Chapter 10: Metallurgy
The night is cool like water, and the moonlight is there.
Lin Mu sat by the fish pond in the courtyard, and practiced the "Green Water Art" tirelessly.
The water level in the fish pond rose little by little, but Lin Mu was unmoved. His two hands were like machines, numbly and steadily pinching the art quickly, and waves of white clouds condensed above the fish pond.
Suddenly, Lin Mu's movements stagnated.
Because he had just performed this "Green Water Art" and found that the clouds formed suddenly changed. The cloud changed from ten feet in size to two feet in radius, which was twice as large!
The third level of "Green Water Art"!
Lin Mu's face was full of joy. In almost two months, "Green Water Art" has advanced to the third level.
His talent in the five elements magic is far superior to others. Even better than Zhang Ruoxu!
The rain water in the ten-foot square fish pond seemed to overflow. The water in the pond was clear and green, like jade, which made people happy.
The advancement of "Green Water Art" was a blessing for Lin Mu. At least, it would save a lot of time and be a lot easier to apply rain in the future.
Lin Mu wanted to see the effect of the third level of "Green Water Art". With a move of his consciousness, his figure appeared in the rotating moon space.
He pinched his hands, and a cloud of two meters in radius quietly formed in front of him. With a pinch of his fingers, the raindrops fell continuously. Lin Mu was pleasantly surprised to find that the raindrops contained a trace of spiritual energy, which was very beneficial to the growth of cold tobacco.
As the rain fell, the cold tobacco looked even whiter and more crystal clear, with a little yellow in the white.
Yellow? Lin Mu was shocked. Could it be that he was sick?
Cold tobacco is a second-grade spiritual herb of the water system. The whiter and more crystal clear it is, the better the quality. He had never heard of such a quality as yellow.
Lin Mu squatted down and carefully observed the cold tobacco with yellow. After a moment, Lin Mu concluded that this was not tender yellow at all. For some reason, a layer of dark gold appeared inside the leaf stem of the cold tobacco, and only under the refraction of water droplets did it show tender yellow.
This cold tobacco is definitely sick.
Lin Mu's heart tightened. This was the first time to plant it. These cold tobaccos were hard to come by and could not be left to grow freely. However, Lin Mu was helpless because he had not learned planting from Zhang Ruoxu. When encountering this situation, he had no idea how to deal with it.
He could not ask Zhang Ruoxu, otherwise it would definitely arouse suspicion. Now, he could only rely on himself.
Lin Mu was anxious, and all kinds of ideas flashed through his mind. But they were all rejected by him one by one.
Suddenly, one of the ideas froze in his mind.
"Geng Jin Jue"!
"Geng Jin Jue" is a gold-based magic formula. Gold is the main killing and the most sharp. But Lin Mu was not sure whether the cold tobacco was sick or infested with insects. Encountering this situation, he felt very unprepared.
In desperation, Lin Mu decided to try it first.
Finding the jade slip of "Basic Five Elements Magic" in the hut, Lin Mu inputted his spiritual power into it, and quickly found the part that recorded "Geng Jin Jue", and studied it eagerly.
After memorizing the key points of "Geng Jin Jue", Lin Mu put down the jade slip and began to try to perform "Geng Jin Jue".
He pinched his hands and slowly performed "Geng Jin Jue", but there was silence in front of him, and there was no reaction.
Lin Mu was anxious, and the magic formula in his hands changed many times, but he still couldn't condense the Geng Jin Qi Guang mentioned in "Geng Jin Jue".
Lin Mu was furious in his heart, and his eyes revealed a solemnity.
The speed of performing "Geng Jin Jue" continued to increase, and he let the spiritual power in his body consume rapidly, but the more anxious he was, the more he felt that his hands had no reaction. The Geng Jin Qi Guang seemed to be non-existent and did not appear for a long time.
Lin Mu did not give up and continued to practice hard.
For two consecutive days and nights, Lin Mu did not eat or drink, and kept trying to condense the Geng Jin Qi Guang.
His eyes were bloodshot, his face was haggard, and he looked emaciated. He had lost a lot of weight.
