Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

Looking at the growth of the Spacetime Spirit Lotus, Li Mu had a plan in mind. His consciousness sank into the Tianxuan Ring again. After searching for a while, he took out dozens of Time Realm Spirit Crystals that emitted a faint blue light and contained the endless mysteries of time and space.

Complex time and space patterns flowed on the surface of the spirit crystal, as if it contained a microcosm of the entire universe, and the light flashed with a slight distortion of time and space.

Li Mu's consciousness lifted the Time Realm Spirit Crystal and slowly walked towards the boundary wall where the Spacetime Spirit Lotus was located; as he approached, the Spacetime Spirit Lotuses that had originally trembled slightly due to sensing the strange breath seemed to feel the same source of power contained in the spirit crystal, and the light gradually softened, and the magic shield also quietly dissipated.

With a gentle wave of his hands, dozens of time-world spirit crystals were pulled by invisible forces, suspended in the air one by one, and arranged into a complex pattern. The next moment, the time-space array hidden in the boundary wall emerged and swallowed up dozens of time-world spirit crystals. The time-space array released powerful time-space power, corresponding to the location of the time-space spirit lotus, forming a bridge connecting heaven and earth and communicating time and space.

As Li Mu chanted the spell, pure and powerful time-space power surged out of the time-space array, like a stream merging into a river and sea, and finally gathered at the core of the time-space array, where a tiny time-space vortex was slowly forming. It was both a portal for connection and the source of the time-space power.

The time-space spirit lotuses felt the nourishment of this powerful time-space power, and the time-space patterns on the leaves began to flow faster, the light became brighter, greedily absorbing the time-space power, and the growth rate increased at a speed visible to the naked eye, the volume gradually expanded, the branches and leaves became full, and the color gradually became deep.

Li Mu did not stop, and continued to stimulate his consciousness, guiding the power of time and space to penetrate into the roots of each spiritual lotus, nourishing their veins and branches.

As time passed, the laws of time and space in the entire boundary wall seemed to become active due to the injection of this power. The fluctuations of time and space rose and fell, forming a magnificent picture of time and space. Li Mu was in this picture. When he looked over, the spiritual lotuses of time and space resumed their growth state, and he couldn't help showing a happy smile on his face.

At this moment, Li Mu felt a strange fluctuation of spiritual power, and his expression was slightly startled. Then, he sensed that this fluctuation of spiritual power was caused by Mingyue's puppet refining, which not only contained Mingyue's special puppet refining skills, but also vaguely revealed an unprecedented innovation and breakthrough.

Li Mu's heart moved, realizing that Mingyue might be trying a new method of puppet refining, which is very likely to break the bottleneck of the existing puppet skills.

Li Mu's figure flashed, disappeared from the spot, and appeared beside Mingyue.

Mingyue was concentrating on refining a humanoid puppet, with an unconcealable excitement on her face. The sixth-level puppet had bright eyes, full of agility, and exuded a powerful aura.

"Master, you are here!" Mingyue sensed Li Mu's arrival and immediately introduced excitedly: "Master, look, this is my newly refined combat puppet - Qingteng Combat Puppet, what do you think! I imitated the method of refining the Dragon Guard before."

Li Mu carefully examined the "Qingteng Combat Puppet" in front of him, and a touch of approval flashed in his eyes.

Under the innate magical power - identifying all spirits, the properties of the Qingteng Combat Puppet were all presented in Li Mu's eyes.

[Qingteng Combat Puppet]

[Rank: Sixth-level Spirit Puppet]

[Features: entanglement and binding, wood element absorption, perception amplification, vine weaving domain, vine domain illusion, summoning vine monster. ]

[Status: Combat puppet is reborn, puppet spirit is full. 】

【The Green Ivy Battle Puppet, with the trunk of the Eternal Green Ivy Master as the torso, the essence of the thousand-year-old tree as the limbs, and the integration of the sixth-level netherworld spiritual soil, the sixth-level morning jade bamboo is carefully carved, and then the puppet core is condensed with the power of the puppet spirit. It can change various vine techniques according to the rhythm of the battle, which can bind the opponent, absorb vitality, enhance its own perception, create a thousand-vine spiritual domain woven by vines, give birth to spiritual vines to bind the opponent, and the vine technique summons thousands of demon vines. 】

Li Mu nodded repeatedly, smiled and praised Mingyue, saying: "Well done, this puppet war puppet not only perfectly combines the agility and tenacity of the wood attribute, but also shows vitality and combat potential beyond the previous puppets under your unique innovation. Especially the spirit domain of the war puppet, it is simply ingenious and makes my eyes light up."

