Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

As the prototypes of the three Guixu Pills took shape, Li Mu looked more focused than ever before. He pinched the alchemy technique with his hands, controlling the fire in the Starlight Furnace from a strong fire to a gentle fire. The originally violent star fire in the furnace suddenly subsided.

The sparks in the Starlight Furnace became soft and delicate, like a group of nimble elves, gathering and jumping around the three elixir prototypes, gently caressing the elixir and nurturing its medicinal spirit.

Li Mu's mind was completely immersed in this process. He felt the temperature of the sparks and adjusted the size of the fire. This was the fourth step in refining the Taoist elixir - nourishing the medicinal spirit. By slowly roasting it over a low fire, the medicinal properties of the elixir could be fully stimulated and the real medicinal spirit could be nourished.

Time became slow and long at this moment, the sparks in the furnace continued to burn, emitting a faint light. As the sparks baked, the prototype of the elixir gradually exuded a richer aroma, which contained endless vitality and power.

Li Mu's face became more and more solemn. This step was nearing the end. He concentrated on controlling the Xinghui Treasure Furnace to ensure the stability and durability of the fire. Finally, under the continuous baking of the low fire, the medicinal properties of the pill were fully stimulated. The three Guixu Pills in the furnace condensed into substance, revealing a faint medicinal spirit.

The next step is to condense the pill patterns. When the spiritual charm in the pill reaches a certain level, Li Mu begins to condense the pill patterns. He uses the power of his divine mind to stimulate the formation of pill patterns through the spirit of the medicine. The more pill patterns there are, the higher the quality of the pill.

Li Mu took a deep breath, formed seals with his hands, and his mind slowly penetrated into the Xinghui Treasure Furnace like a thread. The flame in the furnace seemed to have life at this moment, dancing with Li Mu's control, wrapping the Guixu Pill in the furnace in a soft and firm light.

Li Mu closed his eyes tightly and silently recited the formula for condensing the pill in his mind. The power of his spiritual thoughts was like a trickle of water, which continuously poured into the three pills. Under the guidance of his spiritual thoughts, the spiritual charm in the pills began to slowly condense, gradually forming delicate lines on the surface of the pills.

The Danwen were vague at first, but as time went by, they gradually became clearer. The Danwen emitted a faint spiritual light and intertwined with each other to form a series of mysterious patterns. These patterns contained the mysteries of heaven and earth, and made people feel their hearts swayed at a glance.

The process of condensing the pill patterns not only tests the alchemist's skills, but also tests his character. He must keep his mind stable without any distracting thoughts or fluctuations, otherwise all his efforts will be wasted if he is not careful.

As time passed, beads of sweat appeared on Li Mu's forehead. At the same time, refining the danwen of three Guixu Pills consumed a great deal of his spiritual power.

However, at the critical moment when the Danwen was about to be fully formed, Li Mu suddenly felt a strong sense of fatigue. His spiritual power seemed to be drained, and it was difficult to maintain the delicate operation of condensing the Danwen.

Li Mu was shocked and realized that his spiritual power was still not strong enough. It would be difficult for him to continue refining three Guixu Pills. He still had to carry out two key steps and could not maintain the refining of three Guixu Pills at the same time.

Li Mu gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision - give up the refining of one Guixu Pill and devote all his remaining spiritual power to the other two pills. Only in this way can he ensure that at least two high-quality Guixu Pills will be produced.

Li Mu quickly adjusted the distribution of his spiritual power and concentrated all his strength on the remaining two pills.

Following Li Mu's decision, the light of one of the three Guixu Pills in the Xinghui Alchemy Furnace began to dim gradually, and its originally active spiritual charm also began to fade. It finally fell under the furnace and was burned by the Xinghui Alchemy Furnace along with the medicinal residue to prevent its medicinal properties from affecting other elixirs in the furnace.

As for the other two Guixu Pills, under the full stimulation of Li Mu's spiritual power, the pill patterns became clearer and the medicinal fragrance became stronger.

Li Mu's mind was always paying attention to the changes in the two elixirs. He formed seals with his hands and continuously injected his mind into the two elixirs. He could clearly feel that as the elixir patterns gradually took shape, the spiritual charm in the elixirs was also constantly increasing, as if two tiny stars were slowly rising in the alchemy furnace.

Time seemed to become long and short at this moment. Li Mu's mind was completely immersed in the world of alchemy. He forgot his tiredness and everything around him. There was only the fire in the alchemy furnace and the two Guixu Pills.

Finally, when the last elixir pattern was completed, the two Guixu Pills were finally fully formed. They were suspended in the alchemy furnace, emitting a faint light and filled with medicinal fragrance, which was refreshing.

The lines of elixir patterns were like nimble dragons and snakes, circling and wandering on the surface of the elixir, emitting brilliant light.

