Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

Soon, Xu Shaoqi led Li Mu to the fifth floor of the Sutra Pavilion. This floor is completely different from the floors below. Although there are fewer bookshelves, precious and rare ancient books are placed on each shelf. These ancient books were carefully collected by the elders of the sect over the generations, and each one contains unfathomable mysteries.

Xu Shaoqi pointed to one of the bookshelves and said respectfully to Li Mu: "Elder Li, the scriptures on this bookshelf are all ancient books related to the secret realm of chaos. Please read it slowly and give me instructions at any time if necessary."

Li Mu nodded and expressed his gratitude. He walked to the bookshelf and began to read these ancient books carefully.

Opening these ancient books seemed to open up a mysterious world, making Li Mu involuntarily immersed in it and forgetting the passage of time.

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As night falls, the lights of the Sutra Pavilion sway in the quiet air, revealing a mysterious and solemn atmosphere.

Li Mu rummaged through ancient books one after another, completely immersed in the sea of ​​books. As time passed, he gradually gained a clearer understanding of the concept of the Chaos Secret Realm.

The secret realm is a kind of fragmented world that is free from the main world. They are independent from the main world, but they are inextricably connected with the main world.

These secret realms contain the most primitive and pure power in the world. They are the holy land of cultivation that practitioners dream of. The secret realms exist in various forms and have thousands of attributes. For example, the Cangyuan mentioned by the Kun family before The secret realm is a secret realm dominated by the dual elements of magic and wood. There are a large number of high-level spiritual plants growing in it, and there are even some high-level spiritual plants that do not exist in the main world.

Xuantian Sword Sect also seems to control several secret realms.

As for the Secret Realm of Chaos, it is the best of all secret realms. Legend has it that it is a fragment left over from the beginning of the universe, and it contains the origin of heaven—the power of Chaos.

The power of chaos is one of the most mysterious and powerful forces in the world. If you can get a ray of the power of the origin of chaos, you can build the supreme Tao foundation for practitioners, help people understand the Tao, and achieve the supreme immortal Tao.

While flipping through the ancient books, Li Mu sighed at the power of the Chaos Secret Realm. The Chaos Secret Realm must contain precious Dao foundation objects that even the Dao Lord would peek into.

However, although he has reached the state of transformation into gods, he is still only a small existence in the Xuantian Sword Sect. The treasures and opportunities in the Chaos Secret Realm are both a huge temptation and a huge challenge for him.

If you want to enter the Secret Realm of Chaos without attracting anyone's attention, and gain the opportunity to attain enlightenment therein, your cultivation level is far from enough. You must at least advance to the level of Void Refining, or even the Fusion Realm before you can consider entering the Secret Realm of Chaos.

Therefore, Li Mu silently made a decision in his heart and began to consider how to cover up the moving sub-formation leading to the secret realm of chaos in the Seven Gods Mountain.

The Five Elements Moving Formation of the Five Elements Yin and Yang Spirit Gathering Formation is the key to the Secret Realm of Chaos. If it is discovered by others, it is likely to cause countless troubles. In order to protect yourself and the safety of the Secret Realm, you must come up with a concealing magic circle. , hide this sub-array.

Soon, Li Mu made a decision in his mind. After putting down the ancient books, he said goodbye to Xu Zhishu and left the Scripture Collection Pavilion.

After leaving the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, Li Mu flew to Hidden Sword Peak with his sword. He already had a clear plan. He would first go to the Contribution Hall to redeem some high-level spiritual seeds, high-level spiritual materials and auxiliary resources. These would be his next training. Necessary for planting high-level, yin-yang and five-element spiritual plants. Then, he has to go to the Dharma Transfer Hall to redeem some spiritual consciousness skills and practice skills to improve his cultivation and strength.

Soon after, Li Mu came to the Contribution Hall of Hidden Sword Peak.

Hidden Sword Peak is different from the sharp edge of Tianjian Peak. Here, more emphasis is placed on the restraint and precipitation of the sword's will. On the mountain top, the clouds and mist are lingering, like a fairyland.

Li Mu flew to the front of the Contribution Hall and saw that the door of the Contribution Hall was open and there was an endless stream of disciples coming in and out. Almost all of these disciples are masters of Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation. They have sharp swordsmanship and extraordinary qualifications. They are all elites in the sect.

"Disciple pays homage to the elder!"

Just as Li Mu stopped to watch, a disciple waiting in line to enter the Contribution Hall noticed him and immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Do you want to exchange supplies? Elder, please go first!"

Hearing this, several disciples in the queue bowed respectfully and gave way when they saw Li Mu joining behind them. Others followed suit and let Li Mu go first.

For a moment, Li Mu felt a little embarrassed when faced with the courtesy of so many disciples.

