[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Cyan Wood Technique proficiency +1, Cyan Wood Technique level increased to: Level 6, your cultivation received a significant boost.]

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[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Cyan Wood Technique proficiency +1, Cyan Wood Technique level increased to: Level 7, your cultivation received a significant boost.]

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[Ding, you consumed one free skill point, Thick Earth Techniques proficiency +1, Thick Earth Techniques level increased to: Level 8, your cultivation received a significant boost.]

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Li Mu consumed a large number of free attribute points, raising Cyan Wood Technique, Profound Water Technique, Thick Earth Techniques, Fire Manipulation Technique, and Gilded Gold Technique all to Level 8, cultivation successively broke through Qi Refining Eighth Layer, Peak of Ninth Level of Qi Refining, reaching Qi Refining Tenth Layer.

Raising one cultivation technique to level six, seven, eight, consumes 80,000 free skill points. Five techniques consume exactly 400,000 free skill points. This time, the harvest of Wind Spirit Grass from nine acres yielded 420,350 free skill points, leaving only 20,350 free skill points remaining.

What surprised Li Mu was that the Peak of Ninth Level of Qi Refining was not the limit of the Qi Refining Stage. There was actually a Tenth Layer beyond Foundation Establishment.

From Li Mu's limited cultivation knowledge, after reaching the Peak of Ninth Level of Qi Refining, you could breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Realm by taking the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Li Mu had always been worried that the speed of cultivation advancement using the Plant Spirit Light Group was too fast, and after reaching the Peak of Ninth Level of Qi Refining, without a Foundation Establishment Pill, he would be stuck in the Qi Refining Stage, unable to further enhance his cultivation!

Now, this problem has been easily resolved, and Li Mu felt relieved.

However, breaking through from Qi Refining Tenth Layer to Eleventh Layer requires a lot of cultivation points, needing 500,000 cultivation points, so the Plant Spirit harvested from a single acre of Spirit Rice may not suffice.

Li Mu was curious about where the limit of the Qi Refining Realm is. Is it the thirteenth layer? Or the fifteenth? Could it be that it can be improved indefinitely?

Li Mu frowned and stopped thinking about this question. Regardless of the limit of how many layers Qi Refining has, for him, it was just a matter of planting fields for a few more years. Every time the cultivation level improves significantly after harvesting the Spirit Plants, that would be enough.

This time, with cultivation advancing to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, the abundance of the Five Elements Spiritual Power within him was six to seven times that of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, and his Divine Soul had tripled. His strength qualitatively advanced, and Li Mu felt he could fight twenty of his former selves.

Li Mu silently used the Illusion Breathing Technique to lower the intense spiritual pressure of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer within his body, restoring it to the early stage of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer level.

He bundled the Wind Spirit Grass one by one, stacking them into big haystacks under his Divine Sense control.

After completing the farm work, as the sun set in the west, a cool breeze blew by.

Red Wolf ran joyfully in the open fields, while Li Mu slaughtered two Colorful Spirit Chickens, preparing a grand Spiritual Cuisine feast at the stove to celebrate the harvest.

Time flew by, and the night passed.

The next day.

Li Mu woke up early and first performed a Dust Cleaning Technique on himself, removing the dirt and impurities from his body.

Then, Li Mu conjured a ball of clear water, washed his hands, face, and freshened up.

Going to the stove, Li Mu lit the fire to warm up last night's leftovers and filled Red Wolf's food bowl.

"Woof woof!"

Just waking up, Red Wolf approached, sniffed the food bowl, and whimpered at Li Mu, complaining about the poor breakfast.

"Make do with it! You're getting pickier. If you keep complaining, I won't feed you anymore!" Li Mu flicked Red Wolf's head with a finger, annoyed. This guy is getting spoiled, becoming lazy and picky.

"Woof!" Red Wolf rubbed up against Li Mu a couple of times, showing he didn't believe, carrying a spoiled attitude.

"Go, go, check the Spirit Field. The Spirit Rice is almost ripe. If it's not watched properly and gets ruined by the Colorful Spirit Chickens, see how I'll deal with you when you're back!" Li Mu slapped Red Wolf's backside to drive him away.

The hit Red Wolf, knowing it hurt, stopped eating and ran out of the small courtyard as if escaping.

