Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

After watching Lin Maoshan leave, Li Mu's consciousness was put into the storage ring, and he 'looked' at the various high-level spiritual objects in the storage ring, and his mind moved.

"Clang", thousands of spiritual materials for refining equipment and rare ores were pulled and processed by an invisible force and appeared around Li Mu. As far as his eyes could see, the properties of many spiritual objects were presented one by one.

[Mysterious Frost Ice Soul]

[Grade: Seventh-level spiritual object]

[Features: Mysterious frost condenses, ice soul is cold, freezing the heart, and all things are silent. ]

[Status: Ice soul crystallizes, cold and chilling]

[The mysterious frost ice soul hidden under the ten thousand years of ice is the purest ice essence in the extreme north. It contains the ultimate cold power, which can freeze time and make all things fall into eternal silence. The holder can use it to understand the secrets of the ice law and master the supreme magical power of freezing all things and controlling ice and snow. ]

[Golden Flame Divine Sand]

[Rank: Seventh-rank spiritual material]

[Features: Golden flames interweave, unparalleled scorching heat, forging the body and refining the soul, a rare and hard-to-find divine object. ]

[Status: Sand grains flow, flames never cease]

[Originating from the depths of the earth, a strange object where gold, iron and flames coexist, Golden Flame Divine Sand, contains the ultimate sharpness of gold and the heat of fire. It is an unparalleled spiritual material for forging artifacts, tempering the body, and strengthening the soul. It can be used to understand the way of fire fusion and master the most rigid and fierce power of heaven and earth. ]

[Mysterious Wood Spirit Vine]

[Rank: Sixth-rank spiritual plant]

[Features: Mysterious wood is evergreen, endless, entangles all things, and binds the soul. ]

[Status: Vines spread, lush green]

[Mysterious Wood Spirit Vine, parasitic on the seventh-rank black wood, is ten thousand years old, with vines stretching endlessly, lush green, and contains powerful vitality and binding power. Its vines can wrap around everything, and even a powerful soul can hardly escape its bondage. 】

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There are many high-level spiritual objects, and the quality is not low, but the number is much lower than before.

Li Mu stretched out his hand, and with a thought, he put the spiritual objects into the Tianxuan Ring one by one, and disappeared.

Finally, there was only one monster skin left, which fell in front of Li Mu.

Under the innate magical power-identifying all spirits, the properties of the monster skin emitting terrifying cold air appeared in Li Mu's eyes.

[Nether Abyss Ice Beast Skin]

[Grade: Seventh-level True Spirit Skin]

[Features: Nether and extremely cold, freezing the universe, Nether Abyss Ice Soul, cold light, frost and dryness, coldness penetrating bones. 】

[Status: Frost blockade, cold light shining]

[Nether Abyss Ice Beast, deep in the deepest part of the eternal Arctic Ice Domain, is the supreme ruler of the ice domain. It is covered with ice soul scales condensed from the purest ice essence in the depths of the Nine Netherworld, which contains terrifying cold power that can freeze everything in the world. The skin of the Netherworld Ice Beast is not only the ultimate in material, but also the peak of cold power. The trace of the Nine Netherworld Ice Origin contained in it is a rare material for forging the highest ice Taoist tools and cold spiritual talismans. 】

Looking at this high-grade and high-level refining tool and talisman-making spiritual material, Li Mu couldn't help but feel itchy. This seventh-level true spirit skin is very large, and there will be a lot left after refining a Taoist tool. The remaining talisman skin can be made into a lot of high-level spiritual talismans.

Li Mu acted quickly, took out a skinning knife from the Tianxuan Ring, and trimmed it. The blade flashed in the cold light, and every cut was extremely precise, echoing the animal pattern on the skin of the Netherworld Ice Beast.

As the skinning knife slowly moved forward, the skin of the Nether Abyss Ice Beast gradually showed its purer and more flawless side, and the cold light became more dazzling. The surrounding air seemed to be solidified by this cold air, and even breathing became heavy.

After completing the initial repair, it was divided into two pieces of leather, one large and one small. Li Mu was not in a hurry to proceed to the next step of refining. Instead, he carefully explored it with spiritual power to ensure that every inch of the leather was intact, and at the same time felt the ice source contained in it.

Put away the large piece of leather and keep it for refining Taoist tools. Then, Li Mu used the power of chaos to gently stroke the small piece of Nether Abyss Ice Beast skin to suppress the overflow of cold air and avoid unnecessary damage during the skinning process.

Then, Li Mu carefully used the skinning knife as a guide, following the delicate texture on the ice beast skin, as if he was performing a fine carving art. One by one, the thin and light talisman skins that exuded ice mist gradually came into being under his dexterous hands.

Not long after, Li Mu took out a talisman pen from the Tianxuan Ring. This talisman pen was named "Xuanlang Talisman Pen".

