Beyond the Realm of Divine Lands, in the Teleportation Valley, lies Li Mu's villa.

Yue Ling has been cultivating alone in the villa for more than two months, and her cultivation level has broken through to the mid-stage of the third level of Qi Refining.

Yue Ling, who broke through again in just over two months, was not satisfied with her cultivation progress.

That day, her husband said he was going to enter the Golden Pearl World, gave her a whole bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills, and then disappeared.

Even though the tiny golden bead was right beside her, she felt lonely.

So she began her cultivation day and night.

She has tried her best, but has only made a little progress so far, and feels very guilty.

What she didn't know was that it was rare in the cultivation world for someone to go from a novice to the third level of Qi Refining in just one year.

In the depths of her soul, she sensed that her husband would soon return from Jinzhu.

She stopped her cultivation, cleaned the house, and waited for her husband to appear.

Two days later, he finally saw his husband whom he had been longing for day and night, and he was overjoyed.

As soon as Li Mu emerged from the Golden Pearl World, he saw Yue Ling.

This woman isn't even cultivating herself; what is she doing, just waiting around like an idiot?

Sensing that she had made a breakthrough in her cultivation, he did not scold her, but smiled as he looked at her.

"My husband, you're back. Let's have dinner together."

After Yue Ling looked Li Mu up and down, she reached out and pulled her husband to eat together.

These past two days, she has prepared meals every day, waiting for her husband to come home so that there will be something to eat.

After not seeing him for several months, her husband's eyes looked even more profound, and even a casual smile from him could melt her heart.

The two enjoyed a sumptuous dinner together, featuring chicken, duck, fish, and meat.

Li Mu ate until he was a little full, while Yue Ling was overjoyed.

As a peasant woman, a woman whose life revolves around her husband, her greatest achievement is to satisfy him.

A few days later, Xu Shiheng brought several boxes of mooncakes and other food to the door.

Upon seeing the mooncakes, Li Mu was filled with emotion.

Unbeknownst to him, a year had passed since he came to China, and he wondered how things were in the outside world.

How are my second uncle's family? How are the Cheng family in Xishan? Is Lin Hongluan doing well? Does she remember me?

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A few days later, Li Mu put away the magical artifacts in the house and boarded the flying sword with Yue Ling.

Destination: Xiling City.

He had been preparing for more than half a year in order to make a profit in Xiling City.

The reason I've been preparing for so long, both to improve my cultivation and to refine magical treasures, isn't for fighting, but for self-defense.

Where there are spirit stone mines, there will surely be people who cultivate immortal techniques. Xu Shiheng also said that there are quite a few people who cultivate immortality in Xiling City, so we must be careful.

When they attacked the Tianxuan Sect, it caused a stir in the martial arts world of China.

A year has passed, and because of Li Mu's silence, his deeds are no longer mentioned by many people.

This time, to get to Xiling City, we don't need to cross the Endless Forest. We just need to fly around the outer perimeter for a short distance, and then there's a straight line behind us.

According to Xu Shiheng, the rare medicinal herbs obtained from entering the Endless Forest vary depending on whether you are from the southeast, northwest, or other directions.

If you enter from the west, you are very likely to be able to pick purple flowers.

Purple violet flowers are the main ingredient in the Refining Spirit Fusion Pill.

The Spirit Fusion Pill is a pill taken by cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining or above. It can accelerate the conversion of spiritual energy into spiritual liquid.

Li Mu was in a hurry to go to Xiling City to exchange for spirit stones, thinking that on his way back he would try his luck in the Endless Forest.

Xiling City is both a city and a sect.

It is not the largest in terms of geographical area, but it has seven cities under its jurisdiction and a total population of over four million.

Li Mu was not interested in the territory and population of Xiling City; he only wanted to exchange for spirit stones as soon as possible, so he headed straight for Xiling City.

Three hours later, Li Mu and his companion landed on their flying swords and entered Xiling City.

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Upon arriving in Xiling City, aside from noticing a larger population, Li Mu didn't perceive it as particularly prosperous.

