At the entrance of Qingxuan Town, Li Mu descended with his sword, and under the astonished gaze of the guards, he paid the one lower spirit stones entrance fee and stepped into the town.
In the evening, the flow of people on Qingxuan Town's main street had significantly decreased.
Li Mu, familiar with the way, walked directly to the Spiritual Plant shop to buy Spirit Seeds.
Wind Spirit Grass Spirit Seeds cost five lower spirit stones per catty, and spirit rice Valley Spirit Seeds cost ten Spirit Stones per catty; one bag of Spirit Seeds was just enough to plant one mu of Spirit Field.
With one catty of spirit rice seeds and five catties of Wind Spirit Grass Spirit Seeds, totaling 35 lower spirit stones, Li Mu didn't haggle with the Spiritual Plant shop owner, paid the 35 lower spirit stones, and left swiftly with six cloth bags.
After leaving the Spiritual Plant shop, Li Mu turned and walked towards the Chen Clan Cultivation Technique Shop opposite.
"Customer, welcome! What Cultivation Technique would you like to buy? Eh! It's you! I already told you! Our shop doesn't sell Cultivation Techniques for dozens of Spirit Stones." The Store Owner greeted the customer as he entered, but upon recognizing the young man who had previously wanted to buy an Exorcism Talisman Cultivation Technique for dozens of Spirit Stones, his face immediately darkened.
"I know. Do you have any Metal-element Cultivation Techniques? If the price is right, I'll buy it," Li Mu said unhappily.
"Yes, "《Glazed Gold Skill》", Huang Grade Middle Rank, 200 lower spirit stones." The Store Owner took out a yellow-covered book from under the counter, placed it on the table, and looked at Li Mu.
Li Mu took out the only two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones he had left from his Spirit Stone pouch, ready to pay.
"Can I take a look first?" Li Mu asked with a smile.
Seeing the two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones in Li Mu's hand, the Store Owner's face immediately broke into a smile: "Of course, you can, but you can only flip through the first three pages."
Li Mu smiled slightly, took the "《Glazed Gold Skill》", and began to flip through it.
Confirming it was the Cultivation Technique he needed, Li Mu tossed the two medium spirit stones to the Store Owner and left with the "《Glazed Gold Skill》."
Of the 10 medium spirit stones obtained from the old Daoist by selling 'Quenching Spirit Art', only two remained; even Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were not enough.
Li Mu sighed and walked towards the Spirit Talisman Shop next door, preparing to buy several reams of Talisman paper to earn Spirit Stones by Spiritual Charms Drawing.
With Level 4 Symbol Making Art, the efficiency and quality of Talisman making would be greatly improved. Li Mu believed that as long as he wasn't too lazy, the Spirit Stones earned from making Talismans would definitely be enough for his daily expenses.
When Li Mu came out of the Spirit Talisman Shop, he had used the only two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones he possessed.
He bought four reams of Talisman paper and, at the same time, a copy of "Basic Talismans" drawing strategies, which recorded the drawing methods for ten basic Talismans. After all, if he wanted to earn Spirit Stones by selling Talismans, he couldn't only know how to draw Exorcism Talismans.
When Li Mu emerged from the Spirit Talisman Shop again, the sky had completely darkened.
The Spiritual Animal Market in Qing'an Town should be closed, so Li Mu decided to return to Xiao Liang Mountain first and come back tomorrow to sell Wind Spirit Grass.
In less than a quarter of an hour, Li Mu successfully landed in the courtyard with his sword, a radiant smile on his face. The feeling of flying around on a sword was incredibly exhilarating; if his Cultivation was a bit higher, his flying speed could be even faster.
Li Mu didn't even bother to cook spirit rice for dinner. He returned to his room, immediately lit the candle with a Fire Control Art, took out the "《Glazed Gold Skill》", and eagerly began to read and Cultivate.
The magical power cultivated by the "《Glazed Gold Skill》" contained the sharp Qi of metal.
Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, his Divine Sense looking inward at the network of Meridians in his body. He activated his Spiritual Power and began to attempt to circulate one grand cycle according to the cultivation route of the "《Glazed Gold Skill》."
