Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

The light of the teleportation array suddenly shone, and then quickly dissipated. Li Mu's figure appeared in an unfamiliar sea area, and he spread his spiritual consciousness, like an invisible net covering thousands of miles of sea area.

Soon, Li Mu's eyes locked on an uninhabited deserted island. The island was covered with dense vegetation, and the air was filled with rich spiritual energy, like an uncarved jade, lying quietly in the vast ocean, waiting for the discovery of the destined person.

After confirming again and again that there were no other cultivators on the island, Li Mu's figure flashed and flew over the island.

"This place is good, let's use it as a temporary residence." Li Mu thought secretly in his heart, and then his figure flashed and landed on the island. He skillfully arranged some defensive prohibitions and magic arrays to conceal the island to ensure that it was difficult for the outside world to spy and disturb.

Then, Li Mu gently tapped the storage ring, and a travel magic tool-the square house appeared in his hand.

As Li Mu's mind moved, the square house swelled in the wind and turned into a spacious single-family courtyard. The small courtyard is equipped with a weapon refining room, a practice room, and a meditation room, providing him with a perfect place for practice.

After doing all this, Li Mu smiled with satisfaction, went into the practice room, summoned the Painting World Treasure House, and disappeared from the spot. Only a colorful Ruyi from the Painting World Treasure House was left, slowly floating in the center of the practice room, with a hazy light flowing on it, extremely agile.

Li Mu appeared in the Painting World Treasure House, and a pure spiritual power rushed towards him. As far as his eyes could see, it was a fairyland-like cave world with mountains, water, clouds and fog, like a flowing ink painting. The mountains were undulating, the forests were dyed, the mountain streams were gurgling, and the fish in the water were swimming happily, occasionally jumping out of the water, splashing a little water, and shining with crystal light in the sun.

The most amazing thing is that the concentration of spiritual power in the space of the treasure house has reached the level of liquefaction. The air is filled with a faint spiritual mist, as if you are in a sea of ​​spiritual energy.

The Five Elements Spiritual Mountain stands in the center, with a palace group on the top of the mountain. A waterfall falls from the Five Elements Spiritual Mountain to the spiritual pool at the foot of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain is a vast expanse of spiritual fields, which are distributed in an orderly manner according to the layout of the five elements. On the spiritual fields, a large number of five elements, sixth-level, and seventh-level spiritual plants are planted. They show five colors of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, intertwined with each other, and endless; many fourth-level and fifth-level spiritual plants have lush branches and leaves, and abundant fruits, which make people salivate.

As for those, the sixth and seventh level five-element spiritual plants are even more precious. Each plant exudes a faint spiritual light, as if it contains the truth between heaven and earth. Their roots are deeply rooted in the spiritual field, absorbing the essence of the five-element spiritual mountain and the world, and constantly growing and growing. The spiritual power above the spiritual field is so rich that it is almost liquefied, forming a thin layer of spiritual mist, gently lingering in every inch of the spiritual field, like a carefully painted pastoral painting.

In addition to the five-element spiritual field, there are dense green bamboo forests, starry wood forests full of starlight, spiritual fruit gardens that emit tempting fragrance, and spiritual fields that correspond to yin and yang, planting a large number of sixth and seventh level yin and yang spiritual plants; the power of time and space condenses in the air, that is where the time and space spiritual lotus is suspended, and each petal of the lotus seems to carry the mystery of time and space. When it sways gently, there are heart-pounding time and space fluctuations emanating.

At the border of the treasure house where the time-space spirit lotus is planted, there is a time-space magic array made of rare materials. It continuously provides the time-space spirit lotus with stable time-space power, allowing it to thrive in this cave world.

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Wherever Li Mu's consciousness passes, the status of many spiritual plants in the painting world treasure house is clearly reflected in his mind. The growth of each spiritual plant and the fluctuation of spiritual power cannot escape his perception.

Because the painting world treasure house swallowed the spiritual energy intercepted by the chaos seal formation last time, the quality of spiritual power in the space has been qualitatively improved. In a short period of time, Li Mu does not need to worry about the growth of many spiritual plants in the treasure house.

However, this time, all the five elements and yin and yang spiritual plants in the seven secret realms were transplanted to the treasure house. The huge demand for the growth of spiritual plants is ultimately a huge burden for the painting world treasure house.

Although when transplanting the spiritual plants in the seven extreme secret realms, Li Mu also took the opportunity to collect a large number of rare spiritual materials in the seven extreme realms into the treasure house, providing the treasure house with a rich foundation and many things needed for the growth of high-level spiritual plants, the treasure house spirit is ultimately just a cave magic weapon, and it cannot generate rhyme and spiritual power on its own.

Planting millions of high-level spiritual plants in the treasure house is undoubtedly an unprecedented challenge for it.

Although the spiritual power in the painting world treasure house is still abundant, as time goes by, Li Mu can feel that the fatigue and pressure from the depths of the treasure house are quietly growing.