This talisman pen was a masterpiece of Li Mu's years of hard work and chance. It was not a single product, but one of the ten talisman pens carefully crafted by Li Mu to meet the needs of different attributes. Each pen carried his deep understanding of the way of refining.

For a hundred years, apart from occasional practice and attempts to break through the fusion realm, most of the time, Li Mu devoted himself to taking care of various spiritual plants, refining instruments, drawing talismans, and carving puppets. At the same time, he also refined many "professional" Taoist instruments for himself, such as Taoist instrument-level alchemy furnace, skinning knife, talisman pen, etc.

If you want to do your work well, you must first sharpen your tools. This sentence is deeply imprinted in Li Mu's heart and has become his motto for his constant pursuit of perfection.

On the road of practice, in addition to personal cultivation and realm, having a handy and excellent Taoist instrument can often play a decisive role at critical moments. Therefore, Li Mu invested a lot of energy in making many tools, striving to make each piece of work perfect.

The hair of the "Black Wolf Rune Pen" is taken from the extremely precious hair of the seventh-level Ice Wolf Demon King. Each hair contains the icy power and spirituality of the Demon King level.

The pen holder is made of the demon bone of the demon king and carefully refined by Li Mu's unique secret method. It not only retains its original toughness and coldness, but also cleverly integrates the extreme cold Dao essence, so that the whole pen can naturally guide the ice power between heaven and earth when writing, giving the runes more powerful power and spirituality.

The whole body is like a thousand-year-old ice crystal carving, with pure texture and crystal luster. On the pen body, complex ice runes are coiled, winding like a stream, as if they have life, swaying gently with the fluctuations of the surrounding cold air, releasing bursts of heart-pounding coldness and profound Dao rhyme.

Li Mu held the Black Wolf Rune Pen and gently swung it. The power of chaos surged in. The cold air on the pen hair and the ice power in the pen body intertwined, forming delicate ice crystal tracks, like a dancing elf in the ice and snow, leading the flow of spiritual power and outlining the exquisite structure of the rune.

When Li Mu used his pen, the tip of the pen would release a trace of cold air, which would merge with the ice mist on the talisman skin, making the drawn talisman purer and more powerful.

The pen followed his heart, and his mind followed his pen. He used the power of chaos as ink, condensed it at the tip of the pen, and gradually drew a complex and magical pattern on the talisman skin with strong cold air.

The talisman pattern was like a dragon but not a dragon, like a phoenix but not a phoenix, connected from beginning to end, gradually exuding a mysterious breath, and a series of divine patterns appeared, and as pure and powerful cold air instantly poured into it, it blended closely with the talisman paper.

These rune patterns, nourished by the cold air, seemed to have entities, emitting a faint blue light, revealing an indescribable majesty and mystery.

Every time Li Mu put down his pen, it seemed as if he was talking to the heaven and earth, and the cold and ice Dao essence transformed by the divine pattern was continuously integrated into it.

The runes drawn by the "Xuanlang Rune Pen" not only have powerful power, but also contain Li Mu's unique understanding of Tao and tools, which enables it to produce extraordinary effects.

As the pattern gradually takes shape, a strong spiritual power fluctuation quickly occurs in the talisman paper. This spiritual power fluctuation is like a sudden cold wave in winter, sweeping the entire space in an instant.

Li Mu waved his hand and activated the surrounding protective array, otherwise this icy power would continue to wreak havoc.

The next moment, the spiritual power of heaven and earth rioted, as if responding to the mysterious pattern that was about to take shape under Li Mu's pen. The surrounding space began to tremble, and the cold air in the air suddenly became thick, condensing into frost visible to the naked eye, slowly falling.

Above the sky, the originally calm clouds were stirred by an inexplicable force, forming a vortex, and there seemed to be a faint sound of thunder whispering, indicating that something extraordinary was about to happen.

As if at a critical moment, Li Mu's expression became more and more focused, holding the hand of the talisman spirit pen, and steadily outputting spiritual power.

As the last stroke fell, the entire talisman pattern suddenly lit up, like the brightest star in the night sky, reflecting the surrounding ice fog clearly. The mysterious pattern that looked like a dragon but not a dragon, like a phoenix but not a phoenix, seemed to come alive at this moment. The sound of dragon roaring and phoenix singing could be heard faintly, but it quickly dissipated into the invisible, leaving only a palpitating pressure spreading.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the spiritual power between heaven and earth seemed to have found an outlet, and madly poured into the talisman. Countless divine patterns emerged, as if alive, wandering wildly on the surface of the talisman, gathering, madly absorbing the spiritual power of heaven and earth, and strong cold air emerged, forming a shocking picture.

At the same time, thunderclouds gathered quickly in the sky above his head, and the will of heaven and earth enveloped him.

