Dao Seed Immortal Lord

Li Bai opened his eyes, his mind focused on the scene, and seeing that his proficiency with the Spring Sword had improved slightly, he nodded in satisfaction.

Each cultivation session can improve one's skill by 0.8%. In one night, besides practicing the Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique, he can practice the Spring Sword four or five times, and he can also spare some time during the day to practice two or three times.

That means he can increase Spring Sword's power by about 5% per day!

Seven days is enough time to go from proficient to master of Spring Sword!

With this in mind, Li Bai was full of energy and got up again, sword in hand.

"Buzz".

The sword flashed again.

After finishing his cultivation, he sat down cross-legged and began practicing the "Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique".

The Green Wood Spirit Seed within his body slowly rotated, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array, transforming it into pure wood-elemental magic power, accumulating it bit by bit.

[Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique +0.16%]

After a night of cultivation, Li Bai opened his eyes and focused his mind on the Tai Xuan Immortal Mirror in his mind, where lines of words appeared.

[Li Bai.]

[Cultivation Level: Second Level of Qi Refining Realm.]

Lifespan: 20/103 years.

[Cultivation Technique: Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique (Tier 1, Low Grade, Level 2, 9.82%).]

[Spells: Spirit Rain Technique (Tier 1, Low Grade, Perfected)... Great Spring and Autumn Sword Technique (Tier 1, High Grade, Spring Sword (Proficient, 69.64%), Summer Sword (Proficient, 2.07%), Autumn Sword (Proficient, 1.01%), Winter Sword (Proficient, 0.29%)).]

[Dao Seeds: Qi Refining Dao Seed (Top-grade Tier 1 (one), Low-grade Tier 1 (three))... Sword Heart Dao Seed (Low-grade Tier 1, one), Evil-Repelling Dao Seed (Low-grade Tier 1, five).]

"The Azure Wood Spiritual Essence Technique can increase cultivation by 0.16% per day. It will probably take more than a year and a half to break through to the third level of the Qi Refining Realm. That's alright."

"Spring Sword has accumulated 69.64% of its power, which is not far from breaking through to the mastery level. Seven days will be enough."

Li Bai still felt a little regretful.

If he were given another year or two, he would definitely be able to improve the Great Spring and Autumn Sword Technique to at least the Great Mastery level, and even perfect one or two sword strikes wouldn't be impossible.

However, for simply participating in the first-tier low-grade spirit plant master competition, even just being proficient in the first-tier high-grade top-level sword techniques is enough!

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

That morning, the entire Haiqing Park was buzzing with excitement.

One by one, the apprentices and masters of spirit plants gathered in the square in front of the Spirit Plant Hall.

Li Bai awoke from his meditative state, washed up, and immediately went out.

After waiting a moment, they met up with Chen Hexian and several other spiritual plant apprentices, and together they followed the crowd to the square in front of the Spiritual Plant Hall.

Several apprentice plant cultivators were excited. They had joined the herb garden earlier than Li Bai and had been there for two or three years.

The one with the strongest cultivation has already broken through to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm, just like Li Bai.

He was just much older than Li Bai, already in his thirties.

He glanced at Li Bai beside him and asked in a low voice, "Junior Brother Li, are you also participating in the Spirit Plant Master Apprentice Competition? If it is, with Junior Brother Li's abilities, you should have a good chance of competing for the top ten."

The tone of his words carried a hint of envy and jealousy, as well as a touch of resentment.

He had been following Chen Hexian for more than three years, much longer than Li Bai.

However, Chen Hexian treated Li Bai much better than him, which made him very resentful.

Why should I?

If Chen Hexian could also give him the inheritance of a spirit plant master, and guide him like he guided Li Bai, he believed that he could also possess Li Bai's abilities, or even be stronger than Li Bai.

Li Bai glanced at the several spirit plant apprentices around him and said in a completely calm voice, "Don't worry, I won't participate in the spirit plant apprentice competition. After all, I am a first-tier low-grade spirit plant master. If I were to participate, it would naturally be in the first-tier low-grade spirit plant master competition."

