Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Inside the quiet room, the thousand-year-old shark fat in the green jade lamp was burning quietly. Li Mu sat cross-legged in the center of the training room, and the Hunyuan Golden Seed suspended in his palm was emitting sharp white light.

Li Mu stared at the Hunyuan Golden Seed flowing in his palm, and suddenly he had an inspiration. His mind was immersed in the depths of his sea of ​​consciousness. He used all his strength to operate the Star Return Observation Method, driving the Pole Star Principle to light up four stars, the four main stars of gold, wood, water and fire, which shone with dazzling brilliance.

The scarlet star sand representing the [Burning Sky Purple Fire] exploded and turned into a rain of fire all over the sky. Clusters of flames took on different forms as they fell: the flapping wings of the Vermillion Bird, the flowing lava, and the forging of iron in a furnace. Finally, they accumulated into red crystals at the bottom of the sea of ​​consciousness.

The dark blue star sand of [Xuanming True Water] stirred up huge waves, and the wave crests condensed into countless water soldiers holding halberds, and the dragon palace and pavilions could be vaguely seen in the wave valley. When the tide receded, what was left was not water stains but veins of black ice flashing with cold light.

The most peculiar one was the [Yi Mu Dao Tai]. Seven Dao fruits suddenly grew on the vines of the green star sand, showing different shapes such as sword, bell, and tower. One of the fruits, shaped like a green tripod, suddenly fell, took root and sprouted the moment it touched the sea of ​​consciousness, and grew into a towering Jianmu in the blink of an eye.

The newly born Hunyuan gold seed turned into a white rainbow that penetrated the sky and earth, leaving behind countless hair-thin golden threads wherever it passed. These golden threads automatically weaved into a complex three-dimensional array, connecting the power of the three stars.

"One of the five elements is missing, only thick earth is missing." Li Mu suddenly opened his eyes, four-colored light flowed in his pupils, and his fingers were like knives, drawing a chaotic Dao domain in the void. The spiritual light dragged by his fingertips condensed into substantial Dao patterns in the air.

Four stars began to rotate along the trajectory of the fingertips, extracting strands of innate energy from the chaotic Dao domain. When the turbid yellow light gradually emerged from the intersection of the Dao patterns, a tooth-grinding cracking sound suddenly came from the floor of the quiet room. With Li Mu as the center, spider-web-like cracks instantly spread across the entire black crystal floor, and the spiritual energy of the earth veins gushed out like a fountain.

"Congeal!"

Li Mu pressed down with his sword, and the gushing spiritual energy solidified the moment it touched the Chaos Dao Pattern, transforming into countless ochre crystals suspended in the air.

"Gold represents killing, wood represents vitality, water represents flexibility, and fire represents fierceness." Every time Li Mu recited a word, the corresponding star would double in brightness. The chaotic energy in the Chaos Dao Domain gradually receded and was transformed into the concrete power of the five elements.

The red fire spirit transformed into nine flaming dragons coiling around the pillar of heaven, the dark blue water spirit condensed into a black tortoise holding up the earth vein, the emerald green wood spirit transformed into a blue dragon holding a pearl, and the white gold spirit transformed into a white tiger howling at the moon. The moment the four images materialized, the central area suddenly collapsed, and the turbid yellow light swirled like a whirlpool.

"The four elephants guard the four directions, and the central palace should have thick soil to support the sky!"

Li Mu used all his strength to output the energy of chaos, and the evolution drove the four elements to rush madly towards the central vortex. The scales of the flame dragon peeled off into red sand, the basalt shell shattered into blue crystals, the blue dragon's beard and hair drifted into green mist, and the white tiger's sharp teeth disintegrated into white light - the four extreme forces collided violently in the vortex.

In the quiet room, Li Mu's Taoist robe was covered with fine crystal dust, which was weaving new patterns on its own. In front of him, the sandstorm tempered by the four great principles continued to shrink, and a little brown light lit up at the core.

When the red star sand melted the gravel, it actually separated out seven different colors of metallic mist; the salt and alkali washed by the dark blue star sand condensed into blue prisms; and countless insect phantoms that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye crawled out of the humus sifted by the emerald green star sand. These impurities did not dissipate, but reassembled at the edge of the chaotic Dao pattern, gradually forming five miniature mountains.

