Chapter 6 Red Cloud Pine
Chapter 6 Red Cloud Pine
“The nine Spirit Glow Grasses were exchanged for a total of twenty-nine Lower Grade Spirit Stones and seventy Broken Spirits, and together with the six Spirit Stones and eighty-two Broken Spirits in my own hand, I now have a total of thirty-six Lower Grade Spirit Stones and fifty-two Broken Spirits on me.”
“It’s a pity that I was scourged quite a bit by the black budworm larvae that I killed that day, or else my fortune would be even more lucrative.”
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but gnash his teeth in hatred when he thought of the thin black thread that had cost him six spirit stones and fifty broken spirits.
Money strengthens one’s courage, with such a large amount of spirit stones, his back straightened up a lot.
Leaving the Hundred Herb Hall, Lu Xuan couldn’t worry about the Spirit Field whose protection power was better than nothing, and hurriedly went straight to his next destination.
There were all sorts of stores in the bazaar, and among them, there was no shortage of small stores that specialized in or sold Spirit Seeds.
He familiarized himself with the way to a store.
An ordinary middle-aged cultivator at the low Qi Practicing stage was tending to the spirit plant seedlings in the store, and when he saw Lu Xuan enter, he rose to greet him.
“Little brother, is there anything I can help you with?”
The shopkeeper asked out loud.
“I’ll take a look first.”
Lu Xuan replied back, his eyes sweeping across the entire store.
The store was decorated with quite a few types of Spirit Seeds in various forms, most of which Lu Xuan did not recognize.
There were also quite a few Spirit Plant Seedlings in the corners, with a variety of different phenomena, which Lu Xuan was even less familiar with.
After a spirit plant had matured, if it was allowed to continue growing, there was a certain possibility that it would produce spirit seeds, but most of these types of spirit seeds were not suitable for cultivating new spirit plants.
The vast majority of Spirit Seeds needed to be condensed through various special means, and there were even some condensation methods that were only mastered by large sects.
Especially for those rare varieties and high grade spirit seeds, their condensation methods would not be passed on to the outside world at all.
Even the condensation of the ordinary grade of spirit seed is not mastered by the common casual cultivator, there may be some big cultivator or big family standing behind this store.
“How much is one Spirit Glow Grass Spirit Seed?”
Lu Xuan asked the middle-aged cultivator as he pointed to the Spirit Glow Grass seeds that were laid out on the shelves as if they were dried tea leaves.
“Forty shattered spirits a piece, no less than ten for a one-time purchase, fifty shattered spirits for retail.”
“I need twenty pieces.”
“In addition, I’d like to trouble you to recommend me a first-grade spirit plant seedling or spirit seed, preferably one that doesn’t require high spiritual qi, as well as simple growing conditions.”
That small piece of spiritual field in the courtyard had twenty-four Spirit Glow Grasses planted before, but Lu Xuan did not intend to buy the same number of seeds this time.
The Spirit Glow Grass as well as the Eclipse Tree did not have a grade, the Eclipse Tree was worth more, but it could not yet be called a grade.
As for the white light clusters that appeared after the Spirit Plants matured, their abundance was affected by many factors, including the type of Spirit Plant, and the grade.
Therefore, Lu Xuan wanted to try planting a first-grade spiritual plant that was relatively easy to grow, to see what kind of light cluster reward would come after maturity.
“The aura requirement is not high, and the growing conditions are simple ……”
“What do you think of these two?”
“Both are first grade spirit plants, one is the Blood Devouring Vine Spirit Seed, which requires a certain amount of exotic beast or demonic beast blood and flesh essence to raise, and can be taken directly after maturity to enhance the qi and blood in a cultivator’s body, or to aid in the cultivation of certain special techniques.”
“There is also a kind of Red Cloud Pine seedling, the cultivation process occasionally requires fire spiritual power to contain, the Red Cloud Pine spirit fruit contains rich spiritual power, the flavor is strange and wonderful, extremely popular among female cultivators.”
The higher the grade of the spirit plant, the more demanding the growing environment and conditions required, with various complex conditions such as spiritual qi, spiritual soil, spiritual springs, etc., the cultivation of these two first grade spirit plants was already relatively simple.
