Chapter 185: Chapter 143: A Nefarious Visitor Arrives

Three days passed in a flash.

Li Mu piloted the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship into the Qing Xuan Sect’s territory, then put away the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship and proceeded by sword flight. Meanwhile, he didn’t forget to use the Reversed Element Illusion Breath Technique to suppress his Golden Core cultivation to Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, donned the Exquisite Mask, and changed into the Qing Xuan Sect’s Inner Sect Disciple Robe.

Flying low-key all the way, Li Mu returned to Moon Pearl Peak, and when he saw the familiar scenery around him, an inexplicable sense of security surged within him, sweeping away his fatigue.

After flying into Moon Pearl Peak, Li Mu began to busy himself by inspecting the Spirit Fields and checking the growth status of the Tier Three Jade Pure Cyan Lotus and the Tier Three Clear Void Spirit Tea. He then cultivated a batch of Spirit Fields, arranged the Golden Essence Array, Fire Element Array, Wood Element Array, and expanded the Spirit Expansion Pool to prepare for planting several Tier Three Five Elements Spirit Plants.

In just a few days, Li Mu cleared out over 300 acres of Spirit Fields, arranged the Five Elements Unit Array, and planted 50 acres each: Tier Three Earth Essence Ginseng, 50 acres: Tier Three Qilin Fruit, 50 acres: Tier Three Wood Dragon Vine, 50 acres: Tier Three Golden Sword Grass.

The Spirit Stream Pool at the bottom was also expanded by over twenty acres, planting fifteen acres of Tier Three Jade Pure Cyan Lotus, and using a large amount of Five Elements Spiritual Materials to help several Five Elements Spirit Plants grow. In no time, Moon Pearl Peak was filled with Five Elements Spiritual Power.

Li Mu, full of joy, inspected the Spirit Fields, checking the fruits of his labor when suddenly he sensed a Communication Flying Sword flying aimlessly outside the protective array, like a headless fly unable to bypass the array to find him.

Seeing this, a trace of surprise flashed across Li Mu’s face, and he quickly flew out of Moon Pearl Peak by sword flight, extending his hand to retrieve the Communication Flying Sword.

It turned out to be a Communication Flying Sword sent by Yun Xiaozhi, asking if he had finished his seclusion, had any free time, and hoped to meet up to reminisce.

Li Mu thought for a moment, didn’t refuse, released the Communication Flying Sword, and accepted the invitation.

At Qing Xuan Sect, Li Mu always lived low-key, and the only people he could speak to were Elder Yin from Hundred Refinement Peak and Yun Xiaozhi.

Last time, during the assault on nine Demon Monarchs and rescue of Qing Xuan Sect’s elite, Li Mu partly acted out of consideration for Yun Xiaozhi.

Li Mu rose on his sword and flew towards Cyan Cloud Peak.

Cyan Cloud Peak, a spacious guest hall.

Yun Xiaozhi set a feast to welcome Li Mu, with the table filled with exquisite spiritual cuisine: Spiritual Snake Soup, Sauce Demon Beast Meat, and various Spirit Fruits, Spirit Peaches, Spirit Wine, all extraordinarily lavish.

“Junior Brother Li, come have a drink. This wine is Tier Three Divine Awakening Spirit Wine. I had a hard time buying it from Yellow Dragon Workshop. It’s beneficial for your cultivation advancement. Drink a few more cups to ensure you reach Golden Core earlier!” Yun Xiaozhi enthusiastically invited Li Mu, holding a wine cup.

“Alright! I won’t hold back then!” Li Mu nodded with a smile, gesturing with the cup.

After speaking, Li Mu drank the Spirit Wine in one gulp. In the next moment, the Spirit Wine transformed into a warm current, nourishing his body and mind. However, the enhancement to Li Mu’s True Essence was quite limited.

