Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

Just when the old man Tianji used the "Heavenly Secret Chain" and Tianji deduced Li Mu's position.

Li Mu was in a hidden path, concentrating on refining the 120th seventh-level dragon bone sword. He pinched his hands and controlled the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace to quench the earth dragon bone and solidify the sword embryos of the three swords. Suddenly, he felt some subtle changes.

Tianji's treasure-the lucky turtle hummed, and the spirit of the weapon was alert. Li Mu's mind moved slightly, and he immediately felt an indescribable sense of peeping, as if an invisible eye was penetrating the heavy fog and trying to lock his position. This feeling was both strange and familiar, reminding him of the experience of being deduced by Tianji before.

"Someone is deducing my position? It's not that easy!"

Li Mu hummed in his heart, separated a trace of his mind, summoned the lucky turtle from the Tianxuan ring, and urged it to release circles of faint ripples. These ripples spread silently, intertwined and interfered with the power of Tianji's deduction, making the opponent's deduction vague and chaotic.

At the same time, Li Mu accelerated the pace of refining the weapon, and the speed of his hands forming seals became faster and faster. The flames in the Skyfire Refining Furnace became more and more blazing, as if to devour everything.

Soon, under Li Mu's careful control, three seventh-level dragon bone swords took shape, the weapon patterns condensed one after another, the spiritual light flashed, and the sword intent soared to the sky.

"Finish it for me!" Li Mu shouted in a low voice, and suddenly closed his hands. Three brilliant sword lights rushed out of the refining furnace and pierced the sky. The three seventh-level dragon bone swords were finally successfully refined.

Li Mu felt the power of the three new swords, and a sense of accomplishment surged in his heart. However, he did not slack off and immediately put the three new swords into Wanjian Mountain.

Not long after, Li Mu's figure flashed and appeared outside the Painting World Treasure House. He put away the Treasure House and the Square House, and then released the teleportation array card to activate the teleportation array leading to the unknown area.

With a flash of light, Li Mu's figure disappeared on the spot, leaving only a faint space ripple, which gradually dissipated.

After several teleportations and a fast journey, Li Mu left the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm, crossed the vast sea and land, and finally arrived at the edge of the Northern Realm. Here, the wind was cold, the snow was flying, and the whole place was covered in silver, which was completely different from the style and atmosphere of the Southern Wilderness Ten Thousand Monsters Mountains.

Li Mu restrained his cultivation aura, disguised himself as a sixty-year-old casual cultivator, appeared on the top of a towering snow-capped mountain, and looked into the distance.

In front of him, at the foot of the mountain, a city carved out of ice suddenly came into view. It was an ice city built by casual cultivators, named "Frost City". The buildings in the city were scattered and made of solid ice, crystal clear, and shining brightly under the sun. On the streets, monks wearing heavy fur coats could occasionally be seen passing by in a hurry. They were either exchanging cultivation experiences, or trading spiritual materials, and traveling with caravans.

Li Mu slowly stepped into Frost City, feeling the unique coldness of this ice city, mixed in the sparse crowd, and prepared to enter the city.

"A medium-grade spirit stone for entering the city!" At the gate of the city, a guard wearing heavy ice armor and with a stern face stopped Li Mu's way and said without any emotion.

Li Mu smiled slightly, took out a medium-grade spirit stone from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

The guard glanced at the spirit stone on the table, and after confirming that it was correct, he nodded and made way.

After entering the city, Li Mu first walked around and observed the layout and atmosphere of the city. There were shops on both sides of the street, some selling various magic weapons, some trading rare medicinal materials, and some providing cultivation resources. It was very lively. The air was filled with a faint spiritual energy and icy air, which made people feel refreshed.

"Well, this Frost City is not bad, suitable for temporary settlement." Li Mu thought to himself, and then began to look for a suitable courtyard, intending to live in seclusion in this city.

Soon, Li Mu found a small courtyard for rent in a relatively prosperous area in the city, but in a slightly remote corner. The courtyard was not big, only about 100 square meters, but it had a good location.

Li Mu asked about the owner of the courtyard and rented it for a long time at a cost of 1,000 middle spirits. Then, he summoned Xue'er and Mingyue from the Painting World Treasure House and asked them to hide their appearance and disguise themselves to help take care of the courtyard.

"Brother Li, aren't you going to track the ninth-level earth vein divine fire? Why did you suddenly come to this desolate border town to live in seclusion?"

Xue'er looked at Li Mu, puzzled by his temporary decision, blinking her lively eyes, full of doubts.

