The road is vague

Chapter 288 Longevity Elixir Formula
Lu Qi could naturally see the weariness in Li Mo's eyes.

As Li Mo signaled for the Divine Herb Doll to appear, Lu Qi immediately looked up and laughed heartily, nodding repeatedly as he looked at the Divine Herb Doll.

"Yes, that's it."

Lu Qi stroked his beard, and after a brief sigh of regret, he felt satisfied that Li Mo had filled the void in his heart.

"Li Mo, you are currently at the Foundation Establishment stage, it's not too late. As long as you consume this divine herb, you can cultivate both body and spirit!"

Hearing this, Li Mo shook his head and smiled.

“Master, I do indeed intend to cultivate both body and spirit to accumulate boundless resources, but not through this method. This immortal root is hard-won; in the current Mountain and Sea Realm, there may only be one. If I were to consume it, it would be against the natural order. Moreover, this immortal root has already developed sentience and knows some ancient secrets. I have already negotiated with it to have it serve as my summoned object to assist me in comprehending the Great Dao…”

Upon hearing this, Lu Qi remained silent for a long time.

He seemed to already see the day when Li Mo would surpass him.

"By the way, Master, this trip of mine has brought me other opportunities, but also trouble."

Li Mo then briefly recounted how he brought back another Rainbow Bird, how he killed the descendant of the Sky Bear King, and how he was being hunted down by the Hidden Dragon Organization.

"You mean... the Rainbow Bird!?"

"Exactly."

After a moment of shock, Lu Qi quickly led Li Mo away from the Dharma Protector Hall and arrived at the Pure Spirit Divine Tree.

After Li Mo returned to Qingming Mountain, the bird couldn't wait to fly to the Qingling Divine Tree, as if it had caught the scent of the sacred bird that guarded the mountain of the Lingmu Sect.

Lu Qi looked up at the sky and, following Li Mo's direction, indeed saw a rainbow bird, and was overjoyed.

"You must immediately report this matter to the Sect Leader. This is an incredible opportunity! As for the Sky-Piercing Bear King and the Hidden Dragon Organization, humph, as long as you are within the Great Qian Kingdom, they are not a concern. Since you have had so many opportunities on this trip, you should not go anywhere else. Focus on improving your mental state and accumulating strength within the sect, and strive to advance to the Golden Core stage!"

Li Mo couldn't help but think of the promise he made when he went to the Southern Barbarian Lands to exterminate the man-eating monsters.

However, now that he was threatened by the Sky Bear King, although he was worried about being ridiculed by the Eastern family in the future, he could not risk his life. Finally, he took a deep breath and slowly nodded.

After a while.

Lu Qi, accompanied by Li Mo, found Master Danqing.

Upon hearing about Li Mo's extraordinary encounter, Sima Fu's face immediately lit up with an expression of unbelievable joy.

The shrewd and calculating man almost instantly figured out how to maximize the use of this rainbow bird. He quickly exchanged a glance with Lu Qi and saw a hint of expectation in his eyes, which made him grin.

However, when he heard that Li Mo, his true disciple, was being threatened by the Hidden Dragon Organization and the Sky Bear King, his face immediately turned cold.

Then Sima Fu seemed to realize something and looked at Lu Qi meaningfully.

"Junior brother, do you know who the Holy Emperor has appointed as the Grand General to command the military this time?"

"Oh? Who is it?"

Sima Fu chuckled.

"Chen Youyou".

Li Mo was confused, while Lu Qi was stunned for a moment before gasping for breath.

"It's actually her, the Extreme Ice Mystic Maiden of the Profound Ice Sect!"

Lu Qi noticed Li Mo's confusion and immediately began to explain.

"In the Central Plains of this era, there are three supreme-level enhanced divine cultivators, which I'm sure you already know. In addition, there are more than ten Nascent Soul stage ancestors. Although these people cannot dominate the national situation like the three supreme experts, they can still have a great influence and even restrain the three supreme-level enhanced divine cultivators to a certain extent. However, without exception, all Nascent Soul cultivators are greatly restricted in the Mountain and Sea Realm due to certain special reasons and do not usually take action."

Lu Qi paused at this point.

"Therefore, some Nascent Soul cultivators who can survive under the attack of these Nascent Soul cultivators, or who can contend with them to a certain extent, have become the most threatening force in each country. Among them, the Extreme Ice Mystic Maiden of the Profound Ice Sect is such a Nascent Soul cultivator who can threaten Nascent Soul cultivators to a certain extent!"

of course.

This so-called threat does not refer to a threat to one's life.

