Not long after, the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship flew into the range of Yin Yang Valley.
Li Mu quickly emerged from the Spirit Ship, put away the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship, silently circulated the Star Observation Method, condensed the Star God, protected his Primordial Spirit, and swiftly sped towards the core area of Yin Yang Valley.
The special environment of Yin Yang Valley, it's unknown how it formed, but only Cultivators who reached the Soul Transformation cultivation could successfully resist the invasion of the chaotic Yin and Yang and the Soul-leading Demonic Wind of the Spirit Valley. Fortunately, Li Mu cultivated a Heaven Rank Divine Sense Cultivation Technique. Even with his Early Stage Nascent Soul cultivation, he possessed a Primordial Spirit no less inferior than a Soul Transformation Cultivator, and comprehended some special Divine Thought Divine Abilities, such as Divine Soul Star Transformation, Starlight Gathering Spirit, Gathering Spirit Condensing Star, and Star Soul Domain Transformation, etc.
It's a pity that the Star Cloud Contemplation Method-Gathering Spirit Chapter had already reached Perfection. The next chapter, Star Cloud Contemplation Method-Star God Chapter, like the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, requires other Spirit Treasures for supplementary Cultivation. It needs a type of Spirit Treasure called star source to continue increasing the Rank of the Cultivation Technique.
Li Mu had inquired with Tianji Pavilion and Wanbao Pavilion about which Spiritual Plant could provide this star source attribute, but after a long time, he had no success, so he could only temporarily put it aside.
The Perfection of the Star Cloud Contemplation Method-Gathering Spirit Chapter had already reached an extremely high level in terms of Divine Soul qualitative change and improvement, and Li Mu was already very content.
Heaven Rank Cultivation Techniques like the Star Cloud Contemplation Method, Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, and Profound Heaven Sword Formation required increasingly higher and harder-to-find Spiritual Plants, and the cultivation environment also became extremely demanding. Li Mu was somewhat prepared for this.
It was precisely for this reason that Li Mu abandoned the Five Elements Spirit Mountain, an Acquired Spirit Treasure that had a high chance of advancing to a seven-rank dao tool, in favor of the chance to advance the Painting World Treasure Mansion to an eight-tier Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure.
Only by doing so could he meet the demands of cultivating higher-tier Spiritual Plants in the future.
The Painting World Treasure Mansion did not disappoint Li Mu. After refining the Five Elements Spirit Mountain, the Five Elements Spiritual Qi within the Immortal Cave world increased several times, and the growth rate of the Five Elements Spirit Plant planted inside received a significant boost.
Upon returning to Yin Yang Valley, Li Mu confirmed that the Formation was complete and immediately rushed to the spiritual fields where Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit were planted to check their status.
Looking at the thirty acres of spiritual fields, tiny purple spiritual mushroom seedlings had just emerged from the soil, and dozens of purple yang jade were evenly scattered in the center of the spiritual field, emitting wisps of purple spiritual essence, showing vigorous growth.
Li Mu's gaze fell on the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom, scanning them one by one.
Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits took effect, and the information of the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom was presented in the virtual box one by one.
Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom (Growth Stage)
Rank: Fourth Order Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Grows towards the sun, purple Qi comes from the east, contains Yang Qi to remove impurities.
Status: Strong Yang Qi, accompanied by purple yang jade, growth rate doubled.
Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom seedling, Fourth Order Spiritual Plant, naturally likes the sun, grows towards the sun, growth requirements: a place where the heaven and earth's Yang Qi gathers, sufficient spiritual power, accompanied by the Qi of Purple Yang Spirit Jade, matures in eighteen years, flowers in one year, bears fruit in one year, Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom with a twenty-year medicinal age is one of the main Materials for refining purple yang pill, Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom with a fifty-year medicinal age is one of the main Materials for refining Creation Pill.
He didn't find a single dead seedling, and all of them were growing very well. Li Mu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, overjoyed.
After checking the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom, Li Mu went to the adjacent spiritual field to check the status of the Yin Soul Fruit. Each Yin Soul Fruit emitted dense Yin mist, full of spirituality.
The special environment of Yin Yang Valley, with its incredibly rich Yin and Yang Qi, was very suitable for the growth of Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit.
