Chapter 122 – Sword Grass Mysteries
Chapter 122 – Sword Grass Xuanqi
“The Sword Nurturing Gourd, a third-grade spirit plant that focuses on offense and attack, is really too rare.”
Lu Xuan sighed in his heart.
Spirit plants were usually used as the main material for alchemy, but there were also those that could be taken directly to enhance a cultivator’s spiritual power, dispel evil spirits, heal wounds, etc., and a small number of them could be used as the material for refining talismans and magic weapons.
Like the Sword Raising Gourd, which is extremely strong in its own offense, is extremely rare.
“May I ask senior brother, how many sword seals are needed if I exchange a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed?”
Lu Xuan asked the old farmer cultivator.
“Ninety sword seals.”
Lu Xuan sniffed and nodded his head gently.
When he was in the Lin Yang Market, there were also a handful of Third Grade Spirit Seeds for sale in the Ten Thousand Treasures Building, all of which were priced at no less than two to three hundred Spirit Stones.
Moreover, they were all relatively ordinary and common varieties, if there were spiritual species such as the Sword Nurturing Gourd for sale, Lu Xuan estimated that five hundred Spirit Stones would be difficult to buy.
This is the benefit of having a large clan at your back.
As long as there are enough sword seals, all kinds of high grade rare and rare spirit species are not a problem.
Lu Xuan took out ninety sword seals and handed them over to the old farmer cultivator.
Not long after, the cultivator came out from the inner hall and handed Lu Xuan a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed.
The Spirit Seed was light green in color, flat and long in form, about an inch and a half long, and at first glance, it was thought to be a small pocket-sized sword.
“Trouble senior brother.”
Lu Xuan carefully received the seed and put it into his storage bag.
“By the way Senior Brother, before I entered the sect, I happened to hear that the sect had an extremely mysterious and powerful spiritual plant called Sword Grass, how come I didn’t see it in these jade books?”
He inquired to the old farming cultivator.
“Swordgrass ah …… that is not something that can be exchanged with just a sword seal, it also has requirements for status, and only inner disciples are qualified to plant it.”
“It is only a second grade, but the difficulty of planting it is even higher than an ordinary third grade, and its rarity is needless to say.”
“What’s more, the sword grass involves quite a few sect secrets. It was originally born as a sword weapon, and under the cultivation of the successive generations of sword cultivators and spiritual planters of the sect, it has given rise to such third and fourth grade spiritual plants as the Sword Peacock and the Sword Crow, so its importance can be seen.”
“Although Senior Brother is good at spiritual planting, and has already started planting and cultivating the third-grade Sword Nurturing Gourd, if he wants to plant sword grass, he still needs to stay up for a period of time, and will only be qualified to plant sword grass after he becomes an inner sect disciple.”
The old farmer cultivator spoke eloquently, although he didn’t have the qualifications to plant sword grass, he had been working in the Si Nong Hall for such a long time, his understanding of sword grass was quite clear.
When Lu Xuan heard this, he hesitated in his heart, considering whether or not to hand over the fact that he had already planted a swordgrass.
He weighed his options and finally decided to tell the truth.
Confessing that he had planted a swordgrass could significantly increase the value of his identity as a Spiritual Planter, thus obtaining better spirit fields, spirit seeds, and so on.
Then, getting the richly rewarded white light clusters, obtaining more cultivation, treasures.
This part could be hidden, and on weekdays, one only needed to consolidate the persona of Spiritual Planter.
“I’m not hiding it from you, senior brother, I was in a small workshop in the outside world before, I happened to get a swordgrass seed, and after experimenting and groping for a while, I actually found a way to cultivate swordgrass, and successfully planted a swordgrass plant.”
Lu Xuan said in a low voice.
“Senior brother is not joking? It’s just as well that the swordgrass spirit seed was obtained by chance, although there are very few spirit seeds that have been leaked out to the outside world, it’s still somewhat possible to do so.”
