Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Li Mu had no idea of ​​the impact he had caused. After leaving Wanbao City, he piloted the Diyuan Spirit Ship back to the Qixuan Sect.

Li Mu gained a lot during this trip to Wanbao City. He obtained a large number of high-level spiritual materials. Some were used to repair the Huajie Baofu, and some were suitable for refining Taoist soldiers, puppets, and drawing high-level talismans.

After returning to the Qixuan Sect, Li Mu plunged into the retreat room of the sect master's mansion, and then entered the Painting World Treasure House to begin refining Taoist artifacts.

Xue'er is of the Nine-Tailed Fox's natural bloodline and has a natural ice spiritual root. Her aptitude is there and her cultivation speed is not slow. However, her comprehension of the ice-element principles is still insufficient. Li Mu plans to tailor-make an auxiliary cultivation tool for her in order to help her make further progress on the road of cultivation and consolidate her foundation.

Li Mu sat in the center of the weapon refining room, his mind was deep and concentrated. Three balls of heavenly fire - the extreme yang heavenly fire, the earth vein heavenly fire and the yin and yang thunder fire - appeared in response and surrounded him, each emitting a unique brilliance.
Li Mu quickly formed seals with his hands, and the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammer Refining Technique began to work. The vast ocean-like true energy of the middle stage of Void Refining surged out, and he used his magical power of refining equipment - Heavenly Fire as a furnace.

The next moment, the three balls of heavenly fire merged instantly, transforming into a towering three-colored heavenly fire refining furnace. The furnace was tall, nearly three meters tall, and suspended in the air.

Taking a deep breath, Li Mu calmed himself down, formed seals again, and guided the Three Flavors Heavenly Fire in the furnace.

Under Li Mu's control, the flames in the Three-Colored Skyfire Refining Furnace tumbled regularly, forming a huge three-color flame vortex, which, like a tornado, madly sucked in the spiritual power in the refining room, causing the furnace temperature to further increase.

Li Mu's mind moved slightly, and the storage ring on his finger opened automatically. One by one, seventh-grade spiritual materials for refining weapons flew out like meteors: Ten Thousand Year Cold Crystal, Ice Soul Spirit Crystal, Xuanyin Refined Gold... As soon as these precious seventh-grade cold spiritual materials entered the furnace, they were swallowed by the three-colored sky fire and melted quickly.

However, this was just the beginning. Under the smelting of the three-color sky fire, many spiritual materials quickly turned into viscous liquid. With the stirring of Li Mu's mind, it continued to rotate and purify, and the impurities and defects in it were removed one by one.

Li Mu's mind was as fine as a thread, controlling each wisp of flame precisely, performing the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Tempering Method and the weapon refining magical power - Heavenly Fire Soul Casting, integrating the essence of the spiritual material into one and giving it a brand new form.

Li Mu had no other thoughts, and he concentrated on running the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sutra. His mind was like a thread, deeply penetrating into the refining furnace, and he used the magical power of the Eightfold Heavenly Fire Hammering Method - "Heavenly Fire Casting Soul" to accelerate the condensation of the embryo. His mind was like a skilled craftsman, guiding the ice-blue solution in the furnace to flow slowly according to his will, and gradually condensed into the prototype of the hair crown.

As time slowly passed, the hair crown embryo in the Skyfire Refining Furnace gradually revealed its outline, emitting bursts of cool and icy breath.

Li Mu relaxed a little. The embryo of the Ice Dao Crown had taken shape. The next step was to engrave the array on it, condense the patterns, and give it unique Taoist connotations and spirituality.

Li Mu once again displayed his magical power of refining equipment - "divine equipment refining and soul melting". He used his divine thoughts as a pen and his spiritual power as ink, and began to carve a complex array of equipment into the hair crown embryo, engraving out a series of delicate equipment patterns.

Time flies, and Li Mu has consumed a lot of his divine consciousness to outline a weapon array based on the "Ice Sealing Domain Array" in the hair crown embryo. The array patterns of this weapon array are intertwined and nested with each other, forming a mysterious and stable structure inside the embryo. It is not only the core of the hair crown embryo, but also contains profound ice laws, which is the foundation for this weapon to obtain spiritual nurturing.

When the hair crown embryo gradually stabilized under this precise structure, Li Mu continued with the next step of refining, displaying the magical power of refining equipment - "divine refining equipment pattern", outputting spiritual power with all his strength, and condensing exquisite equipment patterns on the hair crown embryo.

The twenty-eight weapon patterns will gradually take shape around the previously carved weapon array, and eventually form a single-attribute ice-type Taoist crown.

The first weapon pattern - "Ice Body Protection" gives the wearer of the Taoist crown a layer of ice armor, which can resist external attacks and protect the wearer from harm.

