Gou Dao and Cultivation of Immortals, Start from Farming

Li Mu stood quietly in the courtyard, his gaze deep and unfathomable, as if piercing through the walls, settling on the departing figures of the three children. The intense reaction triggered when he planted the Dao Seed was, to him, nothing more than a ripple on a calm lake.

With a slight thought, Li Mu's mind stirred, and from the depths of his consciousness, three extremely weak yet incredibly resilient connections quietly formed between the Tree of Chaos.

These three connections originate from those three seeds of the Dao deeply planted in the immature sea of ​​consciousness.

Within Lin Xiaolun's sea of ​​consciousness, the "Water Spirit Dao Seed," as small as primordial stardust, slowly rotated, emitting a warm and clear light. It silently cleansed the girl's spiritual essence, nourishing her consciousness field like the purest spiritual spring.

Her previously murky and inferior spiritual root has now been sorted, broadened, and purified by an invisible hand, becoming clear and crystalline. It has developed an unprecedented sensitivity and affinity to the spiritual energy and Daoist principles that roam the world. In the future, her speed in drawing Qi into her body and comprehending the Great Dao will far exceed the imagination of ordinary people.

Within Da Niu's body, the "Earthly Elemental Dao Seed" was like a seed sunk into the core of the earth, its profound and solid power permeating his entire being. It drew upon the essence of the earth's veins, gently yet resolutely cleansing his muscles, bones, and skin, purging impurities and strengthening his foundation. His originally unremarkable physique was being endowed with the earth's solidity and resilience, his blood and qi surging like a newly formed river, his muscles and bones as tough as the new buds of an ancient tree. Cultivating the Earthly Elemental Body Technique would undoubtedly yield twice the results with half the effort, progressing by leaps and bounds in a single day.

Deep within Iron Head's soul, the scorching heat of the "Burning Fire Dao Seed" had begun to merge with the inextinguishable flames of hatred in his heart. This merging was not an elimination, but a tempering!

The Dao Seed used that obsessive hatred and resentment as fuel, transforming it into a pure and intense primal force that violently burned away the impurities blocking his meridians, forging the dormant potential deep within his bones and making it hard and sharp. It was born with an extremely strong ability to control the power of fire and all the intense and fierce Dao principles.

As soon as the Dao Seeds were first fused, they revealed the power to defy fate and change destiny, pushing the three children's originally mediocre or even inferior innate talents to an unattainable height.

The absorption of spiritual energy is a hundred times greater than before; the comprehension of Taoist principles is a thousand times clearer!
This is just the beginning. As they cultivate and improve, their Dao seeds absorb the essence of heaven and earth and the laws of Dao, constantly growing and maturing. This transformation will continue to deepen until the Dao seeds are truly perfected and they achieve their respective Great Daos.

As the Dao Seed took root, absorbed nourishment, and transformed its host, wisps of extremely pure and profound primordial power quietly fed back into the Chaos Dao Tree at Li Mu's foundation, perfecting the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Lin Xiaolun's "Water Spirit Dao Seed" brought with it strands of clear and watery "Spiritual Wisdom Origin," which nourished Li Mu's understanding of the Great Dao Laws like sweet rain.

The "Earthly Dao Seed" of the Great Ox nourishes the profound and concentrated "Earthly Vein Essence," which flows into Li Mu's limbs, bones, and dantian like a trickle, silently solidifying the foundation of the Earthly Dao.

The feedback from Tie Tou's "Burning Fire Dao Seed" was a blazing and pure "Undying True Meaning." This true meaning, carrying Tie Tou's tempered persistence and tenacity, merged into Li Mu's Chaos Dao Tree, and in time, perfected the Fire Dao Law.

The feedback was extremely weak, like three tiny streams flowing into a vast ocean, barely causing any ripples in a short time. However, Li Mu was highly skilled in Dao and had a clear mind, so he clearly sensed the nourishment that came from the essence of the Chaos Dao Tree. The trickle would eventually become a river.

As the host grows with the three Dao Seeds, the more abundant the essence of heaven and earth and the laws of Dao that they absorb, the purer and more vast the original power that will be fed back. When the Dao Seeds mature and the host achieves Dao, what a magnificent Great Dao Origin will be fed back.
That is the supreme resource that truly helps him to glimpse higher realms and benefit his own path!

Planting the Way in others is also planting the Way in oneself.

Today, three seeds are sown; tomorrow, they will yield three thriving great paths, along with abundant nourishment that will shake even his own chaotic great path.

This is the true mystery of the "seed of the Way," the foundation for mutual benefit and the common path of the two sides.

As time passed, the roars of beasts faintly echoed over Tianyong City, and dust billowed from the outside. Within the city, tensions rose, and vigilance deepened daily.

Inside the Lin family's house, Lin Xiaolun sat cross-legged with her eyes closed, surrounded by a faint, clear light.

The mother, Zhang, brought in a basin of water. She wanted to call her daughter, but she saw her daughter's fingertips twitch slightly, and a few drops of clear water in the basin silently rose up, crystal clear, and swirled lightly between her fingers before quietly falling back into the basin without disturbing a drop of water.

