Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

Under the orders of Patriarch Linghu, Hong Fu went out and quickly retrieved the spirit stone mine containing the ancient teleportation array.

Linghu Ancestor is right. A spirit stone mine with a low output can be easily acquired.

Immediately, several Foundation Establishment stage disciples in Huangfeng Valley were ordered to supervise the mining.

As for the cave containing the ancient teleportation array, it was Linghu Patriarch who personally set up a concealment array.

Although Elder Linghu was not skilled in formations, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, setting up and activating some formation plates was still quite simple for him.

For cultivators, not understanding formations and not knowing how to use formations are two different things.

Mu Yu himself didn't care much about what was happening. He returned to his cave and went into seclusion to cultivate the Spirit Eye Tree.

After finishing all that, Linghu Patriarch was urged by Mu Yu to go to the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain to ask for the recipes for the Spirit Eye Tree Elixir and the Mingqing Spirit Water.

Although Huangfeng Valley has three Spirit Eye Trees, they cannot compare in age to the one shared by the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain.

Therefore, Huangfeng Valley does not contain the essence of the Spirit Eye Tree or the spiritual water of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

For the three sects of Yunmeng Mountain, the Mingqing Spirit Water and the Pure Liquid are only useful to some Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage disciples due to their limited production, and are not considered particularly precious.

In the original story, Han Li didn't obtain the Mingqing Spirit Water until the late stage of Core Formation. If Mu Yu uses it now during the Foundation Establishment stage, the benefits might be even greater.

"Brother Mu, I'm preparing to establish my foundation."

Mu Yu was still lost in thought about the Ming and Qing spiritual eyes when he heard Han Li's voice.

Because Ancestor Linghu went to Yunmeng Mountain, Mu Yu didn't let Han Li leave, since the spiritual energy here was much stronger than that of the broken spirit herb garden.

"Okay, go ahead. My meditation room isn't being used lately; this is the incantation to activate the array."

Mu Yu casually tossed over a jade slip, while he was flipping through a paper book in his hand.

After a while, once Elder Linghu returns, he will need to go find Xin Ruyin, as he needs to learn some basics related to formations.

Ever since discovering that his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune was like having a cheat code in miscellaneous studies, Mu Yu has been preparing to become an "all-around" cultivator.

Unless she encounters some insurmountable obstacle, Mu Yu will try anything that interests her.

Han Li held the jade slip containing the control techniques for the array, hesitated for a long time, but couldn't bear to refuse.

After all, it would be too extravagant for a Qi Refining stage disciple to use such a top-tier cave dwelling.

Cultivating in such a place can increase your speed by at least three times.

"Brother Mu, didn't you say before that I could only stay for a few months?"

After hesitating for a moment, Han Li still asked.

Mu Yu lay lazily on the jade recliner, answering absentmindedly:

"It hasn't even been a few months yet, how long can you possibly take to reach Foundation Establishment?"

"Besides, my master is not in the sect recently. You can stay as long as you want until he returns."

Hearing this, Han Li finally felt much more at ease.

After thanking Mu Yu, Han Li couldn't wait to go to his meditation room to cultivate in seclusion.

Mu Yu didn't pay any attention and continued to peruse the books on formations. Every seven days, he would retrieve a sapling of the Spirit Eye Tree from the depths of the Spirit Spring and drip a drop of liquid onto it.

Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had gone by.

It wasn't until Mu Yu received the transmission talisman from Ancestor Linghu that she remembered Han Li was still in seclusion in the meditation room.

"It's been over a month and they still haven't come out. What happened? Did they fail, or...?"

Many thoughts flashed through Mu Yu's mind. After hesitating for a moment, he decided to temporarily give up on using external force to open the door to the quiet room.

The Jing Shi (Quiet Room) was designed from the very beginning; once the array was activated from the inside, the only way to open it from the outside was to destroy the array.

The reason, of course, is to prevent those who are in seclusion in the quiet room from being affected.

"Let's wait two years. If he doesn't come out in two years, then it's not my problem anymore."

Mu Yu recalled that when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, it only took him about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and he did not encounter any problems along the way.

Shaking his head, Mu Yu tossed a jade slip at the entrance of the meditation room, then turned and went out to find Ancestor Linghu.

……

More than a month later, Mu Yu heard Linghu Patriarch's complaints again, which sounded somewhat endearing.

Perhaps it was because he had displayed his unique talent that Linghu Patriarch was giving Mu Yu a very good impression.

