Recently, Xiang Tianhong has been cultivating his mind and body on Wudao Mountain.
That day at the Thunder God Sect, he had intended to act as a peacemaker, but he was humiliated by that kid Li Mu, which left him extremely embarrassed.
Under these circumstances, Wu Daozi wanted to recruit him, but he naturally refused.
He understood the risks of helping in fights; if he won, he'd get a couple of thank-yous, but if he lost, he might lose his life. He wasn't going to do something so thankless.
Sure enough, Wu Daozi died not long after he left.
While lamenting Wu Daozi's downfall, he was also glad that he hadn't gotten involved in the mess.
Otherwise, Li Mu might take notice of them, bringing endless trouble upon them.
Getting slapped in the face is better than losing your life, right? The worst outcome is still escaping unscathed, which isn't shameful.
Everyone knows he is powerful, but this power is only shown to those who are inferior to him. He still gives due respect to martial artists of the same level.
The Martial Arts Association, as an organization established by the consensus, is for the benefit of all sects, and its distribution of benefits among all sects is considered fair.
Only in this way can his public image be established and his position as chairman be secure.
At that moment, he had just finished regulating his breathing and was drinking tea when he heard Li Mu's voice.
Li Mu's voice, which was extremely penetrating, could be heard clearly even from two kilometers away.
“I am very pleased to welcome Fellow Daoist Li. Please feel free to come up the mountain on your own.”
After Xiang Tianhong transmitted his voice using his true energy, he got up and walked out of the cultivation room.
The conversation between Li Mu and the other two had spread throughout the entire Martial Arts Mountain, and at this moment, some disciples were already using array flags to open the mountain gate.
Vice President Zuo Yunsheng and Chief Steward Fan Deng also came out of their respective rooms. The three of them met up and headed towards the entrance of the mountain gate.
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"Gentlemen, wake up. Li Mu has come uninvited because he has something to ask of you."
Li Mu watched as the three big shots from the martial arts tournament came out to greet him, and solemnly gave them a martial arts salute.
"Fellow Daoist Li's personal visit is an honor to the Martial Arts Association. Please come inside for a chat."
The three returned Li Mu's greeting and invited each other to walk towards Juxianlou.
Li Mu said he had a favor to ask, and they couldn't easily agree without understanding the details.
Originally, the Zongwu Department had already issued an arrest warrant for Wudao, but Li Mu felt that he still had to go to the Martial Arts Tournament.
The reasons for coming here are twofold: first, to ensure the arrest warrant is issued, so that the Martial Arts Association can also issue a copy; and second, to inquire about the Inner Hidden Sect.
Li Mu placed three large Qi-cultivating pills in front of the three people and explained his purpose.
The three readily agreed to the wanted notice, but when it came to the Inner Hidden Sect, they hesitated and spoke vaguely.
When Li Mu tentatively mentioned the seven-star position of the Hengduan Mountains, the three men's eyes lit up, but then they shook their heads again.
Judging from the expressions of the three people, Li Mu could roughly tell that they didn't know much either, let alone had been there.
Li Mu did not get a satisfactory result regarding the Inner Hidden Sect, and the only solution was to find it himself.
The Hengduan Mountains are too vast, connecting several provinces. Even knowing the Seven Stars position, the area is still quite large, and there are probably formations to conceal it.
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After leaving Wudao Mountain, Li Mu went directly to Xishan.
Regardless of the outcome of the wanted notice, whether the person can be found or not, Li Mu must find a way to get to the Inner Hidden Sect.
Since he was going to the Inner Hidden Sect anyway, he needed to make some preparations in advance.
It's essential to prepare some pills, whether for personal use, exchanging information, or exchanging resources.
The wooden teeth and the summoning bell need to be refined further to make them easier to use.
We should also try refining that Haotian Drum. If we can refine it, it will be a crucial offensive weapon for wiping out the enemy's entire force.
We also need to refine some battle flags. Fortunately, we obtained a large piece of meteorite iron in the Arctic, which can be used to refine quite a few battle flags.
After arriving in Xishan, Li Mu did not greet Grandpa Cheng, but simply said hello to the Liang sisters before heading to his own house.
