Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

Time flies, and more than two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, it was routine for Li Mu to observe the conditions of the Yin and Yang Spirit Plants day and night.

The red wolf follows closely behind him every day. Its body is not as good as before, its pace is slow, it cannot walk dozens of feet every day, and it is more lazy than before to move. Li Mu patiently accompanies him.

Red Wolf was Li Mu's important companion when he came to this world, from a Qi Refining monk to a Nascent Soul monk, and he also witnessed his growth.

Under his careful care, Red Wolf's lifespan has far exceeded the lifespan of other ordinary dogs by several decades.

Now, when it was about to leave, Li Mu stayed with it silently until he buried it under an ancient tree with his own hands.

After Red Wolf left, Li Mu guarded the spiritual field and continued his ordinary and simple life.

During the two months of planting the yin and yang spiritual plants, Li Mu was not idle. The three pieces of fifth-level thunder beast skins exchanged at Wanbao Pavilion were made into more than 700 pieces of fifth-level thunder-type spiritual talisman paper.

During this period, he carved more than twenty pieces before drawing four fifth-level immobilizing thunder prison talismans. When the failure rate was too high, Li Mu chose to stop drawing the talismans.

Anyway, the Nine-Yang Spirit Grass will mature in another twenty-five years. At that time, if you take it together with the Nine-Yin Spirit Grass, you will gain spirituality, weapon refining skills, and puppetry skills, and these skills can be advanced again.

As the skill level increases, the refining efficiency will also be greatly improved. When the time comes, it will not be too late to draw again.

During this period of time, Li Mu mainly spent on refining star puppets, which were time-consuming to carve.

In the past two months, Li Mu drew a large number of star wooden puppet bodies, adding two to three hundred to the original one hundred and fifty-one star puppets.

Three hundred melee star puppets are equivalent to three hundred junior Yuanying monks. This combat power is not inferior to that of ordinary organizations.

Li Mu naturally followed Han Xin's principle of having more troops, the better, and prepared to refine all the star wood in his hand into melee puppets.

Approaching Zhongzhou, the quality of the monks encountered in the past has greatly improved, and the number of Huashen monks in the ancient city has increased dramatically. There is a mixture of forces from all sides, and several major powerful families in Zhongzhou also have branches. Stationed here, there must be strong people in the Void Refining Realm, and there may even be those above the Void Refining Realm.

For the sake of safety, adding another means of pressure will provide an additional guarantee for safety.

At that moment, Li Mu devoted his whole body to the sculpture of the puppet's body, and among the nine hidden spiritual beads, the auction purple gold token given by Lin Baoqing emitted a quiet light, and a strange wave rippled away.

Li Mu quickly stopped the carving knife in his hand, remembered the Wanbao Pavilion auction, put down the carving knife, and called out the purple gold token.

Above the token, a burst of purple light emerged, and Lin Baoqing's figure appeared. His shadow was less than half an inch. He cupped his hands and bowed, and said loudly: "Fellow Taoists from all walks of life, March is approaching, and in three days everything will be over." The spirit auction is about to start, I hope you will attend on time."

As soon as the words fell, Lin Baoqing's shadow disappeared.

After putting away the token, Li Mu suddenly realized that three months had passed before he knew it!

This dragon-changing spirit grass is very likely to appear in the Ten Thousand Spirits Auction. Li Mu will naturally not miss it. There are still three days left, so he rushes over now, just in time.

So, after Li Mu refined the star puppet, he stretched, stood up and left the weapon refining room.

"Xiao Jin, Xiao Wa, come here."

Li Mu called softly.

The next moment, Xiao Wa surged out of the ground, shrunk in size, crawled to Li Mu's feet, rubbed them intimately, raised his head with an expectant look on his face, as if asking his master what plans he had.

Before Li Mu could open his mouth, a falcon screamed in the sky, and a figure more than ten feet wide swooped down, whipping up strong winds.

After a period of confusion caused by flying sand and stones, the third-order flying stone giant eagle landed in the courtyard. Xiao Jin sat on the neck of the monster, holding the best in his hand, showing a humane and proud smile.

Good guy, he actually imitated the blue-eyed brachiosaurus to catch monsters and use them as mounts.

Li Mu couldn't help but shook his head and smiled, handed two communication tokens to the two beasts, and ordered: "I am going to set up a large trapping formation here. You stay in the formation to protect these two spiritual fields. If anyone discovers this place, pass through this Token, send me the message immediately, don’t fight forcefully, stay in the formation and wait for me to arrive.”

After receiving the token, Xiao Jin and Xiao Wa nodded repeatedly with a cautious attitude.

These two spiritual fields are the owner's treasures, and they don't dare to neglect them in the slightest.