In order to completely solve this situation, a complete solution must be realized as soon as possible.

Now, the chaos seal formation has collapsed, and the seven nine-level divine objects in the seven extreme secret realms have fled, becoming ownerless objects, scattered between heaven and earth.

These seven ninth-level divine objects not only possess incredible power, but can also absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on their own. If they can be found and integrated into the Painting World Treasure House, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance the spiritual power self-sufficiency of the Treasure House.

If possible, Li Mu would like to gather these seven and ninth-level divine objects to reshape the foundation of the Artifact Dao for the Painting World Treasure House, so that it can truly evolve itself and become an endless cave world.

Once this idea took root in Li Mu's mind, it grew like wild grass. If this plan can be completed, it will not only be a reshaping of the Painting World Treasure House, but also lay an unbreakable foundation for his future practice of the Chaos Avenue.

"Master!"

"Brother Li!"

"Master, have you dealt with the chasing enemy?"

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Sensing Li Mu's arrival, the blue-eyed golden ape - Xiao Jin, the black jade rock lizard - Xiao Wa, the red fire phoenix, the Qingyue True Dragon, the green jade ginseng king, and the nine-tailed sky fox - Xue'er appeared one after another and gathered around, with eyes in He was full of concern for Li Mu.

"Well, it's solved. You can go practice! It's okay!"

Li Mu smiled and appeased the beasts, and nodded cordially to Xue'er.

Hearing this, all the royal beasts breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at each other and left as ordered, leaving Li Mu and Xue'er behind.

Watching the beasts leave, Xue'er stepped forward to hold Li Mu's hand and asked with concern: "Brother Li, what's going on outside now? Who is chasing you?"

Hearing Xue'er's question, Li Mu immediately knew that she was overthinking and thought that the forces of the Demon Abyss were after him. He quickly explained with a smile: "It's not what you think. Although the sealing formation collapsed, the invasion of the Demon Abyss There should still be some time, but we encountered some troubles while chasing the ninth-level Earth Vein Divine Fire..."

Immediately, Li Mu pursued the Earthly Divine Fire and accidentally landed on Fire Dragon Island. The fire dragon clan on the island had their sacred object - the Dragon King's Heart Flame stolen by the Earthly Divine Fire... and was chased by the Liehuo Ancestor. He informed Xueer in detail.

"So that's it. Brother Li blocked the Earth Vein Divine Fire in vain!" Xue'er suddenly realized and said a little funny.

"Yeah, I didn't expect this to happen," Li Mu shook his head helplessly, and then smiled: "However, this can be regarded as a rare experience, at least it allowed me to harvest the corpse of an eighth-level fire dragon. Refining it into a thousand Dao swords will increase the power of Wanjian Mountain by another level!"

"Brother Li, aren't you chasing the ninth-level earth vein divine fire?" Xue'er asked in surprise.

Li Mu smiled slightly, his eyes were deep, and he said with a smile: "Chasing, of course, I still have to chase. But, not now. The Earth Veins Divine Fire is the most precious treasure in the world and is full of spirituality. Now it has just woken up from its ten thousand years of slumber, and it has stolen the dragon. The Emperor's Heart Flame has attracted a powerful enemy like Ancestor Liehuo. If we pursue him at this time, we might cause trouble again, and it would be inappropriate to fall into even greater trouble."

Li Mu paused for a moment as he thought of something, and continued: "After the Earth Vein Divine Fire absorbs the Dragon Emperor's Heart Flame, its strength will inevitably increase greatly. I may not be able to conquer it in a short period of time, so I plan to stop for a while. Wait until it stabilizes and then look for opportunities.”

"Besides, when the Chaos Realm Sealing Formation disintegrates and the three realms are opened, the forces of the Demon Abyss will definitely invade this realm. The situation is still unclear, so don't run around. The first priority is to ensure your own safety and the improvement of your strength." Li Mu's His expression became serious, he looked at Xue'er and reminded: "Xue'er, you and I need to practice more diligently and improve our strength to cope with the coming storm."

"Brother Li, I just came out of seclusion, and you want me to practice again..." Xueer frowned and said aggrievedly.

Hearing this, Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly comforted him: "I understand, but I'm going to concentrate on refining weapons for a while, so I'm afraid I won't have time to accompany you."

"Brother Li, I understand, feel free to go refine the weapon!" Xue'er smiled understandingly and nodded lightly.

Li Mu smiled happily, held Xueer's hand tightly, and held her tenderly for a while.

Afterwards, Li Mu began to prepare for the weapon refining. He was able to successfully refine 1,500 seventh-level Dao swords at an extremely fast speed because of the help of the Chaos Realm Sealing Formation.

Now, without the help of the Chaos Sealing Formation, the difficulty of refining thousands of seventh-level Dao swords will be greatly increased.

Fortunately, the last thing Li Mu lacked was time. He first retrieved the corpse of the eighth-level fire dragon, dismembered it, divided it, and preliminarily processed it for use in refining Taoist weapons.