At this moment, a gentle but powerful voice sounded: "Is this your first time coming to the Hall of Contribution, fellow Taoist? Why bother fighting with those ordinary disciples? Just follow me through the elders' passage."

Li Mu turned around and saw that the speaker was a middle-aged man, also wearing a sect elder's uniform, with a calm temperament, walking towards Li Mu with a smile, and motioning for him to follow him as he spoke.

The two walked side by side and chatted easily. After a brief self-introduction, Li Mu learned the other person's name - Qi Yun, the deacon elder of Jianjian Peak, who had cultivated to the first stage of refining the void. Qi Yun was wearing a green shirt, with a long sword hanging on his waist, and his whole person exuded an aura of awe-inspiring sword intent.

"I didn't expect to meet the newly promoted Elder Li. What a pleasure it is!" Qi Yun said sincerely.

Li Mu smiled slightly and responded humbly: "Thank you, Elder Qi. I am just a new elder. I have just joined the sect and I still have a lot to learn."

"Elder Li is too modest!" Qi Yun shook his head and smiled, with bright eyes, looking at Li Mu inquiringly and asked: "There is a lot of news about Elder Li in the sect now! I heard that Elder Li, Jian Qi Shuangjue is a great master of weapon refining and formation, and can refine sixth-level spiritual swords. Is this true?"

When Li Mu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect that his reputation had already spread in Xuantian Sword Sect.

"Uh! I can indeed refine a sixth-level spiritual sword!" Li Mu smiled awkwardly and nodded candidly.

When Qi Yun heard Li Mu's confirmation, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He took a deep look at Li Mu, and then said happily: "Elder Li, you are really a treasure of our sect! It is really admirable to have such amazing talent in weapon refining and formation at such a young age! I can see Li Mu today!" Elder, this is really a blessing for Qi. This is a small meeting gift, I hope Elder Li won’t dislike it.”

After speaking, Qi Yun took out an exquisite box from his arms and handed it to Li Mu. Although the box was not big, the faint aura emanating from it told Li Mu that it was definitely extraordinary.

Seeing this, Li Mu quickly waved his hand and refused: "Elder Qi, this is impossible. You have already helped me, how can I still accept your gift?"

But Qi Yun insisted: "Elder Li, this is just a little thought on my part. If you have time in the future, Qi will entrust Elder Li to make swords. I hope Elder Li will not speculate."

Li Mu looked at Qi Yun's sincere eyes and knew that he sincerely wanted to make him a friend. So, he no longer refused, took the box and said, "Thank you so much, Elder Qi. If you need to refine weapons in the future, come to me at Seven Gods Mountain, and I will definitely refine a satisfactory spiritual sword for you."

"Okay! Thank you, Elder Li." Qi Yun nodded happily.

The two of them chatted while walking, and the topic gradually expanded from Li Mu's talent in weapon refining and formations to his cultivation experience, sect affairs, etc.

As the deacon elder of Zhijian Peak, Qi Yun was well aware of various affairs of the sect, and Li Mu benefited a lot from his experience and insights. Li Mu, on the other hand, relied on his rich experience in weapon refining and formations to answer many of Qi Yun's questions about cultivation.

Unknowingly, the two of them had reached the end of the elder's passage. Qi Yun stopped, looked at Li Mu and said, "Elder Li, I hope we can have more communication opportunities in the future. If you need help with anything, just come to me."

Li Mu nodded gratefully and said, "Elder Qi, thank you for your advice."

The two looked at each other and smiled, then each walked into a contribution exchange room.

The steward disciple in the contribution exchange room saw the arrival of an elder-level figure and quickly stood up to greet him.

"Disciple Jiang Fangyuan, meet the elder!" The steward disciple looked at Li Mu respectfully and introduced himself.

"Bring me an exchange catalog for high-level spiritual plant seeds." Li Mu handed over his identity token and gestured.

"Of course, no problem." Jiang Fangyuan agreed readily, then rummaged through a pile of tokens to find a cyan jade slip and handed it to Li Mu. He introduced: "This jade slip records all the spiritual plant seeds collected by our sect, totaling 32,000 types."

When Li Mu heard this number, his eyes widened in surprise. So many spiritual plant seeds are simply a huge treasure house! He quickly took the blue jade slip, immersed himself in his consciousness, and began to read quickly.

Soon, tens of millions of dense spiritual species information filled Li Mu's mind. He found that these spiritual species were mainly of the third and fourth levels, accounting for more than 90%. The remaining 10% is overwhelmingly occupied by fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-order spiritual species. The value of these high-level spiritual species is undoubtedly more precious and more attractive to Li Mu.

However, what made Li Mu even more excited was that he actually saw the existence of eighth-level spiritual species and ninth-level spiritual species in the jade slips. Although the number was rare, the contribution points required for redemption were astronomical.

