Chapter 98 Chilled
After entering the Sutra Library, Lin Mu saluted the old man sitting behind the door and walked into the library.
Now that Lin Mu is about to enter the foundation-building period, neither the mental method nor the magic method can keep up with the progress of cultivation.
"Jiufang Mental Method" is only a second-grade mental method, which can only be cultivated to the foundation-building period. If you continue to practice "Jiufang Mental Method" after the foundation is built, you will get half the result with twice the effort, and the effort and reward are completely disproportionate. The same is true for magic. "Basic Five Elements Magic" is only a low-level magic. After the foundation is built, you can practice mid-level magic, but Lin Mu has never found a jade slip of mid-level magic in the Sutra Library. Qianyu Sword Sect is a sword-cultivating sect, and its rejection of magic is obvious.
But since seeing others use flying swords, Lin Mu also envied the heroic posture of breaking all laws with one sword, and he also yearned for sword cultivation. He also has a flying sword, but the existence of the five elements ring really makes Lin Mu unable to give up magic. The increase of the five elements ring to magic is far greater than many flying swords. The power of the Gengjin Jue used by the Five Elements Ring can compete with the top-grade magic tools.
If Lin Mu has a mid-level magic, how powerful will it be after using it by the Five Elements Ring? Lin Mu is waiting to see.
As for sword cultivation, Lin Mu already has a top-grade flying sword of the water system, the Qingshuang Sword, in his storage bag. In terms of sword techniques, the Qingshuang Sword Jue is as high as the fourth grade, which can be used by Lin Mu to cultivate to the Jindan stage.
Lin Mu’s main purpose today is to buy a high-level mental method.
In fact, Lin Mu also has a very good mental method in his storage bag, the Huanling Mental Method, which is as high as the fourth grade, but this kind of mental method is more suitable for people of the Yuling Sect. It is demanding and needs to be learned from the beginning. Lin Mu has already learned the Jiufang Mental Method. If he wants to practice the Huanling Mental Method, he needs to disperse his cultivation and start over.
The price is too high, and Lin Mu naturally doesn’t want to do so. With his current wealth, he can completely buy a high-level mental method of other types.
Lin Mu kept searching on the rows of wooden shelves, and from time to time he picked up a jade slip floating in the air to check it out. When he found it unsatisfactory, he shook his head and put it back.
For more than a dozen times, Lin Mu did not find a jade slip that suited him. Not to mention the mental method, even the magic method, Lin Mu did not find a mid-level magic method.
However, he found a few good low-level magic methods, and Lin Mu was quite satisfied and bought them all.
For example, "Bone Shrinking Technique", this is a magic method that can change a person's appearance. If you practice it to a high level, any part of the body can be changed, even the voice can be changed. In Lin Mu's opinion, this is a good magic method.
Thinking of Zhang Ruoxu's appearance when he attacked him, he changed his appearance. He should have learned this magic method, but he was afraid of being recognized by Lin Mu, so he refused to speak. I think he has not practiced "Bone Shrinking Technique" to a high level.
There were also some other low-level spells, such as "The Divine Movement Technique" and "The Breathing Technique". Lin Mu thought they were good and bought them all because he had a lot of spirit stones.
In total, he bought seven or eight jade slips, but only spent three hundred spirit stones.
Now it seems that these low-level spells are really cheap.
As for the mind method, Lin Mu only found a few third-grade mind methods that can be cultivated to the Spiritual Silence Stage, which made Lin Mu not very satisfied.
The mind method is the top priority for cultivators to cultivate, and cultivation depends entirely on the mind method. If you change it back and forth, it will definitely affect the speed of cultivation.
If you can get a high-level mind method, it will not only speed up the cultivation speed, but also solve the problem once and for all, without having to frequently change the mind method, which is also very beneficial to cultivation.
However, Lin Mu had already searched the first floor of the Sutra Pavilion, and he didn't find a suitable mind method.
Lin Mu wanted to go to the second floor of the Sutra Pavilion, but the second floor was a place where disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage could go.
Although Lin Mu is now at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining, he has not yet established his foundation. According to the rules of the sect, he cannot take a single step into the second floor. Moreover, there are many restrictions on the wooden stairs leading to the second floor. Anyone who is not at the foundation-building stage will be beaten down if he forcibly breaks in.
Lin Mu was helpless for a moment, but he was unwilling to leave.
At this moment, the door of the Sutra Library was closed with a bang.
In the huge Sutra Library, only Lin Mu was left, standing alone, at a loss.
The old man guarding the Sutra Library left the position he had never left and slowly walked towards Lin Mu.
Lin Mu was immediately startled, and a sense of vigilance arose in his heart. He subconsciously circulated his spiritual power in secret to prepare for any unexpected event.
Lin Mu stood in place, the door was closed, and he could not retreat, nor did he dare to go forward to greet him. He could only wait for the old man to come.
At this time, Lin Mu did not forget to use the "Heavenly Eye Technique" to observe the old man's cultivation, but Lin Mu soon found out that he could not see through the depth of the old man's cultivation. Lin Mu was already at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining. Under the observation of the "Heavenly Eye Technique", he could at least see the cultivation of a cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
The "Heavenly Eye Technique" did not work. There were only five Golden Cores in Qianyu Sword Sect so far. Lin Mu immediately guessed that this old man was at least in the Spiritual Silence Stage.