"All things are born from dust." Li Mu suddenly opened his arms, and the brown light at the core of the sandstorm suddenly expanded: "All things return to dust!"

"Crack!"

The Hunyuan Golden Seed suddenly cracked, and the white rainbow-like Extreme Golden Dao poured into the sandstorm like a river from the sky. An incredible scene happened - the originally violent sand grains suddenly became docile, and when they collided with each other, the sound they made was no longer a harsh friction sound, but a clear sound like chimes.

The shadows of five miniature mountains then solidified, each showing a different geographical feature: the mountain in the east was lush and green but concealed a sword-like edge, the mountain in the south was red as fire but contained chalcedony, the mountain in the west was shrouded in white mist and filled with golden energy, the mountain in the north was covered in black ice and undercurrents were surging, and the mountain in the center was simple and unpretentious but gave people a sense of eternity.

"It turns out that the ultimate meaning of earth is not thickness." The changes of the Five Mountains were reflected in Li Mu's pupils, and he suddenly stabbed his forehead with his fingers. The moment his fingertips sank into his skin, a turbid torrent gushed out from the center of the pentagram array. This was not ordinary earth spiritual power, but the [Xuanhuang Earth Essence] that contained the breath of the primitive times.

These earth spirits were in a gelatinous form, with scenes of ancient ancestors offering sacrifices to the earth constantly appearing on their surfaces. When the torrents flooded over the four great principles and stars, amazing changes occurred:

The sky-burning purple fire condensed into lava veins in the earth essence, and in each vein there was a fire spirit in the form of a golden crow swimming; in the underground dark river formed by the Xuanming True Water, there was a phantom of a black tortoise patrolling the river; on the crystallized roots generated by the Yimu Daotai, the essence of the wood spirit was condensed like nectar; in the metal veins deposited by the Hunyuan Gold Seed, the clanging of swords could be heard from time to time.
In the Dao Domain, the four-color star sand suddenly made a harsh sound. The white rainbow transformed by the Hunyuan Gold Seed actually began to devour other stars in reverse. This change did not panic Li Mu, but made him look enlightened. He removed all protective restrictions and let the white rainbow twist the green vines into green mist and evaporate the dark blue waves into black frost.

When the last ray of crimson flame was swallowed up, the four-colored star sand had already turned into a chaotic and unclear turbid gas. This mass of turbid gas kept rolling and expanding, and inside it could vaguely see the evolution of the landforms with the collision of continental plates and the uplift of mountains.

"The earth carries all things, but never talks about merit." Li Mu suddenly reversed his mind method, and the turbid air crashed into the cracks in the ground. At the moment of contact with the ground veins, nine streams of light of different colors separated from the turbid air, seven of which were steady and solid, and two were erratic.

In the quiet room, Li Mu has entered a deep state of enlightenment. The ends of his hair began to crystallize, but it was not a simple ochre colored glass, but a color that kept changing with his breathing - sometimes as bright as gold, sometimes as ancient as bronze, and occasionally showing a brilliant light band like Saturn's rings.

The mountain and river patterns on the surface of the skin are even more mysterious. If you look closely, they are actually a miniature version of the Kyushu landscape: the shadow of the Fusang tree in the east sways at the pulse, the outline of the immortal volcano in the south wilderness flickers with the breathing, and the sand dunes of the western desert flow between the pores. The most amazing thing is that there is a dragon-shaped mountain range rising from the spine, which is the projection of the ancestral vein of Middle-earth!
The suspended shadows of the Five Mountains suddenly descended, transforming into five divine seals that were branded into the five internal organs. When the central Wu Earth Seal fell into the spleen, the sound of Huang Zhong Da Lu suddenly rang out in the entire quiet room:
"Central Wu Earth Town Huangting!"

