Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

The treasure house of the painting world and the weapon refining room.

Li Mu sat cross-legged and summoned three balls of heavenly fire one after another.

Three balls of heavenly fire - Yin-Yang Thunder Fire, Extreme Yang Heavenly Fire and Earth Vein Heavenly Fire, appeared around Li Mu one after another. The flames of the heavenly fire were different colors, emitting unique light and heat, competing with each other, and instantly raising the temperature of the refining room to a new height.

The fire spirit of the Yin Yang Thunder Fire is in the form of a blue and green python, the fire spirit of the Extreme Yang Sky Fire is in the form of a purple-gold fire phoenix, and the fire spirit of the Earth Vein Sky Fire is in the form of a scarlet fire dragon. They are under the control of Li Mu, and these different fires that were originally incompatible can now live in peace.

Li Mu formed seals with his hands and used the Eighth Heavenly Fire Hammer Refining Technique. The vast true essence of the middle stage of the Void Refining Technique surged out, and he suddenly shouted in a deep voice: "Heavenly Fire is the furnace!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three balls of heavenly fire quickly gathered together and gradually evolved into a huge three-colored heavenly fire furnace in front of Li Mu. The furnace body was condensed by heavenly fire and was blazing. The appearance of the heavenly fire refining furnace was extremely shocking.

The entire Skyfire Refining Furnace is nearly ten feet high, floating in the air, majestic and incomparable, like an ancient fire temple. The furnace body is made up of three kinds of Skyfire interwoven, showing the blue of the Yin-Yang Thunder Fire, the purple-gold of the Extreme Yang Skyfire, and the red of the Earth Vein Skyfire. The three colors are intertwined together, and the brilliant light illuminates the entire refining room, dazzlingly bright.

On the surface of the furnace, flames jumped, as if countless small fire spirits were playing in it. The spirits of the flames sometimes turned into fire pythons, fire phoenixes, and fire dragons, which were extremely agile and powerful. The furnace cover, which was condensed by three-color flames, was surrounded by flames, forming a hot flame barrier that blocked the heat and light in the furnace.

The Three-Colored Skyfire Refining Furnace emitted intense heat waves and light, as if a huge fireball was burning fiercely in the refining room. The surrounding space was distorted by the heat waves, forming ripples of heat waves, emitting heart-pounding high temperatures.

Li Mu stared at the three-color Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace in front of him and couldn't help feeling a little excited. This was his first time refining a weapon after he had gathered three balls of Heavenly Fire and raised the Eight-Layer Heavenly Fire Hammering Method to perfection and advanced to the Void Refining Realm. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be a refreshing refining experience.

Li Mu took a deep breath, calmed his excitement, formed seals with his hands, and began to guide the flames in the Skyfire Refining Furnace.

Under his control, the flames in the Three-Colored Skyfire Refining Furnace began to churn regularly, forming a three-color flame vortex inside. Like a tornado, it drew the spiritual power in the refining room into it, further raising the temperature of the Skyfire Refining Furnace, turning it into a huge high-temperature furnace.

Li Mu's mind moved, and the storage ring on his finger automatically spewed out seventh-grade spiritual materials for refining weapons: meteorite crystal cores, sky crystal stones, red crystal essence, etc.

As the seventh-level spiritual materials for refining were put in one by one, the three-color skyfire refining furnace instantly boiled. It made a "hissing" sound and was swallowed by the three-color skyfire and melted quickly.

However, this is just the beginning.
Under the smelting of the three-color sky fire, the spiritual material melted quickly, forming a mass of viscous liquid. As Li Mu's mind stirred, the liquid continued to rotate, becoming purer and purer, and the impurities and flaws in it were quickly removed.

Li Mu's mind constantly adjusted the temperature of the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, controlling the uniform heating and smelting of the molten spiritual materials. At the same time, he used his magical power of refining the weapon - tempering the heaven and earth, and began to refine the weapon embryo and arrange the weapon array in the core of the weapon embryo.

Li Mu's mind was as sharp as a thread, precisely controlling each wisp of flame. He performed the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method and the weapon refining power - Heavenly Fire Soul Casting. Through the power of Heavenly Fire, he integrated the essence of the spiritual material into one and gave it a new form.

Soon, under Li Mu's manipulation, a round wheel-shaped embryo gradually took shape in the Sky Fire Refining Furnace. The surface of this round wheel-shaped embryo was shining and colorful, and it contained endless power.

As the embryo took shape, Li Mu once again displayed his magical power of refining weapons - divine refining and melting spirits. He used his divine thoughts as a pen and his spiritual power as ink, and began to carve a complex array into the round embryo. This array was based on the "Yin Yang Star Array", and was intertwined and nested with the Golden Sharp Array and the Fiery Array, forming a mysterious mother-child knot, forming an extremely complex Three Talents array that could mobilize the power of heaven and earth and give Taoist soldiers powerful power.