"Nannan?" Zhang's voice trembled, and she almost dropped the wooden basin in her hand.

Lin Xiaolun opened her eyes, her gaze clear and bright, with a liveliness she had never shown before. "Mother, I think... I can 'see' them now."

Lin Xiaolun pointed to the spiritual energy flow in the air that ordinary people could not perceive.

Hearing the sound, Lin's father peeked out and saw the faint glow remaining on his daughter's fingertips. He was both surprised and delighted: "This...this is Qi Induction! You've reached the third level of Qi Refining? My God!"

The couple looked at each other, their eyes filled with unbelievable excitement. The Water Spirit Dao Seed spun, cleansing her sea of ​​consciousness, giving her an affinity and control over spiritual energy and subtle Dao rhythms that far surpassed that of her peers.

After saying "I can see them now," Lin Xiaolun didn't stop. With a slight thought, the thin spiritual energy in the room seemed to be drawn towards her by an invisible force, gathering at a speed several times faster than that of ordinary people who draw in spiritual energy.

Lin Xiaolun closed her eyes again, and the clear light around her visibly brightened, like a dusty pearl suddenly being polished. Before the suspended water droplet had completely settled, the clear light swirling around her fingertips suddenly intensified, then subsided, and her aura instantly rose a level!
The surprise on Lin's father's face froze instantly, his eyes widening in disbelief: "Qi Refining... Qi Refining Level 4?"

Lin's father's voice was stuck in his throat, hoarse with disbelief.

The wooden basin in Zhang's hand crashed to the ground with a loud bang, splashing water everywhere, but she was completely oblivious, staring intently at her daughter.

Lin Xiaolun frowned slightly, her ethereal Dao Seed within her body spun faster, and her sea of ​​consciousness was cleansed by clear light, further increasing her efficiency in absorbing and refining spiritual energy. The sparse spiritual energy outside was forcibly drawn in, forming a small, almost invisible vortex above her head.

"Om..."

A very slight tremor emanated from her body, and the radiant light surrounding her suddenly surged, like moonlight pouring down, illuminating the entire small house, before rapidly receding and disappearing into her small body.

His aura surged once more! It stabilized at the fifth level of Qi Refining!
"Five...five floors!" Lin's father's voice changed completely, as if someone had grabbed his throat.

Lin's father suddenly took a step back, bumping into the door frame. His face turned deathly pale, as if he had seen a ghost.

In just a few days, he went from not yet absorbing Qi to breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining? This is beyond what the word "genius" can describe!
Zhang's legs went weak, and she collapsed onto the cold water stains on the ground. Her lips trembled, and she couldn't utter a single word. She just stared at her daughter, who was sitting cross-legged, with eyes that looked at a strange deity.

This speed was terrifying, exceeding the limits of her limited understanding. Her mind went blank, leaving only an absurd yet persistent thought: Could her daughter be a deity who fell from the sky? Or perhaps the reincarnation of some extraordinary being?
Lin Xiaolun slowly opened her eyes, her gaze clear and deep. Looking at her parents' horrified and helpless expressions, a hint of confusion appeared on her little face: "Dad? Mom? What's wrong with you?"

Lin's father opened his mouth, his throat tightened, and in the end only managed to utter a few broken syllables: "Daughter...you...you..."

Lin's father wanted to ask, but didn't know where to begin; the immense shock left his mind buzzing.

Zhang reached out her hand, trembling, wanting to touch her daughter's face, but then hesitated, afraid of disturbing something, and her fingers stopped in mid-air.

The room was deathly silent, save for the lingering aura of a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator emanating from Lin Xiaolun, silently proclaiming this unbelievable fact. ...

At this moment, in the backyard of Da Niu's house, Da Niu sat astride a horse, sweat rolling down his bronze skin.

His father, a burly guard, still recovering from injuries, was struggling to carry a newly bought bag of spirit rice on his shoulder.

Da Niu walked over silently and grabbed the corner of the bag with one hand.

"Kid, don't be so cocky..." Before Da Niu's father could finish speaking, Da Niu's arm muscles bulged, and he steadily lifted the heavy grain bag with one hand, easily hoisting it onto his shoulder, and walked steadily toward the rice bin.

Da Niu's father's words caught in his throat, his eyes wide as he watched his son carry the 200-pound bag of spirit rice, his steps as steady as a small mountain.

The lid of the rice container was lifted, and Da Niu easily placed the rice bag at the bottom of the container with one hand, without stirring up much dust.

"Good lad!" Da Niu's father finally found his voice and slapped his son's shoulder hard with his large, fan-like hand, but it felt like he was slapping a warm iron ingot, the shock making his own hand go numb.

Da Niu's father carefully examined his son. The little guy was noticeably more robust, with bulging muscles beneath his bronze skin, clearly defined, and radiating a heavy, rock-like sheen. What startled him even more was the deep, resonant aura emanating from him, as if he were rooted to the earth.

The changes don’t stop there.

