Chapter 81.
Chapter 81 – Keeping the Seed
Opening the courtyard door, the Treading Cloud Lynx that had been lying on Lu Xuan’s shoulder swooshed and jumped down, and without looking back, came to the edge of the Spirit Spring Pond, staring intently at the red-bearded carp sole seedling in the pool.
Lu Xuan swept around the spirit field, everything was as usual, the Grass Puppet was very dutifully patrolling the entire spirit field.
He came to the area where he had cultivated the Diseased Change Spiritual Plants before and took out the five Copper Bone Bamboos.
Utilizing the Earth Drawing Technique, the structure of the spiritual soil quietly changed, revealing a crack that fit tightly with the roots of the Copper Bone Bamboo seedlings without the slightest gap.
After all five Copper Bone Bamboo seedlings were planted, Lu Xuan’s mind converged on the purplish-red bamboo, and instantly, a piece of information about the Copper Bone Bamboo surged into his sea of consciousness.
【Copper Bone Bamboo, Second Grade Spiritual Plant, cultivated to be very tough, can be used to refine magic weapons, especially suitable for refining flying swords, and can also be used as a material for certain special pills】.
[When copper and iron ores are added to the cultivation process, it will promote the growth rate of the Copper Bone Bamboo, and the spirit minerals are even more effective, the smaller the size of the ore, the faster the Copper Bone Bamboo absorbs and digests it].
【How can I break through and grow taller if I have a copper bone body?
“Copper and iron type ores are needed, spirit ores are more effective.”
“Although the cultivation conditions are a bit odd, it’s good that the difficulty isn’t too high, it’s much easier than a third-grade auger vine.”
Copper and iron spirit ores were quite common in the scattered cultivator bazaar, and the price was not very expensive.
Lu Xuan first cast a round of Spiritual Rain Technique, and wisps of spiritual qi raindrops drifted down and merged into the spiritual soil near the Copper Bone Bamboo, causing it to be absorbed by the bamboo’s roots.
He planned to let the Copper Bone Bamboo adapt to the Spirit Soil environment first, and then after a few days, he would go and buy the Spirit Ore to speed up the cultivation speed.
Two days passed by, Lu Xuan was making his rounds in the spirit field when the call of Wu Wengjing from next door came from outside.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, come over for a small drink!”
Lu Xuan shook his head and laughed, taking out a strip of air-dried demonic beast meat from the kitchen, bringing along the Treading Cloud Lynx, he arrived at cultivator Wu’s home.
“Fellow Daoist Wu, is there something on your mind?”
After a few cups of warm spirit wine were consumed, Lu Xuan saw the old man’s godlessness and drifting eyes and asked out loud.
“Does Fellow Daoist Lu know about the recent movements in the marketplace?”
“I’ve been staying at home to tend to the cultivation of spirit plants, and I haven’t gone out these past few days.”
Lu Xuan shook his head to indicate that he was not sure.
“Fellow Daoist Lu can be described as not listening to anything outside the window with both ears, concentrating on cultivating the many Spirit Plants ah ……”
Wu Wenjing sighed and continued.
“Rumor has it that the group of cultivators from the Wang Family reclaiming the secret realm have already entered the core location of the secret realm, only that the prohibitions are hard to break, so they invited other family forces in the market to intervene.”
“The outer area of the secret realm is also open to the public because of this, and many casual cultivators are eager to enter the new secret realm to look for opportunities.”
“So Fellow Daoist Wu is not willing to be left alone and wants to go and have a go?”
Lu Xuan looked at Wu Wengjing with a smile.
“That’s right, I do have a few heartbeats.”
Wu Wenshuang let out a bitter smile.
“The demonic beasts, evil spirits, and the like in the outer region have been pretty much cleared out during the Wang Clan’s exploration process, and at the same time, it’s also the time when the most resources are available, so many cultivators want to explore the area.”
“I don’t have much of an idea anyway.”
Lu Xuan could see that Wu Wengjing seemed to want to invite himself to join him in entering the outer perimeter of the New Mysteries, and directly stated his attitude.
