A few days later, Li Mu Yujian returned to the Xuantian Sword Sect and arrived at the Contribution Hall. Unexpectedly, Sword Master Feng and Sword Master Chen were already waiting in the hall.
"Hahaha, Elder Li, you are back!"
Sword Master Feng's hearty laughter echoed in the empty hall. He stood tall and tall, and his eyes shone with anticipation and approval.
Chen Jianzhu smiled and nodded, gentle and elegant. His eyes showed concern and inquiry about Li Mu's return.
"Worrying the two sword masters." Li Mu put away his sword and slowly stepped into the hall, his clothes fluttering and he smiled.
"Elder Li, how did you get rid of Xu Wen? That guy is not that difficult to deal with!" Sword Master Chen looked at Li Mu curiously and asked probingly.
Xu Wen is a cultivator at the peak of the Fusion, only one step away from the Tao Lord. This time, he did not hesitate to break up with Xuantian Sword Sect, and he was determined to win Li Mu. But now, he was able to escape unscathed. Sword Master Chen couldn't help but Somewhat curious.
"It's a fluke!" Li Mu smiled softly, a flash of deep thought flashed in his eyes, and then took out a jade slip from the Jiuzang Spirit Pearl, handed it to Chen Jianzhu and said: "This jade slip contains records The information Xu Wen obtained from the Tianji Tower was that the two Taoist Lords of our sect were trapped in the Nine Netherworlds outside the territory. He secretly used the method. However, I happened to break it, so he used multiple stand-in puppets to lure them into the trap. , escaped successfully."
Hearing this, Sword Master Chen quickly took the jade slip and read it with his spiritual consciousness.
After reading the content inside, Sword Master Chen’s face darkened. He looked up at Sword Master Feng and handed the jade slip to him.
Sword Master Feng took the jade slip and quickly scanned the contents, his expression also becoming solemn. The atmosphere in the hall instantly became heavy, as if even the air had solidified.
"How dare Xu Wen be so bold, spy on our sect's secrets, and try to use this matter against us!" Sword Master Feng said angrily with a trace of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.
Seeing this, Qiu Yuanhong suggested in a deep voice: "Sword Master, this matter is not trivial. Since Xu Wen already knows the plight of the two Tao Lords, there is no guarantee that he will not continue to act, and may even join forces with other forces to attack me. We should react as soon as possible.”
“Netherworld Sect, Xuanxiao Sect, Jiyin Sect, and Taiyi Sect dare to act so arrogantly. It seems that they have confirmed this information. Now, the two The Tao Lord is trapped in the Nine Netherworlds outside the territory. Reliable people need to be sent to investigate as soon as possible to confirm whether the situation is true and to find a way to rescue him." Sword Master Chen frowned and said in a deep voice.
"Elder Qiu's words make sense." Sword Master Feng nodded in agreement, and then turned to Li Mu, with a flash of trust and expectation in his eyes: "Elder Li, not only did you successfully escape this time, but you also brought back such important information. , It is really a blessing for the sect. However, several sects have evil intentions towards you. In the near future, you should stay in the sect to practice well, don’t run around, and break through to the next realm as soon as possible.”
Hearing this, a warm current surged in Li Mu's heart. He nodded solemnly and said: "I will obey the sword master's will and practice diligently to live up to the high expectations of the sect."
"This will make us feel at ease!" Seeing Li Mu In response, Sword Master Feng said happily.
Sword Master Chen added from the side: "Elder Li, during your retreat, the sect will strengthen guards to ensure your safety. At the same time, we will also pay close attention to the dynamics of each sect. If there is any trouble, we will definitely report it. I will inform you as soon as possible.”
“Thank you to the sword master and the elders for your concern and arrangement.” Li Mu bowed and thanked him again.
Subsequently, Li Mu resigned and Yu Jian returned to Qixuan Sect.
The Qixuan Sect is under the control of the Xuantian Sword Sect. Although it is a branch of the lower sect, it also enjoys the profound heritage and protection of the Xuantian Sword Sect. Unless there is a large-scale invasion from outside sects, safety will not be a problem.
Now the two Dao Lords of the Xuantian Sword Sect are trapped in Jiuyou, and the hostile forces have united. The entire sect is highly tense, with phoenixes mingling and cranes chirping, and sword guards patrolling more intensively.
Qixuanzong, the seven main peaks tower into the clouds, with different shapes, like seven guardian gods standing in the sky.
Li Mu's sword landed in Jin Jianfeng's house.
Fang Shixin, Qin Wentong and other elders noticed the return of the sect leader and came out to greet him.
"Sect Master Li, you are back!" The new elder Alchemist spoke first, with a bit of excitement and expectation in his voice. As one of the elders of the Qixuan Sect, he knew very well how important Li Mu was to the sect, and he was particularly worried every time Li Mu traveled far.
The other elders also came forward one after another, either bowing their hands in salute or asking questions with concern. The atmosphere was both solemn and warm.
