Chapter 198: Chapter 149: Spirit Fox Mask

Li Mu used the Five Elements Spirit Water in the refinement of the mask’s spiritual artifact. The effect was quite good, and with the involvement of the Five Elements Spirit Water, the spirituality of the Tier Five Demon Fox Hide was successfully preserved.

However, the refinement speed slowed down this time. What normally took Li Mu only half a day was extended to two days to refine the artifact embryo, making Xiaobai wait in vain.

The little fellow was angry with him.

After comforting Xiaobai, Li Mu quickly retrieved a cyan Soul Absorption Bottle from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl.

“Chirp chirp!” Xiaobai let out a soft cry, becoming serious as its beady little eyes fixed on the Soul Absorption Bottle.

Seeing that Xiaobai was ready, Li Mu smiled slightly and opened the bottle stopper.

With a “pop” sound, the stopper of the Soul Absorption Bottle opened, releasing a mist which transformed into a giant Fox Demon, its blood-red eyes glaring at Li Mu, baring fangs and claws.

However, before the Fox Demon Essence Soul could pounce forward, a massive soul power surged from Xiaobai, instantly freezing the Jade-faced Fox Demon Essence Soul in mid-air.

The red glow in the Jade-faced Fox Demon Essence Soul’s eyes disappeared, showing a look of terror. Staring at the little white worm as if encountering a natural enemy, its soul body trembled uncontrollably in fear.

“You have two choices: become the artifact spirit for this artifact, or be devoured by it.” Li Mu smiled slightly, transmitting his Divine Sense to the Jade-faced Fox Demon Essence Soul, threatening it.

Xiaobai’s actions were almost always effective.

Having refined thousands of spiritual artifacts with postnatal artifact spirits, almost every Demon Beast Essence Soul chose to “cling to life” and became an artifact spirit.

As for the stubborn and untamed Demon Beast Essence Souls, they all ended up in Xiaobai’s belly, becoming its food.

The Jade-faced Fox Demon Essence Soul looked at the mask artifact embryo and, sensing a familiar taste, unhesitatingly plunged into the mask artifact embryo and settled into the core of the artifact array.

Seeing this, Li Mu smiled slightly and, with a casual wave, unleashed spiritual power that caused brilliant spiritual light to emerge from the mask artifact embryo, forming the first artifact pattern — Hidden Breath — in an instant.

Next, Li Mu frequently gathered True Essence, injecting streams of robust spiritual power into the artifact embryo. The spiritual light on the mask artifact embryo shimmered as artifact patterns interconnected, forming one after another.

The second artifact pattern — Hidden Spirit, the third artifact pattern — Illusionary Appearance, the fourth artifact pattern — Summoning Spirit, the fifth artifact pattern — Mimic Form, and so on.

In this refinement, the artifact patterns Li Mu condensed for the mask artifact embryo were mostly unconventional, focusing on disguise and transformation attributes like altering form, appearance, and aura.

As the artifact patterns accumulated, the spiritual light radiating from the mask artifact embryo grew increasingly intense in its spiritual light attributes.

The material characteristics of the mask artifact embryo couldn’t support further enhancement, so Li Mu ceased injecting spiritual power before it could reach the Tier Five Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact level.

Ultimately, the mask artifact embryo shone with nineteen waves of artifact pattern spiritual light, achieving the status of a Tier Five High-Grade Spiritual Artifact.

[Ding, you have successfully refined a Tier Five Jade Fox Mask. Your Artifact Refining Skill Level is maxed out, Proficiency: +0. Please upgrade your Artifact Refining Skill Level promptly.]

Li Mu glanced at the virtual character frame where a log message popped up, showing a hint of joy on his face, followed by a face full of helplessness.

He successfully refined another Tier Five Spiritual Artifact. However, lacking the attribute of spirituality, his Level 5 Refining Technique remained stuck without enhancement, wasting the proficiency gained.

Li Mu sighed, reached out to grab the Spirit Fox Mask floating in mid-air and covered it with his Divine Sense, injecting a refining spiritual power into the core of the artifact array along with his Divine Sense imprint, easily refining it.

The next moment, the Spirit Fox Mask transformed into a white little fox, landing on Li Mu’s shoulder and affectionately nuzzling his neck.

After the Tier Five Fox Demon Essence Soul was tempered by spiritual fire and settled into the artifact array, the residual demon beast memories faded, leaving only a trace of instinct. Once Li Mu refined the spiritual artifact and affixed his Divine Sense, they established an indelible spiritual link, ensuring its loyalty and eliminating any possibility of betrayal.

Li Mu’s gaze fell on the Jade Fox Mask, checking its attribute information.

[Spirit Fox Mask]

[Grade: Tier Five Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Fox Breath Illusion, Ruyi Transformation, Change Appearance, Illusionary Breath Invisibility, Illusion Spirit Strike.]

