Luo Tian City, Li Family.
In the courtyard, Li Mu finished feeding Little Gold, Little Tile, and Crimson Wolf, leaving them to guard the house.
Then, Li Mu returned to his secret chamber for Cultivation seclusion, opened the rank 7 Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure - Painting World Treasure Mansion, and plunged in, preparing to inspect the growth status of the Spiritual Plants he had planted.
At the same time, Li Mu was ready to sow all the high-grade spirit seeds he had purchased from Tianji Pavilion.
The higher the rank of the Spiritual Plant, the longer its growth cycle; Fourth Order Spiritual Plants often take decades, hundreds, or even thousands of years.
Fortunately, the inner space of the rank 7 Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure - Painting World Treasure Mansion, by devouring Spiritual Veins, has Spiritual Qi far denser than the outside world, which can greatly shorten the growth cycle of Spiritual Plants. Furthermore, by arranging Formations that suit the Spiritual Plants' growth environment, the maturation time can be further reduced.
At the same time, the rank 7 Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure - Painting World Treasure Mansion, with its Five Elements gathered, forms a world of its own, possessing all kinds of special environments. For Li Mu, who has the Plant Spirit Absorption Heavenly Talent, it is a perfect Divine Artifact.
Upon entering the Painting World Treasure Mansion, Li Mu flew through the air, reaching above a Spiritual Mountain where fiery magma surged, filled with high-temperature fire-attribute Spiritual Power.
The environment around the spiritual volcano crater was extremely harsh, with dense fire attributes floating in the air. Within several miles, no grass grew, and it was filled with a large amount of fire-attribute Spiritual Power. Other attributes of Spiritual Plants struggled to survive, but it was extremely suitable for the growth environment needs of fire-attribute Spiritual Plants.
Li Mu stopped mid-air. As far as his eyes could see, he could vaguely discern some rank 3 and 4 fire-element Spirit Beasts entrenched there, guarding some fire-element Spirit Medicines.
Soon after Li Mu entered the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure, the Azure-Eyed White Ape, responsible for guarding the Painting World Treasure Mansion, shrunk its body and hurried over.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape flew respectfully behind Li Mu, bowing slightly, appearing loyal and ready to serve him diligently.
"Master, are you going to open up a Spiritual Vein here and plant Spirit Medicine in this place?" The Azure-Eyed White Ape looked at Li Mu ingratiatingly, asking inquisitively.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape roughly understood the new Master Li Mu's preferences. He liked to open up large Spirit Fields within the Immortal Cave's spiritual land, plant various Spiritual Plants, and then, after the Spiritual Plants matured, 'play' by harvesting them. It was a very peculiar and special hobby!
The Azure-Eyed White Ape pondered Li Mu's thoughts, always ready to provide suitable locations for planting Spiritual Plants.
"Hmm! Help me find a place suitable for planting Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass." Li Mu nodded, smilingly indicating.
"Yes, yes, yes, in a secret passage within this volcanic Spiritual Vein, there's a flat spiritual land. A Fourth Order Fire Spirit Lizard is entrenched there. If you hunt it, its essence blood, rich in fire spirit, can nourish that spiritual land. It would then be perfectly suited for planting Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass!" The Azure-Eyed White Ape nodded repeatedly, gesturing with his arms in a human-like manner, providing Li Mu with detailed information.
"Oh! Take me to see!" Li Mu nodded, commanding.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape readily accepted the order and flew ahead to lead the way.
Soon, the Azure-Eyed White Ape led Li Mu to drill into the spiritual volcano crater's secret passage, arriving at a large underground rock cave filled with spiritual fire.
The large rock cave, spanning hundreds of acres, had flat terrain. In the central position, a fire spirit lizard, over ten feet long, was resting. It sensed the Aura of Li Mu and the Azure-Eyed White Ape, suddenly widening its vertical pupils. Its entire body was covered in crimson scales, and its ears were spread open, exuding a powerful Aura to deter the intruders.
