You Cultivate, I Farm

A month had passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Lu Xuan always stayed hidden in his cave abode, using the Void Nightmare Eye to stay informed about the situation outside his dwelling.

With two fifth-grade formations for protection, he was only somewhat vigilant in his heart and wasn’t too worried, focusing all his attention on the numerous spirit plants in the spirit field.

In recent times, there hadn’t been any high-rank spirit plants maturing in the cave abode, only some experimental low-rank spirit plants he had brought from the Sky Sword Sect, which had bloomed into less than satisfactory light clusters. Lu Xuan decided to sell them all in a grocery store.

He concentrated on improving several spirit plants.

Among them was the second-grade Water Glow Grass spirit seed. Currently, there was a significant shortfall in the quantities of Ice Glow Grass spirit seeds; the condensing seed process could only slowly increase the numbers.

Lu Xuan, with limited patience, simply induced improvement in all the Water Glow Grass spirit seeds he had acquired to quickly obtain enough Ice Glow Grass spirit seeds.

Improving spirit plants was a long and inefficient process, and for an ordinary Spirit Plant Master to acquire a new spirit plant through this method required overcoming numerous challenges.

Time and again inducing the spirit seeds, then constant observation and experimentation during the cultivation phase was needed, and finally, researching the effects of mature mutant spiritual plants.

During the process of inducing the spiritual seeds, he only needed to plant the tested seeds to obtain information about them, thereby screening for mutated spiritual seeds, and after repeated inductions, obtaining new varieties of spiritual plants.

In this phase, his success rate in selecting spiritual seeds was many times higher than that of an ordinary Spirit Plant Master, and his efficiency greatly improved.

During the growth stage of the mutant spiritual plant, he could also get the specific cultivation methods right away, not needing to spend a lot of time groping and studying.

When the spirit plant matured, he would also immediately learn about the effects after maturity, saving a lot of time and effort.

For him, the most time-consuming part was actually the induction stage, which required the least effort from other Spirit Plant Masters; for the rest, he just had to quietly wait for the mutant spiritual plant to mature.

It’s no exaggeration to say that in terms of improving plant varieties, Lu Xuan alone was equivalent to the strength of an entire sect.

Among the several spirit plants he was improving, besides Water Glow Grass, the fourth-grade Earthfire Heart Lotus and Five-Element Fruit were also included in the focus of his efforts.

Back in the Sky Sword Sect, he had obtained a lot of fourth-grade spirit plants from the Agricultural Department Hall, and after cultivating them to maturation, both the Earthfire Heart Lotus and the Five-Element Fruit, whether the plant itself or the light orb rewards, had greatly satisfied him. Therefore, he had specifically learned the Method of Fourth Grade Condensing Seed for these two plants.

The Earthfire Heart Lotus could purify the impure qi within the body and reduce the risk of cultivators undergoing mutations as well as ward off demon envoys. In an environment of outer realm demons attacking, this became especially important.

As for the Five-Element Fruit, with its dynamic of mutual generation and overcoming of the five elements of spiritual power, and also the Fifth Grade Mystic Destruction Five Elements Formation that he had obtained from the light orb, its importance was self-evident.

He meticulously guided the vitality and spiritual power within the spirit plants to gather and combine, following the Condensing Seed Method in his mind to slowly condense the spirit seeds.

“Condensing a fourth-grade spirit seed consumes so much more mental energy compared to the likes of the Water Glow Grass,” he murmured.

After nearly two hours, Lu Xuan stood up, shook his head slightly, feeling somewhat tired.

The Method of Fourth Grade Condensing Seed was much more complicated than the low-rank methods, and throughout the condensing process, he dared not slacken in the slightest. Thankfully, it was progressing smoothly into the next phase.

After condensing the seed, he patrolled the spirit field, observing the detailed state of every spirit plant.

During his rounds, when he encountered a Grass Puppet entangled with two Arrow Vines, he casually fed it a Nascent Soul Grass Orb to replenish the grass and wood spiritual energy for both the puppet and the two vines.

“Oh, a fourth-grade spirit plant has matured,” he remarked to himself.

