I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm

Chapter 653 - 355: Secrets of the Artifact Spirit

"Understood!"

Qin Wentong focused intensely on "watching" Li Mu refine artifacts, not daring to be even slightly negligent at every step of the process. He elevated his divine thought perception power to the utmost, capturing every detail and change during Li Mu’s artifact refining. He fixed his gaze on the transformations within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, fearing he might miss a single moment.

Under Li Mu’s explanation, Qin Wentong observed the fusion process of the spiritual materials and felt the relationship between the formation of the artifact array and artifact momentum, filling his heart with excitement and joy, as if he saw a future full of hope and infinite possibilities on his path of artifact refining.

As the artifact refining process went deeper, Qin Wentong’s once calm heart realm began to waver. Despite understanding and memorizing every bit of artifact refining knowledge, like array formation and artifact pattern cohesion, when he tried to condense the artifact pattern and fuse the artifact array, there seemed to be a mysterious and powerful force preventing him from peering into the secrets of the final step.

This force left Qin Wentong both confused and anxious, compelling him to voice out at this moment, interrupting Li Mu, and asking, "Sect Master, once the artifact array forms, the artifact momentum is immediately produced, how is it possible! How do I grasp its subtlety?"

At this point, the artifact refining had reached a critical space-time moment. Li Mu was entirely focused on the artifact refining process, his mind immersed in the fusion of spiritual materials, the layout of the artifact array, and the condensing of the artifact spirit, unable to spare attention for Qin Wentong’s questions.

The precious spiritual materials had already fused into the embryo of a shield within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, with waves of artifact patterns cohesively forming, exuding a strong and rich earth spirituality and power. These artifact patterns seemed as if they were condensed from the essence of the earth, full of mysterious and subtle energy.

As time passed, the Tier Six Earth Element Spiritual Treasure gradually took shape within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, and under the catalysis of the artifact array momentum, the shield began to condense the artifact spirit.

Though this process was long and complex, in Li Mu’s hands, it appeared effortless due to his profound understanding of the Path of Artifact Refining and his superb skills, continuously adjusting the heat and intensity, supplying spiritual power to ensure the smooth growth of the artifact spirit.

Seeing Li Mu’s focused expression and skilled technique, Qin Wentong couldn’t help but admire him, reflecting on how it took him half a month to refine a Tier Five Spiritual Artifact, with only a success rate of about fifty to sixty percent. Yet Li Mu seemed to craft Tier Six Spirit Treasures with ease and high efficiency, each refinement successful, leaving people dumbfounded.

As time progressed, the flames within the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace gradually mellowed, and the artifact spirit being nurtured within began to take shape. Qin Wentong watched this scene with tension, knowing this was the most critical moment in determining the success of the artifact refining.

Suddenly, with a "buzzing" thunderous sound, a scarlet-yellow figure burst out from the Celestial Fire Refining Furnace, emitting a powerful aura, resembling a small mountain range, conveying a sense of its majestic power and might.

Feeling the immense strength of this aura, Qin Wentong’s heart surged with excitement, realizing the Tier Six Earth Element Spiritual Treasure had been successfully refined, and its artifact spirit had been nurtured successfully, filling him with unparalleled excitement and joy, along with a greater admiration for Li Mu’s artifact refining skills.

Li Mu swiftly intercepted the Earth Element Spiritual Treasure, knowing the power of this newborn spirit treasure, preventing it from causing any damage to the Hundred Refinement Tower.

Soon, a scarlet-yellow little turtle appeared in Li Mu’s palm, its little head extending its neck, curiously inspecting its surroundings. However, when it saw Li Mu’s hand, it suddenly snapped its mouth open to bite, showing a fierce demeanor.

Li Mu smiled slightly, unbothered by the ’little turtle’s’ fierceness, understanding it’s the artifact spirit’s natural reaction at birth, simply needing some soothing and guidance to calm it down. Gathering spiritual power in his hand, he conveyed it to the ’little turtle’, using artifact refining techniques to soothe the artifact spirit’s emotions.