“Even if there are no longer any demonic beasts or evil spirits in the outer region, is Fellow Daoist Wu confident that he will be able to seize cultivation resources from other cultivators?”
“Fellow Daoist has experienced far more than I have, and should be clear that sometimes fellow clansmen are far more frightening than demonic beasts and evil spirits.” Wu Wenjing sniffed, an old face was green for a while, and after a long time, he deeply exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.
“Many thanks to Fellow Daoist Lu for reminding me, I was the one who was caught off guard.”
“In these decades, I have already managed to keep my mind as if it was still water, not to think about any opportunities and treasures, but when I really stumble upon such an opportunity, I will always have some fantasies in my heart.”
“The end is approaching, in the end, I’m still not willing to do it.”
Lu Xuan was silent, he did not know how to persuade him, he understood the situation of the cultivator surnamed Wu, Qi Practicing Cultivator’s lifespan is more than a hundred years, no one can accept that he is a little bit close to death.
If he saw that there was a slight chance to change his fate, he would be like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw, using all his strength, trying to break free.
He was inwardly lucky that his cultivation of spiritual plants was rewarded with a white light mass, otherwise, he would probably be like Wu Wengjing, floating and sinking in the sea of cultivation misery, unable to withstand any winds and waves.
“It’s better to stay honestly in the workshop, forget it, I’m old and weak, I can’t compare to before, and I’ve fallen behind in fighting for many years, if I really want to go to the secret realm, I guess a random cultivator of the same rank will be able to solve me.”
The old man said with a bitter smile, his eyes bleak.
Lu Xuan did not say anything and raised his wine cup.
Wu Wenjing clinked his glass and looked at Lu Xuan.
“Sometimes I really don’t know how to evaluate you, you’re obviously young, and you’re even more of an old man than I am an old man.”
“Such a good opportunity, and still able to keep your mind intact, much more stable than even me.”
“Haha, having no desires is just like that.”
“It’s enough for me to be an ordinary Spirit Plant Master in peace.”
Lu Xuan maintained his persona well.
After the two of them had their fill of wine and food, Lu Xuan returned home and continued planting Spirit Plants, taking care of them without fail through his control over their immediate state.
Another five days flew by.
During these days, Lu Xuan bought a catty of grade-less ore from the scattered cultivator bazaar to first try and see what effect mixing it into the Copper Bone Bamboo would have.
During this period, of the nine Blood Jade Ginsengs left behind, five matured, three were of good quality, and two were of superior quality.
The five white light clusters that appeared also brought rewards with them.
[Harvested one Blood Jade Ginseng plant and obtained a second grade elixir, Blood Pill.] *3
[Harvest one Blood Jade Ginseng plant and obtain a Second Grade Secret Art, Blood Burning Arrow.] *2
With five clusters of light, Lu Xuan obtained three Second Grade Blood Pills, which he left in his storage bag to wait for the time to use the Blood Burning Arrow.
Two Blood Burning Arrow experience packs, after absorbing all of them, he refined his understanding of this secret art one step further.
For the sake of not wasting his Essence Blood, even though Lu Xuan hadn’t cast it yet, he could feel that the release speed of the secret art and its power had increased quite a bit.
In addition to the remaining four Blood Jade Ginseng, he planned to try to cultivate them into Blood Jade Ginseng Spirit Seeds.
After the spiritual plants in the cultivation world matured naturally, if they were not picked and continued to grow for a period of time, some of them would simply wither and merge into the heavens and earth.
Some would gather the essence of the spirit plant and condense the spirit seed, spreading it through various ways, and when it encountered abundant spiritual energy and a suitable environment, it would germinate and grow a new spirit plant.
The naturally condensed spirit seeds are of different qualities and in small quantities, and may not necessarily be able to cultivate spirit plants.
However, the method of condensing seeds summarized through countless years of cultivation can not only condense a greater number of spiritual seeds, but also ensure the quality of the spiritual seeds, so that most of them can be successfully planted.
Lu Xuan had left behind the four Blood Jade Ginsengs because he wanted to try out whether the Seed Condensation Method that the Hundred Herb Hall had passed on to him was feasible.
(End of Chapter)