Ding! You consumed one free proficiency point, and the proficiency of the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture increased by 1. The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture has been upgraded to Rank 9, Perfection, evolving the Five Elements. Your Spiritual Root has been upgraded to High Grade Five Elements Spiritual Root. Evolving the Five Elements, your mortal body has advanced to Five Elements Spiritual Body.
Ding! You consumed one free proficiency point, and the proficiency of the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter increased by 1. The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter has been upgraded to Rank 1. You have advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and your cultivation has increased to Foundation Establishment First Layer. You have comprehended the Divine Ability - Five Elements Generate Yin and Yang.
Ding! Insufficient Yin and Yang Qi. The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter cannot be upgraded.
Ding! Insufficient Yin and Yang Qi. The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter cannot be upgraded.
With a crisp 'snap,' the Rank 4 - profound abyss heavy gold, which had turned dull gray and lost all metallic luster, suddenly exploded into dust and ash.
The Rank 4 - Crimson Flame Spirit Fire extinguished and vanished.
The Rank 4 - Cangmu Spirit Marrow was snow-white, devoid of any wood-attribute spiritual essence.
The Rank 4 - celestial one true water had shrunk more than ten times, its color dim.
The Rank 4 - soil breath black earth, like the profound abyss heavy gold, turned into a pile of gray dust, scattered on the ground.
Li Mu opened his eyes and awoke. Five-colored spiritual light flowed beneath his skin, and a large amount of Five Elements Qi overflowed with each breath. The Five Elements Spiritual Power flowing through his Meridians, which was originally gaseous, had turned liquid. His Sea of Consciousness had expanded a hundredfold, and his Divine Soul had almost solidified.
At this moment, Li Mu felt incredibly powerful, intimately connected with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. A single thought could conjure Five Elements spells, no longer requiring hand seals or incantations.
When his heart moved, he acted immediately.
Li Mu's Divine Sense extended outward, looking towards the sky, and silently cast a Qingfeng Huanyu Technique.
The next moment, a strong wind suddenly blew across the sky, followed by a torrential downpour.
The Crimson Wolf, who was sunbathing and napping in the courtyard, was instantly drenched like a drowned dog. He quickly fled under the eaves, shook off the rainwater from his body, and looked up at the sky in confusion, wondering why it was suddenly raining when the sun was out.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu laughed heartily. Then, he silently activated the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art, concealing the powerful aura overflowing from his Five Elements Spiritual Body, restoring himself to the appearance of an ordinary Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Li Mu looked at the log prompt in the character's virtual panel. The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter required the collection of Yin and Yang Qi objects to continue upgrading.
Li Mu had no clue what these Yin and Yang Qi objects were for a moment.
Li Mu thought of the Divine Ability - Five Elements Generate Yin and Yang, which he had comprehended after Foundation Establishment. He immediately exerted his full Divine Ability, concentrating Five Elements Spiritual Power in his hands to deduce Yin and Yang.
In the center of the secret chamber, on the stone table, as a large amount of Five Elements Spiritual Power gathered, it began to evolve into primordial spirits formed from Five Elements Spiritual Qi. Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Gold, Gold generates Water, Water generates Wood. The Five Elements Spiritual Qi continuously underwent forward-generation changes, as well as reverse-restraint changes such as Wood restrains Earth, Earth restrains Water, Water restrains Fire, Fire restrains Gold, and Gold restrains Wood. ...
These two transformations continuously deduced, generating endlessly, constantly evolving and creating. Finally, they converged into two spirit masses, one black and one white, gathered in the center of the Five Elements Spiritual Qi masses, operating steadily.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu was struck as if by lightning. He froze instantly, as if a switch had been flipped, falling into a state of Epiphany.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of this world is based on the Five Elements, evolving into a myriad of grand worlds. And this process of evolution is deduced from this Yin and Yang creation. Yin and Yang encompass the Five Elements, the Five Elements contain Yin and Yang. The Five Elements can generate Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang can also transform into the Five Elements. ...
The Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture is not that simple; it is a Cultivation Technique that directly points to the Great Dao of Creation!
