Chapter 13: Uncle Lu, do you want the spirit stones?
Chapter 13 – Little Uncle Lu, You Want Spirit Stones or Not
The newly ripened Eclipse Fruits were twice as many as the first batch, as many as eight.
The eight Eclipse Moon Fruits were all of good quality, Lu Xuan carefully placed them into specific containers and picked up the eight white light clusters that appeared one by one with great anticipation.
“Harvesting one Eclipse Fruit, obtaining a First Grade Artifact Split Silver Blade (Remnant).” *5
“Harvest one Eclipse Fruit, obtain a First Grade Talisman Sword Qi Charm.”
“Harvest one Eclipse Fruit and obtain the First Grade Elixir Peiyuan Dan.”
“Harvest one Eclipse Fruit to obtain a First Grade Talisman Explosive Inflammation Talisman.”
Eight clusters of light were rewarded, five of which were first-grade magic weapon Split Silver Blade fragments, two of which opened out two first-grade talismans, and one of which opened out a first-grade elixir.
“Peiyuan Dan, a first-grade elixir that allows cultivators to quickly replenish their spiritual energy after taking it.”
Lu Xuan carefully stowed away this First Grade Peiyuan Dan.
He had heard of this kind of elixir, but only possessed it for the first time, and it was extremely useful for Qi Practitioner Low Stage as well as Middle Stage cultivators, and was worth quite a few Spirit Stones.
“This Split Silver Blade debris is getting more and more numerous, there are already eight of them.”
Lu Xuan looked at the eight thin silver-white remnants flying around him, somewhat helpless.
Suddenly, with a movement of his mind, the eight remnants instantly merged together, their edges fitting tightly together to form a strange thing.
“How does it feel, like a silver-colored sword blade, it just has a bit too many gaps.”
The more Lu Xuan looked at it, the more he felt that this thing was somewhat the prototype of a sword blade.
“If it’s a sword blade, doesn’t it mean that it can be used as a separate piece of magic weapon when merging, confuse the opponent when engaging in battle, and suddenly split into many thin slices to take them by surprise.”
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was high, and in his heart, he looked forward to the moment when all the fragments were successfully collected.
There were still thirty remaining Eclipse Fruits, and according to the probability of the fragments appearing, as well as the size of the gap in the mutilated sword blade, he thought that it would not be much of a problem.
However, when he thought of the card drawing experience he had once had in his previous life, he couldn’t be optimistic again.
“Uncle Xiao Lu, do you want spirit stones or not?”
While Lu Xuan was in the midst of his worries, he heard the familiar mischievous voice of Zhang Xiuyuan outside the courtyard.
Lu Xuan hurriedly opened the courtyard door.
“What, you little guy still has spirit stones for me?”
“I don’t have spirit stones to give you, I just have a chance to help you earn spirit stones.”
The tiger-headed Zhang Xiuyuan hemmed and hawed, with a hint of cunning in his eyes that did not match his age.
“Oh, tell me about it?”
Lu Xuan looked at Zhang Xiuyuan, who was holding the grass puppet tightly, with a hint of curiosity in his heart.
“Didn’t you help my family solve the pest problem a few days ago? Just today, I heard Cai Bin say that that kind of strange insects had appeared in his house as well, so I told him that you were exceptionally good at what you do, and he rushed back to tell his parents, and also asked me to take you to his house to help.”
“His father is worried to death about this problem, as long as you are like last time, Uncle Xiao Lu, you can earn a lot of spirit stones!”
“Cai Bin?”
The memory was of a kid like a skinny monkey, often playing with Zhang Xiuyuan, whose house was two or three miles away from his yard.
Lu Xuan had once met his father, Cai Hai, a loose cultivator of the third level of Qi Practicing, and only knew each other without much interaction.
“Should we go and take a look?”
He hesitated in his mind, gauging whether or not he should go and earn this spirit stone.
Risky? The main thing was to deal with the Black Sprout Insects, which could be easily solved with that hand of increasingly skillful Gengjin Sword Technique, there was also an extremely low possibility of conflict and contradiction, however, with his own cultivation at the third level of Qi Practicing, together with the Gengjin Sword Technique, various talismans, and Split-Silver Blade magic weapon remnants, he could basically cope with all sorts of unforeseen situations.
Gain? Qin Ming, who is at the fourth level of qi cultivation, collects seven spirit stones for cleaning up the black budworm larvae once, although I have shown that I am only at the second level of qi cultivation, it is not too much to collect five spirit stones, is it?
The main thing is that I’m really too poor right now!
There is a huge demand for spirit stones.
The area of the spiritual field was too small, and after planting these spiritual plants there was hardly any empty space, Lu Xuan would love to have a bigger spiritual field again.
He also wanted to buy a storage bag, with the increasing number of treasures in his hands, it was impossible to carry it with him every time he went out.
Acquiring unknown Spirit Seeds would also require a large amount of Spirit Stones.
Thinking of this, Lu Xuan no longer hesitated and gently nodded his head in the expectant eyes of Zhang Xuyuan.
“Lead the way in front.”
“Alright!”
……
Cai family small courtyard.
