Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Qing Lin groaned, and the Dragon King's ancestral scales trembled violently, obviously under great pressure, but he did not give in. Instead, he straightened his back, and his eyes were full of green light: "I was reborn by my master, and grew up under his protection. I have never received any favors from the Qinglong clan! Today, I am going through the tribulation, and my master is protecting me with his life-"

Before he finished speaking, Li Mu's palm had already gently pressed on his shoulder. The rhythm of the Chaos Dao was like a spring breeze and rain, instantly eliminating the suppression of the Green Emperor's dragon power. The Green Emperor's pupils suddenly shrank, and he looked at Li Mu in disbelief, deeply sensing the extraordinary nature of the Chaos Dao.

"Senior, calm down!" Li Mu stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Qinglin: "The Soul Control Seal branded on Qinglin is not slavery, but back then..."

Soon, Li Mu rescued Qing Lin from the palace of Night Emperor Di Tianxing, and told the story of how Di Tianxing practiced the Dragon Emperor Art and consumed his own life span to reshape the incomplete dragon soul for Qing Lin... and many other things.

"Now that Qinglin has successfully advanced to the rank of Dragon King, it doesn't matter whether this Soul Control Contract is imprinted on it or not!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu stretched out his hand and a black soul seal floated out of Qinglin's body. It was the soul seal that was formed in Qinglin's dragon soul before he hatched.

Li Mu stared at the soul mark, a trace of reminiscence emerged in his eyes, and then he lightly stroked it with his fingertips.

"untie!"

With a "puff" sound, the seal shattered and turned into specks of gray light, which dissipated between heaven and earth.

Qing Lin's whole body trembled, and the dragon emperor scales between his eyebrows suddenly burst into bright light. An unprecedented sense of freedom surged into his heart. He looked at Li Mu in a daze, with complex emotions in his eyes, both relief and reluctance.

"Master..." Qing Lin looked at Li Mu and called out without changing his attitude.

Li Mu smiled and patted his shoulder: "No need to do that. I have never regarded you as my favorite. You and I can just call each other fellow Taoists. You have already achieved the status of Dragon Emperor. Your future achievements are limitless. You should have the dignity of a Dragon Emperor."

Seeing this, the Green Emperor's expression eased a little, and he snorted at Li Mu and said, "Since the seal has been unlocked, let's leave it at that. But——"

Qing Lin interrupted Qingdi, knelt on one knee, saluted Li Mu solemnly and said: "Whether there is a seal or not, you will always be my benefactor, my..."

Qinglin paused and said firmly: "My adopted parents!"

Hearing this, the corner of Qingdi's mouth twitched, and his originally good face due to the release of the Qi Yu suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"I've said too much, I've said too much! Get up!" Li Mu waved his hand, and a gentle force lifted Qing Lin up. He looked at the Green Emperor and bowed, saying, "Senior, Qing Lin is kind by nature and values ​​friendship. I didn't mean to offend you with my words, so please forgive me."

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Xingqiong Patriarch laughed, stroked his beard and changed the subject: "Okay, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea? The 'Xinghui Dao Tea' in my collection is a rare treasure!"

The Green Emperor glanced at him unhappily and said angrily, "I don't have time to drink tea with you."

After that, the Green Emperor turned to Qing Lin and said in a slightly slower tone: "Now that you have achieved the status of Dragon Emperor, you should return to your clan and accept the inheritance of the Ancestral Dragon. Are you willing to follow me back to the Ancestral Land of the Green Dragon? There are your true clansmen and the inheritance that is most suitable for Dragon Emperor cultivation."

Hearing this, Qing Lin subconsciously looked at Li Mu, with hesitation in his eyes.

Li Mu smiled gently: "Go, this is your chance. When your cultivation is stable, you can come back to find me at any time."

Qing Lin took a deep breath, bowed solemnly to Li Mu, and said, "Yes! I will serve you when I return after completing my studies!"

