Cultivating the Dao, Starting with Farming

After witnessing the sect ceremony held by Qixuan Sect, the two powerful swordsmen Feng and Chen Jianzhu left first. With their departure, the originally solemn and solemn atmosphere of the ceremony was slightly weakened, but it also made everyone present relax. He breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the majesty and aura of a strong person in the Fusion Realm made everyone feel extremely stressed, and no one dared to slack off.

The two sword masters of the Xuantian Sword Sect came to this grand ceremony in person, which undoubtedly gave Li Mu, the master of the Qixuan Sect, a great deal of face. All the distinguished guests expressed their congratulations and respect to him. They knew very well that the two sword masters of the Xuantian Sword Sect would be able to do so. It is no easy task for a sword master to attend a grand ceremony.

As the distinguished guests left one after another, although the grand ceremony of Qixuan Sect came to an end, the lively atmosphere in the sect did not diminish at all. Immediately afterwards, the follow-up link after the grand ceremony - the sect disciple competition, and the apprenticeship ceremony after the competition, had already begun.

At the competition site, dozens of arenas were lined up, like a giant dragon stretching out. Disciples of all ages were already eager to show off their skills on the arena.

Soon, the competitions began in each arena. Each of the disciples showed off their skills, their swords were full of energy, and their spells were brilliant. They each showed their strengths and started a battle between dragons and tigers, competing for the top.

Under the ring, the audience was also excited, cheering for the brilliant battles of the brothers and sisters, cheering for their victory, and sighing for someone's failure. The scene was very lively.

In addition to the competition on the ring, many disciples looked at the sect master, peak master and elders on the high platform from time to time. They are eager to be appreciated and recognized by the senior leaders of these sects, hoping that their outstanding performance will attract their attention and be accepted as a disciple by one of the masters, thereby obtaining better cultivation resources and inheritance opportunities.

"Sect Master, have you seen any disciples you are satisfied with?" Fang Shixin asked Li Mu with a smile, a trace of expectation in his eyes.

Li Mu frowned and his eyes wandered between the arenas, as if he was looking for a disciple who satisfied him. It was not impossible to accept a few named disciples. However, Li Mu had very high standards and requirements for the selection of disciples. Looking at the past , none of them seemed to satisfy him.

"Sect Master, look at the No. 7 arena. The disciple in green is Zhao Tianchen. He has outstanding qualifications. He has a gold-type heavenly spirit root. He has already understood the sword's intention in the middle of foundation building. He is the winner of this inner sect competition. Popular." Fang Shixin quickly recommended Li Mu, his voice full of admiration for Zhao Tianchen.

Hearing this, Li Mu turned his attention to Arena No. 7.

On the ring, I saw a man in green clothes with a handsome face, holding a long sword, fighting fiercely with his opponent. His figure was erratic on the ring. Every time the sword was drawn, it was accompanied by a fierce sword energy, which went straight to the opponent's vital points.

The foundation of Zhao Wuchen's sword skills is indeed solid, and his moves are used just right. Sometimes his sword skills are as fierce as a storm, and sometimes as gentle as the spring breeze. It is dizzying. Although his opponent is also a strong foundation builder. The monks, however, seemed a little powerless in the face of Zhao Tianchen's fierce offensive, and could only passively resist the attack. Soon, they fell into a disadvantage, and the winner was soon determined.

After seeing Zhao Tianchen's performance in the ring, Li Mu's eyes flashed with admiration. It can be seen that this man's swordsmanship has indeed reached a very high level, and he has retained part of his strength. He fights steadily and at the minimum cost. He was ready to take down his opponent, and his personality tended to be cautious and steady, but that was all, and he did not meet Li Mu's requirements for being accepted as a disciple.

"Sect Master, look at the female disciple in red on the 10th stage. This girl is in the first stage of Foundation Establishment. Her name is Su Hongxiu. She has the fire element Tianling Root. Not only does she have excellent qualifications, she also has extremely high understanding. She is practicing He is extremely talented in fire spells and has mastered a variety of advanced spells in just a few years." Seeing Li Mu's dissatisfaction, Fang Shixin continued to recommend him.

Li Mu followed his guidance and turned his attention to the No. 10 arena. On the arena, a female disciple in red kneaded the magic formula with her forearm and activated a fire crow technique, producing several blazing fire crows. Attacking the opponent from all directions, each fire crow is so powerful that it makes the opponent unprepared and difficult to parry, easily knocking it off the ring.

Su Hongxiu has reached a very advanced level in controlling fire spells, and her ability to control fire spells is indeed good. Such a disciple might really be worthy of being accepted as his disciple.

"Yes, this girl does have some potential." Li Mu nodded and said to Fang Shixin: "Continue to observe and see how she performs next."

After Li Mu's words fell, the stone in Fang Shixin's heart was half gone. He understood that the sect master was extremely strict in the selection of disciples, and it was not easy to be praised by him, let alone be accepted as a disciple.

