Li Mu slowly extended his Divine Thought into the Jade Slip, and a massive stream of information immediately surged into his mind.
First to appear was the phantom of Celestial Evolution Divine Venerable, whose deep voice narrated the Cultivation Technique he practiced – the Celestial Evolution Star Condensation Art. This art involved visualizing the Celestial Evolution of stars, drawing the power of stars into the body to temper the Physical Body and Divine Soul. Each time one advanced to a new Realm, a star technique would be unlocked. It was a primary Cultivation Technique that could be Cultivated up to the Void Refining Realm.
Li Mu listened for a while, roughly understanding the characteristics of this Cultivation Technique, then lost interest.
This Cultivation Technique was indeed powerful, with some unique aspects in star-gazing and divination, but it differed significantly from the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture that Li Mu primarily Cultivated, offering little in terms of reference.
As for the ancient Secret Realm that Celestial Evolution Divine Venerable subsequently introduced, it was seemingly a place called Lingxu Blessed Island. This Secret Realm was said to be hidden within the Void Realm, only intersecting with the real world once every hundred Years. During that brief intersection period, fortunate individuals would have the Opportunity to enter it and explore its endless Treasure Trove and Opportunity.
After getting a general idea, Li Mu stopped his Divine Sense input and put the purple Jade Slip into his storage compartment.
There were simply too many ancient mansions, Secret Realms, and ancient ruins in this world. They were either difficult to distinguish between real and fake, or they contained immense danger, where a slight misstep could lead to death. Therefore, Li Mu always maintained a cautious attitude towards such news. After all, the path of Cultivation was long, and losing one's life for a temporary Opportunity would be a net loss.
Li Mu decided to explore this ancient Secret Realm later, after his Cultivation advanced to the Void Refining Realm and he was more fully prepared. For now, he was more concerned with how to quickly improve his Cultivation.
This trip to the Extreme Northern Ice Field was quite fruitful. Li Mu immersed his mind into the nine storage spiritual pearl, beginning to tally his gains, especially the massive amount of high-grade Yin-attribute Spirit Plant and spiritual seeds harvested from the Taiyin Spirit Wood forest.
The next moment, a Taiyin Spirit Wood, complete with roots and soil, was taken out of the nine storage spiritual pearl by Li Mu. A powerful Yin energy immediately diffused, and the temperature of the entire area suddenly dropped.
The Taiyin Spirit Wood had a peculiar appearance. Its trunk was a deep grayish-black, emitting a light that seemed to devour everything. Its bark was covered with silvery-gray patterns, like a spider web under moonlight, shimmering with a mysterious luster. Its branches were winding and twisted, with a few strangely shaped leaves hanging from the tips. The leaves were a somber gray, containing powerful vitality.
The cold aura emanating from the entire Taiyin Spirit Wood gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression. The Taiyin Spirit Wood's root system was very developed; its roots were like living things, spreading out in the Yin-Sha spiritual soil, firmly gripping the entire spiritual soil. As the Yin energy diffused, these roots seemed to become more active, constantly wriggling outwards, as if wanting to escape this area unsuitable for their growth.
This Taiyin Spirit Wood in front of him was five or six zhang tall, with a main trunk nearly a zhang wide in diameter. At the base of the tree and in certain areas of the trunk, various Yin-melting mushrooms and Yin Spirit fungi were parasitic, all of which were extremely rare Yin-attribute Spirit Plant.
Under the Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, the attributes of these Spirit Plant were displayed one by one before Li Mu's eyes.
