Chapter 64: It’s hopeless. Wait for death.
Chapter 64: Hopeless, Waiting to Die
When he returned to the hall of the Hundred Herb Hall, Lu Xuan came before Steward He.
“Elder He, the hundred Spirit Glow Grass seeds planted last time have all been picked, so please go and get me some more, you old man.”
“It’ll be one hundred and twenty this time.”
Lu Xuan said after a slight pause.
Although the Spirit Glow Grass was of no grade, its value was much lower than the other Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field, and the white light cluster rewards that opened out were much smaller, but there was no way around it, so far, it was the only one that could open out cultivation rewards.
Therefore, Lu Xuan not only did not want to continue planting it, he also wanted to slightly expand the production.
Only, due to the limited area of the spiritual field, and the fact that he needed to consume more spiritual energy to refine the cultivation, he was unable to plant as much as he wished, and one hundred and twenty was already the maximum number that he could cultivate after his cultivation breakthrough.
The thin old man nodded his head and walked into the hall, fetching one hundred and twenty slender and dry Spirit Seeds and handing them over to Lu Xuan.
It was still a cooperative price, to be two to three percent cheaper than a normal purchase, one hundred and twenty Spirit Glow Grass seeds cost Lu Xuan thirty-six Spirit Stones.
“Elder He, there’s something I want to ask your old man.”
After handing over the spirit stones, Lu Xuan said with an eager smile.
“Just by looking at your thieving eyes, I know it’s not a good thing, say it.”
Steward He had long been used to Lu Xuan’s routine and said with a sigh.
“Just now, when the many Spiritual Plants Masters of the Hundred Herb Hall gathered together, Dan Master He Zongguang reminded us that our little Spiritual Plants were contaminated by the invasion of evil spirits and foreign bugs, and also took out two Spiritual Plants that had been invaded.”
“Your old man is one of the Hundred Herb Hall’s talking heads, can you hand over those two contaminated spirit plants to me?”
“What do you want that thing for? That’s not a good thing!”
The thin old man looked serious.
“I have an immature idea, and I want to take it back and experiment with it, to see if I can find out why it was contaminated by the intrusion, and the solution.”
“You’re confused in the head? Taking two diseased spirit plants into your own spirit field, aren’t you afraid that the spirit plants inside will be contaminated by them?”
Steward He’s face changed and he chided towards Lu Xuan.
“Elder He don’t worry, since I want to bring them back, naturally I still have some certainty, at least I won’t let the possibility of the spirit plants I planted be contaminated.”
Lu Xuan knew in his heart that the old man was concerned about himself, and returned with a solemn expression.
Seeing Lu Xuan like this, Steward He had no choice but to fetch the two diseased spirit plants from the inner room.
“You take good care of yourself, and be sure to pay attention and not let the spiritual plants in the spiritual fields run the risk of being infected, or else, the spiritual plants that you have worked so hard to grow at the cost of giving up your cultivation will most likely be destroyed overnight and reduced to nothing.”
“I will.”
Lu Xuan received the two diseased spirit plants and instead of putting them into his storage bag, he wrapped them in a cloth bag and flew back to his courtyard.
As soon as he opened the courtyard door, a black shadow flashed through the doorway as the Cloud Stepping Lynx looked at the three-tailed Red Bearded Carp in the Spirit Spring Pond without moving, only the two tufts of grayish-white hairs on his pointed ears trembled slightly, sensing Lu Xuan’s movements.
“I’m back!”
Lu Xuan pretended not to have noticed its figure waiting behind the door and uttered a greeting.
The Cloud Treading Lynx turned its head gracefully at the sound, its pair of turquoise eye pupils glancing indifferently at Lu Xuan as it continued to focus its attention on the Red Bearded Carp in the Spirit Spring Pond.
Lu Xuan’s mind was focused on it, and sensing its inner cheer, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but float into a smile. In the distance, the Grass Puppet with a hint of green still remaining on the grass tumor was still tirelessly patrolling the Spirit Field, the two new legs that had just been knitted out not long ago were still quite useful, and it still walked steadily with its huge head on top.