In Yin Yang Valley, ordinary people would not easily enter. Those who could enter must be deity monks or people with higher cultivation levels. For this reason, Li Mu specifically told the two beasts to watch the spiritual fields and not to attack strangers.

Li Mu took out the bones of the two dragons from the Jiuzang Spiritual Pearl and set up the Double Dragon Immortal Binding Formation. He spread a large number of spiritual stones to cover the two spiritual fields and protect them firmly.

A larger fifth-level sky trapped formation was deployed outside the Double Dragon Formation. Double fifth-level magic formations enveloped this place. Even if a powerful person who transformed into gods came here, he was not a formation master who was proficient in formations and wanted to break the spell with his strength. , it will take several days.

This is enough time to wait for his return.

After arranging things in the valley, Li Mu stepped on the spiritual sword and summoned the Five Elements Spiritual Mountain. The Five Elements Domain included himself. He watched the nebula and thought of thoughts to protect his soul, and embarked on the road back to the city.

After Li Mu rushed out of Yin Yang Valley, he summoned the Tissot Spirit Ship from the Jiuzang Spirit Pearl, got into it, activated the spirit boat, turned into a stream of light, and rushed towards the ancient city.

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The ancient city-floating port is still bustling with activity. Outside the city gate, there is an endless stream of monks of all kinds, such as aerial spirit ships, spiritual beasts, and flying swords.

There are so many that it’s overwhelming.

The traveling monks below also have endless ways of traveling, but no matter what they are, they must come down when they are three feet away from the city gate.

Li Mu naturally did the same. He came to the city gate and handed over a hundred spirits. He still showed himself as "Old Man Zhang" and entered the ancient city.

Li Mu was worried about two Yin and Yang spiritual plants, and didn't want to waste any more time, so he went straight to Wanbao Pavilion.

Today's Wanbao Pavilion is different from the past. There are obviously more people flowing in and out, and there are also many more powerful people.

Li Mu just glanced casually, without even using his spiritual sense to check, and saw three powerful gods. They were walking together, chatting and laughing. Several young girls at the peak of the basic stage next to the door obviously knew each other's identities, and their faces were full of expressions. Smile and greet warmly.

As soon as the three transformed gods entered, there were several more transformed gods in the distance, coming towards the direction of Wanbao Pavilion.

"Today's auction is really lively. If I want to buy some good things later, I'm afraid I'll have to spend more spiritual stones." Li Mu sighed and whispered to himself helplessly.

The more prosperous the place, the higher the level of the auction, and the price paid for the auction will naturally be different from the past. Whether it is cultivation or the immortal world, it will always remain unchanged.

Forget it, just take it one step at a time.

My foundation is pretty good, so I shouldn’t be unable to bid better than others.

Li Mu moved to the front of Wanbao Pavilion and happened to meet Wan'er who had just come to replace him.

Seeing Li Mu's arrival, Wan'er's eyes were burning, and she quickly stepped forward and greeted her warmly: "Senior Zhang, you are here."

"Yes!" Li Mu still had the same attitude of keeping away from strangers, and responded simply, patting the token on his waist.

Wan'er knew that 'Senior Zhang' was withdrawn by nature and didn't like to talk. However, facing this rich man, Wan'er would not hesitate even if it was a hot face but a cold butt.

Wan'er enthusiastically led 'Senior Zhang' to the auction venue on the ninth floor.

Wan'er's overly enthusiastic attitude, and she didn't even go to greet a powerful person who transformed into a god, could not help but make some people who noticed feel amazed.

Does a Nascent Soul Lord need such enthusiasm? It was almost like meeting my biological father.

How could these ignorant people know Wan'er's thoughts? Li Mu's income from one order was worth her decades of struggle, and the process was extremely simple.

When serving those powerful gods, even if the commission for each order is not much, you still need to be extra careful to avoid making the slightest mistake.

Wan'er led Li Mu to the Shengyun Staircase, and they both stepped in. The ladder reached the top of the ninth floor in less than half a breath at an astonishing speed. The process was as light as a cloud and there was no discomfort.

"Senior, the auction venue is in front of you. Please give me the token. Wan'er will arrange a seat for you. You can take a rest here first."

Wan'er was smiling, her pink face flushed with joy, and she waved to a reception room nearby.

There are already many monks in the reception room, obviously waiting for the token to confirm their location.

Li Mu didn't waste any time, took down the token and handed it to her.

Wan'er didn't dare to neglect, and immediately used her skills to do things quickly. During this period, Li Mu looked around and strolled forward.

This ninth floor is truly unique.

The decoration style is magnificent, with gold as the main color, and the lighting is mainly made of fourth-level material - gold yuan stone, which showed the participants the strong financial resources of Wanbao Pavilion.

The golden passage is about four feet wide. In front of the passage, there is a purple-gold door. Four guards wearing uniform black uniforms stand at the door, exuding a strong aura of peak golden elixir.