In the thick yellow light blooming from the spleen, the shadow of the ancestor appeared, and the other four organs resonated with it: the heart beat like the surging earth fire, spewing out purple fire in the shape of a phoenix; the kidneys circulated like a dark river, with two mysterious dragons connected head to tail; the lungs brought about metallic tremors when breathing, and countless platinum swords shuttled between the alveoli; the liver burst out with the fragrance of plants when stretching, and the liver leaves turned into emerald leaves of spiritual plants.

As the Five Elements formed, Li Mu's pores suddenly emitted five-colored rays of light. These rays of light intertwined three feet above his head and condensed into a [Suji Crown] engraved with the ancient landforms.

Inside the dark yellow gem in the center of the crown, one can see the miniature continent evolving in the midst of vicissitudes of life, evolving different natural principles.

The moment the crown was formed, Li Mu's sea of ​​consciousness changed dramatically. The Chaos Star Map was completely reorganized, and the nine grains of star sand formed a perfect array: the seven manifested extreme earth principles were in the form of Xiran, Xuanhuang, Wutu, Jitu, Mingtu, Dust and Sand, and Mountains, respectively, and the remaining two floating and uncertain principles were absorbing the rays of light falling from the crown. "Use chaos to derive the four elements, and use the four elements to prove the extreme earth." Li Mu's Tao sound resonated with the heaven and earth, and the clouds above the Spirit Valley suddenly formed a huge vortex. "Today I know that the earth's virtue carrying things is the state of chaos tolerance!"

Following this shout, a turbid torrent gushed out from the collapsed area in the center of the pentagram array. This was not ordinary earth spiritual power, but rather the [Xuanhuang Earth Essence] that contained the aura of the wild. Wherever the torrent passed, the four great principles and stars merged with it: the Burning Sky Purple Fire condensed into lava veins in the earth essence, the Xuanming True Water turned into an underground dark river, the Yimu Dao Embryo generated a crystallized root system, and the Hunyuan Gold Seed precipitated into a metal vein.
In the Dao Realm, the four-colored star sand made a harsh sound, and the white rainbow transformed by the Hunyuan Gold Seed began to devour other stars. Li Mu was not surprised but happy. He let the white rainbow twist the green vines into green mist, evaporate the dark blue waves into black frost, and completely engulf the red flames.

Li Mu closed his eyes slightly, and the Dao rhythm flowed around him. In the Chaos Dao Realm, the four extreme stars suddenly shone brightly, outlining a perfect trajectory of the five elements' mutual generation between each other.

The Burning Sky Purple Fire suddenly shrank and turned into a bright white light, which actually revealed a hint of the true meaning of earth in the extreme burning. When the fire reached its extreme, all things turned to ashes, but deep in the ashes there was a bit of thick earth that nurtured vitality.

The Xuanming True Water suddenly boiled, and the dark blue waves rolled up, condensing into a piece of frost and earth crystal on the dome of the Dao Realm. Water is very soft, but it can freeze the void in extreme cold and condense water into land - this is the change of water and soil.

The Yimu Daotai glowed brightly, and countless vines suddenly burned themselves, and wisps of spiritual charm emerged from the ashes. The wood element reached its extreme, feeding the earth, and the rotation of withering and flourishing secretly matched the nature of the earth's virtue of carrying things.

The Hunyuan Gold Seed was the most mysterious. Its rainbow-like edge suddenly retreated and turned into countless fine golden patterns imprinted in the void. Wherever the golden patterns passed, they actually cut out a clear outline of the earth veins in the Dao Domain - the gold master was austere, but he could also split the chaos and establish the mountains and rivers!
The forces of the four elements intertwined with each other, forming a vortex in the center of the Chaos Realm. Deep in the vortex, turbid yellow light gradually condensed, giving birth to the other two principles.

Li Mu's eyes flashed, and the brown earth stars in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled. A vast and heavy breath rose from the depths of the Chaos Dao Realm. The air in the quiet room stagnated instantly, as if suppressed by some eternal power, and even time became slow.

"The ultimate earth can last for eternity!"

Li Mu clenched his five fingers, and the Chaos Dao patterns intertwined to form an ancient Xuanhuang seal. Endless earth vein energy gathered under the seal, turning into strands of earth-yellow air currents that were as solid as substance. These air currents were extremely heavy, and wherever they passed, the space was slightly distorted, and even the light was pulled and bent.