"Ridiculous!" The Green Emperor shouted angrily, "How can a dignified Dragon Emperor say such nonsense as to follow the human race!"

Seeing this, Xingqiong Patriarch hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "My dear Qingdi, it is a good thing for young people to value friendship and loyalty. Besides..."

The Starry Sky Patriarch looked at Li Mu meaningfully and said, "This young man has the Great Dao of Chaos, and his future achievements are limitless. He may not be unworthy of being followed by the Dragon Emperor."

The Qing Emperor's expression was uncertain, and he finally snorted coldly: "Let's go back with me!"

After saying that, the Green Emperor waved his sleeves and was about to cast a spell to take Qinglin away. However, at this moment, the Starry Sky Ancestor waved the Star Staff in his hand, and a bright galaxy suddenly appeared in front of the Green Emperor, blocking his way.

"Old friend, wait a minute!" The expression of the Starry Sky Patriarch suddenly became extremely solemn. The Star Staff in his hand burst into dazzling starlight and looked at the Green Emperor and said, "Old friend, have you forgotten our previous agreement? I will help you deduce the Azure Dragon's legacy, and you will follow me to the Demon Abyss to suppress the strange world! You and I have already made an oath, how can we just walk away now?"

The Qing Emperor's expression changed from gloomy to bright, and he finally stopped and snorted coldly: "Of course I remember!"

The Starry Sky Patriarch breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Mu and said in a deep voice: "My friend, the catastrophe is coming, and it will ultimately depend on you to resolve it!"

Li Mu was slightly stunned and didn't understand what was going on!
"It's just him! He's just a Mahayana Taoist, and he's only cultivating the Great Way of Chaos. How long will it take for him to grow up and break through to the next level?" The Green Emperor sneered, his dragon eyes full of disdain.

“No, no!” The Starry Sky Patriarch shook his head solemnly, looked at Li Mu and said solemnly: “I have deduced countless times. This catastrophe is extremely dangerous. The only hope for survival lies in you, my friend!”

"I am a junior with limited strength and dare not take on such an important task. Please give me your instructions, senior!" Li Mu bowed and said humbly.

The Starry Sky Patriarch sighed, with starlight flowing in his eyes, and said sadly: "My little friend, you may have been in seclusion for many years and practiced hard, but you didn't know that the catastrophe had come. The Demon Abyss had undergone drastic changes and was invaded by the Ghost Realm. Now, several demon gods in the Demon Abyss have fallen one after another. The Immortal Demon God and the Black Eagle Demon God have both died and disappeared, and were alienated by the power of the Ghost Realm. If the Demon Abyss is completely occupied and the three realms are united, then the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Spirit Realm will all suffer!"

Hearing this, Li Mu was shocked, frowned, and asked in shock: "Is this true?"

“That’s right!” Xingqiong Patriarch looked solemn and explained: “The creatures in the strange world are strange and unpredictable, and can erode the origin of all things. It is difficult for ordinary avenues to restrain them, and the Chaos Avenue you cultivate is exactly their nemesis!”

The Green Emperor snorted coldly: "Even so, with his current cultivation level, what can he do?"

The Starry Sky Patriarch looked at Li Mu with a burning gaze and said with hope: "My little friend, the Great Dao of Chaos encompasses everything and can transform everything. I have deduced the secrets of heaven and found that only the power of chaos can completely purify the erosion of the strange world. Although your realm is still shallow, the special nature of the Great Dao of Chaos will definitely make you the key to breaking this catastrophe in the future!"

Li Mu pondered for a moment, frowned and said: "If it is really as the senior said, I will do my best, but I don't know how to do it?"

