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Ding! You consumed one Free Proficiency Point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Yin-Yang Chapter proficiency +1. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter leveled up to: Level 2. Your cultivation greatly increased. You comprehended the derived Divine Ability: Yin Yang Revival.
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Ding! You consumed one Free Proficiency Point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Yin-Yang Chapter proficiency +1. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter leveled up to: Level 5, reaching Minor Achievement Realm. Your cultivation increased to Foundation Establishment Stage Level 6. You comprehended the Divine Ability: Yin-Yang Eyes.
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Ding! You consumed one Free Proficiency Point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Yin-Yang Chapter proficiency +1. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter leveled up to: Level 8. Your cultivation reached the Foundation Establishment Stage limit. Your Aptitude increased. You comprehended the derived Divine Ability: Reversal Yin and Yang.
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Ding! You consumed one Free Proficiency Point, one Purple Yang Qi, and one Yin Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Yin-Yang Chapter proficiency +1. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter leveled up to: Level 9, Perfection. You forged your own Golden Core. Your cultivation broke through to Golden Core Realm Level 1. Your Aptitude greatly increased. You achieved the Five Elements Saint Body. You comprehended the derived Divine Ability: Yin Yang Great Five Elements.
Ding! Insufficient Five Elements Innate Qi. Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Golden Core Chapter cannot be leveled up.
Fifteen mu of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and fifteen mu of Yin Soul Fruit were completely harvested. Li Mu, in one go, raised the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter to max level, and his cultivation exploded, growing continuously from Foundation Establishment Stage Level 5, Foundation Establishment Stage Level 6, and so on, all the way to the Peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Finally, at the moment the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter reached Perfection, the abundant Five Elements Spiritual Power within his body continued to generate Yin and Yang Qi, instantly condensing the liquefied Five Elements Spiritual Qi in his Dantian into a perfectly round ‘Golden Core’.
With the formation of the Golden Core, Li Mu's body underwent a transformative marrow cleansing from the inside out. His skin glowed with spiritual light, and his body strength and true essence strength both increased by tens, even hundreds of times.
Li Mu's pupils appeared as a Yin and a Yang, allowing him to perceive the movement trajectories of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi particles. As if by instinct, he lightly waved his hand, effortlessly soaring into the air without needing a sword, his control over Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi reaching an extremely profound level.
After advancing to the Golden Core Realm, Li Mu immediately understood the inherent gap between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core. Now, he could kill hundreds, even thousands, of his former Foundation Establishment Stage self.
Especially since his Five Elements Spiritual Body advanced another Rank, achieving the Five Elements Saint Body, his control over Five Elements Spiritual Power and the Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Qi reached an inconceivable level.
He finally advanced to the Golden Core Realm!
Li Mu clenched his right fist, feeling the power of the Golden Core Realm, his face filled with joy.
His sense of security greatly increased!
Now, Li Mu no longer had to worry about not being able to escape if the Qingxuan Sect were to be annihilated.
Over the years, the situation of the Qingxuan Sect had been deteriorating. The five Sects' joint reclamation effort was in a stalemate, with a large number of elite Disciples bogged down on the front lines. The Nine Demon Sect's incursions were constant, and the Qingxuan Sect had withdrawn from many territories.
Who knew when a Sect annihilation war might be launched?
Now, having broken through to the Golden Core Realm, Li Mu's combat power surged. Fighting a Nascent Soul True Lord across Ranks was effortless. If he needed to escape or fight then, he would have ample strength, finally no longer needing to live in fear!
Does Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Golden Core Chapter require Innate Five Elements Qi to upgrade?
Li Mu couldn't help but think of the Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass. Harvesting the Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass yielded Innate Gold Spiritual Qi. So, as long as he gathered the other four types of Innate Five Elements Qi, he could prepare for advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm!
No! It should be three types.
The Three-Tier Jade Pure Green Lotus planted in the stream's spiritual pond could provide Innate Water Spiritual Qi from its spiritual light cluster. So, only the Earth, Wood, and Fire spiritual light clusters remained, and then he could advance to the Nascent Soul Realm.
This was much easier than Yin and Yang Qi!
Currently, Li Mu knew of many Fourth Order Spiritual Plants that could provide these three spiritual attributes.
Li Mu circulated the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art. The Spiritual Pressure of his cultivation gradually receded from Early Stage Golden Core Realm to Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Stage.
Li Mu retrieved a golden Elder's robe from his nine storage spiritual pearl and put it on. Then, he soared on his sword towards Tai Xuan Peak, to the Contribution Hall.
Tai Xuan Peak, Contribution Hall.
The Foundation Establishment Disciples saw Li Mu and greeted him one after another.
“Disciple greets Elder!”
“Elder, please go first!”
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Amidst the respectful yielding of the Sect Disciples, Li Mu entered the resource exchange secret chamber with extremely high efficiency.
Seeing Li Mu enter, clad in a golden Elder's robe.
“Disciple She Xiuhua greets Elder!” A female Disciple in the resource secret chamber quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.