Next, Fang Shixin introduced other outstanding disciples to Li Mu, most of them were disciples in the foundation-building stage, and there were also a few disciples in the later stages of Qi refining who had good talents.

However, the exercises that these disciples majored in were almost without exception biased toward single-system or dual-system exercises. Li Mu has never been able to find a disciple who can cultivate the five elements as well as him, and it is inevitable that he feels a little regretful in his heart.

The ancient skill he practiced - the Yin-Yang Five Elements Sutra, which focuses on the five elements and also cultivates yin and yang, is infinitely powerful, but it requires the practitioner to have the five elements spiritual roots. Now it seems that this skill is difficult to use in this sect. Find a suitable successor.

Li Mu soon felt relieved. After all, the simultaneous cultivation of the five elements was not the mainstream. Even in this sect with many talents, it was difficult to find it easily.

As time went by, the inner gate competition got better and better, and the atmosphere became more and more lively. Many disciples stepped onto the stage one after another. They each showed their talents, whether their swords were flashing or their spells were flying. The disciples with profound cultivation and excellent qualifications performed outstandingly. Every fight was exciting and dazzling. Although the disciples in the foundation building stage and the Qi refining stage have relatively low cultivation levels, their battles are full of vigor and vitality, as if a new force is surging.

However, in the eyes of the masters of the Transformation God, the competition between foundation-building disciples and Qi-refining disciples is like a fight between young children. Although it is somewhat entertaining, it lacks the real attraction. They also look at the performance of their disciples, but more importantly, they observe their qualifications and potential.

Compared with many god-forming elders, Li Mu looked a little different. His eyes had lost focus, as if he was thinking about some far-reaching issue, and he seemed to have lost interest in the competition between the disciples in the ring.

Suddenly, Li Mu's eyes suddenly opened, as if he was deeply attracted by something. His eyes passed through many fierce fighting arenas and landed directly on a specific arena, where a man in gray and a woman in a blue skirt were having a fight. A fierce battle.

Sensing Li Mu's strange gaze, Fang Shixin, Qin Wentong, Ge Xinyu and other sect elders couldn't help but stop chatting. They looked at each other, and then they all turned their attention to the arena Li Mu was looking at.

On the 21st stage, a man in gray clothes was holding a long sword and had a fierce confrontation with a woman in a blue skirt. The man was about in his early twenties and was at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Although he looked plain, his face was resolute and showed an indomitable energy. His opponent was a female disciple who was in the early stages of foundation building and was about the same age as him. Beautiful appearance and cool temperament.

Although the battle between the two was fierce, it was not outstanding compared to the exciting duels between other outstanding disciples. However, what is surprising is that the man in gray was able to tenaciously resist the attack of the female disciple in the early stage of foundation building with his seventh-level Qi refining level. The battle between the two actually showed an even tone. situation.

Such a scene naturally attracted everyone's attention, especially when Li Mu and several sect elders turned their attention here, which made this originally inconspicuous battle become eye-catching. All the disciples speculated, What was so special about the fierce battle between the two that it could attract the attention of the sect master and the elders of the sect?

"Who is that young man?" Fang Shixin asked in a low voice. Apparently the young man in gray clothes caught Li Mu's attention.

"You have cultivated the Five Elements Kung Fu. No wonder you can withstand the initial stage of Foundation Establishment with the seventh level of Qi Refining." Qin Wentong saw the uniqueness of the man in gray's technique and praised in surprise.

"This is the outer disciple Lin Maoshan. This son has the spiritual roots of the five elements. He is currently cultivating all five elements. After building the foundation, he should choose one line to major in. His opponent is Zhong Yuling, who has the ice spiritual root. The first level of foundation building." Mu Yuan Peak Master Zhong Zilin looked at Fang Shixin, and Li Mu introduced the situation of the two people in the ring in detail.

"This boy is just like the sect master, and he is a fellow practitioner of the Five Elements. Do you like this boy?" Fang Shixin looked at Li Mu and asked with concern.

Hearing this, all the elders cheered up and were equally concerned.

Today's sect's grand ceremony is an unprecedented event. Because of Li Mu's relationship, the two sword masters of Xuantian Sword Sect actually attended the ceremony in person, which undoubtedly added a bit of solemnity and majesty to the entire ceremony.

In addition, Taiyi Sect, as one of the giants in Zhongzhou Lingyu and Xuantian Sword Sect, also sent representatives to congratulate them. In addition, the eight major cultivation families,..., and many other forces also sent people to visit. Congratulations, this all comes down to the sect leader Li Mu. It is precisely because of his relationship that the reputation and status of the Qixuan Sect have been greatly improved among the major forces in the Zhongzhou Spiritual Domain.

However, Li Mu, the sect leader, is extremely incompetent. He does not care about the sect's affairs. He spends most of his time either in seclusion refining weapons or taking care of spiritual plants. He is not attentive to the daily management of the Qixuan Sect, let alone the Qixuan Sect. Xuanzong regarded it as a family, and all the elders had a premonition that one day, he might resign as the head of the clan.

