Longjun Villa, also known as the Guojiao Lake Villa District, is a wealthy residential area in Jiangcheng.
This place is nestled between mountains and water; the mountain is Longmo Mountain, and the water is Guojiao Lake.
After leaving Longjun Manor, Li Mu walked along Guojiao Lake towards Longmo Mountain for another half hour before arriving at the foot of Longmo Mountain.
To his surprise, the foot of Longmo Mountain was surprisingly lively at seven or eight o'clock in the evening. The calls of vendors selling various snacks and souvenirs mingled with the noise of the crowd, creating a constant din.
Thinking about all the advertisements I saw along the way, I understood. After all, this is a 5A scenic area, and it's normal for it to be crowded now, as it's the peak time for tourists to come down the mountain.
Li Mu had already planned his escape: he would go into the mountains.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, he wasn't in a hurry to climb it. After all, everyone else was coming down, and it would seem strange for him to run uphill.
After calming myself down, I walked around the crowd to the entrance of the scenic area, and then, taking advantage of the fact that a few administrators weren't paying attention, I slipped into the scenic area in a few quick movements.
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After walking up the steps for about a hundred meters, Li Mu took advantage of the thinning of the crowds descending the mountain and slipped into the bamboo grove beside the steps. As a fugitive, he should try to avoid contact with people and attract attention.
Li Mu was confident that his skills would allow him to enter the bamboo forest unnoticed, especially since he hadn't even touched a single bamboo leaf. However, his confidence didn't extend to Wang Yue, the girl sitting on the steps.
Wang Yue, a female college student, had planned a camping trip to Longmo Mountain with her roommates. However, she sprained her ankle while setting up her tent in the afternoon. Not wanting to spoil her friends' fun, she decided to descend the mountain alone. Just as she reached the foot of the mountain and sat down to rest, she unfortunately saw someone enter the bamboo forest.
Nowadays, many people enjoy camping and wilderness survival. What puzzled Wang Yue was that the person was not only wearing a hospital gown and slippers to play, but also running into the woods. Wasn't he afraid of hurting his feet? She guessed that this was just another attention-seeking, poor, and miserable streamer.
Li Mu, who was exploring the forest with his divine sense, didn't care whether there was light or not. Of course, he didn't know that he was not only overconfident, but also categorized by a certain young lady as a fake poor and pitiful streamer. Even if he did know, it wouldn't matter.
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Mountain roads are difficult to travel, and desolate mountain roads without roads are even more difficult to travel.
After wandering around for a while, Li Mu's trousers were now tattered rags, and his legs and feet had dozens of cuts. His slippers, in particular, were riddled with holes. To make matters worse, he was lost and had no idea where he was.
He stopped on a large, moss-covered rock nearby, exhaled a few breaths of stale air, and sat down on the ground.
Thinking about what happened today, and looking at my current sorry state, I hate the guy who wanted to kill me to the core.
Sitting on the large rock, Li Mu casually made a mental adjustment gesture, calmed his mind, and began to cultivate.
As soon as I entered the cycle of spiritual energy circulation, I noticed something different: the spiritual energy here was much denser than in other places. It was as if the spiritual energy outside was a drop in the ocean, while here it was a cup of water.
Although pouring a cup of water into the sea won't change anything, what if there were countless cups of water?
He quickly absorbed the spiritual energy, though it only replenished what he had lost during his escape. Who knew how much water was left in the mountains? For the first time, he felt a surge of anticipation for this world.
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At dawn, before Li Mu had fully awakened from his cultivation, he sensed a faint danger. He quickly released his divine sense and saw a stone cave about the size of a bowl under a large rock; the danger was emanating from this cave.
A moment later, a snake's head emerged from the hole and slowly crawled out.
A green snake, as thick as a child's arm and about three or four feet long, was standing upright, flicking its tongue at Li Mu's back on the large rock.
Li Mu, sitting on the boulder, felt a pang of regret. He should have moved away the moment he sensed danger, instead of sitting there with his back turned, fully on guard.
It's just a snake; it's not enough to make anyone lose their composure.
If he were facing the giant snake head-on, he would already have it in his grasp, making it his breakfast. Even with his back to it, he was confident he could catch the snake if it attacked him.
I'm just afraid of the worst-case scenario. If I get bitten by a snake and have to force out the venom, all my training for the night will be for nothing.
After a short while, perhaps sensing that it was no match for the snake, the green snake shook its head a few times, turned around, and slithered into the thicket of thorns.
Li Mu stood up straight and looked in the direction the giant snake had fled. He could have caught it the moment it turned around, but he decided against it.
Everything has a spirit. It must have absorbed the spiritual energy under the boulder while I was cultivating. The giant snake should have been comfortably staying next to the spiritual source, but I disturbed it.
