Li Mu, carrying a pile of gold sword grass, flew on his sword to the Beast Control Garden.
The two big guys were sprawled out, sound asleep, their snores rising and falling.
Li Mu smiled faintly and used the Spirit Control Contract Seal to wake up Little Gold.
Little Gold opened his big eyes, sat up, and his green eyes lit up when he saw the large amount of gold sword grass Li Mu was controlling behind him.
He stood up impatiently, his massive body, over four zhang tall, like a mountain pressing down on Li Mu, exuding a chilling aura.
"It's all for you, don't come any closer!" Li Mu waved his hand impatiently, controlling the large amount of gold sword grass to fall like a golden long dragon in front of Little Gold.
"Poof poof poof..." The gold sword grass piled up into a small mountain in front of the massive Golden Ape, exuding a rich golden origin spirituality.
Little Gold reached out, grabbed a handful, stuffed it into his mouth, and began to eat with loud crunching sounds.
Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass is the main material for refining Gold Vein Pills. Without refining, it is hard as iron and contains Sword Qi, making it generally inedible. However, these characteristics were completely negligible to Little Gold.
Little Gold, who had Cultivated the Spirit Devouring Life Nurturing Art to its Peak, was no longer the small Golden Ape he once was. He had Advanced to the Fourth Tier, reaching the Peak of the Fourth Tier Great Demon. A pile of Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass was just like 'fries' to him. Little Gold ate one after another, crunching happily.
Little Tile, who was sound asleep, was woken up. Seeing Little Gold eating alone, he quickly sniffed around, then turned his head away uninterestedly, looking at Li Mu with his big eyes and crying out, "Wah wah!"
"I know, you have some too!" Li Mu smiled and took out an insect-holding bottle from the nine storage spiritual pearl, which contained a nest of Second-Tier Flying Tooth Ants.
This was a snack specially prepared for Little Tile.
"Wah wah!" Little Tile immediately became excited when he saw the bottle.
Li Mu smiled faintly and opened the insect-holding bottle.
The next moment, a large swarm of black ants flew out of the insect-holding bottle, dense and numerous, by the tens of thousands, rushing towards Li Mu, who was holding the bottle.
However, before the swarm of flying ants could fly far, their bodies were pulled by a powerful force, losing control, and swarmed towards the giant beast with its mouth wide open.
A nest of Flying Tooth Ants that even Foundation Establishment Cultivators were helpless against thus threw themselves into the 'beast's mouth,' with not a single one surviving.
"Wah wah!" Little Tile licked his tongue, still unsatisfied, and cried out to Li Mu.
A swarm of Second-Tier Flying Tooth Ants is a 'treasure' coveted by many insect Cultivators, worth tens of thousands of medium spirit stones. To use them as 'Little Tile's' snack like this, it's fine to feed him occasionally, but Li Mu couldn't afford to do it often.
"There's no more! If you want to eat, catch them yourself another day." Li Mu gave Little Tile an annoyed look, then flew off on his sword towards Yin Yang Valley to check the growth status of the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit.
Yin Yang Valley.
Under the effect of the Yin Yang Mixed Yuan Formation, the Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Qi gathered in the formation, one to the left and one to the right, one high and one low, clearly layered.
Li Mu 'looked' at the fifteen acres of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and fifteen acres of Yin Soul Fruit as if they were his own children, his eyes filled with affection, never tiring of looking at them.
The Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom resembled coral, deep purple in color, magnificent but not gaudy. Its leaves were layered like thousands of thin veils. Each Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom was a foot tall, with a faint purple Yang Qi radiating from its surface, and a medicinal fragrance wafted out, invigorating Li Mu.
The Yin Soul Fruit plants were short, with thick, stubby rhizomes, bearing clusters of white fruits the size of longans, enveloped in a pale white Yin Qi. Each plant could bear four or five fruits, and their growth status was excellent.
Under Li Mu's no-expense-spared approach, consuming large amounts of purple yang jade, Tai Xuan Moon Dew, and with the enhancement of the Yin Yang Mixed Yuan Formation, the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit plants were growing extremely well, and their growth speed had significantly increased.
If this growth status continued, they would be ready for harvest in about another year.
Looking at the well-growing Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit, Li Mu was already a bit impatient. It seemed he could harvest a little now. After cultivating them for so long, he hadn't yet confirmed whether the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit plants could provide Yin and Yang Qi.
