Chapter 104: The Flowing Light Wood The Yin Locust
Chapter 104: Flowing Light Wood Yin Samuel
The Simnong Hall was built on a wide flat area, covering quite a wide area.
Lu Xuan entered the center hall, which was relatively quiet inside, with only upper ten Qi Practicing high-level cultivators.
Lu Xuan looked around and came to a mahogany counter not far from him.
Behind the counter, a Heavenly Sword Sect’s outer disciple was flipping through a worn-out book, reading it with great interest.
This Heavenly Sword Sect cultivator had an ordinary appearance, dark skin, and an aura like an old farmer who had plowed the fields for many years, rustic and approachable.
“This senior brother, excuse me.” Lu Xuan walked forward and said softly.
“If there is anything that senior brother needs to know, feel free to ask and know it all.”
The old farming cultivator closed the books and said with a smile.
“My name is Lu Xuan, I’m the latest batch of outer disciples who just entered the sect, I usually like to raise some flowers and plants, spiritual beasts and birds, I just don’t know how to go about planting and cultivating them within the sect, so I’ve come over to ask about the specifics.”
“So it’s Senior Brother Lu, just address me as Senior Brother Guo.”
The old farmer cultivator stood up and cupped his fists towards Lu Xuan as he saluted, Lu Xuan hurriedly returned the salute.
“What grades of spirit plants did Senior Brother Lu grow before he joined the sect?”
“If you are still inexperienced, it is best to step forward slowly, do not be so hasty as to try and plant high grade spirit plants at once.”
“If you are experienced, then it would be simple, just recommend the type of spirit plant directly to you, senior brother.”
Lu Xuan pondered for a moment.
“I have planted a large number of classless spirit plants, several types of first grade spirit plants, all of which are of relatively good quality when they mature, and there are also two types of second grade spirit plants that are in the cultivation stage, and the momentum of their growth is also quite acceptable.”
Lu Xuan did not tell the truth about his level of spirit plants, hiding the fact that he had cultivated a second grade swordgrass, the Dark Marrow Ganoderma, as well as being in the process of cultivating a third grade spirit plant.
With the information he had stated, it was already enough to show that he was experienced in cultivating spirit plants.
“Since Senior Brother Lu intends to go through this kind of experience, then I personally suggest skipping the grade-less spirit plants and starting directly with the first and second grade.”
“By the way, Senior Brother Lu, you’ve not long entered the sect, so there shouldn’t be a sword mark inside your identity nameplate yet, right?”
Lu Xuan nodded his head in acknowledgement.
“In that case, there are many categories of spirit plants that cannot be planted.”
“There are three types of spirit plant seedlings, spirit seeds, and so on provided in the Hall of Si Nong, one can be purchased directly with spirit stones, and the selling price is a bit cheaper than the marketplace outside the sect, it’s just that it’s hard to buy high-grade spirit seeds.”
“There is another type that requires the consumption of sword seals to purchase, these spirit seeds are higher in both grade and rarity than the previous type.”
“The last type not only requires the consumption of sword seals, but also has additional requirements, the purchaser’s identity, status, and contribution within the clan must meet the conditions.”
“For example, it requires the identity of the spiritual planter as an inner disciple or even a true disciple.”
The old farming cultivator detailed the conditions for Lu Xuan to obtain a Spirit Plant within the sect.
“I see.”
Lu Xuan nodded his head to show his understanding, raising the threshold for obtaining rare types or even spirit seeds unique to the sect would naturally lower the possibility of circulation to the outside world.
He was already content with being able to obtain a Second Grade Spirit Seed, so he smiled and said to the old farmer cultivator.
“Then I’ll pick one or two that can be purchased with spirit stones, and I’ll also ask you to recommend one or two, senior brother.”
“This is a part of the job.”
The old farmer cultivator took out two jade books from under the mahogany counter and placed them in front of Lu Xuan.
“These two jade books, one records the first-grade spirit plants that can be purchased with spirit stones, while the other records the second-grade spirit plants.” “The jade albums have the specific patterns of the spirit plants, when the patterns are lit, it means that there is a spirit plant available right now, and when the patterns are dim, it means that there is currently no spirit plant of that category, and that they need to be recorded and wait for a certain amount of time.”
Lu Xuan opened the First Grade Jade Album in his hand.
