Moonlight spirit rice Seed (Sealed)
Rank: Fourth Order Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Vigorous spiritual energy, gathers spiritual essence.
Status: Life force lost, spiritual nature not apparent.
Moonlight spirit rice Seed. Requires irrigation with Moonlight Spirit Dew to unseal and Cultivate. Growth requirements: large amount of Moonlight Spiritual Qi, must be planted in a Superior Spiritual Field, matures in five years, flowers in one year, bears fruit in one year. Moonlight spirit rice contains a large amount of spiritual essence, effective for improving cultivation and enhancing Physique.
Li Mu examined a slender, unremarkable spirit rice seed in his hand. If it weren't for his Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits, he would never have believed that this object was a Fourth Order Spiritual Plant seed, and specifically a spirit rice seed.
Besides accidentally acquiring a Soul Wood Spirit Seed which was Fourth Order, this was the second time Li Mu had discovered a Fourth Order Spiritual Plant seed.
However, compared to the Soul Wood Spirit Seed's demanding planting requirements—needing a place of concentrated yin and a hundred years to mature—this Fourth Order Moonlight spirit rice Seed's growth requirements and maturity time were much more accommodating.
The only pity was that to meet another of this spirit rice's growth needs, it had to be planted in a Superior Spiritual Field to grow.
This point stumped Li Mu.
A Superior Spiritual Field requires a second-order large Spiritual Vein to spiritualize.
Such high-grade, spiritually rich areas with concentrated Spiritual Qi were either Sect strongholds or occupied by high-grade Yao Beasts. As an Outer Sect Disciple, he was not qualified to own one.
Even Xiao Liang Mountain, a spiritual land that produced a Medium Grade Spiritual Field, was obtained by him through accidental pioneering and drawing out a hidden Spiritual Vein. For this, he even suffered the covetous gazes of other Outer Sect Disciples.
To obtain the qualification to plant Spiritual Plants in a Superior Spiritual Field, he would definitely have to wait until he successfully established his Foundation Establishment and passed the Inner Sect assessment to become an Inner Sect Disciple!
Li Mu carefully placed this Spiritual Plant seed into a storage slot, giving it its own slot and storing it solemnly.
This spirit rice seed, along with the Rank 4 - soil breath black earth, items obtained from the burly Cultivator, and a dozen or so first and second-order spirit seeds, filled his Spiritual Plant inventory.
Li Mu had no immediate idea what Spiritual Artifacts could be refined from the Rank 4 - soil breath black earth, so he first put it into his Storage Pouch.
Li Mu took out a palm-sized white jade spirit tablet from his Storage Pouch. This spirit tablet was a great gain from the red-robed female Cultivator.
This item was not only a formation plate, but also the core of a protective formation for a high-grade Cultivator's Immortal Cave. It was a pity that he did not know where this Huanlang Spiritual Mountain was located; otherwise, refining this Fourth Order formation plate would allow him to obtain an Immortal Cave for free.
Li Mu put the formation plate into a storage slot, storing it properly, intending to find this Immortal Cave later when he had time.
Li Mu took out the spiritual items exchanged from the white-robed Sword Cultivator: a piece of black charred wood, two pieces of silver Ore, and a Jade Slip.
This gain was not small: a piece of Fourth Order lightning-attributed wood that could be used as the eye of a lightning-attracting formation, two pieces of third-order silver star stone mixed with a small amount of 5th Order As You Wish Stone, and a Legacy Jade Slip recording a Xuan-grade Cultivation Technique, the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art.
Li Mu was just worrying that the fifth-level Illusionary Breath Art was somewhat insufficient to conceal the Spiritual Pressure released by his twelfth-layer Qi Refining, so he hesitated among the several Sword Cultivators' spiritual items and finally chose this Legacy Jade Slip.
Li Mu held the Legacy Jade Slip, immersed his Divine Sense, and immediately learned this breath concealment Cultivation Technique. He then spent 19,600 free attribute points to upgrade the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art to Level 5.
Li Mu opened his eyes, waking from the experience of gaining a large amount of Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art cultivation experience.
Following the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art's cultivation route, Li Mu silently circulated the Cultivation Technique, reversing his Qi and changing his essence. The aura and Spiritual Pressure on his body gradually converged and changed.
