87: Mumu is afraid of mice

“What a sleepy cat. How about I find some mice for it to play with?”

Li Haotian couldn't help but sigh when he saw the spirit cat asleep again.

The spirit cat, Mu Mu, was startled, like its fur had stood on end, and suddenly raised its head to look at Li Haotian, crying out loudly.

“Meow? Mice? Where are there mice? That’s too scary, woo woo woo.”

Saying this, it actually curled up into a ball, as if it had encountered something terrifying.

Li Haotian looked at Mu Mu a little awkwardly, somewhat confused. Was this guy really a cat? Why would it be afraid of mice?

But seeing Mu Mu shivering, Li Haotian quickly comforted it, “It’s okay, it’s okay. Where are there any mice? There are no mice, you can sleep well.”

Mu Mu carefully removed the two paws in front of its eyes, slowly opened its eyes, looked around, confirmed there were no mice, and then breathed a sigh of relief. It closed its eyes and fell asleep.

“Phew, you scared me to death, little one. I need to sleep to calm my nerves.”

This was the last sentence it said before falling asleep, causing Li Haotian to roll his eyes.

It was the first time he had encountered a cat afraid of mice, and it was even a Golden Core Stage spirit cat. If other cats knew about this, it would probably be considered a disgrace and cast out of the species.

The spirit cat curled up and went to sleep, and several storage rings appeared in Li Haotian's hand. With a thought, all the resources inside fell onto the ground.

Li Haotian put away all the spiritual stones and then looked at the other resources.

First, there were elixirs to enhance cultivation, about eight bottles for the Nascent Soul Stage, ten elixirs per bottle, and two bottles for the deity transformation stage, with only fifteen elixirs.

These elixirs were also beneficial to Li Haotian. When they were enhanced into supreme grade elixirs, taking them could improve his cultivation.

Besides the elixirs, there were also three spirit treasures, and more than ten remaining supreme grade magic treasures. What interested Li Haotian was an ancient treasure in the form of a rope.

Ancient treasures only had the function of binding. Although it was not a spirit treasure, it had the power of some spirit treasures.

Li Haotian took it out separately, planning to enhance it later and use it specifically for capturing people. The belt around his waist was only a Middle-Grade Magic Treasure, which was somewhat inconsistent with his status.

Excluding these magic treasures, there were also a large number of artifact refining resources, millennium spiritual herbs, and other treasures.

He took them out and looked at them. Except for a small portion of materials that could be used to refine spirit treasures, the rest could only be used to refine magic treasures. He would just give these to the li family when he returned, as they were not of much use to him.

Finally, he cast his gaze towards the four jade boxes.

Opening all the jade boxes, three of them contained ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs, all over thirty thousand years old.

The last one was an elixir. Li Haotian didn't know the name of the elixir, but he could enhance it.

“System, enhance this elixir.”

“Ding, enhancement successful. Cost: twenty spiritual origin crystals. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the supreme grade ancient elixir, Spirit Replenishing Pill.”

Hearing the name of this elixir, Li Haotian couldn't help but get excited.

He had heard of the Spirit Replenishing Pill. The Spirit Replenishing Pill could replenish the spiritual roots one desired, such as yinyang, five elements, or ice and thunder.

Li Haotian had three spiritual roots. Logically speaking, a single spiritual root was the best heavenly spiritual root, but for the li family, which possessed the Five Elements Sword Condensation Art, the heavenly spiritual root was actually the weakest spiritual root.

Because they could not set up the five elements sword art, nor could they use multiple flying swords to attack.

Furthermore, Li Haotian had water, metal, and wood spiritual roots, and cultivating the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay always felt like something was missing.

If he had this supreme grade Spirit Replenishing Pill, he could complete his fire attribute spiritual root. At that time, cultivating the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay with water and fire spiritual roots would be much faster than it was now.

Unfortunately, there was only one Spirit Replenishing Pill. Otherwise, Li Haotian would directly complete his yinyang spiritual roots. At that time, cultivating the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay with yinyang spiritual roots would definitely be much stronger than with water and fire dual attribute spiritual roots.

“That’s great. I originally thought about finding a way to complete the fire spiritual root after breaking through to the deity transformation peak, but it seems I don't need to now. Water and fire spiritual roots will suffice.”