Li Mu couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, realizing Yun Xiaozhi’s good intentions had been in vain! The Spirit Devouring Body Nourishing Technique was perfected, resulting in the consumption of a significant amount of High-Tier Demon Beast Meat, pushing both his body and cultivation True Essence to deep levels. These Low Tier ordinary Spirit Wines and Spirit Pills now had a very limited effect on his cultivation enhancement.

“Not bad, right! Come, have another cup.” Seeing Li Mu’s face filled with relishing, Yun Xiaozhi quickly poured another cup for him.

“Senior Brother Yun, I wonder what you need from me. Is it related to artifact refining?” Li Mu drank the Spirit Wine in one go and smiled at Yun Xiaozhi.

“Indeed, during the last assault it was extremely precarious, and I plan to refine a Tier Five Defensive Artifact. Junior Brother Li, do you have the confidence?” Yun Xiaozhi looked at Li Mu, asking bashfully.

Upon hearing this, Li Mu understood why Yun Xiaozhi had such ambition, the reason for wanting to refine a Tier Five Defensive Spiritual Artifact.

“To be honest, Senior Brother Yun, I can indeed refine Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts, but the failure rate is quite high, with only a ten to twenty percent chance. I’m afraid of wasting your materials.” Li Mu thought for a moment and responded honestly, looking at Yun Xiaozhi.

“Ten to twenty percent, indeed that’s not enough!” Yun Xiaozhi pondered and nodded, hesitating on whether to entrust Li Mu with the refining.

After all, the value of Tier Five Materials far exceeded that of Tier Four Materials.

In order to gather these Tier Five Materials, Yun Xiaozhi practically siphoned everything he had.

“Senior Brother, if it doesn’t work, you should still entrust it to Elder Chen! Honestly, I’m not very confident in refining Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts.” Li Mu said with a bitter smile.

This time on his trip, he received the Storage Rings of nine Demon Monarchs, acquiring a large batch of Tier Five Refining Materials, and Li Mu also planned to refine a few Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts for himself.

However, Li Mu had recently been busy planting several Tier Three Five Elements Spirit Plants and hadn’t started refining yet.

“That’s the case! Elder Chen and the others don’t have a much higher success rate. I trust Junior Brother Li more…” Yun Xiaozhi said with a bitter smile.

However, before Yun Xiaozhi could finish his words,

at that moment, a sudden explosion echoed throughout Qing Xuan Sect, and the Sect Protection Array was severely impacted, releasing a powerful spiritual might that intimidated everyone in Qing Xuan Sect.

Yun Xiaozhi quickly stood up, fearfully looking up at the sky.

“Who!”

Qing Xuan Sect’s Divinity Transformation Ancestor – Qingfeng Ascendant suddenly flew out of Cyan Profound Peak, heading towards the enemy attacking the Sect Protection Array.

“Mountain and River Sect – Venerable Huo Tian is visiting for urgent matters, please forgive the intrusion, fellow Daoist.” A grand voice spread throughout Qing Xuan Sect.

“Mountain and River Sect? Where did this sect come from?”

“Shut up, Mountain and River Sect, like the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, is a major Immortal Sect.”

“What’s going on? Why did he come to our Qing Xuan Sect and attack our sect’s grand array?”

“He comes with ill intentions! I hope everything will be alright!”

…

Countless disciples of the Qing Xuan Sect were discussing among themselves, anxious and uneasy. A Venerable Divinity Transformation bursting in with such momentum, it was clear that it wouldn’t be simple.

“Junior Brother Li? Are you alright? Were you scared?” Yun Xiaozhi looked at the pale-faced Li Mu and asked with concern.

“I-I’m alright, Senior Brother Yun. Why don’t you go and check out what’s going on? How could someone attack our sect?” Li Mu reluctantly regained his composure, signaling to Yun Xiaozhi.

Upon hearing Venerable Huo Tian’s voice, Li Mu was about to release his Divine Sense to see what’s happening but remembered something and immediately halted the thought. Instead, he thought it better to let Yun Xiaozhi go and gather information.

“Alright then! We’ll discuss artifact refining some other day,” Yun Xiaozhi nodded, agreeing.

