After dinner, Li Mu went for a walk at Guojiao Lake and Longjun Villa.
Since the spiritual energy in this area was drained, Li Mu has given up cultivating at home, except for using his divine sense to erase the golden bead's restriction.
Li Mu didn't pay much attention to Li Shufang and Cheng Yishi. Compared to such mundane matters, he was more concerned about his own cultivation progress.
Li Mu strolled casually and happened to walk to the lakeside.
Because in this world, there are already many ties called family affection. Even for the sake of cultivation, one cannot simply leave now; arrangements need to be made. From Cheng Yishi's few words, it is clear that martial artists exist in this world, and that there are martial artists in his family.
Li Mu didn't know what level or strength the martial artists here could reach, or whether they were the same as the martial arts practitioners he knew. Martial arts practitioners all cultivated external martial arts, and reaching the ultimate level could lead to ascension.
Currently, I only have the strength of the third level of Qi Refining, and I haven't encountered any truly stronger martial artists yet. As I live in this world longer, I will inevitably encounter experts. Once I do, my current strength will be insufficient. The only way to survive better is to improve my strength.
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Looking at the lake and listening to the ripples on the water caused by the breeze, Li Mu felt a faint sadness.
What worries me is whether certain people and things can be properly handled, and what troubles me is how to become stronger more quickly.
Originally, once they obtained the ginseng, they should have brewed it into a medicinal liquid or made it into pills as soon as possible. However, Cheng delayed things, and a few herbs were not all prepared. Therefore, the cultivation matter had to be postponed again.
Today I sparred with Cheng Yi, but because our strengths were completely unequal, I didn't feel anything at all.
Cheng Yi, who was stunned at the time, was indeed taken aback by his own defeat. Fortunately, this young master from a martial arts family did have some redeeming qualities, at least in his good mentality. Having witnessed his own loss firsthand, and after the initial adjustment period, aside from occasionally giving him a resentful look, he seemed resigned and didn't complain much. Later, his conversations with his second uncle about company operations proceeded smoothly.
Li Mu didn't know if this scion of a prominent family could make that promise, nor was he too concerned about something that hadn't happened yet.
The ginseng from the Cheng family is what I want. Even if this guy denies it afterward, I have to fight for it. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means going to their door to ask for it or spending money to buy it.
In this world where spiritual energy is scarce, I really can't think of a better way than using medicinal herbs to aid cultivation.
As for asking Cheng Yi to do odd jobs at his company, that was just a joke. The reason he made that request was simply because he felt he definitely wouldn't be able to run the company, and his second uncle lacked control over it.
Of course, this was also meant to discourage someone, but who knew that person wouldn't recognize reality. Whether or not Cheng Yishi comes to work as a handyman at the Li Group depends on him; now, it's him who's in a bind, not me.
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Li Mu walked along the lakeside and found a small boat moored on the shore. He then decided to take a nighttime boat trip. He untied the boat's rope and jumped onto the boat.
If anyone were watching the lake at night, they would surely notice something strange happening on its surface. A small boat was moving on its own without a sail or oars, which was undoubtedly due to Li Mu using his wind manipulation technique.
Far from the hustle and bustle, far from the crowds, far from the entanglements of worldly affairs, Li Mu's mind completely relaxed in the heart of the lake. The previous life was a memory; this life could only be lived in the present.
Li Mu sat motionless on the boat, which drifted with the current, unknowingly approaching a small island in the lake, or rather, a mudflat made up of a few protruding rocks. A large snake, as thick as a wrist, flicked its tongue at the boat, seemingly alerted by someone's arrival.
After a long while, the small boat swayed with the waves, and Li Mu remained seated on the boat, creating a balance with the surrounding environment.
Time passed indefinitely. The lake, seemingly calm, began to ripple, as if a tide had risen. The small boat was slowly lifted and lowered by the waves. A large snake, which had been watching from the sidelines, was capsized by the waves and then vanished without a trace. The people on the boat, seemingly nailed to it, remained completely unaffected.
Gradually, a small whirlpool formed beneath the small boat, and the boat began to spin with it. As time went on, the whirlpool grew larger and larger, and the boat spun faster and faster. Just when the boat was about to break apart, a soft whistle exploded above it.
The one who spoke was Li Mu, who had been in a profound and mysterious state of mind, a feeling he had long forgotten, and he had suddenly realized something.
With a soft whistle from Li Mu, a storm of spiritual energy swept towards his body, replenishing his stagnant cultivation and causing it to surge wildly.
"Boom!" Li Mu's cultivation bottleneck was directly broken, reaching the fourth level of Qi Refining.
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An hour later, the lake was calm and still.
Li Mu stood up straight, gazing at the lake, his heart filled with countless emotions. Life's circumstances are truly unpredictable; what you seek, you may not obtain, yet unexpectedly, it will give you a great surprise.
I never imagined that just because I was bored and took a walk by the lake, my cultivation level would directly reach the mid-stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining. The worries in my heart were swept away with the advancement in cultivation.
Having reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, I finally have some ability to protect myself.
Cultivation begins with Qi Refining. Levels one to three are considered the early stage, four to six the middle stage, seven to nine the late stage, and level nine and above the peak or perfection. The same principle applies to reaching higher realms such as Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.
After calming himself down, Li Mu looked around. The lake was like a mirror, with a thin mist rising from its surface and continuing to spread upwards. Apart from that, there was nothing else in his sight.
"What is this?" Li Mu was very puzzled. With his current fourth-level strength, his visual range was at least a kilometer, and with his divine sense, he could clearly see within ten miles. But all he could see in front of him was mist on the water's surface, and as the mist rose, his field of vision was shrinking.
Soon, Li Mu realized he was trapped in a formation, and with his current strength, he couldn't break it. He thought to himself, "What the hell? Who would bother setting up a formation in a lake? They must have nothing better to do."
Although he was trapped in an unbreakable formation, it shouldn't be too difficult for Li Mu to get out. After all, he had lived for nearly a thousand years in his previous life and had considerable knowledge of formations.
Based on the strength of the spiritual energy around him, Li Mu controlled the small boat to move slowly, trying to find the center of the formation. Gradually, he discovered that this was not a man-made formation, but a naturally formed one.
As Li Mu continued to slowly adjust the boat's forward and backward position, seven or eight dark shadows suddenly appeared on the water's surface. These shadows turned out to be several rocks protruding from the water. Although they were rocks, they were naturally distributed around the boat according to the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) formation, forming a magic array. Seeing this array, which was not created by human hands, one couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of nature.
This is a naturally formed level-three spirit array, likely a Yin-attribute array. It remains hidden during the day, only appearing at night. Even a Golden Core cultivator would be lost inside if they didn't understand arrays. Fortunately, Li Mu had studied it in his previous life and could also set up spirit arrays below level three.
Once you understand the name and level of this natural formation, you only need to select the direction of the "Gate of Life" to leave immediately.
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