Following that, Xiao Mu took out all the deadly beads he had collected from the mountain this time and gave them to his ghost servant to enhance his strength.

The harvest was not low this time. After using all the deadly beads, the power of the ghost servant faintly rose to the peak of the late Third Realm, almost reaching a level comparable to that of the purple-black blood demon.

Xiao Mu shook his head slightly, and for the first time, the strength of his ghost servant did not increase as fast as his own.

It seems that the energy fruit is indeed a good thing, much stronger than converting ginseng via energy points.

To be precise, ten energy points converted into ginseng are not as good as a single energy fruit.

Therefore, it is a waste to enhance one's strength with mutated ginseng instead of energy fruit.

Having reached the peak of the Spirit Communication Realm, Xiao Mu started to ponder his future path of cultivation.

For a Daoist cultivator, the importance of realms is far less significant than the importance of means.

After all, a Daoist cultivator is not a martial artist. To increase one's strength, one relies on various methods, including magic treasures, Dao talismans, and so on.

Without magic treasures and important means like Dao talismans, having just a realm is basically meaningless and makes it easy to be challenged by people punching above their weight.

Upon reaching the peak of the Spirit Communication Sutra, Xiao Mu immediately felt that his means were insufficient.

At present, his main method of attack is the thunder symbol.

Besides the thunder symbol, he had the Peach Wood Sword.

However, at this time, the Peach Wood Sword, which was no longer progressing, was obviously somewhat outdated, and to some extent, severely hampered the display of Xiao Mu's strength.

In addition, there were the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor and the Great Decree.

But neither the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor nor the Great Decree belonged to offensive methods, and they did not contribute much to Xiao Mu's offensive capabilities.

Besides these, there was also the spiritual array.

However, Xiao Mu had not improved his spiritual array for a long time. Its power was too weak and the limitations too many. Basically, there was no need to continue to improve it.

The newly acquired Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram from this trip to the mountain was not bad and is a rare close-range combat tool for Daoist cultivators.

Unfortunately, the close combat ability of a Daoist is, after all, not as good as that of a martial artist.

Of course, this is not to say that the Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram is weak. As a matter of fact, compared to the most potent invisible sword aura of Mortal Realm martial artists, this Tai Chi Thunder Gang Diagram is in no way inferior.

The problem lies with the Daoist cultivators themselves.

After all, the defensive ability of Daoist cultivators is too weak. In close combat, martial artists, even if their invisible sword aura is broken and they are entangled at close range, can still survive by virtue of various other abilities.

It is different for Daoist cultivators. Unless the opponent cannot break the Taichi Thunder Gang Diagram, once it is broken, and they are approached by people, basically their only option left is death.

This is the difference between Daoist cultivators and martial artists. While they both have close combat abilities due to the problems with the Daoist cultivators themselves, the restrictions are much greater than those for martial artists.

Therefore, Xiao Mu felt that he needed to enhance his strength in other ways.

First, he thought of magic treasures.

In fact, until now, Xiao Mu had not forged any magic treasures at all.

Whether it is the Peach Wood Sword, Seal of the Heavenly Emperor, or the Great Decree, they cannot, strictly speaking, be considered magic treasures.

After all, the Seal of the Heavenly Emperor is an emperor's seal, manifested as the authority of the Heavenly Emperor, without the power of a magic treasures.

The Great Decree is just the same, in the end, it is still an exhibition of the Heavenly Emperor's authority.

As for the Peach Wood Sword, it is a weapon.

Xiao Mu felt that once his strength reached the peak of the Spirit Communication Realm, the strength of his future opponents would certainly increase. It should be time to craft magical treasures, otherwise, in future battles, facing powerful opponents, he would be severely limited and unable to exhibit his true power.

As mentioned before, for Daoist Cultivators, their realm is not the most crucial factor in determining their strength, but their methods, which include magical treasures.

However, thinking about crafting magical treasures, Xiao Mu couldn't help but frown.

Magical treasures are not easy to forge.

General materials used to forge magical treasures, even if successfully forged, would likely be restricted by their limited potential and would hardly reach the level he desired.

Take Xiao Mu's previous golden ink pot for example, due to the limit of the eighty-year-old Peach Wood he used as material, it could only undergo two mutations.

The two mutations were fine to deal with a red Blood Demon, but against a purple-black Blood Demon, it would inevitably be severely restricted and not be able to exhibit its power.

The same goes for magical treasures; they require high-grade materials for mutation to forge incredible treasures.

The first thing Xiao Mu thought of when thinking about high-grade materials were various ancient relics, the older the better. Secondly, the source of these ancient relics plays a crucial role in the power of the magical treasures.

For example, treasures like seals from the same era, those used by emperors and those used by ordinary officials or civilians would have vastly different power levels.

The materials Xiao Mu requires for the magical treasures must not only be from an ancient era but preferably ones used by significant figures.

For instance, if he could acquire relics like the Yellow Emperor's Sword or the Flame Emperor's Medicine Cauldron and refine them into magical treasures that, once enhanced to their peak, could suppress everything.

Even if he does not find relics of this degree, items like King Wen's 64 Hexagrams or Laozi's Original Manuscript, once successfully refined, would have unimaginable power.

However, for now, Xiao Mu should not think about treasures of this level.

If he could acquire some relics left behind by famous people from the distant past, he would be content.

Furthermore, as a Daoist Cultivator, deep down, Xiao Mu leans more towards Taoist treasures.

Like the Money Sword, Dharma Bell, Command Flag, and Treasure Seal type of treasures.

However, treasures of these level, ancient and possessing rich history, either they have to be bought at high prices from others or he would have to find them himself.

Purchasing it from others was quickly ruled out by Xiao Mu.

With the deepening of the World Mutation, the value of these items has almost multiplied.

Take for example the Great Decree of Lingyan Pavilion bestowed upon him by Emperor Taizong of Tang, which Xiao Mu had previously purchased. The cost at that time was only 130 million.

Now, it's not just 130 million, even 1.3 billion would not be enough.

In fact, treasures of this level are no longer being sold to the public.

Not just due to the value, but for other reasons as well.

According to what Xiao Mu knows, these ancient items either mutated into treasures, or for some unknown reasons, they completely disappeared.

Unable to figure out why, Xiao Mu eventually attributed it to the World Mutation causing some treasures to develop autonomous spirituality.

Treasures with autonomous spirituality are unwilling to be controlled by others, like the ginseng babies in legends with spirituality, they quietly slipped away.

Despite this, Xiao Mu still decided not to give up on crafting treasures.

After some thought, he took out the newly obtained Buddhist Secret Scroll called the Jade Buddha Technique.

This Jade Buddha Technique also counts as a decent Buddhist Cultivation Method, it can help cultivate a faultless body that is invulnerable to all evils.

However, for Xiao Mu who has already cultivated the Daoist Law, this secret manual seemed unnecessary for now, and therefore, he planned to barter it for Daoist Ancient Relics.

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