Time passed bit by bit, and Li Mu circulated the Yin-Yang and Five Elements Sutra. The spiritual power in his body was endless, and he performed the weapon refining exercise with ease. He used various weapon refining magical powers: weapon patterns forming momentum, weapon momentum containing spirit, weapon controlling containing Tao, etc., all at his fingertips.

After successfully advancing to the middle stage of Refining Void, Li Mu's true energy was surging like the sea, and his spiritual thoughts were more condensed, like materialized filaments, precise and powerful, able to easily control and sense every subtle change in the refining process.

As his refining powers continued to be displayed, Li Mu seemed to have merged with the Heavenly Fire Refining Furnace, and had a deep resonance with it.

As the refining process progressed, the refining of the Taoist soldiers soon reached a critical moment.

Li Mu used his magical power of refining equipment - divine refining equipment patterns, and injected powerful spiritual energy into the equipment embryo in the furnace, and began to help the equipment embryo condense equipment patterns with yin and yang attributes.

First, a Yin-attributed instrument pattern - Xuanyin - is condensed on the instrument embryo, guiding the true essence to outline a magical instrument pattern on the instrument embryo, symbolizing the depth and mystery of the Yin attribute. As the Xuanyin instrument pattern takes shape, a captivating cold light emanates from the instrument embryo.

Next, what condensed was the Yang-attributed instrument pattern - Blazing Sun. The true essence burned out fiery golden patterns on the instrument embryo, symbolizing the brightness and heat of the Yang attribute. The Blazing Sun instrument pattern made the instrument embryo shine with dazzling light, as hot and dazzling as the sun.

Continuing, what is condensed is the instrument pattern of Yin and Yang attributes - Liang Yi. The Liang Yi instrument pattern represents the intersection and fusion of Yin and Yang, and is the most core part of the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel.

The next pattern - Hunyuan,
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Soon, patterns appeared one after another on the surface of the round wheel embryo in the Skyfire Refining Furnace. The 28 patterns shone with spiritual light, emitting a yin and yang light intertwined, like a series of intertwined yin and yang patterns tightly wrapping the embryo, gradually giving birth to a yin and yang formation with innate spirit.

The 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' that Li Mu had designed and refined in advance gave birth to a powerful spirituality in the refining furnace. A force of yin and yang gradually took shape in the furnace, with such momentum that it seemed to tear apart the void and shake the heaven and earth.

At this moment, in the refining room, a round wheel with alternating sun and moon jumped out from the Sky Fire Refining Furnace and hovered in front of Li Mu. It shone brightly, with yin and yang intertwined, filling the entire refining room with a mysterious atmosphere.

However, at the moment when the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' was born, an invisible and powerful force penetrated the space of the treasure house and locked onto it, emitting a majestic and terrifying aura.

Li Mu clearly sensed this aura and knew that this was the weapon calamity that a Taoist soldier needed to go through to be born. He couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile on his face. He didn't expect that this casual weapon refining would actually trigger a weapon calamity.

The quality of the Yin-Yang Essence Wheel was even higher than he had expected.

Li Mu sighed helplessly, put away the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel', and his figure disappeared in the Painting World Treasure House. His figure appeared on the Tribulation Platform in the back mountain of the Qixuan Sect.

Soon, the thunder tribulation came like a hunting dog smelling a bone. The sky above the tribulation platform was soon covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and terrifying forces of heaven and earth began to gather.

At this time, the elders of the Seven Sects also noticed the abnormality of heaven and earth, and flew over from the seven main peaks one after another. "Which fellow sect member is going through the tribulation without notifying us in advance!"

"This thunder tribulation is not simple!"

"Master, who is going through the tribulation? No, this is not the divine thunder tribulation,... this is actually the weapon tribulation. Master, you have refined a Taoist weapon that needs to go through the tribulation!"

"Great! This is the first time I've seen a Taoist soldier transcend tribulation."

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Several elders of the Seven Sects, Fang Shixin, Qin Wentong, Zhong Zilin and others appeared beside Li Mu one after another, staring at the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' above the Tribulation Platform, inexplicably excited and talking a lot.

"You are here! Come and watch the robbery!"

Li Mu smiled helplessly at everyone and gestured.

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, the power of the thunder in the sky increased a bit, as if in response to his nonchalant attitude. The power of heaven and earth around the tribulation platform became more and more violent, and between the lightning and thunder, it seemed that even the space was torn apart.

"This thunder tribulation is indeed extraordinary!" Qin Wentong's eyes flashed with excitement. As a weapon refining master in the sect, he naturally knew that the quality and potential of a Taoist weapon that could trigger such a powerful weapon tribulation must be extraordinary.

"Master, did you just refine this Taoist weapon?" Fang Shixin asked in surprise. He admired Li Mu's weapon-refining ability and never doubted it, but he never thought that the Master had reached such a high level and actually refined a top-grade Taoist weapon.

