Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Li Mu's robe floated slightly in the breeze of the Spirit Valley, and the chaotic aura under his feet spread silently like ripples. When his eyes fell on the tightly closed cave in the valley, a long-lost wave flashed in the depths of his pupils. That was Xue'er's retreat room, and at this moment, ice crystal-like spiritual power was flowing through the cracks in the stone door.

"Crack!"

The crisp sound of ice cracking suddenly resounded throughout the valley. The thousand-year-old black ice seal on the stone door cracked inch by inch, and a figure as bright as the moonlight floated out from the ice chips.

"Brother Li!"

Xue'er sensed something and immediately stopped practicing. She couldn't wait to break out of the barrier. The cold air around her had reached its extreme coldness. She tapped her toes in the air, and the grass and trees in the entire spiritual valley were instantly covered with crystal frost.

Xue'er's figure suddenly blurred, and Li Mu felt his arms sinking, as if her warmth and softness had hit his chest. He could feel the wetness and heat spreading rapidly across his shoulders, and he also noticed that the arms around his waist were trembling slightly.

Li Mu's hand was suspended in the air, and finally landed lightly on her hair. The hair touched by his fingertips had faint traces of tiny ice crystals mixed in the black hair, which was full of chilling power.

"I was wrong this time. I just happened to get a chance for enlightenment and didn't have time to inform you!"

Li Mu felt the chaotic fluctuations of her true energy and frowned slightly. Xue'er's cold true energy at this moment was like an icy lake in a snowstorm, seemingly calm on the surface, but deep inside there was a turbulent undercurrent that could break free at any time.

"It's okay. The chances of cultivation are unpredictable. How can I blame you?" Xue'er buried her face deeper and said in a muffled voice, "But I still can't help but worry!"

Before she finished her words, a bone-chilling chill suddenly erupted from Xue'er's body. A thick layer of black ice instantly condensed on the ground beneath her feet, and the ice patterns spread for several feet like a spider web.

Li Mu's eyes narrowed, realizing that the true energy in her body had reached a critical point and could no longer be suppressed.

"Xue'er, it's time for you to advance. Stop suppressing yourself!" Li Mu frowned and gestured.

Xue'er raised her head, her eyes glowing with icy blue light, as if frost and snow were flying, but there was a hint of panic in her eyes: "I... I'm not ready yet!"

Li Mu held her wrist, pressed his fingertips on her pulse point, and carefully sensed the flow of her inner essence. He injected a stream of chaotic inner essence to calm her restless cold energy, and said soothingly, "Your cold inner essence has reached perfection. If you don't break through now, it will hurt your foundation. Don't be afraid. I'll take care of everything. You can advance to the next level and overcome the tribulation with peace of mind! I will protect you!"

As soon as Li Mu finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and four bright rays of light flew out from his sleeves and hovered in front of Xue'er.

A five-element talisman, with five-colored spiritual light flowing, emitting powerful five-element Taoist power; a piece of light armor carved from black jade, with a silver glow like stars flowing on the surface, and mysterious ice patterns engraved on the armor leaves; an ancient bronze lamp, the lamp is shaped like a lotus, and the wick is dancing with a faint green flame. The flame reflects the surrounding space and ripples; a purple-gold token, the surface is covered with mysterious Taoist patterns, sometimes shining like flowing water, and sometimes as heavy as gold and stone.

"Brother Li, what is this?" Xue'er looked at the four Taoist weapons in front of her in confusion, amazed at their power.

"Over the years, I have been preparing things for you to overcome the tribulation." Li Mu's eyes were calm, and he introduced with a smile: "The first one is the Five Elements Dao treasure. This treasure uses chaos as a guide and smelts the essence of the five elements. It can help you balance the five elements and restore your true essence when you overcome the tribulation. If you need it, I can also lend you a helping hand with this treasure."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Mu waved his hand and the Five Elements Talisman flew into Xue'er's arms.

