Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Artifact Refining Workshop, Earth Fire Refining Room.

The stone door that had been closed for three days slowly opened with a 'rumbling' sound, and a wave of heat swept out.

Liu Zhong, who was guarding outside the refining room, stepped forward and asked with concern, "Master Li, do you need anything?"

"Nothing at all, the spiritual artifacts are all refined. I'll rest for a few days before speaking again." Li Mu rolled his eyes at Liu Zhong and said with displeasure.

"Yes, yes! Master Li, you go rest in the tea room, I'll go call Shopkeeper Wang over." Liu Zhong replied obsequiously and quickly went to find Wang Wenbao.

Li Mu entered the tea room, just sat down, took the spirit tea handed by the maid, but before he could drink, a hurried sound of footsteps came from outside the door.

In no time, Wang Wenbao's richly clothed figure appeared at the doorway.

Upon receiving Liu Zhong's notification that 'Master Li' had left the refining room, Wang Wenbao hurried over to check the results of Li Mu's artifact refining.

"Master Li, hehe, how did this round of refining turn out!" Wang Wenbao looked at Li Mu with bright eyes, rubbing his hands excitedly.

Li Mu couldn't help but smile, he placed down the teacup, spread his right hand and his Divine Sense entered the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl.

The next moment, a series of lively spiritual artifacts flew out from the Spirit Pearl Ring, hovering in the air: four golden Spirit Swords, two white Cold Swords, a Flame Essence Wheel, a gray Giant Shield, a green Spirit Whip, a purple Giant Hammer, ..., a total of thirteen Tier Three Spiritual Artifacts, floating in the air, shining with spirit light, competing and reflecting each other's brilliance.

"Good, good! Truly wonderful!" Wang Wenbao squinted his eyes, dazzled and enchanted, beaming with excitement and praise.

"This time, I've refined a total of thirteen Tier Three Spiritual Artifacts, five of which are Tier Three Top Grade, the rest are all Tier Three High-grade Spiritual Artifacts. The refining went well, with only two failures." Li Mu introduced with a smile, looking at Wang Wenbao.

"Master Li, your refining skills are getting better and better! Advancing to Artifact Refining Grandmaster and successfully refining Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts is only a matter of time." Hearing this, Wang Wenbao was overjoyed, flatteringly congratulating Li Mu.

Li Mu laughed dumbfounded, glancing at the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl on his right index finger. With a Level 5 Artifact Refining Technique, he could already refine Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts with a decent success rate.

However, to avoid being too ostentatious and due to the scarcity of Tier Four materials, he never had the opportunity to refine Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts, so Li Mu never showed Wang Wenbao that he could refine Tier Four Spiritual Artifacts.

"Shopkeeper Wang, how's the gathering of the items I requested? Any progress?" Li Mu asked Wang Wenbao with concern.

"Of course, I've taken care of it. You can rest assured!" Wang Wenbao boasted, introducing, "I've arranged for a portion of Tier Four Celestial One True Water, which a Golden Core Tributor from our pavilion is bringing over. It will arrive in two months, and by then, this Golden Core Tributor will also make a move to help Master Li acquire that Red Flame Spirit Fire."

"Celestial One True Water, not bad, Shopkeeper Wang, thank you for the trouble!" Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he used his Divine Sense to control the thirteen Tier Three Spiritual Artifacts, sending them flying towards Wang Wenbao.

Wang Wenbao joyfully received each one, beaming brightly.

Seeing Wang Wenbao use a Jade Token Storage Device to store the thirteen spiritual artifacts, Li Mu's mind wandered to the Array Token stored in the compartment, and he asked, "Shopkeeper Wang, have you ever heard of Huanlang Spirit Mountain, this place?"

"Huanlang Spirit Mountain! The name sounds familiar, but I can't recall at the moment. Master Li, I'll need to check and let you know later." Wang Wenbao frowned and indicated.

"No worries, there's no rush on this matter!" Li Mu nodded with a smile.

After chatting with him for a while about exotic Spiritual Objects and cultivation secrets, Li Mu bid farewell to Wang Wenbao and left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

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After leaving the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Li Mu wandered around Gangyang City and arrived at Chen's Technique Tower.

