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Chapter 171: The Tier 3 Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree
Chapter 171: The Tier 3 Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree
After a moment, the gentle female cultivator closed the report and a satisfied expression appeared on her face.
"You've worked hard during this period, Lu. Not only have you taken excellent care of those variant Burning Origin Vines, but you've also used various small tests to differentiate them during their growth stages."
"According to your records, the improved Burning Origin Vines that have undergone positive changes in their tier promotion are already distinct from the other plants."
"As for the variants that are growing more slowly, we can conclude that the improvement attempt has failed, and they are less valuable than ordinary Burning Origin Vines. We can abandon them to save some cultivation resources."
"Indeed, Master has a discerning eye," Lu Xuan replied.
At the woman's words, the corners of her mouth curved slightly upwards, and her eyes glinted.
"You've done very well in the initial stages of care, and the simple and clear report you presented was impressive. Now, what type of reward would you like?"
"Of course, I want to learn the method for refining spirit plants," Lu Xuan said to himself inwardly. Since he could improve the spirit plants, he believed that the method for refining them was also included.
However, he had only been on this task for less than half a month, and he had done limited work—merely taking care of and cultivating the Burning Origin Vines, along with some comparative experiments. He felt he had no qualifications to make such a request to the gentle female cultivator.
"Master He, I'm usually only interested in spirit plants, so I hope you can give me one or two spirit plants as a reward."
"I don't have any particular requirements for the tier of the spirit plant, but if it's a rare type, that would be even better."
Lu Xuan asked tentatively. Lower-tier spirit plants could be purchased with spirit stones or exchanged for sword seals at the Agricultural Palace, but he hoped to obtain a variety that wasn't available there.
"A spirit plant? A rare type?"
The gentle female cultivator lowered her head in thought and took out a strange spirit plant from her storage bag.
The spirit plant was about half a foot long, pitch-black in color, and had a subtle lustrous purple light flickering within it. It was thick in the middle and tapered at both ends, resembling a shuttlecock.
"I found this spirit plant by chance in the depths of the Red Miasma Valley. Its specific variety is unknown, but based on the vitality within, I can tell that it's a highly toxic spirit plant."
"I don't have any experience cultivating similar spirit plants, so I've kept it in my storage bag. Today, I'll give it to you, Lu, and I hope you can nurture it well."
The gentle female cultivator smiled as she handed the shuttlecock-shaped spirit plant to Lu Xuan.
Normally, after a period of normal cultivation and care of the Burning Origin Vines, she would reward outer disciples with spirit stones or spirit fruits that she had cultivated herself. She would never reward them with her cherished spirit plants.
But Lu Xuan's performance had exceeded her expectations. In a short time, he had managed to differentiate the various states of the variant Burning Origin Vines, and the format of his comparative report had broadened her horizons. She was clear that his method would save a lot of time and energy when improving spirit plant varieties.
"Thank you, Master He," Lu Xuan said happily as he accepted the shuttlecock-shaped spirit plant with both hands.
A spirit plant kept by a Foundation Establishment cultivator would surely be extraordinary.
As for it being rare, he would know everything about the spirit plant once he planted it.
He bid farewell to the gentle female cultivator and returned to his cave abode on a spirit crane.
He fed the spirit crane a spirit fruit, and it bid him farewell with a crisp call, reluctant to part ways.
Upon entering his courtyard, Lu Xuan was immediately greeted by the round, chubby body of the baby wind falcon.
"I didn't notice anything unusual..."
Lu Xuan felt around the chick's body but couldn't detect any abnormal horizontal growth.
He released the wings, but the wind falcon gently flapped them, flying upside down around Lu Xuan, constantly showing off its round belly, as if asking for more pats.
"Scram."
Lu Xuan slightly gathered his strength and punched the round ball, sending it flying.
"Ao~"
The cloud-stepping lynx lay not far away, its emerald green eyes coldly watching the scene, a low growl carrying a hint of jealousy.
Lu Xuan walked over, tugged on the tufts of fur at the tip of its ears, and then made his way to the spirit herb field.
He found an empty area in the field and with a slight stir of his spiritual energy, the spirit soil in that area underwent a subtle change, and a slender fissure quietly appeared.
The fissure perfectly accommodated the black, shuttlecock-shaped spirit seed, and Lu Xuan manipulated the spirit soil to enclose the seed just right.
He focused his mind on the spirit seed, and a thought flashed through his mind.
【Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree, Tier 3 Spirit Plant, every part of this plant contains strong toxins and can pose a great threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators. The fruits bear the strongest poison, followed by the leaves, flower stamens, and branches.】
【The mature spirit fruits can assist in cultivating certain poison-type techniques, refining poison pills, or feeding poison-type demonic beasts and insects. The rest of the plant can be used to refine poisons.】
【The Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree automatically absorbs impure spiritual energy from its surroundings, purifying the spiritual energy environment. Various poisons can promote the growth of this spirit plant, and the stronger the poison, the higher the quality of the spirit fruit that will be produced.】
【I'm so poisonous, so poisonous, so very poisonous.】
...
Lu Xuan remained silent about the last sentence regarding the spirit plant's instantaneous state.
"A Tier 3 spirit plant that primarily focuses on toxicity is indeed quite rare."
"To receive a Tier 3 Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree spirit seed as a reward for cultivating the Burning Origin Wood for such a short time is indeed a pleasant surprise."
Lu Xuan was pleased, hesitated for a moment, then performed the Earth Drawing Technique to dig out the black shuttlecock-shaped spirit seed again.
The sect's spiritual energy was pure and rich, and impure spiritual energy, let alone aberrant energy, was extremely rare, which was not suitable for the growth of the Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree.
He planned to plant it in the small courtyard in Jianmen Town. Although the spiritual energy there was better than in Linyangfang City, it was still far inferior to the sect.
Moreover, the presence of plants like the Hundred-Eyed Weirdwood and Ghost-Faced Stone Mushroom in the courtyard actually made it more suitable for the Poisonous Shuttlecock-tree to thrive.
Lu Xuan kept the spirit seed and wandered through the spirit fields, checking the growth of each spirit plant. According to their subtle needs, he constantly performed various techniques to create the right conditions and fulfill their every requirement.
In the area where the Spirit Firefly Grass was located, another large batch of the grass had entered the fully mature stage. Lu Xuan carefully inspected each one and finally harvested forty-one mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants.
Among them, eleven were of good quality, twenty-four were of superior quality, and the remaining six were of perfect quality.
"As expected, the probability of perfection is higher for spirit plants without a tier. When I was planting them in Linyangfang City, I didn't pay much attention to the environment, but simply moving them to a better spiritual energy environment has increased the probability of perfect plants."
"If only the Tier 3 and Tier 4 spirit plants in the spirit fields had such high probabilities."
Lu Xuan sighed as he gently touched the white orbs scattered around.
(End of Chapter)
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