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Chapter 601: The Many-Armed Corpse Servant
Chapter 601: The Many-Armed Corpse Servant
With these thoughts in mind, Lu Chen turned his full attention to the myriad spirit herbs in his cave abode.
After the remaining four Ice Firefly Grasses matured, Lu Chen resisted the urge to harvest them for cultivation and instead employed the same technique he had used with the Water Firefly Grass, slowly condensing the spirit seeds within the Ice Firefly Grass stalks.
Several slight bulges appeared on the leaves and stems of the Ice Firefly Grass, where a large amount of wood and plant essence had gathered, making them exceptionally vibrant.
Lu Chen checked the condition of the spirit herbs once more and, after confirming that the seed-condensing process was proceeding smoothly, he entered the core spirit herb field area of his cave abode.
The sound of a proud phoenix's cry reached his ears.
A pair of golden phoenix shadows flashed by and disappeared into a charred piece of wood in the distance.
In the middle of the wood, there were dark golden cracks that formed a phoenix shape.
A lotus-shaped flame burned brightly on the charred wood, and within it, a pair of small and exquisite phoenix shadows frolicked happily.
Their forms were so lifelike that they seemed ready to transform into real phoenixes and take flight at any moment.
"This Phoenix Wood of the sixth grade has been nurtured for so many years, but its growth is still relatively slow compared to when it was nourished by the Red Lotus Flame." Lu Chen mused to himself.
This sixth-grade Phoenix Wood had been in his possession for over twenty years. Initially, he had cultivated it using the third-grade Red Lotus Flame from the Fiery Flame Fruit. After transplanting it to the Defective Secret Realm, he had nourished it with the innate strange fire found there. However, after moving it to the Thunderfire Star Cave, he had no choice but to revert to his previous cultivation methods.
"I need to find a way to obtain a higher-grade strange fire to hasten the maturation of this sixth-grade Phoenix Wood." Lu Chen thought.
Nearby, the Golden Bodhi Spirit Herb had borne a golden Bodhi fruit. Rays of Buddhist light radiated from its surface, instilling a sense of peace and harmony.
After absorbing the Buddhist power from the nearby Subduing Demon Stakes, a virtual image of an angry-eyed Vajra Bodhisattva appeared. He held a dharma artifact that seemed capable of exterminating all demons and evil spirits in the world.
"There's only about half of the Buddhist power left in this fourth-grade Subduing Demon Stake artifact. I must prepare other Buddhist treasures and artifacts in advance to ensure the smooth maturation of the Golden Bodhi," Lu Chen noted.
This spirit herb field was filled with high-grade spirit herbs that Lu Chen had collected. Just a few steps away, there was another fifth-grade spirit herb—a sight that would surely evoke envy in any other spirit herb master.
The fifth-grade Pure Jade Green Tea had grown several tender light green tea leaves that exuded a pure and ethereal aura, as if they were untouched by the dust of the world.
The Heart Ape Fruit, also of the fifth grade, took on an increasingly bizarre appearance as it matured. From a distance, it resembled an old ape squatting in the spirit herb field, with a cluster of pure plant spirit qi covering its heart, hidden beneath the leaves.
On the fourth-grade Seven Emotions Bean, a colorful bean had formed. With each flash of color, Lu Chen felt a corresponding emotion well up within him, as if it were being pulled from his body and infused into the multicolored bean before him.
"This rare Seven Emotions Bean is also nearing maturity. I estimate it will be ready in a year or two," Lu Chen thought, feeling a sense of anticipation for this extremely rare and precious fourth-grade spirit herb.
The two core spirit herb fields were separated by the Illusory Extinction Five Elements Array, and on the other side was a vastly different scene.
As soon as he entered, amidst the gloomy winds, he saw a huge pale red meatball shooting towards him at a rapid speed and landing in his arms.
Lu Chen's palm turned into a translucent jade color, blocking the attack of the Spirit Flesh Demon Ball. He casually lifted its seaweed-like blood-red fur and saw a row of tightly closed small mouths.