The original growth period of nearly thirty years could be shortened by about one-third, meaning they could be harvested in about twenty years!
Seeing this, Li Mu felt relieved. After replenishing the purple yang jade and taihua moon dew for the Purple Yang Spiritual Mushroom and Yin Soul Fruit Spiritual Plants, he returned to the four directions house, plunged into the Painting World Treasure Mansion, and began refining Spiritual Artifacts, refining Puppets, Spiritual Charms Drawing, and so on, living a simple and repetitive pastoral life.
Like a bitter Cultivator, Li Mu lived in seclusion in Yin Yang Valley.
Every three to two years, Li Mu would leave Yin Yang Valley once, taking the refined Artifact Refining to Wanbao Pavilion to sell them, exchanging them for some Advanced Spirit Treasures, or going to Tianji Pavilion for tea to learn about popular news.
Time flew by like a white horse passing a crevice.
In a blink of an eye, twelve years passed.
Li Mu once again left Yin Yang Valley and flew through the air to Barren Ancient City - Floating Skyport.
The Floating Skyport was filled with Spirit Ships that blotted out the sky, dense and numerous, looking like a vast army about to set off. At the forefront was a peculiar Spirit Ship, or rather, a gigantic green greatsword, a hundred zhang long, suspended in front of the other warships, standing out like a crane among chickens, unique.
The gigantic greatsword was a 'warship,' and at its tip stood more than a dozen Disciples of the same Sect, dressed in green, with extraordinary temperaments.
Li Mu's Divine Sense detected this situation and he avoided it from a distance beforehand, unwilling to cause any unexpected trouble or get involved.
Seeing this Formation, Li Mu roughly guessed that after these past ten-plus years of preparation, the Sky Profound Sword Sect and Taiyi Sword Sect's joint conscription with other forces to launch a campaign against the Nine Demon Sect had finally begun!
A great war was about to begin!
With one sword leading the way, the myriad ships followed closely behind, transforming into a torrent of meteors, rapidly heading east, towards the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range where the Nine Demon Sect's Wan Mo Grotto was located on a certain Spirit Mountain.
Watching the expeditionary army fly away from Barren Ancient City - Floating Skyport, Li Mu flew into the Floating Skyport and headed to Wanbao Pavilion.
As the expeditionary army departed, the originally bustling and lively Floating Skyport immediately became much quieter, with sparse pedestrians on the streets.
Li Mu went straight to Wanbao Pavilion, showed his Guest Elder token to the doorman, and entered the inner hall of Wanbao Pavilion directly.
Lin Baoqing, who had been inquiring, hurried over and greeted him warmly, "Master Li, you're here! Unfortunately, you're a step late. If you had come earlier, this batch of Spiritual Artifacts would surely have sold quickly."
"It's fine, there aren't many Spiritual Artifacts refined this time, so selling them slowly is no problem," Li Mu waved his hand dismissively, then changed the subject and asked with concern, "How is it? Have you found any trace of the Materials I entrusted you to look for?"
These years, Li Mu had been hiding in Yin Yang Valley, taking care of Spiritual Plants, refining Spiritual Artifacts, exchanging them for Spirit Treasures at Wanbao Pavilion, and preparing Advanced Spirit Treasures for the advancement of the Painting World Treasure Mansion.
As time passed, despite the provision of a large number of Advanced Spirit Treasures, the advancement of the Painting World Treasure Mansion was still a long process. However, the Immortal Cave world had already changed its appearance. These years, Li Mu had been searching for various Spirit Treasures that aided the growth of Spiritual Plants within the Immortal Cave world, planting a large number of Fourth Order and Fifth Order Spiritual Plants.
In addition to the Five Elements Spirit Plant and Yin and Yang Spirit Plant, over twenty kinds of Fourth Order Spiritual Plants and seven or eight kinds of Fifth Order Spiritual Plants had all successfully taken root. Furthermore, within the Immortal Cave world, there were hundreds of kinds of Spiritual Plants, various Spirit Medicine, and Spiritual Plants planted by Tianyan Divine Lord, making it extremely rich.