"Thank you for the compliment, master. I was actually inspired by the master's refining of the dragon guard, so I thought of this refining method. Moreover, I also tried to add a trace of my own spiritual power to the puppet core, hoping to make it more in tune with me and more flexible in battle." Mingyue said, with a lively light in her eyes, obviously full of confidence in this work.

"Well, the combat power of this puppet is really good!" Li Mu nodded and agreed with Mingyue's words.

"Master, take it, I can refine more Qingteng war puppets, form a puppet army, and solve problems for the master." Mingyue raised her little face and looked at Li Mu with a bright smile.

Mingyue has always longed for Li Mu's recognition. This recognition is like the sweetest fruit, which makes her satisfied.

However, Li Mu shook his head gently and declined, "Mingyue, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want you to over-consume your puppet spirit power in order to refine puppets. Puppet spirit power is your foundation. Once over-consumed, it will not only affect your cultivation progress, but may also cause irreversible damage to you."

Hearing this, Mingyue's smile froze slightly, and then she showed an understanding smile: "Master, I am too impatient. I will pay attention and will not over-consume myself."

"Well, refining this kind of puppet will take a lot of effort for you, so don't do it!" Li Mu smiled, then thought about it, and said: "If not, you can help refine a batch of fifth-level ordinary puppets!"

"Uh! Master, the fifth-level puppets are too weak in combat. Can they stand alone?" Mingyue was slightly stunned, obviously a little surprised by Li Mu's proposal.

In Mingyue's view, there is a big gap between the fifth-level puppet's combat power and that of the Ivy war puppet. Although it is one level behind, the difference in combat power is huge. She can't help but wonder whether the master really Do you think level 5 puppets are enough to cope with future challenges?

"Don't underestimate the combat power of the fifth-level puppet. If used properly, a fifth-level puppet can also create the ability to kill the Void Refining cultivator." Li Mu smiled slightly and said mysteriously.

"This is impossible!" Mingyue exclaimed, her face full of disbelief.

In her opinion, there is an insurmountable gap between the fifth-level puppets and the Void Refining monks. The Void Refining Monk, a being who can control the legal domain and can perform all kinds of magical powers and secrets, can't be matched by a mere fifth-level puppet?

Li Mu seemed to see through her thoughts and explained with a smile: "Mingyue, you don't know something. The combat power of a puppet does not entirely depend on its level. A carefully refined fifth-level puppet, if matched with the right With the formations, talismans and combat strategies, it is entirely possible to create a miracle of killing the Void Refining cultivator.”

"Formation, talismans and combat strategies?" After hearing this, a hint of realization flashed in Mingyue's eyes, and she understood that what Li Mu said was what he was extremely good at, and it was an important means to improve the puppet's combat power.

Mingyue couldn't help but be a little confused. After all, the gap between the fifth-level puppet and the monk refining the void was too big. It was difficult to get close, so how could it cause fatal damage to the monk refining the void?

Seeing this, Li Mu said no more, but with a thought in mind, he took out a blank jade slip from Tianxuan Ring.

Li Mu's spiritual thoughts moved slightly, and the true energy in his hand condensed into a blank jade slip, and he carved on it the detailed diagram of refining the fifth-level puppet, as well as the key points of the inner formation.

Immediately, Li Mu handed the jade slip to Mingyue and signaled: "This is a battle plan for the fifth-level puppet that I have recently researched. Take it and have a look. Maybe you will have new insights into the combat power of the fifth-level puppet." know."

Mingyue couldn't wait to take the jade slip, and her consciousness sank into it.

A moment later, Mingyue's face showed a look of shock. What was recorded in the jade slip was a plan to use fifth-level puppets in conjunction with formations, talismans and combat strategies to create the possibility of killing the Void Refining cultivator.

The sophistication of this plan made Mingyue unable to help but admire it.

"Master, this... this plan is really terrible!" Mingyue was amazed, and finally understood why Li Mu asked her to refine the fifth-level puppet.

It turns out that this kind of fifth-level puppet can really display such amazing combat power in Li Mu's hands.

Among the jade slips, there is a record of a special fifth-level puppet, called the 'Puppet Spider'. This kind of puppet is made of fifth-level star wood. Star wood is extremely hard and contains the power of stars. It is a high-level refining material. Excellent material for puppets.

