Late winter.
It's the end of another year.
It was windy and snowy, and the noisy county town was already covered in silver.
In the courtyard, wearing a thin green robe and a pot of hot tea, Chu Mu was sitting leisurely on a recliner, holding a book and concentrating on reading under the eaves.
As the pages of the book were turning, a cup of hot tea entered my stomach, and a faint spiritual energy surged in my stomach, feeling warm and uncomfortable.
After putting down the book, Chu Mu looked up at the wind and snow outside the house, held the book in his hand, and walked into the room.
The room layout is as simple as ever,
A wooden bed, desk, and bookcase occupying an entire wall.
Densely packed books are neatly placed in the bookcase. At a glance, it looks like a wall of books.
There are books he obtained while in the secular world, and various kinds of knowledge he collected after spending a huge amount of spiritual stone wealth after entering the immortal world.
In this secular world where elves are rare, he doesn't have too many scruples, he just comes wherever it's convenient.
Of course, the most important reason is that his storage charms have basically expired.
Although there are still a few unopened spare rotation storage charms, they all contain some items with obvious spiritual energy fluctuations, such as elixirs, jade slips, and elixirs.
After looking around the room, Chu Mu returned the book to the bookcase.
I have been recuperating for nearly a year. With my soul injured and unable to use my spiritual consciousness, I have read most of the books for most of the spring and autumn.
Fortunately, I visited several black markets, bought thousands of spiritual stones, and obtained many books and jade slips, so I was not idle.
Stopping in front of the bookcase, Chu Mu's eyes moved slightly, but he looked at the light screen panel in his field of vision.
[Name: Chu Mu. 】
[Skill: Basic Sword Skills (reaching the pinnacle) 9999/10000.
Fireball (return to nature) 5530/10000.
Barrier of Fire (Return to Nature) 2538/10000
Fire Snake Technique (reaching its peak) 6239/10000
Cleansing Technique (First Practice for Beginners) 600/1000]
[Tenth level of Fiery Fire Technique (123/4000)]
[Third level of Manniu Jue (569/3000)]
[Alchemy: Bigu Pill: Reaching the Peak (8953/10000)
Nourishing Pulse Pill: Reaching the Peak (7325/10000)
Soul Cleansing Pill: A First Look at the Door (899/1000)
Body Tempering Pill: First Practice for Beginners (99/100)
Diamond Pill: Beginner’s First Practice (99/100)]
[Refining: Changhong Sword: Perfection: (2358/5000)
Moonlight Blade: Beginner Training (99/100)
Breaking Edge Knife: Beginner’s First Practice (99/100)
Iron Wall Shield: Beginner’s First Practice (99/100)
Divine Fire Tube: Beginner’s First Practice (99/100)]
[Spiritual radiance value: 8932.6%]
After recuperating for nearly a year, due to the injury to his soul, his cultivation progress was quite slow. His Qi training level only improved by one level, from the ninth level of Qi training to the tenth level of Qi training.
If one goes by the conclusions of the world of immortality cultivation, after reaching the tenth level of Qi training, one has already broken through the late stage of Qi training and entered the stage of perfect Qi training.
The thirteenth level of Qi training and the tenth level of Qi training are already perfect. This is undoubtedly contrary to common sense.
But this is indeed the case.
Because, after practicing the ninth level of Qi, you can already start to try to build the foundation, and you have the possibility of successful foundation building.
Of course, this possibility is a bit low for most immortal cultivators.
Most of them choose to continue to polish their magic power in the Qi training realm, improve their realm, and increase the chance of successful foundation building.
Of course, if you have enough foundation-building pills to assist you, or have the legendary Tianlinggen qualifications, then it's a different story.
Now, having reached the tenth level of qi training, Chu Mu could already faintly feel the opportunity to build a foundation.
It seems that as long as you follow that opportunity, you can try to cross a big realm.
But obviously, if this is the case, it is basically impossible to succeed.
After all, not to mention his qualifications and other factors, he was still a little unclear about the concept of foundation building.
As for the cultivation level of body training, he has successfully entered the third level, which is equivalent to the cultivation level in the later stage of Qi training.
The body's functions have already risen to another level.
The so-called ice muscles and jade bones, blood like pumping pulp, are already close to reality.
