Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

After returning to the Qixuan Sect, Li Mu searched everywhere for suitable spiritual veins, preparing to dig a few of them and incorporate them into the Painting World Treasure House to help him recover from his injuries. At the same time, he mobilized his connections to find clues about another seal - the Jiyang Land.

As a great master of weapon refining, Li Mu is now able to refine seventh-order Taoist weapons. His reputation spreads far and wide in the Zhongzhou Spiritual Realm. There are countless people who want to curry favor with him, but he has always lived in seclusion and rarely interacts with others.

As the news of Li Mu's search for the Ji Yang secret realm spread, high-level cultivators came to visit him one after another, revealing some secrets and intelligence, hoping to take this opportunity to establish a relationship with him.

However, in Li Mu's eyes, the information brought by these high-level monks was mostly like scratching an itch, and it was difficult to touch the true location of the Extreme Sun Land. What they said was mostly hearsay, or a few words left by their predecessors, and it was difficult to piece together a complete clue.

It was not until Tan Yuan's arrival that Li Mu saw some hope.

Tan Yuan is a cultivator of the Void Refining Realm, the Grand Elder of the Taixuan Sect, and he is old. He claims to know some secrets unknown to outsiders and can help Li Mu. However, after listening to Tan Yuan's story, Li Mu was filled with disappointment.

According to Tan Yuan, the place suspected to be the Ji Yang Secret Realm is located on the edge of the Zhongzhou Spirit Realm and is covered by a barren desert. The temperature difference between day and night is extremely large. The sun is scorching during the day and the wind is biting cold at night. There is a place shrouded by powerful restrictions, and he invited him to explore it together... However, after listening to the other party's description, it was of no value to Li Mu. The information he mentioned was far from the situation in the Ji Yang Secret Realm.

Seeing the disappointment on Li Mu's face, Tan Yuan knew that he had failed to provide any useful information, so he said goodbye to Li Mu awkwardly and left the Qixuan Sect.

Watching Tan Yuan's departing back, Li Mu couldn't help but sigh. He felt a little depressed. He could only put the matter aside for the time being and search for unoccupied high-level spiritual veins to repair the Painting World Treasure House as soon as possible to avoid damaging the treasure house spirit.

The Immortal Demon Lord in the Fusion Realm was taken into the Painting World Treasure Palace, and a battle was fought within the space of the Treasure Palace, causing severe damage to its space and already hurting its roots. It was urgent to repair the Painting World Treasure Palace.

However, Zhongzhou's spiritual realm, spiritual land, and spiritual veins are very rich, but the vast majority of them have owners. The top-grade spiritual veins are definitely the foundation of a sect, and there are almost no unowned things. It is not easy to find a few top-grade spiritual veins and dig them up to store them in the treasure house of the painting world.

Li Mu looked through various spiritual vein maps, asked for information everywhere, and even offered a high reward, but it was difficult to find an ownerless top-grade spiritual vein in the Zhongzhou Spiritual Region.

Li Mu had no choice but to entrust the matter to Qiu Yuanhong. As the master of a hall in Xuantian Sword Sect, he had a high status and perhaps he could find a way.

“Elder Li, you don’t know that Zhongzhou is not the Southern Wasteland. The Northern Region has a dense population and many practitioners.” Upon learning that Li Mu wanted to use a top-grade spiritual vein to refine a weapon, Qiu Yuanhong couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed and reminded him, “Top-grade spiritual veins are extremely rare here, and most of them are occupied by large sects and aristocratic families. It is almost impossible to find an unowned top-grade spiritual vein.”

Li Mu nodded silently, knowing that what Qiu Yuanhong said was true, but the importance of the Painting World Treasure House to him was self-evident, and the restoration of the Treasure House could not be delayed.

Li Mu pondered for a moment, looked at Qiu Yuanhong, and asked: "Elder Qiu, in your opinion, how can I find the ownerless top-grade spiritual vein?"

Qiu Yuanhong frowned, looked at Li Mu and gestured, "Elder Li, we can't find any top-grade spiritual veins in Zhongzhou Spiritual Region. You might as well consider going to some remote places. The Southern Wilderness Spiritual Region is the most suitable. It just experienced a demonic disaster, and only one out of ten sects survived. There should be quite a few ownerless top-grade spiritual veins there."

"Southern Wild Spirit Realm!"

Li Mu frowned. Qiu Yuanhong was right. Due to the invasion of the Demonic Abyss, there were only a handful of sects left in the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm. However, it would be too dangerous for him to show up in the Southern Wilderness.

First the Blood Demon Lord, then the Immortal Demon Lord, both wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible. If the news of his appearance in the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm leaked out, it would probably attract more Demon Lords to hunt him down.

However, thinking about the current state of the Painting World Treasure House, if it cannot absorb the spiritual veins to recover, it will damage its foundation. Li Mu gritted his teeth and decided to take the risk.

"Elder Qiu, I have decided to go to the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm." Li Mu looked at Qiu Yuanhong and made the decision.

"Well! The journey to the Southern Wasteland Spiritual Territory is long. Why don't we wait for a while? Elder Yun, Elder Xiao and the others are preparing to go to the Southern Wasteland Spiritual Territory to support Sword Master Feng. It will be safer to have them accompany us and protect us."

