Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

"Qingyu, I'm leaving now. Remember to help me guard the spiritual field!"

Li Mu called the Green Jade Ginseng King to say goodbye to it.

"Ah! Master, we haven't seen each other for over a hundred years. You've only been here for a few days, and you're leaving now!"

The Green Jade Ginseng King looked at Li Mu reluctantly, trying to persuade him to stay.

"Why? Have you been here for a long time? Do you want to go out with me?" Li Mu smiled and asked curiously.

"This... that's not it!" The Jade Ginseng King looked up at the giant tree in the center of the secret realm, hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Li Mu, a firm look flashed in his eyes, and responded: "However, if the master needs it, the jade is naturally willing to follow the master to fight all over the world. Master, you came and left in a hurry this time. Is there something urgent? Maybe the jade can help you."

The Jimu Secret Realm is extremely suitable for its cultivation. After practicing here for hundreds of years, the Green Jade Ginseng King has felt that it is getting closer and closer to the threshold of the next realm. However, the Green Jade Ginseng King knows better that he can never repay Li Mu's kindness to it in this lifetime. Therefore, when Li Mu needs him, he must stand up without hesitation.

"I appreciate your kindness, but this time I have important matters to deal with personally, which is beyond your ability. You just stay here and help me guard the spiritual field." Seeing the dilemma of the Green Jade Ginseng King, Li Mu smiled and gestured.

The Jade Ginseng King nodded and promised solemnly: "Master, rest assured, Qingyu will live up to your expectations and protect the spiritual field until you return."

As he spoke, the Jade Ginseng King remembered something and took out a storage ring from his pocket, handed it to Li Mu and said, "Master, this contains the elixirs I made in my spare time. Most of them are made from mature spiritual plants and spiritual fruits in the secret realm. They may be helpful to your cultivation."

Li Mu smiled and nodded, then took the storage ring without hesitation. He scanned it with his spiritual sense and found tens of thousands of pill bottles stored inside. Most of them were fifth-level elixirs, and there were also quite a few sixth-level ones. These elixirs were very valuable. It seemed that the Green Jade Ginseng King had not wasted his time over the past few hundred years and had not fallen behind in his alchemy skills.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness. This batch of elixirs is indeed useful to me!"

Li Mu smiled and nodded, then he took out an ordinary green wooden staff from the Jiuzang Lingzhu and handed it to the Green Jade Ginseng King: "This is the seventh-level semi-immortal weapon I refined. Here it is for you!"

When the Green Jade Ginseng King looked at the green wooden staff, he immediately felt its extraordinaryness, and a gleam of disbelief flashed in his eyes.

"Seventh-rank semi-immortal weapon? Master, this... is this for me?"

The voice of the Green Jade Ginseng King trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he was deeply shocked by this sudden gift.

"Of course, Qingyu. You have made great contributions in guarding the spiritual field and refining pills for me. This wooden staff is compatible with your attributes and can help you to improve your practice. Take it!" Li Mu smiled slightly, his eyes full of encouragement and trust.

The Jade Ginseng King took the wooden staff and felt the enormous power contained in it. He was filled with unprecedented excitement. He gratefully assured Li Mu again: "Master, how could Qingyu be so worthy of such a generous gift from you! Qingyu will definitely live up to your expectations, work hard to cultivate, protect the spiritual field, and wait for your return."

"Ok!"

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, then turned and walked towards the teleportation array.

At the moment of turning around, Li Mu seemed to have thought of something. He stopped and looked back at the Green Jade Ginseng King, with complex emotions flashing in his eyes. "Qingyu, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

The Green Jade Ginseng King hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully waited for his master's instructions: "Master, please speak. Green Jade will definitely remember it in my heart."

Li Mu pondered for a moment and said solemnly: "Next, the spiritual energy of this world will gradually dry up, and the Ji Mu Secret Realm may be slower. During my absence, there may be some changes, and you must always be vigilant. Although this realm is hidden, it is not an absolutely safe place. If there is an invasion from the outside world, remember not to fight hard, but activate the defense formation in the secret realm and try to notify me. Your safety is equally important to me."

"Master, rest assured. Qingyu will act with caution and protect himself as well as this spiritual field. If there is an emergency, Qingyu will immediately activate the formation and try to contact the master." The expression of Qingyu Ginseng King tightened and he nodded solemnly to take note.

Seeing this, Li Mu stopped talking and turned around to step into the teleportation array. With a flash of dazzling light, his figure gradually blurred and finally disappeared into the depths of the secret realm.

The Green Jade Ginseng King stood where it was, watching Li Mu leave until the light completely disappeared. It tightly grasped the green wooden staff, a doubt arose in its heart, and it did not quite understand what Li Mu meant by the increasing depletion of spiritual energy in this world.

“If I had known earlier, I should have asked the master clearly.” The Green Jade Ginseng King thought to himself, but then shook his head. He thought that since Li Mu did not explain in detail, he must have his considerations. His first priority was to guard this spiritual field and ensure that it was still full of vitality when Li Mu returned.