The second weapon pattern is - "Ten Thousand Miles of Ice". This weapon pattern can allow the Taoist crown to release an extremely cold air, freezing everything around it, whether it is the enemy or the environment, will be frozen by it.

The third weapon pattern - "Ice Blade Storm" allows the Dao Crown to release an ice blade storm. The sharp ice blades sweep through the enemy like a gale, causing a devastating blow.

The fourth weapon pattern - "Ice Swiftness" allows the wearer to move like the wind on the ice, doubling the speed and gaining the upper hand whether in pursuit or escape.

The fifth weapon pattern is - "Ice Element Regeneration". This weapon pattern gives the Taoist crown the ability to self-repair. Even if it is damaged in battle, it can quickly absorb the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth to repair itself and maintain the best combat state.

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The seventh-level Ice Soul Crystal is used as the basis of the Taoist weapon. The Ice Soul Crystal contains pure ice elemental power and is the best choice for refining ice-based Taoist weapons. In addition to the Ice Soul Crystal, Li Mu selected rare high-level spiritual materials such as the Ten Thousand Year Cold Crystal and Ice Heart Jade Marrow to construct a Taoist weapon that can form an ice domain.

As time went by, Li Mu devoted himself to refining, forgetting the disturbances of the outside world. Under his careful refining, an ice attribute auxiliary Taoist tool emitting a faint chill gradually took shape. This Taoist tool not only contained profound ice laws, but also perfectly matched Xue'er's spiritual power, which could greatly enhance the power of her ice spells.

Li Mu held the ice crown in his hand, and in a flash, he appeared outside a retreat room in the Five Elements Mountain.

"Xue'er, come out quickly." Li Mu's voice was filled with excitement and anticipation. His spiritual sense probed into the retreat room and called out to Xue'er.

After a moment, the door of the retreat room slowly opened, and Xue'er, dressed in plain clothes, looked elegant and refined, like a fairy in the snow. She walked out slowly, looking at the ice crown in Li Mu's hand with curiosity in her eyes. At that moment, it seemed as if the whole world had stopped.

"Brother Li, what is this?" Xue'er asked softly, her tone unable to hide her surprise.

Li Mu smiled slightly, handed the Ice Hair Crown forward and said, "This is the ice attribute auxiliary Taoist tool I refined for you - the Ice Hair Crown. It is based on the seventh-level Ice Soul Spirit Crystal, and also uses rare high-level spiritual materials such as Ten Thousand Years of Cold Crystal and Ice Heart Jade Marrow. It is carefully constructed to form an ice field to help you practice on a daily basis."

Xue'er took the ice hair crown and felt a fresh and cold breath rushing in. There was a faint chill on the hair crown, which contained endless power of ice and snow. She looked at it carefully and saw delicate carvings on the hair crown, each of which revealed Li Mu's hard work and superb skills.

"It's so beautiful, Brother Li, thank you." Xue'er's voice was trembling. She could feel the profound ice law contained in this Taoist weapon, and the perfect match with her spiritual power. She knew that this was not just a Taoist weapon, but also Li Mu's deep affection and care for her. "Refine it quickly, put it on and let me see your style." Li Mu smiled gently, his eyes full of expectation.

Xue'er nodded slightly, and began to refine the ice hair crown according to Li Mu's instructions. As she injected her spiritual power, the ice hair crown seemed to respond to her call, emitting a more intense cold air, which blended and echoed with her spiritual power.

After a moment, Xue'er successfully refined the ice hair crown. She raised her hand lightly, and the patterns on the ice hair crown seemed to come alive, emitting a faint light, which perfectly matched the aura around her, as if they were one.

Xue'er put the ice crown on her head, and instantly, a cold and pure power surged out of the crown, surrounding her body, forming circles of ice-blue halos. Her temperament seemed even more cold and refined at this moment, like the queen of the ice and snow world, exuding an indescribable charm.

"Brother Li, look." Xue'er turned around, her eyes sparkling with excitement and joy. Her body was shrouded in a layer of light ice mist, and every trace of cold air seemed to contain endless ice and snow power, making her look like a goddess in the ice and snow world, cold and mysterious.

"How do you feel?" Li Mu asked with concern.

Xue'er smiled slightly, with an icy blue light flashing in her eyes. She said softly, "It feels very good, Brother Li. I can feel the profound ice laws contained in the ice hair crown. It seems to have merged with my own spiritual power, making my control of ice magic more handy. Moreover, this power is pure and powerful."

"Well, put it on and practice well, and strive to become a true spirit as soon as possible." Li Mu looked at Xue'er and advised.

When Xue'er heard this, a determined light flashed in her eyes. In order to be with Li Mu for a long time, she must practice harder and improve her strength.

"Brother Li, don't worry, I will practice well." Xue'er held Li Mu's hand tightly, her tone full of determination and conviction.

