Lin Hongluan sensed Li Mu's return to the ship immediately.

She stopped cultivating, opened her eyes with joy, and said to Li Mu:

"Li Mu, I think I've broken through."

She broke through from the early stage of Qi Refining Level 1 to the middle stage of Qi Refining, which was indeed something for her to be happy about.

"Hmm! Congratulations! Congratulations on your progress in cultivation!"

As dawn approached, Li Mu put away the battle flags and steered the small boat back.

"Hmph! Not sincere at all. Where did you go just now? I feel like you disappeared for several hours."

Li Mu was taken aback after hearing this. Could it be that Lin Hongluan could sense him at any time?

During that time, he entered the Golden Pearl World to set up the Spirit Spring.

It must be said that Lin Hongluan's intuition was very accurate.

Perhaps it was a predestined relationship across two lifetimes, or perhaps it was because she paid too much attention to Li Mu.

After returning home, Li Mu pulled Lin Hongluan to the study.

He took the golden bead out of his sea of ​​consciousness; the golden bead, the size of a sesame seed, shimmered with a dazzling light.

With a thought, a large portal materialized in the Golden Pearl World.

He glanced at Lin Hongluan, then went inside.

Then, he waved to the stunned Lin Hongluan and came out of the Golden Pearl World again.

He did this so that Lin Hongluan would know more about him and worry less in the future.

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Li Mu's actions left Lin Hongluan speechless. Was he up to something new again?

She seemed to have seen this golden bead before; it was at the foot of the Thousand-Foot Cliff of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where she took a golden bead out of her pocket.

At that moment, holding that golden bead in her palm made her feel very relaxed.

Could this be the bead?

Was Li Mu inside the bead that day?

Thinking of this, Lin Hongluan looked at Li Mu with a puzzled expression in her eyes.

"Red Phoenix, this is a world, a world of gold and pearls."

"world!?"

"Yes! This world is independent of any other world, it is a self-contained entity. Currently, the rules are incomplete, and only I can enter and exit."

If one day you can no longer sense my presence, don't worry, it means I've entered this world.

"What? Li Mu, what are you saying? I don't understand!"

Lin Hongluan's current understanding is completely unable to comprehend that another world could exist within the world she lives in.

Moreover, this tiny golden ball, no bigger than a sesame seed, could hardly be a world in itself.

Seeing Lin Hongluan's disbelief, Li Muxin had a thought, and the Golden Pearl World immediately expanded to about one meter in diameter.

He could have transformed into something larger, but it wasn't convenient because he was indoors.

"Hongluan, you may not understand the existence of this world now, but as long as you continue to cultivate and come into contact with more, you will gradually understand."

Li Mu spent some time explaining the basics of cultivation to Lin Hongluan, barely managing to get her to accept some things she couldn't understand.

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Then, Li Mu thought of another problem.

Because of his previous fall from the cliff, Jinzhu took the initiative to bring him into the world, and from then on he could freely enter and leave Jinzhu's world.

He then abandoned the refining of the golden pearl, realizing that the refining of the golden pearl could not be stopped.

The failure to refine the Golden Pearl World remains a potential problem.

Now that he has entered the Golden Pearl World, the Golden Pearl World will turn into a golden pearl the size of a sesame seed.

If Lin Hongluan has seen Jinzhu, then some people with the right mindset can also see it.

Who knows, one day after he enters the Golden Pearl World, it might have been refined by someone else, leaving him trapped like a turtle in a jar.

Only by continuously refining the golden pearl will it grow larger or smaller according to his mind.

When it grows larger, it can be infinite; when it shrinks, it can be a speck of dust, or even a tiny void particle.

Moreover, refining the gold beads should be much faster now than before, and there's no need to take them out.

He only needs to use his divine sense to refine it in his sea of ​​consciousness. He had done this before, and it did not affect his cultivation.

In other words, he can continuously refine the Golden Pearl World without needing to project his divine sense.

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Li Mu led Lin Hongluan in cultivating in the center of the lake for three consecutive nights.

Over the course of three days, Li Mu took Lin Hongluan on the flying sword several times, giving her a thrill unlike that of skiing.

For Lin Hongluan, these three days were more significant than her cultivation progress over the previous few months.

Currently, she has stabilized her cultivation level at the mid-stage of the first level of Qi Refining and can enter the late stage at any time.

On the morning of the fourth day, the two returned to the villa.

While Lin Hongluan was washing up, Li Mu received a call from Cheng Yishi.

Currently, only three people know his phone number: Lin Hongluan, his second uncle, and Cheng Yibai.

Cheng Yishi got the phone number from Cheng Yibai.

"Li Mu, I finally got through to you on the phone. Where are you now? Do you have time to come to Xishan?"

As soon as the call connected, Cheng asked two questions in quick succession, sounding very excited.

"Yes! I'm in Jiangcheng. Is there something you need?"

"You're in Jiangcheng? Then you definitely need to come to Xishan. Let me tell you, you're really something now!"

"Many sects have visited our Chen family in Xishan, and they've prepared many gifts for you."

Cheng Yishi's tone was still excited and casual until he mentioned that Li Mu was remarkable, at which point his tone became more polite.

Li Mu preferred Cheng Yishi's casual manner when speaking to him, and sighed inwardly when he heard Cheng Yishi's tone become more polite.

Because of the strength he demonstrated, Cheng Yi, who had once asked him to spar, was gone forever.

Li Mu had a much better impression of Cheng Yishi than of Cheng Yibai.

He still remembered Cheng Yishi, who challenged him to a duel. Cheng Yishi had a naturally goofy personality and a never-give-up spirit.

And then there's his flamboyant gesture of shaving his head to show his resolve, saying, "My hairstyle can't affect the speed at which I draw my sword."

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The gist of Cheng Yishi's phone call was that nearly ten sects had visited the Cheng family in the past month or so.

This was the first time the Cheng family had encountered such a situation, and the reason these sects were visiting the Cheng family was because of Li Mu.

These sects were afraid.

It was said that a gift was prepared for Li Mu, but in reality it was compensation for the pursuit and killing of Li Mu.

Since withdrawing from the Tianlei Sect, Xiang Tianhong of the Martial Arts Association has felt that Li Mu's revenge should not continue.

If we allow Li Mu to continue attacking each and every family, it will escalate into a catastrophe for the martial arts world.

After returning to the Martial Arts Association, he sent seven or eight people, including Zuo Yunsheng and Fan Deng, to the sect that had pursued Li Mu.

The purpose was to understand the situation and inform Li Mu of his revenge plan, which was also the original intention of establishing the Martial Arts Association.

However, this time, after summarizing the situation of each sect and informing them of the truth once again,

Especially after learning that the Heavenly Thunder Sect's patriarch had been killed and the entire sect had been decimated, the sects and individuals involved in the pursuit could no longer remain silent.

The Heavenly Thunder Sect is a top-tier sect among the hidden sects. Even they couldn't withstand Li Mu's wrath, so who else would dare to sit idly by and wait for their doom?

Given Li Mu's personality, he might suddenly lash out and kill someone at any moment. I want to befriend Li Mu, but I don't dare to face him directly.

As a result, the Cheng family of Xishan became a sought-after destination for various sects.

The Cheng family was unwittingly pushed into the position of peacemakers.

This led to the scene where Cheng Yi called Li Mu.