Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

As the three guixu pills took shape, Li Mu looked more focused than ever. He pinched the alchemy technique with his hands and manipulated the fire in the Xinghui furnace from fierce fire to slow fire. The originally violent star fire in the furnace suddenly dropped.

The star fire in the Xinghui furnace became soft and delicate, like a group of clever elves, gathering and jumping around the three pills, gently stroking the pills, and nurturing their medicine spirits.

Li Mu's mind was completely immersed in this process. He felt the temperature of the star fire and adjusted the size of the fire. This was the fourth step of refining the Daodan - nourishing the medicine spirit. Through slow baking with a slow fire, the medicinal properties of the spirit medicine were fully stimulated and the real medicine spirit was nurtured.

Time became slow and long at this moment. The star fire in the furnace continued to burn, emitting a faint light. As the star fire baked, the pills gradually exuded a richer aroma, which contained endless vitality and power.

Li Mu's face became more and more solemn. This step was approaching the end. He concentrated on controlling the Xinghui Treasure Furnace to ensure the stability and durability of the fire. Finally, under the continuous baking of the slow fire, the medicinal properties of the elixir were fully stimulated, and the three Guixu Pills in the furnace condensed into substance, revealing a faint medicinal spirit.

The next step - condensing the elixir pattern. When the spiritual charm in the elixir reached a certain level, Li Mu began to condense the elixir pattern, using the power of divine thoughts to stimulate the elixir pattern through the medicinal spirit. The more elixir patterns there were, the higher the quality of the elixir.

Li Mu took a deep breath, formed seals with his hands, and his divine thoughts slowly penetrated into the Xinghui Treasure Furnace like a thread. The flame in the furnace seemed to have life at this moment, dancing with Li Mu's control, wrapping the Guixu Pill in the furnace in a soft and firm light.

Li Mu closed his eyes tightly, silently reciting the formula for condensing the pill in his heart. The power of his mind was like a trickle, constantly injected into the three pills, helping the spiritual charm in the pills to slowly condense under the guidance of his mind, and gradually formed delicate lines on the surface of the pills.

The pill lines were looming at first, but as time went by, they gradually became clearer. The pill lines emitted a faint spiritual light and intertwined with each other to form a series of mysterious patterns. These patterns contain the mysteries of heaven and earth, which make people feel their hearts and minds swaying at a glance.

The process of condensing the pill lines not only tests the skills of the alchemist, but also tests the alchemist's character. He must keep his mind stable and cannot have any distracting thoughts and fluctuations, otherwise he will lose all his previous efforts if he is not careful.

As time passed, fine beads of sweat had already seeped out of Li Mu's forehead. Condensing the pill lines of the three Guixu Pills consumed a lot of his mind.

However, at the critical moment when the pill pattern was about to be fully formed, Li Mu suddenly felt a strong sense of fatigue. His spiritual power seemed to be drained, and it was difficult to maintain the delicate operation of the pill pattern.

Li Mu was shocked and realized that his current spiritual power was still not strong enough. It was difficult to continue to condense three Guixu Pills. There were two key steps to be carried out later, and it was impossible to maintain the refining of three Guixu Pills at the same time.

Li Mu gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision-give up the condensation of one Guixu Pill and devote all the remaining spiritual power to the other two pills. Only in this way can at least two high-quality Guixu Pills be produced.

Li Mu quickly adjusted the distribution of spiritual power and concentrated all his strength on the remaining two pills.

With Li Mu's decision, the light of one of the three Guixu Pills in the Xinghui Alchemy Furnace began to dim gradually, and the originally active spiritual charm began to fade. Finally, it fell under the pill furnace and was burned by the Xinghui Alchemy Furnace together with the medicine residue to prevent its medicinal properties from affecting other spiritual pills in the furnace.

As for the other two Guixu Pills, under the full urging of Li Mu's mind, the pill patterns became clearer and the medicinal fragrance became stronger.

Li Mu's mind was always paying attention to the changes of the two spiritual pills. He formed seals with his hands and continuously injected his mind into the two pills. He could clearly feel that as the pill patterns gradually took shape, the spiritual charm in the pills was also constantly increasing, as if two small stars were slowly rising in the alchemy furnace.

Time seemed to become long and short at this moment. Li Mu's mind was completely immersed in the world of alchemy. He forgot about fatigue and everything around him. There was only the pill fire in the alchemy furnace and the two Guixu Pills.

Finally, when the last pill pattern was completed, the two Guixu Pills were finally fully formed. They were suspended in the alchemy furnace, emitting a faint light, and the medicinal fragrance was overflowing, which was refreshing.

The pill patterns were like agile dragons and snakes, wandering and circling on the surface of the pills, emitting brilliant light.

