Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Technique Study

Next day

Li Mu didn’t rush to leave Gangyang City. Instead, he put on the Exquisite Mask, disguised himself, and went to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to collect the proceeds from selling spiritual artifacts as ’Master Li.’

Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion

Upon hearing Li Mu’s arrival, Wang Wenbao eagerly came to the main hall, his voice preceding him: “Master Li, you’re here! At yesterday’s auction, the spiritual artifacts you refined were in the limelight and very well-received. Many guests have placed pre-orders with me, hoping you’ll help refine spiritual artifacts.”

“However, I know you have things to attend to, so I didn’t dare agree.” Wang Wenbao entered the main hall, looking at Li Mu and sought his permission.

“Hmm! Let’s talk about refining spiritual artifacts after Li Mu returns to Gangyang City!” Li Mu nodded with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Wang Wenbao couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. However, the smile on his face remained unchanged as he handed over two storage bags: “Master Li, here are the auction proceeds from last night’s spiritual artifacts sale, and two Tier Three Red Gold Swords. After deducting material costs, 4000 Middle Spirit Stones remain. The other storage bag is my gift to you—a Tier Two Light Cloud Spiritual Ship, with various Healing and Spirit Recovery pills, Detoxification Pills, and Grain Avoidance Pills—totaling thirty bottles, wishing you a smooth journey and a safe return.”

“Thank you, Shopkeeper Wang, Li Mu graciously accepts!” Li Mu felt Wang Wenbao’s sincerity and happily accepted the gift.

After a brief chat, with Wang Wenbao warmly seeing him off, Li Mu left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Li Mu visited Chen’s Technique Tower to purchase several Inheritance Jade Scrolls he had his eye on before but couldn’t afford due to lack of Spirit Stones, like Skin Stripping Technique, Skin Making Technique, Five Elements Body Technique Inheritance, etc. Then, he visited the market to buy numerous cultivation resources unique to Gangyang City, including some Demon Beast Hides, Demon Beast Meat, Tier Two Talisman Paper, Tier Two Spirit Wood, etc.

Noon

Li Mu left Gangyang City, flew up with Sword Control, heading towards Little Liang Mountain.

Before heading to Gangyang City, Li Mu had sown the Spirit Seed of Wind Spirit Grass across eleven acres of Spirit Field.

By now, the Wind Spirit Grass should be sprouting, and Li Mu was eager to return to irrigate them with Spirit Rain to supplement their water needs.

Although Wind Spirit Grass is easy to manage and hasn’t seen any pest issues, it requires a high amount of water and needs daily Spirit Rain irrigation. If delayed two to three days, it will wilt slightly, and in four to five days, it will suffer from thirst and start to wither.

Li Mu fully deployed his Divine Sense, hurriedly controlling his sword, rushing like a beam of flowing light through the sky.

“Fellow cultivator, save us!”

“Fellow cultivator, rescue us!”

At this moment, several disheveled figures were being chased by a group of Tier One Demon Birds, flying directly towards him.

Li Mu had already noticed them with his Divine Sense—a woman and three men, four Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators—trying to shift the disaster to someone else while being pursued by a swarm of Fiery Flame Birds.

Li Mu wouldn’t let them succeed easily. He reached for his storage bag with a slap, releasing a small Spiritual Ship.

Li Mu swiftly boarded the Spiritual Ship, quickly embedded several Middle-grade Spirit Stones into the Spirit Array, and activated the Sky-Sailing Array within the ship.

The next second, the small Spiritual Ship suddenly burst forth with Spirit Light, disappearing with a ’whoosh,’ flying six to seven times faster than before, and instantly transformed into a black dot, rapidly vanishing into the horizon.

Witnessing this, the four ’refugee’ Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivators were collectively dumbfounded.

“Damn! It’s a big fat sheep! There’s actually a Tier Two Spiritual Ship!” A man in a black robe cursed with a grim face.