After Cheng Yishi came to greet him, he closed the door to visitors and entered the Golden Pearl World to refine array flags and magic treasures.
After spending half a year in the Golden Pearl World, the Wooden Fang Sword and the Soul-Summoning Bell were refined to the next level, while the Haotian Drum was only refined to the next level.
The third move of the Wooden Fang Sword has been activated: Fire Generates Earth - Soul Binding. Once the move is mastered, it can bind the opponent's soul the moment it is attacked.
After the long spikes were refined, it was determined that they were not drumsticks. Instead, the clubs, after being refined two layers, could be used as drumsticks.
He refined another two hundred array flags. With these, it should be enough for now. Next, he would start refining pills.
Six or seven days have passed in the real world, and the medicinal herbs that the Liang sisters were asked to prepare should be ready by now.
After contacting Hu Xu by phone, they found that they hadn't gathered much useful information. Some scattered pieces of information had already been filtered out and deemed useless.
After meditating for half a day, Li Mu began frantically refining pills: Rejuvenation Pill, Great Vitality Pill, Snow Mulberry Pill, and Injury Recovery Pill.
In particular, he refined ten batches of the Great Nourishing Essence Pill for his own use, two of which were of superior quality.
To be on the safe side, he also refined the Extreme Ice Pure Lotus into Snow Mulberry Pills, just in case.
The Extreme Ice Pure Lotus is very rare. He plans to refine it into the Soul Cleansing Pill after his alchemy skills advance to the fourth rank or above.
Now we have to use them up ahead of time. I've already injured my dantian once. If I get injured again, having the herbs but no pills will be a joke.
Finally, he took out the Mystic Ice Grass and Heavenly Spirit Fruit, added auxiliary medicines, and refined a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
Foundation Building Pills are classified as first- or second-grade pills. Because they are pills used to advance to a higher realm, only one pill can be produced per batch.
After doing all this, half a month had passed since the arrest warrant was issued.
Li Mu had given up hope of finding someone using wanted posters and reward notices.
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Just as Li Mu was preparing to go to Xiangzhou, he received a call from Minister Cao of Zongwu Department, who said he had important matters to discuss.
When Li Mu arrived in Yanjing and entered Cao Changyun's office, he ran into an acquaintance, Shu Tiancheng.
Having not seen him for nearly a year, Shu Tiancheng had become much more reserved, and his martial arts aura was even stronger than before.
"Brother Li, it really is you!"
When Shu Tiancheng first saw Li Mu, he was somewhat incredulous. But after seeing him clearly, he went straight up and shook Li Mu's hand.
"How have you been lately, Brother Shu?"
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Shu Tiancheng introduced his master, Guan Canghai, to Li Mu.
After everyone was seated, Cao Changyun, seeing that Li Mu knew Shu Tiancheng, said directly:
"Young man Shu, since you know President Li, just tell him what you know."
Li Mu was taken aback by Minister Cao's words, thinking to himself, what could Shu Tiancheng possibly have to say to me?
"Brother Li, it's like this, when I went down the mountain with my master some time ago, I think I saw the person you're looking for..."
"What?"
Shu Tiancheng had just said one sentence when he was interrupted by Li Mu's surprise.
He was surprised when someone suddenly came forward claiming to have seen the wanted person, just when he had given up hope of receiving the warrant.
If it weren't Shu Tiancheng speaking, he would have thought this person was trying to scam him out of the pills.
After his initial surprise, Li Mu gestured for Shu Tiancheng to continue.
Shu Tiancheng recounted the events of seventeen days ago in detail.
That day, he followed his master down the mountain and encountered two unfamiliar martial artists in the Hengduan Mountains, who were the people Li Mu was looking for.
The two men were walking in the opposite direction from them, and he didn't know where they were ultimately going.
After listening, Li Mu asked Shu Tiancheng to carefully examine the map on the wall and finally pointed out a punctuation mark.
Based on the fact that it was seventeen days ago, and the exact time and punctuation, Li Mu could basically confirm that what Shu Tiancheng said was true.
This punctuation mark is located within the seven-star position of the Hengduan Mountains.
If these things can be determined, then Li Mu's search area for the entrance to the Hidden Gate will be narrowed down to within 30 kilometers.
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