Lingyuan Immortal

Chapter 188 Retreat and Practice
At noon the next day, the warm sunlight of late winter sprinkled on the clear pool outside the cave with a hint of hazy beauty. Xiaoqi sank to the bottom of the pool for a long time and did not come up. Only a few bubbles continued to rise and expand, indicating its existence.

Under the bright shadows of the trees, a deacon disciple in a gray robe walked calmly to the front of the cave. He raised his hand and shot out a ray of light, which hit a wind chime hanging in front of the cave door.

"Brother Chen, are you here? I'm Li Heng, the deacon of the Treasury Hall. I've gathered all the resources you requested yesterday..."

The deacon disciple bowed and spoke respectfully.

Chen Mu had noticed it when the wind chimes rang, so he immediately left the cave.

"Please excuse me, Deacon Li."

Li Heng was flattered when he heard this and smiled, "That's nothing. Brother Chen, if you have any other matters in the future, you can call me!"

If he were an ordinary true disciple, perhaps he would not be worthy of his humble service.

But Chen Mu is different. He is a true disciple specially authorized by the master himself. Not only has he made great contributions to the sect, but his fighting power is also truly amazing. Presumably, his chances of building a foundation in the future will be much higher than that of ordinary people.

"If I join his sect sooner rather than later, I might even be able to become the head disciple of a hall..."

Chen Mu naturally couldn't hear what he was thinking. After reaching out to take a storage bag, he only said a few polite words.

Li Heng was also very smooth. Seeing that he didn't want to talk any more, he immediately said goodbye and left.

After the people walked away, Chen Mu held the storage bag, and released a stream of magic power to activate the cave's protective formation again, then strode back to the quiet room.

After sitting cross-legged, he used his spiritual sense to probe into the storage bag.

"Ten bottles of Xuanyuan Dan, five pills per bottle, five bottles of Peiyang Dan, seven pills per bottle..."

Chen Mu was delighted when he saw this, because the quantity of these pills needed for cultivation was exactly the same as that recorded on his jade slip.

"It seems that since I have just entered the ranks of the True Disciple, it is much easier for me to obtain resources!"

But two days ago, Zong Bing told him some rules that all true disciples had in common.

It is said that the sect can provide all resources to true disciples, but in reality, the sect cannot satisfy all the requests of true disciples.

It's nothing, just a lack of resources...

Take Zong Bing for example, she has been in the ranks of true disciples for eight years.

If she were to ask the sect for cultivation resources now, she could only get about 70% to 80%.

"Even if we have more resources than this, they will eventually become insufficient in such a large sect..."

Chen Mu sighed and poured out a pill to examine them.

He was already very familiar with Xuanyuan Pill. After all, he had been taking it for two years in order to break through to the eleventh level.

However, he had never seen this fiery red Peiyang Pill before, let alone used it.

It was Zong Bing who told him the news about this pill, saying that it was even more powerful than the Xuanyuan Pill and had always been supplied only to true disciples.

"It really looks like it's full of spirit..."

Chen Mu picked up the Pei Yang Pill and examined it carefully. Under the cool glow of the night pearl, there was a faint character pattern on the surface of the pill.

"This is... a word Wei."

His eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.

"Wei Xingyou? I haven't seen him for two years, and he can even refine such a rare elixir..."

Chen Mu's heart skipped a beat and he secretly clicked his tongue.

Wei Xingyou can be said to be the alchemist who has made the fastest progress he has ever met.

There are many types of elixirs and they are complex, so many alchemists will choose three or four elixirs as the main ones to refine in order to maximize the resources they earn and become self-sufficient.

But Wei Xingyou is different. In the years that I have known him, he has changed several kinds of elixirs in succession. What is most rare is that each of his elixirs is not inferior to other people's main refining choices.

"This person is very talented. We need to interact with him more and build a good relationship with him..."

Chen Mu pondered for a long time, then chuckled and put away the pills. Last time, he took thirteen bottles of Xuanyuan Pills from Wei Xingyou, and he had already achieved a breakthrough before he had used them all.

He estimated that these fifteen bottles of pills were enough for him to reach the twelfth level.

"He must be a true disciple, otherwise, it would be impossible to collect all these pills without 5,000 spirit stones..."

Chen Mu shook his head and sighed, then took out a few jade slips for transmitting sound.

"Now that the elixirs are all gathered, it's better to quickly transform them into cultivation. As for contemplating the Dharma Pavilion and the Patriarch's Hall... there's no rush until I've achieved a breakthrough."

He made up his mind and began to use his magic power to activate the sound transmission jade slip.

He didn't know how long this retreat would take, and he also needed to say hello to Niu Dali and the others so that they wouldn't lose him when looking for him.

After a while, several sound transmission jade tablets turned into spiritual light and rushed out of the cave, then circled around and scattered away.

Chen Mu did not stop, took a deep breath, and immediately took out a pill and swallowed it.

The next moment, as he activated the Water Source Infusion, the quiet room suddenly lit up with a faint aquamarine light, occasionally accompanied by the sound of flowing water...

……

Half a year later, Niu Dali broke through to the twelfth level of Qi Condensation, and with the permission of the sect leader, he was promoted to a true disciple.

Chen Mu was still immersed in his cultivation and was unaware of what was happening outside the mountain. But when Niu Dali chose the true cave residence on the mountainside not far from him.

Only then did he know about this.

……

In the blink of an eye, another year passed, and Chen Mu once again received good news.

That was the toad Xiaoqi that he raised in the clear pond outside the cave. It had finally grown into a high-level monster.

On the day of advancement, the water in the clear pond exploded dozens of feet high, and the evil spirit swept over more than ten miles.

This even attracted the neighbor Niu Dali to join in the fun, and he urged Chen Mu to come out and take a look.

But Chen Mu was in the middle of a critical period of cultivation at that time and was unable to come out and spend some time with him.

Only Niu Dali was left hugging Xiao Qi's huge body, mumbling something...

……

Time flies, and half a year has passed in a flash.

On this day, fine raindrops kept hitting the towering ancient trees. When the breeze blew, the wind chimes outside the cave rang crisply.

I don’t know how long it took, but the spring rain stopped and the grass and trees looked new.

The clouds in the sky also changed from their previous gloomy look to reveal a clear blue sky.

The mountains and forests are full of vitality. In addition to the tender green vegetation, there are many small animals jumping back and forth, carefree.

But just as they were playing around, a tangible air wave suddenly rolled in from the cave under the ancient tree, as powerful as wind, thunder and waves!
"Squeak..."

The little animals were shaking all over. Faced with this sudden disaster, they had no strength to escape and could only scream subconsciously.

"Disperse!"

Just as the air wave was about to hit them, a clear voice suddenly rang out from the depths of the cave.

As if the words came true, the rolling air waves suddenly stopped strangely, and then slowly dissipated.

"squeak!"

The little animals finally reacted and immediately ran away without a trace.

Only a petite, snow-white rabbit stood there in a daze, staring at the cave with its crimson eyes for a long time without moving...

(End of this chapter)