Han Yanyan's condition could not be contained and worsened. The dark gold began to erode the whiteness bit by bit. Han Yanyan looked dying.
Lin Mu's heart was burning with anxiety. He performed the "Geng Jin Jue" over and over again, but there was no change in front of him.
Suddenly!
Lin Mu noticed something different. A light golden aura appeared on his fingertips and jumped between his ten fingers. The Geng Jin aura, like a flame, was so imposing that people dared not look directly at it.
This was the Geng Jin aura mentioned in the "Geng Jin Jue"!
Lin Mu was excited. He had performed the "Geng Jin Jue" day and night for more than a thousand times. He had been numb after continuous failures. The sudden appearance of the Geng Jin aura rekindled his gradually cooling heart and rekindled hope.
Now Han Yanyan was saved.
Lin Mu performed a "Genjin Jue" and flicked his finger. A wisp of light golden Gengjin aura slowly floated towards a cold tobacco plant. The light golden Gengjin aura slowly sank into the interior of the cold tobacco plant like flowing water.
Lin Mu's consciousness attached to the Gengjin aura and investigated the situation inside the cold tobacco plant.
One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. The interior of the cold tobacco plant was a brand new world for Lin Mu. It was all white inside, but the white had been eroded by dark gold.
Inside Hanyan Tobacco, the situation was terrible!
Groups of golden bugs were occupying the territory like they were conquering a city. Inside Hanyan Tobacco, all the places occupied by the golden bugs turned dark gold. Some serious places were even golden.
Lin Mu looked at so many bugs and controlled the Gengjin Qiguang to swim over.
The Gengjin Qiguang swam into the army of bugs, but those bugs ignored the arrival of the Gengjin Qiguang, still swimming around leisurely, or busy occupying the territory.
Completely ignoring the existence of the Gengjin Qiguang!
Lin Mu was furious, and the Gengjin Qiguang instantly turned into a golden sword and slashed at the nearest bug.
Boom!
Lin Mu's sea of consciousness was turbulent, his mind was buzzing, and he was drowsy.
When his consciousness recovered, Lin Mu hurried to check and found that the bug had been cut in half by the golden sword.
Lin Mu was shocked, which showed that the Gengjin Qimang was indeed effective.
He controlled the golden sword and fought hard. The golden sword was invincible, leaving no trace wherever it passed.
But every time he killed a small insect, Lin Mu's sea of consciousness would vibrate once. Later, the vibrations became very frequent, and Lin Mu was completely numb and had no perception. He didn't care at all and tried to kill the enemy.
Lin Mu's move was originally very dangerous. The spiritual consciousness of cultivators was extremely fragile, and they dared not easily release their spiritual consciousness to fight with others. Because once the spiritual consciousness was injured, it was difficult to recover, and it also had a great impact on cultivation.
But he was a complete novice in planting. These basic common senses, no one had ever told him.
Fortunately, he was lucky. The insects he encountered were not very ferocious, and his spiritual consciousness only vibrated. If he encountered those domineering and powerful insects, his spiritual consciousness would probably have been injured long ago.
Lin Mu had no time to care about the condition of his spiritual consciousness at this moment. All his attention was attracted by those nameless insects. The golden sword was murderous, and it ruthlessly killed the pests one by one.
After killing all the unknown bugs in a cold tobacco plant, Lin Mu did not stop and used the Gengjin Jue again, aiming at the next cold tobacco plant.
Lin Mu was completely unable to control himself when he killed the bugs, killing them without mercy.
He vented all the resentment that took him two days and two nights to condense the Gengjin Qi on the golden bugs, but there were only forty cold tobacco plants. Lin Mu killed all the unknown bugs in the last cold tobacco plant, and when he was about to kill more, he found that there were no more bugs to kill.
Lin Mu stopped and looked at the forty cured cold tobacco plants, feeling a little relieved.
As soon as he stopped, fatigue came over him all at once, and because of the huge consumption of spiritual consciousness, his head was in pain.
Lin Mu forced himself to exit the Xuanyue space, took a straw mat and came to the yard, lay down on it, and fell asleep.