The road is vague

Chapter 196 Arhat Bamboo

"The rest depends on your luck."

After looking around, Bai Jingjing took the lead and rushed towards the tower.

She was very interested in the formation here and guessed that this tall tower was the center of the formation, and it was likely that the spirit stones needed to maintain the formation were stored inside.

The others also reacted quickly and headed straight for different targets.

After leaving the crowd, Li Mo did not go to the conspicuous construction areas, but went straight to the inconspicuous back garden. He soon found a spiritual field guarded by a small flag formation. The shadows of a large area of ​​spiritual bamboo vaguely appeared in it, and he immediately showed a look of joy.

"It looks like this is it."

Since Huang Tong was thinking about this spiritual field, there must be quite a few spiritual bamboos planted there, and they must be of a very high age. There might even be some exotic spiritual bamboos.

It would be great if it could be used to refine the shell of a matrix puppet.

"This flag formation is not simple."

Li Mo originally thought that the protective flag formation here was just for decoration, after all, this was within the temple.

But after he tried it a little, his expression suddenly became serious.

Now everyone is looting the temple. Who knows when someone will find this place. In the absence of guardians to deal with, the so-called rule is that whoever sees it gets a share.

Therefore, the longer the time drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be for Li Mo.

But breaking into an unfamiliar flag formation like this is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing.

"Break the formation."

A flash of light appeared in Li Mo's hand, and the Yinshui Pot, a top-grade magic weapon, appeared.

After several years of nurturing, the Yin Shui Kettle not only recovered its performance, but also became even stronger, almost reaching its theoretical limit and could no longer be improved.

Li Mo pinched his fingers and pointed lightly.

The Yin Shui Hu spun and flew into the air, its volume continuously expanding until it became seven feet long.

Seven Yinshui black snakes surged out of the pot, constantly stimulating the protective light shield of the flag formation. Only after Li Mo completely determined the number of array bases of this set of flag formations did he put them back into the storage bag.

"It's actually the number 46, twenty-four formation bases."

Li Mo touched his chin, thinking.

"My external incarnation has already opened the True Demon Body once. If I open the True Demon Body again and forcibly use the Guishui Yin Lei to break the formation, I'm afraid I will be weak for at least one or two years. It's better to be patient and break the formation."

He used his experience as a formation master to count on his fingers.

"The flag formation's disc doesn't seem to be inside the formation, so the power of the flag formation has been significantly weakened."

Li Mo made a prompt decision and let out a low shout.

The Six Ding and Six Jia matrix puppets actually dispersed again, opening the Six Ding and Six Jia void formation and breaking the flag formation ban here.

The purpose of doing this was to prevent the person who controlled the formation from taking advantage of the opportunity to break into the formation when he was about to break it.

The difficulty of breaking a large formation with or without a host will be two completely different levels.

After doing all this.

Li Mo, holding the Five Elements Black Tortoise Shield, stepped into the flag formation.

The moment he entered the flag formation, he suddenly felt his body extremely heavy. Then, a large number of golden needles shot out from all directions. The Five Elements Black Tortoise Shield spun rapidly, continuously resisting.

"Golden Spirit Needle."

After counting with his fingers, Li Mo looked at the lush bamboo forest in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

At a glance, this spiritual field has at least two or three hundred spiritual bamboos, and the bamboos are extremely old. Some of them are probably at least a thousand years old!
Then he noticed that this was the location of the spiritual eye on a spiritual vein.

Although the density of spiritual energy in this miniature spiritual eye is far less than that on Qingming Mountain, perhaps because the land god of Cangyuan is a bamboo rat spirit with a thousand-year-old cultivation, and is quite experienced in cultivating spiritual bamboo, the growth of these spiritual bamboos is really gratifying, and each one exudes rich spiritual power.

In the eyes of the Cangyuan land god, these spiritual bamboos are just high-quality food ingredients.

But in the eyes of Li Mo, the puppeteer, these spiritual bamboos are priceless treasures.

Although the wood obtained from each spiritual bamboo is much less than that from other spiritual woods, the number of spiritual bamboos here is really too large, and Li Mo was overjoyed.

He no longer had any desire for possible gains elsewhere.

"Hey, I wish you all good luck."

The next step is to break the formation.

The simplest way to break the formation is naturally to destroy the so-called center of the formation.

Since there was no one in charge of the flag formation here, Li Mo found the center of the flag formation after a little calculation. After he entered the bamboo forest, he was immediately shocked.

In the central area of ​​the bamboo forest, there were eighteen red-gold spiritual bamboos, which gathered a large amount of gold and wood spiritual power, complementing the flag formation here.

The core of this formation is actually these exotic spiritual bamboos.

If the center of the formation is forcibly destroyed, these exotic spiritual bamboos will be uprooted and die, and will no longer be worth cultivating.

"no!"

Li Mo made a decision immediately and looked for another way to break the formation.

The other spiritual bamboos are fine.

These eighteen exotic thousand-year-old spiritual bamboos will be enough to be used to refine foundation-building puppets in the future. If combined into a set of matrix puppets, they will be enough to reach the level of the Golden Core stage.

It can't be wasted like this.

