Li Mu began to inspect the condition of the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure attached to the land. The Painting World Treasure Mansion, this Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure, had now acknowledged him as its master. Li Mu's Divine Sense could easily view the '100,000 mu' space within the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure.
Under the sweep of his Divine Sense, various abundant resources were revealed, with all sorts of materials and treasures categorized.
Li Mu's primary focus, the Spiritual Plant Treasure Repository, was stored in a warehouse, containing countless Spiritual Plant seeds, from High Grade to low-grade, with a quantity no less than the Qingxuan Sect's material warehouse.
The Spiritual Plant warehouse was divided into three levels.
The lowest level contained various two and three-tier Spiritual Plant seeds. The value of these Spiritual Plants was not high, but their sheer quantity was immense.
Under the sweep of his Divine Sense, Li Mu discovered familiar Three-Tier Earth Origin Ginseng; Three-Tier Qilin Fruit; Three-Tier Wood Dragon Vine; Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass; Three-Tier Jade Pure Green Lotus. The quantity of these Spiritual Plant seeds, capable of producing Five Elements Innate Spiritual Power, was enough to plant 5,000 mu of land.
5,000 mu! When the time was ripe for harvest, he would easily be able to obtain tens of millions, even hundreds of millions, of Five Elements Spirit Plant attribute points.
Li Mu's heart pounded, feeling as if he was dizzy from being overwhelmed by happiness.
Soon, Li Mu regained his composure.
Now that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul True Lord, the Nascent Soul True Lord Realm was divided into four Ranks: Early Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Perfection, as well as the Great Perfection, making five Realms in total.
Each Innate Five Elements Spiritual Power now required 120 million points to upgrade, so it was still a bit of a delusion to try and max out all these hundreds of millions of Innate Five Elements attribute points.
Besides Innate Five Elements Spiritual Power, he also needed Yin and Yang Qi. In short, for the next Realm, from Nascent Soul Realm to Soul Transformation, the amount of Spirit Plant light clusters needed was immense.
Fortunately, he had obtained this Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure. The Spiritual Qi inside this treasure was dense, and Spiritual Plant growth was accelerated, so he believed it wouldn't take much time to advance.
Of course, besides these seeds, there were other relatively good Spiritual Plant and Spirit Medicine seeds.
He could easily plant another 10,000 mu of land.
However, the value of the Spiritual Plants on this first level was not high.
The second and third levels were the main focus.
So, Li Mu stepped forward and arrived at the second level.
The number of seeds in the second level's compartments was only a quarter of that on the first level.
Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass
Rank: Fourth Order Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Contains intense Innate Fire Origin, which has a great nourishing effect on Fire-element Cultivation Technique practitioners.
Status: Spiritual Power dense, sealed.
Planting Requirements: Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass, said to grow in extreme fire regions, is rumored to be a Spiritual Plant formed from the spilled hot blood of Fire-attribute Heavenly Dragons. It is a great tonic for Fire-element Cultivation Technique practitioners, capable of nourishing Spiritual Roots and improving the purity of Fire-element Cultivation Techniques. It takes five years to take root, thirty years to bloom, and a hundred years to mature.
Dragonfly Jade Fruit
Rank: Fourth Order Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Nurtures essence, contains intense vital energy.
Status: Spiritual Qi dense, sealed.
Dragonfly Jade Fruit: Contains vitality. Planting Requirements: Needs to be in a place with abundant Spiritual Qi, where the Five Elements are complete and bathed in the essence of the sun and moon. It possesses intense vital energy and is known as the 'Spirit of a Hundred Fruits'. It is one of the most important Spirit Medicine for the fifth-grade Spirit Medicine, the Life and Death Pill. When taken by seriously injured individuals, it can stabilize injuries and extend life by one day. It blooms in ten years, bears fruit in a hundred years, and can then be harvested. In places with dense Spiritual Qi, the growth speed will be significantly shortened.
Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng
Rank: Fourth Order Spiritual Plant
Characteristics: Abundant Earth-element Innate Qi, can stabilize the Soul and strengthen the Divine Soul.
Status: Aura dense, sealed!
