Dao Seed Immortal Lord

He looked down at his hands, feeling the transformed Green Wood Mana Seed within his body, and the more profound and pure Wood Spirit Mana flowing within it. An indescribable sense of fulfillment welled up in his heart.

Over two years, he went from a pseudo-spiritual root servant who had just entered the world of cultivation to a cultivator at the second level of the Qi Refining Realm, and even became a first-order low-grade spiritual plant master.

This level of progress far surpasses that of the old handymen in Peach Blossom Village who have toiled for decades.

"After two years of hard work, I've finally made some progress. Cultivating immortality isn't so difficult after all." Li Bai was overjoyed and was about to get up to wash up.

suddenly.

Rumble!

A deafening roar came from afar, as if the sky itself had shattered.

Immediately afterwards, a piercing alarm sounded over Haiqing Park, and a crimson beam of light shot into the sky, illuminating the night sky.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The Blackwater Sect is attacking!"

"All disciples, listen to my command! Activate the protective formation! Disciples at the fourth level of Qi Refining or above, follow me into battle to meet the enemy!"

Deacon Yuan's deep voice rolled across the sky like thunder, carrying endless majesty and killing intent, causing the entire herb garden to tremble.

Li Bai's heart tightened suddenly, and he rushed out of the wooden house.

In just a short while, the sounds of battle shook the heavens outside Haiqing Garden, and a fierce battle suddenly broke out.

In the sky, countless streaks of light streaked across like meteors, black, red, and blue, intertwining together. The clanging of colliding magical artifacts, the booming of exploding spells, and the roars and screams of cultivators instantly resounded through the heavens.

The Blackwater Sect has arrived!

In the previous year, although the Blackwater Sect had attacked several times, the scale of these attacks was not large and could only be considered minor skirmishes. Li Bai had not heard any news about them.

But this time...

This is a huge problem!

Li Bai's pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the bloody battlefield outside the herb garden. The garden's protective formation was fully activated, and a layer of pale golden light enveloped the entire Haiqing Garden.

Outside the protective barrier, disciples of the Flowing Cloud Sect were engaged in fierce combat with a group of cultivators dressed in black robes.

Magical artifacts flew through the air, sword energy crisscrossed, and the flames from exploding talismans illuminated the night as if it were daytime.

The earth trembled and cracked, and boulders rolled down from distant mountain peaks, crashing into valleys with a thunderous roar.

He stood in front of the wooden house, gazing at the battle outside the light barrier, his heart pounding.

It was a scene of horrific devastation he had never witnessed before.

A disciple of the Liuyun Sect at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm had just summoned a flying sword when he was struck simultaneously by three beams of black light from the opposite side. His protective spiritual light shattered, and his body fell like a kite with a broken string.

Another disciple used a fireball technique to burn a Blackwater Sect cultivator into a fireball, but he himself was also invaded by a strange black aura and fell from the sky with a scream.

That's horrible!

This is a bloody battle to the death, with no wasted words; the moment the disciples of the two sects meet, it's a fight to the death.

This battle lasted for three days and three nights.

All the servants and apprentices in Haiqing Garden were ordered to stay in their own residences and were not allowed to go out.

Li Bai sat cross-legged in the wooden house for three days, listening to the deafening roar outside and feeling the earth tremble continuously. He couldn't even concentrate on his cultivation.

Of course, the main reason was that he was always prepared, in case the herb garden couldn't be defended...

Then I must immediately escape into the Tai Xuan Immortal Mirror...

On the third day at dusk, the shouts of battle outside gradually subsided.

The Blackwater Sect members retreated.

Li Bai walked out of the wooden house and followed several other spiritual plant apprentices to the square.

The sight before him made him gasp.

On the square lay dozens of wounded Liuyun Sect disciples, some with severed arms, some with pierced chests, some with blackened faces, some poisoned, and some corrupted by demonic or eerie energy.

A dozen or so first-tier spirit plant masters were busy treating them, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood and medicine.

Deacon Yuan stood in front of the square, his face ashen, his brows furrowed with barely suppressed anger and exhaustion.