Li Mu nodded with a smile, glanced at the faces of the elders and responded: "Thank you for your concern, this trip went smoothly."
"During my absence, is there anyone in the sect? What big thing happened?" Li Mu changed the subject and looked at Fang Shixin and asked with concern.
"Don't worry, sect leader, everything is fine in the sect! Nothing major happened." Elder Fang Shixin stepped forward and answered respectfully. Then he looked at Liu Yalan, who was behind everyone, and signaled: "Shopkeeper Liu has already She must have something important to do after waiting for many days to return to the clan.”
Hearing this, Li Mu noticed Liu Yalan who had been standing behind the elders.
Li Mu smiled warmly, nodded slightly towards her, and then ordered the elders: "Elders, I still need to rest when I return today, so I would like to ask you to take care of the affairs within the sect for the time being. Especially Elder Fang and Elder Qin, please We must strengthen the protection of the sect to prevent unexpected events. Next, I am going to retreat for a period of time."
"Secretary, don't worry, we will handle the sect affairs properly," Fang Shixin said on behalf of the elders.
"The safety of the sect is our top priority. Sect Master, we will strengthen our defense during your retreat to ensure that no one can disturb your practice." Qin Wentong added.
Li Mu nodded and motioned for everyone to leave. At the same time, he looked at Liu Yalan and motioned for him to communicate alone.
Soon, all the elders bowed and resigned, leaving only Liu Yalan with an expectant look on her face and Li Mu sitting in the main seat in the main hall of the sect master's palace.
"Sit down and talk, Shopkeeper Liu!" Li Mu smiled at Liu Yalan and signaled. "Thank you, host!" Liu Yalan smiled slightly, still addressing Li Mu as the host, and turned to say seriously: "Master, regarding the business of Li's Treasure House, it has been a mixed blessing recently. What is worrying is that the external situation is turbulent, and many precious spiritual materials have Purchase channels have been affected and prices have soared. Fortunately, with the credibility and reputation accumulated over the years, our Li's Zhenbao House's cooperation channels with the eight major families have become increasingly mature. Today, the number of branches has expanded to 36, distributed in various spiritual cities in Zhongzhou, maintaining a stable The relatively stable income has attracted many forces seeking shelter and cooperation."
As she spoke, Liu Yalan took out an exquisite storage ring from her sleeve and presented it to Li Mu with both hands. : "This is the recent income from the Li Family Treasure House, as well as the high-end spiritual materials collected for you. Each piece is carefully selected and of high quality. I believe it can be helpful to your cultivation and weapon refining."
Li Mu took the storage ring, glanced with his consciousness, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, and praised happily: "Shopkeeper Liu, you have done a good job. It is not easy to raise such precious resources."
After Li's True Treasure House was handed over to Liu Yalan, Li Mu didn't pay much attention to it and didn't ask much about Liu Yalan's management. Unexpectedly, she gave herself a big surprise today. There were nearly five million high-grade souls stored in the storage ring. Stone, thousands of sixth- and seventh-level spiritual materials.
Li Mu even found another Heavenly Puppet Spirit Tablet in the storage ring. He took out the Heavenly Puppet Spirit Tablet from the storage ring with one move.
“Not bad, I actually allowed you to harvest this thing!” Li Mu held the Heavenly Puppet Spirit Tablet and looked at it carefully, his eyes shining with surprise: “Shopkeeper Liu, how did you get this Heavenly Puppet Spirit Tablet? ?”
There are a total of eight pieces of Tianpuppet Spirit Tablets containing the Tianpuppet inheritance. With this piece, five pieces have been collected, and there are still three pieces left to completely unlock the inheritance of Tianpuppet Dao.
“Master, when it comes to obtaining the Heavenly Puppet Spirit Card today, the process is indeed a bit bizarre!” Seeing that Li Mu was so interested in the Heavenly Puppet Spirit Card, Liu Yalan recalled the scene of that day and recounted in detail: “That day, A puppet master who calls himself the "Old Man of Thousand Machines" steps into the Treasure Building. The man's Yuan Ying cultivation level has reduced his longevity, and he is a little depressed."
"At first I didn't take it seriously, thinking he was just here to sell some worthless old things, so I randomly assigned a clerk to receive him and bought the old things he pawned. Among the dozens of twenty spiritual objects, there was this sky puppet. "The spirit tablet."
"The man said nothing about the origin of the puppet spirit tablet today, but repeatedly emphasized that it was something his family had protected for generations. Now that the family has declined and is no longer able to protect it, he is only willing to exchange for enough souls. Shi Yi spent the rest of his life. After learning that the Heavenly Puppet Spirit Tablet was what the poster was looking for, he decided to buy it at a high price. "Afterwards, I was curious about the origin of this old man, but he had already left. There is no way to trace it. We can only treat it as an unexpected gain from the Zhenbao Tower, and keep an eye out for other relevant clues," Liu Yalan finally introduced as she looked at Li Mu.