Li Mu took the teleportation array, left the Jimu Secret Realm, and continued to head towards the next secret realm - the Jiyin Secret Realm.

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After traveling for several months, Li Mu went to the seven extreme secret realms one after another, and took back the seven incarnations of the gods that were placed in the seven secret realms to take care of the spiritual plants. He harvested the fifth-order spiritual plants planted in the spiritual fields, and returned to the Qixuan Sect again, preparing to go into seclusion and condense the Dharma domain.

Li Mu stood in the air on the top of the Golden Sword Peak. With a thought, several formation tools flew out from the Jiuzang Lingzhu and slowly rotated around his body. There were three types of formation tools, namely five-colored formation flags, seven jade formation plates, and three bronze tripods, all emitting formation force fluctuations and pressures of different attributes.

These array devices were obtained by Li Mu after years of refining. They have different functions and are all seventh-level Taoist devices, semi-immortal-level treasures that can be used to set up extremely powerful protective, concealment, and breath-suppressing arrays.

The five-color array weapon is a five-element protective array. It uses the essence of heaven and earth - the seventh-level five-element spiritual objects, supplemented by divine patterns as the base array. Each array flag contains a strong five-element aura. They are the golden flag representing the sharpness and firmness of gold, the cyan flag containing the vitality and reproduction of wood, the blue flag surging the flexibility and depth of water, the red flag burning the warmth and heat of fire, and the yellow flag condensing the thickness and bearing of earth.

As Li Mu's mind moved, the five-colored flags fluttered and danced in the air, interweaving with each other, guiding all the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth around the Qixuan Sect into it, instantly forming a huge protective formation that enveloped the entire Qixuan Sect.

The seven jade pieces are the core of the "Zhou Tian Xing Chen Concealing Formation". These jade pieces are extraordinary, they are refined from an eighth-level star crystal core, containing extremely strong star power. This thing was obtained from the treasure house of Emperor Tianxing Palace. Li Mu used his supreme magic power to engrave the pattern of the "Zhou Tian Xing Chen Concealing Formation" on the jade pieces, so that it can simulate the trajectory of the stars and set up a concealed formation.

When the seven array cards were arranged according to specific positions, the sky seemed to be torn apart, and the light of the stars projected down and connected with the array, hiding the entire Qixuan Sect in the endless starry sky. Even the powerful ones in their combined form would find it difficult to find any trace of it.

As for the three bronze tripods, they are the key to the "Xiran Breathing Array". This tripod is neither gold nor iron, but is made of the legendary Xiran, which is the origin of the earth and has the ability to be endless and ever-changing. The three tripods represent the beginning, transit and end of the earth veins. Li Mu activated them through special techniques, allowing them to absorb the power of the earth veins and form a huge breath-gathering field.

In this field, no matter the breath of living creatures or the fluctuations of magic weapons, they can be perfectly concealed, making the Qixuan Sect look like a barren land in the eyes of the outside world, without any vitality. As the three types of arrays were activated and arranged by Li Mu one by one, the sky above the Qixuan Sect suddenly became stormy, and colorful lights, star trajectories and ground fluctuations intertwined, forming a shocking spectacle.

This scene shocked all the elders and disciples of the Qixuan Sect. They looked up at the sky with disbelief and awe in their eyes.

For a long time, the Qixuan Sect was just a low-ranking sect in the Central Continent Spirit Realm, and had never seen such a spectacular scene, as if the entire sect was endowed with supreme divine power, isolated from the rest of the world, forming a world of its own.

"The sect master is really amazing! He can actually set up such a powerful formation!"

"Yes, with these formations, our Qixuan Sect no longer has to worry about invasions from foreign enemies."

"Are there other forces that want to attack us? Why is the Sect Master mobilizing so many troops?"

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Qixuan Sect - The disciples were talking about it and were nervous, at the same time, their eyes were shining with worship and admiration for the sect master. In their hearts, Li Mu was not only the leader of a sect, but also a master of refining equipment and formations. Every time he made a move, he was able to subvert common sense and create unprecedented miracles.

After the three large formations were set up, the Qixuan Sect suddenly became impregnable and undetectable!
"What a terrifying formation, Sect Master, what are you doing? Why is this happening?" The third elder, Qin Wentong, looked up at the powerful Tianji formation and muttered to himself.

The third elder, Qin Wentong, and several other elders were just about to set out to find Li Mu to inquire about the situation.

"Everyone, this formation is just to be on the safe side. Just focus on your cultivation in the sect and don't leave. I will explain it to you after the sect finishes its retreat."

At this moment, Li Mu's voice was clearly heard by the elders and disciples of the sect. His tone was calm, revealing an unquestionable majesty, which instantly calmed the restless minds of the disciples of the Qixuan Sect.

The third elder Qin Wentong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he looked at the other elders, only to see that they also had expressions of relief and peace of mind on their faces.