While browsing, Li Mu suddenly saw a familiar name of a spiritual plant - the Anti-Death Spirit Grass. This was exactly the spiritual plant he had promised to Lord Tianyan to help him obtain when he obtained the Painting World Treasure Mansion. Li Mu was so excited that he did not expect to find the spiritual seeds of the Anti-Death Spirit Grass in Xuantian Sword Sect's spiritual plant library. This is not only an unexpected gain for him, but also an opportunity to fulfill his promise.

Looking at Li Mu holding the jade slip, his expression was gloomy and uncertain, and he looked happy and surprised at times.

"Elder, what spiritual seeds do you want to redeem? I will prepare them for you." The disciple in charge, Jiang Fangyuan, quickly reminded him.

Hearing this, Li Mu suddenly woke up and woke up from browsing the jade slip catalog. He took out the elder's order from his waist, handed it to the other party, and said: "Help me redeem a batch of fifth-level five-element spiritual seeds, respectively: Fire Scale Flame. Fruit, blue spirit moon lotus, golden sword chrysanthemum, yellow veined fruit, green vine spirit sunflower."

Jiang Fangyuan quickly took Li Mu's token and checked it with his spiritual consciousness.

"No problem, fifth-level spiritual seeds, contribute 10 points each. Elder Li, how much do you want to redeem these five spiritual seeds?" Jiang Fangyuan looked at Li Mu and asked respectfully.

A fifth-level spiritual plant only costs 10 points, which is more than a hundred times lower than what it was in the Xuan Qing Sect. Moreover, the number and types of high-level spiritual plants are not comparable to the Xuan Qing Sect.

However, it is also understandable that the Zhongzhou Spiritual Realm is extremely rich in various spiritual plant resources, which is far from comparable to the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm. In addition, Xuantian Sword Sect is the largest immortal sect in Zhongzhou, with extremely rich various resources, and the value of contribution points is even greater. It is much higher. Moreover, Xuantian Sword Sect mainly focuses on sword cultivation, and few people plant spiritual plants. The accumulation of many factors led to this exchange result.

Li Mu thought about it for a while, then he was not surprised and said happily: "One acre of spiritual plants requires many spiritual plants. Each one can be exchanged for ten acres for me. Is my contribution enough?"

"Reporting to the elder, regarding the spiritual planting field, the disciple has never planted high-level spiritual plants, and I don't know how many spiritual seeds should be used for this spiritual acre of land. However, a spiritual planting master came to exchange for three acres of land before. He exchanged six thousand Fire Scale Flame Fruit seeds." Jiang Fangyuan replied hesitantly, obviously he was not very sure about Li Mu's question.

When Li Mu heard this, he frowned slightly and made calculations in his heart. If each spiritual plant has to be exchanged for ten acres, my 300,000 contribution points may not be enough. He motioned Jiang Fangyuan to continue speaking, hoping to hear more details about the cultivation of spiritual plants.

Jiang Fangyuan looked at Li Mu and reminded him kindly: "Well, if everything has to be exchanged for ten acres, your 300,000 contribution points will indeed be a bit tight. Moreover, planting these spiritual plants requires a lot of high-level auxiliary spiritual objects. .For example, planting the Fire Scale Flame Fruit requires fifth-level Fire Profound Crystals, and planting Blue Spirit Moon Lotus requires fifth-level Taiyue Spiritual Dew, etc."

After listening to Jiang Fangyuan's words, Li Mu immediately understood his situation. Although Xuantian Sword Sect did have a large number of high-level spiritual seeds for him to redeem and plant, so that he would no longer have to worry about high-level spiritual seeds in the future, the problem was that he could not continue to use them. A batch of fifth-level spiritual plant seeds cannot be exchanged. Even if they are reluctantly redeemed, these high-level spiritual plants will not be able to survive due to insufficient spiritual materials to assist the growth of spiritual plants.

What's more, the contribution points required to redeem higher-level sixth-level and seventh-level spiritual plant seeds will be more, and the quality of the auxiliary spiritual materials required for their growth will also be higher... This made Li Mu fall into deep thought. I know that my current contribution points are far from enough to support my current planting plan.

In order to be able to purchase and plant more high-level spiritual plants in the future, Li Mu decided to temporarily put aside the idea of ​​exchanging spiritual seeds and decided to use this limited batch of 300,000 contribution points to earn more contribution points.

Li Mu sighed helplessly, handed the green jade slip in his hand back to Jiang Fangyuan, and signaled: "Well! Let's put aside the matter of exchanging spiritual seeds for now. First, get me a catalog of the sixth-level weapon refining materials!"

"Yes!" Jiang Fangyuan took the blue jade slip, respectfully found another jade slip catalog and handed it to Li Mu.