I Just Want to Cultivate Quietly and Farm-Chapter 313 - 200: Auction (Part 1)

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed,

During this time, Li Mu observed the Yin Yang Spirit Plants day and night, which had become routine.

The Red Wolf followed closely every day, its body far from what it used to be, moving slowly, only covering a few dozen feet a day and becoming more lethargic than before. Li Mu patiently accompanied it.

The Red Wolf was an important partner to Li Mu from when he arrived in this world as a Qi Refining Cultivator to a Nascent Soul Cultivator, witnessing his growth.

Under his meticulous care, the Red Wolf’s lifespan had far exceeded that of ordinary dogs by several decades.

Now, the time has come for it to leave. Li Mu silently accompanied it, until he personally buried it beneath an ancient tree.

After the Red Wolf left, Li Mu stayed with the Spirit Field, continuing his ordinary, simple life.

During these two months of planting Yin Yang Spirit Plants, Li Mu was not idle. He crafted over seven hundred sheets of Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Paper from the three Tier Five Thunder Beast Hides exchanged at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

During this time, he ruined over twenty sheets before successfully drawing four Tier Five Body-Binding Thunder Prison Talismans. With such a high failure rate, Li Mu chose to stop drawing Spirit Talismans.

Anyway, in twenty-five years, the Nine Yang Spirit Grass will mature, and then, taken together with the Nine Yin Spirit Grass, spiritual energy, Artifact Refining Technique, Puppetry Technique, these skills can advance again.

With improved skill levels, the success rate of refining will greatly increase. It won’t be too late to draw then.

This period, Li Mu primarily spent crafting the Star Puppets, which took a considerable amount of time to carve.

In these two months, Li Mu crafted numerous Star Wood Puppet bodies, increasing the original number of one hundred fifty-one Star Puppets by two to three hundred.

Three hundred Close-Combat Star Puppets are equivalent to three hundred Junior Nascent Soul Cultivators. This combat strength is comparable to ordinary organizations.

Li Mu naturally adhered to Han Xin’s principle of many soldiers being beneficial, planning to refine all the Star Wood into Close-Combat Puppets.

Approaching Central State, the quality of cultivators he encounters has greatly increased, with a significant number of Divinity Transformation Cultivators in the Desolate Ancient City. Various powers are mixed here, and branches of major family powers in Central State are stationed, which likely includes Refining Void powerhouses, possibly even those above the Void Cultivation Realm.

For safety, having more pressure-reducing means offers better protection.

Just then, Li Mu was fully engrossed in carving the puppet bodies when the Purple Gold Token from the auction Lin Baoqing gifted within the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl emitted a quiet glow, a strange wave rippling outward.

Li Mu quickly put down his engraving knife, remembering the Ten Thousand Treasures Auction, and summoned the Purple Gold Token.

On the token, a surge of purple light blossomed, morphing into Lin Baoqing’s figure, whose shadow was less than half an inch, cupping his hands and bowing, loudly saying: "Dear Daoist friends, the time for March is near; the Ten Thousand Spirits Auction will start in three days, hoping you will attend promptly."

As these words fell, Lin Baoqing’s shadow disappeared.

Putting away the token, Li Mu suddenly realized that three months had unknowingly passed!

The Dragon Transformation Spirit Grass could well appear at this Ten Thousand Spirits Auction; Li Mu certainly won’t miss it, and with three days’ time, rushing there now is just right.

Thus, after finishing refining the Star Puppets, Li Mu stretched lazily, got up, and left the Artifact Refining Room.

"Xiaojin, Xiaowa, come here."

Li Mu called softly.

In the next moment, Xiaowa emerged from the ground, shrank its body, crawled to Li Mu’s feet, and intimately nuzzled his leg, looking up with expectation, as if asking what orders its master had?

Before Li Mu could speak, a cry came from the sky, and a Tier Three Flying Stone Giant Eagle with a wingspan of over ten feet swooped down, stirring up a strong wind.

After a chaotic swirl of dust and stones, the Tier Three Flying Stone Giant Eagle landed in the courtyard, with Xiaojin sitting on the neck of the Demon Beast, holding a stick, showing a human-like smile of triumph.

What a guy, actually learning from the Jade-Eyed Long-armed Ape to catch Demon Beasts as mounts.

Li Mu couldn’t help but shake his head with a smile, handing two communication tokens to the two beasts, instructing: "I am going to set up a large trapping array here. You stay within the array to guard these two Spirit Fields. If anyone discovers this place, relay the information to me immediately through the token, don’t fight hard, wait within the array until I arrive."

Receiving the tokens, Xiaojin and Xiaowa nodded repeatedly, cautious in attitude.

These two Spirit Fields are their master’s precious treasures; they dare not neglect them.

Yin Yang Valley is not a place ordinary people would easily enter; those who can are certainly Divinity Transformation Cultivators or individuals with higher cultivation, so Li Mu specifically instructed the two beasts to guard the Spirit Field and not attack strangers.

Li Mu retrieved Double Dragon Bone from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, setting up the Double Dragon Immortal Binding Array, scattering numerous Spirit Stones to cover the two Spirit Fields and tightly protect them.

Outside the Double Dragon Formation, he set up a larger Tier Five Celestial Trapping Array. Even if a Divinity Transformation Powerhouse comes here, without being a skilled Array Master, they would need several days to break the arrays by sheer force.

This time is enough for him to return.

After settling everything in the valley, Li Mu stood on the Spirit Sword, summoned the Five Elements Spirit Mountain, encompassing himself within the Five Elements Domain, safeguarding his Divine Soul with Star Nebula Visualization Method Divine Thought, and headed back to the city.

After rushing out of Yin Yang Valley, Li Mu summoned the Celestial Shuttle Spirit Ship from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, entered it, activated the Spiritual Ship, transforming into a streak of flowing light, quickly heading towards the Desolate Ancient City.