Chapter 359: Retreat to Advance

Piaoyun Peak, Lin Mu's quiet room.

Luo Yan looked at Lin Mu lying on the straw mat with a happy face: "The Shengsheng Hematopoietic Pill and Hehe Hemostatic Pill given by Wushuang Zhenren are really effective. Lin Mu's wound is healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. In my opinion, he will be healed in less than two days."

Fairy Han Bing said with a chill: "Even if he is healed, he cannot use his spiritual power violently."

Fen Ning worriedly said: "If so, then Lin Mu will not be able to use his sword skills? How can he defeat his next opponent?"

Luo Yan worriedly said: "His next opponent is none other than Gu Yun! With Gu Yun's strength and trump card, it is hard to say that Lin Mu will definitely be able to defeat him in his prime. Now his cultivation has not recovered, and his injuries have come back. The situation is extremely unfavorable!"

Fen Ning also said: "In a competition between masters, the decision to win or lose is often just a slight difference. Lin Mu is in an absolute disadvantage now!"

"Lin Mu can give up this competition." Yin Xin suddenly spoke.

Luo Yan and Fen Ning were both shocked. Fen Ning hurriedly said, "There are only twelve matches in the competition. In the end, the ranking is based on the number of wins. Each match is extremely important. How can you give up easily?"

After a brief surprise, Luo Yan regained his composure and seemed to be thinking about something.

Yin Xin nodded and said, "That's true. But normally, the top four cultivators don't all win! According to the current competition rules, it is very difficult for the fourth place to win eight matches! Even if you win, you have to lose four matches! It really doesn't matter if Lin Mu gives up one match now."

Luo Yan suddenly realized, "That's good. If you give up this competition directly, Lin Mu will have seven or eight days to recover and restore his cultivation. If his cultivation is restored to its peak, it will be very difficult for him to lose three matches! If you give up this match, there is still hope for the top four!"

Fen Ning suddenly realized and nodded with joy.

After the discussion, Yin Xin waved his hand and cast a spell. A light blue flower suddenly appeared in his hand. The light blue flower floated out of his hand and slowly floated towards Lin Mu.

Luo Yan looked at the light blue flower and praised: "Brother, this Blue Flower Drunk is more and more sophisticated, and its power is several times stronger than before!"

Fen Ning looked intoxicated: "I still remember the power of this move. At the beginning, Brother relied on this Blue Flower Drunk, combined with sword skills, to sweep all the geniuses in the Tianxiao Realm. Now seeing the Blue Flower again, the power is even more intoxicating."

Yin Xin smiled calmly: "It's a trivial skill, not worthy of being in the hall of elegance, but you haven't forgotten it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light blue flower merged into Lin Mu's body like a drop of water.

Blue Flower Drunk, he was famous for his unique skill back then, and it could be called a killer. When Blue Flower appeared, everyone was drunk!

With his sharp sword skills, others are no match for him even if they deal with him carefully. If he is hit by Qinghua again, he will definitely lose!

"Four days later, he will wake up." Yinxin glanced at Lin Mu and said, "The competition will be over by then!"

Luo Yan looked at Lin Mu who was sleeping quietly and said, "By then, his injuries must have healed!"

Luo Yan and Fen Ning nodded gently, and the four of them left the cave immediately.

Time passed like water.

Four days later, Lin Mu woke up leisurely.

As soon as he woke up, he looked around and found that he was in a quiet room, so he was relieved.

Examining himself, he was surprised to find that his previous injuries had healed! With every move, he felt that his physique had improved again!

If he encountered a real fire sword skill now, he would also have the confidence to fight it head-on! Just relying on his body.

With a smile on his face, Lin Mu got up and walked out of the cave.

After being unconscious for several days, he didn't know how the competition was going, and whether he could still participate in the next competition.

To his surprise, as soon as he walked out of the quiet room, Yin Xin appeared in the cave in a flash. Luo Yan, Fen Ning, and Han Bing Fairy followed closely.

The four people saw that Lin Mu had recovered, and they all had a faint joy on their faces.

He glanced at Lin Mu and said straight to the point: "Your injury has healed, but you missed a competition. Today's competition is over, and Gu Yun won without fighting."

"Missed it?" Lin Mu was stunned for a while, and then hurriedly said: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

He vowed to win the first place in this competition. He would try his best to win every competition, but now he missed one innocently!

Luo Yan looked at Lin Mu and comforted him, "The tour only selects the top four and ranks them by the number of wins. You can lose at least four games! One win or loss is not important."

Yin Xin said calmly, "Giving up is for better gains. If you participate in the competition, not only will your injuries not be healed, but they are also likely to get worse again! Moreover, in your state, it is extremely difficult to win against Gu Yun. Even if you win, it will be a miserable victory! Instead of doing this, it is better to give up at the right time and retreat to advance!"

"Retreat to advance." Lin Mu's eyes flashed with light, as if he had realized something, and then his face returned to calmness, and he nodded gently, "Disciple understands."

"The next competition will be in three days." Luo Yan smiled and said, "The opponent is a casual cultivator, and his strength is not very strong. So far, he has lost two games in a row. His strongest attack power is just a forced sword skill, or a fire sword skill! For you, victory is no suspense!"

Lin Mu nodded. He had a plan in mind. He looked at Luo Yan and said, "In the future competitions, I will do my best to win every game, regardless of whether I am injured or not! The competition can help me improve my strength very quickly! Even if I am injured, it will still be the same! If I win, I can hone my sword skills! If I am injured, I can temper my body!"