"Oh! When will they leave? It would be great if they could travel together." Li Mu couldn't help but feel happy when he heard Qiu Yuanhong mention that Elder Yun and Elder Xiao were about to leave for the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm, and asked with concern.

"In half a month, they will lead a group of disciples to set out together. You will go with them then." Qiu Yuanhong smiled slightly, looked at Li Mu and asked, "There are several garrisons in the Southern Wilderness Spirit Territory that need to be equipped with teleportation arrays. Elder Li will be able to show off his skills there."

Hearing this, Li Mu was speechless. This old guy is really good at scheming!

However, setting up a teleportation array in the Southern Wilderness Spirit Realm would help Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen to quickly take over the Extreme Fire Realm. This would help Li Mu's plan, and he was happy to contribute to this matter.

"Okay! I will try my best to complete the task assigned by the sect." Li Mu agreed readily and already had a plan in mind.

"Elder Li, I'm leaving this mission to you." Qiu Yuanhong showed satisfaction and smiled, saying, "Wait a moment. I'll go to the warehouse and prepare the spiritual objects you need to set up the formation, as well as the spiritual resources you need for this trip."

Li Mu nodded respectfully and watched Qiu Yuanhong leave.

Not long after, Qiu Yuanhong returned and handed the two rings to Li Mu, and solemnly warned him: "Elder Li, although Elder Yun and Elder Xiao are here to protect you, the Southern Wasteland is still full of dangers. You must be more careful."

Li Mu took the storage ring and said gratefully: "Thank you, Elder Qiu. I will be careful and live up to your trust."

Just as Li Mu was preparing to set off for the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm, in a quiet and remote spiritual valley in the Zhongzhou Spiritual Realm, an astonishing change suddenly occurred. Three figures quietly descended. They were the three combined demon cultivators from the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Realm, the Shadow Demon Lord, the Blood Refining Demon Lord, and the Soul Devouring Demon Lord.

Their arrival broke the tranquility of this spiritual valley. A powerful demonic energy instantly spread out, covering the entire valley. After arriving in Zhongzhou, they immediately sent out a mysterious signal to summon the subordinates of the Immortal Demon Lord who were left behind in the spiritual realm of Zhongzhou after his death.

Soon, demon cultivators gathered from all directions. They responded to the order and knelt at the feet of the three demon masters.

The Shadow Demon Lord was dressed in a black robe, his face hidden in the shadow of the cloak, his eyes flashing with a dim light. He raised his hand slightly, and an invisible force enveloped all the demon cultivators, making them unable to move at all.

The Blood Refining Demon Lord was wearing a suit of blood-red armor and exuding a strong smell of blood. He glanced coldly at the demon cultivators below, his eyes were bloodshot and full of bloodthirstiness.

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord was an old man with a face as pale as paper, empty and deep eyes, and a head full of silver hair. He stood between the two Demon Lords, with his hands clasped together, as if he was performing some magic.

The demon cultivators who knelt on the ground were shaking unconsciously, as if they were in great pain. "Second brother, I have branded the soul, let them go!" The Soul Devouring Demon Lord suddenly stopped making hand gestures, looked at the Shadow Demon Lord with his empty and strange eyes, and gestured.

The Shadow Demon Lord waved his arm gently, and the invisible force that enveloped the demon cultivators dissipated instantly.

"Greetings, Lord Demon!"

The demon cultivators felt relieved. They all lowered their heads and bowed respectfully in unison.

"Tian Jue has fallen. From now on, you are all mine! I have always been clear about rewards and punishments. If you follow me, you will get the due rewards. But if you fail to do your job well or betray me, your fate will be even worse than Tian Jue!" The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord swept his eyes across the faces of the demon cultivators one by one and said sternly.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the demon cultivators trembled all over, with a hint of fear in their eyes, but more of it was awe and obedience to the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord. From this moment on, their fate would be closely linked to this Demon Lord.

"Who among you was responsible for gathering information about 'Li Jianxian' before?" The Soul Devouring Demon Lord asked, scanning all the demon cultivators present.

Upon hearing this, a female cultivator in a red palace dress among the demon cultivators quickly responded: "Reporting to the Lord Demon, it is... I am responsible for finding out the news about 'Li Jianxian'. I sneaked into the Seven Mysterious Sect before and learned that he went to the East Fantasy Sea to explore the traces of Lingxu Fudao."

"Well, what's your name!"

The Soul Devouring Demon Lord nodded slightly and stared at the female demon cultivator with a sharp gaze.

"Reporting to the Demon Lord, my name is Meixiao." The female demon cultivator responded respectfully.

"Mei Xiao, you are very good." The Soul Devouring Demon Lord nodded with satisfaction, a glimmer of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and then waved his hand and said: "Stand up and speak. Tell us all the information about Li Jianxian in detail."

As soon as the Soul Devouring Demon Lord finished speaking, the Shadow Demon Lord and the Blood Refining Demon Lord simultaneously focused their gazes on Charm Owl, their expressions serious and focused, and they attached great importance to the information about Li Jianxian.