After saying that, Xue'er turned and walked towards the training room.

Li Mu smiled slightly, and after watching the door of the training room close again, he continued to refine the next Taoist weapon.

However, just as Li Mu was preparing to start refining the next Taoist weapon, the Qixuan Sect welcomed some unexpected visitors - Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen. These two big figures, who usually moved around erratically and rarely appeared in the public eye, suddenly arrived and shocked the entire Qixuan Sect.

After learning about the two sword masters' visit from his substitute puppet, Li Mu left the Painting World Treasure House as soon as possible, hurried out of the retreat room, and went to the sect's main hall to greet them. At the same time, he secretly wondered why these two sword masters suddenly came to the Seven Profound Sect in person? What did they want to see him for?
When Li Mu hurried to the sect's main hall, he saw Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen already sitting at the top. They looked at the puppet substitute curiously, seemingly studying something, and at the same time, waiting for his real body to show up.

Li Mu hurriedly stepped forward to salute and greeted them respectfully, "I didn't know that the two sword masters were coming. I hope you will forgive me for not welcoming you from afar."

"Elder Li, there is no need to be so polite. This puppet of yours is truly ingenious, lifelike, and its aura is completely indistinguishable from the real thing. If we were not familiar with you and if you did not have the flaw of insufficient soul power, we would almost think it was you who was here." Sword Master Feng looked at Li Mu, his eyes filled with amazement that could not be concealed.

"Elder Li, did you make this puppet substitute yourself? Are you proficient in the art of puppets? You are truly a rare talent!" Sword Master Chen looked at Li Mu seriously and asked curiously.

It is already rare for an ordinary cultivator to master a skill, but it is rare for Li Mu to have such deep attainments in refining equipment, setting up formations, and puppetry.

"Master Chen, thank you for your compliment. This puppet substitute is indeed a little gadget I made in my spare time. Compared to the real art of refining equipment and setting up formations, this puppet technique can only be regarded as a little hobby of mine." Li Mu responded modestly.

Hearing this, Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen looked at each other and were impressed by Li Mu's talent. This puppet also had the potential to be successful. It was really lucky for Xuantian Sword Sect to have such a talent. They couldn't help but value Li Mu even more.

"Two Sword Masters, I wonder if you have any important matters to tell me when you come to the Seven Profound Sect this time? If you need anything, I will do my best."

Facing the scrutinizing gazes of the two sword masters, Li Mu didn't want to dwell too much on the matter of puppetry, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Elder Li, are five Taoist weapons offered at this Wanbao Pavilion auction?" Sword Master Feng nodded slightly, his expression became serious, and he looked at Li Mu and asked.

"Yes! That's right. Three of the Taoist weapons were commissioned by Wanbao Pavilion to be refined by me before. The other two were made by me by chance. I commissioned Wanbao Pavilion to auction them in exchange for some high-level spiritual materials." Li Mu answered frankly, but he had already anticipated the turmoil that might be caused. After all, the appearance of Taoist weapons often means a fight between dragons and tigers, not to mention that they were made by him personally, so their uniqueness and power were naturally extraordinary. However, with the support of Xuantian Sword Sect, this matter should not be a big deal!

"Sword Master Feng, Sword Master Chen, are you here today for this matter?" Li Mu paused for a moment, looked at Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen and asked in surprise.

"It is indeed related to this matter!" Sword Master Feng nodded, looked at Li Mu with a serious expression and said: "Elder Li, the Dao soldiers you refined have attracted the attention of many major forces. The cross-domain auction event of Wanbao Pavilion has always been a place where the spirit world gathers, and the Dao soldiers you commissioned to be auctioned this time are the focus of it."

"Elder Li!" Sword Master Chen took over the conversation, looked at Li Mu and gestured, "We have received news that several major forces are eyeing the Dao soldiers you have refined. Not only are they powerful, but they also act tough, and they are likely to take some extraordinary measures at the auction. We are here this time to remind you to be careful and to discuss countermeasures with you. Can you cancel the auction of the two Dao soldiers? If you need any high-level spiritual materials, our sect will do its best to collect them for you."

Hearing this, Li Mu's heart was filled with gratitude, knowing that the two sword masters' proposal was out of consideration for his protection and the sect. He also knew that the two sword masters' concerns were not unnecessary, but Li Mu couldn't say that they had just taken the benefits of Wanbao Pavilion and then turned around and broke their promise.

Li Mu showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and declined politely: "Sword Master Feng, Sword Master Chen, I understand your concerns, and I am grateful for Xuantian Sword Sect's protection of me. But I have accepted the favor of Wanbao Pavilion for these two Taoist weapons. This auction is a commitment as a weapon refiner, I am afraid it is difficult to cancel it."

Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen looked at each other, and couldn't help but reveal a bit of helplessness. (End of this chapter)