“It's just that the metal and wood spiritual roots are somewhat useless. I need to find a way to strip them away, so that the water and fire spiritual roots are opposed to each other, or complete the five elements spiritual roots so that the water and fire spiritual roots complement each other.”

There were only two methods now, which were to strip away the metal and wood spiritual roots, or to complete the earth spiritual root. As long as one of these was completed, Li Haotian's strength would greatly increase, and his cultivation speed would be the same.

Stripping away spiritual roots was impossible, because spiritual roots themselves were part of the human body's structure. If they were stripped away, it would likely damage the foundation and could easily leave hidden troubles.

Then there was only one method, which was to complete the five elements spiritual roots, making water and fire mutually exclusive, while using other spiritual roots as support to make them complement each other. In this way, Li Haotian's combat power would definitely greatly increase.

“So, the five elements spiritual root is actually the best? Should I let the li family members with five elements spiritual roots also cultivate the Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay when I go back?”

“This method is feasible. After all, this cultivation technique is meant to be passed down. The Two Forms Micro Dust Swordplay is much more powerful than the Five Elements Sword Condensation Art, so it is worth giving the li family members a chance.”

“In addition, I need to deduce some sword art cultivation techniques for single spiritual roots, so that the li family members without five elements spiritual roots can cultivate.”

With this thought, Li Haotian couldn't sit still. He took out the cultivation techniques from these storage rings and looked at them, finally shaking his head.

“No, these cultivation techniques are basically ordinary cultivation techniques, and none of them can compare to the Five Elements Sword Condensation Art. I must find some sword arts to look at.”

“Right, Wuya Sword Sect. Should I find a way to get some cultivation techniques from Wuya Sword Sect for reference?”

Li Haotian set his sights on Wuya Sword Sect. Wuya Sword Sect was one of the three major forces in the inner sea of the South Sea Cultivation World, and it was a specialized sword cultivation force. He thought there should be quite a few sword cultivation techniques.

If he could get a large number of cultivation techniques from Wuya Sword Sect, Li Haotian might be able to deduce and enhance a large number of sword cultivation techniques belonging to the li family.

Thinking of this, Li Haotian's heart was moved.

Li Haotian had a Void Refinement late stage puppet. It would be easy to directly infiltrate the Wuya Sword Sect Scripture Pavilion and completely plunder it.

After making up his mind, Li Haotian put away all the resources.

He took out an earth spirit pill, and also took out a meditation mat, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

Mu Mu suddenly opened its eyes, instantly jumped into Li Haotian's arms, closed its eyes, and continued to sleep.

Li Haotian felt his arms sink and knew it was the spirit cat Mu Mu, so he didn't pay attention and continued to cultivate.

The next morning, Li Haotian opened his eyes and looked outside. The young girl Wenwen was already waiting outside.

Li Haotian walked out of the room holding Mu Mu and said with a smile, “Miss Wenwen, you're up quite early.”

A hint of surprise flashed in Wenwen's eyes, and she quickly said, “Senior, where do you want to visit today?”

Li Haotian said, “Let's just wander around. What are the special features here? Just take me to see them.”

Wenwen nodded, led Li Haotian out of the small courtyard, and began to walk around Great Wu City.

“This is the Great Wu Altar. Whenever there are sacrifices, it is very lively here.”

“These are cultivation caves. It is said that the spiritual energy inside is rich, and in the innermost part, there are high-level caves filled with spirit essence. Unfortunately, the rental price is too expensive, and Junior has never been inside.”

“This is the free market. Everything here is worthless, but you can also find some good treasures here. Someone once found a hidden spirit treasure here.”

“...”

Wenwen walked and introduced the sights along the way, visiting most of Great Wu City.

It wasn't until the afternoon that they returned to the small courtyard. Li Haotian took out two middle-grade spiritual stones and gave them to Wenwen, saying, “Thank you.”

Wenwen quickly took the spiritual stones and shook her head, saying, “Thank you, senior. You are too kind, senior. If senior has nothing else, Junior will take her leave.”

Li Haotian took out ten middle-grade spiritual stones and said, “Buy a hundred grilled fish, and the rest is your errand fee.”