Chapter 245 Contributing to Its Demise
Chapter 245 – Aiding Its Demise
“Oh? A green jade branch of the third grade? Please also ask your senior nephew to come up to the stage so that we can go through it together.”
Lu Xuan’s heart came to a trace of interest, this third grade Green Jade Branch he had once seen on a tome in the hidden scripture cabinet, extremely rare, there would be no corresponding spirit species available for redemption within the Heavenly Sword Sect.
The gloomy looking youth took out a branch with a strange shape from his storage bag.
The tree body is long and thin, dark green color, the top has a coral bush like thin branches, like light green jade, with a crystalline texture.
Lu Xuan eyes pointedly found that on the thin branch of jade, there are many tiny cracks that are not visible, and the naked eye can easily ignore them.
The cracks were too subtle, and the extension of the lines was extremely natural, unlike the work of man.
“May I ask senior nephew, how long has it been since this green jade branch appeared in this condition?”
Lu Xuan asked curiously.
“Less than three days, the specifics are not too clear, I only stumbled upon it today.”
The gloomy looking youth faintly returned.
Lu Xuan nodded as he heard this, constantly turning over the Third Grade Green Jade Branch in his hand, thoughts churning in his mind.
“What could be the cause of this? Judging from the development trend of the ripples, the possibility of external forces is minimal, the focus should still be on the internal cause.”
“Then what could be the case? Evil spirit breath invasion? Or an unknown foreign insect? Or simply trying to crack on its own?”
“Does Uncle see the problem?”
The gloomy youth waited with some impatience and asked anxiously.
“Not yet, let me take another look.”
Lu Xuan continued to carefully inspect the Third Grade Green Jade Branch in his hand.
After another half a moment, he, as well as the other outer disciples attracted here, were still at their wits’ end, and the several methods proposed were only treating the symptoms, unable to find the root cause of the problem.
“If senior uncle really can’t find the problem, why don’t we just call it a day, I’ll go find other senior uncles to help look at it later.”
There were a few moments of skepticism in the youth’s tone.
“Can I plant this green jade branch again?”
With a calm expression, he solicited the gloomy youth.
When things didn’t turn on, Lu Xuan intended to utilize his precise grasp of the growth state of spiritual plants to try planting it to see what was going on.
“There’s no need for Senior Uncle to be redundant.”
“I have an extremely strong affinity for growing spirit plants, and can probably sense their emotions and needs.
After planting the green jade branch, I will be able to come up with a rough judgment based on those several spirit plant techniques.”
“As long as it doesn’t damage the green jade branch.”
The youth hesitated for a moment, and even though he felt that what Lu Xuan said was a bit unthinkable, he finally nodded his head in agreement.
“Please rest assured, senior nephew, I guarantee that it won’t exacerbate the damage to the spiritual plants.”
With the permission of the owner of the green jade branch, Lu Xuan found an open space and performed the Earth Drawing Technique, planting the cut off green jade branch into the middle of the spiritual field.
Of the many outer disciples who had come to listen to the lesson, there were also quite a few who gathered around to see how Lu Xuan actually solved the problem.
The root of the green jade branch fit right into a crack.
Lu Xuan gave the spirit plant a Spiritual Rain Technique, and wisps of spiritual qi rain seeped into the roots of the green jade branch as well as the branches and leaves.
Under the concentration of his mind, detailed information about the Green Jade Branch appeared in his mind.
[Green Jade Branch, Third Grade Spiritual Plant, rare and precious, needs to absorb the essence of jade during its growth, and can be used to refine jade ruyi, jade pendants, jade simplices, and other evil-repelling magical weapons after maturity].
[The vitality is flowing. Due to the parasitic cryptic woodworm in the spirit plant’s body, causing the spirit plant’s vitality to drain away, if it continues for a long time, the jade at the top is likely to slowly disintegrate.
“Cryptic woodworm? What is it?”
Finding out the problem, Lu Xuan instantly put his heart down. It was just that the Hidden Woodworm hidden inside the Spirit Plant was unheard of for him, and under curiosity, his Spiritual Sense coalesced around inside the Spirit Plant.