Li Mu took out a Spirit Sword from the storage bag, mounted it, and flew to Qingping Town.

With a significant cultivation increase, Li Mu's sword flight speed also increased a lot, reaching Qingping Town in less than a quarter of an hour.

Landing with the sword at the gate of Qingping Town, Li Mu paid an entry fee of one Broken Spirit and followed the crowd into the town.

"Come buy! Come buy! Freshly cooked Spirit Bamboo Rice, only one Broken Spirit per serving!"

"Top-Quality Hemostatic Powder and Essence Pills are also available. Don't miss it as you pass by!"

"Check it out! Top-Grade Spirit Swords and Top-Grade Hunting Crossbows crafted by professional artifact masters from the Treasure Refining Tower are being sold at a cheap price, all for sale!"

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Inside the town, the shop clerks and owners on both sides of the street shouted incessantly, creating a lively atmosphere.

Li Mu looked over one stall after another, constantly triggering the Innate Divine Techniques - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, with various items and Spiritual Object information appearing frequently in the character's virtual frame.

[Meat buns made from Spirit Bamboo Rat Meat]

[Demon Tiger Hide]

[Fire Element Spirit Sword]

[Low-Quality Essence Pill]

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Oh! Li Mu stopped in front of a stall selling Demon Beast Meat, staring at the butcher's cutting board, a half-red, half-black, wood-textured and sturdy round cutting board.

[Ancient Rong Wood Heart]

[Grade: Tier Three Spirit Wood]

[Attribute: Concentrated Soul, Solid as a Rock]

[Status: Thunder Element Lock Spirit, Wood Soul Lost]

[Ancient Rong Wood Heart of an 800-year-old Wood Demon struck by lightning, Wood Soul dissipated, Spiritual Energy unseen, needs Thunder Essence to dissipate to restore. Belongs to Yin Wood, a top material for refining Puppet Source Core and a supreme material for nurturing Yin Spirits and Ghost Objects Yin Spiritual Artifacts.]

"Customer, this is a freshly killed Tier One Demon Beast: Giant Fang Pig, which part do you want? I'll cut it for you." The butcher, bare-chested, greasy and burly, showed Li Mu a friendly smile.

"How much for this Demon Beast meat?" Li Mu stepped forward, looking at the half side of Demon Pork.

"4 Lower Spirit Stone per pound, 10 Lower Spirit Stone for three pounds. How much do you want?" The butcher replied with a smile.

"I'll take the whole half side of meat, but I happen to lack a board for cutting meat at home. This one looks good, can you give it to me?" Li Mu asked nonchalantly, pointing at the butcher's cutting board.

The butcher laughed speechlessly. It was the first time he encountered someone who bought meat and demanded the cutting board for free.

However, this young man in front of him was so generous, buying such a large amount of Demon Beast meat at once, that he could even consider giving him the cutting board if needed.

"Alright! No problem! Let me weigh it!" The butcher found a large scale and started to weigh the half side of Demon Beast meat.

"A total of one hundred and forty-eight pounds, give me 490 Lower Spirit Stones!" The butcher said after weighing the meat, looking at Li Mu.

Li Mu nodded and straightforwardly took out five Middle Spirit Stones to pay, then put the half side of Demon Beast meat, along with the Ancient Rong Wood Heart cutting board, into the storage bag.

"Customer, here is your change of ten Lower Spirit Stones!" The butcher gave Li Mu ten Lower Spirit Stones as change. Without a cutting board, he turned around, rummaged in the pile of miscellaneous items behind the stall, and brought out a similar cutting board.

As Li Mu turned to leave, he accidentally glanced at the same Ancient Rong Wood Heart being used as a cutting board.

Truly a waste of heaven's gift!

Watching the butcher chopping a large leg bone on the cutting board.

Li Mu's mouth twitched slightly, feeling the heartache.

That piece of Ancient Rong Wood Heart could be used to refine 8-10 Tier Three Puppet Cores, worth about three to four hundred Middle Spirit Stones.

"Owner! I'll come back to buy more after I finish this side of meat!" Li Mu remembered this stall and greeted the butcher as he left.

"Sure thing! Thank you for your patronage! I'm here every day." The butcher looked up, returning a bright smile to Li Mu.

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