With Li Mu’s calming influence, the scarlet-yellow little turtle soon showed a human-like serene expression, its little eyes slightly closing as if enjoying the warmth and sense of safety in Li Mu’s palm, completely immersed in a state of nurturing its soul. Seeing this, Qin Wentong couldn’t help but feel envious, knowing that soothing an artifact spirit so easily required not only excellent artifact refining skills but also a deep understanding and perception of artifact spirits.

Looking at the little turtle’s calm, soul-nurturing demeanor, Li Mu was similarly satisfied. He knew this Tier Six Earth Element Spiritual Treasure was now fully formed, its artifact spirit stabilized, and only needed some refining and nurturing to unleash its formidable power.

"Congratulations, Sect Master, on successfully refining another spirit treasure. Elder Nangong will be ecstatic to know about this treasure; he must be persuaded to increase the artifact refining remuneration!" Qin Wentong stepped forward, earnestly congratulating Li Mu.

Li Mu laughed heartily, joking, "Haha! You handle that job, and if you succeed, I’ll split it with you half!"

Hearing this, Qin Wentong was momentarily stunned, immediately realizing Li Mu was joking, and quickly responded with a smile, "No problem! Elder Nangong is skilled in brewing Spirit Wine; I’ll surely request a batch from him, or else he won’t get his hands on this top-grade spirit treasure."

Li Mu laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Good! Then it’s settled, I’ll leave this matter to Elder Qin!"

"Elder Qin, did you gain anything from this observation?" Li Mu shifted the conversation, looking at Qin Wentong with concern.

Hearing this, Qin Wentong showed a bitter expression, recounting to Li Mu his troubles with perceiving the key issues of forming the artifact array momentum and catalyzing the artifact spirit.

In regard to this, Li Mu also lacked a better solution, thus he could only take a short rest before continuing with artifact refining, next preparing to craft the Water Element Spiritual Treasure commissioned by Elder Ge.

...

Time flew by, and fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Mu successfully completed the refinement of all the spiritual treasures commissioned by the three elders. Looking at the Tier Six Spirit Treasures in his hands, emanating strong auras and spiritual glows, he nodded with satisfaction and then handed them over to Qin Wentong for forwarding.

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Qin Wentong gratefully accepted the spirit treasures, expressing his thanks emotionally: "This observation of artifact refining, although it didn’t allow me to break through constraints, it provided me with significant insights nonetheless!"

"Elder Qin, no need to be formal; I’ll inform you the next time I refine artifacts!" Li Mu smiled and nodded, bidding farewell.

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Qin Wentong joyfully expressed his gratitude.

Soon, with Qin Wentong’s enthusiastic farewell, Li Mu left the Hundred Refinement Tower, flying with sword control towards the location of the Scripture Pavilion of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect - Celestial Sword Peak.

Li Mu’s current identity is not only that of the Sect Master of the Seven Profound Sect but also an Honored Guest Elder of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect. As an Honored Guest Elder of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, he is eligible to enter the Scripture Pavilion to peruse some high-tier materials or exchange for high-level resources.

The Scripture Pavilion is the wisdom treasure vault accumulated over tens of thousands of years by the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, housing innumerable scriptures, various precious manuals, and ancient scriptures, a dream learning holy land for every disciple of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect.

Li Mu prepared to venture to the Scripture Pavilion to delve into the research of the Chaos Secret Realm, the Divinity Transformation Avatar gap, high-tier spirit plants, and various other cultivation-related knowledge.

Compared with other high-tier cultivators, Li Mu is still young. Although he possesses the divine techniques of Spiritual Energy Absorption and Recognize Ten Thousand Spirits, his knowledge in cultivation is relatively limited. To travel further and higher on the cultivation path, he must continually learn and elevate himself.

Li Mu changed into a dignified and mysterious elder robe, attaching the elder token representing his identity to his waist, flying swiftly with sword control towards Celestial Sword Peak.

Along the way, the disciples of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect, seeing him in the elder robe and elder token, paused their sword control to respectfully salute him, their eyes full of reverence and envy. After all, becoming an Honored Guest Elder of the Profound Celestial Sword Sect is a dream for every disciple.

Li Mu nodded in response with a smile, not feeling complacent because he knew that the disciples respected him mainly due to the elder robe he wore rather than something else.

Roughly by the third day, Li Mu finally arrived at the Profound Celestial Sword Sect’s Celestial Sword Peak.