Planting Requirements: All Five Elements of the earth are suitable, but there is a major taboo: the Earth Dragon takes root for ten years, automatically absorbing the vitality of the surrounding land. There can only be one of its kind in a planting area, no other, and it cannot be planted with other Spiritual Plants. It matures in a hundred years, breaking through the earth in a Dragon-like form, secreting juice to nourish the earth and nurture the next cycle of life. After a hundred cycles of Reincarnation, it can advance to a fifth-tier Spirit Medicine in a thousand years.
...
Among these glowing compartments, there were as many as twelve types of Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines, including three types of Fourth Order Spiritual Plants and Spirit Medicines from the Five Elements.
They could fulfill the Five Elements requirements.
It was just a pity that there were no Spiritual Plants or Spirit Medicines for the Water and Metal Innate Qi, which disappointed Li Mu a little.
Huh, no, that's not right...
Isn't the Golden Source Spiritual Fruit a Fourth Order Spiritual Fruit?
Li Mu only remembered that he had seen Golden Source Spiritual Fruit planted in the floating Spiritual Field in the main hall before, and Soul Glow Grass happened to be a Wood attribute.
It was just a pity that the quantity of Golden Source Spiritual Fruit planted in the Spiritual Field was not much.
However, he could cultivate the seeds himself, and if it still wasn't enough, he could purchase more externally at that time.
Along with Water-attribute Fourth Order Spirit Medicine, or Spiritual Fruit.
By then, the even higher Innate Five Elements attributes would be settled. Currently, the Dragonfly Jade Fruit, Earth Dragon Spirit Ginseng, and Dragon Blood Heavenly Grass could be planted in an area of about one thousand mu.
...
Li Mu spent two days organizing the Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure. Next, he prepared to cultivate the fields.
The final result was quite satisfactory, and he didn't find anything amiss.
But just in case.
Li Mu still put the pagoda where Celestial Evolution Divine Lord resided into his storage grid.
The storage grid could isolate any Divine Sense. Now, Celestial Evolution Divine Lord only had a wisp of Divided Soul left, with no ability to break through the storage grid and release Divine Sense.
After dealing with this matter.
Li Mu began to clear the Spiritual Fields. Out of 100,000 mu of land, less than 30,000 mu had been cleared so far.
The 30,000 mu of land included planted Spiritual Fruits, Spirit Medicines, and Spiritual Plants, which he would temporarily leave alone.
He would deal with them later.
During these two days, Li Mu had already thoroughly understood the situation of these 100,000 mu of land.
The Immortal Cave Spirit Treasure, forming its own world, had complete Five Elements.
With ten High Grade Spiritual Veins, all the land cultivated here would be Superior Spiritual Fields.
Moreover, the Spiritual Qi was abundant, several times denser than the outside world. Any spiritual material planted here would mature several times, even more than ten times, faster.
And the quality would be extremely high, cultivating Superior Spiritual Fields would be effortless.
Li Mu flew through the air and arrived at a place nestled by mountains and rivers, where birds sang and flowers bloomed. Here was a vast expanse of farmland, precisely 10,000 mu in size.
Coincidentally, one of the High Grade Spiritual Veins was right beneath his feet.
He only needed to cultivate it for a while, and after some time, it would become a Superior Spiritual Field.
No sooner said than done.
Li Mu, as usual, flipped his hand and performed the Earth Dragon Technique. The ground, like Earth Dragons crisscrossing, turned over, orderly and neat.
The 10,000 mu of farmland, with its ground churning, began to shake violently.
All the surrounding Spirit Beasts, sensing the anomaly in the Immortal Cave Spirit Land, were terrified and panicked.
Dozens of miles away, the Azure-Eyed White Ape, shrunk to a height of ten feet, stared in horror at the surging Spiritual Land in the distance.
What was this Human Race Cultivator doing?
He was actually turning Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Immortal Cave Spiritual Land upside down.
Although Divine Lord only had a wisp of Divided Soul, he still controlled the core Formation of the Spiritual Land. If he wanted to kill this Human Race Cultivator, it would only take a moment. Why did he ignore it?
The Azure-Eyed White Ape had lived here for hundreds of years, acting as its guardian.
Every flower, every blade of grass, every tree here was under its management.