"The second item is the Mysterious Ice Dao Armor, which is made of ten thousand year old cold jade and infused with the essence of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Stars. This armor can not only combine with the extremely cold true essence in your body, but also protect your body when you are going through the tribulation. When you are going through the tribulation, the thunder and fire will hit your body, and this armor can transform 70% of the thunder power into cold essence to feed back to you."

Li Mu tapped his fingertips lightly, and the star-jade-like armor glowed with a faint silver glow, releasing powerful star power and cold power, just like the stars in the night sky slowly flowing, slowly flying in front of Xue'er.

As soon as Xue'er's fingertips touched the black jade armor, the entire star armor suddenly turned into a silver light like flowing water and wrapped around it. She was surprised to find that the restless cold energy in her body suddenly became as gentle as water. The starlight on the surface of the armor and the ice crystals in her hair complemented each other, outlining a wonderful scene like the Milky Way pouring down in the twilight.

"The third item is this Green Lotus Soul Lamp." Li Mu raised his hand and beckoned, and the ancient bronze lamp trembled slightly. The green flame dancing in the wick seemed to be able to penetrate the void, reflecting the fluctuations in the depths of the soul: "The most dangerous part of the heavenly tribulation is not the tempering of the body by lightning and fire, but the soul-devouring inner demon. This lamp uses the Chaos Green Lotus as its core, which can keep your mind clear and bright."

Xue'er was stunned when she heard this, with surprise flashing in her eyes.

Li Mu continued, "As for the fourth item, the Purple Gold Return to Origin Order! This order is made from the smelting of the Five Elements Essence, and contains the power of the origin of heaven and earth. It can help you resist the thunder when the thunder is at its most violent, and can bear three fatal thunder tribulations. But remember, this item is an external object after all. You still have to rely on yourself to deal with the eighth-level demon king thunder tribulation. These are just for auxiliary purposes."

"Brother Li," Xue'er choked up, her fingertips gently stroking the Dao pattern on the purple gold token, "These are all what you have done over the years..."

Li Mu raised his hand to wipe away the tears from Xue'er's eyes and said gently, "Silly girl, why should we thank each other? Refine them quickly and overcome the tribulation as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Xue'er nodded heavily, sitting cross-legged, forming seals with her hands, and the icy spiritual power around her body surged like a tide. Four Taoist instruments were suspended around her, emitting various colors of spiritual light, which echoed with her cold true essence.

She took a deep breath, and the long-suppressed true energy in her body was completely released. In an instant, a powerful cold force burst out from her body, and the temperature of the entire spiritual valley dropped sharply. Thick black ice condensed on the ground, and the grass and trees instantly turned into ice sculptures. Xue'er's long hair moved without wind, and ice crystals sparkled between her hair, like an ice fairy.

The Five Elements Talisman was the first to respond, with five-colored spiritual light flowing. Xue'er tapped her fingertips lightly, and a wisp of spiritual consciousness merged into the Talisman and began to refine it. The Talisman trembled, and the power of the Five Elements merged with the cold energy in her body, and the originally violent true energy gradually tended to balance.

Next was the Xuanbing Dao Armor. Xue'er made hand gestures, and a stream of blood flew out from her fingertips and landed on the black jade armor. The armor glowed silver and turned into countless starlights that merged into her body.

Xue'er only felt a cool force flowing through her body, perfectly matching her cold energy, as if the armor was a part of her body.

The Green Lotus Soul Lamp trembled slightly, and the green flame of the wick jumped. Xue'er closed her eyes and concentrated, and a ray of consciousness penetrated into the lamp. In an instant, she seemed to be in a chaotic green lotus, and her mind was clearer than ever before. The soul lamp recognized its master, and the green flame turned into a stream of light and sank into her brow, burning quietly in her sea of ​​consciousness.

Finally, it was the Purple Gold Return to Origin Token. Xue'er bit her tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood on the token. The token glowed with purple gold light, and the Dao pattern flowed, turning into a purple gold mark imprinted on her palm. She felt the majestic power of origin contained in the token, as if she was holding a piece of heaven and earth.

After the four Taoist artifacts were refined, Xue'er's aura continued to rise.