These words caused the faces of several apprentice plant cultivators to change.

The apprentice, a spiritual plant master at the second level of Qi Refining, looked even more embarrassed, his forced smile more like a grimace than a cry.

"The Spirit Plant Master Competition... Junior Brother Li is truly courageous!" he said through gritted teeth.

Li Bai ignored the group.

He had already perfected the skills of a first-tier low-grade spirit plant master, but his cultivation was lacking and he did not inherit the skills of a second-tier mid-grade spirit plant master.

Otherwise, he would be confident that he could quickly break through to become a mid-grade first-level spirit plant master.

Naturally, there's no need to focus our attention and energy on these apprentices who aren't even considered plant masters.

Soon, many plant masters and their apprentices gathered in the square.

Looking around, there was a dense crowd of people, at least seven or eight hundred.

The majority of them were apprentices of spirit plant masters, about five or six hundred people, while the remaining two hundred or so were first-grade low-level spirit plant masters.

Among these two hundred or so people, there were old and young. Some had white hair and beards and looked very old, while others were in their prime and had a calm demeanor. There were also many talented cultivators like Li Bai who had already entered the ranks of spirit plant masters at a young age.

Chen Hexian led Li Bai through the crowd, greeting familiar spirit plant masters from time to time, and also introducing Li Bai to several outstanding first-tier low-grade spirit plant masters standing in the distance.

"That person, whose surname is Zhao and given name is Yuanqi, has a peak cultivation level of the third level of Qi Refining Realm. He has been in Haiqing Garden for eight years and has extremely rich experience in planting spiritual herbs. It is said that he has already touched the threshold of a first-level mid-grade spiritual plant master and is a hot candidate for the top ten in this competition."

Li Bai followed Chen Hexian's gaze and saw a man in his thirties talking to several people beside him.

The man had an ordinary face, but his eyes were calm and his aura was as powerful as a mountain; he was indeed extraordinary.

"That woman over there is named Su Wan'er. She is a formal disciple of the Immortal Sect. Before entering the sect, she already had a mid-grade spiritual root aptitude. She studied spiritual plant techniques under a first-grade high-grade spiritual plant master. Although she has not been a disciple for long, she has extremely high talent and her cultivation has reached the third level of the Qi Refining Realm."

A young girl in her early twenties, dressed in a moon-white Taoist robe, stood not far away. She had a beautiful face and an ethereal air, like a fairy.

"And then there's Jiang Yunhe, a disciple of the steward of Yaoyuantian. Two years ago, he encountered disciples of the Blackwater Sect, but he killed two of them instead..."

Chen Hexian introduced another person, and Li Bai was greatly surprised when he looked at him. He was a young man who looked to be about twenty or thirty years old.

This person actually killed two Blackwater Sect disciples!?

Li Bai's expression was noticeably more serious, his gaze subtly sweeping over the group of people. These were all formidable opponents in the competition.

Before long, another figure came over, and it was none other than Lao He, whom we hadn't seen for over a year.

When Li Bai saw Lao He again, he asked in surprise, "Lao He, your cultivation has also broken through to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm?"

Old He was noticeably more energetic than he was a year ago. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "What? You're allowed to break through, but not this old man who's cultivated for decades can have a breakthrough?"

He slapped Li Bai hard on the shoulder and exclaimed, "Goodness! I just heard you say you're going to participate in the Spirit Plant Master Competition? You've really soared to great heights, you've really made something of yourself!"

Li Bai chuckled and looked him up and down, saying, "You're not bad either; you're still got it."

Previously in Peach Blossom Village, Old He had already prepared to leave the Flowing Cloud Sect and return to the mortal world to retire.

I never imagined that coming to the herb garden would give me a second spring.

Although he has only broken through to the second level of the Qi Refining Realm, and the hope of breaking through to the third level of the Qi Refining Realm is still slim, at least it allows Lao He to stay in the cultivation world for a few more years and give it another shot.

Both Li Bai and Lao He were overjoyed to be reunited after so long.

As the two were talking, suddenly, an immense and abyss-like pressure descended from the sky, enveloping the entire square.