Chapter 619: The Red Dust Monument
Chapter 619: The Red Dust Monument
"Although I use the blood, flesh, and souls of others to nurture my exotic spirit herbs, I am still a decent cultivator."
Lu Chen spoke with righteous indignation.
He had brought a pile of bloody remains to the Underworld Spirit Fields.
"You're quick on the draw, following that scent."
As soon as he entered, before he even had a chance to adjust to the bone-chilling winds and wailing spirits, Lu Chen saw the large pink blob, Meat Spirit Shen, bouncing towards him.
He tossed the remains of the cultivator to Meat Spirit Shen.
The fine hairs on Meat Spirit Shen's body lifted slightly, revealing numerous small mouths with sharp teeth that devoured the mist of blood and flesh in one gulp.
"How is it? Fresh enough for you?" Lu Chen asked with a smile.
Meat Spirit Shen rolled around in agreement, its pink and white eyes half-closed in obvious contentment.
Seeing that Meat Spirit Shen was satisfied, Lu Chen turned his attention to the Bone Demon Viewing Spirit Plant.
After a period of cultivation, he had nourished this exotic spirit herb with the remains of many demonic beasts, and his spiritual sense could perceive that the small sphere of bones had quietly opened, extending its reach into the depths of the spirit soil.
It looked like a mass of entangled white bone roots slowly building a platform of skeletal remains.
Next, Lu Chen threw the cultivator's soul towards the Wailing Wood and Burning Soul Flower, allowing these two exotic spirit herbs to divide the remaining soul between them.
Soon, aside from the storage bag, there was no trace left of the cultivator in this world.
Lu Chen returned to his dwelling and dispelled the restrictions on the storage bag, removing its contents: two fourth-grade magical artifacts, several third-grade ones, about ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, some pills, and other miscellaneous items.
"His possessions certainly fit the profile of a wandering cultivator." Lu Chen chuckled. These artifacts and pills weren't of much use to him anymore; his standards had been raised by the rare and precious treasures that had sprouted from the light spheres, and he found these ordinary items lacking.
He intended to find an opportunity to sell these items and expected that they would bring him a substantial number of spirit stones.
The intrusion by that cultivator had been but a minor disturbance. In the following month, the cave abode and its surroundings were peaceful, with only the occasional patrol by Tianxing Cave's cultivators. Upon learning of Lu Chen's connection to Qi Wuheding, the Star Messenger, they were all extremely polite and did not deliberately cause trouble.
"The large auction held by the Hailou Commerce Guild is drawing near," Lu Chen thought as he strolled through his spirit fields.
He had high expectations for that auction, as it was being held in the Central Continent and organized by the second most powerful force in the Liuyang Realm. There was a good chance that high-grade, rare spirit herbs would make an appearance.
"Hmm? The Mystical Mirage Peach is ripening?"
Due to the intoxicating miasma emitted by the Mystical Mirage Peach, Lu Chen had placed the ten plants in a secluded corner of his cave abode.
He tended to them occasionally.
The pink miasma wafted like smoke, and the tender spirit peaches hid coyly among the pinkish-white leaves, half-revealed and half-concealed, as if tantalizing Lu Chen's deepest desires.
He was well-prepared and cast a Cleansing Chant on himself to pull out the Yegui Vine, which was reveling in the miasma, and threw it aside.
The Yegui Vine retracted its numerous tendrils that resembled extending tentacles, coiling like a gray snake, and soon twisted its way back into the thicket of spirit herbs.
Lu Chen paid no heed to the Yegui Vine, which spent its days indulging in sensual pleasures. He inspected each of the spirit peaches hidden among the pinkish-white leaves and ultimately plucked seven of them.
"Six of ordinary quality and one of good quality. Not bad."
He stored the spirit peaches in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch, and his gaze was drawn to the seven white lights that had quietly appeared.
【Harvested a 3rd-grade Mystical Mirage Peach, obtained a 4th-grade Bewitching Elixir.】
【Harvested a 3rd-grade Mystical Mirage Peach, obtained a 4th-grade treasure, the Scripture of Extreme Pleasure.】
【Harvested...】
...
The seven orbs unveiled two Bewitching Elixir formula experience packages, flooding Lu Chen's mind with a vast array of information.
In an instant, he felt as though he had gained the experience of refining the elixir hundreds of times, gaining a profound and clear understanding of the process, elevating his pill-concocting skills from proficient to a minor achievement level.
Additionally, five treasures appeared before him.
Four Bewitching Elixirs, pink in color, with intricate pill marks on their surfaces, formed what appeared to be a voluptuous body, gently twisting and turning, exuding a highly enticing allure.
This elixir could stimulate the deepest desires within cultivators and demonic beasts, making their bodies extremely sensitive and susceptible to falling into a sea of lust.
There was also a pale yellow jade silk with various lewd patterns depicting different sexual positions. When one's gaze fell upon it, the patterns seemed to come to life, moving on their own.
Similarly, there was another treasure related to the union of yin and yang, the 4th-grade Scripture of Extreme Pleasure.
"I don't recall ever getting anything decent from these Mystical Mirage Peaches," Lu Chen thought with a sense of helplessness.
"I heard that within the Eighteen Star Caves, there's a star cave that's a natural paradise for amorous couples. Seems like I'll have to pay a visit there," he mused to himself.
Good things came in threes, and just a few days after the seven Mystical Mirage Peaches matured, another fourth-grade spirit plant bore fruit.
Lu Chen stood before the Seven Emotions Bean, gazing at the bizarre bean that had formed.
In his vision, the bean was enveloped in colorful mist, as if formed by the condensation of the seven emotions: joy, anger, sorrow, desire, love, fear, and surprise.
Lu Chen carefully plucked the multicolored bean, his mind focusing on it intently.
【Seven Emotions Bean, 4th-grade Spirit Plant, nurtured and cultivated by the seven emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, desire, love, fear, and surprise. Upon maturity, it can assist in cultivating the Heart-Severing Emotion-Extinguishing Art. Direct consumption will enable cultivators to cast aside their desires, remain unaffected by external influences, and focus solely on their cultivation.】
"This would be a nice treasure for those cultivators who are keen on ascetic practices," Lu Chen thought to himself. Soon, his attention was drawn to the quietly emerging white light sphere hovering above the spirit plant.
The light sphere hovered at the top of the plant, flickering slightly as if inviting Lu Chen to touch it.
Lu Chen, of course, needed no further invitation and reached out to gently touch the surface of the light sphere.
Countless tiny specks of light burst forth, converging to form a stele-like illusion that rushed into Lu Chen's body at incredible speed.
A thought then emerged in his mind.
【Harvested a 4th-grade Seven Emotions Bean and obtained a 5th-grade treasure, the Red Dust Monument.】
As the thought flashed by, a palm-sized stele appeared before Lu Chen.
The stele had a faint rainbow hue, adorned with intricate depictions of tiny humans. These tiny figures seemed to possess a lifeforce of their own as they enacted scenes of life and death, joy and sorrow on the surface of the stele.
The entire monument seemed to be infused with countless worldly desires, and when Lu Chen's consciousness rested upon it, he felt as though he had transformed into one of the tiny humans, experiencing their emotions and life journeys.
"This stele is rather peculiar," Lu Chen mused.
With his spiritual sense enhanced by his cultivation of the Divine Derivations Scripture and the Nurturing Spirit Paste, Lu Chen's spiritual sense had become extremely powerful. In an instant, he detected the unusual state of his consciousness and forcibly snapped himself out of the trance.
(End of Chapter)
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