The Taoist soldiers who need to go through the weapon catastrophe and the Taoist soldiers who do not need to go through the weapon catastrophe are two different levels of existence.

Dao soldiers that need to go through the weapon tribulation are of another level. They are integrated with the power of heaven and earth during the refining process, and a subtle connection is established between heaven and earth, so they can trigger the test of thunder tribulation. This kind of Dao soldier is not only of excellent quality, but also has infinite potential, and can exert unimaginable power in the hands of practitioners.

At this moment, the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' suspended on the Crossing Tribulation Platform is a top-grade Taoist weapon that needs to undergo a weapon tribulation. The light of the sun and the moon flows on its surface, and the power of yin and yang interweaves in it. Every bombardment of the tribulation thunder is not enough to cause fatal damage to it, as if it is born with the ability to control the thunder and has the foundation to continue to advance.

In comparison, the Dao soldiers who did not need to experience the weapon calamity seemed much inferior. Although they were also Dao soldiers at the same level, they lacked the connection with the power of heaven and earth, and their quality and potential were naturally not comparable to the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel, and they could not continue to upgrade.

"It's just luck." Li Mu smiled faintly, and controlled the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' with his spiritual power to help it survive this weapon disaster.

Above the Tribulation Platform, thick bolts of lightning roared like giant dragons and charged towards the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel. However, the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel seemed to have spirituality, and it kept spinning and flashing under the attack of the lightning, dissolving the power of the lightning one by one.

"Great!" Elder Zhong Zilin couldn't help but exclaimed, "This 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' is indeed extraordinary. It can dissolve the power of thunder tribulation so easily!"

Li Mu's mind has been completely immersed in the fight against the thunder tribulation. Now is not the time to relax. Only when the thunder tribulation is completely over can he be considered to have successfully refined this Taoist weapon.

Under the control of Li Mu's spiritual power, the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' displayed its magical power in the thunder.

I saw the light of the sun and the moon on its surface flowing rapidly, and the forces of yin and yang constantly reversing and transforming between the wheels.

The Yin and Yang power of the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' was stimulated to the extreme. Thunder bombarded the wheel. The violent thunder force was pulled by an invisible force and instantly decomposed into tiny thunder particles. Under the action of the Yin and Yang power, they were quickly absorbed and transformed into the power of the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel'.

Not only that, the 'Sun-Moon Essence Wheel' exerts the power of reversing the two poles, transforming the violence and destructive power of thunder into gentleness and vitality. Every time the thunder strikes, it seems to be cleverly guided by the 'Sun-Moon Essence Wheel' and transformed into nutrients for its own growth.

The thunder in the sky seemed to have sensed the tenacity of the 'Sun-Moon Essence Wheel', and the thunders bombarded it one after another; however, under Li Mu's control, the 'Sun-Moon Essence Wheel' always maintained a stable rotation, dissolving the power of thunder one by one.

As time went by, the power of the thunderbolt gradually weakened, while the light of the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' became brighter and brighter, becoming an existence that could not be destroyed by thunder.

Finally, when the last ray of thunder dissipated in the air, the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' successfully survived the weapon calamity. It flew from above the calamity platform to in front of Li Mu. The Yin-Yang Wheel rotated flexibly, showing its power and splendor to everyone.

"Master, congratulations on successfully refining such a powerful Taoist weapon!" Fang Shixin stepped forward first, bowed and congratulated him, his eyes full of admiration: "This Taoist weapon is not only of excellent quality, but also has such magical powers. It will be promoted to an eighth-level Taoist weapon in no time!"

"Yes! Sect Master, your weapon refining skills have improved further and have reached the pinnacle! This is cause for celebration!" Qin Wentong looked at Li Mu with admiration.

As a master of weapon refining, Qin Wentong had received several instructions from Li Mu. However, he was still unable to take that final crucial step. He could only watch Li Mu go further and further away. At this moment, his mood was inexplicably complicated.

"Elder Qin, the way to refine weapons is to focus on your state of mind and perception." Li Mu smiled gently, seeing Qin Wentong's state of mind, and quickly reminded him: "Your skills have reached a high level. You just need to calm down and continue to study, and you will be able to break through the bottleneck."

Hearing this, Qin Wentong's eyes flashed with enlightenment. He bowed deeply to Li Mu and said gratefully: "Thank you for your guidance, Sect Master!"

At this time, other elders also came forward and praised Li Mu's achievements in refining equipment.

Li Mu responded one by one, modestly but gracefully, put away the 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel', bid farewell to the elders, and disappeared on the spot in a flash.

Li Mu planned to keep the Taoist weapon 'Sun and Moon Essence Wheel' for his own use, so the three Taoist weapons commissioned by Wanbao Pavilion had to be refined from scratch.

In the next step of refining weapons, Li Mu planned to hold back and no longer pursue the ultimate breakthrough of weapons, but to focus on the practicality of Dao weapons and simplify the complex. (End of this chapter)