The Fourth Order Fire Spirit Lizard possessed a certain level of intelligence. It had already sensed the extraordinary strength of Li Mu and the Azure-Eyed White Ape, perceiving danger.
Li Mu surveyed the giant underground rock cave. It was located inside the fire spirit mountain and connected by a passage. He could also see the flowing magma pool not far away. The vast interior of the rock cave was filled with fire-attribute Spiritual Qi, far denser than other areas.
This place is good. With a Fire Origin Formation, it is extremely suitable for the growth environment of Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass.
"Well done, we'll plant Spiritual Plants here. You take care of that Fire Spirit Lizard!" Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, calmly instructing the Azure-Eyed White Ape.
"Yes!" The Azure-Eyed White Ape readily accepted the order. The next moment, it charged out, swinging its fist towards the Fire Spirit Lizard's head.
The Fire Spirit Lizard roared skyward, condensing a ball of high-temperature purple fire in its mouth and spitting it out towards the Azure-Eyed White Ape...
Soon, intense "bang, bang..." sounds continuously echoed within the underground rock cave.
Approximately dozens of breaths passed.
With a loud "boom," the Fire Spirit Lizard's massive body crashed heavily to the ground, its neck twisted, and its crimson, magma-like blood flowed onto the ground, dying silently.
The Azure-Eyed White Ape pounced on the Fire Spirit Lizard's massive corpse, using all its limbs to frantically pound it, as if intending to flatten the Fire Spirit Lizard's body, squeeze out its blood, and turn it into fertilizer for the Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass.
Watching this cruel scene, Li Mu's lips twitched slightly, finding it somewhat unbearable. He then waved his hand, and a large amount of Sword Qi surged out of thin air, instantly engulfing the Fire Spirit Lizard.
Seeing this, the Azure-Eyed White Ape hopped and jumped, fleeing from its original spot as if escaping.
Under the assault of countless sharp Sword Qi, the massive body of the Fire Spirit Lizard was decomposed into countless blood clots and minced meat in a mere moment.
Li Mu waved his hand again, continuously casting the earth-element Earth Dragon Technique.
Next, the ground of the rock cave churned violently, as if earth dragons were crisscrossing and tumbling within the cave. The Fire Spirit Lizard's blood foam and minced meat were quickly buried underground... one by one, Spirit Fields appeared in an orderly fashion.
Approximately a quarter of an hour later, seventy acres of Spirit Fields were opened up within the large rock cave.
Fire-attribute Spiritual Plants are different from other Spiritual Plants. After the seeds are planted, they do not require watering; they only need to be buried in the soil to absorb the surrounding fire-attribute Spiritual Qi and grow on their own. They only need a large amount of fire-attribute Spiritual Power and 'Dragon Blood' to accelerate the growth of Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass.
"Dragon Blood" is hard to come by, but after planting the Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass, Li Mu will do his best to collect it.
After the Spirit Fields were successfully opened, Li Mu continued to set up a Fire Origin Formation for this spiritual land, strengthening the fire-attribute Spiritual Power of the Spirit Fields, as well as illusion Formations to prevent other fire-attribute Spirit Beasts...
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After setting up the Formation and planting the Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass seeds, Li Mu began to move to the next location to plant another type of Spiritual Plant.
The rank 7 Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure - Painting World Treasure Mansion has 100,000 acres of spiritual land space, but places with special environments suitable for planting high-grade Spiritual Plants are relatively few.
Under the introduction of the Azure-Eyed White Ape, this 'local expert,' Li Mu flew to a spiritual land suitable for planting the Fourth Order Spiritual Plant - Dragonfly Jade Fruit.
Hmm!
Wait a minute!
What is that?
As Li Mu followed the Azure-Eyed White Ape flying through an ancient forest, his eyes narrowed, and his gaze was suddenly drawn to a 'plain-looking' ancient forest.