Looking inside, the blood is thick and flowing like lava. The white bones have a jade-colored luster. The internal organs and the majestic vitality are surging. Everything gives people an indescribable sense of power. .
And these are just incidental entries while recuperating.
After all, when his soul was injured, he could only barely use his consciousness, and he didn't even dare to do it for too long. He only practiced it occasionally.
In the past spring and autumn, rest and recuperation has been the main purpose. Most of the time, I have also been pondering over the inheritance of knowledge gained.
The most direct manifestation is the two new elixir recipes and four weapon refining formulas that appear on the light screen panel.
Although there are only six recipes, they correspond to the corresponding knowledge system.
Especially the weapon refining formulas. Each weapon refining formula has different array forbidden weapon patterns. Combined with the weapon refining manual, it is a piece of knowledge puzzle that fills the huge knowledge system of weapon refining.
In addition, he visited several black markets and bought some other knowledge about the weapon refining knowledge system, such as detailed explanations of hundreds of spiritual minerals, basic array forbidden combinations, diagrams of the structure of the weapon pattern, and other basic knowledge.
After nearly a year of hard study and digestion, most of them are thoroughly understood, only the accumulation of practice is missing.
"practice……"
Chu Mu pondered for a moment, then closed his eyes slightly, sensing the injury to his soul.
After nearly a year of rest and recuperation, the injury is almost healed, and it shouldn't be long before he is completely healed.
Moreover, it seems that due to that battle, the illusory long sword rooted in the soul seems to have changed now.
After being injured, he was almost transparently weak. After recuperating, he has slowly returned to his former illusory appearance.
But if you look closely, the illusion and flickering seem to have a bit more substance.
Chu Mu can also clearly notice that after these substantial changes, the illusory sword's ability to temper the soul's magic power has become significantly more powerful.
At the same time, the healing speed of the soul injury is also significantly faster.
Otherwise, according to his prediction, the injury suffered this time may not be able to heal in a year and a half.
Putting his spiritual consciousness into the storage bag, all kinds of spiritual materials are neatly stacked in the storage space.
The weapon refining formulas were all sourced from the black market, and the grades were not high. He had naturally prepared the corresponding spiritual materials.
Including the recipe for the Body Tempering Pill and the corresponding spiritual materials, he also found several copies.
They are not too high-level spiritual materials. Although it is a bit troublesome to collect them, as long as there are enough spiritual stones, it is only a trouble.
"It shouldn't be a big problem."
Chu Mu thought silently. The injury to his soul was about to heal now. As long as his consciousness was not excessively consumed, there should be no problem.
In the midst of his thoughts, the micro-partition restrictions placed in the room were also opened.
The door of the room was closed, Chu Mu sat cross-legged in the room, and he took out the newly purchased high-grade magic weapon, the alchemy furnace.
With Pearl and Jade in front of him, this high-grade magic weapon, the elixir furnace, which had been elusive in the past, obviously made it difficult for Chu Mu to have too much emotional fluctuations.
With a wave of his hand, the nine-flavor elixir of the Body Tempering Pill was placed beside him.
The spiritual fire was ignited, and the refining of the body tempering pill began directly.
He has been exposed to the Body Tempering Pill for a long time. He has been recuperating for nearly a year and has pondered it many times. Coupled with his own knowledge of alchemy, he can be said to be familiar with everything in it.
The refining process went smoothly without any errors, and the body tempering pill was ready in just one batch.
A total of three furnaces of body tempering pills were refined in half a day.
Dozens of body tempering pills were put into the jade bottle. Chu Mu adjusted his breath for a moment, and his eyes were fixed on the spiritual materials piled beside him.
There are a total of eighty-eight kinds of spiritual materials, including forty-two kinds of spiritual minerals, and the rest are various auxiliary spiritual materials.
For example, there are six kinds of spiritual materials inscribed with the pattern of the vessel, each with different properties and different applications.
As for the formation ban, as the core power source of the magic weapon, it is more complicated, and the spiritual materials are also more advanced.
Some complex magic weapons even require the combination and fusion of multiple spiritual materials in order to withstand the spiritual impact caused by the formation's movement.