Third-grade Danwen, fourth-grade Danwen.

The dan patterns of the two Guixu Pills were clearly formed, but they had not yet reached the final stage. If they were to be taken out of the oven at this moment, they would only remain at the fifth level and would not be able to show their true value. Next, there were two key steps to be completed - accelerating the maturity of the pills and refining the Dao rules. These two steps would determine whether they could leap from the fifth level to the sixth level, or even become the seventh level Dao Dan.

At this moment, the Guixu Pills are like two unripe fruits hanging on a spiritual fruit tree. If you want them to continue to mature, you must provide them with more nutrients.

Li Mu used the power of his mind to guide the surrounding spiritual energy into the alchemy furnace, and merged it with the medicinal properties of the elixir. This process required him to accurately control the flow rate and direction of the spiritual energy. If he was not careful, it would cause the medicinal properties of the elixir to be unbalanced, and all his previous efforts would be wasted.

For a moment, the spiritual power of heaven and earth in the Painting World Treasure House gathered towards Li Mu, as if being pulled by a pair of invisible giant hands, forming a tiny vortex that slowly rotated around the alchemy furnace. Every wisp of spiritual energy seemed to be given life, rushing into the alchemy furnace and blending with the medicinal properties of the elixir.

Li Mu's eyes were tightly closed, his mind extended like a thin thread, closely connected with every wisp of spiritual energy and every bit of medicinal properties in the alchemy furnace, his mind immersed in the mystery of alchemy.

At this time, Lin Maoshan, who was practicing in seclusion on the Five Elements Spiritual Mountain, was immediately alarmed by the unusual movement of the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

Lin Maoshan was startled and immediately opened his eyes and looked towards the top of the mountain.

He saw that above the Five Elements Spiritual Mountain, a powerful spiritual power fluctuation was constantly spreading, forming a huge spiritual power vortex. He could clearly feel that this spiritual power fluctuation was madly devouring the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth, as if it wanted to suck all the spiritual energy of the entire world dry.

"Master, are you refining a weapon?"

Lin Maoshan guessed in his heart, but then shook his head and denied his guess.

Lin Maoshan already knew that he was in the release-Li Mu's cave magic weapon for cultivation. He had witnessed him refining spiritual treasures and Taoist soldiers on the Lingshan Mountain countless times. However, the changes in the spiritual power of heaven and earth were completely different from what he had seen before.

This powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy is more like the strange phenomenon of heaven and earth caused by the refining process of some high-level elixir.

At this time, Li Mu's alchemy had reached a critical moment. However, the spiritual power of heaven and earth in the treasure house was limited. If it continued to be consumed at this rate, it might not be enough to support the complete formation of the Guixu Pill.

Li Mu's mind moved, and he disappeared directly from the treasure house space with the Xinghui Treasure Furnace, and appeared in the refining room of the Yinyang Valley Square House. The surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy quickly poured into the Xinghui Treasure Furnace, forming a huge spiritual power vortex that enveloped the entire refining room. Two Guixu Pills were already finished. At this moment, Li Mu's true essence and divine consciousness were drastically consumed. He swallowed a few spiritual pills to replenish his true essence and divine consciousness, but he still couldn't maintain the two Guixu Pills to continue to the next step - Yundao Ze.

He could only choose the best one and store one of the third-grade Guixu Dan with Danwen in the treasure furnace. Li Mu put all his attention on the other fourth-grade Guixu Dan with Danwen and continued to move on to the next step.

Time passed day by day, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye. The starlight gathered in the Starry Treasure Furnace, making a subtle humming sound, resonating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The vortex of spiritual power became more turbulent, turning into soulless snakes that poured into the furnace, providing a constant supply of energy for the opportunity of the Guixu Pill to accumulate energy.

However, just when the Guixu Pill was about to give birth to the Dao Principle, the sky suddenly changed color, dark clouds gathered, lightning and thunder flashed, and a powerful pressure descended from the sky, covering the entire Yin Yang Valley.

"Is this... thunder tribulation?"

Li Mu was slightly surprised, but it was also within his expectations.

Seventh-level Taoist soldiers will have weapon tribulations, and seventh-level Taoist pills will also have pill levels. However, Taoist soldiers who have formed weapon tribulations generally have the foundation to continue to advance to eighth-level Taoist weapons. Ordinary Taoist soldiers generally will not have the opportunity to encounter this tribulation.

What’s strange is that this is the first time I’ve refined a seventh-level Dao Pill, but how could I have encountered a pill tribulation?

Li Mu stared at the rolling dark clouds in the sky, frowning, thinking about the reason.

I have roughly figured it out. It should be because the main ingredients used in refining this furnace of Guixu Pills are more than ten thousand years old, which is why they are so effective.