The sky suddenly darkened, dark clouds rolled, and thunder rumbled faintly. Li Mu looked up at the sky, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes: "The thunder tribulation is coming."

Xue'er opened her eyes, the icy blue light in them shone like stars. She stood up, looked up at the sky, and said softly, "Brother Li, I'm ready."

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue'er flew out of the valley. This valley was where she and Li Mu had spent hundreds of years, and she didn't want to be struck by thunder.

The thunderclouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, following Xue'er's figure. Lightning flashed through the clouds like silver snakes swimming.

Xue'er turned into an ice-blue stream of light, rushing straight into the sky. Behind her, thunderclouds rolled, sweeping over like a raging sea. She flew a hundred miles and landed on the highest "Heavenly Tribulation Platform" in the Qixuan Sect. This platform was specially designed for overcoming tribulations. The surface of the platform was engraved with ancient Taoist patterns, which could weaken some of the power of the heavenly tribulation.

"Just go through the tribulation with peace of mind. I'll take care of everything." Li Mu appeared near the tribulation platform and gestured as he looked at Xue'er who had landed on the platform.

Xue'er stood in the center of the Heavenly Tribulation Platform, with nine snow-white fox tails stretched out behind her, each tail tip condensed with brilliant moonlight. The silver light of the Xuanbing Dao Armor flowed, the Qinglian Soul Lamp hung above her head, the purple gold Guiyuan Order flickered in her palm, the five elements of talismans surrounded her body, and the five-color spiritual light intertwined into a formation. A silver fox pattern appeared between her eyebrows, and her eyes turned into vertical pupils, flowing with the mysterious light unique to the nine-tailed celestial fox.

Above the sky, the calamity clouds had rolled to a width of a thousand miles. In the inky black clouds, the lightning actually glowed with a strange blood color. Every time it flashed, Xue'er's nine fox tails were reflected like burning silver flames. What was even more shocking was that nine blood-colored fox shadows vaguely emerged from the depths of the clouds, echoing Xue'er's nine tails from afar - this was the "Nine-fold Life Calamity" unique to the Nine-tailed Sky Fox clan!
"boom--!"

The first blood-red thunderbolt struck and turned into a giant thunder fox, pouncing towards the Heavenly Tribulation Platform with its fangs and claws bared!
"Crack!" The runes on the table collapsed instantly, and the violent thunder was mixed with the sound of a fox's howl. Xue'er's three fox tails suddenly rose up, and the moonlight at the tips of the tails condensed into a shield, which collided with the thunder fox with a loud bang!

There was shock in the Qixuan Sect!
"Nine-tailed celestial fox?"

"Could the fox shadow in the clouds be the legendary 'Sky Fox Crying Blood Tribulation'?" An elder from the Sutra Repository dropped an ancient book in his hand to the ground with a "pa". "How could the Nine-Tailed Fox bloodline, which has been extinct since ancient times, be..."

"Look at that robbery cloud, it's so big!"

"It's Master's Wife who is going through the tribulation!"

When the leader of the Qixuan Sect, Lin Maoshan, saw the huge fox shadow on the robbery platform, he was inspired and immediately flew to the robbery platform.

The next moment, Su Hongxiu and Zhao Tianchen flew towards the Tribulation Platform.

……

On the robbery stage, the terrifying thunder fox hit the ice shield and exploded instantly. The violent thunder force swept across the area, but the ice shield only had a few cracks and did not break.

At the same time, the surface of the Black Ice Armor flickered with starlight, and it automatically absorbed some of the thunder power, converting it into cold energy and feeding it back into Xue'er's body, making her spiritual power, which was slightly disordered due to the forced suppression of true energy, stabilized.

The fox pattern between Xue'er's eyebrows brightened, and the cold air around her body condensed into a materialized ice crystal storm.

"Xuantian Bingpo, condense!" With Xue'er's clear shout, the tips of the nine fox tails simultaneously shot out brilliant icy light, interweaving into nine ice chains in the air.

"Boom——"

The second blood-colored thunderbolt turned into a three-headed thunder dragon and pounced down. Xue'er's eyes were filled with cold light. The first fox tail suddenly rose up, and an ice crystal lotus blossomed at the tip of the tail.