The Crimson Wolf, who was eating from its dog bowl, noticed the abnormality in its master's aura, looked up at Li Mu, and whimpered a few times, as if asking Li Mu what was wrong.
Then he walked to Li Mu's side, stood upright, and pawed him a few times with his front paws.
"I'm fine, go eat your food!" Li Mu chuckled, patted the Crimson Wolf's head, and then canceled the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art.
Compared to the Illusionary Breath Art's illusory concealment of aura, the Reversal Yuan Breath Concealment Art's ability to reverse and change aura was more powerful. This way, after wearing the Linglong Mask to change his appearance, he could transform into another person by reversing his aura, no longer needing to worry about revealing himself.
"Woof!" The Crimson Wolf barked at Li Mu, blaming him for teasing it, then turned back to continue eating.
Li Mu smiled slightly and continued to tally the gains from this trip. Compared to the gains from the Foundation Establishment trade fair, the profits earned by Wanbao Pavilion were much more practical: over ten thousand medium spirit stones, various Artifact Refining Materials, a large quantity of cloud mist spiritual tea seeds, dozens of third-order thunder stones, a lightning-attracting formation diagram… To allow him to concentrate on Artifact Refining, Manager Wang had exerted all his strength to help him collect the spiritual items he needed.
"Crimson Wolf, guard the house well. I'll be back soon." Li Mu instructed the Crimson Wolf, then flew off on his sword, preparing to go to Xiao Liang Mountain to plant the cloud mist spiritual tea.
"Owoo!" The Crimson Wolf chased out of the stone house, howling exasperatedly, complaining that Li Mu had only just returned for a short while and was already leaving again, and without taking it along.
Li Mu smiled slightly, and with a burst of effort, flew on his sword to Xiao Liang Mountain.
Spending twenty thousand free proficiency points, Li Mu respectively upgraded two spirit rice farmer techniques—Drying Technique and Turning Earth Technique—to Level 4.
Afterward, he continuously cast spells, using the Drying Technique to turn the Wind Spirit Grass in the eleven mu of Spiritual Field into ash, then cast the Turning Earth Technique to precisely Cultivate the eleven mu of Spiritual Field. While fertilizing, he also loosened the soil for planting the cloud mist spiritual tea seeds.
A magnificent and spectacular scene unfolded: the soil of the eleven mu of Spiritual Field was turned over and over by an invisible large hand, finally becoming orderly, soft soil, with clear field ditches and ridges, transforming into a superior tea field.
Li Mu directly took out the seed packet, scattered them, and his Divine Sense covered each spiritual tea seed, making them evenly dispersed and sown into the Spiritual Field.
Li Mu lightly waved his hand, and a strong wind blew out of nowhere, carrying some fine soil to bury the spiritual tea seeds sown in the Spiritual Field.
Li Mu formed hand seals, controlled the magical power of the spell, and cast a large-scale Qingfeng Huanyu Technique.
Soon, a small spiritual rain, covering eleven mu of Spiritual Field, began to fall continuously for several hundred breaths, moistening all the Spiritual Fields.
Li Mu smiled with satisfaction, took out a Profound Iron Spiritual Artifact sword from his Storage Pouch, and used the sword as a brush to begin carving a large Dragon image formation around the Spiritual Field. While strengthening the defenses of Xiao Liang Mountain, he also condensed water mist Qi to create a suitable growth environment for the cloud mist spiritual tea.
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As the sun set, Li Mu efficiently finished the work of planting the spiritual tea, put barrels of Emerald Spirit Fruit wine from the storage room into his Storage Pouch, and then flew back to Green Dragon Valley on his sword.
Subsequently, Li Mu stayed in Green Dragon Valley for a long time, meticulously tending to the hundred mu of Spiritual Field, preparing second-order Profound Feather Eagle meat, and diligently practicing the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art. While satisfying his appetite, he used the essence refined by the Whale Devouring Spirit Transformation Divine Ability to nourish his body, Body Refining, and strengthen his Physique.
In two days, Li Mu consumed an entire second-order Profound Feather Eagle, and the Physique enhancement effect was extremely significant.
Li Mu's Physique became robust, muscles became visible, and his strength increased by more than three times. Every move he made was filled with power.
Li Mu estimated that he should not fall into a disadvantage in close combat with a first-order Yao Beast now.