A steward stepped forward to report, his voice hoarse: "Steward, in this battle... more than ten of our Liuyun Sect's disciples guarding the medicine garden have perished, and over a hundred have been wounded. Fortunately, we managed to defend the medicine garden. The Blackwater Sect also suffered considerable losses, with twenty-three corpses alone remaining..."

Li Bai did not hear what was said next.

He stood in the crowd, looking at the corpses being carried back haphazardly, at the blood-soaked wounds, and his heart trembled violently.

More than ten people have perished!

These are all disciples of immortal sects in the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining Realm. Compared to them, they are already high and mighty beings who can ride swords and have an imposing presence.

But in this war, their lives were harvested like weeds.

Hundreds of people were injured, and countless others lost limbs.

"no......"

Li Bai clenched his fists tightly, feeling a tightness in his chest and a bit panicked. He had never experienced such a fierce bloodbath before; the intensity of these two battles was simply too great.

"We need to think of a way to improve our combat strength."

"Planting spiritual plants and improving cultivation are important, but without a means to protect myself, once the herb garden's grand formation is broken, my meager cultivation will leave me no chance to escape!"

The first thing that came to his mind was the Great Spirit Sword Technique.

He had mastered that spell to perfection, and it could simultaneously condense nine sword energies, or combine the nine swords into one, making it extremely powerful.

However, it is still not enough against cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of the Qi Refining Realm.

"We must take our combat capabilities to the next level."

The next day, Li Bai arrived at the Lingzhi Hall.

The senior disciple on duty had changed; he was now an inner disciple at the fifth level of the Qi Refining Realm, dozing off behind the counter.

"Senior brother, this disciple wishes to exchange for spiritual herbs," Li Bai stepped forward and said respectfully.

The senior brother raised his eyelids slightly and tossed out a jade slip: "Look at the table of contents, and let me know when you've chosen."

Li Bai took the jade slip and probed it with his divine sense.

Inside, one could see a dazzling array of various spiritual herbs stored in Haiqing Garden, ranging from low-grade first-order to low-grade second-order.

"Purple Heart Orchid, a first-tier spiritual herb, can stabilize and enhance divine sense. A ten-year supply requires thirty-five low-grade spirit stones to exchange..."

"Crimson Flame Fruit, a first-tier spiritual herb, can enhance the power of fire-elemental magic. A ten-year supply requires eighteen low-grade spirit stones to exchange..."

"Mystic Ice Grass, a first-tier spiritual herb, can be used to refine Mystic Ice Pills. A ten-year supply requires twenty-five low-grade spirit stones to exchange..."

Li Bai looked on with great longing, but the exchange price of those elixirs made his heart tremble.

After deducting the expenses for exchanging for spirit herb seeds over the past year, as well as the money he spent on daily cultivation, he now only has twenty-one low-grade spirit stones left, which is far from enough to buy a few plants.

Just then, his gaze fell upon the name of a medicinal herb:

[Nine-Leaf Sword Heart Flower: A first-tier spiritual herb. Consuming it can enhance sword comprehension. A ten-year supply requires twenty low-grade spirit stones to exchange, a twenty-year supply requires forty low-grade spirit stones... and a one-hundred-year supply requires two hundred low-grade spirit stones to exchange.]

Nine-Leaf Sword Heart Flower!

Li Bai's pupils contracted slightly.

Improving his understanding of swordsmanship—isn't that exactly what he needs right now?

His Great Spirit Sword Technique has now reached perfection. If he can improve his understanding of swordsmanship, he might be able to break through the first-tier low-grade spell limit in one fell swoop, and even cause a qualitative change in the power of his sword energy!

"Senior brother, I want to exchange for a ten-year-old Nine-Leaf Sword Heart Flower," Li Bai said in a deep voice.

The senior brother on duty was taken aback: "Nine-Leaf Sword Heart Flower? That thing is only used by sword cultivators. What would a spirit plant master like you need it for?"

"This disciple has some knowledge of swordsmanship and would like to give it a try."

The senior brother on duty shrugged, asked no more questions, accepted twenty low-grade spirit stones, and took out a jade box from the medicine cabinet at the back, handing it to Li Bai.

The jade box felt cold to the touch, and it had a spirit-sealing talisman on it.

Li Bai took it, hurriedly returned to the wooden house, closed the doors and windows, and then disappeared into the Tai Xuan Immortal Mirror Cave.