Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

Time passed quietly like flowing water. The Mahayana Demon Cultivator searched almost every inch of land near the Demon Palace, but still failed to find the trace of the peeper. His face became more and more gloomy, and the anger in his eyes was like a suppressed volcano, which could erupt at any time.

The surrounding demon cultivators and guards felt the terrifying pressure emanating from him, and they all lowered their heads and held their breath, not daring to make any sound.

"Who is this person? How could he hide so thoroughly under my nose?" The Mahayana Demon Cultivator thought to himself, frowning. He boasted that his cultivation was unparalleled and his spiritual awareness covered thousands of miles, but he could not catch even a trace of abnormal breath.

In desperation, the purple-robed Mahayana Demon Cultivator had to give up the search temporarily. He snorted coldly, and his figure flashed back to the towering sacrificial demon tower deep in the Demon Palace, and sat in person.

However, he never expected that the peeper who made him so anxious had already quietly sneaked into the Demon Palace at this moment.

Li Mu was skilled and bold. He took advantage of the slackness of the guards outside the Demon Palace and quietly killed a demon cultivator guard in the God Transformation Realm. Then he used the Chaos Dao to simulate his breath, disguised himself as the guard, and sneaked into the Demon Palace.

Li Mu's purpose was clear - he wanted to thoroughly understand the details of this force, especially the true purpose of the Demon Tower.

The "Earth Vein Divine Fire" of the first level of the divine object was sleeping in the volcano below the Demon Tower. If Li Mu wanted to seize the Earth Vein Divine Fire, he must first understand the strength of the Demon Abyss forces, and then try to eradicate them in one fell swoop to eliminate future troubles.

Li Mu was mixed in a team of demon cultivator guards, with a calm expression and natural behavior, as if he was originally a member of the Demon Palace. He was wearing a black robe, his face was cold, and he exuded a faint demonic aura. This demonic aura was not a disguise, but the blood demon aura derived from the Chaos Dao, which was enough to be mistaken for the real thing. Even if a Mahayana demon cultivator personally investigated, it would be difficult to detect abnormalities.

For several days, Li Mu kept a low profile, carefully avoided the high-level monks in the Demon Palace, and successfully deceived the eyes and ears of many demon cultivators. While observing silently, he drew a layout map of the Demon Palace in his mind, and gradually figured out the guard rules and power distribution inside the Demon Palace. At the same time, he also had a deeper understanding of the purpose of the Demon Tower deep in the Demon Palace.

The Demon Tower was a hundred feet high, pitch black, and covered with strange magic runes. Each rune seemed to be wriggling, exuding a terrifying breath of devouring living beings. Above the top of the tower, a huge black crystal was suspended, and countless distorted faces could be vaguely seen in the crystal. They wailed silently, as if they were imprisoned souls that could never be freed.

Li Mu was awed in his heart. The real purpose of this Demon Tower was far more terrifying than he had imagined-it was not just a sacrificial tower, but a tower for seizing bodies! Those imprisoned human cultivators were the "containers" used by these demon spirits in the Demon Abyss to seize bodies. By sacrificing their bodies and souls, the demon spirits of the Demon Abyss were injected into them, thus obtaining a new body and a new life.

"The Demon Abyss actually mastered such a cruel art of taking over bodies!" Li Mu was secretly shocked and extremely angry at the same time.

In order to strengthen its power in the spiritual world and completely occupy the spiritual world, the Demon Abyss forces actually tortured the human cultivators in the spiritual world in such a cruel way. The means were outrageous. Those cultivators whose bodies were taken over not only had their bodies destroyed, but their souls were also imprisoned forever, becoming tools of the demon spirits and never being able to reincarnate.

Just as Li Mu was thinking, a violent fluctuation suddenly came from the Sacrifice Spirit Tower. The black crystal stone on the top of the tower suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and then a black shadow rushed out of the crystal stone and went straight to a sacrificial platform under the tower. The black shadow was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye it sank into the body of a human cultivator on the altar.

"Ah——!" The cultivator let out a shrill scream, his body trembling violently, as if he was enduring unimaginable pain. After a moment, his screams stopped abruptly, his body stopped struggling, and he slowly stood up. However, at this moment, his eyes had become cold and unfamiliar, and a strong demonic aura emanated from his body, and he had obviously been possessed by the demon spirit.

Witnessing this scene again, Li Mu was shocked beyond measure. The possession technique of the demon abyss forces had reached an extremely terrifying level. If they were allowed to continue, the human race in the spirit world would fall into endless darkness.

Li Mu frowned and looked at the towering demon tower with a serious look. It was almost impossible for him to destroy the demon tower head-on with his own strength. This demon tower not only had a Mahayana demon cultivator sitting in person, but also had countless restrictions and a large number of demon cultivator guards guarding it day and night. If he was not careful, he would fall into a place of no return.

