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Chapter 476: The Shadow Spring Flower
Chapter 476: The Shadow Spring Flower
Bai Li Jianqing reached into his storage bag and retrieved a peculiar spirit seed as he spoke.
The spirit seed was oval-shaped and pitch-black all over. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to want to draw Lu Chen's soul into its depths.
Faint traces of a dark gray pattern could be discerned on its surface, resembling a minuscule river that wound and twisted within the seed. One could even hear the murmur of a spring if they listened intently.
"We obtained this spirit seed from the body of that evil creature we defeated. Since we didn't know its grade or type, the other three weren't very interested, and they divided the creature's flesh and claws among themselves. I thought this seed was rather unusual, so I claimed it for myself."
"I'll leave it to you, Lu Chen. With your skill in spirit planting, I'm sure you'll be able to cultivate it even without knowing its specific variety."
Bai Li Jianqing said with a smile, but the motion seemed to have agitated his chest wound, causing him to hiss and grimace in pain.
As more time passed since he had taken the Cleansing Pill, the dark aura spreading from his wound gradually faded and was now almost imperceptible.
"Then I won't be polite."
Lu Chen had a near-fanatical obsession with spirit seeds, especially unknown ones, and he always wanted to add them to his collection, even if he didn't have the spare energy to cultivate new ones.
"The evil aura in your wound has been purged by more than half now. The rest should be completely cleared out within the next couple of days."
"Without that bone-deep evil aura, the healing of your chest wound will speed up considerably."
"Just focus on resting and recuperating within the sect for now. Don't think about going out again until you're fully recovered. Come to me if you need anything."
Lu Chen gave a few instructions and left as Bai Li Jianqing repeatedly expressed his gratitude.
"The opportunity to enter the secret realm does come with considerable risk. Even for a large sect like Tianjian, there's a chance of life-threatening danger for its disciples."
Lu Chen sat atop a spiritual crane as they swiftly flew over numerous perilous mountain peaks.
Bai Li Jianqing's experience only served to reinforce Lu Chen's determination to stay put in the sect and focus on his peaceful farming life.
The fact that a disciple of the Inner Sect with the Jade Foundation stage could still meet their end in the secret realm was a stark reminder of the dangers involved.
"I'll wait until my cultivation is higher and I have more treasures before deciding whether to enter the secret realm again."
He made a silent decision.
Upon returning to his cave abode, Lu Chen soothed the anxious Fat Bird and the others, who had been attracted by the scent. Then, he hurried to his spirit fields with anticipation.
Using the Earth Drawing Technique, he placed the black spirit seed into a fissure in the spirit soil.
He focused his mental energy on the spirit seed buried in the shallow layer of spirit soil.
Shadow Spring Flower: A fifth-grade spirit plant that requires a dark environment to grow. It is nourished by Yin-attributed spirit soil and spring water. The mature, blooming flower contains a strand of Yin-corrupted power, which can assist in cultivating certain special techniques or refining high-grade pills of a particular type.
"Another fifth-grade spirit plant!"
Lu Chen was delighted. He hadn't expected such a wonderful surprise from Bai Li Jianqing.
"Yin-attributed spring water... The spring water from the Cracked Realm should meet the requirements. As for the Yin-attributed spirit soil, the spirit fields in the Yard of Darkness have been influenced by Yin energy for a long time, so they should just barely suffice."
"It's a pity that the Resentful Spirit Mud and Shadow Mud I obtained before are unsuitable for cultivating the Shadow Spring Flower. One is filled with resentment, and the other can contain fleshly spiritual power."
He sighed inwardly.
"Since Jianqing has given me such a rare and precious spirit seed, I now owe him a great favor. I'll have to find a way to repay him."
Being a fifth-grade spirit plant, the Shadow Spring Flower was already in the realm of pill formation. A single fourth-grade sword talisman or Cleansing Pill was worth far less than this seed, so Lu Chen decided to find a way to compensate Bai Li Jianqing.
There was now a full three bottles of Imperial Flux Marrow, and moreover, a thousand Sword Seals could be exchanged for two or three fourth-grade spirit seeds.
Additionally, there were the fifth-grade Heart Ape Fruits that Old White Ape had entrusted him to cultivate, a large amount of demon beast flesh and byproduct materials obtained from the forbidden area, and the friendship of the three great sect-protecting spirit beasts.
With all these connections, he was almost overwhelmed with opportunities.
As Lu Chen mused on this, he arrived at the spiritual field where the Jade Dew Fruits were located. His spiritual sense swept over the remaining thirty-seven Jade Dew Fruits, and he found that they had all matured.
"What a bountiful harvest."
He smiled and carefully plucked the spirit fruits. Among the thirty-seven Jade Dew Fruits, thirty-three were of ordinary quality, and four were of good quality.
For a third-grade spirit plant, having this level of quality was already quite remarkable.
After collecting the spirit fruits, his gaze was drawn to several dozen white globes of light that quietly appeared.
"The chaotic lights are bewitching."
He didn't know where to start, as they were all so enticing.
His body moved like a floating light, skimming over and gently touching more than thirty globes of light. In an instant, all the globes of light exploded almost simultaneously, transforming into streams of light that surged into Lu Chen's body.
In his mind, thoughts flashed by like a revolving lantern.
Harvested a third-grade Jade Dew Fruit, obtained a fourth-grade spirit brew, the Jade Washing Spirit Dew.
Nearly half of the light globe rewards were Jade Washing Spirit Dew, instantly increasing Lu Chen's stock of spirit brews.
Harvested a third-grade Jade Dew Fruit, obtained eight pills of the fourth-grade Cleansing Pellet.
Eight pills of the Cleansing Pellet spun in his palm, clear and translucent, exuding a rich and pure spiritual aura.
The effectiveness of the Cleansing Pellet had already been proven on Baili Jianqing, and obtaining eight pills at once greatly satisfied Lu Chen.
Harvested a third-grade Jade Dew Fruit, obtained the formula for the fourth-grade spirit brew, the Jade Washing Spirit Dew.
A vast amount of information surged into Lu Chen's sea of consciousness. With his Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment spiritual sense, combined with the boosts from the Nurturing Spirit Paste and the Divine Deviation Scripture, he felt as if his head was about to split open from the influx of knowledge.
After absorbing and digesting all the information, his understanding of brewing the Jade Washing Spirit Dew reached a whole new level, and he was confident that he could achieve a higher success rate and produce better-quality spirit brews.
Harvested a third-grade Jade Dew Fruit, obtained a fourth-grade treasure, the Qingwei Jade Lock.
Yet another jade lock magical artifact, bringing the total number in Lu Chen's possession to two.
Harvested a third-grade Jade Dew Fruit, obtained the formula for the fourth-grade Cleansing Pellet.
The thought flashed through his mind, and his sea of consciousness was filled with a wealth of knowledge about refining the Cleansing Pellet: the required spirit herbs, the processing, mixing, and quantities of the main and auxiliary ingredients, control of the pill fire, the optimal time for extracting the pills...
Absorbing the experience packages of three Cleansing Pellet formulas in a short period of time gave him an almost proficient level of pill-refining ability. Even before he started refining, he already had the experience of dozens or even hundreds of attempts.
"Now this is what you call a pill-refining genius!"
Lu Chen leaned back slightly, savoring the moment.
The drop rate of fourth-grade pill formulas was visibly low, but it still saved him a lot of time and instantly boosted his pill-refining capabilities to a considerable level.
With these fourth-grade pills, especially rare and precious ones like the Cleansing Pellet, even the master pill refiners in the Pill Hall might not be able to surpass him at this moment.
(End of Chapter)
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