Chapter 549 – Not by the Righteous Cultivators
Chapter 549: Not by the Righteous Cultivators
In the dark forest, ancient trees were in the sky, and all sorts of strange rattles were coming from everywhere.
Lu Xuan stood quietly next to a huge spirit tree with a diameter of half a zhang, a small ball of hollowed out white bones floating in front of him.
Suddenly, the small ball of white bone changed instantly, transforming into a white bone shield, and with a bang, it blocked a thick black snake that had sneaked up from behind the spirit tree.
Just as this third grade demonic snake tried to escape, the white bone shield continued to change, transforming into a white bone network that wrapped around the demonic snake, tightening more and more until the demonic snake was dying.
“The freshest buffet, eat more.”
Lu Xuan smiled towards the pale red meatballs at his feet, and while the Flesh Spirit God absorbed the blood mist that the demon snake’s flesh and blood had transformed into, a bizarre lantern appeared in his hand.
A pale light candle inside the lantern seemed to sense something, causing the countless tentacle-like slender light spikes below to sway slightly.
Lu Xuan input a trace of spiritual energy, the pale flame on the candle burned even more, and the soul of the recently dead demon snake gradually revealed itself, looking like it would dissipate at any moment in the air.
“It’s not too much to find a place for you as a habitat for this Yin soul of yours, and in return, when I need you, it’s not too much to be used as a nourishment for my netherworld spirit plants, right?”
Lu Xuan said indifferently, looking at this Fourth Grade Soul Drawing Lantern artifact as it ingested the demonic snake’s Yin Soul inside the lantern, transforming into one of the countless grievous souls that were densely packed underneath the lamp candle.
“This point of acting alone is good, being able to absorb the souls of dead demonic beasts and not letting them go to waste.”
“Although the process isn’t quite in line with the status of a righteous cultivator, but as a spiritual planter, I can’t say there’s anything wrong with fully utilizing every bit of resources to cultivate spiritual plants, right?”
“At least it wasn’t used to refine sinister magic weapons, feats, and scourge other cultivators.”
Lu Xuan thought cheekily.
It had been half a month since he had entered this area, and during this time, he had hunted and killed quite a few alienated demonic beasts and evil spirits, causing the Flesh Spirit God to be propped up to the point where it had become a completely rounded sphere.
With the Void Nightmare Eye observing the situation around him, when he found that a cultivator had come near him, he had curtailed his behavior and intentionally avoided it, so he had never met up with any other cultivators.
Not afraid of being discovered by the Flesh Spirit God as well as the Soul Drawing Lamp, White Bone Demon Puppet and other evil existences, he also did not purposely hide his breath and change his appearance.
Once the light red meatballs had eaten their fill, Lu Xuan continued to patrol the area.
“Hmm? That person seems like a fellow senior.”
Suddenly, he stopped and looked at the protruding grayish eye pupil in his hand.
Through the vision shared by the Void Nightmare Eye that was constantly traveling high in the sky, he saw the figures of two cultivators, one of whom was quite familiar, having met him once before.
Some time ago, when quite a few spirit beasts in the blessed land of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave had been contaminated by an infestation of a foreign insect called the Mindless Vermin, Realist Cangwu had invited Lu Xuan to go and check it out, and he had recognized a senior brother who had attained a Foundation Establishment Perfection and excelled in the art of beast control, named Chen Luo.
The other person beside him was not seen.
The two were looking left and right, seemingly searching for something.
“Should we go up and say hello?”
Lu Xuan hesitated in his mind.
It was rare to see a fellow disciple, and it was his senior brother, so it would be unseemly to deliberately avoid it.
However, he was somewhat at odds with this Senior Brother Chen Luo, who had asked for a made-up ancient book on strange insects after solving the problem of the invasion of the Mystic Heart Vermin, which Lu Xuan had politely refused.
“Senior Brother Lu, what a coincidence to actually run into you here.”