Li Mu smiled and nodded, very satisfied with the spiritual materials she presented this time: "Shopkeeper Liu, you did a good job, the Zhenbao Tower made you worry about it, and also helped me collect rich cultivation resources! "
Li Mu paused for a moment, then took out a dozen jade bottles from his sleeves: "These elixirs are a reward for you. They will be of great help to improve your cultivation, especially for someone who is so diligent in affairs. , it is a rare help for monks whose cultivation is stagnant.”
"Thank you so much for your gift, Master. I will live up to your expectations and continue to run the Baolou!" A hint of surprise flashed in Liu Yalan's eyes, she took the jade bottle and bowed in thanks.
Li Mu nodded lightly and said with a smile: "If there is nothing else, Shopkeeper Liu, please step aside. Next, I need to retreat for a while."
Liu Yalan bowed again He saluted and said: "Don't worry, Lord, I will take care of everything in Zhenbao Building in order. Wait for the Lord to leave."
After saying this, Liu Yalan stood up and exited the hall in a slim figure.
Watching Liu Yalan’s figure disappear outside the door, Li Mu also turned around and walked into the inner hall, heading towards the training room.
As the stone door of the training room slowly closed, Li Mu activated the protective formation. His figure flashed and disappeared instantly, entering the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion.
With a thought, Li Mu took out the broken boundary stone from the Jiuzang Spirit Bead.
The next moment, five-colored auras gathered in front of Li Mu, and a small multi-colored dragon appeared out of thin air. It was the Baofu Artifact Spirit. Its smart eyes stared at the broken boundary stone, and its eyes were full of excitement. eager.
The Painting Realm Treasure Mansion has been upgraded to the eighth-level Cave Heaven Treasure. It is extremely difficult to advance to the next level. However, the appearance of the Broken World Stone is like nectar to a long-drought land, bringing treasure treasure to the artifact spirit. Unprecedented hope. It circled excitedly around the broken boundary stone, its colorful body looking even more magical under the aura, full of desire.
Following Li Mu's thoughts, he gently pushed the broken boundary stone towards the colorful dragon. The weapon spirit opened its small mouth without hesitation. The seemingly small mouth actually seemed to contain boundless space, and it swallowed the whole broken boundary stone in an instant. The moment the broken boundary stone sank into the body of the weapon spirit, the entire treasure house space seemed to tremble. An indescribable wave erupted from the body of the weapon spirit and spread rapidly to the surroundings.
I saw that the space of Baofu began to slowly expand at a speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye but clearly perceptible. Tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields, medicine gardens, weapon refining rooms, Five Elements Spirit Mountain and other places seemed to become wider at this moment. , become taller.
Driven by this force, the body of the colorful dragon became more solid and larger. It looked up to the sky and roared, the sound shaking the sky, as if to celebrate this historic moment. With every breath it takes, a large amount of spiritual energy is condensed from nothingness, greedily absorbed by the Baofu space, and transformed into purer and richer energy, nourishing all things in this world.
Given the magical power of identifying all spirits, Li Mu learned about the predicament of the Baofu Artifact Spirit - the colorful dragon.
With the swallowing of broken boundary stones, the Baofu space is expanding crazily. However, the concentration of spiritual power in the space is declining rapidly.
Li Mu immediately stopped hesitating and threw his spiritual thoughts into the Jiuzang Lingzhu. Thousands of high-grade Lingshi spewed out like a volcano erupting.
Li Muchuan activated his true energy and waved his hand. In an instant, a large number of high-grade spiritual stones liquefied into spiritual liquid and poured into the mouth of the colorful dragon.
The colorful dragon felt this sudden majestic spiritual power, and a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes. It opened its huge mouth and allowed the liquefied high-grade spiritual fluid to pour in like a waterfall. Make bright rays of light, flowing and merging within his body.
With the influx of spiritual liquid, the body of the colorful dragon has undergone subtle changes again. Its scales have become more dazzling, as if each one contains endless brilliance and power, and its eyes are even more... Bright as a star, it shines with the light of wisdom.
Soon, under the devouring and transformation of the colorful dragons, those liquid high-grade spiritual fluids were quickly transformed into more pure spiritual power, which not only replenished the spiritual energy consumed due to the expansion of the treasure house's space The strength also caused the concentration of spiritual power in the entire space to begin to rise, even exceeding the previous level.
Li Mu let go of his spiritual thoughts and clearly felt that every inch of land and many high-level spiritual plants in the Baofu space were bathed in this rich spiritual power, full of vitality and growing vigorously.
At the same time, Li Mu also realized that with the continuous expansion and upgrading of the Baofu space, the required spiritual resources will also become larger and larger. Therefore, he needs to work harder to collect and accumulate various rare resources to ensure that the Baofu The space can develop continuously and stably. (End of this chapter)