Spiritual Silence Stage!
He was only one step away from the Golden Core, and his strength was extremely strong. If he did anything to Lin Mu, Lin Mu would not be able to resist.
Lin Mu relaxed at this time, withdrew his spiritual power, and quietly waited for the old man to arrive.
The old man's hair was gray, but his face was ruddy and shiny, with white hair and a childlike face, and his cultivation was unfathomable.
Lin Mu bowed deeply to the old man and pretended to be calm, saying, "I don't know what the senior is doing. You have to talk behind closed doors."
The old man smiled and spoke slowly, his voice gentle, "I see that your forehead is black, and there will be a disaster. If you don't resolve it in time, your life will be in danger."
Lin Mu almost laughed out loud when he heard the old man's words, but he immediately forced himself to hold it back.
Recently, his cultivation has made great progress, and he has gained a lot of magic tools and spiritual stones, far better than his peers. He also got the coveted foundation-building pill, and today the head of the sect allowed him to go home to visit his parents.
It has always been smooth sailing, so smooth that it can't be smoother, so how can there be a disaster?
The old man's words are exactly the same as those said by the swindlers in his hometown.
When Lin Mu was a child, he had seen many such swindlers, wandering around villages all day, defrauding ignorant villagers of their money.
They often say: 'I see that your forehead is dark and your face is gloomy and depressed. There will be a disaster soon. Just pay five copper coins and I can help you resolve it. '
What the old man said was exactly the same as what the liar said, but he never mentioned the content of the reward he asked for, and his means were more sophisticated.
But Lin Mu's smile soon faded, and his face became solemn. He remembered the old man's cultivation, a spiritual and quiet cultivator.
The old man didn't need to lie to Lin Mu at all. People like him were busy practicing all day, trying to form a golden elixir and live another 100 or 200 years.
Now that he was willing to close the door of the pavilion and talk to Lin Mu specifically, he must have heard something.
"Someone wants to kill you." The old man smiled at Lin Mu and spoke slowly.
The old man said it lightly, but to Lin Mu, it was like a stone breaking.
In just six words, every word made Lin Mu tremble with fear.
Lin Mu calmed down, bowed deeply to the old man, and said respectfully: "I would like to hear the details, please give me some advice."
The old man was not in a hurry, but changed the subject and asked: "Do you know who I am?"
Lin Mu was surprised, thinking, why is the speech so jumpy, who wants to kill me? Could it be Zhang Ruoxu?
Although he was full of doubts, Lin Mu still answered the old man's question truthfully: "Senior is the one who guards the Sutra Pavilion. I think you should be a true disciple of the sect. Are you the disciple of the master?"
"True disciple? Shi Weihan's disciple?" The old man sneered: "You are too flattering Shi Weihan, is he worthy of it?"
Lin Mu was shocked. Who is this person? He dared to insult Shi Weihan openly. He must be a big shot, but he didn't dare to speak. He neither agreed nor disagreed with the old man's words.
The old man glanced at Lin Mu and said, "I am Shi Weihan's senior brother."
Lin Mu opened his mouth wide, with a look of surprise on his face. This old man was actually the senior brother of the head of the sect, so wouldn't his cultivation level also be the Golden Core Stage?
Seeing Lin Mu's surprise, the old man seemed to be unsurprised and said softly, "I was also a Golden Core Stage cultivator back then, but when I was competing with Shi Weihan for the position of the head of the sect, he schemed against me and knocked me back from the Golden Core Stage to the Spiritual Silence Stage. Now I have fallen to guarding the Sutra Pavilion here."
The old man seemed to be telling someone else's story, his face was calm as a wave, and there was no anger or hatred on his face.
Lin Mu was secretly startled. The old man's scheming was far superior to his, and he didn't show his emotions.
"Shi Weihan's viciousness is terrible. It is difficult to understand without personal experience." The old man continued: "Shi Weihan has sold you to the Yuling Sect. Your life is only worth a magic weapon. The Yuling Sect used a Liuyun Sword to exchange for your life. Are you very happy that Shi Weihan agreed to your request and let you go back to visit your parents?"
Without waiting for Lin Mu to answer, the old man continued: "This is all planned by Shi Weihan. As long as you leave the sect, you will be hunted down by the Yuling Sect endlessly. In Shi Weihan's eyes, you are just a chess piece, or a discarded piece."
Lin Mu was horrified. Every word of the old man was like a knife, stabbing Lin Mu's heart.
Lin Mu did not trust Shi Weihan at first. In the Fire Dragon Valley, he left fifty Fire Dragon Grasses alone to leave a backup. But since he came out of the valley, Shi Weihan has always been caring for him and responding to his requests. Even the request to accept mortals under the mountain sect as disciples, Shi Weihan agreed without hesitation.
This made Lin Mu think that Shi Weihan's view of him had changed. Just like Luo Yun, he also regarded him as the future of the sect.
Therefore, after killing Ren Hong, Lin Mu did not have much worries, because he had the protection of the sect and did not have to be afraid.
But how could the old man not be frightened when he said this to him today, and more of it was terrified.
Shi Weihan's behavior was too ungrateful and extremely vicious. He sold himself for a magic weapon. In his eyes, human life was no different from a cold spirit stone.
Such a thing made Lin Mu completely chilled and heartbroken.
Lin Mu felt like he fell into an ice cave. He stood there in a daze and was speechless for a long time.