Li Mu and Yue Ling were meditating and cultivating in the tent.
Hearing Xu Shiheng's voice, she opened the tent flap.
When Xu Shiheng revealed the secret of the passage to and from China, he felt a surge of excitement.
He thought to himself, "Saving lives really does bring good fortune."
Later, the two sat on folding stools outside the tent and began a long talk.
"Brother Li, the secret I have to tell you concerns the safety of my Xu family, so please keep it a secret..."
Li Mu looked at Xu Shiheng's sincere face and nodded seriously.
Then, Xu Shiheng began to recount this secret that concerned the safety of the Xu family.
More than a thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Xu family came to the secret realm in search of opportunities and became abandoned martial artists of Chinese martial arts.
They settled down in China from then on.
Due to various circumstances, the ancestors of the Xu family were elected as leaders and led the people to establish a tribe.
With the continuous increase in population, the first city in China was later built, which is now Fuxing City.
Starting with Fuxing City, it gradually split into other forces and cities, which are now the four major sects and the cities under their jurisdiction.
Through generations of exploration by the Xu family ancestors, a spirit stone mine and a small teleportation array were discovered.
This teleportation array was located within Fuxing City, but was eventually confined to the ancestral land of the Xu family, becoming a secret of the Xu family.
In other words, there are two teleportation arrays within the Divine Continent, both leading to the outside world, but one of them has become the private property of the Xu family.
In order to keep this secret, the Xu family abandoned its outward expansion and stubbornly guarded its ancestral homeland.
This teleportation array allowed the Xu family to communicate with the outside world, bringing them various resources and nurturing many powerful individuals.
This is why the Xu family, despite owning only one city, was able to contend with other major powers and profit from them.
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The talkative Xu Shiheng kept narrating, as if he wanted to exaggerate all the things that happened to his ancestors.
Li Mu didn't care about these historical events; he only wanted to know about the teleportation array.
However, Xu Shiheng was so engrossed in her speech that he felt awkward interrupting her.
More than an hour later, they finally got to the Xu family's teleportation array.
The Xu family's teleportation array is activated approximately once every three years, and each activation is quite costly, requiring thousands of spirit stones as fuel.
Fuel!?
Li Mu was also puzzled when he heard this word.
Spirit stones can indeed be used as fuel to power large flying boats and airships.
He was surprised to find that the Xu family's teleportation array required spirit stones as fuel.
As a type of formation, a teleportation array should theoretically only require spiritual energy to activate, so the fact that it was activated by burning spirit stones was quite unexpected.
Seeing that Xu Shiheng spoke as if it were perfectly reasonable, Li Mu did not interrupt him rashly.
He was eager to see why this teleportation array required burning spirit stones to operate.
Thinking that perhaps the Xu family switched to burning because they couldn't activate the energy of the spirit stones.
After Xu Shiheng finished speaking, Li Mu began to ponder.
According to Xu Shiheng, his family's teleportation array is activated once every three years, and only one person can leave each time.
Before the large teleportation array opened this year, their family had opened one last year in order to gain an advantage and obtain better resources.
In other words, Li Mu will have to wait two more years if he wants to use the Xu family's teleportation array to leave.
Another issue is the consumption of spirit stones. Each activation requires thousands of spirit stones, which he currently lacks.
To use the Xu family's teleportation array, he must collect thousands of spirit stones within two years.
He didn't know that the Xu family had a spirit stone mine, and he would have to rely on Young Master Xu's help to collect spirit stones.
One more thing: because he wanted to go out through the Xu family's teleportation array, he used up the Xu family's usage limit, so he had to give some compensation.
Although Xu Shiheng didn't mention it, he couldn't leave it unmentioned, and he couldn't refuse to give it to him.
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The next day.
According to their original plan, they would search for medicinal herbs on their way back.
Having been attacked by porcupines earlier, the group began their return journey at full speed to avoid further accidents.
Two days later, they emerged from the Endless Forest.