In order for Li Mu to have more contact with the Qixuan Sect, the elders of the Qixuan Sect wished that Li Mu could recruit more disciples or recommend Taoist companions to him to increase his ties with the Qixuan Sect and tie him to the Qixuan Sect. .

Helplessly, the inner sect competition is coming to an end, and Li Mu has not yet found a disciple who can satisfy him.

Now, Lin Maoshan has appeared, and he is practicing the same five elements as Li Mu, which seems to have brought a glimmer of hope to the expectations of the elders.

Facing the expectant gazes of the elders, Li Mu nodded slightly and stared at Lin Maoshan on the stage. A hint of appreciation flashed in his eyes, and he smiled faintly: "This boy is indeed good. At this age, he can practice to the highest level with the Five Elements Kung Fu." It is indeed commendable to have reached the seventh level of Qi refining and have made some small achievements."

The practice of Five Elements together means that the difficulty and progress of practice are five times that of practicing the exercises alone. The later the stage, the more difficult the practice becomes and the progress becomes slower. It is easy to fall due to insufficient realm and insufficient lifespan in the later stage. At the same time, it requires extreme High talent and perseverance are no longer the mainstream practice direction of monks today.

Of course, cultivating the power of the five elements at the same time is infinitely powerful. Under the same realm, the combat power is unparalleled. Those who can practice the five elements and reach a certain realm are all talented people.

"Sect Master, if you are interested, you might as well accept this boy as your disciple." Ge Xinyu looked at Li Mu expectantly and signaled softly.

"This boy's qualifications are indeed good, but the path of cultivating the five elements together is destined to be difficult. Without your guidance, the sect leader, he is destined not to go far!" Fang Shixin looked at Li Mu and said pointedly.

"Indeed, Sect Master, such a good talent needs you to cultivate it, otherwise, it will be a loss!" Qin Wentong agreed.

Li Mu was silent for a moment and slowly shook his head: "Accepting a disciple depends on fate. Although this boy is good, it is not enough to make me want to accept a disciple. Let's see again!"

When the elders heard this, they couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but they also knew Li Mu's character and could not force anything. He was extremely cautious about accepting disciples and would not make decisions easily.

At this time, the battle in the arena has entered a fierce stage. Lin Maoshan is holding a long sword, with agile movement and the blessing of the five elements. The sword moves are powerful and powerful, with extraordinary power. Zhong Yuling, who was fighting against him, had ice spiritual roots. She made seals with her hands and muttered something in her mouth, and then ice picks fell like arrows, chasing Lin Maoshan's figure, and fell on the ring with a 'ping ping'. .

Lin Maoshan reacted quickly and faced the attacks of massive ice cones without any confusion. He used the Five Elements Escape Technique to change his body shape unpredictably. Sometimes he turned into a line of smoke and dissipated in place, and sometimes he appeared in another position. His movement skills were agile and strange. , causing Zhong Yuling's attacks to fail repeatedly.

However, Zhong Yu's spiritual practice was quite scheming. As a large number of ice picks fell, the entire arena surface was quickly covered with a layer of sharp ice. The sharp ice was crystal clear and shone with a biting cold light, turning the entire arena into a frozen wasteland.

Lin Maoshan's pace in the ring began to become a little difficult. If he was not careful, he might slip on the slippery ice or be stabbed by those sharp ice spikes.

Seeing this, Zhong Yuling raised a proud smile on his lips, formed seals with his hands again, and sounded a spell in his mouth, deciding to resolve the battle in one fell swoop.

"Puff puff..." As the spell fell, ice spikes suddenly stabbed out from Lin Maoshan's feet, as fast and sharp as mushrooms after rain.

Lin Maoshan's eyes narrowed, and he used the Five Elements Escape Technique to dodge one after another. At the same time, he rushed towards Zhong Yuling. Only by getting rid of her first could this unfavorable situation be resolved.

However, Zhong Yuling was not someone who took things easy. She had been prepared for it. Seeing Lin Maoshan charging towards him, she sneered, formed seals with her hands a little faster, and the spells in her mouth became more urgent.

"Swish, swish, swish -" As the spell fell, more ice cones shot towards Lin Maoshan from all directions, forming a dense network of ice cones.

Lin Maoshan was in it and had no choice but to choose to avoid the edge temporarily and look for opportunities to attack again.

The battle between the two was extremely fierce. Ice picks and sword lights intertwined in the ring, emitting dazzling light. Both Lin Maoshan and Zhong Yuling showed their respective strengths, and it was difficult to tell the difference for a while.

As time goes by, both of them consume more and more. Although Lin Maoshan's Five Elements Escape Technique is amazing, it consumes a lot of power of the Five Elements. Zhong Yuling's ice spells are constantly flowing and consume a lot of mana. She Gradually I felt a little powerless.

The two are locked in an arduous war of attrition, and whoever can persist to the end will be the winner. (End of chapter)