"The aura of several ninth-level divine objects is still unstable. At least within a hundred years, they cannot take root. Let's put the tracking aside for the time being. Right now, I have more important things to do, to find a safe place to refine the weapon safely. This place is good. It is hidden in the city and should not be easily discovered by the trackers." Li Mu introduced in a deep voice with a deep look in his eyes.

"You guys take care of the courtyard, I'm going to retreat for a while." Li Mu looked at the two and added.

"I understand, Brother Li, we will be careful." Xue'er said softly.

"Master, do you want to set up a magic array in the yard!" Mingyue took out a small array plate from her sleeve and looked at Li Mu for instructions.

"Just set up some simple protective arrays, keep a low profile, and don't attract attention." Li Mu nodded and smiled.

Hearing this, Mingyue immediately took action. The array plate in her hand flashed, and then she waved her sleeves lightly. A series of subtle runes flew in the air like elves, and finally merged silently into the surrounding ice and snow, forming a seemingly simple but mysterious protective array, which can protect the courtyard from outside intrusion, but will not be too ostentatious and attract attention.

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and gave silent praise to Mingyue's attainments in the array.

Then, Li Mu turned and walked into the house, entered the Painting World Treasure House, and continued the previous refining. At the same time, he arranged a spiritual array to provide spiritual power for the Fortune Turtle, so that it could run at all times and actively conceal the secrets for himself to avoid being calculated by others.

In the following days, Li Mu was in the Painting World Treasure House, isolated from his own breath, and devoted himself to the closed-door refining.

Time passed like a white horse, and several months had passed in a blink of an eye.

In the Tiannan Sea, all the Mahayana monks followed the guidance of the old man Tianji and rushed to this area. They scattered their subordinates, but found that Li Mu seemed to have evaporated from the world. No matter how they searched, they could not find any trace.

"Where is this Elder Li hiding? Why can't we find him?" Old Man Xuantian frowned, his eyes were like torches, and his spiritual consciousness swept the entire sea area, but he could only see the vast sea and the surging waves.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Tianji's deduction is wrong?" The old Taoist Lingyun couldn't help but murmur in his heart. After all, Tianji's deduction is not omnipotent and there may be deviations.

"Impossible! My Tianji chain will never make mistakes. Master Li must be in this sea area." The old man Tianji was pale and his tone was extremely firm. He said in a deep voice: "Unless he deliberately avoided us and left this area in advance!"

At this time, a disciple of Xuantian Sword Sect hurriedly flew over and bowed and said: "Master, we found some clues on a small island, which seems to be related to Elder Li."

"Oh? Lead the way!" The old man Xuantian was overjoyed and immediately took a group of Mahayana cultivators and followed the disciple to fly to the island.

When they arrived at the island, they saw the hidden traces of the formation on the island and the faint aftertaste of the teleportation formation. Obviously, someone had been active here and had left for a long time.

"It seems that Elder Li has indeed been here. This hidden magic array should be his work." Chen Qingxuan looked around and captured more information from the details. He said affirmatively: "He should have left in advance by taking the teleportation array."

"Elder Li should have sensed the deduction of Taoist Tianji and escaped first!" Feng Wuhen said.

"Elder Li is proficient in various skills and has cultivated the Great Dao of Chaos. If he deliberately hides, I am afraid we will not be able to find him." Qi Xuanming sighed in admiration.

"In this case, we can only report it to our uncle master truthfully!" Elder Xuantian sighed helplessly and worriedly said: "But, in addition to us looking for Elder Li, the Immortal Demon God of the Demon Abyss and the Tianfeng Immortal Emperor of the Immortal Spirit Realm are also searching for his whereabouts. Elder Li, do you really have the ability to avoid their eyes and ears!"

After Elder Xuantian's words fell, the atmosphere around him suddenly became solemn. The Mahayana cultivators looked at each other, feeling uneasy. Li Mu's disappearance involves the future of the entire spiritual world.

"The Immortal Demon God and the Phoenix Emperor are both extremely powerful. If they are determined to find Li Mu, I am afraid that Elder Li will find it difficult to avoid them." Lingyun said in a deep voice. He knew the strength and means of these two powerful men and was deeply worried about Li Mu's situation.

Elder Tianji was silent for a moment, and a trace of determination flashed in his eyes: "We can't just sit there and wait for death. Since he intends to hide, we can only pay close attention to the movements of the Immortal Demon God and the Phoenix Emperor to prevent them from getting there first."

"What Fellow Daoist Tianji said is very true." Elder Xuantian nodded in agreement, and then turned to the group of cultivators, "Everyone will act separately. Some people will continue to search this sea area, and the other part will go to the nearby cultivation city to search for Elder Li's whereabouts. At the same time, strengthen the monitoring of the Immortal Demon God and the Phoenix Emperor."

