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Chapter 524: Chaos of the Spirit Beast
Chapter 524: Chaos of the Spirit Beast
"It seems I'll have to pay more frequent visits to my courtyard in the underworld from now on."
Lu Chen resumed his true form and rode on the Wind and Thunder Sword, speeding through the air.
In the past, he only had to tend to the underworld spirit herbs whenever he had free time. But now, things were different. He had a calamity-level evil creature in his courtyard, even if it was still in its infancy. He couldn't help but worry about the trouble it might cause.
Out of caution, he decided to make regular visits to his courtyard from now on.
Moments later, he flew through the protective grand formation and entered the sect.
After passing through layer upon layer of restrictions and reaching the inner sect, he slowed down and flew leisurely towards his cave abode.
"Greetings, Brother Lu!"
Two people riding on spirit cranes enthusiastically greeted Lu Chen as they approached.
Due to Lu Chen's previous help in solving the fertility issues of their entire spirit crane clan, the majestic spirit cranes beneath them let out joyful cries, seemingly reproaching Lu Chen for not choosing them as his means of transportation.
Lu Chen's flying sword came to a halt, and a fervent smile appeared on his face.
"Greetings, fellow junior brothers," he replied, while also giving a slight nod to the two spirit cranes.
Even though he usually kept a low profile, the number of inner sect disciples who knew him kept increasing. Especially after jointly developing the new blessed land, and with his connections in the Elixir Hall and Sword Pavilion, he had gotten to know quite a few fellow disciples. The recent tasks involving exchanging beast corpses for Dust Cleansing Pills and the sword-nourishing gourd had also made him quite well-known within the sect.
"Brother must have just returned from outside the sect?" the two junior brothers guessed, glancing at the direction from which Lu Chen had come.
"Yes, I went to the nearby Sword Gate Town to deal with a batch of low-grade spirit herbs that were cultivated and bought some food for the spirit beasts. It was a pretty good harvest," Lu Chen said, half-truth and half-lie.
"Haha, it's quite convenient to go from the sect to Sword Gate Town," one of them said.
"Right, Brother Lu, is your task of exchanging Dust Cleansing Pills still valid?" The two junior brothers asked the question that concerned them the most.
"For now, it is still valid. However, I don't have many Dust Cleansing Pills left. If you two junior brothers want to exchange them, it would be better to do it sooner rather than later," Lu Chen replied.
"But I still have quite a few sword-nourishing gourds that I cultivated myself, and their quality is pretty good. That could be another option," he added with a smile.
"Thank you for the reminder, Brother Lu. We will pay an early visit to your cave abode," the two junior brothers said their farewells and departed.
Lu Chen stepped on the Wind and Thunder Sword and continued his leisurely journey towards his cave abode.
His spiritual sense far surpassed that of an ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even though the two junior brothers were already quite a distance away, he could still hear their soft voices.
"This Brother Lu is just as the rumors say—kind and benevolent, and treats others with generosity," one of them said.
"I heard that Brother Lu never ventures out to explore secret realms or compete for opportunities. He dedicates himself to cultivating spirit herbs in his cave abode, and even within the sect, not many fellow disciples have actually seen him," the other replied.
"Perhaps not many have seen him, but plenty have heard of him. After all, Brother Lu's accomplishments in the way of spirit herbs are well-known. He could be considered the number one expert below the Golden Core stage," the first junior brother said.
"Being able to find a place in the sect and live a peaceful life by relying on one's skill in cultivating spirit herbs is also a good choice," the second junior brother agreed.
"Yes, for us who often venture out to explore secret realms, who knows if we'll meet our end one day, never to return," the first junior brother said.
"It's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. But by exploring secret realms and seeking opportunities, there's at least a slim chance of achieving longevity. If one remains a spirit herb cultivator and doesn't strive for more, their cultivation path will have a foreseeable end," the second junior brother added.
As the two junior brothers gradually moved out of range, their voices faded from Lu Chen's hearing.
After calming them down, he made his way to the spirit field and took out the piece of Mysterious Gold Rock from his storage bag.
The dull yellow rock lay flat in the spirit field, its surface shimmering with countless fine golden lights that were dazzling to behold.
With a thought, Lu Chen activated the Earth Drawing Technique.
As a fourth-grade spirit mineral, the Mysterious Gold Rock was extremely hard. However, Lu Chen's Earth Drawing Technique had reached the master level after absorbing countless experience packets and being performed countless times. With a slight increase in his spiritual power, the dull yellow rock began to change quietly.
The rock and the underlying spirit soil underwent subtle changes, merging together seamlessly.
Lu Chen set up a simple spirit gathering array, slowly drawing the golden spiritual energy from within the Mysterious Gold Rock together. Then, he planted the White Bone Killing Sword Grass seed into the rock.
His spiritual sense permeated the sword grass's spirit seed, instantly entering a world of slaughter, as wave after wave of endless killing intent surged towards him.
Lu Chen embraced the Yuan and guarded the First, maintaining a clear mind. The bright sword heart in his sea of consciousness spun rapidly, comprehending the killing sword intent.
When his mind began to feel a hint of fatigue, he withdrew and began to inspect the spirit field, checking on the growth of the various spirit herbs.
From time to time, he would precisely cast foundational spirit herb cultivation spells like the Spirit Rain Technique and the Wood Birth Technique, or provide them with the five elemental spiritual energies, sword qi, and sword intent, to meet their diverse growth needs.
After quietly cultivating the spirit herbs in his cave abode for some time, Zongmen True Transmission Lin'er paid him a visit.
"Lu Chen, it's been a while since I last saw you, and your spirit herbs have grown even more beautifully."
Firetamer followed Lu Chen to the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
"You flatter me, Senior Brother Fire," Lu Chen said as he poured a hot cup of spirit tea for the boy in the fiery red robe. "What brings you here today?"
"I do have something important to discuss with you, and it concerns the Wild Beast Cave blessed land that you once managed for half a year," Fire Lion'er said, his expression turning serious.
"Has something happened at the blessed land?" Lu Chen asked, a hint of urgency in his voice.
After all, within that blessed land, there were the Spirit Beasts that he had known for many years—the Mysterious Heaven Luan Bird and the Little White Ape—as well as the Lion-Bird Beast that he had briefly tamed. He had also made inter-species friends there, like the Old Dragon Turtle and the mysterious yet sincere Old Fox. Naturally, he was concerned about their welfare.
"Recently, there have been several incidents of spirit beasts attacking their own kind or sect cultivators within the blessed land," Fire Lin'er explained.
"Isn't that relatively common, though?" Lu Chen asked, his expression puzzled. Based on his previous experience managing the Wild Beast Cave blessed land, while cases of spirit beasts suddenly turning violent and bloodthirsty were not numerous, they did occur from time to time.
There were usually three ways to deal with such spirit beasts.
For the least severe cases, they would undergo further taming to completely subjugate them.
If a spirit beast attacked others more than once and injured fellow spirit beasts or sect cultivators, they would be directly suppressed and confined until they showed signs of improvement.
In the most severe cases, if a spirit beast repeatedly refused to change its ways and caused major casualties, it would either be destroyed or sent to a forbidden area for live spirit beast experiments.
(End of Chapter)
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