Li Mu awakened from his brief Epiphany. He had gained something from this deduction, yet he hadn't gained any great insights. Ultimately, his Foundation was too shallow; he had just reached Foundation Establishment. The Great Dao of Creation was not something he could explore yet.
Li Mu took a deep breath, dispersed the Five Elements Spiritual Power, and ended this deduction.
Li Mu generally knew how to obtain these Yin and Yang Qi objects. They should be spiritual objects produced by creation, where the Five Elements Spiritual Qi has been evolved to its extreme. He feared they would be difficult to acquire!
Li Mu thought about it. This Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture should be a Cultivation Technique passed down from ancient times. In ancient times, the number of Cultivators was not large, and Yin and Yang creation spiritual objects should not have been difficult to find. Unlike modern times, where Cultivators are as numerous as cattle, and all High Grade spiritual objects can be completely plundered.
Li Mu sighed, both joyful and helpless.
He had obtained an extraordinary Cultivation Technique, but cultivating it was too demanding.
Fortunately, he also had a talent for absorbing plant spirits. High Grade spiritual objects with Yin and Yang Qi were hard to find, but perhaps planting High Grade spiritual plants could yield them! There were so many spiritual plants in the world!
Among the many known spiritual plants, which ones were most likely to produce Yin and Yang Qi? Yin Wind Grass, Yang Returning Grass, Soul Wood? ... Li Mu fell into deep thought.
A soft 'squeak' suddenly sounded, startling Li Mu from his contemplation.
Li Mu looked down and saw that 'White Feathered Demoness' had somehow emerged from his Spirit Beast Pouch, climbed out of his pocket, and was looking at him with a pair of dark, round eyes.
"White Feathered Demoness is awake! You've grown!"
Looking at the White Feathered Demoness, which had grown a size larger, Li Mu couldn't help but smile. Before, it was only as thick as an index finger; now, it was as thick as two fingers. Its snow-white skin, folded tender flesh, and a pair of dark, round eyes made it look very cute.
However, beneath this cute exterior, who knew it was a Rank 5 Gu insect spirit that devoured Souls without batting an eye!
"Squeak, squeak!" The White Feathered Demoness raised its head and squeaked anxiously!
"Hungry? Got it, I'll go find you something to eat right now. You're not allowed to show yourself when there are people around, understand?" Li Mu smiled and nodded, instructing the White Feathered Demoness, then tucked it back into his pocket.
"Squeak!" The White Feathered Demoness responded obediently, indicating it understood.
Soon, Li Mu changed into a clean magic robe, rested briefly, and flew by sword to Gangyang City, preparing to get food for the White Feathered Demoness from Wang Wenbao, settle his accounts, and mention his departure.
Wanbao Pavilion, Reception Hall.
"What! Master Li, you're leaving tomorrow? So soon? Didn't you say you'd wait another half a month?" Hearing that Li Mu was leaving immediately, Wang Wenbao instantly became anxious. He had transferred a large quantity of High Grade Artifact Refining Materials from other places, and they hadn't been refined yet. If Li Mu left, wouldn't these items be stuck in his hands?
Immediately, Wang Wenbao told Li Mu about transferring High Grade spiritual objects from various places and requested him to refine all these Materials into Spiritual Artifacts before leaving.
"Manager Wang, you're making things very difficult for me! Didn't I tell you I could leave at any time? Why did you still transfer so many Materials?" Li Mu sighed, not knowing what to say.
"Master Li, please help me! Most of these spiritual objects are Rank 4 Materials. Besides you, no one else can refine them. If I transfer the work back, I'll lose a lot of Spirit Stones going back and forth. If I don't transfer them out, with so much inventory stuck in my hands, I really can't bear it. Please, considering our pleasant cooperation for so long, help me out this one time!" Wang Wenbao pleaded bitterly.
"Manager Wang, Li truly has an urgent matter and cannot stay long. How about this! You can convert all the commission I earned from Artifact Refining during this period into Artifact Refining Materials. I'll help you process a portion, and I'll refine Spiritual Artifacts for you for two more days. If there's still a backlog, then I can't do anything else!" Li Mu thought for a moment and suggested.
