Chapter 292 – Gathering Sand Snail
Chapter 292 – Gathering Sand Snail
Empty Underworld Island.
Early in the morning, the red sun was rising, shedding ten thousand rays of sunlight, the sea was undulating, and the salty sea breeze was blowing.
Lu Xuan woke up early to inspect the growth of the various spirit plants in the spirit field.
The Waterfly Grass had already sprouted long and thin shoots, the young leaves were light blue in color, and there were fluorescent dots on the leaves, echoing the deep blue sea in the distance.
More than a hundred waterfly grasses occupied most of the spiritual field, growing in such a rich environment of water and spirit in the Empty Underworld Island, although the growth was not as good as in the Heavenly Sword Sect, but each waterfly grass was full and moist.
Lu Xuan’s spirit power surged within his body, and a thin cloud of rain appeared above the Water Glow Grass, and wisps of spirit rain dripped down, landing on the light blue leaves.
The fluorescent light on the blades increased, seeming to greedily draw on the spiritual rain, slightly flickering, like the shimmering surface of the sea of daylight.
Lu Xuan continued to inspect the rest of the spirit plants in the spirit field after cultivating more than a hundred Waterfly Grasses.
Ten Second Grade Ordinary Sword Grasses had already broken through the soil, like ten small slender swords stuck in the soil, standing straight up, and one could feel the sharpness coming from within the plants.
Next to them, although the third grade Starlight Swordgrass had been planted earlier, due to its higher grade, Lu Xuan’s mastery of the Starlight Sword Skill was barely considered an introduction, and thus, there was little difference between the growth progress and that of the ordinary swordgrass.
As for the fourth grade Sword Thousand Lords, it was still buried in the shallow layer of spiritual soil, drawing spiritual energy to maintain its vitality.
Although it was still a seedling, the Starlight Sword Grass was already distinctly different from ordinary sword grass, and the gray-black surface of the plant had a handful of starlight, which operated in an extremely obscure trajectory, revealing an arcane meaning.
The more Lu Xuan looked at it, the more he loved it, the corner of his mouth rose, and he flexed his fingers and flicked them on the top of the three-inch Starlight Swordgrass.
A slight clanging sword sound rang out.
The Starlight Swordgrass looked fragile, but it had been refusing to bend, standing straight up, swinging back and forth under Lu Xuan’s exertion for a long time before calming down.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan couldn’t help but playfully flick the top of the Starlight Swordgrass from time to time.
“Niko~”
Crisp chirping sounds rang out as the Wind Falcon drummed its wide pale green-colored feathered wings and shot from afar, with a First Grade Demon Bird grasped in its claws.
“Coming to this Empty Underworld Island, it is you who are having the most fun.”
Lu Xuan looked at the Wind Falcon that flew in front of him with the demonic bird and offered his hospitality, reached out and rubbed its soft belly and said with a smile.
In the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Inner Sect, due to the array restrictions all around, Lu Xuan was afraid that the Wind Falcon would accidentally touch it, so he kept it on the mountain peak.
For the Wind Falcon, which was known for its speed, such a rearing method made its nature constrained, and it would occasionally feel uncomfortable.
After coming to this island, Lu Xuan let it soar freely over the nearby waters.
Although it had yet to grow to the second grade, after all, it had an aerial advantage and was known for its speed, Lu Xuan was thus not worried about its safety.
“Senior Lu!”
A clear young man’s voice came from outside the courtyard.
Soon, Song Yun’s figure appeared in front of Lu Xuan’s eyes, and in his hand, he was carrying a food box containing Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews, and from time to time, Empty Underworld Spirit Fish cooked in various cooking styles.
After spending some time with Lu Xuan and sensing that Lu Xuan was not difficult to get along with, Song Yun had also regained some of his juvenile nature and was not as restrained as he was in the beginning.
Lu Xuan, as usual, tested and instructed him on his sword skills.
“Not bad, the sword art is getting more and more exquisite, keeping up this growth rate, there will be not a small hope of successfully worshipping in the Heavenly Sword Sect.”
