Chapter 569: Illusion
Chapter 569: Illusion
"Junior disciple, you sneak over from this side while I circle around behind him. Wait for my signal, and we'll attack together."
A voice, thin as a mosquito's buzz, sounded amidst the thunderous light.
"Alright! I never thought we'd come across such a plump sheep today, wandering alone into the Thunder Sea," an excited voice replied.
Lu Chen's presence was veiled by the Qing Feng Yu Yi, and the two assailants were unaware of his true cultivation level. However, based on common sense, not many powerful cultivators ventured into this area.
The two attackers had mastered a secret Thunder Escape technique, allowing them to conceal their figures within the thunderous light and make it difficult for others to detect them. Hence, they often lurked in the Thunder Sea, ambushing and killing other cultivators to obtain abundant cultivation resources.
With their combined ambush, even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would likely perish at their hands. Thus, upon seeing Lu Chen alone, they decided to make a quick profit.
Within the thunderous light, faint ripples appeared as the two assailants, one in front and one behind, blocked Lu Chen's path.
"Now!"
The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator sent a faint signal, and they both rushed towards Lu Chen simultaneously.
Facing their onslaught like a storm of wind and rain, Lu Chen revealed a terrified expression, as if he had already accepted his impending death.
In the next instant, his terrified look abruptly transformed into a faint, eerie smile.
"Not good, this person is an illusion!"
The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator sensed something amiss with their target and called out a warning.
But it was already too late.
A massive grayish-white eyeball emerged from a slender fissure, devoid of any emotional hue as it fixed its gaze upon the two assailants.
Their spiritual seas instantly filled with layers of illusions, causing their minds to falter for a brief moment.
In that fleeting moment, Lu Chen's figure shattered like a mirror, and a talisman in the shape of a sword tip appeared before them.
Just as the two assailants regained their senses, the talisman seemed to surge like ocean waves, instantly erupting with innumerable minute sword energies that rushed towards them like a terrifying tsunami.
Soon, they were engulfed by the endless sword energies, perishing without a trace, leaving behind only two corpses riddled with sword marks.
Lu Chen hovered in the high sky, his spiritual sense sweeping over the area to confirm that the two were dead beyond revival before slowly descending.
When he had sensed their malicious intentions, he had decided to take the opportunity to get rid of them.
As his spiritual sense detected their attempt to stealthily surround and ambush him, he couldn't resist toying with them. He left behind a Howling Sea Sword Talisman, controlling the Void Nightmare Eye to use illusions to transform the sword talisman into his likeness. Then, his true body quietly rose into the air with the help of the Green Rising Shoes artifact.
With just a single fourth-grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman, he effortlessly disposed of the two ambushing cultivators without breaking a sweat.
With smooth and practiced movements, he took out the Soul Luring Lamp from his storage bag and infused it with spiritual power. The pallid candle within the human skin lampshade instantly ignited, forcing the countless vengeful spirits underneath to squeeze together without any gaps.
Two souls drifted out of the corpses, dazed and confused, having lost their spiritual intellect. As they drew near the Soul Luring Lamp, they seemed to sense their impending fate and attempted to break free from the lamp's restraints, desperate to escape.
The countless dark red tassels at the base of the lamp gently swayed, shooting out like lightning and pulling the two souls into the Soul Luring Lamp.
"Two more powerful vengeful souls. The Weeping Yin Tree and the Burning Soul Flowers will have a grand feast," Lu Chen said as he put away the Soul Luring Lamp and then stored the two tattered corpses into his storage bag.
"Once a righteous cultivator who treated others with benevolence, now reduced to this state for the sake of nurturing spirit plants. It truly is lamentable," Lu Chen sighed, picking up the two storage bags left behind by the deceased cultivators.
However, the quality was mediocre, falling short of the fourth-grade artifacts in Lu Chen's possession. Uninterested in keeping them, he planned to sell them off for spirit stones.
"As expected of cultivators who ambush others. Their possessions are far more than what a regular solitary cultivator would have."
"What a pity. They spent their days hunting others, only to have the tables turned on them by me, a cultivator with the Void Nightmare Eye and powerful spiritual sense."
"A successful ambush would have brought them abundant spirit stones and resources, but failure means paying with their lives."
Lu Chen smiled faintly.
Renting that cave in the Thunderfire Star Cave had cost him a significant portion of his wealth, but soon after, he had encountered kind cultivators who had generously offered their help.
"There are still many benevolent cultivators in the Celestial Star Cave."
"If only there were a few more such cultivators."
Lu Chen slowly made his way out of the outer region of Thunder Sea, but unfortunately, he did not come across similar situations again. He was too lazy to go out of his way to pretend to be an ambusher, so he returned to his cave abode.
This trip had been fruitful. He had collected over ten types of spirit thunder, so he wouldn't have to worry about the Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit not getting enough nourishment for a while.
Additionally, he had acquired a large number of spirit stones and some artifacts and pills from the two ambushing cultivators, all in exchange for just one fourth-grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman.
He still had fifty to sixty sword talismans left, and now that he had obtained the Sword Gourd's condensation method, he could cultivate them in large quantities over the long term. He would only need to worry about having too many sword talismans to use.
As soon as he entered the cave abode, the various spiritual beasts greeted him, allowing Lu Chen, who had been on high alert in the Thunder Sea, to finally relax.
After soothing the spiritual beasts, he made his way to the core area of the spirit fields.
Within the earth of the spirit fields, the Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit's spirit seed was buried, and strands of thunder power seeped out, causing the area around the spirit seed to constantly emit a sizzling sound.
"It's time to start cultivating this sixth-grade spirit plant."
Lu Chen's lips curved upwards, and he eagerly took out a jade box from his storage bag, tearing away the restriction talismans placed on its exterior. His fingers pinched a crimson thunder bead, from which thin strands of crimson thunder light writhed like fine hairs. Upon closer inspection, one could see the expansion and contraction of the thunder within, indicating its extreme instability.
Lu Chen took a deep breath and infused his spiritual sense into the bead. A slender crimson thunderbolt shot out from within the bead and instantly sank into the deep purple spirit seed within the spirit fields.
Through his keen spiritual sense, he felt the spirit seed, like a thunder flower, tremble slightly, as if it had gained a faint hint of vitality out of thin air.
Seeing this, Lu Chen smiled in satisfaction and repeated the process, drawing out slender crimson thunderbolts from the thunder bead and infusing them into the Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit's spirit seed.
Only when he sensed that the spirit seed had reached a saturated state did he stop and carefully put away the crimson thunder bead, which had now shrunk to half its original size.
"With the sixth-grade spirit plant, the Phoenix Wood was the first to be cultivated, so it shouldn't be long before it matures. The Purple Microcosmic Thunder Fruit has also started its cultivation, and with the Thunderfire Star Cave's Thunder Sea, I don't have to worry about subsequent cultivation for now."
"As for the Yuan Magnet Spirit Wood, I haven't been able to find a suitable environment for it yet, but the Central Continent is vast, with numerous powerful sects and cultivation powers. It should be easier to find a suitable place there."
"Lastly, there's the Fiend Bone Demon Seed. I have absolutely no idea how to cultivate it. Do I need to find a demonic beast to serve as its cultivation vessel?"
Lu Chen pondered, deciding to take things one step at a time and let nature take its course.
(End of Chapter)
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