“Mm, I just have some matters, Senior Brother Yun, I’ll leave first,” Li Mu replied seriously, leaving Cyan Cloud Peak together with Yun Xiaozhi.

Once they flew from Cyan Cloud Peak, the two parted ways.

Yun Xiaozhi flew towards Cyan Profound Peak to deal with the unknown enemies alongside the sect, while Li Mu, using Sword Control, rapidly headed for Supreme Profound Peak, directly toward the Contribution Hall, hurriedly exchanging for a few more hidden breath and disguise cultivation techniques.

Li Mu’s heart was pounding with fear, forcing himself to remain calm, preparing to gamble big on this. He didn’t believe Venerable Huo Tian could locate his position.

It was certainly like finding a needle in a haystack; it was purely coincidental they ended up at the Qing Xuan Sect. They surely didn’t know it was him who stole the Fire Phoenix Egg and eliminated his Divine Separation.

Using Sword Control to travel swiftly, Li Mu changed into the Golden Robe of the Artifact Refining Elder, passing unimpeded until he reached the Contribution Hall of Supreme Profound Peak.

“Two people are here, a Divinity Transformation Ancestor and the other seems not human, blue-haired, vertical pupils, probably a transformed demon beast.”

“Do you know why they came? They’re so arrogant!”

“Shouldn’t be, right? It’s like they are asking Elder Feng for help to find someone!”

“Certainly arrogant, that’s the Mountain and River Sect. Not only do they have Venerable Divinity Transformation, but they also have Mahayana Immortals!”

“Really? The Mountain and River Sect has Mahayana Immortals? Is that true?”

“In this lifetime, I’d be satisfied if I could break through to Nascent Soul!”

…

As Li Mu arrived at the Contribution Hall, he overheard the discussions of disciples in line.

At this moment, the news of the visit from the Mountain and River Sect’s Divinity Transformation Venerable had spread throughout the entire Qing Xuan Sect. As the news spread further,

the situation became more and more clear.

After listening to their discussions, Li Mu couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief. The situation was almost exactly as he expected; Venerable Huo Tian was indeed searching aimlessly, probably visiting many sects after leaving the Qing Xuan Sect. A Tier Seven Fire Phoenix was worth all the effort.

At the same time, Li Mu felt satisfied with his decision not to release his Divine Sense to investigate, feeling extremely fortunate, otherwise, he would have exposed himself by now.

The transformation demon beast that Venerable Huo Tian brought must be that Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, no doubt. That guy was unlucky enough to be dragged along by Venerable Huo Tian, searching for his tracks! It’ll surely have a hard time.

If he had released his Divine Sense earlier to probe, he would have certainly been detected by that Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion. That creature had hunted him for a long time, extremely familiar with his Divine Sense features and aura. If discovered, escape would have been impossible.

Li Mu was immensely relieved that he restrained himself and did not rashly use his Divine Sense to probe. At the same time, he was very pleased that he fully utilized Reversed Element Concealing Breath Technique and Illusion Breathing Technique to do the Reverse Breath Disguise, in anticipation of meeting Yun Xiaozhi and preventing him from recognizing him.

During the chase with the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, Li Mu’s entire True Essence Spiritual Power had been used in the Five Elements Escape Technique to flee with all his might, his true aura fully exposed under the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion’s nose.

Now, it’s different. The lion is in the open. Li Mu did not believe it could find him among the tens of thousands of disciples in the Qing Xuan Sect.

Without the precise guidance of the Tier Six Blue-Scaled Thunder Lion, Venerable Huo Tian would definitely not be able to find him. Li Mu was very confident in this. Otherwise, he could come alone; why bring a transformed demon beast?

To be on the safe side, Li Mu still intended to exchange for a few more Hidden Breath Techniques to strengthen his concealment.

“Elder, please go ahead!” The disciple in front made a gesture, courteously making way for Li Mu.

Li Mu nodded without hesitation and walked straight into the Contribution Exchange Chamber.

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