Selling these Spiritual Plants was too troublesome, so during this time, Li Mu conveniently learned Alchemy and raised his Alchemy to Rank five, becoming a true Great Master Alchemist.
With a large amount of Spirit Medicine and Spiritual Plants, Li Mu refined them into various Spirit Pills to supply the growth needs of his four spirit beasts. The remaining large quantity of Spirit Pills were sold to Return to Heaven Pavilion and Tianji Pavilion under the identity of Master Ye.
Li Mu planned to sell the fruits of his Artifact Refining to Wanbao Pavilion this time, then make another trip to Return to Heaven Pavilion to sell the Spirit Pills he had refined during this period, and finally, go to Tianji Pavilion to purchase special Spirit Treasures.
Rarely leaving Yin Yang Valley, Li Mu had a packed schedule, selling the Spiritual Artifacts and Spirit Pills he had refined during his seclusion in Yin Yang Valley, and replenishing various Spirit Treasure resources.
"Yes, yes, most of the Spirit Treasures you need have been collected! They are all inside. However, six-tier Five Elements Materials are truly rare and valuable, and some prices are too outrageous. I didn't dare to take them without your authorization. You need to go and see them yourself, Master Li." Lin Baoqing quickly handed a Storage Ring respectfully to Li Mu.
"Oh!" Li Mu frowned, reached out to take the Storage Ring, and probed it with his Divine Sense.
After checking the Spirit Treasures in the Storage Ring, Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little angry; some six-tier spirit treasures were missing.
The Painting World Treasure Mansion was in a critical stage of advancement, and various Spirit Treasures needed to be supplied in time. If the advancement failed due to a shortage of Spirit Treasures, the loss would be significant!
"Master Li, are you dissatisfied? There is currently a high-end private trade fair for Nascent Soul Realm and Soul Transformation Cultivators. Several Venerable Deity Transformation have the Materials Master Li needs. Why don't you personally attend?" Seeing Li Mu's displeased expression, Lin Baoqing nervously suggested.
"High-end private trade fair?"
Hearing this, Li Mu was slightly startled and couldn't help but repeat the murmur.
Li Mu still remembered that during the Qi Refinement Stage, he participated in a private trade fair for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, where he obtained 'Little White's' mother, the Fourth Order - Seven-Colored Illusionary Demon Butterfly, and the core Formation plate of Tianyan Divine Lord's Immortal Cave. At that trade fair, he consecutively picked up two major bargains.
With the help of Heavenly Talent - Identifying Myriad Spirits, this high-end private trade fair might also yield unexpected gains! Li Mu couldn't help but feel a little tempted.
"Yes! A high-end private trade fair. At that time, the Disciples of the Eight Great Families of Central State, the Ancient Moon Sect's three Saintess, and several Soul Transformation Cultivators will all participate. There will definitely be some Advanced Spirit Treasures at the fair. Master Li, if you wish to participate, I will arrange a spot for you to make up for the previous shortage of Spirit Treasures purchased." Lin Baoqing smiled slightly and introduced the details to Li Mu.
Hearing this, Li Mu frowned, hesitating whether to participate. He was no longer the naive newcomer who had just entered the cultivation world. Such a trade fair meant putting himself out there, and if any accidents occurred, it would be hard to say!
"Master Li, are you worried about safety? All the people participating in this trade fair are influential figures, and the person hosting the trade fair is the renowned Tian Yuan Revered One. At that time, I will have Elder Qian escort Master Li, and no accidents will occur." Lin Baoqing saw Li Mu's concerns and quickly arranged.
"Hmm! When does this trade fair begin?" Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help but feel relieved and asked with concern.
"The time and location of the trade fair have been set. Three days later, at Tianyuan Mountain - Tianyuan Temple, the Dao field of Tian Yuan Revered One. At that time, I will ask Tian Yuan to take good care of Master Li." Lin Baoqing looked at Li Mu and smiled, indicating.
"Then I'll trouble Manager Lin!" Li Mu nodded happily.
Li Mu remembered something and handed a Storage Ring to Lin Baoqing, indicating, "Oh, right, this is the new batch of Spiritual Artifacts I just refined. Manager Lin, please take a look."
