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Chapter 188: The Fire Dragon Egg
Chapter 188: The Fire Dragon Egg
"Jian Qing, wait here for a moment. I've also invited a few fellow disciples I met before."
Lu Xuan instructed.
Baili Jianqing nodded, his demeanor becoming more subdued as he stood quietly behind Lu Xuan.
Before long, a resolute young man descended from a spirit crane. It was Xu Shaozhe, Lu Xuan's former neighbor from the other side of the cave abode.
"Congratulations, Master Lu, on your advancement to the Foundation Establishment stage!" Xu Shaozhe called out with a fervent smile even from a distance.
"Thank you, Daoist Xu," Lu Xuan replied, taking his friend's relationship into consideration and refraining from addressing him as a junior. He stepped forward to greet his guest.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, a comfortable silence fell between them.
Standing behind Lu Xuan, Xu Shaozhe gazed at his tall figure, a subtle hint of envy lurking in the depths of his eyes.
As a wandering cultivator, he often ventured into dangerous places in search of opportunities, constantly fighting for his life against various demons and evil spirits. When he first met Lu Xuan, he had assumed that Lu was merely a fellow cultivator passionate about spirit herbs and not skilled in combat.
But he never expected that Lu Xuan would quietly break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, a piece of news that had left him greatly shaken. It took him a long time to calm his restless heart.
He quietly adjusted his breathing, dispelling the distracting thoughts from his mind and reaffirming his chosen path.
During the wait, Yao Qing and Huang Yuan also arrived one after the other, but what surprised Lu Xuan was that each of them was followed by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The gentle female cultivator who specialized in cultivating mutated Burning Yuan Wood stood behind Yao Qing, while Huang Yuan was accompanied by the middle-aged Confucian scholar, Yang Qingfeng, who kept the mixed-blood Ink-scaled Dragon.
"Lu, my friend, you've done wrong by not inviting old acquaintances to such a momentous occasion as your breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage," Yang Qingfeng gently chided with a smile. "It was Huang who informed me of your joyous news, and I've come along with him to celebrate with you."
"My apologies, my apologies. I shall punish myself with three cups later," Lu Xuan said with a smile. "Please, come and have a look at my humble abode."
Leading the way, Lu Xuan brought the two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and the four Training Qi cultivators through several grand formations to the courtyard on the mountain peak.
"The spiritual energy here is dense, and the surroundings are exquisite. Your eye for such a place is remarkable, brother," the middle-aged Confucian scholar commented as they ascended, taking in the scenery along the path.
The six of them sat down in the outer hall, and Lu Xuan served them with dried fruit, snacks, and six pots of steaming spirit tea, adding a piece of Calm Spirit Tea leaf to each pot.
"I don't have much to offer, but please enjoy this humble tea," Lu Xuan said apologetically.
"What a fine tea!" The middle-aged Confucian scholar set down his teapot, his face reflecting his enjoyment.
"These tea leaves are extraordinary. They should be the second-grade Calm Spirit Tea leaves, known for their ability to calm the mind, bring clarity, and ward off evil influences. You young ones must savor it and not waste it," he added.
Upon hearing this, Baili Jianqing and the others nodded in unison, carefully appreciating the delicate spiritual essence of the Calm Spirit Tea.
As they sipped their tea, they chatted about Lu Xuan's experiences and feelings during his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Most of the conversation was dominated by Lu Xuan, the middle-aged Confucian scholar, and the gentle female cultivator, with Huang Yuan and the others occasionally chiming in with respectful agreement.
"Brother Lu, I apologize for coming empty-handed this time. But knowing your keen interest in raising spirit beasts and your experience in rearing dragons, I've brought you a dragon egg," Yang Qingfeng said after a while.
"This dragon egg comes from a third-grade Fire Dragon. If incubated properly, it will hatch and, with the right care, can advance to the level of a third-grade spirit beast," he added, taking out an egg from a gray-black cloth bag. The egg was oval-shaped, exceeding three feet in length, and had faint red patterns on its shell.