Hearing this, the cultivators nodded one after another, and then acted according to Elder Xuantian's arrangement.

In the outer star field, the Immortal Demon God sat in the dark Demon Palace, surrounded by rolling demonic energy, with a pair of black eyes flashing cold light. He used the secret method of tracking again and again, but all ended in failure.

Before, his immortal clone died because of him, and the immortal spell left on that person seemed to be erased by him, which now caused the Immortal Demon God's plan to track down his whereabouts to fail.

"Damn guy, where are you hiding? I will definitely pull you out, pull out your tendons and bones, and vent my hatred!" The Immortal Demon God shouted angrily, and the demonic energy surged, as if to overturn the entire Demon Palace.

Seeing this, a demon general beside him hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Sir, we have followed your instructions and searched extensively in the Tiannan Sea and surrounding areas, but we have not found any trace of Li Mu so far."

"Waste!" The Immortal Demon God shouted angrily, and a powerful magic power instantly blasted the demon general away. The demon general vomited blood and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"I will give you another chance. You must find the whereabouts of Li Mu. I want him alive. He has the secret of the Chaos Avenue. I will take it all!" The Immortal Demon God's tone was cold and full of unquestionable majesty.

When the demon generals heard this, they all felt a chill in their hearts and hurriedly took the order and left. The Immortal Demon God's methods were extremely cruel. If they failed to complete the task, they would be severely punished.

So, the demon generals of the Demon Abyss sent a large number of monsters and demon cultivators to rush into Qiling Star to search for Li Mu's whereabouts.

For a time, the entire Qi Ling Star fell into chaos and panic. The Demon Abyss army was like a locust swarm, and wherever it went, people were devastated and wailing.

The demons could not find any trace of Li Mu, so they poured their anger and cruel means on the innocent spiritual world cultivators and civilians. The various domains of the spiritual world, many immortal cities, sects, and cultivation families were broken through by the Demon Abyss army one by one. The prosperous streets turned into ruins, and the once bustling market was now only dead silence and despair.

The monks either fought desperately or fled in all directions, but facing the overwhelming force of the Demonic Abyss Army, their struggle seemed so powerless.

In the Zhongzhou Spiritual Region, Xuantian Sword Sect and a number of major sects gathered on the sect square, and the atmosphere was solemn and tragic.

Elder Xuantian stood in front of the crowd, his eyes like torches, looking at the distant sky shrouded by demonic energy, his heart filled with unprecedented heaviness and determination.

"My fellow monks, the Demonic Abyss Army has ravaged our spiritual world, and countless monks and civilians have been poisoned. As a part of the spiritual world, we have no choice but to stand up and protect our homeland!" Elder Xuantian's voice echoed on the square, arousing the blood and fighting spirit in everyone's hearts.

"Swear to protect our homeland and the spiritual world!" The monks shouted in unison, and the sound shook the earth.

Xuantian Sword Sect joined hands with major sects, including Tianjian Sect, Yunyin Sect, Lieyan Sect, etc., to form a coalition, vowing to fight a decisive battle with the Demonic Abyss Army.

Led by Elder Xuantian, the coalition army marched towards the Demon Abyss army in a mighty manner. Along the way, they recovered the cultivation cities occupied by the Demon Abyss army, rescued countless trapped cultivators and civilians, and their morale was high and they were eager to fight.

However, the Demon Abyss forces were not ordinary people. They had powerful monsters and demon cultivators, and they also had two demon gods with great cultivation - the Immortal Demon God and the Black Eagle Demon God.

Although the Spirit World coalition army won some victories in many battles with the Demon Abyss army, it also paid a heavy price.

At the same time, the immortal spirit world army led by the Tianfeng Immortal Emperor also waited for an opportunity to move. While searching for the whereabouts of the practitioners of the Chaos Avenue, they intended to intervene in the spirit world, get a share of the pie, and unite with the human cultivators of the spirit world to stop the invasion of the Demon Abyss army.

Although the Tianfeng Immortal Emperor claimed on the surface that he wanted to unite the cultivators of the spiritual world and the human world to fight against the army of the Demon Abyss, his real purpose deep in his heart was to wipe out the human chaos cultivators, eliminate potential threats, and control the secrets of the Chaos Avenue to enhance his own strength.

For a time, the entire spiritual world was full of fighting. The entanglement and confrontation between the three major forces caused the entire spiritual world and even the wider cultivation world to fall into unprecedented turmoil. (End of this chapter)