Cai Hai’s wife Li is scolding her son.
“I say what were you thinking, actually asking a teenage casual cultivator to solve the pest infestation in the house! Do you think it’s a child playing house?!”
Cai Bin, who was only six or seven years old, was scolded by his own mother and his face turned red as he mustered up the courage to say back:
“But, Xiu Yuan said that his little Uncle Lu is especially powerful, with out-of-this-world sword skills, and that he took out all the demonic insects in one go!”
“You believe whatever he says? You don’t have to use your pig brain to think about it, a loose cultivator at the second level of Qi Practicing, how powerful can he be?!”
Li turned back to her husband Cai Hai who was looking down at the ground next to her:
“Dangjia, I think it’s better to call my old brother to come over, he has some contacts, he knows a Qi Practicing Middle Stage Cultivator who can solve the pest infestation, it’s definitely more reliable than that Qi Practicing Second Layer Scattered Cultivator that the little brat is talking about.” “Hey, that so-called brother-in-law who asked for ten spirit stones?”
The skinny Cai Hai sneered.
“Killing acquaintances all the way to your own brother-in-law, why don’t you pay for these ten spirit stones?”
Li’s lips mumbled a few times, “Aren’t I worried about the family’s spirit plants?”
“Hey ……”
Cai Hai let out a long sigh.
“As things stand, we can only try that young loose cultivator.”
“I just went out and inquired, there was an insect infestation in Zhang Hong’s house before, I heard that it was solved by a teenager, I think it must be that person Cai Bin was talking about.”
Cai Hai squatted down and looked at the spirit plant that was tightly entangled by the thin black threads, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.
The other cultivators who were able to solve the pest infestation invariably asked for a very high price, which was undoubtedly not a great burden for him right now.
He could only hope on Lu Xuan, who was at the second level of Qi Practicing.
Just at this moment, a duk-duk sound came from the courtyard door.
Although Lu Xuan had heard some arguments outside, but with the idea that he had come here, and the spirit stones were not earned for nothing, he had Zhang Xiuyuan knock heavily on the courtyard door.
The door opened.
Cai Hai squeezed out a smile on his dry and thin face and welcomed him out.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, it’s hard for you to make this journey, I heard that you have a unique skill in solving insect pests, so I’m going to trouble you to help me look at my family’s spiritual plants later.”
“I can’t say that I have a unique skill, it’s just that I’ve recently improved a lot in a certain technique, and it just happens to restrain that Black Sprout Insect larva.”
Lu Xuan explained and continued.
“Wait will certainly do our best to help Cai Taoist friend to solve the pest, just have a word in front, Lu Mou bid price of five spirit stones, no second price.”
“Even those at the fourth level of Qi Practicing only need seven Spirit Stones, how come you, a second level Qi Practicing, want five Spirit Stones?”
Li interjected from the side.
“It’s the same as solving an insect infestation, why don’t Your Excellency go hire that cultivator at the middle level of Qi Practicing?” Lu Xuan coldly responded.
Li naturally would not be like this and said after a pause.
“Five Spirit Stones is not impossible, just in case the infestation is not solved?”
“Get your ass back inside!”
Cai Hai yelled at Li in a low voice.
“A shrew, I’ve made Fellow Daoist Lu laugh.”
He turned his head and revealed a bitter smile.
“Regardless of whether or not Fellow Daoist Lu can solve the infestation, the five Spirit Stones will be offered as they are, I just hope that Fellow Daoist Lu can do his best, after all, as a fellow Spirit Planter, you know that Spirit Plants are all we have.”
“This is natural.”
Lu Xuan said with a solemn expression.
He didn’t care at all about the words that came out of the mouth of the black-faced Li, as long as the Spirit Stones could arrive without any problems.
He arrived in front of the infested spirit plants, and under his meditative concentration, a golden sword qi as thin as a hair’s thread deftly drilled out, rushing towards those black budworm larvae with a sharp and unparalleled sword intent.
After a few breaths, all of the Black Sprout Insect larvae were chopped off by the golden sword qi and fell to the ground one by one.
“Fortunately.”
He stood up and said to Cai Hai, who looked nervous at the side.
Behind his back, Zhang Xiuyuan secretly raised an eyebrow at his young partner.
“See how powerful my little Uncle Lu is?”
“Many thanks, fellow Daoist Lu, many thanks, fellow Daoist Lu!”
Cai Hai had a relieved look on his face.
Not far away, the windows in the house suddenly fell down, and small sobs were faintly heard.
Lu Xuan collected the reward paid by Cai Hai and walked out with Zhang Xiuyuan.
He weighed the spirit stone in his hand, feeling the heavy feeling it brought, and suddenly asked.
“Xiao Yuan? Why don’t the two of us work together, you go to the neighborhood to find the cultivators who are suffering from pests, I’ll step in to solve the problem, and for every shot, I’ll share thirty broken spirits with you?”
“Little Uncle Lu, last time you helped my family so big help, I directly help you find is, do not need broken spirit miles.”
Zhang Xiuyuan said naively.
“That won’t do, can’t let you do something for nothing, it’s decided!”
(End of chapter)