Lu Xuan first ruled out the Blood Devouring Vine, jokingly, he was barely at the subsistence stage now, and he wouldn’t necessarily eat a meal of demonic beast meat for ten days and a half a month, in case he planted this Blood Devouring Vine, what would he take to feed it? You can’t cut your own meat and feed it to the vine, can you?
As for the Red Cloud Pine, he currently has a mastery of the Fireball Technique, there are still more than ten Spirit Glow Grasses as well as the Eclipse Fruit that can be opened later on, so he might be able to open up some fire techniques, and supplying it with a small amount of fire spiritual energy is not a big problem.
“How many spirit stones does that Red Cloud Pine seedling need?”
Lu Xuan pointed to a pine tree seedling in the corner, the small pine tree was less than two feet tall, the pine leaves were like fine fiery red needles, from a distance it looked like a small cluster of crimson clouds, the Red Cloud Pine got its name because of this.
“Five spirit stones.” The middle-aged cultivator said back.
“Twenty Spirit Glow Grass seeds, as well as this Red Cloud Pine seedling, twelve spirit stones, I’ll take them all, how about it?”
“Little brother you’re cutting the price too hard, let’s do it this way, I’ll lose money and add seventy more broken spirits.”
“Fellow Taoist, you know very well, it’s not easy for small scattered cultivators to earn some spirit stones.”
“I am looking at that red cloud pine and I have a destiny, only to have the idea of heart, really want to buy still do not know if I can plant successfully it!”
“Fifty broken spirits, no more.”
“Sold!” The middle-aged cultivator shook his head and smiled bitterly.
He handed Lu Xuan twenty Spirit Glow Grass seeds, and helped pack the Red Cloud Pine seedlings in a cloth bag, and instructed Lu Xuan to plant them as soon as possible, as a long delay would affect the seedlings’ vitality.
Lu Xuan readily accepted the good advice and nodded, and with a pained expression, he pulled out the twelve Spirit Stones that hadn’t been fully muffled, and the fifty Broken Spirits, clearing the money and goods.
In the bazaar, Lu Xuan was red-faced as he argued with a loose cultivator.
“Fellow Daoist, this protective formation is only a second-hand product, there are blood stains on it, this is a sign of great evil, the meaning is not good ah, twenty spirit stones is already a high price!”
The loose cultivator looked helpless.
“Little brother, if the formation is brand new, then my price will at least double. As for what blood stains, it’s not like it’s going to affect its protective ability, you cut it from twenty-five spirit stones to twenty in one go, is there such a thing as saying the price?”
“There is nothing wrong with the formation, it’s just that the origin is unknown, it’s a bit worrisome, and the years of use are unknown how long it has been, I’m afraid it’s not forbidden to be used.”
Lu Xuan made a look like he wanted to buy it but was worried.
“Let’s do it this way, twenty one spirit stones, in case something goes wrong with the formation, you can come to the bazaar to find me, I’ve been setting up a stall here for ten years or so, this point of credibility is still there.”
“Alright, let’s consider making you a friend.”
Lu Xuan made a decision and pulled out twenty-one lower grade spirit stones.
“No, no, no, let’s just talk about spirit stones, not friendship.”
The loose cultivator hastily refused, Lu Xuan had already fought with him for nearly half an hour just to cut out a few spirit stones, if he really had any friendship, there was no telling how many spirit stones he would have to offset it with.
Lu Xuan took the array disk with dots of dark red blood stains from the stall owner’s hands and carefully tucked it into his bosom.
He didn’t care about the blood stains at all, after all, no matter how scary a ghost was, it couldn’t compare to a poor ghost.
In order to avoid price cutting, he never went to roadside stores, but in this cultivation world, in order to save a little bit of spirit stone, he had already practiced the skill of price cutting that was deadly with a knife.
“All the spirit stones brought by the nine Spirit Glow Grasses have gone out again, and they’ve also hitched a ride on their original fortune.”
“However, the harvest is still quite large. Twenty Spirit Glow Grass seeds, one Red Cloud Pine seedling.”
“Most importantly, the protection formation that I’ve been longing for has finally arrived.”
Lu Xuan pinched his chest, which had become dry again, and thought in his heart.
(End of Chapter)