“Fourth sister, quickly disperse the bird swarm! They’re coming after us.” The leading cultivator instructed the red-clothed female cultivator.

The red-clothed female cultivator nodded, shook the dozen small bells hanging from her hands, and an ear-piercing ringing echoed out. The Fiery Flame Bird Swarm tailing behind, startled by the sound as if they had encountered a predator, fled one by one.

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Unaware of the scene behind him, Li Mu flew to Little Liang Mountain in one go using the Spiritual Ship, arriving an hour earlier.

Landing in Little Liang Mountain, gazing at the Spirit Field’s tender green seedlings, Li Mu was elated as he grasped the Clear Wind Rain Summoning Technique, casting a powerful wave of Spiritual Power towards the sky above the Spirit Field.

A gust of wind rose from nowhere, spiritual power rapidly converged, “啪啪啪…” raindrops the size of soybeans poured down like beads off a broken string, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the dry channels in the fields filled to the brim with water.

The eleven acres of Wind Spirit Grass seedlings were not damaged by the raindrops but instead thrived, with the tall, lush plants quickly absorbing and replenishing water, seemingly growing taller all at once.

After two hundred and fifty breaths, the sudden Spirit Rain gradually dissipated.

Seeing this, Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief. His Divine Sense scanned the field, finding no water-stressed Wind Spirit Grass seedlings.

Li Mu took out a light green Jade Scroll from the storage bag and began to study the Spirit Plant Technique.

Having acquired more than a dozen Cultivation Technique Jade Scrolls at Chen’s Technique Tower, after returning to Little Liang Mountain, Li Mu finally had time to convert them into his skills.

Li Mu stared at the Jade Scroll in his hand, immersing his Divine Sense.

The next second, Li Mu’s consciousness entered the Jade Scroll’s space, receiving a wave of technique information, acquiring the spell mastery of Withering and Flourishing Technique.

[Ding, you’ve successfully received the Withering and Flourishing Technique inheritance, you’ve learned the Withering and Flourishing Technique.]

Li Mu glanced at the log reminder and began to attempt using the Withering and Flourishing Technique.

Following the Withering and Flourishing Technique’s spell route, he gathered Wood Attribute Spiritual Power between two fingers, and then directed it towards a weed seedling in the Spirit Field.

The weed plant absorbed the Wood Attribute Spiritual Power and quickly grew visible to the naked eye, reaching a foot tall in a moment with a malnourished maturity look, then the leaves started to yellow and the plant rapidly withered.

The Withering and Flourishing Technique, as implied, manipulates the growth state of Spirit Plants through spells, causing them to rapidly mature within a short period, ultimately leading to immense spiritual consumption and resulting in the plant’s decline within tens of breaths, dying out.

This technique is primarily used to manage weeds in Spirit Fields, fundamentally solving the problem of weeds encroaching on Spirit Plant growing space.

The Withering and Flourishing Technique is very effective for weed management, but since it’s still at entry-level, the spell casting is too slow, and the time for the plant to wither is too long.

Li Mu glanced at the Character Attribute Panel, with over 900 Free Skill Points remaining, and immediately invested 600 points to upgrade Withering and Flourishing Technique to Level 2.

Withering and Flourishing Technique upgraded to Level 2.

Li Mu instantly gained hundreds of experiences in casting Withering and Flourishing Technique, and pointed a finger as a wave of Wood Attribute Spiritual Power fell on another weed. Within ten breaths, he witnessed the weed thriving and then declining, ultimately withering in the Spirit Field.

Seeing this, Li Mu was overjoyed and proceeded to take out another Jade Scroll to continue learning other techniques.

Earth Flipping Technique!

This Spirit Plant Cultivator Technique is intriguing; it’s an Earth Element Technique.

Li Mu, having learned the Five Elements Technique and possessed Five Elements Lower Grade Spiritual Power, found learning this technique quite easy.

Li Mu immersed his Divine Sense into the Jade Scroll and directly gained the technique inheritance of Earth Flipping Technique.

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