Chapter 181 – Empty Cultivation, No Other Essence
Chapter 181 – Empty of Cultivation, Not Refined in Others
He took the ordinary Spirit Glow Grass, which did not produce any changes after induction, and put it back into the previous environment to continue the experiment.
After one round of experiments after another, the remaining thirty-one Spirit Glow Grass Spirit Seeds placed in the ancient well ended up with nine mutated Spirit Seeds, while the twenty in the Dan Furnace screened out five mutated Spirit Seeds.
The rest of the spirit seeds were irreversibly damaged, and after they were planted, the spirit plants matured with low quality, and some of them were even completely discarded and would not grow plants.
The fourteen Ice Spirit Seeds that had successfully mutated were planted by him in the chilly cavern, slightly isolated from the other fifty Spirit Fluorescent Grasses that had already grown shoots.
The twelve Fire Spirit Seeds could only be planted in a conventional manner due to the restricted environment of the cave’s spiritual field, and Lu Xuan struck a low-grade Fire Spirit Spell on them from time to time, nourishing them with slight Fire Spirit Power.
“After all, it’s still a limited number of Spirit Seeds and the environment of the spiritual field is average, when we break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and condense more Spirit Seeds, then we can change the conditions for inducing the Spirit Seeds, thus summarizing the way in which the Spirit Seeds are most prone to produce mutations.”
Lu Xuan looked at the mutated spirit plants in the spirit field and lamented.
“However, a successful mutation is a good start.
When the cultivation level breaks through, these Mutant Spirit Plants that contain ice or fire spiritual power will almost get a large number of spirit seeds, and can be planted on a large scale.”
For the next period of time, Lu Xuan did not go to the Hall of Concubine Affairs to pick up any new quests since he already had two long-term quests of raising the Jiao Dragon Demon Beast as well as cultivating the Burning Yuan Wood.
He focused on observing and cultivating the Mutant Spirit Fluorescent Grass, and spent the rest of his time properly cultivating and getting ready to try to break through to Foundation Establishment.
Time was like water, and in the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
“Big Brother Lu, I came over to see you!”
On this day, a familiar call came from outside the courtyard.
Lu Xuan instantly heard that it was Baili Jianqing’s voice and smiled as he opened the courtyard door, a clear face with eyes narrowed into two slits came into view.
“Jianqing is here, please come in.”
“Hahaha, I guessed that you’re at home, Big Brother Lu, there’s not one in a hundred clan disciples who are as geeky as you are.”
Baili Jianqing carried a piece of demonic beast meat of some unknown species and directly entered the courtyard.
“Big brother Lu, this is the meat of the demonic beast I caught and killed from that newly developed secret realm, bring it over for you to try, and by the way, I’ll rub a meal here with you, I’ve been craving for your handicraft for a long time.”
Baili Jianqing nonchalantly entered the small kitchen next to him and said with a smile.
“Okay, I’ll show you my hand later.”
Lu Xuan slightly handled the demonic beast meat and came into the courtyard, looking at Baili Jianqing who was teasing the Wind Falcon’s young bird.
“You went to that newly discovered secret realm some time ago? What was the realm?”
“The new secret realm, there are plenty of opportunities and treasures, besides, there is a Foundation Establishment Master’s blessing, so if I can go, I will naturally go.”
“I stayed there for a while, and I got several kinds of rare spirit medicines, two of which are still of the third grade, so my chances are not bad.”
“As for the danger, I only ran into it once, when I accidentally ran into a third-grade demonic beast with a few of my fellow disciples, and summoned to contact the nearby Foundation-Builder Uncle, who flew over to settle the demonic beast.”
“The valuable part of the demonic beast’s body was taken away by the senior uncle, I got a share of some trimmings, and quite a lot of demonic beast meat, here, it’s the one I just brought over.”
Baili Jianqing skimmed his mouth towards the kitchen.
“Big brother Lu, such a good opportunity, didn’t you follow along to have a look in the secret realm?”
He asked Lu Xuan curiously.
