Chapter 524 – Rebellion of Spirit Beasts
Chapter 524 – Rebellion of Spirit Beasts
“It seems like I’ll have to go back to the netherworld’s small courtyard often in the future.”
Lu Xuan resumed his original appearance and rode the Wind and Thunder Sword, flying through the air at breakneck speeds.
In the past, he had only planted some Netherworld Spirit Plants, so he could just take the time to look at them when he had the time, but now it was different, there was a Calamity Level Evil Sneak raised inside the courtyard, and even though it was still in a juvenile state, he would still be worried that it would stir up some kind of trouble.
To be on the safe side, he decided to go to the courtyard more often in the future.
A few moments later, he passed through the clan protection formation and entered the clan.
After passing through the heavy restrictions again and arriving at the inner sect, he lowered his flying speed and slowly flew towards the cave.
“Good day, Senior Brother Lu!”
Greeting him, there were two people each riding on a spirit crane, greeting Lu Xuan warmly.
Due to Lu Xuan’s previous assistance in helping the Spirit Cranes to solve the fertility problem of the entire flock, the tall Spirit Cranes underneath them all let out a joyful chirp, seemingly blaming Lu Xuan for not finding them Spirit Cranes to use as a means of flight.
Lu Xuan braked his flying sword under his feet, and a fervent smile appeared on his face.
“Hello, two senior brothers.”
At the same time, he did not forget to nod to the two spirit cranes.
Although he usually acted in a rather low-key manner already, there were still more and more inner sect disciples who knew him, especially since they had previously opened up a new blessed land together, and had made friends with quite a few of his fellow disciples within the Dan Hall, the Sword Hall, as well as the task of exchanging demonic beast corpses for the Dust Cleansing Pill and Sword Nurturing Gourd a while ago, which had made him quite famous within the sect.
“Senior brother just returned from outside the sect?”
The two looked in the direction Lu Xuan had come from and guessed.
“That’s right, went to the nearby Sword Gate Town to dispose of a batch of cultivated low-grade Spirit Plants and bought some food needed by Spirit Beasts, the harvest was quite good.”
Lu Xuan said half-heartedly.
“Haha, it’s still quite convenient to go to Sword Gate Town from the sect.”
“By the way, Senior Brother Lu, is that Exchange for Dust Cleansing Pill quest of yours still valid?”
The two asked a question of utmost concern.
“It’s still valid at the moment, however, I don’t have much Dust Cleansing Pill left in my hand, so if the two senior brothers want to exchange it, it’s better to do it as early as possible.”
“However, I still have quite a few Sword Nurturing Gourds in my hand that I have cultivated myself, the quality of which is quite good and can also be used as an option.”
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
“Alright, thanks for reminding us, Senior Brother Lu, we will come over to visit Senior Brother’s cave soon.”
The two of them said, bidding their farewells and leaving.
Lu Xuan stepped on the Wind Thunder Sword and continued to slowly rush towards the cave residence.
His Spiritual Sense far surpassed that of ordinary late Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even though he was already a large distance away from the two men, he still heard the two men whispering.
“This Senior Brother Lu is just like the rumors, he is kind to people and treats them generously.”
“I heard that senior brother never goes out to explore the secret realm and compete for opportunities, he stays in his cave to cultivate spiritual plants, even within the sect, not many of his fellow disciples have seen him.”
“Those who have seen him may not be many, but those who have heard of him are in the minority, after all, Senior Brother Lu’s attainments in the path of spirit plants are well known, and it can be said that he is the first person below the JieDan.”
“To be able to rely on a skill of cultivating spirit plants, to have a place to settle down within the sect, and to spend this life peacefully, is also a good choice.”
“Yes, those of us who often go out to explore the secret realm may not be able to return one day and fall out.”
“Can’t say who’s right and who’s wrong, it’s just that, this way there’s a hint of obtaining a chance to live a long life, to be a Spiritual Planter, not actively striving for it, that the road of cultivation can be looked at at a glance to the end.”
The two of them gradually traveled farther and farther away, and their voices gradually exceeded the range that Lu Xuan could hear. “It turns out that in the eyes of his fellow disciples, he himself is a Spirit Plant Master who is kind to others and warm-hearted and sincere.”