As soon as the thousand-foot-long dragon corpse appeared, the entire space seemed to be shaken. The eighth-level fire dragon corpse lay in the center of the Five Elements Spiritual Palace, with a majestic momentum, like an insurmountable mountain. On the dragon corpse, the majesty and domineering power of his life remain. Even though he has fallen, the dragon's power still makes people feel awe.

Before Ancestor Liehuo died, the Dragon King's essence and blood he devoured still had residual power. The purple-red dragon scales shone with a metallic luster. Each piece was like a carefully carved work of art, both tough and gorgeous, and the dragon bones were like pillars of heaven. It is tall and straight, exudes a faint fluorescence, and contains the power of the powerful dragon. You can feel the shocking power.

The eyes of the dragon corpse are closed tightly, but they seem to open at any time, spraying out flames that can burn everything. The majesty and power originating from the depths of the bloodline make people shudder. Compared with it, Qingyue True Dragon is inferior. A big realm, but like cloud mud.

Feeling the majestic aura of the dragon corpse, Xueer exclaimed: "What a terrifying dragon power! Is this the eighth-level fire dragon corpse? Brother Li, you are so powerful, you can kill it alone!"

Li Mu smiled slightly, and looked at Xue'er's amazed expression, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

"Go and do your work! I have to take care of this corpse, the scene is a bit bloody!"

Hearing this, Xueer accepted the order happily. Knowing that this was not the time to be sentimental, she immediately stepped back and said, "Brother Li, please get busy! I'll prepare some food for you."

After Xue'er left, Li Mu's expression became solemn and focused. Dealing with this eighth-level dragon corpse was not an easy task. However, with his previous experience in dealing with dragon corpses, there was no need to remove the evil spirit. This one Disposing of the fire dragon's corpse was much easier.

Li Mu started his work with ease. The first thing he did was to collect dragon blood. This eighth-level dragon blood was very valuable. The dragon essence contained in it could not only be used to refine elixirs, but also be used as an important spiritual material for drawing talismans and making spiritual ink.

Li Mu summoned an exquisite liquid-collecting bottle with complex runes engraved on the bottle, which could preserve the activity and power of dragon blood to the maximum extent.

Li Mu summoned a seventh-level Taoist sword, injected spiritual power into it, and forcefully slashed the dragon corpse's neck blood vessels. Unlike ordinary beasts, the blood of the eighth-level fire dragon did not gush out immediately, but seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, flowing into the liquid-collecting bottle in Li Mu's hand in an endless stream, tens of thousands of pounds.

The dragon blood was bright red like agate, with a faint golden luster, exuding a hot breath that made people dare not look directly at it.

After a large amount of dragon blood was collected, Li Mu began to peel off the dragon scales and took out a skinning knife. Although this skinning knife was called a "knife", it was actually an extremely delicate Taoist weapon, specially used to handle rare materials without damaging their essence.

Li Mu held the skinning knife in his hand, and the spiritual power flowed through it, causing the blade to emit a faint blue light, as if it was wrapped in a layer of water mist. He gently touched the dragon corpse, not cutting it this time, but guiding the dragon scales to separate from the dragon body in a gentle way.

The skinning knife moved among the dragon scales, and each dragon scale was removed accurately without damaging the dragon scales themselves or leaving any traces on the dragon corpse, showing Li Mu's superb skills and exquisite control of spiritual power.

The dragon scales flew in the air, like brilliant sparks, each of which flashed with dazzling light and exuded a faint warmth, which was proof that the dragon essence had not yet dissipated. In the end, each piece was collected by Li Mu in the Tianxuan Ring.

After dealing with the dragon scales, Li Mu did not immediately start working on the dragon bones, but first checked the inside of the dragon corpse to confirm whether there were other precious internal organs or organs that could be used.

Sure enough, in the dragon's belly, Li Mu found a fist-sized red dragon ball, which contained the power of fire. It was the concentrated embodiment of the dragon corpse's fire path origin. The Fiery Ancestor condensed the essence of his Mahayana cultivation into this ball.

This is a top-grade refining material. Li Mu put it away solemnly. Next, he peeled off the dragon tendons, dragon meat, dragon bones,... Dragon tendons are extremely tough and are excellent materials for refining ropes and whips.

Li Mu carefully cut along the dragon corpse's spine with a skinning knife. The dragon tendons came out in response, as hard as steel, but with excellent toughness. He slowly pulled it out, and each one was winding like a long snake, flashing a fiery red light.

Dragon meat may not be a direct cultivation material, but it contains the dragon essence of the Mahayana fire dragon, which is a treasure that many low-level spirit beasts dream of. Li Mu cut it into pieces, froze it properly, and prepared to refine it into elixirs, or cook spiritual meals, or feed beasts to improve their strength.

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The thousand-foot-long dragon corpse was like a small mountain, and Li Mu was like an ant in front of it, busy and happy. (End of this chapter)