Chapter 1089: Frost Soul Glint Swordgrass
Chapter 1089: Frost Soul Glint Swordgrass
In less than half a moment, the sound of sword qi howling could be heard outside the Daoist mansion.
The sound was sharp and brief, indicating the incredible speed of the flying sword.
The silver-white dragon once again burrowed into the sword sheath behind the True Sword Master's back, and two Nascent Soul True Monarchs arrived side by side.
One of them had a solemn expression, rarely smiling, while the other had a unique pair of light green heterochromatic eyes, giving him an extraordinary aura.
Both of them were elders of the Spirit Cultivation Pavilion in the Sword Palace, and they had met Lu Xuan on several occasions. The former was named Li Xuanchen, who had profound expertise in spirit cultivation, and the latter was named Gu Yun, born with heterochromatic eyes that could discern the vitality of plants.
"Greetings to the two Senior Apprentice Brothers," Lu Xuan said as he quickly flew out to welcome them into the mansion.
"Senior Apprentice Brothers, you don't need me to introduce Lu Xuan, do you? He's one of the top disciples of True Sword Peak."
Sword True emerged with a smile, resembling a parent proudly showing off their outstanding child to outsiders.
"Junior Apprentice Brother Lu is indeed a rare genius. He has successfully improved a new type of Fifth Rank Swordgrass," Gu Yun said, his eyes filled with appreciation as he smiled at Lu Xuan.
"Let's go and take a look at the swordgrass first," Li Xuanchen said with a forced smile, his stiff face relaxing slightly.
"Please, Senior Apprentice Brother," Lu Xuan said, leading the two into the spirit field.
As soon as they saw the young Thunder Abyss Swordgrass seedlings, their eyes lit up.
Li Xuanchen seemed to directly cross the distance of several zhang and stood before the young swordgrass, bending down to carefully observe every detail of the Thunder Abyss Swordgrass.
"With three new varieties of swordgrass, we can basically rule out the highly unlikely possibility of a mutant variant," he said, nodding slightly. The more he observed the three Thunder Abyss Swordgrass seedlings, the more he liked them.
"Junior Apprentice Brother Lu, may I temporarily take out the Thunder Abyss Swordgrass for a closer examination?" Gu Yun asked tentatively, his light green heterochromatic eyes shining brighter.
"I can guarantee that the young swordgrass will not be harmed," Lu Xuan replied without hesitation.
"No problem, Senior Apprentice Brother, please go ahead," Lu Xuan agreed readily.
A short period of transplantation would have a negligible impact on the swordgrass, and with careful nurturing, it could quickly recover to normal.
Seeing Lu Xuan's willingness, a smile appeared on Gu Yun's face. A green light shot into the Gen Kun Wu Tu.
Then, the green light wrapped around the swordgrass root, which resembled a sword hilt, and slowly flew out.
Gu Yun's heterochromatic eyes fixed on the area of the swordgrass root, and after a while, the green light silently dissipated, and the young swordgrass returned to the spirit soil.
"Based on the vitality and the internal thunderous aura, we can basically confirm that this is a new variety of Fifth Rank Swordgrass," Gu Yun said.
"Of course, the most important thing is whether this new Fifth Rank Swordgrass can be mass-produced in a stable manner," Gu Yun and Li Xuanchen said, looking at each other.
Li Xuanchen nodded in agreement.
"Senior Apprentice Brother, this is the initial version of the Seed Condensation Method that I, your Junior Apprentice Brother, have compiled. It can serve as a reference for the Seed Condensation Method of the Fifth Rank Thunder Abyss Swordgrass. According to my Junior Apprentice Brother's speculation, the chances of success are not small," Lu Xuan said, taking out a pale blue jade slip from his storage bag and handing it to Li Xuanchen and Gu Yun.
The two of them probed their spiritual senses into the pale blue jade slip.
After a long while, they reluctantly withdrew their spiritual senses from the jade slip.
"Junior Apprentice Brother Lu is indeed a one-in-a-million spirit plant genius. Not only did he obtain the improved swordgrass seedlings, but he also figured out the Seed Condensation Method on his own and is willing to contribute it to the Sword Sect," Gu Yun said as the light green heterochromatic eye in his brow slowly closed, merging into his skin, leaving only a thin, vertical slit.
Gu Yun and Li Xuanchen were among the top spirit plant masters within the Sword Sect, so they could easily discern the correctness of Lu Xuan's provided insights.
