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Chapter 401: Instant Arrow Technique?
Chapter 401: Instant Arrow Technique?
With the wondrous secret realm right before him, Lu Chen could only think of one thing: sowing seeds extravagantly.
He performed the Earth-Drawing Technique, causing the spiritual soil of the secret realm to churn and soon form into neatly divided strips of spirit fields.
Then, he approached one of the spirit fields and carefully placed the thirteen Yang Sword Gourd spirit seeds he had recently obtained into the cracks.
With a gentle stir of spiritual power, a light, pure spiritual rain fell, nourishing the gourd spirit seeds in the upper layers of the soil.
After that, he took out some low-grade, second-hand flying swords he had bought at a low price from his storage bag and placed them evenly around the gourd spirit seeds so they could fully absorb the residual sword intent within.
Next, Lu Chen proceeded to plant five seeds each of the Fiery Flame Fruit and Ice Vine Fruit near the spring and the small flame hill, respectively.
These ten second-grade spirit fruits were an experimental batch, and he wanted to observe if they would undergo any mutations under the influence of the unique spiritual energy environment of the secret realm.
After planting the two types of spirit fruits, he took out the dark yellow jujube pit from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and chose the most fertile spot in the spirit soil to plant it.
Lu Chen focused his mind on the Earth Emperor Jujube spirit seed and sensed that it was eagerly absorbing the earthen spiritual qi from the soil, which put him at ease.
He also planted the King Kong Bodhi spirit seed, and the surrounding King Kong shadows immediately became more substantial as they were nourished by the rich spiritual energy.
The King Kong shadows glared fiercely, holding Buddhist artifacts, and exuded an aura that seemed to intimidate all ghosts, demons, and monsters.
"I'm sorry for the hardships you've endured. Once I find Buddhist offerings, vows, and chants, I'll cultivate you properly," Lu Chen whispered.
He then flew towards the small flame hill, and a charred piece of wood naturally fell from above.
As it fell, the dark golden cracks on the charred wood seemed to sense the extremely pure fire spiritual qi of the small flame hill, and they suddenly lit up.
"Cheep!"
A crisp phoenix chirp seemed to ring out in the void, and a pair of phoenix shadows, each the size of a thumb, burst out from the dark golden cracks, dancing joyfully amidst the flames.
The phoenix shadows flew faster and faster, causing the colorful flames below to point towards their location as if drawn by an invisible force.
"You two are like kindling to a flame, igniting instantly," Lu Chen exclaimed in awe.
Transplanting the sixth-grade Phoenix Wood into the secret realm was indeed the right choice.
Due to its grade, it required an extremely high level of fire spiritual qi and needed to be nourished by third-grade or higher exotic fires. Back at the branch of the earth fire vein in his cave abode, it could only barely maintain its normal growth.
But now, in the secret realm, it was truly in its element.
After planting all the spirit plants, Lu Chen communicated with the Wood Spirit within the secret realm, activated the bronze array plate, and returned to the main array hall.
"Finally back at the sect. With the large teleportation formation set up in the array hall and the corresponding array plates, traveling between the secret realm and the sect is relatively convenient," Lu Chen mused.
As he returned to the foot of his cave abode, he couldn't help but feel a sense of surrealism, as if the short span of one or two days had transported him to another world.
"From now on, I'll be a spirit planter with three spirit fields," he said to himself.
"One field will be for cultivating various unorthodox and exotic spirit plants, another will be dedicated to high-grade spirit plants, and the last one will be for regular spirit plants. A clear division of labor."
He inspected the spirit fields, using various basic techniques, sword techniques, and sword arrays to carefully tend to the plants and satisfy their spiritual energy needs.
"These fourth-grade Arrow Vines take on the form of arrows with spiritual power, but they lack the true essence of arrows. I'll need to find a genuine arrow-based technique to properly cultivate them," Lu Chen thought.
The Arrow Vines possessed unusual traits, and given their fourth-grade status, the light sphere rewards were likely to be substantial. Thus, Lu Chen attached great importance to these four mutated Arrow Vines and was determined to obtain an arrow-based technique from the Treasury Pavilion to cultivate them effectively.
It was a third-rate technique that, when mastered, could instantly unleash invisible spiritual energy arrows. They were powerful and extremely fast, capable of attacking from different angles, catching opponents off guard.
Lu Chen pressed the jade slip against his forehead, and a flood of information poured into his sea of consciousness.
After several days of bitter cultivation, he finally managed to release an invisible energy arrow, albeit with great difficulty.
Lu Chen eagerly rushed to the Arrow Vine seedling. He manipulated his spiritual power according to the Instant Arrow Technique, and after a while, a faint spiritual energy ripple appeared before him, from which a translucent energy arrow the thickness of a finger slowly formed.
Lu Chen was delighted, as the translucent arrow almost dissipated right before his eyes.
He struggled to control the arrow, making it sway unsteadily as it flew toward the Arrow Vine seedling. It brushed against the seedling and somehow entered the green-black vine.
The Arrow Vine seedling had already borne numerous arrowheads the size of rice grains. As the energy arrow entered the vine, these tiny arrows emitted a soft, tinkling sound, but they soon fell silent and stopped moving.
"Did my fellow sect member from the Scripture Pavilion give me the wrong jade slip? Is this really the Instant Arrow Technique? It's even slower than a regular arrow technique."
"Hmm, perhaps it's so named because it forces one's opponent to react instantaneously," Lu Chen reasoned, shifting the blame elsewhere. He didn't consider that, given his true aptitude, being able to perform it smoothly within a few days was already unexpected.
He approached the other three Arrow Vine spirit seeds and condensed a tiny energy arrow for each, slowly infusing them into the spirit seeds.
After tending to all the spirit plants in the spirit field, Lu Chen decided to pay a visit to the small courtyard in Jianmen Town.
He now had a large amount of highly contaminated Dark Mire meat and eighteen Thousand Coiling Hands spirit seeds, as well as the nascent Meat Spirit God. He needed to make proper arrangements for them all.
Additionally, he wanted to see if he could sell some of the mature Thorn Bones, Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms, and Hundred-Eyed Weirdwoods.
"I wonder how those underworld spirit plants in the small courtyard are doing..."
After making all the necessary preparations, Lu Chen rode an ordinary third-grade flying sword out of the sect and arrived at the nearby Jianmen Town.
He purchased some cultivation resources and then made his way to the small courtyard.
Only after confirming that the Thousand Illusions Misty Smoke Array hadn't been tampered with did Lu Chen finally relax. He deactivated the array and entered the courtyard.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, a dense, oppressive aura of yin energy washed over him.
He heard the eerie wails of an infant, and a skinny, ash-black baby shadow flashed by, instantly vanishing into the Holy Infant Fruit tree.
A blood-red palm hobbled over and attached itself to Lu Chen's calf, seemingly trying to siphon his essence blood through the air.
Beside him, a tall peach tree rustled its branches and leaves. Though it appeared lush and beautiful, the pile of white bones at its base exposed its true nature.
"Tsk, tsk."
Having just experienced the beauty and purity of the secret realm, the stark contrast with the eerie, wailing courtyard, filled with howling winds, gave Lu Chen a tremendous sense of impact.
"This place is truly like the underworld. I can't let it contaminate the secret realm."
His original intention of transferring the underworld spirit plants to the secret realm instantly vanished upon witnessing this scene.
(End of Chapter)
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