Seeing this, Li Mu smiled slightly as expected, and directly activated the magic array around him, and then put away the "talisman", completely isolating himself from the lock of the will of heaven.

Whenever a heaven-defying weapon is born, or a magic weapon is promoted to a very high grade, the Heaven will send down this calamity to test whether it can withstand the power of heaven and earth and whether it is really qualified to exist in the world.

However, Li Mu has refined too many Taoist weapons, spiritual talismans, and puppets, and the probability of generating weapon calamities is also very high. If he has to "cross" the weapon calamity every time, wouldn't he be exhausted?

Therefore, Li Mu has already mastered the clever way to avoid weapon calamities. He used his profound understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, as well as his unique attainments in refining weapons and drawing talismans over the years, to create a formation called "Tian Yan Dun Xing Array".

"Tian Yan Dun Xing Array" can cleverly guide the spiritual power of heaven and earth, so that the newly born heaven-defying things will merge with the surrounding heaven and earth at the moment of birth, blurring the boundaries of their existence, thereby avoiding the direct perception of the will of heaven.

Facing the approaching thunderclouds and the will of heaven and earth, Li Mu's mind moved, and the "Tian Yan Dun Xing Array" that had been arranged long ago was activated instantly. It was seen that the surrounding space seemed to be distorted, and countless lights and shadows intertwined, completely hiding the existence of the talisman between heaven and earth. Although the thunderclouds came, they seemed to have lost their target. After hovering in the air for a while, they finally dispersed helplessly.

Lin Maoshan, who had just left, felt the thunderclouds coming and going, and looked up with a face full of question marks.

"What is this? Did the master refine a Taoist weapon? There was obviously a weapon calamity? Why is it gone again?" Lin Maoshan was full of doubts in his heart, and his eyes turned involuntarily to the direction where Li Mu was. There had returned to peace, as if nothing had happened just now.

However, after confirming that there was no weapon calamity coming, Lin Maoshan was about to leave, and something that surprised him happened again soon. The sky changed again, and the thunderclouds gathered quickly again as if being pulled by an invisible force, covering half of the sky.

However, this thunderstorm came and went quickly. Just when Lin Maoshan thought he was going to experience a thrilling weapon disaster, the thundercloud seemed to be playing, just tumbling a few times in the air, and then it was as if gently pushed away by an invisible hand, gradually dissipating in the sky, and the sky once again returned to its former tranquility.

Lin Maoshan couldn't help but stop his feet, and looked into the distance with curiosity in his heart.

Soon, something unexpected happened to Lin Maoshan. Not long after, another thundercloud was attracted, but before it was really formed, the thundercloud quickly disappeared.

"This..., what's going on? What is the master doing! Why is this thundercloud so capricious?"

Lin Maoshan didn't leave for a long time, looking at the thunderclouds that frequently gathered and dissipated in the sky, muttering to himself in confusion.

At this moment, about half an hour later, Li Mu successfully refined a Thousand Frost Cold Domain Talisman. When the weapon calamity descended, he activated the "Heavenly Evolution Escape Array", resolved the lock of the calamity thunder, put away the talisman, and continued to refine the next one.

Under Li Mu's control, the thunderclouds of the weapon calamity seemed to have become a unique accompaniment in his weapon refining process. Whenever a new talisman was born, a scene of thunderclouds gathering and dispersing would be staged in the sky.

However, all this was just a common link in Li Mu's eyes. He focused on the refining in his hands without distraction.

As the refining of high-level talismans was completed and hidden in the "Heavenly Evolution Escape Array", the thunderclouds gathered and dissipated again and again, like a carefully choreographed dance. Although it looked thrilling to outsiders, it was actually under Li Mu's control.

Lin Maoshan left the back mountain with a lot of doubts in his mind.

When Li Mu was making talismans and refining weapons, Xiao Mingyue was sitting cross-legged on the ground, tempering herself with the power of the Heavenly Puppet of the Eight-sided Puppet Suppression Plate.

As a seventh-level puppet spirit, Xiao Mingyue has shown extraordinary spirituality despite her young age. She closed her eyes and concentrated, with powerful puppet power fluctuations surrounding her body, which echoed with the power of the heavenly puppet on the eight-sided puppet-suppressing card, forming a subtle resonance.

As time went by, the power of the puppet spirit in Xiao Mingyue's body gradually increased, and her eyes occasionally flashed with the light of wisdom. Under her guidance, the eight-sided puppet-suppressing card slowly released a purer and more powerful heavenly puppet power. These powers flowed into the sea of ​​puppet spirits in her body like a trickle, making her cultivation level steadily improve without her noticing.

In the interval of refining a spiritual talisman, Li Mu noticed the changes in Xiao Mingyue, and a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, praising her. (End of this chapter)