Upon a glance at the entrance, he saw the eloquent and knowledgeable Miss Chen. She was comfortably lying on a rocking chair in a pink dress, leisurely reading a book.

With recommendations from Miss Chen, Li Mu spent quite a few Spirit Stones on books. However, they were worth every stone. Reading them in his free time enhanced his knowledge significantly, especially some Spirit Plant Techniques, which, upon leveling up, could be used against enemies, with power not inferior to other Techniques.

Li Mu smiled slightly and stepped into Chen's Technique Tower.

"Senior, hello, welcome to Chen's Technique Tower." Upon seeing Li Mu enter and sensing the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Pressure on him, Chen Siqi quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.

"Hmm, do you have the Insect-Controlling Scripture and Beast Taming Technique? Get me a copy of each." Li Mu got straight to the point.

"Yes, yes! Please wait a moment." Chen Siqi replied with a smile and turned to get six Cultivation Technique Jade Scrolls of different colors from under the counter.

"This Cultivation Technique is: 'Beast Taming Treasure Manual', Yellow-level Top Grade, focusing on Main Bloodline Control Technique, suitable for most spirit beasts."

"This Cultivation Technique is: 'Spirit Communication Technique', Profound-level Lower Grade: focusing on Spirit Beast Communication Technique, suitable for some higher intellect Spirit Pets."

"This Cultivation Technique is: 'Spirit Taming Contract', Earth Tier Lower Grade, focusing on Spirit Taming Contract Seal, which allows control over both Spirit Beasts and Insect Spirits by laying a Divine Soul Seal on the contracted spirit's Divine Soul."

"This is 'Insect Spirit Scripture', focusing on various insect slave control techniques, Insect Technique,...."

...

Chen Siqi introduced the six Beast Taming and Insect Techniques Jade Scrolls to Li Mu in detail.

After listening to Chen Siqi's detailed introduction, Li Mu immediately took a liking to the 'Spirit Taming Contract', since it could control both beasts and insects, saving him the need to learn another Cultivation Technique! This could save a lot of Free Attribute Points.

"Oh! This Spirit Taming Contract Book is an Earth-tier Lower-Grade Cultivation Technique, able to tame both beasts and insects. Your Technique Tower actually has such a technique inheritance. Is there some defect in this technique?" Li Mu asked curiously, his face full of surprise.

"Yes, unlike other spirit taming techniques, the Spirit Taming Contract Book imprints a slavery seal on the divine soul of both tamed beasts and insects. This can affect their growth and ability enhancement. It is detrimental to their development. Moreover, placing too many seals consumes the contractor's divine soul, making it impossible to contract multiple spirit beings. Additionally, this technique's inheritance is incomplete, and its subsequent effects are unknown. I suggest you choose another technique," Chen Siqi said, introducing it to Li Mu.

"An incomplete technique? Is it severely incomplete?" Li Mu asked with interest rather than surprise.

"Somewhat, as it contains only about two-tenths of the content. Although the Spirit Taming Contract Book is at a high level, it lacks subsequent inheritance. Practicing this technique places a heavy burden on the divine soul. If any unexpected situations occur after cultivation, our Technique Tower cannot be held responsible! Please choose carefully," Chen Siqi explained with a serious expression.

After listening to the introduction, Li Mu became even more interested.

Despite the incomplete inheritance and heavy divine soul burden, Li Mu wasn't concerned. As long as he could continue farming for Plant Spirits and rely on his proficiency panel, these problems weren't an issue.

"I'll take this Spirit Taming Contract Book. How much is it in spirit stones?" Li Mu decisively asked.

Hearing this, a faint smile appeared on Chen Siqi's pretty face, which quickly vanished, and she quickly replied, "Are you interested in this technique? Because most of it is missing, please consider carefully. If you buy it, there's no return or exchange!"

Noticing her fleeting smile, Li Mu realized that she must have used some sales strategy to sell this spell.

If it weren't for the proficiency panel to supplement the subsequent technique, he might have been tricked by her sales tactics again.

