The road is vague

Chapter 220 Secret Gathering
"Instructor Li, please come in."

The cave, guarded by mist, slowly opened a path.

Li Mo steeled himself and entered Jiang Wencai's cave.

"Disciple Li Mo greets Hall Master Jiang."

"Instructor Li, there's no need for such formalities. It's been eleven years since you defeated Jiang Sheng in the final assessment at the Advanced Studies Hall, and I still remember it vividly."

After a moment of reflection, Jiang Wencai handed over some spiritual tea and looked at Li Mo with a smile.

"I wonder what important matter brings Coach Li on this visit?"

Li Mo smiled slightly.

"I have learned that the Hall Master is raising a batch of Wunian silkworms. I wish to refine a robe, which requires Wunian silkworm silk as material, so I would like to purchase some from the Hall Master."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Wencai seemed to be deep in thought.

"So that's how it is. Jiang Sheng told you, didn't he?"

"Exactly."

After confirming that his guess was correct, Jiang Wencai nodded and chuckled.

“That’s right. I did raise a batch of Wunian silkworms. I planned to accumulate more silk and then transport it to Yuancheng for sale. If Instructor Li needs it, I can sell some at the market price. However, Wunian silkworm silk is the top-grade material for making robes and has always been expensive. Instructor Li should be prepared.”

"Don't worry, Master."

After a while.

After purchasing a batch of Wunian silkworm silk for 1,200 spirit stones, Li Mo returned to his cave and tried reeling and weaving the silk.

However, he underestimated the difficulty of silk reeling and weaving, and never quite grasped the essentials.

However, at that moment, a communication talisman appeared outside the door.

"Instructor Li, my name is Jiang Caiqian. I have come here to reel silk and weave cloth for my junior brother on the orders of my mother, Jiang Wencai."

Li Mo opened his mouth.

He was no longer the novice student at the advanced training school.

Jiang Caiqian's mother was none other than Jiang Wencai, the deputy hall master, who was ordered to come to his cave to reel silk and weave cloth. He naturally knew what this meant.

If Vice Hall Master Jiang Wencai simply wanted to help him, he could have had Jiang Caiqian finish reeling and weaving silk in her cave and then send it over. Why go through all that trouble and have her come in person?

The daughter of this deputy hall master also had the surname Jiang, following her mother's surname.

She herself had never heard of who this deputy hall master's husband was.

After Li Mo stepped out of the cave, he indeed saw a beautiful female cultivator standing outside his cave's array, looking at him with a gentle and virtuous demeanor and a mature and graceful gaze.

"Senior Sister Jiang Caiqian?"

"Are you Junior Brother Li?"

"Exactly."

Upon hearing this, the female cultivator smiled slightly.

"I heard that you have a batch of silkworm silk that you need to reel and weave into cloth, is that true?"

"This... well, I do have a batch of silkworm silk that needs to be processed. Please come in, senior sister."

After Jiang Caiqian entered the cave, Li Mo quietly took out a communication talisman and sent it to Lü Cuicui, explaining the situation briefly before entering the cave to watch Jiang Caiqian carefully process the silkworm silk.

Jiang Caiqian has a deep understanding of this.

After placing the silkworm cocoons in warm water, she added a few drops of the spiritual liquid.

"This is a brightening wax, which can better protect the silk and remove its odor. Next, we can extract the silk from the cocoon and wind it onto the silk reel..."

As Jiang Caiqian slowly explained, Li Mo nodded repeatedly, carefully learning the corresponding techniques.

a few days later.

After Jiang Caiqian carefully wove these silkworm threads into silk, step by step, Li Mo benefited greatly and immediately expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

"Senior Sister Jiang's needlework skills are truly superb. I admire them greatly. If you ever need help with alchemy or weapon crafting in the future, you are welcome to come to me anytime."

"Hehe, you're too kind, junior brother. I was just following orders."

Jiang Caiqian smiled, stood up, and waved goodbye.

After seeing Jiang Caiqian off, Li Mo returned to his cave dwelling and looked at the silk in front of him with a pleased expression.

He then took out the tricolor powder and the spiritual juice that he had prepared beforehand, and began to repeatedly soak and dye them using a special dyeing technique. Finally, he forged them into gold foil with gold essence and pasted it on the inside of the silk, drawing runes on the gold foil.