"You little rascal, did you sneak off to eat the flesh of those demonic beasts used for cultivation again?"
Lu Chen brought Meat Spirit Shen to the edge of the Dark Mire Spirit Grounds and pointed at the sharp tooth marks visible on it.
He patted the soil a few times and took out a piece of demon beast meat from his storage bag, tossing it to Meat Spirit Shen.
As soon as the meat appeared, it turned into a cloud of bloody mist in the air and condensed into a thin stream of blood that was quickly devoured by Meat Spirit Shen.
Its round body contracted and expanded a few times before it happily hopped back in front of Lu Chen.
"Your appetite is getting bigger," Lu Chen remarked with a sigh, taking out another large chunk of demon beast meat to feed it.
Fortunately, he had stockpiled a substantial amount of demon beast meat while in Black Star City and had also acquired a significant number of fourth-grade demon beast carcasses from his fellow sect members by issuing tasks, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to satisfy the appetites of Meat Spirit Shen and the other sinister spirit plants that fed on flesh and blood.
"Hmm, the Thousand Coiling Hands have quietly matured."
Lu Chen's attention turned to the eighteen entwined Thousand Coiling Hands beneath his feet, and he noticed that the semi-transparent progress bar below the sinister spirit plants had filled up completely.
The spirit plants resembled sinewy, dark green arms with numerous joints, giving them an extremely bizarre appearance.
Lu Chen carefully pulled out one of the plants, but to his surprise, all eighteen of them came out of the spirit soil together.
[Thousand Coiling Hands, Mutated Third-Grade Spirit Plant. Possesses a gregarious nature and prefers to grow in spirit soil enriched with a large number of demon beast limbs, claws, and teeth, as well as cultivators' arms. Exhibits a certain level of aggressiveness and can borrow strength from nearby companions, forming arrays and combining forces to engage enemies. Can be used as an excellent material for cultivating certain evil arts after maturation.]
"Eighteen mutated third-grade spirit plants... and they're all of ordinary quality," Lu Chen shook his head, his gaze drawn to the eighteen white globes of light that quietly emerged from the "Dark Mud Flesh".
He gently waved his hand, lightly brushing the surfaces of the eighteen globes of light almost simultaneously.
Instantly, all the globes of light silently exploded, transforming into countless minuscule specks of light that surged into Lu Chen's body.
[Harvested one mutated Thousand Coiling Hand, a third-grade sinister plant. Obtained a fifth-grade sinister object, the Many-Armed Corpse Servant (One)
.]
[Harvested one mutated Thousand Coiling Hand, a third-grade sinister plant. Obtained a fifth-grade sinister object, the Many-Armed Corpse Servant (Two)
.]
[Harvested...]
...
A stream of thoughts flashed through Lu Chen's mind.
Before him appeared eighteen eerie and sinister objects.
Some were masses of flesh and blood, their origins indiscernible, with edges fringed by swaying green-black flesh tendrils, as if searching for something.
Behind each mass of flesh and blood was an unusually long, strange green-black limb joint, either pointing straight up at the sky or hanging low and swaying incessantly, as if they were the combined limbs of numerous demon beasts and cultivators.
Lu Chen focused his attention on one of the fleshly masses, and information about this sinister object immediately appeared in his sea of consciousness.
[Many-Armed Corpse Servant, a fifth-grade sinister object. Created by collecting a large number of high-grade demon beast and cultivator arms and refining them. Can be combined and fused into one, and after imprinting one's spirit upon it, it can be freely controlled within a certain range.
[Each arm of the Many-Armed Corpse Servant possesses tremendous destructive power, exhibiting great variability. When fused into one, its attack power is comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator.]
"A fifth-grade sinister object!" Lu Chen's heart rejoiced. He hadn't expected that the globes of light produced by the eighteen mutated third-grade Thousand Coiling Hands would combine to form such a rare and precious fifth-grade treasure.
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