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Chapter 457: A Virtuous Cultivator at Heart
Chapter 457: A Virtuous Cultivator at Heart
"Feeding on resentful souls, its habits are quite similar to the Ghost-faced Stone Mushrooms I cultivated before."
Lu Chen sighed, a frown on his face.
The reason was simple—he didn't have enough resentful souls.
Among his possessions, he currently had two items that contained resentful souls. One was the fourth-grade Soul-Luring Lantern, which had absorbed numerous vengeful spirits and grudges in the secret realm, including those of mid-to-late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators. Quality over quantity.
The other was the Wooden Infant he had obtained a long time ago.
With a thought, a greenish-black infant floated out from the Gluttonous Worm Pouch.
"Poor child, you're almost drained by the Holy Infant Fruit Tree," Lu Chen said, looking at the infant with ashen-white eyes and a resentful expression.
Seeing the infant's defiant demeanor, the Wind and Thunder Sword in his hand let out a crisp ring, unsheathing half of its blade. Arcs of electricity danced around the sword's edge.
"Do you want to taste the power of electricity again?"
The infant didn't know how many times it had been shocked by the Purple Electric Sword and the Wind and Thunder Sword, but the moment it saw the sword's blade, its resentful expression turned to fear.
Lu Chen looked at the Wooden Infant's abdomen.
Its once round belly, filled with infant souls, had become much more shriveled, and the rate at which it spat out souls had slowed significantly.
After satisfying the demands of the Holy Infant Fruit Tree, it was clear that the Wooden Infant was running out of steam.
Now, with two Holy Infant Fruit Trees and the newly acquired Weeping Yin Wood, the demand for resentful souls had increased drastically.
"Conservation is out of the question. I can't afford to delay the harvest of the light groups. I'll have to find a way to increase my supply," Lu Chen thought to himself.
He carefully stored away the Weeping Yin Wood spirit seed, planning to plant it in his Underworld Courtyard the next time.
"Speaking of the Underworld Courtyard, the number of bizarre spirit plants there is increasing," Lu Chen mused.
"Just among the fifth-grade plants, there's the Strange Longevity Peach, the Holy Infant Fruit, the Blood Sin Flower, the Weeping Yin Wood, as well as the Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, the Impure Insect Grass, and the Thousand Coiling Hands."
"And let's not forget the disaster-grade Evil Spirit Flesh Spirit God that's gestating."
"But this doesn't change the fact that I'm a virtuous cultivator."
"Even though I love cultivating bizarre spirit plants and raising mysterious and evil beings, I'm still a virtuous cultivator at heart."
Lu Chen chuckled to himself.
The Underworld Courtyard had become a comprehensive development zone. Any demon beast corpse that went in was devoured completely—its essence blood, flesh, bones, and soul—leaving nothing behind. It was all about leaving no trace.
As he reflected, Lu Chen took out another colorful spirit seed.
He planted it in the spirit soil and concentrated, a thought appearing in his mind.
Seven Emotions Bean, a fourth-grade spirit plant. During its growth stage, it needs to devour seven types of emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, thoughtfulness, confusion, fear, and surprise. When mature, it can be used to assist in cultivating the Heart-Severing Emotion-Extinguishing Cultivation Technique. Direct ingestion will allow cultivators to expel desires from their hearts, focus without distraction, and remain unaffected by external influences.
Cultivators who cultivate the Seven Emotions Bean over a long period, providing it with various emotions, will eventually sever their own emotional desires.
"Love is always vexed by the unfeeling."
"No wonder I've never heard of this Seven Emotions Bean before. It's a spirit plant that can devour emotions," Lu Chen thought to himself.
"I wonder what would happen if it were mixed with the Enchanting Immortal Peach."
"One stirs up the deepest desires in a cultivator's heart, while the other devours those desires, severing emotions and extinguishing one's nature. A battle between the spear and the shield."
A strange idea flashed through his mind, but in the end, he obediently planted it in the spirit field, keeping it isolated.
As for the other fourth-grade magical artifact, the Demon-Subduing Stake, when Lu Chen probed it with his spiritual sense, he could feel the strong Buddhist aspirations within, which was exactly what the fifth-grade Vajra Bodhi needed.