Moreover, whether it is the spiritual material inscribed with the array prohibition or the weapon pattern, it must be consistent with the main material of the magical weapon. Only in this way can the power of the magical weapon be fully exerted.
Every weapon refining formula is obviously much more complicated than the alchemy formula.
And this is just refining a single magic weapon.
He originally thought that the puppet technique was an advancement of the weapon refining technique.
After actually coming into contact with weapon refining, and after a period of accumulation, he discovered that the facts were somewhat different from what he thought.
Puppetry is an advanced level of weapon refining. This is true, but...it seems wrong.
Because, whether it is a puppet, a flying boat, or all kinds of creations, the core is the art of weapon refining.
For example, the composition of a puppet is actually equivalent to the combination of multiple artifacts.
For example, the principle of flying boats is the same.
A single refining creation has a separate existence and separate function and utility.
The so-called puppets and flying boats are composite or combined weapon-refining creations.
The principles are the same, and they all lie in the framework of the weapon refining technique, rather than saying that when it comes to the puppet technique, it is another knowledge framework.
This is also extremely obvious in his puppetry skills that have always been elusive.
As the knowledge of weapon refining was expanded, the original profound knowledge of puppetry seemed to be slowly unveiled in front of him, and it was no longer like reading a book from heaven as before.
"let's start……"
Chu Mu took a deep breath, recalled one of the weapon refining formulas, and moved his hands accordingly.
Knowledge has been understood, but it is only limited to understanding on paper. In the end, it still requires the accumulation of experience before it can be truly used and turned into one's own knowledge.
In the days that followed, Chu Mu completely ended his nearly one year of leisure, and the four weapon refining formulas became his entire life.
The wind and snow covering the city slowly melted away with the passage of time.
The dead trees in the mountains are blooming with new buds, and the green seedlings can already be seen in the fields. When everything comes to life, the door that has been closed for nearly two months can finally be opened.
Chu Mu walked out of it, and the room behind him was already empty, just like the disappearing ice and snow, no trace remained.
When you arrive in the city, you will see a hustle and bustle. In my memory, both the former Jade Emperor Valley and the current Jade Emperor City are very prosperous and noisy.
But compared to the mundane hustle and bustle in front of me, it seems to be a little less charming.
It's like, if he were in the Jade Emperor City, he would be heavily disguised, and his true self would always be hidden in the deepest place, and would hardly show up in front of others.
He is like this, and so are most of the immortal cultivators.
No matter how prosperous and noisy it is, it seems to be just a superficial illusion, just a gathering of interests.
Chu Mu lowered his head and looked at the transmission talisman in his hand. There was still no movement in the transmission talisman, and the chattering voice in the past had not been heard for a long time.
call……
He let out a breath, with a complicated look on his face. He didn't stop any longer and headed straight out of the city.
When I arrived outside the city, I saw no one around, so I ran out of habit.
But this time, after running hundreds of meters, Chu Mu suddenly stopped.
Immediately, a high-grade magic weapon, a flying sword, also floated in front of him.
He jumped up, the sword light moved slightly, and the next second, he was standing on the edge of the sword, suspended in the air.
With his advanced body training skills and power control honed in the secular world, Chu Mu also stood firmly on the flying sword, with his hands on his back, and his green robe moved slightly, but it was as if his feet were rooted and there was no shaking at all.
The next second, the sword pointed at the sky and soared into the sky.
The wind howled, but Chu Mu still stood firmly on the sword spine. In front of him, there was a semicircular light shield that blocked the airflow in front of him.
Hundreds of meters above the ground, looking down, the great rivers and mountains are like a majestic picture scroll, clearly visible to the eye.
The first time he truly flew in the sky, Chu Mu couldn't hide his excitement. He used the flying sword and played around with various experiments.
The flying sword was very fast, and when used with all his strength, it was not much slower than when he was running with his kamikaze boots.
But... the flying sword is a high-grade offensive magic weapon after all. Flying is only a side function, and the consumption of mana is not small at all.
It wasn't until he became familiar with all the functions of this flying sword and the skills of flying it that Chu Mu stopped playing around with experiments.
The sword light flew over the mountain forest, and finally disappeared directly into the rolling clouds on the mountainside, leaving no trace...
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(End of chapter)