The Spiritual Power cultivated by the Qingmu Spell, Mystic Water Art, Profound Earth Art, and Fire Control Art seemed to welcome the formation of the "《Glazed Gold Skill》"; not only did they not interfere, but they even propelled it forward.
In less than an hour, the first circulation of the "《Glazed Gold Skill》" concluded perfectly. Li Mu's spirit was invigorated, and when he opened his eyes, a golden light flickered and vanished.
After opening his eyes, Li Mu habitually checked the character log on the virtual light screen.
【You have successfully cultivated "《Glazed Gold Skill》." 《Glazed Gold Skill》 proficiency +1.】
Seeing that the "《Glazed Gold Skill》" was successfully recorded in the character's attribute panel, Li Mu couldn't help but be overjoyed. He immediately began to add points frantically, allocating all the free proficiency points reserved for the "《Glazed Gold Skill》."
【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. 《Glazed Gold Skill》 proficiency +1.】
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【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. 《Glazed Gold Skill》 proficiency +1. 《Glazed Gold Skill》 Rank has increased to: Level Three. Your Cultivation has received a partial increase. Your control over Metal-element Spiritual Power has received a minor increase.】
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【Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point. 《Glazed Gold Skill》 proficiency +1. 《Glazed Gold Skill》 Rank has increased to: Level Four. Your Cultivation has received a partial increase. Your control over Metal-element Spiritual Power has received a significant increase.】
【Ding, you have gathered the Five Elements Cultivation Techniques. The Five Elements generate each other, and the Spiritual Power in your body has undergone a qualitative change. Your Cultivation has received a significant increase. You have broken through Qi Refining Sixth Level and broken through Qi Refining Seventh Level.】
Li Mu exclaimed, and a powerful Aura suddenly erupted from his body. His Cultivation soared, completing two consecutive jumps, leaping over Qi Refining Sixth Level directly to Qi Refining Seventh Level, and the Spiritual Power in his body became incredibly abundant and pure.
"Hahaha! What an unexpected gain! This is great!"
"Qi Refining Seventh Level, tsk tsk tsk! At this speed, it won't be long until I can Foundation Establishment!"
Li Mu was overjoyed. He waved his hand, and a ball of Wood-element Spiritual Power gathered in his palm, then fire ignited, transforming into a fireball. Before long, the Wood Spiritual Power was burned to ashes by the flames, the flames extinguished, and a reddish Spiritual Qi mass was born, which was Earth-attribute Spiritual Power.
Li Mu was intrigued and continued to output Spiritual Power.
Soon, a large amount of Earth-attribute Spiritual Power gathered in his palm, its color gradually changing, moistening and forming, gradually revealing yellow metallic Spiritual Power, golden-yellow Spiritual Power, and then transforming into a watery mist-like Water-element Spiritual Power.
Water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water... The Spiritual Power mass condensed and suspended above Li Mu's palm, its color constantly changing, continuously and repeatedly.
This is so interesting!
Li Mu clearly felt that the Spiritual Power in his body, after becoming Five Elements Spiritual Power, was like it had 'come alive.' His Divine Sense could clearly perceive the immense potential contained within the Five Elements Spiritual Power. In the future, by continuing to raise the Rank of the five Five Elements Cultivation Techniques, it would definitely bring about even more interesting changes.
"Grumble, grumble..." A hungry rumble sounded from Li Mu's stomach.
Li Mu stopped testing his Spiritual Power and walked to the stove built with bluestone bricks, beginning to cook spirit rice.
Li Mu casually output a ball of Spiritual Power towards the bottom of the stove, transforming it into Fire Spiritual Power. The next moment, with a "bang," a ball of flame appeared out of thin air, igniting the wood branches in the stove. Under the control of Li Mu's Divine Sense, wood from the nearby wood rack flew out one by one, entering the stove on their own.
The pot lid floated open by itself, water from the water tank arced through the air and flew into the pot, and individual spirit rice grains flew out of the spirit rice jar... Under the control of Li Mu's powerful Divine Sense, he didn't even need to personally do anything to make spirit rice.
Before long, the iron pot on the stove was steaming, and the aroma of spirit rice permeated the air.
Li Mu happily enjoyed a simple pot of spirit rice and then cleaned up the dishes.
Li Mu returned to his room and began Spiritual Charms Drawing.