Tall, straight ancient trees with specks of 'silver dots' appeared before him, exuding an ancient and mysterious Aura.
Under the vision of Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits, all the attribute information of the silver-dotted ancient trees appeared in the virtual character panel.
Li Mu's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and his face immediately showed ecstasy.
【star wood】
【Rank: Rank 5 Spiritual Wood】
【Characteristics: Vigorous vitality, unyielding resilience, power of gathering stars, condensing stars and souls.】
【star wood, a Rank 5 Spiritual Wood, matures in a millennium, has a lifespan of up to ten thousand years, contains endless star power, and its wood Qi feeds back to the earth. star wood is one of the Artifact Refining Materials for Puppets.】
Li Mu swept his Divine Sense across, and this star wood forest, of Rank 5, actually contained over a thousand trees.
Li Mu's face lit up with joy, and he couldn't help but exclaim how truly wealthy Celestial Evolution Divine Lord was, secretly planting so many star wood trees.
So much star wood, enough for him to refine a thousand rank 5 Battle Puppets. If refined into high-grade self-detonating Puppets equipped with high-grade thunder talismans and fire talismans, the number of Puppets could increase tenfold.
"Hahaha! I'm rich! I've struck it rich!"
Surveying a small, special 'star wood forest' within the dense woods, Li Mu couldn't help but burst into joyous laughter.
So much star wood was enough for Li Mu to refine a high-grade Puppet army.
In the future, when facing numerous or high-grade Cultivators, releasing this high-grade Puppet army would definitely make them tremble with fear and flee in disarray.
Although Li Mu had already refined the Painting World Treasure Mansion, this Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure, the number of spiritual objects and Spiritual Plants stored within the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure was simply too vast. Li Mu hadn't been able to count them all one by one, and he had actually overlooked such an important 'fortune'!
Who would have thought!
Who would have thought that Celestial Evolution Divine Lord had planted a forest of rank 5 star wood here!
Li Mu joyfully continued flying towards the center of the forest, planning to return later to collect a thousand square meters of rank 5 star wood to refine a batch of high-rank Battle Puppets in his leisure time.
With an excited heart, Li Mu, accompanied by the bewildered Azure-Eyed White Ape, continued flying forward, arriving at a spiritual land filled with dense Five Elements Spiritual Power. He set up a Formation, cleared the land, and planted Fourth Order Spiritual Plant - Dragonfly Jade Fruit.
After more than an hour, in the center of the forest abundant with Five Elements Spiritual Power, he cleared a hundred acres of spiritual fields and planted a hundred acres of Fourth Order Spiritual Plant - Dragonfly Jade Fruit. Li Mu then proceeded to another special spiritual land to plant Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng.
Planting Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng is a bit troublesome!
This high-rank Spiritual Plant heavily absorbs Earth-attributed Five Elements Spiritual Power from the earth as it grows. A lack of Earth-attributed Five Elements Spiritual Power supply will cause the spiritual field to directly turn into a desert, damaging the spiritual land of the Painting World Treasure Mansion.
Li Mu flew to the boundary of the Painting World Treasure Mansion's spiritual land.
There is a five-colored barrier here, clearly separating the spiritual land of the Treasure Mansion. The internal space of the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure gathers the Five Elements and has distinct seasons, like a fairyland, while beyond the five-colored barrier is a black hole abyss that cannot be crossed.
However, the closer one gets to the spiritual land boundary of the Painting World Treasure Mansion, the denser the Five Elements Spiritual Power becomes, yet the Spiritual Plants growing in the nearby spiritual land are extremely scarce.
Planting Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng here to absorb nutrients, turning the spiritual land into a desert, will minimize the loss.
With a wave of his hand, Li Mu unleashed abundant Spiritual Power, continuously casting the Land Clearing Technique and Earth Dragon Technique to open up spiritual fields.
In a moment, a hundred acres of spiritual fields were cleared. Li Mu waved his hand, scattering a large amount of Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng spiritual seeds over the hundred acres of spiritual fields.