【Yin Nether Spirit Fungus】
【Grade: Sixth-tier Spirit Plant】
【Characteristics: Yin Nether Concealment, Yin Nether Breath, Yin Core Soul Tempering, Yin and Yang Fusion.】
【Status: Yin Nether Harmony, Full of Spirituality】
【A Yin Nether Spirit Fungus parasitic on Taiyin Spirit Wood, nurtured in extremely Yin places. After ten thousand Years of precipitation, the Yin-attribute essence nurtured by the fungus has reached its Peak. Its spirituality is deeply hidden; only by continuously nourishing it with pure Yin spiritual liquid can it fully bloom. This fungus contains the Dao of Yin Nether, through which one can comprehend the mysteries of Yin-Sha power. It is a top-grade Spirit Medicine for refining Yin-attribute Spirit Pill.】
【Yin Splendor Ghost Vine】
【Grade: Sixth-tier Spirit Plant】
【Characteristics: Yin Splendor Power, Yin Splendor Entanglement, Yin Spirit Imprisonment, Yin and Dark Dual Attributes, Yin-Crow Poison.】
【Status: Netherworld Protection, Yin Splendor Abundant】
【A rare Yin and Dark dual-attribute Yin Splendor Ghost Vine, nurtured by Yin-Sha and Netherworld Qi, a unique product that thrives on the nutrients of Taiyin Spirit Wood. After ten thousand Years of growth, the ghost vine's Netherworld power has reached its Peak. It is a superior spiritual material for refining Yin-attribute Spiritual Artifact and ghost artifacts.】
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Li Mu looked closely, and on a single Taiyin Spirit Wood, there were more than ten kinds of fifth and sixth-tier parasitic Yin-attribute Spirit Plant. Under the Yin domain emanating from the Taiyin Spirit Wood itself, they remained full of spirituality, without any signs of wilting.
Seeing this, Li Mu was quite pleased. With so many sixth-tier Yin-attribute Spirit Plant, it would certainly be no problem to pick one with a fast growth rate and a large amount of provided Plant Spirit attributes. The Yin-attribute Spirit Plant to be planted for the next Realm was now settled.
The Seven Gods Mountain was planted with seven kinds of fifth-tier Spirit Plant, namely, Five Elements Spirit Plant: Fire Scale Flame Fruit, Blue Spirit Moon Lotus, Golden Edge Sword Chrysanthemum, yellow vein essence fruit, Green Vine Spirit Sunflower; and Yin and Yang Spirit Plant: Illusory Yin Grass, Jade Sun Spirit Fruit.
These seven Spirit Plant were the best ones Li Mu had found through countless selections and repeated experiments using Kurong Technique.
However, after successfully advancing to the Void Refining Realm, continuing to plant fifth-tier Spirit Plant would no longer be suitable. Li Mu needed to plan ahead and identify seven suitable sixth-tier Spirit Plant within a hundred Years, and then choose appropriate locations for planting them.
The higher the grade of the Spirit Plant planted, the more demanding its growth environment became. At the same time, the auxiliary spiritual materials needed to promote its growth also became more complex and troublesome. Li Mu deeply understood this; cultivating high-grade Spirit Plant was by no means a simple matter.
The reason Li Mu was able to successfully acquire and simultaneously Cultivate seven kinds of fifth-tier Spirit Plant on a large scale was largely due to his Grandmaster-level Artifact Refining Skill and Array Formation Skill, as well as the backing of the powerful Xuantian Sword Sect.
It was precisely with such a background and strength that he was able to obtain spiritual mountains and spiritual lands capable of planting seven kinds of fifth-tier Spirit Plant in a place like Seven Gods Mountain, providing abundant auxiliary spiritual materials for the growth of numerous Spirit Plant.
But even with such excellent conditions, Li Mu dared not slack off in the slightest. To ensure these precious Spirit Plant could thrive, he even refined seven Soul Transformation Clone to personally care for these Spirit Plant on his behalf, ensuring that each Spirit Plant received the most suitable care and could grow smoothly. He dared not neglect the supply of auxiliary spiritual materials for a moment.
If the seven Spirit Plant matured successfully, there would still be nearly a hundred Years. If anything went wrong within these hundred Years, everything would be lost.
Planting fifth-tier Spirit Plant was already so troublesome; when it came to planting the next batch of sixth-tier Spirit Plant, one could imagine the time and effort it would consume and the difficulty involved.