It wasn't until Yue Ling bought some street snacks and muttered about how expensive they were that he felt like he had entered a high-end area.

His standard for measuring wealth and poverty has fallen into a misconception; he cannot view worldly wealth and poverty from the perspective of a cultivator.

Whether a region is wealthy or not depends on the consumption patterns of its lower-income population.

The two walked along Xiling Street, seemingly strolling leisurely, but in reality they were looking for various shops, pawnshops, and medicine shops.

Arriving in this unfamiliar place, if they want to exchange for spirit stones, they must first learn about it.

If you could exchange them for spirit stones at a local shop, that would be ideal.

If all else fails, he will have no choice but to visit the city lord's mansion.

Li Mu and his companion inquired at four or five shops and banks, but none of them mentioned trading spirit stones.

It wasn't until he was in a pill shop, where the owner wanted to buy the pills he had, that he revealed the truth.

In Xiling City, the trading of spirit stones is prohibited.

Is the prohibition of spirit stone trading in a region that produces spirit stones an attempt to monopolize the market or something else entirely?

Feeling quite dejected, the two booked a room at an inn in Xiling City, thinking they would settle in first and see what happened.

The next day.

A man knocked on the door of Li Mu's room.

Li Mu examined the person with his divine sense but did not recognize him.

"Fellow Daoist Li, it really is you! It's a pleasure to meet you! I am Yue Lei from Xiling City. Welcome to Xiling City, Fellow Daoist Li."

Yue Lei's uninvited arrival left Li Mu completely baffled.

He didn't know if this person had seen his wanted poster or had been to the Tianxuan Sect.

Since the person recognized him and addressed him as Fellow Daoist Li, it indicates that he was of high status.

Li Mu quickly remembered that the city lord of Xiling City seemed to be surnamed Yue, and that this person was around thirty years old, so he should be the young city lord.

“Fellow Daoist Yue, I apologize for disturbing you. I have come here to take care of some private matters.”

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When Yue Lei invited Li Mu to the City Lord's Mansion, it confirmed Yue Lei's identity as the young city lord.

He had originally planned to visit the Lord of Xiling City, but now that the Lord had extended an invitation, there was no reason for him to refuse.

On the way to the City Lord's Mansion with Yue Lei, Li Mu made a point of sensing Yue Lei's cultivation level.

Judging from his previous health and vitality, Yue Lei's cultivation level was probably that of a martial artist at the Earth Realm.

If a martial artist at the Earth Realm who knows me dares to call me "fellow Daoist," it means that this person has something to rely on.

Li Mu quickly noticed the difference: Yue Lei's body actually had spiritual energy circulating within him, indicating that he was a cultivator.

Moreover, the spiritual energy flowing through Yue Lei's body was quite strong, equivalent to the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining cultivation.

Upon seeing this, Li Muxin understood.

Upon arriving in Xiling City, the first martial artist he encountered was someone who, like himself, cultivated both immortality and martial arts.

He didn't know whether Yue Lei cultivated martial arts to conceal the immortal techniques he practiced, or whether he had always followed the path of cultivating both immortal and martial arts.

In any case, he needs to be extra careful on this trip to Xiling.

Before the three even entered the city lord's mansion, Li Mu activated his divine sense to scan inside.

Two people were sitting in the main hall. One was Yue Qingyan, the city lord of Xiling City, whom he had met at the Tianxuan Sect, and the other was someone he did not recognize.

When Li Mu's divine sense swept over another person, that person also looked over with their divine sense, and then got up and walked towards the foyer.

Upon encountering cultivators again, Li Mu felt a chill run down his spine and quickly withdrew his divine sense.

He thought to himself, "This Xiling City is really something else. I've encountered two cultivators all at once."

Moreover, the cultivators in the main hall were far stronger than Yue Lei, and even more powerful than Wu Qingfeng of the Tianxuan Sect.

In terms of cultivation level alone, that person's cultivation level is higher than Li Mu's, at least at the late stage or peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.