Li Mu was very satisfied with the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art Cultivation Technique and invested all his remaining free proficiency points into it. However, the remaining few free proficiency points were not enough to upgrade it.
Li Mu decided that after harvesting the sixty mu of Wind Spirit Grass and obtaining the free proficiency points, he would first upgrade the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art to max level.
After consuming an entire second-order Profound Feather Eagle, Li Mu discovered that cultivating the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art not only had the effect of nourishing the body and strengthening the Physique, but also seemed to have the effect of increasing Lifespan. The current Rank of the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art was only Level 3, so this effect had not yet manifested.
When the Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Art's Rank is upgraded to Advanced, he will have to hunt high-grade Yao Beasts himself, otherwise, relying solely on purchases might not meet the demand.
"For now! Buy first!"
Li Mu flew on his sword to Qingshui Town. He hadn't visited Qingshui Town these past few days since returning. Since Nangong Hong and several other Senior Brothers had met with misfortune, the Sect should send new people to manage things.
Li Mu landed his sword in the courtyard of the Sect's station - Spirit Plant Division.
"Greetings, Senior Brother Zhao!"
The two Utility Disciples on duty at the Spirit Plant Division greeted him in unison.
Hearing this, Li Mu's expression was somewhat helpless. He used the original body of Zhao Huai Ren, and the Sect Disciple token also recorded this name, so there was no way to change it.
Unless he left the Sect, changed his appearance, and re-entered the Sect with his own name, otherwise, the original body's life trajectory would always follow him.
"This delivery encountered rogue Cultivators, and several Managing Senior Brothers met with misfortune. Has the Sect sent any new Managing Disciples down?" Li Mu asked the two Utility Disciples.
"Yes, Senior Brother Ye and Senior Brother Chang have already arrived!"
"Senior Brother Ye said you even made a great contribution, Senior Brother, you're truly amazing!"
The two Utility Disciples responded to Li Mu with fawning smiles and flattery.
"Mm! I'll go to the Deacon Hall to take a look. You two carry on!" Li Mu nodded with a smile, roughly guessing who had been sent down.
Indeed!
In the Deacon Hall, Li Mu saw Enforcement Disciples Ye Ming, Chang Hong, Li Changfeng, and Fu Ming.
"Senior Brother Ye, Senior Brother Chang, aren't you Enforcement Disciples? Why have you come down to Qingshui Town?" Li Mu entered the courtyard and asked the familiar faces with curiosity.
"There aren't enough people! Not only Qingshui Town was attacked, but Qingping Town, Qingning Town, and Qingmu Town all suffered attacks from rogue Cultivators. This time, we can only be sent down to guard the towns." Ye Ming sighed, explaining helplessly.
"Junior Brother, why are you only returning now? And you're not staying at the Deacon Hall?" Chang Hong asked Li Mu curiously.
Hearing this, the others all looked up at Li Mu, their eyes full of curiosity.
"Uh! Senior Brothers, I am a spirit rice farmer, so I opened up a batch of Spiritual Fields that require real-time care. I live nearby the Spiritual Fields, so I haven't been residing in the Deacon Hall." Li Mu quickly explained.
"Junior Brother, this is an extraordinary time. Living by the Spiritual Fields is too dangerous. You should still come back and live with us at the Deacon Hall! With the Deacon Hall's protective formation, we'll have some security." Ye Ming looked at Li Mu, kindly reminding him.
"No, thank you. I'm used to being alone, and I'm not used to living in the Deacon Hall. Besides, with so many people in our Qingshui Town, and the assistance of the Foundation Establishment Family guarding us, rogue Cultivators definitely wouldn't dare to attack the town. Nothing will happen!" Li Mu smiled and politely declined.
Are you kidding? Living in the Deacon Hall in Qingshui Town, every move would be under countless watchful eyes. Li Mu couldn't stand that kind of life.
"Since that's the case, we won't force you!" Ye Ming nodded, then suddenly remembered something and handed Li Mu a Jade Slip, explaining, "This is a wanted order issued by the Sect. We've already discovered over twenty rogue Cultivators impersonating Disciples from the Corpse Refinement Sect and Profound Yin Sect. Take a look at it, and report immediately if you find anything."
Li Mu was awestruck and quickly accepted the Jade Slip, immersing his Divine Sense to examine it.