However, the extremely Yin land formed by the Seal of the passage beneath the Extreme Northern Ice Field gave Li Mu hope of alleviating his burden. If he could secretly open up a spiritual field in that extremely Yin land for large-scale cultivation of sixth-tier Yin-attribute Spirit Plant, their growth rate would greatly accelerate, and he would no longer need to prepare auxiliary spiritual materials for them, greatly saving the effort spent on planting Spirit Plant.
With so many benefits, Li Mu immediately took it to heart.
The Xuantian Sword Sect would definitely cordon off the entire Ice Nether Spirit Valley. Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen asked him to set up Spell formations and Restrictions. At that time, he would secretly find a spiritual land and claim it for himself, which shouldn't be a big problem.
Thinking of this, Li Mu no longer hesitated. He took out an ancient withered wood staff from the nine storage spiritual pearl and, with a hand Seal, cast the Wither and Flourish Art on a Heavenly Yin Ganoderma.
Li Mu's eyes were sharp, staring intently at the growth of the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma, continuously outputting Wood-Yi spiritual power, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
At this moment, the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma was parasitic on the Taiyin Spirit Wood. With the augmentation of the Kurong Technique, it entered a state of rapid growth at a visible speed. In less than half an hour, the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma entered its maturity and fruiting stages, gradually moving into the wilting phase. All its vitality condensed into the ten fruits, and the ganoderma body rapidly withered at a visible speed. However, this wilting power did not affect the fruits of the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma.
On the contrary, the ten fruits became even plumper and more mature, emitting an even more enticing aroma.
A gentle breeze blew, and the fruits fell, being steadily held by Li Mu's Divine Sense. With a slight squeeze, he crushed one fruit, revealing its tender flesh and the core hidden within, which was the spiritual seed of the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma.
After careful observation, Li Mu confirmed that although the spiritual power and medicinal efficacy contained in the flesh of the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma fruits cultivated through the Wither and Flourish Art were far inferior to naturally matured Heavenly Yin Ganoderma, the characteristics of their cores were largely normal and should be able to continue growing.
Having harvested 86 spiritual seeds of Heavenly Yin Ganoderma, Li Mu planted one of them on the Taiyin Spirit Wood. Holding the ancient withered wood staff, he condensed his magical power and continued to cast the Wither and Flourish Art on the spiritual seed.
Soon, a miraculous scene unfolded.
Under the urging of magical power, the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma spiritual seed began to rapidly take root and sprout. The miraculous power of the Wither and Flourish Art permeated the Taiyin Spirit Wood, stimulating all the potential of the spiritual seed.
One could see that the spiritual seed was growing at a visible speed. In just a few breaths, it had already grown verdant tender shoots, followed by slender stems... All of this was accelerated by the catalysis of the Wither and Flourish Art, and time was rapidly propelled forward at this moment.
As the Spell continued to be cast, the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma seedling gradually grew taller, and its leaves became more luxuriant. Brilliant vitality instantly bloomed. Soon after, a snow-white Heavenly Yin Ganoderma bloomed gracefully on the Taiyin Spirit Wood, its fragrance spreading out, refreshing the mind.
Li Mu smiled faintly with satisfaction, stopped casting the Kurong Technique, and with a golden light, he cut the mature Heavenly Yin Ganoderma in half.
Soon, at the severed stem of the Heavenly Yin Ganoderma, a faint white, mist-like spiritual light cluster appeared, almost invisible to the naked eye.
Li Mu reached out and gently touched the faint white light cluster. A text prompt immediately appeared in the panel log.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a cluster of Plant Spirit. Innate Extreme Yin Power +2.】
Looking at this text prompt, Li Mu had already expected it. The quantity of Plant Spirit attributes absorbed from Spirit Plant cultivated through the Wither and Flourish Art was astonishingly low. After all, they were not naturally grown, so such a low Plant Spirit attribute value was understandable.
Combining the magical power consumption of the Wither and Flourish Art, Li Mu estimated that if a sixth-tier Spirit Plant like Heavenly Yin Ganoderma were planted normally, it would take about 500 Years to mature and be harvested.
