Li Mu's aura, like a fierce lion or tiger, poured out, his Spiritual Pressure sweeping in all directions, and the ground beneath his feet began to crack inch by inch.
Five Elements Spiritual Qi swirled around his body, contained and emanating a powerful threat.
Facing a Void Refining Realm powerhouse, Li Mu dared not be arrogant.
Since the opponent wanted to test him, he had to display some strength; firstly, to save Face for himself, and secondly, to intimidate the opponent and show his own worth.
Although he didn't know if he would continue to be involved with the Kun Family in the future, the stronger he was and the more outstanding his Heavenly Talent, the less likely he would be looked down upon.
"Five Elements top-grade Spiritual Root! It's rare, but it's a pity that for those who Cultivate the Five Elements, if any one line cannot be comprehended, and progress stops, their Cultivation will never be able to advance another step.
Others focus on one or two Spiritual Roots, which already requires their lifelong effort, yet you Cultivate all Five Elements, making the difficulty thousands of times greater than others, and now you are even comprehending Yin and Yang!"
"It's simply a hodgepodge; young man, don't be too greedy.
Choosing what suits you is fundamental; biting off more than you can chew will limit your future achievements!"
Kun Yuan Venerable stepped out, ten zhang away from Li Mu, and in one sentence pointed out the disadvantages of Li Mu's Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivation, reminding him with a smile.
Hearing this, Li Mu smiled without speaking.
What the opponent said was true in every word; ordinary Cultivators, even if they possess a Five Elements Spiritual Root, would choose the two easiest to Cultivate, thereby differentiating between primary and secondary Cultivation.
The more Cultivation Techniques one Cultivates, the more directions one needs to comprehend, making it easy to get lost and unable to extricate oneself, leading to an uneven mixture of the Five Elements, ultimately resulting in complete failure and stagnant Cultivation.
This is also why many Cultivators in the world who possess Five Elements Spiritual Roots do not Cultivate all Five Elements, let alone simultaneously Cultivating Yin and Yang.
Li Mu's method of Cultivation, in the eyes of many Cultivators, was undoubtedly suicidal, a way of destroying his own future Dao.
However, Li Mu possessed the Plant Spirit Absorption Heavenly Talent; up to now, his entire life's Cultivation relied on Plant Spirit Absorption, so he had no such concerns.
After listening to this Senior's kind advice, Li Mu could only politely express his gratitude.
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior, but my mind is made up!"
As his voice fell, Li Mu brought out five five-tier top-grade Spirit Swords from his nine storage spiritual pearl, and the Five Elements Spirit Mountain floated in the sky.
The Five Elements Domain suddenly enveloped all directions, trapping Kun Yuan Venerable within it.
"six-tier spirit treasure?"
Kun Yuan Venerable, who had just been nonchalant, had a hint of surprise flash in his eyes.
Tian Shang Honored One in the pavilion couldn't help but show a gleam in his eyes, slightly rising in surprise, and asked, "Little friend, this six-tier spirit treasure couldn't possibly be refined by you, could it?"
Facing Tian Shang Honored One's question, Li Mu did not hide anything and responded with a smile, "The Five Elements Spirit Mountain is indeed a Spirit Treasure that I refined, but it was refined by chance.
Most of the Materials are five-tier Materials, and this Spirit Treasure is only a six-tier Low Grade Spirit Treasure.
If I were to repeat this process, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to do it!"
"What? You refined a six-tier spirit treasure yourself?"
Hearing this, Kun Yuan Venerable's expression became particularly marvelous, looking at Li Mu in shock.
At only a hundred years old, he could reach the level of Artifact Refining capable of refining a six-tier spirit treasure?
Is this possible?
Could it be that this kid's Artifact Refining Talent can be compared with Celestial Evolution Divine Lord?
Li Mu only revealed one hand, and Kun Yuan Venerable couldn't help but have myriad thoughts, even finding him somewhat unfathomable.
However, after careful thought, he was shocked by Li Mu's Prodigy Heavenly Talent.