Lu Xuan came to a relatively secluded part of the spirit field and looked towards a spirit plant bearing a red gourd, feeling joy in his heart.

On the Red Gourd, fiery flames flowed like the sunset’s twilight sky, vivid and splendid. When his spiritual sense reached out to it, he could detect a faint heat emanating from within.

Looking at the mature Crimson Flame Gourd in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel moved.

The Crimson Flame Gourd was a gift from the Fire Cloud Cave; back then, he and Fire Scale Child had gone to the Fire Cloud Cave together, where they solved a great Spirit Plant problem for the Fire Scale Child’s people, and in return, he obtained a Crimson Flame Gourd Spiritual Seed.

“I wonder how Brother Fire Scale Child and the others are doing now?”

“Have they safely traversed the Void and arrived at the Dongxuan Sword Sect?”

“As long as they pass through the spatial storm smoothly, there shouldn’t be any problems for them.”

“Who knows when I will have the chance to meet with Brother Fire Scale Child, Ge Pu, and the others again…”

Images of former Sect companions floated in Lu Xuan’s mind.

He collected his thoughts and plucked the red gourd from the vine.

His mind focused on the Fire Clouds flowing on the surface, and a thought flashed through his mind.

[Crimson Flame Gourd, fourth-grade Spirit Plant, cultivated by absorbing fire-related spiritual power. Within the gourd resides a wisp of fourth-grade Strange Fire, the Red Spirit Flame, which can be used to assist in the cultivation of fire system technique divine abilities or can be used directly against enemies.]

“The Fourth-Grade Red Spirit Flame is somewhat of a surplus to my current needs,” Lu Xuan thought as he looked at the red gourd in his hand and stored it inside the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, planning to deal with it when a suitable opportunity arose.

“Hehe, it’s the time to harvest the Light Orb again.”

Lu Xuan looked forward to the white Light Orb that quietly appeared and flickered in front of him as he rubbed his hands in anticipation.

The Crimson Flame Gourd had been planted by him during the late-term of his Foundation Establishment, so the reward from the Light Orb should not be too affected.

He extended his hand and gently touched the surface of the Light Orb. The Light Orb silently shattered, turning into a sky full of light spots that instantly condensed into a dim red Light Orb phantom and entered Lu Xuan’s body.

Then, a thought appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

[Harvested one fourth-grade Crimson Flame Gourd, obtained a fifth-rank treasure, the Origin Yang True Fire Bead.]

As the thought disappeared, a red jade bead appeared in Lu Xuan’s palm.

The bead was the size of a pigeon’s egg, containing a fine thread of golden-red fire that flowed endlessly. Despite the jade bead’s insulation, Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense could still feel the domineering strength of the fire.

Concentrating his mind on it, the detailed information about the red jade bead immediately appeared in his mind.

[Origin Yang True Fire Bead, Fifth-Rank Treasure, sealed with a wisp of fifth-grade Strange Fire, the Origin Yang True Fire, which is domineering and unmatched, incinerating all things in the world.]

[Can be used to refine special high-rank magic artifacts, elixirs, and also assist in cultivating fire-related techniques and divine abilities.]

“Origin Yang True Fire Bead, a Fifth-Rank Treasure…” Lu Xuan murmured, looking at the red jade bead in his hand, feeling satisfied.

“With the ‘Pure Yang True Fire Talisman,’ which is also of the fifth grade, this Origin Yang True Fire Bead isn’t of much use to me.”

He had previously obtained a fifth-grade “Pure Yang True Fire Talisman” from the Earthfire Heart Lotus Light Orb. He could contemplate and use it to command the Golden Crow Remnant Soul to fight against enemies. Having consumed the Pure Lustrous Tea Leaves, he had already comprehended most of it. Therefore, compared to the “Pure Yang True Fire Talisman,” the bead, which only sealed a wisp of Origin Yang True Fire, was significantly less useful.

“However, it can be released to nourish the Sixth-Rank Phoenix Wood.”

“As a sixth-grade fire-related Spirit Plant, the Phoenix Wood may require a lot more Strange Fire when it matures. The Red Lotus Flame definitely won’t be enough, so I can use this Origin Yang True Fire Bead to help it mature when the time comes.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

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