This duration was simply too long for Li Mu.
Li Mu took a deep breath and decided to try a different Yin-attribute Spirit Plant for the Kurong Technique experiment.
Li Mu's gaze finally fell on a sixth-tier Spirit Plant called Yin Spirit White Fungus. Its plant body was small, so its growth cycle should be shorter!
Soon, under the augmentation of the Kurong Technique, fuzzy white fungi sprouted from the roots of the entire Taiyin Spirit Wood, a wild expansion of the Yin Spirit White Fungus derivative form.
However, time flew by, and several hours passed in a flash.
The entire Taiyin Spirit Wood became listless due to the prolonged magical power output, and the strong extreme Yin power it originally emitted also became much weaker.
The Kurong Technique consumed a huge amount of magical power, and Li Mu gradually felt his strength failing him. He had no choice but to put away the ancient withered wood staff in his hand and stop the Kurong Technique experiment.
After such a long Kurong Technique experiment, Li Mu found a sixth-tier Spirit Plant with a relatively short maturation period among the thirteen kinds of sixth-tier Yin-attribute Spirit Plant, but it would still take nearly four hundred Years to enter its maturity stage.
That's just how it is!
Li Mu frowned, looking somewhat dejected. Currently, he had only found one extremely Yin land, suitable only for planting Yin-attribute Spirit Plant. The other six extreme spiritual lands were still unaccounted for.
Thinking of this, Li Mu had a flash of inspiration and suddenly thought of something.
If there were no accidents, the seven Sealed Land that formed the ninth-tier Divine Array - Chaotic Sealing Domain Great Array, having condensed extreme power and undergone tens of thousands of Years of precipitation, would all form an extreme spiritual land. These places would surely be like the extreme Yin spiritual land, growing massive amounts of high-grade Yin-attribute Spirit Plant, and would be more suitable for the growth of their respective Spirit Plant.
Thinking that the Azure Moon True Dragon held a key to a water mansion Secret Realm, if there were no accidents, it should be another Sealed Land. That place should be able to Cultivate high-grade water-attribute Spirit Plant, leaving five more places.
Li Mu's expression shifted slightly. He took out the purple Jade Slip left by Celestial Evolution Divine Lord from the nine storage spiritual pearl again, immersed his Divine Sense, and carefully read Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's last words.
According to Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's description, that ancient Secret Realm—'Lingxu Blessed Island'—was located in a remote sea area at the border of the Southern Wilderness Spirit Domain and the Central Plains Spirit Domain. It would appear under certain special circumstances and required divination by astrology. Celestial Evolution Divine Lord, after hundreds of Years of exploration and research, confirmed that the Secret Realm should be the Dao field of a certain Mahayana Cultivator, protected by a powerful Spell formation that concealed it, causing it to suddenly appear at a set time.
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This information plunged Li Mu into deep thought.
...If there's no accident, this place should be another sub-array of the Chaotic Sealing Domain Great Array?
Li Mu frowned, muttering to himself in speculation.
This was not Li Mu's baseless guess, but a conclusion drawn from the characteristics of the Chaotic Sealing Domain Great Array he knew, as well as Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's description.
The Chaotic Sealing Domain Great Array required the convergence of seven great extreme powers to completely Seal an area for tens of thousands of Years, and Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's description of the 'Lingxu Blessed Island' Spell formation bore a striking resemblance to the seven sub-arrays of the Chaotic Sealing Domain Great Array.
Li Mu took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner excitement. If his guess was correct, then this Secret Realm should be one of the seven Seals. If he could find it, enter it, and secretly plan a small spiritual land.
If he could find the seven Sealed Land within a hundred Years and delineate a spiritual land in each for planting Spirit Plant, then it wouldn't just be about planting sixth-tier or seventh-tier Spirit Plant, but also higher-grade Spirit Plant, solving many problems arising from farming once and for all.
Thinking of this, Li Mu's heart couldn't help but be drawn to it.
