"You're such a clever girl …"
Li Mu knocked on Wanwan's head. Looking at her aggrieved look, he could not help but reach out and rub her head.
The Heavenly Fox clan clearly distinguished between kindness and hatred. Kindness was kindness, hatred was hatred. It was impossible for them to forget their kindness and hatred with a bang. Moreover, Li Mu already had a fox at home. He had never thought of having a baby with a wild fox outside.
As a member of the Heavenly Fox clan, he was a little curious about Little White's choice in this matter.
He looked at Little White again and asked, "Little White, if I had a grudge with you before I saved you, what would you have done?"
Little White said without hesitation, "Benefactor, how could you have a grudge with me …"
Li Mu said, "This is just a hypothesis."
Little White shook her head and said firmly, "There is no such hypothesis."
It was indeed difficult for Little White to imagine this matter. Li Mu did not make things difficult for her. After reviewing a few memorials on the table, he returned to the harem to rest.
Although he said he was resting, he was actually digesting his gains this time.
Whether it was the page of the Heavenly Book or the White Emperor's memory, they were not things that Li Mu could completely digest in a short time.
In these days, he had already learned more than ten cultivation methods of the demon race. He could refine elixirs that could help demons increase their cultivation and break through realms. He also knew many demonic skills. As long as he had enough time, strengthening the demon race was just around the corner.
It was a pity that he was a human.
He had the abilities of the demon race, but he had nowhere to use them.
This feeling was not good. He temporarily suppressed the feelings in his chest. Li Mu calmed down and began to silently chant the Heart Sutra.
In the early stages of cultivation, Li Mu envied the strength of Xuandu's physical body and wanted to cultivate both Buddhism and Daoism.
In cultivation, Daoism cultivated the Primordial Spirit and Buddhism cultivated the physical body. Ordinary people could only choose one, but when Li Mu encountered a choice, he would usually consider whether he could have both.
Later, he gradually realized that just cultivating one had almost exhausted all his energy. The idea of cultivating both Buddhism and Daoism could only be put on hold indefinitely.
Now, he had already taken all the shortcuts he could take in Haotian Taoism. If he wanted to go further, he needed hard work and opportunities. It was not something that could be done overnight. However, he could restart his previous plan.
If his Buddhist cultivation could keep up, he would not have been defeated by Phantasmagoria in the White Emperor Cave. In order to avoid similar situations in the future, he had to make up for his shortcomings as soon as possible.
The first three realms of Buddhist cultivation only required diligent recitation of sutras.
Stimulated by Phantasmagoria, Li Mu began to cultivate diligently. For half a day, he locked himself in his room and did not come out.
There was still some time before Xuan Jizi's disciple recruitment ceremony. Li Qing was in seclusion, so he was in no hurry to go to White Cloud Mountain.
This period of time should be enough for him to achieve a breakthrough in his Buddhist Dharma.
During dinner, the Empress asked him what he was doing in the room for so long. Li Mu answered honestly.
Zhou Yi asked, "Are you going to cultivate both Buddhism and Daoism?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "Both Buddhism and Daoism have their own strengths and weaknesses. If I cultivate at the same time, I can learn from each other. Anyway, it's difficult for me to make a big breakthrough in my cultivation. It's better to cultivate Buddhism first …"
This was one of the reasons. The other reason was that he was stimulated by Phantasmagoria.
As a fox, she could cultivate both Demon Dharma and Daoism to a high level. Li Mu was not willing to be behind Phantasmagoria.
Although Phantasmagoria was the second generation of the Demon Dharma, Li Mu's own conditions were not bad.
Not to mention the talent of the Pure Yang Body, he also had the Fugu School as his backer. At the same time, he was also holding the Empress's thigh tightly. There was no reason for him to lose to a fox.
Zhou Yi nodded and said, "Since you've made up your mind, this is for you."
She waved her hand and a golden light flew out of her hand. Li Mu caught it and found that it was a stone about half the size of a palm. It was emitting a faint golden light.
The stone was a little heavy, and Li Mu soon found that the golden light emitted from the stone was the Light of Buddha.
He seemed to realize something and asked, "Is this a Buddhist sarira?"
The Empress nodded and said, "This was left behind by an eminent monk of the Heart Sect after he passed away. At that time, in order to build temples in various counties, they gave the sarira of an eminent monk to the imperial court."
The Buddhist sarira was a treasure left behind by an eminent monk with profound Dharma after he passed away.
In the sarira, there was their life's spiritual power. If a mortal had this treasure, they would be immune to all diseases and demons and ghosts.
At the same time, this was a rare material. After it was ground into powder, it could replace some precious natural treasures and be used to write the Holy Talisman.
Of course, to a Buddhist cultivator, the sarira of an eminent monk was even more useful.
The sarira was the condensation of the eminent monk's life's Dharma. Before they passed away, they would condense their life's spiritual power into a sarira and leave it to their descendants.
This was also a kind of Dharma inheritance. As long as their descendants absorbed the spiritual power in the sarira, they would be able to avoid years or even decades of bitter cultivation.
However, it was impossible to retain all the spiritual power in the sarira.
It was already rare for an eminent monk to leave 10% or 20% of his spiritual power and condense it into a sarira before he passed away. Even so, to a low-level cultivator, it was a great fortune.