“If they knew that I had cultivated so many evil spirit plants that feed on blood, flesh, and souls, and even raised a calamity-level evil spirit, then I don’t know what my image in their eyes would crumble out of.”
The corners of Lu Xuan’s mouth rose as he secretly thought in his heart.
Returning to his cave, he opened the Flowing Light Rune Formation, and the fat bird and a host of spirit beasts scrambled to gather around.
He pacified them for a while and came to the spirit field, taking out the piece of Xuanjin Rock from his storage bag.
The dark yellow rock lay flat in the spirit field, and countless subtle golden lights shone brightly and brilliantly.
Lu Xuan’s mind moved and he executed the Earth Drawing Technique.
The Xuanjin Rock was a Fourth Grade Spirit Mine with an extremely hard texture, however, his mastery of the Earth Drawing Technique had already reached the Grandmaster Realm after absorbing numerous experience packs as well as casting it thousands of times, and with a slight boost of his spiritual power, he quietly changed the Dark Yellow Rock.
The rock as well as the structure of the spiritual soil beneath it changed slightly, simply fusing together.
Lu Xuan laid down a simple Spirit Gathering Formation, slowly gathering together the gold elemental spiritual energy inside the Xuanjin Rock, and then, planted the White Bone Killing Sword Grass into the Xuanjin Rock.
Spiritual awareness seeped into the sword grass spirit seed, instantly entering a world of killing, as waves after waves of endless killing thoughts surged madly.
Lu Xuan held onto his Yuan and kept his mind clear, the Tongming Sword Heart in his Sea of Consciousness rotated rapidly, comprehending the Killing Sword Intent.
Only after a hint of fatigue appeared in his mind did he withdraw and patrol the spirit field, inspecting the growth status of the numerous spirit plants.
From time to time, according to their subtle needs, he would precisely execute the Spiritual Rain Technique, Wood Born Technique, and other basic techniques for cultivating spiritual plants, or provide them with the five elements of spiritual energy, sword qi, sword intent, and so on, in order to ensure that they all had different growth needs.
Just like this, after meditating on cultivating the spirit plants in the cave for a period of time, the sect’s True Successor, Fire Liner, came to his door.
“Senior Brother Lu, I haven’t seen you for a while, these spirit plants of yours have grown even more delightfully.”
Fiery Liner followed behind Lu Xuan to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
“Senior Brother Fire overpraises me, I don’t know what Senior Brother came over to find me for?”
Lu Xuan asked as he steeped a pot of steaming Spirit Tea for the boy in the fiery red Dharma robe.
“Indeed there is something that I came over to find you, Senior Brother, and it has to do with the Ten Thousand Demon Cave blessed land that you used to be in charge of for more than half a year.”
Fiery Liner’s complexion straightened and said in a solemn tone.
“What happened in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land?”
Lu Xuan asked, a few moments of urgency in his voice.
Inside the blessed land, there were Xuan Tian Luan Bird and Little White Ape two spirit beasts with many years of friendship thighs, as well as briefly domesticated Lion and Bird Beasts and a host of other spirit beasts, in which also befriended the old Dragon Turtle this cross-species forgetfulness, as well as that mysterious and redoubtable Old Fox, Lu Xuan is naturally quite concerned about it.
“In recent times, there have been quite a few instances of spirit beasts actively attacking their own kind or sect cultivators inside the blessed land.”
“This should still be relatively common, right?”
Lu Xuan looked puzzled, according to his previous experience of being in charge of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave’s blessed land, although there weren’t many instances of spirit beasts suddenly going berserk and bloodthirsty, this would still occur from time to time.
For these types of spirit beasts, there were often three ways to deal with them.
For those with the mildest cases, they would go on to be tamed for a period of time, and the spirit beast would be completely subdued.
Those who attacked more than once and injured the rest of the spirit beasts or sect cultivators would be directly suppressed and confined until they improved.
The most serious cases, repeated offenses, and even caused major casualties, then they will be killed in one fell swoop, or put inside the forbidden land to do live experiments on spirit beasts.
(End of chapter)