I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 462 - 266: Illusory Moon Bell

Fortunately, after comprehending the artifact pattern of the Tier Seven Dao Artifact - Gilded Cyan Light Lamp and the Daoist Divine Pattern from the "Divine Rune True Understanding," Li Mu finally felt a bit more confident in refining a Lifebound Spiritual Treasure with special Dao principles for Xue’er.

Seeing the adorable form of the transformed artifact spirit-spirit fox, Xue’er’s eyes lit up, and she immediately fell in love with it.

"What kind of spiritual treasure is this! So cute!"

Xue’er exclaimed with delight, reaching out both hands, asking Li Mu for it.

The little fox in Li Mu’s hand looked at Xue’er cautiously, sniffed with its little nose, and inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity. It glanced at Li Mu reverently, as if seeking his permission.

Seeing Li Mu with a smile at the corner of his mouth and no intention of refusing, the little fox sprang off its four legs and joyfully leapt onto Xue’er’s palm, its shiny eyes showing a hint of triumph.

However, at that moment, Li Mu acted, his hand moving like a swift lightning bolt, striking the back of the little fox’s head, dispelling the artifact spirit transformation.

"You!" Xue’er looked at Li Mu in confusion.

The bell rang with a "dang dang" sound, releasing a powerful soul-shocking force, but before it could fully exert, it was dispersed by a single clap from Li Mu.

"Little girl, this is a newborn artifact spirit. Daring to touch it without refinement, are you tired of living?" Li Mu chuckled, lecturing her.

Xue’er, despite being scolded, was not worried but rather joyful, looking fondly at the little bell in Li Mu’s hand, extremely fond of the powerful magical treasure that now belonged to her.

"I know it’s my fault! Lord Li, what should I do next?" Xue’er admitted her mistake coquettishly, asking Li Mu eagerly.

"Stay in Liu Ling Valley for a few days, no problem, right?" Li Mu chuckled, teasingly asking Xue’er.

"No problem, no problem, quickly teach me how to refine it." Xue’er nodded in frustration, urging impatiently.

Seeing Xue’er’s anxious look as she got angry but couldn’t do anything, Li Mu couldn’t help but laugh joyfully, feeling pleased, thinking that no matter how proud a four-tailed fox is, she cannot escape from his palm!

"Your realm is too low, making technique refinement difficult. Give me three drops of essence blood, and I’ll perform blood refinement for you!" Li Mu suggested with a smile.

Without hesitation, Xue’er took a short sword from her storage bracelet, slashed her hand, forcing out three small clumps of essence blood, and handed it to Li Mu.

Li Mu was slightly stunned, somewhat surprised, shocked by Xue’er’s fierceness.

"Is the essence blood not enough, sir?" Xue’er, seeing Li Mu dazedly, stopped bandaging her wound and uncertainly asked.

"It’s enough! It’s enough! Actually, just transforming your finger and taking three small drops would be enough; no need to cut the arm!" Li Mu collected the essence blood, said in a soft voice.

Hearing this, Xue’er, who was almost in tears from the pain, was slightly stunned, and tears fell like a broken string.

"Sir, you’re so mean! Why didn’t you say it earlier? Such a big wound, it hurts!" Xue’er looked at Li Mu with a crying face, complaining.

"You acted too fast; I didn’t have time!" Li Mu, while gathering the Five Elements Spirit Fire and refining the essence blood into the ’bell,’ responded.

"Liar! With your cultivation, how could you not stop me!" Xue’er angrily exposed him.

"Alright! The more essence blood you give, the more proficient you’ll be in controlling this artifact after blood refinement, so I didn’t stop you! Alright! Take it! Remember to refine and nurture the artifact spirit day and night, and quickly imbue it with soul power into its artifact array." Li Mu smiled slightly, handing the completed blood-refined bell to Xue’er.

Xue’er nodded happily, hastily reaching out to take the bell, immediately feeling a sense of bloodline connection.

The small and exquisite, golden bell, after blood refinement, was tinged with blood color, yet the surface was gathering spirit light, exuding strong artifact momentum, extraordinarily divine, clearly not an ordinary spiritual artifact.

"Sir, what’s its name?" Xue’er asked joyfully, wiping her tears and showing a small smiling face to Li Mu.

"This artifact, crafted from Tier Six Profound Bird Age Gold, Tier Six Illusion Moonstone, Tier Six Ancestral Solitary Tribulation Bone, ..., has functions like illusion stealth, delayed instantaneous transformation, illusory and real avatar transformation, and many more. Let’s name it: Illusory Moon Bell!" Li Mu responded with a smile.