Seeing the Spiritual Land in such a terrible state, the Azure-Eyed White Ape was filled with doubts, daring not to speak its anger. Feeling the dissipation of Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's aura, could it be that this Immortal Cave Spiritual Land had changed masters?
To which Human Race Cultivator did Celestial Evolution Divine Lord hand over this Spiritual Land Immortal Cave?
The Azure-Eyed White Ape's face showed a sudden realization. It only felt that the Human Race Cultivator was easily controlling the core hub of the Immortal Cave Spiritual Land, as if he had truly gained control of this Immortal Cave Spiritual Land.
It's over!
Divine Lord had really screwed him over. This Human Race Cultivator wouldn't hold a grudge against him for what happened before, would he?
The Azure-Eyed White Ape's Soul nearly flew out of its body at the thought of this possibility.
Before, it had felt a strange change in the Immortal Cave Spiritual Land, but it returned to normal within a few breaths.
It had felt confused about it then.
It must be that the Immortal Cave Spiritual Land and its core hub had changed controllers!
The Azure-Eyed White Ape was momentarily lost.
Finally, it burrowed underground, choosing to wait and see.
...
After a hundred breaths.
The land reclamation was initially successful, and he stood on the black soil.
Li Mu immediately felt the extremely dense Spiritual Power fluctuations contained within the soil, and he was greatly pleased.
Then, following his usual procedure, he began to plant Three-Tier Earth Origin Ginseng; Three-Tier Qilin Fruit; Three-Tier Wood Dragon Vine; Three-Tier Golden Sword Grass; Three-Tier Jade Pure Green Lotus.
To save effort, he released all his laborer puppets, as well as any other Puppets he could use.
The speed increased by more than twofold.
The sun set, and dusk approached.
After a day of labor, all the seeds were finally planted. Li Mu stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the distant sunset, marveling.
This place formed its own world, with the sun and moon shining brightly.
It was no different from the outside world, truly a grand undertaking.
Having sorted out the farmland, Li Mu prepared to reward himself.
There were many Spirit Beasts here, so Li Mu stepped on his Flying Sword to hunt for dinner.
Now that his Spirit Devouring Body Cultivation Technique had reached Great Perfection, he no longer needed to consume spiritual items.
But he still retained the habit of savoring tastes, as he didn't need to cultivate diligently like other Cultivators, having plenty of free time.
Currently, his other Cultivation Techniques were at Great Perfection.
Artifact Refining Skill, Array Formation Skill, and Puppet Art were all at Level Five, but he lacked the corresponding Spiritual Plants with spiritual essence, so he could only put them aside for a while.
As for Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Formation, he had a large amount of free proficiency points, but it could only be raised to Level Five at most.
In the Painting World Treasure Mansion, there were no natural enemies, and he could temporarily stabilize his mind and body, without needing to be so rushed.
While he was thinking.
Soon, he saw a Fourth Order Middle Stage Iron-Blooded Mad Ox, currently munching on a Spiritual Fruit.
So he waved his hand, and a Five Grade High Grade Spirit Sword descended from the sky like a streak of light.
It easily slew the mad ox.
Then, with a flick of his wrist and a knife, he set up a large fire and began to roast the Fourth Order Spirit Beast.
Underground, the Azure-Eyed White Ape was terrified at the sight of this scene.
How ferocious!
A Nascent Soul True Lord had long since achieved Bigu, no longer needing to consume any mortal food.
Yet, to satisfy his cravings, he slew Spirit Beasts.
Now that one had been killed, it was likely that a second one would follow soon.
If all the Fourth Order Spirit Beasts were killed and he still wasn't satisfied after eating them, wouldn't it be its turn next?
Foreseeing the future, the Azure-Eyed White Ape felt a chill run through its body, its Soul nearly flying out, wishing it could flee far away from this terrifying place.
However, without Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's release, it absolutely could not leave.
It tried to find Celestial Evolution Divine Lord, but couldn't even enter the front door of the Immortal Cave. The Azure-Eyed White Ape was secretly terrified, hiding underground and daring not to show its head.
Li Mu still had a huge appetite. The thirty-zhang tall Iron-Blooded Mad Ox was eaten for over seven zhang, and about ten zhang of it was stored in his spatial ring.