An incredible scene occurred as the Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng spiritual seeds fell to the ground. After landing, they seemed to come alive, burrowing fiercely into the soil.
Hmm?
The Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng can actually take root on its own here. What was all my previous hard work for?
Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Fourth Order Spiritual Plants are indeed full of spirituality and are incomparable to low-rank Spiritual Plants. However, planting Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng will be much more convenient in the future.
As the Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng took root, in just a few breaths, the surrounding land began to show signs of decay.
The surrounding third-rank Spiritual Plants had significantly reduced spirituality. Li Mu's eyes suddenly glowed, activating his Yin and Yang Eyes to observe the state of the Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng.
Soon, Li Mu discovered that the vitality of the surrounding earth was moving towards the Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng.
No!
Rather than moving towards it, it was being absorbed.
If the Earth-attributed Five Elements Spiritual Power support is not increased, it won't be long before these hundred acres of spiritual fields gradually turn into a Gobi Desert!
Li Mu immediately intensified his Formation arrangements, prioritizing the Earth Element Formation to enhance the Earth-attributed Five Elements Spiritual Power for the hundred acres of spiritual fields, and then setting up an Illusion Formation and a Protective Formation to ensure the smooth growth of the hundred acres of Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng.
After planting three kinds of Fourth Order Spiritual Plants, Li Mu didn't have time to rest. Through the Spirit Control Contract Seal, he sensed Little Gold and Little Tile, who informed him that a Nascent Soul True Lord had come to visit.
Li Mu knew without much thought who had arrived. He quickly instructed the Azure-Eyed White Ape to guard the three Spiritual Plants and then exited the Painting World Treasure Mansion.
Returning to the courtyard, Li Mu first retrieved Little Gold and Little Tile into his spirit control treasure bracelet and put away the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure - Painting World Treasure Mansion.
Li Mu waved his hand, dispelling the Formation, and left the closed-door cultivation chamber.
Li Xiaotian, who had successfully refined the Cold Dispelling Divine Pill, had completely removed the cold poison and fully recovered his Cultivation.
After Li Xiaotian recovered his Cultivation, the first thing he did was to visit Li Mu with valuable gifts. This was not a simple transaction; 'Master Ye' had saved his life, and even the entire Li family.
As Li Mu walked out of the closed-door cultivation chamber, he saw Li Xiaotian outside the door, looking refreshed and with his Aura restored to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
"Fellow Daoist, please come in!" Li Mu smiled slightly at Li Xiaotian, politely inviting him.
"Master Ye, Li has disturbed you!"
Li Xiaotian entered the courtyard with a warm smile on his face.
Soon, Li Mu greeted Li Xiaotian, and the two sat down at the stone table under the pavilion in the courtyard. Immediately after, Li Xiaotian took out his treasured Spirit Wine and Spirit Fruit from his storage bracelet, warmly filling the wine cup in front of Li Mu with Spirit Wine.
"Master Ye, your timely assistance cannot be repaid. I toast you! This time, you not only saved me but also saved my Li family. Such great kindness will never be forgotten. If you ever need anything in the future, Li is willing to serve you!" Li Xiaotian raised his cup to toast Li Mu, speaking with immense gratitude.
"Dao Friend Li, you're too kind!" Li Mu raised his cup and drank, responding with a smile.
"No, no! A mere Flood Dragon Soul is just an ordinary spiritual item, but the Cold Dispelling Divine Pill is a Spirit Pill that is priceless, and it was a life-saving item that Li urgently needed. Its value is immeasurable. This transaction greatly benefited my Li family. This is a thank-you gift from Li to Great Master." Li Xiaotian took out a gift box filled with high-rank spiritual items from his storage bracelet, presenting it with gratitude.
"Dao Friend Li, you are too polite! There's no need for this!" Li Mu quickly waved his hand, refusing Li Xiaotian's thank-you gift.