Rather, it's because Nascent Soul cultivators are constrained by certain reasons and are unwilling to pay a huge price or fight to the death.

Otherwise, the gap in the realm of the Great Dao cannot be bridged by any special means.

Sima Fu grinned slightly.

"Not only that, this Ice Maiden has been summoned by the Holy Lord and will surely bring our sect's sacred artifact, the Heavenly Ice River Tower. With this replica spiritual treasure in hand, coupled with her own magical powers, let alone the Sky-Piercing Bear King, even that Heavenly Longevity Divine Turtle would probably be no match for our Great Qian Kingdom's number one female cultivator below the Nascent Soul stage. When the time comes, let Chen Shouyi pay a visit to this senior from our clan, explain the situation, and eliminate that Bear King in advance, wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Li Mo learned from their conversation that the Chen family of Lingmu Sect had actually migrated from Xuanbing Sect, one of the six western sects.

However, the Xuanbing Sect's cultivation methods are more suitable for women, so hundreds of years ago, some male cultivators from the Chen family of the Xuanbing Sect joined the Lingmu Sect through various means.

This reminded Li Mo of the three stunningly beautiful female cultivators from the Xuanbing Sect at the Zhongshan Kingdom exchange meeting.

"Chen Bingning, Chen Xueyan, Chen Shuanghui, no wonder."

Then Sima Fu looked at Li Mo and said something that Li Mo found hard to believe.

"In fact, our sect's sacred bird, the Rainbow Bird, was already given to someone by the previous sect leader to save our sect from destruction in a desperate situation."

"How can this be!!"

Li Mo found it hard to believe, because after joining the Lingmu Sect, he had always lived in the legend of the sacred bird that guarded the mountain.

When he looked at Lu Qi, he saw his calm gaze and knew that what the sect leader said was mostly true. He couldn't help but feel disappointed. Although he knew that Lingmu Sect was in decline, he did not expect it to have declined to this extent. They even gave away their sacred mountain bird just for a promise from the other party.

He was unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

"I wonder to whom our sect's sacred bird was given?"

"Imperial Princess".

Upon hearing this, Li Mo's eyes widened immediately.

He had never heard of the fact that the Great Qian Kingdom had a princess.

"It's normal that you don't know about this. After all, the princess's path to enlightenment is not yet complete. For the princess's safety, her identity is top secret and only known to a very small number of high-ranking officials. However... now that you have brought back this Rainbow Bird, there is a turning point in this matter. You should rest in the sect for a while, and then come with me to the capital in some time!"

After Li Mo left, Sima Fu gazed at the Qingling Divine Tree for a moment, then suddenly looked at Lu Qi.

"You've really taken on a good disciple."

Lu Qi smiled slightly and said nothing more.

Sima Fu chuckled, sounding cunning no matter how you looked at it, and he noticeably stroked his beard more frequently.

"Li Mo is unmarried, right?" "Hiss, you mean... is that even possible?"

Lu Qi gasped, utterly speechless, while Sima Fu's smile grew even more cunning.

"What's impossible? The Holy Emperor can even arrange his own marriage, so why can't the princess marry a true disciple of our own country? Once the princess advances to the Nascent Soul stage and achieves great success, those corrupt scholars in the court will definitely submit memorials urging her to do so. At that time, our sect may have a chance to win the Emperor's favor!"

At this point, Sima Fu narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Qi.

"Or is it that Li Mo is already engaged?"

"This is not."

Lu Qi sighed.

"However, my disciple does indeed have a lover in our sect named Lü Cuicui, but due to various reasons, they have never taken the final step, which has been quite a regret over the years..."

"A disciple of the Lü family?"

Sima Fu frowned slightly, but upon hearing about Lü Cuicui's background and cultivation level, he immediately showed annoyance.

"Nonsense! How can someone with only Qi Refining stage cultivation be worthy of being a true disciple of our sect? How could Li Mo be so foolish? Compared to the Great Dao, what are mere romantic feelings? Junior Brother Lu, you should know what this opportunity means. You must keep a close eye on this disciple in secret and make sure he doesn't do anything foolish!"

Say it.

Sima Fu narrowed his eyes slightly.

"As for the Lü family, I will make arrangements."

Lu Qi nodded silently.

"I see."

……

the other side.

After returning to his cave, Li Mo retrieved some spiritual fruits and fed them to the money-stealing rat.

The previously nonchalant money-stealing rat's eyes widened at the sight, and after a careful sniff, it excitedly began to devour the food.

It kept squeaking and making noise as it ate.

No wonder the money-stealing rat was so excited.