"Enough with that, just tell me the price directly!" Li Mu asked impatiently, knowing he was getting a great deal.

"Sure! Just give me 500 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones," Chen Siqi immediately nodded, offering a price with a smile.

"Isn't most of the subsequent part of this technique severely incomplete? It's worth at most 100 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones!" Li Mu haggled hard.

Hearing Li Mu's words, Chen Siqi's smile froze and she quickly said, "This is an Earth-tier Technique. You can't find techniques of this level in the market, and the price is not expensive at all!"

"I know, but since its inheritance is incomplete, its value should be greatly reduced. 500 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones could buy a complete Profound Level Technique, this price is too high!" Li Mu chuckled, seeing her getting flustered. He spoke calmly.

"Well,..., how about you give a little more! 100 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones is really impossible," Chen Siqi said with a bitter smile.

"This technique not only has incomplete inheritance but also places a heavy burden on the contractor's divine soul. Not many people would buy such a technique, right? 100 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones is justifiable." Li Mu chuckled, indicating his stance.

...

Chen Siqi felt like she was shooting herself in the foot.

"400 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones, and I'll throw in a Record of Strange Beasts and Insects," Chen Siqi gritted her teeth, pulled out a book from the shelf, and offered it in compromise.

"In that case, I'll compromise as well, with the book you give me, I'll pay you 200 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones," Li Mu smiled and indicated.

"Predecessor, our bookstore operates on a small profit, and can't handle you haggling this much. Perhaps you could look elsewhere!" Chen Siqi firmly shook her head and kindly suggested he leave.

...

Can't really force a sale?

Li Mu saw her expression and furrowed his brows, realizing that this bargain really seemed to strain her!

"Fine! I'll offer a bit more, 300 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones!" Li Mu offered again.

"How about this, Predecessor, you give me 350 Pieces of Middle Spirit Stones. Besides the Record of Strange Beasts and Insects, I'll also give you this Hundred Insects Strategy book," Chen Siqi smiled slightly, offering another book to sweeten the deal.

Li Mu was tired of bargaining, having already gained the upper hand twice, so he decided to quit while he was ahead, "Alright! Let's do it!"

After speaking, Li Mu placed his hand on the counter, his divine sense attached to the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl. In the next moment, numerous spirit stones the size of a baby's fist fell onto the wooden counter, quickly forming a small mountain.

"350 Pieces of Middle Spirit stones, you can count them," Li Mu indicated, reaching for the technique jade scroll in Chen Siqi's hand along with the two ancient books.

Chen Siqi's eyes momentarily flashed with surprise as she saw the Pearl Spirit Ring in Li Mu's hand. However, her attention quickly returned to the pile of spirit stones brimming with spiritual charm on the counter, and she happily counted them before storing them all in her storage bag.

"The count is correct, thank you, predecessor!" Chen Siqi gratefully thanked him, then inquired, "Predecessor, our bookstore has a variety of techniques, not just spirit taming techniques but other skills and inheritances as well. Would you like me to introduce them to you?"

"Do you have any Tier Three Talisman Books?" Li Mu asked casually with a slight smile.

"Predecessor, you're joking! Even Tier Two Talisman Books are rare, and as for Tier Three Talisman Book inheritance, only the sect's Dharma Transmission Hall might have that!" Chen Siqi responded with an awkward laugh, embarrassed.

"Since you don't have them, that will be all," Li Mu chuckled and left Chen's Technique Tower.

Having been taken for quite a lot of spirit stones twice by the female shopkeeper of Chen's Technique Tower, today Li Mu finally left with a smile, having scored a great bargain, and he was in a good mood.

Upon leaving Chen's Technique Tower, Li Mu remembered something. He was so focused on buying the cultivation technique books that he forgot to ask that female shopkeeper about the location of Huanlang Spirit Mountain. With her knowledge, she would surely know where it is.

"Forget it! I'll come back next time!" Li Mu thought about it and decided against returning to inquire. Maybe the Shopkeeper Wang could help find it, who knows.

Very soon, Li Mu left Gangyang City, rose into the air with his sword, and flew towards Lingyin Mountain outside of Gangyang City.

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