Qin Wentong thought to himself: "The Sect Master has his own reasons for what he does, we just need to obey."

After stopping the elders and disciples from approaching, Li Mu smiled slightly and summoned Xiaobai and Xueer from the Painting World Treasure House.

"Xue'er, Xiaobai, I need to go into seclusion for a while. You guard this place for me and don't let anyone in." Li Mu looked at the treasure house in front of him and gestured to Xue'er and Xiaobai.

"Uh, Brother Li, just stay in seclusion. I won't let anyone in to disturb you."

Although she didn't understand why Li Mu chose this treasure house as the place for retreat, Xue'er still nodded obediently, jumped up, and guarded the entrance to the sect's treasure house. Her smart eyes flashed with vigilance and determination.

Xiaobai was not to be outdone. His petite body instantly turned into a ray of white light and landed on Xueer's shoulder. He released his soul power and vigilantly sensed his surroundings.

Seeing this, Li Mu smiled slightly, flashed and flew into the Qixuan Sect's treasury, ready to repair the Five Elements Transfer Array hidden in it.

Back then, when Li Mu chose the Qixuan Sect as the mountain gate, he saw at a glance the complexity of the Five Elements Yin-Yang Spirit Gathering Array set up by the Seven Gods Mountain. It was actually related to a sub-array, the Five Elements Transfer Array, which could break through the time and space barrier and reach a certain secret realm.

The mother array - the Five Elements Yin and Yang Spirit Gathering Array was repaired by Li Mu himself, but the sub-array - the Five Elements Transfer Array hidden deep in the treasure house of the Qixuan Sect was deliberately damaged, and the damage was so thorough that it would be difficult for an array master who is not proficient in array formations to detect its existence.

If Li Mu didn't have the innate ability to identify all spirits, he would not be able to discover its existence.

The mother array - the Five Elements Yin and Yang Spirit Gathering Array, the Five Elements Movement Array. Before they were destroyed, most of the spiritual power of heaven and earth they gathered was transmitted to this secret realm. All signs indicate that this secret realm is extremely unusual.

The cultivation of the five elements and yin and yang together means chaos. This secret realm is very likely related to chaos. Once the news leaks out, the impact will be disastrous. Therefore, over the years, Li Mu did not dare to repair this sub-array without absolute certainty.

Now Li Mu's cultivation has reached the peak of Refining Void, his soul is extremely powerful, he has successfully comprehended the Five Elements, and his cultivation has reached the sky. In addition, the seven incarnations of the spirit have all been condensed into solidity by retreating from the void, and combined with the seventh-level Dao Pill - Return to the Void Pill, the success rate of condensing the Dharma Domain has reached 70 to 80 percent.

If so, and there is another secret realm filled with the Five Elements and the principles of Yin and Yang to cooperate with them, then impacting the Lianxu realm will be a sure thing.

Li Mu's mind was racing, and he was full of confidence in the upcoming retreat.

Entering the treasury, Li Mu put all the spiritual objects, wooden shelves, and stone tables in the treasury into the storage ring. Then, his eyes fell on the broken array base in the center, which was the only trace left of the Five Elements Transfer Array.

The broken array pattern is covered with dust and traces of erosion by time, but in Li Mu's eyes, it is the key to a higher realm.

Li Mu summoned several sixth-order spirit swords from the Jiuzang Spirit Pearl. He used the spirit as a rope, the sword as a pen, and his god as ink to drive the spirit swords, which turned into streams of light on the broken formation base and re-engraved the Five Elements Movement Formation.

As Li Mu's mind moved, several sixth-rank spirit swords seemed to be given life. They shuttled lightly in the air, with dazzling light flashing on the sword tips. They landed on the broken array patterns as accurately as the trajectory of stars. The sword lights fell one after another, accompanied by a subtle humming sound. That was the resonance sound of the array being re-engraved and activating the old array, as if a giant dragon that had been sleeping for thousands of years was awakening.

Li Mu closed his eyes and concentrated, his mind completely immersed in the process of repairing the magic array. He clearly sensed the flow of the five elements' spiritual energy and the subtle balance and restraint between them. Using his deep understanding of the five elements' Dharma, he guided the spirit sword to repair the broken and blurred array patterns one by one in the order of the five elements' mutual generation.

The sword light of the metal element is as sharp as lightning, cutting through the dust and outlining the strength and tenacity of the metal element's array pattern; the sword light of the water element is soft and graceful, like a trickle, nourishing the vitality and vigor of the wood element's array pattern; the sword light of the wood element is vibrant and green, providing a constant supply of fuel for the fire element's array pattern; the sword light of the fire element is extremely hot, burning with passion and strength, igniting the calmness and heaviness of the earth element's array pattern, and the sword light of the earth element is like the mother of the earth, embracing all things and consolidating the foundation of the entire array.

As the array pattern gradually recovered, the five elements of spiritual energy in the treasure house quickly gathered and rushed towards the large array, interweaving with each other to form a perfect cycle. (End of this chapter)