“This is my identity token. I'm here to hand in a spiritual plant mission! Please check it!” Li Mu nodded, handing over his identity token.
“Elder Li, are you submitting the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit spiritual plant missions? They shouldn't have reached maturity yet, should they?” She Xiuhua took Li Mu's identity token, checked it, and asked in surprise.
Li Mu smiled slightly, took out two Storage Pouches from his 懷 and handed them to her, saying, “Please check if these can be used.”
She Xiuhua took the Storage Pouches, extracted a piece of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and a Yin Soul Fruit from them, and began inspecting them with a frown.
“Elder, these two Spirit Medicines don't seem to be fully mature yet. I can't be sure. Please wait a moment, I need to notify the Spiritual Plant Elder to come and inspect the mission.” She Xiuhua looked at Li Mu, saying with an apologetic expression.
“Mm! Go ahead and notify him!” Li Mu nodded, walked straight to a chair in the secret chamber, sat down, and closed his eyes to rest.
Having just advanced to the Golden Core Realm, coupled with the upgrade of the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture - Foundation Establishment Chapter, which derived many Yin and Yang Divine Abilities, Li Mu was taking the opportunity to ‘Epiphany’ and ‘practice’ them.
About a quarter of an hour later, a figure rushed into the secret chamber. It was the Spiritual Plant Elder, also wearing a golden Elder's robe.
Li Mu opened his eyes and watched the white-haired Spiritual Plant Elder burst through the door, holding the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit from She Xiuhua's hand, his hands trembling, his face drawn.
Li Mu had ‘peeped’ on the Qingxuan Sect for over a decade and was very familiar with this Elder. He was the Peak Master of Saint Spirit Peak, Qiu Wenlong, a Grandmaster Alchemist, specializing in Alchemy and primarily cultivating fire-attributed Cultivation Techniques.
“Why did you pick them? The time wasn't even ripe. They look vibrant, but their spirituality is greatly lacking; it's all superficial.” Qiu Wenlong's face was dark as he glared at Li Mu and questioned him angrily.
“I had no choice. The purple yang jade and Tai Xuan Moon Dew weren't enough, so I could only pick them early. Can this batch of Spirit Medicines be used for the mission? If not, then there's nothing I can do.” Li Mu met Qiu Wenlong's gaze and casually fabricated an excuse.
“If it wasn't enough, why didn't you tell me? I could have lent you some! This batch of Spirit Medicines wouldn't have lost so much spirituality if it were picked a year, or even half a year, later!” Qiu Wenlong looked at the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit with deep distress, speaking in pain.
Li Mu smiled subtly. The reason for the significant loss of spirituality in the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit had nothing to do with early picking; it was related to the spiritual essence being absorbed by him.
This was good, at least he could use the excuse of early picking to brush it off.
“Elder Qiu, you decide! If they can be used, then use them. If not, then just deduct the Contribution Points!” Li Mu sighed, saying helplessly.
“Alas~, the medicinal properties of this batch of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit are greatly weakened. Five of these are not even equivalent to one in terms of medicinal properties! The success rate for refining purple yang pill and huantian pill will also be lower!” Qiu Wenlong sighed repeatedly, looking at She Xiuhua and saying, “If it weren't for the shortage of purple yang pill and huantian pill, I wouldn't even want to accept this batch of medicine. The mission can only be calculated at a ratio of five to one for him.”
“Understood, Elder Qiu!” She Xiuhua nodded, then looked at Li Mu and asked, “Elder Li, do you agree to exchange at this contribution rate?”
“Mm! Just do as Elder Qiu says!” Li Mu smiled and nodded.
Hearing this, She Xiuhua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She immediately calculated Li Mu's mission contribution according to that ratio, then deducted the contribution for exchanging the spiritual plant seeds and auxiliary Materials.
After handing over this batch of Spirit Medicines, Li Mu successfully earned 123,000 Contribution Points.
During the mission handover, Qiu Wenlong kept a dark face. He took the two types of Spirit Medicine and left with a flick of his sleeve, not giving Li Mu a good look.
For Fourth Order Spiritual Plant seeds to be cultivated like this, Qiu Wenlong almost wanted to devour Li Mu!
“Elder Li, please don't mind it. Elder Qiu is just straightforward; he doesn't hold grudges!” She Xiuhua looked at Li Mu, saying ingratiatingly.
Over the years, Li Mu had refined many Fourth Order Spiritual Artifacts. Although he was very low-key, many Disciples knew his name but not his face. However, She Xiuhua immediately recognized him through his identity token.
“It's fine! Help me exchange for a few spiritual plant seeds!” Li Mu smiled, unconcerned. He also understood Elder Qiu's temperament.
For over a decade, although Li Mu had always lived in seclusion on Yue Qiong Peak, he had not stopped ‘observing’ the living conditions of the Qingxuan Sect.
Li Mu had a good impression of this hot-tempered, clear-cut, and outspoken Elder Qiu.