Chapter 161: Chapter 123: The Hunt (Part 1)

After a hundred breaths, under Li Mu’s control, the four Spirit Swords flew in the most covert manner, avoiding everyone, stealthily flying back to Moon Pearl Peak, diving into the Cyan Lotus Pool, and continuing to transform into Spirit Fish, swimming around.

Having done all this, Li Mu let out a sigh of relief and dispersed his Divine Sense Projection.

The Star Nebula Visualization Method truly deserves its reputation as a Celestial-level High-grade Technique. After the Gathering Spirit Chapter reached the Fifth Level of Minor Achievement, the derived Divine Sense Divine Technique, ’Star Concealment,’ proved extremely effective.

The ’Star Concealment’ effect was too strong. During this Divine Sense Projection, Li Mu confirmed that even True Monarchs and Divinity Transformation Ancestors could not detect his Divine Sense under the Star Concealment state.

From now on, he could boldly use Divine Sense within the sect!

Li Mu was overjoyed.

This time, through the Divine Sense Projection, Li Mu roughly gauged the strength of Qing Xuan Sect. The seven main peaks hosted three Divinity Transformation Ancestors and seventeen Nascent Soul True Monarchs, making the sect’s strength fairly formidable.

However, why did one of the Divinity Transformation Ancestors and three Nascent Soul True Monarchs appear to be in poor condition, as if they had been in a fight?

Li Mu frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, his expression somewhat grave.

Qing Xuan Sect also had its Mountain Protection Array and several Sect’s Treasures. With such strength, sustaining for a few hundred more years shouldn’t be a problem!

By then, he should be able to promote to Nascent Soul!

Even if the sect was destroyed, if he chose to flee, no one should be able to stop him.

Li Mu abandoned the investigation of this matter, controlling his sword, and remotely controlling the harvested 90 acres of Celestial Wind Grass to fly to the back mountain for processing, while checking the growth status of Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruits.

These two Spirit Plants were crucial to the progress of the Yin Yang Five Elements Scripture, and more importantly, to whether Li Mu could smoothly promote to Golden Core.

Therefore, Li Mu paid great attention, taking care of them meticulously, almost inspecting them every day.

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Time flew by, and another three months passed.

During this period, Li Mu harvested another 90 acres of matured Tier Two Exquisite Spirit Grass, obtaining a large number of Spirit Plant Light Groups. The Plant Spirit of Exquisite Spirit Grass rewarded Spiritual Attribute Value, which provided very limited power enhancement, not as beneficial as the Free Skill Points gained from the Plant Spirit of Celestial Wind Grass.

Consequently, Li Mu replanted all another 90 acres of Spirit Field with Celestial Wind Grass.

In the blink of an eye, he had been ’in seclusion’ for over a year.

Today was the day agreed upon with Elder Yin, and Li Mu had to take on an Artifact Refining task, otherwise, he would have to pay rent for leasing Moon Pearl Peak from the sect.

Li Mu controlled his sword, flew away from Moon Pearl Peak, heading towards Hundred Refinement Peak.

Qing Xuan Sect didn’t support disciples for free; all sect disciples had to contribute to the sect.

Li Mu’s contribution to the sect was by refining artifacts for Qing Xuan Sect, unlike other sect disciples who had no skills to rely on and had to risk their lives on the battlefield.

During this period, being idle, Li Mu often used Divine Sense Projection to probe the situation of Qing Xuan Sect, gradually learning a lot about the sect.

Currently, Qing Xuan Sect was in a semi-war state, with most of its combat power needed to counter the unified exploration actions of the Five Sects and the invasion of disciples from the Nine Demons Sect of the Demon Cave, making Qing Xuan Sect like a powder keg, only a fuse away from a total sect war mobilization.

Being within the sect, Li Mu didn’t want to get involved in the frontline battles, so he continued to refine artifacts, highlighting his value in artifact refining.

Hundred Refinement Peak was still incredibly busy, with more disciples queuing for artifact refining than ever before.

Li Mu, dressed in a golden Artifact Refining Elder Robe, passed unimpeded, flew into the Hundred Refinement Tower, and arrived at the reception room of Yin Xianwen, the Peak Master.

“Greetings, Elder Yin!” Li Mu said as he stepped in, looking at Yin Xianwen, who was studying an Artifact Map.

“Elder Li, you’ve finally completed your seclusion! Come, please be seated. Xiaozhuo, quickly prepare the Qingxu Spirit Tea.” Yin Xianwen put down the Artifact Map and hurriedly invited Li Mu to sit, then instructed the maid outside the door.

“Yes, Master!” responded the maid, and went to make tea.

“No need for formalities!” Li Mu replied with a smile.

Before long, the maid returned, serving Li Mu a steaming cup of Spirit Tea.

“Elder Li, your skills in artifact refining are excellent. I wonder if you have any knowledge about crafting ships?” Yin Xianwen asked, looking at Li Mu with concern.

Hearing this, Li Mu was intrigued, wondering if Yin Xianwen had another purpose in asking this.

Ever since seeing the Thunder Spirit Ship at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Li Mu couldn’t stop thinking about it, and he had also thought of crafting a Spiritual Ship himself. However, he was too busy tending Spirit Plants, raising Spirit Beasts, refining artifacts, and making talismans to find the time.

“I am a bit interested, but I haven’t had the opportunity to get involved,” Li Mu answered truthfully.

“Ah, crafting such ships usually requires relying on major organizational powers; it’s normal you haven’t been exposed to it before. Coincidentally, the sect intends to train a batch of Spiritual Ship crafters. If you are interested, I can help register you. Given your artifact refining skills, you should pick it up quickly,” Yin Xianwen suggested with a smile, looking at Li Mu.

“Oh! Is the sect planning to craft its own Spiritual Ships?” Li Mu asked curiously, glancing at the Artifact Map in Elder Yin’s hands, having already formed some suspicions.

During this period, through Divine Sense Projection, Li Mu had some idea of the ’movements’ of the upper echelons. Qing Xuan Sect had discussed purchasing Spiritual Ships to strengthen the sect’s war foundation, but it seemed unsuccessful.

Now, is the sect planning to craft its own Spiritual Ships?

“Yes! The Thunderbolt War Spirit Ships from the Celestial Profound Sect are too expensive, and even lining up to buy them may not guarantee availability. Even if available, it’s a stripped-down version. Currently, to break the current predicament, the sect can reverse the situation only by building several Spiritual Ships. Here’s the Artifact Map for the Tier Three Golden Flame Spirit Ship the sect painstakingly acquired; take a look and see if you can handle it,” Yin Xianwen explained, handing Li Mu a beast hide map.

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