The Immortal Demon Lord and the Blood Demon Lord fell at the hands of this man one after another. This situation shocked them greatly and shook the entire Demon Abyss forces.

Two powerful men in the fusion realm died because of a cultivator in the spirit transformation realm "Li Jianxian". Such news was too unbelievable, however, it happened.

No one knew the combat power of the Immortal Demon Lord and the Blood Demon Lord better than the three of them. They were extremely curious about what extraordinary power this 'Li Jianxian' had that could allow him to leapfrog two levels and accomplish this incredible occupation.

The three demon lords knew that this mission was of great importance. If they could not accomplish it perfectly, the punishment from the Demon Lord would be something they could not bear.

"Yes!" Mei Xiao quickly stood up and bowed respectfully to the three demon lords. He then took a deep breath, thought for a moment, and reported in detail: "This 'Li Jianxian', formerly known as Li Mu, was an elder of the Qingxuan Sect in the Southern Wilderness Spiritual Domain. He rose at an astonishing speed. He achieved the Nascent Soul stage in a hundred years, and advanced to the Spiritualization stage in two hundred years. Now, his cultivation has reached the middle stage of the Spiritualization stage. Now, he holds two positions, the Grand Elder of the Xuantian Sword Sect and the Sect Master of the Qixuan Sect. His status is high."

"This person is proficient in sword skills, body training, beast control, sword formations, and other secret arts. He defeated Ji Lianxu - Lord Kurumu, and several Lianxu demon ancestors of our sect with his spiritual transformation cultivation. What's more amazing is that this person is not only unparalleled in combat power, but also extremely talented in cultivation. He is well-known for his formations and weapon refining.

"He is a guest elder of Xuantian Sword Sect who refines weapons. He has successfully refined more than a dozen seventh-level Dao weapons. He is also proficient in formations. He has set up many ultra-long-distance transmission formations for several remote bases of Xuantian Sword Sect..."

"This person is highly valued by the Xuantian Sword Sect's top leaders and has a wide network of contacts... In addition, this person also controls several transformed beasts, including: a seventh-level true dragon, a seventh-level transformed spiritual ginseng, a sixth-level fire phoenix, a sixth-level golden ape, and a sixth-level giant lizard. He is good at using beasts to set up formations to trap the enemy, and his methods are endless..."

"Although Li Mu is a mid-stage Spiritualization cultivator, his combat power is far superior to that of his peers. He has condensed seven Spiritualization clones for himself and refined countless Taoist tools for protection... In addition, this person is extremely cautious and often uses his puppet body to see people. His real body is nowhere to be found and his whereabouts are erratic. It is not easy to track the whereabouts of his real body."

Mei Xiao informed the three demon lords of everything he knew about Li Jianxian in one breath.

The three demon lords were fascinated by what they heard. They had never thought that a Divine Transformation cultivator could be so powerful and mysterious. They looked at each other in bewilderment, with unprecedented solemnity on their faces. At the same time, they were not so shocked by the death of the Immortal Demon Lord and the Blood Demon Lord.

"Tian Jue is right. If this boy is not eliminated, he will definitely be a disaster!" The Blood Refining Demon Lord showed a heavy look on his face and spoke cruelly.

"Yes, this boy has amazing potential. If we don't eliminate him before he fully grows up, once he advances to a higher level, I'm afraid he will never have another chance." The Shadow Demon Lord nodded solemnly and agreed.

"You did a good job. Do you know the whereabouts of 'Li Jianxian' now?" The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord praised Meixiao and asked with concern.

"Because he followed the Demon Lord to the East Fantasy Sea to hunt down this kid, he left the Seven Profound Sect..." Mei Xiao looked embarrassed and guessed: "Now that the East Fantasy Sea-Lingxu Fudao has come to an end, I think he should have come back!"

Hearing this, the Soul Devouring Demon Lord frowned, dissatisfied with this uncertain news.

"You were able to successfully sneak into the Qixuan Sect and get such important information before, which shows your ability and wisdom. You should sneak into the Qixuan Sect again and find out the exact whereabouts of 'Li Jianxian' in detail." The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord looked at Meixiao and ordered.

"This! Before, Lord Tianjue Demon Lord killed the Deputy Leader of the Seventh Sect - Tian Yan, and only got the exact whereabouts of 'Li Jianxian' through soul-searching. If I, a subordinate, sneak into the Seventh Profound Sect again now, I am afraid that my identity will be exposed and the three Demon Lords' plans will fail." Meixiao explained tactfully with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Whether you send someone else to infiltrate the Qixuan Sect, this matter is entirely your responsibility. You must obtain the true information of 'Li Jianxian'." The Soul Devouring Demon Lord looked solemn and ordered sternly.

"As you command, I will do my best to accomplish this and live up to the expectations of the three Demon Lords." Looking up at the Soul Devouring Demon Lord's stern expression, Mei Xiao did not dare to refuse and quickly responded.

The Soul Devouring Demon Lord nodded, then waved his hand to signal Charm Owl that he could retreat.

Mei Xiao bowed, then led the other demon cultivators to kneel and leave. (End of this chapter)