Chapter 620: The Two-Faced Sage Infant
Chapter 620: The Two-Faced Sage Infant
Lu Chen focused his attention on the colorful stele in his hand, and detailed information about it immediately appeared in his mind.
Red Dust Stele, a fifth-grade treasure, refined from the myriad dust and fire of the mortal world. When a cultivator's consciousness enters it, they can temper their will, strengthen their spirit sense, and resist demonic influences. It is an excellent treasure for breaking through the Golden Core realm.
The vast red dust energy calms the heart the most.
"A treasure that increases the chances of advancing to the Golden Core realm!"
Upon learning the specific effects of the Red Dust Stele, Lu Chen was overjoyed.
When breaking through to the Golden Core realm, a cultivator's spiritual power, physical body, divine soul, spirit sense, and will must all be perfect and harmonious. The more harmonious they are, the higher the chance of a successful breakthrough.
A wavering will may invite demonic influences and give rise to inner demons within the cultivator, leading to a failed advancement or even life-threatening consequences.
The Red Dust Stele could temper Lu Chen's will, addressing his greatest weakness, and aid him in resisting demonic influences during his advancement—it was indeed a rare treasure for breaking through to the Golden Core realm.
In Lu Chen's opinion, it was far more valuable than the Sage Infant Pill he had obtained earlier.
"I still have some time before reaching the Golden Core realm. From now on, I can enter the Red Dust Stele with my consciousness to temper my will."
Lu Chen thought to himself as he stored the colorful stele into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.
As the date of the Hailou Commerce auction drew nearer, Lu Chen remained calm and continued his peaceful days.
He spent his time with spiritual plants and beasts, cultivating his techniques, refining pills, and tempering his will during his leisure time.
As time passed, another Underworld Spirit Plant reached full maturity.
Lu Chen stood before a Saint Infant Fruit, his spirit sense probing the fruit. Within it, he could vaguely discern a mass of chaotic, dark green substance that seemed to be nurturing something.
Just as he was about to withdraw his spirit sense, his mind wavered, and the mass transformed into a hideous, dark green infant with hollow eye sockets, staring at Lu Chen with a chilling gaze.
Upon closer inspection, it reverted to its original form.
Lu Chen paid no heed to the changes in the Saint Infant Fruit and, seeing that the semi-transparent progress bar below was fully filled, carefully plucked it.
Saint Infant Fruit, a branch spirit fruit cultivated from the resentment of infant souls. It can be consumed directly or fused with the mother plant's spirit fruit to enhance its effects.
Consuming it can slightly enhance one's spirit sense and improve one's root bones. It is also the main ingredient for refining the fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill. A high-quality Saint Infant Fruit is an excellent material for creating external incarnations.
"What a pity that the branch spirit fruit is only of ordinary quality."
Lu Chen sighed and carefully stored the Saint Infant Fruit, his attention immediately captured by the white light cluster that appeared.
With a gentle touch, the light cluster shattered into countless tiny lights that flowed into his body.
Obtained a fifth-grade Saint Infant Fruit and a fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill.
A pitch-black, round pill appeared in his hand.
The pill's surface was covered in dark green spiritual patterns that slowly moved, resembling distorted and deformed infant faces. Pure and dense yin energy emanated from it, forming wisps of black mist around the pill.
Saint Infant Pill, a fifth-grade pill refined mainly from fifth-grade Saint Infant Fruits and a large number of infant resentful souls. Consuming it slightly increases the probability of breaking through to the Golden Core realm.
"Another Saint Infant Pill," Lu Chen rejoiced.
When the first Saint Infant Fruit branch had matured, he had obtained a fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill from the light cluster.
However, as he had been far from reaching the Golden Core realm at that time, he had found a way to transfer it to Ge Pu, a true disciple of the Heaven Sword Sect, in exchange for a sixth-grade Primordial Magnetic Spirit Wood spirit plant during the Tianyu Treasure Fair.