Li Mu was a man of action; as soon as he thought of it, he acted. He took out a sickle from the nine storage spiritual pearl, walked to the side of the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom field, and manually harvested one plant.
As the sickle cut through with a "whoosh," a purple sap flowed from the severed root of the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom, exuding a rich fragrance. Along with it, a deep purple spiritual plant light cluster appeared.
Li Mu's spirit was invigorated. He reached out and touched the purple plant spirit light cluster.
The purple plant spirit light cluster then dissipated between Li Mu's fingers, and a red text prompt appeared in the character virtual frame log.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a plant spirit. Purple Yang Qi + 692 points.】
Seeing the log prompt, Li Mu's spirit was invigorated. Harvesting a Fourth-Tier Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom actually added so much Purple Yang Qi at once. Does that mean the total of 371,046 Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom plants in the fifteen acres are enough to meet the requirements for advancing to Golden Core?
After planting the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit in Yin Yang Valley, Li Mu came to check on them almost every day. He knew exactly how many Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit plants there were and what the status of each plant was.
Li Mu was eager to verify the attributes of the plant spirit light clusters provided by the two types of spiritual plants. He immediately flew down into the Yin Valley and came to the spiritual field where the Yin Soul Fruit was planted.
Li Mu eagerly bent down, the sickle rose and fell, cutting down a Yin Soul Fruit plant. Immediately, at the wound of that Yin Soul Fruit plant, he saw a white mist-like plant spirit light cluster.
Li Mu eagerly reached out and gently touched it.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a plant spirit. Soul Yin Qi + 527 points.】
Seeing the new prompt in the log bar, Li Mu's Divine Sense rested on the character bar, and he began to add points to upgrade the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture.
【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter proficiency + 1.】
After adding a free proficiency point to the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, Li Mu immediately saw the new prompt in the log bar, and his spirit was instantly uplifted.
It really works!
Hahahaha!
This is great!
Li Mu laughed happily. The Fourth-Tier Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Fourth-Tier Yin Soul Fruit plants indeed provided Yin and Yang Qi after harvesting. Now, Golden Core is within reach!
Although the Fourth-Tier Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit had not yet reached perfect maturity, and the amount of Yang Qi and Yin Qi obtained from harvesting them now would be less, Li Mu had planted a vast quantity! Harvesting all of them now would provide enough of the two types of plant spirit light clusters to fully meet his needs for advancing to Golden Core.
Wait a moment!
Li Mu thought of something, and his movements paused.
After harvesting the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit, it seemed he had to submit them for the Sect's spiritual plant mission!
However, Li Mu then recalled that the penalty for failing the spiritual plant mission was merely to repay the Sect contribution, so he immediately continued his actions.
Li Mu condensed a Gold Blade Technique, which flew out and harvested an acre of Yin Soul Fruit.
Over the years, Li Mu completed the Sect's Artifact Refining missions every year, accumulating a large amount of contribution over more than ten years. As Little Gold and Little Tile could hunt on their own, the places where he needed to use contribution became fewer and fewer.
If the semi-finished Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit could not be submitted for the mission, Li Mu had plenty of contribution for the Sect to deduct.
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a plant spirit. Soul Yin Qi + 610 points.】
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a plant spirit. Soul Yin Qi + 596 points.】
【Heavenly Talent - Plant Spirit Absorption takes effect. You absorbed a plant spirit. Soul Yin Qi + 685 points.】
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Soon, clusters of white light instantly enveloped Li Mu's body, and spiritual plant acquisition prompts appeared one after another in the character log bar.
To be safe, Li Mu only harvested one acre of Yin Soul Fruit, then went to harvest one acre of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom, placing the harvested spiritual plants and soul fruits into separate Storage Pouches.
Li Mu eagerly began to add points to upgrade the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture.
Over fifteen years, Heavenly Wind Grass matured batch after batch, accumulating hundreds of millions of free proficiency points. Li Mu no longer worried about not having enough free proficiency points. What he lacked were the special plant spirit light clusters required for Advanced Cultivation Techniques, such as the Yin and Yang Qi for the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter, the star source for the Star Observation Method - Star Gathering Chapter, and the spirituality required for upgrading Fifth-Level Artifact Refining, Fifth-Level Symbol Making Art, Fifth-Level Formation Arrangement, and Fifth-Level Puppet Art.
After fifteen years, the Yin and Yang Qi required for the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter could finally be satisfied today.
Li Mu began to add points frantically.
【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter proficiency + 1.】
【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter proficiency + 1.】
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