【 Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, Qingmu Spell proficiency +1, Qingmu Spell Rank increased to: Level 6, your cultivation has greatly improved. 】
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【 Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, Qingmu Spell proficiency +1, Qingmu Spell Rank increased to: Level 7, your cultivation has greatly improved. 】
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【 Ding, you consumed one free proficiency point, Profound Earth Art proficiency +1, Profound Earth Art Rank increased to: Level 8, your cultivation has greatly improved. 】
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Li Mu consumed a large number of free attribute points, raising Qingmu Spell, Mystic Water Art, Profound Earth Art, Fire Control Art, and 《Glazed Gold Skill》 all to Level 8, and his cultivation continuously broke through Qi Refining Eighth Level, Qi Refining Ninth Level Peak, and rushed to Qi Refining Tenth Level.
Raising one Cultivation Technique to Level 6, 7, and 8 consumes 80,000 free proficiency points, and five Cultivation Techniques happen to be 400,000 free proficiency points.
The 420,350 free proficiency points obtained from harvesting Wind Spirit Grass from nine mu this time left only 20,350 free proficiency points.
What surprised Li Mu was that Qi Refining Ninth Level Peak was not the limit of the Qi Refining Stage; Breakthrough could lead to Foundation Establishment, but surprisingly, there was still a Qi Refining Tenth Level.
According to Li Mu's limited cultivation knowledge, after Qi Refining Ninth Level Peak, one could take a Foundation Establishment Pill to Foundation Establishment and Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Li Mu had always been worried that using the Spiritual Plant Light Orb to increase cultivation speed too quickly would lead to being stuck in the Qi Refinement Stage once he reached Qi Refining Ninth Level Peak without a Foundation Establishment Pill, unable to Breakthrough and continue improving his cultivation!
Now, this problem was solved easily and without effort, which relieved Li Mu.
However, the cultivation point needed to Breakthrough from Qi Refining Tenth Level to Eleventh Level was a bit much, requiring 500,000 cultivation points, which probably wouldn't be enough even with the Spiritual Plant harvested from one mu of spirit rice.
Li Mu was curious, what was the limit of the Qi Refining Realm? Thirteenth Level? Or Fifteenth Level? It wouldn't be able to increase indefinitely, would it?
Li Mu frowned and stopped thinking about this problem.
No matter what level the limit of Qi Refining was, for him, it was just a matter of cultivating for a few more years.
As long as his strength significantly improved every time he harvested Spiritual Plant after cultivating the land, it was enough.
This time, his cultivation increased to Qi Refining Tenth Level, and the Five Elements Spiritual Power within his body was six to seven times thicker than at Qi Refining Seventh Level, his Divine Soul increased by about three times, and his strength achieved a qualitative improvement.
Li Mu felt he could take on twenty of his previous selves.
Li Mu silently circulated the Illusionary Breath Art, lowering the powerful Spiritual Pressure of Qi Refining Tenth Level within his body, restoring it to the level of Qi Refining Seventh Level Early Stage.
He bundled all the Wind Spirit Grass one by one, and under the control of his Divine Sense, they were stacked into large haystacks.
After finishing the farm work, the sun set, and a cool breeze blew.
Crimson Wolf frolicked in the open fields, and Li Mu slaughtered two Cailing Chicken, cooking a grand spirit meal at the stove to celebrate the harvest.
Time flew by, and a night passed.
The next day.
Li Mu woke up early and first cast a cleansing spell on himself to remove dust and impurities.
Then, Li Mu reached out and condensed a ball of clear water to wash his hands, face, and freshen up.
Walking to the stove, Li Mu lit a fire to reheat the leftover meal from last night, filling Crimson Wolf's food bowl to the brim.
"Woof woof!"
Crimson Wolf, who had just woken up, came over, sniffed the food bowl, and complained to Li Mu with a whimper about the poor breakfast.
"Just eat it! Your taste is getting pickier and pickier.
If you complain again, I won't keep you!"
Li Mu flicked Crimson Wolf's head impatiently.
This fellow was almost spoiled, good at eating and lazy.
"Woof!" Crimson Wolf rubbed against Li Mu twice, indicating disbelief, acting a bit spoiled.
"Go, go, go look at the spirit fields.
The spirit rice is almost ripe.
If you don't watch it properly and the Cailing Chicken ruin it, see how I'll deal with you when you come back!"
Li Mu slapped Crimson Wolf's butt to shoo him away.