Third-grade pill pattern, fourth-grade pill pattern

The two Guixu Pills showed dan patterns that had obviously taken shape, but they had not yet reached the final state. If they were to be taken out of the furnace at this moment, they would only remain at the fifth level and would not be able to show their true value. Next, there were two key steps to be completed - accelerating the ripening of the pills and refining the Dao rules. These two steps would determine whether they could leap from the fifth level to the sixth level, or even become the seventh level Dao Dan.

At this moment, the Guixu Pills were like two unripe fruits hanging on a spiritual fruit tree. If they were to continue to mature, they had to be provided with more nutrients.

Li Mu used the power of his divine thoughts to guide the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace continuously, and merged it with the medicinal properties of the pills. This process required him to accurately control the flow rate and direction of the spiritual energy. Any carelessness would cause the medicinal properties of the pills to be unbalanced, and all previous efforts would be wasted.

For a moment, the spiritual power of heaven and earth in the Painting World Treasure Mansion gathered towards Li Mu, as if being pulled by a pair of invisible giant hands, forming a subtle vortex that slowly rotated around the alchemy furnace. Every ray of spiritual energy seemed to be given life, rushing into the alchemy furnace to blend with the medicinal properties of the elixir.

Li Mu's eyes were closed tightly, his spiritual thoughts extending like thin threads, closely connected with every ray of spiritual energy and medicinal properties in the alchemy furnace, and his mind was immersed in the mystery of alchemy.

At this time, Lin Maoshan, who was practicing in seclusion on Five Elements Mountain, was immediately alarmed by the strange movement of the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

Lin Maoshan was shocked and immediately opened his eyes and looked towards the top of the mountain.

He saw that in the sky above the Five Elements Spiritual Mountain, a powerful spiritual energy wave was spreading, forming a huge spiritual energy whirlpool. He could clearly feel that this spiritual energy wave was wildly devouring the surrounding spiritual energy of the world. It seemed as if the spiritual energy of the entire world was being sucked dry.

"Master is refining weapons?"

Lin Maoshan guessed in his heart, but then shook his head and denied his guess.

Lin Maoshan already knew that he was practicing in the Cave Heaven Magic Treasure of Release-Li Mu. He had witnessed him refining spiritual treasures and Taoist weapons on Lingshan Mountain countless times. However, the changes in the spiritual power of heaven and earth were completely different from what he had seen before.

This powerful fluctuation of spiritual power is more like a strange phenomenon in the world caused by some high-level elixir during the refining process.

At this time, Li Mu's elixir refining has reached a critical moment. However, the spiritual power of heaven and earth in the treasure house is already limited. If it continues to be consumed like this, it may not be enough to support the complete formation of the Guixu Pill.

With a thought in his mind, Li Mu took the Xinghui Treasure Furnace and disappeared directly into the Baofu space. He appeared in the refining room of the Yin-Yang Valley Square House. The surrounding spiritual energy from heaven and earth quickly poured into the Xinghui Treasure Furnace, forming a huge spiritual vortex. , shrouded the entire refining room, and the two Guixu Pills were completed.

At this moment, Li Mu's true energy and spiritual thoughts were violently consumed. He swallowed several spiritual pills to replenish his true energy and spiritual thoughts, but he was still unable to maintain two Guixu Pills to continue the next step - Yun Dao Principle.

He could only choose the best and hide one of the GuiXu Pills with a third-grade pill pattern in the treasure furnace. Li Mu devoted all his attention to the other GuiXu Pill with a fourth-grade pill pattern and continued to advance to the next step.

Time passed day by day, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye. The starlight of the Xinghui Treasure Furnace gathered and made a subtle buzzing sound, which resonated with the spiritual energy of the world. The whirlpool of spiritual power became more turbulent and turned into soulless snakes pouring into the pill. The furnace provides a steady stream of energy for the Yun Dao opportunity of Gui Xu Dan.

However, at the critical moment when the Guixu Pill was about to be released, the sky suddenly changed color, dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed and thunder, and a powerful pressure descended from the sky and enveloped the entire Yin Yang Valley.

"Is this... thunder tribulation?"

Li Mu was slightly surprised, but it was expected.

Seventh-level Taoist soldiers have weapon tribulations, and seventh-level Taoist pills also have elixir levels. However, Taoist soldiers who form weapon tribulations generally have the background to continue to advance to eighth-level Taoist weapons. Ordinary Taoist soldiers generally will not have the opportunity to encounter this calamity.

The strange thing is that the first time I refined the seventh-level Dao elixir, how could I have experienced an elixir disaster?

Li Mu stared at the rolling dark clouds in the sky, frowning, thinking about the reason.

I probably have some clues, and it should be the reason why the several main medicines used in refining this furnace of Guixu Pill are more than ten thousand years old and have powerful effects.