Lu Xuan found a blank area in the corner of the spiritual field, with a certain distance from the other spiritual plants, at the same time, with a movement of his mind, the dense fog that permeated the outside of the courtyard slowly moved over, encircling the blank area that he had chosen.
After being able to grasp the immediate state of the spiritual plants, he did have a small amount of certainty that the spiritual plants he had planted would not be contaminated by the diseased spiritual plants, however, what should be careful should still be careful.
After confirming that the dense fog had completely enclosed the blank area, Lu Xuan took out the two Diseased Mutant Spirit Plants, performed the Earth Drawing Technique, and placed them into the Spiritual Soil Crack.
Then, he controlled the Spirit Soil and tightly surrounded the two Spirit Plant rhizomes.
After doing so, his mind first focused on the Blood Jade Ginseng that had a grayish gravel area.
As expected, a thought surfaced from Lu Xuan’s mind.
“Inhaling an excessive amount of contaminated turbid spiritual energy has produced unknown changes, it is necessary to use a hundred years of spiritual milk to drop on the contaminated area to bring back its vitality.”
“Hundred-year spirit milk?”
Lu Xuan pulled out the diseased Blood Jade Ginseng buried in the spiritual soil.
“It’s hopeless, wait for death!”
Joking aside, saving a first-rate Blood Jade Ginseng actually required some hundred years of spirit milk!
Spirit milk was already rare, let alone a hundred years of it.
Lu Xuan judged the pros and cons at once, he didn’t even need to think about it, a golden yellow sword qi circled around the diseased Blood Jade Ginseng, cutting it into the upper ten small segments, followed by a fireball spell landing on the fractured Blood Jade Ginseng, and after a few breaths, it burned to black ash.
“It looks like my deduction is still feasible, by transplanting the spirit plants in the growing period inside the spirit field, one can grasp their immediate state, it’s just that due to the fact that they are not planted and cultivated by one’s own hands, it’s very likely that there will be no light clusters to reward them, and even if there are, it is estimated that they won’t be able to open up any good things.”
“However, this in itself is an ability that can be dug deeper, and when used well, it can also bring in a considerable amount of profit.”
Lu Xuan thought darkly, pooling his mind on another blood-colored leaf.
The root part of this spiritual plant was extremely small, with the blood-colored leaves occupying most of the area.
A thought flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind.
“Blood Spirit Leaf, a first-grade spirit plant with alienated Black Budworm larvae in its leaves.”
“It needs to be cut and purified of the alienated bug filaments on the leaf, then removed of the alienated larvae inside the leaf, and finally watered with a Spirit Spring for a period of time before it can be fully restored to normal.”
“This plant can still be saved.”
Lu Xuan thought in his heart, although the recovery process of this Blood Spirit Leaf in front of him was rather troublesome, and in the end, even if there was a gain, it wouldn’t be a lot, but Lu Xuan had originally only used it for experimentation, and the emphasis was on accumulating relevant experience.
He revolved his spiritual energy, and a subtle golden yellow sword qi, as thick as a hair’s thread, chipped off the numerous black fuzz on the surface of the leaf.
Countless fine fluffy hairs fell to the ground, bouncing in small increments, making a dying struggle.
After clearing away the black fluff, there were still large and small moldy bits on the blade, looking extremely ugly.
Lu Xuan controlled the golden yellow sword silk, cut down the moldy parts, and then carefully probed into the inside of the leaf, and then with the assistance of the instant state, the spiritual sense controlled the sword qi to pull out a few fine black larvae from the inside.
As soon as the larvae came out, they turned into black threads and wanted to attack Lu Xuan.
Before they could get close, Lu Xuan sliced them into countless pieces, and a fireball spell landed, turning all of them into black ash.
After disposing of the alienated Black Sprout Insects, Lu Xuan offered another Evil Dispelling Talisman out of caution, sweeping the light pure spiritual light around the Blood Spirit Leaves, cleaning up any evil spirit aura that might be left behind.
(End of chapter)