This step was actually the easiest for Li Mo.

After he finished writing the silver dwarf script in one go, the silkworm silk and gold foil had completely merged into one.

Next.

He then took out some blood from a thousand-year-old bamboo rat spirit from the Southern Wilderness Plains and carefully enchanted the runes. After ensuring there were no omissions, he took out a mid-grade spirit stone and repeatedly ironed the robe.

during this process.

He continuously channeled his magical power into the spirit stone in his hand, allowing its internal spiritual energy to evenly permeate his robe, thus achieving a refined and tempered effect.

a few days later.

This exquisite robe is finally complete!
As a weapon refiner, Li Mo was very satisfied with the properties of this top-grade magic weapon. He immediately took off his Qingming Crane Cloak and put on this concealment robe.

As Li Mo activated the robe, his figure instantly became transparent.

Only when it moves will it leave behind a series of afterimages and ripples, fleeting and unpredictable, making it difficult to lock onto.

"Let's call it the Invisible Robe."

He gave this ritual implement a formal name.

This top-grade magic artifact was designed and meticulously forged by him. The cost of various materials alone was at least two thousand spirit stones. However, if it were placed on the market, it would be worth at least three thousand five hundred spirit stones, far exceeding the value of a typical top-grade magic artifact. It is an absolute gem among top-grade magic artifacts.

"A weapon refiner's strength is largely composed of various magical artifacts. The weapon refiner will adapt to the materials he has and refine them according to his needs, and the results will vary from person to person."

Many of the top-grade magical artifacts that Li Mo possesses today are custom-made, giving him wings and allowing him to reach new heights in strength.

……

The Lingmu Sect has been passed down for over 1,200 years through three generations of leaders who have worked diligently to improve it, making it a sect with a profound heritage.

The so-called lineage of a sect is like a gentle stream, which needs to be sustained for a long time.

In the Central Plains, there are often so-called ancient sects that claim to have a ten-thousand-year-old heritage. In reality, they have only obtained some ancient techniques and adopted the names of ancient sects. Their lineage has long been interrupted.

For example, the Goddess Palace of the Yu Kingdom is of this kind.

In the Central Plains, there is only one officially recognized ancient sect.

That was the longevity philosophy of the State of Lu, which was said to be the most profound in the world at that time.

As for the Great Qian Kingdom, it has only been established for a little over two thousand years. Within its borders, sects have risen and fallen, and many have already lost their lineage and vanished into the annals of history. From last October until this June, we waited.

Li Mo has been serving in the Dharma Protectorate at Qingming Mountain for more than half a year.

During this period, he remained calm and composed, living and working in an orderly manner, quietly waiting for the right opportunity to arrive.

However, some outer disciples who returned to their sect in early May to attend the annual meeting have been waiting until now, and many of them have become idle. Among them is Jiang Feiyan, who wanders around Li Mo's cave every few days.

"Junior brother, your movements are too agile, it looks a bit like military tactics."

"This is a martial arts movement technique. I combined it with magic, and it produced remarkable uses during the Foundation Establishment and combat phase."

Li Mo's proud explanation greatly piqued Jiang Feiyan's interest.

"No, you have to practice your sword with me a little longer!"

"I……"

Today was supposed to be an ordinary day. Just as Li Mo was about to say something, two communication talismans suddenly landed outside his cave's array, one for him and one for Jiang Feiyan.

The two gently waved, and the communication talisman flashed and appeared in their hands.

Li Mo channeled some magic power into the talisman in his hand, and Lu Qi's voice came through it.

"Come to my cave immediately."

His expression was solemn. He took a deep breath and immediately exchanged a glance with Jiang Feiyan, both of them able to see the seriousness in each other's eyes.

"Is it finally going to start?"

After calming themselves down and tidying their clothes, the two of them, displaying the bearing of disciples from a prestigious sect, strode confidently toward Lu Qi's cave dwelling in the back mountain.

Lu Qi's cave dwelling had its gate wide open.

But for some reason, Li Mo felt a chilling aura, which made his steps become increasingly heavy.

When Li Mo and Jiang Feiyan strode into Lu Qi's cave, they were surprised to find that there were more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators standing inside.

