Chapter 26.
Chapter 26: Weaving Grass
After taking the three Red Bearded Carp Fry, Lu Xuan returned to the courtyard.
Coming to the edge of that spiritual spring, the Red Whiskered Carp in the bag looked a little listless after the bumpy ride, the long thin red whiskers on both sides of the fish’s head hanging down feebly.
“A luxurious new residence for you!”
Lu Xuan said in a slightly sour tone as he poured the three tails of Red Whiskered Carp into the Spirit Spring.
If the Spirit Spring was a bit larger in size and the water was a bit deeper, he would have wanted to go in and take a dip.
The red-whiskered carp fell into the Spiritual Spring and were initially a little uncomfortable, but under the stimulation of the spring water that contained a weak spiritual qi, they quickly revitalized.
Swimming around in the spring water, the two long thin red whiskers floated in the water extremely comfortably.
With some anticipation, Lu Xuan’s mind focused on the body of one of the red-whiskered carp.
“Red-whiskered Carp Fry, classless spirit beast, quite happy with its new environment, it would be even better if some more spirit rice fell in the spirit spring.”
A thought flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind.
“Not bad!”
Lu Xuan couldn’t hold back his inner excitement and raised his fist vigorously.
Since he could see the immediate state of the Red Bearded Carp, in all likelihood, when it matured, a white ball of light would appear as well.
Lu Xuan looked at the three tails of Red Whiskered Carp swimming freely in the Spirit Spring, as if he could see that they were breeding bountiful treasures for himself.
“It looks like we can raise more spirit birds and spirit beasts in the Spirit Field or Spirit Spring.”
He secretly made a decision.
Recalling the instant state of the Red Bearded Carp that appeared in his mind, he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“The three little guys are still thinking about spiritual rice falling from the sky, if it really falls, it will fall into my mouth first, so let’s drink some spiritual spring that doesn’t need spiritual stones first!”
He left the spirit spring and patrolled the spirit field.
The spiritual field where the Blood Jade Ginseng was located, Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense sensed that the position of the twenty Blood Jade Ginseng seeds had shifted, with several pairs of them leaning towards each other.
Lu Xuan hurriedly operated the Earth Drawing Technique, and through the Spiritual Soil, he made them return to their original positions, maintaining a relatively safe distance.
One hundred Spirit Glow Grasses had already begun to grow new shoots, the tender green and slender new shoots were sparsely distributed in the Spirit Soil, transmitting to Lu Xuan an upwardly spirited state of growth.
The spirit field was divided into several areas, with one of the spirit fields that was slightly thicker in spirit power planting the spirit plants that had migrated over.
Among them, the second grade Sword Grass alone occupied a large chunk of the spiritual soil, and around its straight sword-like body, there would occasionally be hints of sword intent shooting out, so there was no room for other spiritual plants growing nearby.
In the fine red needles of the first-grade Red Cloud Pine, a few flower clusters were getting more and more delicate, and the buds were blooming, which was very beautiful.
The other second grade Dark Medulla Chi, on the other hand, was still accompanied by rotting wood, with densely packed dark red mycelium drawing on the decaying spiritual energy within it.
In the corner of the spirit field, the grass puppet leaned against the wall, silently familiarizing itself with its new environment.
The large hole in its chest was still there, extremely eye-catching.
Lu Xuan came next to it and slightly reluctantly took out a spirit stone.
Normally, when raising a Grass Puppet, all one needed to provide was a Shattered Spirit, and it would be able to maintain its functions and guard the Spirit Field.
However, if one wanted it to stimulate its own recovery ability, a mere shattered spirit would be far from enough.
He stuffed a spirit stone into the gray grass tumor on the grass puppet’s head.
Then, a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy came from the huge tumor made of gray withered grass links.
Immediately after that, two gray and black withered grasses floated out of the head, one on the left and one on the right, as if they were flotsam and jetsam in the wind, and slowly floated to the large hole in the chest.
Starting from the edge of the hole, the two gray grasses slowly weaved in a cross shape, filling the large hole in the chest bit by bit.