[Status: Artifact Spirit Rebirth, Spirituality Unstable.]

[Refined with Tier Five Ruyi Stone, Tier Five Illusory Breath Spirit Soil, Tier Five Illusion Blood Spirit Crystal, Tier Five Spirit Fox Hide, and Tier Five Fox Demon Soul, this Tier Five Spiritual Artifact inherently possesses the Fox Demon Talent — Fox Breath Illusion. Its size changes at will, can memorize the aura and features of other beings to transform and replace reality, making form shifts nearly impossible to see through.]

Seeing the attribute information of the Tier Five Spirit Fox Mask in the virtual character frame, Li Mu was overjoyed, a joyful smile on his face.

“That’s great! Now I can become anyone I want without limitation. This function is much stronger than the Exquisite Mask.” Elated, Li Mu immediately donned the ’little fox’ on his face.

The white little fox transformed into a spiritual light adhering to Li Mu’s face.

With a thought from Li Mu, his face instantly changed, and his clothes transformed, mimicking the likeness of Wang Jianfeng. His height, body shape, even his aura and scent, all altered completely.

“Chirp chirp!” Xiaobai was startled, but with the Spirit Taming Contract Seal linking it to Li Mu, and its innate ability to recognize soul bodies, it still recognized Li Mu.

“I know, you little glutton!” Li Mu smiled gently, retrieving a Soul Absorption Bottle from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl and tossing it to Xiaobai.

“Chirp chirp!” Xiaobai chirped happily, pouncing up, flicking its tail to open the bottle’s lid, and clinging to the bottle’s mouth, it gulped down eagerly.

Li Mu smiled slightly and opened the stone door, stepping out of the Artifact Refining Room.

The successful refinement of the Spirit Fox Mask meant impersonating Wang Jianfeng to use the sect’s Tribulation Crossing Platform was no longer an issue.

In the following days, Li Mu frequently visited the underground prison cave, chatting casually with Wang Jianfeng and Tian Wenjie about sect affairs, understanding their connections.

This was to impersonate Wang Jianfeng, utilizing the sect’s Tribulation Crossing Platform, preparing for crossing the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.

…

As time passed day by day, a year swiftly went by.

At Moon Pearl Peak, the Five Elements Spirit Plants grew increasingly lush, nearing the harvest season.

Li Mu traveled to Cyan Cloud City to meet Gongsun Chu at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to collect tribulation crossing spiritual objects. If nothing unexpected happened, in a short time, he would begin harvesting the Five Elements Spirit Plants and cross the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.

The Wanbao City’s auction had concluded, and the four Tier Five Spirit Swords offered for auction could be exchanged for many good things.

Soon, in the reception room of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Li Mu met a face full of apology from Gongsun Chu.

“Master Li, I am truly sorry that the auction did not manage to acquire the Celestial Fire, but I have gathered information about two Nascent Soul True Monarchs who possess Celestial Fire. Additionally, according to your instructions, we used the proceeds from auctioning four Tier Five Spiritual Artifacts to bid on a large amount of tribulation crossing spiritual objects, Tier Five and Six refining materials, and Spirit Plant Seeds,…” Gongsun Chu apologized earnestly, handing Li Mu a Jade Scroll and a Storage Bracelet.

Li Mu nodded, accepting the Jade Scroll and Storage Bracelet, and checked them with his Divine Sense.

The four Tier Five spiritual artifacts auctioned for an extraordinarily high price, each fetching around three thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, greatly surpassing Li Mu’s expectations. As for the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs possessing Celestial Fire, they were the Celestial Vast True Monarch from the Spirit Taming Sect and Wan Huo True Monarch from Star Moon Island, with detailed intelligence recorded in the Jade Scroll.

Gongsun Chu had bought a batch of tribulation crossing spiritual objects, including a variety of Tier Five Spirit Seeds, eleven types of Tier Five Spirit Plants, ranging in quantity from a few dozen to over a thousand, plus five Tier Six refining materials, leaving Li Mu very satisfied with the harvest this time.

“Master Li, after this auction, we obtained some very unfavorable information regarding the Qing Xuan Sect. I advise you to leave the Qing Xuan Sect as soon as possible! Otherwise, you may risk losing your life!” Gongsun Chu cautioned solemnly, seeing Li Mu reviewing his gains with a stern expression.

“Is it that serious? What information?”

Hearing this, Li Mu was taken aback. It was the first time he had seen Gongsun Chu conveying a matter with such seriousness, making it seem very likely.

If he didn’t leave the Qing Xuan Sect promptly, there was a risk of losing his life?

Could it be that the Nine Demons Sect was preparing to attack the Qing Xuan Sect?

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