Chapter 282.
Chapter 282 – Weak and Helpless
Hidden Scripture Pavilion.
Lu Xuan slowly walked out from inside.
After choosing the specific location for his stationing mission, he came to the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion, wanting to gather as much information about it as possible.
The location of the island, the forces in and around the island, the nearby secret realms, the frequency of demonic beasts, evil spirits, and so on, and so forth.
The island he was going to guard for three years was called Empty Underworld Island, the island was rich in a kind of Empty Underworld Spirit Fish, mainly of the second grade, and there were often third grade Spirit Fish, the meat itself was extremely delicious, rich in Spirit Power, and the fish guts were the main material for many pills, so it was occupied by the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the Empty Underworld Spirit Fish was steadily supplied to the Sect.
The Empty Underworld Island was no less than ten thousand miles away from the Heavenly Sword Sect, and its location was very remote, living up to the middle-aged cultivator’s description of ‘a bitterly cold place’.
There are several small sects in the surrounding islands, with the highest strength at the Foundation Establishment realm, in addition to some small clans, there are also quite a few loose cultivators living.
The aura of the island is quite thin compared to the other stationed regions, plus there are not many secret realms to explore in the vicinity, and there are not a large number of demonic beasts and evil sneaks and evil cultivators to be hammered, so it has always been the last to be selected.
The island is close to the Boundless Sea and is rich in some strange and weird spirit grasses and beasts, in addition, it is also recorded that there have been fellow cultivators who have discovered several kinds of third- and fourth-quality spirit liquids, which is the most suitable for Lu Xuan.
After learning the details about Empty Underworld Island, Lu Xuan returned to his cave and began some preparations.
He carefully took stock of his current strength.
His cultivation was close to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, which was considered above average in the Heavenly Sword Sect, but could be considered to be at the level of an expert when he left the sect.
Previously, there were so many loose cultivators in the Lin Yang Square Market, and there were only a few in the Foundation Establishment realm, and they were all the types of cultivators who had exhausted their potential.
Although their cultivation level was mediocre, their actual battle power was quite considerable.
Among them, the strongest were none other than the four and a half Fourth Grade Sword Talismans, one and a half Tsunami Sword Talismans, two Great Sun Sword Talismans, and one Star Meteorite Sword Talisman, each with their own distinctive features, while at the same time, all having the lethality to heavily injure or even decapitate mid to late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.
In addition, after cultivating the sword grass with the Four Seasons Sword Qi day and night, and obtaining the sword art experience pack from the light cluster, his mastery of the Four Seasons Sword Technique had already reached the state of perfection, and he had already comprehended the sword meanings of all four sword techniques.
There was also the Sundown Thunder Sword Pill in his dantian, the last ten Explosive Inflammation Beads that could instantly explode into powerful killings, the Burning Yuan Dan that could burn essence and blood and greatly increase his strength, and the Five Elements Intermediate Grade Art Technique.
There was also the third-grade magic weapon Purple Electricity Sword, the Sealing Yue Jade Seal, the third-grade talisman Water Dragon Talisman, and so on.
In terms of defense, after practicing the “Glazed Bone Forging Method” and “Taixu Dragon Transformation Chapters”, and then taking the Jade Scale Fruit and Golden Marrow Jade Liquid that could enhance the strength of the physical body uninterruptedly, the physical body had already reached an extremely strong point, and most of the third-grade magical weapons were unable to inflict significant damage on it.
In addition, there was also the Substitute Evil Infant that was able to block a fatal blow for him at a critical moment.
At the same time, there was also the Greenwood Source Qi condensed from the life essence of the fifth-grade Green Xuan Deer, which besides being able to ripen spiritual plants, had an extremely strong healing ability in itself.
For evil spirits with secretive movements, Lu Xuan had on him the Third Grade Treasure Unsullied Jade that could detect the presence of evil spirits, the Fourth Grade Cloud Mountain Jade Talisman that could inflict intense damage on evil spirits, and the Third Grade Pure Spirit Talisman, so most of the secretive level evil spirits could be easily taken care of.