"Thank you, thank you, Master Li! Yes, that should work! Please wait for a moment, I'll go to the accounting office immediately to settle the accounts." Wang Wenbao thanked him repeatedly with gratitude.
"En! Don't forget to get the Yao Beast essence Souls!" Li Mu reminded with a smile.
"Don't worry, I've always remembered what you instructed!" Manager Wang responded with a smile, then hurried off to the accounting office to settle the accounts.
About a quarter of an hour passed.
Manager Wang returned in a hurry, holding two Storage Pouches and an account book. He handed them to Li Mu and said, "Master Li, during this period, you have refined a total of 127 Rank 3 Spiritual Artifacts. Among them, 92 are High Grade Rank 3, and 35 are Peak Grade Rank 3. This book records the selling prices and your commission. After deducting the cost of celestial one true water and a previous advance payment, the remaining Spirit Stones have been exchanged for Rank 4 Artifact Refining Materials, Yao Beast essence Souls... This is the detailed account and the exchanged items. Please take a look."
Li Mu took the two Storage Pouches and the account book, flipped through the account book, and confirmed that the numbers were correct.
"I exchanged this batch of Rank 4 Artifact Refining Materials with you at cost price, Master Li. Are you satisfied?" Wang Wenbao looked at Li Mu with a bitter expression, indicating.
Li Mu chuckled, "Heh heh." A merchant's words, hard to distinguish truth from falsehood; just listen, don't believe easily.
However, the harvest this time was considerable. If he were to buy so many Rank 4 spiritual objects at market price, it would truly not be a simple matter.
"Master Li, next, there's another batch of Rank 4 Artifact Refining Materials for you to refine. Will the commission be based on the Materials or exchanged for Spirit Stones?" Manager Wang continued to ask.
"Half and half! Do you have any High Grade Thunder Beast hides here? If so, exchange some for me too." Li Mu thought for a moment and replied.
"Yes, yes! Qianlei Island just sent a batch of goods a while ago. There are a few sheets of Rank 2 Thunder Bird hide. Master Li, how many do you want?" Manager Wang quickly responded.
"Give them all to me! Oh, right, do you have any Spirit Treasures for preserving spiritual plants here? I need one." Li Mu thought for a moment and continued to ask.
"Preserving spiritual plants? Master Li, are you planning to transplant a large number of spiritual plants?" Wang Wenbao asked, trying to probe.
"Yes! Do you have any?" Li Mu asked for confirmation.
Next, Li Mu planned to go to the Qingxuan Sect Headquarters to occupy a spiritual mountain. However, the eleven mu of spiritual tea and half a mu of various spiritual plants for seedlings left on Xiao Liang Mountain could not be left unattended. What he lacked now was a Storage Spiritual Artifact that could temporarily store transplanted spiritual plants and maintain their vitality.
"This type of storage artifact requires a large number of formations and spiritual soil to be arranged inside, making it very complex to refine and expensive. Not many people buy them, so I don't have any in stock here. I'll need to transfer them from other stores, and I'm afraid there won't be enough time." Wang Wenbao explained apologetically.
"Understood. Go ask around. If they have it, I'll take one. If not, don't force it." Li Mu nodded, understandingly.
After successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, his Lifespan reached 560 years, which was about 200 years longer than the average Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Li Mu had time to cultivate spiritual plants. If he really couldn't buy this Storage Spiritual Artifact for transplanting spiritual plants, then the batch of spiritual tea and experimental spiritual plants on Xiao Liang Mountain could only be abandoned, and he would slowly plant them again later.
However, the remaining quantity of the cloud mist spiritual tea seeds he obtained last time was only enough to plant about one or two mu. It would be a pity to abandon them.
"Master Li, don't worry, I'll do my best to get it for you." Wang Wenbao nodded and promised.
"Good, I'll leave it to Manager Wang. I'm going to refine artifacts!" Li Mu smiled and nodded, then stood up and walked towards the Artifact Refining Workshop of Wanbao Pavilion.