"Master Ye, please do not refuse. It's just a small token of my appreciation. Please, Master Ye, you must accept it!" Li Xiaotian insisted on giving the gift.
"Uh! Dao Friend Li, there really is no need for this!" Li Mu politely refused again. His mind stirred, and he quickly changed the subject, saying, "Dao Friend Li, if you feel bad about it, I happen to have a problem right now. Could you see if you can help me?"
"Oh! What problem, Master Ye? Just say it, and I will do my utmost!" Li Xiaotian's spirits lifted, and he quickly nodded.
"Hmm! I'm looking for a kind of Heavenly Fire to refine Spirit Pills. Dao Friend Li, do you know who might have such a spiritual item?" Li Mu smiled and nodded, casually throwing this problem to Li Xiaotian, not expecting to get any news from him.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Li Mu's words, Li Xiaotian frowned deeply, pondering seriously!
"Heavenly Fire! If Master Li wants Heavenly Fire, I do know of one kind." Li Xiaotian's expression shifted, and he said seriously.
"Li knows Heavenly Hong True Lord of the Yu Ling Sect. He happens to have a mass of Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire. However, Heavenly Hong True Lord is an Artifact Refining Great Master, and this Heavenly Fire is extremely important to him; it's not an exaggeration to say it's the foundation of his Dao. It would probably be as hard as ascending to the heavens for Master Ye to ask him for the Heavenly Fire!" Li Xiaotian frowned, his face showing difficulty.
Heavenly Hong True Lord of the Yu Ling Sect?
Li Mu suddenly remembered the two pieces of information about Heavenly Fire that Gongsun Chu had provided him earlier in the Wanbao Pavilion.
One was about Heavenly Hong True Lord of the Yu Ling Sect, and the other was about Myriad Fire True Lord of Star Moon Island.
He hadn't expected such a coincidence that Li Xiaotian actually knew Heavenly Hong True Lord!
"Dao Friend Li, I have my own way to persuade him. You just need to help me bridge the connection and allow me to make a transaction with Heavenly Hong True Lord!" Li Mu looked at Li Xiaotian, indicating.
Upon hearing 'Master Ye's' request, Li Xiaotian furrowed his brow, pondering something, and didn't respond immediately!
Seeing this, Li Mu frowned slightly and asked with concern, "Dao Friend Li, do you have some unspoken difficulty? Please, speak freely!"
Li Xiaotian gave a wry smile and quickly explained, "Master Ye, you've misunderstood. I have some acquaintance with Heavenly Hong True Lord; taking you to see him is not difficult. However, a few months ago, the Nine Demon Sect suddenly launched an all-out attack on the Qingxuan Sect. Fortunately, a powerful Cultivator from the Qingxuan Sect successfully passed the Nine-Nine Nascent Soul Heavenly Tribulation, defeated Heavenly Doom Demon Lord, and repelled the Nine Demon Sect."
Pausing for a moment, Li Xiaotian continued, "But the Nine Demon Sect first annihilated the Qingxuan Sect Sect Master, then attacked the Qingxuan Sect. All signs indicate that the Nine Demon Sect's ambition is vast. This has sounded an alarm for other Sects. Other Sects have since acted cautiously, worried that the Nine Demon Sect will make a comeback. Now, all major Sects have issued orders that Nascent Soul cultivators within their Sects should avoid long-distance travel as much as possible."
"If we want to see Heavenly Hong True Lord, we might have to personally travel to the Yu Ling Sect!"
"However, Luo Tian City is tens of thousands of miles away from the Yu Ling Sect. Li has just removed the cold poison and recovered his Cultivation, and the Li family currently has a pile of matters to deal with. In the short term, Li is afraid he cannot accompany Master Ye on a long journey to the Yu Ling Sect!" Li Xiaotian looked at Li Mu with a wry smile, explaining in detail.
Upon hearing this, Li Mu suddenly realized and understood Li Xiaotian's predicament.
