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Chapter 258: Boom! A Grudge-filled Soul
Chapter 258: Boom! A Grudge-filled Soul
Lu Chen was still immersed in his thoughts when he sensed the Yaoguifen, a high-grade spirit herb, crawling towards the demonic and eerie Blood Sphere spirit herb on the ground, attracted by its scent.
The gray vines swayed left and right as it approached the blood sphere, undeterred by Lu Chen's cold gaze.
"I'll just take a little nibble."
A thought entered Lu Chen's sea of consciousness.
The gray vines pressed themselves against the surface of the blood sphere, which was covered in countless tiny blood vessels. After just a few breaths, it pulled away.
"That's a bit too intense for my taste."
The thick, bloody scent was a bit overwhelming for the Yaoguifen, and after leaving its mark, it retreated to Lu Chen's side, indicating that it wanted no part in this.
Lu Chen stored the Blood Heritage Flower spirit herb into his storage bag and returned to the house. He took out the Whistling Sea Sword Talisman and the Great Sun Sword Talisman, holding one in each hand. Then, he retrieved the wood-attributed Symbiotic Demon from the bag.
The ash-gray infant, bound by the deep blue talismanic chains, kept its eyes tightly shut, unmoving.
Following the female cultivator's instructions on control methods, Lu Chen loosened the talismanic chains slightly. Immediately, a thin strand of Primordial Wood Qi, as fine as a hair, drifted past the infant's nose and mouth.
As a wood-attributed being, this Symbiotic Demon was extremely sensitive to the Primordial Wood Qi that shared its origin. Its eyes snapped open, grayish-white irises fixed on the strand of Qi, while the navel, where the various infant-like grudge souls resided, underwent rapid changes.
"Do you want a taste? Be a good little demon and submit to me. If you're obedient, I might just give you a treat."
Lu Chen hooked his lips into a smile, placing the two fourth-grade sword talismans on the table.
The ash-gray infant let out a shrill cry, its features scrunching together as it revealed rows of grayish-white fangs.
The Yaoguifen remained at Lu Chen's side, its vines conveying a mix of desire and aversion as it gazed at the wood-attributed Symbiotic Demon across from it.
While this Symbiotic Demon was wood-attributed and possessed a rich woody spiritual energy that was part of its diet, the spiritual energy within its body had been completely polluted and transformed, making the Yaoguifen subconsciously want to avoid it. It didn't even want to leave its mark on the demon.
Lu Chen tried to communicate with the eerie infant, but to no avail. So, he tightened the talismanic chains once more, securely binding the Symbiotic Demon.
After storing it away, he organized his things and prepared to pay a visit to the small courtyard in Jianmen Town.
He planned to plant the Blood Heritage Flower, cultivate the Sage Infant Fruit, check on the other spiritual plants, and, while he was at it, earn some spirit stones.
Due to the grudges he had formed in the Langyue Blessed Land, Lu Chen was more cautious than usual. He stealthily slipped out of the sect, making sure no one was tailing him.
"Looks like I was overthinking things. No one is following me."
"It's been several months since the incident with the sixth-grade Phoenix Wood. Even if they wanted to harm me, they wouldn't keep watch over me day and night for months. They'll have to look for another opportunity."
Lu Chen's figure appeared quietly in a forest ten miles away from Jianmen Town, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
After leaving the Sky Sword Sect, he had used the Floating Light Body Technique to the fullest, randomly landing in a dense forest, then escaping through earth-tunneling before using the Invisible Cloak's stealth capability to completely hide his presence.
After a long while, he still hadn't detected any movement.
Only then did Lu Chen feel relieved. He quickly entered Jianmen Town.
Under the towering stone sword that pierced the clouds, there was a spacious square made of blue stones, where many Qi-cultivating loose cultivators set up stalls.
As Lu Chen passed by, he bought an injured first-grade demonic beast, intending to bring it to the courtyard to feed the underworld spiritual plants.
Upon reaching the small courtyard, Lu Chen circled the area cautiously but found no abnormalities.