Thinking of the spiritual source, he really wanted to lift up the boulder to investigate, but the boulder was too big and he couldn't move it with his current strength.
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Having composed himself, Li Mu continued his wilderness survival journey.
Because the spiritual source under the big rock had brought me some gains last night, I deliberately went to the vicinity of various big rocks today. I wandered around the mountains all morning and encountered countless big rocks, but I gained nothing. Only then did I realize that I had taken things for granted.
Unable to find the spiritual source, Li Mu began searching for medicinal herbs and wild fruits.
Medicinal herbs were hard to find, but we found quite a few mushrooms. To fill our stomachs, we also threw stones at a few small birds.
I used my spirit fire to roast the bird and mushrooms until they were half-cooked, and managed to eat about half a full meal.
The afternoon's treasure hunt in the mountains yielded nothing, leaving Li Mu somewhat disappointed, and he considered heading back down the mountain.
That home can't be returned to anytime soon. I need to rethink things and not look for another place. I can't just go home and deliver myself to my death.
"Hmm! What is this?"
Just when he was feeling down, he sensed some spiritual energy emanating from under a big tree and quickly used his divine sense to investigate.
"A mushroom! It's actually a mushroom!"
It's truly unexpected that mushrooms could grow in this world.
Li Mu rushed forward quickly, otherwise it would be too late.
Because there was a large snake, its mouth wide open, ready to eat the cap of the mushroom. This snake was much bigger than the previous one.
Upon seeing someone approach, the giant snake, seemingly possessing intelligence, abandoned its attempt to eat the mushroom and suddenly sprang up from the ground, its target being none other than Li Mu, who was approaching.
"Smack!" The giant snake was slapped away more than ten feet by a slipper, its head flattened. This kind of creature is disgusting to look at; it's best to avoid it if possible.
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Li Mu put on his slippers, squatted down, and looked at the cluster of mushrooms with great excitement. This was a treasure! It was the hope for restoring his cultivation!
Looking up at the big tree again, I felt even happier. It seemed that I had found the spiritual source.
Although it is a type of mushroom, cultivators prefer to call it Qin grass, a spiritual herb without any level of cultivation, a companion herb hidden in the root system of a large tree. The seeds of Qin mushroom can only sprout after absorbing the essence of a thousand-year-old tree, and they also need a spiritual source.
In other words, if a tree is less than a thousand years old, or if it is a thousand years old and there is no spiritual source nearby, the mushroom will not grow.
Li Mu wrapped the mushrooms he had dug up in leaves and set them aside. Then he sat cross-legged under the tree, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate. When encountering spiritual energy, why not absorb it immediately?
The microcosmic orbit circulated, and spiritual energy entered his body, bringing a sense of comfort. A few minutes later, Li Mu entered a state of complete absorption in his cultivation.
I had already overestimated the concentration of spiritual energy here, but I still didn't expect to be so hasty.
Indeed, how could the spiritual source that nourishes a great tree for thousands of years and gives birth to mushrooms be lacking?
If the previous spiritual source was like a cup of water compared to the ocean, then the spiritual energy here is at least equivalent to a small pond.
It was another morning when Li Mu smacked his lips and stopped cultivating. The spiritual energy within a hundred meters of the tree had been completely absorbed by Li Mu.
We really wanted more!
After a night of cultivation, his internal and external injuries were completely healed, and his cultivation level had risen to the peak of the first level of Qi Refining. He only needed a little spiritual source to break through to the second level of Qi Refining, which was a bit of a pity.
He wasn't worried about whether he could break through to the second level of Qi Refining. He could break through anytime he wanted, because he still had Qin Gu to use.
Mushrooms are a wonderful thing. They can be eaten directly and then refined within the body, or they can be cooked and then refined within the body. This kind of dietary supplement is very direct and can also improve cultivation progress.
To truly maximize the benefits of mushrooms, two methods are: processing them into medicinal liquids and refining them into elixirs.
Besides enhancing cultivation, mushrooms can also eliminate toxins from a cultivator's body. They are very beneficial for cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage who are in the Qi Refining stage. Adding mushrooms to Foundation Establishment pills can even increase the chances of successfully establishing a foundation.
If Li Mu wanted to improve his cultivation here, even to the point of Foundation Establishment, he had to use the mushrooms with caution. Even if he had to use them, he would at least brew them into a medicinal liquid, and he would never dare to waste them easily. Because he didn't know if he would be able to encounter mushrooms again next time.
Then, Li Mu used his wind blade to carve a piece of wood from the tree and then forged it into a wooden box.
To preserve mushrooms properly, it's best to use a jade box, but here in this desolate wilderness, a wooden box is the only option.
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