He actually knew many of them.

"Xue Tai, Wei Cang, He Ping, Zhao Min, Shen Yun, Zhao Liang, Tao Ran, Zhao Huaxue..."

Li Mo immediately recognized that these were all members of the Justice Society.

I won't go into detail about Xue Tai, Wei Cang, Tao Ran, and Zhao Huaxue.

He Ping and Zhao Min were disciples who had returned from the battlefield of Zhongshan State. They had once held a small trade fair with four people, the other two being Zhang Ning and Hua Yuelu.

Now that the two have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, they appeared in Lu Qi's cave, displaying an attitude of complete obedience.

Shen Yun was a third-year female disciple who taught Li Mo the Palm Thunder spell when he was a first-year student at the Advanced Studies Hall. She later introduced Li Mo to Tian Fen, and now she has also reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for Zhao Liang...

Li Mo had been defeated by him during the first-year year-end assessment. Later, at the Flower Festival, Wang Feng also mentioned him, recommending that Zhao Huaxue find Zhao Liang and join the Justice Society to resist Ye Xunhuan's harassment.

Besides.

There were also several Foundation Establishment disciples that Li Mo didn't recognize. They were all energetic and spirited, with a triumphant air. It seemed that they usually worked in the outer sect and had returned to their sect during the Dragon Boat Festival meeting to recuperate for nearly a month.

"master."

"master."

Li Mo and Jiang Feiyan bowed respectfully to Lu Qi.

"Yes, Li Mo and Fei Yan, you've arrived. Please wait here for a moment."

"Yes."

At Lu Qi's instruction, the two retreated to the side of the crowd, exchanged a glance, and could see the solemnity in each other's eyes.

At this time.

Two more people walked in from outside the cave.

One of them was Yang Zhiman, who was walking behind the other person.

Li Mo had met this person before; he was one of Yang Zhiman's senior brothers and an outstanding disciple of Qian Jing's lineage in the Talisman Making Hall.

"Disciple Wensheng greets Hall Master Lu."

"Disciple Yang Zhiman pays respects to Hall Master Lu."

Wen Sheng was dressed in a Taoist robe and crane cloak, representing the late stage of Foundation Establishment. He looked to be in his early thirties, with a fair complexion and a frail appearance, but his eyes were full of arrogance and confidence.

He led Yang Zhiman and respectfully bowed to Lu Qi.

"We two are here on the orders of our master, Qian Jing, to follow the instructions of Hall Master Lu."

Looking down from his vantage point, Lu Qi nodded in satisfaction.

"You two are both young and promising, truly outstanding talents of our sect. Please wait here for a moment."

"Yes."

So Wen Sheng and Yang Zhiman, like Li Mo and Jiang Feiyan, stood quietly in the crowd and waited.

soon.

Another person strode in from outside the cave.

This man was eight feet tall, with a calm and composed face, and an imposing presence. He exuded a mature air of someone who had experienced the vicissitudes of life. Upon seeing Lu Qi, he bowed respectfully.

"Disciple Xiang Wenqiang pays respects to Hall Master Lu. I have come here on the orders of my master Wang Tienan and will obey Hall Master Lu's commands!"

Lu Qi greeted him with a smile and nodded in approval.

"As expected of the youngest weapon-refining master in our sect, a pillar of the sect, please wait here."

"Yes."

Li Mo couldn't help but glance at this person a couple more times.

He was also wearing a Taoist robe and crane cloak that represented the late Foundation Establishment stage. He was actually a master craftsman. Could he be the prized disciple of Wang Tienan's lineage in the Weapon Refining Hall?

Several more people arrived at Lu Qi's cave and paid their respects to him.

Li Mo gradually figured out the pattern.

These people were actually Foundation Establishment cultivators with masters in the sect, and core members of the Fairness Society.

Judging from the involvement of Tao Ran and Zhao Huaxue, it's clear that Wang Wenhai, the deputy head of the Alchemy Hall, has also been dragged into the Justice Society's scheme.

After a cup of tea.

There were over thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators in Lu Qi's cave, all of whom were elite Foundation Establishment cultivators from the sect. Among them, six were at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

(End of this chapter)