Lin Baoqing quickly took the Storage Ring and probed it with his Divine Sense. There were more than a dozen Fourth Order and Fifth Order Spiritual Artifacts, each full of spirituality and of extraordinary Rank.
"Master Li, your Artifact Refining skill is as excellent as ever!" Lin Baoqing was overjoyed, a brilliant smile on his face, as he looked at Li Mu and complimented him.
"It's just so-so! There's still an unbridgeable chasm before I can refine six-tier spirit treasures!" Li Mu smiled slightly, a hint of regret in his expression.
There were still more than ten years until the Nine Yang Spirit Grass inside the Celestial Void Cauldron matured. It remained to be seen whether consuming it with the Nine Yin Spirit Grass could improve his Aptitude, increase his spirituality, and raise his Refining Skill Rank.
As for the Spirit Treasure bounty issued by Tianji Pavilion, twelve years had passed, and he still hadn't received any valuable intelligence feedback. He couldn't place too much hope in that direction.
"Master Li, there are only a handful of Grandmaster Refiners who can refine six-tier spirit treasures. You are still so young, you will surely succeed one day!" Lin Baoqing smiled at Li Mu, complimenting him with a serious expression.
Li Mu nodded and said no more. The two chatted about the gossip of the expeditionary army's departure, then concluded the meeting.
After leaving Wanbao Pavilion, Li Mu found an inn at Floating Skyport to temporarily stay, then changed into Master Ye's attire, transformed into a fifty-year-old Alchemist with a spirit fox mask, and headed to Return to Heaven Pavilion.
Return to Heaven Pavilion was a Spirit Pill sales shop established by the Returning Heaven Medicine Sect of Central State Spirit Domain in Barren Ancient City, specializing in the acquisition and sale of Advanced Spiritual Plants and Spirit Pills.
As soon as Li Mu appeared in the shop, he was immediately greeted warmly by a young and beautiful female Manager.
"Master Ye, you're here! Please come inside. Quick, Xiao Qiu, go make some spiritual tea." The red-dressed woman scurried to Li Mu, enthusiastically leading the way, and quickly instructed the green-dressed maid beside her.
Li Mu smiled slightly and followed the red-dressed woman to the VIP room. "Manager Xu, there's no need to be so polite!"
"It's my duty, my duty, Master Ye. It's not easy to finally have you here. I haven't failed your trust; I've already collected the Spiritual Plant seeds you wanted last time. Please take a look." Xu Xiangyi took out a Storage Ring from her pocket and respectfully handed it to Li Mu with both hands.
Li Mu took the Storage Ring, which still held some warmth, and eagerly probed it with his Divine Sense. He immediately 'saw' jade boxes filled with Advanced Spiritual Plant seeds.
Fifth Order - Golden Flame Spirit Flower seeds, Fire attribute Spiritual Plants; Fifth Order - Heavenly Kui Wood Spirit seeds, Wood attribute Spiritual Plants;... In total, there were more than ten kinds of Fourth Order and Fifth Order Spiritual Plant seeds, all in considerable quantities. There were even two kinds of six-tier Spiritual Plant seeds: six-tier Yan Yuan Spirit Grass and six-tier Mou Xing Spirit Grass, both numbering in the hundreds.
"That's great! Manager Xu, you've given me a huge surprise! I'm very satisfied with this batch of Materials." Li Mu checked the contents of the Storage Ring and smiled contentedly at Xu Xiangyi.
Six-tier Spiritual Plant seeds, and two kinds at that! For so many years, Li Mu had entrusted Wanbao Pavilion and Tianji Pavilion to search, but they couldn't find any. Not to mention, there were so many Fifth Order Spiritual Plant seeds. Professional matters still needed to be handled by professionals. The Returning Heaven Medicine Sect possessed an abundance of Advanced Spiritual Plants.
This approach of learning Alchemy was indeed correct!
"Master Ye, I'm glad you're satisfied. I put in a lot of effort to help you get this batch of Spiritual Plant seeds!" Xu Xiangyi smiled slightly, looking at Li Mu and indicating.
Li Mu smiled knowingly and quickly took out a Storage Pouch, offering it with both hands.