His Cultivation of the Five Elements Yin and Yang method had already led him astray, but he never expected him to reach such a profound Realm in Artifact Refining!
This was simply an error upon an error, but if the path of Cultivation was not feasible in the future, specializing in the Dao of Artifact Refining would surely lead to extremely high achievements, which could be considered a way out.
In the pavilion, Tian Shang Honored One, having received confirmation, had golden light blossoming in his pupils, and his desire to recruit Li Mu into the Kun Family grew even stronger.
Another person appeared in the pavilion, none other than Kunling Honored One, who had sensed the True Qi fluctuations and came to investigate.
Neither of them spoke, their gazes fixed on the two about to battle.
"Senior, can we begin?" Li Mu smiled slightly, asking respectfully.
"Wait a moment, don't break my courtyard!" Tian Shang Honored One quickly stopped him.
As his voice fell, Tian Shang Honored One waved his hand, and a black earth Dragon rose from the ground, circling for a moment before transforming into a large practice arena, covered with an earth-element formation, enclosing Li Mu and Kun Yuan Venerable within.
"Hmph, since you're ready, then come! Today, this old man will properly teach you the consequences of aiming too high!" Kun Yuan Venerable reprimanded Li Mu in the manner of a Senior.
He saw him directly suppress his Cultivation to the Early Stage of Nascent Soul, then took out a jade flute from the jade pendant-shaped storage Magic Treasure on his waist.
The jade flute's Material was exquisitely crafted, entirely emerald green, emitting a shimmering green light, and a strange Spiritual Artifact fluctuation rippled outwards.
A half-inch long small snake coiled around the jade flute, its cold, emotionless eyes staring directly at Li Mu.
Li Mu frowned, his gaze becoming particularly vigilant.
This jade flute was not simple; with a glance, his Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits immediately obtained all its information.
【Clear Spirit Jade Flute】
【Grade: Six-tier Low Grade Spirit Treasure.】
【Characteristics: Summoning wind and rain, gathering Yin and descending Yang, disturbing the Divine Soul.】
【Status: Spiritually full, ready to unleash.】
【A Spirit Treasure refined from six-tier Clear Wind Jade Stone, six-tier West Moon Dye Wood, and the skeleton and spirit of a six-tier Illusionary Sound Demonic Snake.
It possesses extremely strong power to summon wind and rain, making it very suitable for Wind Spiritual Root Cultivators to use.
When combined with a unique Cultivation Technique, the power unleashed is incredibly astonishing.
The sound of the jade flute blown from the mouth has the miraculous effect of disturbing the Divine Soul and pulling people into illusions, possessing both offensive and hallucinatory miraculous effects.】
six-tier spirit treasure?
Good heavens, is it necessary to use a six-tier spirit treasure to deal with an Early Stage Nascent Soul?
"What, this old man uses a six-tier spirit treasure, and you seem a little displeased!" Kun Yuan Venerable looked at Li Mu's slightly changed expression and couldn't help but smile slyly.
"Cough cough, no, no!"
"You use a six-tier spirit treasure, and this old man also uses a six-tier spirit treasure; this can be considered fair.
When you win against this old man later, no one will criticize you for using a six-tier spirit treasure behind your back." Kun Yuan Venerable said with a half-smile, teasingly.
These were all crooked reasons, but Kun Yuan Venerable was simply afraid of losing and losing Face.
Seeing that he had used a six-tier spirit treasure, he feared the outcome was uncertain, so he found an excuse to use a six-tier spirit treasure himself.
Li Mu grumbled inwardly, his attitude becoming serious.
Inside the pavilion, Tian Shang Honored One and Kunling Honored One both exchanged silent, amused glances.
"Senior, I apologize for offending you!"
Li Mu put aside all other thoughts and made the first move, activating the Five Elements Spirit Domain of the Five Elements Spirit Mountain.
The earth-element Spiritual Power, heavy as Mount Tai, was added to Kun Yuan Venerable.
In an instant, Kun Yuan Venerable bore the weight of ten thousand catties.
Fireflies danced, like countless stars, or like falling snowflakes, suddenly taking root in the earth.