If it were someone else, Li Mu might be polite with such a precious gift.
However, there was no need for any extra politeness between him and the Empress.
Li Mu could sell his life for her and accept such a precious gift from her peacefully.
After passing away, the eminent monk who could leave behind a sarira was at least in the seventh realm. Even if this sarira only contained 10% of his spiritual power, it was still a huge amount for Li Mu.
With this item, Li Mu's Dharma cultivation improved rapidly. In just a few days, he broke through to the third realm. He was not far from the fourth realm, the Golden Body.
If he absorbed all the spiritual power in this sarira, it was inevitable that he would cultivate the Golden Body. However, he could not be too hasty. Li Mu's improvement was too fast. He needed to completely stabilize his current realm before he could try to break through.
His physical body did not seem to have any changes. However, when Li Mu used the Baiyi Sword to gently slash it, only a white mark appeared on his arm.
He channeled his spiritual power and slashed it again. Only then did a shallow cut appear on his arm.
However, the wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. It quickly disappeared without a trace.
This was only in the third realm. When he cultivated the Golden Body, combined with the Fighting Formula, he would be able to fight in close combat or from a distance. His strength would no longer have an obvious shortcoming.
The problem that needed to be solved now was that although Li Mu's spiritual power had caught up with the eminent monk's sarira, it had not completely merged with his physical body.
For Buddhist cultivators who cultivated step by step, their spiritual power was hidden in their physical body. Their physical body grew stronger as their spiritual power grew. Li Mu's spiritual power grew too fast. Much of it was still wandering in his physical body. He could not unleash the full power of his physical body.
The fastest way to merge the two was to fight.
Unfortunately, Li Mu did not have any friends who cultivated Buddhism. Although Mr. Mei and Shangguan Li had enough cultivation, their bodies could not take more than a few punches. The Empress could fight him in close combat, but the difference in their strength was too great. It could not be used as a training ground.
Moreover, Li Mu did not want to be ravaged by the Empress again. He did not want to personally experience her strength every day. It would cause him to have strange and embarrassing dreams at night.
Li Mu thought hard. Suddenly, a light flashed through his mind.
He remembered the monk that he and the Empress met in the Nine Heavens Atmosphere.
The Nine Heavens Atmosphere was a natural place to train one's body. Every ten feet higher, the atmosphere's power would increase by one level. One could choose the position and height according to the intensity of the atmosphere's power. They were constantly challenging their limits. When their strength increased, they could challenge higher positions and continue to challenge new limits …
…
Two hours later.
In the Nine Heavens Atmosphere above Shen 'du.
At the bottom of the atmosphere, two figures sat cross-legged some distance apart.
Li Mu's body was completely exposed to the astral wind. He allowed the astral wind to hit him. Not far away, Shangguan Li used his Dharmic powers to prop up a shield, trying his best to keep the astral wind out of his body.
Two hours ago, when Li Mu proposed his idea to the Empress, Shangguan Li insisted on following.
Whether it was to train one's body or to hone one's spiritual power, this place was a natural treasure. It could constantly squeeze the limits of one's body and spiritual power. Every time one broke through the atmosphere of the atmosphere, they would enter a new world.
But this process was not easy.
The temperature here was extremely low. When the atmosphere blew on one's body, it was like a knife. One's body was under great pressure. If it were a mortal here, it was equivalent to being dismembered at every moment.
Li Mu's body emitted a faint golden light in the cold wind. When the atmosphere blew, the golden light on his body dimmed. Soon, it lit up again. This cycle repeated. Under this extreme pressure, the Buddhist spiritual power in his body began to merge with his body.
At a certain moment, he opened his eyes and glanced at Shangguan Li. He found that she was also bitterly holding on.
Shangguan Li and Li Mu were the same. Both of their cultivations had been greatly improved through shortcuts. Whether it was experience or the purity of their spiritual power, they were not as good as a true Manifestation realm cultivator.
The atmosphere of the Nine Heavens was a rare cultivation treasure for them.
However, even at the bottom of the atmosphere, the atmosphere was not weak.
Li Mu and Shangguan Li resisted for fifteen minutes before they both reached their limits.
Zhou Yi waved her sleeves and brought the two of them out of the atmosphere and back to the palace.
At this moment, Li Mu and Shangguan Li's hair was covered with a layer of white frost.
The atmosphere was cold and penetrated to the bone. If one stayed for too long, even a cultivator would be frozen to death.
Shangguan Li glanced at Li Mu. The two of them had experienced life and death together and had been through the atmosphere together. They could be said to have gone through thick and thin together. The distance between them was quickly pulled closer.
She looked at Li Mu and took the initiative to speak, which was rare for her. She said, "The atmosphere is still cold. It will last for a long time. Find a warm place and use your spiritual power to expel the cold …"
With that, Little White and Wanwan ran out of the palace. When they saw Li Mu's pale face from the cold, they both showed a pained expression.
Wanwan held Li Mu's hand and blew on it. She placed it on her face and asked, "Young master, is it warmer now?"
Little White held Li Mu's other hand and urged, "Benefactor, why is your body so cold? Let's go back to the room and warm your body …"
Shangguan Li watched as Li Mu was escorted away by the two girls. She stood on the spot for a long time, put her palms together, breathed a few times, and then hugged her body tightly …
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