Within the Realm of Heavenly Plunder, its strength was too weak, only able to fight the Divine Grass Doll to a standstill, facing all sorts of dangers, and only daring to traverse limited areas. It had never seen such abundant spiritual fruits before. Now, seeing Li Mo so easily bring out a plate of them, it was immediately filled with tears, eating and crying at the same time.

As it looked at Li Mo's figure, it instantly transformed from a villainous figure into a majestic and towering one, radiating golden light.

Li Mo was unaware of this and began to gather his spoils from the trip.

Three Soul-Nourishing Incense Sticks, one Longevity Pill, a Golden Spirit Leaf discovered within the Thief Realm, a small bottle sealing the Witch Clan, the fruit of the Seven-Star Man-Eating Vine, a Nirvana Pill, and the Jianmu tree inside the Thief Rat's belly.

As for the Divine Grass Doll, the Stealing Mouse, and the Rainbow Bird, there's no need to elaborate.

"The Soul-Nourishing Incense is used to advance to the Golden Core stage. The Golden Spirit Leaf is a magic weapon-grade material, which can be used for trading or refining magic weapons later. The Witch Clan can only use this after advancing to the Golden Core stage. The Nirvana Pill can be used to save lives..."

Li Mo hesitated about this Nirvana Pill.

Its value was immeasurable, but considering that this pill could turn the tide in a crisis, he ultimately kept it and did not intend to trade it.

Finally, there's Jianmu.

After the money-stealing rat finished eating the spirit fruit, it followed Li Mo's instructions and spat out the broken branch of the Jianmu tree inside its stomach. Li Mo looked at this piece of Jianmu tree and was overwhelmed with excitement.

With his current strength, let alone using this Jianmu tree, even if the Jianmu tree were placed here, his magic weapon would not be able to harm it in the slightest.

"These are materials for refining Heavenly Treasures."

With this in mind, Li Mo quickly began digging into the cave. He planned to hide the Jianmu tree deep inside the cave. As a true disciple, the Jianmu tree would be quite safe as long as the Lingmu Sect was not destroyed.

As for how to use this Jianmu tree in the future, that will be decided after one's cultivation level is improved.

However, as a puppet master, he naturally hoped to use this Jianmu tree to create a powerful puppet that would attract worldwide attention, but this plan could only be started after he advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

"Then, the next step is to decipher the formula for the Longevity Pill, and to prepare to comprehend the Dao of Thunder in the Misty Realm by holding the Spirit Blessing Ceremony, and then cultivate the Five Thunder Transformation Dust Divine Power."

Even so, Li Mo couldn't help but think of Yin De Dan.

Yin Dedan wasn't just something he needed; Lü Cuicui needed it too, and she couldn't wait any longer.

However, due to the Sky Bear King, Li Mo will likely find it difficult to travel to the Southern Barbarian Lands in the short term to earn Yin De Dan through military merit.

"I will be traveling to Yuancheng in Jingzhou in a few days. I wonder if it is possible to exchange this pill through the Imperial Princess."

After muttering to himself, he took a deep breath and prepared to begin deciphering the Longevity Pill.

While this pill is precious within the Lu Kingdom, it's not outrageously expensive. However, if it were to enter the Daqian Kingdom, its price would be more than ten times higher. If Li Mo could decipher the pill formula and mass-produce it, he would undoubtedly benefit immensely in the future.

a few days later.

Li Mo stood blankly in front of the cave, muttering to himself.

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

He looked down at the formula for the Longevity Pill in his hand, repeating it over and over again.

Other materials were one thing, but he already knew about the ethereal demon cores of different realms, and some spiritual herbs weren't too outrageous either.

The key is one of the links.

Alchemists actually have to sacrifice their own lifespan to refine the Longevity Pill!

No wonder the cultivators of the Longevity Pill Sect don't refine Longevity Pills on a large scale.

Even though the main cultivation method of the Longevity Pill Sect can reduce the lifespan that needs to be sacrificed to a certain extent, unlike outsiders who have to sacrifice more than ten years of their own lifespan in order to refine a Longevity Pill that can increase their lifespan by more than ten years, thus benefiting others, this step absolutely cannot be omitted.

"So this is the secret of the Longevity Elixir Sect."

Needless to say, there are also great limitations to taking the Longevity Pill, not only in terms of cultivation level, but also in terms of quantity.

Once the disciples of the Longevity Pill Sect refine the Longevity Pill, they will inevitably prioritize satisfying their own needs.

What follows.

For every Longevity Pill sold, a disciple of the Longevity Pill Sect is sacrificing their own lifespan. So-called long-lived cultivators will gradually become short-lived once they start selling Longevity Pills.

(End of this chapter)