Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Looking at the growth of the Time and Space Spirit Lotus, Li Mu had an idea in his mind. His consciousness sank into the Tianxuan Ring again. After searching for a while, he took out dozens of Time Realm Spirit Crystals that emitted a faint blue light and contained the mysteries of endless time and space.

Complex time and space patterns flow on the surface of the spirit crystal, as if it contains a microcosm of the entire universe, and the flashes of light are accompanied by slight distortions of time and space.

Li Mu's spiritual consciousness held up the Time Realm Spirit Crystal and slowly walked towards the boundary wall where the Time and Space Spirit Lotus was located; as he approached, the Time and Space Spirit Lotuses that had been trembling slightly due to sensing a strange breath, seemed to feel the same power contained in the spirit crystal, the light gradually softened, and the magic shield quietly dissipated.

With a gentle wave of his hands, dozens of time-world spirit crystals were as if pulled by an invisible force, floating in the air one by one, and arranged into a complex pattern. The next moment, the time-space magic array hidden in the boundary wall emerged and swallowed up dozens of time-world spirit crystals. The time-space magic array released powerful time-space power, corresponding to the location of the time-space spirit lotus, forming a bridge connecting heaven and earth and communicating time and space.

As Li Mu chanted the spell, streams of pure and powerful space-time force surged out from the space-time array, like small streams merging into rivers and seas, and finally converged at the core of the space-time array. There, a tiny space-time vortex was slowly forming. It was both a portal of connection and the source of the space-time force.

The time and space spirit lotuses felt the nourishment of this powerful force of time and space. The time and space patterns on the leaves began to flow faster, the light became brighter, and they greedily absorbed the power of time and space. The growth rate increased at a speed visible to the naked eye, the volume gradually expanded, the branches and leaves became full, and the color gradually became deeper.

Li Mu did not stop, and continued to activate his spiritual consciousness, guiding the power of time and space to penetrate into the roots of each spiritual lotus, nourishing their leaf veins and branches.

As time went by, the laws of time and space within the entire boundary wall seemed to become active due to the injection of this power. The fluctuations of time and space rose and fell, forming a magnificent picture of time and space. Li Mu was in this picture. As he swept his eyes over, he saw that the time and space spirit lotuses had resumed their growth state. A happy smile appeared on his face.

At this moment, Li Mu felt a strange fluctuation of spiritual power and was slightly startled. Then, he sensed that this fluctuation of spiritual power was caused by Mingyue in refining the puppet. It not only contained Mingyue's special puppet refining skills, but also vaguely revealed an unprecedented innovation and breakthrough.

Li Mu's mind moved, realizing that Mingyue might be trying a new method of puppet refining, which is very likely to break the bottleneck of the existing puppet skills.
Li Mu's figure flashed, disappeared from the spot, and appeared next to Mingyue.

Mingyue was seen concentrating on refining a humanoid puppet, her face filled with excitement that was hard to conceal. The eyes of this sixth-level puppet were bright, full of agility, and exuded a powerful aura.

"Master, you are here!" Mingyue sensed Li Mu's arrival and immediately introduced excitedly: "Master, look, this is my newly refined combat puppet - the Green Ivy Combat Puppet. What do you think? I made it by imitating the method you used to refine the Dragon Guard."

Li Mu carefully examined the "Green Ivy Battle Doll" in front of him, and a hint of approval flashed in his eyes.

Under the innate magical power - the ability to identify all spirits, the attributes of the Qingteng War Doll were all presented in Li Mu's eyes.

【Qingteng Battle Doll】

[Rank: Sixth-rank Spirit Puppet]

[Features: entanglement and binding, wood element absorption, perception amplification, vine weaving domain, vine domain illusion, summoning vine monster. ]

[Status: The battle puppet is reborn, and the puppet spirit is full. ]

[The Green Ivy Battle Puppet is made of the trunk of the Eternal Green Ivy Master, and the essence of the thousand-year-old tree as its limbs. It is carefully carved with the sixth-level netherworld spiritual soil and the sixth-level morning jade bamboo. The puppet core is condensed with the power of the puppet spirit. It can change various vine techniques according to the rhythm of the battle. It can bind the opponent, absorb vitality, amplify its own perception, create a thousand-vine spiritual domain woven by vines, give birth to spiritual vines to bind the opponent, and the vine technique summons thousands of demon vines. ]

Li Mu nodded repeatedly, and praised Mingyue with a smile, "Well done, this puppet battle doll not only perfectly combines the agility and toughness of the wood attribute, but also, with your unique innovation, it shows vitality and combat potential that surpasses previous puppets. Especially the spirit realm of the battle doll, it is simply ingenious and makes my eyes light up."