Luo Yan glanced at Yin Xin and nodded with a smile, "In the future competitions, we will never interfere with you again."

Fen Ning also smiled and said, "Master Wushuang gave me two bottles of healing elixirs, Shengsheng Hematopoietic Pill and Hehe Hemostatic Pill, which have miraculous effects on injuries. As long as your injuries are not very serious, you can recover quickly!"

Lin Mu was naturally familiar with Shengsheng Hematopoietic Pill and Hehe Hemostatic Pill, and a smile appeared on his face.

Han Bing Fairy calmly handed two small bottles, one red and one green, to Lin Mu, who hurriedly saluted and took them.

"With this elixir, I can do whatever I want!" Lin Mu said confidently: "In the tour, I must at least be in the top three!"

According to the rules for the final top three competition, the first will play against the fourth, and the second will play against the third. If he really falls to fourth, it will be extremely difficult to play against the first-ranked cultivator!

On the contrary, as long as he fights hard in every game from now on, it is not impossible to win the first place!

Gu Yun is indeed very strong, but it is difficult for him not to lose a game! In fact, if it is true as Yin Xin said that there are several outside cultivators hiding their strength, Gu Yun may lose more!

He will never give up until the last moment!

Luo Yan smiled and said: "In the next few days, you will work hard to restore your cultivation."

After speaking, the four left with smiles on their faces.

Lin Mu sent the four people outside the cave, turned back to the quiet room, closed the stone door, and flashed into the Xuanyue space.

In the hut, he took out a cushion and sat down. Lin Mu patted the storage bag, and a bottle of thousand-year-old spiritual milk suddenly appeared in his hand. He raised his head and drank it all. Vast spiritual energy immediately spread and raged in his body, and he was busy practicing the "Five Elements Heart Method" to refine endless spiritual energy.

Now his cultivation has reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building, and he is only one step away from the middle stage of foundation building. The spiritual power in his body has turned into a relatively concentrated liquid. Under his full efforts, the spiritual power circulation is ten times better than that of the Qi Refining Stage!

The spiritual power is becoming more and more condensed. Under the rapid circulation, the pressure on his meridians is also rising sharply. Bursts of pain come from the meridians from time to time. Lin Mu gritted his teeth and practiced with all his strength.

But soon, he got tired of this endless pain and became irritable.

He could endure the pain, but once his heart was impetuous, it was extremely difficult to calm down, and the speed of his cultivation advancement could not help but slow down.

Lin Mu gritted his teeth and simply stopped practicing, and began to practice the "Quenching Meridians" instead!

In his opinion, if the meridians are strong enough, his spiritual power will be able to circulate faster! There will be no more irritating pain!

With his efforts, his meridians were shattered again and again, and then they quickly absorbed spiritual power to heal. In this process, his cultivation level did not rise but fell!

In just two days, his cultivation level dropped from the peak of the early stage of foundation building to the early stage of foundation building!

After the "Quenching Meridians" advanced to the Shaping Realm, Lin Mu found that the meridians began to absorb more spiritual power!

However, his meridians also improved significantly under the spiritual power tempering!

After only two days of tempering, the loss of cultivation level was not too much, and he found that his "Quenching Meridians" had reached the middle stage of Shaping!

As the "Quenching Meridians" advanced, his physique also strengthened!

Lin Mu now found that when he used sword skills to temper his physique before, his meridians would also strengthen. On the contrary, he practiced the "Quenching Meridians" and could also strengthen his own physique in a subtle way!

The two complement each other and progress is very fast!

An idea flashed through Lin Mu's mind, and he couldn't help but show a deep smile on his face.

In the next four days, Lin Mu began to improve his cultivation with all his strength!

The thousand-year spiritual milk was consumed rapidly, but Lin Mu didn't take it seriously. Although the spiritual milk was rare, if he won the first place, all the losses would be doubled, or even multiplied several times!

Now, his eyes were not only on the reward of Wushuang Zhenren!

The gambling game of the white-clothed cultivator aroused his great interest. If possible, he was willing to participate in it. Lin Mu always felt that it was a bit weird to just use his own spiritual stones to bet on his own victory! His bigger idea was whether he could make friends with the white-clothed cultivator. If he could open this gambling game with him, he would definitely make a lot of profit!

These distracting thoughts flashed through Lin Mu's mind, and he was immediately suppressed in his heart, and began to concentrate on cultivation.

After practicing "Quenching Meridians" to the middle stage of shaping, Lin Mu found that the endurance of the meridians was far better than before, and the speed of his spiritual power circulation could not help but be faster!

The thousand-year spiritual milk was constantly consumed, and Lin Mu forgot everything and immersed himself in cultivation.

The spiritual power in his body increased rapidly.

On the fourth day, his cultivation level recovered to the peak of the initial stage of foundation building!

On the fifth day, his cultivation level broke through the bottleneck of the initial stage of foundation building and entered the middle stage of foundation building!

At this point, his spiritual power transformed again, the liquid spiritual power became more condensed, and the spiritual power circulation accelerated again! In contrast, the consumption of thousand-year spiritual milk was also extremely amazing. Lin Mu himself could not remember how many bottles of thousand-year spiritual milk he consumed.

On the fifth and sixth days, Lin Mu did not stop for a moment, and he was extremely crazy and tried his best to restore his cultivation!

After the sixth day, Lin Mu stopped practicing, and a deep joy flashed in his eyes.

His cultivation has recovered to the peak of the middle stage of foundation building!