The ladder will soon bring up a group of people, four more powerful gods and seven Nascent Soul Lords.

The receptionist took their tokens, but it is worth mentioning that the powerful gods and some people with extreme identities did not need to wait in the reception room. Under the guidance of the receptionist, they entered the auction venue first.

On the other hand, all the ordinary Nascent Soul Lords are waiting here, and no one dares to complain.

Li Mu also turned around and entered the reception area, found a seat and sat down. There were some Qi training monks in the reception area, serving everyone with tea and water.

The service is pretty good!

What was brought was the fourth-level Enlightenment Spirit Tea, which has the effect of refreshing people and enlightening them. Li Mu tasted it carefully while waiting.

Next door, there were many monks sitting cross-legged at the table, chatting and laughing, but there was only an old man wearing a purple robe and holding a Buddhist bead in his hand. His eyes were twinkling and he couldn't hear what was going on outside the window.

Looking closely at the beads in his hand, he saw that the beads in the old Taoist hand were emitting a faint golden light. Every time he turned the beads, the angle moved quietly, as if he was locking something.

The golden light of the Buddhist beads also rotated, flickering on and off.

When the prayer bead turned towards Li Mu, the Buddhist inscriptions on the bead were filled with golden light and trembled slightly. It was about to fly in the direction of Li Mu, but was pressed down by the veteran with one hand and exerted spiritual power to control it.

"It's such a strong vibration, that person must have a big treasure in his body!"

A hint of greed flashed through the pupils of the purple-robed old man's white eyebrows.

"Fellow Taoist Wanling, what's wrong with you?"

A friend of Yuanying Zhenjun at the same table saw the strange look on Taoist Wanling's face just now and couldn't help but asked curiously.

"It's okay. Thank you for your concern, fellow Taoist. It's just that the spirit of the string of Buddha beads I refined is difficult to control. I just used the Buddha's voice to comfort it, but I didn't listen to the advice and almost flew away."

Taoist Wan Ling made up an excuse to excuse him. Several people at the table laughed when he heard this, and they were all curious about what kind of magic Taoist Wan Ling had practiced.

Wanling Taoist said that it was a treasure that could turn bad luck into good luck, but as he spoke, his hidden gaze was always directed at Li Mu, who was calmly sipping the spiritual tea.

who?

What have you been looking at yourself for?

Li Mu sipped the spiritual tea carefully and noticed the shrewd eyes in the distance. Almost all the monks participating in the auction were Nascent Soul Lord.

The spiritual power of Nebula Concept - Xingyin, is strong enough to be compared with the transformation of gods. The spiritual consciousness covers this place and no one can detect it.

I just took this opportunity to eavesdrop on the conversations of the Nascent Soul Lords around me and inquire about some situations in Zhongzhou.

After all, the ancient city is relatively close to Zhongzhou, and many of the monks coming and going are from Zhongzhou. Naturally, some information about Zhongzhou can be obtained here.

Although I don’t expect to obtain any major information, it is always beneficial to collect some information. I must step into Zhongzhou if I have time.

The advantages of knowing more and less first will outweigh the disadvantages.

But I never wanted to pry secretly, but I found that the purple-robed old man had been paying attention to me just now.

I remember interacting with this person.

Could it be? Is he an intelligence agent from Tianji Pavilion?

Or is it that his identity as Li Jianxian, who is called Li Jianxian, has been discovered? Is the other party confirming their identity now?

Thinking of this, Li Mu couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

I couldn't help but guess where I had accidentally exposed myself?

Could it be that the batch of magic weapons he had disposed of this time had been sold and discovered by someone he knew well, and he followed the clues and found out his identity?

That shouldn’t be the case!

Li Mu frowned. He didn't want to cause trouble now. The two spiritual plants of yin and yang would mature in another twenty years. If anyone comes to disturb him now, he must move his position.

The Loose Cultivator Alliance is still chasing me. I have ruined the Nine Demon Sect's major events twice. I think the other party must also bear a grudge against me, and may also secretly send the God Transformation Killer to hunt me down.

If your identity is exposed, you will be in constant trouble.

Li Mu was not worried that the Rogue Cultivator Alliance would come after him. It would take several months for Huashen Sect's teleportation formation to come here from Luotian City.

It is more than enough for me to leave this place as soon as the auction is over. If I be more careful and keep my whereabouts secret, it will be more than enough for me to stay in Yin Yang Valley for a while.

Li Mu looked calm on the surface, but thousands of thoughts had already flashed through his heart.

This person looks familiar. Where have you seen him before?

Li Mu glanced at the purple-robed old man, and then remembered the identity of the other person. It seemed that he was the silver-haired old man who had invited him to explore the Shuifu historic site in Bihai City.