Lu Xuan couldn’t stand its slow weaving movements and ran to the other parts of the spiritual field, casting a round of Spiritual Rain Technique and releasing the Earth Drawing Technique and Gengjin Sword Technique according to the needs of the spiritual plant. After nearly an hour, when he came back to look at the grass puppet, the project of filling the large hole in its chest had finally reached the final stage.
Two gray and black withered grasses filled the last gap, and slowly tied a knot, the remaining small section of withered grass falling to the ground.
Lu Xuan could clearly feel that the grass puppet’s gigantic head had become a circle smaller.
“It’s good that you’ve recovered, I still need you to help me guard the spirit field.”
Although the Spirit Field was now guarded by a First Grade Protective Formation, Lu Xuan had gotten used to the Grass Puppet standing dully in the corner and was willing to pay a Spirit Stone to heal it well.
One should know that when he bought this used Grass Puppet, he had spent less than three Spirit Stones.
After making his rounds in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan opened the formation and arrived in the Scattered Cultivator Bazaar.
Taking the opportunity of moving to a new home this time, he planned to invite Xu Wan, as well as Zhang Xiuyuan, and Steward He of the Hundred Herb Hall to his home, to show his gratitude for the care and attention they had shown him before.
Thus, he came to the bazaar, wanting to buy some spirit rice, spirit beast meat, and make a sumptuous meal.
In the bazaar, there was a special Spirit Rice store, with several types of Spirit Rice for sale, the lowest price was thirty broken Spirits per catty, the most expensive was a type of Spirit Rice called Blood Tooth Rice, with full grains and a fresh fragrance that was compelling, and it cost four Spirit Stones per catty.
It is said that there are even more expensive, specializing in supplying the core members of the big families in the market, ordinary casual cultivators even if the spirit stone is more, there is no way to buy.
Lu Xuan considered it again and again, and finally bought ten pounds of spirit rice with thirty broken spirits per catty, and another two pounds of spirit rice with fifty broken spirits per catty, spending a total of four spirit stones.
After buying the Spirit Rice, he went to the stall selling Spirit Beast Meat and bought two pounds of Spiny Dolphin Meat and three pounds of Barbarian Beef.
Then he bought more than a catty of Cui Ling Leaves, which were the color of emerald, and could be eaten after a little frying, crisp and delicious, and could add a trace of spiritual qi in the body of a low level qi practicing cultivator.
Finally, bought some more does not contain spiritual qi, but extremely delicious food, Lu Xuan this big bag back home.
After buying so many ingredients, he had spent about ten Spirit Stones, and for Lu Xuan, who had always been frugal, it was considered blood money.
When he returned home, he began to process the ingredients and prepare dinner.
As evening approached, Lu Xuan had already prepared the meal and estimated that Steward He and the others were about to come over.
Soon, Steward He’s spirited voice came from outside the courtyard.
“Lu kid, open the door quickly, I’ve come to dine!”
Lu Xuan opened the courtyard door and saw the thin old man carrying a jug of wine in his hand.
“This Yellow Currant Wine is a ten-year Spirit Brew, its flavor is mellow and long, it can serve to nourish the flesh, let’s have a few good drinks together later.”
Steward He raised the wine jug in his hand.
“You brat, you rented such a large courtyard without saying a word, no wonder the lion opened his mouth and swallowed so many Spirit Glow Grass seeds as well as Blood Jade Ginseng seeds.”
He looked at the wide spirit field and sighed in his heart.
“Old He you first find yourself a place to sit down, I’ll go prepare dinner.”
Lu Xuan exchanged a word and entered the kitchen.
Before he could start cooking, there came Zhang Xiuyuan’s loud voice again.
“Uncle Little Lu, Mother and I are coming over!”
Lu Xuan went out to greet him, and the naive Zhang Xiuyuan jumped in and hugged his thigh.
“Congratulations on Uncle Little Lu’s housewarming, I’ll be hugging your thigh from now on!”
Behind him, Xu Wan carried a bamboo basket with spirit fruits and smiled ear-to-ear.
(End of chapter)