Chapter 274 – Starfall Sword Talisman
Chapter 274 – Starfall Sword Talisman
“It’s a pity that the conditions for cultivating the Dragon Skeleton Grass can’t be met right now.”
Lu Xuan stayed at the bottom of the lake and sighed secretly.
The skeletons in the small lake were left behind by the Jiao Dragons that had sat for many years, and the skeleton essence inside had long been lost or pretty much absorbed by the Dragon Skeleton Grass Spirit Seed.
However, by virtue of his relationship with Yang Qingfeng and Tao Zhiqing, the two Foundation Cultivators who kept the Jiao Dragons, it was not a problem to get one or two fresh skeletons that had not yet died for a short period of time.
The main thing is the third grade and above spirit liquid, the small lake is rich in spiritual qi, the water outside the lake is considered a spiritual spring, but there is still a big gap from becoming a spirit liquid, can only be used to brew spirit wine, pots of spirit tea and so on.
“Fifth-grade and above spiritual plants, whether it is its own characteristics, or cultivation conditions, and third-grade fourth-grade and even other lower grade spiritual plants have obvious differences.”
Whether it was the Phoenix Wood, Demon Ghost Vine, and Dragon Skeleton Grass in the Mountain Peak Cave, or the Holy Infant Fruit and Blood Sinner Flower in the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town, they each had their own divine characteristics.
As Lu Xuan pondered, a strand of Green Wood Source Qi surged out from his fingertips and was ferried into the Jiao Dragon Fossilized Stone.
The Dragon Skeleton Grass was still a spiritual plant in nature, and the Green Wood Source Qi that originated from the life essence of the Fifth Grade Green Xuan Deer was beneficial and harmless to it.
“Stow it in this auger fossilized stone first to maintain its vitality, and then cultivate it properly when the conditions are met.”
Lu Xuan made a decision in his heart and set up a simple formation near the Jiao Long Fossilized Stone to prevent the spirit fish inside the small lake from causing trouble.
“You can’t just barge in here, if I find out, then I’ll whip your tendons and skin you to directly produce all sorts of spirit plant raw materials.”
He summoned the Departing Fire Jiao over and instructed with a serious expression.
The young Jiao floated in the lake water and kept nodding its little head.
Only then did Lu Xuan burrow out of the small lake and began to patrol the spirit field and cultivate the spirit plants.
For the next ten days or so, he stayed on the mountain peak at ease, cultivating spiritual plants and raising spiritual beasts every day, and practicing gongfu and sword arts in his spare time, living a simple yet fulfilling life.
On this day, during his inspection of the spirit field, he came to the first planted Sword Nurturing Gourd and found that the last Sword Nurturing Gourd knotted on the vines had already matured.
The gourd was thin at the top and thick at the bottom, its surface was pale green and mottled, and the sound of clanging swords was faintly heard from inside.
Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense attached to it, controlling the invisible sword qi inside the gourd, and with a thought, an invisible sword qi shot out of the gourd in lightning, and disappeared into a huge rock.
“Not bad, the sword qi attack power is equivalent to a third-grade magic sword, but it’s better because it’s stealthy, making it impossible to defend against.”
Lu Xuan casually tried the invisible sword qi in the Sword Nurturing Gourd and lamented.
He put away the gourd and shifted his attention to the white ball of light at the top of the vine.
The white light mass shimmered faintly, as if it was condensed from countless subtle sword qi.
Lu Xuan reached out and gently touched the surface of the light mass, and the light mass cracked open with a loud bang, surging into Lu Xuan’s fingertips in an instant, and an extremely slight tingling sensation came from his skin.
A thought flashed through his mind.
[Harvest one Third Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtain a Fourth Grade Starfall Sword Talisman.]
A special talisman that was not gold or jade and shaped like a sword tip appeared in his hand.
A meteor seemed to cross the surface of the talisman, and the meteor burned everything just for a final moment of sublimation.
Lu Xuan’s mind condensed on the talisman and immediately learned the detailed information about it.
【Star Falling Sword Talisman, Fourth Grade Talisman, after activation, the sword qi is like a falling meteor, meeting the opponent with a blatant and unrivaled momentum, traveling faster and faster and with increasing power, it can seriously injure or even decapitate mid-stage Foundation Establishment as well as late-stage cultivators】.