The most important thing is that Li Mu embedded a time and space array inside this kind of puppet. This array can drive the fifth-level puppet spider to travel through time and space for a short period of time, and to move across distances instantly. Its eight legs depict strong winds, swift shadows, and phantom bodies. Waiting for the puppet formation, this fifth-level puppet can quickly approach all targets at an extremely terrifying speed.

More importantly, this space-time array instantly compresses the energy inside the puppet to the limit. Once it gets close to the enemy, hug the target and then detonate it, releasing an energy wave equivalent to a full blow of a monk in the Void Refining Stage.

What's even more frightening is that the puppet drawings also have talisman positions marked. Instantly activated talismans can be added to the puppet, such as explosion talisman, binding talisman, etc. These talismans can be released before or when the puppet self-destructs, further increasing the attack. variety and suddenness.

For example, the Explosion Talisman can detonate after the puppet approaches the target, increasing the killing power..., and the Binding Talisman can tightly bind the enemy before the puppet self-destructs, ensuring that the power of the self-destruction can fully affect the target.

"Master, the design of this puppet spider is really ingenious. It perfectly integrates puppetry, formations, and talismans. It is simply a killing machine on the battlefield!" Mingyue exclaimed, her eyes shining with excitement, and she looked at Li Mu with eyes filled with excitement. Worshiped.

Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Although the puppet spider is powerful, it is also extremely complicated to refine, requiring extremely high skills and patience. Moreover, due to its self-destruction characteristics, it cannot be recycled once used. You must be careful when using it to ensure Every puppet spider can be used to its fullest potential."

"I understand, Master." Mingyue nodded solemnly, "I will definitely go all out and carefully refine each puppet spider to make them our strongest trump card."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, took out the fifth-level star wood, space-time array disk and various rare materials that had been prepared from the storage ring, and placed them on the table one by one.

"Okay, let's get started. Remember, you must be extra careful during the refining process. The embedding of the space-time array is particularly critical. If there is a slight mistake, the entire puppet may be scrapped." Li Muxiao looked at Mingyue and gestured: "Puppet I'll leave the body to you for refining, and I'll carve the puppet's source core and the miniature space-time array inside it."

Hearing this, Mingyue immediately restrained her mind and devoted herself to the refining work. She stretched out her slender hand and placed it on the star wood on the table, feeling the power of the stars contained in it and anticipating the texture of the star wood.

The next moment, a powerful puppet force was released from Mingyue's hand, and wherever it passed, pieces of star wood chips fell one after another.

After a while, a large section of star wood gradually turned into the body of the puppet spider, with eight legs and puppet spirit patterns on them, as if they were born naturally.

Li Mu saw this scene, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he was envious.

This is Mingyue's innate magical power as a seventh-level puppet spirit. He can refine the puppet body with amazing accuracy and efficiency in a short period of time, and give puppet spirit patterns to materials suitable for refining puppets. This ability is beyond his reach even for him.

At this time, Li Mu also started working, focusing on Mingyue, while holding a small piece of exquisite time and space crystal and a small golden carving knife, and began to carve a miniature time and space array. This array is the core of the puppet spider and the key to its ability to achieve time and space shuttle and self-destruction.

Li Mu's technique was skillful and precise, and his hands seemed to contain endless power. While carving, he communicated with Mingyue about his refining experience. The two cooperated tacitly, as if they were playing a silent game.

As time went by, the refining of the puppet spider gradually came to an end.

Mingyue completed all the carving work of the puppet body first, and Li Mu also carved a source core and successfully embedded the micro-space-time array into the source core.

"Okay, the next step is to assemble all the parts." Li Mu smiled and looked at Mingyue, indicating that she was ready to take the last step.

Mingyue nodded, picked up the puppet source core, and began to assemble each part one by one. Her hands seemed to have magic power. The various parts of the puppet spider seemed to be given life in her hands, and gradually combined into a complete individual. With the embedding of the last part, the body of the puppet spider trembled slightly, and a strong puppet power flowed on its surface.

The next moment, Mingyue injected a puppet power and successfully activated the puppet pronucleus. The puppet spider stood up completely, and a pair of spider eyes released a ray of light.

Finally, after all the parts were perfectly assembled, a lifelike puppet spider appeared in front of the two. Its eight legs were agile and its body was agile, as if it would jump up and attack the enemy at any time.

"Success!" Mingyue cheered excitedly, her face filled with a smile of satisfaction and pride. (End of this chapter)