At this moment, Li Mu was both nervous and excited. This was the most critical moment since he refined the Guixu Pill. Once the Guixu Pill could successfully survive this calamity, its efficacy would be greatly improved, and it might even be possible. Become the legendary eighth level divine elixir.

However, the horror of the elixir tribulation is also well known. If the elixir cannot withstand the baptism of the thunder tribulation, it will turn into ashes, and all efforts will be in vain.

Li Mu took a deep breath and quickly left the Yin Yang Valley with the Xinghui Treasure Furnace to prevent the thunder disaster from affecting the Spiritual Valley. At the same time, he maintained the alchemy furnace at the critical moment when the final elixir was released.

As Li Mu flew forward, the thunder clouds forming a thunderstorm followed closely behind, like a huge demonic shadow, tightly locking Li Mu and the Xinghui Furnace.

Li Mu galloped all the way, quickly flying out of Yin Yang Valley, passing through dense forests, crossing mountain streams, and came to a wide wilderness. The terrain here was flat, which was an ideal place to overcome the disaster.

The thunderclouds in the sky were gathering more and more densely. Li Mu glanced at the Star Furnace, took a deep breath, concentrated his thoughts, and opened the alchemy furnace. The Return to the Void Pill slowly rose from the furnace and suspended in the air.

The thunderclouds gathered more and more densely, and the sound of lightning and thunder was deafening. Thick thunder and lightning shuttled through the thunderclouds, like giant silver dragons, dancing wildly in the air. Li Mu did not dare to be careless at all, he formed seals with his hands and activated the Xinghui Furnace to prepare to help Guixu Dan resist the thunder disaster.

"Zi la!"

A subtle sound of thunder and lightning sounded, and the thunderclouds in the sky finally stopped suppressing. The first thunderbolt was like a silver thunder dragon, piercing the sky and hitting the Guixu Pill suspended in the air.

Li Mu tensed up and controlled the Starry Treasure Furnace, pushing the energy inside it to the extreme. A layer of faint starlight shield instantly enveloped the Guixu Pill.

"boom!"

The thunder struck hard on the starlight shield, bursting out with dazzling light. The entire wilderness seemed to be lit up, and the starlight shield of the Star Furnace was blown away by the silver thunder.

Immediately afterwards, a bolt of thunder followed closely behind and struck the Guixu Pill solidly. At this moment, the Guixu Pill suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and the Dan pattern condensed into a substantial light intertwined with the thunder and lightning, forming a A spectacular sight.

However, the power of the pill tribulation is far from simple. The following thunders are more violent than one another. Each bombardment makes the pill pattern of Guixu Pill dim. However, after the Guixu Pill has experienced several thunder tribulations, it seems to have found a way to deal with the thunder tribulations.

Guixu Pill has restrained its pill energy and has become uncertain as a whole. The thunder tribulations seem to have lost their target, and the thunder snakes are like headless flies.

Seeing this, Li Mu was delighted, knowing that Guixu Pill is relying on its own strength to resist the pill tribulation.

Guixu Pill showed a magical posture in the thunder tribulations. It seemed to be able to blend into the void and become elusive. Every thunder tribulations that struck was looking for its traces, but it always failed, leaving only flashes of lightning in the air. When the crazy thunder tribulations were powerless, it showed its body, using the thunder power of the heavenly way to condense the law and temper the pill body.

Li Mu stared at this scene, feeling nervous and excited. He knew that the Guixu Pill was undergoing a transformation at this moment, and it was possible to survive the pill tribulation and achieve the critical moment of the seventh-level Dao Pill.

With the continuous bombardment of the tribulation thunder, the pill pattern of the Guixu Pill began to gradually become clear, as if a mysterious power was surging in the pill. Li Mu could feel that the power was getting stronger and stronger, as if it could break out of the pill at any time.

At this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky suddenly rolled up, and a more terrifying aura emanated from it. Li Mu knew that this was the last blow of the pill tribulation and the most violent one.

"Boom!"

A loud noise shook the world, and the last thunder of the pill tribulation finally struck down. It was thicker and more violent than any of the previous ones. However, when it hit the Guixu Pill, it seemed to be swallowed by a mysterious power and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the Guixu Pill suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, rushing straight into the sky. The entire wilderness was shrouded by this light. Li Mu immediately felt a strong energy fluctuation coming from the Guixu Pill, which was a sign that the Guixu Pill had successfully survived the pill tribulation.

The light gradually dissipated, revealing the Guixu Pill suspended in the air. At this moment, the Guixu Pill was no longer the same as before. It became more round and more crystal clear, with clear patterns on the pill and a faint fragrance.

Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he immediately released the Painting World Treasure House and successfully put away the Guixu Pill that was about to escape into the void. (End of this chapter)