Perhaps it was because he had come across the Hidden Wood Bug itself, and soon, a piece of information about the Hidden Wood Bug quickly flashed through his mind.
[Hidden Wood Bug, third grade foreign bug, attack power is at a low level amongst similar bugs and insects, concealment ability is extremely strong, and can be skillfully and naturally fused together with the spiritual plant].
[It can form a symbiotic relationship with certain spiritual plants and grow with each other, or it can parasitize in other spiritual plants and slowly seize their vitality].
[Can be lured out by wood-based magic weapons and talismans.]
“Capable of becoming one with spirit plants, no wonder it couldn’t find any trace of it.”
“Symbiotic …… parasitic ……”
Lu Xuan lamented, and suddenly, it was as if a bolt of lightning struck through his mind.
“This green jade branch in front of me is obviously not a symbiotic target of the Cryptic Woodworm, so why is there a trace of the Cryptic Woodworm inside the spirit plant?”
“Perhaps someone took the initiative to place the Cryptic Woodworm inside the spirit plant?”
The more Lu Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility.
The passive relationship between the Hidden Wood Insect and the parasitic spirit plant, coupled with the obviously short period of time that the Green Jade Branch had been in an abnormal situation.
Lu Xuan’s mind raced as he thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible.
“If the Cryptic Woodworm was deliberately released into the Green Jade Branch, what was the purpose?”
“Come over to smash the scene?”
He had already imagined a scene behind it.
As a Spiritual Plant Master who could come to the Hall of Transmission to teach, he was helpless in dealing with the phenomenon of the third-grade green jade branch crumbling, and then was tackled by an unheard of Qi Practicing Cultivator.
With such an obvious comparison, it would likely affect his reputation in the Spiritual Planting Dao.
“Who could be the mastermind behind this?”
Lu Xuan’s first thought was the three people in the blessed land, he had always been a deep-rooted person who was good to people, and only because of the Phoenix Wood he had a great conflict with the three people, the possibility of a bystander was extremely small.
“Using the rare and uncommon third-grade green jade branch as bait, purposely putting in the extremely hard to detect hidden woodworm, when he can’t solve it himself, and after his reputation is swept away, he can use a specific magic weapon to lure out the hidden woodworm inside the spirit plant, and the green jade branch’s slight vitality that has passed away can be quickly restored.”
“To be able to come up with such a flawless method in just half a day’s time is really not easy.”
“Unfortunately, I didn’t expect to be able to detect the traces of the Hidden Wood Insect after all the calculations.”
The corner of Lu Xuan’s mouth rose slightly without showing any trace.
Being able to grasp the immediate state of the Spirit Plant would allow him to see at a glance where the abnormality of the Spirit Plant was, and thus find a way to deal with it.
“Putting the Hidden Woodworm into a rare green jade branch that can’t build a symbiotic relationship, then there’s no intention of preserving the spirit plant.”
“In that case, I’ll give you another boost.”
“Contribute to the demise of the green jade branch.”
He grasped the Green Jade Branch Spiritual Plant in his hand, and a tiny strand of Green Wood Source Qi surged out from the tip of his little thumb, seeping into the Spiritual Plant.
The green wood source qi contained a large amount of pure grass and wood aura, which was the favorite of the vast majority of spirit plants and bugs like the Hidden Wood Insect.
After the Hidden Wood Bug in the Green Jade Branch absorbed it, it could greatly accelerate its growth rate, and more closely and deeply integrate with the spiritual plant without any separation.
The person behind the scene had the idea of separating the Hidden Wood Bug from the Green Jade Branch after striking Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan did not do anything about it, and directly welded the two together firmly, cutting off the possibility of further separation.
“Senior nephew, I’ve carefully examined it, and there should be a third grade Hidden Wood Insect hidden in the Green Jade Branch.”
“However, it’s been a long time since the disease has accumulated, so I’m afraid it’ll be difficult to return the spirit plant to normal.”
As soon as the words fell, a clicking sound came from the jade branch at the top of the green jade branch, and the cracks that were originally a few invisible cracks instantly grew longer and larger, clear and obvious.
(End of chapter)