In the Artifact Refining Room, within the Artifact Refining Furnace, the Flame Sun Spirit Fire blazed fiercely, emitting a terrifying heat.

Suspended within the furnace were a lump of Geng Metal and a lump of Taiyi Refined Gold. Under the incineration of the Flame Sun Spirit Fire, they turned red and softened, yet remained unmelted for a long time. Meanwhile, a large lump of Red Gold Stone had already melted into a liquid metal form.

Li Mu exerted his Divine Sense to its utmost, painstakingly 'kneading' the Geng Metal and Taiyi Refined Gold, shaping them into a shield surface. He then manipulated the liquid Red Gold to envelop them, constructing the form of a large shield as an artifact embryo. Afterwards, he employed the Divine Refining Technique to construct an array base within it.

Soon, the Flame Sun Spirit Fire within the Artifact Refining Furnace extinguished, and the Spirit Shield embryo gradually solidified. Under Li Mu's Divine Sense control, the furnace cover was lifted, and a seven-foot-tall, two-foot-eight-inch-wide golden shield embryo was slowly extracted.

The "clang clang..." of hammering echoed continuously from the Artifact Refining Room.

After several hours, a Tier Three Top-Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact - the Geng Metal Shield, was finally born in his hands.

Expending fifteen catties of Tier Three Geng Metal, seventeen catties of Taiyi Refined Gold, and over five hundred catties of Red Gold Stone, Li Mu forged an extremely strong and hard Tier Three Top-Grade Shield for himself.

After refining the Geng Metal Shield, Li Mu found it somewhat laborious to wield.

Nonetheless, with this shield made of Tier Three Geng Metal and Tier Three Taiyi Refined Gold as the surface, supplemented with a large amount of Red Gold Stone to enhance its mass and defensive strength, it boasted a formidable defense. It incorporated twelve defensive array patterns: Solid, Resistance, Shift, Refusal Wall, Hold Firmly, Spirit Transformation, and more, allowing it to easily withstand attacks from Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators.

Li Mu mastered techniques such as the Puppetry Technique, Sword Array, Array, Divine Sense, talismans, and various other sharp attack methods. Only in terms of defense did he lack an outstanding ability. Now, with this Tier Three Top-Grade Geng Metal Shield, his defensive shortcomings were finally assured.

Li Mu conducted an experiment, controlling a Profound Iron Sword to attack with full force, slashing at the Tier Three Geng Metal Shield, yet not leaving a single mark.

The materials of Tier Three Geng Metal and Taiyi Refined Gold were incomparably hard, rich in Golden Sharp Qi, and considered top-grade refining materials for crafting Tier Three Spirit Swords. Few would use them to refine a Spirit Shield, as it was seen as wasteful.

However, for Li Mu, it held great significance. In future battles, using this shield to fend off attacks meant he no longer needed to worry about defense and could face battles more calmly.

After storing the Geng Metal Shield into his Storage Compartment, Li Mu reactivated the Flame Sun Array of the Artifact Refining Furnace. The remaining Tier Two Red Gold Ore could be used to refine two more Spirit Swords, so he decided to refine them altogether and prepare for auction at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Half an hour later, Li Mu emerged from the Refining Room with a smile on his face. In addition to the Tier Three Top-Grade Geng Metal Shield, he had successfully refined two Tier Three Lower Grade Spirit Swords from over a hundred catties of Red Gold Ore, achieving significant gains.

Back in the room,

Li Mu took a leather Water Bag from his Storage Bag, then fetched a wooden basin, and took out the Bronze Mask from the Storage Compartment.

[Exquisite Mask (Damaged)]

[Grade: Tier Three Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Face Changing, Aura Disguise, Spiritual Invisibility.]

[Made of Exquisite Crystal Stone, Illusion Moonstone, and refined with the Red Copper Secret Method. Once refined, it can be attached to the face to generate a disguise (Three). Due to three hundred years of corrosion, it has lost its spiritual properties and needs to be soaked in four catties of Dust-removing Spirit Water and infused with ten thousand strands of Spiritual Qi for a period to be repaired.]