“A new fourth-grade sword talisman!” Lu Xuan rejoiced in his heart, the third-grade Sword Nurturing Gourd, bearing five gourds, brought five fourth-grade sword talismans.
Two Tsunami Sword Talismans, two Great Sun Sword Talismans, and the final Starfall Sword Talisman, one of which had consumed most of its sword qi in the Lang Yue Blessed Land.
“Although they’re all just consumables, compared to the effort put in during the cultivation process, it’s considered a staggering harvest.”
After all of the Sword Nurturing Gourds had matured, the vines that were planted had lost all of their spirituality, and the gourds that would be produced in the future didn’t have many anomalies, so Lu Xuan simply pulled them out, and moved the remaining second-hand Flying Swords below them to the newly planted gourds.
“It’s time to spend, it’s time to save, you can use a few hundred Sword Seals to buy a Spirit Seed, and you can also not waste the second-hand flying swords that are worth a mere few Spirit Stones.”
The five fourth-grade sword talismans obtained from the sword-raising gourd, he would naturally keep all of them in his hands, it was just that it was a bit of a waste to keep all five sword-raising gourds, and they had to be dealt with.
“Keep one or two for yourself, and settle the rest within the sect.”
Whether it was exchanging them with fellow sect members or selling them at a low price to the sect’s halls that acquired spirit plants and magic weapons, it was a good choice.
Although the amount of spirit stones earned might be less, it was better because it was safe and stable enough without having to take any risks.
After the Sword Nurturing Gourd matured, the remaining nine plants of the Sword Grass also fully matured one after another.
In the spirit field, Lu Xuan’s palm bones resembled glaze as he gripped the bottom of the swordgrass and directly pulled it out.
The shape and size of the sword grass was similar to that of an ordinary flying sword, and it even formed a natural hilt at the root, which enabled Lu Xuan to grab the sword grass at just the right place.
Lu Xuan swept through it, confirming it to be of good quality, and gently touched the white mass of light that appeared on the ground of the spiritual soil.
[Harvested one second grade swordgrass, obtained Winter Snow Sword Intent.]
Thoughts flashed through his mind, an invisible sword intent surged into the sea of consciousness, like snowflakes falling, gentle and inscrutable, omnipresent and bone chilling, after the sword intent continued to accumulate, it could invisibly freeze the opponent’s body and mind.
In this way, the eight sword grasses are fully mature.
Somewhat to Lu Xuan’s surprise, the sword grasses cultivated with the four different sword qi of the Four Seasons Sword Skill, the light clusters opened up with the corresponding sword intent.
Spring Rain Sword Intent, Summer Sword Intent, Autumn Wind Sword Intent, and Winter Snow Sword Intent.
The four different types of Sword Intent surged into Lu Xuan’s sea of consciousness one after another, allowing him to reach a whole new realm in terms of his comprehension and control of the Four Seasons Sword Skill.
The four sword techniques rose from sword techniques to sword potentials, and the different sword potentials could be freely converted between them, as if the seasons were changing, and each move contained the way of nature.
“It’s as if one didn’t even practice the Four Seasons Sword Technique much, and somehow became a sword dao expert.”
Lu Xuan secretly sighed as he had the illusion of having dipped into the Four Seasons Sword Technique for tens or hundreds of years at the moment.
On weekdays, he didn’t even have much time to cultivate the Great Five Elements Technique, and as for cultivating the Sword Skill that was even more so.
“However, when cultivating the sword grass, due to the refinement of cultivation, it invariably forced me to control the four types of sword qi that are inspired in the sword grass, and compared to other sword cultivators who normally cultivate the sword grass, I was given more opportunities to exercise.”
“Not to mention, the sword intent of the corresponding sword skill brought by the white light mass after the swordgrass matured.”
“Cultivating a swordgrass is considered to have a double sword skill harvest.”
He secretly thought.
“Ten swordgrasses, eight have matured, the third grade Wind and Thunder Swordgrass still needs some time, and when the other swordgrass cultivated by the Red Flame Sword Sword Qi matures, it’s time to make a trip to the Sword Hall.”
(End of chapter)