He was in the midst of hesitation when Chen Luo’s voice rang in his ears.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Lu Xuan with a hint of joy on his face.
“Senior Brother Chen, it’s indeed quite a coincidence that I can run into you, Senior Brother, even in the middle of nowhere.”
Lu Xuan looked at the airy and gloomy Senior Brother in front of him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Quietly clenching his fists to cover the grayish pupils of his eyes, his heart was secretly alert.
That cultivator who was with Chen Luo was nowhere to be seen!
“I had something to do and went to Black Star City, I was about to rush back to Black Demon Abyss, I didn’t expect to bump into you here, senior brother.”
Chen Luo smiled and explained. “My cultivation is average, I don’t dare to enter into the Black Demon Abyss, so I can only hunt some ordinary demonic beasts and evil spirits here.”
“Senior brother are you traveling to the Black Demon Abyss alone? It would be great if I had your strength.”
Lu Xuan inadvertently asked in a tentative manner.
“That’s right, alone.”
Chen Luo simply returned.
He looked at Lu Xuan, the smile on his gloomy face intensifying as his words changed.
“Senior brother Lu, last time you said that there was an ancient book that recorded information about all kinds of strange insects and beasts, can you give senior brother a look?”
He slowly walked towards Lu Xuan.
“I remember telling you, senior brother, that the ancient book was something I borrowed from a fellow Daoist and returned it to him many years ago.”
“I still ask senior brother not to force senior brother me.”
Lu Xuan looked calm and returned indifferently.
“With the strength of your divine soul, Senior Brother, it shouldn’t be a problem to write it down silently even if many years have passed, right?”
“Otherwise, soul searching is no joke.”
Chen Luo’s expression was gloomy as he coldly looked at Lu Xuan and slowly drew out a ghostly black long sword.
“What do you mean by that, senior brother, don’t you know what a great crime it is to maim a fellow disciple?”
Lu Xuan said solemnly.
“As long as no one in the sect saw it, who would think it was me?”
“It looks like Senior Brother came prepared.”
Thoughts flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind, during the last small gathering of the same sect, one of the senior brothers had told him that someone was spying on him, so it must be the one in front of him.
“Senior brother don’t think about stalling for time, this place has been surrounded by my eyes and ears, senior brother, with your mid Foundation Establishment cultivation, you won’t be a match for me.”
“Tell me honestly what’s on that ancient book, I can give you a decent ending, otherwise, I’m afraid you’ll have to suffer from soul searching, that kind of taste is not pleasant.”
Chen Luo was confident.
Last time, when the spirit beast problem, Lu Xuan easily found out about the Mindless Vermin Bug and proposed a solution, making the obsession with strange insects and beasts he instantly developed a strong possessive desire, and was bent on obtaining the ancient book in Lu Xuan’s mouth.
After being politely rejected by Lu Xuan, he was born with the idea of killing and seizing the treasure, and after investigating Lu Xuan’s cultivation strength, this idea was even more powerful by leaps and bounds.
According to his understanding, Lu Xuan was only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivation, stayed in the sect for a long time, seldom explored the secret realm and sought for opportunities, even his cultivation was mainly piled up by pills, and the only praiseworthy thing was the hand of pure fire spirit planting level.
But a spirit plant master, can be powerful to where?
Holding such thoughts, when Lu Xuan left the sect, he made it a point to inquire about the relevant news, and when he learned that Lu Xuan had come to Black Star City, he followed along.
In his mind, obtaining that ancient book was already a sure thing, it was just a difference of which means to obtain it.
“Hey ……”
Lu Xuan sighed.
“Mutilating a fellow disciple for a treasure, even going so far as to use a sinister technique like the Soul Searching Technique, Senior Brother Chen you are not a righteous cultivator.”
He shook his head, and there were a few moments of contempt in his eyes as he looked at the airy and gloomy cultivator.
Today’s state is very bad, only one shift, not counting leave, tomorrow to make up for it.
(End of chapter)