At this moment, Li Mu felt both nervous and excited. This was the most critical moment since he had refined the Guixu Pill. Once the Guixu Pill could successfully survive this pill tribulation, its efficacy would be greatly enhanced, and it might even become the legendary eighth-rank divine pill.

However, the horror of the pill tribulation is also well known. If the pill cannot withstand the baptism of the thunder tribulation, it will turn into ashes and all efforts will be in vain.

Li Mu took a deep breath and quickly left Yin Yang Valley with the Starlight Furnace to prevent the thunderbolt from affecting the Spirit Valley. At the same time, he maintained the furnace to the critical moment of final elixir production.

As Li Mu flew, the thunderclouds that formed the thunder tribulation followed closely behind him, like a huge demonic shadow, tightly locking onto Li Mu and the Starlight Furnace.

Li Mu sped all the way and quickly flew out of the Yin Yang Valley, passed through the dense forest, crossed the mountain stream, and came to a vast wilderness. The terrain here was flat, and it was an ideal place to overcome the tribulation.

The thunderclouds in the sky were gathering denser and denser. Li Mu glanced at the Xinghui Treasure Furnace, took a deep breath, concentrated his mind, opened the furnace, and the Guixu Pill slowly rose from the furnace and hovered in the air.

The thunderclouds gathered denser and denser, the sound of lightning and thunder was deafening, thick lightning bolts shuttled through the thunderclouds, like silver dragons dancing wildly in the air. Li Mu did not dare to be careless, and formed seals with both hands, urging the Xinghui Treasure Furnace to help Guixu Dan resist the thunder tribulation.

"Fuck!"

A subtle sound of thunder and lightning rang out, and the thunderclouds in the sky were finally no longer oppressive. The first thunder was like a silver thunder dragon, cutting through the sky and heading straight for the Guixu Dan that was floating in the air.

Li Mu's mind tensed and he manipulated the Starlight Furnace, pushing the energy inside it to the extreme. A layer of faint starlight shield instantly enveloped the Guixu Pill.

"boom!"

The thunder struck the starlight shield fiercely, causing a dazzling burst of light. The entire wilderness seemed to be lit up, and the starlight shield of the Starlight Furnace was shattered by the silver thunder.

Immediately afterwards, a bolt of thunder followed closely and hit the Guixu Pill solidly. At this moment, the Guixu Pill suddenly emitted a dazzling light, and the light condensed into a substance by the pill patterns was intertwined with the thunder and lightning, forming a spectacular scene.

However, the power of the pill tribulation is far from simple. The following thunders became more and more violent. Every bombardment made the pill pattern of Guixu Pill dim. However, after enduring several thunder tribulations, Guixu Pill seemed to have found a way to deal with them.

The Guixu Pill restrained the Dan Qi, and the whole thing became uncertain. The lightning that struck seemed to have lost its target, and the lightning snakes were like headless flies.
Seeing this, Li Mu was delighted, knowing that Guixu Pill was relying on its own strength to resist the pill calamity.

The Guixu Pill showed a magical posture in the thunderbolt, as if it could blend into the void and become elusive. Every thunderbolt that struck was looking for its trace, but it always failed, leaving only flashes of lightning in the air. When the thunderbolt was powerless, it showed its body, using the power of the heavenly thunderbolt to condense the Dao and temper the pill body.

Li Mu stared at the scene closely, feeling nervous and excited. He knew that the Guixu Pill was currently experiencing a transformation due to the pill tribulation. It was a critical moment for it to survive the pill tribulation and become a seventh-level Dao Pill.

As the thunder continued to strike, the pattern of the Guixu Pill gradually became clearer, as if a mysterious force was surging inside the pill. Li Mu could feel that the force was getting stronger and stronger, as if it could break out of the pill at any time.

At this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky suddenly rolled up, and an even more terrifying aura emanated from it. Li Mu knew that this was the final and most violent blow of the pill tribulation.

"boom!"

A loud bang shook the heaven and earth, and the last thunderbolt of the pill tribulation finally struck. It was thicker and more violent than any of the previous ones. However, when it hit the Guixu Pill, it seemed to be swallowed up by a mysterious force and disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, the Guixu Pill suddenly burst out with a dazzling light, shooting straight into the sky. The entire wilderness was shrouded in this light. Li Mu immediately felt a powerful energy fluctuation coming from the Guixu Pill, which was a sign that the Guixu Pill had successfully survived the pill tribulation.

The light gradually dissipated, revealing the Guixu Pill suspended in the air. At this moment, the Guixu Pill was no longer the same as before. It became more round and more crystal clear, with clearly visible patterns on it, and exuding a faint fragrance.

Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he immediately released the Painting World Treasure House and successfully put away the Guixu Pill that was about to escape into the void. (End of this chapter)