"It's almost ripe too. Might as well hasten its maturation and harvest another light cluster."
Lu Xuan directed a tendril of Primeval Green Wood Source Qi into the Saint Infant Fruit plant as he gazed at the progress bar below, which was about to reach maximum.
Having planted the two Saint Infant Fruit plants at the same time, their maturation timings were quite close.
With his decision made, he acted immediately, infusing a strand of Primeval Green Wood Source Qi into the subsidiary Saint Infant Fruit plant.
The vitality of the subsidiary plant surged, and the sound of an infant's soft laughter reached his ears. Through his spiritual sense, he perceived the clump of dark green substance within the spirit fruit becoming more and more condensed, and he could vaguely make out the form of an infant sleeping on its side, resembling an embryo within a womb.
When he looked again, the progress bar below was completely filled.
A faint smile appeared on Lu Xuan's face.
Although the Saint Infant Fruit was a fifth-grade spirit plant, since it was just a hair's breadth away from full maturity, the amount of Primeval Green Wood Source Qi it consumed was not significant, and a single Spirit Nurturing Grass Pearl would be sufficient to replenish the expenditure.
He carefully plucked the embryo-shaped spirit fruit and, after a brief inspection, stored it in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.
Then, he gently touched the surface of the light cluster.
Obtained a fifth-grade Saint Infant Fruit and a fifth-grade treasure, the Two-Faced Sage Infant.
As the thought flashed through his mind, a bizarre infant appeared in his palm.
The infant's body was shriveled and seemed to exist between reality and illusion; holding it in his hand felt surreal. It had two faces, one in front and one at the back, each with its own distinct expression. One face was pristine and flawless, while the other was hideous and terrifying. It giggled and climbed up Lu Xuan's arm.
Lu Xuan pressed the infant down with his other hand, causing its body to suddenly dissipate into strands of black Qi that scattered and then recondensed at the other end of his arm.
"It has some substance, but not much."
Lu Xuan coldly smiled, his palm turning into a translucent jade color as he exerted his powerful spiritual sense to suppress the Two-Faced Infant, focusing his mental prowess on its body.
In an instant, detailed information about this bizarre, two-faced infant appeared in his mind.
Two-Faced Sage Infant, a fifth-grade treasure. It was created by an Elder at the Myriad Infant Sect who had condensed a large number of infant residual souls into a special soul body. This soul body possesses rudimentary sentience and can remain by your side. You can cultivate related evil path divine abilities with it or fuse it into a high-grade puppet to refine it into a magical treasure.
Due to its unique method of creation, the Two-Faced Sage Infant possesses a certain degree of aggressiveness and can easily invade a cultivator's mental defenses. Caution is advised when handling this treasure.
"A special soul body? This is the first time I've obtained such a treasure."
Lu Xuan gazed at the peculiar infant, which was now restrained by the might of his robust physical body and spiritual sense, unable to dissipate and condense as freely as before.
By now, Lu Xuan was accustomed to the strange treasures that emerged from the light clusters. His attitude was simple: if it was useful, he would use it; if not, he would trade it for spirit plants, spirit stones, or other resources.
In fact, the rarer and more bizarre the treasure, the more likely it was to fetch a higher-grade spirit plant or a larger quantity of spirit stones in trade.
"Both subsidiary Saint Infant Fruit plants have fully matured, and the mother plant hasn't fused with the subsidiary fruit yet. It should give birth to a new subsidiary spirit plant soon."
Lu Xuan glanced at the nearby Saint Infant Fruit mother plant, sensing its hunger, and made a mental note.
"Give birth! Give birth with all your might! After you've birthed a few more, I'll let you fuse with the subsidiary spirit fruit!"
He incentivized the mother plant, which was eagerly awaiting the fusion with the subsidiary fruit to promote its own growth, by painting a tempting picture.
(End of Chapter)
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