The escape aspect is relatively weak, can hide the shape of the third-grade magic weapon hidden spirit cloak, five elements of the recluse method, floating light body method, but weak is only relatively speaking, from the Heavenly Sword Sect to practice the five elements of the recluse method, floating light body method for the outside world for the casual cultivator, has been extremely difficult to obtain, not to mention in some specific scenarios have a wonderful role in the hidden spirit cloak.
“Although I have numerous high-grade rare magic weapon treasures on my body, I am still a weak and helpless Spirit Plant Master.”
Lu Xuan warned himself in his heart.
By choosing to station himself on Empty Underworld Island, he had already circumvented most of the possible risks, but he still retained a cautious heart. “When you go out, you must be kind to others, don’t get yourself into trouble just for the sake of some opportunity, you must be careful and cautious again, saving your life is important.”
“If you keep the spiritual field, you are not afraid of no chance.”
“Of course, being cautious and yielding doesn’t mean that you can be bullied and humiliated at will, if you can’t beat them, then flee, summon the clan shakers, if you can beat them, then cut them off quickly, and do your best to thwart them.”
Lu Xuan pondered in his mind the guidelines for his actions on this trip to Empty Underworld Island.
“The spirit plants in the Spirit Fields should also be brought over, lest they can’t be picked in time to receive the Light Cluster Reward when they mature.”
Lu Xuan thought secretly.
This time, he had been stationed at the Empty Underworld Island for as long as three years, and with his duties and the distance of more than ten thousand miles, the number of times he could return to the sect was only a handful of times.
There were quite a few plants in the spiritual fields that had short growth cycles or were about to mature, so it would be inappropriate to leave them in the sect and let them mature naturally or hand them over to other disciples to pick on their behalf, so Lu Xuan decided to bring some with him.
“The Water Glow Grass Spirit Seeds are something that must be brought over, even though there is only a hair’s breadth away from breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, without them, it would be a thousand miles at hand.”
Lu Xuan was quite self-aware in his heart, in such a pure and rich aura environment in the inner sect of the Heavenly Sword Sect, his cultivation progressed so slowly, staying on the even harsher Empty Underworld Island would probably result in three years of standing still.
“The third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass, Moon Lin Grass, fourth-grade Xuan Worm Vine, and Earth Fire Heart Lotus, none of them are much longer from maturity, so they should also be brought along with you, so you can’t miss out on the Light Cluster rewards.”
Lu Xuan thought darkly as he made his rounds in the Spirit Field, finally choosing to bring the Demon Ghost Vine and the Starlight Sword Grass, the Sword Thousand Lords with him.
The Demonic Ghost Vine was a fifth grade by nature, and although it was still only in the growth stage, it already had a certain amount of battle power, and by staying on the mountain peak, he was worried that it would lose control and eat all the spirit plants in the spirit field.
As for the two high grade sword grasses, due to the special cultivation conditions, they needed to be nourished and stimulated day and night with the corresponding sword qi, so it was better to stay with them.
Cultivating them as soon as possible would also allow him to obtain more cultivation resources from the Sword Hall.
The third-grade Mystic Immortal Peach, he hesitated for a moment, but in the end, it was better to stay on the mountain while covering it up with a formation.
Although the Mystic Immortal Peach had already entered the ripening stage, it was still not a short distance away from being fully ripe, and due to the large form of the spirit plant, there was limited space in the birth bag, so it could only be left on the mountain peak.
Among the remaining spiritual plants, the Phoenix Wood is still an unknown number of years away from maturity, and he left two Red Lotus Flames, enough for it to grow for a period of time.
In addition, the Hidden Yuan Grass, Five Elements Fruit, Phantom Sound Bamboo, and the newly planted Sword Nurturing Gourd were all in the early stages of growth, along with the Spirit Field’s aura that could ensure basic growth, Lu Xuan then left them in the cave.
As for the spirit beasts, he brought with him the Treading Cloud Lynx and the Wind Falcon, and the Flame Jiao was too young, so he stayed in the mountain peaks, leaving behind enough air-dried demonic beast meat to allow the Grass Puppet to take care of it for a while.
The small lake is rich in spiritual qi, in case the demonic beast meat is eaten up, the spiritual spring can also be used to ensure normal growth.
“By the way, make a trip to the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town.”
He decided that before he left, he would go to the small courtyard to check on the growth of those netherworld spirit plants, whether any of them had matured, and which ones he should bring over.
(End of chapter)