After speaking, Li Mu continued to encourage: "Complete the refinement of this artifact and familiarize yourself with all its functions; it will take a while, so the Linggu is temporarily entrusted to you to manage. The Valley Protection Array will be active, difficult for ordinary Divinity Transformation cultivators to break through. If visitors come, inform them to wait for seven or eight days, and I’ll return."

As he became an Artifact Refining Grandmaster, many Divinity Transformation cultivators, like Saintess Lian Yue, came to him to refine their spiritual treasures. Li Mu also personally promised quite a few refining commissions, such as for the Snow Fox Race, Spirit Taming Sect, and several Divinity Transformation seniors from previous trade meetings who knew he was temporarily residing in Yin Yang Valley.

After comforting Xue’er, Li Mu took out the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship, flew out of Yin Yang Valley, heading to Desolate Ancient City.

It’s been a while since seeing Lin Baoqing at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, wondering what surprises this meeting might bring.

Half an hour later, the silhouette of the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship appeared at the Floating Harbor of Desolate Ancient City.

Interlaced with spiritual ships, warships, and cargo treasure transport ships, the entire Floating Harbor was packed full; having not been here for some time, it seemed like the harbor’s scale had expanded one fold, yet still appeared to be unable to accommodate the docking of warships and treasure ships.

Surprised, Li Mu put away the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship and entered the city by sky control, heading to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion at the Floating Harbor.

Along the way, Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators moved up and down, back and forth, creating a lively atmosphere; however, patrol teams led by Nascent Soul cultivators came and went, interrogating meticulously, extremely stringent.

Li Mu was stopped by the patrol team, interrogated about his origins, and after undergoing the special methods of the patrol’s evaluation, he paid 50 Middle Spirit Stones and was given a pass order.

With the pass order, Li Mu could finally move smoothly into the city, arriving at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Upon learning of Li Mu’s arrival, Lin Baoqing hurriedly and quickly, with a servile smile, entered the reception room in the inner hall at a run.

"Master Li, you finally returned! If you didn’t come back soon, I would have gone mad!" Lin Baoqing said excitedly, grabbing Li Mu’s arm, as if seeing a savior.

"Shopkeeper Lin, isn’t that an exaggeration! As the head shopkeeper of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, who’s daring enough to push you around!" Li Mu chuckled incredulously.

"Of course, it’s the customers! So many have ordered spiritual treasures for refining, significant matters that I don’t dare to make decisions on my own in your absence. Could you at least draw up a list for selection? Failure to do so leaves them blaming me for incompetence, urging day and night, both coercion and temptation; it’s been so difficult for me these days!" Lin Baoqing complained with a mournful face to Li Mu about the hardships faced.

"I see! Such impatient individuals, daring to coerce Shopkeeper Lin, fine, let’s not refine treasures for them!" Li Mu looked at Shopkeeper Lin, teasingly joked.

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Lin was horrified, not expecting to flatter the wrong way, leading to a disaster!

Seeing the smile on Li Mu’s face, Lin Baoqing couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, smiling bitterly, "Master Li, you must be joking! You scared me!"

After speaking, Lin Baoqing retrieved a white jade scroll from his bosom, offering it with both hands, introducing it: "Master Li, this is the list of artifact refining commissions I accepted on your behalf, detailing the types of artifacts and their refining rewards. Please have a look."

Li Mu nodded, accepted the jade scroll, invested his divine sense, and carefully read through it.

Venerable Qingxia, affiliation: True Yang Sect, refining requirement: wood element spiritual treasure, aiding wood element technique power, constraining, and binding type, aiding large-scale techniques, refining materials: Tier Six: Cyan Essence Spirit Crystal, Tier Six: Wisdom Yuan Wood Heart, Tier Six: Dragon-Breaking Wood Marrow, ..., reward: a set of corresponding Tier Six Spiritual Artifact Refining Materials.

Venerable Xuan Shuang, affiliation: Profound Celestial Sword Sect, refining requirement: Ice Element Tier Six Spirit Sword, refining materials: Tier Six: Profound Ice Soul Stone, ...

Venerable Ziyang, affiliation: Sang Cultivator, refining requirement: spatial spiritual treasure capable of storing the Purple Sun Spirit Realm, ...

...

Li Mu’s divine sense swept over the jade scroll, frowning in thought for a while without responding.

"Master Li, can these artifact refining commissions be accepted? Is there a problem?" Lin Baoqing asked nervously, looking at Li Mu with concern.

"No problem, I’m just curious why the rewards they submitted mostly involve Tier Six Refining Materials as exchange, with few Tier Seven Refining Spiritual Materials, and nearly none of Tier Five for that matter!" Li Mu frowned, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Lin Baoqing smiled. The reason was very simple, so he quickly explained to Li Mu.