenly Venerate Emperor Yu, who had attained chaos.
As he identified medicinal herbs and verified the Way of Grass and Trees, Li Yu's insights deepened further, no longer limited to mere knowledge of plants.
Why did the medicinal properties of the same herb vary in strength? Was it