The jade album recorded hundreds of common spirit plants of the first grade, among them were the Blood Jade Ginseng that he had once planted out as well as the Red Cloud Pine, the Pure Snow Lotus was nowhere to be seen, it was unknown whether it needed to consume the Sword Seal or whether there was no spirit species of that grade within the sect.
There are twenty to thirty bright patterns, presenting the spiritual plants vividly in front of Lu Xuan.
He quickly flipped through them, then opened the jade book that recorded the second grade spirit plants.
The types of spirit plants on the jade album were reduced by more than half at once, there were only about fifty, of which less than twenty were lit up, Lu Xuan memorized them one by one, comparing them silently in his mind.
The current spiritual plants in his spiritual field had two hundred grade-less Spirit Glow Grasses, mainly for cultivation rewards, and twenty-eight first grade Blood Jade Ginsengs, cultivated with the Blood Jade Ginseng Spiritual Seeds that he had condensed.
There were also three second-grade Clear Miracle Spirit Tea, five second-grade Copper Bone Bamboo, a third-grade Jiao Vine, and a third-grade Illusory Smoke Luo Fruit.
As his cultivation level rose to the high level of Qi Practicing, the rewards provided by the lower grade spirit plants gradually became somewhat ribald, and Lu Xuan first eliminated the first grade jade book.
As for the second-grade spirit plants, he planned to choose only two as a transition.
After weighing his options, he finally made his choice and picked the second grade Flowing Light Wood and Yin Acacia.
The Flowing Light Wood bark, and leaves could be used to refine certain types of talismans, and had a wide range of uses.
As for the Yin acacia, it could be used to assist in the cultivation of extreme Yin type techniques, and could also be used as a material for refining the corresponding pills.
More importantly, with the gradual growth of the year, a hundred years of yin acacia can harbor yin souls, and a thousand years of yin acacia can be used to refine high-grade magic weapons, which is a rare treasure in the eyes of ghost cultivators.
That’s right, the Yin acacia is the first vintage-type spirit plant that Lu Xuan has encountered.
The plants he had cultivated before had all matured within a period of about three months to a year, and had basically lost their usefulness after they matured.
On the other hand, there is no specific maturity period for this acacia, the longer it grows, the more valuable it is.
Lu Xuan was very curious as to what kind of Light Cluster reward he would receive for cultivating this type of spirit plant.
He closed the jade book and smiled at the old farmer-like cultivator surnamed Guo.
“Then I’ll choose two plants each of this Flowing Light Wood and Yin Acacia, and I’ll also ask Senior Brother Guo to fetch them for me.”
“Good point, Senior Brother Lu wait a moment.”
The old farming cultivator entered the inner hall of the Si Nong Hall, and in less than a moment, he arrived in front of Lu Xuan with a jade dish and carrying a black cloth bag.
“On top of the jade disk are two Flowing Light Wood Spirit Seeds, and in the black cloth bag are two Yin Acacia seedlings, Yin Acacia needs to be grown in a Yin genus environment, to avoid the loss of strong light to the seedlings, it is purposely shielded from the light with the black cloth bag.”
“Please also ask Master Lu you to take a look at it.”
Lu Xuan carefully scrutinized the two Spirit Seeds inside the jade disk, the Flowing Light Wood Spirit Seed was not small in size, oval in shape, with dense and complex natural patterns on the surface, the Spirit Light surged, and the patterns quietly underwent subtle changes.
He opened the black cloth bag again and quickly glanced at it.
Inside the cloth bag there were two acacia seedlings about a foot tall, the roots and stems were wrapped in black spiritual soil, and the seedlings were black in color, giving people a sense of gloomy atmosphere.
“Alright, may I ask senior brother, what is the price of this Flowing Light Wood Spirit Seed and Yin Acacia Seedling respectively?”
“Flowing Light Wood fifty-five spirit stones a piece, Yin Acacia sixty spirit stones a plant, this is the price set within the Hall of Si Nong, it’s already quite a bit cheaper than outside, so there is no bargaining, so please ask Senior Brother Lu to understand one or two things.”
The old farming cultivator seemed to see at a glance that Lu Xuan had a superior bargaining skill and took the initiative to say.
Lu Xuan swallowed the words in his throat and took out two hundred and thirty spirit stones, handing them over to the old farmer cultivator.
(End of chapter)