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Chapter 219: The Roaring Sea Sword Talisman
Chapter 219: The Roaring Sea Sword Talisman
"Roar~"
"Chirp~"
"Growl~"
After consuming a small piece of the Jade Scale Fruit, the three little beasts let out simultaneous roars, stimulated by the rich and nourishing spiritual energy.
Their voices echoed through the mountain peaks—some fierce and passionate, others crisp and clear, and a few deep and gravelly—each unique and captivating.
"The Cloud-stepping Lynx is a first-rate exotic beast, the Wind Falcon is in its second-rate adolescent phase, and the Fire Dragon is still in its third-rate juvenile stage. Dividing the Jade Scale Fruit into three portions was just right for them."
After venting their excitement, each of the three beasts found a spot to absorb the spiritual energy from the fruit.
Lu Chen continued his inspection of the spirit fields, and when he encountered the Grass Puppet, he gently tapped its head, infusing a strand of Green Wood Source Qi into the large gray grass tumor on its head.
The gray grass on the Grass Puppet's body went wild, gradually turning green as it enveloped the puppet.
Lu Chen extended his spiritual sense into the puppet and witnessed the grass ropes swiftly weaving and recreating the Grass Puppet's body.
After finishing his rounds in the spirit fields, Lu Chen returned to his house and soaked in a bath infused with dragon blood essence, cultivating the Tai Xu Hua Long (Great Void Dragon Transformation)
technique. He relished in the growing strength of his physical body.
With only about a month left until the opening of the Langyue Blessed Land, Lu Chen was in no rush. He held the Sword Command Token and patiently tended to his spirit plants, awaiting their maturity.
Ten days passed, and he arrived at a cliff wall.
Over twenty discarded flying swords were arranged haphazardly, with the Sword-nourishing Gourd vines intertwining among them, creating a unique rack from the discarded swords.
While there were many flying swords, they were all second-hand purchases that Lu Chen had acquired from the loose cultivators' stalls in Jianmen Town, and he hadn't spent much spirit stones on them.
On the vines hung five differently sized green-blue gourds, with the lowest one absorbing the most sword intents, making it the largest and the fastest to mature.
Knowing that a gourd was about to mature, Lu Chen visited twice a day to monitor its progress so that he could provide the light sphere reward as soon as possible.
With his focused consciousness, the progress bar below the lowest, mottled green-blue gourd was now completely full.
"It's finally mature," Lu Chen remarked.
He paid extra attention to this gourd, which cultivated offensive sword intents, and promptly harvested it.
The gourd had a natural stopper at its opening to prevent the escape of the sword intents nurtured within.
As he gently shook the gourd, faint sword roars emanated from within, and the surging sword intents seemed ready to burst forth at any moment.
Sword-nourishing Gourd, a third-rate spirit plant, containing invisible sword intents with formidable offensive power.
Lu Chen's thoughts brushed over this information, and he quickly turned his attention to the white light sphere dangling from the vines.
The light sphere flickered slightly, swaying gently with the vines and tugging at Lu Chen's heartstrings.
Holding his breath, he reached out and gently touched the surface of the light sphere.
The sphere exploded with a bang, and countless minuscule light spots transformed into imperceptible sword intents, rushing into Lu Chen's body.
Lu Chen felt a slight stinging sensation on his skin where the light spots touched, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Harvested a third-rate Sword-nourishing Gourd and obtained a fourth-rate Roaring Sea Sword Talisman.
A talisman appeared in Lu Chen's hand—neither metal nor jade—about three inches long and shaped like a sword tip. Its surface depicted surging waves, and upon closer inspection, one could sense the infinite sword intents contained within.
Lu Chen focused his consciousness on the talisman and instantly gained a detailed understanding of it.
Roaring Sea Sword Talisman, a fourth-rate talisman, capable of instantly releasing a torrent of sword intents akin to roaring waves. At full power, it can severely injure or even slay a mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Consumable item. The user can control the number of sword intents released, with a greater number resulting in stronger offensive power.