Looking at the mask's attributes, Li Mu placed it in the basin, then unplugged the stopper from the Water Bag, pouring the Dust-removing Spirit Water into the wooden basin with a "glug glug" sound.

Soon, white mist rose from the mask, and the four catties of Dust-removing Spirit Water gradually turned turbid while the moss on the mask began to disappear. An inexplicable whirlwind appeared, amassing a large amount of Spiritual Power towards the wooden basin.

Li Mu sensed the unusual flow of Spiritual Qi, as the Exquisite Mask began to absorb the surrounding Spiritual Qi. Immediately, he took out a large number of Low-grade Spirit Stones and Middle-grade Spirit Stones from the Storage Bag, pouring them into the wooden basin.

The Spirit Stones filled the basin, exuding an aura of Spirit Charm. However, before the Spirit Stone's Spiritual Qi could be released, the Exquisite Mask emitted a strong suction force, devouring all the Spiritual Qi.

The Spirit Stones gradually turned mottled and grayish white, with cracks appearing on their surfaces.

Before long, the Spirit Stones in the basin were devoid of Spiritual Power, crumbling to waste residue, yet the Exquisite Mask no longer showed any signs of absorbing Spiritual Power.

The Exquisite Mask should be restored now!

Li Mu quickly took the Exquisite Mask out of the wooden basin, revealing before him was a crystalline, spiritually rich, incredibly thin transparent mask, emitting an extraordinary aura.

Li Mu focused his Divine Sense, gathered Spiritual Power in his hand, and soon refined it, wearing it on his face. He immediately felt an icy, transparent object tightly clinging to his face, like applying a sheet mask — perceivable yet visually invisible, truly magical.

Li Mu understood the usage of the Exquisite Mask: it could generate and store three human faces. As the Exquisite Mask currently lacked any facial information, one would have to mold a face themselves before transforming into others.

Li Mu walked to a copper mirror, envisioning the face from his original world.

Soon, the face in the copper mirror blurred, revealing a plain square face of a man about twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with single eyelids and a high nose bridge.

Li Mu was momentarily dazed, showing a complex expression — this was truly his face! Although it was uglier than the face of the body he currently inhabited.

Going back was impossible now!

Li Mu silently stored this facial appearance using the Exquisite Mask.

After fiddling with the Exquisite Mask for a bit, confirming that wearing it would change both appearance and aura, providing strong disguise effects, Li Mu happily stored it into the Storage Compartment, knowing there would certainly be many opportunities to use it in the future.

Clearing the desk, Li Mu began taking out a Talisman Brush and Tier Two Talisman Paper to draw Spirit Talismans.

Time passed by minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, the night was over.

The next day,

After waking, Li Mu took a sickle and went to the Spirit Rice Field, beginning to harvest White Jade Spirit Rice.

[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a Plant Spirit Light Group, Cultivation +2]

[Talent Divine Power - Plant Spirit Absorption activated, you absorbed a Plant Spirit Light Group, Cultivation +1]

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As Li Mu harvested the Spirit Rice ears, he collected Plant Spirit Light Groups, gradually increasing his cultivation. However, there was still a long way to go before reaching the next level.

"Not worth it!" Li Mu completed the harvest of an acre of Spirit Rice ears, showing some dissatisfaction.

An acre of Spirit Rice Field provided approximately a hundred thousand cultivation points, but leveling up from the Qi Refining Tenth Layer to the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer required five hundred thousand cultivation points, merely one-fifth at hand. It seemed less worthwhile to cultivate Spirit Rice with increased cultivation.

After half a year to harvest one batch, it was better to plant Wind Spirit Grass, which could yield two rounds of Free Skill Points.

Perhaps cultivating Cui Ling Fruit would be suitable, enhancing the Divine Soul, or maybe shifting to other Spirit Plants?

"Forget it, I'll plan after returning!" Li Mu sighed, focusing on farmwork, gathering the Spirit Rice.

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