"Thank you for the compliment, Master. I was actually inspired by your refining of the Dragon Guard and came up with this refining method. Moreover, I also tried to add a trace of my own spiritual power into the puppet core, hoping to make it more in tune with me and more flexible in battle." Mingyue said, with a smart light flashing in her eyes, and she was obviously full of confidence in this work.

"Well, the combat power of this puppet is indeed good!" Li Mu nodded, agreeing with Mingyue's words.

"Master, take it. I can refine more green vine war puppets and form a puppet army to help you solve your problems." Mingyue raised her little face, looked at Li Mu and said with a bright smile.

Mingyue has always longed for Li Mu's recognition. This recognition is like the sweetest fruit, which makes her satisfied.

However, Li Mu shook his head gently and declined, "Mingyue, I appreciate your kindness, but I don't want you to over-consume your puppet spirit power in order to refine the puppet. The puppet spirit power is your foundation. Once over-consumed, it will not only affect your progress in cultivation, but may also cause irreversible damage to you."

Hearing this, Mingyue's smile froze slightly, and then she showed an understanding smile: "Master, I was too impatient. I will be careful and will not over-consume myself."

"Well, refining this kind of puppet consumes a lot of your energy, so don't do it!" Li Mu smiled, and then he thought and said, "Why don't you help refine a batch of ordinary fifth-level puppets!"

"Uh! Master, the fifth-level puppets are too weak. Can they stand on their own?" Mingyue was slightly stunned, obviously a little surprised by Li Mu's proposal.

In Mingyue's opinion, the combat power of the fifth-level puppet is quite different from that of the Qingteng War Doll. Although there is only one level difference, the combat power is vastly different. She couldn't help but feel a little confused. Does the master really think that the fifth-level puppet is enough to cope with future challenges?
"Don't underestimate the combat power of a fifth-level puppet. If used properly, a fifth-level puppet can also create the ability to kill a Void-Refining cultivator." Li Mu smiled slightly and said mysteriously.

"This is impossible!" Mingyue exclaimed, her face full of disbelief.

In her opinion, there is an insurmountable gap between the fifth-order puppet and the Void Refining cultivator. The Void Refining cultivator can control the existence of the law domain and can perform various magical powers and secrets. How can a mere fifth-order puppet be able to match it?

Li Mu seemed to see through her thoughts and explained with a smile: "Mingyue, you don't know. The combat power of a puppet does not entirely depend on its grade. A carefully refined fifth-grade puppet, if combined with the appropriate formation, talismans and combat strategies, is entirely possible to create a miracle of killing a Void Refining cultivator."

"Formations, talismans and combat strategies?" Upon hearing this, Mingyue's eyes flashed with a hint of enlightenment. She understood that these things Li Mu said were all what he was extremely good at, and were also important means to improve the combat effectiveness of the puppets.

Mingyue couldn't help but feel a little confused. After all, the gap between a fifth-order puppet and a Void Refinement cultivator was too huge. It was difficult to get close to the puppet, let alone cause fatal damage to the Void Refinement cultivator.
Seeing this, Li Mu said no more, but took out a blank jade slip from the Tianxuan Ring. Li Mu's mind moved slightly, and the true essence in his hand condensed into the blank jade slip, engraving the detailed diagram of refining the fifth-level puppet and the key points of the internal magic array in it.

Then, Li Mu handed the jade slip to Mingyue and said, "This is a battle plan for a fifth-order puppet that I recently developed. Take it and have a look. Perhaps you will have a new understanding of the combat power of a fifth-order puppet."

Mingyue couldn't wait to take the jade slip and sank his consciousness into it.

After a moment, shock appeared on Mingyue's face. What was recorded in the jade slip was a plan to use fifth-order puppets in conjunction with formations, talismans, and combat strategies to create the possibility of killing Void Refining Monks.

The ingenuity of this plan was so great that Mingyue couldn't help but admire it.

"Master, this... this plan is so terrible!" Mingyue was amazed and finally understood why Li Mu asked her to refine a fifth-level puppet.

It turns out that this fifth-level puppet can really exert such amazing combat power in Li Mu's hands.

The jade slip records a special fifth-level puppet called the 'Puppet Spider'. This puppet is made of fifth-level star wood. Star wood is inherently hard and contains the power of the stars. It is an excellent material for refining high-level puppets.