At present, it is not a good idea to fight hard by yourself. You must find another way to destroy the magic tower and completely eradicate this force of the demon abyss.

Li Mu's divine thoughts quietly released, like an invisible thread, slowly extending to the depths of the demon palace, penetrating layers of restrictions, and finally locked the position of the earth vein divine fire sleeping at the bottom of the volcano.

The earth vein magma at the bottom of the volcano is dozens of miles away. The important ball of divine fire is like a sleeping giant beast. Although it has not awakened, it has already exuded a terrifying breath that makes people palpitate.

'Looking' at this ball of sleeping ninth-level earth vein divine fire, Li Mu vaguely had a bold idea in his mind.

If you can trigger this ninth-level earth vein divine fire, use its violent power to detonate the entire volcano, and completely erupt the earth vein flame power, maybe you can use this power to destroy the magic tower in one fell swoop, or even completely eradicate this demon abyss force!

The ninth-level earth vein divine fire is the strongest spiritual fire nurtured by heaven and earth. After being unsealed, it plundered high-level spiritual fires everywhere to repair its own spirituality. Nearly a hundred years have passed, and now the earth vein divine fire has recovered most of its power. Its power is strong enough to burn mountains and boil seas. Therefore, it is not easy to seal it again.

If the earth vein divine fire can be activated first, and its power can be used to destroy the magic tower and the magic abyss forces, and then it can be sealed while its power is consumed, the difficulty will be greatly reduced.

Kill three birds with one stone!

Thinking of this, Li Mu's heart was pounding.

However, if this plan is implemented, there are many problems to be solved.

It is almost impossible to quietly set up the chaos sealing formation of the ninth-level earth vein divine fire in the entire Demon Palace. The Demon Palace is heavily guarded inside and outside, especially near the Sacrifice Spirit Tower. There are a large number of refining and combined magic cultivators patrolling day and night. Any movement will arouse the vigilance of the Mahayana magic cultivator.

Once discovered, not only will the plan fail, but Li Mu himself will also be in a desperate situation.

Unless! Can quickly set up a large magic array in advance, and then create a chaos, so that the entire Demon Palace is in turmoil, take this opportunity to try to draw out the ninth-level earth vein divine fire, and use its power to destroy the Demon Tower and the Demon Abyss forces in one fell swoop...

How to quickly set up several large arrays?

Use puppets to set up arrays!

A gleam of light flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and a bold plan gradually emerged in his mind, and gradually perfected it.

Not long after, Li Mu was in a remote place in the Demon Palace, his figure flashed, hid in the Painting World Treasure House, and began to refine the array.

In the Painting World Treasure House, the spiritual energy is rich, forming a small world of its own. Li Mu sat cross-legged, holding the storage ring obtained from Wan Gu Yu in his hand, and his spiritual consciousness probed into the ring to check the spoils inside.

The storage ring has a vast space filled with various rare spiritual materials, elixirs and magic weapons. Li Mu's spiritual sense swept through it and he was secretly amazed. Wan Guyu is indeed the boss behind the Wanbao Pavilion. The spiritual objects in his storage ring are enough to make any high-level cultivator jealous.

Before the collapse of the Three Realms Passage Seal Array, the footprints of Wanbao Pavilion's branches spread all over the four regions of the spiritual world. It has been operating for thousands of years and has a very deep foundation. It has accumulated a large amount of cultivation resources, and its foundation far exceeds those of the big sects.

As the boss behind the Wanbao Pavilion, Wan Guyu's spiritual materials, elixirs and magic weapons in his storage ring are all extremely rare treasures. Li Mu's spiritual sense carefully explored the storage ring, and his heart became more and more shocked.

Not to mention the low-level spiritual materials, the number and variety of those sixth and seventh-level spiritual materials alone are enough to make him dumbfounded. Among them, dozens of them are particularly precious and are rare and indispensable for the formation.

The first thing that came into Li Mu's consciousness was a fist-sized "Sky Star Meteorite Crystal", with fine star patterns on its surface, as if it absorbed all the starlight in the night sky. This is the best of the eighth-level spiritual materials. Legend has it that it can only be formed when a meteorite falls from outer space and is tempered by the fire of the earth's core for thousands of years. The Sky Star Meteorite Crystal is not only extremely hard, but also an excellent material for refining arrays, which can greatly improve the stability and power of the array.

Then, Li Mu's eyes were attracted by a "Nine-Turn Spirit Vine" that was green all over. This spiritual vine is about three feet long, with nine spiral patterns wrapped around it, and each pattern seems to contain infinite vitality. The Nine-Turn Spirit Vine is a treasure among the eighth-level spiritual materials. Legend has it that it will only grow once every thousand years. After nine turns, it has a spirituality that defies the heavens and can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on its own. It is the core material for arranging advanced arrays such as the Gathering Spirit Array and the Soul-Nourishing Array.

