Chapter 14: The Return
Chapter 14: Returning
Lu Xuan said decisively, not allowing Zhang Xiuyuan to refute.
He didn’t want to spend a lot of time searching for casual Spiritual Planters who had suffered from insect infestations, so he gave this task to Zhang Xiuyuan while giving him a small reward.
Zhang Xiuyuan had no choice but to accept.
When he thought that he would be able to earn thirty crushed spirits for finding a household of cultivators infested with demonic insects, he could not help but be overjoyed and floored.
“However, there are some places that must be agreed upon, the cultivators that I find can only be limited to the northern district, and I can only help a maximum of three casual spiritual planters with their infestations in a day.”
Lu Xuan added.
His main focus at the moment was on the spirit plants in his own yard, and it would not be worth it if the spirit plants could not grow at their best because of his greed for that small amount of spirit stones.
He still had a clear division of priorities.
There was also another factor, he was only displaying his cultivation at the second level of Qi cultivation, if he frequently activated the Gengjin Sword Technique, it would be easy to reveal his true cultivation.
For the next ten days or so, with Zhang Xiuyuan searching hard, Lu Xuan had to go out almost every day to help with the pests.
Due to the increasing severity of the pest infestation and the possibility of a repeat infestation, he had to activate his Gungjin Sword Skill three times almost every time he went out.
Each time he went out, he would share thirty broken spirits with Zhang Xiuyuan, and get four spirit stones and seventy broken spirits for himself. In the ten days or so of work, together with what he had accumulated before, Lu Xuan now had a full fortune of around two hundred spirit stones.
During that time, the owner of the courtyard came over to collect the rent once, paying thirty spirit stones.
In addition, another eleven Eclipse Fruits were harvested, leaving nineteen left.
All of them were of good quality, including five Split Silver Blade fragments, three first-grade Peiyuan Dan, and three first-grade talismans.
The crippled Split Silver Blade looked slightly more complete with the addition of these five fragments, with only a few smaller gaps left.
Since the Eclipse Fruits had simpler storage conditions, Lu Xuan didn’t rush to sell them, but collected them together and waited for all of them to ripen before going to sell them to Hundred Herb Hall’s Steward He.
Aside from the Eclipse Moon Tree that was about to fully mature, the other three spiritual plants in the spiritual field were all growing in extremely good condition.
The Spirit Glow Grass had already passed the halfway point of its growth cycle, and it was to be seen that it could be harvested again in another month or so, and the Red Cloud Pine hadn’t changed very much, it had only grown noticeably taller.
As for the sword grass, in the daily gengjin sword skill golden sword qi under the stimulation of nourishment, slowly grow a black fine grass like a sword.
Straight and upright, the tip of the grass is pointing to the sky, there is a hint of faint sword intent lingering in the grass leaves.
……
“Come, come, split the spirit stones now, this is your reward for today.”
On the green stone path, Lu Xuan took out ninety broken spirits and handed them to Zhang Xiuyuan.
“Thank you Uncle Little Lu!”
Zhang Xiuyuan smiled innocently, receiving the broken spirits with familiar movements and carefully stuffing them inside his clothes.
The two of them had just gone to three scattered cultivators’ homes today, and Lu Xuan had resolved all of them without any problems, so it was the right time to divide the proceeds at this moment.
“It’s back, the first batch of cultivators who reclaimed the secret realm are back!”
There was a sudden clamor not far ahead, Lu Xuan vaguely heard a few words, it seemed to be that the last time the Wang Family organized a trip to the wilderness for the scattered cultivators, the first batch had returned today.
He hadn’t been to that wilderness where opportunity and risk coexisted, and had a few curiosities about that new secret realm, so he brought Zhang Xiuyuan over.
“I heard that the new secret realm has several layers of powerful array protection, and the Wang Family’s array masters managed to break through two of them, finding many rare spiritual plants, heavenly treasures, and even high-grade artifacts and techniques!”
“F*ck, I’m so jealous, I regret that I didn’t sign up to go along!” “If I had gone, I might have gotten a great chance, and since then, I could have risen to the top, and become a Foundation Establishment or even a JieDan cultivator!”
“That’s right, I hate not being able to take my place!”
The crowd was talking, all of them eyeing the huge harvest of the cultivators who came back from the secret realm.
Lu Xuan had an ancient well in his heart, the huge harvest inside the secret realm was inevitable, or else the Wang Family, the great family in the Lin Yang Marketplace, wouldn’t have organized so many cultivators and spent manpower and resources to reclaim it.
However, the big part of the proceeds will be occupied by the Wang family, while the rest will be divided by some powerful cultivators, and as for the largest number of scattered cultivators, it will be considered good if they can get a little bit of the leftovers.
I don’t even know how many people not only didn’t get any profit, but instead lost their lives and died.
Zhang Xiuyuan, who had heard the cultivators’ discussion and was thinking of his father, whom he had not seen for a long time, was nervous and anxious, so he greeted Lu Xuan and flew to his home.
Lu Xuan was in no hurry, walking on the path home.
The news of the return of the cultivators who had reclaimed the new secret realm spread rapidly, and the entire northern part of the Square City seemed to have been set ablaze in an instant, with a sense of restlessness permeating the air.
As he passed by a scattered cultivator’s compound, Lu Xuan heard several mournful wailing sounds.
Through the open door of the courtyard, he saw an exhausted casual cultivator holding an urn, and a woman in front of him weeping with grief and sorrow.
Lu Xuan was quite familiar with this family, the man was a middle-aged cultivator surnamed Xiong, with the third level of qi cultivation, who had signed up to participate in this Great Reclamation of the Mysterious Realm.
Its ending was self-explanatory.
He didn’t know how many times he had seen or heard such a scenario along the way.
“The path of cultivation is long and difficult, and if an ordinary cultivator wants to go further, he can only strive to seize every possible opportunity, even if he will die if he is not careful, he must still do his best to fight for it.”
“Cultivation is hard, it’s hard to cultivate!”
“Good thing I have that special spiritual field, I don’t have to fight to the death for a sliver of unknown chance, I can just plant the field in peace.”
Lu Xuan was even more thankful that he had that special white light mass, and also strengthened the idea of never going out to take risks so easily.
For the next few days, he stayed quietly at home, cultivating his spirit plants.
Zhang Xiuyuan hadn’t come to see him in the past few days, Lu Xuan knew that he was worried about his father, and was listless when he saw him occasionally, and although Xu Wan appeared to remain calm on the surface, her face, which had obviously lost a lot of weight, revealed her inner self.
“Father!”
One afternoon, Lu Xuan, who was watering the spiritual plants with the Spiritual Rain Technique in the courtyard, heard a surprised shout.
He revealed a small smile and opened the courtyard door.
Sure enough, Zhang Hong’s clothes were dazzling and dusty as he walked towards his home in big strides, his arms bulging and his face creased with smiles, so he could tell that the harvest was not small.
Seeing Lu Xuan, he nodded from afar and smiled in greeting.
Lu Xuan smiled in response and watched as Zhang Hong embraced his wife and son, smiling cheerfully as he entered his home.
He did not go over to join in the fun, Zhang Hong had returned from the wilderness with the harvest from the secret realm, and was now at the most sensitive moment, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the wind was blowing, and that the cups were full of snakes.
Although the two were very trusting of each other, but now if he went over rashly, there was a possibility that it would cause unnecessary suspicion and resistance.
After half a day, Zhang Hong himself came to the door.
(End of chapter)