Countless vines Entanglement around Kun Yuan Venerable's limbs, mist filled the earth, mud covered his feet, then hardened like rock, and the Five Elements power imprisoned Kun Ling Honored One's body.
The five five-tier top-grade Spirit Swords formed the Five Elements Sword Formation, and the Five Elements Sword Qi, like a heavenly net, cut off all vitality from all directions, sweeping towards Kun Yuan Venerable.
"A bit interesting, but this is far from enough."
The vines binding Kun Ling Honored One's arms were instantly and easily cut by the powerful wind blades emanating from the jade flute he held.
Facing the Five Elements attack that was close at hand, Kun Ling Honored One placed the jade flute to his lips.
Li Mu's eyes narrowed, and he roared, "Explode!"
The fireballs, like fireflies, instantly burst forth with countless dazzling lights, exploding suddenly, and a sky-filling sea of fire engulfed Kun Yuan Venerable.
The Five Elements Sword Qi also struck his body; within the explosion circle, Five Elements light burst forth, dazzling and brilliant.
The powerful force was enough to destroy several miles of land into nothingness.
This power far exceeded the attack power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, not inferior to a Soul Transformation strike.
The earth-element formation of the practice arena probably couldn't withstand it; for safety's sake, Tian Shang Honored One acted again.
He saw Tian Shang Honored One conjure a whisk and gently wave it; white light emerged in the sky, and nine hundred-zhang bronze giant gates, engraved with extremely ancient patterns, suddenly crashed down, causing the earth to tremble violently.
The colossal bronze gates connected in a line, forming an impenetrable Domain, blocking the terrifying explosive power that had originally poured out within it.
The terrifying power, enough to destroy several miles of land, impacted the bronze gates without even a ripple, simply disappearing, leaving only dense smoke shrouding the scene.
The power of the falling bronze gates caused the entire Kun Family's floating clan residence to tremble, and countless clansmen were greatly alarmed.
"What's going on? Such terrifying True Qi fluctuations?"
"This Spiritual Qi fluctuation is Tian Shang Venerable's; how strange, whose is that other incredibly powerful Five Elements True Qi fluctuation?"
"Is there an intruder?"
"It's the Rear Divine Garden; what exactly happened? All Kun Family Disciples, listen to my command: except for those in the Nascent Soul Stage and above, all other Disciples retreat, and the rest of you follow me."
In a grand hall, a Soul Transformation Late Stage powerhouse soared into the sky, sensing something amiss, and called out to his companions to follow him.
But in the next second, a majestic voice, like a grand bell, suddenly rang out: "Don't panic, it's just a martial arts sparring session.
The Rear Divine Garden is not to be trespassed upon, and news must not be spread, otherwise, family rules will severely punish it!"
Tian Shang Honored One's voice echoed in the clansmen's ears, and they were all full of confusion.
Martial arts sparring?
What's going on?
Who is sparring in the Rear Divine Garden? Such powerful might was unleashed!
Cultivators below the Nascent Soul True Lord Realm couldn't figure out the situation, but the Soul Transformation Realm Kun Family Cultivators keenly sensed that the Five Elements Spiritual Qi fluctuation just now should have come from that Nascent Soul cultivator.
The powerful might released in that instant would be fatal to an ordinary Nascent Soul Peak, and even a Venerable Deity Transformation would not dare to touch such an attack with their Physical Body.
Could that attack just now be from the Nascent Soul cultivator who had suddenly visited and was being widely discussed?
If it was really him, then that would be truly extraordinary.
As the clansmen speculated, in the Rear Divine Garden, inside the bronze giant gates, smoke still lingered.
Li Mu's fingertips moved slightly, preparing for the next offensive.
A wonderful, melodious jade flute sound played amidst the smoke.
The next moment, the world suddenly changed color.
Above the Kun Family's clan residence, lightning raged; for a time, within the bronze gates, strong winds swept up, tearing apart all the smoke.
Kun Yuan Venerable was enveloped in brilliant blue-green light, his entire being slowly floating, untouched by dust, still extremely free and unrestrained.