"Now we will gather the power of the spirit world and the fairy world to temporarily suppress the strange world, so as to buy time for the spirit world, the fairy world, and you to improve your cultivation. I only hope that you can completely master the true meaning of the Chaos Avenue in the future and become the ultimate force against the strange world!" Xingqiong Patriarch looked at Li Mu and said in a deep voice. Upon hearing this, a trace of solemnity flashed in the eyes of the Qing Emperor, and then he snorted coldly and looked down on him: "Humph, it's easy to say! The power of the strange world erodes everything, even the demon gods can hardly resist it. This kid is only a great cultivator, how can he grow to the level of competing with the strange world in a short time?"

"Senior is right! I am making slow progress in the Dao of Chaos I need, but I have no clue how to advance. It is indeed difficult to make a breakthrough in the short term." Li Mu smiled bitterly and admitted frankly.

Li Mu also gained a lot from helping Qing Lin overcome the tribulation this time. He took this opportunity to glimpse the origin of extreme wood. He believed that it would not take long before he would be able to completely master the three extreme principles of extreme fire, extreme water, and extreme wood.

There are nine paths to the highest truth, and only one path to unity!

If he wants to advance to the ultimate realm, Li Mu may need to master six more different ultimate powers.

However, Li Mu practiced the Great Dao of Chaos, which was unprecedented and unparalleled. Even if he mastered nine different kinds of extreme powers, it was still uncertain whether he could advance to the Chaos Realm. What's more, besides the five elements, yin and yang, and seven other extreme powers, he still had no idea which of the remaining two he should seek to break through.

The ten main paths and three thousand minor paths are nothing but branch evolutions of the Great Chaos. Finding two of them among them is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

"Oh! If you have any problems with your cultivation, we can solve them for you now!" The Starry Sky Ancestor and the Green Emperor looked at each other, then gestured to Li Mu.

Li Mu was silent for a long time, deep grooves appeared between his brows. He slowly raised his right hand, and a ball of chaotic mist appeared in his palm, in which the three laws of extreme fire, extreme water, and extreme wood could be vaguely seen intertwined.

"Nine Returns to the Extreme Dao, I have already mastered the three extreme powers of fire, water and wood. However, I still need to glimpse the origins of the sixth extreme Dao before I have a chance to try to break through to the next realm!" Li Mu asked doubtfully.

"My friend, show your foundation of Taoism." The Starry Sky Patriarch was shocked and gestured.

Li Mu took a deep breath, and the chaotic energy surged around him. In an instant, three beams of light rose from his head - the red fire origin, the blue water origin, and the lush green wood origin. The three complemented each other and floated in the chaotic sea of ​​fog.

"Three extreme origins?"

The star staff in the hand of Starry Sky Patriarch suddenly trembled, and the starlight in his eyes flickered violently. He had practiced the Great Way of Stars for tens of thousands of years, but he could only barely grasp the ultimate power of the origin of the Pole Star.

The Green Emperor's dragon pupils suddenly shrank, and the contempt on his face disappeared. He immediately looked at Li Mu with new eyes: "This emperor is in charge of the Green Dragon clan, but so far I have only comprehended the origin of the extreme wood. You, a Mahayana cultivator..."

The Starry Sky Patriarch slowly paced around the three beams of light, and the starlight continuously swept across each source: "The extreme fire is violent, the extreme water is long, and the extreme wood is endless..., these three are actually from the same person, and they live in peace in the Chaos Dao Realm, it's simply..."

"It goes against common sense!" The Green Emperor took over the conversation in shock. He reached out and lightly touched the Jimu light column. The Qingmu phantom's origin surged. He exclaimed: "This emperor's Jimu origin has been cultivated for ten thousand years to reach perfection. You are so young, but you have cultivated the Chaos Avenue and have mastered the three extreme powers. Not only that, your Jimu origin is close to perfection?"

Li Mu smiled bitterly and explained, "It was also a coincidence for me. I fought with the Celestial Phoenix Emperor and realized the origin of the ultimate fire. I fought with the Jade Lin Emperor and was injured by him. The ultimate water origin entered my body and I had to refine it. I realized the ultimate water origin..."

