I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

by Little Merger

When Lu Xuan woke up, he found himself to be an Ordinary Spirit Plant Master in the Loose Repair Market, scraping by on his three-quarters of an acre Spirit Field in the Cultivation World. Luckily, he made an accidental discovery that whenever a Spirit Plant matures, he would receive an extra reward. For each Sword Grass he harvested, he would receive a Sword Pill. For each Xuan Ch

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"You?!"

"Friend Lu from Sky Sword Sect, I didn't expect to run into you here."

The sudden voice made Ning DeShan's heart turn cold. He looked towards the sound and saw a handsome young man smiling at him.

"This Secret Land is neither too big nor too small. Running into you in this abandoned Medicine Garden must be fate.

Lu Xuan held an ancient sword sheath, maintaining distance from the Dark Vulture Elder.

"Indeed, I found a Doushu Pan Peach spirit tree here, with six Spirit Peaches on it. What do you think about sharing them equally with me?"

Ning DeShan asked tentatively.

"I dare not share the Spirit Peaches with you, I'm afraid I might not get a share of the Spirit Peaches, but end up in pieces instead."

Lu Xuan looked at the old woman's corpse on the ground, implying something.

Ning DeShan's expression darkened considerably.

"It seems Friend Lu has seen something he shouldn't have."

"Good, I can just settle the score with you. I remember the matter of the Spiritual Fish very clearly."

He said fiercely.

Lu Xuan caused his Ning Family to suffer heavy losses and witnessed his ignoble deeds. He couldn'tbe allowed to live.

From the information he collected, Lu Xuan, although a member of the famous Sky Sword Sect in the Cultivation World, spent almost every day with Spirit Plants and was just a Spirit Plant Master skilled in the path of spiritual plants.

So, for his fight with Lu Xuan, he felt a little bit more confident.

He was determined to get the Doushu Pan Peach spirit fruit.

Before his words fell, a shuttle-shaped Magic Tool whistled and charged at Lu

Xuan at high speed.

As swift as a bolt of lightning, it arrived in front of Lu Xuan before he could react.

Lu Xuan was undaunted, his Purple Lightning Sword, with a thunderous arc, hit the middle of the shuttle-shaped Magic Tool.

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Ning DeShan naturally didn't expect an ordinary third rank magic artefact could pose a great threat to Lu Xuan. His arm, which had just recovered more than half, surged with black light, a large amount of flesh and blood melted, and his thick arm shrunk into a piece of dead wood in an instant.

His palm turned into a black claw, almost ignoring the distance between him and Lu Xuan, and quickly clawed at Lu Xuan's heart.

Lu Xuan didn't think about dodging, but faced it head-on. His arm glowed like clear jade, and with his hands crossed, he guarded his chest.

A faint dragon chant sounded, and fine scales appeared instantly in front of his arm.

With his azure bone and brief half-dragon transformation, Lu Xuan safe and sound, blocked Ning DeShan's Heart Locking Claw secret technique.

Ning DeShan was horrified. Although his essence blood hadn't recovered to its best state and the continuous use of the Heart Locking Claw technique put a massive burden on his physical body, a weakened secret technique was not something a Foundation Establishment First-term Stage Cultivator could easily block!

" I can' t believe you' ve been hiding so deeply!"

Ning DeShan exclaimed in surprise.

Such a strong body, not even Foundation Establishment Mid-term or late-term cultivators could possess such strength.

He made a decisive decision, not caring about the Doushu Pan Peach spirit fruit that greatly attracted him, turned and fled at high speed out of the Medicine

Garden.

If he continued to stay here, let alone eating the Spirit Peach to increase his lifespan, it would be hard to maintain his current lifespan. It would be better to run away first, then look for an opportunity to snatch the Doushu Pan Peach spirit fruit from Lu Xuan's hands.

Lu Xuan had already exposed some of his strength in front of him, he certainly wouldn't let him leave so easily.

Ten feet ahead of Ning DeShan, a wide crack suddenly appeared in the void, from which a grey-white pupil drilled out, staring head-on at the Dark Vulture

Elder.

In an instant, Ning DeShan felt as if he had entered an illusory world, losing himself in layers upon layers of illusions.

Realizing things were going south, he protected his spirit, biting the tip of his tongue hard.

A strong scent of blood overwhelmed him, freeing him from the illusion technique.

Overjoyed, he didn't spare a glance for the Void Nightmare Eye in mid-air, rushing away at top speed instead.

"Kill it, Spears!"

A bright voice echoed, soon followed by a white bone spear coming from his rear. It speared him directly.

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Immediately, the lodged white bone demon puppet inside him rapidly transformed, producing innumerable slender tentacle-hke bones, piercing out from his body with Ning DeShan as the centre.

The Dark Vulture Elder quickly resembled a porcupine-like entity.

A green light flew out from his crown in a lightning-fast manner, heading somewhere far.

Lu Xuan remained unflappable, pulling out a mysterious lantern from his storage bag.

He held onto the bone-like lamp wick of the lantern with a single hand. The lampshade seemed to be wrapped in human skin. After infusing it with spiritual power, Lu Xuan swung it wildly in mid-air.

Known as the Soul Lantern, a four-level magical tool, this was a reward Lu Xuan received from a light cluster formed inside an underworld spiritual plant, the Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom. Its ability was to attract Yin souls from a certain range. After burning the resentful spirits in the lantern, it could bring chaos to cultivators and demon beasts' spirits.

The Soul Lantern taken out by Lu Xuan moved in mid-air. Hanging from the base of the lantern, countless dark red lamp wicks, similar to tentacles, gently swayed around, seemingly beckoning their companions to join.

Ning DeShan's soul hadn't managed to escape far when he felt an astonishing attraction coming from near the Spirit Peach, involuntarily pushing him to return in front of the Soul Lantern.

The numerous dark red lamp wicks wrapped around the green light, pulling it underneath the lampshade.

Underneath the pale lantern, tightly packed Yin souls with resentful wills suddenly displayed a familiar face. Judging by facial features, it bore a seventy to eighty percent resemblance to Ning DeShan.

Only after Ning DeShan's soul and bodily flesh were dealt with completely did Lu Xuan come to the corpse's side, holding a third-grade Purifying Spirit Talisman.

A sprinkling of white spiritual light fell, and nothing unusual happened to the corpse. Only then did Lu Xuan completely let down his guard.

"Well, everything was used to its full extent."

Lu Xuan looked at Ning DeShan' s resentful spirit inside the Soul Lantern and thought to himself.

"The resentful spirit of a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator is worth more than a hundred ordinary ones."

"Then there's also the flesh and blood of a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, although it might be a bit old. If I come across any underworld spiritual plants requiring flesh and blood, it could be used as fertilizer." Lu Xuan, sticking to his principle of not being wasteful, once thought, the bone spikes transformed by the white bone demon puppet quickly retracted, bringing Ning DeShan's battered body back to his side.

The space inside the Gluttonous Insect Pouch was amazingly large, able to keep things in their original state; there was no need to worry about decay, corpse change, or the like inside.

As for the corpse left behind by the old woman cultivator, since they held no grudge and bore no personal enmity, Lu Xuan cast a Fireball Technique, turning her into ashes, then used the Earth Pulling Technique to bury the ashes in the Spirit Soil.

"Those few weird spiritual plants in the Underworld Court would be extremely suitable."

"The fifth rank Vast Void Eye appears and disappears unpredictably, delays enemies with its illusion technique, the fourth rank white bone demon puppet changes unpredictably, a killing tool, and the fourth-rank Soul Leading Lantern attracts souls, completely erasing all traces of the corpse on that level."

"Together with the Thousand Masks that can conceal the real face…"

"It's like a one-stop underworld service."

"What a pity that it contradicts with my identity as an ordinary spirit plant cultivator from the Great Sect, so it can only be used under certain specific situations."

Lu Xuan thought, feeling somewhat regretful.

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Chapter 330: Chapter 328: Mutated Spirit Seeds l

After dealing with Ning DeShan, his and the old woman's storage bags naturally fell into Lu Xuan's hands.

Eventually, Lu Xuan obtained numerous magical artifacts, charms, and elixirs from them and their storage bags.

There were three third-level magical weapons: the shuttle-shaped magic tool from Ning DeShan, the long silk artifact from the old woman, and a third- grade flying sword.

There was also a broken third-grade armor, pierced full of holes by the bone spikes of the White Bone Devil Puppet, reduced to waste.

The rest were second-grade magical artifacts.

In the two storage bags, several third-grade charms of mediocre quality and a few bottles of elixir were found. Lu Xuan was not deeply familiar with elixirs, only recognizing three common varieties inside.

"These two Foundation Establishment cultivators of loose cultivation backgrounds are quite poor."

"There isn't much for my own use, I can only try to find a chance to get some spirit stones by selling them."

Lu Xuan secretly sighed.

At this moment, he had further understood how fortunate he was to have the light cluster reward.

Even his Foundation Establishment peers in the sect could not be fully equipped with third-grade or higher magical artifacts and treasures, let alone the Foundation Establishment loose cultivators on this archipelago.

Considering their wealth and opportunities, possessing one or two third-grade magic artifacts was very common. Hence, when this secret land appeared, cultivators from the archipelago and surrounding areas swarmed over in a bid to seize that elusive opportunity.

With his current wealth, even when compared with the True Disciples of the Sky Sword Sect, he held a significant advantage.

The storage of third or fourth-grade magical artifacts and treasures might not be as ample, but at the fifth-grade level at least, he could hold his own.

A thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind as he turned his attention to the Spirit Peach Tree in front of him.

After hiding his figure, he learned from Ning DeShan that the Spirit Peach was called a Longevity Pan Peach, a Five-Quality Spirit Plant, swallowing it could increase five to ten years of lifespan.

Although he now clearly understood the origins of the Spirit Peach, Lu Xuan dared not underestimate it. After all, the Immaculate Jade around his neck was continuously inputting a cool breath.

He stood up, his thoughts moved, and the Void Nightmare Eye, with him at the center, constantly moved around in the surrounding emptiness, appearing and disappearing instantly, its movements were mysterious.

The grey eyeball in his hand competently displayed what the Void Nightmare Eye saw.

Lu Xuan's spiritual sense moved into the Spirit Soil and then the Grandmaster Level Earth Pulling Technique was carried out. The structural changes in the Spirit Soil near the roots of the Longevity Pan Peach enabled him to obtain detailed information about it.

[Strange Longevity Peach, a mutant Five-Quality Spirit Plant. The Longevity Pan Peach has mutated into a new spirit plant under the continuous attack of an evil atmosphere due to its inability to satisfy its cultivation conditions for a long time.]

[Originally needing vigorous cultivators or demon beasts to nourish it day and night, after the mutation, it silently absorbs the life force of cultivators and demon beasts in its vicinity, having a strong desire for blood and essence.] [Consumption of a mature Strange Longevity Peach can increase lifespan, and will also accumulate an evil atmosphere in the consumer's body. At a certain level, it will cause the risk of mutation of the cultivator or demon beast.]

"So it's a mutated spiritual plant, a normal Longevity Pan Peach that has mutated into a different Longevity Pan Peach with an evil tendency. No wonder the Immaculate Jade reacted."

Lu Xuan quietly sighed.

"Regardless of the cultivation method or the consumption effect, several strange elements have been added."

"However, as long as the rank remains unchanged, it is a valuable spiritual plant."

As far as he was concerned, be it normal or peculiar, as long as it was a Five- Quality Spirit Plant, it meant a bountiful reward from the light cluster, and the type of spirit plant was not that important.

As for the mature Strange Longevity Peach, he had the freshly picked Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds in his hand, which upon consumption, would purify and remove any unusual essences within his body, without any concern about negative effects.

Not to mention, being young, he did not have to worry about his lifespan.

"However, a long lifespan is hard to come by in the Cultivation World. Ning DeShan might think he has stumbled upon a great opportunity, but little did he know, this Strange Longevity Peach is seven parts beneficial and three parts poisonous, merely a case of drinking poison to quench thirst."

Having understood the details of the Spirit Peach Tree, Lu Xuan finally relaxed, carefully picking the remaining five pink-white spirit peaches from the Strange Longevity Peach tree.

The spirit peaches rolled around in the silver dish, giving off a fresh milky aroma and exuding a lively primordial life force upon close sniffing.

After harvesting all the Strange Longevity Spirit Peaches, to Lu Xuan's surprise, the Spirit Peach Tree slowly started to wither, as if the life force within the plant was departing with the falling of the spirit fruits.

"To endure such a long time in this medicine garden, is indeed tough." "Perhaps, it was the mutation into the Strange Longevity Peach that gave it a glimmer of hope for survival until now."

Lu Xuan sighed in silence, calling out the Demonic Vine and communicating through his spiritual sense.

"Try to sense if there are any Spiritual Seeds of Strange Longevity Peach hidden in the spirit soil."

The tip of the Demonic Vine quivered excitedly, then split into numerous grayish feelers spreading out in all directions.

Shortly afterwards, one of the grayish feelers circled the ground, occasionally sniffing around like a thief.

Then, upon getting Lu Xuan's approval, it plunged into the spirit soil.

From Lu Xuan's spiritual sense perception, the Demonic Vine drilled five or six feet into the spirit soil, and pulled out a peculiar object from it.

A dark-red peach pit encased in a mass of congealed flesh. Blood essence flowed through the channels on its surface.

Within the peach pit, a strong life force was detectable, throbbing vigorously as if it were a heart.

"So, this is how it maintains its vitality."

Lu Xuan sighed secretly in his heart.

The rank five Strange Longevity Peach, after coincidentally condensing a spirit seed, being unable to cultivate it due to the lack of conditions, wrapped the spirit seed in its blood essence out of an instinct to preserve its lineage, deeply burying it in the spirit soil. This nourished the spirit seed while isolating it from the spiritual energy and prevented it from growing and sprouting.

"However, now that I have found it, there's no need to worry about its growth. I will take good care of you and make sure you mature quickly."

He looked at the dark red peach pit in his hand and put it into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

After visiting the medicine garden this time, gaining the fifth-grade Strange Longevity mutant Peach spirit seed and resolving the conflict with the somewhat problematic Ning DeShan, Lu Xuan was very satisfied.

However, he had no intentions of stopping here and giving up the opportunity to enter the Mysterious Palace.

After preparing for such a long time, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment mid-term, harvesting several high-grade spiritual plants, obtaining treasures such as the Void Nightmare Eye and the "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman", how could he simply ignore the treasure palace?

Although Lu Xuan was often cautious, he was now protected by various treasures and his confidence was at its peak.

Therefore, the Void Nightmare Eye continuously moved around his body, disappearing and reappearing, keeping a close watch on the surrounding movements.

The Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath hung around his waist, within it, the fourthrank Wind Thunder Sword was ready to strike. In his sleeve, the Roaring Sea Sword Charm, the Great Sun Sword Talisman, and the Starfall Sword Talisman were ready and could ignite a powerful sword intent at any time.

With such thorough preparation, he quickly left the abandoned medicine garden and headed towards the palace.

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Chapter 331: Chapter 329 Advantage is Mine i

Outside the Mysterious Palace.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator flies in hurriedly from afar, landing outside the palace corridor.

He had been entangled with the Ice Illusion Toad Demon Beasts in the Deep Dark Water Region and delayed in the Strange Stone Array for a long time. Knowing that he is far behind others, he is anxious and wants to rush into the palace as quickly as possible.

There are many leftovers of Magic Method Marks and restricted air in the corridor, which should be the traces left by the first Cultivator who entered the palace in order to break the prohibition.

After the Cultivator's Spiritual Sense sweeps through the corridor and finds no anomalies, he flies towards the interior of the palace at a high speed. Suddenly, a cold Sword Light strikes at him, slashing a deep crack in his defense Magic Artifact, two Foundation Establishment First-term Stage Cultivators suddenly appeared, attacking from the front and back.

Two against one, and it was a sneak attack. The Cultivator trying to enter the palace was easily dealt with after just a few encounters.

"That's the second one."

Among the two attackers, one is a middle-aged man in a grey shirt with ordinary looks, and the other is a One-eyed Monk where his blinded eye was wrapped in a black cloth, with traces of black energy leaking out.

"Your strategy is truly admirable, Li Dao You!"

The One-eyed Monk said with admiration while scavenging the belongings of the deceased Cultivator.

"We have no choice. There are too many and too strong Foundation Establishment Cultivators entering the palace this time. With our strength, we can only act as cannon fodder. It's better to think of other ways to get opportunities and treasures."

The middle-aged man in the grey shirt weighed the Storage Bag in his hand and took out a pile of Talisman Elixir Medicine.

Hehe, that's true. The Cultivators who come to the Secret Land only think of entering the palace as quickly as possible. They don't expect some people to resist the great opportunity and wait at the entrance to ambush them."

If we can t get the opportunity, they become our opportunity instead."

The One-eyed Monk sneered, and the black energy leaking out of the black cloth became more intense.

"Thankfully we have your concealing Magic Artifact to give us the advantage of catching them by surprise and easily deal with our targets entering the palace." The two flatter each other.

We still have to be very cautious. Although my concealment Magic Artifact is good, it's hard to achieve results in front of Foundation Establishment Midterm or Disciples from the Great Sect."

The two evenly divided the spoils such as Talisman Elixir Medicine, the one- eyed Monk said coldly.

"Of course, even if we successfully sneak attack Foundation Establishment Mid-term or Late-term Cultivators, it will not be easy to kill them." "Those disciples from Great Sects possess all kinds of weird secret techniques and treasures. It's very difficult to ambush them, so, we can only target those small families or Loose Foundation Establishment First-term Stage Cultivators."

"We can't delay here for too long. While the Cultivators who entered the palace haven't come out one after another, let's kill another fat sheep, then leave the Secret Land."

"Good."

A layer of silvery veil appears on the two of them, with Spiritual Power emerging on the veil, covering their figures, making them disappear. What the two of them didn't know was that above their heads, a crack quietly appeared in the void, and a gray-white eye squeezed out of the crack, watching every move of the two clearly.

"I didn't expect there to be such a trap at the entrance of the Mysterious Palace."

Lu Xuan looked stern, and the eye in his palm reflected the scene seen by the Void Nightmare Eye.

The two Foundation Establishment Cultivators hiding at the entrance of the corridor and ambushing others are quite innovative. They actually gave up the huge opportunity right in front of them, shrewdly grasping the psychology of other Cultivators, and successfully ambushed.

"Should I go through that corridor?"

Lu Xuan stroked his chin.

"The entire palace is filled with restrictions everywhere, and the restrictions in that corridor have just been broken through by the first Cultivator who entered."

If I want to bypass those two people and enter from other corridors, it will take more time. If I'm unlucky, I'll have to break the prohibition by myself." "The two people ambush in the middle of the corridor. Their strength lies in a surprise attack. But now, it has become my advantage. I can fully exploit the flaws they hide in the Magic Artifact and sneak attack them first."

"With our strength, we can easily deal with it."

Thinking of this, Lu Xuan made an instantaneous decision in his heart, planning to force his way through the passage.

If the two men were a bit discerning, he would pretend that he hadn't noticed, but if they sought their own death and attacked suddenly, he would simply dispose of them.

Outside the passage.

Lu Xuan, controlling a stream of sword light, stumbled to a halt at the entrance of the passage.

His eyes are covered by a layer of hazy spiritual light. Under the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, the two Foundation Establishment First-term Stage Cultivators hiding in silver-white gauze had nowhere to hide, and faintly visible were their blurred figures.

Lu Xuan's performance was convincing. He first looked around at the entrance of the passage, confirming that there were no ambushers before carefully entering it.

As he got closer and closer to the Mysterious Palace, the carefulness on his face rapidly disappeared, replaced by relief and joy.

Under the silver-white gauze, the grey-robed middle-aged man and the one- eyed monk exchanged glances, instantly understanding each other's intentions.

The two were quite familiar with Lu Xuan, knowing that he was a disciple of the Sky Sword Sect stationed on this desolate island.

So, seeing Lu Xuan for the first time, their instinct was to let him pass.

But then they remembered the evaluations of other cultivators about Lu Xuan: Always surrounded by spirit plants, he neglects cultivation and has no ambition.

Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly became active in their thoughts.

Coming from a Great Sect means that he carries many treasures.

His identity as a Spirit Plant Master means that he is not good at fighting. You can predict that he hasn't gone through many life-and-death experiences, and he may be disoriented when suddenly attacked.

And his cultivation level is just at the Foundation Establishment First-term Stage…

The advantage is ours, this is a sure thing!

The two men looked at each other simultaneously.

The spiritual energy in their bodies surged wildly. The one-eyed monk abruptly withdrew the cover of the silver-white gauze, and Lu Xuan's back was clearly presenting in front of the two.

The flying sword and the talisman attacked the big fat sheep in the two's eyes. As soon as they revealed their figures, a sharp sword whistling sounded in their ears.

Countless deep black sword intents swept towards them like shocking waves!

The momentum was enormous, like divine might, from which there was no escape, no resistance!

"Friend, spare us…"

The two hadn't even finished their pleas for mercy, they were buried in the endless sword intent like a wave.

The sword Qi dissipated, and the inside of the passage was clean, with occasional scattered dark red flesh and bits of magic artifacts. If one did not look carefully, it would be very hard to notice.

Hmm, it's just right to use that fourth-grade Roaring Sea Sword Charm."

In Lu Xuan's hand, a talisman that was neither gold nor jade, shaped like a sword tip, silently collapsed and fell to the ground.

This fourth-grade Sea Screaming Sword Seal was the earliest reward from the Sword Nurturing Gourd. During the time in the Langyue Blessed Land, in order to fight for the Phoenix Wood, he used up most of the Sword Qi inside.

This time, in order to quickly resolve the fight and not waste time on these two attackers, Lu Xuan also casually stimulated the remaining half of the Sea Screaming Sword Seal's Sword Qi.

Thus, there are four more fourth-grade Sword Talismans left.

"It's a pity about the magical talisman they carried."

Even if there probably weren't any special treasures on them, a mosquito leg is still meat. Lu Xuan looked regretfully at the location where the two's bodies had been disintegrated, and his figure, like a flash, lunged towards the interior of the palace.

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Chapter 332: Chapter 330 Medicinal Pangolin_i

The interior of the palace was extremely spacious, traces of various prohibitions and formula methods remaining everywhere, attesting to the fierce struggles the earliest cultivators who entered must have undergone. Lu Xuan moved through the palace as swiftly as a wisp of smoke. Within a short while, he halted at the entrance of a spacious pill room.

After sweeping his spiritual sense inside and finding no anomalies, he floated into the pill room.

Before he could even start to carefully search the pill room, suddenly, a gentle woman cultivator followed him in.

Upon seeing Lu Xuan, she was initially taken aback but her expression relaxed soon twafter.

"So, it's Friend Lu."

Friend Qi, what a coincidence to bump into you here in the palace."

Lu Xuan had some recollections of this gentle woman cultivator. They were acquainted at an auction organized by the Aurora Business Association. She, along with another cultivator in the foundation establishment first-term stage, had settled down and were leading a secluded life on a small island.

According to Shi Zhong's introduction, this woman had a remarkable insight into alchemy.

Your couple has always stuck together. It is strange to see Friend Qi alone. Where' s Friend Zhang?"

Lu Xuan looked a bit guarded. The couple excelled at combined attacks and were very rarely apart in their actions due to their deep affection for each other. "My husband has gone to other parts of the palace. If Friend Lu wishes to meet him, I can call him here."

The woman cultivator politely replied, while she and her husband had lost contact with each other when traversing the strange stone array. After entering the palace, they had to act separately due to various factors.

However, she dared not show any signs of weakness in front of Lu Xuan for fear that he harbors malicious intent.

"Ha ha ha, there's no need for that. This is not an excellent place for socializing."

Lu Xuan subtly glanced at the grayish pupil in his hand and laughed. "Friend Lu, why don't we each explore a different area of this pill room peacefully?"

The woman cultivator suggested.

"Let's do as Friend Qi says."

Lu Xuan isn't a person given to reckless killing and seeing the gentle woman cultivator adopting such an attitude, he naturally went along.

Both of them, keeping their magic talisman at hand, were on guard against each other, each choosing an area to search meticulously.

A faint medicinal aroma lingered around the pill room. At the central area, over ten pill furnaces were placed, each fixed with a prohibition. Seeing them of ordinary quality, Lu Xuan dismissed the idea of breaking the prohibition and taking the furnaces away.

On each side of the room walls, towering wooden shelves stood. Some remnants of spiritual medicines were still on them but had all dried up with their medicinal properties completely lost, turning into various powders at a slight touch.

"Friend Lu, have you found anything?"please visit " sitestorys(.)c0m " maybe y0u will enj0y the captivating sh0rt st0ries.

The woman cultivator asked Lu Xuan after carefully searching her designated area without finding anything valuable.

"No, only some withered herb, and some pill furnaces of low worth."

Lu Xuan replied casually.

"Same here."

The woman cultivator sighed lightly and returned to search her area again thoroughly.

"Friend Lu, I will not waste more time here, I'll take my leave." Soon, she said to Lu Xuan from a distance and went straight out of the pill room.

Lu Xuan gently nodded, contemplating with furrowed brows.

He always felt that something was wrong here.

There's nothing inside the pill furnaces, and all parts such as the base and the inner wall of each furnace had been thoroughly checked, with no elixir recipe or anything found. All the spiritual medicines on the shelves have withered. Then where did the faint medicinal fragrance I smelled when I first entered come from?"

After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm and his flesh body being repeatedly enhanced, Lu Xuan's senses had reached an extremely formidable level.

He took a deep sniff, again keenly aware of the faint medicinal scent pervading the Pill Room.

The medicinal scent was barely discernable, and he lost all sense of it as soon as he stepped out of the Pill Room.

"It seems there must be something hidden here."

A faint material began to appear around Lu Xuan's pupils as his Breaking Illusion Eye Technique activated, and he discovered a few faint bits of spiritual light in the Pill Room.

The spiritual light was floating irregularly in the Pill Room, and despite Lu Xuan's current mid-stage Foundation Establishment Spiritual Sense, he couldn't properly perceive it.

"However, merely discovering the spiritual light is not enough, these lights are so elusive, unpredictable, I must find a way to make them appear." As Lu Xuan pondered, he suddenly has a flash of inspiration and pulled a second-grade Spirit Gathering Pill from his storage bag.

Since this is a Pill Room, then an elixir may resolve the current situation."

The Spirit Gathering Pill, supported by Spiritual Power, floated in mid-air of the Pill Room.

Under the operation of the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, the few spiritual lights gathered around the Spirit Gathering Pill as their center.

"It really works!" Lu Xuan was delighted.

He focused on the Spirit Gathering Pill, when suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

The Medicinal Pangolin, a fourth-grade strange insect at the larval stage, is almost invisible. It likes to feed on the Pill Toxin within Pill Furnaces and ' Elixirs during alchemy. It can automatically clean and maintain Pill Furnaces, preserving their quality, and even slightly improve the quality of the Elixirs.] "Such delights truly exist, it is not in vain that I roam this world!"

"Medicinal Pangolin… So that's where it comes from."

Feeling the ideas transmitted by the spiritual light about the medicinal pangolin, Lu Xuan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"It likes to devour Pill Toxin within Pill Furnaces and Elixirs. What is poison for others is honey for it."

Every medicine has its toxicity. Elixirs, despite their magical effects like enhancing and restoring Spiritual Power and healing injuries, contain minor amounts of Pill Toxin. Low-quality Elixirs contain more Pill Toxin.

The Pill Toxin hidden in a Cultivator's body over years could negatively affect their cultivation and breakthroughs.

The Pill Toxin in the Pill Furnaces was even worse.

However, the Medicinal Pangolin can devour and cleanse the Pill Furnace and Elixirs of their Pill Toxin, maintain the Pill Furnace, and improve the quality of the Elixirs – making it best auxiliary for an Alchemist.

It s still at the larval stage. I can capture it and raise it."

Lu Xuan was deeply interested in this medicinal pangolin larva.

However, the problem at hand was how to capture this medicinal pangolin larva.

Although he had more or less determined its position, the Medicinal Pangolin itself was elusive. If he wasn't careful, he might alert it.

So, he must aim accurately and successfully capture it in one go.

Lu Xuan pulled out a Fourth Grade Xuan Yin Pill from his storage bag, increasing the enticing effect.

The Xuan Yin Pill, sourced from the light cluster reward of the Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom, was a valuable supplement for ghost cultivators and yin beasts. It was two grades higher than the Spirit Gathering Pill and was naturally more tempting for the Medicinal Pangolin.

Using his Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, Lu Xuan saw that the spiritual lights surrounding the Xuan Yin Pill brightened slightly.

He quietly took out the White Bone Demon Puppet and threw it at the Xuan Yin Pill floating in mid-air.

"Go, Bone Ball!"

Upon nearmg the Xuan Yin Pill, the terrifying Bone Ball transformed into a huge net and captured both the elixir and the nearby medicinal pangolin.

Before the medicinal pangolin could react, numerous holes in the net quickly formed a thin bone membrane, making the entire white bone huge net windproof.

Then, under Lu Xuan's spiritual sense control, the huge net began to shrink continuously, confining the movement range of the medicinal pangolin.

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Chapter 333: Chapter 331: Jade Pool Strange Treasure l

More than ten breaths later, the Medicinal Pangolin, whose living space was incessantly constricted by Lu Xuan, gradually revealed its form.

Almost invisible and colorless, it manifested in a translucent shape within the confined space, resembling a legless soft-bodied worm. It flowed like a liquid all around, seeking an opportunity to breach the gigantic web.

Even when facing predicaments, it still clung tightly to the fourth-grade vitality pill, visibly reflecting how grueling and frugal its many years had been.

"Follow me. Once I get you out, there'll be plenty of Elixirs for you to absorb."

Lu Xuan conveyed such a thought to the Medicinal Pangolin through his Spiritual Sense.

The light cluster generated by mature Spirit Plants often yielded elixir-type rewards. Therefore, he had no concern about providing a good living environment for the Medicinal Pangolin.

Meanwhile, he had absorbed the recipes for both the Yuan Cultivating Pill and the Spirit Gathering Pill, and the Primordial Essence Herb needed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill was still planted in the sect's Spirit Field. This indicated that there might be a reward of a Foundation Establishment Pill recipe in future.

The Medicinal Pangolin didn't respond to Lu Xuan's invitation at all. Left with no choice, Lu Xuan used the White Bone Demon Puppet to seal it, intending to tame it when he had spare time.

After putting the Medicinal Pangolin and the White Bone Demon Puppet into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, Lu Xuan breathed a deep sigh of relief. The faint medicinal fragrance lingering in the pill room vanished, replaced by a decayed smell that had formed over numerous years.

He departed from the Pill Room, rushing towards the heart of the palace.

From afar, he could feel intense spiritual energy fluctuations inside.

Lu Xuan suddenly halted, staring at a decayed body on the ground, his expression was solemn.

The lower half of the body had vanished, and just the top half remained, stripped of all flesh and blood, leaving the hollow frame. It was unclear what that person had undergone before his death.

"The death rate in this Secret Land is quite high."

Lu Xuan secretly sighed. Since entering the Secret Land, he had discovered or personally killed at least six Foundation Establishment Cultivators. This made Lu Xuan, who had limited experience exploring Secret Lands, feel emotional fluctuations.

"Hmm, I killed three of them…"

Upon this realization, he regained his inner calm.

"Given my current cultivation level and my rare treasures, I should be more worried about the other cultivators."

"Since I am already here, I must go in and have a look. However, I need to hide my identity."

As he was about to enter the heart of the Secret Land and compete with other Foundation Establishment Cultivators for chances, Lu Xuan decided to conceal himself temporarily and not expose his true cultivation level and treasures to everyone.

With that in mind, he retrieved the fourth-grade Thousand Masks from his storage bag.

The gray mask was thin as a cicada's wing, covering his face as if a thin skin masked it. The patterns on the face keep shifting. Upon a thought from Lu Xuan, he instantly transformed into an average-looking, young cultivator.

He kept his aura at the Foundation Establishment First-term Stage, slightly elongating his skeleton to prevent those acquainted, like Shi Zhong from recognizing his figure.

With extreme transformations in his looks, aura, and stature, Lu Xuan was now an entirely new cultivator.

Half a moment later, following the Spiritual Power Fluctuation, he arrived at a jade room atop the palace.

The jade room was entirely made from gentle, green jade with a massive jade pool hollowed out in the center. A series of restraining barriers enveloped the pool. Seven cultivators were relentlessly attacking the barrier's surface, causing a wave of spiritual energy to surface.

"Looks like we've entered the Demon Envoy's lair."

Lu Xuan tugged at the corner of his mouth, revealing a wry smile.

Wearing the Thousand Masks had no effect on him at current. He could express even the most lifelike and detailed expressions just fine.

At this moment, he felt as if the muscles in his neck were about to freeze over.

The cool Yin Qi coming from the Immaculate Jade kept surging, alerting Lu Xuan.

With a casual glance, the seven cultivators surrounding the Jade Pool came into view all at once.

Among the seven, a hunchbacked old man had the most potent and robust spiritual power, possessing a Foundation Establishment Late-term Cultivated Base.

His high humpback moved up and down, occasionally emitting eerie howls, and from time to time, tiny grey hands and feet appeared from the back of his neck, only to be quickly pulled back again.

His cultivation level was the highest in the field, occupying the most ideal position.

By the edge of the Jade Pool, there was also a Blood-robed cultivator, his blood -red robe teeming with countless dark red Evil Insects, writhing and squirming so densely that they seemed ready to burst forth from the robe at any moment.

Upon seeing the Blood-robed cultivator, Lu Xuan's pupils slightly contracted.

He was extremely familiar with the dark-red Evil Insects on the cultivator's body. They were the Blood Coagulating Parasites that had invaded the Void Nether Island not long ago. He had even dealt with a King of the Blood Coagulating Parasites then, creating significant enmity between them.

"I didn't expect that evil cultivator behind the scenes to come and stir up this muddy water."

At that time, the King worm's strength was not weaker than that of a Foundation Establishment First-term Stage cultivator. So, the strength of the Blood-robed Cultivator, who reared these parasites, could be imagined.

There was also a short cultivator present, wearing a loose robe, only reaching the height of a normal person's waist.

When he focused his gaze on this person, the cool Qi from the Immaculate Jade again grew considerably thicker, which, on a certain level, signified the terrifying strength of the dwarf.

The robust middle-aged cultivator Lu Xuan had seen when he first arrived at the periphery of the Secret Land was also among them.

The cultivator had transformed into a half-zhang tall giant, his entire body covered in muscles. With each breath, two streams of hot white Qi burst from his nostrils, indicative of the strength of his flesh body.

Additionally, there was a refined and scholarly man, holding a two-foot-long golden brush in his hand, its body surging with spiritual energy, indicating its extraordinary nature.

He also saw two familiar figures.

Shi Zhong and Zhou Bing Yu were standing close together.

Shi Zhong was holding a dark yellow bronze mirror in his hand, the edges of which were adorned with various strange insects and beasts and peculiar patterns. In front of Zhou Bing Yu floated a silver-white Sword Pill, with countless hair-like sword Qi fluctuating inconsistently, wound up and ready to strike.

Among the seven, only the two of them were at the Foundation Establishment First-term Stage, but the remaining ones in the field dared not underestimate them in the slightest.

Both were Disciples of the Great Sect, with endless treasures and powerful inheritances. They could even possess a secret technique capable of slaying Foundation Establishment Mid-term and even late-term cultivators or have one or two rare treasures gifted by their elders.

The remaining Foundation Establishment First-term Stage cultivators hoping to enter among these few individuals either had been easily taken care of or, knowing their chances were too slim, chose to withdraw under the pressure of life and death.

As soon as Lu Xuan showed himself, he attracted the attention of the seven.

"Another one here to die. My precious bugs are almost full."

The Blood-robed cultivator noticed Lu Xuan's disguised cultivation at the Foundation Establishment First-term Stage and chuckled gloomily.

His blood-red robe fluttered though there was no wind, and the speed at which Blood Coagulating Parasites writhed inside seemed to accelerate slightly.

The hunchbacked old man in the front looked coldly at Lu Xuan as if looking at a dead man. A green-black Infant Ghost enveloped in Yin qi suddenly burrowed out of his back. It flashed a chilling smile at Lu Xuan.

The others didn't show any reaction, merely glanced at him and then refocused on the restriction in front of them.

Since they had chosen to enter this place, there was no use in further talk. They could only live or die according to their own fate.

Lu Xuan ignored the Blood-robed cultivator and others, focusing his gaze on the inside of the Jade Pool.

Dark mist was swirling at the bottom of the Jade Pool. Above it, four Strange Treasures were floating up and down.

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Chapter 334: Chapter 332: Resentful Soul Black Mud _i

The four unusual treasures in the jade pool are:

A slim, dark yellow incense stick rooted in a cloud of black smoke at the bottom of the pool. The smoke coiled around it, appearing as if it was ejecting a platform made of smoke. On top of the platform, one could faintly see a statue of Buddha seated cross-legged, a faint smile playing on its lips as it held a delicate flower.

A piece of shapeless black mud, slowly absorbing the black smoke underneath it. From time to time, vague resentful faces would emerge from the mud before silently dissipating into the jade pool.

A small, exquisitely made seal painted with Buddhist symbols like the vajra, prayer beads, wooden fish, and sutra banners on its four sides. Shimmering golden rays of light emanated from underneath it, suppressing the black smoke below.

A small, jade-green sword. Its body was crystal clear, radiating a vibrant vitality, swimming freely in the jade pool like a fish.

The four treasures all seemed out of the ordinary and of considerable quality. The seven, including Lu Xuan, each took a position, cooperating to break the restrictions veiling the jade pool.

The Spiritual Energy Shield swayed precariously, while the flames of black smoke underneath grew increasingly rampant.

With a loud bang, the Spiritual Energy Shield shattered abruptly. The black smoke surged instantly, and the treasures shone brightly.

The four treasures shot out from the jade pool like lightning.

The cultivators were already prepared. They each employed different techniques, instantly pouncing toward the treasures flying in different directions.

The short cultivator's arm was abnormally flexible- it seemed boneless as it extended rapidly to grab the jade-green small sword. Before he could even pull it back to himself, a thunderbolt Sword Qi unleashed by Zhou Bing Yu from the front- seemed to arrive instantaneously, hacking at his peculiar arm.

The hunched old man's hunchback suddenly shot up. A shrill cry of a baby echoed, and a green-black baby ghost materialized out of thin air. Its deathly pale arm clung tightly onto the small Buddhist seal.

Seeing this, the old man's face lit up with joy. He was about to summon the baby ghost back when a grayish spiritual light suddenly shone on the ghost, causing it to falter momentarily. The seal in its hand involuntarily slipped and fell.

A streak of crimson Sword Light flashed past like a bolt of lightning, wrapped around the dark yellow incense stick, and arrived in front of the scholar. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he controlled the Sword Light and made straight for the outside.

Escape?

The blood-robed cultivator sneered. Such a high-quality food for his blood parasites would be enough for him to raise a King Worm of the Blood Coagulating Parasites. How could he let the scholar just leave?

A field of blood-red light rolled towards the scholar, with shrill shrieking sounds piercing through, seemingly harboring countless insect beasts.

Out of the four treasures, the first one that caught Lu Xuan's eye was the black mud with emerging resentful spirits.

He conjectured that the black mud could potentially be used to cultivate spiritual plants, so he primarily focused on it.

The moment the black mud, accompanied by numerous Resentful Spirits, burst out, he controlled the Fourth Grade Wind Thunder Sword, intercepting the black mud in a flash.

"This treasure is mine!"

A coarse voice rang out. The big, burly man forcefully stomped on the ground. His gigantic body split into numerous afterimages, charging towards the Wind Thunder Sword and resentful soul black mud.

Lu Xuan remained silent, his figure swift, his body as light as a feather- he appeared in front of the black mud.

He channeled a thought, causing the Wind Thunder Sword to billow out deep black Sword Qi. There was a stirring of wind and thunder. A fierce wind was brewing and thunder roared, a torrent of energy surged towards the burly middle-aged cultivator.

The burly man, standing over three meters tall, swelled again. His dark green muscles were as solid as boulders, directly blocking the oncoming black Sword Qi.

He had been immersed in the path of body refinement for over a hundred years, his flesh body unparalleled in strength, and capable of matching a Fourth Level' Magical Tool. He was more than confident in his ability to block Lu Xuan's Sword Qi.

Still, he had underestimated the power of the Wind Thunder Sword.

A product of the Light Ball is always top-notch.

Forged from the Magical Stone of Wind and Thunder from outer space, it contained immense power of wind and thunder, placing it at the forefront amongst tools of the same rank.

Furthermore, Lu Xuan had placed his Wind-Thunder Sword in the Mysterious Yangxuan Scabbard to nourish it for several days, thus further enhancing its quality.

He also fused the previously acquired third-grade Thunderbolt Sword Pill, which shared attributes with the sword, into the body of the sword.

This had once again significantly increased the power of the Wind-Thunder Sword.

When it clashed head-on with the burly cultivator, the sword light fell on his bulging body, easily slicing through his rock-like muscles as if they were tofu, leaving a deep wound with electric light jumping in it.

"Ahh!!"

The burly cultivator howled in pain. Feeling the threat of the darkly glowing sword light to his flesh body, the flesh and blood in the deep wound writhed like a living thing, pushing out the sword light.

Originally, he had thought he could plunder some treasure from this cultivator of the mere Foundation Establishment First-term, making his journey worthwhile.

But to his surprise, this unremarkable cultivator was able to easily cause him significant damage, concealing his depths rather well.

In his mind, blood surged, the spiritual energy within his body flowed turbulently, and flesh squirmed beneath his ribs and shoulder blades, instantly growing four arms.

Six gigantic green-black fists rained down on Lu Xuan like a storm.

"This is going to be a bit tricky."

The Resentful Soul Black Mud in Lu Xuan's hands disappeared in an instant, absorbed into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, dodging the gigantic fists that ' covered a large area around him.

"Although I have practised two body refinement techniques and gorged on many spirit fruits and treasures that strengthen the body, my flesh and blood are as strong as those of this transformed cultivator."

"Judging by his frenzied attack, if I'm not careful, I might end up with a few minor injuries."

His figure was like a solitary boat, bobbing up and down with the turbulent waves.

"Better solve this as soon as possible."

The burly middle-aged cultivator has a Foundation Establishment mid-term cultivation base. Lu Xuan planned to end this once and for all, silently producing a red talisman in his hand.

It was the Four Product Sun Sword Talisman from the Sword Nurturing Gourd Light Ball.

On the red talisman, a blazing sun suddenly expanded, countless brilliant red sword lights darted out, striking the six-armed burly cultivator.

In the cultivator's eyes, it was as if a blazing sun had exploded, the light thousands of feet long deeply engraved in his sea of consciousness, inducing a momentary stupor.

By the time he had reacted, countless red sword lights had already reached his body.

His towering figure was instantly swallowed in an endless ocean of sword Qi.

When the sword lights dispersed, the form of the strapping middle-aged cultivator was revealed.

He was kneeling on the ground, his six arms weakly drooping, his body riddled with tiny holes left by the sword aura.

Through these holes, one could see the charred muscle and organs within his body. His blood had been entirely evaporated by the Great Sun Sword Qj, leaving behind an empty shell.

A strange lantern silently appeared in Lu Xuan's hand. It was made from bones and human skin. At the base of the lantern, countless dark red wicks swayed gently like tentacles.

A green light flew out from the crown of the middle-aged burly man's head and entered the Soul Lantern through the base of the lamp.

On the pale white candle, numerous Yin Souls and resentful wills were squeezed together. As the green light merged into the candle, a face obviously stronger than the others emerged. Its blurry features bore some resemblance to the middle-aged burly man.

Lu Xuan, holding the Wind-Thunder Sword, walked over to the corpse of the burly cultivator. He swept it with his spiritual power, and the cultivator's storage bag appeared in his hand.

The endless Sword Qi stirred up by the Great Sun Sword Talisman didn't directly attack the other cultivators, but the light of the abundant Sword Qi had more or less affected their eyesight.

Sensing the death of the burly middle-aged cultivator through their spiritual senses, everyone became scared in their hearts.

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Chapter 335: Chapter 323 – A Bit Too Much Firepower_l

When Lu Xuan first entered the jade house, everyone saw that his cultivation level was only at the Foundation Establishment First-term stage and couldn't help but look down on him somewhat.

Out of the seven, three were at Foundation Establishment Late-term stage, two were at Foundation Establishment Mid-term stage, and two were from Orthodox Sects. Together, they were surely no weaker than an ordinary Loose Cultivator at Foundation Establishment Mid-term stage.

So, they didn't pay much attention to Lu Xuan, who had the lowest cultivation level and an unknown background.

However, surprisingly, in the process of competing for the treasure, Lu Xuan was the first to defeat his opponent.

Moreover, he had dealt with the most physically strong cultivator among them effortlessly!

Although the remaining six were aware that Lu Xuan had utilized the power of a high-grade talisman, none of them could ensure that he didn't have any other high-grade talismans or killer moves in his arsenal.

So, while Lu Xuan was searching the corpse, even though the treasure was within sight, no cultivator was willing to risk competing with him.

The few were still embroiled in chaos.

Shi Zhong and Zhou Bing Yu were at a clear disadvantage. Despite having many secret techniques and a powerful magic tool in their hands, they could only manage to protect themselves and lacked the ability to snatch anything from the cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Late-term stage.

The two exchanged a glance, Shi Zhong held the grey copper mirror while Zhou Bing Yu used the Sword Light to instantly disappear into the depths of the palace.

Opportunities were everywhere in the Secret Land. There was no need to take great risks.

The struggle between the blood-robed cultivator and the elegant scholar also came to a swift conclusion.

Innumerable blood worms carrying a strong scent of blood attacked the elegant scholar from all directions.

The scholar only felt his entire body boiling as if the blood would gush out from various orifices at any moment.

Suddenly, several grayish-green human-shaped puppets dug out from the ground and fearlessly launched an attack on the elegant scholar.

With the help of the grayish-green puppets, the elegant scholar had no chance to escape, and numerous blood worms quickly entered his body.

in a matter of a few breaths, his essence blood was completely consumed by the blood worms, leaving only an empty shell behind.

"I left you a complete corpse of a Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivator."

The blood-robed cultivator sneered and said to the short cultivator in the distance.

He gathered all the blood worms into his robe which then turned a few shades deeper, indicating that the blood worms had been sufficiently nourished.

"We just take what we need, without the help of my puppets, your worms wouldn't have been able to absorb the flesh and blood essence of a Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivator that quickly."

The short cultivator moved his fingers slightly, and several grayish-green human-shaped puppets emerged from the ground and other places, blocking all escape routes.

"True There's one old Foundation Establishment Late-term cultivator left. But considering the state he's in, his flesh and blood must have gone bad and would not taste good. I'll leave him to you."

"As for the unknown Foundation Establishment First-term cultivator, I'll deal with him quickly and then come to help you."

The blood-robed cultivator looked at the hunchbacked old man and Lu Xuan while discussing casually, as if the two were merely sources of nourishment for his blood worms.

"I didn't expect you two to be accomplices."

The hunchbacked old man had a green-black baby ghost sitting on his head.

The ghost played with the Buddhist seal in its small, thin hand, while its vacant, dark eyes coldly watched the three of them.

Lu Xuan remained silent, appearing like a weak chicken trembling under a strong player.

"That's right. Unfortunately, your baby ghosts which you've nurtured for many years will be refined into my special puppets today."

The short cultivator moved his hands slightly and dozens of grayish-green puppets attacked the hunchbacked old man from various directions. With a sudden expansion of the old man's back, cries of infants filled the air, and more than a dozen baby ghosts turned into green-black lights. Their grayish-black hands slapped the puppets, leaving green-black palm prints. Black energy lingered around the palm prints, corroding the surface of the puppets' bodies. Yet, the puppets seemed unaffected and continued to rush towards the hunchbacked old man.

A thick blood-red light suddenly appeared in front of Lu Xuan. Numerous hideous blood worms, flapping their faint wings, rushed towards him.

"Are all these blood worms raised by you?"

Lu Xuan held the Wind-Thunder Sword, and his black sword light shot out to meet the numerous attacking blood worms.

"That's right, you're about to become food for my spirit bugs.

The blood-robed cultivator laughed sinisterly, his blood-red robe rustling, as countless blood worms surged out from within.

"These blood worms are Blood Coagulating Parasites, right? I killed quite a few on the island not long ago."

"There was even a particularly big one, which I roasted over a fire.

"It sizzled as it cooked, you can't imagine how good it smelled."

While Lu Xuan was dealing with the Blood Coagulating Parasites, his face revealed an expression of reminiscence.

It seemed he was still immersed in the delight of roasting the King Worm.

"It was you who killed one of my King Worms!

The blood-robed cultivator was instantly enraged hearing these words.

He had released the Blood Coagulating Parasites earlier to parasitize cultivators, drinking their blood, thinking that nobody could detect the presence of the blood worms.

Unexpectedly, the Blood Coagulating Parasites he let out were wiped out altogether, including an extremely precious King of Blood-Coagulating Yin Worm!

"Dare to kill my King Worm, you must pay for it with your own essence blood! The blood-red robe spread out, and suddenly, a large amount of blood surged out like a dam bursting.

In just a few breaths' time, the Jade House was filled with a sea of blood, in which countless slender blood worms were floating and sinking, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

"Damn it!"

The hunchbacked old man who was barely dealing with numerous Corpse Puppets had a jolt in his heart, and he let out a long scream, the more than ten Infant Ghosts beside him suddenly showed a fierce light, they returned to his side, surrounded the old man, their sharp fangs ferociously bit into his neck, cheeks, chest and other places.

In an instant, more than half of his essence blood was absorbed by the numerous Infant Ghosts.

All the Infant Ghosts were radiant, their bodies emerging with green light, enveloping the hunchbacked old man, they broke out from the Corpse Puppets carrying infinite resentment, and vanished in an instant.

Lu Xuan didn't care about the old man's actions, he looked at the sea of blood in the sky with a calm look and a smile on his face.

"This moment is just like that moment."

" Sea of bloody Yin worms rampaging, flame beads roasting demon insects! The moment his words fell, nearly twenty red gem beads fell into the sea of blood.

He hurled out all the Explosion Beads he had on his hands.

"Boom Boom Boom!!!"

Lu Xuan made an explosion sound with his mouth as one after another, red waves of fire rolled up, blood splashed all over the sky, carrying a mix of detached limbs of the Blood Coagulating Parasites of varying lengths.

"Explosion is an art!"

Lu Xuan looked at the raging red flames in the blood sea, he felt a sense of deja vu from the previous life when he used crackers to blow up a pond.

Nearly twenty third-grade Explosion Beads had erupted in an instant, unleashing an astonishing power which instantly dried up a sea of blood, burning all the big and small blood worms into black ashes.

"Here, fellow Daoist, this is how I roasted your blood worms last time.

"But this time the firepower seems to have been enhanced a bit, I accidentally charred them, please bear with me.

A trace of apology surfaced on Lu Xuan's face.

He looked at the blood-robed cultivator who had already turned to stone, with a smile.

The cultivator's body was draped in a robe, the blood color faded, hung on his body, seemingly conveying a hint of desolation and sorrow.

"Since you are so depressed, why don't you go down and accompany your spirit bugs."

A mighty black sword light rushed towards the cultivator from behind.

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Chapter 336: Chapter 334: Keep a bit of mystique_l

The Blood- robed cultivator had invested many of his Divine Skills in those Blood Worms. With Lu Xuan pouring in a fortune, using more than two dozen third -rank treasures for a sweeping attack, they were annihilated.

His spirit fell into a daze involuntarily.

Seeing the dark Sword Qi about to hit him face-on, a grayish-green humanshaped puppet suddenly appeared, blocking in front of the Blood-robed

cultivator.

"Won't you wake up? Do you want to just wait for death?

A cold transmission resonated in the sea of the Blood – robed cultivator1 s consciousness.

The cultivator snapped back to reality instantaneously, a gloomy black scripture banner flew out, a grim wind blew as countless Resentful Spirits burst from within.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan pondered, and the dark Sword Qi began to change.

In an instant, it transformed into numerous black owls, swiftly soaring in the wild wind with flashes of lightning on their wings.

Upon contact with the Resentful Spirits, they burst as if they were mere bubbles.

Tens, if not hundreds of Thousand Owl Sword Qi launched an attack on the Blood-robed cultivator from all directions.

Thrice strengthened Fourth Grade Wind Thunder Sword, Sky Sword Sect's renown for their swordsmanship, infamous Four Grade "Thousand Mystifying Sword Art", with these two forces combined, they disintegrated the severely weakened Blood-robed cultivator into pieces.

A green light frantically escaped from his body at a lightning speed, flying towards the short cultivator.

Lu Xuan looked unperturbed, the Soul Lantern floated in front of him, countless dark red wicks which resembled tentacles swayed willingly beneath the lamp.

The remaining Divine Soul of the Blood-robed cultivator felt an enormous gravitational pull from the direction of the lantern. Uncontrollably, it drifted back into the Soul Lantern.

Transmogrified into a clearly visible face within the ghostly white candle in the lantern.

"Which Evil Sect do you hail from, that you won't even spare a soul, preventing them from entering the cycle of reincarnation?"

The short cultivator stared at the eerie lantern in the sky, asking with a solemn expression.

"I'm merely fighting fire with fire. When you consumed the blood of cultivators and used their corpses to refine into puppets, have you ever thought that you might end up like today?"

Lu Xuan scoffed coldly, swinging his Wind-Thunder Sword, numerous dark Sword Qi attacked the short cultivator with a howling sound.

The short cultivator knew the trouble Lu Xuan could bring. Even with his higher cultivation level, he held extreme wariness.

Although Lu Xuan had used a Fourth Grade Sword Talisman and numerous Third Rank Treasures, the short cultivator didn't dare to gamble whether Lu Xuan had more similar treasures at his disposal.

The short cultivator's already short body rapidly shrank. Then, his whole body transformed into countless black lines, shooting into the openings on the grayish-green Corpse Puppet.

All of a sudden, dozens of Corpse Puppets seemed to come alive, using an array of movements and formula methods, all aimed at Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan moved swiftly, the Sword Qi shot out, slicing a nearby grayish-green Corpse Puppet into pieces.

He lightly stepped, transforming into a ray of light, dodging the attack from three puppets while his Wind-Thunder Sword Qi struck at one of the closest puppets.

Suddenly, a fierce gust of wind blew from his back.

The Corpse Puppet that had been chopped into pieces jumped up from the ground, either cutting, hammering, or smashing, attacking Lu Xuan.

A sound, like the sobbing of a baby, rang out. A three-foot-long grass doll appeared out of thin air behind Lu Xuan.

The doll was woven from countless thin pieces of hay, its facial features vaguely resembled Lu Xuan's.

The Substitute Evil Infant hanging from his waist blocked the surprise attack from the puppet debris.

Lu Xuan immediately collected his thoughts, feeling fortunate.

If the Substitute Evil Infant hadn't blocked it, his flesh body would have to directly face this strange attack, possibly resulting in serious injuries.

He never expected that the puppet, even when shattered into pieces, could still launch such a violent surprise attack.

"Puppets are naturally reckless and fearless. Now with the fusion of this short cultivator, their attacks are continuously emerging. Even the debris could pose a deadly threat to me."

"The top priority is to expose the cultivator who is hiding among the many puppets."

"The body can transform into countless black lines, but it is extremely difficult for the divine soul to do this, unless he has the spiritual sense strength of a Nascent Soul Stage, or he has cultivated a rare soul-dividing divine skill." Lu Xuan's thoughts were churning, and a thin layer of spiritual energy covered his eyes.

Under the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, his eyes could faintly sense the black lines hidden inside the Corpse Puppet. He could sense the number of black lines, their length, as well as their corresponding changes.

He pretended not to have discovered the secret of the Corpse Puppet, and continued to cope with many Corpse Puppets.

"Now is the time!"

A Corpse Puppet stealthily approached Lu Xuan. Under the effect of Lu Xuan's pupil technique, the black lines inside this Corpse Puppet were clearly stronger than others, and it was very likely that it was hiding a cultivator's divine soul, just as the Corpse Puppet was about to launch an attack, suddenly, a crack appeared before its eyes, and a gray-white eye drilled out of the crack, staring at the Corpse Puppet without any emotional color.

The cultivator's divine soul hidden inside the Corpse Puppet was in a split moment, feeling himself continually falling, and his spirit was being pulled into a chaotic place by countless illusions.

He knew something was wrong, concentrated his mind and spirit, and when he was awakened, he found that an overwhelming sword intent was locking onto him.

"Starfall Sword Charm!"

A shooting star crossed the surface of the Sword Talisman in Lu Xuan's hand, sword intent burning, attacking the Corpse Puppet with an overwhelming and unbeatable momentum.

In the blink of an eye, the short cultivator's divine soul transferred into a nearby Corpse Puppet.

But the Sword Qi which was like a meteorite seemed to have completely locked him down, it turned direction, followed closely, and reduced the Corpse Puppet to powder, sublimating directly.

As the meteor Sword Qi moved forward, its speed became faster and its momentum stronger, drawing a wonderful arc and cutting all the Corpse Puppets into nothingness.

The cultivator's divine soul hidden inside the Corpse Puppet disappeared along with it.

"By completely eliminating all the Corpse Puppets, I don't need to worry about whether I can find you or not."

Lu Xuan murmured.

Among the three types of Sword Talismans produced by the Sword Gourd, the Roaring Sea Sword Charm is a group attack method with sword qi raging and surging like waves.

The Great Sun Sword Charm can grab one's soul and seize their will, the Sword Qi is tough and domineering.

And the Starfall Sword Charm is the strongest single-target attack, the fastest one, and has a determination to not stop until the opponent is chopped down. "What a pity, there is no chance for you to bet on how many Sword Charms I have left in my storage bag"

Lu Xuan murmured, having just picked up the short cultivator's storage bag. "Hmm, why has the chills emanating from the Immaculate Jade not weakened but grown instead?"

Lu Xuan felt a jolt in his mind, and when his spiritual sense swept across, he found that the black Qi at the bottom of Jade Pool had unknowingly reached an extremely dense state.

Like a solid substance, it was constantly churning, and a suspenseful aura emanated from within.

"Five-Grade Strange Longevity Peach… Four powerful treasures suppressing…" Lu Xuan quickly thought, a golden Jade Book appeared in thin air.

Opening the Jade Book, a majestic cry that penetrated the entire Secret Land rang out.

A golden crow, whose body was enveloped in white-gold flames, shot out like lightning!

in an instant, the entire world turned into a vast expanse of white, filled with endless pure white flames.

The black Qi inside the Jade Pool melted rapidly like snow under the blazing sun.

"No matter what your background is, it's better to maintain some mystery." Lu Xuan closed the Jade Book, the golden crow in the sky let out a clear cry, turned into a white light and drilled back into the Jade Book.

Only the surging pure white flames were still burning vigorously.

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Chapter 337: Chapter 335 The Secret Land is Too

Dangerous 1

Within the abandoned palace.

Lu Xuan's figure darted across like a stream of light.

He had detected something amiss in this secret land as early as his time in the medicine garden.

From the anomaly of the spiritual seeds, he learns that the fifth-rank Longevity Pan Peach has been affected by mysterious energy for a long period, thereby mutated into a Strange Longevity Peach.

This clearly indicates the existence of a peculiar force in the secret land, and it is not an ordinary one at that.

After entering the Jade House, the four treasures incited much competition, but Lu Xuan also discerned something mysterious within.

Rather than saying that the prohibitions were sealing the four treasures, it was more accurate to say that they were sealing the countless black gases that lay beneath.

The four treasures, judging from their unusual external features, functioned respectively in absorbing, suppressing, and refining the black gases. Combining these aspects, it implies that within the black gas at the bottom hides an incredibly powerful, peculiar existence. Breaking the prohibition and taking out the treasures would naturally release this peculiar aura.

Lu Xuan did not offer it a chance to recover its strength. He directly activated the Five-Rank "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman," and used the remnant soul of the golden crow inside to release the pure yang flames, which were of absolute positivity and firmness, to incinerate this peculiar aura.

As for using the precious opportunity of the golden crow remnant soul in the secret land in such a manner, Lu Xuan did not feel much regret. After all, he could recharge it with the pure yang flames afterward.

Most importantly, preserving his life takes precedence.

During the process of leaving the deserted island, Lu Xuan discovered the figures of many family cultivators and loose cultivators on the island.

He found a remote corner, removed the Fourth Grade Mask of a Thousand Shadows, and resumed his ordinary identity as a Spirit Plant Master.

Without further delay, he passed directly through the broken water wall and returned to the Song Family's Treasure Ship.

"Uncle Lu, you're finally out!"

Upon catching sight of Lu Xuan, Song Yu, the head of the Song Family, immediately relaxed.

Even though he had great confidence in Lu Xuan, he had always been uneasy at heart.

If Lu Xuan were to encounter an accident in the secret land and suffer serious injuries or even fall, it would be difficult for him to answer to the Sky Sword Sect.

"Hmm, I survived by a hair's breadth," Lu Xuan sat down and calmly said. Uncle Lu, did you find anything fortuitous in the secret land?" Song Yu

inquired with a hint of probing.

"There were too many cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage Moreover, many of them were far more advanced than me. It's already quite fortunate to have escaped safely.

As for fortuitous encounters, I merely dealt with a few third-rank demonic beasts and obtained some spiritual medicine and spiritual seeds," Lu Xuan casually said.

He gave a detailed account to the cultivators from the Song Family about the Ice Illusion Toad and the Strange Stone Array, hoping to spare them some detours when they entered.

'Daoist Song, I did not expect to see you again outside the secret land," Not long after Lu Xuan returned, Shi Zhong and Zhou Bing Yu both arrived, their expressions visibly relaxed upon seeing Lu Xuan.

"Friend Lu, where did you go after passing through the stone maze? How come we could not find any trace of you?" After exchanging their experiences in the secret land, Zhou Bing Yu asked curiously.

"After painstakingly finding my way out of that strange stone array, I originally planned to directly enter the palace and rendezvous with you two to search for treasures.

"However, something unexpected occurred. The spirit bug that I usually raise suddenly reacted abnormally."

"I followed the direction pointed out by the spirit bug and entered a remote medicine garden, where I discovered quite a few spirit drugs and spirit seeds," Lu Xuan said without batting an eye.

"After thoroughly searching the medicine garden, the timing for entering the palace was already much later than the majority of the cultivators, so I only roamed the lower floors of the palace."

"Afterwards, I wanted to go above to see the core areas, but I accidentally discovered that in one of the pathways, more than one Foundation Establishment cultivator had perished. There was a powerfully fluctuating aura above the palace. After weighing the pros and cons several times, I had to reluctantly give up and turn to other parts of the secret land to hunt demon beasts and search for spiritual medicine," Lu Xuan said half-truthfully.

"We indeed stayed on the top floor of the palace for quite some time," Shi Zhong lightly nodded.

"Both of you, worthy of being the cream of the crop from renowned sects, could seize opportunities and treasures from cultivators in the middle of the Foundation Establishment stage, even with just the cultivation base of the early phase of the Foundation Establishment stage."

"I wonder what kind of opportunities and treasures the two of you obtained inside? Could you give Lu someone a chance to learn from them?" Lu Xuan praised, before inquiring.

Friend Lu, you flatter us." A subtle hint of awkwardness flashed across Shi Zhong's eyes.

"Although we two ventured into the core area of the secret land together, our strength was among the weakest compared to several other cultivators. Despite our best efforts, we still couldn't outcompete those powerful loose cultivators in the middle and late stages of Foundation Establishment,"

Is that so, then it is quite a pity," Lu Xuan said, his tone filled with regret.

"The treasures were just within our reach, but we missed them by a hair's breadth. Both of you, sigh…"

"It'S a shame that I, with my low cultivation base, didn't have the qualifications to compete for the treasures. Otherwise, had I joined forces with both of you, we might have been able to seize one or two high-grade treasures," he ultimately sighed.

Friend Lu, having this consideration already speaks volumes," Shi Zhong gently said.

"Regarding the regret, it is unavoidable but still bearable. After all, the gap in strength is too vast. We also have quite a few treasures on hand, so we are not that desperate."

The most important thing is to save our lives."

"Friend Lu, you have no idea how critical the situation was at that time. Apart from us two, the rest were all cultivators in the middle to late stages of Foundation Establishment."

There was one particularly despicable person, who appeared to be at the same stage as us, but in reality, held a powerful sword talisman capable of easily slaying middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. He dealt with a middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator in just a single encounter!" Shi Zhong said through gritted teeth, finding the unknown cultivator's feigned weakness to mislead others highly objectionable.

"A sword talisman capable of easily slaying those in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment? Even in the Sky Sword Sect, it is a rare treasure. I didn't expect it to appear here in this Secret Land," Lu Xuan chimed in, his heart seeing Shi Zhong's attitude as envy and jealousy.

"Who knows what the result of their fight was in the end? Who did the four treasures ultimately go to…"

"Seeing the might of the pure white flames at the end, quite a few cultivators must have perished," Shi Zhong lightly sighed.

"According to what Shi Daoist said, more than one cultivator in the middle to late stages of Foundation Establishment perished in the secret land," Lu Xuan lightly shook his head.

"The secret land is indeed too dangerous. For someone like me, it is more suitable to cultivate spiritual plants and raise spirit beasts," A trace of lingering fear crossed his face as he self-deprecatingly said, seemingly very grateful for safely returning from the secret land, it's as if he picked up an extra life.

"Most of the main things in the secret land have been found out already, even if we reenter, we can only hunt some demon beasts and obtain some spiritual medicine and materials. It's better not to nurture any unrealistic expectations," Shi Zhong concluded.

Friend Lu, both of us need to go back and recuperate for a while. After some time, when the fluctuations in the secret land calm down, we'll look for you again to go fishing for sea fish and sea beasts."

"Oh right, there's also the Spirit Gathering True Liquid that I promised you before. We found it on a small island just before entering the secret land. It's a good opportunity to give it to you now," Shi Zhong took out a bottle of clear spirit liquid from his storage bag.

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Chapter 338: Chapter 336: Reaping the Rewards 1

Spiritual light shimmered on the surface of the spiritual liquid like a myriad of stars. Shi Zhong uncorked the bottle, and immediately a rich, pure, and refreshing spiritual breath diffused, stirring the spiritual energy within the body.

"This Spirit Gathering True Liquid is a third-grade spiritual liquid, it contains an extremely rich and pure spiritual energy, a single drop can quickly replenish and restore a cultivator's spiritual power," Shi Zhong explained to Lu Xuan. "Thanks to both of you, my friends, for helping me procure this rare spiritual liquid," Lu Xuan said, faintly smiling.

"As previously agreed, these two Sword Nurturing Gourds will serve as rewards for this bottle of Spirit Gathering True Liquid."

With a flick of his hand, two green marbled gourds flew out from his storage bag. An echoing sword hum sounded from within the gourds, as if they were nurturing powerful Sword Qi.

Friend Lu is generous, in that case, we have no choice but to accept these Sword Nurturing Gourds," The faces of Shi Zhong and his companion lit up with joy, they did not decline and accepted the Sword Nurturing Gourds. The gourds harbored a formidable Sword Qi comparable to third-rank magic weapons. They were extremely satisfied with exchanging it for a bottle of Spirit Gathering True Liquid.

Lu Xuan, needless to say, found the Spirit Gathering True Liquid could be used to cultivate the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass left at his sect, its value far exceeding its original worth. Moreover, it saved him a considerable amount of time searching for it amidst danger.

Shi Zhong and the other did not linger long, chatted a bit and then bid goodbye to Lu Xuan.

"Uncle Lu, what are your plans now?" Song Yu quickly approached and asked.

"I plan on returning to Void Nether Island. If you wish to explore the secret land, you can stay here. If you're cautious, you may find some decent items," explained Lu Xuan.

Song Yu's face flashed with hesitation but eventually decided to stay outside the secret land.

Uncle, since we've come all this way, we want to go in to take a look," he decided.

Alright then, be careful," Lu Xuan said before boarding his Purple Lightning Sword and heading to Void Nether Island.

"Finally, back home," whispered Lu Xuan as he entered his small courtyard.

This time entering the secret land, he made many preparations, broke through to the mid-term of Foundation Establishment, acquired the Void Nightmare Eye and "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman", two treasures, so he could come unscathed out of the secret land.

Upon entering the yard, a streak of cyan light attacked him, the well-known touch of the round and roly-poly tummy of Wind Falcon above him.

Fat Bird, flapping its pale cyan broad wings, stepping on Lu Xuan's shoulders, chirped discontent at not being taken out.

To one side, the Cloud Leopard that popped out of the Gluttonous Insect Pouch trotted lightly among the rocks, moving as if on flat ground, its demeanor extremely elegant.

"Your turtle son is quite obedient, isn't he?" Lu Xuan asked, pinching the soft belly of the Fat Bird, and moved to the edge of the small pond.

After long time no see, the Rock-shell Turtle had borne more heavy grey-black rocks on its body as if it had rolled about in the mud countless times.

As the green horned Dragon Carp sensed Lu Xuan's aura, it swam from the bottom of the pond to the vicinity of the Rock-shell Turtle.

The Dragon Carp's sleek figure, elegant movement, two cyan dragon whiskers drifting in the water contrasted sharply with the earthy Rock-shell Turtle nearby.

After feeding them some food, Lu Xuan hurried back into his room.

This trip to the secret land, he used up many treasures.

All the Explosion Beads obtained from the Flaming Fruit were used to blow up the blood sea. He used up one Great Sun Sword Charm and a Starfall Sword Charm, only two fourth-grade sword charms left.

Furthermore, the Third Rank Substitute Evil Infant that he had been keeping on his person for a long time and the Golden Crow Remnant Soul Attack from the Five-Rank "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman" had also been used up.

"However, the losses are still acceptable," he muttered.

'There are still quite a few Flaming Fruits grown in the sect, the accumulation of Explosion Beads is quick, and I have planted three Sword Nurturing Gourds. There is no need to worry about running out of sword talismans."

"As for the 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman,' I can still visualize the Golden Crow Diagram inside it and utilize it whenever the opportunity arises."

Lu Xuan mused to himself.

Most importantly, the rewards gained in comparison to the efforts made, are substantial."

He took out one treasure after another from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

A Strange Longevity Peach spiritual species and six harvested Strange

Longevity Peach Spirit Fruits.

"Fifth-order spiritual species, the cultivation method after mutation is quite strange. It would be perfect to plant it in the Underworld Court."

Lu Xuan looked at the dark red peach core embedded in the coagulated flesh, deep in thought.

Next was the Medicinal Pangolin tightly shackled by the White Bone Demon Puppet.

Due to its near invisibility, it could disappear at any time if not handled carefully, so Lu Xuan had kept it sealed inside the bone.

He set up a simple spiritual restriction, and with a thought, a tiny crack immediately appeared on the bone ball.

A wisp of a faint medicinal fragrance drifted out from the crack.

Lu Xuan took out a Spirit Gathering Pill from his storage bag, and under the spiritual sense detection, the Transparent Medicinal Pangolin snuck over and wrapped around the Spirit Gathering Pill, greedily absorbing the Pill Toxin inside.

He caught hold of this opportunity to form a contract with the Medicinal Pangolin.

"From now on, there will be a large supply of elixirs."

Lu Xuan conveyed a thought to the semi-transparent Medicinal Pangolin.

The pangolin feeds on the Pill Toxin in the pill furnace, and inside the elixir.

Feeding it with elixirs will not affect their medicinal strength, but would rather further increase the quality of elixirs

Then, came the trio of strange treasures obtained from the Jade Pool.

Resentful Soul Black Mud, snatched from a burly Formal Establishment midterm cultivator.

Its form was unstable, squeezing slightly would push resentful spirits out from within the black mud.

A dark yellow thread of incense, seized from the hands of a blood-robed cultivator. The thread incense was burning on its own, and smoke coiling around it formed a vague lotus platform in the sky with a Buddha image holding a flower and smiling, sitting on it.

An emerald green small sword obtained after getting rid of the short cultivator who controlled numerous Corpse Puppets, radiating a rich and pure vital force that repelled all evil.

Of the four treasures in the Jade Pool, three were in Lu Xuan's possession. Only the exquisite seal stamp was taken away by the hunchbacked cultivator when he escaped.

At the very least, they're all fourth-grade magical tools or treasures, and could even possibly be of the fifth grade. It's a pity that I don't know their history, thus the only option is to find ways to understand their specific functions."

Lu Xuan perceived the strong spiritual power fluctuations inside the three treasures and speculated.

Next, were the storage bags obtained from several cultivators.

The focus was the storage bags left behind by the two Foundation Establishment Late-term Evil Cultivators.

Lu Xuan used spiritual power to forcefully open them and took out everything inside.

Spirit Stones clattered down. Lu Xuan took a quick glance and estimated there to be about five to six thousand.

Then came the variety of Elixir Talismans, some that Lu Xuan recognized, and some he had never seen before. The evil aura permeating them gave away'that they weren't any orthodox elixirs.

The talismans were of mediocre quality, the highest being third grade. Lu Xuan, who was spoiled by various rare talismans, found them slightly underwhelming.

Additionally, there was a fourth-grade magical tool, a banner that had many Resentful Spirits and Resentful Wills refined within, and three third-grade magical tools with more or less strange and evil auras.

A bottle of dark red blood, rich in spiritual power, of exceptional quality, numerous rare monster bones polished to a shine, and an unexpected find, an odd spiritual species.

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Chapter 339: Chapter 337: The Three Year Term is Over, Return to the Clan!_l

A bizarrely shaped spiritual seed.

The spiritual seed looked like a baby's palm, white and tender. At first, Lu Xuan thought it was some kind of evil material left behind by the two evil cultivators. Only after sensing a bit of vitality within did he realize that this palm was actually a special spiritual seed.

He went to the Spirit Field, found a vacant area of Spirit Soil, and used the Earth Pulling Technique. A small crack appeared in the Spirit Field. He placed the pale palm-shaped spiritual seed into the crack.

His mind focused on this bizarre spiritual seed lying beneath the surface of the Spirit Soil, and a thought flashed through his brain.

[Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, Fourth Grade Spirit Plant, fond of consuming the essence blood of cultivators and demon beasts. Shaped like a palm, it has a certain degree of mobility. During its growth, it will actively move towards blood sources and secretly absorb their essence blood.]

[Once matured, it can be used to cultivate evil techniques, or directly consumed to improve physical strength.]

"A bizarre spiritual plant with limited mobility."

Lu Xuan breathed a silent sigh, picturing a little palm crawling around the soil, searching for the essence blood of demon beast cultivators everywhere.

"It's a good addition to the collection of bizarre plants in the Underworld Court."

After the Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom, Thorn Bone, and Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree matured one after another, the only bizarre plants left in the small courtyard at Sword Gate Town were Fifth Rank Holy Infant Fruit Plant and Blood Scourge Flower.

Adding two formidable newbies in the Secret Land, the Four Rank Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng and Fifth Rank Strange Longevity Peach.

He took a bottle of Water Dragon Essence Blood from his storage bag and dropped it into the spirit soil next to the tender white palm.

Through his spiritual sense, he felt the handprint left in the Spirit Soil greedily absorbing the fresh Water Dragon Essence Blood. Soon, strands of blood-red veins appeared, adding an eerie element to the originally tender and pure white palm.

After briefly nurturing the newly obtained Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, Lu Xuan began to inspect the other spiritual plants in the Spirit Field.

When he had all the spiritual plants set to their optimal state and was about to go inside, he suddenly sensed a disturbance beneath his feet.

When he looked down, he saw a white palm, stained with streaks of blood, emerging from the soil and grasping tightly to his trouser leg. The place where his calf made contact with the palm felt a surge of vitality.

"This Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, has quite a strong mobility."

Lu Xuan moved the white palm back to its original position, sighing in secret.

"It's a good thing its range of motion is limited, and we have the protection of the Fourth Grade Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Formation in the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town. Otherwise, it might have escaped to suck blood."

Lu Xuan continued planting the Strange Longevity Peach, using Qingmu Origin Energy to activate the dark red peach core preserved in the congealed blood and flesh.

The many grooves on the peach core wriggled with flesh and blood, slowly infiltrating its interior, it quietly took root and sprouted.

After inspecting and nurturing all the spiritual plants, Lu Xuan finally returned to the house with peace of mind.

"This trip to the Secret Land, although I was all but certain everything was under control, I nearly had an accident."

"The joint attack by the two late-stage Foundation Establishment evil cultivators, and the black vapor presence that was killed in the womb by the ultra-positive and extraordinary flames of the 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman', any carelessness could have resulted in injuries."

"Fortunately, I gained a lot, so the risks I took were not in vain."

"Well, in the future, I should just stay honestly in the courtyard, nurturing spiritual plants and raising spirit beasts."

Lu Xuan decided privately.

In the following year or so, he did just that.

Every day, he worked with spiritual plants and spirit beasts, using the rest of his time for cultivation and rehearsing sword techniques.

Occasionally, he found the time to guide Song Yun with some Sword Dao teachings, as well as imparting some experience on cultivating spiritual plants to Song Si Ning.

If invited by Shi Zhong, he would go fishing for sea fish and sea beasts to help ease his mind.

However, he had no intention of entering the depths of the sea, limiting himself to the nearby islands. The fish and sea beasts he caught were basically used to feed the Rock-shell Turtle, Green Horned Dragon Carp, and the Strange Longevity Peach and Blood Spirit Palm which required flesh.

In the meantime, both Shi Zhong and Zhou Bing Yu persistently tried to persuade him to explore the secret lands again, but were politely declined by Lu Xuan. They had to give up their attempts.

During this period, a crop of Water Glow Grass matured.

About two hundred Water Glow Grass plants matured, fifty of which were used to condense seeds. The rest of the hundred and fifty were contained in the White Light Cluster. Due to the majority of the Water Glow Grass being of ordinary quality, they yielded a reward of more than thirty years of cultivation advancement.

This allowed Lu Xuan's stagnant cultivation level, which hadn't advanced since breaking through to the mid-term Foundation Establishment stage, to progress further.

However, due to his mediocre talent, there was still a long distance to go before reaching the late-term Foundation Establishment stage.

Cultivation knows no day or night.

The final year plus of the three-year stationing period quickly passed.

During this period, the ten ordinary Sword Grass seeds that Lu Xuan had planted all matured. Because they were all cultivated using the "Four Seasons Sword Art", the matured Sword Grass had their respective attributes, and the White Light Clusters harvested were four different types of Sword Intent Experience Packages.

After assimilating them one by one, Lu Xuan gained a brand new level of mastery over the "Four Seasons Sword Art".

Among the other Sword Grasses, the growth progress of the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass varied significantly as the Sword Grass Spirit Seed in the Scabbard had undergone changes at different times.

The one planted first was almost fully matured.

The third-grade Starlight Sword Grass had grown into spiritual plants in the form of three-foot long swords, with starlight condensed on the sword bodies. Their dazzling beauty concealed a strong sword intent and they were estimated to fully mature in no time.

As Lu Xuan's control over the corresponding "Thousand Owl Sword Classic" became more refined and skilled, even the Sword Thousand Owls, which he had the shortest time to cultivate, entered a rapid growth period. On the straight branches of varying sizes and thicknesses, dozens of spiritual owl birds formed from sword qi were condensed, merging with the branches. Their long, thin wings seemed like sharp, thin swords.

The Strange Longevity Peach, which had been planted for more than a year, had already grown to nearly one person's height. The peach tree emitted a strong spiritual aura, releasing an attractive and refreshing fragrance from afar, showing its abundant vitality.

What caused a stark contrast was the small mountain of bones accumulating beneath the rich root system of the Strange Longevity Peach within the Spirit Soil.

The Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng grew from the size of an infant's palm to the size of a seven or eight-year-old child's palm, with the blood-red veins in the small palm becoming more robust. The entire palm faintly showed a light red color.

Moreover, its range of movement gradually increased. If it couldn't absorb enough Demon Beast Essence Blood, it would crawl around in the Spirit Field. It almost came into contact with Song Si Ning, who had come to visit.

In a fit of anger, Lu Xuan forced it to abstain from blood for half a month as punishment for almost being exposed.

As far as spirit beasts were concerned, the Rock-shell Turtle, Green Horned Dragon Carp, Medicinal Pangolin, and even the Gathering Conch, which was used to condense sand and rocks, all grew significantly.

The Void Nether Island where he was stationed didn't experience any significant anomalies over this year plus.

Occasionally, some sea beasts and sea fish would ambush the waters where the Void Nether Spirit Fish was being bred. They were easily dealt with by Lu Xuan, organizing the Song Family.

The apparition of the new secret land also led to traces of the evil cultivators appearing on the island from time to time. Cloud Leopards were the first to detect this, and then Lu Xuan used the Void Nightmare Eye to monitor them.

If they acted against the interests of the Void Nether Island, they would be immediately captured and used as nourishment for the Strange Longevity Peach and Blood Spirit Palm.

"The three-year term has come to an end. Is it time to return to the sect?"

Lu Xuan looked out at the boundless sea, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

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Chapter 340: Chapter 338: Light Cluster Everywhere _1

Void Nether Island.

"Alright, then. I'll leave you here."

"The sect brother who is taking over my position will arrive on the island soon. You can ask him for help in the future."

Lu Xuan, riding on the spacious back of Fat Bird, spoke to the group of monks from the Song Family, led by Song Yu, behind him.

"Uncle Lu, this is a little token made from Void Nether Spirit Fish, for you to keep as a memento."

Song Yu handed over an exquisite jade box, his tone boldly revealing his reluctance to part.

Throughout the three years of Lu Xuan's stay on Void Nether Island, although he generally kept to himself, whenever a problem arose on the island, he was always the first to respond.

Especially on the matter of the Blood Worms infestation, he not only informed everyone in advance and made the necessary preparations, but he also sought out the Strange Worms and eliminated them all, thus nipping a potential crisis in the bud.

As such, both Song Yu and all the members of the Song Family were reluctant to see Lu Xuan leave.

Lu Xuan did not refuse the gift. He took the Jade Box and glanced at Song Yun who stood behind Song Yu.

"After I leave, remember to cultivate diligently. I look forward to the day when we meet at Sky Sword Sect."

"Yes! Senior Lu! I assuredly won't let you down!"

Song Yun, who was still a youth, nodded vigorously with moist eyes.

He had decent natural talent, and with Lu Xuan's guidance, he had already reached Qi Cultivation Level Six at such a young age. Once he breaks through to become a High-Grade Qi Practitioner, he would be able to try joining the Sky Sword Sect.

Having given Song Yun his words, Lu Xuan turned his gaze to the stern-looking female Cultivator beside him, Zhou Bing Yu.

"Friend Zhou, today we part. I don't know when we'll meet again. I seldom leave the Sect, but if there's a chance, you can visit me at the Sky Sword Sect."

Shi Zhong had completed his stationing duties before Lu Xuan and had already returned to the Departure Mountain Sect, leaving his place to other sect members, even though he hated to part with the excellent fishing spot that was the Boundless Sea.

"Alright, Friend Lu, until we meet again."

Zhou Bing Yu spoke indifferently.

"Until we meet again."

Lu Xuan cupped his hands in a salute, had a thought, and the Wind Falcon let out a crisp cry. Its light blue wings emitted a spiritual glow as it transformed into a cyan light that soared into the sky.

Two days later, Sword Gate Town.

Lu Xuan guided Fat Bird to land on the large Qingshi Square. After grabbing some supplies from the shops and stalls run by Loose Cultivators, he hurriedly went to the Underworld Courtyard.

Upon unveiling the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array, a wave of familiar chilly air surged forth instantly.

After Lu Xuan carried away a number of Underworld Spiritual Plants the last time, the courtyard has appeared somewhat empty. Currently, only the Fifth Rank Holy Baby Fruit Plant and the Fifth Rank Blood Scourge Flower remain.

"It's been three years since I've given them any proper care. 1 wonder how my two precious underworld plants have been getting by."

He walked up to the Holy Baby Fruit, which had a fruit growing on the ground looking like an embryo. Inside the fruit, which was visible under the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, there was a skinny and shriveled gray-black infant hiding.

Sensing Lu Xuan's gaze, the gray-black infant turned into a black shadow, silently concealing its figure.

An occasional faint, cold breath would gather around Lu Xuan, signaling its presence.

"Poor Holy Baby, it hasn't eaten a child for three years now."

Upon saying this, Lu Xuan took out the Five-Heart Demonic Artifact, a Wood Infant, from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

With a wave of the Purple Lightning Sword, a deep purple beam of lightning struck the ghastly green Wood Infant.

"Wake up! Spew out some infant souls!"

Stimulated by the electric glow, the Wood Infant trembled all over, with deep blue rune chains entwining its body, spiritual light surged, completely sealing it.

In the Wood Infant's gray eyes, a deep resentment could be observed. With its extensive experience of electric shocks, it understood its situation, knowing that it would eventually have to spit out several infant souls, doing so early would spare it some of the suffering from the electric shocks.

A few breaths later, a fist-sized infant soul struggled to crawl out from a dark hole in the Wood Infant's belly button.

The form was solid but did not disperse, turned into a color of grayish-white, eyes empty and dull, floating in the air.

Perceiving the appearance of the infant soul, the gray-black baby inside the Holy Baby Fruit appeared again, took a deep breath, and the infant soul was slurped into the spiritual fruit, like a noodle.

Lu Xuan followed the same pattern, squeezing several souls out of the Wood Infant's body, and feeding them one by one to the Holy Baby Fruit.

"In the blink of an eye, several years have passed since I got this Holy Infant Fruit Plant. The plant is currently in a rapid growth period, and I must start considering that Evil Cultivator behind the scenes."

The Holy Infant Fruit in the courtyard is not a complete plant, but a part of the offspring plant, separated from the mother plant. The Evil Cultivator, who threw out the offspring plant, can possess it when it is nearing maturity, observing and detecting the surrounding situation.

Lu Xuan has long thought of fishing out him along with the Holy Baby Fruit Mother Tree. He decided to wait a while longer until the Void Nightmare Eye becomes more proficiently refined, and to drop by the courtyard from time to time to monitor the Evil Cultivator behind the scenes instead.

After attentively cultivating the Holy Infant Fruit, Lu Xuan arrived at the Blood Scourge Flower.

A hollow blood ball grew on a slender and dark red stem.

The blood ball seemed woven from numerous minute blood vessels, having not absorbed fresh blood for a long time, these small blood vessels appeared to have shrunk a lot compared to before.

His spiritual sense probed into the blood ball. The boundless blood sea inside was no longer as spectacular as before, calm as a mirror, with only one scarlet flower bud waiting to bloom at the center.

Lu Xuan hurriedly took out the Flood Dragon Essence Blood from his storage bag and watered it on the surface of the blood ball.

The minute blood vessels immediately gained vitality, greedily absorbing the Flood Dragon Essence Blood, becoming vibrant all at once.

The previously deathly still blood sea inside began to stir again, the blood waves becoming larger and more turbulent, and the scarlet flower in the center slowly unfolded its petals.

After feeding the Blood Scourge Flower well, Lu Xuan took out the Strange Longevity Peach and the Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and transplanted them into the courtyard.

The Gluttonous Insect Pouch is two ranks higher than the Life Bag, and its effect in preserving the vitality of spirit plants is stronger. Within a few days, it had no effect on the two spirit plants.

Although the Strange Longevity Peach was originally a fifth-grade Longevity Pan Peach in its previous life, after its mutation, Lu Xuan didn't dare to plant it in the sect and could only leave it in the Underworld Courtyard of Sword Gate Town.

At this point, there are a total of four strange spiritual plants in the courtyard, three of them are five-quality spirit plants, and the worst is the fourth-grade Blood Spirit Ginseng.

"Fortunately, I had previously drawn enough blood from those Flood Dragons in the Thousand Dragon Lake for medical examinations, otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to deal with these two blood-sucking spirit plants."

Lu Xuan looked at the gently swaying hollow blood ball, and the pale red palms moving restlessly around the courtyard, and mused to himself.

After he had carefully nurtured these four underworld spiritual plants, Lu Xuan was eager to return to the sect. Commanding the fat bird, he arrived outside the sect's protective grand array in a few moments.

Passing through the Zodiac Star Battle Sword Formation, a rich and pure spiritual energy hit him in the face.

"The sect is really the best."

Lu Xuan felt emotional. While on Void Nether Island, although it was just a pond game, he was always somewhat uneasy. Upon returning to the sect, he felt a sense of relief.

He was worried about the various spiritual plants in his cave dwelling that he hadn't seen in three years, so he did not rush to hand over the task but returned to his cave dwelling at the first moment.

He opened the formation, the thick white fog dispersed, and familiar scenes appeared before his eyes.

Lu Xuan's figure flashed, he stood in the Spirit Field, looked around, and saw slight white lights flickering everywhere.

Clusters of light were all over the mountains!

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Chapter 341: Chapter 339: Desire-Bewitching Pill, Bliss

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The first things that caught his eye were the second-grade Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit.

At that time, in order to choose the spirit fruits freely, Lu Xuan deliberately learned the method of seed condensation for these two spirit fruits.

In the Spirit Field, ten plants of Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit were planted separately, each spirit plant bearing ten or so spirit fruits, either taking the shape of a flame or giving off a severe chill.

"Fruits of Ice and Fire."

"Luckily, not too much time has passed, the mature spirit fruits have not yet fallen off, otherwise, I would not be able to enjoy the wonderful taste of ice and fire for a while."

Lu Xuan picked the ripe spirit fruits one by one, along the way gently picking up the white light clusters that appeared.

Every time a spirit fruit fell into his hand, a thought would flash by in his mind. Various types of light cluster rewards appeared one after another.

[Harvest a second-grade Flame Fruit, gain a third-class treasured Flame-Blast Pearl]

[Harvest a second-grade Flame Fruit, gain a third-class treasured Red Lotus Flame]

The dark red stone bead, which can burst into a wide range of flames in an instant, the Red Lotus Flame used for alchemy and tool refining, the Dan of Burning Element that can bum the spirit and instantly elevate strength the Pill Formula Experience Package for Burning Element…

[Harvest a second-grade Ice Luo Fruit, gain a third-grade Jade Flesh Pill] [Harvest a second-grade Ice Luo Fruit, gain a third-grade charm; Water Dragon Symbol]

The healing Jade Flesh Pill, the third-grade charm that can stimulate the midlevel water dragon technique, the Water Movement Bead that allows cultivators to move freely in water, the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit that aids in cultivating ice techniques…

Lu Xuan had a big harvest.

The variety of elixirs, pill recipes, and treasures were endless, dazzling his eyes. "I used more than twenty third-grade Explosion Beads in the Secret Land last time. I didn't expect that one trip back to the sect replenished my stock and I even got more than before."

"How can I possibly use all these up?"

Lu Xuan thought worryingly.

Sweeping his spiritual sense across the entire peak, he sensed that a sizable number of white light clusters hung on three Enchanted Immortal Peach trees nestled in a secluded comer.

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As Lu Xuan was musing, he floated over to the Enchanted Immortal Peach trees.

The pink Spirit Peaches peeked out from amongst tender peach leaves, semiobscured, emanating an enticing allure. Underneath the peach trees, long- accumulated mesmerizing miasma took physical form, like a light red gauze shrouding the Enchanted Immortal Peach trees and the Spirit Peaches. With a flicker of the breeze, the red gauze seemed to slowly peel away, revealing the tender Spirit Peaches hidden within.

The Demon Vine crawled out from Lu Xuan's sleeve, focusing devoutly on the direction of the Enchanted Immortal Peach, involuntarily secreting a grey

Having spent three years on that deserted island, it thought it would never see the Enchanted Immortal Peach it longed for again.

Lu Xuan cast a Cleansing Spell on both himself and the Demon Vine, his eyes clear as he floated underneath a Spirit Peach, gingerly picking it.

The Spirit Peach felt wonderful to the touch, just the right size for his hand, stirring inappropriate thoughts in Lu Xuan's mind.

As his attention was focused on the tender pink Spirit Peach, a thought floated to his consciousness.

[Enchanted Immortal Peach, a Grade Three Spirit Fruit. This spirit fruit bears fruit for the first time in about three years, and after that, bears fruit once every two years until it reaches its lifespan.]

[After maturing, the spirit fruit contains abundant spiritual power, which is deeply appreciated by cultivators and spirit beasts. Consuming them long term has rejuvenating effects and can enhance the charm of the consumer. They can also be used to prepare certain special elixirs or make unique spiritual liquids.] "For female cultivators who care about appearance, this spirit fruit that offers beauty preservation is an invaluable treasure."

Lu Xuan quietly sighed to himself, directing his attention to the white light group in front of him.

Reaching out to touch it gently, the faintly flickering white light group burst into countless tiny sparks of light that filled the sky. Each spark carried a faint hint of pink, which flowed into Lu Xuan's body.

[You have harvested a third-rank Bewitching Fairy Peach and gained a fourthgrade Desire-Bewitching Pill.]

A thought flashed across his mind, and a pill appeared in the palm of Lu Xuan's hand.

The pill, the size of a pigeon egg, was a rare shade of pink. It had faint red spiritual patterns on its surface, which bore a striking resemblance to voluptuous bodies, giving it a very seductive aura.

Lu Xuan concentrated on the pink pill, and instantly, he understood detailed information about it.

[The Desire-Bewitching Pill is a fourth-grade pill that has a strong bewitching effect. After taking it, it can stimulate the most potent desires in a cultivator or a mystical beast, making it an excellent treasure for villains who practise dual cultivation.]

[It can induce lust, making every part of the body incredibly sensitive and amplifying pleasure. If one is not careful, they will plunge into a sea of desire.) "As I expected, the type of reward depends on the type of spirit plant…" Towards the appearance of the fourth-grade Desire-Bewitching Pill, Lu Xuan remained as calm as water. He had anticipated this.

"Although I can't use it now, if any senior or fellow disciple in the sect has a high-grade beast that is infertile, they can try feeding it a Desire-Bewitching

"But this will only confirm my identity in the Sky Sword Sect as a Beast Doctor Genius even more…"

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

He continued to pick the Bewitching Fairy Peaches, and gently picked up the white light cluster that appeared after the spirit peaches ripened.

The light cluster transformed into numerous tiny sparks of light which flowed into his body.

[You have harvested a third-rank Bewitching Fairy Peach and gained the recipe for the fourth-grade Desire-Bewitching Pill.]

A thought flashed across, and a large amount of information poured into his mind, regarding the materials for refining the Desire-Bewitching Pill, the refining method, and precautions on forming the pill, etc.

"Fantastic, even the pill recipe has appeared."

After Lu Xuan digested the pill recipe information that appeared in his mind, an expression of helplessness appeared on his face.

In a short while, he had harvested seven mature Bewitching Fairy Peaches Out of the seven white light clusters, five gave him Desire-Bewitching Pills, and two pill recipe experience packages.

He already had a large amount of theoretical experience, even without any practical experience.

[You have harvested a third-rank Bewitching Fairy Peach and gained a fourthgrade Bliss Sutra.]

Just when he thought all the rewards from the light group would be Desire- Bewitching Pills and pill recipes, suddenly, a different thought surfaced in his mind.

A yellowish jade sheet appeared in Lu Xuan's hand.

Drawn on the jade sheet were numerous lewd images of partners in various intercourse positions, so lifelike they seemed to jump off the page.

Looking at it, the depictions on the jade sheet began to move on their own, stirring up the lust deep within Lu Xuan.

"I wonder what the images on the jade sheet would look like to other mystical beasts?"

Lu Xuan had a sudden thought; with a shift in his thoughts, a faint crack appeared in the void above his head, and a grey-white eye climbed out of the crack, emotionlessly watching the unfurled yellow jade sheet.

Lu Xuan shifted his gaze towards his palm, where a grayish-white pupil appeared in the center, sharing with Lu Xuan what the Void Nightmare Eye saw.

Hie cultivators on the jade sheet had turned into strange demon envoys with gigantic eyeballs, their eyeballs spreading countless threads that connected two or more demon envoys.

There were even smaller-sized demon envoys completely integrated into the larger demon envoys' eyeballs.

"So, the images do vary according to the viewer."

"Hmm, is this what happens when Void Nightmare Eyes interact? Love means eating it up?"

Gazing at the eye in his palm, Lu Xuan posited a particularly gossipy thought.

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Chapter 342: Chapter 340: Emotional Breakthrough Cone, Formula for Foundation Establishment Pill l

A thought flashed through his mind, his attention concentrated on the pale yellow jade scroll in front of him.

["Ecstasy Heart Sutra", a Fourth-Class Treasure, it illustrates the comprehension gained by a nascent soul elder of the Unity Sect through cultivation. ]

[It can incite the formula method within, unleashing an illusion technique of infatuation, causing the target cultivator to lose their mind, drowning in the sea of desire.]

[After a long-term observation, one can gain enlightenment about the way of Yin and Yang dual cultivation. ]

"This Ecstasy Heart Sutra has similarities with the 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman', both of which can unleash a powerful method and offer contemplation on the insights into Divine Skills."

"Hence, they both are the physical rewards, not the techniques directly imprinted into the mind."

Lu Xuan sighed quietly.

He glanced at the eighteen poses in the scroll and rolled it up.

"However, once you gaze at this 'Ecstasy Heart Sutra', the obscene static images on it will transform into dynamic videos, automatically playing. It's hard not to comprehend the way of the Yin Yang Joyful Gathering."

He put the scroll away and resumed picking the remaining Bewitch Immortal Peach Spiritual Fruit.

The rewards that appeared from the white light cluster primarily were Fourth Grade Desire-Bewitching Pills, and occasionally, Pill Formula Experience Package of Desire-Bewitching Pill appeared.

When he picked a bewitching fairy peach of' Good Quality', a new kind of reward appeared.

[Harvested a Third-Rank Bewitching Fairy Peach, received a Four-level Magical Tool, Emotional Breakthrough Cone.]

A cone-shaped artifact appeared in Lu Xuan's hand. The surface of the artifact was intricately decorated with spiritual patterns, vaguely forming various emotions.

Lu Xuan focused on the cone-shaped artifact, an information flashed through his mind, instantly understanding the details about this magical tool.

[Emotional Breakthrough Cone, a Four-level Magical Tool. When it hits a cultivator, it magnifies their inner negative emotions indefinitely, causing them to lose senses, become frantic, and even turn into a Demon Envoy.]

"Another special magical instrument."

Lu Xuan noticed that the rewards from the Bewitch Immortal Peach light cluster were unique, mostly related to cultivators' desire.

"It's not surprising that the rewards from the light cluster of such an unconventional spiritual peach share the same theme."

Twenty-six spirit fruits were yielded from the three Bewitch Immortal Peach Spiritual Plants. Due to lack of careful cultivation over a long period, most of them were of 'Ordinary Quality', only a few were of 'Good Quality'.

Among the twenty-six light clusters, the primary rewards were Desire- Bewitching Pills, totaling twenty-one Fourth Grade Desire-Bewitching Pills.

Among the remaining five light clusters, three of the rewards were Pill Formula Experience Package of Desire-Bewitching pill, bringing Lu Xuan to the proficient stage with this pill.

The remaining two light clusters offered, respectively, a Fourth-class Treasure 'Ecstasy Heart Sutra' and a Four-level Magical Tool 'Emotional Breakthrough Cone'.

With such a generous yield from the three Third-Grade Spiritual Plants, Lu Xuan felt quite satisfied.

He continued to search for mature spiritual plants in the Spirit Field.

"There are Primordial Essence Herbs that are just ripe."

Lu Xuan arrived before a spiritual plant and noticed the semi-transparent progress bar beneath it was completely filled.

The Primordial Essence Herb looked ordinary, barely distinguishable from the wild grass on the mountains. Only when Lu Xuan used his Spiritual Sense did he noticed the exceptionally concentrated and pure wooden spiritual energy in a corner of the plant.

These twenty plants in total were planted on behalf of a Foundation Establishment Mid-term female Dan Building Practitioner named Guan Wan from the Dan Palace. This plant is a primary ingredient for refining Foundation Establishment Pill.

The reason Lu Xuan accepted this task was because he speculated that he may receive a reward from the Primordial Essence Herb light cluster: the Foundation Establishment Pill or even its pill formula.

Suppressing his expectation, he carefully picked the Primordial Essence Herb.

[Primordial Essence Herb, a Third-Grade Spiritual Plant. During its growth process, it refines its spiritual energy in some part of the plant, turning it into a special Grass Wood Essence. It is a key ingredient for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.]

Lu Xuan paid no mind to the thoughts flashing through his mind and focused his attention on the Spirit Field.

A white light cluster quietly emerged from the position where Primordial Essence Herb was picked.

He extended his hand gently touching the light cluster, the cluster exploded into countless tiny specks, embodying a bubbling vitality that entirely plunged into Lu Xuan's body.

[Harvested one third-grade Primordial Essence Herb, acquired one third-grade Foundation Building Pill.]

An elixir the size of a longan appeared in his palm, ethereal patterns roamed across the surface of the elixir, spreading faint radiance all around, filled with spiritual energy.

"Indeed, it's a Foundation Establishment Pill!"

Lu Xuan rejoiced in his heart, the familiar pill before his eyes brought him back to the time when he was preparing to break into the Foundation- Establishment Realm.

It's been less than ten years since then, the Qi-Cultivator, who was once restless and uneasy, has grown after arduous cultivation, and has already reached the mid-term realm of Foundation Establishment.

Though the Foundation Establishment Pill is only a third-grade pill, its place of strategic importance within the sect is extremely high, even higher than Sword Grass.

After all, while Sword Grass is rare and naturally connected well with the Sword Cultivators of the Sky Sword Sect, it still has substitutes, but the Foundation Establishment Pill is irreplaceable.

The materials for refining elixirs, the formulas, methods, and techniques, are all held firmly in the hands of the sect. Every owner of the Foundation Establishment Pill formula agrees not to divulge it.

Whoever possesses the Foundation Establishment Pill, controls the fate of Qi- Cultivators.

Hence, the third-grade Foundation Establishment Pill in the Loose Cultivator market is a highly sought-after item with a value that greatly exceeds its grade.

Lu Xuan carefully put away this Foundation Establishment Pill and continued to inspect the remaining Primordial Essence Herb.

All twenty Primordial Essence Herb have matured, he quickly found another fully mature Primordial Essence Herb.

After he harvested it, he picked up the white light cluster that emerged with it.

[Harvested one third-grade Primordial Essence Herb, acquired one third-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.]

With a flash of thought, another Foundation Establishment Pill appeared in Lu Xuan's hand.

Based on Lu Xuan's prior experience of harvesting spiritual plants and obtaining rewards from light clusters, if certain types of pills appeared, it was very likely that the corresponding Pill Formula Experience Package would also appear, although the probability was much lesser.

His heart was filled with joy at getting the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he was quite confident about the appearance of the Formula for Foundation Establishment Pill in the light cluster.

Upon inspection, there was one more fully mature Primordial Essence Herb.

The previous two mature Primordial Essence Herbs were of ordinary quality. However, this one was slightly better, it was of good quality.

Lu Xuan's anticipation heightened. He carefully harvested it, and after putting it into his Gluttonous Insect pouch, he gently touched the faintly twinkling white light cluster.

The light cluster suddenly exploded, releasing a dense vitality along with countless tiny specks that inundated Lu Xuan's body.

A thought flashed through his mind.

[Harvested one third-grade Primordial Essence Herb, acquired the Foundation Establishment Pill formula.]

As the thought disappeared, a massive amount of information was then poured into Lu Xuan's sea of consciousness.

Various materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, processing of the materials, formulating methods, requirements for the pill furnace and pill fire, points to note while condensing the pill and extracting it, timing…

"Finally got the Foundation Establishment Pill Formula Experience Package."

Lu Xuan was filled with immense joy.

"After absorbing a few more Pill Formula Experience Packages, I can try to start gathering alchemy materials and refine the Foundation Establishment Pill."

While he absorbed quite a bit of the Yuan Cultivating Pill and the Spirit Gathering Pill formula experience packages he received earlier, he only refined them occasionally. But the Foundation Establishment Pill was different.

If the conditions were right, he planned to start refining.

"However, this formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill is too important, I better refine it secretly and keep the output of the pill secret. If the sect finds out, it will be difficult to explain the origin of the pill."

Lu Xuan mused to himself.

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Chapter 343: Chapter 341: Staying Behind, Flood Dragon_

Twenty grade-three Primordial Essence Herbs are present, out of which three have fully matured, and the remaining seventeen will not take long until they are ready for harvest.

After inspecting closely, Lu Xuan performed the Spirit Rain Technique and strands of Spiritual Energy began to fall, nourishing the rather ordinarylooking Primordial Essence Herbs.

"I've been away from the Sect for three years, I didn't expect to come back and harvest this much."

Feeling joyful, Lu Xuan stretched himself and continued examining the remaining Spirit Plants in his Spirit Field.

Not far away, although the three sword-cultivating gourds are of the same rank as the Primordial Essence Herb, their cultivation methods differ. The Primordial Essence Herb can grow normally in the thick and pure Spiritual Energy environment within the Inner Sect, while the Sword-Nurturing Gourds need to absorb the Sword Intent remaining within Flying Swords.

Furthermore, since they were planted a little later, they still required some time before maturity.

He took out some second-hand Flying Swords from his storage bag and piled them under the vine.

During his trip to the Secret Land, he obtained several storage bags, some containing decent quality Flying Swords, perfect for cultivating the Sword- Nurturing Gourds.

The green gourds hanging on the vines, which earlier were in a listless state, after sensing the Sword Intent below, resonated with a fizzing sound of sword qi from within. Lu Xuan sensed a feeling of excitement from the gourds.

He then moved to the Grade Four Five-element Fruit Spirit Plant, which had borne a colorful Spirit Fruit. The Five-Element Spiritual Energy lingered around the fruit, naturally merging and yet clearly demarcated at the same time.

Lu Xuan sensed the state of the Spirit Fruit, he cast corresponding Five- element spells making the circulation of the Five-element Spiritual Power around the fruit smoother.

Next, he arrived at the Four Spirit Pines.

The Spirit Gathering Pines have grown up to a person's height, sensing Lu Xuan's familiar presence from afar, they swayed and rustled in recognition.

A smile played on Lu Xuan's lips as his Spiritual Sense stretched towards the Pines.

A lively and lively pure thought came from within the pine trees, tightly revolving around Lu Xuan's spiritual sense. The pine leaves trembled as if questioning him why he hadn't come to see them for so long.

Lu Xuan constantly used his spiritual sense to soothe and communicate, finally making the thoughts within the four Spirit Pines stabilize.

Perhaps due to the prolonged lack of cultivation and communication, the Spirit Pines craved his spiritual sense, giving Lu Xuan a feeling as if he might not be able to handle them.

After satisfying the needs of the Spirit Pines, he went to the entrance of the Underground Fire Tributary Cave, jumping right in.

On the dark red wall of the cave, a Phoenix Wood lay inside a recessed cavity- completely charred.

On the scorched wood surface, countless dark golden crevices expanded towards its center, forming a pair of lifelike Phoenix phantoms.

"Sure enough, the third-grade Red Lotus Flame I had left before has been completely absorbed by it."

Lu Xuan muttered under his breath.

Before leaving the Sect, he deliberately left a Red Lotus Flame as a nutrient to facilitate the growth of this Grade Six Ancient Phoenix Wood. However, due to the vast rank difference, the Phoenix Wood had already completely absorbed the Red Lotus Flame.

Upon his return to the cave dwelling, several lotus flames emerged from the Flaming Fruit Light Group. Lu Xuan took out one of them,

Moved by a thought, the lotus flame began to rapidly spin and flew towards the Phoenix Wood.

The red petals burned, making their way into the dark golden crevices of the charred wood.

In an instant, the dark golden crevices were filled with Red Lotus Flame. From the center of the charred wood, a red lotus flew out. Inside the lotus, the phantoms of two Phoenixes, the size of thumbs, emerged chirping cheerfully and dancing joyously.

"Grade 6 Phoenix Wood, using third-grade Red Lotus Flame for initial growth is enough. When it grows to a certain stage, we will see if we can obtain a higher grade Strange Fire."

"Perhaps by then, I can comprehend the Pure Yang True Fire from the 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman', and directly use it to nurture the Phoenix Wood." Finally, he turns his attention to the three Dragon Bone Grass Species lying dormant at the bottom of the small lake.

Just as Lu Xuan arrived by the small lake, a thunderous splashing sound rang out as a fiery red flood dragon emerged from the depths of the lake.

Stretching up to twenty feet long, the flood dragon's body was slender, enveloped by red scales. Its scales faintly circulated with fiery red spiritual energy, and atop its head grew a single radiant red dragon horn, extraordinarily mystical.

"Has it grown this big?"

Lu Xuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

When he left for Void Nether Island, he had left the young drake back at the sect. He had not expected that in merely three years, the Fire Separation Flood Dragon, which had been less than ten feet long, had grown to this extent.

The Fire Separation Flood Dragon gave a low growl towards Lu Xuan, extending its head for him to caress its radiant red dragon horn.

Come out and look at your old playmate."

Lu Xuan let Fat Bird out.

As soon as the Wind Falcon landed, disoriented and sensing a fiery hot breath not matching its size, it swiftly jumped a great step backward with an agility that didn't align with its physique.

The Fire Separation Flood Dragon gazed at the suddenly appearing Fat Bird, wanting to get close but acting a bit unfamiliar.

It resembled a child left behind, whose parents went out to work and only returned after a year.

The Wind Falcon stared at the Fire Separation Flood Dragon which had grown more than twice its size, its eyes rolling, the meagre spiritual intelligence it possessed feeling extremely puzzled.

How had the little creature that used to hang around its neck suddenly grown so much?

Lu Xuan did not give the two youngsters any time to catch up on old times, and released the Rock-shell Turtle and the Green-Horned Dragon Carp from his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

"From now on, you will be the head honcho in this small lake, and you must watch over these two younger brothers well," he instructed the Fire Separation Flood Dragon.

The Rock-shell Turtle, being mischievous and lively, was completely unaffected by the change of environment, its heavy shell playfully swimming in the small lake.

Meanwhile, the Green-Horned Dragon Carp waited quietly in a corner without moving.

Originally proud of possessing a trace of True Dragon Bloodline, it had a high sense of superiority in front of the earthy and simple Rock-shell Turtle.

However, upon arrival here, and after encountering the Fire Separation Flood Dragon, sensing the powerful bloodline from the dragon's body that originated from the same source, its sense of superiority vanished. It was obeying honestly, not daring to take any rash actions.

Lu Xuan took out the Purple Jade Coral and placed it at the bottom of the lake, then went to the spot where the Dragon Corpse Grass Species were hidden.

"After my journey to Void Nether Island, securing the Grade 3 Xuan Yuan Heavy Water and Essence Extraction True Liquid, I can finally start cultivating the Dragon Corpse Grass."

The fifth rank Dragon Corpse Grass species had always been placed at the bottom of the lake. Unfortunately, the cultivation conditions could not be satisfied before, resulting in a waste of time.

He took out the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water from his Storage bag and directed the three drops of spiritual liquid weighing over ten pounds each to fly out from the jade bottle, one by one landing on the three odd rocks implanted with Dragon Corpse Grass species.

The dark spiritual liquid silently seeped into the rocks. Three subtle yet passionate dragon chants rang out.

From inside the rocks, three slender, slightly black dragon shadows shot out, encircling and dancing around the odd rocks, before merging back into the stones after a moment.

These odd rocks are the bones of a flood dragon that have been preserved for an unknown number of years. Combined with the Xuan Yuan Heavy Water, the official cultivation of the Dragon Corpse Grass has begun."

"However, it would be best to use fresh flood dragon bones."

"There are so many Jiaolong and Chilong in the Thousand Dragon Lake.

Trading a few bone corpses from Huang Yuan or other sect members wouldn't be an issue."

Lu Xuan, sensing the faint aura of pressure emanating from the Dragon Corpse Grass species hidden within the odd rocks, secretly thought to himself.

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Chapter 344: Chapter 342: Major Purchase of Spiritual

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After cultivating the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass Species, Lu Xuan returned to the shore.

In his Spirit Field, most of the Spirit Plants grown were of high-rank, and there weren't many, leaving large swathes of empty area.

He found a section of his Spirit Field, performed the Earth Pulling Technique and the structure of the Spirit Soil underwent subtle changes. He put more than two hundred Water Glow Grass Spirit Seeds into it.

Threads of Spirit Rain soaked into the Spirit Soil, thoroughly nourishing the slender, faint blue Spirit Seeds.

Afterward, he moved the Grade Three Wind Thunder Sword Grass, Starlight Sword Grass, and Fourth Grade Sword Thousand Owls that he had previously grown on the island to his Spirit Field.

"It's time to head to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall to hand over this guarding mission," 6

He thought to himself.

However, before heading to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, he decided to conceal his mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation base.

The rate at which his cultivation level was increasing was just too fast.

From his promotion to the Foundation Establishment Realm and becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, to reaching the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment, it had not even been ten years.

Even among the most gifted True Disciples in the Sect, such a rapid rate of advancement would be seen as shocking and eye-catching.

Ordinary Inner Sect Disciples often fail to break through even after several decades.

Showing his true cultivation in front of his peers, he would find it hard to explain his rapid cultivation to others, and it could even bring about unnecessary trouble.

Having obtained a technique to conceal one's breath from the Light Cluster and possessing the Hidden Spirit Cloak to hide his aura, unless someone intentionally snooped around, it would be very difficult to discern his true cultivation level.

Lu Xuan arrived at the foot of the mountain, summoned a tall, elegant Spirit Crane, and quickly flew towards the mountain where the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall was located.

A moment later, he entered a spacious hall and found the middle-aged cultivator named Huang who had assigned him the guarding mission.

"Brother Huang, I've completed the three-year guarding mission on Void Nether Island and just returned from that sea area,"

Lu Xuan smilingly said to the middle-aged cultivator.

"So it's Junior Brother Lu, how was your three-year stay on Void Nether Island? Have you encountered any dangers?"

The middle-aged cultivator vaguely remembered Lu Xuan.

"Other than being somewhat desolate, there's no other feeling. However, the customs on the island are distinctly different from those in the Sect area."

"As for danger, I seldom leave the island, so it's hard to encounter such situations."

Lu Xuan gently said.

He handed his Inner Sect Disciple Identity Plaque to the middle-aged cultivator to verify the mission information.

"Good, Junior Brother has worked hard these three years."

"Regarding the mission reward, we agreed beforehand that you would stay on Void Nether Island for three years. Each year will subsidize 320 Sword Marks, totaling 960 Sword Marks over three years. Please receive them, Junior Brother."

"Thanks, Brother Huang."

Lu Xuan received nearly a thousand Sword Marks and smiled.

He exchanged a few words about his experience on Void Nether Island with Brother Huang and bid him farewell.

"With such a large sum of Sword Marks, it would indeed be a waste not to spend some."

His inner desire to consume it was stirring.

As a member of the Inner Sect and serving in the Sword Hall, he received a specific amount of Sword Marks every month. Plus, with the large sum he just received, he now had no fewer than three thousand Sword Marks in hand.

I can make a big purchase at the Agricultural Department Hall."

Lu Xuan thought to himself and commanded the Spirit Crane to take him to the Agricultural Department Hall.

"Uncle Lu, over here!"

As soon as he entered the hall, Xia Chen, the old, weather-beaten monk, called out from afar.

Seeing the familiar person, Lu Xuan felt a wave of warmth and headed towards the old farmer monk.

"Uncle Lu, it's been a long time since you've come to the Agricultural

Department Hall to buy Spirit Seeds."

Xia Chen greeted enthusiastically.

I was assigned a mission to hold a sect position not long ago, and I've been gone for a few years."

Lu Xuan explained briefly.

"I need to trouble Friend Xia to bring out the Spirit Seed Jade Book. I am here to pick out some high-rank spirit seeds."

After the maturation of the Earthfire Heart Lotus, Xuan Chong Vine, and the Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree in the small courtyard, there are currently Spirit Gathering Pine, the substitute planted Five-Element Fruit, Fourth Grade Illusion Sound Bamboo and the newly cultivated Blood Spirit Palm in the Spirit Field. Lu Xuan decided to add a few more.

Grade three spiritual plants mainly produce light clusters of third or fourth grade treasures. Lu Xuan is presently at the Foundation Establishment Midterm, planting now will mature in a few years, and the rewards would have gradually become less attractive over time.

Therefore, Lu Xuan was planning to gradually shift his focus onto fourth-grade spirit plants.

As for the third-grade spirit plants, unless it is a crop that can produce soulcultivating gourds such as the Fourth Grade Sword Symbols, or the Primordial Essence Herb, which is the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would plant as few as possible.

"Please take a look, Uncle Lu."

The old farmer monk respectfully offered him a thick jade book.

The jade book displayed realistic images of relevant spirit plants and basic information. If the image lighted up, it indicated that the corresponding spirit seeds could be provided immediately. If it dimmed, it meant that a reservation would be required, and one would have to wait for some time.

The higher the rank of the spirit seed species, the harder it is to mass produce.

The jade book recorded about fifty types of third-grade spirit plants. As for the fourth grade, there were only about twenty varieties.

He didn't see any fifth-grade ones.

"Friend Xia, I have always been curious, could you help me dispel this doubt?"

"I haven't seen any fifth-grade spirit plants in the jade book, does it mean that the Agricultural Department Hall isn't able to provide fifth-grade spirit seeds?" Uncle Lu, the fifth-grade spirit plant is already within the Jindan Category Each type is exceptionally rare. The methods of condensing the spirit seeds are also varied, and one would only be able to obtain one or two seeds through coincidence and good fortune."

"With the strength of the sect, it is impossible to mass-produce fifth-grade spirit seeds."

"If Uncle needs it, you can communicate with the other Authentic teaching

uncles in the sect, to see if you can acquire them from them."

Xia Chen suppressed his surprise, an apologetic expression appeared on his face.

He didn't expect for Lu Xuan to have the ability to cultivate fifth-grade spirit plants.

He recalled the image of Lu Xuan purchasing different spirit seeds from him.

That young man who was very stingy when purchasing second-grade spirit plants, had grown to this stage in just over a decade!

Is it too late for me to focus on becoming a Spirit Plant Master now?"

A wavering thought couldn't help but arise in his heart.

"I see, thank you for the reminder, Friend Xia."

Lu Xuan nodded slightly.

"If there are no fifth-grade spirit seeds, then let's buy some fourth-grade ones first."

As he flipped through the jade book, he pointed at the bright-looking fourthgrade spiritual plant patterns.

"Give me two Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seeds, and one Mysterious Insect Vine Spirit Seed."

Lu Xuan first chose two species of spirit seeds that he had previous experience cultivating.

"Also, this Mayfly Grass Spirit Seed, I've not seen it light up before, give me one to try."

"In addition, give me twenty each of the second-grade Flame Fruit Spirit Seeds and Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds."

"Let's start with these."

Lu Xuan said nonchalantly, as if fourth-grade spirit seeds didn't mean much to him.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The old farmer monk kept nodding his head like a pecking chicken, holding a large order, and hurried into the inner hall.

He, a mere Qi-Cultivator, could not make the decision to supply three different types of fourth-grade spirit seeds at once.

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Chapter 345: Chapter 343: Mayfly Grass, Nascent Soul

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Soon, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator walked out of the inner hall of the Agricultural Department Hall.

"I was wondering who needed such high-grade spiritual seeds. Turns out it's Friend Lu."

The Cultivator greeted Lu Xuan with a smile, his body clad in a clean, simple green robe.

"Brother Qu, nice to see you."

Lu Xuan responded with a bow.

He had crossed paths with the Cultivator in front of him several times, having exchanged their experiences on cultivating spiritual plants with Liu Su.

"I didn't expect Friend Lu to be so accomplished in the path of spiritual plants, laying out such a huge wager to buy four fourth-ranked spiritual seeds simultaneously."

"These sword marks are almost all my worth, but there's really no helping when you love spiritual plants, upon seeing high-grade spirit seeds, I can hardly move and simply want to buy them."

"As for whether I can successfully cultivate them, that depends on my luck."

Lu Xuan rattled off some random excuses.

"Taking your words, Friend Lu, I'm sure there's no issue."

Having spoken before, the Cultivator understood Lu Xuan's proficiency in the path of spiritual plants. He raised a hand, and all the spirit seeds floated out in front of Lu Xuan.

"Two fourth-grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seeds, totaling five hundred and twenty sword marks."

"Mysterious Insect Vine Spirit Seed, two hundred and forty sword marks; Mayfly Grass Spirit Seed, two hundred and seventy sword marks."

"Twenty Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit spirit seeds each, each at fifteen sword marks, totaling six hundred sword marks."

"The total for all spirit seeds comes to one thousand six hundred and thirty sword marks."

"Thankyou, Brother Qu."

A large amount of small sword-shaped seals flew out of the storage bag. Lu Xuan accepted all the spiritual seeds, bid farewell to the Cultivator with the last name Qu, and left.

A moment later, he returned to his cave residence riding on a spirit crane.

Although it's been over a decade since he resolved the Spirit Crane's fertility issue, the spirit crane within the sect still refused to accept his spirit stones as payment. So he had no choice but to feed it a spirit fruit as a token of gratitude.

"With so many new spirit seeds, I'm going to be busy for quite some time."

Luckily, the area of the cave in the Inner Sect was spacious enough, and there was more than enough room for planting these new spirit seeds.

Lu Xuan found an empty spirit field, used Earth Pulling Technique, and planted forty Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit spirit seeds in the spirit soil.

Before he left the sect, he selected these two types of spirit fruit for seed condensation, but unfortunately, his return was too late, the fruit on spiritual plants has missed the timing for seed condensation. Thus he had to buy some more spirit seeds again.

Next came the Mysterious Insect Vine, which, when mature, produces the fifth-ranked Space Artifact Gluttonous Insect Bag.

Previously, he cultivated the Mysterious Insect Vine using different ranks of insect eggs. Some of these eggs were left over, which Lu Xuan took out and fed to the Mysterious Insect Vine.

The eggs provided the nutrients for the Mysterious Insect Vine to grow, in turn, the Mysterious Insect Vine secreted special spiritual substances that promoted the growth of demon insects.

Subsequently, he arrived at the Earth Fire Stream and threw two bright red, thumb-sized lotus spirit seeds into the scorching magma.

The last Earth Fire Heart Lotus had produced the fifth-ranked "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman". The potential reward of the fire-element spirit plant light cluster might be beneficial to the cultivation of the "Sixth-Rank Phoenix Tree". Moreover, the lotus seeds could purify the various evil spirits and reduce the risk of abnormal change. Hence, he bought these two spirit seeds.

The last one was the fourth-ranked Mayfly Grass Spirit Seed.

The spirit seed seemed like a lump of spiritual energy condensed many times, about the size of an egg. There was a transparent mayfly inside, oscillating between life and death in that small space.

Lu Xuan planned to plant this mayfly grass in the spirit field with Wu Spirit Soil.

He used the Earth Pulling Technique, and a fine crack appeared, enveloping the Mayfly Grass Spirit Seed within it.

Upon gathering his focus, a thought emerged from his mind.

"Mayfly Grass, a fourth grade spirit seed, is extremely delicate. It needs meticulous care during the cultivation process; a slight mishap can lead to its death. Once mature, it can be used to refine elixirs that enhance a cultivator's divine soul."

"An elixir to enhance the divine soul… Mayfly Grass is truly rare."

"It needs meticulous care during the cultivation process and cannot tolerate any mistakes, or it will lead to the death of the spirit plant. This is probably why its seeds are so rare."

Lu Xuan secretly sighed in his heart. After all, he could monitor the real-time state of the spirit plants at any time, and didn't have to worry about distraction from his cultivation or adventures, so meticulous care wasn't difficult for him at all.

"The cultivation of spirit plants in the cave has expanded so much, I need to work harder."

"Starting today, I will be a normal Spirit Plant Master, cultivating spiritual plants and raising spirit beasts."

Gazing at the abundant spirit plants across the mountains and fields, Lu Xuan was filled with emotion.

In the following period, he stayed peacefully in his cave dwelling, spending his days with the spirit plants and beasts.

Occasionally, he would venture out to meet some of the friends he had made before.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

"Harvested one Cangyuan Grass of third grade, got one Third-grade magic item, Naling Grass Bead."

Countless luminescent particles surged into Lu Xuan's body, and a green Lingzhu appeared in his hand.

The spirit seed was radiating warm life energy, eliciting feelings of comfort and closeness.

As Lu Xuan focused on the green Lingzhu in his hand, he immediately became aware of its detailed information.

"Spirit Absorbing Grass Bead, a third grade treasure, it contains pure and abundant wood spirit energy which can be used to practice related cultivation techniques, refine corresponding magic artefacts, and such."

"It contains a large amount of wood spirit energy, which can be used to feed the Grass Puppets and can also serve as a supplement to the Qingmu Origin Energy."

The grass puppet had always been raised with the Grass Spirit Elixir, with a small stream of Qingmu Origin Energy sent from time to time. However, it required the consumption of Lu Xuan's internal reserves.

Now that he had the Third-grade Spirit Absorbing Grass Bead, he no longer had to worry about nurturing the grass puppet, or about supplementing the Qjngmu Origin Energy.

With a thought, the grass puppet appeared from nearby, diligently patrolling the Spirit Field. It had a huge head atop a small body, and it came to him on two thin legs.

The green Lingzhu was inserted into the grey-black lump on its head.

Threads of wood spirit energy spread out. After a few breaths, the grey-black lump turned green and continued to stretch downwards.

The whole body of the grass puppet, made of nameless grey grass, turned green.

Through his Spiritual Sense, Lu Xuan could see that the green Lingzhu was slowly rotating inside the huge lump, with numerous tiny grass threads seeping into it, continuously absorbing the pure wood spirit energy contained in the bead.

"You've worked hard to guard the Spirit Field this time, here's something good for you to eat, and you get a new skin."

Gazing at the now-green realm of the grass puppet, Lu Xuan chuckled.

The grass puppet's spiritual intelligence wasn't high, it understood that the Lingzhu that had just entered the lump on its head was of massive benefit to it. With a vague sense of gratitude, it wobbled away on its thin legs and continued to patrol the Spirit Field.

This was the eighth Primordial Essence Herb he had harvested during this period. Among the seven previous light clusters, five Foundation Establishment Pills and two Foundation Establishment Pill formula experience packages were produced. The newest plant yielded a new item, the Spirit Absorbing Grass Bead he had just fed the grass puppet.

Of the twenty stalks of third-grade Cangyuan Grass, nine were left.

"I shall hand them over to Senior Sister Guan Wan in the Dan Palace when they all mature."

"If all of them are successfully cultivated, with several of them being of good quality, it should provide a satisfactory report to the Dan Palace."

"Maybe I can get another batch of Cangyuan Grass spirit seeds, and spin off Foundation Establishment Pills and formulas from the light clusters."

Absorbed in the pleasant feeling, Lu Xuan returned to his room and took out the three treasures he had acquired from the Secret Land.

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Chapter 346: Chapter 344: Soul Guiding Zen Fragrance, Resentful Spirit Mud l

An incense stick that produced a lotus platform and a Buddha figure in smoke, a chunk ofshape-shifting black mud, from which resentful spirits emerged from time to time, and a vibrant emerald green small sword.

During this period, he visited the Scripture Treasury Pavilion several times, browsed through various classic literature and materials, and found out the origins of the incense and black mud.

The incense was called Soul Guiding Zen Fragrance, a fourth-grade treasure, made by Buddhist cultivators by collecting incense burned by tens of thousands of believers. It could calm the mind and transform yin souls and resentful wills.

When ignited during cultivation, it could fend off heart demon attacks, maintaining an excellent state for cultivation.

The black mud was called Resentful Spirit Mud, a fifth rank spirit soil, mixed with a strong resentful aura. It could be used to cultivate certain yin-evil spirit plants and forge relevant magic artifacts.

Lu Xuan casually used one of the leftover Spiritual Firefly Grass Seeds to test it. After planting it in the Resentful Spirit Mud, the seed was quickly invaded by the resentful aura inside and became waste.

"What a fifth rank special spiritual soil, but it's a pity I can't use it now. There isn't any spirit plant suitable for growing in Resentful Spirit Mud in the Underworld Court."

Previously, he obtained a third-grade Wu Spirit Soil in Langyue Blessed Land. Lu Xuan laid it on the surface of his Cave Mansion Spirit Field, which had a promotive effect on most spirit plants.

This piece of Resentful Spirit Mud in front of him, even though its rank was two levels higher, was very limiting. It could only be used on a few special spirit plants.

Among the three treasures, only the emerald green small sword had an unknown origin. Lu Xuan was not in a hurry and inserted it into the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath for nurturing.

The emerald green small sword was not like the previous Purple Lightning Sword and the Wind-Thunder Sword. It didn't electrocute or thunderstrike after being inserted but instead continuously nurtured the ancient scabbard. The fitting size of the sword blade made the usually disinclined-to-be-used- by-flying-swords scabbard instantly accept it.

In the room, the dark yellow incense stick quietly burned. The Buddha figure formed by the smoke was smiling while holding a flower, overflowing with Chan (Zen) spirit. A rich and aged fragrance lingered all around.

Lu Xuan sat quietly on a jade cushion, cultivating "The Great Five Elements" with the spiritual liquid in his Dantian whenever he had free time.

Suddenly, his spiritual sense detected some abnormality from the Flowing Light Formation at the foot of the mountain.

He opened his eyes, and a crack appeared along his palm lines, followed by a grey-white eye pupil crawling out from the crack.

Through the viewpoint projected by the Void Nightmare Eye, he saw a White Jade Monkey and an elegant White Luan Bird rushing towards the mid- mountain.

"So, it's old friends."

The two spirit beasts were the offspring of the guardian beasts of the Sky Sword Sect, White Jade Sky Monkey and Mysterious Sky Luan Bird.

Lu Xuan hadn't seen these two reliable companions in their growth stage for three years, and he missed them somewhat. He opened the formation, and his figure floated out like a wisp of white smoke.

"Welcome, welcome, it's been a long time, I've missed you so much."

He arrived on the mountainside, enthusiastically greeting the two spirit beasts.

The White Luan Bird chirps once, seemingly chastising Lu Xuan for his long absence.

The small monkey, whose skin was as lustrous as jade, hid behind the Luan Bird. It peeked out with its little head showing, and a tuft of pure white hair on top of its head added a bit of uniqueness to it.

"I received a sect guarding mission, was out on a long trip, and only recently returned to the sect."

Lu Xuan explained with a smile. Both spirit beasts possessed high spiritual intelligence, and there was no need to worry about them not understanding at all.

"I haven't seen you for so long, have you missed my spirit fruits, spirit brew, and roasted demon beast meat?"

Lu Xuan playfully looked at the two spirit beasts, testing the waters with his question.

"Chirp, chirp!"

The Mysterious Sky White Luan excitedly called out, repeatedly bobbing its little head in agreement.

The delicate monkey from behind it wriggled out, with fire-red crystalline eyes blinking, gently nodded, then retreated back behind the Luan Bird's feathers.

Since Lu Xuan's departure, the two spirit beasts occasionally visited the peak where Lu Xuan resided. They missed the spirit fruit feasts that he frequently hosted.

In the sect, although the cultivator who fed them was dedicated and responsible, the spirit fruits had always been the same. Eating them for ten years as they had done, made the spirit fruits became tasteless, making it seem as if they were chewing wax.

Over at Lu Xuan's place, the spirit fruits were of high quality and varied, the Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice was uniquely flavored, and all kinds of cooking methods were used to cook Demon Beast meat, along with their special desserts exclusive to them, which allowed the creatures to fully experience the joy of food.

They had even developed a certain dependency on Lu Xuan.

"Come on, start with the Ice and Fire Dual-Heaven Spirit Fruit to whet your appetites."

Lu Xuan swung his hand, and a large amount of Flaming Ice Fruit/Flaming Ice Pineapple floated out of his storage bag, forming a small pile of spirit fruit.

He then poured cups of Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice for the two Guardian Beasts and his own Spirit Beasts.

"Try some of the local specialty I brought from afar, Void Nether Spirit Fish dried with a special method."

He took out an exquisite jade box, in which variously processed Void Nether Spirit Fish lied.

Some of the fish was smoked using an unknown kind of Spirit Wood, the fragrance was rich, making mouths water.

"Wait a moment, I'll go roast some fresh ones."

Some of the Void Nether Spirit Fish was frozen with hundred-year-old ice, the flesh was not affected at all, and it seemed as fresh as if he had just slaughtered it when he took it out.

Not too long after, he took out the freshly roasted Spirit Fish, divided them evenly into several parts, and laid them out in front of the Spirit Beasts.

The Spirit Fish was delicious to the extreme, containing abundant spiritual power. It was even more wonderful after being roasted by Lu Xuan with various seasonings.

The White Jade Sky Monkey and Mystical Sky White Luan, as well as his own Spirit Beasts, all devoured their meals and enjoyed them immensely.

"Try these Enchanted Immortal Peaches to cleanse your palate, although delicious, you should not eat too much of this fruit."

Lu Xuan took out a few pale Enchanted Immortal Peaches, cut them into small slices, and offered them to the Luan Bird, Sky Monkey, and other Spirit Beasts.

The information he had previously learned from the Enchanted Immortal Peaches stated that consuming too many of these peaches could increase the eater's charm, in addition to the miasma that could affect desires during growth.

Lu Xuan was afraid that if he took out too many Enchanted Immortal Peaches, it might cause these Spirit Beasts to explode their armor and feathers.

Thinking of a scene with all the beasts in chaos, Lu Xuan couldn't help but shudder, driving away the image in his mind.

"That scene is too beautiful, I dare not think of it."

He nervously looked at the many Spirit Beasts, fearing that things could get out of control.

Fortunately, there wasn't that much of the fruit, and the Spirit Beasts felt only the deliciousness of the fruit and had no other thoughts.

After the Spirit Peaches were consumed and no abnormal situations occurred, Lu Xuan was completely reassured.

"Can the two venerable friends leave the Sect often?"

After they had eaten and drank to their heart's content, Lu Xuan asked casually.

"We can leave, but the distance is limited, and we can't stay away for too long."

The Luan Bird chirped loudly, sending over a thought to Lu Xuan.

"I might need your help with something in a few years' time, and I hope you will help me then."

Lu Xuan spoke solemnly.

Having been treated to so many wonderful dishes by Lu Xuan, the two Spirit Beasts had already built a deep friendship with him. Seeing that Lu Xuan had something to ask, they all eagerly nodded in agreement.

The White Jade Sky Monkey seemed to sense that there would be a fight and a spark of vague excitement flashed in its shy eyes. It pointed to the hair at the back of its head, indicating that Lu Xuan could stimulate the hair it had gifted him when the time came.

A long time ago, the little monkey had given Lu Xuan a white hair, indicating that as long as it was within a certain range, he could activate that hair with his spiritual power and it would rush to him as fast as possible.

Seeing the two small things agree, Lu Xuan felt more confident about his plan to retaliate against the Cultivator behind the Holy Infant Fruit Plant.

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Chapter 347: Chapter 345: Strange Species of Poisonous Insect_i

After all the Spiritual Fruit and Spiritual Fish were finished, both the Luan Bird and Monkey bloated their bellies slightly. As for the Fat Bird Wind Falcon, it goes without saying, feet facing up and its round belly looking like a small hill. "Chirp, chirp!"

The White Luan Bird emitted a crisp chirp and, in its clear black and white pupils, was full of reluctance.

"Alright, alright, hurry back or your elder brother who feeds you all will start worrying."

"I'll be staying at the sect for a while. If you want to improve your meals, you can come find me at any time."

Lu Xuan Laughed and waved his hand at the Luan Bird and the little monkey. After hearing his promise, the Mysterious Sky Luan Bird and White Jade Sky Monkey finally completely relaxed. One vanished directly from Lu Xuan's cave mansion, the other turned into a white light, and violently shot past the formation.

Lu Xuan returned to the inner courtyard and after cleaning up a bit, he let the Fat Bird and the others lounge around in various positions on the ground.

The visit by the two Spirit Beasts was but a minor incident. Lu Xuan continued to live his simple and serene life as a Spirit Plant Master.

Cultivating Spiritual Plants, raising Spirit Beasts, occasionally opening a Light Cluster, enjoying the anticipation of unknown rewards, and the satisfaction of various treasures.

[Harvested third-grade Zangyuan Grass, gained Third-grade magic item Nascent Soul Grass Bead.]

With a thought, a green Lingzhu appeared in Lu Xuan's hand.

"Another Nascent Soul Grass Bead."

Lu Xuan grinned and put the green Lingzhu in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

After feeding the Grass Puppet a Lingzhu once before, up until now it still hasn't completely digested the rich wood and grass spiritual energy inside the Lingzhu.

Its whole body, from the green color when it first took the Lingzhu, slowly transformed into a grey-green color. It'll probably take a while to totally return to normal.

It's been over ten days since those two came as guests. In this time period, five more out of the remaining nine Zangyuan Grass have matured.

Out of the five Light Clusters, three Foundation Establishment Pills, a Pill Formula Experience Package for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and a Nascent Soul Grass Bead was produced.

The other Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field are in a good condition.

The two hundred stems of Water Glow Grass that were planted after coming back have grown a little. Tiny glow-in-the-dark spots are on the sleek blue leaves. Clustered together, with the passing breeze, it's as if the stars are twinkling.

The Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit have also rooted and sprouted, pushing out from the Spirit Soil. Two young plants, one pale red as if a freshly lit flame and one pale blue, where one can see cold air twirling around it in the early mornings.

Among the remaining spirit plants, two Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seeds were floating on the lava surface. The thick red fog inside was getting denser, as though it would spew out at any second.

The Xuan Chong Vine had several different types of Demon Insects starting to attach themselves to the vine, each building their own uniquely styled Insect Room in division, but not disturbing each other.

Inside the Mayfly Grass Spirit Seed, the transparent Insect Zhi had increased a lot in size, Lu Xuan estimated it wouldn't take too long for it to break out of the spirit energy orb and root and sprout.

The Sword Nurturing Gourd, which had been planted for quite a while now, had become vibrant after Lu Xuan fed it many second-hand Flying Swords, and had entered a fast-maturing stage.

"Junior brother Lu, are you there?"

Just as Lu Xuan was inspecting his Spirit Field, a familiar voice sounded in his ears.

"Brother Ge? I am."

Lu Xuan's eyes lit up, he immediately opened the formation. A black and white Tai Chi image appeared in front of him. It rapidly expanded and rotated and a handsome cultivator, dressed in white, stepped out of the image.

The cultivator had a head full of white hair, and his eyes, one black, the other white, were shining brightly.

It was indeed the True Disciple who was raising a pair of Yin Yang Koi Fish, Ge

"Brother Ge, your presence brings light to this humble cave of mine."

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"I was just passing by and remembered that your dwelling was nearby so I decided to visit you."

Ge Pu, guided by Lu Xuan, entered the yard.

"How have you been, Junior Brother Lu?"

As soon as Ge Pu settled down, Lu Xuan placed a fruit plate in front of him.

"Thanks for the concern, Brother Ge. Overall, things have been fine I was stationed on a bitterly cold island for three years and I just returned recently." Upon hearing this, Ge Pu nodded silently.

"The Yin Yang Koi fishes breeding issue that you helped me solve a while ago have finally bred new life. Even their rank has advanced one step, entering the five-grade."

Ge Pu's face was filled with joy as he spoke to Lu Xuan.

"Congrats, Brother Ge. With the help of those Spirit Beasts, I believe your Cultivation Level will further improve, enabling you to advance to Core Formation even sooner!"

Lu Xuan congratulated Ge Pu.

"Hahaha, thanks to your brilliant ideas, Junior Brother Lu, the breeding problem of those fishes got solved."

Ge Pu laughed heartily. The Yin Yang Koi Fish are ancient exotic beasts. Their reproduction, and promotion methods are extremely unique, requiring the conditions of Yin and Yang intersection to produce a pair of young spiritual fish, and then devour the mother's Yin and Yang Spiritual Energy almost entirely to achieve Nirvana Rebirth.

He practices the Yin Yang Dao Technique, which primarily relies on the Yin Yang Koi Fish.

After they advanced to the fifth-grade Spirit Beasts, Ge Pu's chance of reaching the Core Formation stage also increased significantly, and he has almost stepped into the realm of Core Formation.

Lu Xuan had contributed significantly to this, and hence Ge Pu felt grateful for it. That's why he gave Lu Xuan a Sword Command and even recommended him to the Core Formation Elder of the Sect when the Green Xuan Deer appeared. "Having said that, Junior Brother Lu, you do possess some skills in solving the fertility issues of Spirit Beasts."

"What do you mean, Brother?" Lu Xuan asked with a confused look.

"Previously you were recommended to a True Disciple for feeding insects. His pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects recently gave birth to three larvae."

Lu Xuan suddenly realized and the image of the taciturn True Disciple in the black Insect robe appeared in his mind.

Along with the Demon Blade Black Mantis that enjoyed slicing its live targets into pieces, the White Jade Spiders which often engaged in internal fights, the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects that hated each other, the Yin Fire Ant Group that took various forms…

"So, those Fourth-Rank Poisonous Insects managed to breed successfully." "That's right. They successfully bred three larvae. However, it seems like one of them is having some issues."

Ge Pu took a sip of the Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice."

"Junior Brother Lu, sure you have experience in raising Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects, you should know something about them."

"These poisonous insects carry various kinds of lethal poisons, and their toxicity can even kill a Foundation Establishment Mid and Late-term cultivator. They must be frequently fed various kinds of poisonous insects, poisonous fruits, and other poisonous substances."

"Among the three larvae, two have no problems, but for one of them, whenever it is fed with a poisonous substance, it reacts violently, either fainting or vomiting, or behaving crazily, almost mutating."

"Junior Brother Zhong Jing Shan tried various methods to barely sustain the larva's life but slowly got fatigued with the task and plans to dispose of it." "Is it a problem with their constitution or is the poisonous food unsuitable?" "The food for them is the same, so it should be an issue with the insect's constitution. Junior Brother Zhong judged that most probably a mutation happened during the breeding stage."

"A mutated poisonous insect…"

Lu Xuan muttered to himself.

"Are you interested, Junior Brother?"

"Truth be told, I am very interested in all kinds of Spirit Beasts and Insects."

Lu Xuan answered honestly.

"Then I will take you to have a look, who knows, maybe Junior Brother Lu and that poisonous insect are connected!"

Ge Pu's black and white eyes lightened up and within seconds, Lu Xuan found himself in a space of black and white chaos.

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Chapter 348: Chapter 346 Disaster Poison Body_l

In an instant, Lu Xuan found himself in a valley.

The sudden appearance of the two caused a tumultuous reaction in the valley. All sorts of insect beasts gave off weird cries that filled the air.

Sensing something, Lu Xuan looked up to see a black-robed monk appearing before him and Ge Pu.

The monk looked emotionless, his black robe seemingly woven from countless slender black insects. A single insect fell from the monk's sleeve, burrowed into the valley, and the incessant noise of insect chirping abruptly silenced.

Upon seeing Lu Xuan and Ge Pu, Zhong Jing Shan twitched the corner of his mouth, giving a somewhat stiff nod.

"Junior Brother Zhong, today I brought Junior Brother Lu with me to visit your Insect Valley."

"Good, feel free."

Zhong Jing Shan left behind a few words, permitting Lu Xuan to freely explore the Insect Valley.

With nostalgia filling his heart, Lu Xuan arrived at the familiar insect room he once knew well.

As he opened one of the rooms, a blade light suddenly flashed in the darkness. "How is it possible, you don't recognize me anymore?"

Lu Xuan chuckled softly, reaching out with his palm to catch the blade light and crushed it into dust.

A giant mantis over half a meter long stealthily emerged from the darkness. The mantis had a pair of scythe-like forelimbs that gave off a dim black light. The compound eyes on top of its head observed Lu Xuan. It relaxed its lifted forelimbs and retreated back into the darkness.

"This Demon Blade Black Mantis has improved greatly in its timing and accuracy of its attacks. A single strike could likely sever most third rank magic artifacts."

After expressing his amazement, Lu Xuan proceeded to the next insect room.

A second-grade Yin Fire Ant group with low spiritual intelligence didn't retain many memories of Lu Xuan, who had feed them years ago. However, it still used the transformation rules he had set for them.

Besides that, he also visited the Condensing Jade Spider, which resembled pile of white jade, and the Seven-star Liuli Bug which was still diligently excreting Liuli Sand.

In the end, Lu Xuan accompanied Zhong Jing Shan to the insect room where the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects were kept.

Inside the insect room were two large and three small poisonous insects. The two large ones stayed far away from each other, and the three small ones huddled together.

Among the three larvae, Lu Xuan immediately noticed the so-called different species of poisonous insect. Compared to its siblings, it was significantly smaller and looked listless, lacking the vitality of the other two larvae.

While Lu Xuan was observing, Zhong Jing Shan took out three ghastly-green toads from a black bag.

The toads were as big as washbasins. As soon as they appeared, they sprayed out green poison towards the three men.

Zhong Jing Shan waved his hand and the three toads landed precisely in front of the three larvae of the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects.

The larvae exuded various-sized green blisters from their bodies, and from the blisters oozed a green pus that enveloped each toad.

The toads struggled in vain beneath the pus as the discrepancy in ranks made it impossible for them to break free. Slowly, the green pus began to dissolve them.

The three larvae excitedly lunged toward the green pus, which contained the essence of the toad's poison.

They inhaled forcefully, and the green pus was instantly sucked into their bodies.

The two larvae became shrouded in a green poisonous gas after swallowing the pus. The poisonous gas thickened as they continued to metabolize the pus, making the outer surface of the larvae look bright and lustrous.

The other larvae appeared normal at first after swallowing the green pus.

But as time went on, something began to change.

Its body emitted a confused poisonous gas that dispersed in all directions. Ghastly green spots appeared on its surface and foul-smelling pus oozed out. "Again, it happens this way."

Zhong Jing Shan lightly sighed, moving this unusually reacting larva right in front of him.

He skillfully took out a white jade talisman from his storage bag.

With the surge of spiritual power, holy white light spilled from the talisman, falling on the abnormal Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larva, striving to keep it alive.

"It's this larva. Once it consumes various poisonous insects and fruits, it will have all kinds of adverse reactions, and sometimes even sit on the brink of life and death."

"As far as I know, Brother Seed has been solving the larva issue in a similar way before."

"But as you, Junior Brother Lu, can see as well, this isn't a long-term solution. It can only barely keep the larvae alive and doesn't let it grow well."

Ge Pu delicately spoke from the side.

Lu Xuan nodded in approval.

The harsh green spots on the larvae's surface gradually disappeared, but the negative impact brought by swallowing the toad persisted.

It lay still in the insect room, looking exhausted as if drained of all strength. Seeing the larva in such a state, a thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind. "The Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect is a fourth grade demon insect, and this larva is a different species of poisonous insect. If it can be raised alive, its power should not be underestimated."

"After feeding the food, I have a thorough understanding of the state of various spirit beasts. Maybe there is a better way to solve the problem of this larva." Lu Xuan thought to himself.

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed, so he asked Zhong Jing Shan who was beside him.

"Brother Seed, I'm interested in this larva and want to study the combination and refining of various toxins and conduct related experiments."

"If you are at a loss for this larva, why not give me a price and transfer it to me?"

He cautiously asked the black-robed youth.

Zhong Jing Shan closed his lips and kept silent. Just when Lu Xuan thought he would refuse, he coldly uttered three words.

"Give it to you."

This Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect was originally cultivated by Lu Xuan. Although it is a fourth grade, it cannot grow normally due to its unique physical constitution.

Keeping it in hand, it could die without warning, and so its value has greatly decreased.

Hearing Lu Xuan's inquiry, he directly provided a favor.

"Ah? Then, I have to thank Brother Seed."

Lu Xuan was quickly grateful.

He brought back the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larvae to his dwelling. After waiting for half a day, once the larvae had noticeably recovered somewhat, he took out a poison pill from his storage bag.

Previously when he had dealt with the blood-robed cultivator and the short cultivator in the secret land, his storage bag had obtained quite a few poisonous substances, which should be enough to feed this larva.

He was just trying to obtain information about the larvae and not formally feed it, so he crushed the poison pill and tried to feed it as little as possible.

Upon seeing the poison pill, the larva, despite being in poor condition, still showed its love for it, eagerly swallowing a small piece of it.

Lu Xuan concentrated his mind, and a piece of information emerged in his mind.

[Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect, fourth grade demon insect, larval stage, different species, carrying Disaster Poison Body, can absorb and digest all kinds of toxins in the world, and refine toxins for its own use.]

[Restricted by its weak flesh body and special constitution, it is very sensitive to all kinds of toxins. After ingestion, various reactions appear. The stronger the toxicity of the poison, the stronger the reaction, and even life-threatening situations may occur.]

[Let me take down this poison, even if it kills me now.]

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Chapter 349: Chapter 347= The Useless Bug Fights Back,

Have I Become a Grandpa?—1

"Disaster Poison Body…"

Lu Xuan digested the thought that had flashed through his mind, mumbling to himself.

"Originally, it is a special sensitive body that can absorb and digest all kinds of poisons and refine toxins."

"However, this kind of constitution is like a double-edged sword, where carelessness can lead to a risk of death.

He noticed that, after the larvae swallowed a small piece of the poison pill, gray-white patterns appeared on its head, exposing a faint aura of death. However, the larvae didn't care at all. Regardless of the discomfort in its body, it transferred the desire to continue to enjoy the poison pills to Lu Xuan.

The desire for poison far outweighed the fear.

Lu Xuan sighed and fed the rest of the poison pills to the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larvae.

The larvae swallowed them in one bite.

Lu Xuan, not reassured, quietly kept watch by its side.

As expected, a moment later, the gray-white patterns on the larvae's head became more and more pronounced, extending down to its tail.

Its body was trembling slightly, giving a sense of withering and death. Gradually, the gray-white patterns became denser and denser, like a graywhite flame forming on the body of the larvae.

Lu Xuan hurriedly checked the current state of the larvae.

"Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect, Fourth Grade Demon Insect…" "After swallowing the Second-Rank Corpse Flame Pill, a large amount of corpse poison gathered and spread throughout the body."

"Corpse Flame Pill, a poison pill refined mainly from the body oil of deceased cultivators, contains a severe amount of corpse poison."

"It can be controlled with ice-series treasures to stop the spread of corpse poison, and then the corpse poison is dispelled with vibrant treasures." "Fortunately, the detailed status showed the origin of that poison pill and provided a solution."

With a thought in mind, Lu Xuan took out a fist-sized ice crystal from his storage bag. It is the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit from the Ice Luo fruit light cluster.

The Hundred-Year Ice Spirit closely adhered to the larvae. Under the influence of its extremely cold and pure aura, a thin layer of frost rapidly spread over the larvae's body, and the trembling body slowly calmed down.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan split a strand of Qingmu Origin Energy from the Dantian and infiltrated the larvae's body.

The Qingmu Origin Energy was the essence of life condensed from the Fifth Rank Qing Xuan Deer, containing a very strong vitality. Wherever it went, the gray-white patterns melted quickly like snow exposed under the scorching sun. After a few dozens of breaths, all abnormalities on the larvae's body disappeared, and even the aftermath of swallowing the poison had improved a lot.

The little Heart-Eating Worm stuporously stood in place, seemingly not reacting.

In its memory, it had never experienced such a comfortable feeling before.

Usually living on poison, due to its special constitution, it had an unparalleled desire for various poisons. But every time it swallowed a bit of poison, it would endure all kinds of torments.

Even in the larval stage, it had more than once had experiences of walking the line between life and death.

Fortunately, Zhong Jing Shan, with his adept control over insects, was a true disciple of the Sky Sword Sect, and only then was he able to pull it back from the line of death.

Despite the major injuries caused by the poison time and time again, the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect larvae still relished in the poison, remaining unchanged in its initial heart.

The larvae, which had already gotten used to the previous experiences, felt an unprecedented ease after ingesting the poison.

The detoxification methods of Zhong Jing Shan and Lu Xuan were clearly different.

After the larvae swallowed the poison, Zhong Jing Shan could only forcibly resolve it based on the rough nature of the swallowed poison, using his cultivation level and resources.

As for Lu Xuan, although his cultivation level and resources were far inferior to Zhong Jing Shan's, he possessed an uniquely substantial talent in insect cultivation.

By simply feeding a small amount of poison to the larvae, he could understand their physical condition and prescribe the correct antidotes, which enabled the larvae to recover in the fastest and most effective way possible.

The larva excitedly sprayed poisonous smoke at Lu Xuan, gave a little jump, and rushed towards him.

"I cannot handle this, I cannot handle this."

Lu Xuan knew that the larva was trying to express its gratitude towards him, but he still found it uncomfortable to see such a ferocious, toxic insect beast rushing at him, so he quickly caught it with his hand.

"From now on, I want you to follow me closely. I assure you, you will not undergo those torturous experiences like before."

He said to the larva held in his palm.

After establishing a pact, the larva and Lu Xuan formed an intimate connection.

Hearing Lu Xuan's words, the quirky insect slightly nodded its head in confirmation.

"Wait and feed on some more poison, I promise you will grow faster than your siblings. When you return to the Insect Room, you can show off your achievements."

Lu Xuan joked.

"This seems to be a familiar scenario."

"Parents of unique species (fourth grade demon insect), powerful background (a true disciple of the Sky Sword Sect). Growing up in a small clan, he faced jealousy from others (Insect Room), and siblings are talented.

"Although he possesses special innate talents (Disaster Poison Body), he is seen as useless and far less skilled than his siblings. He suffers ridicule in his everyday life and is even abandoned like a discarded piece."

"Until he meets a mysterious person who guides him on his cultivation path and helps solve various problems. He quickly becomes powerful.

"When he returns to the Insect Room, his parents and the forces behind them will be stunned. Giving them a good slap on their faces.

"There's a saying, 'A counter can shuffle in thirty years'. Don't bully the weak insect!"

"Quite a come-back journey for a waste!"

Lu Xuan became more excited with each passing thought.

"It seems that I am becoming the legendary, omnipotent old man?

"Hmm…planting spiritual medicine for a living, that is, 'Medicine Elder it is then…"

Lu Xuan put away these boring thoughts in his mind, settled the larva, walked around the Spirit Field, and applied different basic methods to cultivate several Spirit Plants.

The rock-shell turtles in the small lake swam lively to and fro. The Fire Separation Flood Dragon would occasionally glance at this newly emerged little brother. The Green Horned Dragon Carp stayed in the corner, trying to lower its presence as much as possible.

At the bottom of the lake, a thin blade-like shadow stealthily erupted from the ancient Flood Dragon fossil, which were the Dragon Bone Herb seedlings that had just broken through the stone.

The Purple Jade Coral quietly occupied a corner at the bottom of the lake and stealthily grew taller.

The Wind Falcon lay by the lakeside, belly up, basking in the sun. The Cloud Leopard moved through the dense woods, and the two-headed Juvenile would occasionally pop out from its cave, holding a small piece of Wu Spirit Soil, and bring it to its cave.

In a secluded corner of the mountain peak, pink miasma spread under the Enchanted Immortal Peach, expressing its unique charm.

The gray vines of the Demonic Vine spread out luxuriantly, forming a vine forest, surrounding all the Enchanted Immortal Peach trees and enjoying the aphrodisiac effect of the pink miasma.

After a while, the Demonic Vine retracted its vines and took on a normal form, looking like a gray poisonous snake, crawling quickly on the Spirit Field. Whenever it found a plant it like, it would stop, leaving a sticky mark on it to claim it as 'its'.

Coming back from the Void Nether Island, the Demonic Vine found many high – grade new spirit plants in this absolutely good land, which made it feel extremely happy. It would check the plants it marked at the exact time every day, even more punctual than the Grass Puppet.

Everything seemed peaceful and leisurely.

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Chapter 350: Chapter 348 Difficulty of Elixir Recipe_i

In the Spirit Field,

The last four Primordial Essence Herb have fully matured, and Lu Xuan has gathered them one by one.

[Harvest a Grade Three Primordial Essence Herb, receive a Grade Three Foundation Establishment Pill.] *2

[Harvest a Grade Three Primordial Essence Herb, receive a Formula for a Grade Three Foundation Establishment Pill]

[Harvest a Grade Three Primordial Essence Herb, receive a Grade Three Magic Item: Spirit Absorbing Grass Bead.]

The rewards from the four light clusters appeared one after another in Lu Xuan's hands or in his mind.

At this point, all the Primordial Essence Herb that he had been asked to plant by the Pill Palace had matured completely.

There was not a single loss among the twenty Primordial Essence Herbs, with a survival rate of one hundred percent. Among them, thirteen were of ordinary quality, six were of good quality, and surprisingly, he also harvested one superior quality Primordial Essence Herb.

Lu Xuan speculated that this might be a result of the careful nurturing before and after the growth of the Spirit Plant.

In the twenty white light clusters, there were twelve Grade Three Foundation Building Pills, five Foundation Building Pill Formula Experience Packs, and three Grade Three Spirit Absorbing Grass Beads.

The Five Foundation Building Pill Formula Experience Packages raised his skill level in refining foundation building pills to proficiency level, equating to the experience of an ordinary alchemist immersed in the practice for decades.

Three Spirit Absorbing Grass Beads, one was fed to the Grass Puppet, and the other two were kept for future use. Once the Qingmu Origin Energy in his Dantian was depleted, the beads would be used to replenish the grass and wood spiritual energy.

"The Five-Element Fruit needs a considerable amount of time to mature. Until then, these twenty Primordial Essence Herbs can be handed over to the Pill Palace."

When he was teaching the Outer Sect Disciples about cultivating Spirit Plants experience, an alchemist who was teaching at the same time took interest in his Spirit Plant cultivation skills, and commissioned him to cultivate Primordial Essence Herb and the Five-Element Fruit for the Pill Palace. The Spirit Seeds were provided by the Pill Palace.

Lu Xuan gladly accepted the free Spirit Seeds which came with the chance to reap the Light Cluster rewards.

He took out a communication talisman to contact Alchemist Guan Wan from the Pill Palace and they quickly arranged the time and place for the meeting. After confirming, Lu Xuan, riding his Wind Falcon, made his way to the Pill Palace.

"Junior Brother Lu, you're here."

A female cultivator with a middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation base dressed in yellow robes was quietly waiting at the gate. The moment she saw Lu Xuan, she drifted over to him with a soft tone.

"It's been a while, Sister Guan looks as radiant as ever."

Lu Xuan laughed and bowed in return.

The two entered the Pill Palace.

Guided by Guan Wan, Lu Xuan entered a simple, yet elegant room.

In the room, an unknown incense was burnished, the aroma was rich, and in the center stood a giant, peculiar Pill Furnace.

"Sister Guan, these are the twenty Primordial Essence Herbs you commissioned me to cultivate, please have a look."

After a brief conversation, Lu Xuan took out all the Primordial Essence Herbs from his storage bag and floated them in front of Guan Wan.

With a simple sweep of her spiritual sense, she immediately understood.

"All twenty Primordial Essence Herbs are matured, and they all seem to have a decent quality. You have worked hard during this period, Junior Brother Lu." She spoke softly while picking up a herb for a closer examination.

"A good quality Primordial Essence Herb, as expected from Junior Brother Lu, one of the top Spirit Plant Masters in the sect."

Guan Wan exclaimed with admiration.

"Eh? There's even a superior quality one!"

She opened her mouth in surprise, exclaiming aloud.

Having the position to teach Outer Sect Disciples about Alchemy, she naturally holds a high status in the field of Alchemy and realizes the difficulty in obtaining a superior-quality Grade Three Spiritual Plant.

Most alchemists within the Pill Palace tended to grow their own spiritual materials for making Foundation Establishment pills. Due to their focus on cultivation and Alchemy, they rarely spend considerable effort on nurturing spiritual plants.

When it was time to harvest, often low-quality spiritual plants were produced.

Even minor accidents would lead the plants to wither and die.

It was hard to improve the survival, and the low-quality plants often reduced the success rates in alchemy.

If the spiritual plants were entrusted to the sect for cultivation, the survival rate was greatly improved. However, since they are third-grade spiritual plants, they were difficult to nourish and once matured, the quality was mostly average, occasionally good or poor quality.

High-quality ones were something Guan Wan hadn't witnessed before.

The higher the quality of the Spiritual Plant, the higher the success rate in pill refinement, and the better the quality of the pill.

Lu Xuan's twenty Primordial Essence Herbs were not only fully mature, but none fell behind in quality and were even enveloped in notable excellence.

How could Guan Wan not be satisfied!

Her smile spread wider on her face, and her gaze towards Lu Xuan softened.

"According to our agreement, successfully cultivating a Primordial Essence Herb, Junior Brother Lu was granted ten sword marks.

"High-quality ones have additional rewards, good-quality ones yield twenty sword marks each, and superior-quality ones another ten sword marks."

"Twenty Primordial Essence Herbs amount to a total of two hundred and eighty sword marks. Junior Brother Lu, please verify the number."

As Guan Wan spoke, a small pile of sword marks drifted towards Lu Xuan.

"The count is correct."

Lu Xuan scanned with his spiritual sense and confirmed.

Guan Wan watched Lu Xuan collecting the sword marks with a smirk on her face.

Even though the rewards for the twenty Primordial Essence Herbs were more than before, she longed for it.

After all, more sword marks meant higher quality Primordial Essence Herbs, a precious commodity for any alchemist.

Lu Xuan gladly accepted the sword marks.

Two hundred and eighty sword marks were worth almost one fourth-grade spirit seed, which made his painstaking cultivation worthwhile.

Not to mention the plentiful Foundation Establishment Pills, Pill Formula Experience Packages, and Nascent Soul Grass Orbs that had emerged from the light cluster.

Both the Pill Palace and Lu Xuan won big this time.

May I ask, Junior Brother Lu, are you willing to continue this type of cooperation with the Pill Palace?"

Guan Wan carefully broached the subject after storing the Primordial Essence Herbs.

"Of course!"

Lu Xuan answered without any hesitation.

"I, for one, relish dealing with plants, animals, birds, insects, and fish."

"I might struggle if Sister Guan were to ask me to explore a secret land or hunt some demon beast, but as for cultivating spiritual plants, it's effortless."

Lu Xuan continued to fortify his plain and simple Spirit Plant Master persona.

"Very well, considering your excellent cultivation results this time, I will apply to the elders of the Pill Palace for more varieties of spiritual plants for you." However, the Spirit Plant Master needs to prepare and coordinate the spirit seeds, and they will be delivered to your residence shortly."

"Many thanks, Sister Guan."

Lu Xuan expressed his sincere gratitude.

"By the way, Sister Guan, are the new spirit seeds also for refining Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"Correct, Foundation Establishment Pills are in high demand and are hard to refine, thus resulting in an increased need for high-grade spiritual plants." "Won't revealing the associated spiritual medicines lead to other cultivators figuring out the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"It's not that simple."

There was a hint of pride on Guan Wan's face.

"Many cultivators, families, and small sects, all know the ingredients required to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, but they have not been able to do so."

The first hurdle is the inability to grow the necessary spiritual medicine in specific quantities. After all, the cultivation process calls for numerous third- grade spiritual plants, which are not easy to acquire."

"Afterwards, there are more challenges to overcome, with the most crucial one being the unknown specifics of the pill formula."

"As in, they are clueless about how to process the spiritual medicines, the quantity to pour in, what counts as main and auxiliary ingredients, how to control the pill fire, when to extract the pills, etc."

"The pill formula stands as the most significant obstacle for other cultivators striving to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill."

Guan Wan explained gravely.

Lu Xuan merely nodded, sneering inwardly.

"Is the pill formula that difficult? Isn't it just about cultivating various spiritual plants and then releasing the light clusters?"

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Chapter 351: Chapter 349 Scold the Yin Beast l

Despite his internal disagreement, Lu Xuan maintained an impassive facade.

"Sister Guan is skilled in alchemy, and if given the opportunity, I would surely ask for her guidance."

He said modestly.

"You're too kind, Junior Brother Lu. You are adept at cultivating Spiritual Plants; you can select the type of Spirit Plant according to the requirements, which is indeed suitable for alchemy."

"That maybe true, but it's a pity that my aptitude in alchemy is mediocre, and I only know how to refine two low- rank elixirs."

Lu Xuan looked dispirited.

"Alchemy experience all depends on the Elixir Recipe Experience Package in the light cluster."

He silently added that in his mind.

"It's up to the individual. I believe Junior Brother Lu will definitely achieve great success in Alchemy."

Guan Wan encouraged him with a smile.

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly: what a perceptive person…

After chatting for a little while, Lu Xuan bid farewell to the woman in the yellow robe, and returned to his cave dwelling, only to find an unexpected guest.

"Nephew Huang, why didn't you inform me of your visit? Hurry and sit down."

The visitor was Huang Yuan, who managed the Jiaolong Python at the Thousand Dragon Lake many years ago.

"Uncle Lu."

Huang Yuan greeted with respect.

"I had some business in the Inner Sect and went to find Uncle Yang Qing Feng. He told me that you had returned from outside, so I purposely came to visit." "Very considerate."

Lu Xuan nodded slightly, inviting Huang Yuan into the cave dwelling.

"Looking at your cultivation level, I suppose you are not far from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm."

He served some Spirit Fruit, brewed a pot of Spiritual Tea, and smiled subtly.

"I have been at the Qi Cultivation Perfection Stage for quite some time, and recently I have been honing my Spiritual Power, flesh body, and divine soul to prepare for the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment."

Huang Yuan answered honestly.

"Right, you will accomplish it all at once."

Lu Xuan encouraged him, sharing his own experiences and feelings when he broke through.

"Uncle Lu, it's been a long time since you visited the Thousand Dragon Lake. Everyone there misses you."

After chatting leisurely with Lu Xuan for a while, Huang Yuan suddenly mentioned.

For the past three years during Lu Xuan's absence, the hundreds to thousands of Flood Dragons in the Thousand Dragon Lake have not had their blood tested, which made him and other members worry about their health issues.

After learning that Lu Xuan had returned to the sect, they sent Huang Yuan, who had a rapport with Lu Xuan, to invite him to conduct a physical examination for the Flood Dragons.

"Well, why wait for a good day when we can bump into one? I will accompany you to the Thousand Dragon Lake and check on those young dragons, and possibly do a blood test for them."

Lu Xuan caught Huang Yuan's almost direct hint, and readily agreed.

He had not yet finished the supply of dragon essence blood from the last, or even the last, extraction. Lu Xuan decided to plan ahead and take this opportunity to collect some more from the dragons.

Currently, his practice of "Transforming Dragon in the Void" required him to bathe in Water Dragon Essence Blood. The Fifth Grade Blood Scourge Flower had a vast demand, and he recently got one more four-rank Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng. It was better to store more as a precaution.

"Thankyou, Uncle Lu. I will inform them to get ready!"

Huang Yuan said joyfully.

On the third day, Lu Xuan returned to his cave dwelling with thousands of bottles of warm dragon essence blood.

"It's a good thing we have enough bottles, or else we wouldn't have anywhere to put the dragon blood."

With a sigh, he entered the Spirit Field to examine the growth conditions of the numerous spirit plants in it.

A few days later, Lu Xuan stood within the Spirit Field. Spiritual power surged, and threads of Spirit Rain fell softly, nourishing the spirit plants in the Spirit Soil.

The entire peak seemed engulfed in a thin mist, making it look hazy and illusory.

"Junior Brother Lu, are you there? A Foundation Establishment Late-term senior brother is looking for you; I brought him over to see you."

At the foot of the mountain, a soft female voice called from outside the Flowing Light Formation.

"I'm here, Sister Liu."

Lu Xuan remembered a serene and pure face appearing in his mind. This person was Liu Su, who also excelled in cultivating spiritual plants, and they had once entered the Langyue Blessed Land together.

He quickly went out to greet them. Besides Liu Su, there was also a burly young cultivator.

The cultivator was bare-chested, with a beast's skin made into a short skirt around his lower half. His muscles were well defined, and there were many strange patterns on his chest and back. As he breathed, the patterns subtly changed, as if they were demon beasts lurking within the cultivator's body.

"Brother Zhong, this is Junior Brother Lu, Lu Xuan."

"Junior Brother Lu, this is Senior Brother Zhong Hao. He keeps a low profile and is not well-known, but he has a Foundation Establishment Late-term level of cultivation."

Liu Su introduced them to each other.

"So, it's Brother Zhong. We met once in the Secret Land where the Qing Xuan Deer was. Does Brother remember?"

Lu Xuan said with a smile. He had some impression of this burly cultivator. Back then, when he was invited to solve the Last Wish of the Qing Xuan Deer, this man's cultivation level was the highest among the few Foundation Establishment Cultivators present.

"Junior Brother Lu handled the Last Wish of the Qing Xuan Deer with ease, which left a deep impression."

The burly cultivator said in a deep voice.

At that time, he originally thought that he had the greatest chance of solving the mutation risk of the Qing Xuan Deer among all the people present, but Lu Xuan, who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm at that time, was far ahead of others, solving the Last Wish of the Fifth Grade Qing Xuan Deer all by himself.

"Brother Zhong flatters me too much, I was just a bit lucky."

Lu Xuan humbly replied and invited the two into the yard.

" I wonder what task brought Brother Zhong here?"

"It is embarrassing to say that within the sect, I have a small reputation in Beast Mastery Skill and have raised quite a few high-grade rare spirit beasts."

"However, recently, a pair of spirit beasts has encountered some problems. I have tried many methods, but none have been successful."

"Ilearned from other fellow disciples that Junior Brother Lu has helped many fellow disciples solve problems with their spirit beasts, so I specially asked Sister Liu to introduce me."

The burly cultivator paused and slowly continued.

"Oh? What specific problem do you have? If I can help, I will certainly do my best to assist Brother."

Lu Xuan promised.

"The situation is like this."

"I have raised a pair of Scold the Yin Beasts, one male and one female. These are rare fourth-grade spirit beasts with extremely strong talents in Water and Thunder Methods."

"Recently, the female beast has entered her mating period and has been actively seeking the male. Under normal circumstances, the two beasts should mate and reproduce. However, during the process of mating, the male beast has started behaving very unusually."

"As the two beasts progress to deeper levels, the male beast gradually loses its senses, as if it's lost in endless lust."

"What's more frightening is that it has an extraordinary desire for its mating partner."

"It's as if it wants to eat the female beast."

"Eat the female beast?" Lu Xuan asked in confusion.

"Yes, it is indeed showing signs of biting and swallowing the flesh and blood of the female beast. It has happened three times continuously and even swallowed it."

"I had to intervene and separate the two beasts, waiting for the lust to fade before the male beast regained some senses."

The burly cultivator explained in detail.

"Seeing is believing, please take me to your cave residence to see this Scold the Yin Beast."

Lu Xuan confidently stated.

Chapter 352: Chapter 350: Gluttonous Color Insect_l

A moment later, the three of them arrived at a massive mountain range.

The mountain range extends and undulates, with peaks overlapping one another.

"Brother Zhong's mansion is so big!"

Lu Xuan looked around, exclaiming in marvel.

"Spirit Beasts do not compare to Spirit Plants, they have a greater range of activity. Moreover, I am nurturing some special Spirit Beasts given to me by the sect within, thus the need to occupy this mountain range alone.

The burly cultivator opened the formation while explaining to Lu Xuan and Liu

Su.

The three of them raced through the mountains of Spirit Wood and quickly arrived at a narrow mountain valley.

There is a deep, bottomless ravine in the valley, from which bursts of thunder occasionally echo.

"We've arrived, Junior Brother Lu wait a moment, I'll call out the Yin Beasts. The burly cultivator turned and uttered a strange low growl towards the ravine. Very soon, two Spirit Beasts broke out from the water and landed in front of the three people.

"This is the pair of fourth-grade Chiyin Beasts. They weren't easy to come by,

so I am extremely keen to restore them to normal."

"Junior Brother Lu, please assist us."

"Lu Someone will do his best to help Brother Xiao solve the problem."

Lu Xuan said this as he set his sights on the two Chiyin beasts.

The Chiyin beasts resembled tigers and leopards, with black bodies and dense black mysterious water surrounding them. They had a white horn on their heads, and thunderous sounds could occasionally be heard from within, making them look very mystical.

"Truly worthy of a fourth grade Spirit Beast."

Lu Xuan commented casually, pointing to the one closest to him.

"This Chiyin Beast is the female one, right?"

The pointed Chiyin Beast appeared battered, with ragged fur and numerous scars of all sizes. Part of its forelimb was even missing.

Although it seemed to be in a precarious condition, it was extremely intimate with the male beast, issuing a lingering roar and always wanting to get closer to the male beast.

"Even in such condition, it still licks?

Lu Xuan was surprised by the female beast's attitude towards the male beast.

"If it continues like this, it will eventually be devoured by the male beast, leaving itself with absolutely nothing."

"Brother Zhong, have you taken these two Chiyin Beasts to any Secret Lands or ruins recently?"

He asked curiously.

"About half a year ago, I brought them into a ruin. That ruin seems to have an unusual connection with the Secret School.

Zhong Hao recalled and replied.

"Perhaps it has something to do with that. But this is just my speculation. Brother, please allow the two Chiyin Beasts to display their abnormal behavior in front of me, so that I can observe."

Lu Xuan said seriously.

The burly cultivator did not doubt him and controlled the two Chiyin Beasts to approach each other.

The female Beast's sound became more and more entangled and melodious. It clung tightly to the other male Beast, extending its tender tongue, and gently licked every part of the male Beast's body.

The male beast presumably understood that it might cause significant harm to the female beast, rejecting the female beast's advances and trying to keep its distance. However, under Zhong Hao's control, it had no choice but to stay put and let the female beast do as she pleased.

Slowly, under the continuous provocation of the female Beast, the male Beast responded, starting to mimic the female Beast's actions.

Lu Xuan keenly observed that as the male Beast's passions rose, its pair of eyes gradually turned pink, and its gaze became unfocused.

The two beasts became more and more intense.

Lu Xuan, holding an extremely objective mindset, watched the scene of this fierce battle expressionlessly.

Suddenly, the male beast, unable to control his desires, bit heavily onto the body of the female Beast.

The biting became more violent and suddenly, a large chunk of fur was bitten off the female Beast, leaving a bloody wound.

"That will do."

Lu Xuan nodded at the burly cultivator, who promptly separated the intertwined beasts at the sight.

The male beast seemed to have completely lost its sanity and tried its best to get back to the female during the separation process.

Despite being injured by the male beast, the female beast didn't seem to care much, gazing resentfully at the male beast moving further and further away from her.

"Does Junior Brother Lu have any findings?

After stopping the two beasts from continuing their mating, the burly monk came to Lu Xuan and asked with a worried tone.

"The male beast must have been invaded by some entity. However, since it wasn't detected by the Guardian Beast when it entered the Sect, it's likely not anything particularly evil."

Lu Xuan had read quite a few books on nurturing spirit beasts in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion and hypothesized based on those records.

"That's what I thought too, but our biggest problem right now is that we have no leads concerning the entity inside the male beast, and hence no way to begin solving this."

The burly cultivator nodded in agreement.

"I need Brother Zhong to give me some of the usual food for nurturing the Chiyin Beast. I want to see if I can find anything from the male beast's eating habits."

Lu Xuan said to the burly monk. Since he couldn't solve this problem through personal experience, he would have to resort to additional aids.

Zhong Hao took out a black elixir pill and handed it to Lu Xuan.

"This pill is filled with a slight water and thunder spiritual power. It's usually used to nurture the Chiyin Beast."

Lu Xuan tookthe black pill, and after the male beast gradually calmed down, he stuffed the pill into its mouth.

His mind focused on the Chiyin Beast, a piece of information flashed through

his mind.

[Chiyin Beast, fourth-grade spirit beast, innately proficient in water and thunder formula methods.]

[Invaded by the Gluttonous Color Insect, it harbors the desire to swallow its mate during copulation.]

Maybe it was due to the Gluttonous Color Insect inside the Chiyin Beast getting some nourishment from the pill, Lu Xuan was able to detect detailed information about the so-called Gluttonous Color Insect as well.

[Gluttonous Color Insect, strange worm, spawned and separated by powerful cultivators of the Secret School who cultivate the Joyful Zen. After entering the bodies of cultivators or demon beasts, their form gradually fades, turning into an existence like desire. When the target experiences lust, it slowly manipulates the target, making them lose control and consume the flesh of their mating partner to strengthen the Gluttonous Color Insect itself.] [Can use treasures that produce intense lust to solidify the Gluttonous Color Insect and lure it out.]

"So it was this thing causing trouble…"

Lu Xuan digested the information appearing in his mind, lamenting.

"Knowing this, it's actually easy to lure it out. I do have a few things that can produce strong lust."

He pondered for a moment before speaking to the burly cultivator.

"Brother Zhong, I think I have a little clue. I seem to have read about a similar situation in a certain scripture."

"This male Chiyin Beast appears to have been invaded by a Gluttonous Color Insect, which is why it reacted abnormally when mating with the female beast." "Gluttonous Color Insect?"

Zhong Hao and Liu Su both showed looks of confusion, completely unaware of the Gluttonous Color Insect.

"It's an extremely rare insect beast. It has no real offensive power and comes from…"

Lu Xuan began to explain the origins of the Gluttonous Color Insect to them in detail.

"So that's how it is. Does Junior Brother Lu have a way to solve this?

Lu Xuan muttered in his mind:

"There are ways, but either the Desire-Bewitching Pill or the Bliss Sutra, how can I show my face to my peers after taking them out?'

He felt somewhat hesitant.

"If Junior Brother can help me solve this Chiyin Beast problem, this fourthgrade Thunderstone containing a large amount of the power of thunder and lightning will be yours."

The burly cultivator pulled out a thundering spirit ore and said.

"Brother, I have a plan that we could try."

Lu Xuan, without revealing anything, glanced at the spirit ore and said.

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Chapter 353: Chapter 351: Administering Medicine _1

In front of the fourth grade Thunderstone containing a massive amount of Thunder and Lightning Power, the slight embarrassment within Lu Xuan's heart instantly dissipated.

Nothing else, it was simply too generous.

Moreover, the Thunderstone is of great use to him at present.

Previously, he was rewarded with a piece of fourth-grade Fallen Thunder Wood for helping the True Disciple, Zhong Jing Shan, breed spirit bugs for a while. Regrettably, the cultivation requirements were complicated and he had barely managed to keep it alive by planting it in the Spirit Field and maintaining it with the Thundering Sword Qi of his Purple Lightning Sword.

Fallen Thunder Wood needs the nourishment and stimulation of natural Thunder and Lightning Power. Thunderstone, a condensed form of countless Thunder and Lightning Power, is simply the perfect item for this purpose. He paused for a while and then said,

The Gluttonous Color Insect could be considered a combination of various desires, and corresponding treasures have a profound attraction for them." When I was stationed at Void Nether Island, I encountered mischiefs of Evil Cultivator. After resolving it, I obtained a love confusing artifact, which might lure the Gluttonous Color Insect out of the male beast's body." Lu Xuan made up an excuse on the spot and pulled out a Pale Yellow Jade Quilt from his storage bag.

When your eyes fall on this artifact, your mind will be influenced by its illusion technique based on lust. Hence, the two of you need to pay close attention to avoid accidentally falling into the spell,"

He opened the Pale Yellow Jade Quilt, showing it to the Scold the Yin Beast, and gave them a reminder.

The two nodded their heads in response.

On the jade quilt, what had originally been static started moving at different rhythms, displaying a sense of indecency from the images.

A moment later, the male beast's body trembled slightly and a faint pink aura seeped from its nostrils.

At first, it was almost invisible, but it gradually condensed into a pink gas ball, its shape constantly changing, and finally it turned into a pink Gluttonous Color Insect.

Having seen the "Bliss Sutra", the pink Gluttonous Color Insect writhed in the air and flew towards the Pale Yellow Jade Quilt like it was riding on the clouds. Lu Xuan's spiritual power surged, setting up a simple prohibition, trapping the pink Gluttonous Color Insect within it.

"This is the Gluttonous Color Insect. Other than possessing some impressive illusion techniques, it does not pose much of a threat."

Since you, Brother Zhong, have discovered it breeding within the Scold Yin Beast, you are to get rid of it."

Lu Xuan said in a soft voice.

This Gluttonous Color Insect belonged to an unorthodox path and it was already mature. Keeping it would not have much value, so Lu Xuan didn't argue over it.

The burly cultivator nodded, and the tattoos on his body quietly changed. The instant Lu Xuan released the prohibition, a black lightning hit the pink Gluttonous Color Insect, reducing it to dust.

"Thank you Junior Brother Lu for your assistance in removing that strange bug from the body of the Spirit Beast."

Zhong Hao cupped his hands together, his face showing gratitude.

"Brother Zhong, you are too polite. The Gluttonous Color Insect has been removed, why not try again to see whether the Scold the Yin Beast can reproduce successfully?"

Lu Xuan suggested.

The burly cultivator let out a strange roar, controlling the two beasts to come together.

As the pitch of its roar changed, the female beast took the initiative to approach the male beast. Seeing the female beast covered in scars, the male beast showed obvious signs of deep regret in its eyes. The conscious beast seemed to have realised the severe damage it had inflicted on its partner.

The female beast clung tightly to the male beast, as if it wanted to melt into the body of the male beast.

"Huh? It seems the male beast can't perform."

The trio waited for a while, but there was no substantial development between the two beasts, especially the male beast, which seemed to be willing but unable.

After the Gluttonous Color Insect was expelled from its body, although the male beast no longer wanted to eat the female beast, it seemed to have an effect of correcting the error.

Even the most basic instinctive impulse was gone.

Despite the female beast's continuous wailing, the male beast showed no response, as if it had lost its worldly desire.

"Junior Brother Lu, why is this so?"

Zhong Hao subconsciously asked Lu Xuan.

"Perhaps the male beast realized that during the reproduction process, it inflicted significant harm on its partner, hence it developed a strong psychological shadow regarding intercourse."

"And previously, because it was harboring the Gluttonous Color Insect, its desire was manipulated by the parasite, which resulted in cannibalistic behavior during intercourse."

So, we must think of a way to soothe its inner pressure and restore its normal desire."

Lu Xuan speculated based on the previous behavior of the male beast.

To fully recover, it will need to be comforted for a remarkably long time.

However, if the female beast's estrus period is missed, such an opportunity will

be challenging to come by."

Zhong Hao understood the physiological characteristics of Spirit Beasts very well; the higher the rank of a Spirit Beast, the lower the possibility of producing offspring. If this opportunity was missed, there would be no other chance.

"Brother Zhong, I also have a Love-Confusing Pill that I obtained from the Evil Cultivator's hand. This pill can stimulate the deepest desire within cultivators or Demon Beasts, enhancing the pleasure of intercourse. Together with just now's love confusing artifact, it might have some influence on the male beast." Having decided to help resolving the problem of these two Scold Yin Beasts, Lu Xuan added.

"Then, I'll trouble Junior Brother Lu again."

Lu Xuan stepped forward and took a Pink Pill out from the storage bag. There were light red spiritual lines on the pill formed into appealing curves, unconsciously stimulating people's desirous instincts.

"This pill…"

Zhong Hao, who was controlling the Scold Yin Beast, uttered softly. The Pink Pill in front of him was extraordinary at first sight and was certainly valuable.

Lu Xuan placed the Desire-Bewitching Pill into the mouth of the male beast, and the two Scold Yin Beasts quickly began to form intimate bonds.

"Let's play a video for you to spice things up!"

Lu Xuan waved his hands, opened the Pale Yellow Jade Quilt, and placed it directly in front of the two Scold Yin Beasts.

In their view, on the jade quilt, numerous same species were shown indulging in sheer bliss. Some of the displayed positions even made the two beasts blush.

"Roar!"

Under the combined influence of the Desire-Bewitching Pill and "Bliss Sutra", coupled with the assistance from its mate, the male beast eventually returned to normal.

"Oops! It seems feelings have arisen from their rough play."

Looking at the female beast, who seemed to stimulate some unique attributes, Lu Xuan commented secretly.

A deep black water curtain gradually formed around the two beasts, shutting off all sides. Occasionally, one could feel the rumbling thunder from within, setting off continuous waves.

It was evidence of the intense circumstances.

"Good, they have successfully entered the breeding phase. All we need to do now is to wait patiently, and soon a new Scold the Yin Beast Cub will be conceived."

The burly cultivator relaxed when he saw this and looked at Lu Xuan.

"We owe this time's success to you, Junior Brother Lu. You were able to discover this Gluttonous Color Insect that was hiding so deep and had such a mysterious origin."

"I have raised many Spirit Beasts for many years, but I am not comparable to you."

Lu Xuan waved his hand.

"You are flattering me, Brother Zhong. Your ability to raise so many high- ranked magical beasts for the Sect is a testament to your Beast Mastery Skill. I was just fortunate enough to have seen the records related to the Gluttonous Color Insect."

"Hahaha! Junior Brother Lu, there's no need to be modest."

"Just now, my brother used a left-path pill that was not low in rank. Let me compensate you with a Thunderstone."

Feeling cheerful, Zhong Hao laughed loudly, took out two Thunder Glittering Wonder Stones from his storage bag.

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Chapter 354: Chapter 352: Drawing Lightning, Starlight Sword Grass Matures_l

(Last Chapter: Extracted a Gluttonous Color Insect, used a viewing method with feeding medicine to solve the problem of a Male Beast's impotence, obtained two Thunderstones.)

The burly cultivator holds two Thunderstones in his hand, each the size of a baby's head, silvery-white in color. The white inside, seemingly filled with infinite thunder power.

With a single Fourth Grade Desire-Bewitching Pill, he managed to exchange it for a Thunderstone of such a substantial size, Lu Xuan was overjoyed.

Objects containing the power of thunder and lightning are quite rare in the cultivation world. He had been looking for a long time, but had not found something similar. As a result, that Fourth Grade Thunderwood had not been carefully cultivated but had been incubated in the spirit soil, and occasionally nourished and stimulated with the Purple Lightning Sword to maintain its vitality.

A Fourth Grade Thunderstone, even if only one of them is used, it's more than enough to cultivate the Thunderwood. Furthermore, it can be used later for refining magic artifacts or exchanging valuables with other cultivators.

"Thankyou, Brother Zhong."

Lu Xuan expresses his gratitude.

"This is what you deserve, Junior Brother Lu."

In Zhong Hao's eyes, the value of the Yin Beast far surpassed a fourth grade spirit mine. Lu Xuan helped him find the Gluttonous Color Insect from inside the Male Beast body and found a way to make them reproduce normally. Even using his rare elixirs in the process, he believed that two Thunderstones as compensation were more than deserved.

Having solved the problem of the Yin Beast eating its same kind, the three of them came to an ancient and open stone house. All around them, various strange beasts were roaring as they discussed their experiences in the Beast Mastery Skill.

The burly cultivator has been immersed in this for hundreds of years, and his rich experience and broad knowledge of various species of strange beasts are at his fingertips.

Although Lu Xuan does not have much experience in raising spirit beasts, his understanding of each spirit beast that he has raised has reached the theoretical limit. Furthermore, he has studied many related books in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion, storing a vast amount of theoretical knowledge. Occasionally, his remarks made Zhong Hao see the light and he applauded in amazement.

One has diversity, the other has depth; both learned quite a lot from the exchange.

After discussing for nearly four hours, Lu Xuan bid farewell to Zhong Hao and Liu Su and returned to his cave residence.

He took out the Thunderstone from his storage bag and came to the area where he placed the Thunderwood.

A piece of unnoticeable dried wood stuck in the spirit soil, most of it exposed, revealing burnt traces everywhere, strung together, like a pattern of thunder.

The spiritual power in Lu Xuan surged, and the Thunderstone flew above the dried Thunderwood.

He casually sentenced a tiny ban to keep the Thunderstone floating in low altitude without moving.

The Thunderwood below seemed to be attracted by the thunder power inside the spirit mine. The burnt part made a crackling sound, and the special vitality inside it exploded.

Under the traction of an unknown aura, the Thunderstone flashed with thunderbolts, and a subtle thunderbolt hit right in the center of the Thunderwood.

The thunderbolts split, rushing down from top to bottom, a stream of white light popped up on the burnt-black wood.

In Lu Xuan's perception, the charred wood emitted an unprecedented vital force, immersing itself in the power of the thunderbolt.

After meticulously cultivating the Fourth Grade Thunderwood for a while, Lu Xuan continued to inspect the many spirit plants in his spirit field.

When he noticed a need among the spirit plants, he strived to meet it as much as possible to ensure their healthy growth.

In his Spirit Field, the Starlight Sword Grass and the Wind-Thunder Sword Grass brought over from the Void Nether Island have all matured.

The Spirit Gathering Pine he had planted a long time ago from Langyue Blessed Land, was following closely behind; it estimated that it wouldn't take too long to fully mature.

When Lu Xuan approached it, the sound of pines was heard one after another, as if warmly welcoming him.

Being trapped in the Spirit Field all the time and seeing Lu Xuan, who had been nurturing it with spiritual sense, its joy radiated from within.

Lu Xuan returned to the yard, and a pockmarked, grotesquely shaped poisonous insect rushed over. As it moved rapidly, its body was shrouded in poisonous mist.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Lu Xuan quickly commanded this different species of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect to stop.

The Heart-Eating Worm circled around his feet, soon forming a ring of poisonous smoke around Lu Xuan.

"You ugly worm."

Lu Xuan laughed and cursed, knowing full well it was the worm's inherent talent. He didn't take it to heart, stepped over the ring of poisonous smoke, and pulled out a Corpse Flame Pill from his storage bag.

Upon seeing the pale Corpse Flame Pill, the Heart-Eating Worm hopped around excitedly, its poisonous smoke intensifying.

It swallowed the pill in one gulp, and soon, patterns filled with deathly aura began to emerge on its head. The patterns spread rapidly, stretching across its entire body in just moments.

All the patterns congealed into a grey-white flame that seemed poised to burn the trembling Heart-Eating Worm into ashes.

Drawing from his prior experience with the Corpse Flame Pills, Lu Xuan quickly applied a Hundred-Year Ice Spirit onto the larva.

The extreme chill radiating from the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit blanketed the worm's body in a layer of thin frost, seeping in and slowly dispelling the greywhite flame.

Upon seeing this, Lu Xuan released a thread of Qingmu Origin Energy from his Dantian, reviving the worm.

The worm returned to normal and spat towards the courtyard. A stream of grey-white poisonous smoke shot out like an arrow and targeted a rock.

The poisonous smoke penetrated the rock, and after a few breaths, the greyblack surface of the rock turned grey-white. A breeze blew, and it disintegrated into countless specks of dust scattering throughout the courtyard.

"No wonder it's called Disaster Poison Body. The ability to refine and absorb poisons is staggeringly powerful. Just after swallowing two Corpse Flame Pills, it developed such significant power."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but exclaim, feeling jubilant at the Heart-Eating Worm larva's mastery of a type of poison.

Having fed the Heart-Eating Worm, Lu Xuan entered the house.

After ensuring that all Formation Restrictions in his cave residence were active, he took out two Evil Eye Pupils from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

The eyeballs revolved as if alive. Numerous nearly transparent tentacles around the pupils floated slowly in the air.

They were the Evil Eye Pupils picked from the mature Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree.

Lu Xuan sealed the ancient tree trunk and replaced it back into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

His eyes widened, a foggy spiritual light appearing on the surface of his pupils, drawing one Evil Eye Pupil into the area between his eyebrows.

In the blink of an eye, he seemed to see countless eye pupil illusions appear around him, either opened or closed, all staring intently at him.

Lu Xuan executed the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique. From deep within his eye sockets, an enormous suction emerged, absorbing all eye pupil illusions.

Opening his eyes, he casually created a Water Mirror Technique. Looking into the mirror, he saw numerous tiny tentacle-like objects squirming in the white part of his eyes.

The eye pupils on the Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree harbored strange spiritual power, which required corresponding charms, techniques, or elixirs to eradicate.

Lu Xuan chanted the Cleansing Spell towards his own eyes, which immediately became clear again.

He threw the remaining eye pupil to the Cloud Leopard and stood guard over it. Once it finished digesting, he would take care of the aftermath.

The Breaking Illusion Eye Technique could break through illusions, while the Cloud Leopard's eyes could see Demonic Envoys. Both could use the Strange Eye Pupil from the Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree to enhance their vision.

The next period of time passed peacefully without any significant events.

Every day, Lu Xuan cultivated spiritual plants, reared spirit beasts, practiced cultivation techniques in his spare time, and occasionally met with familiar faces from the Sect to catch up.

"The Starlight Sword Grass has matured!"

One day, when he arrived at the Spirit Field Area where he planted the Sword Grass, he immediately noticed that the semi-transparent progress bar below the Starlight Sword Grass had been entirely filled.

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Chapter 355: Chapter 353 – Starlight Sword Intent, Selling Pills 1

Before his eyes, the mature Starlight Sword Grass reached about three feet, standing like a sharp sword pointed directly at the sky.

The grass was deep blue, its surface shimmering with numerous twinkling stars. Upon closer inspection, one could feel the sharp sword intent radiating from each starlight point.

Turning his palm into a lustrous jade color, Lu Xuan gently plucked the Starlight Sword Grass from the Spirit Soil.

The roots of the sword grass formed the hilt of a sword, spotlessly clean.

"What a natural sword instrument!"

Lu Xuan exclaimed, his mind converging on the plant, and immediately, a piece of information emerged in his mind.

[Starlight Sword Grass, third-grade spiritual plant, nourished and cultivated with Starlight Sword Qi. Once mature, the sword grass contains a subtle Star Power, capable of drawing starlight to defeat enemies.]

Lu Xuan flicked the Starlight Sword grass lightly with his finger. Amidst the clear ringing sound of a sword, countless starlights twinkled and numerous tiny meteor-like sword energies sprayed forth.

He put the sword grass into his storage bag and turned his attention to the silently appearing white light group.

The light group was flickering slightly, seemingly beckoning him to pick it up.

Lu Xuan reached out to lightly touch the surface of the light group. Countless points of light burst open, and with almost imperceptible sword intent, surged into LuXuan'sbody.

[Harvested one stalk of third-grade Starlight Sword grass, obtained Starlight Sword Intent.]

In an instant, Lu Xuan's consciousness soared, as if immersed in the boundless night sky, surrounded by twinkling stars, each moving in its mysterious and elusive trajectory.

When he was back in his body, Lu Xuan felt an influx of sword intent in his mind. After digesting this sword intent, he seemed to have an epiphany, as he flicked his Wind-Thunder Sword.

Dozens of sword lights flashed, streaking across like meteors, attacking a common spirit tree in the distance with different trajectories.

The speed was extremely fast, turning the spirit tree to dust in the blink of an eye.

"Starlight Sword Intent, after absorbing it, my mastery of the 'Starlight Swordsmanship' reached a whole new level."

Lu Xuan silently sighed in his heart.

After obtaining the Starlight Sword Grass Spirit Seed, he had taken the third- grade "Starlight Swordsmanship" from the Sword Hall. Only after diligent study was he able to achieve a preliminary understanding, progressing to a stage where he could cultivate the sword grass.

Despite using it frequently over the years, his swordsmanship level had made little progress.

After absorbing the Starlight Sword Intent from the light group, it was as though he had practiced this sword technique for hundreds of years. With a swing of his sword, the Starlight Sword Beam appeared, effortlessly proficient.

"Hmm, while those sword cultivators are diligently practicing their sword techniques, I am making efforts to cultivate spiritual plants, but in the end, the level of our swordsmanship is on par."

"If only the result is considered, not the process, then I could be considered a genius in sword cultivation!"

He thought so, thick-skinned.

With the maturation of the Starlight Sword Grass, only the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass of varying growth stages were left in the Spirit Field. Lu Xuan intended to attempt to condense sword grass spirit seeds using these ten stalks of Wind and Thunder Sword Grass, to see if he could convert the method of obtaining spirit seeds from promoting mutation in the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath to one of bulk production.

As for the fourth-rank Sword Thousand Owls, Lu Xuan began to study the relevant sword secrets late, coupled with their higher rank, there was still a long time until maturity.

Having returned to the sect for more than a month, Lu Xuan planned to visit the small courtyard in Sword Gate Town to supplement nutrients for the Blood Scourge Flower, Holy Baby Fruit, and others.

He quietly slipped out of the sect alone, riding on a common flying sword, and arrived in the courtyard.

Upon opening the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array and entering the courtyard, there was a whitish-red palm hitting his lower leg.

Lu Xuan looked and saw that it was the Blood Spirit Palm ginseng twirling around him, conveying its thirst for blood.

He quickly took out a bottle of Water Dragon Essence Blood from his storage bag and directly poured it onto the reddish palm.

After feeding some Blood to the Blood Spirit Palm ginseng, Lu Xuan nurtured the other three varieties of Underworld Spiritual Plants in the courtyard.

The Strange Longevity Peach required fresh demon beast flesh, the Blood Scourge Flower absorbed a large amount of Water Dragon Essence Blood, while for the Holy Baby Fruit, he squeezed out a large number of infant souls devoid of intelligence from the Wood Infant.

Having meticulously nurtured these three underworld fifth-rank spiritual plants, Lu Xuan took out the piece of shapeless Resentful Spirit Mud from his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

The Resentful Spirit Mud was filled with a great amount of resentment, making it unsuitable for cultivating these few types of spiritual plants. However, Lu Xuan noticed that their temperaments matched, and placing them together might be beneficial.

After finishing all this, donning the Thousand Masks, he disguised himself as an ordinary looking Foundation Establishment mid-term cultivator and arrived at the Wanbao Building.

"Please, elder…"

Seeing Lu Xuan enter the hall, a Qi Practitioner Intermediate Level young man greeted him with a warm smile. Just a brief sweep from his spiritual sense over Lu Xuan, he felt his profound and unfathomable spiritual power. His expression immediately became fearful and he respectfully greeted him.

"Hmm, lead the way upstairs."

Lu Xuan slightly nodded, letting the young cultivator lead him to a higher floor.

The first floor primarily contained items needed for the Qi Training Realm, which weren't of much use to him at the moment.

Following the young man, he entered an ancient-looking room.

Soon, a beautiful servant girl brought over Spiritual Fruit and Spiritual Tea.

Just as Lu Xuan took a sip of the tea, an old man came over.

"Sorry I'm late, please excuse my tardiness."

"My surname is Li, I am the master of this branch of the Wanbao Building in Sword Gate Town. Please tell me if you have any requirements," said the old man. Short and fat, he had a kind smile on his face as he spoke enthusiastically.

"Li Dao You, I am a mere wandering cultivator who happened to pass by. I'd like to sell a few treasures."

Lu Xuan spoke calmly, the Thousand Masks covering his face, his features changing naturally like they were always supposed to look that way.

"May I know what treasures you want to sell…"

The old man laughed gently by his side.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Xuan produced two elixirs the size of longan in the palm of his hand. The spiritual patterns on the pills were flowing, blindingly bright. The rich spiritual energy could be felt even from afar.

"Foundation Establishment Pills! There are two!"

The moment he saw the Foundation Establishment Pills, the short, chubby old man immediately stood up, his tone full of astonishment.

"Yes, two high-quality Foundation Establishment Pills."

Being the head of this branch of the Wanbao Building and being located so close to the Sky Sword Sect in Sword Gate Town, the old man had insightful strength and vision.

After another scrutinizing glance, he confirmed that these were indeed Foundation Establishment Pills.

His heart couldn't help but race with excitement.

Foundation Establishment Pills were firmly controlled by the great sects and major powers. Possessing them meant the potential to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm, having tremendous appeal for cultivators from ordinary small families and loose cultivators.

Foundation Establishment Pills rarely circulated in the market. Once they emerged, they would be snatched up by countless loose cultivators, who wouldn't hesitate to go bankrupt for them.

"I want to buy these two Foundation Establishment Pills. Also, in Sword Gate Town, whether it's reputation or wealth, the Wanbao Building is top-tier. We will make sure to offer you a price that will satisfy you."

"Do you have any specific requests?"

"I don't need spirit stones. These two Foundation Establishment Pills, along with this fourth-grade Soul Leading Lamp artifact, can be exchanged for high- rank spirit seeds, or eggs and young demon beasts. High-grade pill furnaces or any other particular treasures such as special spiritual soil, spiritual liquid, etc, can also be considered."

As Lu Xuan slowly spoke, a cold wind blew through and a sinister-looking lantern appeared in his hand.

With a skeleton as the handle, human skin as the lampshade, and a dark red lamp wick like countless tentacles, it seemed to want to draw a person's soul into it with each gentle sway.

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Chapter 356: Chapter 354 Heavenly Blue Pill Fire_l

"I obtained this Soul Lantern from an evil cultivator I dealt with. It doesn't have much use to me, so I was hoping to exchange it for some necessary treasures." Lu Xuan fabricated a story, skillfully blaming it all on the 'evil cultivator'. Previously, he had planted a Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom which, upon maturation, yielded two Fourth Grade Soul Lanterns within the light group. Furthermore, one of the lanterns had absorbed the soul of a Foundation Establishment Mid-term body cultivator as well as the soul of a Foundation Establishment Late-term Blood Robe Cultivator in the Secret Land, which makes it extraordinarily precious.

Having this lantern in hand now, but no particular use for it, he was planning to exchange it for other treasures.

"Soul Lantern?"

The short, plump old man carefully examined the eerie lantern in Lu Xuan's hand.

He had heard of this Soul Lantern before. Its production method is extremely cruel and it can in an instant cause havoc in a cultivator's or demon beast's mind, leading to their loss of direction. It can also attract the Yin Souls in a certain radius.

As a Four-level Magical Tool, it is extremely precious, and holds a great allure for evil cultivators who are practicing related cultivation techniques. "You want high-rank Spirit Seeds, demon beast eggs, or special Spirit Soil, Spiritual Liquid, Strange Fire, and other treasures… let me think about it." The short, plump cultivator mumbled to himself, various thoughts rapidly crossing his mind as he tried to recall if there were any treasures suitable for Lu Xuan in the Wanbao Building.

"To be honest, the treasures you are asking for are not common, and if you consider the ranks, they become even more rare."

"To my knowledge, the only items in the Wanbao Building branch in Sword Gate Town that can meet your demands are a third-grade Pill Furnace and a Rank-Three Strange Fire named Qian Yang Separation Fire. What do you think friend?"

He paused for a moment before tentatively asking Lu Xuan.

"A third-grade Pill Furnace, a Rank-Three Strange Fire…"

A hint of hesitation appeared in Lu Xuan's eyes.

After obtaining the Medicinal Pangolin and the Foundation Building Pill Recipe, he had thought about trying pill refining. Although the third-grade Pill Furnace was sufficient, he was keen to obtain a higher-ranking Pill Furnace.

As for the Rank-Three Strange Fire, he could consistently obtain a Rank-Three Red Lotus Flame from the Flame Fruit Light Group, which was more than enough to cultivate a Phoenix Wood in its early stages. Therefore, he didn't feel a strong need for it.

"Are there any better treasures available?"

Hearing the disappointment in his tone, the short, plump old man quickly responded,

"The Wanbao Building in Sword Gate Town is just one of the branches. The headquarters and other branches must have the treasures you're looking for." Please wait here for a moment, have some tea and taste some Spirit Fruits. I will contact the other branches and the headquarters of Wanbao Building and ensure a satisfying answer for you."

"Alright."

Lu Xuan nodded in agreement.

About half an hour later, the short, plump old man rushed back in, a look of eager excitement on his face.

My friend, after contacting the other branches and headquarters, I quickly located several treasures that match your requirements."

"Among them, there are three types of Spiritual Liquid and Strange Fire; all of which are of the fourth grade. They are Qian Yang Separation Fire, Xuan Ming True Liquid, and Heavenly Blue Pill Fire."

"Qian Yang Separation Fire is aggressive and domineering. After refining, it carries immense destructive powers. Xuan Ming True Liquid can enhance'the cultivation speed of ice-related cultivation techniques and formula methods, and even for Foundation Establishment Mid and Late-term cultivators, it has great utility."

"As for the Heavenly Blue Pill Fire, it originates from the Douluo Sect known for their pill cultivation, and is extremely suitable for refining elixirs, mildly increasing the likelihood of pill formation and improving the quality of elixirs." Short, plump old man briefly introduced to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan nodded and immediately excluded the Qian Yang Separation Fire. He had a Fifth Rank Treasure, the "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman", which could allow him to cultivate a better Pure Yang True Fire. Therefore, he no longer needed the Qian Yang Separation Fire.

Xuan Ming True Liquid is highly suitable for Foundation Establishment cultivators who practice ice technique-based divine skills. For Lu Xuan, it could seemingly serve better in cultivating and nourishing the Dragon Bone Herb.

However, he now had Profound Origin Heavy Water and Spirit Gathering True Liquid in his hands, so his demand for this fourth-grade spiritual liquid was not that strong.

What naturally remained was the Heavenly Blue Pill Fire.

Being able to further increase the probability of forming a pill and the quality of the elixir, was the most suitable thing for Lu Xuan who aimed to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

"I choose the Heavenly Blue Pill Fire, how about exchanging it for two Foundation Establishment Pills?"

Lu Xuan said.

"Okay!"

The short, chubby old man promptly agreed. Although the Heavenly Blue Pill Fire was one rank higher than the Foundation Establishment Pill, the latter was often priceless, with an actual value well beyond its rank. For the Wanbao Building, exchanging two Foundation Establishment Pills for one Heavenly Blue Pill Fire was acceptable.

The two men reached a preliminary agreement.

"Also, regarding the spirit seeds and demon beast eggs you need, we have a few spirit seeds and demon beast eggs available in Wanbao Building. The rank of the spirit seeds is either third-grade or fourth-grade. There is one fourthgrade demon beast egg, the rest are third-grade."

The short, chubby old man introduced the detailed information about the spirit seeds and demon beast eggs to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan's expression remained the same, but he was somewhat disappointed in his heart.

The spirit seeds the old man mentioned, as far as he knew, were relatively common third and fourth-grade spirit seeds in the Cultivation World, and there was nothing that caught his eye. Their rarity was far inferior to those in the sect's Spirit Field.

"That's all you have?"

He became more and more impatient as he listened, and he couldn't help but interrupt the old man. He asked in an indifferent tone.

The short, chubby old man was a bit surprised and made a higher assessment of Lu Xuan's strength and background.

Despite a string of third-grade and fourth-grade spirit seeds, none of them caught his attention which revealed that in his eyes, fourth-grade spirit seeds were not exactly rare treasures.

"Fellow Daoist, please calm down. Apart from these third and fourth-grade spirit seeds and demon beast eggs, there is also a fifth-rank spirit seed in the main building of the Wanbao Building," he said mysteriously to Lu Xuan.

"Oh? Please do tell more, Li Dao You."

Lu Xuan instantly became intensely interested. Even the most common variety of fifth-rank spirit seeds was extremely rare in the Cultivation World.

In the Agricultural Department Hall, although there are not many fourth-grade spirit seeds, as long as there are enough Sword Marks, it was possible to get them stably on a long term basis. That was not the case with fifth-ranking spirit seeds.

In his spirit field, there were several fifth-quality spirit plants, but all of them were obtained by sheer luck.

The Blood Scourge Flower was picked up by using a loophole, the Dragon Bone Herb from the bottom of Thousand Dragon Lake, and the Holy Infant Fruit Plant were considered as bait by the hidden evil cultivators whereas the Strange Longevity Peach, Phoenix Wood, and Demonic Vine came from the Secret Land.

In particular, the sixth-rank Phoenix Tree and Demonic Vine were part of the sect s welfare and wouldn't have been normally acquired.

From this, one could see the rareness of fifth-grade spirit seeds, and naturally, he wouldn't miss them if he came across them.

"That fifth-grade spirit seed was obtained from a Buddhist Blessed Place after enduring many hardships by a powerful guest elder of Wanbao Building," "However, I must warn you beforehand that even though your soul leading lantern is a fourth-grade magical tool with special dark magic powers, it may still be a bit inadequate to exchange for that fifth-grade spirit seed," the chubby old man stated diplomatically.

"Of course."

How about this, I have the last two Foundation Establishment Pills left, so if I add the fourth-grade Soul Leading Lantern, would it be enough to exchange for that fifth-grade spirit seed?"

Lu Xuan pretended to think for a moment and then gritted his teeth and said, with an expression of extreme pain on his face.

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Chapter 357: Chapter 355 Vajra Bodhi l

"So, friend, you have two more Foundation Establishment Pills in your possession?"

Upon hearing Lu Xuan's words, the short and stout old man couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and blurted out.

The ordinary-looking cultivator standing in front of him had far exceeded his expectations. Originally, he had thought that obtaining two Foundation Establishment Pills was already a huge surprise. He didn't expect, under the influence of the fifth-order spiritual species, to accidentally learn that there were two more Foundation Establishment Pills!

"That's correct."

Lu Xuan nodded and said impassively.

"These last two Foundation Establishment Pills were originally for me to keep and give to a close junior to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"However, now that I've encountered this fifth-order spiritual species, I've changed my mind temporarily. When he is about to break through, I'll find another way."

The short and stout old man quickly assessed the feasibility of this trade.