As the lotus spun, it froze the Thunder Dragon alive in mid-air. The frozen Thunder Dragon maintained a ferocious posture, reflecting a strange bloody light under the moonlight.

"Break!" Xue'er clenched her jade hands lightly, and the ice lotus shattered. The frozen thunder dragon immediately turned into ice crystals floating all over the sky. The silver light of the Xuanbing Dao Armor shone brightly, absorbing all the scattered thunder essence, and the speed of the star pattern on the surface of the armor suddenly increased.

The third lightning came even faster, and it was actually nine blood-colored lightning lines as thin as hair. Xue'er did not dodge or avoid it, and the sixth fox tail suddenly split into thousands of ice needles.

"Mysterious Ice Thousand Illusions!" Countless ice needles accurately met each lightning line, exploding into ice and lightning flowers in the air. The Green Lotus Soul Lamp shed its light at the right time, isolating the aftermath of the explosion.

"Puff——" A streak of silver blood flowed from the corner of Xue'er's mouth, but her eyes were filled with fighting spirit. She discovered that these blood-colored thunderbolts actually contained corrosive power, which could even corrode the black ice. She no longer held back, and her nine fox tails suddenly swelled, condensing into a crystal clear ice sword at the tip of the tail.

"Extremely cold ice sword!"

When the ice sword was slashed out, the whole world became quiet;
The fourth lightning that turned into a hundred-foot-long lightning spear was actually split in half by this sword. Before the split lightning light dissipated, it was frozen into two blood-colored ice waterfalls by the extreme coldness emitted by the sword body, which smashed on both sides of the Heavenly Tribulation Platform.

Before the fifth thunderbolt fell, Xue'er felt a sharp pain in her sea of ​​consciousness, as if countless needles were piercing her soul. Her face suddenly changed, knowing that this was the "heart demon tribulation" among the heavenly tribulations - the thunderbolt not only struck the body, but also the soul.

Sure enough, before the calamity thunder arrived, scenes of illusions had already emerged in Xue'er's sea of ​​consciousness:

Li Mu's figure shattered before her eyes and turned into nothingness;

She stood alone in a desolate place, surrounded by ice and snow, but no warmth;

The ancient heritage of the Nine-Tailed Fox whispered in my ears: "You can't escape your fate, you are destined to be alone..."

Xue'er closed her eyes, and the Green Lotus Soul Lamp suddenly burst into a faint blue flame, forming a chaotic green lotus above her head. The lotus fragrance filled the air, cleansing her soul. Her mind was pulled back to reality, and the illusion dissipated like smoke.

She opened her eyes, the icy blue light in them surged, and she said coldly: "It's just some illusions! What's there to be afraid of!"

Just as he finished speaking, the fifth thunderbolt came crashing down!

This lightning was no longer a physical entity, but an invisible spiritual lightning punishment, which directly struck into her sea of ​​consciousness, attempting to destroy the foundation of her soul.

The Green Lotus Soul Lamp suddenly burst out with a dazzling green light, and the seemingly weak flame at the wick suddenly turned into a raging wave of fire, building a green barrier in Xue'er's sea of ​​consciousness.

The mental thunder punishment collided with the green flame, and it actually made a clanging sound like the collision of metal and stone. Silver blood oozed out of Xue'er's seven orifices at the same time, but her eyes became clearer and clearer.

"So this is the real fifth thunderbolt."

Xue'er wiped the blood from her lips and found that the fifth thunderbolt was actually a hidden change. On the surface, it was an illusion of the inner demon, but in fact it was the "illusionary thunderbolt" that directly hit the soul. If it weren't for the warning from the Qinglian Soul Lamp, she would have been destroyed by now.

Suddenly, an ancient fox howl was heard from the sky, and nine blood-red fox shadows in the calamity cloud opened their eyes at the same time.

The sixth thunderbolt had not yet formed, but the whole world began to tremble. The Qixuan Sect's mountain protection formation was automatically activated, but it was still creaking under the pressure. (End of this chapter)