"..."

"..."

The Green Emperor and the Starry Sky Patriarch looked at each other and were suddenly speechless.

Two Immortal Emperors of the same realm were both defeated by Li Mu. They were forced to use the ultimate origin of their own cultivation. They must have been at the end of their rope and pushed to the extreme.

"It turns out that old fellow Yu Lin was injured by you. No wonder he locked himself up and avoided me!" The Xingqiong Patriarch smiled bitterly and suddenly realized.

"Haha, that dead bird also has his day!" The Green Emperor laughed loudly, trying to hide his embarrassment. Before, he spoke nonsense in front of Li Mu, but now he had to re-examine this seemingly ordinary human Mahayana.

"You haven't told me yet how you realized the power of the extreme wood! Perhaps you can use it to realize other extreme principles!" Seeing Qingdi's embarrassment, Xingqiong Patriarch hurriedly lent a helping hand and changed the subject.

Hearing this, Li Mu nodded slightly, looked at Qinglin, and smiled shyly: "This understanding of the origin of the extreme wood is thanks to Qinglin."

"Me?" Qinglin was slightly stunned, quite confused.

Li Mu looked at Qinglin gently and explained, "When I sacrificed my lifespan to reshape Qinglin's dragon soul, I used the power of chaos to reconcile the runaway Azure Dragon bloodline in his body. At that time, I sensed the Azure Dragon clan's unique power of endless life, but my cultivation was still shallow at that time, so I was unable to comprehend the mystery."

"Until I helped Qinglin overcome the tribulation this time!" A glimmer of enlightenment flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and he explained: "The extreme wood principle contained in the Dragon Emperor's thunder tribulation is the purest. I used the art of soul sharing to help Qinglin bear the tribulation, and was able to experience the extreme wood essence contained in the Azure Dragon's ancestral vein up close. The artistic conception of the birth of all things and the endless cycle of reincarnation is perfectly consistent with the 'life' aspect of the Chaos Avenue."

Hearing this, the Green Emperor's dragon whiskers trembled slightly, and he said in shock: "You can actually understand the origin of my bloodline through the art of soul sharing?"

"So that's how it is. Do good deeds and you will get good results. This is the cycle of cause and effect." The Starry Sky Patriarch stroked his beard and smiled, with starlight flowing in his eyes. He said happily: "My young friend helped the Azure Dragon Vein to successfully overcome the calamity, and he also used this opportunity to comprehend the origin of the Extreme Wood. This is an opportunity for the Great Dao."

The Green Emperor had a complicated expression. After a moment's silence, he suddenly raised his hand and waved it. A green light flew out from his sleeve and turned into an ancient jade slip with a dragon pattern, floating in front of Li Mu.

"This is the Qinglong Yantian Jue, which records the various techniques of our clan on the origin of the Jimu wood." The Qing Emperor looked at Li Mu and introduced solemnly: "Since you have realized the true meaning of Jimu, this item is given to you as a gift. Just as a thank you for helping our clan's bloodline to revive."

Li Mu was startled, and quickly bowed: "Senior, I feel ashamed to accept your generous gift."

"Hmph, stop talking nonsense!" The Green Emperor snorted coldly, "Why should others interfere with my actions? Besides..."

The Green Emperor already believed in the Heavenly Secrets of the Starry Sky Patriarch. He looked at Li Mu with deep eyes and said solemnly: "If you can really use this to comprehend more extreme ways, and fight against the strange world in the future, it can also be regarded as a cause and effect for our clan."

Seeing this, Xingqiong Patriarch laughed and quickly said, "Old Loach is so generous for once, why don't you accept it quickly? Don't let him regret it!"

Li Mu smiled slightly, took the jade slip, saluted to the Green Emperor and said, "Thank you, Senior."

The Green Emperor waved his hand and didn't take it seriously. (End of this chapter)