Chapter 15 – Dark Medulla
Chapter 15 – Dark Marrow Chi
“Little brother Lu, long time no see, how have you been?”
Zhang Hong smiled brightly and greeted Lu Xuan.
“Thank you for your concern, everything went well, rather, I would like to congratulate Brother Zhang for coming back safely from the wilderness.”
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
“Haha, good luck, only suffered a small injury and also got lucky with some treasures.”
“This time when I came over, I still have to say thank you to you, little brother Lu.”
“I heard from my mother-in-law at home that there was an insect infestation at home before, and it was all thanks to Little Brother Lu that you helped out with the solution.”
“And that little brat, after he came back, he kept bragging to me, saying that he is now able to earn Spirit Stones himself, and was thinking of using the Spirit Stones he earned to support his family!”
Zhang Hong thought of Zhang Xiuyuan’s smug look and laughed.
“Big brother Zhang don’t have to be polite, you helped me so much before, this little I did is nothing.”
“As for Xiao Yuan, he helped me save a lot of time and unnecessary trouble, it’s only right to give him a little reward.”
“He’s a little kid, what can he do lo!”
“On the contrary, little brother Lu you quite surprised me this time, I thought that you would only be peaceful farming, I didn’t expect that you could have that kind of skill with the sword.”
“Just with it, brother Lu, you can beat a lot of cultivators at the third level of qi cultivation.”
Zhang Hong marveled.
With the concealment of the Breath Converting Technique, Lu Xuan was not worried that Zhang Hong would be able to detect his true cultivation.
“The spirit fields in my courtyard were the ones that first encountered the pest infestation, and it cost me nearly seven spirit stones to hire a Qi Practicing Middle Stage Cultivator to solve it.”
“In order to prevent this from happening again, I simply put down my blood money and bought a First Grade Sword Skill, I didn’t realize that while I usually make slow progress in cultivating spirit power, I have some talent in cultivating sword skills.”
“The sword skill progressed very quickly, even to the point where it could help people with pests, and that’s how I wanted to rely on it to earn some spirit stones, to earn back the cost of the spirit stones I bought it early.”
Lu Xuan made up a reason to explain the ins and outs of his ability to use the Gengjin Sword Skill to solve insect pests.
Zhang Hong had no doubts.
The two of them talked a bit, and as they talked, they naturally chatted about that Zhang Hong’s experience in reclaiming the secret realm this time.
“The Wang Family Formation Master broke two formations, and according to those Qi Practitioner Middle Stage cultivators who entered the depths of the secret realm, this new secret realm, the area is no smaller than the Lin Yang Fang Market, and the spirit plants and medicines inside are unknown.”
“All of us scattered cultivators at the second or third level of Qi Practicing are only active at the periphery, we don’t have the ability or qualifications to enter the deeper parts of the secret realm.”
“I’m mainly following a group of loose cultivators, collecting spirit plants and clearing some low level demonic beasts.”
“Even though there are great cultivators from the Wang Clan at the forefront, it is said that the casualties are still not small this time, about 30%.”
“That squad of ours was quite lucky, we only encountered two more dangerous situations, one was when we were collecting spirit plants, we came across an alienated spirit plant that was extremely aggressive and good at camouflage, two people were accidentally sacrificed.”
“Another time, ran into a special demonic beast, a spider with a human face on its back, extremely fast, couldn’t see the figure at all, one of the casual cultivators was directly cut in two by its limbs, fortunately, there were Qi Practicing high-ranking cultivators who came in time, and that’s how it was wiped out.”
Thinking of these two encounters, Zhang Hong couldn’t help but turn pale with a palpitating look, it was evident that the shadow left behind was not small.
Lu Xuan on the side listened to the flavor, anyway, do not have to personally experience, can pass the ear addiction is also extremely good.
“What, is little brother Lu interested in going for a walk? Reclaiming a new secret realm, the first time the gain is the greatest, the risk is also the greatest, to the back it’s all reduced.”
“Of course, it’s just that the secret realm is surrounded like this, what’s going on inside, that’s not something I can be clear about.”