Especially when he held the jade flute and played it, his elegant posture could be described as extraordinarily handsome.
Li Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he raised his hand to block the raging, terrifying strong winds.
He hadn't expected that the terrifying move that was enough to injure a Soul Transformation Realm Cultivator just now had no effect on the opponent whatsoever.
The opponent remained so composed; it seemed that it would be difficult to successfully break through his defenses with ordinary moves.
Li Mu speculated in his heart, beginning to formulate his next offensive method.
Suddenly, his hair, which had been ruffled by the strong wind, was cut into several sections in the next second.
His spiritual robe, moreover, ripped with a screeching sound in an instant, and several wounds, with blood flowing, appeared on his skin.
"Wind Blade..."
Li Mu was greatly alarmed in his heart; the cyan long robe he wore was a five-tier top-grade Spiritual Artifact, with extremely strong defense.
He never expected it to be torn apart by this fierce wind, cutting out streaks of blood; it was truly terrifying.
"It's still not too late to surrender now and avoid physical suffering." Kun Yuan Venerable put down the jade flute, his demeanor composed, as if everything was under his control.
Clearly, he had held back just now and had not attacked vital points.
Hearing this, Li Mu subtly channeled Spiritual Qi into his long robe, and the torn robe instantly healed.
As for the wounds, these shallow cuts healed completely in an instant.
Li Mu did not respond to the suggestion of surrender; instead, he took out a pair of knuckle dusters from his nine storage spiritual pearl and put them on his fists.
"So many five-tier pseudo-Spirit Treasures?"
Kun Yuan Venerable's eyebrows raised involuntarily.
According to previous rumors, Li Jianxian was a Sword Cultivator, and the sword formation just now proved it.
But he had never heard that this person would carry such strange Spiritual Artifacts; what exactly were these things?
In the Cultivation world, knuckle dusters had not appeared.
Therefore, when Li Mu revealed the knuckle dusters, everyone was full of confusion, not knowing what effect these fist-worn Spiritual Artifacts had.
Looking at the sharp, protruding spikes, worn on the fists, they looked like close-combat Spiritual Artifacts, but would a Sword Cultivator use close-combat weapons?
Li Mu paid no attention, driving his Divine Thought, and the heavy force of the Five Elements Spirit Mountain was once again added to Kun Yuan Venerable.
Now his own gravity had reached a thousandfold, and his body slightly sank, appearing quite uncomfortable.
"No matter what your plans are, they are all futile.
You are both Nascent Soul True Lords, but with your chaotic Cultivation, how can you compare to my Wind Spiritual Root, which I have painstakingly Cultivated for thousands of years?"
"Since you are so stubborn, then let this old man show you just how powerful a true Spiritual Root Cultivator can be." Kun Yuan Venerable no longer wanted to waste time; with the jade flute in hand, he once again placed it to his lips and played.
The melodious bamboo flute sound echoed through the sky.
The world suddenly changed again; the colorless strong winds actually transformed into dozens of giant wind Dragons, and as the fierce wind blew, clods of earth were swept up into the sky.
The Five Elements Sword Formation was actually swaying precariously from the fierce wind, unable to form a complete sword formation; only the Five Elements Spirit Mountain could contend with it.
The Void Refining Realm was indeed terrifying.
Even with suppressed Cultivation, the attacks casually unleashed were strong enough to surpass ordinary Soul Transformation Realm powerhouses.
"It's still not too late to surrender now.
With suppressed Cultivation, this old man also finds it difficult to control the force; if I injure you, don't blame this old man then." A hint of a smile flashed in Kun Yuan Venerable's eyes.
But the next moment, Li Mu was urging the Five Elements Sword Formation, and the five swords combined, transforming into a Five Elements Giant Sword, under the augmentation of the Five Elements Spirit Mountain.
It became a thousand-zhang giant sword, suddenly slashing down, and the world lost its color.
"Hmph, this child is incorrigible." Kun Yuan Venerable said with some disappointment, and once again blew the jade flute, and the wind Dragon raged, sweeping upwards.