The rest was returned to nature.
But when he stomped his foot, a surprised cry quickly came.
The earth churned, and a massive stone hand rose from the ground.
A fifty-zhang wide rock giant palm tightly gripped the ten-zhang tall Azure-Eyed White Ape.
"You beast, we meet again."
Li Mu grinned, looking harmless.
But in the Azure-Eyed White Ape's eyes, he looked like a demonic Cultivator from purgatory, scaring it to its core.
Its heart was greatly shaken.
This rock giant palm was a method Celestial Evolution Divine Lord used to control the Painting World Treasure Mansion against enemies.
It looked like a rock giant palm, but it was the Spirit Treasure itself, indestructible, and even a Soul Transformation expert would find it difficult to break.
Now, it was controlled by Li Mu, which instantly verified all its conjectures.
Celestial Evolution Divine Lord had been slain, and the Spirit Treasure had fallen into his hands.
This time, heaven was going to destroy it.
"Senior, please spare my life! This junior was ignorant before and offended you, truly deserving of death. But this junior is already at Fifth Order Peak and is willing to become your Spirit Beast, to be your ox and horse. Please don't kill me."
The Azure-Eyed White Ape spoke human words, begging for its life.
Li Mu was slightly stunned upon hearing this. This beast had changed so much. He had dragged it out because he found it too much of an eyesore.
This beast staying here would see many of his secrets.
He had originally intended to properly deal with it and bring it under his command.
But this was good. He had already prepared for some post-meal exercise, a bit of stretching to aid digestion, but he hadn't expected this fellow to be so cowardly, kneeling and begging for mercy the moment they met.
This...
Sigh, never mind. It's a good thing that things are going so smoothly.
"Since you're so perceptive, I'll spare your life. I will plant a Spirit Control Contract Seal."
"Thank you for your mercy, Senior!"
The Azure-Eyed White Ape's eyes were teary, looking utterly pathetic. Such a powerful physique, yet so submissive, it was truly a disgrace.
Soon, Li Mu easily placed the Spirit Control Contract Seal on the Azure-Eyed White Ape's Soul.
The giant palm loosened, and the Azure-Eyed White Ape obediently landed on the ground.
"Greetings, Master!"
The Azure-Eyed White Ape knelt on one knee, mimicking the Human Race, performing a grand bow.
"Hmm, you've seen the Spiritual Field I've cultivated, right?"
Li Mu beckoned, pointing into the distance.
"Master, I've seen it, I've seen it."
"Go help me guard the Spiritual Field, and drive away all approaching Spirit Beasts. If there's any loss, I will hold you accountable."
"Master, I will guard the Spiritual Field with my life."
Li Mu nodded with satisfaction, and the Azure-Eyed White Ape immediately set off to guard the Spiritual Field.
With the Azure-Eyed White Ape's massive Spiritual Power fluctuations, no Spirit Beasts would dare to approach. This also saved him the trouble of setting up illusion Formations and other Formations to prevent the Spiritual Fields from being trampled by Spirit Beasts.
He only needed to set up a Gathering Spirit Formation tomorrow to further enhance the Spiritual Qi, which would shorten the maturation time even more.
Having settled things here.
Li Mu stepped on his Flying Sword and returned to the Immortal Cave.
The Immortal Cave had many rooms for rest, so he chose one with a view of the mountains below and moved in directly.
The room was fully equipped with daily necessities.
Li Mu sat on the bed and took out the ancient ring. This contained Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Legacy.
This ancient ring was a Fifth Order storage Magic Treasure, with an extremely large internal space, about 30,000 mu in size.
However, it only contained two Legacy Jade Slips, one emitting a fiery golden light, and the other emitting a strong Formation aura.
He took out the Jade Slips.
Li Mu chose the Formation Jade Slip and directly pressed it against his forehead.
Instantly, a vast amount of content, like an overwhelming tide, surged into his Sea of Consciousness. The sheer volume of content was something he had never experienced before.
It took Li Mu the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to fully digest the content within.
Celestial Evolution Divine Lord was truly a Genius in Formation.
This was Li Mu's first thought after receiving the Legacy, and he was genuinely shocked.
Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Legacy was actually an Earth-Grade Formation, the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation.