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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Lu Xuan ignored the wildly swinging green-black branches that resembled arms. With a thought, the clouds above the strange spiritual plant condensed and strands of spirit rain began to fall.

According to his guess, these green-black spiritual plants shaped like arms, including the previously mutated, highly aggressive Arrow vine and Flowing Fire Wood, all shared similarities with the Demonic Vine, becoming a special existence that was half spiritual plant and half demon beast.

So, they just needed to be fed a bit, and he could potentially gain detailed information about them.

If this did not happen, he would consider using the Grandmaster Level Earth Gravity Technique to unearth the spiritual plants and plant them.

As the spirit rain fell in strands, the green-black branches discerned that it did not pose any threats and allowed it to sprinkle on their bodies.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan concentrated his spirit on the green-black Spirit Plant, and a piece of information emerged in his mind.

[Unknown spiritual plant, the third grade Thousand Worm Hands Spiritual Plant mutated under the influence of powerful flesh and blood power.]

[The Thousand Worm Hands, a group-living spiritual plant shaped like arms, likes to grow in spiritual soil environments piled with a multitude of demon beasts' limbs and cultivators' arms. It has certain aggressiveness and, when mature, is an excellent material for cultivating certain special evil techniques.] [Under the influence of powerful flesh and blood power, numerous Thousand Worm Hands Spiritual Plants underwent an unknown change. They could communicate with each other in their minds, gather instantly with the help of their kind nearby, form formations, and jointly fight enemies. When they come together in sufficient numbers, they have power close to that of a Fifth Rank.] (In an extremely cold spiritual power environment, the plant's branches will become sluggish which greatly affects the plant's speed and flexibility.] "Thousand Worm Hands Spiritual Plant… given the description, it should also belong to the type of Underworld Spiritual Plants."

"Unexpectedly, a large number of Mutated Thousand Worm Hands gathered together, vaguely tending to form Spiritual Plant Array."

There was an inward sigh in Lu Xuan's heart.

"Junior Brother Lu, have you discovered anything?"

Though they did not know why Lu Xuan had set up a Spirit Rain Technique with nearly no harm, adhering to the belief that each magic art has its experts, Fire Scale Child asked in a quiet voice, with a faint bit of hope in his tone.

"There's a feeling of deja vu; it seems like I've seen it in some books, but I'm not quite sure. Let me think about it more."

Lu Xuan spoke in a deep voice. He did not directly explain the origins and solutions of the bizarre Spiritual Plant Group in front of him.

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If he could say everything about any spiritual plant they encountered in the Blessed Land, including their origins and uses, then even if he was good at cultivating the Path of spiritual plants, it would seem staggeringly miraculous. After contemplating for a moment, he decided to suggest an idea to Fire Scale Child and the others by conjecturing.

"Elder Brother Huo, I remember seeing similar spiritual plants. This kind of spiritual plant shares some common characteristics with demon beasts or cultivators. Therefore, it's very likely that their physiological features are similar to those of demon beast cultivators."

"For instance, look at the strange spiritual plants down there shaped like arms. The arm-like sections are connected by those protruding bone nodes. If we use extreme cold spiritual power on the bone nodes, is it possible that it could affect the plant's movements?"

"Junior Brother Lu's method is certainly imaginative."

"It's worth a try."

The eyes of Fire Scale Child and his peers lit up, concluding that there was a high probability that the method proposed by Lu Xuan could work.

Sword Wu Xia didn't say a word and removed three white jade talismans from his storage bag.

The talismans emitted cold chills, condensing countless tiny frost particles on Sword Wu Xia's palm.

"Fourth Grade Talismans."

Lu Xuan felt a tremor at the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the White Jade Talismans.

The three talismans were activated by Sword Wu Xia and flew out in a rapid 'o'—shaped formation. They left three trails of frost in their wake.

The transparent snowflakes were falling all over the sky, turning a vast area below into a snow-white world instantly. Lu Xuan and the others in the passage couldn't help but shiver unconsciously.

"Using three fourth-grade ice charms at once, that's quite generous."

Lu Xuan tutted silently, marveling at the wealth of the True Disciple, completely forgetting his own casual use of sword talismans.

"All mutated spiritual plants are in a cold environment, try attacking again." From his robe, Fire Scale Child released a crimson flying sword. The sword transformed into a fiery red dragon shadow in the air and instantly arrived in front of a black and green vine.

The surrounding black-green branches sensed the danger of their kind and rushed over at the fastest speed.

A "crack" sound came.

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It was a spiritual plant that exerted too much force, forgetting the influence of extreme cold spiritual energy on itself. It twisted its branches during the movement, which slowed down the rate of its integration somewhat.

"Junior Brother Lu's method really works!"

A hint of joy appeared on Fire Scale Child's face. He immediately transmitted the message to his peers who were still in the passage.

Soon, more than ten Sky Sword Sect Cultivators who were proficient in the Ice System Technique, or possessed high-grade ice magical items and talismans arrived at the entrance of the passage, and various ice techniques were taken in turns.

"Take my Great Rheumatism Technique!"

In Lu Xuan's eyes, the area where the Dark Green spiritual plants grew had become a world wrapped in silver.

The speed of all spiritual plant branches visibly slowed down. They were willing but unable to help their nearby counterparts and could only fend for themselves.

In terms of individual strength, Sky Sword Sect Cultivators were far stronger than a single mutated Thousand Worm Hands. Once the spiritual plants lost their killing method of solidarity, they were naturally easily solved by dozens of Sky Sword Sect Cultivators.

"Thanks to Junior Brother Lu, your brilliant strategy was unpredictable and highly effective."

After reaching the other side of the dark red passage, Fire Scale Child spoke to Lu Xuan amicably.

"I just provided a clue. The main contributors were our peers who possessed powerful ice techniques, high grade magical talismans and artifacts, and our senior brothers and sisters who finally cleared these mutated spiritual plants." Lu Xuan said modestly. Considering his identity as a Spirit Plant Master, when cleaning up these mutated Thousand Worm Hands, Fire Scale Child and others had protected him, not allowing him to consume any spiritual power.

"Junior Brother Lu, there's no need to be modest. Without your deep understanding of spiritual plants, it would be difficult for us to come up with this method based on our experience and observation."

Wu Xie, who had a cold expression nearby, said with a smile, with a trace of appreciation and affirmation in his eyes.

"Alright, enough chit-chat, let's go in and see what's inside."

The Sky Sword Sect Cultivators gradually entered the dark red passage.

Lu Xuan quietly fell to the back. A grey vine as thick as a finger drilled out from his pant leg and quietly entered the dark red spirit soil.

After entering the soil depths, the Demonic Vine grew rapidly, differentiating into several tentacle-like vines. It rushed towards the growing area of the Thousand Worm Hands at a flying speed, leaving behind traces of grey mucus. Having understood the specialty of the Mutated Thousand Worm Hands, there was no way he would miss such a rare species of spiritual plant.

When no one was noticing, he released the Demonic Vine, to see if he could find some mutated Thousand Worm Hands seeds in the area he had passed.

"Arrow Vines are strong in attack, Thousand Worm Hands are good at defense, only when both offense and defense are prepared can it be the right path."

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Chapter 394: Chapter 392: Underworld Mud Flesh 1

After a while, while Lu Xuan and the others were searching inside the dark red passage, the Demonic Vine quietly drilled out from the dark red spirit soil and returned to Lu Xuan's robe.

On the gray vine, eighteen deep green seedlings the size of little fingers were inlaid.

Not bad, not bad, you've done very well. Once we leave the Blessed Land, I'll reward you with some spiritual fruit to taste."

Lu Xuan quietly praised the Demonic Vine.

It was not surprising that the Demonic Vine, with its keen sense of spiritual seeds, found the Thousand Worm Seedlings in that area. What was remarkable was that it managed to bring back all the seeds intact without Lu Xuan's supervision.

The vine was resigned to the temptation of having its favourite food and delivered all the seeds honestly to Lu Xuan, which was praiseworthy. Eighteen Thousand Worm Seedlings, even if I can only set up a simple formation, it's not bad."

Lu Xuan sighed inwardly, following behind the group, venturing deeper into the dark red passage.

"Huh? What's this?"

Under the dim light, a Foundation Establishment Late-term Fellow Disciple, who caught a long, slim, black-red Insect Beast that quickly flew out from the darkness, exclaimed.

The black-red Insect Beast looked as if it was pulled out of a heap of rotten meat, its sight was somewhat nauseating and it exuded a strong Yin Qi, constantly emitting a foul, polluted breath towards the cultivator.

Fortunately, its attack power was not very strong, standing between Perfect Qi Training and Foundation Establishment First-term, it was easily handled by the Foundation Establishment Late-term Fellow Disciple.

Only that they were in large quantities, causing a disturbance.

Lu Xuan noticed that these black-red rotten meat insect beasts had come out of a dark spirit loam. The spirit loam faintly had a decaying flesh smell.

As he passed the dark spirit loam, his spiritual sense keenly detected a change in Yin Qi. He turned his palm crystal clear, coated it with a thick layer of spiritual power, and caught a black-red insect that sneakily attacked him.

Before crushing it, he forcibly infused it with a dose of spiritual power, getting detailed information about the black-red insect beast.

[Flesh Eater Insects, third-grade insect beasts, prefer to stay in Underworld Mud Flesh, allowing the flesh-smell in the spirit soil to nourish themselves. They have a strong possessiveness and like to devour the spiritual seeds in Underworld Mud Flesh, can refine them into special Gu worms.]

[Underworld Mud Flesh, ordinary spirit soil, after years of strong flesh and blood influence, change into this special spirit soil, sealed with abundant flesh spiritual power, can be used to cultivate certain special spiritual plants.] [Normally, spiritual plants growing in Underworld Mud Flesh over time will be influenced by the flesh inside and have a high probability of mutating and even growing flesh parts.]

"Underworld Mud Flesh?"

Lu Xuan glanced at the dark spirit soil near his foot, which aroused his interest.

He squatted down to take a closer look at the spirit soil.

With the constant nourishment of the Divine Essence Scroll, his spiritual sense had improved rapidly. He could keenly detect in the depths of the spirit soil, resembling a dry meat mud, a wicked flesh energy was looming. After getting close to the spirit soil for a while, his calves developed a faint itchy feeling, as if some tiny flesh buds were trying to squeeze out of the skin surface.

"Sealed with flesh spiritual power… this Underworld Mud Flesh Spirit Loam is indeed peculiar."

"However, this piece of spirit soil is infested with Flesh Eater Insects, it's unlikely to grow other spiritual plants."

A faint spiritual light appeared on Lu Xuan's leg, cleansing the wicked aura.

"What, Junior Brother Lu, have you found something?"

A Foundation Establishment Late-term middle-aged cultivator came over curiously when he noticed Lu Xuan staying still for a long time.

"This piece of spirit soil is strange, I couldn't help but take a few more glances."

Lu Xuan deflected casually.

"Oh? This gloomy soil is actually spirit soil? No wonder it breeds those strange insect beasts."

The middle-aged cultivator drew closer.

Lu Xuan generously made way, not minding the middle-aged cultivator's actions.

With his expertise in the field of spiritual plants, he could only identify the strange Underworld Mud Flesh with the help of external tools, he didn't believe that this foundation establishment late-term fellow disciple could see anything out of the ordinary.

Junior Brother Li, when did you become interested in Spirit Soil?" Under-aged cultivator had just squatted down, noticing the fire scale child who quickly came over to Lu Xuan's side, his tone was somewhat mocking.

"Just looking, just looking."

Seeing a disciple from the Authentic Teachings, the middle-aged cultivator immediately lost his curiosity and left in a huff.

"Junior Brother Lu, are you interested in this odd spirit soil?"

The Fire Scale Child asked curiously.

Thanks to Elder Brother Huo for speaking for me."

Lu Xuan fist bumped his chest to the fire-red child as a show of gratitude.

"Going back to your question, Elder Brother, I am indeed interested in this special spirit soil, I want to take some back to the sect and try giving it an experimental study."

"If Junior Brother Lu is interested then take all the Spirit Soil back with you."

The Fire Scale child spoke in an undeniably domineering tone.

"Is this appropriate?"

After all, the large-scale exploratory operation of the blessed land was organized by the Core Formation master, and precious treasures found in the Blessed Land could not be casually claimed but must be reported back to the sect.

"I still have the authority to do this."

Fire Scale Child said indifferently.

'Moreover, Junior Brother you played a significant role in the exploration and opening of the Blessed Land, perhaps even more than us three authentic disciples. This is just some spirit soil, not precious treasures, and its properties are strange and wicked, it's not anything good. Only disciples like you, who are so passionate about spirit plants, are interested in possessing it."

So, even if Junior Brother Lu, you take away all this strange Spirit Soil, Golden

Pellet Elder Uncle will not have any objections."

During the process of opening this Blessed Land, Lu Xuan emerged as the front-runner in the sect's research of mutant spiritual plants, leading far ahead of other Spirit Plant Masters.

When he was specially invited into the Blessed Land, he leveraged his understanding of mutant spiritual plants, traded many valuable spiritual plant species from two other sects, researched the aura of Tusilin, thus enabling the Sky Sword Sect to progress faster than the other two sects, and as a result, obtained a large amount of cultivation resources.

In addition, when a group of Sky Sword Sect cultivators encountered many mutant spiritual plants capable of staging attacks, it was Lu Xuan who proposed a solution, easily solving a significant problem.

Throughout the whole process of opening the Blessed Land, it can be said that

Lu Xuan had made tremendous contributions.

"Then I won't be overly courteous."

Lu Xuan took out a container with a large capacity from his storage bag, swept all the Underworld Mud Flesh into it, then sealed it up with Sealing Spirit, Demon Expelling Symbols, and put it back in his storage bag.

Occasionally, a fellow disciple would pass by, seeing this scenario, all of them turned a blind eye and hurriedly departed.

"However, one thing I must remind Junior Brother Lu of, this spirit soil looks extremely wicked. If you want to experiment with it, you have to be cautious lest other normal spirit plants planted by you get contaminated and turn into different spiritual plants."

There was a hint of seriousness on Fire Scale Child's juvenile face.

"Thank you Elder Brother Huo for your well-intentioned reminder, I will certainly avoid this situation."

Lu Xuan revealed an innocent and harmless smile.

"As long as I use this Underworld Mud Flesh to cultivate Underworld Spiritual Plants, then there's no need to worry about spiritual plants being contaminated and changed."

He added silently in his heart.

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Chapter 395: Chapter 393: The Corpse of the Green Ancient Beast 1

Lu Xuan swept all of the Underworld Mud Flesh not just for experimentation, but more importantly, for cultivating existing and future eligible spiritual plants.

In the small courtyard at Sword Gate Town, the blood and flesh of fresh demonic beasts is needed for the growth process of the Fifth-Rank Strange Longevity Peach. If cultivated in the Spirit Soil of Underworld Mud Flesh, it will probably be greatly beneficial.

Furthermore, he may acquire meat-type Weird Spiritual Plants later, so it's better to be prepared with more to bring back.

According to the mutant situation of spiritual plants in the Blessed Land, Lu Xuan even considers using Underworld Mud Flesh to actively stimulate the spiritual plants and obtain mutant varieties.

After scraping a large piece of Underworld Mud Flesh clean, Lu Xuan returned to his fellow cultivators to explore the mysterious dark red passage together.

The passage spreads in all directions with a complex and changing terrain. Due to its recently opened state, Spirit Ores and Spiritual Plants are discovered from time to time.

Lu Xuan is already satisfied with acquiring the Underworld Mud Flesh and does not compete for the front nor fight with his companions. From the outside, he looks utterly detached from the world.

In the deepest part of the cave,

There's a huge cavern with a radius of hundreds of feet.

In the middle of it, a giant demon beast corpse lays quietly.

The corpse is a Green Ancient Beast, standing at a staggering ten feet high. It has a single leg, and occasional signs of thunder sounds emanating from it with flashes of spiritual light sweeping across, as dazzling as sunlight or moonlight.

From the large and small crevices of the cave, blood-red chains as thick as wrists are scattered that firmly pin the giant corpse to the ground. Numerous rune patterns are carved on the chains – densely packed, profound and obscure.

Perhaps due to the constraints of the formation, the flesh and blood of the giant ox corpse are well preserved, as though newly deceased.

Gu Jiankong, a Golden Core Real People from the Sky Sword Sect who Lu Xuan had encountered in the camp, is currently floating above the Green Ancient Beast, surveying the corpse seriously, surrounded by swirling Sword Qi.

Apart from him, there are five cultivators. They all behave extraordinarily, they are the Golden Core cultivators sent by the tripartite alliance.

"Fellow Daoist Cui, your Ten Thousand Beast Gate has the deepest understanding of various exotic beasts. Can you recognize what kind of Demon Beast this is?"

A thin old man, hands folded behind his back, asked a robust cultivator.

The old man was dressed in a green robe, and a transparent charm rune was faintly visible at the back of his head. The rune displayed mountains, rivers, birds, beasts, ever-changing.

The Cui whom he addressed bore similar physique compared to two normal cultivators. On his left shoulder was an exotic six-eyed beast, showing a degree of curiosity and fear while staring at the giant ox corpse below.

"It should be an Ancient Exotic Beast, the Green Ancient Beast. Adult demonic beasts have strength equivalent to a Nascent Soul, naturally controlling various Thunder Methods," the robust cultivator said in a deep voice.

A Seventh Grade Demonic Beast's corpse… it is suprising to find such a treasure hidden beneath the cave."

An elegant and charming female cultivator lamented.

This time, none of the three sects could monopolize the opening of the new Blessed Land. After negotiation, they decided to explore it together and share the resources.

Each of them sent two Golden Core Real People along with several powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivators into the Blessed Land.

After a lot of twists and turns, finally, they managed to break the final prohibitions at the center of the Blessed Land and reached the Seventh Rank Green Ancient Beast's corpse.

" I wonder who sealed the corpse of a Green Ancient Beast here? Were those mutant spiritual plants in the Blessed Land affected by this Seventh Grade Demon Beast?" The slim old man pondered.

"Let's leave those matters aside for now. The Seventh Grade Demon Beast is a rare find for all of us present. Why not join together to break this rune chain, divide the Demon Beast's corpse afterwards?" Gu Jiankong suggested coldly. Lingxiao Sect has no objection.

"Neither do we."

The four Golden Core Real People from both sects spoke in turn.

The corpse of the Seventh Grade demonic beast was within sight, but each sect had two Golden Core Cultivators. They were unsure who could manage against four opponents, and even if they allied with another sect, they were not entirely confident that they could ultimately seize the carcass.

Considering their reputations, the Golden Core Real People of the three sects formed a delicate balance and decided to distribute the corpse of the ancient beast evenly amongst themselves.

About an hour later, the six people teamed up and broke the rune chain sealing the carcass. After a significant amount of verbal sparring, each person procured the necessary parts.

After confirming there were no other high-grade treasures, the Golden Core Real People from the three sects decided to summon the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from their sect to search thoroughly every corner of the cave.

A moment later, the Sky Sword Sect cultivator, followed by the three authentic successors and the Fire Scale Child, arrived in the massive cave.

"Master Gu! Teacher Uncle He!"

Everyone greeted the two Golden Pellet Elder Uncles simultaneously.

Gu Jian Kong and another man assigned tasks, allowing Lu Xuan and the others to explore the underground maze independently.

Knowing that most of the dangers had been resolved by them, Lu Xuan felt a lot more secure, and his mind suddenly sprang to life.

He glanced at Gu Jian Kong not far away, wondering if he should return the jade sword rune to him.

While studying the mutant spiritual plant in the camp, he encountered an attack from a demon beast puppet. However, Lu Xuan effortlessly resolved the situation with his strength, making the small sword talisman left by Gu Jian Kong unnecessary.

"Disciple Lu, you can keep the communication talisman. It will still work after exiting the Blessed Land."

Suddenly, Gu Jian Kong's mosquito-like voice rang in Lu Xuan's ear.

Lu Xuan was overjoyed and looked around. Indeed, Gu Jian Kong was slightly nodding at him.

"Hehe, a one-time use of the elder's power!"

With the promise from a Golden Core Real Person, Lu Xuan naturally didn't hold back and happily placed the talisman into his storage bag.

He casually chose a dark red passage, discreetly released the Demonic Vine to let it sense the surroundings, and see if it could find a few more spiritual seeds.

In the eyes of other cultivators, the spiritual seeds, which are of relatively low value, hold an exceptionally high position for Lu Xuan, far surpassing cultivation resources like magical tools and elixirs.

Halfway through, Lu Xuan suddenly noticed a weird signal from the Demonic Vine next to him.

The gray vine hesitated, advancing two steps, then shrank back, wandering uncertainly.

Lu Xuan's consciousness fixated on the vine, sensing both extreme fear and an intense desire mixed up in the simple spiritual intelligence of the Demonic Vine. The two opposing emotions alternatively appeared.

"Did it find something valuable? But there could be a lot of risks involved?"

Lu Xuan thought to himself, puzzled.

Since finding the Demon Vine in the blessed land, even when discovering the sixth-rank Phoenix Wood, the reaction of the Demon Vine was much subtler than it was now.

"Don't be afraid, lead me to it. I'll take responsibility if anything unexpected pops up."

"If we find a nice treasure, I will let you freely spawn spiritual fruits in the future."

Lu Xuan took out the jade sword rune that he had recently put into his bag and tried to soothe the Demonic Vine.

Perceiving his intentions, the gray vine settled a bit. The intense desire beat the fear. It led Lu Xuan through the complex passages, finally stopping in front of a piece of dark red stone.

The dark red surface of the stone was very profound, and one would likely overlook it if not careful.

Lu Xuan swept his spiritual power over it, but he didn't find any abnormalities with the dark red stone.

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Chapter 396: Chapter 394 Spirit of Flesh _1

Even though Lu Xuan couldn't identify anything unusual about the dark red stone, he was still very confident in it considering the combat history of the Demonic Vine.

"This is at the core of the underground cave. In theory, it has already been searched once by several Golden Core Real People. The position of this dark red stone is not hidden; they probably did not discover its subtlety."

Lu Xuan's Spiritual Sense swept around him, confidently deciding that the Golden Core Real People had overlooked the stone. He calmly put the dark red stone into his storage bag.

Although he seemed calm on the surface after collecting the stone, he was a bit anxious deep down. He pretended to continue his search in the dark red passage. He finally relaxed completely only when he saw there was no reaction from the Golden Core Real People nearby after a long time.

"Alright, there's no point in staying any longer. It's time to return to the sect."

The thin old man from the Lingxiao Sect's voice echoed through the entire underground cave.

Hearing this, the cultivators from the three sects hurriedly moved towards the Golden Core Real People at the highest speed.

Lu Xuan and the other cultivators from the Sky Sword Sect followed Gu Jian Kong and the others out of the underground cave and onto the surface.

"I'm going to break through the spatial barrier in the Blessed Land. Follow closely and don't cause trouble."

Gu Jian Kong casually reminded everyone as an invisible little sword flew out from within his Sword Qi.

The Sword Qi flew around, enlarged countless times in the blink of an eye, and pierced through the dark red sky of the Blessed Land.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan hurriedly pulled himself together, allowing Gu Jian Kong and the two Golden Pellet elder uncles to wrap him up and fly into the sky.

After what felt like a long time, Lu Xuan finally felt a solid sensation at his feet amidst his confusion.

He shook his head, and the splitting headache that had been plaguing him finally lessened considerably. When he opened his eyes, he was already back in the Inner Sect of the Sky Sword Sect.

The cultivators were standing still within the Teleportation Array.

"This time we opened a new Blessed Land, all my nephews have worked hard."

In the center, Teacher Uncle He of the Condensing Pill Realm said kindly.

"The sect had a satisfactory harvest during the whole process."

"Most of the magic artifacts, Spiritual Ores and Spiritual Medicine, etc., need to be handed over to the sect for disposal. The remaining cultivation resources are yours as part of your reward."

Hearing the gentle words of this scholarly middle-aged man, Lu Xuan felt much at ease.

When the cultivators of the Sky Sword Sect explored the Blessed Land and collected cultivation resources, what they had to turn in had been turned in; the rest was up to their own disposal.

Junior Brother Lu's strange Spirit Soil, which was promised to himself by the true disciple Fire Scale Child, belonged entirely to himself.

"Once the sect settles everything with the relevant departments, we will reward you all with different treasures."

"Alright, everyone go back to your caves and rest for a few days."

Hearing the words of the Golden Pellet Elder Uncle, all the inner sect disciples visibly relaxed, revealing exhausted expressions.

Except for Lu Xuan and a few others, most of the cultivators of the Sky Sword Sect were on the front line, constantly facing the stealthy attacks of various Demon Beasts, Demon envoys, and Mutant Spiritual Plants. Their minds were always on edge, and they dared not relax for a moment. Only now could the negative emotions that had accumulated over time be let out.

"Junior Brother Lu, according to Teacher Uncle He, you, the Spirit Plant Master who stayed behind, should be able to get a rich reward."

Fire Scale Child walked up to Lu Xuan with a smile, his baby face wearing an old expression.

"I just did a little insignificant logistical work, far less than the life-and-death struggles my older brothers and sisters faced on the front line."

Lu Xuan humbly said.

"Junior Brother Lu, don't say that, otherwise I, your senior brother, will really be embarrassed."

"We indeed killed a lot of demon beasts and Demon envoys, caught many Mutant Spiritual Plants, but in terms of contributions in the Blessed Land, I'm afraid we true disciples did not do as well as you, Junior Brother."

Fire Scale Child's tone revealed a bit of enthusiasm.

This trip to the Blessed Land had shown him that Lu Xuan's accomplishments in the Spiritual Plant Path were far more unexpected than he originally anticipated. Initially not taking much notice of Lu Xuan as a Spirit Plant Master, his opinion changed dramatically after a few incidents.

Within the camp, Lu Xuan managed to exchange a considerable amount of high-value Mutant Spiritual Plants for the sect by making use of his knowledge of them. Along the way, he also helped Fire Scale Child and others to discover the vulnerabilities of the Mutated Camp Tassel, giving them an edge over the cultivators from the two other sects.

At the depths of the underground cavern, when everyone was trapped by the Thousand-Armed Spiritual Plant Formation, it was Lu Xuan who came up with a brilliant method to easily break through it.

Moreover, there were his many research results on Mutant Spiritual Plants during his initial time in the sect, and the assistance he provided to his peers when the camp was attacked by Demon Beast Puppets…

Even though he was a mere Spirit Plant Master, he shone brightly in the Blessed Land, creating an impression that was hard to ignore.

This made Fire Scale Child, who was part of the Authentic Teachings, want to befriend Lu Xuan and took the initiative to offer his goodwill.

After chatting casually with Fire Scale Child and a few others, Lu Xuan excused himself and eagerly went back to his cave dwelling.

Opening the Flowing Light Formation, the Fat Bird came out enthusiastically, chirping non-stop, expressing its longing for Lu Xuan.

The Fire Separation Flood Dragon, Rock-shell Turtle, and Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect also hovered around Lu Xuan, and even the Two-headed Qiu Yu that hid in the mountain for a long time also came out, looked at him from a distance, then returned to the mountain again.

After calming down the Spirit Beasts for a while, Lu Xuan went inside his house.

His trip to the Blessed Land had been a fruitful one. The reward from the sect should not disappoint him. In addition to that, he had also obtained many rare treasures.

Underworld Mud Flesh and Underworld Spirit Soil could be used to cultivate corresponding Underworld Spiritual Plants.

As for spiritual seeds, he had one Arrow Vine seedling, three Arrow Vine Spiritual Seeds and eighteen Thousand-Worm Seedlings, as well as several third-grade Mutated Spirit Seeds.

"I naturally have to plant the spiritual seed of the Thousand Qiu in the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town. But as the number of Underworld Spiritual Plants grows, the area of the courtyard is somewhat insufficient. I will need to find an opportunity to change for a better and safer Spirit Field," Lu Xuan murmured as he divided the Thousand Qiu spiritual seeds from the rest.

"There doesn't seem to be much empty spirit fields left in such a large cave dwelling."

He looked at the Arrow Vine and other spiritual seeds with a somewhat worried expression.

"Sigh, just like in my previous life, I can't break the habit of collecting seeds."

"Every time I see a good seed, I can't help but collect it, without considering if I have enough space to grow them."

Lu Xuan sighed.

"There's also this dark red stone…"

He took out from his storage bag the dark red stone that caused the Demonic Vine to react abnormally, observed it for a while, and still didn't discover anything unusual.

"When in doubt, cultivate."

He found a free spirit field, performed the Earth Pulling Technique, making a crevice appear in the spirit field, and inserted the dark red stone into it.

He concentrated his Spiritual Sense on it, but no thoughts appeared as he expected.

"That's unusual… Could it be that the Demonic Vine was mistaken?"

After retrieving the dark red stone and recalling the unknown flesh power he encountered in the Blessed Land, as well as the seventh grade Demon Beast Corpses in the heart of the underground cavern, a light flashed in his mind.

He took out a piece of fresh Demon Beast's Flesh and Blood from his storage bag and smeared it on the surface of the dark red stone.

With anticipation, he again concentrated his Spiritual Sense on the dark-red stone.

A thought emerged in his mind.

"Flesh Spirit God, a Demon Envoy, is incubating. By being nourished by the flesh and blood of a seventh-grade Demonic Beast, it can give birth to a powerful Demon Envoy."

"It can radiate a strange flesh and blood aroma, and subtly contaminate and invade all beings within a certain range."

"It likes to eat flesh and blood. After fully growing, it can master a powerful Flesh Secret Technique, manipulate the flesh of all creatures within a certain range, and its strength can be comparable to that of a Primordial Infant Cultivator."

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Chapter 397: Chapter 395: 'Divine Proliferation Scripture'_1

"Hiss…"

"An evil spirit comparable to a Nascent Soul Great Power!"

Lu Xuan couldn't help but gasp.

He didn't expect that such an inconspicuous dark red stone in front of him would hide such a terrifying evil spirit within.

"No wonder it can affect all the spirit plants in the Blessed Land, causing them to mutate."

He recalled the thought that flashed across his mind and couldn't help but sigh.

"Should I raise this evil spirit myself?"

For a moment, Lu Xuan was caught in a dilemma.

He had only two choices now. One was to hand it over to the Sect and let the Sect handle this looming evil spirit. The other was to secretly hatch the evil spirit and keep it for himself.

Of course, there was another way. He could deal with the evil spirit outside the Sect, but it would be hard to convince other cultivators, especially since they didn't have the same special abilities as him. Besides, meddling with such a catastrophic evil spirit was risky, and as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he might inadvertently cause trouble.

"Handing it over to the Sect would indeed be the safest option. But if I do so, it would be quite a pity."

Lu Xuan looked at the ordinary-looking dark red stone at his feet and thought to himself.

"I've raised some demon beasts and spirit plants, but I've never reared an evil spirit."

"Furthermore, a disaster-level evil spirit that can grow to the level of a nascent soul, and still in a gestating state. As long as I can nurture it, I will reap a light cluster of untold richness."

"If I miss this opportunity, there won't be another one!"

"I'll raise it!"

The more Lu Xuan thought about it, the more excited he became. He gritted his teeth, and a ruthless look flashed in his eyes.

"What's a disaster-level evil spirit? No matter how extraordinary your talent is or how quickly you grow, can you compare to me, who has a light cluster?"

"It's unknown how long before it hatches. It lags behind me, grows slower than me. Shouldn't it be easy for me to control you?"

The more he thought about it, the more he believed in the feasibility of raising this Spirit of Flesh.

"As a righteous path cultivator, it's my duty to keep such a strong evil spirit in check. If it falls into the wrong hands and harms the Cultivation World, that would be my grave mistake."

With this in mind, Lu Xuan didn't hesitate to put the dark red stone into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, intending to find an opportunity to hatch it.

He came to the Spirit Field and his spiritual sense swept over the entire cave dwelling.

"I have gathered many light clusters since my return. Not bad at all."

A smile appeared on Lu Xuan's face. With a flash, he appeared beside the three sword-cultivating gourds.

During his time in the Blessed Land, the last four verdant calabashes on the vines had ripened.

The sound of swords humming could be heard from inside the calabashes. Occasionally, a bit of sword intent would seep out and swim around the calabashes like fish.

Lu Xuan carefully picked the four green marbled gourds.

Where the gourds were, four white light clusters quietly emerged, slightly flickering, as if beckoning Lu Xuan to pick them up.

Lu Xuan skimmed the surface of the light clusters, and countless light clusters poured into his body one after another.

[Harvested one Third-grade Nurturing Sword Gourd, obtained Fourth Grade Stardust Sword Symbol.] *2

[Harvested one Third-grade Nurturing Sword Gourd, obtained Fourth Grade Great Sun Sword Charms.]

[Harvested one Third-grade Nurturing Sword Gourd, obtained Fourth Grade Dragon Elephant Sword Symbol.]

Four talismans appeared in Lu Xuan's hands. Inside two talismans, the sword Qi flowed like shooting stars, dazzling and splendid, only to be sublimated in an instant. One talisman was full of sword Qi that was immense and surrounded by the illusion of a flood dragon, with a mighty elephant guarding the center. There was also one where a big sun hung high, with endless sword Qi light scattered, captivating the soul.

"Four Sword Symbols."

"I just used one in the Blessed Land, and now I have replenished four more. I can't seem to spend them all."

Lu Xuan, looking at the growing number of fourth-grade Sword Symbols in his storage bag, thought to himself indulgently.

"The three sword-cultivating gourds have fully matured. I have to find an opportunity to go to the Agricultural Department Hall again and buy some more Gourd Spirit Seeds."

The fourth-grade Sword Symbols, for him right now, remains a significant means of attack. Even in the future, when his cultivation level is higher, the accumulated quantity of Sword Symbols is a terrifying force.

This high-cost-effective Spirit Plant makes him determined to get a few more Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds.

"That's right, I should also take the sect benefit for advancing to the Foundation Establishment Mid-term stage. I'll save as many Sword Marks as I can."

Back in the Boundless Sea, he had already broken through to the Foundation Establishment Mid-term. After returning to the sect, he intentionally kept it a secret to avoid attention, and only after a few years did he reveal it. Therefore, the benefits for the mid-term Foundation Establishment stage have been postponed until now.

As Lu Xuan thought this, he floated to the front of the Four Intelligent Spirit Pines.

One of the four Spirit Pines matured and he gained a Divine Essence Scroll, a special treasure from its light cluster.

In Lu Xuan's mind, he concentrated on the remaining three Intelligent Spirit Pines, sensing that the translucent progress bar beneath one of them was completely filled up.

The Spirit Gathering Pine, its plant body towering, expresses its intimacy towards Lu Xuan.

At the top of the pine tree, an Azure Pine Cone was growing, occasionally flashing with spiritual light.

The pine cone's scales are like pieces of clear azure jade, vibrant and layered, like they are connected to Lu Xuan's thoughts.

Lu Xuan held his breath and carefully plucked the Azure Pine Cone.

A thought flashed across his mind.

[Spirit Gathering Pine Cone, Fourth Grade Spiritual Fruit. Spirit Plant Masters use spirit stones to nurture and communicate while cultivating it. After consumption, it can enhance the Spiritual Sense of cultivators to a certain extent.]

"A Spirit Fruit that can enhance Spiritual Sense."

In his Sea of Knowledge, the Divine Essence Scroll is nourishing his Spiritual Sense all the time, so Lu Xuan was not in a hurry to consume the Spirit Fruit. He stored it in an exquisite Jade Box and put it inside the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

Looking up at the top of the Intelligent Spirit Pine, a white light cluster was twinkling slightly.

He gently touched the light cluster with his hand. The light cluster exploded and turned into countless light spots, condensing into a jade book pattern. Immediately afterwards, they all poured into Lu Xuan's body.

[Harvested one Fourth Grade Spirit Gathering Pine Cone, acquired Fifth-Rank Cultivation Method "Shen Yan Sutra".]

A thought crossed Lu Xuan's mind, followed by the influx of countless pieces of information into his Sea of Consciousness.

["God Derivation Sutra," Fifth Rank Cultivation Method. After a minor accomplishment, you can use a special method to nurture and temper your Spiritual Sense, causing it to continuously strengthen and purify.]

The influx of numerous information left Lu Xuan unable to digest for a moment. He stood still for a long time before slowly regaining his clarity.

"The Fifth Rank Cultivation Method can be cultivated to the Core Formation Stage. What's even more precious is that this 'God Derivation Sutra' is a cultivation method for training Spiritual Sense."

"Body refinement, Technique category Cultivation Method, countless of them are prevalent. Cultivation method for training Spiritual Sense are extremely rare."

Lu Xuan sighed inwardly.

Having nurtured numerous Spirit Plants and harvested hundreds, if not thousands, of white light clusters, only a very few are related to Spiritual Sense.

The previous Fourth Grade Earthfire Heart Lotus, the long-term consumption of its seeds, could increase the Spiritual Sense.

In addition, there's the Divine Essence Scroll he acquired from the light cluster and the recently acquired Cultivation Method "Shen Yan Sutra".

"Two items related to Spiritual Sense, both of them obtained from the mature Spirit Gathering Pine light cluster. Unfortunately, I only found four seeds in the Langyue Blessed Land."

Lu Xuan looked at the last two Spirit Gathering Pines that were about to mature, their sense of regret flashed through his mind.

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Chapter 398: Chapter 396: Incomplete Secret Realm_1

After fully experiencing the miraculousness of the Level-5 "Divine Proliferation Sutra", Lu Xuan calmed his spirit and inspected his Spirit Field.

Having left his cave mansion for a while, almost all the spirit plants in the field were in a thirsty state, each with its own needs.

Lu Xuan first approached the Second Grade Water Firefly Grass.

The two hundred Water Firefly Grass plants had entered a mature state. Their slender, azure blue leaves connected together, glow dots twinkling like countless stars twinkling in the night sky.

"My increase in cultivation will all depend on you."

With a thought from Lu Xuan, clouds roiled over the Water Firefly Grass, strands of Spirit Rain falling down, generously moistening the thirsty Water Firefly Grass.

After dealing with the numerous Water Firefly Grass, Lu Xuan didn't stop, changing posture, and continued dealing with the numerous Sword Grass.

"Four Seasons Sword Art", Wind and Thunder Sword Qi, "Thousand Owl Sword Secret", Peacock Sword Array …

He constantly displayed various swordsmanship and sword arrays, the Sword Qi howling, causing the numerous Sword Grass to tremble incessantly, unspeakably thrilled.

"It feels like I'm doing homework."

In front of the different Sword Grass, Lu Xuan displayed various sword techniques, feeling that he was invisibly guided by the Sword Grass. After day and night of hard work, his swordsmanship became more proficient.

"Did I, who didn't want to cultivate the Sword Dao, secretly become a Sword Dao grandmaster?"

Such an absurd thought crossed Lu Xuan's mind, he shook his head, and continued to cultivate spiritual plants.

The Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit of the Ice and Fire Realm, the "Five-Element Fruit" that changes with the five elements, the Illusion Sound Bamboo that was weak due to the lack of spiritual energy nourishment…

And the few high-grade spiritual plants in the cave mansion.

Over the Earth Fire Branch Vein, Lu Xuan took out a Red Lotus Flame to feed the Sixth-Rank Phoenix Wood, then dived into the small lake at the bottom, taking out Profound Origin Heavy Water and Spirit Gathering True Liquid, to carefully cultivate the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass.

The Vajra Bodhi, which is also of the fifth rank, couldn't be raised due to lacking conditions and could only barely maintain its vitality for now.

Besides, there were also Jade Dew Fruit, Primordial Essence Herb, Earthfire Heart Lotus, Xuan Chong Vine…

After meticulously cultivating all the spiritual plants, the spiritual power in Lu Xuan's Dantian was exhausted, and it was dried up.

"It's gone, really not a single drop left."

Feeling that the many spiritual plants in his spirit field were still unsatisfied, he shook his head in helpless amusement.

With so many spiritual plants absorbing in turns, no matter how much spiritual power he had, he couldn't withstand this onslaught.

However, despite running out of spiritual power, Lu Xuan felt an unparalleled sense of peace.

Everywhere he looked, every spiritual plant was full of vitality, verdant, seemingly nurturing hope.

"Being an ordinary Spirit Plant Master is indeed comfortable."

Lu Xuan thought contently in his heart.

Cultivating spiritual plants, harvesting the light clusters, it is simple yet fulfilling, much better than exploring secret realms.

In this way, a few days passed, and Lu Xuan was cultivating an Arrow Vine Spiritual Seed, a familiar voice echoed from the foot of the mountain.

"Is Junior Brother Lu there?"

The voice was familiar, it was Fire Scale Child, a true disciple whom Lu Xuan had interacted with many times in the Blessed Land.

"Elder Brother Huo, please come in."

Lu Xuan controlled the Flowing Light Formation to open while walking out to meet him.

"Brother Ge Pu mentioned that if you want to find Junior Brother Lu, there's no need to consider other methods, just come to your cave mansion."

"I didn't expect it to be true, Junior Brother Lu, you really stayed in the cave mansion, your sincerity towards spiritual plants is really admirable."

Fire Scale Child climbed to the small courtyard on the mountainside with Lu Xuan, speaking in a relaxed tone.

"Two seniors overpraise me, such behavior is also driven by helplessness, only to blame myself for having a natural love for flowers, birds, insects, and fish."

Lu Xuan said with a self-deprecating laugh.

Upon entering the small courtyard, Lu Xuan immediately offered up Spiritual Fruit and Spiritual Tea, and even poured out a cup of Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice from the Drunk Immortal Gourd.

"Junior Brother truly is the Inner Sect Disciple with the deepest cultivation in Spirit Plants within our sect. These two kinds of Spirit Fruits are of excellent quality, rich in Spiritual Energy, and surprisingly effective when combined. "

"The Spirit Juice also has a unique flavor, which is quite distinctive."

Fire Scale Child loudly praised.

"If Elder Brother likes it, you can take some to taste when you leave."

Seeing that Fire Scale Child enjoyed it, Lu Xuan Laughed and said so.

He had already obtained the methods to condense the Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit, and to a certain extent, he had already achieved freedom with Spirit Fruits. Fortunately, Fire Scale Child was a true disciple of the Sect with extraordinary talents, and giving him some Spirit Fruits would also be a good way to foster a good relationship.

"Then I shall not be polite, Junior Brother."

Fire Scale Child was straightforward and said so directly.

"Upon returning from the Blessed Land, the Sect has already summarized and sorted out various matters, and there are different levels of rewards for those who have entered the Blessed Land."

"This time I have come specifically for you, Junior Brother Lu."

As Fire Scale Child spoke, he flicked his hand, and a large pile of Sword Marks floated in the air.

"These are one thousand Sword Marks, the most earned by any disciple below the true teachings. "

"Junior Brother Lu, you can use these one thousand Sword Marks to freely exchange for Cultivation Techniques, Magic Artifacts, Spiritual Seeds and other treasures. You can choose yourself to prevent the occurrence of undesired rewards that need to be handled separately."

"Thank you, Elder Brother Huo!"

Lu Xuan was extremely satisfied with this kind of reward method. If he were to be rewarded with ordinary magic artifacts or similar, it would be somewhat of a chicken rib to keep, and it would be too troublesome to deal with. Using Sword Marks would be much more convenient.

One thousand Sword Marks can be considered as precious in value, and they could buy three to four Fourth Grade Spirit Seeds from the Agricultural Department Hall.

"One thousand Sword Marks is only a small part, the main reward is still to come."

"All of Junior Brother Lu's performances in the Blessed Land have been seen by us. When arranging the rewards, Elder Uncle Gu Jiankong strongly recommended that you should be in charge of an Incomplete Secret Realm."

"Incomplete Secret Realm?"

Lu Xuan asked with a puzzled expression.

"Yes, apart from the Three Great Blessed Lands, our sect also has some secret realms, among which some are incomplete."

"These Secret Realms are usually controlled by the Golden Pellet Elder Uncle or True Disciples. Occasionally, the Incomplete Secret Realms would be assigned to the name of an Inner Sect Disciple for his cultivation and retreat."

"The Incomplete Secret Realm has been completely refined by the Sect and carries no security risk. The Spiritual Energy is much more vibrant than that in the Inner Sect, extremely suitable for cultivation, and of course, needless to say, for cultivating Spiritual Plants."

"Forgive my temerity, does the Incomplete Secret Realm that Elder Brother Huo mentioned belong solely to me?"

Lu Xuan asked curiously.

"Junior Brother has unlimited period usage rights, as long as you are in the sect and still alive, you alone will have control over that Secret Realm."

Fire Scale Child spoke with certainty.

Such a generous reward was not only a commendation for Lu Xuan's excellent performance in the Blessed Land this time, but more importantly, it was an investment in his spirit plant abilities. It is believed that with the Incomplete Secret Realm, he could contribute more value to the Sect.

"Then, I am bestowed with the Sect and respected Uncles' recognition."

Lu Xuan nodded lightly, with a hint of excitement in his heart.

As the number of Spirit Plants increased, his Cave Mansion Spirit Field gradually became strained, the appearance of the Incomplete Secret Realm would help to alleviate a lot of pressure on the Cave Mansion Spirit Field.

Not to mention, the Spiritual Energy in the Secret Realm is even more vibrant and pure compared to the Inner Sect.

"If high-grade spiritual plants are cultivated in there, the quality might be slightly improved, thereby obtaining richer Light Cluster rewards."

Lu Xuan quietly thought to himself.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. After some more time, a True Disciple will come to exchange control with you. By then, you will be given a treasure and some related items will be explained."

Seeing Lu Xuan's appearance, Fire Scale Child laughed lightly.

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Chapter 399: Chapter 397: Emperor Date_1

Fire Scale Child visited mainly to give Lu Xuan a thousand Sword Marks and to inform him that he would soon be in control of the Incomplete Secret Realm. He didn't linger around for too long.

After a while, he bid his goodbye and left.

Lu Xuan saw him off out of the cave, watched him turn into a line of red light, and vanish into the horizon before returning to the cave.

Fire Scale Child was extraordinarily gifted and powerful. Naturally, Lu Xuan was more than eager to receive his overtures.

He roughly estimated his current strength, and with the help of various treasures, he was now easily able to handle two or three average Foundation Establishment Late-term Cultivators. If he pushed himself, the number would be much higher.

Clearly though, this didn't apply to long-established names in the Sky Sword Sect.

Compared to the authentic teachings, there was still quite a distance, at most, he was only nearing it.

"However, once a few more Fourth Grade Spirit Plants mature in my cave, or perhaps a Fifth Rank Spirit Plant, I should be nearly there."

Lu Xuan's Spiritual Sense swept over the entire cave, and he felt optimistic about his future.

After resting for two days, the various Spiritual Plants in the cave were all filled with Spiritual light, and bursting with vitality.

Lu Xuan had the thought of going to the Agricultural Department Hall.

After the three Sword Nurturing Gourd Spiritual Plants matured, he had more than ten Sword Nurturing Gourds in hand, and he needed to find a chance to handle them properly.

The previous Spiritual Plants which were grown, such as the Flaming Fruit, Ice Luo Fruit, Enchanted Immortal Peach and others were all converted into Spirit Beasts, Guardian Beasts like White Ape, and Luan Bird, or were used to entertain guests.

The rest of the mature Spiritual Plants were either exchanged for treasures like Spiritual Plants or handed over to the Sword Hall or Dan Palace, or they were Underworld Spiritual Plants and were not easy to dispose of.

The Lotus Seeds of the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and the Evil Eye Pupil formed by the Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree were both extravagantly saved for personal use.

The Spirit Gathering Pine, which was of the same rank, was too precious, so it was temporarily stored in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

He called out to Wind Falcon, and with a light jump, he arrived on the wide and sturdy back of Wind Falcon.

The blustery wind howled through the high altitude. Along the way, Spirit Cranes occasionally recognized Lu Xuan, and they would group together, politely chirping at him.

Seeing this, Fat Bird, with its pair of massive blue wings flapping briskly, its chubby belly taking the form of a smooth droplet, left the Spirit Cranes far behind in a few breaths.

Lu Xuan instructed Fat Bird to land in front of the wide plaza of the Agricultural Department Hall, and he entered the hall directly.

"Greetings, Brother."

A square-faced Foundation Establishment Cultivator greeted Lu Xuan respectfully upon seeing him.

"Greetings, Junior Brother. I recently reached the mid-term Foundation Establishment, so I thought I'd come and collect the corresponding Sect benefits."

"In addition, when I first broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, I was allowed to choose a Method of Seed Condensation for a third-grade Spiritual Plant. At the time, I had not decided on one, so I wonder if I can still select one now."

Lu Xuan asked; at that time, he only managed to get the Condensation Methods for the second-grade Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit. For the third-grade, he left it out due to indecisiveness, until now.

"Brother, please give me your identification token, I need to verify it."

"Sure."

Lu Xuan took off his identity token from his waist and handed it over to the young cultivator.

"It turns out to be Brother Lu!"

The youth imbued his Spiritual Sense into the black token, raised his head, and looked at Lu Xuan with a surprised expression.

"I've been hearing a lot about you, Brother. Given an opportunity, I'd love to learn from you about your experience in cultivating Spiritual Plants."

"No problem, you're always welcome," Lu Xuan nodded.

"Brother Lu, you indeed still have the option to choose a method for condensing seeds for a third-grade Spiritual Plant."

"In addition, the benefits for reaching the Foundation Establishment Mid-term have not been claimed yet."

The mid-term benefits of Foundation Establishment are the same as the earlier stage, breakthrough will get one fourth-rank spiritual plant seed, three third-grade spiritual seeds, and ten second-grade spiritual seeds.

In addition, you can also get a method method for condensing second-rank spiritual plants, and two methods for condensing second-rank spiritual plants.

"For the two methods of condensation for grade three spiritual plants, I choose the Sword Nurturing Gourd and the Primordial Essence Herb."

Lu Xuan said in a deep voice.

The light cluster in the Sword Nurturing Gourd can consistently produce fourth-grade Sword Symbols, and the Primordial Essence Herb can produce third-grade Foundation Building Pills. The recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill, as well as the nascent soul grass orb which restores Qingmu Origin Energy and feeds Grass Puppets, are both main ingredients to refine the Foundation Pill.

Lu Xuan was extremely satisfied with these two spirit plants and did not hesitate to choose them.

For the remaining two second-grade condensing methods, Lu Xuan picked two at random, looking for opportunities to improve them later.

"As for the spirit plants…"

Lu Xuan leafed through the jade book in his hand. The jade book contained lifelike patterns of spirit plants of different ranks, and brief introductions to the spirit plants were also listed underneath.

If a pattern was lit up, it meant there were ready-made sprouts or spirit seeds. If it was dimly lit, it meant that they would have to wait for a while before they could get it.

"For grade three spirit plants, Brother, please fetch me three Sword Nurturing Gourd seeds. For second grade, please fetch me five seeds each of Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit."

"As for fourth grade…"

Lu Xuan flipped through the jade book. There were more than a dozen kinds of fourth-grade spirit plants, including the Earth Fire Heart Lotus, Xuan Chong Vine and Five-Element Fruit he had planted before.

Perhaps because fourth-grade spirit seeds were rarer and harder to condense, only a small portion of the patterns were lit up.

There were only three other fourth-grade spirit seeds available for Lu Xuan to choose from, and each one required extremely high cultivation conditions.

After flipping repeatedly, Lu Xuan eventually pointed to one pattern and told the young cultivator:

"Let's go with this fourth-grade Earth Emperor Olive."

"Alright, please wait a moment, Brother Lu."

The youth entered the inner depths of the hall. After a while, he hurried out, with spirit seeds and jade slips floating in front of him.

"These are the spirit seeds Brother Lu needs, as well as the four seed condensation methods. Please feel free to check."

Lu Xuan swept his spiritual sense over them and nodded.

"Correct."

He accepted these items, bought another ten Sword Nurturing Gourd spirit seeds from the Agricultural Department Hall, and then returned to his cave dwelling.

As soon as he passed through the formation, Lu Xuan came to the Spirit Field and took out the fourth-grade Earth Emperor Olive Spirit Seed.

The spirit seed was a dark yellow olive core. The surface was engraved with many deep and shallow spirit lines. Within it, a very dense earthy spiritual power was contained, as if it was going to seep out from within the spirit seed.

He applied the Earth Pulling Technique and placed the dark yellow spirit seed into the spirit soil.

His mind concentrated on the olive core embedded in the shallow layer of the spirit soil, a thought immediately surfaced within.

[Earth Emperor Olive, fourth-grade Spirit Plant, requires nourishment from pure earthy spiritual power during growth. It is extremely demanding of its growing environment and requires a high standard of spirit soil.]

[Once mature, the fruit it bears has a wide range of uses. It can assist cultivators in practicing earth-based formula methods and divine skills, accelerating the speed of practice. It can also be used to concoct corresponding unique high-rank elixirs and to raise certain types of demon beasts.]

[When earth reaches its extreme, it becomes Emperor!]

"Fourth-Grade Spirit Plant, Earth Emperor Olive!"

"There's another new variety of spirit fruit in my cave dwelling."

"Although it is widely used, it is actually quite limited. It can only be utilized for earth-based demon beasts and in elixir recipes."

"Now that it requires high growth conditions, it's not an issue given that I'm about to own a fragment of a Secret Land. Am I afraid that I can't satisfy the growth conditions required by a mere fourth-grade spirit plant?"

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Chapter 400: Chapter 398: The True Moisture of the Secret Land_1

The number of spiritual plants planted in the Cave Mansion Spirit Field was huge, approaching the limit of what could be planted, so Lu Xuan planned to plant the newly acquired spiritual seeds in the Incomplete Secret Realm that he would soon acquire.

The Emperor Dates, including the Sword Nurturing Gourd, and the Flaming Fruits, among others.

From what he knew about the secret realms, the conditions for the growth of the Emperor Dates would be more likely met in a secret realm, so there was no need to worry about not being able to grow normally after planting.

Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives – a few days later, a Blue Bird Marionette flew to the outside of Lu Xuan's Cave Mansion.

"Is Junior Brother Lu there? Could you please make some time to come to the Array Hall? This matter concerns the Secret Realm that Junior Brother is managing."

A gentle voice came out from the Blue Bird Marionette, and Lu Xuan quickly followed it, crossing many mountains until he arrived at Sect Array Hall.

He frequently went to the Agricultural Department Hall, Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, and Sword Hall among other places, but this was his first time coming to the Array Hall.

Lu Xuan looked at the array layout while closely following the blue bird puppet.

Compared to other halls, Array Hall seemed much quieter. Only occasionally did he see one or two Inner Sect Disciples, who hurriedly nodded to Lu Xuan before quickly disappearing.

From the depths of the Array Hall, there were often intense fluctuations of spiritual power, seemingly containing numerous Spirit Power Bombs, ready to explode at any moment.

"This is the sect members of the Array Hall trying to layout an array. Junior Brother Lu doesn't need to worry."

A medium-built, ordinary-looking middle-aged cultivator silently walked out from inside and kindly spoke to Lu Xuan.

Although the cultivator's appearance was ordinary, his temperament was anything but. His eyes were bright and profound, and his entire person seemed hazy when he walked, as if he could enter another space at any moment.

"Let me introduce myself – I'm Li Yunyuan, one of the Authentic Teachings of the Sect, and have some achievements in the area of formations."

"As for the array plate related to Junior Brother Lu's Incomplete Secret Realm, I shall be fully responsible."

"So, you're Senior Brother Li. The brothers setting up the array won't cause a significant impact, will they?"

Lu Xuan, curious, asked while looking in the direction of the spiritual energy fluctuations.

"It's usually kept within a controlled range. Occasionally, when the arrangement fails and exceeds control, they may get hurt, but the problem is not significant."

Li Yunyuan responded, the spiritual light in front of him flickered, and a bronze array disk silently appeared in his hand.

The Array Plate was only the size of a palm, it was designed with ancient spiritual charm and intricate runes. The closer to the center, the more it seemed to blend into nothingness, as if linked to an unknown existence in the void.

"Junior Brother Lu, this is the key to your access to the Incomplete Secret Realm."

"This Array Plate is connected to the core array of the Array Hall. With the power of the main array, it can traverse the void, established through the joint use of a few masters of the Array Hall, and its stability is optimal."

"Junior Brother Lu, when you want to enter or leave the Secret Realm, you only need to provide a small amount of Spirit Stones, and you can freely travel between the sect and the Secret Land."

"In accordance with common sense, the Array Plate can be used for a long time, but in case of any unexpected event, it's better for Junior Brother Lu to come to the Array Hall every few to ten years for system maintenance and examination."

The middle-aged cultivator explained in detail.

Lu Xuan respectfully took the bronze array plate from him and, according to the cultivator's reminder, dripped a drop of Essence Blood into the centre of the Array Plate.

The Essence Blood quickly disappeared into the center of the Array Plate, causing the runes on it to flash, and Lu Xuan vaguely had the insight to perceive something from a distant outside world.

"Secret Realms are usually located in the void or dangerous and secluded areas. It's difficult to reach them in a short time at normal speed and only possible by using the teleportation array inside the Array Hall."

The middle-aged cultivator saw the look on Lu Xuan's face and volunteered to explain.

"According to my understanding of the Secret Realm that you manage, Junior Brother Lu, the concentration and purity of spiritual qi inside the realm is lower than the three Blessed Lands and the other Secret Realms in the sect, but it is significantly stronger than the Inner Sect Spirit Qi Environment."

"At the same time, there are several natural spirit lands within the secret land, which are extremely suitable for cultivating spiritual plants. Junior Brother Lu will surely be satisfied."

"Brother Li, I wonder how the security situation of the secret land is?"

Lu Xuan asked the question he cared about most.

"Safe, needless to say."

"Although the secret land is incomplete, there are spatial barriers around the edges. After being discovered by the sect, while stabilizing the space of the secret land, a strong array was also laid. Even a Primordial Infant Cultivator cannot easily enter into the secret land."

"In addition, the demon beasts and demon envoys in the secret land have been completely cleaned up. There are only some awe-inspiring spirits that will not initiate attacks. With Junior Brother's cultivation level, they can be easily dealt with."

"It can be said that unless the sect is destroyed, and the Array Hall Array is destroyed, there may be a safety problem in the secret land."

Li Yunyuan said with full confidence.

Lu Xuan immediately felt relieved. The Sky Sword Sect was considered a huge entity in the Cultivation World, and he could not imagine the sect being destroyed.

Then, Li Yunyuan continued to introduce Lu Xuan to the use of the array plate, precautions, entry and exit deadlines, and so on.

Lu Xuan took it to heart and returned to his cave mansion with the Bronze Array Disk.

"In addition to the newly-obtained spiritual seeds, I can also transplant some spiritual plants over there, and change the growth environment."

"The sixth-rank Phoenix Wood, the rank is too high, the presence of Red Lotus Flame, it does not need daily cultivation, it is safer in the secret land."

"The fifth-rank Vajra Bodhi can also be brought over. If left in the cave mansion, it can only maintain its vitality. In a different environment, under the conditions of denser and purer spiritual energy, it may be able to grow slowly."

"There's also the fourth-grade Fallen Thunder Wood…"

Lu Xuan carefully considered, he planned to bring high-grade spiritual plants that do not need to be frequently cultivated from his cave mansion into the secret land, for their safer and steadier growth.

"Underworld spiritual plants in the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town… I'll observe for a while, if it's suitable, I'll move them over."

He was hesitant about whether to bring the underworld spiritual plants into the secret land, planning to first enter the broken secret land to see the situation.

"Fortunately, there is a Fifth-grade Gluttony Bag, even if the high-grade spiritual plants are transplanted, it will still be able to well maintain the vitality of the spiritual plants and not cause too much impact."

Lu Xuan thoughtfully, and soon prepared the required spiritual plants.

Once again coming to the Array Hall, paying dozens of spirit stones, the teleportation array was activated, the luminous Bronze Disk Disk leading Lu Xuan, entered into a void.

In his spiritual sense, chaos surrounded him. After a long time, Lu Xuan felt a solid feeling under his feet.

Before he could open his eyes to observe the secret land, rich and pure spiritual energy gushed in crazily, causing every pore on Lu Xuan's body to open involuntarily and greedily breathe the extremely pure spiritual energy.

"This secret land is really nourishing."

Lu Xuan muttered to himself.

The spiritual power within the secret land is no longer a simple 'Qi', there is a tendency to transition into 'liquid'. Every breath gives a feeling of moistening the limbs, entering the Dantian effortlessly, and easily condensing into drops of pure and transparent spiritual liquid.

"I've never fought such a rich battle!"

"I don't know how much time can be saved by practicing in such a spiritual energy environment."

An abundance of pure spiritual energy environment made Lu Xuan can't help feeling like he was on the wrong path.

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Chapter 401: Chapter 399: Treasures Everywhere_1

"The spiritual energy in this secret land is indeed fragrant and sweet!"

Lu Xuan took a deep breath, sincerely expressing his feelings.

Even now, he still felt a sense of unreality. He hadn't expected to actually possess a remnant secret realm all on his own.

He remembered how back in Linyang Market, he had used Flower Spirit Stones to rent a cramped courtyard. The spirit field he owned was pitifully small.

After that, he joined the Sky Sword Sect, deliberately chose a secluded mountain peak, cleared a spirit field, and proceeded to become an inner sect disciple with an independent cave residence.

And finally, the secret land where he currently resides.

"Back in the market, it was like renting a small house in an urban village. The conditions were crude, a mixed bag of good and bad, with not so great security."

"Joining the sect was like moving to a nice apartment, where safety was guaranteed on all sides."

"Now, you could say I finally own a house of my own."

"Most importantly, this house was effectively free."

A smile crept onto Lu Xuan's face.

With a thought, an ash-colored eye emerged in the void above his head. The eye would appear and disappear, swiftly moving about in the sky.

Lu Xuan quietly held two sword talismans in his hand, extending his spiritual sense to explore the remnant secret realm.

The Void Nightmare Eye he had refined to a certain degree held a large area of control. It soon shared the visuals it observed through Lu Xuan's eye on his palm.

"The area of the secret realm is hundreds of acres, just a remnant secret realm, you can't expect more."

Lu Xuan cautiously approached the edge of the secret realm, looking off into the distance.

At the edge, jagged spatial cracks were visible. On one side was the secret land, rich and pure with spiritual energy, and on the other was the chaotic, gray void. At their intersection, you could see the spiritual light moving about, forming a thick spiritual aura barrier left behind by a Golden Core Real Person from the Sky Sword Sect.

Lu Xuan wasn't curious enough to try attacking the edge of the secret realm. Using the 'Breaking Illusion Eye Technique', he confirmed there were no issues with the spatial barrier and the mysterious prohibition before heading straight into the depths of the secret realm.

Along the way, he saw many spirit trees, full of life, lush and verdant. These were common varieties in the cultivation world, presumably left behind by the previous owner of the remnant secret realm.

"Squeak squeak squeak."

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound.

From behind a verdant tree, a small figure flew out and stopped in front of Lu Xuan.

The figure was a palm-sized sprite, shallow green in color, with nearly transparent, thin, and delicate wings. It exuded a natural, pure spirit, making one want to get close.

It seemed to have no fear of Lu Xuan, and looked at him with innocent curiosity.

Lu Xuan's Dantian spun lightly as the Qingmu Origin Energy radiated a streak of pale green spiritual power, presenting it to the shallow green sprite.

The sprite, detecting the pure floral and tree spiritual energy contained in the Qingmu Origin Energy, stopped on Lu Xuan's back, sucking in the delicate green spiritual power.

After absorbing it, it seemed unsatisfied. It moved to the tip of Lu Xuan's finger and continued to suckle.

Lu Xuan trembled slightly from his fingertips and shook off the light green sprite, focusing his mind on it.

[Wood Demon Spirit, sprite type with the purest wood spiritual scent. Over a long period of time, it has sprouted a hint of spiritual nature and gradually birthed simple spiritual intelligence. It contains a rich wood spiritual scent in its body, which is naturally compatible with most spirit plants, promoting their growth, and is non-aggressive.]

"I reckon it would die under one punch from me."

Lu Xuan looked at the petite sprite humming around him and couldn't help but think.

"It has a strong affinity for spiritual plants, staying in the Secret Land can promote the growth of spiritual plants."

"Yes, passive promotion, it shouldn't affect my light cluster rewards."

Lu Xuan guessed.

After walking for a while, more and more Wood Demon Spirits were following him. In total, there were more than ten of them, all humming and squeaking, as if asking Lu Xuan for Qingmu Origin Energy.

He ignored them and continued to explore the Incomplete Secret Realm.

When he reached the central area, he crouched down and scooped up a handful of Spirit Soil.

In his Spiritual Sense, the Spirit Soil contained a rich Spiritual Power. Although it was not as special and useful as those in the Cultivation World, it was much stronger than the Spirit Soil in the Inner Sect of the Sky Sword Sect.

There were two peculiar places in the entire Secret Land.

In one gorge, there was a spring gushing out. Under Lu Xuan's Spiritual Sense, it seemed as if a void was needed for the spring, and the water gushing out had a cold chill, as if it was seeping into the marrow.

Lu Xuan casually took out an Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seed and planted it near the spring in the Spirit Soil. His mind was condensed, then he irrigated it with the cold spring water.

"Ice Luo Fruit…"

"The spirit seed irrigated by the cold spring spirit rain harbors an extreme cold breath. Over time, it may undergo mutation."

"The cold spring Spirit Rain is a third-grade Spiritual Liquid. It is formed under the special structure of the Secret Land, contains extremely cold breath, can be used to refine elixirs, magic artifacts, cultivating spiritual plants. The rate of condensation of the spiritual liquid is relatively slow."

"So much third-grade Spiritual Liquid!"

Lu Xuan was pleasantly surprised. Back then, he deliberately went to the Boundless Sea to get a bottle of Profound Origin Heavy Water and Spirit Gathering True Liquid in order to satisfy the growth conditions of the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass.

Unexpectedly, the Secret Land contained such a rich supply of third-grade Spiritual Liquid.

"It's a pity that the Spiritual Liquid is not inexhaustible. The rate of condensation is not very fast, otherwise, that would be a lot of wealth."

Lu Xuan, feeling the undercurrents of the spring water, made up his mind to make good use of this cold spring Spirit Rain.

"Cultivating the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass is a must. Once the two kinds of Spiritual Liquid in my hand are used up, the cold spring Spirit Rain can replace them perfectly."

"I don't have to think about Alchemy and Tool refining for the time being. Using it to cultivate spiritual plants is a good choice. Hmm, the Ice Luo Fruit is just the result of cultivation under the influence of the ice series spiritual power. It would greatly benefit from being nurtured by the cold spring Spirit Rain. I can try to see if I can condense a Grade 3 Spirit Fruit."

If he could get a higher-grade mutated Ice Luo Fruit with a second grade Spirit Fruit, Lu Xuan would naturally be delighted.

There was another strange place in the Secret Land, a small Flame Mountain. There were various fires burning all over the mountain, lasting forever, full of Fire Spirit, and one could feel a sense of scorching heat from far away.

Lu Xuan entered the small mountain territory and easily dig out a piece of the fourth-grade Spirit Ore called Flame Spirit Stone.

He had once seen in a book in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion that the Flame Spirit Stone is a Fourth Grade Spirit Mine. It is a common type of High-grade Spirit Ore and is often used in the refining of Magic Artifacts.

"This Flame Mountain can be used to cultivate Phoenix Wood, Earthfire Heart Lotus, and Flaming Fruit. I wonder if there is any possibility of mutating into a new Fire ripened Spirit Fruits under the nourishment of fire spiritual aura of this degree."

"Right, the previously used Fifth Rank 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman' can be replenished here with Fire Spirit Aura. It's a good option."

Lu Xuan thought secretly to himself.

"The greatest wealth of this Secret Land is the ubiquitous dense and pure Spiritual Aura, which greatly benefits the growth of spiritual plants."

"In addition, high-quality Spirit Soil, the Wood Demon Spirit that naturally have an affinity for spiritual plants, the cold spring spirit rain, and this Flame Mountain, are all great treasures."

"The Secret Land is not large, but it is full of treasures everywhere."

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Chapter 402: Chapter 400 Instant Arrow Technique?_1

A wonderful Secret Land was right in front of him, and all Lu Xuan wanted was to heavily sow his spiritual seeds.

He executed the Earth Pulling Technique, the Soil of the Secret Land churned up, quickly forming sections of neatly arranged Spirit Fields.

He then went to one Spirit Field, placing the newly acquired thirteen Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds into the cracks.

As he activated his Spiritual Power, pure Spirit Rain fell bit by bit, thoroughly moisturizing the Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds at the shallow layer of the Spirit Soil.

Next, he took out some second-hand Flying Swords he had bought at a low price from his storage bag and evenly placed them around the Gourd Spirit Seeds so that they could fully absorb the leftover Sword Intent.

Following that, Lu Xuan planted five each of the Flaming Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds near the spring eye and the small flame mountain, respectively.

These ten second-grade Spiritual Fruits had a strong experimental nature to see if they could produce mutations under the special spiritual power environment of the Secret Land.

After planting the two types of Spirit Fruits, he took out the dark yellow olive core from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and chose the most fertile place to sow it.

Lu Xuan's Spiritual Sense was focused on the Earth Emperor Olive Spirit Seed, noticing it absorbing the Earth Spirit Qi from the Spirit Soil, which made him feel relieved.

The Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed was also planted in the Spirit Soil. The Vajra phantom images surrounding the elliptical Spirit Seed were a lot more solid within moments under the nourishment of the rich Spiritual Energy.

The Vajra was angry-eyed, holding a Buddhist Magic Tool, and faintly possessed the demeanor of intimidating all demonic spirits of the world.

"I wronged you before. When I someday find incense, willingness, the sound of Dharma, and other Buddhist treasures, I'll cultivate you well," Lu Xuan said in a low voice.

He flew to the space above the flame mountain, and a charred piece of wood naturally fell down.

In the process of falling, it seemed to feel the exceptionally pure Fire spirit Qi from the flame mountain, and the dark golden crack on the charred wood suddenly lit up.

"Chirp chirp!"

It seemed as if a clear phoenix sound resonated in the void. A pair of thumb-sized Phoenix phantoms burst out from the dark golden crack and joyfully danced over the heavy flames.

The Phoenix phantoms' flying speed became faster and faster, causing the flames below to automatically point towards the phantoms' location without wind.

"You two indeed ignite each other like dry wood meeting fire."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh upon seeing this.

The transplantation of the sixth-rank Phoenix Wood to the Secret Land was indeed the best choice.

Due to its rank, it had extremely high requirements for fire spirit Qi and needed to be nurtured with third rank or higher Strange Fire. Prior to this, it was barely surviving near the Earth Fire Branch Vein in the cave dwelling.

Now, in the Secret Land, it was like a fish in water.

After planting all spirit plants, Lu Xuan communicated with the Wood Demon Spirit in the Secret Land, activated the Bronze Array Disk, entered chaos, and returned to the Array Hall Array.

"Finally back to the Sect. With a large Teleportation Array arranged by the Array Hall and the corresponding Array Disk, commuting between the Secret Land and the Sect is quite convenient."

Lu Xuan reflected, and returned to the foot of his cave dwelling. Within a short day or two, he felt an unreal feeling of the world passing him by.

"In the future, I'll be a Spirit Plant Master with three Spirit Fields."

"One planting various odd and strange Spirit Plants, one specializing in cultivating high-grade spirit plants, and one planting conventional Spirit Plants; clear division of labor."

He made a round of inspection in the Spirit Field, executed various basic Formula Methods, Sword Techniques, Sword Arrays, carefully nurturing, to meet the needs of all Spirit Plants in the cave dwelling.

"Fourth Grade Arrow Vine, simulating arrow shapes with spiritual power for cultivation, can only be said to have the form but lack the spirit. I still need to find a way to get a real arrow-type technique so I can properly nurture them."

The Arrow Vine itself is extraordinary, and given its fourth-grade status, the rewards from the Light Cluster are likely to be generous. Therefore, Lu Xuan attaches great importance to these four mutated Arrow Vines. He is determined to exchange them for an arrow-based Formula Method at the Scripture Treasury Pavilion, and then carefully nurture them.

Half a day later, Lu Xuan returned to his cave residence, holding a grey-black Jade Slip in his hand.

This Jade Slip, which he had exchanged for nearly 300 Sword Marks, contained a Formula Method named "Instant Arrow Technique".

It was a third-grade technique, and after successful cultivation, it could instantly stimulate an invisible Spiritual Power Qi Arrow. The attack was strong and fast and could be fired from different angles, making it hard to defend against.

Lu Xuan pressed the Jade Slip to his forehead, probed it with his Spiritual Sense, and a mass of information rushed into his sea of consciousness.

After practicing arduously for several days, he was barely able to release an invisible Qi Arrow.

Lu Xuan was thrilled and rushed to the young Arrow Vine. His Spiritual Power circulated according to the "Instant Arrow Technique". After a while, faint Spiritual Energy ripple appeared in front of him, and a half-transparent Qi Arrow as thick as a finger slowly formed.

He was so excited that the half-transparent Qi Arrow almost dispersed immediately.

Lu Xuan struggled to control the Qi Arrow, which flew wobbly to the Arrow Vine seedling and ambiguously entered the green-black vine body.

There were already a lot of arrow-shaped grains on the Arrow Vine seedling. As soon as the Qi Arrow entered the vine body, there was a soft ding-dong sound from these grains, which soon died down and remained still.

"Did they not give me the correct Jade Slip in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion? Is this the so-called 'Instant Arrow Technique'? It's even slower than a 'Slow Arrow Technique'."

"Right, an arrow technique that allows the enemy to respond instantly must be named accordingly."

Lu Xuan blamed others for his own slowness, without considering that he had managed to successfully use the technique in just a few days with his real aptitude, which was beyond expectation.

He came to the other three Arrow Vine Spiritual Seeds and slowly seeped a small Qi Arrow into each.

After taking care of all the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan decided to pay a visit to the small courtyard in Sword Gate Town.

He had a lot of heavily polluting Underworld Mud Flesh in his hand, as well as eighteen Thousand-Worm Seedlings and the gestating Spirit of Flesh, all of which needed to be properly arranged.

In addition, he could consider selling some of the previously matured Thorn Bone, Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom and Hundred Pupils' Bizarre Tree.

"I wonder how those Underworld Spiritual Plants in the small courtyard are doing now…"

After preparing for everything, Lu Xuan used an Ordinary Third-Class Flying Sword and flew out of the Sect towards the nearby Sword Gate Town.

After buying some common cultivation resources, he arrived outside of the small courtyard.

After confirming that the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array had not been destroyed, Lu Xuan relaxed. He opened the Formation and entered the courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, a strong Yin Qi rushed up to his face.

An abnormally weeping sound of a baby echoed in his ears. The dry, grey-black figure of a baby quickly disappeared into the Holy Baby Fruit Plant.

A blood-red palm crawled to his feet, latched onto Lu Xuan's calf, seemingly wanting to feed on his Essence Blood through the air.

Next to him, a large peach tree made a rustling sound. Its beautiful appearance was contrasted by the numerous white bones piled underneath it, revealing its true nature.

"Wow."

Having just experienced the beautiful purity of the Secret Land, Lu Xuan felt a huge shock when entering the gloomy, howling courtyard filled with Resentful Spirits.

"It feels too much like the Underworld. I can't contaminate the Secret Land."

Originally, he had the idea of moving the Underworld Spirit Plants into the Secret Land, but after seeing the scene in front of him, he immediately discarded the thought.

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Chapter 403: Chapter 401 – The Maturing Holy Infant Fruit Plant_1

With this idea in mind, Lu Xuan approached the Strange Longevity Peach Spirit Plant.

The peach tree had already grown to be more than one person tall. It appeared ordinary on the outside, unlike the Third-Rank Bewitching Fairy Peach that naturally emitted an alluring ambiance. However, when one got close to the Spirit Plant, they could smell a tempting fragrance from its branches and leaves.

It was like the unique milky scent of a baby that made one uncontrollably want to be close to it.

However, upon getting closer, Lu Xuan's sharp Spiritual Sense noticed that the vitality in his body seemed to involuntarily flow towards the peach tree.

Lu Xuan activated his Spiritual Power to resist this trend.

"Drawing vitality from the cultivators or demon beasts for its use, no wonder the mature Spirit Fruits can extend one's life span," he couldn't help but exclaim, as he moved to the Fifth Grade Blood Sin Flower.

The Hollow Blood Ball had grown much larger than before. Countless slender blood vessels, densely woven together, sensed Lu Xuan's approach and wriggled continuously. They stretched out a section toward him, like leeches exhibiting an extreme thirst for fresh blood.

Through the numerous blood vessels, there was a different world inside the Blood Ball. An infinite blood sea was rising and falling, and in the middle, a strikingly bright blood-colored flower quietly bloomed, standing alone in the world.

"Please, let me suck one mouthful."

The countless slender blood vessels extended towards Lu Xuan like tentacles. The tips emitted a strong suction force, causing a slight stir in the essence blood within Lu Xuan's body.

With a wave of Lu Xuan's hand, more than ten white jade small bottles flew out from his Storage Bag. One after another, the essence blood, like streams, poured down onto the Hollow Blood Ball.

All the slender blood vessels sensed the abundant energy contained in the Water Dragon Essence Blood, and instantly became active, vying for it.

"Don't worry, you'll get some too."

He placed a white jade small bottle full of Water Dragon Essence Blood on the ground. The Blood Spirit Palm that had been circling him immediately crawled over. Its finger-like dark red stems gathered together, stretched into the small bottle, and sucked the essence blood to its fill.

"Thankfully, I have a good amount of surplus from the blood samples I took from the Jiaolong previously. Otherwise, it would be difficult to satisfy you two bloodsuckers."

The Blood Sin Flower and Blood Spirit Palm, one was a Fifth-Grade and the other was a fourth-grade, both had a considerable demand for essence blood. Without the stable supply from the numerous Flood Dragons and Chi Dragons in the Thousand Dragon Lake, it would be challenging to feed these plants.

"Speaking of which, it's been a while since I went to the Thousand Dragon Lake. I should find some time to do a checkup for those Jiaolong whelps, to ensure they are growing healthily and happily."

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile.

In the corner of the courtyard, the Filthy Bug Grass had grown a fair amount. Its shape was strange and resembled countless bug corpses compressed together. From afar, one could already sense a strong, filthy smell.

"This small courtyard is pretty suitable for Filthy Bug Grass. Various forms of blood and flesh remnants, Yin Soul Resentment and filthy air."

He operated his Spiritual Power to gather a pile of filthy things next to the Filthy Bug Grass.

Lastly, Lu Xuan came to the Holy Baby Fruit.

The Holy Baby Fruit Plant had already entered the mature stage. When Lu Xuan entered the courtyard, he saw a thin, grey-black baby fleeting by at a glance.

At the top of the plant, a fruit that resembled an embryo had formed. One could vaguely see a fierce-looking baby Demon Envoy inside.

Sensing Lu Xuan's gaze, the baby stared back with its hollow eyes, seemingly meeting his gaze. But upon closer inspection, it vanished without a trace, shrouding itself in a hazy, gray-black mist.

Lu Xuan focused his mind on the Holy Baby Fruit Plant and noticed that the progress bar below was almost full.

"The nest has been prepared. The hidden Sacred Infant Fruit Mother Plant must have thought that a small fish is about to be hooked. It didn't expect that what it'll reel in would be a big fish."

Lu Xuan had an expressionless face, sneering in his heart.

This Holy Baby Fruit plant is merely an offspring plant; there's a complete fifth-rank mother plant behind. As a Spirit Plant Master, Lu Xuan is eager for the fifth-rank spiritual plants.

As for the risks involved, he has absolute confidence that he can effortlessly deal with the cultivator who is spreading the Holy Baby Fruit Offspring Plants.

This cultivator thought he hid in the dark, not knowing that Lu Xuan had already figured out his scheme.

With the enemy in the light and him in the dark, Sword Gate Town is near the Sky Sword Sect, where powerful cultivators are ready to help at any moment.

Shen Ye who's in the late stage of Foundation Establishment at the Sword Hall, Ge Pu, Fire Scale Child, and Zhong Jing Shan, the three true inheritors of the teachings, all have deep friendships with Lu Xuan. Together with Mystical Sky White Luan and White Jade Sky Monkey, the two Guardian Beasts, even a perfect Foundation Establishment cultivator can be easily dealt with.

In addition, there is the small jade sword talisman given by Nascent Soul Real Person Gu Jiankong from the sect, which grants the right to summon Jindan Cultivators once. With these many factors, everything can be ensured to be foolproof.

With these thoughts, Lu Xuan completely put his worries to rest and took out the Underworld Mud Flesh from the storage bag and placed it underneath the Strange Longevity Peach.

In his spiritual sense, a pile of Underworld Mud Flesh formed buds on its surface and connected with the root stem of the Strange Longevity Peach, slowly merging into the peach tree's root stem.

The milky scent from the peach tree in the small courtyard grew stronger, seeming as though it is about to suck in all of his life force.

Lu Xuan collected his spirit, found a vacant space in the courtyard, and took out eighteen Thousand-Worm Seedlings.

He applied the Earth Pulling Technique, and the black Spirit Soil underneath changed subtly, revealing eighteen appropriately-placed cracks.

The seedlings that looked like baby arms were incorporated into it, with the spiritual power surging, strands of Spirit Rain fell down.

His spirit was focused on the spiritual seeds in the shallow layer of the Spirit Soil. Suddenly, a thought surged into his mind.

[Thousand Worm Hands, a third rank group-living Spiritual Plant, likes to grow in an environment where there's an accumulation of Demon Beast appendages, claws and teeth, and cultivator limbs. It's an excellent material for refining certain Evil Techniques.]

[Under the influence of strong flesh and blood, numerous Thousand Worm Hand spiritual plants undergo an unknown transformation, their intentions intermingled, they can instantly gather and borrow the power of the surrounding same kind, forming an array, to collectively confront the enemy. When the number of spiritual plants is enough, they have strength close to the fifth rank.]

[In the environment of Extreme Cold Spiritual Power, the branches and leaves of the spiritual plants will become slow and sluggish, significantly affecting the speed and flexibility of the spirit plants.]

"It seems I need to collect more Demon Beast corpses. Their blood, soul, limbs, and the residual filth inside will all be very useful."

Lu Xuan sighed.

He activated the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array and set off for the Wanbao Building.

In the gloomy courtyard, in the high sky, occasionally, a grey-white eyeball would jump out of nothingness, coldly gazing at the Holy Baby Fruit offspring plant below.

Lu Xuan arrived at a deserted place, confirmed that he didn't attract the attention of other cultivators, took out Thousand Masks, and attached it to his cheek.

Suddenly, a chill spread from his facial features to his limbs. Lu Xuan stimulated his thoughts, quietly changed his facial features, transformed into an ordinary-looking young cultivator and rapidly arrived at the Wanbao Building.

Just as he entered, an attractive woman greeted him. As she slightly swept over Lu Xuan with her spiritual sense, her expression changed drastically.

"Elder, what can I do for you?"

With a stern face, Lu Xuan nodded slightly and said,

"Summon the branch manager of this Wanbao Building. I have a high-rank treasure that I need him to handle."

"Yes!"

A few breaths later, a round-faced elderly man came in front of him, wearing a warm smile on his face.

"This friend seems unfamiliar. Is it your first time visiting Wanbao Building?"

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Chapter 404: Chapter 402: Helping Hand_1

"I have some dark stuff to deal with."

Lu Xuan said indifferently.

"Let's talk elsewhere, please follow me," the rotund and down-to-earth old man said, leading Lu Xuan into the third floor of Wanbao Building with a smile in his eyes.

A tranquil and refined chamber, with a strand of dark yellow incense, fills the air with a scent that brings peace to the mind.

A cultivator from the Wanbao Building serves the spiritual fruit and spiritual tea, then discreetly leaves.

"I eliminated a few evil cultivators and got some strange materials from them. I have no use for them, so I thought I'd use them in exchange for resources at Wanbao Building."

Lu Xuan took out two strangely shaped spiritual plants from his storage bag while taking.

One was a huge mushroom made of stone-like substance, with strange patterns on the surface, which at first glance looked like a bizarre face.

The other was a cluster of thorns, each one resembling white bones and giving off a chilling air, looking extremely sharp.

"Ghost Faced Stone Mushroom, a third-grade spiritual plant, is the main ingredient for making some strange elixirs."

"Also Thorn Bone, it's quite rare in the Cultivation World and is a top ingredient for making puppets and also for producing some strange magic artifacts."

The round-faced old man proved his worth as the master of a branch of Wanbao Building, recognising immediately the two underworld spiritual plants in Lu Xuan's hand.

"You're right, your keen eye impresses me."

Lu Xuan nodded.

"I want to use these two spiritual plants in exchange for third-grade monster corpses. The more intact, the better."

Every part of the monster corpses was of great use to him, so the more complete they were, the better.

"We do have a few third-grade monster corpses," the old man pondered for a while before confirming with a smile.

Wanbao Building in Sword Gate Town was situated close to the Sky Sword Sect, thus a considerable number of inner disciples frequented it. The materials they obtained from hunting down monsters were conveniently processed by Wanbao Building. Hence, although third-grade monster corpses were deemed precious, they weren't rare.

He took out a communication talisman and wrote a brief message before sending it out of the chamber.

Soon there were relevant cultivators bringing in the materials.

"Fellow daoist, the spiritual plants in your hand are third-grade, the same as the monster corpses. However, as these two plants are quite rare, I suggest you pick first. Afterwards, I'll also gift you ten pounds of ordinary third-grade demon beast meat, what do you think?"

"Okay," Lu Xuan nodded. The old man's proposed exchange method was extraordinarily fair and so, even he, who liked bargaining, had no objections.

After examining a few monster corpses, he ultimately selected two with relatively larger bodies.

Not for any other purpose, but just for the most abundant flesh and blood on these beasts.

Exchanging two strange spiritual plants of little use for a great quantity of demon beast's flesh and blood, as well as other parts of the demon beasts, Lu Xuan was exceptionally pleased.

He muted his breath, discreetly changed his appearance and figure in a secluded corner before returning to Qingshi Square in Sword Gate Town to buy a large number of various materials using spirit stones.

Back in the yard, he placed one demon wolf monster corpse beside the root of the Strange Longevity Peach so that it could maintain an ample supply of nutrients for a considerable amount of time and grow healthily and happily.

Then, he took a dark red stone from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, placing another third-grade monster corpse around the stone.

At first, the dark red stone was still, as if the third-grade monster carcass held no charm for it.

After a moment, the flesh on the carcass started to compress, and strands of dark red gas drifted from within the corpse, silently blending into the dark red stone.

The dark red gas carried a faint smell of blood. One could easily tell that it was the essence of the carcass's flesh and blood, compressed and condensed into gas.

After absorbing the dark red airflow, the dark red stone showed no response on the surface.

Lu Xuan didn't mind, he believed that as long as he provided enough blood and flesh, the Spirit of Flesh with the potential of a seventh rank would surely hatch.

Leaving behind a lot of Demon Beast Materials, Lu Xuan returned to the Sect Cave Mansion on his Flying Sword.

After inspecting the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan came to the Yin Yang Mountain Peak where Ge Pu resided.

Above the mountain peak, the black and white Yin Yang Koi Fish formed a Tai Chi pattern, merging into one and filled with natural essence.

Ge Pu was meditating with his black and white pupils rotating slightly. Their aura resonated with the Yin Yang Koi Fish and the black and white auras swirled around his body.

"Junior Brother Lu, you're here. It's a rare visit."

Sensing Lu Xuan's entrance, Ge Pu stood up and said with a smile.

Lu Xuan usually stayed in his own cave mansion, it was rare to see him venture out on his own.

"It's been a while since I've seen Brother Ge. I missed you and came by to visit."

"Ha ha, you sure know how to sweet talk."

"I heard that recently, the sect opened a new Blessed Land and you contributed a lot to that."

"Not at all, I just used my skills in the Spiritual Plant Path to help the Golden Pellet Elder Uncle and fellow disciples solve some minor problems in the Blessed Land."

Lu Xuan said humbly.

"Your accomplishments in the Path of Spiritual Plants are well-known to most disciples in the Inner Sect. You don't have to be modest."

"Tell me, why did you come today?"

Lu Xuan's expression became serious as he said:

"It's like this. You know I have a great interest in various spiritual plants."

"Years ago, I obtained a Weird Spiritual Plant. I tried to cultivate it to see if I could enrich my cultivation experience, and surprisingly, I succeeded."

"But, I accidentally discovered a problem. It seems that the Weird Spiritual Plant was a trap set by someone, making me cultivate it for them. They were using the mother plant of the spiritual plant to monitor the growth condition of the Offspring Plant and observe the Cultivation Level of the Spirit Plant Master."

"Maybe in no time, they will collect it and secretly infiltrate my small Spirit Field."

"I'm not good at fighting, so I came to ask Brother Ge for help. I wonder if you'd be willing."

"So there's an Evil Dao Cultivator coveting the treasures of our Sky Sword Sect!"

"Junior Brother Lu, rest assured that I will do everything I can to protect you from harm and guarantee that the cultivator behind this will not return."

Ge Pu said with certainty.

Lu Xuan had cleverly helped him solve the problem of the Yin Yang Koi Fish's breeding, allowing them to reproduce.

Most of his abilities are related to these Ancient Exotic Beasts. After the Yin Yang Koi Fish upgraded to Fifth Rank, he gained a lot of benefits, advanced quickly in his cultivation, and even had a glimpse of the prospect of Core Formation.

When Lu Xuan asked him for help, he readily agreed without hesitation.

"Junior Brother Lu, would you like me to also ask Junior Brother Zhong Jing Shan, who is also an Authentic Teachings?"

"You helped him solve the breeding problem of the Demon Blade Black Mantis before, and made a pair of Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insects that had been unable to breed for a long time successfully give birth to offspring, he's always been very grateful to you."

"With this opportunity, he could reciprocate your kindness."

"He and I have a very good relationship. He will certainly agree if I say a word."

"Thank you very much, Brother Ge."

Lu Xuan was overjoyed, having two Authentic Teachings to help, and even bring two Guardian Beasts, this would make his assisting lineup unprecedentedly strong.

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Chapter 405: Chapter 403 Cultivation Genius_1

After receiving Ge Pu's promise, Lu Xuan felt much more at ease.

Back at his cave mansion, he found an opportunity to pay a visit to Fire Scale Child, informing him about the dilemmas he might confront.

After witnessing the terrifying achievements on Lu Xuan's spirit plants in the blessed land, Fire Scale Child had always wanted to connect with him. Understanding the detailed situation, especially the possible strength of the cultivator behind the scenes, he readily agreed.

"It's been a while since I've seen the Luan Bird and the White Ape, I should pay them a visit to strengthen our bond and sample the spirit fruit and spiritual juice at my cave mansion."

Lu Xuan pulled out the silver white silky hair that the White Jade Sky Monkey had left him, channeling a bit of spiritual power into it.

Within a few dozen breaths, a streak of white light rushed towards his cave mansion, stopping at the foot of the mountain.

Before the Flowing Light Formation could react, it violently passed through in an instant.

A delicate and petite monkey appeared before Lu Xuan, its body composed of jade-like white stone, without a scratch.

A pair of gem-like crimson eyes were focusing on Lu Xuan, they quickly lowered as soon as their gazes met each other, displaying a shy and bashful demeanour.

Shortly after the littler monkey arrived, not to be outdone, the Luan bird revealed its figure on the mountain peak, the Flowing Light Formation at the foot of the mountain did not sense any abnormality in spiritual power.

"Welcome, welcome."

"Dear friends, it's been a long time since our last meeting, let's get together today and taste some of the freshly brewed spiritual juice I have."

Lu Xuan welcomed warmly.

He brought out the Flaming Ice Fruit, and also brought out a few Delicious Enchanted Immortal Peaches.

He poured a cup of Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice for each of the two spirit beasts and the cave mansion's spirit beasts and took fresh monster meat out of his storage bag.

Under the precise control of the Fire Manipulation Secret, the pieces of monster meat were quickly roasted to perfection, producing a tantalising aroma.

The Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice had been sitting in the Drunk Immortal Gourd for a while and its taste had become even richer.

After the White Jade Sky Monkey took a few sips, a hazy intoxication appeared in its eyes. When Lu Xuan served the roasted monster meat, it revealed a sincere and naive expression.

The Mystical Sky White Luan pecked at the Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice little by little, swaying as it walked, feeling the wonderful taste of the spiritual juice surging layer upon layer after it entered its mouth, with its slender legs supporting its body, as if it would fall at any time.

"How does it taste? It's acceptable, right?"

Lu Xuan said, squinting his eyes with a smile.

The Mystical Sky White Luan let out a sharp chirping sound, the voice expressing an immense satisfaction and joy.

The White Jade Sky Monkey hid behind it, its mouth full of monster meat, its cheeks bulging. Hearing Lu Xuan's question, it hurriedly nodded its head.

These two beasts, as guardian beasts of the Sky Sword Sect, have the potential to grow into sixth or even seventh grade demonic beasts. Their status is distinguished, and daily meals are served by the sect monk in the special secret land.

Despite the good food and drink, the food they eat every day is always the same, and naturally they will get bored after eating it for a long time.

Unlike Lu Xuan's place, they can eat several top-quality spirit fruits, taste the wonderfully variable Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice, and eat monster meat cooked in various ways, all of which greatly satisfy their gastronomic desire.

"There are two new types of spirit fruit planted in the cave mansion, all of them are fourth grade and very rare. When they ripen, I'll let you guys know as soon as possible so you can have your fill."

Lu Xuan took a sip of Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice, and said leisurely.

Hearing this, the Luan Bird and the little monkey showed excited expressions on their faces at the same time.

Even as guardian beasts, they rarely get the chance to taste the fourth grade spirit fruit.

"Sigh, I just don't know if I can peacefully wait until the spirit fruits ripe…"

Lu Xuan let out a soft sigh, looking at the distance, his eyes revealing an extremely noticeable yet appropriate worry.

The Luan Bird and the small monkey were both highly intelligent and looked at Lu Xuan with a hint of confusion, as if they were asking him about the specifics of the situation.

"After I obtained a spiritual seed earlier, I worked hard to cultivate it. But when it was about to mature, I accidentally discovered that it has a profound connection with an evil dao cultivator."

"This person has been closely monitoring my situation and might pose a threat to me. I'm not skilled in combat and can't always stay within the sect, so my life may potentially be in danger."

Lu Xuan said in a low voice.

"Roar!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the little White Jade Monkey gave a low roar, and its two arms patted its jade-like chest.

A thought was transmitted into Lu Xuan's spiritual sense, both beasts assured him that they would intervene and help Lu Xuan deal with the evil dao cultivator who threatens his life.

It was rare to find such a good source of food, and both beasts didn't want to lose it.

"If I ask you two to help me fight, will you come help me promptly?"

The Mystical Sky White Luan let out a clear tweet, its voice firm.

On hearing about the chance to fight, the small monkey's fiery, crystal-clear eyes flashed with anticipation, eager to give it a go.

After receiving the beasts' assurance again, Lu Xuan felt confident that he could solve the Holy Infant Fruit plant problem successfully.

When he first met the two beasts, they were still in their juvenile stage, but because of their terrifying innate bloodline, they had the strength equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After growing for more than ten years, Lu Xuan's keen spiritual sense perceived that the two beasts were now close to the strength of true disciples like Ge Pu and Zhong Jing Shan.

He wondered how formidable they will be when they reach their mature stage.

After the two beasts had eaten their fill and lazed around the yard for half a day, they reluctantly left Lu Xuan's cave mansion, constantly looking back.

After seeing them off, Lu Xuan went to inspect his Spirit Fields.

In a Spirit Field covered with a shallow layer of Wu Spirit Soil, two pine trees sensed Lu Xuan's approach and rustled in response.

Lu Xuan's thoughts seemed to be connected with the Spirit Gathering Pine, and he could feel the plants' dependence and affection for him.

"One of them has fully matured."

Lu Xuan glanced at the semi-transparent progress bar below the pine trees and found that one of them had fully matured.

Feeling overjoyed, he reached out and picked an azure pine cone from the top of the matured pine tree.

The fist-sized pine cone had thin, crystal-clear green scales layer upon layer, like green jade.

Then, a white light cluster appeared in the original position of the pine cone, flickering slightly.

Lu Xuan gently touched the surface of the light cluster, and it exploded instantly, turning into countless light spots that rushed into his body.

[Harvest a Fourth Grade Spirit Gathering Pine Smile Fruit, obtain the Fifth Rank Cultivation Method "Shen Yan Sutra"].

A thought emerged in his mind.

Innumerable pieces of information flooded into his spiritual sense. It was so overwhelming that he felt as if his spiritual sense was about to burst.

Lu Xuan stood still on the spot for a good while till he fully digested the massive amount of information in his mind.

After absorbing the "Shen Yan Sutra" cultivation experience package again, he felt a deeper and more thorough understanding of this technique. Obstacles he had encountered in his previous cultivation were effortlessly solved, all obscure parts suddenly became clear-cut. It seemed as though he had been studying and immersing himself in this technique for decades.

With a thought, Lu Xuan felt an unprecedented clarity and purity. His spirit platform was incredibly clear. He could distinctly perceive a thin jade slip glowing faintly in his spiritual sea.

"I've effortlessly mastered a Fifth-Rank Cultivation Method. Turns out I'm a cultivation genius?"

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Chapter 406: Chapter 404 Evil Track_1

Cultivation techniques that can increase spiritual sense are extremely rare. At the same time, the difficulty of cultivating them is much higher than that of other formula methods, divine skills and body refinement.

It has been a while since Lu Xuan received the first "Divine Proliferation Scripture" light bundle, and he did try to cultivate it during his spare time.

Unfortunately, the cultivation technique was too profound and cryptic, progress was slow, he hadn't even achieved the basics yet.

Unexpectedly, after absorbing another cultivation technique experience package, his progress on this technique was advancing extremely quickly. It felt smooth and natural during cultivation, without any stagnation.

"There are four Spirit Gathering Pines, three of them have matured, and three white light clusters have yielded a fifth-grade treasure Divine Essence Scroll, and two fifth-grade cultivation techniques 'Divine Proliferation Scripture'. It can be said that it's a big harvest."

A smirk emerged on Lu Xuan's face. Looking at the last Spirit Gathering Pine that was about to fully mature, his eyes were filled with anticipation.

"It's a pity, I only found four Spirit Gathering Pine spirit seeds in the ancient medicine garden in the Langyue Blessed Land."

"If I get the chance, I can go there again to see if I can find more spirit seeds."

Satisfied, Lu Xuan returned to the room. He opened his hand and a crack in his palm instantly expanded. From inside, a grey pupil wriggled out.

The little pupil projected everything in sight of the Void Nightmare Eye from hundreds of miles away onto Lu Xuan's face.

Within the small courtyard, the wind was blowing. Occasionally, a gray eye would quietly appear in the sky, look without any emotional color at the Holy Baby Fruit plant below, and then immediately disappear silently as if it were just an illusion.

"No abnormalities detected."

Lu Xuan whispered to himself.

As the Holy Baby Fruit plant was getting closer to maturity, Lu Xuan decided to leave the Void Nightmare Eye in the small courtyard. Through the grey pupil in the palm of his hand, he monitored the movements in the courtyard from a distance to prevent the hidden evil cultivator from sneaking into the courtyard.

After confirming that there were no abnormalities, he felt slightly relieved.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed. Under Lu Xuan's careful care, various plants in the spirit field had grown a lot.

The second-grade Water Glow Grass began to reach maturity. Dense slender azure-blue leaves squeezed together, glowing and twinkling like countless stars adorning the night sky.

Lu Xuan looked at each plant one by one and found forty-four completely mature plants from two hundred Water Glow Grass plants.

These Water Glow Grasses were planted in the Inner Sect from the beginning, so they were rich in spiritual energy and did not have to experience the pain of transplantation. Hence, their quality was very good, and there were quite a few of Good Quality.

Lu Xuan plucked the forty-four Water Glow Grasses, looking at the forty-plus white light clusters shimmering within the azure-blue leaves. His body transformed into floating light, and instantly collected all the light clusters.

In his mind, thoughts flashed by rapidly like flipping through lantern slides.

[Harvested one plant of Second Grade Water Glow Grass, gained two years of cultivation level].

[Harvested one plant of Second Grade Water Glow Grass, gained a Third-grade Treasure Aquatic Pearl].

[Harvested one plant of Second Grade Water Glow Grass, gained a Second Grade Imbued Spirit Pill Recipe].

…

Because of the better quality, the rewards obtained from the light clusters were also better on average.

Out of the forty-four Water Glow Grass plants, sixteen light clusters brought cultivation rewards, eleven brought one year, and five brought two years, totaling twenty-one years of cultivation rewards.

As each light cluster was collected, the spiritual power within Lu Xuan surged like sea waves, each wave higher than the last. The surging spiritual power violently attacked within his body.

He circulated "The Great Five Elements", quickly transforming the abundant spiritual energy into drops of pure spiritual liquid, which fell into his Dantian.

"An increase of more than twenty years worth of Cultivation Levels in an instant, even if due to limited talents, it is far off from the twenty years of other cultivation prodigies, I can still be considered to progress at a fast pace."

Lu Xuan exclaimed.

"There's no choice, having the Light Cluster allows me to do as I please."

"For those cultivation geniuses, high comprehension ability, and aptitude are their gifted abilities. As for me, the Light Cluster is my gift, just that the way they manifest are different."

He thought frankly.

Among the remaining twenty or so Light Clusters, a good number of decent rewards was unveiled.

Third-grade Charm Water Dragon Symbol, Third-grade Auxiliary Artifact Water Bead, Second Grade Spirit Gathering Pill, Spirit Gathering Pill Prescription, and so on.

Although it is somewhat of a chicken rib for him who has already reached the mid-term of Foundation Establishment, at least it can be exchanged for many Spirit Stones.

Farming lives are mundane but fulfilling. Lu Xuan day by day, cultivates Spirit Fields, feeds Spirit Beasts and practices the "Shen Yan Sutra", the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, contemplates the Five-Rank "Pure Yang True Fire Talisman" in his spare time, and watches the Holy Infant Fruit Plant through the Void Nightmare Eye in Sword Sect Town Small Courtyard every day as well.

However, as long as Lu Xuan thinks about the unknown and rich light cluster rewards that can be opened after the Spiritual Plant matures, he will feel extremely comfortable with this kind of life, and will love it.

"Hmm? Seems like there is a movement."

One day, during the cultivation of Spiritual Plants, Lu Xuan carefully observed the gray-white pupil in the palm of his hand. Suddenly, his expression was serious, and he made a soft voice.

In the high sky, the Rank Five Void Nightmare Eye rolled and targeted the Holy Infant Fruit Plant.

Due to being located in the void, combined with strong concealment abilities and illusion technique level, the Rank Five Void Nightmare Eye is hard to detect, this is the confidence Lu Xuan deposited in the yard for surveillance.

The embryo of the holy infant spirit fruit was seen releasing trails of black smoke. Following the appearance of smoke, a paralytic looking grayish black infant's spirit arises.

The grey and black infant spirit was wandering around in the small courtyard aimlessly. Suddenly, it stopped and there was an evil look in its hollow eyes.

Soon, it continued to roam about, looking up and down from place to place. Unlike before, it moves intentionally, manifesting the existence of consciousness inside it.

"Previously I left a Seed of Spirit at the auction house, I only wanted to lay a trap randomly, but I didn't expect to catch such a big fish. Hehe."

The infant's head rotated mechanically, looking at everything in the courtyard and chuckled softly.

"Four Rank Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, this is quite rare. Spirit Plant, just right enough for cultivating the Blood Path Technique."

The infant grabbed the blood-red palm wandering around with satisfaction.

"And that Fourth Grade Filthy Bug Grass, it can be used to refine the Special Elixir… The Spirit Soil in the courtyard contains the power of flesh and blood. It's extraordinary."

"More importantly, the ranks of the two unusual spiritual plants are likely to be Five. If they become mature, they can significantly improve the chances of breaking through to the core formation stage."

"Or if they are given to other cultivators, they can also exchange for cultivation resources that will help to breakthrough to the Condensing Pill Realm."

The more it thought about it, the more excited the infant gets, as its tiny body involuntarily started shaking.

Originally, I only sensed that the Holy Baby Fruit would mature soon, so I sensed the offspring's position through the mother plant and used their special abilities to attach to the offspring plant fruit to observe. Unexpectedly, it gave me a big surprise."

"It's time to net."

The infant's mouth curled up, revealing a bizarre smile.

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Chapter 407: Chapter 405: Fellow Daoist, Please Come In!_1

"It's time to close the net."

Looking at the grayish pupils in his palm, Lu Xuan spoke coldly.

The fisherman, thinking he could catch a big fish, didn't realize that what was waiting for him were several fierce, bloodthirsty sharks.

He immediately relayed the message to Ge Pu and the other two True Disciples. They all claimed to be ready to provide support at any time Lu Xuan required.

As for the Luan Bird and the Little White Ape, he had the hair left by the White Ape, which he could use to summon the two beasts at any moment.

For the following few days, Lu Xuan kept a close watch on the happenings inside the Underworld Court through the Void Nightmare Eye.

During this period, the infant phantom of the Holy Infant Fruit Plant appeared a few more times. Each time it exhibited clear consciousness, observing the formations and arrangements in the court.

However, despite the infant phantom possessing great initiative, it was after all just a weird spiritual fruit without special abilities, let alone the ability to break through the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array set up by Lu Xuan.

Knowing that the spiritual fruit was nearing maturity, Lu Xuan contacted Ge Pu and the others, and they spontaneously converged in Sword Gate Town.

Ge Pu and Zhong Jing Shan, the two True Disciples, concealed themselves in the center of the town; they would be at the small court in just a few breaths. As for the Fire Scale Child, it was hidden around Sword Gate Town, just to be safe.

Lu Xuan continued to monitor the surroundings of the courtyard day and night through the Void Nightmare Eye.

"Finally, they have arrived."

One day, Lu Xuan noticed a cultivator with an average figure and ordinary appearance near the small court. Acting as if he was passing by, he circled the court before swiftly leaving.

He hadn't noticed that high above his head, a grayish-white pupil appeared and disappeared, like it was travelling through the void, following him from a distance.

The next day, Wei Yi Xian strolled through the various alleys of Sword Gate Town, occasionally pausing to ask about the various cultivator treasures at the stalls.

Without realizing it, he had arrived near Lu Xuan's little court.

"There would soon be a huge harvest!"

Thinking of the mature Holy Infant Fruit Plant and several rare fourth and fifth rank spirit plants that he was about to retrieve, he felt fired up and quickened his pace.

He had already understood the detailed condition of the offspring planted here through a thought connected to the Holy Baby Fruit Mother Tree.

A small court planted with several strange spiritual plants.

No cultivator had been seen in the court for a long time. He didn't know if they were out on an exploration adventure, or if they considered the court inconvenient.

However, that had nothing to do with him. As long as he could retrieve the spiritual fruits of the Holy Infant Fruit Plant and several rare spiritual plants, that would already be a great achievement.

It was a pity that, although his thoughts could invade the spiritual fruit, they had no extraordinary abilities to silently move the spiritual plants out of the formation. He still needed to personally make a move.

After observing a few times, he had already confirmed the flow and trajectory of spiritual power within the formation, and was extremely confident in easily deciphering it.

"The only uncertain element is that this small court is too close to the Sky Sword Sect, just over a hundred miles away. If the Golden Core Real People or the True Disciples within are alarmed, it would be difficult to escape unscathed."

Wei Yi Xian thought to himself. Though he himself was a powerful cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Perfect Realm, he didn't appear as such in the eyes of the massive Sky Sword Sect.

"However, the risk is negligible compared to the value of those spiritual plants."

"What are the odds that a Golden Core Real Person or a True Disciple just happens to be staying in such an inconspicuous little town and just happens to run into me?"

Wei Yi Xian thought to himself.

He arrived in front of the small court, looked around, and after making sure there were no abnormalities, took out an Array Plate from his storage bag.

The spiritual power on the Array Plate fluctuated, quickly hiding and disguising him.

Directly after, he took out a high-grade Prohibition Breaking Talisman and walked to the edge of the formation.

Just as he was about to try and break through the formation, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Friend, your actions are somewhat lacking in integrity."

The spiritual power in the formation surged as a handsome, refined-looking young man came out from the court, looking on at Wei Yi Xian with a smirk.

"There's someone inside!"

Wei Yi Xian was startled. He suppressed the momentary panic in his heart, maintaining composure.

He sent his spiritual power into the small court but did not detect any significant aura. Looking at the handsome man before his eyes, he sensed his Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivation level and felt more assured.

"I apologize; this small court belongs to a good friend of mine. We haven't seen each other for many years, so I, happening to pass by this place, thought of visiting him. When I arrived at the court and couldn't reach him, I impulsively tried to break the formation."

"If I have offended you in any way, I ask for your forgiveness."

"Would you happen to know the whereabouts of my friend?"

He asked sincerely.

"I've only had this small court for a short ten-odd years. As for the information about the previous owner or owners, I don't know much."

"Hence, I can only apologize to you."

Lu Xuan chuckled inwardly as he matched skills with the evil Dao Cultivator standing in front of him.

"Ah, the world is ever-changing. I hope he's safe and has just moved to a new location."

"Let's hope for the best."

"Since you know the previous owner of the small court, it could be considered a sort of fate between us. Why don't you come in for some Spiritual Fruit Spiritual Tea to lighten the grief of missing your friend?"

Lu Xuan broached the subject.

"Would that be alright?"

"Of course, it's appropriate. I just brewed a pot of Spiritual Tea. The fresh leaves I just picked can increase spiritual power and clear the mind. It's truly a top-grade tea."

"Then, I must not refuse your invitation."

"Hahaha, please come in!"

Lu Xuan stood by the gate and gestured him to enter.

"It's alright. I'll get rid of him in the court and keep as quiet as possible, then flee thousands of miles."

Wei Yi Xian looked at Lu Xuan as if he was looking at a dead man. He then stepped into the small court.

But he didn't notice. From behind, Lu Xuan was watching him with an even more intense gaze.

"Hmm?"

Upon entering the small court, Wei Yi Xian paused for a moment, a frown on his face as if he sensed something was off.

Just then, the scene in front of him shattered into numerous transparent fragments like flowers in a mirror or the moon reflected in the water. Two cultivators, one sipping Spiritual Tea, one munching on Spiritual Fruit, were watching him with interest.

One of them had black and white pupils – one deep and dark, the other pale and indifferent.

The other one was wearing a black robe woven from peculiar Insect Beasts. Numerous auras hovered around him, locking him down.

"True Disciples of Sky Sword Sect, Ge Pu! Zhong Jing Shan!"

Wei Yi Xian felt like he'd been doused with a bucket of cold water. The chill seeped from his head to his toes. Despite having endured many life-and-death situations, he could not help shivering.

Ge Pu and the others had been famous in the Cultivation World for a long time. Using their divine skills and artifacts, along with their profound cultivation, they had killed countless Evil Dao Cultivators.

He had no idea that there would be two True Disciples waiting for him in this small court!

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Chapter 408: Chapter 406: Ape God! Activate!_1

Just as Wei Yi Xian was filled with inexplicable horror and was about to use a secret technique to escape, he saw Ge Pu, with his black and white eyes, forming a seal with one hand. The black and white spiritual power manifested instantaneously.

A giant black-and-white yin-yang symbol quietly appeared under Wei Yi Xian's feet, covering a hundred meters radius centered around him and spinning at extreme speeds.

The black and white spiritual power was attracting and repelling each other, causing Wei Yi Xian's spiritual power to instantly plunge into chaos, making it impossible to operate normally.

He seemed to be bound by the giant Taoist Taijitu.

Zhong Jing Shan and Ge Pu worked perfectly together. At the instant that the yin-yang symbol appeared, infinite peculiar black worms emerged from his black robes with a thunderous speed, surrounding Wei Yi Xian in a blink of an eye.

With a movement of Wei Yi Xian's spiritual consciousness, a deep black jade pendant on his chest shattered with a crack, and a huge light black spiritual energy shield tightly wrapped around him.

The slender black worms hit the spiritual energy shield, setting off shockwaves of a spiritual power frenzy, making sharp and ear-piercing noises, causing a splitting headache.

But Wei Yi Xian was completely bound by the spiritual power, Zhong Jing Shan had the advantage while he was unprepared, and his cultivation level was also far superior to his.

Under the fierce impact of countless black worms, the spiritual energy shield was on the verge of collapse, and a few breaths later, it shattered with a loud noise, and all the black worms burrowed into Wei Yi Xian's body.

"Ah!"

He felt a heart-piercing pain transmitted from all over his body and couldn't help but cry out in pain.

A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Wei Yi Xian's eyes, and he bit his tongue fiercely, causing a drop of essence blood to float.

"Wah!"

A grisly baby cry sounded, and a grey-black infant arm drilled out from the middle of his abdomen, catching that drop of essence blood.

Then, every single piece of his skin became extremely dry, as if all vitality had been absorbed and swallowed up by an unknown existence in an instant.

A grey-black infant directly tore open the abdomen, crawled out flexibly, glanced at Ge Pu and the pairs with extremely resentful eyes, and also at Lu Xuan, who was on high alert behind him, and fled without hesitation towards the distance.

Whether it was Ge Pu's magical yin-yang symbol, or Zhong Jing Shan's countless fierce black worms, none could inflict significant damage on the grey-black infant.

Seeing that it was about to rush out of the boundary of the Taijitu, Ge Pu snorted coldly, and a black and white sword light shot out from the Taijitu like lightning, appearing out of nowhere at the waist of the gray-black infant, directly cutting it into two.

The grey-black infant had an extremely strong life force, even if it was split into two, it still had the ability to fly at an extremely high speed, and even showed a trend of re-merging during the flight.

Just then, a loud frog croak sounded.

Two giant golden toads jumped out from the void. The surface of the toads' bodies was marked with rune patterns that looked like gold coins, gold light scanned over the infant's body and a pure and holy air directly purified the infant's body of its peculiar aura.

The two golden toads fiercely bit into half of the infant's body, swallowing it directly.

Their bodies were surrounded by a strong gold light, the abdomen continuously expanded and contracted, as if they were struggling to digest the infant's body.

Soon, the two golden toads returned to Zhong Jing Shan, disappearing into his sleeves.

"Brother Seed's pair of psychic golden toads are becoming more and more miraculous, even able to directly purify the dense evil aura on that infant ghost."

Ge Pu said with a smile to the silent and dull Zhong Jing Shan on the side.

"You are about to reach the Core Formation."

Zhong Jing Shan responded briefly, seemingly revealing a hint of helplessness.

"Thank you, Brother Ge, Brother Seed, for your immense help. Lu Someone deeply appreciates it."

Lu Xuan, who had watched a big battle at a close distance, came in front of the two men and bowed deeply, expressing his gratitude.

"Junior Brother Lu, don't thank us too quickly yet. This evil cultivator is a bit strange."

Ge Pu gestured and walked towards the center of the yin yang diagram, where the evil cultivator who had now become a shattered and dry corpse laid, uttering his words gravely.

"Brother, have you discovered anything?"

"Hmm."

Ge Pu gently nodded.

"That puppet we just encountered is a special kind of clone puppet. It's different from the ordinary ones because it shares a mental connection with its original master. If the puppet dies, the master will be severely affected."

"Also, it can't go too far from the master. Junior Brother Lu, stay behind me. Brother Seed and I will each take a territory near Sword Gate Town to search."

"Once the clone puppet is destroyed, the evil cultivator manipulating it will produce strong spiritual energy fluctuations. There's a high chance we could locate him."

Ge Pu waved a single hand and an image of the Yin Yang symbol appeared behind his head, spinning rapidly. Soon, it formed a black and white portal that instantly swallowed up both him and Lu Xuan before vanishing.

200 miles away from Sword Gate Town…

Inside a hidden stone cave…

Wei Yi Xian spat out a mouthful of pitch-black blood. Feeling the violent energy stirring within him, he retrieved a black elixir resembling a fetus from his storage bag and swallowed it. Only then did his rampaging energy slightly stabilize.

"Ge Pu! Zhong Jing Shan! And that cultivator who led me there!"

His teeth ground together in fury. His tone was filled with endless anger and resentment!

He had come to harvest the Holy Infant Fruit Plant, hoping to strike it rich, but he never expected to suffer such a severe loss instead!

Not only had he failed to acquire the Holy Infant Fruit from the Offspring Plant and the other high-grade, rare Spirit Plants in the small courtyard, but he had also lost an incredibly precious clone puppet.

The clone puppet was significantly different from the regular ones. It possessed high Spiritual Intelligence, a cultivation level equivalent to his own, and was almost indistinguishable from ordinary people. It was a significant asset to him and was key to his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Yet, it was ruined in such a small courtyard!

This made him feel as though his heart was bleeding.

No, he was actually spitting blood!

Half was due to injury, while the other half was due to sheer anger.

"How did Ge Pu and Zhong Jing Shan, both of the Authentic Teachings, know I would come? Where did I show a flaw?"

Wei Yi Xian was at a loss.

He had always been cautious. To obtain the Holy Baby Fruits from the Offspring Plant, he had used the Mother Plant, possessed strange fruits several times, watched the small courtyard carefully, and only after thoroughly confirming there were no dangers did he begin to get greedy and tried to steal the Offspring Plant's fruit and several other rare Spirit Plants.

To prevent any mishaps, he had specifically only sent his clone puppet, leaving his original body at a safe distance, but he never expected that not only would he fail to get the Spirit Plants, but he would also lose a clone puppet.

"Thankfully, I preserved my life. Having the hillsides left means there's no lack of firewood. Once I recover my strength, I will take my revenge!"

"Ge Pu and the others are probably searching around. I must leave here quickly."

He took a thin piece of leather out of his storage bag and draped it over himself, causing his aura to disappear entirely.

The moment he left the cave, Wei Yi Xian, through the thin piece of leather, took a deep look in the direction of Sword Gate Town and swiftly passed through the woods.

"Chirp!"

Just then, a crisp chirping sound rang out. There was a ripple in the spiritual energy that scanned the entire world, clearly revealing the presence of the thin piece of leather.

"Roar!"

An earth-shattering roar echoed through the sky!

From afar, Wei Yi Xian saw a White Jade Monkey rushing towards him at an extremely high speed. Its eyes glowed with rage and displayed an unyielding momentum.

As the Monkey ran, its body swelled, growing to a height of nearly a hundred feet in the blink of an eye. Its silver-white hair whipped about wildly. Everywhere it passed, trees and boulders turned into dust, giving off the impression of a demon god descending upon the world.

The Monkey God has been activated!

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Chapter 409: Chapter 407: Annihilation _1

The White Jade Sky Monkey transformed into a terrifying beast, rushing towards Wei Yi Xian in an instant.

With a heavy stomp on the ground under its feet, a pair of white jade fists swooshed towards Wei Yi Xian like shooting stars, causing a sharp explosive sound in the air.

Faced with such a powerful attack, Wei Yi Xian, who was not proficient in Body Refinement, instantly summoned a Dark Ghost Face Shield.

The grimacing ghost face on the shield let out a mournful scream, emitting the thick black Yin Qi like long snakes, blocking the gigantic fists of the White Jade Sky Monkey.

There was a loud bang.

Under the silver-white jade-like gigantic fists, the ghost face shield was like paper-mâché, directly punched into a large hole, with only less than half of the face left on the ghost face in the center of the shield.

Wei Yi Xian was horrified. This shield was a Fourth Rank Defense Tool that had astonishing defensive power, but he didn't expect it to be so vulnerable under the massive fists of this giant ape.

He promptly had thoughts of withdrawing. The thin pouch he wore emanated a faint Yin Qi, which ripples like water, gradually making him invisible.

"Chirp chirp!"

Another crisp cry echoed, revealing the hidden form of Wei Yi Xian dozens of feet away under the pouch.

Before he could even react, the giant ape turned around like a hungry tiger, ferociously pounding its white jade fists towards his head.

Wei Yi Xian's body was swarmed with Demonic Qi, growing four additional arms under his ribs. The arms spread and enlarged rapidly, reaching dozens of feet long in a blink of an eye. They came together, blocking the white jade gigantic fist.

The gigantic fists hammered on the tentacle-like four thick and long arms, flesh and blood were flying, and sizzled when it hit the ground.

The White Jade Sky Monkey was too fearsome, Wei Yi Xian, now having six arms, was steadily retreating under its tide-like offensive.

The more the giant ape fought, the more excited it got. Its fiery red eyes, as big as a human head, were filled with endless ruthlessness, creating a mortal danger for Wei Yi Xian if he were to let his guard down.

During the battle, he tried various methods, attempting to escape from the giant ape, using the strange Human Skin Pouch several times to hide his figure.

However, the existence that was making the crisp chirping sound was hidden somewhere. As soon as he disappeared, the effect of the pouch was directly cracked, and what awaited him was the endless attacks of the giant ape.

In such a situation, Wei Yi Xian knew he was at a disadvantage. He was wasting Spiritual Power and over time, he was being gradually worn down by the two High-Ranked Magical Beasts, just like a cat playing with a mouse.

A flash of savagery crossed his eyes. His Spiritual Power rampaged within his meridians, causing his body to continue swelling, distorting his features into a non-human existence in a split second.

There was a loud bang. His swollen spherical body exploded, scattering countless pieces of black flesh imbued with heavy Yin Qi all over the sky, flying in all directions.

This method of evasion was a Yin Destructive Secret Technique, which would consume a large amount of Essence Blood. Once escaped and reconstituting the body, it would reduce the strength and lower the realm by one small level. The depleted Essence Blood would take a decade to recover.

But now, with his life at stake, Wei Yi Xian had no regard for the consequences, his priority was to survive.

The giant ape managed to block many pieces of the fragmented black flesh but was overwhelmed by the sheer number and could only try to block as much as it could.

It was at this moment.

A giant red fireball appeared out of nowhere, dividing into endless thin fire snakes in the air, painting the entire sky red.

The red fire snakes danced wildly, chasing the pieces of fragmented black flesh. Once they caught up, they clung to the black flesh like a clinging disease, burning the black flesh into black ash before stopping.

Countless fire snakes spread into a vast sea of fire, leaving no place for the black flesh imbued with Yin Qi to hide.

The remaining small part of black flesh clustered together to form a black meatball. On the meatball, the flesh was morphing, and one could faintly see the painful blurring of Wei Yi Xian's features.

Then, short limbs differentiated on the meatball, which looked extremely distorted.

With a smack sound.

The huge ape had already prepared to take advantage of the situation. Its white jade giant palm slapped down like a giant wave, smashing the meatball head into numerous fragments.

The giant palm's white jade light flowed, purifying all the shattered flesh into nothingness.

Seeing the enemy was completely dealt with, the giant ape's eyes pulsed with red light, its body quickly shrank, turning back to the shy and bashful little white jade monkey, utterly unlike its former ferocity and brutality.

The Mystical Sky White Luan appeared gracefully from afar, leisurely flying in front of the small monkey.

In the air, countless red fire snakes congregated into a giant fireball. The proud-looking Fire Scale Child slowly stepped out of the fireball, holding its head slightly high.

A few breaths later, Ge Pu, along with Lu Xuan, and Zhong Jing Shan who also sensed the movements and came over, appeared among these mountains.

"Junior Brother Lu, you've really got deep pockets, able to deploy such a large force to deal with this Foundation Establishment Perfect Evil Cultivator."

"Not only are there three of us Authentic Teachings, but you've even included the two Guardian Beasts, the Mystical Sky White Luan and the White Jade Sky Monkey."

Seeing the Luan Bird and White Ape, Ge Pu said a little surprisingly.

As long as these two Guardian Beasts grew normally, they could reach the Nascent Soul Stage. If their fortune was good, they could even break through to become a seventh grade demonic beast, a Primordial Infant Great Power,

Their status within the sect was extremely high, and even true disciples could not command them to work for them.

"Didn't I plant quite a few Spirit Fruits? By luck, I've fed these two Guardian Beasts several times, so we have a close relationship. I invited them to assist me this time."

Lu Xuan responded, half-truthfully and half-falsely.

Ge Pu nodded slightly, looking at the body of the evil cultivator with deformed limbs.

"I didn't expect that a Foundation Establishment Perfect evil Dao cultivator would sneak in under the feet of the Sky Sword Sect, intending to harm the cultivators of our sect."

"I don't know what the Inner Sect Disciples in Sword Gate Town are doing, they didn't even notice."

"Don't blame them, blame this evil cultivator for being too cunning, and his ability to hide is remarkable. That's why he could come up with the idea of sneaking into my yard."

Lu Xuan said with a serious look.

"Speaking of the evil cultivator's purpose, Junior Brother Lu, there's something I must remind you of."

Ge Pu turned his head, looking at Lu Xuan with a serious expression.

"Junior Brother Lu, you have tremendous talent as a Spirit Plant Master, so it's understandable if you want to study those weird spiritual plants."

"But I still hope you can control yourself, and not become obsessed with them."

"Those weird spiritual plants, after all, are different from normal spiritual plants. They can easily affect the cultivator's mind and even pose the risk of being defiled and changed, which is not the right path."

"In addition, there is a Golden Pellet Elder Uncle in the Sect who detests evil. If they notice, it might cause a negative impact."

"So, you can only sample them lightly, and absolutely cannot sink into them."

"Thank you for your reminder, Brother Ge, I will be careful."

"I can assure you that the weird spiritual plants I grow will not be used to do evil, kill innocents, or harm the interests of the sect."

Lu Xuan promised hastily.

Chapter 410: Chapter 408 Saint Baby Pill_1

After the Void Nightmare Eye had discovered the tracks of the evil cultivator, Lu Xuan, who was hiding nearby, took the opportunity to move all the other spiritual plants except the Holy Infant Fruit Plant in the Underworld Court into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

This was to conceal this from Ge Pu and the other people who came to help him. After all, it would be okay if there was a Holy Baby Fruit plant, but, if they saw several other fourth or fifth-ranked peculiar spiritual plants, it would be hard to guarantee what the people from the Orthodox Sects, like Ge Pu, would not get suspicious.

However, from the subtle hint that Ge Pu had just delivered, it seemed that he probably had discovered something and had taken the opportunity to remind Lu Xuan about it.

"That's good."

Upon hearing this, Ge Pu's face showed a gentle smile.

Three authentic teachings, two beasts that guard the sect, and Lu Xuan himself, surrounded the deformed corpse of the evil cultivator who had lost his head.

The Mystical Sky White Luan let out a clear cry, a hazy light spiraled around the corpse several times to confirm the absence of Demon Envoys, and only then did it retreat a few steps.

Lu Xuan stepped forward and picked up a thin human skin pouch from the ground. A slight coolness seeped out from the pouch, and it felt identical to skin when touched.

He then removed the storage bag from the evil cultivator and used his spiritual power to break the simple prohibitions left on it, taking out all the items inside one by one.

A black banner talisman packed with resentful spirits, a concealed dark light blade, several bottles of unknown elixirs emanating a spiritual light – judging from its spiritual power, their ranks should not be low, and a number of spirit stones.

What attracted Lu Xuan's attention was an offspring fruit that resembled an embryo; its shape was 70-80% similar to the spirit fruit on the Holy Infant Fruit Plant.

However, with the wrinkled grey body, the belly bulged, as if something terrifying was quietly brewing inside.

At the back, there were two dark grey lumps of flesh the size of fists; Lu Xuan sensed the flavor of the Saint Infant Fruit from this lump of flesh.

"Thanks to the three senior brothers for their help, and also the two spirit beast friends, for helping me deal with this powerful evil cultivator."

"Among the spoils found on the body of the evil cultivator, I want this embryonic spirit fruit, the rest can be distributed by the senior brothers as they see fit, I wonder what the senior brothers think?"

"I have no objections."

"Junior Brother Lu, you decide."

Ge Pu and Fire Scale Child spoke up, and Zhong Jing Shan, who was standing in one corner, also nodded in agreement.

The three of them came out, either as repayment for Lu Xuan's help in breeding spirit beasts or after witnessing Lu Xuan's talent with spirit plants, they wanted to form a connection with him and never intended to obtain many treasures.

As for Lu Xuan, he had chosen a spiritual fruit, which the three of them did not know how to use, and therefore, they did not have any objections to the way he had divided the loot.

After a few words to discuss, Ge Pu was given the human skin pouch and a few elixirs, while Fire Scale Child ended up with the black banners full of resentful spirits and the dark weapon.

As for Zhong Jing Shan, because his Psychic Golden Toad had previously swallowed two half puppets in the Sword Gate Town Small Courtyard, he took just a few spirit stones.

The Luan bird and White Ape, finding there was no spirit fruit they liked to eat when the loot was distributed, said goodbye to Lu Xuan and went their way.

"Seeing that this corpse was left by an evil cultivator in the open field, the Yin Qi that it spreads may pollute the living beings in this area. It would be better to take it back and dispose of."

Saying this, Lu Xuan didn't forget to put most of the corpse in his storage bag before leaving, providing a very reasonable reason for this.

None of the three had any objections.

"Junior Brother Lu, we don't know if the evil cultivator has any companions left in Sword Gate Town, do they need to return to the sect with us?"

Ge Pu asked.

"The evil cultivator with Foundation Establishment Perfect Level fell on the spot, and there was such a big commotion in Sword Gate Town, the vigilance of the cultivators in the town would rise to several levels.

If the evil cultivator had companions, they would have fled long ago and certainly would not be waiting for the cultivators of our sect in Sword Gate Town."

"I need to go back and handle some follow-up matters."

Lu Xuan said in a firm tone.

"Good, then let's go back to the sect first. If there's anything, Junior Brother, you can always use the Communication Talisman to contact us."

The three of them bid farewell to Lu Xuan one after another.

Using the Floating Light Body Method and the Five Elements Escape Technique, Lu Xuan quickly returned to the small courtyard in Sword Gate Town.

In the vicinity of the small courtyard, some cultivators attracted by the huge commotion earlier were gathered to watch the fun. In addition, there were a few Inner Sect Disciples of the Sky Sword Sect in their standard Daoist robes maintaining order.

Lu Xuan waited for half a day. When some of the cultivators had dispersed, he sneaked into the small courtyard.

In the small courtyard, the Holy Infant Fruit Plant stood alone. The grey-black shadow of a baby flickered and disappeared into the embryonic fruit.

Above the airspace of the courtyard, the Void Nightmare Eye moved to and fro between the void and reality, observing the movements around the courtyard.

"I didn't expect to be able to solve a Foundation Establishment perfect realm evil cultivator so easily."

"It seems that my decision to cling onto the leg of the Guardian Beast and befriend the Authentic Teachings was overwhelmingly correct."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

The evil cultivator was at the Foundation Establishment perfect realm, he had mysterious divided puppets, and possessed extraordinary talisman tools and secret techniques, but he was still easily solved like a toy by a few Authentic Teachings and the spirit beast.

"If I were to face it alone, I probably could solve him with my many Fourth Grade Sword Symbols, Fifth Rank Vast Void Eye, Five-Rank "Pure Yang Real Fire Talisman", along with my strong flesh body, spiritual sense, and numerous talisman tools, but it definitely wouldn't be so easy."

Lu Xuan compared his strength with the evil cultivator a little bit and secretly thought.

"This underworld court has been exposed and is known by my fellow sect members and other forces in Sword Gate Town. It's not suitable for planting weird spiritual plants anymore. I need to find a new place to deal with the Blood Scourg Flower, Strange Longevity Peach, and other spirit plants."

Lu Xuan muttered to himself in his heart and came to the Holy Infant Fruit Plant.

Concentrated his mind on the plant, the semi-transparent progress bar below was completely filled.

"The five-grade Saint Infant Fruit Plant has finally ripened."

Lu Xuan carefully plucked the embryonic spirit fruit from the plant.

"[The spirit fruit of the Holy Infant Fruit Plant, cultivated from resentful infant souls, can be used alone or fused with the mother plant to enhance the effect of the spirit fruit.]

"[Consuming the spirit fruit can enhance the spiritual sense, improve the root nature, and is also the main ingredient for refining the Fifth Grade Saint Baby Pill. High-quality complete Holy Infant Fruits can even be used to refine an external avatar.]

"This offspring fruit is not a complete fifth-grade spirit fruit, I wonder what kind of reward it can produce."

Lu Xuan looked at the emerging white light cluster on the plant, filled with expectation.

He extended his hand and gently touched the surface of the light cluster.

Suddenly, numerous light points surged into his forehead, thoughts flashing in his mind.

"[Harvest one Ling Fruit from the Five-Grade Holy Baby Fruit Plant and gain a Five-Grade Dan Medicine, Saint Baby Pill.]

A black pill about the size of an egg appeared in Lu Xuan's hand.

The surface of the pill was covered with grey-black spiritual patterns. As the spiritual patterns moved, they looked like countless deformed baby faces. A pure and strong yin Qi seeped out from inside the pill, and smelling it made one's spiritual power become instantly active.

"[Saint Baby Pill, Five-Grade Dan Medicine, refined from the Five-Grade Saint Baby Fruit. After taking it, it can slightly increase the probability of breakthrough to Core Formation.]

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Chapter 411: Chapter 409: Mother Plant? It's a Sow!_1

"A fifth-grade Saint Baby Pill, it can actually increase the success rate of breaking through to the Jindan Stage!"

"I've struck gold!"

Lu Xuan rejoiced in his heart.

In the Cultivation World, Jindan Cultivators already stood as influential figures, and even in a great sect like the Sky Sword Sect, there were only a dozen Golden Core Real People. Given that the Saint Baby Pill can boost the odds of breaking through to the Jindan Stage, its rarity was self-evident.

"After all, the Saint Baby Fruit Plant isn't a complete fifth-grade spirit plant. For it to produce a fifth-grade Dan Medicine is already quite impressive."

Lu Xuan carefully stored the Saint Baby Pill in his hands, executed the Earth Pulling Technique, and buried the Holy Infant Fruit Mother Tree, which he had obtained from that Evil Cultivator, in the Underworld Mud Flesh.

His mind focused on the embryonic Spirit Fruit, and an idea suddenly emerged.

[Saint Baby Fruit Mother Tree, a fifth-grade Spirit Plant, can devour and merge mature offspring fruit to promote the maturity of the mother tree. Due to its instinctive yearning for the offspring fruits, it will inherently give birth to Offspring Plant Spirit Seeds.]

[Within a certain range, the mother plant can sense the aura of the offspring plants and detect their exact location. When nearing maturity, the mother plant can attach itself to an offspring plant to sense and examine its surroundings.]

[After full maturation, it can be used for…]

"Its uses are quite similar to those of the Offspring Plant Spirit Fruit, but its effects are somewhat stronger."

"Should I integrate the freshly mature offspring fruit into the mother tree?"

Lu Xuan fell into deep thought.

Having already obtained the Light Cluster reward, logically speaking, integrating the Offspring Plant Spirit Fruit into the mother tree would be the right choice, as it could accelerate the mother plant's maturation.

However, a line in the information had caught Lu Xuan's attention.

"Due to its yearning for the Offspring Plant Spirit Fruit, it will inherently give birth to offspring Spirit Seeds…"

"Does that mean, as long as the mother tree hasn't been satiated by Offspring Plant Spirit Fruit for even a day, it will continue to produce offspring Spirit Seeds?"

An idea flashed in his mind.

"When I obtained the mother tree, it was already in its growth period. Even if I cultivate it to maturity, I wouldn't be able to receive the Light Cluster reward."

"Merging the Offspring Plant Spirit Fruit with it would indeed result in a mature mother tree with enhanced effects. But once it's satisfied, it would no longer produce new offspring Spirit Seeds."

"As long as I don't satiate it, wouldn't it keep producing Fifth-Grade Saint Baby Fruit Spirit Seeds?"

"As long as I nurture these to maturity, doesn't that mean I could continuously receive Light Cluster rewards?"

Lu Xuan's gaze toward the Saint Baby Fruit Mother Tree rooted in the Spirit Soil had instantly changed.

Mother tree? More like a Mother Pig!

Keep producing for me! Produce ten, no, eight more!

If it can continuously supply him with fifth-grade offspring Spirit seeds, it was not a simple mother tree anymore.

Lu Xuan dug the Saint Baby Fruit Mother Tree out of Spirit Soil and put it into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

"Next, it's time to consider a change of location."

Due to the recent incident, the Underworld Court had been exposed to the cultivators of Sword Gate Town and the fellow disciples of Sky Sword Sect. Thinking of maintaining a low profile, Lu Xuan decided to find a new courtyard to accommodate these weird Spiritual Plants.

He put the Strange Longevity Peach, Blood Scourge Flower, and other Spiritual Plants into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

The Gluttonous Insect Pouch is a fifth-grade treasure, it can maintain the vitality of spirit plants for a short time and has almost no effect on them.

He scraped off all the Underworld Mud Flesh in the courtyard, and after thinking about it, he didn't even miss the ordinary spirit soil contaminated with Yin Qi, saving the trouble of having to breed such an Underworld Court after moving to a new place.

The familiar growth environment of the Underworld is also more conducive to the growth of many weird spiritual plants.

In the end, he took away the array plate of the fourth-grade Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array.

As for the new courtyard, he decided to settle in Sword Gate Town.

Firstly, it is close to the Sky Sword Sect. With the reputation of the Sky Sword Sect, many unscrupulous evil cultivators and tribulation cultivators will avoid this place. It was fairly easy for Lu Xuan to come.

Secondly, if it's too far away, beyond the range that Lu Xuan can control the Void Nightmare Eye, the rank of the spiritual plants in the courtyard becomes higher and higher, they can no longer be as casual as before and must be monitored regularly. If an accident occurs, it would be too late to cry.

For these two reasons, Lu Xuan finally decided to choose to be in Sword Gate Town.

Fortunately, the area of Sword Gate Town is large. Lu Xuan put on Thousand Masks to change his face and soon found a larger courtyard.

The courtyard has two not-so-big but not-so-small Spirit Fields, which are just suitable for cultivating spiritual plants.

He took out the Array Plate of the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array. The cloud and smoke flowed on the Array Plate and illusions were bred.

Lu Xuan came to the center of the courtyard, and his spiritual power penetrated into the Array Plate. He manipulated the runes on the Array Plate, and the Array Plate silently merged into the ground.

Soon, the milky white cloud and smoke slowly rose from all around the courtyard. Countless illusions in it quickly disappeared and returned to normal.

"Fortunately, this Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array is an illusion array itself, with many changes, so I'm not afraid of being recognized."

Lu Xuan sighed, took out the Yin Qi-filled spirit soil from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, spread it evenly on the surface of the Spirit Field, and took out the Underworld Mud Flesh and gathered it together.

It didn't take long for him to clearly perceive that the temperature in the courtyard dropped sharply, and strands of Yin Qi emanated from the Spirit Soil and the Underworld Mud Flesh, making the spiritual energy in the entire courtyard increasingly cold.

"High-end Underworld Courts often only require simple arrangements."

Lu Xuan sighed, taking out many strange spiritual plants from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

The fifth-grade Blood Sin Flower of the Hollow Blood Ball, the Five-Grade Strange Life-Longevity Peach that exudes a fresh creamy scent, the Fourth Grade Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng that crawls around the courtyard like a hand, the Filthy Bug Grass that hides in the corner and secretly collects dirty air and filth, the Three Grade Thousand Worm Hands that have sprouted small finger buds, and the newly acquired Holy Baby Fruit Mother Tree.

"We've moved today, let's celebrate for all of you!"

After planting many weird plants, Lu Xuan showed a hint of a smile, then quickly took out more than twenty bottles of Water Dragon Essence Blood from the Storage Bag, pouring it onto the Blood Sin Flower and the Blood Spirit Ginseng that was constantly circling around it, and a large amount of fresh Demonic Beast Flesh was buried under the Strange Life-Longevity Peach.

Furthermore, many Demon Beast limbs and joints allowed the recently germinated Thousand Worm Hands to have a good meal as well.

He also took out the long-unused Wood Infant. The power of thunder and lightning forced it to vomit out Resentful Spirits one by one, letting the newly joined Holy Baby Fruit Mother Tree in the Underworld Spiritual Plant family have a full meal.

A multitude of spiritual plants crazily devoured the food they liked. For a while, resentful spirits flew about in the courtyard, beast meat piled up like a mountain, essence blood flowed like a river, resembling a human netherworld.

"This nice courtyard, hasn't been half a day and it's almost like the previous Underworld Court."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh, secretly marveling at the pollution and assimilation ability of these strange spiritual plants, and in his heart he was even more relieved that he had not moved these strange spiritual plants into the incomplete secret realm under his control.

"Unless an effective way to avoid the possibility of pollution and mutation can be found, they should be honestly grown in this courtyard."

He muttered quietly, scanning the courtyard filled with Yin Qi and resentful spirits, and decided to return to the Sky Sword Sect.

He opened the Thousand Illusion Cloud Smoke Array, came to an unmanned corner, confirmed that there were no abnormalities, returned to his original appearance, and rushed towards the Sky Sword Sect at a high speed.

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Chapter 412: Chapter 410: Wind and Thunder Sword Grass Condensing Seed_1

"It's indeed peaceful to be in the sect."

Lu Xuan smoothly returned to the sect and felt the pure and rich spiritual energy in the sect. He greeted the elegant Spirit Crane that was affectionately dancing around him and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Only with the shelter of the giant Sky Sword Sect, was he able to cultivate spirit plants at ease, not needing to go out and explore the secret areas, seek opportunities, or worry about the trickeries and life-and-death fights.

Thanks to his special abilities in spirit plants and the mysterious Light Cluster rewards, he was able to blaze a new trail within the sect. He has also gained a strong power and a prominent status, making friends with quite a few true disciples, guardian beasts, and even Golden Core Real People.

"If it weren't for Ge Pu's three authentic teachings and the aid of the two great Spirit Beasts, the White Ape Phoenix Bird, we wouldn't have been able to easily handle that fully entrenched Evil Cultivator."

"With my current strength, I should have a good chance of defeating him, but I can't be absolutely sure I could completely resolve him. If we left a potential hazard, it could lead to endless troubles."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"It's precisely because of such a big backing, I, an ordinary Spirit Plant Master, could comfortably farm and cultivate Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts."

Before Lu Xuan could enter his house after returning to his cave dwelling, he went straight to the Spirit Field.

After a period of time away, the various Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field were growing well, each one vibrant and thriving.

"Oh, quite a few Second Grade Water Firefly Grasses have matured."

Lu Xuan walked among the slender, blue Water Firefly Grass Spirit Plants, and a sweep of his Spiritual Sense showed that the translucent progress bar under many Water Firefly Grasses had been completely filled.

"It's time for my cultivation level to rapidly improve again."

Lu Xuan chuckled as he picked the Water Firefly Grass one by one.

The total number of fully matured Water Firefly Grass was forty-one, many of which were of "Good Quality," and several of them were even of Superior Quality.

After picking, forty-one white light clusters quietly appeared on the surface of the Spirit Soil, shimmering and beckoning Lu Xuan to pick them up.

Wearing a smile, Lu Xuan dashed over, and almost at the same time, many light clusters rushed into his body.

"I owe my current realm to my diligent practice every day!"

"Light Clusters, increase my cultivation level!"

Various thoughts flashed through his mind.

[Harvested Second Grade Water Firefly Grass, gained one year of cultivation.]

[Harvested Second Grade Water Firefly Grass, gained a Third Class Magic Artifact Water Bead.]

[Harvested Second Grade Water Firefly Grass, earned a prescription for a Second Grade Imbued Spirit Pill.]

…

Out of the forty-one light clusters, the number of cultivation prizes was a bit less than last time, totaling ten, giving Lu Xuan a reward of fourteen years of cultivation.

Like a tidal wave, the thick spiritual power in his meridians emerged wave after wave, crazily impacting his body. Lu Xuan operated "The Great Five Elements," swiftly transforming the surging spiritual power into Pure Spiritual Liquid, and incorporated it into his Dantian.

The remaining twenty or more light clusters brought various different rewards – Three-grade Artifact Water Bead, Third Class Charm "Water Dragon Symbol", Second Grade Imbued Spirit Pill, and the recipe for the Imbued Spirit Pill – adding them all up would be worth a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.

After harvesting a large wave of light cluster rewards, Lu Xuan began to diligently cultivate the other growing Spirit Plants in his Spirit Field.

"Five-Elements Fruit," Jade Dew Fruit, Primordial Essence Herb, Enchanted Immortal Peach, Illusion Sound Bamboo…

Different Spirit Plants each have different needs, but luckily, Lu Xuan was already well versed in this, and it didn't take much effort to meet their needs.

Only those four Arrow Vines consumed a bit more Spiritual Power.

After all, the Instant Arrow Technique was just at the beginner level, and he was not adept with it. It took him a long time to condense an invisible, twisted Qi Arrow, which he then infused into the tiny Arrow Vine.

Under the stimulation of the arrow's spiritual power, the tiny arrowheads on the Arrow Vine slightly raised their heads, but instantly drooped again, hanging listlessly on the vine.

"The stimulation is not strong enough!"

Lu Xuan sighed helplessly. There was no choice but to slowly practice the "Instant Arrow Technique".

Furthermore, the three Arrow Vines Spiritual Seeds that he got from the Blessed Land gradually grew into tender vines under his daily nourishment and stimulation with Qi arrows, with tiny arrows of various shapes hanging on them. They were very adorable.

In addition to the mutated Arrow Vines, cultivating the numerous Sword Grass also required Lu Xuan to invest a lot of energy.

Lu Xuan used the most familiar "Four Seasons Sword Art" to cultivate the Second-grade Ordinary Sword Grass. For him, these Sword Grass had only two uses at present.

First, by following the Seed Condensation Method obtained from the Sword Hall, he could produce Sword Grass Spiritual Seeds on a large scale. The Sword Grass seeds were then placed into the Scabbard and stimulated with Wind and Thunder Sword Qi to get the Mutated Third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass Spirit Seed.

Second, to fulfill his responsibilities as a Sword Hall Disciple, it is used to complete the tasks assigned by the Sword Hall and periodically hand over the mature second-grade ordinary Sword Grass.

As for the attained Third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass, Lu Xuan was already attempting to condense the Spiritual Seed.

After all, although a single Third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass was precious, it paled in comparison to the Seed Condensation Method.

The Sword Hall of the Sky Sword Sect has inherited numerous methods to condense third-grade Sword Grass seeds throughout many years, but there are only over twenty in total.

If he could figure out the condensation method for the Wind Thunder Sword Grass, Lu Xuan guessed that he almost could walk sideways in the Sword Hall.

He was carefully guiding the black Sword Qi from the nearly mature Wind Thunder Sword Grass with his Spiritual Sense, referring to the condensation method of the second-grade ordinary Sword Grass.

He slowly gathered many of the fine, lively Sword Qi together, constantly compressing and combining them, integrating them into the plant itself.

The Sword Qi was sharp and hard to control. The process of compression and combination often ended in failure, and in severe cases, it could even cause slight damage to the plant itself.

Yet, Lu Xuan didn't get discouraged. He learned from his past mistakes, and patiently repeated the above process.

Fortunately, he was able to perceive the detailed status of the plants and could avoid many factors contributing to failure based on their conditions.

Slowly, numerous black Sword Qi were like a group of well-tamed horses. Under the intricate maneuvering of Lu Xuan's sharp Spiritual Sense, they slowly integrated into the Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan continued to guide the life vitality of the Sword Grass and condensed it on the countless tiny Sword Qi that had been compressed to the limit, nourishing them slowly.

After numerous attempts, Lu Xuan finally saw a glimmer of hope for success.

Within a Wind Thunder Sword Grass that was about to mature, there were three barely detectable subtle Qi that were sharp yet restrained, giving off a bizarre sense of harmony.

At the same time, they emitted a very pure vitality, as if something was slowly gestating within.

"Finally, the first step to success has been taken!"

Lu Xuan rejoiced as he sensed the changes within the Sword Grass.

"Next, I will have to carefully nurture these three insignificant Qi into Spiritual Seeds."

"If successful, I will then proceed to conduct experiments on other Wind Thunder Sword Grass at different growth stages, and find a practical Method of Seed Condensation."

"Exchanging a mature Sword Grass for three Spiritual Seeds may not seem worth it. However, once I gain experience on Seed Condensation, there would be a great room for improvement if I adjust and change some intricate parts."

At this moment, Lu Xuan could not care less about the lost White Light Clusters.

As long as he succeeded in summarizing the Method of Seed Condensation, the rewards he would receive from the Sword Hall would surpass the rewards of many Light Clusters.

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Chapter 413: Chapter 411 I Want to Learn Farming_1

While attempting to condense the Wind and Thunder Sword Grass Spirit Seed, Lu Xuan was also meticulously cultivating two types of fourth-grade Sword Grass.

On the Sword Peacock's side, Lu Xuan's spiritual power was surging, and a deep black Wind and Thunder Sword Aura appeared; black winds were lingering, with thunder roaring, and electric arcs jumping.

Under his control, the Sword Aura divided into dozens of Sword Flashes, faintly forming a Sword Array, which whistled and infiltrated into the Sword Peacock.

Nourished by numerous Sword Flashes, like that of the Peacock Fan Display, the Sword Peacock exuded an extravagant beauty embodying sharp intentions.

Having cultivated the Sword Peacock for such a long time, Lu Xuan's command over the "Peacock Sword Array" had reached a relatively proficient level. The division of Sword Flashes, the formation of Sword Arrays, all took only a few instants.

Because of the longer time taken to cultivate the Sword Thousand Owls, it had entered the maturity phase. Dozens of Sword Aura illusions danced around the Sword Grass, and two Sword Flashes broke, like thin wings, and were extremely fast, leaving trails of afterimages in the air.

The Owl-like Sword Aura landed on the Sword Thousand Owls Spirit plant and merged with the branches that were like long swords. The wings spread out, the feathers were like long, thin swords, and the sharp aura was intimidating.

"I wonder what kind of reward the fourth-grade Sword Grass can give…"

Looking at the Sword Thousand Owls beside him, a hint of anticipation appeared in Lu Xuan's eyes.

For the following period, he stayed in his cave and took good care of the many plants in his Spirit Field like an old farmer.

One day, an unexpected guest arrived.

"Baili, long time no see, what brings you here?"

Lu Xuan spoke warmly to the handsome young man. The young man squinted a pair of slender eyes. It was Baili Jianqing, who joined the Sect with him.

"Brother Lu? Can you scan me with your spiritual sense?"

A satisfied smile appeared on Baili Jianqing's face.

"Did you break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm?"

Lu Xuan scanned him with his spiritual sense and asked in surprise.

"Yes, I am also an Inner Sect Disciple of the Sky Sword Sect now!"

"Hahaha, congratulations, congratulations!"

Lu Xuan was very happy for him and excitedly patted his shoulder.

"Hehe, I might surpass Brother Lu in cultivation in the future and make you call me Elder Brother."

Baili Jianqing mused.

"Then you have to work hard." Lu Xuan revealed a inscrutable smile.

"Eh, you're already at the Foundation Establishment Mid-term, Brother Lu? Didn't you spend all your time cultivating Spirit Plants? How did your cultivation improve so quickly!"

"Brother Lu, I want to learn to farm!"

Baili Jianqing yelled.

He remembered that when he and Lu Xuan joined the Sect together, his cultivation was somewhat stronger than Lu Xuan's. However, he didn't expect Lu Xuan, who was known as the Spirit Plant Master, to make rapid progress in cultivation after joining the Sect.

He soon broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple. When he broke through, he thought he could catch up with Lu Xuan, but he didn't expect Lu Xuan raised to the Foundation Establishment Mid-term Realm silently.

"My friend Baili, farming is not something you can learn if you wish to."

"This is called talent."

Lu Xuan teased.

Although the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, their time together was still very natural and comfortable, unchanged by changes in cultivation and status.

"By the way, Brother Lu, I came here this time to invite you to my celebration in a few days. I want you, a Foundation Establishment Mid-term expert, to come and make the event more grand."

After chatting for a while, Baili Jianqing gave Lu Xuan an invitation.

"Sure, I will certainly be on time."

Lu Xuan took the invitation and affirmed.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of Baili Jianqing's celebration.

Atop a majestic mountain full of odd rocks.

Baili Jianqing was entertaining seven or eight friends.

This mountain peak was his chosen residence after his promotion to inner sect disciple. After some arrangements, it had become a fairly decent cave dwelling from all aspects.

Most of the seven or eight disciples are those he had met in the outer sect. Two were at the first-term of foundation establishment, and the rest were either at the late stage or the perfect realm of Qi cultivation.

Although it seemed only a fine line away from foundation establishment, it was a chasm many cultivators found hard to cross.

"Fellow Daoists, please enjoy the spiritual fruit and spiritual tea first. I have an elder coming over."

In the midst of their chatter, Baili Jianqing's expression changed slightly. He said something to the few people, then stood outside the cave dwelling waiting respectfully and quietly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, a middle-aged cultivator with a deep aura arrived before him on sword light.

"Elder Yu, welcome!"

Baili Jianqing respectfully greeted the middle-aged cultivator.

The cultivator was named Yu Hong and was a good friend of his grandpa during his time at the Sky Sword Sect. However, the two men's circumstances were vastly different.

One man's breakthrough to the foundation establishment was hopeless, and his path of cultivation had reached an end. He ended up in a desolate and bitterly cold place, and within his short lifespan of a hundred or so years, he focused on extending his family line, hoping for an outstandingly talented descendant to fulfill his unaccomplished wish.

The other man successfully broke through to the foundation establishment, was promoted to inner sect disciple, lived for three to five hundred years, and even reached to the mid-term of foundation establishment. He even had a slight chance of entering the Condensing Pill realm.

After Baili Jianqing joined the Sky Sword Sect, he visited Yu Hong several times, and Yu Hong had given considerable care to this descendant of his good friend.

"Jianqing, you are now an inner sect disciple. You no longer need to call me 'elder'. From now on, we should address each other as brothers," the middle-aged cultivator said kindly.

"How could I? Even though I've become an inner sect disciple, you are still my senior."

Baili Jianqing was resolute.

Upon seeing his insistence, the middle-aged cultivator showed a hint of helplessness.

"This is not in line with the sect rules. Let's do it this way – you call me your brother in public, and you can call me your elder in private."

The two entered Baili Jianqing's cave dwelling one after another.

The friends in the cave came out to greet them. Feeling the spiritual power fluctuation in Yu Hong at the mid-term of foundation establishment, they all respectfully greeted him.

"Brother Yu… Elder Yu, this is Shen Chongwen, this is…"

Baili Jianqing introduced everyone present to Yu Hong.

"This is Uncle Yu Hong, a highly accomplished cultivator who has reached the mid-term foundation establishment for decades. He has terrifying power in sword Dao."

"Uncle Yu!"

Upon hearing Baili Jianqing's words, everyone's respect increased.

"Hmm."

Yu Hong glanced at the crowd, giving a slight nod of his head. He took a more lingering look at the two cultivators at the first-term of foundation establishment, his expression somewhat proud.

Baili Jianqing swiftly served the spiritual fruit and spiritual tea. Everyone gathered around Yu Hong. Each time he spoke, someone would agree or chuckle lightly, giving Yu Hong a sense of warm welcome.

Yu Hong greatly enjoyed this atmosphere, occasionally sharing some of his dangerous encounters from adventures and explorations of secret lands, causing everyone to gasp in admiration.

"Brother Yu, I'll step out for a while. I have a good friend coming over and I'm going to welcome him," Baili Jianqing whispered.

Yu Hong simply nodded his head, slowly sipping the spiritual tea in his hand with a leisurely satisfaction.

Soon, Baili Jianqing brought a handsome young man into the cave dwelling.

Yu Hong gave him a casual glance, but then the teacup in his hand shook violently, almost spilling the precious spiritual tea.

"Brother Lu!"

Chapter 414: Chapter 412: Qing Helved Shoes_1

"Brother Lu!"

Lu Xuan saw a middle-aged cultivator with a profound aura approaching him from a distance, his face beaming with a warm smile.

"Greetings, Friend Yu."

His eyes flashed with puzzlement as he greeted the middle-aged cultivator.

He had faint memories of this middle-aged cultivator, whose family name was Yu and who had a Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivation base. They had some association with each other during their time in the blessed land established by the three sects. However, after returning to the sect, they had no further contact.

"I didn't expect Brother Lu to remember me."

The smile on Yu Hong's face was even warmer and more sincere.

His impression of Lu Xuan was extremely profound. In the blessed land, Lu Xuan had used his extensive knowledge in spirit plants to solve the major problem of the Arm Forest Odd Formation for his sect members.

He also noticed that Fire Scale Child and Sword Wu Xia, the two true disciples, usually had a high standard, but they were extremely close to Lu Xuan. He was even surprised to learn that a Golden Core Real People had left a special Charm for Lu Xuan as a life-saving item.

As a result, he began to view Lu Xuan, the Spirit Plant Master, differently, and he was keen to associate with him, but he couldn't seem to find the opportunity to do so.

"Sword Qing, you know Brother Lu?"

"Mmh, I entered the sect with Brother Lu."

Baili Jianqing was still immersed in the overly enthusiastic response of Yu Hong towards Lu Xuan and instinctively answered.

"Hiss…."

Yu Hong couldn't help but suck in a cold breath.

He hadn't expected these two to have such a past, and he was very familiar with the time when Baili Jianqing had joined the sect. Does this mean Lu Xuan had risen from a mere outer sect disciple to the Foundation Establishment Mid-term Realm in less than two decades?

At such a young age, being valued by the sect's true teachings and even the Golden Core, his future was indeed unlimited!

"Brother Lu, Sword Qing's grandfather and I were once fellow disciples with a very deep bond."

He proactively introduced Lieutenant Sword Qing's background to Lu Xuan.

"I see." Lu Xuan nodded in acknowledgment.

"Yu…" He was caught in a dilemma as to how he should address Yu Hong.

"No problem, we can just call each other accordingly. You may address me as Younger Brother Yu."

Several wrinkles appeared on Yu Hong's face as he laughed.

After Lu Xuan took his seat, the topic of conversation slowly shifted towards him. On learning that he was a Spirit Plant Master, everyone expressed their admiration.

After the feast, Lu Xuan found Baili Jianqing and tossed him a green marbled gourd, which resonated with soft sword hum when thrown up and down.

"I know you like things related to swords, so consider this Sword Nurturing Gourd as a congratulate for your breakthrough to Foundation Establishment realm."

Under Baili Jianqing's burning gaze, Lu Xuan lightly tossed the gourd to him.

He had more than a dozen Sword Nurturing Gourds in his possession. For this visit, he purposely selected the one of the best quality and presented it to Baili Jianqing.

"Thank you, Brother Lu!"

Having received the Sword Nurturing Gourd, Baili Jianqing caressed the sword qi inside with his spiritual sense. He simply couldn't put it down.

The Sword Nurturing Gourd could release the invisible Sword Qi it nurtured, making it extremely deadly. Although it was produced by spirit plants, it was superior to most Third Rank Magic Weapons. It was perfect for Baili Jianqing who had just advanced to an inner sect disciple.

Lu Xuan did not linger in Baili Jianqing's cave dwelling. After catching up on past times and recalling some memories, he went back to his own dwelling.

As soon as he entered the Flowing Light Formation, the Cloud Leopard emerged somewhere. It stood in the dense forest at a distance, looking at Lu Xuan, and then deliberately not paying any attention walked past him.

Only after Lu Xuan stroked the two tufts of fur on top of its ears did it let out a light growl and quietly walked away without any changes in its green eyes.

Next, a gray vine, like a gray snake, crawled to Lu Xuan's feet, trying to burrow into his sleeve.

"No, no, no! You're all grown up, and you're still burrowing everywhere!"

Lu Xuan hurriedly stopped the Demonic Vine and took a Flaming Fruit out of the storage bag, stuffing it into the top of the vine.

After returning from the Blessed Land, he had been feeding some Spirit Fruits to the Demonic Vine on a regular basis as a reward for the Spiritual Seed species it had found in the Blessed Land like the Spirit of Flesh and the Arrow Vine.

With its appetite greatly satisfied, the Demonic Vine leisurely strolled around the Spirit Field every day, marking its favorite Spirit Plant spots everywhere.

It was particularly fond of two types of Spirit Plants.

When it was bored, it would stay under the Enchanted Immortal Peach, enjoying the slight intoxication from the pink miasma and the strange feeling of the vine constantly differentiating into vine-like branches.

If the nearby Illusion Sound Bamboo made too much noise, it would use its vine-like branches to forcefully stuff the many cracks in the bamboo until they were full, silencing them.

Lu Xuan arrived at the edge of the small lake, looking at the Rock-shell Turtle merrily bouncing around in the lake, its body covered with thick mud armor, a dirty and naughty look.

The Green Horned Dragon Carp stayed quietly in the corner, swallowing the faint white Spiritual Energy that rose from the lake.

The Fire Separation Flood Dragon stayed quietly at the bottom of the lake, guarding the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass, observing if it could absorb a touch of fine dragon energy.

"Hmm? Where's Fat Bird?"

Lu Xuan was puzzled in his heart, he usually most enthusiastic Wind Falcon today wasn't seen around with its round belly.

His Spiritual Sense swept over the entire peak, and in the depths of the forest, he found the pale blue Fat Bird, whose aura was steadily rising.

"Huh, is it about to break through its Rank?"

Lu Xuan's heart jumped with joy, and in a flash, he was beside the Wind Falcon.

The Wind Falcon looked at Lu Xuan with a glimmer of joy in its round eyes.

Lu Xuan's presence gave it a few more chances of success in its advancement.

It stretched out a pair of wide, pale blue wings, the pale blue Spiritual Light on the wings surged, forming a series of howling wind currents.

Soon, the aura inside the Wind Falcon reached a limit; its wings lightly flapped, causing a whirlwind, the trees within a range of more than ten feet were blown into a messy state.

"Chirp!"

It let out a clear chirp, the sound was decisive, and all the Spiritual Power entered its body at the same time.

Lu Xuan concentrated his Spiritual Sense on the Wind Falcon's status, ready to assist at any time.

"Chirp!"

A clear tweet echoed through the sky, the Wind Falcon turned into a green light and shot through the mountain peak. Its speed was so fast that it was hard for the naked eye to catch.

Lu Xuan felt the joy in its heart and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The second Grade Wind Falcon, raised in the dense and pure Spiritual Energy environment of the Inner Sect, and fed with second and even third-grade Spirit Fruits and treasures as if they were Spirit Stones, had finally advanced to become a third-grade Spirit Beast after many years of accumulation.

He went to the spot where the Wind Falcon had been, gently touched the faintly flickering White Light Cluster that appeared out of nowhere.

Countless tiny light points instantly surged into Lu Xuan's body, and a thought flashed across his mind.

[The second-grade Wind Falcon has been promoted to a third-grade Spirit Beast and obtained a fourth-grade Magical Artifact, Qingfulu.]

A pair of light blue shoes appeared in Lu Xuan's hand. The shoes were covered with numerous fine light blue Spiritual patterns. These shoes were light as a feather, as if they would be blown away by the wind at any moment.

Lu Xuan concentrated his thoughts on the light blue shoes.

[The Qingfulu, a fourth-grade Magical Artifact, was made from the leather of a fourth-grade Qingfu Demon Bird. It has been inscribed with numerous symbols for speed augmentation, and space breaking. It is light as a feather, can reduce the weight of a Cultivator, and greatly increase a Cultivator's speed.]

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Chapter 415: Chapter 413: Bad at it But Loves to Play_1

"A fourth-rank speed-type magic artifact! Good! Good!"

The second-rank spirit beast Wind Falcon had broken through to third rank. The light cluster revealed a fourth-rank speed-type magic artifact, which greatly pleased Lu Xuan.

His previous weakness, the spiritual sense, had increased sharply with the maturation of three Spirit Gathering Pines, the obtaining of the fifth-rank treasure Divine Essence Scroll and two experience packs of the fifth-rank cultivation method "Shen Yan Sutra".

As for the speed, the only skills Lu Xuan has mastered so far are the Floating Light Body Method and the Five Elements Escape Method from "The Great Five Elements". Although the skill level is still passable, compared to the treasures on his body, it's really nothing.

This fourth grade Blue Auxiliary Magic Boots compensate for this flaw perfectly.

He extended both feet and slipped them into the boots.

A soft touch came from his feet, and a nimble energy flowed into his soles.

With just a thought of Lu Xuan, he shot straight into the sky like an arrow shot high into the air.

In an instant, he ascended dozens of feet into the air.

Feeling playful, he controlled the boots to move quickly around in the cave, leaving behind a blur of afterimages.

After experimenting for a while, he got some understanding of the rank-four Blue Auxiliary Boots. It greatly enhanced his movement speed and instantly changed his moving direction, allowing him to make all kinds of unbelievable movements.

"Its main characteristics are lightness, speed, and nimbleness," Lu Xuan summed up.

He summoned the Wind Falcon that had just broken through.

The Wind Falcon affectionately leaned against Lu Xuan, its round belly rubbing against Lu Xuan's body continously.

"How come breaking through to third rank didn't reduce the size of your belly at all?" Lu Xuan wondered out loud.

The Wind Falcon let out a crisp chirp, turned into a streak of blue light and appeared in the distance. Before Lu Xuan could react, it reappeared at its original position.

"Cheep! Cheep!"

Waving its wider wings covered with faint blue spirit patterns, it transmitted a thought to Lu Xuan.

"My belly may not have changed, but my speed has increased by who knows how much!"

"Good! Good! Our Fat Bird is the fastest." Lu Xuan touched the Wind Falcon's soft belly and said with a laugh.

The Wind Falcon's chirps of satisfaction echoed as it flew away.

Before Lu Xuan, it wanted to show off its progress as a testament to Lu Xuan's efforts.

Originally, it was just a second-rank demonic beast that excelled in speed. Even when growing normally, it would have been difficult to advance in rank at all.

It was Lu Xuan who fed it various second and third-rank spirit fruits from when it was young and provided high-grade demon beast meat and exquisite Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice, giving it a chance to break this limit.

"From now on, you can play near the mountain peak when you're free."

The Wind Falcon has become a third-rank beast, with its speed among the top in the same-rank beasts. Lu Xuan felt relieved allowing it to roam around the cave freely.

The area of the cave dwelling was limited. If he always kept it inside, it was like another kind of confinement.

Plus, since the cave dwelling was in the Inner Sect of the Sky Sword Sect, safety was guaranteed. It could release its natural instincts from time to time and fly between the mountains and rivers, which was good for its physical and mental growth.

"Cheep! Cheep~"

Hearing Lu Xuan's instructions, Wind Falcon gave a happy chirp, turned into a streak of green light and disappeared from Lu Xuan's eyes.

Lu Xuan simply kept wearing the fourth-rank Blue Auxiliary Boots, the spiritual energy converging, he also turned into a stream of light and appeared in the courtyard.

He walked into a little elegant room.

A faint medicinal fragrance wafted out of the room, hinting at some insights.

Lu Xuan's gaze shifted to a perfectly round white elixir, the size of a pigeon's egg, which floated in the middle.

The spiritual light on the surface of the elixir changed, dimming slightly, a very faint touch sensation came from Lu Xuan's hand.

It felt like a gentle stream was flowing on the back of his hand.

"This medicinal pangolin's presence is a little too weak."

Lu Xuan exclaimed quietly,

He passed a thought to the almost invisible and colorless medicinal pangolin on his hand.

On his hand, a legless soft-bodied insect revealed its form, flowing around on his hand like a liquid.

After obtaining this strange insect, the medicinal pangolin, from the Boundless Sea Secret Realm, Lu Xuan had been keeping it in his room, feeding it an elixir from time to time, allowing it to extract the residual Pill Toxin inside, and incidentally improving the quality of some elixirs.

That perfectly round white elixir in the room was the Vitality Pill he left behind a while ago.

"I got something good for you today. I assure you it will keep you fed for a long time."

Lu Xuan said with a laugh, taking a black elixir enveloped in dark Yin Qi from his storage bag.

"A Five-Quality Holy Infant Pill, quite powerful, isn't it!"

The Medicinal Pangolin's form became ethereal, and within Lu Xuan's spiritual sense, it tightly enveloped the egg-sized Saint Baby Pill, exerting its effort to draw out any Pill Toxin that may be left in the elixir.

"It can potentially improve the quality of elixirs and helps me properly raise this fourth-rate strange insect, the Medicinal Pangolin. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

Lu Xuan quietly exclaimed as he felt the Medicinal Pangolin's weak spiritual intelligence emitting feelings of joy.

As soon as he stepped out of his elegant chamber, he felt a wisp of poisonous smoke rising from underneath his feet. Looking down, he found the larvae of the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect closely following him, and faint poisonous fumes were emanating from its uneven body.

"Are you also hungry?"

Lu Xuan took out a Second-Rank Corpse Flame Pill from his storage bag, which he obtained from an evil cultivator, and tossed it into the larva's mouth.

The larva slowly chewed on the elixir, quietly lying on the ground, savoring the corpse poison inside the Corpse Flame Pill.

After waiting for a while, a pale color appeared in the lower part of the larva's jaw. The pale area was small and showed no sign of spreading further.

"The fact proves that no matter how sensitive you are, as long as you consume the medicine multiple times, you will develop resistance."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but reflect on the reaction of the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect when it first took the Corpse Flame Pill.

At first, a single second-grade Corpse Flame Pill was enough to make it half-dead. If it weren't for Lu Xuan's timely rescue, it might have died on the spot. Surprisingly, after consuming it multiple times, the ultra-sensitive larvae had developed immunity to the Corpse Flame Pill.

After the larva chewed for a while, it became disinterested. Opening its mouth, it spat out all the residues of the Corpse Flame Pill in its mouth.

"Huh, you, this little poisonous insect, are looking down on my poison pills?"

The Hundred Poison Heart Eating Worm raised its small head, and in its tiny eyes was a great expectation.

The desire for various poisons and toxins was fully revealed in front of Lu Xuan.

"Are you sure you want to try a new poison?"

Lu Xuan asked the larva seriously.

This larva has a special constitution, a disaster poison body, which is extremely sensitive to various toxins and poisons. It loves them to the extreme, but after swallowing the poison, it will have a severe reaction, and in severe cases, even its life is at risk.

The larva heard Lu Xuan's question and nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.

"Either I'll refine the poison, or I'll be poisoned to death. I can't live without it."

"Alright then."

Lu Xuan said, helpless from feeling the larvae's firm intentions.

"You're such a picky and playful one, luckily you have me to look out for you."

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Chapter 416: Chapter 414: Searching for Sword in Sword Pool_1

Lu Xuan's speech was full of disdain, but his spiritual sense explored inside the storage bag, searching for poisonous substances that could satisfy the young worm's cravings.

He prided himself on being able to control the worm's bodily condition at all times, so he was confident that even if it was poisoned to the brink of death, he could save it.

Soon, he took out a piece of Demon Beast Meat from the bag. The meat was stored in an exquisite jade box, covered with runic symbols on all sides to retain its richness and prevent the loss of spiritual power.

Lu Xuan remembered that this meat came from a third-ranked Ice Toad. The Ice Toad lived in extremely cold places and could absorb the extremely Yin and extreme cold aura. Its body was filled with a potent virus.

"Try this?"

He threw a fist-sized piece of Ice Toad meat to the young Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect.

Feeling the icy poison within the meat, the young worm's eyes lit up and it swallowed the meat in a few gulps.

The moment it swallowed the meat, a thin layer of frost quickly appeared on the worm's body. The frost accumulated rapidly. After a few breaths, the worm was frozen solid, easily mistaken for an ice cube.

A faint black aura flowed inside the ice cube, which held the cold aura.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan quickly concentrated his attention on the worm.

A thought flickered through his mind.

[Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect, a fourth-ranked poisonous insect, possesses the rare Disaster Poison Body…]

[After swallowing third-rank Ice Toad meat, the body suffers from severe chill poison. If not resolved in time, its spiritual power, flesh body, and even the divine soul will be frozen quickly, gradually leading to death.]

[To drive out this cold poison, we need the Supreme Yang Firmly Outlandish Fire, and a perfectly proficient control over the fire to gently roast the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect all over the body.]

"Fortunately, I can easily solve it myself. Otherwise, I would have to seek help from Brother Ge and others."

Lu Xuan understood the exact state of the young worm, and was profoundly grateful.

He had been contemplating the Five-Rank "Pure Yang Real Fire Talisman" for several years. Although he had not mastered the Divine Skills of Pure Yang True Fire, he had no problem in issuing a wisp of Supreme Yang Firm Firm Pure Yang Flames.

As for fire control, he had opened a lot of "Playing with Flame Jue" experience packages from the Flame Fruit Light Group that could achieve precise control.

There's no chance he would burn this little poisonous worm to a crisp.

Lu Xuan mobilized his internal spiritual power, visualized the majestic form of Barefoot Golden Crow, and a wisp of pale platinum flame gushed from his fingertips.

Under Lu Xuan's spiritual control, the form of the flame kept changing, swiftly forming a thin net of fire, gently enveloping the worm, now an ice cube.

The ice cube melted rapidly, like snow under the blazing sun, soon revealing the worm, but it didn't look so good. Its whole body had turned into a frosty black color, with tiny black vapors flowing on its surface emitting an intense cold aura.

Lu Xuan kept his composure, leisurely roasting the worm.

After a few moments, strands of black mist seeped out from the worm's body, compressed into a drop of black cold liquid by the pale platinum fire net controlled by Lu Xuan.

The juvenile worm opened its eyes and couldn't help but shudder.

It quickly regained vitality, revolving around Lu Xuan, sending him grateful thoughts.

"Did you like it?"

Lu Xuan asked with a soft laugh.

The young worm eagerly nodded.

"Any regrets?"

It shook its head without hesitation.

"I'll spoil you then."

Lu Xuan waved his hand, and the satisfied young worm quickly left, hiding in a corner to digest the Ice Toad meat's poison.

After feeding the Hundred Poison Heart Devouring Insect with the new poison, Lu Xuan's following days were as calm as water, quietly waiting for the last Spirit Gathering Pine to fully mature.

Unexpectedly, he ended up waiting for someone he hadn't seen for a long time.

On the mountainside, the Two-headed Juvenile who was stealthily piling up Wu Spirit Soil into his cave seemed to sense a horrific aura. Before Lu Xuan knew it, it disappeared from his sight, hiding deep within the mountain.

"Junior Brother Lu, I have come to bother you."

A middle-aged cultivator with a gentle demeanor and carrying a deep black sword case was slowly climbing the mountain.

"So, it's Brother Shen. I haven't seen you in a while, how have you been lately?"

The visitor was Shen Ye, who had brought Lu Xuan into the Sword Hall. They had interacted many times and were quite familiar with each other.

"Everything else is fine, but I've been constantly thinking about those third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass of yours."

Shen Ye jokingly said.

Lu Xuan guided him into the garden, serving Ice-fire Dual Spirit Fruits and Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice.

"Junior Brother Lu, how many Wind Thunder Sword Grass have you improved recently?"

Shen Ye took a sip of the Hundred Fruit Spirit Juice, savoring the variety of spirit fruit flavors in his mouth for a moment before slowly asking.

"A few mutated ones have been bred, which are being cultivated in the cave mansion."

Lu Xuan replied.

"Oh? Junior Brother Lu is really amazing, who can improve a third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass at any time. I wonder if you have figured out the method of condensation of Wind Thunder Sword Grass?"

On hearing this, Shen Ye straightened up a lot, asking with eager eyes.

"I am currently in the testing stage, not very sure."

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, and then spoke in a low voice.

Although he has some clues about the method of condensing Wind-Thunder Swordgrass, it still needs to be tested for its correctness. Therefore, he answered Brother Shen conservatively and didn't speak conclusively.

"Ha ha ha, I believe with your talent in nurturing spirit plants, there definitely will not be any problems."

Shen Ye laughed heartily.

Lu Xuan has demonstrated frightening talent in cultivating Sword Grass, a type of spirit plant, boosting his faith in Lu Xuan almost borders on blind trust.

"Brother has too much hope for me."

Lu Xuan laughed helplessly.

"If I say you can do it, you can do it. My judgement will not be wrong."

Shen Ye said with a smile, then changed the subject.

"I came here this time because I have something that I would like to invite you, Junior Brother."

"Oh? Brother Shen, please tell me."

"You have been in the Sword Hall for quite some time, and you must have a deep understanding of it."

"There is a Sword Pool in the Sword Hall. Have you heard of it, Junior Brother Lu?"

Lu Xuan nodded:

"I know a little. I hear that it contains many high-grade sword implements, sword pills, and weapons of the fifth rank."

"Yes."

"The Sword Pool can temper sword implements and Sword Pills. It contains many weapons left by the predecessors of the Sect and the flying swords replaced by Sword Dao experts, as well as high-grade flying swords made by sword casting masters in the Sword Hall, and so on."

"Every once in a while, the Sword Hall provides a portion of its disciples an opportunity to enter the Sword Pool and find a suitable desired weapon."

"However, only a limited number of spots are available. Only disciples with outstanding Sword Dao talent or those who have made significant contributions to the Sword Hall are given the opportunity to enter."

"Although you have cultivated Mutated Wind Thunder Sword Grass and Starlight Sword Grass, as well as ordinary second-grade Sword Grass and so on. However, you're slightly in deficit to be able to go into the Sword Pool. But as I understand, you must be able to figure out the method of condensation of the Wind Thunder Sword Grass. Furthermore, missing out on this opportunity would mean waiting several years to be able to enter the Sword Pool again. Therefore, I am doing my utmost to get you the chance to search for a sword in the Sword Pool."

Shen Ye spoke jovially with a chuckle.

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Chapter 417: Chapter 415: Soul Piercing Needle_1

"Thank you, Brother Shen, for obtaining such a precious opportunity for me,"

Lu Xuan stood up and saluted respectfully.

Although he could acquire many magic artifacts, including sword implements such as the wind-thunder sword, purple lightning sword, and sword of wind and thunder pellet from the light groups' rewards, who would complain about having too many treasures when given the chance to enter the sword pool?

The rewards from the light groups are precious, but the best things in life are always free.

"There's no need for formalities, Junior Brother Lu. You have earned all this through your own effort,"

"If it weren't for your success rate in cultivating sword grass reaching a hundred percent and the potential method of condensing a seed from third-grade sword grass, I wouldn't have been able to acquire this chance for you."

Shen Ye spoke in a solemn tone.

"As this is your first time entering the sword pool, I'll brief you on how to obtain sword-related treasures from it."

"There are rampant Sword Qis within the sword pool. If anyone dares to enter without our sect's talisman, even a cultivator nearing nascent soul stage won't obtain any benefits."

"Once inside, you can select from sword implements and sword pills. Lower-rank treasures can be forcibly taken, but higher-grade sword implements, nourished in the sword pool for years, may develop a spiritual nature. This relationship is akin to the spiritual sword choosing its owner."

"There are variety of factors which affect how higher grade sword implements and sword pills choose their owners: the cultivator's sword skill, sword intent, and the state of their heart. However, if one is incredibly fortunate, then these factors matter less."

"Junior Brother, do you know Senior Sister Sword Flawless of our Sect's authentic teachings?"

"I've met her a few times when our Sect was opening up a new blessed land."

Lu Xuan nodded gently.

"Senior Sister Sword Flawless has an innate sword body; all sorts of sword implements and sword pills are greatly attracted to her. Every time she entered the sword pool, she gained many sword implements' approval."

A hint of barely traceable envy could be heard in Shen Ye's voice.

"This sword dao talent… For others, it would be an adventure to enter the sword pool. For her, it's like going shopping."

Lu Xuan secretly lamented in his heart.

"By the way, Brother Shen, has there ever been an instance where a Sect member enters the sword pool but comes out empty-handed?"

"Yes, there are those with high standards who look down on ordinary sword implements, focusing solely on obtaining high-grade implements and sword pills. In the end, they walk away empty-handed."

Hearing this, Lu Xuan quickly nodded his head and committed the experiences taught by Shen Ye to memory.

After Shen Ye passed on some cautionary advice, he did not linger. He bid Lu Xuan farewell and left.

Watching Shen Ye depart, Lu Xuan checked the spirit field and observed the status of all the spirit plants.

While patrolling his spirit field, he happened across the grass puppet, tirelessly patrolling on its long thin legs.

All of a sudden, Lu Xuan summoned the grass puppet, who had been diligently guarding the spirit field, and extricated a green spirit bead from his storage bag.

The Spirit bead, the nascent soul grass orb, was derived from the Primordial Essence Herb light group, containing pure and dense nature's spiritual energy, making it suitable feed for the grass puppet.

He stuffed the green spirit bead into the large gray grass tumor of the grass puppet.

Traces of emerald green spiritual energy slowly spread from the center of the tumour. After about ten breaths, the puppet's grayish-black body turned emerald green and was full of vitality.

In Lu Xuan's spiritual sense, the green spirit bead congealed and slowly rotated within the grey-grass tumor, allowing the grass puppet to draw on the pure natural spiritual energy.

After absorbing a lot of plant-based spiritual energy treasures and even a trace of fifth rank Qingmu origin energy, the grass puppet had developed a certain level of spiritual intelligence. Similar to a naive infant, it expressed its gratitude to Lu Xuan. Then, moving on its long legs, it continued its patrol of the spirit field.

"The rest of the hundred or so water-glow grasses have gradually matured. Fifty or so need to be left for seed condensation."

"Moreover, if I advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, the cultivation level contained within the second-grade Glowworm Grass Light Cluster might decrease significantly just like before,"

"I need to plan ahead, and I must prepare to cultivate a third-grade variant of the Water Glow Grass."

"However, a third-grade spiritual plant is already in the Foundation Establishment category. Unlike first and second grades, the gap between grades isn't so small and the difficulty of modifying the spiritual plant could be quite high."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

With the lesson learned from applying the Glowworm Grass at the beginning of the Foundation Establishment stage, he decided to begin modifying the second-grade Water Firefly Grass when he reaches the late stages of Foundation Establishment.

As his thoughts trailed off, he stumbled upon a secluded spot on the mountain, and suddenly heard a luring sound in his ears.

The sound was constantly inciting desires in his heart.

He looked up and saw pink miasma covering a handful of peaches hiding within the leaves. Partially covered, occasionally they revealed a small portion as if to tempt Lu XUan to take a bite.

With the Ringtone Bamboo seductive sounds aside, the degree of sensuality has elevated several levels.

"The Enchanted Immortal Peaches and Ringtone Bamboo play on visual and auditory temptation—no wonder the Demonic Vine comes by every day and stays for hours on end."

After picking the third-grade Enchanted Immortal Peaches once, they started to bear Spirit Peaches again. After a while, they will bring him a generous harvest of white light clusters.

Before leaving, Lu Xuan cast a Cleansing Spell on himself, clearing all desires from his mind and calmly leaving the two inappropriate Spirit Plants behind.

"The last Spirit Gathering Pine has finally matured."

He stood in front of the solitary Spirit Gathering Pine.

Throughout the years, he cultivated the pine with his Spiritual Sense. The pine is now closely connected with his mind. From a distance, waves of pine trees were undulating, and at the top, an azure pine cone stood proudly, awaiting for Lu Xuan to pick it up.

Lu Xuan confirmed the transparent progress bar below was full and gently picked the Azure Pine Cone.

The pine cone, shaped like a tower, was covered in layers of clear azure scales. It felt clear and transparent when held, and emitted Spiritual Light every so often.

"Another Spirit Gathering Pine Smiling Fruit, and it's still of Good Quality. I wonder what reward I will get."

He was quite satisfied. For a fourth-grade spiritual plant, being able to harvest a good quality Spirit Fruit was far beyond his expectations.

From the four Spirit Pines, he harvested four Azure Pine Cones, which he hadn't consumed yet. He carefully stored them in his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

After he stored the pine cones, Lu Xuan looked at the top of the pine tree. A white light cluster appeared quietly at the top, flickering slightly.

He couldn't restrain his anticipation, and gently touched the light cluster's surface.

With a soft thud, the light cluster burst into countless tiny light spots, which poured into Lu Xuan's body.

In an instant, he felt numerous sharp intentions in his sense sea, thoughts flashing.

[Harvest a fourth-grade Spirit Gathering Pine Smiling Fruit, receive a fifth-grade magical artifact, Soul Piercing Needle.]

A needle quietly appeared in his hand.

The needle was silver-white, over half a foot long, and engraved with many intricate and obscure hollowed-out runes. It was exquisitely beautiful, and inside was vast and deep, as if drawing Lu Xuan's soul within.

When inspecting with his Spiritual Sense, he felt a sharp intention rushing forward and a slight prickling sensation.

Lu Xuan focused his mind on the silver-white stinger, and detailed information about it promptly flashed through his sense sea.

[Soul Piercing Needle is a Fifth Rank Magical Artifact. When activated, it can deal great damage to cultivators, demon beasts, and others' divine souls. In serious cases, it could even shatter one's soul, leading to instant death.]

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Chapter 418: Chapter 416 – My Scabbard is Starving_1

"Fifth-grade Magical Artifact!"

"It is a special magical instrument specifically designed for Divine Souls!"

Lu Xuan was overjoyed. The Soul Piercing Needle he held might have a simple function, but its effect was extremely powerful.

Magical instruments for divine souls were rare and hard to come by. Once used, they were hard to defend against and caught people off guard.

"I've got one more fifth-rank treasure."

"A Void Nightmare Eye proficient in illusion techniques and capable of wide range surveillance, the 'Pure Yang True Fire Talisman' containing Ultimate Yang and Pure Yang True Fire, the space treasure Gluttonous Insect Pouch, and now this fifth-rank Soul Piercing Needle. I expect few in the sect's authentic teachings have as much wealth as me."

A hint of a smile appeared at the corner of Lu Xuan's mouth.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Xuan got Fat Bird through Spiritual Sense communication, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, he reached the outside of the Sword Hall.

He walked through the Sword Qi restriction and arrived at a towering mountain peak that looked like a sharp sword.

Once Lu Xuan had settled Fat Bird, a Sword Hall Disciple came to lead the bird away for extraction later.

"Brother Shen."

Lu Xuan found Shen Ye and greeted him.

"Junior Brother Lu, you're here."

Shen Ye smiled gently and responded.

"Could Brother Shen take me to the Sword Pool?"

"Sure." Shen Ye nodded and led Lu Xuan into a wide hall.

Inside the hall, there were already seven or eight Sword Hall disciples waiting, some holding sword implements and some carrying sword boxes, all of them extraordinary.

"This is Zhong Bai Yu. His cultivation base is at the Foundation Establishment Late-term, and he is a master of Sword Arrays."

"This is Shi Hao. His cultivation base is at the Foundation Establishment Mid-term. He has reached the stage of Perfectly Proficient with several high-grade sword techniques and has mastered several different Sword Intents."

"This is…"

Shen Ye introduced each of the Sword Hall disciples in the hall one by one to Lu Xuan.

"This is Junior Brother Lu Xuan. His cultivation base is at the Foundation Establishment Mid-term. His Sword Dao mastery might not be the best among you, but he possesses a terrifying ability to cultivate sword grass."

"So far, his success rate is one hundred percent, and it's not lacking in 'Good Quality' sword grass."

"Moreover, there's the possibility that he could develop a new type of third-grade sword grass."

"Hello, Brother Lu." The Foundation Establishment Late-term Fellow Disciple named Zhong Bai Yu greeted Lu Xuan with a cheerful smile.

He had a stout figure, and his round face smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, with a kind smile.

"Hello, Brother Lu."

…

Among the seven or eight disciples, some were warmly greeting him, not belittling him at all because of Lu Xuan's identity as a Spirit Plant Master.

According to Shen Ye, although Lu Xuan's Sword Dao may be mediocre, he naturally excels in getting the qualifications to enter the Sword Pool.

There were also two or three people who just nodded gently, looking slightly cold.

These were the ones who were intoxicated with swords, spent most of their time and energy on practicing Sword Art techniques, and were indifferent to Lu Xuan getting the qualifications to enter the Sword Pool by cultivating Sword Grass.

Of course, they were all from the same sect, and since there were no disputes over interests, there was no ridicule or contempt.

Lu Xuan had a smile on his lips. For those who came up to get to know him, he chatted with them a bit, but for those who were indifferent towards him, he didn't go out of his way to warm up to them.

He said nothing to refute Shen Ye's assessment of his average swordsmanship.

After absorbing many experience packages, his understanding of the "Four Seasons Sword Art," "Wind Thunder Sword Scripture," and "Starlight Swordsmanship" has reached a profound realm.

He diligently nurtures two fourth-grade sword grass Sword Peacock and Sword Thousand Owls, using the frequency of sword technique sword formations often, the corresponding "Thousand Owl Sword Classic" and "Peacock Sword Array" skills are not weak.

Perhaps he couldn't surpass all the sword Tao geniuses in the hall, but he had confidence that he wouldn't be at the bottom, he was average.

"Although I don't have natural talent in sword Dao, and I haven't spent much time practicing sword techniques, I have the Light Group Experience package."

Lu Xuan secretly felt pleased at the thought.

After waiting for a while, a cold and aloof woman walked into the wide hall.

She had a delicate, slender sword tucked into her dark hair, and on her earlobes hung a pair of exquisite small sword earrings; with her every movement, they swung lightly, a trace of sword Qi lingering around her.

It was Sword Wu Xia, with whom he had crossed paths in the New Blessed Lands filled with mutant spiritual plants, one of the seventeen Authentic Teachings in the sect, a regular at the Sword Pool.

"Sister Wu Xia."

Lu Xuan and the others respectfully greeted her one after another.

They could see that her prestige among the many sword Tao geniuses was very high; in the eyes of several people looking at her, there were even traces of fanaticism.

"This time we are going treasure hunting in the Sword Pool. I will lead you all in maintaining order among the sect members in the Sword Pool. I hope that we will move forward and retreat together, and do not harm the fellowship among sect members."

The cold woman nodded slightly. Her voice was as cold as a clear spring.

"Understood."

"We'll do as Sister suggests."

The people agreed in unison.

Sword Wu Xia waved her hand, and ten things, similar to special spiritual fruits, appeared in the air around them, circling around the crowd.

The Spiritual Fruits appeared to be made up of countless tiny sword glows, automatically coalescing together. Within them swirled an endless, imperceptible Sword Qi, as if it could erupt into a terrifying power at any time.

"Several of you are entering the Sword Pool for the first time; I will briefly introduce it to you."

Sword Wu Xia extended her hand, and the ten Sword Qi Wild Fruits slowly floated above her palm.

"This is the Sword Fruit, a special treasure in the Sword Pool formed by the condensation of countless sword Qi. It's the key factor for staying in the Sword Pool for a long time."

"There are countless strong and mysterious sword Qi in the Sword Pool, which will swarm and attack if they detect an intruder."

"With this Sword Fruit, your aura will merge with the Sword Pool, and the sword Qi won't attack you over a wide area."

"Of course, do not let your guard down. If you deliberately provoke the sword Qi in the Sword Pool, it will retaliate, and by then, even the Sword Fruit may not be able to save you."

Sword Wu Xia carefully explained to everyone, and the Sword Fruits in the air above her palm flew before everyone.

Lu Xuan curiously plucked this special Sword Fruit from the air to feel the extremely subtle sharpness in his palm as he observed it carefully.

As a Spirit Plant Master, he had a very high sensitivity to the word "fruit".

"Junior Brother Lu, this is your first time entering the Sword Pool. If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me."

Sword Wu Xia took a few steps forward towards Lu Xuan and asked gently.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Sister Wu Xia. I don't have any concerns at the moment, but if I need your help, I won't hesitate to ask."

Lu Xuan quickly said.

Upon seeing Sword Wu Xia initiative in talking to Lu Xuan, the Sword Hall Disciples who were previously indifferently immediately looked at Lu Xuan differently.

Sword Wu Xia was highly revered in their hearts, the one who could make the proud people admit their inferiority on the sword Dao. Unexpectedly, such an existence would even deign to care about a sword grass Spirit Plant Master.

Lu Xuan discreetly stepped back a few steps, lightly fiddling with the Sword Qi Fruit in his hand, feeling the throbbing sensation from the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath at his waist.

Upon seeing the many Sword Hall Disciples, Lu Xuan could feel a craving from his sheath. When the ten Sword Fruits appeared, this craving reached its peak.

"My sword sheath is already starving."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but think.

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Chapter 419: Chapter 417: Choosing a Sword from the Scabbard_1

After explaining in detail about what to do after entering the Sword Pool, Sword Flawless took out a black sword blade.

A large amount of Spiritual Power was poured into the black sword blade. Shortly, endless black Sword Radiance surged on the blade, filling the entire hall in an instant with its unrestrained projection.

Sword Flawless held a seal, and an unparalleled, strong Sword Intent rose from the center of the hall, enveloping Lu Xuan and others and disappearing instantly.

"Is this the mysterious Sword Pool?"

After a few breaths of bewilderment, Lu Xuan opened his eyes and found himself in a peculiar space.

A world of Sword Qi.

The ground was covered with numerous Sword Artifact Remnants, with sharp Sword Radiance of various shapes and sizes bursting from them from time to time.

Sword Qi in the air blocked out the sun and all that could be heard were the howling sounds of Sword Qi sweeping past. Occasionally, formidable Sword Qi could be seen darting into the sky, accompanied by melodious sword cries.

"Yes, this is the Sword Pool, the core of the Sword Hall. Its depth is beyond imagination, containing countless high-grade flying swords. Rumor even has it that some disciples have obtained treasures such as fifth-rank sword implements and Sword Pills from it."

A gentle voice sounded not far from Lu Xuan. Looking in the direction of the voice, Lu Xuan saw it was Zhong Bai Yu who resembled the Maitreya Buddha.

Before he could even respond, the endless Sword Qi around them seemed to pick up on Lu Xuan and the others' unusual aura, and with whistling sounds, they swarmed and rushed at them.

A huge silver-white Sword Light appeared out of nowhere a few dozen feet away, and in an instant, it arrived in front of the two.

Lu Xuan merely felt that his vision was filled with whiteness and had a moment of mental disquiet. He was about to actuate the Qing Helved Shoes to dodge the Sword Light when…

Suddenly, the Sword Fruit in his hand floated out on its own. A wild Sword Qi raged within it, and the previously unstoppable silver-white Sword Light, together with the ubiquitous sharp Sword Qi, all stopped their advance and circumvented Lu Xuan and the others.

"Junior Brother Lu, there's no need to panic. With the Sword Fruit in hand, the Sword Qi in the Sword Pool won't attack us on its own."

Zhong Bai Yu, seeing Lu Xuan's cautious demeanor, spoke to console him.

"It's my first time entering the Sword Pool. Even with preparation, seeing so many Sword Qi attacking me, I couldn't remain calm."

Lu Xuan explained on his own.

"I've been in here once before, so I have a bit more experience than you, Junior Brother Lu."

"Brother Zhong, as per your words, the rampant Sword Qi in the Sword Pool won't attack us cultivators from our sect of their own accord. But what if exceptional circumstances occur?"

"For instance, if a fellow disciple accidentally leaves the Sword Fruit behind, or the Sword Fruit gets damaged during the competition for sword weapons with other disciples while taming the flying sword, wouldn't that trigger a group attack of Sword Qi?"

Lu Xuan asked curiously.

"If the Sword Fruit is lost or damaged, it naturally won't have the protecting effect anymore. Although this situation entails more risks, it's usually not a big problem."

"The fellow disciples that can enter the Sword Pool are all able to withstand the Sword Qi of the Sword Pool for a while. In this process, they can request for help from other disciples who have the Sword Fruit. If they really can't manage, they can also urgently contact the Core Formation Elder Uncle who keeps watch over the Sword Pool."

Zhong Bai Yu explained as he led Lu Xuan through the pervasive Sword Qi.

"I see."

Lu Xuan nodded lightly, his palm turned into a crystal-clear jade color, and he reached out to touch the faint Sword Qi lingering around him.

The Sword Qi sensed the familiar sensation from the Sword Fruit and actively circumvented Lu Xuan's palm, just like fish.

"Junior Brother Lu, I believe you're already aware that the Sword Pool is nurturing many high-grade sword implements and sword pills. Over time, many sword implements gradually reveal strange phenomena and even develop a bit of spiritual nature."

"Take, for example, the silver-white sword light from earlier. If I'm not mistaken, that should be the radiance emitted from a third-grade flying sword."

"There are countless third-grade sword implements in the Sword Pool. If you lack confidence in acquiring a fourth-grade sword implement or sword pill, you can first secure a third-grade one as a safety net."

Sword Hall disciples only have a limited time to stay in the Sword Pool, only half a day. During this time, the search and taming of high-grade sword implements and sword pills can take quite a bit of time.

Also, to prevent some people from taming too many sword implements, the Sword Hall has ruled that each disciple could only obtain a maximum of two sword implements.

Many disciples, unwilling to waste their precious opportunities on third-grade sword implements or sword pills, focus only on acquiring higher-ranked, rarer flying swords, and often end up empty-handed in the end."

"If you find a desirable sword implement, you can tame it using your sword techniques. If you're unable to tame it, you can also try to forcefully suppress and retrieve it with your cultivation level."

"Unfortunately, the high-grade sword implements in the Sword Pool are rather discerning. Only cultivators like Senior Sister Sword Flawless, who possess innate sword bodies, would draw their attention and make them willingly approach."

"When we get close, these highly spirited sword implements will actively evade us. Therefore, if you come across a desirable sword implement, you must seize that fleeting opportunity and subjugate them quickly."

With a bitter smile, Zhong Bai Yu continued to remind Lu Xuan.

"Being talented indeed allows you to do whatever you want," Lu Xuan affirmed.

"I appreciate your reminder, Brother Zhong. I wish you luck in obtaining your desired treasure."

He expressed his gratitude to Zhong Bai Yu, and they both chose paths to walk into the endless sword qi.

When taming sword implements, Sword Hall disciples had to do it personally. Borrowing the help of others could lead to counterproductive results. Additionally, if two persons have sets their sight on the same sword implement or sword pill, it would be unfair to split it amongst them.

Thus, understanding each other's intentions, they split up and acted independently.

As Lu Xuan ventured deeper into the Sword Pool, he began to witness more and more sword qi phenomena. Strange beasts of various forms and shapes, items created from different spiritual power properties, and even spectacularly grand sceneries like the sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers, could be glimpsed from afar.

In the endless sea of sword qi, his spiritual sense was greatly weakened, reducing his scanning range to less than a tenth of the normal distance.

Whenever he encountered sword qi phenomena, the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath around his waist would subtly shake. It seemed like its spiritual nature was urging Lu Xuan to hurry up and search for them to tame.

"You lustful sheath, seeing so many sword implements–you must be struggling to contain yourself, right?"

Lu Xuan sends a teasing thought to the sheath.

After having the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath inserted with flying swords like the Purple Lightning Sword, Wind-Thunder Sword, and the Emerald Green Small Sword, as well as sword radiance and sword qi, it had slowly come to terms with its new identity. Especially when it encountered suitable swords that it liked, such as the Emerald Green Small Sword, it was always half resisting but half welcoming–playing hard to get.

It would symbolically resist before being inserted, but once inserted, they would merge as one without any distinction between theirs and mine.

"Wait till I get you a top-notch flying sword to satisfy you," Lu Xuan said while paying attention to the changes in sword qi around him.

"This area is rich with water-elemental spiritual energy, there should be a water-element flying sword hidden around. Shouldn't have to worry about it being dry."

"There might be a fire-element flying sword over here. Its aura is so wild and fierce, I wonder if you, this lustful sheath, can handle it."

"A flying sword from some strange beast illusion–you fancy that taste?"

As he searched for sword qi phenomena, he mumbled to himself silently in his heart.

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Chapter 420: Chapter 418 Thunder Sound Sword_1

"This Sword Qi anomaly looks quite good."

A dragon-like phantom made up of countless Sword Qi passed quickly before Lu Xuan, its body entirely white.

The previous Sword Qi anomalies of various beasts that he saw were all common tigers and leopards, which failed to pique Lu Xuan's interest.

However, the one before his eyes now was far stronger than the previous ones. Together with an extraordinary form, it aroused a little curiosity in Lu Xuan's heart.

The Spiritual Light from the Qing Fu Lu under his feet appeared, and his speed suddenly multiplied several times, closely following the snow-white phantom of the Sword Qi Flood Dragon.

As he got closer to the phantom of the Flood Dragon, he observed the surrounding situation. Like a sharp arrow, Lu Xuan lunged towards the snow-white Flood Dragon.

The Sword Qi Flood Dragon detected Lu Xuan's movement, forcefully swung its tail, and immediately countless white sword lights stormed towards Lu Xuan from all directions.

Although the various Sword Qi inside the Sword Pool would not actively attack the Sword Hall Disciples who were carrying the Sword Fruit, it did not mean they allowed the disciples to act wilfully. When they encountered disciples trying to conquer them, they would counteract.

Lu Xuan wielded his Wind-Thunder Sword, and the deep black Sword Qi swept like a hurricane, met with the white sword lights, engulfed many sword lights and destroyed them with a fierce posture.

The phantom of the snow-white Flood Dragon had already developed a trace of spiritual nature. Seeing that Lu Xuan was hard to deal with, the phantom split into countless tiny sword lights, and its form dissipated directly among the ubiquitous Sword Qi.

"You want to escape?"

"Scabbard, lock it for your happiness."

Lu Xuan conveyed a thought to the Nurturing Xuan Sword, its Spiritual Nature was far stronger than the former phantom of the snow-white Flood Dragon. Hearing Lu Xuan say this, it trembled slightly, broke free from Lu Xuan's waist, pointing to a direction from afar.

A moment later, Lu Xuan passed through the ubiquitous Sword Qi, finding again the condensed white Flood Dragon.

The phantom of the Flood Dragon was hiding in a black cave, nicely hiding its form.

The cave was dark inside, but Lu Xuan, who was practicing the Pupil Skill, took in all the scenes inside the cave.

Deep in the cave, a snow-white Sword Implement quietly floated in the air, the light from it was as pure as the bright moonlight, and it was swallowed by the endless darkness, hence it did not reveal its dazzling body.

Inside the Sword Pool, Lu Xuan could not use the White Bone Demon Puppet to coax it out, so he had to rely on his own powerful body to directly subdue the snow-white flying sword.

The phantom of the Snow White Flood Dragon, hiding in the dark, sensed danger and growled low, transforming into an enormous phantom flying sword, fiercely stabbing towards Lu Xuan.

It was incredibly fast, and reached Lu Xuan's face in an instant.

Lu Xuan's expression remained unchanged. He held his hands together and directly caught the gigantic phantom flying sword.

He had consumed many Spirit Fruits that strengthened the body, and practiced superior Body Refinement techniques like the "LiuLi Bone-Tempering Method" and the "Transforming Dragon in the Void". When he caught the flying sword, his palms did not even have a scratch.

A torrential force from his hands surged towards the Sword Qi phantom, directly shattering the phantom of the Flood Dragon. Countless tiny sword lights splashed around, falling on the stone walls of the cave, leaving numerous tiny sword scars.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan approached the snow-white flying sword and gently picked it up.

The whole Sword Implement was snow-white, about three feet long, with many tiny scales on the hilt, extending all the way to the body of the sword.

"As for how good the flying sword is, it still needs the scabbard to test it."

He fiercely inserted the snow-white flying sword into the Ancient Sword Sheath.

At the opening of the scabbard, a Spirit Qi Membrane symbolically blocked it for a moment but was penetrated directly by the snow-white flying sword to the deepest part of the scabbard.

Long before he got the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, through the input of Sword Qi, Lu Xuan could check its detailed status. When he saw the snow-white flying sword was inserted into the scabbard, his mind converged on the Ancient Sword Sheath.

[Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, unknown treasure, very strong spiritual nature, forged from extraterrestrial stone sword…]

[It is nurturing the fourth-grade flying sword, Fish Dragon Sword.]

[Fish Dragon Sword, fourth-grade sword implement, forged from the spine of the Demon Beast White Fish Dragon, extremely sharp.]

"A fourth-grade Fish Dragon Sword…"

Lu Xuan murmured to himself.

Through the specific state of the scabbard, he understood the ins and outs of the snow-white flying sword inserted into the scabbard,

"A fourth-grade flying sword is already quite good, but should I spend one of my opportunities on it?"

Lu Xuan was quite satisfied with this fourth-grade Fish Dragon Sword. After all, although he had many fourth-grade sword talismans in his hands, he only had one Wind-Thunder Sword of the same rank. This showed how rare fourth-grade flying swords were.

"I don't have the active attraction that Sword Wu Xia has. Subduing a flying sword mainly relies on one's own strength, dealing with a fourth-grade flying sword should be no problem."

"The most important thing is that I have the support of the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath."

"The scabbard is extremely sensitive to the Sword Qi shadows evolved from sword implements, it can sense the position of the shadows, which saves me a lot of searching time."

"After finding the sword implement, it can also be inserted into the scabbard, thus understanding the detailed information of the sword implement. This is also a great advantage."

"With sufficient strength, and unique advantages, I don't need to rush to confirm my only two chances."

Lu Xuan thought to himself and decided to temporarily give up the Fish Dragon Sword in his hand.

He slowly pulled the snow-white flying sword out of the scabbard. When he pulled it all out, the subtle Sword Qi seemed to be pulled into a thread.

"Not longing for eternity but cherish what I once had."

"Having experienced a new flying sword, that's also quite good."

"I'll find a better one for you later."

Lu Xuan promised the reluctant Ancient Sword Sheath.

A dull snow-white Flood Dragon phantom flew out from the sword body, wrapped around the Fish Dragon Sword, and once again blended into the darkness.

Lu Xuan left the cave, bowed his body, and continued to slowly shuttle through the sky full of Sword Qi.

After moving for about half an hour, he encountered several flying swords of the same rank as the Fish Dragon Sword during the period. Each had its outstanding features, but none of them could make Lu Xuan completely satisfied. In the end, they all let the scabbard experience them before separating them.

Suddenly, a burst of thunderous sound exploded in his ears.

The sound of thunder seemed to contain a power that could dispel all evils, and the reverberations carried a hint of zen feeling, as if a Diamond Demon Subduing Buddha, compassionate, and with thunderous means.

The Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath trembled violently, reacting very strongly.

It couldn't wait to fly forward, guiding Lu Xuan to search for the sword implement behind the thunderous sound.

"If you react so strongly, do you like this kind of seemingly dignified, but very vocal?"

Lu Xuan speculated to himself.

One after another explosive thunder sound competed in the blast, as if to block Lu Xuan's progress direction.

There was no Evil Spite Qi in his body, the cultivation level relied solely on the increase of light clusters, giving no chance for the Evil Spite to invade. The sound of thunder had little effect on him, only causing his blood and qi to shake.

His flesh body was strong, and he could quickly control the shaken blood and qi.

In a short while, under the guidance of the Ancient Sword Sheath, Lu Xuan found a silver-white short sword.

The short sword had fine golden patterns on it, as if endless thunder was splitting down.

He inserted the silver-white short sword into the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath and immediately learned the detailed information about the short sword.

[Thunder Sound Sword, fourth-grade flying sword, forged with the assistance of extraterrestrial meteorites and Buddha's secret technique. When activated, it can elicit Sword Qi Thunder Sound. The Thunder Sound is strong and domineering, contains Buddhist power, and has miraculous effects on Evil Envoy and Evil Cultivators.]

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Chapter 421: Chapter 419: Give an inch and take a mile_1

"The Fourth Grade Thunder Sound Sword can stimulate sword qi thunder sound, which has a strong restraining effect on Demon Envoys and Evil Cultivators,"

Lu Xuan muttered to himself in his heart while looking at the silver-white short sword in his hand.

In his eyes, this Thunder Sound Sword was much stronger than the Fish Dragon Sword he encountered earlier. It naturally carried the special sword qi thunder sound, which has a miraculous effect when facing Evil Cultivators and Demon Envoys.

More importantly, according to Lu Xuan's speculation, this Fourth Grade Thunder Sound Sword harboring Buddhist Power might be able to cultivate the Diamond Bodhi Spirit Plant.

The Diamond Bodhi is currently placed in that Incomplete Secret Realm. Since only the Soul Guidance Zen Incense can slightly promote the growth of the Spirit Plant, the Bodhi Spirit Seeds have not shown much change.

Now, with this Fourth Grade Thunder Sound Sword, the Spirit Seeds might sprout and grow roots.

Also, the Sword Qi Thunder Sound released by the flying sword is quite beneficial for the Fourth Grade Illusion Sound Bamboo.

The Thunder Sound Sword has decent quality and characteristics. Plus, considering the factor of the Diamond Bodhi, Lu Xuan didn't hesitate much and decided to choose this Thunder Sound Sword as the first sword artifact in the Sword Pool.

"It's better to make a decision earlier, so as to avoid hesitating later, or even end up picking sesame seeds but losing watermelons."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

He thrust the silver-white short sword fiercely into the Ancient Sword Sheath.

"It's too short, too short, another impotent short sword."

The Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath transmitted a faint thought, with a subtle tone of sarcasm in it.

Lu Xuan's palm turned into a translucent jade color, and he forcefully stabbed the Silver White Short Sword deep into the scabbard.

"Didn't you eat? Can you shove it harder from behind the sword artifact?"

The Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, which had been fed by many sword artifacts like the Purple Lightning Sword and Wind-Thunder Sword, was not satisfied with the shortness of the new sword artifact.

"?"

A question mark flashed across Lu Xuan's mind.

He was asking me to shove it harder from behind the flying sword, what kind of sheepish behavior…

He poured his spiritual power into the Thunder Sound Sword. Immediately, there were low and muffled thunders in the Ancient Sword Sheath, causing it to constantly tremble and emit sword qi all around.

The Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, being constantly bombarded by waves of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, finally calmed down.

"It's already great to get this few-inch-long flying sword. If you want a few-foot-long flying sword, forget it."

"Don't be greedy."

Lu Xuan sent a thought to the Ancient Sword Sheath, let the Silver White Short Sword stay in the scabbard, and allow the special atmosphere in the scabbard to nurture and refine the flying sword.

After taming the Thunder Sound Sword, Lu Xuan continued to traverse through the flying sword qi in the sky.

A moment later, he arrived at an Odd Stone Mountain.

The mountain was covered with strange rocks. The surface of the rocks was covered with numerous sword marks of varying depths. The sword wind howled through the cracks and orifices in the rocks, producing a piercing sound.

"Elder Brother Shi Hao?"

Lu Xuan saw a familiar figure ahead, it was one of the Sword Hall Disciples who entered the Sword Pool together. Shen Ye had specifically introduced him in the hall, saying that he mastered several kinds of sword intents and had deep sword skills.

"Junior Brother Lu, I didn't expect to run into you here."

Shi Hao was searching for sword qi phantoms in the infinite sword qi. Hearing Lu Xuan's greeting, he turned around, a smile appeared on his face.

"That could be considered fate."

Lu Xuan replied, the Sword Pool was vast and the countless sword qi that wreaked havoc made it difficult to move. There were only ten Sword Hall Disciples who entered the Sword Pool, so the chances of meeting were indeed slim.

"Junior Brother Lu, have you tamed any sword artifacts?"

Shi Hao curiously asked.

"I'm quite fortunate. I managed to get one, which is pretty decent, and I'm rather satisfied," Lu Xuan briefly said, well aware of the wisdom in not disclosing one's wealth, he didn't reveal the Thunder Sound Sword.

Even though everyone in the Sword Pool was from the same sect, and there were Golden-Core Real People overseeing the Sword Pool, ensuring its safety, Lu Xuan didn't intend to put himself up for testing with his fellow disciples and his Golden Pellet Elder Uncle's abilities.

"Me too. I got a third-grade sword implement at the very least. I was thinking about trying to find a better Flying Sword."

Shi Hao spoke with a smile.

As Lu Xuan was about to bid him farewell, suddenly, in front of Shi Hao, from within an odd rock that was several feet high, a black snake sword qi illusion bolted out, aimed to escape towards the mountaintop.

The black snake was about half a zhang long, pitch black, had a pair of wings, and moved extremely swiftly, disappearing from their sight in just a moment.

"As quick as lightning, it must be a fourth-grade Flying Sword known for speed."

Shi Hao blurted out.

He turned his head towards Lu Xuan, a glint in his eyes.

"Junior Brother Lu, this Black snake sword artifact is so quick, and its spiritual nature seems unusual, I estimate it to be a decent fourth-grade Flying Sword."

"Since the two of us discovered it simultaneously, why don't we pit our abilities against one another to see who has the slightly superior swordsmanship and tame this Flying Sword?"

His mind quickly turned, and he thought of an idea.

Lu Xuan could enter the Sword Pool, but it didn't necessarily mean that his swordsmanship was outstanding. He had attained the privilege to enter the pool merely because of his knack for cultivating Sword Grass.

Shi Hao was extremely confident in his own Sword Dao, believing that even if Lu Xuan started vying for the black snake sword artifact, he still had a great chance at winning.

"No need, Brother Shi, I know my own abilities. I don't have much confidence in taming that Flying Sword. You should subdue it yourself, Brother. I'll excuse myself first."

Lu Xuan clasped his fist and said.

"This… This favor, I'll keep in mind."

Shi Hao was momentarily stunned, he then bowed and expressed his gratitude.

Lu Xuan gave a faint smile and began to descend the mountain.

That black snake illusion just now had a not-so-weak aura, but it was far from what Lu Xuan expected, even compared to the Fish Dragon Sword he had encountered earlier, it was slightly inferior, let alone compared to the Thunder Sound Sword he already possessed.

The reaction of the scabbard was the best proof of this.

Instead, he might as well do a favor, save some time and search for better sword implements.

A little while later, Lu Xuan could see from afar a nebula hanging low in front, with stars inside it flickering uncertainly, and streaks of Sword Qi glinting with light.

"This one, this one, I want this one."

At this point, the Nurturing Xuan scabbard that was experiencing the new sword artifact passed along a thought to Lu Xuan.

"The Thunder Sound Sword is still in your body, and you want a new one so soon, you fickle scabbard."

Lu Xuan spat out a disparaging comment at the ancient sword sheath, the Qing Fu Lu Ling Light emerged under his feet and his body moved like wisps of smoke, silently approaching the Nebula Phantom.

Anything the sword could identify was naturally a high-quality item.

"Oh, who asked for my sword scabbard to be impaired. I have to find some good companions for it, and let it return to normal as soon as possible."

Lu Xuan feigned a sigh.

Upon reaching the base of the nebula, he was about to seize the initiative when suddenly his mind was hazed, as if he was in a vast starry sky, with numerous stars adorned and meteor-like Sword Qi passing by from time to time, circling around Lu Xuan who has the Sword Fruit.

"As expected of the sword implement that I'm interested in, it's truly extraordinary."

Lu Xuan exclaimed, and with a thought, the Fifth Rank treasure Divine Essence Scroll in the depths of his sea of consciousness emitted a hazy spiritual light, the star-sky scene in his mind dissolved at high speed and vanished in smoke.

Lu Xuan opened his eyes, and numerous dark sword qi appeared around the Wind-Thunder Sword in his hand, resembling a hurricane, containing flashes of electricity and thunder, quickly rolling towards the nebula.

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Chapter 422: Chapter 420: Nebula Sword Array_1

The Nebula Sword aura projected a vivid phantom that was teeming with spirituality, sensing the formidable threat of the deep black Wind and Thunder Sword aura. The nebula swirled, and several meteor-like sword auras tore through the starry sky, aiming at Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan was unfazed. He wielded the Wind Thunder Sword, countering the incoming meteor sword aura along with numerous deep black sword lights.

A squelching noise echoed.

The first meteor sword aura shattered with a crashing sound, countless tiny sword auras exploded like fireworks, blending into the ordinary sword auras that filled the sky.

The Wind Thunder Sword didn't lose momentum. Like a fleeing antelope, it swiftly adjusted and moved on to meet the second meteor sword aura.

The Fourth-Grade Wind Thunder Sword itself was of good quality. After having been fused with the Sword of Wind and Thunder Pellet that Lu Xuan obtained earlier, and been nurtured over a long duration by the Mysterious Yangxuan Scabbard, its quality got further elevated.

Furthermore, Lu Xuan had absorbed multiple experience packages from the "Wind Thunder Sword Scripture," and gained abundant chances to exercise his sword techniques when cultivating the Wind and Thunder Swordgrass.

However, this Nebula Phantom, though it had highly valued sword implements hidden behind it, had no cultivator to operate it or spiritual power to drive it. It couldn't help but lose quickly in the face-to-face battle against Lu Xuan as it relied solely on the instinct of the sword implement.

A three-foot flying sword fell into Lu Xuan's hand. The sword body was very splendid, resembling a nebula in motion. As it vibrated faintly, a sword aura shot out with exceptional speed, hinting at a special form of power.

As usual, Lu Xuan pulled the Thunder Sound Sword out from the sheath and placed this newly obtained flying sword inside.

He focused his mind on the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, a thought crossing his mind.

[Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, unknown treasure…]

[Currently nurturing the Fourth-Grade Nebula Sword.]

[Nebula Sword, part of a set of flying swords, nine flying swords in total in a complete implement, scattered throughout the Sword Pool.]

[The flying sword was forged from Starfall Meteorite Iron, contains a bit of Star Power, and can manipulate star power. Multiple Nebula Swords can form a Nebula Sword Array, the more the stronger the formation. A full Nebula Sword Array can rival a Fifth-Grade Flying Sword.]

"The Nebula Sword, part of a set of flying swords that can form a Nebula Sword Array. It's a shame there's only one in here."

First, Lu Xuan felt a glimmer of joy, then a pang of regret.

"A Fourth-Grade Flying Sword with an Array that could be compared to a Fifth-Grade Flying Sword indicates the might of the Nebula Sword Array."

"Should I add this incomplete Nebula Sword to my collection?"

He hesitated to himself.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, seemingly recognizing a terrific loophole.

"A complete implement consists of nine Nebula Swords. If I were to find a few more Nebula Swords, wouldn't that be considered one implement slot?"

"Err, even less than one?"

The more he thought about it, the more feasible this approach seemed.

Perhaps there were less than nine Nebula Swords left in the Sword Pool, but if he could find a few more and form a Nebula Sword Array, it would far surpass the power of a single Fourth-Grade Flying Sword.

"Given the proclivity and sensitivity of the Yangxuan Scabbard to high-quality sword implements, finding the remaining Nebula Swords scattered throughout the Sword Pool shouldn't be an issue."

"The key is how the Sword Hall defines it. Basely speaking, a few Nebula Swords can't constitute a complete implement, but the interpretation rights lie in the hands of the Golden Pellet elder uncle and the Sword Hall high level."

"Well, let's find a few more Nebula Swords first. If it doesn't work out, I can come back to the Sword Pool later to search. After all, I will soon know the Method of Condensing Wind and Thunder Swordgrass Seeds and cultivate two Fourth-Grade Swordgrass plants, so meeting the entry qualifications won't be difficult."

Lu Xuan thought confidently.

He lifted the ancient sword sheath from his waist and conveyed a thought to it.

"How's the new flying sword? Do you feel as if you're in the starry sky?"

The scabbard lightly tapped at its end, extremely satisfied with the newly inserted Nebula Sword.

"In the sword pool, there are quite a few flying swords like this…"

Lu Xuan's tone was full of allure.

"Do you want to try using two swords, or even more? If you do, find the other Nebula Swords for me. I promise I'll treat you well."

"Go! Useless scabbard!"

Lu Xuan released the ancient scabbard in his hand. Supported by his spiritual power, it ignored the pervasive Sword Qi, moving straight in the low air.

Less than an hour later, Lu Xuan successfully located the second Nebula Phantom and acquired the second Nebula Sword.

The ancient scabbard lightly tasted the marvelous feeling of the two Nebula Swords, full of motivation, and continued to search for the third Nebula Sword.

"Another Nebula Phantom has been found."

Lu Xuan spotted a Nebula Phantom from afar in a valley, his heart filled with joy. With the Sword Fruit in hand, he swiftly navigated through the pervasive Sword Qi.

Soon, he arrived several meters from the Nebula Phantom. With two successful subjugation experiences, he was already experienced. The Divine Essence Scroll in his Sea of Consciousness emanated a mellow spiritual light, keeping his mind clear.

Just as he was about to subdue the Nebula Phantom, suddenly a Sword Aura Lotus bloomed beneath the phantom. The petals were slender, like numerous sharp swords. As the lotus spun, countless sword-shaped petals charged towards the Nebula Phantom.

"Junior Brother Lu, we discovered this Nebula Phantom around the same time, so we can't decide its ownership just like that."

"I have a significant interest in the flying sword behind the phantom. If you're just as interested, we'll have to rely on our abilities and see who can subdue the flying sword."

A gloomy, pale-skinned young cultivator slowly came forward. The rotating Sword Aura Lotus slowly flew into his hand.

"So it's Brother Bai."

Lu Xuan had some impression of this gloomy young man. His surname was Bai. He was a Foundation Establishment Late-term cultivator. Among the ten people who entered the Sword Hall, his strength was likely in the top three.

"To tell you the truth, Brother Bai, I am indeed somewhat interested in this flying sword. While my skill and swordsmanship are ordinary, I, Lu, still wish to overestimate myself and compete with Brother Bai for this flying sword."

Dealing with the Nebula Sword Array possessing the Condensing Pill Realm power, Lu Xuan naturally was not going to give up the third flying sword easily. Deep Black Wind and Thunder Sword Aura surged from the Thunder Wind Sword in his hand.

"Good, let us fight for the flying sword, and stop when we hit each other. Let's not hurt our friendly ties."

The gloomy young man originally thought Lu Xuan would know better than to compete against his Foundation Establishment Late-term cultivation and his profound Sword Dao knowledge honed over several decades.

Unexpectedly, he had such a lack of foresight and was frivolously aiming to compete with him for the flying sword. The young man scoffed in his heart while maintaining an outward appearance of friendship.

The lotus in his hand bloomed instantly, with countless layers of Sword Aura petals, each holding a tiny lotus seed condensed from Sword Aura, each one containing terrifying power.

Just as he was about to seize the flying sword while dealing with Lu Xuan, the floating Nebula Phantom underwent a startling change.

The spinning nebula shuddered instantly, a beautiful flying sword shot out at lightning speed, flying directly to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan reacted very quickly and was about to deal with the Nebula Sword. Suddenly, a faint thought came from inside the scabbard, and the Nebula Sword directly entered the scabbard, crowding in with its two companions.

The Nurturing Xuan Scabbard could nourish the flying swords and enhance their quality. It had a significant attraction for the highly spiritual Nebula Sword. Coupled with the kindred aura from the scabbard, the Nebula Sword chose to enter the scabbard when it detected unfavorable circumstances.

"I wonder if Brother Bai has ever heard of a treasure choosing its master? I suppose this must be one such situation."

Lu Xuan spread his hands and said with a smile.

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Chapter 423: Chapter 421 – The Harem Path of the Scabbard_1

"How can this be?"

A look of astonishment flashed in the eyes of the gloomy young man.

He had entered the Sword Pool before, but he had never heard of, let alone witnessed, a sword choosing to throw itself at someone like this.

Even the true disciple, Sword Wu Xia, who possesses an innate sword body, the swords in the sword pool only respond obediently to her and wouldn't take the initiative to present themselves to her.

"Could it really be that the sword chooses its wielder?"

He was puzzled, muttering to himself quietly.

Being a Sword Tao genius from the Sky Sword Sect, and coming to the Sword Pool, using this sword, issuing threats, and then suddenly being intercepted by a Spirit Plant Master!

This was something he, who was usually so arrogant, couldn't accept at all.

"Since this sword has already fallen into Junior Brother Lu's hands, I could only admit defeat and withdraw."

He huffed coldly, turned around, and stepped into the mist of sword qi, disappearing in just a few moments.

He had no choice. At first, when the sword was still unclaimed, he could have used his exquisite skill to win the sword from Lu Xian.

But once the sword had willingly fallen into Lu Xian's hands, trying to compete for it would have completely different implications.

It would change from a fair competition to a robbery.

In the Sword Pool controlled by the Golden Core Real People, forcibly snatching another member's treasure would likely lead to severe punishment.

"Didn't expect your taste wasn't too bad."

Lu Xuan pulled the third Nebula Sword out from the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath and sighed.

The Nebula Sword had a full spiritual nature, after recognizing the mysterious sheath and the same source of energy inside, instead of confronting the gloomy young man, it willingly moved into the ancient sheath.

"As for that fellow disciple, he may appear of average quality. However, he was perfectly compliant in the Sword Pool, otherwise, it would have required several Fourth Grade Sword Symbols to obtain this Nebula Sword."

Lu Xuan murmured to himself. He allowed the sheath to guide him to another direction..

About two hours later, he found the fourth Nebula Sword.

With the four Nebula Swords studded in the ancient sheath, it was both painful and delightful.

As the number of Nebula Swords increased, the difficulty of searching for them also went up.

They could only stay in the Sword Pool for half a day; over the course of the quest, Lu Xuan's spiritual sense greatly weakened, and his speed also couldn't increase too much. After all, the dispersed sword qi was in constant high-speed motion, and if Lu Xuan sped up too much, his sword fruit probably wouldn't be able to react in time.

Furthermore, the Sword Pool was vast and extensive, with an unknown depth. Lu Xuan was already quite satisfied to have found four Nebula Swords.

Time is always brief when treasure hunting, and in the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.

"Alright, time's about up. Gather here."

A low voice echoed, and the countless tiny sword qi inside the Sword Pool stirred. In the center, a large sword qi surged upwards like a pillar of light, visible from any corner of the Sword Pool.

Under the intimidation of the massive sword qi pillar, the tiny sword qi in the Sword Pool slowed down, reducing the threat to the cultivators in the pool.

Upon seeing this, Lu Xuan and the other nine hurried towards the pillar at their fastest speed.

When Lu Xuan reached the pillar, he carefully observed his surroundings and found no sign of the Core Formation Master who remained in the Sword Pool.

Six fellow disciples had already arrived and were waiting under the pillar. They all wore various expressions: satisfaction, regret, disappointment.

Seeing Sword Wu Xia standing calmly, Lu Xuan walked over to her side.

"Sister Wu Xia, there is something I don't understand and would like to seek your guidance on," Lu Xuan said softly.

"Junior Brother Lu, please speak, I will tell you all I know," said Sword Wu Xia.

In the moment when Sword Wu Xia opened her eyes, it was as if a sharp-edged sword had been drawn, extremely sharp. Seeing Lu Xuan, her upper eyelids drooped, and her expression gradually softened.

"The thing is, I know about the rules of entering the Sword Hall, each Sword Hall Disciple can only keep two sword implements at most."

"But I have a doubt, if there is a sword implement that consists of several flying swords forming a sword array, would finding part of it be counted as one flying sword or multiple ones?"

Lu Xuan briefly described the situation he was facing, without leaking the specific information about the Nebula Sword Array.

"Did Junior Brother find a sword implement that can perform a sword array? That's quite lucky."

There was a hint of surprise in Sword Wu Xia's clear and cool voice.

"Although this kind of situation is rare in the Sword Pool, it does occur."

"There are numerous sword implements in the Sword Pool, such as 'Son-Mother Sword Blade', 'Yin Yang Complementary Sword', and the Sword Array you mentioned."

"They are only considered a complete sword implement when all parts are gathered. Therefore, even if you find several flying swords of it, it is still counted as one quota."

Sword Wu Xia replied.

"Then I'm relieved. Thank you, Sister Wu Xia, for your clarification."

Lu Xuan let out a sigh of relief. If it wasn't compliant with the rules and he was caught by a Golden Pellet Elder Uncle on the spot, it would be a very unpleasant scene.

After the group of ten had gathered, a beam of light instantly wrapped them all up, and in a state of chaos, they appeared in the familiar Sword Temple Main Hall.

Lu Xuan, with his five flying swords, came to the outside of the Sword Hall, took from a Sword Hall Disciple the Fat Bird Wind Falcon.

Sitting cross-legged on the wide, pale aqua wings of the Wind Falcon, feeling the gusty wind rushing by, he felt extremely exhilarated.

Back in his cave dwelling, he took out five fourth-grade flying swords from his storage bag and inserted the four Nebula Swords into the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath at once.

"At first, only the formless Edge Sword of Wind and Thunder entered the sword sheath, followed by the third-grade Purple Lightning Sword, the fourth-grade Wind-Thunder Sword, and the mysterious emerald green small sword."

"And now, the fourth-grade Thunder Sound Sword and four fourth-grade Nebula Swords."

"At first, the sheath rejected flying swords, unwilling to associate with any flying sword."

"Gradually, it changed to a single flying sword line, sticking a certain flying sword for a certain amount of time, slowly nurturing the sword body."

"Then, it was constantly changing flying swords, until now, having a large number of flying sword reserve at the same time, changing whichever flying sword it wants."

"Unwittingly, the once simple sword sheath has embarked on its harem route."

Lu Xuan looked at the ancient sword sheath filled to the brim, feeling myriad emotions.

Ignoring the sword sheath and its harem of sword implements, Lu Xuan took the Thunder Sound Sword and came to a secluded corner of the mountains.

Passing through the Pink Miasma that caused a myriad of distracting thoughts, Lu Xuan came in front of a peculiarly shaped bamboo.

The main stem of the bamboo was like crystal clear jade. At the junction with the Spirit Soil, a large number of roots protruded from the soil, crowded together. Each root had tiny cracks.

As soon as Lu Xuan appeared, all the cracks opened, and countless eerie voices rushed into his ears, making him feel a sense of dizziness.

Just as Lu Xuan was about to use the Cleansing Spell to calm himself, a gray vine rapidly crawled out from the Pink Miasma. Countless slender roots, like gray tentacles, blocked all the cracks on the bamboo roots without leaving a single one out.

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Chapter 424: Chapter 422: Golden Core Real People's Spiritual Seeds_1

The Illusion Sound Bamboo, which was full of the countless slim, grey vines of the Demonic Vine, involuntarily emanated enchanting sounds, making the scene before him even more unbearable to look at.

"This Illusion Sound Bamboo, planted near these ten Enchanted Immortal Peaches, is like a nest of snakes and rats. They haven't learned anything else, but they've learned this useless trick."

"I don't know what kind of light group reward will be given once it fully matures."

Seeing this, Lu Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He instructed the Demonic Vine to withdraw from the mature Illusion Sound Bamboo, and with a light slash of the silver-white short sword in his hand…

There was a loud buzzing sound.

Sword Qi Thunder Sound passed by, causing the numerous cracks on the root stem of the Illusion Sound Bamboo to wriggle outwards.

All the miscellaneous strange noises in his ears disappeared in an instant, only the echoes of the thunder remained, resonating in his ears and contained Buddhist power within the sound.

"As expected of the Sword Qi Thunder Sound, so domineering."

"If I were to cultivate the Illusion Sound Bamboo with Sword Qi Thunder Sound from the Thunder Sound Sword over a long period of time, I wonder what it would look like upon maturation."

Lu Xuan briefly experimented with the influence of the Thunder Sound Sword on the Illusion Sound Bamboo and thought to himself.

He returned to his Spirit Field, looking over the conditions of the many Spirit Plants in his Spirit Field.

"A lot of Water Firefly Grass has matured."

Lu Xuan's Spiritual Sense swept over the remaining more than a hundred slender blue Spirit Grass in his Spirit Field and found that the progress bar under more than forty Water Firefly Grass was fully completed.

Before entering the Sword Pool, many Water Glow Grass had already fully matured. Lu Xuan simply saved more, ready to open all the light clusters at once.

He picked all the mature Water Firefly Grass.

In total, forty-five Water Firefly Grass plants had matured, the average quality was quite good, with many being of "Good Quality" and even a few of "Superior Quality".

After picking, forty or so slightly shimmering white light groups appeared in the Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan quickly swept through the numerous light groups, lightly touching the surface of the light clusters like a dragonfly touching the water.

The forty-odd light groups exploded into countless clusters of light, forming thin light rivers which surged into Lu Xuan's body.

In his Consciousness Sea, thoughts rapidly raced through like a lantern show.

[Harvested one Water Firefly Grass of Second Grade, gained one year of Cultivation Level.]

[Harvested one Water Firefly Grass of Second Grade, gained a third-grade Charm "Water Dragon Symbol".]

…

All sorts of rewards rushed in overwhelmingly, appearing in Lu Xuan's hands, in his Dantian, in his Consciousness Sea…

Out of the forty-five mature Water Firefly Grass plants, twelve brought Cultivation Level rewards. This gave Lu Xuan an addition of eighteen years of Cultivation Level.

The Spiritual Power in his meridians rose like a tide. Lu Xuan hurriedly operated "The Great Five Elements," rapidly absorbing and refining the dense Spiritual Power that had appeared out of nowhere.

"I've taken a step closer to the Foundation Establishment Late-term."

Lu Xuan felt the increase in Spiritual Liquid in his Dantian and muttered to himself.

"Cultivating Water Firefly Grass three more times at most will lead to a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Late-term."

With a clear understanding, he knew he wasn't far from the Foundation Establishment Late-term.

"After the Foundation Establishment stage, every breakthrough in the realm requires an unknown amount of increased Spiritual Power. After cultivating Water Firefly Grass at most three times, I can break through to the Foundation Establishment Late-term, which is quite fast.

If I cultivated normally, given my aptitude and roots, I'm afraid I wouldn't have much hope in this lifetime."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

In his Spirit Field, more than seventy Water Firefly Grass plants remained, which was about half more than the usual Condensing Seed Spirit Grass that Lu Xuan used to keep.

That was because he planned to attempt to improve the Second Grade Water Firefly Grass to avoid the Cultivation rewards that the Water Firefly Grass would bring being almost zero after the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.

The more than seventy Water Firefly Grass plants could probably condense more than three hundred Spirit Seeds. These Spirit Seeds, most of them were used for regular cultivation, harvesting light groups, condensing Spirit Seeds, a small part was used for experimentation, intended to induce mutations in the Spirit Seeds to obtain benign Mutated Spirit Seeds.

As for the remaining light clusters, the rewards they brought were still the same types.

Third-grade Charm "Water Dragon Symbol", Third-Rank Aquatic Pearl, Second Grade Imbued Spirit Pill, and the Second Grade Imbued Spirit Pill Recipe.

After absorbing several pill formula experience packages again, Lu Xuan's understanding of the formula of this kind of elixir had reached its limit, as if he was an Alchemist dedicating his life to the Imbued Spirit Pills.

"When it comes to making Imbued Spirit Pills only, I should have reached the Grandmaster Realm."

A wild idea sprang up in Lu Xuan's mind.

"I, who was dedicated to cultivating spiritual plants, have quietly become an Alchemist Grandmaster?"

After harvesting the mature Water Firefly Grass, other nearly mature spiritual plants in the Spirit Field include fourth-grade "Five-Element Fruit", Illusion Sound Bamboo, a second batch of ripe Three Grade Bewitching Fairy Peach, and Flaming Ice Fruit, etc.

Lu Xuan wasn't hurried. He calmly nurtured these plants and silently waited for their maturity.

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed, the condensation process of the seeds of Wind-Thunder Sword Grass and Water Firefly Grass had entered the late phase.

Today, when Lu Xuan was cultivating spiritual plants, True Disciple Ge Pu came to the summit as he was familiar with the way.

"Junior Brother Lu, I see you cultivating spiritual plants as soon as I arrive."

Ge Pu, with his heterochromic eyes, teased gently.

"Brother Ge, you have improved a lot in your cultivation since we last met."

Lu Xuan's spiritual sense keenly recognized that Ge Pu had entered a special state of unity with nature. Every move he made contained the Tao of Yin and Yang, softness in rigidity, rigidity in softness, which was extremely natural.

"I indeed have made some progress recently, and I expect to try breaking through to the Condensing Pill Realm in about ten years."

As Ge Pu talked about it in a calm manner, it seemed that he was very confident about it.

"Then I congratulate Brother Ge in advance."

A hint of admiration just right shown in Lu Xuan's eyes and he congratulated with hands folded in front of him.

"It's too early for anything."

Ge Pu changed the topic.

"Junior Brother Lu, I came to you this time for a major issue."

"If it is done well, it will be a great opportunity. But if not…"

"I believe my Junior Brother can't possibly have such a situation given his talent in spiritual plants."

He strongly believed in Lu Xuan's excellent skills in spiritual plants.

"Can Brother Ge tell me what it is?"

Lu Xuan was somewhat curious to such a cautious attitude of Ge Pu.

"Here it is."

"There is a Golden Pellet Elder Uncle who possesses a fifth-order spiritual species which is extremely rare even amongst the Five-Quality Spirit Plants."

"That Elder Uncle is not good at cultivating spiritual plants and often wanders to different Secret Lands for cultivation and adventures, so he has been worried about the cultivation of the spiritual plants."

"After learning about this, I recommended you to that Elder Uncle. After hearing about your achievements in spiritual plants, he was curious and asked me to ask you."

"Will Junior Brother Lu be willing to cultivate a Fifth-Rank Spiritual Seed for that Golden Core Elder Uncle?"

Ge Pu asked with a serious expression.

"I am willing."

Lu Xuan answered without hesitation.

The fifth-order spiritual species is an existence that can be met but not sought. Even with the mighty foundation of the Sky Sword Sect, it can't mass-produce fifth-order spiritual seeds. These can only occasionally be found in various Secret Lands.

Lu Xuan accumulated for several years and used all his means to have a few kinds of Five-Quality Spirit Plants. Some of them were even dark and weird spiritual plants.

Moreover, that spiritual seed is highly valued by the Golden Core Real People and it must have its marvelousness.

How could Lu Xuan miss such a good opportunity to get a Light Cluster for free?

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