Next to the Nine-Turn Spirit Vine, Li Mu found ten bottles of eighth-level Xuanyin Youshui. The bottles were pitch black, as if they could swallow up all the light around them. Xuanyin Youshui is the most yin thing among the eighth-level water-based spiritual materials. It can only be collected in the abyss of the extremely cold land. It can reconcile the yin and yang forces in the formation, making the formation run more smoothly, especially suitable for arranging a large formation with yin attributes.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

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In addition to a large number of seventh- and eighth-level formation spiritual materials, Li Mu also found many other rare spiritual materials, such as "Purple Thunder Wood", "Cold Jade Marrow", "Earth Vein Refined Gold", etc. Each of them is a high-level top-level refining spiritual material. The purple thunder wood is purple in color, with a faint flash of lightning on the surface. It is an excellent material for refining thunder-attributed Taoist instruments; the earth vein refined gold is the metal essence extracted from the depths of the earth veins. It is extremely hard and suitable for refining gold-based Taoist instruments, ….

"Good! Good! Senior Wan, you won't die in vain. I will make good use of these high-level spiritual materials and make the Demon Abyss pay a heavy price!" A cold light flashed in Li Mu's eyes, and he made up his mind secretly.

Li Mu quickly sorted these rare spiritual materials, and carefully selected the most suitable materials for refining arrays. Rare spiritual materials such as Tianxing Meteorite Crystal, Jiuzhuan Lingvine, and Kongjie Stone were placed in front of him one by one. Each of them exuded a unique aura, as if it contained infinite power.

Although Li Mu already had the Chaos Zhenyuan Plate, as well as the natal Dao tools of the beasts such as the Red Refining Fire Phoenix and the Blue Moon True Dragon, he could easily drive and lay down the Chaos Sealing Spirit Array, which was enough to suppress and seal the ninth-level earth vein divine fire.

However, the environment for driving the Chaos Sealing Spirit Array this time is completely different from the past. Li Mu not only has to trigger the ninth-level earth vein divine fire, causing its spiritual riot, and use its violent spiritual power to completely destroy the forces of the Demon Abyss, but also has to seal it at a critical moment to prevent it from completely getting out of control and causing an irreversible disaster. This task is extremely difficult. If you are not careful, it may lead to devastating consequences.

Li Mu took a deep breath, pinched his hands, and as his spiritual power surged, the chaos fire rose in his palm and quickly condensed into a chaos refining furnace.

Soon, the meteorite crystal gradually melted under the burning of the chaos furnace fire, turning into a ball of silver liquid, as dazzling as the Milky Way. Then, other high-level spiritual materials were also refined one by one under the action of the chaos fire and merged into the ball of silver liquid.

Li Mu used the magical power of refining equipment - the method of divine refining, to control the ball of liquid meticulously, condense the embryo of the array equipment, and shape it into small array flags. Each array flag condensed dozens of complex equipment patterns, faintly emitting star-like light, containing endless star power.

These array flag embryos quickly took shape in the refining furnace condensed by the chaos fire, and they will become the core component of the "Star Array".

The Star Array must not only become the energy to guide the earth vein divine fire, but also seal the power of its violent divine fire to prevent the earth vein divine fire from escaping. Li Mu knew that the success or failure of this array would directly determine the life and death of this operation.

Next, Li Mu took out the Nine-Turn Spirit Vine. This spiritual vine is green all over, with nine spiral lines wrapped around it. Each line seems to contain infinite vitality. The spiritual vine is cut into several sections, each section is carefully processed and integrated into the core of the formation. The Nine-Turn Spiritual Vine is extremely spiritual and can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by itself, providing a continuous source of energy support for the formation.

Li Mu refined it into a formation diagram as the core hub of the formation to ensure that the formation can operate stably at critical moments, even when the earth vein divine fire erupts and the power of the fire element is violent and flushing, it can maintain spiritual power output.

In addition, Li Mu obtained a large number of fifth-level star wood, sixth-level star element crystal cores, and other rare spiritual materials, and began to refine a batch of special puppets. These puppets are not ordinary combat puppets, but "formation puppets" specially used for formation.

There are 360 ​​puppets in total, all of which have the power of the sixth level. Under the control of the puppet spirit Mingyue, they will arrange the flags, array plates and other array devices in the predetermined positions according to Li Mu's instructions to ensure that the star array can be formed in the shortest time. Each puppet has been carefully designed by Li Mu, and its body is full of complex array patterns and puppet patterns, so that they can perfectly match the star array.

Li Mu's movements are skillful and smooth, as if he has practiced thousands of times. As the sixth-level puppets gradually take shape, a hint of satisfaction flashes in his eyes. (End of this chapter)