At the dinner table, Da Niu's parents' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as they watched their son devour the food.

The spiritual rice, which was originally enough for a family of four to eat for two days, was devoured by Da Niu by himself, who acted like a tiger that hadn't eaten for three days. He also drank the wild vegetable soup in the basin in just a few gulps.

"Da Niu...you...eat slowly..." Da Niu's mother looked at the empty pot bottom, her voice weak.

"Little brother, how can you eat so much?" Big Niu's sister said with a dark face, "He has finished all the food."

Da Niu raised his head, rice grains still stuck to the corners of his mouth, and said pitifully, "Mom, I'm not full!"

The "Earthly Dao Seed" within Da Niu's body was like an insatiable furnace, frantically absorbing the essence from food and transforming it into the earth's vein power that nourished his bones and stimulated his life force.

The essence contained in ordinary low-grade spiritual rice is far from keeping up with the consumption of his body's transformation.

"Okay, Mom will make some more!" Da Niu's mother said irritably.

Night fell in the backyard. Da Niu sat astride his horse, his bare upper body steaming with sweat, his muscles taut like iron in the moonlight. Following the rudimentary body-strengthening techniques he had learned at the martial arts school, he punched and kicked, each blow producing a dull thud, leaving shallow indentations in the hard soil beneath his feet.

"Drink!" With a low roar, Da Niu's bones and muscles crackled softly, like bamboo shoots sprouting. A far more powerful and concentrated aura suddenly rose from his body, stirring the surrounding air.

At the doorway, Da Niu's father, who had been silently watching, suddenly clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm: "Qi Refining... Qi Refining Level 7!"

In just a few days? From barely managing to draw in Qi to reaching the seventh level of Qi Refining! This speed is even faster than the immortal masters enshrined in the inner city in their youth!
Da Niu's father was so excited that he trembled all over, a mixture of immense joy and a hint of fear.

With the Earthly Dao Seed deeply planted, transforming his roots and strengthening his foundation, Da Niu's physique is undergoing a transformation towards an inhuman state at a visible speed.

Power surged, and blood and qi grew stronger; ordinary food was simply not enough to satisfy this body that was being reshaped by the essence of the earth's veins.

The next morning, Da Niu's father, unusually, did not go to roll call. He pulled out a small cloth bag that he had hidden under the bed for many years. Inside were dozens of spirit stones. He weighed them in his hand, gritted his teeth, stuffed them into his pocket, and walked out.

"Master, you..." Big Cow's mother hesitated, but guessed what was going on.

"Go buy some good meat!" Da Niu's father said without turning his head, his voice firm and resolute: "Da Niu needs to eat top-grade demon beast meat to grow strong!"

Da Niu's father hurried to the city's expensive but pure blood and qi beast meat shop. His son had such extraordinary fortune, and he would sell everything he owned to support him!
Looking at his son's increasingly robust physique and imposing presence, Da Niu's father felt only ecstasy and a desperate determination; this was the hope for the future of the entire family.

In the backyard, Da Niu stood still, feeling the surging power within his body and the warm, pulsating seed of Dao.

He looked up, his gaze passing over the courtyard wall and landing in the direction of Li Mu's small courtyard, his eyes filled with pure reverence and unwavering determination. It was his teacher who had given him the strength to be reborn. Da Niu would never forget this kindness.

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In the backyard of the blacksmith's shop, the furnace fire burned day and night. Ironhead, shirtless, dried his sweat as soon as it seeped out, leaving his skin an unnatural dark red. He swung his hammer with astonishing speed, his arm muscles bulging like iron. With each strike, sparks flew, and the rough blank on the anvil visibly stretched and deformed, emitting a dull groan.

Ironhead's mother leaned against the door, her fingers clenched so tightly they turned white.

The dark flame of hatred in his son's eyes did not extinguish; instead, it was engulfed by a more refined and violent force, burning fiercely as if it were the core of a furnace. He was no longer forging ordinary iron, but rather using that fire to temper himself.

"Bang!" With the final hammer blow, a piece of rough iron was forged into the shape of a thin blade, its edges faintly glowing with a dark red hue.

Ironhead's mother gasped. She looked at her son's eyes, which seemed to have been dug out of charcoal ash and were incredibly bright. Her lips moved, but in the end, she did not stop him.

She silently turned around, rummaged through the bottom of the shop, pulled out a storage bag, and searched through the chests and cabinets, finding pieces of treasured refining materials hidden in the shadows.

The dramatic changes in the three children were like three giant stones thrown into three calm ponds; after the initial shock and turmoil, a silent undercurrent was revealed beneath the surface.

Da Niu's father returned carrying a heavy load of monster meat, its flesh oozing with life force; Lin's father wiped the yellowed ancient books under the lamp; Tie Tou's mother solemnly handed the precious storage bag to Tie Tou...

They tacitly agreed not to mention that name, but every time they entered or left their home, passing that quiet little courtyard, their backs would unconsciously bend even deeper, their eyes filled with unprecedented reverence and gratitude. (End of Chapter)