Crimson Wolf, feeling the pain, knew the severity of the situation and ran out of the small courtyard as if escaping, not even eating his food.
Li Mu took out a Spiritual Artifact sword from his Storage Pouch, flew up with his sword, and headed to Qingping Town.
With his cultivation greatly improved, Li Mu's sword-flying speed also increased significantly, reaching Qingping Town in less than a quarter of an hour.
Landing his sword at the Qingping Town city gate, Li Mu paid one lower spirit stones as an entry fee and followed the crowd into the town.
"Come and buy! Come and buy! Freshly baked spirit bamboo rice, only one lower spirit stones per serving!"
"High Grade hemostatic powder and Essence Pills are also available, don't miss out as you pass by!"
"Look here! High Grade Spiritual Artifact swords and top-grade hunting crossbows refined by professional artifact refiners at the Artifact Refining Pavilion... all selling cheap!"
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Entering the town, the shouts of shop assistants and stall owners along the streets were endless, making it very lively.
Li Mu looked at each stall, and his Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits continuously took effect, with various item and spiritual object information appearing frequently in his character's virtual frame.
【 Meat bun made from Spirit Bamboo Rat meat 】
【 Yao Tiger Skin 】
【 Fire Element Spiritual Artifact Sword 】
【 Inferior Essence Pill 】
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Huh!
Li Mu stopped in front of a stall selling Yao Beast meat, staring at the butcher's chopping block, a half-red, half-black, hard wooden disc-shaped chopping block.
【 ancient banyan wood core 】
【 Rank: Third-tier Spiritual Wood 】
【 Characteristics: Consolidates Divine Soul, Solid as Gold 】
【 Status: Thunder Element Spiritual Lock, Wood Soul Lost 】
【 The wood core of an eight-hundred-year-old ancient banyan wood Yao, struck by lightning, its wood soul dissipated, and its spirituality is not apparent.
It needs the Thunder Element to be dispersed to recover.
It belongs to Yin Wood and is one of the High Grade Materials for refining Puppet cores, and a top-grade Material for refining Yin-attribute Spiritual Artifacts that nourish Yin spirits and ghosts. 】
"Customer, this is a newly slaughtered First-tier Yao Beast: Giant Boar.
Which part do you want? I'll cut it for you!"
The bare-chested, greasy, burly butcher smiled warmly at Li Mu.
"How much is this Yao Beast meat?"
Li Mu stepped forward, looking at half a pig carcass.
"Four lower spirit stones per jin, ten lower spirit stones for three jin.
How much do you want?"
The butcher replied with a smile.
"I want this whole half carcass, but my home just happens to lack a chopping block for meat.
This one of yours is pretty good, would you mind giving it to me?"
Li Mu calmly pointed to the butcher's chopping block and asked for it.
The butcher laughed dumbfounded.
It was the first time he had encountered someone who bought meat and asked for a chopping block.
However, this young man in front of him was too generous, buying so much Yao Beast meat at once.
Let alone giving him the chopping block, he could even consider giving him a knife for eating.
"Alright! No problem! I'll weigh it!"
The butcher found a large scale and began to weigh the half carcass of Yao Beast meat.
"It's a total of one hundred and forty-eight jin, just give me four hundred and ninety lower spirit stones!"
The butcher finished weighing the meat and looked at Li Mu.
Li Mu nodded and decisively pulled out five medium spirit stones to pay.
Then, he put the half carcass of Yao Beast meat and the ancient banyan wood core chopping block into his Storage Pouch.
"Customer, here are your ten lower spirit stones!"
The butcher gave Li Mu ten lower spirit stones as change.
Without a chopping block to use, he turned around and fumbled in the pile of sundries behind his stall for a while, then brought out another similar chopping block.
As Li Mu turned to leave, he accidentally glanced and saw that it was another piece of ancient banyan wood core that had been taken by him to serve as a chopping block.
What a waste of natural resources!
Watching the butcher chop hard at a thigh bone on the chopping block.
Li Mu's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a pang of heartache.
That piece of ancient banyan wood core could refine 8-10 Third-tier Puppet cores, worth around three to four hundred medium spirit stones.
"Boss! When I finish this half carcass of meat, I'll come back to you to buy more!"
Li Mu remembered this stall and greeted the butcher as he left.
"Alright! Thank you for your patronage! I'm here every day."
The butcher looked up and returned Li Mu a brilliant smile.