"With the support of the Sword Sect and True Sword Peak, I, your Junior Apprentice Brother, obtained the Thunder Abyss Swordgrass to repay the sect," Lu Xuan said earnestly.
"So, what do you think?
How long has it been since the Sword Sect has seen a new variety of Fifth Rank Swordgrass?"
Sword True approached and reminded the two.
"Too long, so long that I don't even have a concept of it in my memory."
Gu Yun reminisced, and both of them had lived for hundreds of years. Not only had they not seen a new variety of Fifth Rank Swordgrass, but they had also only encountered Fourth Rank Swordgrass twice, and one of those times was thanks to Lu Xuan's Thousand Thunder Swordgrass.
This also confirmed Lu Xuan's terrifying prowess in Spirit Cultivation.
"The higher the rank of a swordgrass, the more difficult it is to improve."
"In the entire Sword Sect, there are only forty-three varieties of Fourth Rank Swordgrass that can be condensed, and that's including Lu Shidi's Thousand Thunder Swordgrass."
"As for Fifth Rank Swordgrass, there are only thirteen varieties, and for Sixth Rank Swordgrass, there are only six."
"Seventh Rank Swordgrass is born from the essence of heaven and earth, and it's something that can be encountered but not sought after."
Gu Yun was well-versed in the Sword Sect's swordgrass knowledge and turned to Lu Xuan to speak.
"What you've done today, Shidi, has almost certainly added a new variety to the long-sealed Fifth Rank Swordgrass."
"Shidi Lu, do you want to go to the Spirit Cultivation Pavilion in the Sword Palace? There, you can focus on researching Spirit Cultivation."
Li Xuanchen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.
"Li Xuanchen, you're quite bold to dare to poach someone right in front of me."
Sword True was afraid that Lu Xuan, this precious talent, would be poached by the Sword Palace, so he stepped forward and directly rebuked him.
"If Shidi is willing to go to the Sword Palace, you can't stop him."
Li Xuanchen was not someone to be taken lightly, and he spoke calmly without fear.
"Senior Brother Li, I've been at True Sword Peak for several decades and have completely adapted to life here. I don't want to move to a new place."
Lu Xuan declined.
"However, Shidi can come to the Spirit Plant Pavilion at any time in the future to seek guidance from Senior Brother and the other disciples if there's anything he doesn't understand."
It wasn't easy to obtain exclusive ownership of his skills, and this compromise of mutual cooperation was already quite good.
"That's excellent!"
Gu Yun smiled and clapped his hands.
"By the way, this time, Shidi has earned a rare great merit for the Sword Sect, and the Sword Sect will not mistreat you."
"I don't know what reward Shidi desires most. You can go to the Sword Sect's treasury and choose something."
Lu Xuan answered without hesitation, "Shidi has always had the habit of collecting rare and high-level spirit seeds. The first thing I like is, of course, spirit seeds."
"Naturally, it would be even better to obtain a high-level swordgrass spirit seed."
"If none of these are available, then I would prefer spirit cultivation-related items."
Gu Yun smiled and nodded, "A high-level swordgrass spirit seed... I remember that the sect has an empty Seventh Rank Swordgrass spirit seed, nurtured by Heartful Sword Lake, but its cultivation difficulty is extremely high. I wonder if Shidi is interested?"
"Can Senior Brother tell me more about the origin of this high-level swordgrass spirit plant?"
Upon hearing about the Seventh Rank Swordgrass spirit seed, Lu Xuan immediately became interested.
"That Seventh Rank Swordgrass spirit seed is named Frost Soul Glint Swordgrass, and it has been in the sect for some time. Today, it has finally found its purpose."
"Frost Soul Glint is a rare treasure in the world, capable of freezing the physical body, soul, and even a realm. The swordgrass can nurture Frost Soul Glint Sword Qi within, but its cultivation difficulty is extremely high."
"Shidi can take that Seventh Rank Frost Soul Glint Swordgrass spirit seed for now. After cultivating the Thunder Abyss Swordgrass to maturity, we can determine the feasibility of its seed condensation method, and there will be additional rewards. I wonder if Shidi can accept this?"
Gu Yun spoke slowly.
"Shidi has no objections."
Lu Xuan was delighted in his heart and agreed without hesitation.
(End of Chapter)
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