The fifth-order spiritual species belongs to the Jindan Category, so its preciousness is self-evident. However, spiritual species, among various treasures, have relatively low value. This one is extremely special and has great limitations in terms of applicability. Add to that the fact that very few people know the cultivation method, so it has been staying in Wanbao Building for a considerable amount of time.

Lu Xuan proposed to exchange the four-level Soul Leading Lantern artifact and two Foundation Establishment Pills for it. Though its value might be slightly inferior to that of the fifth-grade spiritual species, it was more marketable and had stronger liquidity.

"Alright, I advocate agreement then."

As the host of a branch of Wanbao Building near the Sky Sword sect, the short and stout old man standing before him might only have an average cultivation level, but he obviously held a high position within the Wanbao Building.

"The Heavenly Blue Pill Fire and the fifth-grade spiritual species are not in this branch. However, a Wanbao Building cultivator who excels in speed will deliver them specially. They should arrive by tomorrow. What do you think, my friend?"

"I have no objections."

Lu Xuan nodded slightly. He couldn't help but remember when he had just come from Linyang Market to join the Sky Sword Sect. He rode on the Myriad Treasures Ship from Wanbao Building, which was used to transport goods and cultivators.

At that time, it took roughly half a month with many stops along the way to reach Sword Gate Town.

But now, to obtain those two treasures, it only took one day.

The difference is, back then, he was just a small Loose Repair cultivator, harboring the idea of farming peacefully under the protection of a sect, whereas now, he has become a Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivator and owns treasures that Wanbao Building urgently needs, so of course the degree of importance given to him is quite different.

He can clearly perceive the dramatic changes accompanying the elevation of his power and status.

As this idea flashed in his mind, Lu Xuan was even more determined to pursue his cultivation in farming.

The two looked at each other and laughed, both thinking they had made a tremendous profit.

Wanbao Building has obtained four rare Foundation Establishment Pills and a powerful fourth-level artifact.

While Lu Xuan has acquired a fifth-order spiritual species and a fourth-level Strange Fire.

"The Foundation Establishment Pills come from the Light Cluster of the Primordial Essence Herb, which was entrusted by the Dan Palace to cultivate. The Sword Mark was received as a reward for the cultivation. It could be said that it was done at no cost. So, twelve Foundation Establishment Pills, subtract four, and eight remain."

"The Soul Lantern came from the Underworld Spiritual Plant, the Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom. I have a better one at hand, so exchanging this one can be considered as clearing out inventory."

"I don't even know how much I've actually earned…"

Lu Xuan said to himself with a silent sigh.

He left Wanbao Building, walking on Qing Shi Street in Sword Gate Town.

During his walk, he occasionally placed his palm horizontally on his chest, revealing the scene behind him in his palm.

High in the sky, a gray eye appeared from a tiny crack, observing Lu Xuan's back with no emotional color.

The Void Nightmare Eye shuttled in the high sky, alternately disappearing and reappearing, surveilling whether any cultivators were following Lu Xuan.

"Wanbao Building really lives up to its reputation as a first-rate commercial organization in the Cultivation World. The credibility is indeed good, without any signs of someone tracking me."

Lu Xuan's mouth curled up, not knowing whether he should be delighted or disappointed.

He concealed his energy and strolled leisurely among the various shops and stalls.

For the Foundation Establishment Pill formula, besides a few third-grade spiritual plants, a considerable amount of second-grade spiritual plants were also needed as auxiliary medicines.

Lu Xuan casually bought the corresponding spiritual seeds or mature spiritual plants.

Most second-grade spiritual plants didn't have much cultivar for him at present, except for the Water Glow Grass.

Due to the large demand for Flaming Fruits and Ice Luo Fruits, and the mastery of the Method of Seed Condensation, he temporarily planted them in large quantities.

He bought some spiritual seeds, just to see if he could open the corresponding elements of the Foundation Establishment Pill from the light cluster, as part of an experiment to test their cultivar worthiness.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

As agreed, Lu Xuan arrived at Wanbao Building.

As soon as he arrived outside the gate, a short, fat old man was already waiting there.

"Friend Lu, thank you for coming again."

"No problem, Friend Li has been waiting a long time."

Lu Xuan, guided by the old man, entered an elegant and ancient room.

He scanned the room with a calm expression.

The elegant room was set up with Formation restrictions in all directions, and outside, there was a faint aura which suggested the owner of the aura was in the Foundation Establishment Mid-term to Late-term stage.

"Since this involves fifth-order spiritual species, even I cannot bear the responsibility for any losses, therefore, to prevent any mishaps, Formation restrictions have been setup throughout Wanbao Building, and there's a guest elder in Late-term Foundation Establishment stage guarding who brought the fifth-grade spiritual seeds over. I hope Friend Lu can understand."

The short, fat old man, afraid that Lu Xuan might perceive something and cause a misunderstanding, took the initiative to explain.

He was just in the First-term Foundation Establishment stage and was not good at fighting. To avoid any accidents, he had held lots of arrangements in place.

"There's nothing wrong with that, I understand."

Seeing the old man actively explaining himself, a slight displeasure in Lu Xuan's heart immediately dissipated.

After the experience of the Boundless Sea Secret Realm, he had a clearer understanding of his own strength and, as he was near his sect, he didn't pay too much attention.

"If Friend Lu has no objections, then we can simultaneously exchange the treasures in our hands," said the old man.

A transparent jade bottle appeared in the hand of the short, fat old man. A light blue flame inside the jade bottle was quietly burning, the flame fluctuating, and Lu Xuan smelled a faint smell of elixir medicine coming from his mouth and nose.

Moreover, there was also a delicate jade box with several charms affixed to its surface. From Lu Xuan's superficial knowledge of charms, it seemed that the function of the patterns on the charms was to prevent the loss of life force.

Opening the jade box, a peculiar spiritual seed was kept inside.

The spiritual seed was oval-shaped and shaped like a bodhi, its surface deep black and seemed very hard to the eye.

Upon taking a closer look, a clear chant seemed to sound in his ears, and a phantom figure emerged from the Bodhi seeds, looking like a furious vajra, intimidating all demon envoys in the world.

"This is the fifth-order spiritual seed brought from the headquarters, I just learned from the guest elder who brought the spiritual seed that this seed is called Vajra Bodhi."

"However, only simple related information is known, and the method to cultivate it is not accessible. It's only known that it might be closely related to the Buddhist gate. The specific cultivation method still needs you, Friend Lu, to research."

"Fine, I have no hope of making a breakthrough anymore, and have plenty of time to research these things."

Lu Xuan said with a laugh, taking the Vajra Bodhi spirit seed from the short, fat old man.

Holding the spirit seed in his hand, rotating it slightly changed the phantom image of the furious vajra on the surface, showing various demon subduing poses.

"Friend Li, here are four Foundation Establishment Pills and the Soul Lantern. Please take a careful look, and if there's no problem, I will take my leave."

He properly stored the Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed and Heavenly Blue Pill Fire, and handed over the Foundation Establishment Pills and the Soul Lantern to the short, fat old man.

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Chapter 358: Chapter 356: Wind-Thunder Sword Talisman, "Wind Thunder Sword Scripture" !

Inner Sect.

Lu Xuan traveled through various Formation Restrictions before returning to his own cave dwelling.

After exchanging at the Sword Gate Town for the Fourth Grade Celestial Blue Dan Fire and Fifth Rank Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed, he didn't linger around and quickly returned to the Sky Sword Sect.

He opened the Flowing Light Formation and directly arrived in the Spirit Field. Spiritual power was rippling and the structure of the Spirit Soil was undergoing subtle changes.

Lu Xuan took out the Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed and placed it in a perfectly sized crevice.

Then, with a deep breath, condensed his spirit onto the deep black ellipsoid spirit seed.

A thought flashed through his mind.

[Vajra Bodhi, Fifth Rank Spiritual Plant, condensed in the Buddhist Blessed Land, can be nourished and cultivated using elements like incense fire, aspiration power, and Buddhist chants, thus speeding up its growth.]

[The matured Spirit Fruit contains formidable Buddhist power. Consuming it can significantly strengthen the flesh body, improve vitality, and make it easy to fend off evil forces. It can also speed up the cultivation speed of corresponding Cultivation Technique Divine Skills.]

"Fifth Rank Spiritual Plant!"

The thought vanished, and a hint of joy appeared on Lu Xuan's face.

"Regrettably, the nurturing methodology is somewhat unique and necessitates certain Buddhist artifacts."

"I just don't know if that Soul Guiding Zen Fragrance can be effective."

Lu Xuan lamented in his heart.

Soul Guiding Zen Fragrance is refined by Buddhist cultivators by collecting thousands of fragrances. It can comfort the soul and purify the Yin Soul Resentment.

Thinking of this, he took out a yellowish incense that was stored in his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

Incense smoke curled up to form a lotus pedestal in the space above its tip. On the lotus pedestal, there seemed to be a Buddha holding a flower and smiling mildly.

He gently manipulated a wisp of smoke using his spiritual sense, letting it permeate into the Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed.

After absorbing this wisp of smoke, the angry Vajra on the surface of the Spirit Seed seemed to look more vivid and majestic.

"It has a slight effect, but it doesn't seem to be very profound."

Lu Xuan carefully sensed the state of the spirit seed and concluded.

Perhaps due to the smoke not being pure incense-fire, although it could be used for nurturing Vajra Bodhi, it was only useful in the early stages.

"As for the Buddhist chants, I wonder if there's a chance to let the Illusion Sound Bamboo listen and remember them, and then play them for Vajra Bodhi. Although it's somewhat makeshift, it might still be slightly effective."

With his principle of conservation in mind, Lu Xuan had an absurd thought and turned his gaze to the Fourth Grade Illusion Sound Bamboo in his Spirit Field.

He returned to the yard, took out some spirit fruits and demon beast meat, and fed them to several spirit beasts who were attracted by the smell.

Lu Xuan went inside the house and took out the Heavenly Blue Pill Fire.

The various spiritual medicines for refining the Foundation Building Pill were still being collected, so he wasn't in a hurry.

In the following period, he stayed in the cave dwelling with peace of mind, cultivating spiritual plants and raising spirit beasts.

In the Spirit Field, under his careful care, various Spirit Plants successively reached the maturity stage.

"The Wind-Thunder Sword Grass has matured."

Lu Xuan looked at the fully filled progress bar under the Wind-Thunder Sword Grass ahead and commented.

The sword grass was a dark green color, with dense thunderbolt patterns on its surface. Numerous minute black sword Qi surrounded it, just like a terrifying hurricane that seemed to be generating sword howling sounds.

[Wind Thunder Sword Grass, Third-grade Spiritual Plant, cultivated with the power of Wind Thunder Sword Qi, contains strong Power of Wind and Thunder.]

A thought flashed across his mind as he set his gaze on the subsequently appearing white light cluster.

With a gentle touch, the light cluster transformed into countless minute points of sword Qi, which surged forth and instantly integrated into Lu Xuan's body.

[You have harvested a third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass and obtained a fourth-grade Wind-Thunder Sword Talisman.]

A talisman, shaped like a sword tip and made from a material that was neither gold nor jade, appeared in his palm.

Inside the talisman, a whirlwind swirled, lightning flashed, and thunder roared, creating an apocalyptic scene.

[Wind-Thunder Sword Talisman, a fourth-grade talisman, contains powerful Wind and Thunder forces. It can instantly unleash endless Wind and Thunder Sword Qi. Once fully activated, it can severely injure or even kill most mid to late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.]

"Another fourth-grade Sword Talisman, I didn't expect that the Wind Thunder Sword Grass could also yield a talisman-style treasure."

Lu Xuan examined the Sword Talisman in his hand, looking mildly surprised.

The fourth-grade Sea Screaming Sword Talisman, Great Sun Sword Talisman, and Starfall Sword Talisman he had previously received all came from the Sword Nurturing Gourd Light Ball. The Sword Grass had previously yielded Sword Intent, Flying Swords, and Sword Pills, but never a Sword Talisman. However, he was quite pleased with this outcome.

The fourth-grade Sword Talisman had considerable offensive power, which had been proven in the Boundless Sea Secret Realm. Currently, he only had one Roaring Sea Sword Talisman and one Great Sun Sword Talisman left. Gaining another Wind-Thunder Sword Talisman was quite satisfactory.

He stored the Sword Talisman and continued to inspect the spirit field.

He had obtained twenty ordinary Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, one Third-Rank Starlight Sword Grass Spirit Seed, and one Fourth Grade Sword Thousand Owls Spirit Seed from the Sword Hall.

He nourished and cultivated ten ordinary Sword Grass with the "Four Seasons Sword Art", while the remaining ten were placed in the scabbard to be nurtured with the Sword of Wind and Thunder edge, cyclically mutating into the Wind Thunder Sword Grass Spirit Seed.

Because only one Sword Grass Spirit Seed could be enhanced at any given time, the growth rates of the ten Wind Thunder Sword Grass varied.

Lu Xuan planned to wait until one or two more matured before turning them in at the Sword Hall.

Over a month later, Lu Xuan stood amidst Wind Thunder Sword Grass, his palm transformed into crystal-clear jade. He carefully plucked the Sword Grass from the ground.

"An Innate Sword Instrument."

Even though Lu Xuan had already harvested a dozen or two Sword Grass plants of various different types, he still marveled at their impeccably natural, Innate Sword Instrument nature.

This particular plant, perhaps due to its superior Spirit Seed or Lu Xuan's meticulous care, was of good quality.

[Wind Thunder Sword Grass, third-grade Spirit Plant…]

A thought flashed across his mind, and Lu Xuan collected the white light cluster left behind by the Wind Thunder Sword Grass in the spirit soil hole.

[You have harvested a third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass and obtained a Fourth Grade Sword Art "Wind Thunder Sword Scripture".]

Thoughts floated up in his mind, and a flood of information surged into his sea of consciousness in an instant.

Having absorbed and digested this information, Lu Xuan seemed to have gained an insight. Sword Qi of Wind and Thunder crisscrossed in his sea of consciousness, with exquisite Sword Arts manifesting effortlessly. Each move elicited a whirlwind and a thunderous roar.

"The Wind Thunder Sword Scripture…"

Murmuring to himself, Lu Xuan heard a faint sword hum emanating from the Wind-Thunder Sword held in his hand, seemingly resonating with the Sword Scripture that was so intimately connected with it.

"The Wind-Thunder Sword is a fourth-grade Flying Sword that contains a large amount of Wind and Thunder spiritual power. However, when using it, there is a lack of variety."

"Now that I have this Wind Thunder Sword Scripture, it compensates for this deficiency, allowing me to use the Wind-Thunder Sword more effectively. Both complement each other, the result being more than the sum of their parts." Feeling the changes in his body in detail, Lu Xuan became a beginner of this fourth-grade Sword Scripture after absorbing the information from the "Wind Thunder Sword Scripture". This was far faster than when he cultivated the "Thousand Owl Sword Classic", which was also a fourth-grade Sword Scripture.

"After absorbing a few more Sword Art experience packages, I should be able to reach proficient or even expert levels."

"There is no greater talent in the Sword Dao than this."

Lu Xuan, having already considered the Spirit Plant Light Cluster as his innate talent, thought shamelessly.

Among the Sword Grass he had cultivated, the mature ones included two third- grade Mutated Wind Thunder Sword Grass, ten ordinary second-grade Sword Grass, and one third-grade Starlight Sword Grass. He could now turn them in at the Sword Hall.

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Chapter 359: Chapter 357 Sword Hall Meets Old Friend l

With the remaining eight Wind-Thunder Sword Grass, he planned to deduce the Method of Seed Condensation for the third-grade Wind-Thunder Sword Grass by using the methods of seed condensation of second-grade ordinary Sword Grass.

At present, the Wind-Thunder Sword Grass all came from being nourished by the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, so it's not possible to get a large amount of Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, and it's also difficult to explain they were created to the high level of the Sword Hall.

But if he can infer the means of condensing seeds of the Wind-Thunder Sword Grass, it can resolve such problems.

Moreover, the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath was currently being used to nurture the Fourth Grade Wind Thunder Sword and the Mysterious Emerald Green Small Sword. As such, using it just to enhance the small Sword Grass Spirit Seeds seemed a little wasteful.

He carried the Sword Grass, called over a Spirit Crane, and went to the Sword Hall.

After becoming a Sword Hall Disciple, he knew the trick to traversing the Sword Array.

Lu Xuan passed safely through the numerous miniature Sword Qi that were like fishes swimming in the sky, and arrived in the Sword Hall.

Just as he was about to go looking for his acquaintance Shen Ye, suddenly a cold female cultivator passed by him.

Lu Xuan swept his gaze over, and spotted a peculiarly shaped Sword Grass.

The Sword Grass, from bottom to top, differentiated into hundreds of fanshaped Sword Qi. The Sword Qi was as tangible as reality, and like a Peacock Fan Display, was layered upon layers, openly announcing their intent and was beautiful while containing endless killing intent.

"A Sword Peacock?"

Lu Xuan was muttering in surprise, the scene of the secret land near Linyang Market came to his mind.

He looked up and his eyes involuntarily revealed a complicated look.

Seeing the cool female cultivator getting further and further away, he did not hesitate to catch up.

"Senior Sister, please wait."

The female cultivator turned around upon hearing Lu Xuan's voice, looking at him with puzzlement.

Her appearance was beautiful, bearing a cold aura, and like an orchid blooming quietly in a secluded valley.

She was the Sky Sword Sect female cultivator who once gave Lu Xuan an Azure Cloud Order in the secret land near the Linyang Market.

"Junior Brother, what can I do for you?"

The female cultivator's voice was pure and cold, like ice-cold spring water.

"Senior Sister, do you no longer remember me?"

Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

The female cultivator tilted her head to think, but in the end, she shook her head.

"Sorry, I do not remember your face."

Lu Xuan did not mind; after all, they had met more than ten years ago when he was still a Qi Cultivating Scatter Repair. It was only a brief, fleeting encounter, so it was natural that she would not remember him.

"More than ten years ago, in a secret land near a Loose Repair Market, I had a brief encounter with Senior Sister. At that time, Senior Sister thought I had some talent in cultivating Spiritual Plants, and she gave me an Azure Cloud Order, recommending that I join the Sky Sword Sect."

Lu Xuan slowly stated.

"You… Junior Brother, you are the scatter repair cultivator who cultivated the Sword Grass all those years ago?"

The cool female cultivator's mouth hung open slightly, a look of astonishment flashed in her eyes.

"Yes, I remember that Senior Sister was carrying a Sword Peacock then, just like the one she's carrying now, right?"

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"I didn't expect you to truly enter the Sky Sword Sect, and even manage to become an Inner Sect Disciple in just over ten years!"

Looking at Lu Xuan's attire as an Inner Sect disciple, the cool female cultivator was filled with feelings.

"I should thank Senior Sister for the Azure Cloud Order you gave me back then, which helped me enter the Sect more smoothly."

Lu Xuan sincerely expressed his gratitude.

It was thanks to the Azure Cloud Order that the cool female cultivator had given him that he confirmed his decision to join the Sky Sword Sect, and was able to avoid many unnecessary procedures during the registration trial stage.

"Even without that Azure Cloud Order, with your talents, you would have been able to enter the Sect smoothly anyway."

The female cultivator reminisced, slowly recalling her encounter with Lu Xuan.

At that time, she and a sword cultivator senior brother had been passing through Linyang Market when they heard that a trick-level demon envoy, equivalent to the power of a foundation establishment cultivator, had appeared. The pair of them, being skilled and fearless, had the idea to go and explore.

In the end, they didn't find the demon envoy, but she did spot a loose cultivator youth holding a stalk of Sword Grass.

Coming from a distinguished background, she was able to discern from the form of the Sword Grass and the Sword Qi it contained that it had been nurtured in the outside world.

A loose cultivator who could nurture Sword Grass with its complex growth conditions, inferred her that Lu Xuan must have a unique talent in nurturing spiritual plants, especially Sword Grass.

As the daughter of a core formation elder of the Sky Sword Sect, she had the right to give the Azure Cloud Order even while she was still in the Qi Practicing Stage, so she casually left it for Lu Xuan in the Secret Land.

Unexpectedly, what was then a casual gesture became a significant act more than a decade later when she saw that same loose cultivator youth in the Sky Sword Sect at the Sword Hall.

"After I joined the sect and especially after becoming an inner sect disciple, I have always been looking out for information about senior sister, but sadly, there hasn't been any progress."

Lu Xuan spoke gently, he didn't know the female cultivator's name, but after he reached the foundation establishment stage, he did some covert searching to avoid arousing people's curiosity.

"I went to the outside world to horn my skills with a few senior brothers and sisters after breaking through to the foundation establishment realm."

"I see."

Lu Xuan nodded.

During their conversation, he learned that the female cultivator was named Su Man Man and she was currently at the mid-term foundation establishment stage.

"Junior Brother Lu, you just mentioned that you are already an official disciple of Sword Hall and are able to independently cultivate third-grade sword grass."

"I have a fourth grade Sword Peacock that I've used for many years; I'm extremely familiar with it and hold it dear."

"Regrettably, I encountered a late-term foundation establishment evil cultivator a while ago. The Sword Peacock suffered damage and was contaminated by the qi of the demon envoy."

"I've come here hoping to find a senior brother in the Sword Hall who can help me repair and restore my Sword Peacock. I wonder if Junior Brother Lu can do it?"

"If you can, could you do it for me?"

A playful glint flashed in the eyes of the aloof female cultivator.

"I think I can give it a try."

Lu Xuan stated with confidence.

Having cultivated numerous Sword Grass before, he had gained rich experiences. Plus, the Sword Peacock was in essence a Spirit Plant. By understanding its detailed state, he could quickly find a solution.

Furthermore, there was the Mysterious Sword Sheath, a magical artifact, into which the damaged Sword Peacock could be inserted, nurturing it and restoring it to normal.

Of course, since Su Man Man's Sword Peacock had matured long ago, to obtain information about the demon envoy's Qi, some additional steps would be needed.

Most importantly, he wanted to seize this opportunity to repay the grace bestowed on him by the female cultivator back then.

"Very well, Junior Brother Lu, it seems this Sword Peacock will be in your charge."

Seeing Lu Xuan's assured demeanor Su Man Man, without any doubts, directly handed over her fourth grade Sword Peacock to Lu Xuan.

Before coming to the Sword Hall, she had learned from the familiar Sword Hall disciples that the wound on her Sword Peacock was severe. It was feared that it would be difficult to fully restore it to its normal state; at most it could only be restored to eighty or ninety percent. In addition, there was the risk of further damage if mishandled.

So, seeing Lu Xuan full of confidence made her feel much more at ease.

The ability to independently cultivate second-grade Sword Grass while in a stage of a qi practicing loose cultivator had already been the best proof.

She also had absolute confidence in her own judgment.

"Here is my communication talisman, if you successfully restore the Sword Peacock you can find me through this talisman."

"When it's a success, I will reward you handsomely. I won't make you work for nothing."

"And if it fails, I won't blame you for it. You can rest assured about that."

The two exchanged communication talismans, and the aloof female cultivator said to Lu Xuan.

"I will do everything in my power to restore your Sword Peacock, senior sister."

Lu Xuan nodded earnestly.

Chapter 360: Chapter 358: Sword Peacock l

After the aloof female cultivator left, Lu Xuan examined the Sword Peacock she had given him.

This particular sword grass is very distinctive, it can contract and expand just like the fan display of a peacock.

When it is expanded, it resembles multiple solid sword qi branching off from each other, and when it is contracted, it forms a cyan flying sword, only that its body is a bit thicker than ordinary sword grass.

At this moment, the condition of this Sword Peacock doesn't seem very good. Faint black air floats near its body, and, despite using purifying and exorcising formula methods and charms, it couldn't be expelled.

There are also uneven patches of black spots on its body that cling tightly to the blade grass, moving about uncertainly as if they have a life of their own.

After getting an understanding of the condition of Su Man Man's Sword Peacock, Lu Xuan was about to go find Shen Ye when a familiar voice sounded in his ear.

"Junior Brother Lu, you are very lucky, I didn't expect you to know Sister Su, it seems like you two are quite close."

Shen Ye, who has a gentle temperament, carried a deep black sword case, walked out from around the corner with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Sister Su is the daughter of a Core Formation Elder of our sect. If Junior Brother Lu can form a union with her, then your future is limitless."

There was a teasing tone in Shen Ye's words.

"Brother Shen, please stop teasing me."

"Whether it's family background or cultivation level, there's a huge disparity between me and Senior Sister Su. Such things only happen in folk tales."

"Besides, I am devoting all my thoughts to cultivating spiritual plants and raising spirit beasts. I don't have the time to consider those things."

Lu Xuan gave a bitter smile and responded.

Due to the White Light Cluster, he held many secrets. If he were to find a partner and get accidentally discovered, it would be difficult to explain.

Therefore, he didn't have any inclinations toward romance for the time being.

"Alright, enough teasing. Did you come here to obtain Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, or do you have Sword Grass to hand in?"

Seeing as how Lu Xuan reacted, Shen Ye regained his seriousness and asked.

"The Sword Grass Spirit Seeds that I got from the Sword Hall previously have mostly matured. I came this time to hand them over."

Upon entering the Sword Hall, you can get varying quality and quantities of Sword Grass Spirit Seeds for free. However, after cultivating them, you need to hand them back to prevent the sword grass from falling into the wrong hands.

If there is a high failure rate during cultivation, the Sword Hall will send someone to investigate and verify, which can also affect future supply of Spirit Seeds.

The sword grass handed in would be evaluated by the Sword Hall based on its quantity, rank, and quality, which then determines the provision for the next batch of Sword Grass Spirit Seeds. If performed exceptionally well, various rare treasures would also be rewarded.

Lu Xuan retrieved the matured sword grass from his storage bag.

Ten ordinary second-grade sword grass, one third-grade Starlight Sword Grass, and two third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass.

"Ten second-grade sword grass, seven of ordinary quality, three of good quality."

Shen Ye counted the sword grass that Lu Xuan had brought.

"One third-grade Starlight Sword Grass, looking at it, Junior Brother Lu is quite knowledgeable in the 'Starlight Swordsmanship'."

"It's all thanks to daily diligent practice."

Lu Xuan responded with a slight smile.

Indeed, this was true. In order to cultivate this Starlight Sword Grass, he had to cast the Starlight Sword Qi countless times every day. It was only through his hard work that he was able to achieve such results today.

"Two mutated Wind Thunder Sword Grass, it seems Junior Brother really has a stable method to enhance ordinary sword grass."

Looking at the two deep black sword grass strings containing the Power of Wind and Thunder in his hand, Shen Ye couldn't help but exclaim.

"I remember when Junior Brother Lu took twenty Ordinary Sword Grass Spirit Seeds from the Sword Hall, now you have ten second-grade sword grass and two mutated third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass. That's already very good."

He thought the other spirit seeds were completely spoilt in the improvement process.

However, he clearly knew that obtaining a mutated blade grass was not easy, so he continued to praise Lu Xuan excessively.

"Um, Brother Shen, the remaining mystic sword grasses are still alive, I'm just trying to figure out the method of seed condensation,"

Lu Xuan said truthfully.

He had always deeply hidden his cultivation level, but did not mind revealing his talents in Spirit Plants.

Such talents would not cause danger to other people. On the contrary, it could bring huge benefits to the sect. As long as others did not know about the White Light Group and his understanding of the Spirit Plants' status, there wouldn't be a problem.

The better the displayed Spirit Plant Talent, the easier it would be for him to obtain various high-grade spiritual plants from within the sect, activate more generous Light Clusters as rewards, and form a positive cycle.

"Come again? Younger brother, what did you say?"

Shen Ye, who always looked indifferent, suddenly widened his pupils.

"Does he mean that not only do the other mystic sword grass seedlings still survive, but they have also succeeded in mutation, and he is now researching the method of condensing seeds for the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass?!" There was a degree of disbelief in his voice.

"I'm still in the exploratory stage, but I have already made some progress."

Lu Xuan said cautiously.

" If you said that you' re making progress, then I believe you' re on stable ground."

Shen Ye looked at Lu Xuan and said leisurely.

After several interactions with Lu Xuan, he had understood Lu Xuan's cautious character. He knew that if Lu Xuan did not have great confidence, he wouldn't leak this information to him.

Lu Xuan stroked his chin and chuckled.

"If Lu Xuan truly does discover the method of condensing seeds for the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass, and if the Sword Hall can confirm that it's effective and the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass seedlings can be mass-produced, then you'll have made a great contribution!"

"And the hall will reward you generously."

After calming his breathing, Shen Ye told Lu Xuan.

"I'll come to see you, Brother Shen, once I've gained full insight."

Lu Xuan pledged to Shen Ye.

When he was still in the Qi Practicing Stage, Shen Ye had the foresight to entrust him with cultivating a mystic sword grass. After realizing Lu Xuan's talent in this area, he introduced Lu Xuan into the Sword Hall and actively entrusted him with cultivating the extremely rare Sword Thousand Owls spirit seedling.

Naturally, Lu Xuan would return the favor and reciprocate his kindness.

"I appreciate it, younger brother."

Shen Ye saluted and said seriously.

Currently, there are nearly 20 kinds of third-grade mystic sword grass seed condensation methods in the Sword Hall. If they can really acquire a new kind of third-grade sword grass, Lu Xuan's status in the Sword Hall would rise sharply, and he, as the recommender, would also benefit from it.

"By the way, Brother Shen, when I was just chatting with Sister Su, I found out about the Sword Peacock, a fourth-grade mystic sword grass. I was wondering if the hall has the corresponding spirit seed for it?"

Lu Xuan asked Shen Ye.

"Yes, we have them!"

Shen Ye quickly replied.

"The Treasure Pavilion has a stored Peacock Sword Grass spirit seed. It was originally saved for emergencies, but if you need it, I will immediately go to the Core Formation Elder and apply for it."

"Once a new Sword Peacock matures over time, then we will use its condensation seed to replenish the Treasure Pavilion."

Fourth-grade sword grass spirit seedlings are extremely rare, and only a few Sword Hall disciples are qualified to plant them. They have to apply a long time in advance.

But to meet Lu Xuan's needs as much as possible, Shen Ye didn't care about those. He even intended to use the stored spirit seeds in the pavilion.

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