Due to its proximity to the Sky Sword Sect, Jianmen Town often played host to sect cultivators. As a result, killings and treasure-snatching were rare here. Additionally, the courtyard was protected by the fourth-grade Thousand Illusions Misty Smoke Array, allowing Lu Chen to feel secure during his extended stays away from the sect.
"It's empty. Looks like the vengeful spirits from last time have all been absorbed by the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms."
Lu Chen looked around. The courtyard was quiet, without any signs of lingering spirits.
The first thing that caught his eye was the five Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms. The eerie patterns at their tips were much duller than before, hanging low and displaying unhappy expressions.
It had been a long while since he last visited the small courtyard in Jianmen Town, and the vengeful spirits he had left had long been absorbed, forcing the mushrooms to rely on absorbing spiritual energy for basic growth.
He quickly took out the Yin Spirit Pearl from his storage bag and released over twenty vengeful spirits from it.
Nurtured by the yin energy of the pearl, these spirits were plump and substantial; consuming one was equivalent to devouring three to five of the previous ones.
The familiar delicious scent instantly roused the five Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms. The eerie patterns at their tips lit up, luring the spirits closer so they could be devoured in an instant.
After satisfying the starving mushrooms, Lu Chen approached the Thornbone Tree.
Due to the presence of the massive Barbarian Cow skeleton and the Fourth-Grade Six-Eyed Red Iron Scorpion skeleton, the Thornbone Tree's growth had not been affected at all.
Countless sharp white bones grew wildly, enveloping the two skeletons within. Only small glimpses of the skeletons could be seen through the gaps in the bone-filled thicket.
Innumerable tiny bone spurs dug deep into the skeletons, absorbing their nutrients relentlessly.
The multitude of slender white bones resembled a thorny forest, exuding a peculiar beauty.
Lu Chen focused his spiritual sense and perceived that the Thornbone Tree, like the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms, had entered a mature state, although its progress was slightly slower than that of the mushrooms.
He then walked over to the Hundred-Eyed Spectral Wood.
On the ancient and withered tree bark, dozens upon dozens of ashen-gray eyes sensed Lu Chen's approach and opened simultaneously. Instantly, a chilling aura seeped from under Lu Chen's feet, creeping up to the top of his head.
The three pairs of Six-Eyed Red Iron Scorpion eyes that he had left behind the last time still hung on the tree trunk, each giant scorpion eye pulled by several thin, transparent tentacles.
On a few of the pupils, there hung dried-up, tiny eyeballs, their nutrients completely drained, swaying gently like abandoned lanterns in a long-deserted old mansion.
"That Six-Eyed Red Iron Scorpion is indeed a Fourth-Grade beast. Even after so long, both its skeleton and eyes are still radiating residual energy."
Lu Chen marveled, then found a vacant spirit field and carefully planted the Blood Heritage Flower.
Subsequently, he took out a First-Grade demon beast he had bought along the way and poured all its fresh blood onto the Blood Heritage Flower's spirit seed.
He tossed the eyeball imbued with watery spiritual energy in front of the Hundred-Eyed Spectral Wood, and two transparent tentacles shot out from the strange eyes, piercing through the still-twitching eyeball of the demon beast.
The demon beast's flesh was buried beneath the Poisonous Spine Wood, its skeleton tossed into the Thornbone Tree, and its soul was effortlessly absorbed by the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms.
A living demon beast had been completely devoured.
"Flesh, bones, soul, and eyes..."
"The Jianmen Town courtyard offers a full funeral package."
"Our specialty is ensuring that those who enter will never leave, their bodies left without a trace."
Lu Chen chuckled and took out the wood-attributed Symbiotic Demon from his storage bag.
He unsheathed the Purple Electric Sword from its sheath, and arcs of electricity crackled, causing the sheath to tremble violently.
A bolt of lightning struck the ashen-gray infant.
"Hmm? A baby with an explosive soul?"
(End of Chapter)
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