The Dao Seed Has Matured!

The Child Ghost Head had just circulated into the Black Market and had yet to appear within the Iron Cauldron Secret Realm.

Li Mo did not increase the number of Child Ghost Heads; he understood the principle that too much is as bad as too little, and it could easily backfire.

Even if the Child Ghost Heads failed to serve their purpose, it would not matter to him.

While he waited patiently, the urge to cultivate the Primordial Acquired Dao Body stirred restlessly within him.

Once he mastered the Primordial Acquired Dao Body, his physique would gain the characteristics of Miasma Spiritual Power, not only making Circulation Cycles twice as effective but also enhancing his Spells by a third out of thin air.

What concerned Li Mo the most, however, were the drawbacks of the Primordial Acquired Dao Body.

The drawback would cause his spiritual power to develop a corrosive nature, subtly affecting the surrounding environment.

Yet Li Mo felt this was not necessarily a bad thing. Variant Spiritual Energy was born from harsh environments, and the drawback of the Primordial Acquired Dao Body might actually increase the proportion of Misty Spiritual Energy in the air by proxy.

A Spell of this caliber could indeed be called a "Dao Body."

Unfortunately, he lacked the method to imbue his physique with the characteristics of spiritual power, and the Primordial Acquired Dao Body likely required a special constitution as a prerequisite.

Li Mo had nearly given up on the Primordial Acquired Dao Body at the time, until he recalled a certain Spell and realized he might be able to master it through a clever workaround.

[Soul Chasing Poison Stinger]

The Soul Chasing Poison Stinger was extremely inconspicuous in Smelting Town; Li Mo had secretly memorized it from Steward Hu using his Eidetic Memory.

The Soul Chasing Poison Stinger primarily involved restructuring the arm into the tail of a venomous scorpion.

What Li Mo focused on was the subsequent cultivation step of the Soul Chasing Poison Stinger: "Toad Body."

Toad Body required transplanting the venom sac of a Jade Blood Toad beside the cultivator's liver, using the sac's gradual transformation to imbue the flesh with toxicity.

In a sense, the "Toad Body" of the Soul Chasing Poison Stinger and the Primordial Acquired Dao Body shared a similar principle.

If Li Mo could transplant an organ similar to a venom sac, slowly releasing Misty Spiritual Energy, and combine it with the Leakless Body's ability to seal spiritual power, it would not be difficult to give his physique the characteristics of spiritual energy.

Moreover, he could brand the organ, and the divine ability gained would certainly provide assistance.

Li Mo's expression brightened as he took out a Glass Jar from his Storage Bag.

The liquid inside the Glass Jar had a yellow-green hue; it was Reviving Water, capable of preventing Flesh and Blood Organs from decaying, preserving them for up to ten years.

The Reviving Water soaked the "swim bladders" extracted from Mist-born Carp, which resembled pearls in appearance.

There were twenty swim bladders in total.

It was said that among tens of thousands of carp, a Mist-born Carp might not necessarily appear, and their scarcity led to high prices set by Yi Bao Pavilion.

Mist-born Carp could release water mist through their swim bladders, which were considered a type of Low-grade Spirit Material.

Regardless, it was already good to have found an organ usable for the Primordial Acquired Dao Body, even if it had cost him a considerable number of Spirit Stones.

Li Mo examined the swim bladder; its structure was indeed similar to a venom sac.

Unfortunately, the swim bladder was a Water Attribute Spirit Material, which did not quite match the Water-Earth Attribute of Miasma Spiritual Power. Otherwise, he could simply brand the organ directly.

Li Mo planned to use refining techniques to transform the swim bladder into a Water-Earth Attribute while preserving its vitality, since the Book of Fortune could not brand dead objects.

He took out the Earth Attribute Spirit Materials he had collected over this period, matching the number of Mist-born Carp Swim Bladders, allowing him to attempt the refining process twenty times.

Li Mo did not want to expend excessive energy because of the Primordial Acquired Dao Body.

If the Mist-born Carp Swim Bladders were exhausted, he would temporarily shelve the Primordial Acquired Dao Body and consider it again when his cultivation was deeper.

Once Li Mo calmed his mind, he signaled the Ghost Tiger to stand guard outside the cave dwelling.

