1931 Taking A Dip In The Hotsprings

The members of the Shuijing Clan were relaxing which made Lin Mu wanna try it out too.

"Let's go." Lin Mu said, wanting to take a dip in the water.

"Yes, this way." The Shuijing Clan member took Lin Mu to the private area.

This part was surrounded by six smaller hills, with a large hill in the center. There was a tunnel in the center of the large hill, through which a wooden bridge passed. Lin Mu passed through this before arriving at the hot spring area that had hundreds of flowers floating within it.

The flowers looked like as if a rainbow was dancing on the water when combined with the steam from the water. The rich immortal Qi and the fragrance of the flowers formed a calming environment that was optimal for not only relaxation but also cultivation.

"Here we are. You can rest as long as you wish to." The Shuijing Clan member said before taking his leave.

Once the man was gone, Lin Mu decided to go in. He came to a circular platform that was at the edge of the bridge. The platform had steps that went into the water all the way to its bottom. Lin Mu estimated that this lake was about a hundred meters deep, which was quite big for a hot spring.

Then, with one thought, Lin Mu's robes disappeared. 

'The Silver Mirage Circlet sure is handy.' Lin Mu thought to himself as he stepped into the water. "Ah, Little Shrubby, Xiao Yin, Xiao Yang, you guys come out too." He called the beasts.

~SHA~SHA~SHA~

~SPLASH~ 

The three beasts appeared and fell into the water in one go.

~HISS~

The twins were surprised and whipped across the water.

~SPLAT~

They used a little too much strength and created a large wave that crashed against the hill. 

Lin Mu raised his brows, worried that some damage was done. 

~Phew~

"Good thing that this place is reinforced with formations." Lin Mu let out a breath of relief.

"Calm down, you two." Lin Mu spoke to the twins.

~HISS~ HISS~

"Warm… Water… Nice…" After they got over their initial shock, the twins calmed down and found it to be rather nice.

Lin Mu watched as the twin snakes turned into a ring and floated on the surface of the water. And a few seconds later, he felt the air move.

~shua~

The immortal Qi in the air started entering the mouths of the twins, as the two absorbed it all. Seeing that the twins had started cultivating, Lin Mu looked at Little Shrubby.

"You can cultivate too. There is both Fire and Wood elemental Qi here." Lin Mu spoke.

"Yeah, it's good. I can absorb both at the same time." Little Shrubby said while floating as well.

He was in his smaller kitten form and had all his fur wet, which made it stick to his body. It looked like his volume had been reduced by another size. Still, Little Shrubby was used to water by now and didn't mind, especially with all the fire and wood immortal Qi in it.

Lin Mu found an elevated rock platform in the middle of the water and sat down on it. The platform was tall enough such that only Lin Mu's head was out of the water with the rest of his body being inside it. There were many such platforms in the water, and they were evidently made with the purpose of being used for cultivation like this.

But as Lin Mu felt all the energies around him, a thought came to him.

'Wait a second… there's Fire, Metal, and Earth Immortal Qi here… can't I use them to practice the Longgui Bulwark Armor?' Lin Mu suddenly realized.

These were the three elements he needed to cultivate the technique, after all.

"This is a good time, as always. The concentration of the elements is also just low enough for me to start with them. I won't have to spend much time in balancing them." Lin Mu muttered to himself.

With that done, he closed his eyes and spread his immortal sense in all directions around him.

He sensed the three elements in the water and the air and felt their movements. 

'The crux of using the Longgui Bulwark Armor is the balancing of the three elements. The ratio of the elements and their concentration is important in utilizing the different aspects of the technique.' Lin Mu thought as he went over the technique in his mind.

The Longgui Bulwark Armor had three levels of mastery and three components to it. The level of mastery went from initial to advanced to complete mastery.

The first component of Longgui Bulwark Armor was called as Magma Strengthening. 

In it, the user had to consume the three elemental Qis of Fire, Metal and Earth. And once they had consumed it, they had to form a balance between them. If one were to convert it into a ratio, it would be a 1:1:1 ratio between the three elements.

This allowed one to improve the power of the three elements and using this amplified one's control and power of the three elements. As such, Magma Strengthening could actually be used as an axillary skill to boost the power of other Qi skills that used the three elements!

It was perfect for Lin Mu, since he used all three elemental skills, whether it be the Scorching Sparrow Darts, the skill of Afternoon Pine, or simply his Earthen Armament Aspect. 

And when Lin Mu used a combination of skills, all of them would be simultaneously strengthened, which would exponentially improve the total power of the attack.

Magma Strengthening would be highly useful to Lin Mu and would increase his potential even more allowing him to take on stronger foes as well as improve his overall efficiency. After all, he'll be able to exert more strength while using the same amount of Qi!

This was something that every immortal would desire, as one of the problems they faced was the overconsumption of immortal Qi.