Having just returned from the Defective Secret Realm, he planned to leave the Myriad Demon Cave again after some time to harvest the light groups and then visit the Underworld Courtyard and the Defective Secret Realm again.
Despite being planted for a relatively short time, the Fiery Flame Fruit and Ice Roselle Fruit in the Defective Secret Realm had flourished under the nourishment of the pure spiritual energy within, and due to their low grade, they had borne an abundance of fiery spirit fruits and deep blue icy spirit fruits.
As Lu Chen prepared to depart for the Myriad Demon Cave blessed land, he made a thorough inspection of his spirit fields.
On the four Arrow Vines, numerous small arrow-like branches swayed gently in the wind, though they had not yet attained the formidable might of firing ten thousand arrows at once.
Lu Chen displayed his mastery of the Instant Arrow Art by condensing arrow-like spiritual power and infusing it into the countless small arrows on the vines.
Having practiced the Instant Arrow Art for some time, he had finally reached a level of proficiency in its execution.
Sword Grass Region.
The fourth-grade Sword Qiao, Sword Peacock, and Blue Lotus Sword Grass thrived with robust growth.
The Sword Qiao, the first to be planted, now exuded the formidable aura of a fourth-grade sword grass, with countless hawk-shaped sword auras shuttling through the air at incredible speeds.
On the Sword Peacock plant, hundreds of sword auras resembled peacock feathers, expanding and contracting freely, radiating a dazzling display of deadly energy.
After demonstrating his proficiency in the Thousand Hawk Sword Technique and the Peacock Sword Formation, Lu Chen approached the Blue Lotus Sword Grass.
His understanding of the Blue Lotus Sword Scripture was still at a beginner's level, so he had to be extremely cautious when cultivating this particular sword grass.
Having inspected all the spirit plants in his cave's spirit fields, Lu Chen left enough spirit fruits and demon beast meat for Feng Yun (Wind Hawk)
and the Cloud-Stepping Lynx cubs before once again entering the Myriad Demon Cave.
A familiar sense of weightiness greeted his feet.
Lu Chen landed on the thick cloud cluster, with the cloud houses seamlessly integrated with the clouds not far away.
"Lu Shidi, you're back," said Sun Yun and the others, who had sensed the disturbance outside and emerged from the cloud house. Seeing Lu Chen, they simultaneously broke into brilliant smiles.
"Yes, I'm back," Lu Chen nodded.
"You all must have worked hard these past few days taking care of the blessed land's spirit beasts. I hope everything went smoothly?"
"All is well, and there haven't been any issues with the spirit beasts," replied Sun Yun, the one with the highest cultivation level.
"That's good to hear," Lu Chen said.
After chatting with them about the recent happenings in the Myriad Demon Cave, Lu Chen rested in the cloud house for a while before making his way to the lakeside where the ancient dragon turtle resided.
"I was just wondering why the divination signs foretold good omens today, and it turns out it's because you, young man, have returned," the ancient dragon turtle said.
"What? Have you finally thought of me, old turtle?" Lu Chen teased.
The ancient dragon turtle's shell, adorned with swirling spiritual patterns, lay basking on a flat boulder, while its body lounged leisurely, belly up. Above its head floated the Pure Land Heart Sutra, open to a page.
"Of course, I always think of you, old friend. As soon as I entered the blessed land, I made my way here to see you," Lu Chen said, aware of the millennia-old turtle's profound loneliness.
He dared not look directly at the pale yellow silk scroll, fearing embarrassment before the ancient dragon turtle, and so he kept his head lowered as he replied.
"You've finally shown some conscience," the ancient dragon turtle said.
"Next time I go out, I'll see if I can find you another artifact similar to the one you have, so you can view different wonderful scenes and switch between them at will," Lu Chen offered.
"Ho! Is there such a good thing?" The ancient dragon turtle immediately perked up at the prospect. The thought of being surrounded by the Pure Land Heart Sutra on all sides, with each view offering a unique and delightful scene, was a dream come true for the ancient turtle.
(End of Chapter)
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