Seeing Lu Xuan’s interested look, Zhang Hong smiled and invited.
“No no no, my cultivation is low, and I’m not good at fighting, and I don’t have any magic weapon talismans to fall back on, so I’d better be an honest Spiritual Planter.”
He said with a smile.
The spiritual cultivation accumulated by the white light mass, the magic weapon talismans pills and so on brought was still too little, rounding it up, then it could be said to be ‘nothing’.
Zhang Hong also just casually mentioned it and skipped over it. “By the way, Big Brother Zhang, did you harvest any unknown wild spirit species this time when you went to the Wilderness Mysteries? If there are, I can purchase them with spirit stones.”
Lu Xuan digressed and asked.
“Unknown wild spirit species? Wild Spirit Species are already rare, and unknown varieties are even rarer.”
“I haven’t come across it myself, only, I heard that a loose cultivator has found a wild spirit species in a barren land in the Secret Realm, so I’ll help you ask about it then.”
“Only, that kind of spirit species is of unknown category, and the planting technique is unknown, it’s very risky if you want to plant it, little brother Lu, it’s very likely that you’ll waste your time and spirit stones for nothing.”
Hearing Lu Xuan’s inquiry, Zhang Hong couldn’t help but speak out.
“I just want to test it out, not to gamble on the slightest possibility of success.”
“If it fails, I can also accumulate some experience in cultivating spirit plants and open up my horizons.”
Lu Xuan found a reason to excuse himself.
“Alright! I’ll ask around for you!”
Zhang Hong nodded and said.
He was very efficient, and two days later, he brought good news.
In the courtyard of the Zhang family.
He introduced Lu Xuan to a bald cultivator at the third level of Qi Practicing.
“This is Fellow Daoist Long, strong in strength.”
“This is little brother Lu, who has some talent in planting spirit plants, and it is he, who wants to know about the unknown spirit seed in the hands of fellow Daoist.”
Zhang Hong introduced Lu Xuan and the bald cultivator to each other and quickly got to the point.
“This Spirit Seed, I found it from a barren land outside the Secret Perimeter, at that time, I found more than ten wild Spirit Seeds, and the Deacon of the Wang Clan rewarded me with one.”
“It’s just that I’ve never been able to figure out exactly what species it is, but if I speculate with the place where I found it at that time, it should be no less than a first grade.”
“If brother Lu wants it, take five spirit stones.”
The bald cultivator said directly.
Lu Xuan took the Spirit Seed in his hand and scrutinized it carefully.
The Spirit Seed was shaped as if it was a tiny fungus, dark red in color, with a vein-like presence on its surface, slightly flowing with a sticky substance.
“Five Spirit Stones, the price isn’t too expensive, it was this price when I obtained that Red Cloud Pine.”
“However, looking at the strange and odd nature of this spirit species, its grade and rarity is definitely not weaker than the Red Cloud Pine, if we know exactly what species it is, then the price will definitely be far higher than the Red Cloud Pine.”
Lu Xuan thought in his mind and quickly made a decision.
“Fellow Daoist Long, I’ll take this Spirit Seed.”
“Brother Lu is refreshing.”
The two handed over the spirit stone in one hand and the spirit seed in the other, each revealing a hint of a smile.
The bald cultivator was happy that an unknown wild spirit seed was able to bring him five spirit stones, while Lu Xuan was happy because there was going to be another rare spirit plant in his spirit field.
As well as the more important white light mass brought about by the maturity of the spirit plant.
Returning home, he operated the Earth Drawing Technique to empty out a small piece of spirit field and planted this dark red fungus.
Under the condensation of his mind, the detailed information of the spirit plant flashed through his mind.
“Dark Medulla Chi, second grade spirit plant, when mature, it can be used to refine certain body refining pills, or it can be taken directly to enhance a cultivator’s physique.”
“A spirit plant that grows in the dark, doesn’t need light or spiritual rain, just wants to stay in the shade with decaying spirit wood.”
(End of chapter)