As soon as the words fell, Li Mu's open right hand suddenly clenched forcefully, and in the next moment, a dying scream immediately echoed through the air.

Zhuang Jiusi turned his head to see, only to find Old Ghost Deng kneeling on the ground, his body pierced from all directions by seven Tier Two Flying Swords, dead in a truly miserable state.

Zhuang Jiusi's heart brightened, and he turned back, fearfully staring at the young man in front of him: "Who on earth are you? Clearly...."

"Clearly, you only have Qi Refining Cultivation, right? Do you think those in the Qi Refining Stage are easy to bully?" Li Mu interrupted Zhuang Jiusi, gesturing with his right hand, and then the seven Profound Iron Swords flew out from the corpse, darting around the two rapidly.

"Friend, we can talk this out...," seeing things going poorly, Zhuang Jiusi intended to surrender and negotiate.

"You damaged quite a few of my puppets; I have nothing to say to you." Li Mu cut off the other party's words, his figure flashing out from the sword formation, then quickly setting up the Seven-Star Sword Array to hunt him down.

Zhuang Jiusi, naturally, would not sit and wait, opening his Corpse Bag to release over ten Profound Armored Corpses to act as meat shields to resist the flying swords, and gritted his teeth to release a semi-finished Silver Armored Flying Corpse, flying out of the sword formation to attack Li Mu.

Li Mu furrowed his brows, his left hand gathered a golden Spirit Essence, locked onto the trajectory of the Silver Armored Flying Corpse, and unleashed a Golden Blade Skill.

With a "whoosh," a Golden Saber streaked through the air, and in the blink of an eye, the golden flying saber sliced through the head of the Silver Armored Flying Corpse.

With a "puff," the Silver Armored Flying Corpse's head was cut off, separating from its body, falling to the ground, its body emitting a large amount of white smoke, the corpse refining being forced, its Yin Power dissipating.

"No!"

Seeing his only trump card killed so cleanly and economically, Zhuang Jiusi cried out in despair, full of disbelief, unable to accept that his lifebound Silver Corpse, painstakingly crafted over half a lifetime, was now gone.

While Zhuang Jiusi was distracted, the seven Profound Iron Swords arrived one after another, stabbing into his body, making him truly live up to his name and thoroughly turning him into a mere corpse.

Li Mu scanned the two bodies for a moment, ensuring their lifeblood was severed, then retracted the seven Profound Iron Swords.

Afterwards, Li Mu began to tidy up the battlefield, taking away the two's Storage Bags and Magical Artifacts, and then cast several Fire-Igniting Techniques, incinerating the refined corpses and the bodies of the two.

Collecting the incomplete Combat Puppets into his Storage Bag, since the Combat Puppets were in poor condition, he extracted the Puppet Cores and casually cast Ignition Technique, burning away the puppet remnants.

After destroying the evidence and cleaning up the battlefield, Li Mu took out his Spiritual Ship, quickly flying away from the scene.

Li Mu hadn't flown far before another group of Hunter Cultivators arrived.

Seeing the horribly transformed brutal battlefield, each of them was shocked, and upon seeing the site of the Thunder Attraction Array, the Hunter Cultivators all retreated.

That evening, the news from Celestial Dragon Peak spread in Qingshui Town.

A Foundation Establishment Great Power had set up a Thunder Array at Celestial Dragon Peak, killing two Foundation Establishment Corpse Cultivators, and no Exotic Treasure had emerged, nor any opportunities related to Demon King Tribulation Crossing... and so forth.

Li Mu was unaware of all this.

Back at Cyan Dragon Valley, Li Mu carefully checked the spoils of the battle, inspecting the Storage Bags of the two Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators.

[Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner]

[Grade: Tier Three Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Commanding Ten Thousand Ghosts, Nourishing the Yin Soul, Soul Possession]

[Status: Treasure Master Soul Destruction, Artifact Base Damaged, Yin Ghost Missing.]

[The Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner refined with Tier Three Feeding Yin Wood, Chaos Beast Hide, Yin Silk can contain ten thousand ghosts, refine Yin Ghosts, and protect Primordial Spirit]

[Nine Souls Peck]

[Grade: Tier Two Spiritual Artifact.]

...

A [Soul Nurturing Jar] containing numerous Life Souls

A [Corpse Nourishing Bag] containing over a dozen unrefined corpses

Several inherited Demon Techniques, Golden Armor Corpse Refining Technique, Illusionary Yin Soul Refining Technique, Five Ghost Transport Technique, Nine-Transformed Corpse Claw,...,

...

The Spirit Stones on the two Foundation Establishment cultivators weren't many, combined there were over two thousand Middle Spirit Stones, less than one-fifth of Li Mu's worth; these Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators were quite poor.

However, their Storage Bags contained numerous poisonous objects, various toxins, Yin Souls, materials for corpse refining, Blood Pills, and other materials in considerable quantity.

What is this?

Li Mu unexpectedly discovered a high-tier Spiritual Artifact on the verge of being scrapped.

[Hundred Refinement Gu Furnace (Damaged)]

[Grade: Tier Four Spiritual Artifact]

[Attributes: Gathering Insects into Gu, Fighting to Become Spiritual]

[Status: Blood Gu Essence gradually fading, will be scrapped in ten years.]

[Tier Four Fierce Spirit Wood Heart, Tier Five Dragon Blood Gu Body, refined into a Gu Furnace, capable of turning hundreds of insects into Gu, and transforming a thousand insects into Spirit. The Dragon Blood Gu Essence is dissipating, leaving only one final refinement opportunity.]