Having successfully reached Foundation Establishment and acquired a new batch of Rank 4 Artifact Refining Materials, Li Mu also prepared to refine a batch of Spiritual Artifacts for himself while refining Spiritual Artifacts for Wanbao Pavilion.
In the Artifact Refining Workshop, two of the five Artifact Refining Rooms had their stone doors tightly shut, indicating that other Artifact Refining Guest Elders were refining artifacts inside.
Seeing Li Mu's arrival, Liu Zhong quickly stepped forward, handed over a Storage Pouch, and respectfully said, "Master Li, the earth fire Artifact Refining has been prepared. These are the Artifact Refining Materials."
"En!" Li Mu took the Storage Pouch and walked directly into Artifact Refining Room 2.
Amidst dull 'rumbling' sounds, the stone door of the Artifact Refining Room slowly closed. In the spacious Artifact Refining Room, a large Artifact Refining furnace, over one zhang tall, was placed in the center.
"Squeak!" Sensing that there was no one else in the Artifact Refining Room, the White Feathered Demoness crawled out from Li Mu's embrace.
"Got it! I'll give you something to eat right now!" Li Mu chuckled, opening the Storage Pouch containing Yao Beast essence Souls.
Inside the Storage Pouch were twenty-seven or twenty-eight soul gathering bottles, each containing a Yao Beast essence Soul, including Rank 1, Rank 2, and Rank 3 Yao Beast essence Souls.
Li Mu selected one and, to prevent the White Feathered Demoness from falling into a deep sleep again, took out a soul gathering bottle containing a Rank 1 Yao Beast essence Soul. With a 'pop,' he opened the bottle cap.
Before the Rank 1 Fox Yao essence Soul in the soul gathering bottle could escape, with a 'whoosh,' a white shadow flashed, and the White Feathered Demoness leaped up like a spring, instantly blocking the bottle's opening.
A series of shrill wails soon came from the soul gathering bottle. It was the Soul scream of the fox demon essence Soul before its death, the most terrifying sound from the depths of its Soul.
"Squeak, squeak!"
The White Feathered Demoness plunged its head into the bottle opening, excitedly wiggling its butt, and swallowed the fox demon essence Soul in one gulp.
"Squeak! Urgh!" The White Feathered Demoness looked up at Li Mu, let out a satisfied cry, and burped.
Seeing this scene, Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or to be terrified. This little fellow was truly the natural enemy of Soul-type life forms!
Thinking of this, Li Mu's heart stirred, and he couldn't help but have an idea. He decided to act like a fox borrowing a tiger's might, using the White Feathered Demoness for Artifact Refining.
"Squeak, squeak!" The White Feathered Demoness chirped twice at Li Mu, looking sleepy, as if telling its master that it wanted to go back into the pouch to sleep.
"White Feathered Demoness, wait a moment, help me first." Li Mu smiled slightly and suggested.
"Squeak!" The White Feathered Demoness looked at Li Mu in confusion, not knowing what its master wanted it to help with.
Li Mu smiled slightly, extended his hand, concentrated Five Elements Spiritual Power, and released the Divine Ability spell - Five Elements Transformation. The next second, a ball of Five Elements Spiritual Fire condensed in mid-air.
After his cultivation broke through to Foundation Establishment, Li Mu's true essence Spiritual Power was several, even more than ten times, thicker than during the Qi Refinement Stage. The power of his spells and Divine Abilities also significantly increased. The Five Elements Spiritual Fire condensed by Five Elements Transformation had a flame power no less than that of a Rank 4 Crimson Flame Spirit Fire.
He took out a piece of Ruyi Stone from the storage compartment, weighing about two catties, and used the Five Elements Spiritual Fire to forge and liquefy it. Then, he opened the Storage Pouch containing a large amount of Rank 4 Artifact Refining Materials. Pieces of Meteorite Profound Iron, Ink-Sinking Refined Gold, Mixed Dust Crystals... flew out of the Storage Pouch one after another, rapidly melting under the intense heat of the Five Elements Spiritual Fire.