The most crucial thing is that Li Mu embedded a time and space magic array inside this puppet. This array can drive the fifth-level puppet spider to perform a brief time and space shuttle and move across distances instantly. The eight legs are engraved with puppet array patterns such as swift wind, swift shadow, phantom body, etc., which allows this fifth-level puppet to quickly approach all targets at an extremely terrifying speed.

More importantly, this space-time magic array instantly compresses the energy inside the puppet to the limit. Once it approaches the enemy, hugs the target, and then detonates it, it releases energy fluctuations equivalent to a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage.

What's even more terrifying is that the puppet blueprint also marked the positions of talismans, which can be used to add instantly activated talismans to the puppet, such as explosive talismans, binding talismans, etc. These talismans can be released before or when the puppet self-destructs, further increasing the diversity and suddenness of the attack.

For example, the explosive talisman can be detonated after the puppet approaches the target to increase its killing power..., and the binding talisman can tightly bind the enemy before the puppet self-destructs, ensuring that the power of the self-destruction can fully act on the target.

"Master, the design of this puppet spider is truly ingenious. It perfectly combines puppetry, formations, and talismans. It's simply a killing machine on the battlefield!" Mingyue exclaimed, her eyes flashing with excitement, and she looked at Li Mu with admiration.

Li Mu smiled and said, "Although the Puppet Spider is powerful, it is also extremely complicated to refine, requiring extremely high skills and patience. Moreover, due to its self-destructive nature, it cannot be recovered once used. It must be used with caution to ensure that each Puppet Spider can play the greatest value."

"I understand, Master." Mingyue nodded solemnly, "I will definitely go all out and carefully refine each puppet spider, making them our strongest trump cards."

Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, took out the fifth-order star wood, time and space array plate and various rare materials that had been prepared long ago from the storage ring, and placed them on the table one by one.

"Okay, let's get started. Remember, you must be extra careful during the refining process. The embedding of the space-time array is particularly critical. If there is any mistake, the entire puppet may be scrapped." Li Mu smiled at Mingyue and gestured, "Leave the puppet body to you to refine. I will carve the puppet source core and the micro space-time array inside it."

Hearing this, Mingyue immediately calmed her mind and devoted herself to the refining work. She stretched out her slender jade hand and placed it on the star wood on the table, feeling the star power contained in it and estimating the texture of the star wood.

The next moment, a powerful puppet force was released from Mingyue's hands. Wherever it passed, pieces of starry wood chips flew down.

In a short while, a large piece of star wood gradually turned into the body of a puppet spider, with eight legs and vivid puppet spiritual patterns on them, as if they had grown naturally.

When Li Mu saw this scene, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he was filled with envy.

This is Mingyue's innate magical power as a seventh-level puppet spirit. He can refine the puppet's body with amazing accuracy and efficiency in a short period of time, and give the puppet spiritual patterns on the materials suitable for refining puppets. Even he can't match this ability.

At this time, Li Mu also started to work, multitasking, while paying attention to Mingyue, he held a small piece of exquisite space-time crystal and a small golden carving knife, and began to carve a miniature space-time magic array. This magic array is the core of the puppet spider and the key to its ability to achieve time and space travel and self-destruction.

Li Mu's technique was skillful and precise, and his hands seemed to contain endless power. While carving, he exchanged refining experiences with Mingyue. The two of them cooperated well, as if they were engaged in a silent competition.

As time went by, the refining of the puppet spider gradually came to an end.

Mingyue completed all the carving work on the puppet's body first, and Li Mu also carved out a source core and successfully embedded the micro space-time magic array into the source core.

"Okay, the next step is to assemble all the parts." Li Mu looked at Mingyue with a smile, signaling her to prepare for the last step.

Mingyue nodded, picked up the puppet source core and each component, and began to assemble them one by one. Her hands seemed to have magic power. The various components of the puppet spider seemed to be given life in her hands and gradually combined into a complete individual. As the last component was embedded, the puppet spider's body trembled slightly, and a strong puppet power flowed on its surface.

The next moment, Mingyue injected a puppet force and successfully activated the puppet nucleus. The puppet spider stood up completely, and its pair of spider eyes released a ray of light.

Finally, after all the parts were perfectly assembled, a lifelike puppet spider appeared in front of the two. Its eight legs were agile and its body was agile, as if it would jump up and attack the enemy at any time.

"Success!" Mingyue cheered excitedly, her face filled with a smile of satisfaction and pride. (End of this chapter)