"A fourth-rate talisman!" Lu Chen exclaimed in awe.
"Common talismans are typically single-use consumables, but this fourth-rate talisman can be used multiple times. If I utilize it well, it could be a tremendous help to me."
Lu Chen gazed at the tumultuous sword auras and waves within the talisman, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"With this, I'll have one more powerful asset when I enter the Blessed Land."
He carefully put away the Roaring Sea Sword Talisman and hung the Sword-Nourishing Gourd at his waist, holding the ancient-looking Xuan Sword Sheath in his hand.
With a casual display of the Water Mirror Technique, a tall and slender youth with a handsome face and bright, clear eyes appeared in the hazy mirror.
Clad in a blue robe, with a mottled green gourd hanging at his waist and a casual grip on an ancient-looking longsword, his demeanor was otherworldly and free-spirited, resembling a banished immortal.
"Have I achieved immortality through the sword in the Sword Sect?"
"Not quite. I achieved immortality through farming in the Sword Sect."
Lu Chen put away the gourd and sword sheath, retracting his spiritual energy and instantly transforming back into an ordinary spiritual herbologist.
As the opening of the Langyue Blessed Land drew near, Lu Chen keenly sensed a shift in the atmosphere within the Inner Sect.
Recently, the Sword Command Tokens had become the hottest commodity among the inner disciples, with many trying to obtain one through various means.
However, Lu Chen remained unaffected, focusing on cultivating his spirit plants with a peaceful mind.
Soon, there were only three days left until the opening of the Blessed Land.
During this time, Lu Chen harvested another Jade Scale Fruit and acquired a piece of Red Spirit Jade Mineral.
With thirty-two Water Firefly Grass plants nearing maturity, Lu Chen estimated that he might be in the Blessed Land for quite some time and wouldn't be able to harvest the spirit plants promptly. Therefore, he used a bit of Green Wood Source Qi to fully ripen half of the Water Firefly Grass, amounting to sixteen plants.
He planned to use the remaining sixteen plants for seed condensation to expand his cultivation scale later on.
Seed condensation needed to be initiated some time after the spirit plants had fully matured, and the process was rather intricate. Lu Chen decided to start it after returning from the Blessed Land.
Among the sixteen second-rate Water Firefly Grass plants, there were no perfect specimens due to the forced ripening and grade improvement. Two were of superior quality, five were of good quality, and the remaining nine were of ordinary quality.
As he harvested them, sixteen light spheres immediately appeared.
Lu Chen gently touched them, and with a series of thoughts, various rewards came pouring in.
Seven of the Water Firefly Grass plants provided cultivation rewards: the ordinary quality plants rewarded one year's worth of cultivation, the good quality plants rewarded two years, and the superior quality plants rewarded three years.
In total, they granted Lu Chen eleven years' worth of cultivation progress.
His spiritual energy surged within his body, and as he circulated the Grand Five Phases Technique, he transformed the spiritual energy into condensed spirit liquid and stored it in his dantian.
"Finally, I'm no longer stagnant in my cultivation."
Lu Chen relished the long-awaited surge in cultivation, and the stark contrast between this breakthrough and his previous stagnant state, where he had been too busy improving the Spirit Firefly Grass to notice any progress, filled him with a sense of contentment and joy in his path of farming.
Among the remaining light spheres, six contained second-rate Elixir Pills, Spirit Nurturing Pills, which could enhance a cultivator's spiritual energy. Even for Lu Chen, who was in the early stages of the Foundation Establishment, they were still useful.
Additionally, there were also two third-rate talismans.
The Water Dragon Talisman: When activated, it could summon a water spirit dragon that, under spiritual control, could inflict damage on enemies.
"It's equivalent to instantly casting two intermediate spells, the Water Dragon Technique."
The Grand Five Phases Technique included the cultivation method for this spell, and Lu Chen was pragmatic about his strengths. Aside from absorbing spiritual energy, he spent most of his time cultivating the Five Phases Escape Technique and other spells that could aid him in cultivating spirit plants.
(End of Chapter)
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