On the returning flying sword, Yue Ling became unusually quiet.
After experiencing the thrill of hunting wild animals, she was then attacked by a porcupine, which greatly changed her mindset.
Xu Shiheng suggested going to the Endless Forest that day, and he was very excited, setting off with a playful attitude.
Only after experiencing it firsthand did she realize that jungle exploration was like this: not only could she hunt wild animals, but she could also be killed herself.
Seeing that Li Mu could easily kill wild beasts, she knew that her cultivation level was too low.
To help her husband and not become a burden to him, she must improve herself as soon as possible.
After returning to her residence, Yue Ling locked herself in her room.
Li Mu was unaware of Yue Ling's thoughts; if he had known, he would have been pleased.
If someone else had this idea, they probably would be willing but unable to do so. However, as long as Yue Ling activates her insane cultivation mode, it is possible for her to achieve it.
Because of her extraordinary talent and the large amount of pills provided by Li Mu, even if we look further ahead, she will definitely be able to establish her foundation within ten years.
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Time flies, and another two months have passed.
In the past two months, the two have returned to their original lifestyle.
Unlike before, Yue Ling began to focus entirely on cultivation and has already broken through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Li Mu continued to observe the changes in the teleportation array. After three months, he determined that the teleportation array could be activated on the night of a full moon.
Although the vulnerability was found, he was unable to estimate the cost.
After two months of cultivation, he also made some progress and has entered the late stage of the eighth level of Qi Refining.
During those two months, Xu Shiheng visited once, and Li Mu gave him a bottle of Peiyuan Pills to sell.
He also instructed Xu Shao to convert all the proceeds from the sales into spirit stones.
Although Xu Shiheng gladly accepted Li Mu's request and agreed to help, he did not mention the teleportation array again.
This is also why Li Mu continued to observe the large teleportation array.
He knew that whether he could use the Xu family's teleportation array was still uncertain.
However, regardless of which teleportation array is used, a large number of spirit stones must be prepared.
Now, a month has passed, and Xu Shiheng has not come over. Li Mu has already made up his mind.
If there are a large number of spirit stones in the Divine Land, it shouldn't be difficult for someone of my status and ability to exchange them.
If spirit stones are rare here, then it's a bit unreasonable for Xu Shiheng to give him over a hundred spirit stones at once.
The problem likely lies within the Xu family; Li Mu is not considered important by them.
With this in mind, he felt it necessary to make a trip to the Xu family to try and secure his release as soon as possible.
If he really couldn't use the teleportation array, he wouldn't force it; he would come back and try to exploit the loopholes in the array.
Half a month later, Xu Shiheng finally arrived at Li Mu's residence again.
Seeing that Xu Shiheng had brought less than a hundred spirit stones, Li Mu was speechless.
In his opinion, a bottle of pills could be exchanged for at least five hundred to a thousand spirit stones, and if he encountered someone who knew their value, it wouldn't be unreasonable to exchange it for several thousand spirit stones.
Is this person trying to make themselves look stupid?
Seeing that Li Mu's expression was calm but he remained silent, Xu Shiheng quickly explained.
"Brother Li, there aren't many spirit stones circulating in the market right now, so this is all we can get."
The remaining pills are still stored in my Treasure Pavilion. Brother Li, if you wish to retrieve them, I can return them at any time.
Hearing Xu Shiheng's explanation, Li Mu's resentment lessened, and he asked.
"Brother Xu, where do the spirit stones of Shenzhou usually come from? Are there any spirit stone mines here?"
"Brother Li, to be honest, most of the spirit stones in Shenzhou come from Xiling City, which controls a spirit stone mine."
I have already announced that spirit stones can be exchanged for pills, and I believe that some people in need will come to exchange for them soon.
If Brother Li isn't in a hurry, and waits patiently, he should be able to reap considerable rewards.
Li Mu had only asked tentatively, but he was surprised to find that there really was a spirit stone mine here, and his heart instantly burned with excitement.
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