He casually praised.
“Thanks to your careful guidance, senior.”
Song Yun said respectfully, his eyes turning slightly when he saw the various well-grown spirit plants not far away.
“Senior, I have a little sister who also loves spirit plants and spirit beasts like you do, and every day, apart from cultivation, she spends her time cultivating spirit plants and raising spirit beasts.” “Oh? Is that so? Take me over to take a look.”
Lu Xuan sniffed, and a little more curiosity grew in his heart.
After coming to this Empty Underworld Island, he had kept his door closed, and only when he had just arrived, he had wandered around for a while, slightly understanding some of the spiritual plants and beasts that had the characteristics of the island, and when he heard Song Yun’s words, he had the idea of going to take a look.
“Yes, senior you follow me.”
Song Yun led Lu Xuan around seven times and arrived in front of a courtyard.
After shouting twice, a young girl in her cardamom years greeted him, with delicate features on her round face, with a delicate cuteness unique to this age.
“Lu …… Lu senior!”
When the young girl saw Song Yun, she was first angered, and when she saw Lu Xuan walking behind her, her face changed and she greeted respectfully.
“Senior Lu, this is my little sister, Song Sining.”
Lu Xuan nodded gently.
After Song Yun explained his intentions, Song Sining led the two of them into the courtyard.
To Lu Xuan’s slight surprise, there was a large pool in the courtyard that was more than ten feet long and wide, with many spirit trees planted around the edges.
There were many silver-colored seaweeds growing in the pool, like clumps of thick hair, precisely the Silver Silk Algae that Lu Xuan had seen at the scattered cultivator’s stall earlier.
“Senior Lu, this is Silver Silk Algae, it can be used to feed many sea fishes and sea beasts, and after collecting it and air-drying and mashing it, it can also be used as a material for refining pills.”
Seeing Lu Xuan’s eyes on the silver-colored algae in the pool, Song Sining hurriedly introduced it.
“That’s a first-grade spiritual plant, blood coral, which can be used to refine low-grade magic weapons after maturity.”
“That’s ……”
There were several types of spiritual plants planted in the pool, and the growing conditions were all closely related to water, making Lu Xuan’s eyes wide open.
Of the spirit plants he had previously cultivated, only the Pure Snow Lotus, which was first cultivated in the workshop market, needed to grow in a spirit spring, the other Earth Fire Heart Lotus was grown in scorching magma, and there was also the Dragon Skeleton Grass, which could not be birthed for the time being.
Other than that, the rest of the spirit plants were all grown in spiritual soil.
Seeing Lu Xuan’s not-so-small interest in the spiritual plants she had cultivated, Song Sining took out a handful of golden sand from her storage bag, which had an extremely faint fluctuation of spiritual qi on it.
She sprinkled the golden sand on the edge of the pool, and before long, a giant conch emerged from the bottom of the water.
The conch stretched out its gray tentacles and swallowed all of the golden sand left on the edge bank into its stomach.
“What is this? Surprisingly, it feeds on sand?”
Lu Xuan asked curiously.
“Reporting back to Senior Lu, this conch is called the Sand Gathering Conch, and it likes to feed on all kinds of strange sands and stones, so if you come across one in the sea, it’s likely that there are rare and rare sands and stones hidden inside.”
“After swallowing the sandstone, the Sand Gathering Conch will keep the sandstone in its body and slowly grind and transform it with its special organs, thus obtaining a strange sandstone with a more intense aura and less impurities.”
“Many cultivators raise Sand Gathering Snails to hammer various kinds of sandstones for forging magic weapons.”
Song Sining elaborated.
“In a sense, it’s a natural working beast.”
“Thinking that they’ve earned rare sandstone, they’re actually just leeks raised by the cultivator behind the scenes, and when they’re ripe they’ll just cut them off, and end up losing both their money and their people.”
Lu Xuan looked at the Gathering Sand Snail under his feet that was trying to swallow the golden sand and thought darkly.
(End of Chapter)