"The Eternal Earth Qi is the breath of the origin of the earth. It has been precipitated for billions of years and is thick and indestructible!"

Li Mu shouted, and the ancient seal on his palm suddenly pressed down. The eternal earth energy coiled up like a dragon and snake, and unexpectedly condensed into a towering ancient mountain in the chaotic Dao domain. The mountain was dark yellow, and the surface was covered with traces of erosion over the years, bearing the changes of the world.

What's even more amazing is that this ancient mountain is not static, but is slowly growing! The mountain is absorbing the scattered spiritual energy in the Chaos Dao Realm every moment, turning it into a part of itself, as if it will extend to the end of time.

"The earth's energy is immortal, and the mountains will last forever!"

As Li Mu's voice fell, the eighth star slowly lit up next to the brown earth star in the sea of ​​consciousness - dark yellow and ancient, as heavy as a mountain, the surface of the star vaguely showed the lines of flowing earth veins, carrying the weight of eternity.

The ninth rule of the Extreme Earth Dao—Sumeru Sand!
Before Li Mu could stabilize the eighth rule, the shadows of the Five Mountains in the Chaos Dao Domain suddenly shrank rapidly, and finally turned into a speck of dust, floating on his fingertips. This grain of dust looked ordinary, but if you use your spiritual sense to explore it, you will find that it actually contains a complete world inside - mountains undulating, rivers rushing, and even shadows of plants swaying and shining!
"The ultimate earth can contain the universe!"

Li Mu's eyes were deep, and he tapped the sand with his fingertips. The space in the quiet room was distorted, and the tables, chairs, walls, and even the light were swallowed by the sand. Xue'er was surprised to find that her ice crystal barrier was shrinking uncontrollably, and finally turned into a little light and sank into the sand.

And inside the sand and dust, the ice crystal barrier unfolded again, and Xue'er's figure appeared in an unfamiliar world - this place is picturesque with clear water and green mountains, and full of spiritual energy, which is surprisingly no different from the outside world!

"A grain of sand is a world, Mount Sumeru contains a mustard seed..."

Li Mu whispered softly, and the brown earth stars in his sea of ​​consciousness trembled again, and the ninth star slowly condensed - crystal clear, like dust, but containing vast and boundless vitality.

At this point, all nine kinds of extreme earth principles have been deduced!
Li Mu slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the aura of Taoism was restrained. Only the shadow of the earth's changes was still reflected in the depths of his pupils. He looked up at the sky, and his spiritual consciousness penetrated the dome of the quiet room and reached the sky.

"The five elements are complete, the ultimate earth is perfect... Next, it's the Yin-Yang Dao!" Li Mu's mouth curled up slightly, and the fighting spirit in his eyes rose: "Finally, pick the Chaos Dao Fruit!"

Li Mu used his fingers as a pen and the Chaos Dao Realm as a scroll to sketch the Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram in the air. As the spiritual light flowed at his fingertips, the Burning Sky Purple Fire and the Mysterious Nether True Water boiled at the same time. Moonlight condensed in the fire and solar golden flames ignited in the water. The two completely opposite spiritual powers intertwined in the void and turned into a vortex of black and white.

“Fire contains the extreme yin, water contains the extreme yang… The five elements are interdependent, and yin and yang are also interdependent.”

As Li Mu spoke, the Yin-Yang Tai Chi diagram in the Chaos Dao Realm had rotated 99,000 times.
"Crack!"

The Shuji crown shattered with a loud bang, and the black and yellow gem turned into powder, but it was reorganized into a pair of black and white fish in the void. The moment the two fish connected head to tail, the clear air rose and turned into the nine-layer sky, and the turbid air sank and condensed into the eighteen layers of the underworld, in the yin and yang fetal membrane suspended in the center.

"Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three..."

Li Mu's voice was filled with the vicissitudes of the creation of the world. With each word he uttered, the time and space in the quiet room twisted a little. When the last word fell, his hair had all turned into chaotic gray, and his eyes reflected the trajectory of the birth and death of the stars,... (End of this chapter)