Lu Xuan waved the blade in his hand into a trail of residual shadows and returned carelessly.
“Jianqing, you know me.
I’m a person who prefers quietness over movement, compared to going out to explore the secret realm and search for opportunities, I’d rather stay in the sect, cultivating and tending to the spiritual plants, and raising and feeding the spiritual beasts.”
Baili Jianqing nodded gently, and seeing that Lu Xuan was busy, he went to the courtyard on his own, teasing Er Xiao from time to time.
The spirit fields were mainly at the back of the courtyard, covered by formations, and he had no thoughts of prying into them, not venturing into them. After most of an hour, Lu Xuan came out with five or six pots of steaming dishes.
Taking out a pot of Spirit Brew from the room, each poured a cup and drank it all in one go.
The Spirit Brew’s strength was mellow and continuous, and Lu Xuan picked up a piece of Explosive Stir-fried Demon Beast Meat and brought it to his mouth.
An extremely fragrant and tender flavor filled every part of his mouth, and the rich spiritual energy flowed down his throat, integrating into his limbs and bones, warming his body.
“Worthy of being a third grade demonic beast, the meat quality is obviously extraordinary.”
Lu Xuan sighed with emotion, his twin chopsticks flew to pick up the second piece and swallowed it in one gulp.
“It’s mainly because of Brother Lu’s good craftsmanship, the flavor of my own is far worse.”
Baili Jianqing squinted her eyes and said with a satisfied expression.
Lu Xuan smiled without saying a word as he chucked up two pieces of demonic beast meat and threw them in front of the Treading Cloud Lynx and the Wind Falcon Cub respectively.
The wine was full.
“Jianqing, I seem to remember you saying that your grandfather was once an outer disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, so I’m sure you have quite a bit of knowledge about how sect disciples break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.”
“Grandfather did have said many things about the sect to me.”
Baili Jianqing subconsciously replied back, and as if he realized something, his tone lurched as his Spiritual Awareness swept over Lu Xuan’s body.
“Crap!”
“Big Brother Lu, are you preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment?”
His narrowed eyes instantly glared to an unprecedented roundness, his expression full of astonishment.
“Having gotten to that point by a fluke, recently there was the intention to make a breakthrough in one fell swoop.”
Lu Xuan smiled blandly.
“I’ve only just broken through to Qi Practicing Perfection, thinking that my cultivation had increased fast enough, but I didn’t expect that you, Brother Lu, would actually be trying to break through to Foundation Establishment without moving a muscle!”
Baili Jianqing’s expression was a bit dumbfounded, Lu Xuan’s speed of cultivation increase had greatly surprised him.
“How can I raise my cultivation quickly? Big Brother Lu teach me!”
He came back to his senses and looked at Lu Xuan with some admiration.
“I’m just using the time I spent exploring the secret realm and competing for opportunities to cultivate.”
Lu Xuan said indifferently.
“Although I have a penchant for cultivating spiritual plants, it doesn’t take me long, and the rest of the time, I cultivate hard day and night.”
“Together with the cultivated Spirit Plants, I mostly used them to exchange for cultivation-enhancing pills, a two-pronged approach that has brought me to this position today.”
“However, this also has no small drawbacks, having empty cultivation and not refining the rest.”
“There is no time to cultivate those strange arts, and there is no extra spirit stone to buy protective talismans and powerful magic weapons.”
“If one were to run into other cultivators of the same level of cultivation, I’m afraid that a few rounds would result in a crushing defeat.”
Lu Xuan said with an expression filled with regret, nicely portraying the image of an ordinary Spirit Plant Master who was only interested in growing his cultivation and had no time for anything else.
“I see, not having arts, talismans, and magic artifacts that match one’s cultivation level is indeed not perfect.”
“However, as long as Brother Lu succeeds in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he will completely have the time to make up for these, and by then, he will be able to do so without being weaker than other cultivators of the same rank.”
Baili Jianqing gently comforted.
(End of Chapter)