Li Mu looked at the small cyan furnace in his hands, frowning as he contemplated something.

This time, facing two Foundation Establishment Cultivators, Li Mu used all his means, including Puppets, Spirit Talismans, and Sword Array, to take them down. Though he hasn't used his full strength, like the recently obtained Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book, it was enough.

Seeing this Gu Refining Furnace, Li Mu immediately thought of a Spiritual Object that could serve as an unexpected trump card against enemies.

Li Mu took out an Amber Jade from the Storage Compartment.

Looking at the Seven-Colored Illusion Demon Butterfly corpse solidified within the Amber Jade, Li Mu frowned in thought.

[Seven-Colored Illusion Demon Butterfly (Deceased)]

[Grade: Tier Four Demon Insect]

[Attributes: Fatal Fantasy, Soul Absorption and Soul Stealing]

[Status: Mother butterfly's vitality has been severed, carrying a thousand eggs.]

[The Seven-Colored Illusion Demon Butterfly, a Tier Four Demon Insect, is a hallucinatory creature, feeding on souls. The mother's vitality has ceased, bearing a thousand eggs whose vitality is stagnant. After unsealing, injecting a large number of Life Souls can aid in hatching.]

By unsealing the Amber Jade, one can obtain the corpse of the Seven-Colored Illusion Demon Butterfly along with a thousand Illusion Butterfly eggs. Placing these eggs into the Gu Furnace for refinement can produce a Spirit-Transformed Gu Insect.

Raising a swarm of Illusion Demon Butterflies would be too troublesome, as it requires specifically finding food for the swarm, and Li Mu didn't have the time for that. However, raising just one Spirit-Transformed Gu Insect would be much easier and provide an effective means against enemies.

Li Mu's heart was stirred, and coincidentally, among the spoils from the Profound Yin Sect disciple, there was a Soul Nurturing Jar loaded with Life Souls, which could be used to accelerate the incubation of the Insect eggs.

The only problem was that, before proceeding, Li Mu needed to first learn an Insect-Control Technique.

Li Mu placed the Hundred Refinement Gu Furnace, Amber Jade, and Soul Nurturing Jar into a Storage Bag. He planned to visit the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and ask Shopkeeper Wang to help find an Insect-Control Scripture to learn later.

Rapidly sorting through the spoils from the two Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators, Li Mu stored the items he deemed unimportant into a shabby small Storage Bag for convenient disposal, while he kept the valuable ones.

Li Mu solemnly took out the Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book from the Storage Compartment, infused his Divine Sense, and began refining the thunder scripture.

"Crackle, crackle" Electric arcs flashed wildly in the Tier Five Thunder Book in Li Mu's hands, seemingly resisting the fate of being refined. However, in the absence of an Artifact Spirit, such resistance was destined to fail.

Li Mu's mind felt slightly numb as strands of blue thunder intent transmitted into his Sea of Consciousness, stirring his Divine Soul with a clear perception of the heaven-destroying and earth-shattering thunder intent.

Li Mu's expression shifted slightly, feeling the peril of refining the Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book.

Yet, at this point, the arrow was already on the bowstring and had to be released.

Li Mu could only use all his Power of Divine Sense, enduring the fear of the apocalyptic thunder intent to suppress the resistance of the thunder book. At that moment, he couldn't stop refining; if he did, the thunder book would retaliate. The thunder spiritual power would then invade his Sea of Consciousness, destroying it and his Divine Soul.

Amidst the harrowing confrontation, Li Mu ultimately relied on his understanding of Talisman Making, Artifact Patterns, and Array Formation to cautiously avoid the complex Thunder Pattern Array of the thunder book, successfully infiltrating the core array of the Tier Five Thunder Book, and successfully refining the Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book without an Artifact Spirit.

Upon successful refinement of the Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book, a powerful thunder spirit, appearing like electrical serpents, rapidly withdrew into the beast skin book, immediately transforming the Thunder Spirit Talisman Book into an ordinary blue beast skin book, showcasing complete and powerful high-tier thunder talismans' talisman patterns for Li Mu.

The complete Tier Five Thunder Talisman inheritance, from Tier One's Thunder Element Talisman, Thunder Exorcism Talisman, Tier Two Thunder Escape Talisman, Thunder Burst Talisman, to Tier Three Five Ding Thunder-Calling Talisman, Thunder Element Shielding Talisman, Zhengyang Fire Thunder Talisman, Purple Sky Thunder Escape Talisman, Tier Four: Blazing Thousand Thunder Talisman, Heaven-escaping Thunder Wing Talisman, Tier Five: Body-Locking Thunder Prison Talisman, Purple Sky Ten Thousand Thunder Talisman, all presented within the Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book.

Li Mu's eyes shone brightly with joy beyond words.

This Tier Five Thunder Spirit Talisman Book not only records various thunder talismans ranging from low to high tiers but also serves as a Talisman Spirit Artifact, significantly enhancing the power and range of the spirit talismans when controlled by it.

Flipping through the talisman book, examining the requirements for crafting spirit talismans, Li Mu's joyous expression gradually faded. While the potency of high-tier Spirit Talismans was indeed remarkable, the requirements for the talisman paper, talisman pen, and talisman ink were equally stringent.

By relying on the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion's resources for collecting Spiritual Objects, Li Mu reckoned he could manage to draw Tier Three Spirit Talismans. As for Tier Four and Tier Five Thunder Talismans, he'd have to see if there's an opportunity to hunt high-tier Thunder Element Demon Beasts.

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