"If it were an adult Flood Dragon, I might be more reluctant, but this is just an egg. It will require a lot of your time and effort to nurture it, and it will only be worth a few hundred spirit stones at most." The middle-aged Confucian scholar insisted, pushing the Flood Dragon egg towards Lu Xuan.
He had first met Lu Xuan due to the Ink-scaled Dragon's feeding issues. After trying many methods, he took Huang Yuan's suggestion and invited Lu Xuan over to help.
Initially, he hadn't held much hope, but Lu Xuan had surprised him greatly by resolving the third-grade Ink-scaled Dragon's feeding problem with just his Qi Refining cultivation.
Now, that Ink-scaled Dragon had regained its normal form, and its strength was increasing rapidly, slowly manifesting the outstanding talents of its two excellent bloodlines.
He knew that Lu Xuan wasn't skilled in combat, but he believed that with Lu Xuan's expertise in spiritual plants and beasts, he could easily secure a good position within the sect and have the power to manage the sect's logistics. Thus, he had wanted to befriend Lu Xuan.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar, Yang Qingfeng, insisted on giving the Flood Dragon egg to Lu Xuan, who reluctantly accepted it.
Lu Xuan actually had less need for an adult Flood Dragon; although he wouldn't have to spend time and resources raising it, it also meant missing out on the light group rewards. It was better to start nurturing it from an egg.
"Lu Xuan, I've refined this spirit seed from an early third-grade Burning Yuan Wood. Please accept it as a token of my congratulations. I hope you won't dislike it."
"Thank you, He Jie. Such a rare spirit seed, I'm truly grateful." Lu Xuan thanked her sincerely.
Huang Yuan and the others also presented their gifts, but since Lu Xuan had already achieved Foundation Establishment, and they were only at the Qi Refining stage, their gifts were not overly expensive, but rather unique and thoughtful.
Lu Xuan personally cooked a sumptuous feast to entertain his guests.
After a delightful gathering, the six of them bid farewell and departed.
Lu Xuan tidied up and began his new life as a spirit herbologist.
First, he released the restrictions on the baby Wind Falcon and the Cloud-stepping Lynx, allowing them to roam freely around the mountain peak instead of being confined to the narrow cave abode.
He even promised that when their strength improved, they could roam unrestrained near the mountain peak.
With Lu Xuan's permission, the baby Wind Falcon flapped its pale green wings and soared through the skies above the mountain peak.
Its speed increased, and it almost became a green blur, as if it had been caged for too long and was now relishing its newfound freedom.
The round belly of the Wind Falcon gradually transformed into a more streamlined shape as it flew at high speeds, reducing air resistance to the maximum extent possible.
Despite its rotund body, the baby Wind Falcon lived up to its reputation as a flying spirit beast, displaying surprising agility and dexterity.
As for the Cloud-stepping Lynx, being a creature of the mountains and forests, it returned to nature, dashing swiftly through the trees and over rocks. Its thick, cloud-like paws landed silently, and it seemed to have regained some of its wild instincts.
Lu Xuan placed the Fire Dragon egg, gifted by the middle-aged Confucian scholar, on the spiritual vein node and summoned the soaring baby Wind Falcon.
"I have a task for you. Starting today, spend one to two hours every day incubating this dragon egg with your round belly."
The baby Wind Falcon blinked its black eyes and nodded its little head.
Lu Xuan surveyed the mountain peak and gazed at the lush vegetation covering it. He thought about his plans for the future.
"The most important thing is to go to the Hall of Agriculture to exchange my Foundation Establishment realm spirit seeds and hopefully obtain several spirit seed refinement methods.
I also need to visit the Scripture Pavilion to choose a few suitable Foundation Establishment cultivation techniques, cultivate more spirit fields, and if possible, acquire a new formation. The second-grade Mist Concealment Formation can't cover such a large area."
(End of Chapter)
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