I offered sacrifices to the gods

For several days, Lin Mo consolidated his cultivation in the cave. After his aura stabilized, he began to comprehend some of the changes within himself.

The biggest change after advancing to the Candle Illumination Realm is the flame of life burning in the dantian.

This flame of life is vital to his life; if it is extinguished, it means death is imminent.

"No wonder the Third Prince's cultivation level dropped, and his days were numbered."

"To sustain the burning of such a life flame, one must be at least at the Illumination Realm. If I were still at the Spirit Guidance Realm, it would probably take two or three years for this life flame to exhaust the essence within my body."

Lin Mo sighed, then put his two fingers together, and a thought flickered in his mind.

boom!

A wisp of crimson life fire emerged from his fingertip, its temperature extremely high, far exceeding that of ordinary flames, causing the air to distort.

The life fire has many uses. Besides being used in battle, it can also be used as a flame in alchemy or weapon forging.

If you forge your own natal magic weapon, you can use your life fire to refine and nurture it. The longer the magic weapon is refined and nurtured, the stronger its power will become.

"It seems he really held back quite a bit during our sparring session with Senior Brother He Bao."

"The quality and quantity of spiritual power of a cultivator in the Candle Illumination Realm are far superior to those in the Spirit Guidance Realm. Not to mention that the power of their spells is much stronger, even the release of this life fire is something that a cultivator in the Spirit Guidance Realm cannot withstand."

As one's cultivation level increases, one's life fire will also become more powerful.

Previously in Xiaonan City, the abbot's golden life fire swept through the entire city in an instant. Although it only lasted for a short moment, it burned the city into a desolate ruin.

Lin Mo is not yet able to do that, but if he were to face He Bao again, it would be difficult for the latter to stop him.

Unfortunately, if they try to escape now, they will have to face the abbot himself.

Thinking of this, Lin Mo sighed repeatedly in his heart, still unable to come up with a way to break the deadlock.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that as his cultivation level improved, the immortal mansion in his mind also seemed to have undergone some changes.

The most obvious change is that the immortal abode is now larger; previously, his view was limited to the shrines within the abode.

But now he can see some areas and buildings inside this immortal abode!

What first caught Lin Mo's attention was a sundial. The white stone disc stood in the courtyard of the immortal mansion, but the pointer on it was not recording the time.

Because the pattern on this sundial is very strange; some areas are the sun, and some areas are the moon.

The pointer is currently pointing to the area where the sun is located. Lin Mo's mind stirred slightly, and he stared at the sundial.

The next moment, illusory characters appeared in the immortal abode.

[The Astronomical Instrument: Can adjust the flow of time within the palace; when used for the sun, it accelerates the passage of time within the palace; when used for the moon, it slows down the flow of time within the palace.]

Lin Mo's pupils dilated slightly; it actually involved something related to the flow of time!

"In other words, when the pointer points to the sun, time inside the palace will begin to accelerate."

"The pointer is currently pointing to one sun. If we adjust it to point to more suns, will time flow even faster?"

Soon, Lin Mo understood the key to this matter.

If the pointer of the astronomical instrument can be pointed to the area of ​​two suns, it means that two days have passed inside the palace, while only one day has passed outside.

Conversely, if the pointer points to the lunar region, then one day passing inside the palace would be equivalent to several days passing outside.

"If that's the case, then it's quite remarkable."

Anything involving the concept of time is generally extremely extraordinary; at least he doesn't know which deity holds the power over time.

However, there is a problem: if he can only change the flow of time within the immortal abode, what meaning does it have for him?

"Unless one day I am able to enter the immortal abode to cultivate..."

In that case, while he could cultivate in the immortal abode for several days, or even longer, only a single day would pass in the outside world.

This means he gets more time to cultivate than others!

The problem is that this immortal abode only exists in his mind now, like a phantom image. Let alone going inside, it's something that can't be seen or touched at all.

Lin Mo sighed and looked at the other areas of the Immortal Mansion again.

However, this time his vision was obscured by the mist, and even with all his might, he could not see any more of the scene.

Turning his gaze back, Lin Mo looked once more at the shrines within the Immortal Abode.

The shrines he had visited had undergone further changes.

Soon, a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

Now he can see the specific needs of these gods for worship!

The statue of Mother of the Goddess can be visited a second time.

[Worship Ceremony: Plant ten sacred trees and nurture them to maturity. Or offer the heart of a thousand-year-old sacred tree!]

[Worship Reward: Wood Shadow Escape]

Now he knows exactly what these gods need, unlike before when he could only guess.

Lin Mo quickly glanced at the worship ceremonies of the other deities. They were basically the same as those of the Mother of All Forests, either involving the completion of some rituals or the offering of some precious spiritual objects.

"There's no hope of getting the heart of the thousand-year-old spirit tree, unless we can dig out the heart of the Dragon Blood Treasure Tree in the temple and offer it as a sacrifice."

"However, if that happens, I'm afraid Ancestor Jin Yang will be the first to show up and kill me."

Planting ten spirit trees is simpler and easier. The ceremony did not specify what level of spirit tree it was, so even the most common white spirit fruit tree would suffice.

Once planted, the white ginseng fruit tree takes about five years to mature.

It's not too difficult. There are several fruit groves in Jinyang Temple. Thanks to the radiation of the spiritual veins, the earth is full of spiritual energy. As long as you plant the fruit seeds, you can easily grow an ordinary spiritual fruit tree.

In other words, in about five years, he will be able to complete his third pilgrimage to the Mother of Wansen.

"As for how to unlock the other statues, I'm still completely clueless and can only rely on luck."

Lin Mo muttered to himself, then decided to report to the General Affairs Hall the next day and go to the orchard to plant some spirit fruit trees.

"In a few months, I will be able to go to the second floor of the Sutra Repository to borrow another lineage for free."

"We need to be more careful with this choice. Right now, we should focus our main efforts on cultivating the Stone Skin Technique. It would be inappropriate to exchange it for a spell."

"It would be best to exchange for a cultivation skill, whether it's alchemy, talisman making, or weapon crafting, they would all be excellent."

After thinking it over carefully, Lin Mo glanced at the promotion congratulatory gift that Yang Xiaoran had sent him a few days ago.

The yellow jade slip inside contains a divine power of earth element.

Ultimately, he decided to exchange for a weapon-refining inheritance in order to successfully refine a replica of the Zhenyue Xuanyuan Bell.

It is a treasure related to the earth element. Combined with one's own earth-based cultivation techniques and supernatural abilities, it may produce miraculous effects.

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