Li Mo immediately calculated with his fingers and figured out the flag formation order corresponding to the current Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Combining the metal and wood characteristics of the formation here, he decided to break the formation here by using the five elements to counteract each other and cut off the power of the earth veins.

"If there's a chance in the future, I'd better prepare a set of magical instruments to break the formation."

With this in mind, Li Mo quickly began to break the formation, striving to collect all the spiritual bamboos here before others could react.

Fortunately, he had quite a few storage bags on him, as well as a space ring and a space bracelet he had just found in the underground palace. These two space magic tools should be enough.

"The number of spirit bamboos here is more than enough to refine a set of six disasters and six tribulations matrix puppets, not to mention a few more eight trigrams spirit gathering matrix puppets for guarding the house."

……

Two hours later.

Military warships descended from the sky, and a large group of soldiers surrounded the Stone City.

After learning the whole story, the general took over the Stone City completely. The inspectors who carried out this mission obviously gained something. The corners of their mouths curled up, revealing an irrepressible smile.

Next, Bai Jingjing led everyone back to the treasure ship.

"Lord Liu will cooperate with the military in conducting an in-depth investigation. Let's go back first. The sect and the Ministry of Destiny will respectively reward you for this mission. Jiang Qingwen and Dai An, you two performed outstandingly in this mission, which can be regarded as making up for your mistakes."

"Thank you, Master!"

"Yes!"

The two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this Master Bai has said a lot of good things in front of the military, so it would be best if he could make up for his mistakes.

Then, Master Bai turned around and looked at the ragged people of Daqian on the deck.

"Don't worry, everyone. We will leave here soon and return to Daqian Kingdom!"

"really?"

"That's really nice."

"Thank you, sir..."

As the treasure ship slowly rose into the air and flew towards the Great Qian Kingdom, everyone finally relaxed and they couldn't help but share their gains with each other.

Li Mo took this opportunity to look at Lu Sheng with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I harvested some spiritual bamboo this time. One of them is a unique species, quite peculiar. Forgive my limited knowledge and inability to identify its species. Fellow Daoist Lu is from the Lu family and entered the Dao through puppetry. I wonder if you could help me clear up my confusion?"

"Oh?"

Lu Sheng smiled confidently.

"no problem!"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo took out a red-gold spiritual bamboo with roots.

This was one of the eighteen exotic bamboos in the center of the bamboo forest. Li Mo carefully collected it with its roots, intending to cultivate it in the future.

"Arhat Bamboo!"

Lu Sheng stood up, his eyes a little fiery.

Seeing that Li Mo was confused, he immediately began to explain.

"The Jin sects aren't good at refining elixirs, but they excel at cultivating various spiritual woods, using them to build temples and cultivate enlightenment. This is a species of exotic spiritual bamboo that thrives in the Jin state. It naturally absorbs the power of earth and metal around it, allowing it to grow rapidly. It's the base material for many Jin Buddhist monks' wood-attributed magic weapons, and it can also be said to be one of the cheapest wood-attributed materials."

"Basic materials for refining magic weapons?"

Many people were shocked when they heard this.

Li Mo was surprised by the rapid growth characteristics of this spiritual bamboo. No wonder it was the cheapest wood material in Jin State.

"As long as the bamboo is over three thousand years old, it can be used as the basic material for refining magic weapons. I think your bamboo is nearly eighteen hundred years old, so it's obviously been carefully cultivated. Next, just plant it in a place with abundant spiritual energy in the sect's veins. Then, bury some magic weapon fragments at the roots every once in a while as nutrients for the power of gold. The growth rate of the bamboo will be amazing!"

Cultivate this so-called Arhat bamboo to the level of a three thousand year old magic weapon?

Li Mo's heart was pounding, and he thought of another possibility.

That is, after he planted these Luohan bamboos in his master's sect, he stimulated the growth of a batch of bamboo shoots and cultivated them in a unified manner.

If he cultivates it for seven or eight hundred years at any cost, reaching the unified bamboo age of more than three thousand years, he will be able to refine a set of Jindan-stage matrix puppets. After the complete set is assembled, will it be able to exert the strength of a Yuanying-stage cultivator?

Although dreams are out of reach, they are definitely not illusions.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth on Qingming Mountain is already incredibly rich. If it is carefully cultivated by spiritual plant growers, and Luo Han bamboo is known for its fast growth, it is no exaggeration to say that Luo Han bamboo can grow four or five times faster.

These Luohan bamboos are nearly 1,800 years old and were obviously carefully cultivated by the Cangyuan bamboo rat spirit.

"It seems that it is necessary to maintain a long-term cave residence on Qingming Mountain."

The power of the earth veins is easy to solve, but the key is that the growth of Arhat Bamboo also requires the power of gold.

"It seems like I'm really going to be a rag picker in the future."

Li Mo secretly complained in his heart.

Because of the secret technique of Five Thunders Turning into Dust, he has the habit of cleaning up the battlefield after the battle.

Now he has to cultivate Arhat Bamboo, which requires a large amount of gold power to increase the growth rate. He will undoubtedly be more interested in those fragments of magic instruments and magic treasures.

(End of this chapter)