Chapter 273: Spirit Plant in Stone
Chapter 273: Spirit Plant in Stone
Lu Chen and Long Li expanded their search area and continued for a long time, but they didn't find any more Dragon Remains Grass. Only then did they leave the bottom of Thousand Dragon Lake.
As soon as Lu Chen emerged from the lake surface, the Water-walking Pearl vision disappeared from his mouth and fell into his palm.
Long Li also reverted to his previous appearance, with a hint of joy in his golden vertical pupils.
"Senior Brother Long, Junior Brother Lu, how was your harvest at the lake bottom?"
Tai Zhiqing, who had been waiting patiently nearby, immediately came over and asked curiously.
"We found a total of five Dragon Remains Grass plants," Long Li replied calmly, not hiding anything.
"Five plants of a fifth-grade spirit herb!" The elegant scholar exclaimed. A fifth-grade spirit herb was incredibly beneficial for the Pill Formation stage, and he never expected that such a great opportunity lay hidden in the depths of the waters near his small island.
It was a pity that without the permission of the sect, one couldn't enter the bottom of Thousand Dragon Lake and obtain the Dragon Remains Grass. However, he could still get a small share of the leftovers.
As expected, Long Li quickly proposed a distribution of the benefits.
"Thank you both for your hard work today in finding the Dragon Remains Grass, a fifth-grade spirit herb."
"With the half-plant that Junior Brother Tao obtained from the Flood Dragon, I can't take all five plants for myself. I must first turn them over to the sect for distribution."
"However, Junior Brother Lu, you have made a contribution by discovering the Dragon Remains Grass, so I can reward you with 400 Sword Seals on behalf of the sect."
As Long Li spoke, a pile of tiny sword seals floated over to Lu Chen.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Long," Lu Chen said.
After all, the Dragon Remains Grass was a fifth-grade spirit herb, something needed by Pill Formation stage cultivators. Lu Chen had only stumbled upon it by accident, and he didn't dare to dream of obtaining a fifth-grade spirit herb. The 400 Sword Seals were already a very generous reward.
400 Sword Seals were no small amount. Even a common fourth-grade spirit plant would only cost around 200 Sword Seals, leaving one with plenty to spare.
"As for Junior Brother Tao, your Flood Dragon has already consumed half a plant of Dragon Remains Grass, which has brought it immense benefits. We'll consider that your reward."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Long," the elegant scholar said with a bow.
Long Li nodded at Lu Chen and the other junior brother, and the dragon shadow on his red robe flickered before he transformed into a red light and disappeared instantly.
"Senior Brother Tao, do you still need to draw blood from the remaining Flood Dragons?" Lu Chen asked Tao Zhiqing, who was standing nearby with a dejected look, as he was still thinking about the fresh, high-quality blood of the remaining third and fourth-grade Flood Dragons!
"Of course," Tao Zhiqing said with a bitter smile. "But it will be a lot of work for Junior Brother Lu again." The imitation Binding Dragon Ring in his hand glowed with golden light as he released the Snowline Flood Dragon, which had been under his control.
"Junior Brother Lu, do you know how to refine the medicinal power of the Dragon Remains Grass?" He asked Lu Chen as he watched the Snowline Flood Dragon regain its freedom.
"Senior Brother Tao, I'm just an ordinary spirit herbologist. It's better to leave that question to the pill refiners in the sect," Lu Chen said helplessly as he drew blood from the Flood Dragon beneath him.
"But if Senior Brother Tao can find a way to refine the medicinal power of the Dragon Remains Grass, that Snowline Flood Dragon will surely soar to new heights and quickly advance to the fourth-grade realm."
None of the remaining Flood Dragons were like the Snowline variety, fond of diving to the bottom of the lake, so they didn't have any traces of the Dragon Remains Grass in their systems.
After Lu Chen had checked and drawn blood from over ten Flood Dragons, he left the lake heart island amid Tao Zhiqing's repeated thanks.
Once he was out of the range of Thousand Dragon Lake, Lu Chen couldn't contain his joy. Sitting on the spirit crane, he let out a long whistle.
The spirit crane beneath him seemed to sense his elation and let out a cheerful, crisp cry, the two of them echoing each other.
He took a deep breath to calm his excited heart.
This trip to the Thousand Dragon Lake to perform health checks on the dragons had yielded far more than he had anticipated.
In terms of dragon essence blood, aside from acquiring hundreds of bottles of first and second-grade dragon and python essence blood, he had also obtained over ten bottles of rare third and fourth-grade dragon essence blood from Tai Zhiqing.
Additionally, due to the discovery of the Dragon Remains Grass in the Snowline Dragon, the true disciple Long Li had joined them, scouring the lake bottom and finding five stalks of fifth-grade spirit herbs. As a result, Lu Chen was rewarded with four hundred Sword Seals.
Currently, his storage bag held nearly a thousand Sword Seals, making him quite wealthy.
"I remember when I first entered the sect, I had to search for spirit herb missions everywhere just to earn a meager two or three dozen Sword Seals. It would take a long time of hard work to accumulate even a small amount."
"Who would've thought that now, with a simple discovery, I could effortlessly obtain four hundred Sword Seals."
Lu Chen reminisced about his past experiences, filled with mixed emotions.
Of course, the dragon essence blood and four hundred Sword Seals were nothing compared to the most precious find of this trip—those seemingly ordinary dragon fossils.
While helping to search for the Dragon Remains Grass, he had subconsciously buried the things he found in the ground. Unexpectedly, this casual action had led to a tremendous windfall.
As he buried a dragon fossil, a sudden thought flashed through his mind.
There was a fifth-grade Dragon Remains Grass spirit seed hidden within the dragon fossil!
This thought filled Lu Chen with elation, and he could hardly believe his luck. After confirming that Long Li hadn't noticed his anomaly, he entertained the idea of secretly swallowing the Dragon Remains Grass spirit seed.
Judging solely by the dragon fossil, one couldn't detect the presence of the spirit seed at all. It seemed to be completely fused with the fossil, imperceptible even to a careful sweep of his spiritual sense.
This sparked greed in Lu Chen, and he casually picked up several stones, intending to decorate his small lake with them, as an excuse to conceal his true intention.
Three of the stones contained Dragon Remains Grass spirit seeds, while the rest were merely to better disguise his plan.
He arrived at the edge of the peak's small lake and jumped directly into it.
The lake bottom wasn't very deep, and even without the Water-walking Pearl, Lu Chen could move about freely.
With a thought, he emptied his storage bag, spilling out a pile of odd-looking stones, and his spiritual sense quickly locked onto three of them.
He unleashed the Earth-pull Technique, causing subtle changes in the soil structure at the lake bottom, creating a pit that could accommodate the strange stones.
Placing one of the stones into the pit, he focused his mind, and a thought emerged in his brain.
Dragon Remains Grass, fifth-grade spirit herb. The spirit seed is formed from the essence of true dragon remains, infused within the bones during incubation, making it extremely difficult to detect.
During cultivation, it requires the remains of third-grade or higher dragons, nourished by third-grade or higher spirit liquid. Once mature, it can aid cultivators in breaking through true dragon-related cultivation techniques. Feeding it to dragon-type magical beasts can increase the probability of advancement, with a certain chance of breaking through to the fifth-grade level.
Transform and become a dragon within ancient remains!
"Three fifth-grade spirit seeds! I've struck gold!"
Lu Chen couldn't contain his laughter. Compared to the spirit seeds, he cared little for the mature Dragon Remains Grass.
Although the cultivation conditions were somewhat complex, one could only imagine the generous rewards that a mature fifth-grade spirit herb would bring.
(End of Chapter)
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