He began grinding the Earth Attribute Spirit Materials, stopping only when the twenty hard materials had turned into fine sand, then stored them in his Storage Bag for later use.

Li Mo picked up a Mist-born Carp Swim Bladder, and his Magic Finger, coated in Spirit Material Powder, pierced into the organ, drawing on the surface of the intricate and delicate blood vessels.

This was to ensure the Water and Earth Spirit Materials could fully fuse.

He dared not relax for a moment, as the swim bladder could not remain away from the Reviving Water for too long; its vitality would cease after thirty breaths.

But the moment Li Mo attached the Spirit Material Powder to the blood vessels, the swim bladder underwent a mutation, rapidly expanding in size.

BANG!!!

A dull explosion rang out, causing the cave dwelling to tremble slightly, with fragments of stone falling from above.

Li Mo was covered in dust and grime; the backlash from his Magic Finger left his arms aching faintly. Refining the swim bladder was no less dangerous than playing with explosives at close range.

Refining techniques had been passed down through generations, and the recorded diagrams were already very complete.

Li Mo was glad he had not refined it in the Black Market; the guest room might not have fully isolated the noise, easily attracting unnecessary trouble.

It was fine in the Iron Cauldron Secret Realm, since Corpse Mountain occasionally spasmed anyway.

Li Mo suppressed his restless spiritual power, confirmed his Magic Finger was unharmed, then fished out another swim bladder and began inscribing.

His movements became more cautious, but no matter what, the Spirit Materials simply refused to fuse.

Soon, one explosion after another echoed from the abandoned Mine Cave. If not for the sturdy Rock Wall, the cave dwelling would have likely collapsed.

After wasting eight Mist-born Carp Swim Bladders in a row, Li Mo's mindset inevitably suffered.

He set down the Spirit Material Powder at hand, closed his eyes to rest for a long while, and then the cave dwelling once again rang with continuous explosions.

While Li Mo was in seclusion, more and more cultivators headed toward Corpse Mountain.

Some cultivators could be seen with deformed Child Ghost Heads growing from their necks, eagerly plunging into the depths of Corpse Mountain.

In the face of profit, danger seemed trivial.

Cultivators were now successively unearthing Mid-grade Spirit Materials; if they ventured deeper, even High-grade Spirit Materials for refining magical treasures might be possible.

The Ghost Tiger shook its head uneasily.

After the cultivators launched their large-scale exploration of Corpse Mountain, figures of cultivators also appeared in the abandoned Mine Cave where Li Mo was, though they remained at the outer edges.

Explosions still rang out, but the intervals between them grew longer and longer.

The Ghost Tiger could sense that cultivators were already approaching the cave dwelling, yet they hesitated, wary of the Clay Sculptures within Corpse Mountain.

As the cultivators drew nearer, the Ghost Tiger hid in the shadows, its eyes gleaming with ferocity.

But suddenly, the cave dwelling fell into utter silence, followed by Li Mo's ecstatic shout: "It worked, it worked!!"

The sound echoed repeatedly, drawing hurried footsteps closer.

Li Mo crawled out of the cave dwelling in a disheveled state, mounted the Ghost Tiger, and vanished into the darkness.

As he traveled, he held a Glass Jar in his hand. The remaining Mist-born Carp Swim Bladders bobbed up and down, their volume already multiplied several times, their surfaces covered in crystalline sprouts that seemed to be still swelling.

Li Mo had succeeded on his seventeenth attempt. After hastily containing the finished Swim Bladders in the Glass Jar, the remaining ones instantly lost their vitality.

That two types of Spirit Materials could fuse together involved a fair bit of luck.

Li Mo didn't know why the Earth Attribute Spirit Material he had chosen inexplicably matched the Swim Bladders, but the moment the opportunity appeared, he seized it with his perfect control over spiritual power.

The finished Swim Bladders still retained their vitality, and the Book of Fortune could brand them at any time.

Li Mo named the finished Swim Bladders "Dao Seed," though whether they could be replicated remained unknown.

But he understood one thing: ordinary cultivators without the Book of Fortune would only meet death by transplanting the Dao Seed—this thing was nothing but an extremely unstable bomb.