“And then figuring out a method to grow swordgrass?”
It was as if the old farmer cultivator had heard something unbelievable, his face full of disbelief.
“Here, look senior brother, is it swordgrass.”
Lu Xuan took out the swordgrass from his storage bag and placed it in front of the old farmer cultivator.
“Huh?” The cultivator let out a soft eep, picking up the black swordgrass on the wooden table and scrutinizing it, flicking it with his fingers from time to time as his spiritual energy seeped into it.
“Although there is a slight difference from what I’ve seen before, it is indeed a swordgrass without a doubt.”
“Or is it of superior quality?!”
The old farmer cultivator couldn’t help but raise his head, his gaze looking at Lu Xuan in surprise, his eyes glaring round, wrinkles piling up on his forehead.
This person in front of him had actually groped and planted a superior quality swordgrass by himself!
He had an understanding of the cultivation method of sword grass, which could be simply summarized in a single sentence, just nourish and cultivate it with sword qi.
But knowing is easy and practicing is difficult, there are many complex conditions hidden in just one sentence.
First of all, it requires a cultivator with deep attainments in the sword path, able to manipulate the sword qi in a subtle way, so as to meet the growth needs of the sword grass.
Secondly, it required an experienced spiritual planter who could provide the most suitable sword qi to the sword grass according to its growth stage and growth condition.
It was important to realize that the strength of the body of the swordgrass was different at each stage, and the size of the demand for sword qi was always changing.
If the strength of the sword qi provided was too great and the quantity was too much, it might damage the swordgrass, and if the quantity of sword qi was too small and the strength was weak, it would affect the quality of the swordgrass, or even cultivate an unformed swordgrass.
Lu Xuan, on the other hand, had actually fulfilled these two extremely difficult conditions before entering the Heavenly Sword Sect.
This made the old peasant cultivator have to be impressed, his tone carrying a few moments of respect without even realizing it.
“I can’t imagine that Senior Brother Lu is actually still a spiritual planter genius, successfully cultivating sword grasses without a teacher.”
“With Senior Brother’s ability, surely he can be valued by the seniors in the Sect and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, at that time, Senior Brother don’t forget about Senior Brother me.”
“Elder brother is joking, I’m just lucky.”
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
“Senior Brother Lu, I will report this matter of Senior Brother cultivating the Sword Grass.
It’s just that the Palace Master is now in closed-door cultivation in the Inner Sect, so I’m afraid it’ll take a few days before I know, so can you tell me where your mansion is located, and I’ll notify you when there’s news.”
The old farmer cultivator was extremely enthusiastic and took the initiative to say.
Lu Xuan since he can cultivate his own sword grass and other rare spiritual plants, the future is naturally bright, he will go along with the trend to sell a good, make friends.
“Thank you, Senior Brother.”
Lu Xuan informed the old farmer cultivator of the location of his cave, and then left the Si Nong Hall with the Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed.
Outside the hall, he picked a tall-sized Spirit Crane, which carried him and flew to the cave.
The spiritual crane was extremely fast, and after a few moments, and stayed in the sky above the cave.
Lu Xuan gently jumped down and after delivering a spirit stone, he opened the formation and entered the courtyard.
“I’m back.”
The Cloud Treading Lynx pretended as if it had only just heard those words, gracefully walking out slowly from the house, a pair of turquoise pupils looking indifferently at Lu Xuan.
“Ow……”
A rough, low roar with seven points of entrapment signaled that he was clear.
Lu Xuan pulled the two tufts of gray hair on the tips of its ears, took out the Wind Falcon egg from his storage bag, and carefully placed it on the ground.
“This is the family’s new little companion, remember not to bully others in the future.”
Lu Xuan looked at the big cat-like Treading Cloud Lynx in front of him and instructed.
He had seen quite a few videos of wildcats catching birds in his previous life, so he had given the Treading Cloud Lynx a precautionary shot beforehand.
(End of chapter)