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Chapter 226: Amber Spirit Plant
Chapter 226: Amber Spirit Plant
As Lu Chen trekked through the land, he gradually veered off the path taken by his three sect mates.
Only after he had walked a considerable distance did he come to a halt.
He carefully extended his spiritual sense, sweeping the surroundings, but detected no signs of any cultivators nearby.
Instead, he noticed an increased density of those peculiar vines compared to before; they were now easily visible all around him.
These strange Yaoguiven were composed of numerous thin and thick vines of a dark green color, twisting and turning with menacing claws. At first glance, they resembled mountain ghosts lurking in the forest, ready to pounce on unsuspecting prey.
At the tips of the vines were sickly green flowers that, from a distance, looked like flickering ghostly lights, adding to the sinister and eerie nature of the plants.
Lu Chen maintained a cautious distance from the surrounding Yaoguiven to prevent any sudden ambushes.
Then, he channeled his spiritual energy, casting a large-scale Spirit Rain technique that covered an area with a radius of a hundred zhang.
The fine spiritual rain fell in strands, permeating all the Yaoguiven within range.
Whether nurturing or feeding, this action would provide detailed information about spiritual beasts and plants, including their current state.
Even if those Yaoguiven had transformed into something akin to demonic beasts, as long as they absorbed the spiritual rain summoned by Lu Chen, he would be able to understand everything about them.
Lu Chen focused his mind on the nearest Yaoguiven, and soon, a thought flashed through his mind.
Yaoguiven, a third-rate spirit plant. A demonic transformed plant with extremely strong aggressiveness. It disguises itself as a normal spirit plant and actively ambushes beasts or cultivators that approach.
Feeds on other spirit plants and demonic beasts' flesh and blood, except for its own kind.
Unable to condense seeds.
"A demonic transformed spirit plant that actively ambushes and attacks cultivators or beasts," Lu Chen muttered, finding this information rather novel.
This was the first time he had encountered a spirit plant that could initiate attacks. Previously, in Linyangfang City, many spirit plants had undergone strange transformations due to the influence of evil spirits, but they had not exhibited any signs of aggression.
After joining Tianjian Sect, the variety of spirit plants he cultivated had increased, and their grades had improved. Among them were the Mystical Peach, the Hundred-Eyed Weird Wood, and the Saint Infant Fruit, which could influence the desires and minds of cultivators.
However, these plants were either inherently predisposed to such effects or were controlled by hidden cultivators; they did not exhibit the same proactive aggressive behavior as the demonic transformed Yaoguiven.
Lu Chen continued to examine the other spirit plants within range of his Spirit Rain technique.
Within the vast area covered by the technique, there were nearly twenty Yaoguiven, most of which were demonic transformed plants. It was only when he reached the sixth plant that he discovered a normal Yaoguiven.
Yaoguiven... Can be used to refine certain special high-grade pills after maturation and can also assist in cultivating sinister and evil cultivation techniques.
Able to absorb spiritual energy for normal growth.
Out of the over twenty Yaoguiven, only four were normal spirit plants, with the rest being demonic transformed variants.
"There's quite a distinction between the demonic transformed plants and the normal ones," Lu Chen remarked.
"Their growth patterns are slightly different. The demonic transformed plants are no longer content with merely absorbing spiritual energy; they have a strong craving for the flesh and blood of other spirit plants and beasts, aside from their own kind," he explained.
"However, there might be some unknown change during the demonic transformation process that prevents the Yaoguiven from condensing seeds, hindering their ability to perpetuate their lives."
As Lu Chen mused, he committed the locations of the four normal spirit plants to memory.
"What is professionalism?" he asked himself.
"No need for cautious exclusion or risky battles. With a single Spirit Rain technique, I can swiftly identify the normal Yaoguiven plants."
"That's what professionalism is."
The method employed by his three sect mates earlier was akin to blundering through a minefield, stepping on vines and dealing with the consequences together if they stumbled upon a demonic transformed plant. In contrast, Lu Chen's approach was like sweeping for mines, identifying the dangers and safely navigating around the demonic transformed plants to directly harvest the normal Yaoguiven.
Just as his fingers were about to touch the flower, Lu Chen suddenly spun around and strode towards another plant.
Behind him, the Yaoguiven, with its greenish-black vines, had begun to tremble as Lu Chen drew near. But now, as he changed direction, it calmed, and the hundreds of tendril-like roots beneath the soil slowly retreated back into the depths.
Lu Chen repeated this act, approaching each demonically transformed plant with feigned excitement, only to swiftly retract his hand and move on to the next, leaving the plants quivering in anticipation, their aggression finding no release.
He continued this way until he reached a normal Yaoguiven, which he carefully plucked. However, without the nurturing touch of a cultivator, no white light sphere appeared after its harvest.
Weaving his way through the plants, Lu Chen pretended to reach for the transformed vines, only to quickly pull back, teasing them. But when he encountered a genuinely normal Yaoguiven, he did not hesitate to pluck it.
Lu Chen's actions seemed to enrage the demonically transformed spirit plants.
As he was about to harvest the last normal Yaoguiven within the range of his Spirit Rain technique, suddenly, hundreds of greenish-black vines, barbed with thorns, shot out from the ground like lightning, striking at Lu Chen.
"Right on time!"
Lu Chen was prepared. He slapped the side of his waist, where a mottled green gourd hung.
Instantly, a sword rang out, and countless minute sword auras, like swimming fish, shot out from the gourd's mouth, meeting the attacking vines.
The sword auras were incredibly sharp, leaving fine cuts on the vines. As the number of cuts increased, so did their depth, and in a moment, the greenish-black tendrils shattered, falling to the ground in pieces.
After unleashing the sword auras from his gourd, Lu Chen brought out the Purple Electric Sword, which crackled with electricity. He executed the Autumn Wind Sword Technique from the Four Seasons Sword Manual, his movements as graceful as the wind, carrying an endless killing intent.
The greenish-black vines fell to the ground, wriggling like severed earthworms in the dark gray soil, their death throes feeble.
Without their camouflage and the element of surprise, the attacking power of the Yaoguiven decreased significantly, and Lu Chen easily dealt with the few vines that had ambushed him.
"Hmm? Why did they suddenly retreat?"
He noticed that the demonically transformed plants he had identified, as well as those in the distance, were quickly burrowing into the spirit soil, disappearing along with the vines and normal Yaoguiven on the surface.
Lu Chen sensed something amiss.
"Have they realized my advantage over them? Or is there some scheme at play?"
He was puzzled, and the pale blue light in his dantian flickered slightly.
Threads of Primordial Wood Source Qi emerged from his body, and under Lu Chen's spiritual sense control, they quickly wove into a gigantic pale blue net with minuscule mesh, ensuring that even the tiniest spirit seed would not slip through.
He intended to use this net to comb through the empty spirit garden, searching for any hidden spirit seeds.
The Primordial Wood Source Qi had a natural affinity for spirit plants, capable of keenly sensing the vitality within spirit seeds, making the task far easier than using his spiritual sense alone.
The pale blue net delved deeper and deeper into the ground, reaching the limits of Lu Chen's spiritual sense, before he finally retracted it.
Undeterred, Lu Chen chose a new spot and continued his search for spirit seeds.
"Got one!"
After numerous attempts, Lu Chen, with the help of the pale blue net, detected an extremely weak vitality fluctuation.
Using the Earth Drawing Technique at the Great Perfection realm, he manipulated the soil structure, bringing the source of the fluctuation to the surface.
It was a spirit seed, resembling a piece of amber.
(End of Chapter)
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