If this can continue indefinitely, when his lifespan is nearing its end, Mu Yu might go to the trouble of finding him some spring water to restore his vitality.

Having listened absentmindedly to Linghu Patriarch's complaints, Mu Yu successfully obtained the formula for the Mingqing Spirit Water, as well as the alcoholic liquid stored in a specially made container.

This specially made container is already considered a very precious treasure.

Just how precious is it...?

It's probably something that even Core Formation stage cultivators wouldn't dare use; only Nascent Soul stage cultivators could afford such extravagance.

Only a container with this special quality can completely preserve the liquid flowing from the Tree of Spirit Eyes, preventing its spiritual energy from leaking out.

Unfortunately, this stuff isn't good enough to preserve the green liquid in the little green bottle for long.

A shelf life of one or two months is practically the same as having none at all.

After returning to his cave, Mu Yu sent a communication talisman to Sect Leader Zhong, and soon after, Sect Leader Zhong personally stood in front of Mu Yu's cave.

"Young Master Mu, here is the elixir you need."

When Sect Leader Zhong met Mu Yu, he was clearly a little nervous.

Although he was nominally the leader of Huangfeng Valley, in reality, this position was merely a sinecure.

In Huangfeng Valley, the one who truly holds power is Ancestor Linghu, followed by those powerful figures in the Core Formation stage.

Although Mu Yu is still at the Foundation Establishment stage, his status is the same as that of the elders at the Core Formation stage.

Therefore, Sect Leader Zhong was somewhat unsure about how to address Mu Yu.

Calling him "Shishu" is obviously wrong, since Mu Yu is still in the Foundation Establishment stage. He has absolutely no connection with Sect Leader Zhong or Ancestor Linghu, and there is no master-disciple relationship between them.

He clearly didn't have the courage to call him "senior brother," so he could only address him as "young master."

"Hmm, these are the spirit stones for purchasing the elixir; the rest is your errand fee."

Mu Yu casually tossed over a storage bag, unwilling to say another word.

……

The preparation of Ming and Qing spiritual water is not simple, and given Mu Yu's current alchemy skills, it is quite a challenge.

However, relying on his talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and after consuming several thousand-year-old spiritual herbs obtained from Ancestor Linghu, Mu Yu still managed to successfully concoct the Mingqing Spiritual Water.

Fortunately, the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs consumed by this Mingqing spiritual water were not particularly precious, otherwise Mu Yu would have had to put in even more effort.

The final step is to place the alcohol in the specially made container into the Mingqing Spirit Water.

Soon, the alcohol reacted with the Mingqing Lingshui.

There are no strict rules regarding the ratio of alcohol to Mingqing spiritual water; it seems that a little more or less is acceptable.

Indeed, in Yunmeng Mountain, this is only used by disciples in the Qi Refining stage and early Foundation Establishment stage. The Core Formation and Nascent Soul stage cultivators naturally do not need to put too much effort into it.

In fact, this thing requires the consumption of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, even if they are not particularly precious thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.

For disciples in the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, it is indeed a "treasure".

Based on the guidance of her innate ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune, Mu Yu's Mingqing Spirit Water was exceptionally perfect.

After observing carefully for a moment, Mu Yu emitted a blue light from his fingertips, separating two fist-sized clumps of liquid from the Mingqing Spirit Water.

Afterwards, Mu Yu activated his magic power to complete the initial refining. The two fist-sized clumps of spiritual water transformed into fine, hair-like strands of blue silk and disappeared into his eyes.

In an instant, it was as if a flame surged up in his eyes and burned them completely.

Even though her innate ability to sense good fortune and avoid misfortune was auspicious, Mu Yu was still somewhat worried about her eyes.

Just as Mu Yu was filled with worry, the burning heat that seemed to have consumed her eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by a bone-chilling cold.

The chill gradually spread, as if it were about to freeze him completely.

Upon feeling this chill, Mu Yu's worries vanished. According to records, this was a sign that the Ming and Qing dynasty spiritual water was used to cleanse the eyes.

Mu Yu immediately sat cross-legged and began to circulate his magical power.

With the flow of magical power, the chill was firmly contained within his eyes.

Several hours later, the chill gradually dissipated, and Mu Yu slowly opened her eyes. What she saw was no different from usual.

It wasn't until Mu Yu infused his magic power into his eyes that he experienced even a little bit of the ability to penetrate fog and stone.