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Chapter 653: The Ghostly Sorrowful Painting
Chapter 653: The Ghostly Sorrowful Painting
As his thoughts faded, a dark manual appeared in Lu Chen's hands.
The tome felt strangely soft, as if it had been cast from flowing water. It was pitch-black, and staring at the cover gave one the illusion that their very soul was being sucked in.
Lu Chen steadied his mind and focused on the dark manual in his hands. Immediately, detailed information about it appeared in his mind.
The Manual of the True Water of the Netherworld is a sixth-grade technique, the fundamental cultivation method of the ancient heretical sect, the Netherworld Sect. When cultivated to a profound level, one can exhibit the True Water of the Netherworld, which has the effect of dissolving all things and can dissolve souls, physical bodies, and even artifacts and treasures.
"A sixth-grade technique, on par with the Blood Vein Scripture. It's worth attempting to cultivate this," Lu Chen thought happily.
The Blood Vein Scripture was too overbearing and noticeable. Cultivating it would easily attract attention, but from the effects described, the Manual of the True Water of the Netherworld seemed to be an excellent technique for destroying evidence and eliminating traces, suitable for assassinations and underhanded tactics—perfect for someone of Lu Chen's nature.
He opened the pages, and a shadowy vision of a ten-thousand-mile-long, dark river appeared in his sea of consciousness, winding and twisting with endless variations.
"It's a good thing that the effect of that piece of Clear Calm Jade Tea I consumed before still lingers. Otherwise, with my talent, studying this sixth-grade technique would be like reading a heavenly script," Lu Chen marveled inwardly.
There were still two pieces of the fifth-grade spirit medicine, Clear Calm Jade Tea, left, and for Lu Chen, who had slightly lower comprehension abilities, the effects of this medicine were excellent. He planned to see if he could find a way to obtain more spirit seeds or young spirit plants.
Additionally, the light spheres that had bloomed pleased him greatly. The sixth-grade Clear Marrow Jade Liquid was a superior spiritual object that aided in advancing to the Golden Core stage, and there was also the sixth-grade technique, Mysterious Heaven's Clear and Minute Method. He still needed to obtain the latter from the beast!
After harvesting the fifth-grade Shadow Spring Flower, Lu Chen paid attention to the other unusual spirit plants in the Underworld region.
Under the nourishment of the evil qi from the bronze spear he had obtained from Wood Daoist, the Evil Origin Fruit had entered a rapid growth period. The sinister qi shrouded the gray-white plant, isolating it from the other spirit plants.
The transparent progress bar below the Weeping Yin Wood was about to fill up, but since it wasn't urgent, Lu Chen saved the Spirit Grass Pearls for a crucial moment in the future.
He took out the Soul-Grieving Bell artifact from his storage bag and controlled a large number of pure yin souls to fly out and feed the Weeping Yin Wood.
A little further ahead, Lu Chen heard a sharp whistling sound in his ears.
Following the sound, he saw the Evil Crone Tree demon, which had grown to a considerable size, engaged in an intense battle with the Demon Ghost Vine.
The face of an old woman on the trunk of the Evil Crone Tree demon contorted with rage. Countless black tree branches, like spears, lashed out violently at the Demon Ghost Vine.
This fifth-grade spirit plant had astonishing combat power, but the Demon Ghost Vine was not to be underestimated.
Both were of the same grade, but the Demon Ghost Vine had transcended the category of spirit plants. It was faster, had a wider range, was more ferocious, and had grown for a much longer time than the Evil Crone Tree demon, so the outcome was obvious.
The Evil Crone Tree demon was tightly wrapped in gray-white vines, only its face with blurred features exposed. Surrounded by the tendrils that resembled tentacles, it looked even more infuriated and helpless.
The main vine of the Demon Ghost Vine arched high, swaying slightly from side to side, as if expressing its contempt for the Evil Crone Tree demon.
"You're still a bit green," the Demon Ghost Vine sent a thought to the Evil Crone Tree demon.
"If it weren't for the fact that we're in the same cave, I would have devoured one like you hundreds of times already," it added.
After conveying this thought to the Evil Crone Tree demon, the Demon Ghost Vine retracted its tendril-like vines and slithered like a giant snake directly toward the direction of the Mystical Immortal Peach.
The mother stock of the Saint Infant Fruit was extremely diligent, and under Lu Chen's encouragement, it gave birth to two more infant fruit spirit seeds.
"You keep having babies, and I'll keep planting trees. Let's contribute more to the Spirit Fields, and I'll fulfill your other requests later."
Lu Chen painted a rosy picture for the mother stock, encouraging it to willingly produce more infant fruit spirit seeds for him.
Although the production of spirit seeds was limited, by enhancing their subjective initiative, he could still slightly increase the yield.
"I'm running low on fresh cultivator and demon beast organs. I need to find an opportunity to get my hands on some more."
In front of the Precious Viscera Plant, he took out a set of fresh viscera from the Gluttonous Worm Pouch, did some minor processing, and placed them in a specific position as an offering to this bizarre spirit plant.
In the Yin Realm Spirit Fields, there were only two sixth-grade spirit plants that were still a long way from maturity.
The Bone Devil Tree had absorbed several fourth-grade demon beast skeletons and had already constructed a two-story skeletal base. Skeletons of various sizes and thicknesses intertwined in all sorts of ways, forming an extremely bizarre yet harmonious skeletal structure.
"It has an incongruous yet harmonious aesthetic," Lu Chen commented, before moving on to the sixth-grade spirit plant, the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine.
He deliberately took out several powerful Yin Souls from the fourth-grade Soul Luring Lamp and placed them around the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine.
Sensing the presence of strong Yin Souls, the Ghost Devouring Evil Vine immediately reacted, shooting out its branches like arrows to wrap around the evil souls and devour them greedily.
After tending to all the unusual spirit plants in the Yin Realm, Lu Chen returned to his cave abode.
As his stock of Foundation Establishment Pills and Purity Pills was dwindling, and the number of light spheres produced was no longer sufficient to meet the needs of the general store, Lu Chen decided to allocate some time to pill refinement.
His skill in refining Foundation Establishment Pills had reached perfection, and he was close to achieving minor success with fourth-grade Purity Pills, with a success rate far surpassing that of some Pill Refinement Masters. This had become one of his major sources of income.
"Although I can easily obtain a large amount of spirit stones by selling pills, the light spheres are still more cost-effective," Lu Chen mused to himself.
Time passed, and in less than a month, another fifth-grade spirit plant in the Yin Realm Spirit Fields reached maturity, following the Ghostly Weeping Spring Flower.
Lu Chen stood expectantly in front of a pale spirit plant that was shrouded in vengeful spirits and filled with grievances. He carefully harvested it, his mind focused on the plant.
【The Yin Crying Wood, a fifth-grade spirit plant, feeds on vengeful souls. If exposed to yin wind during its growth, it can affect a cultivator's physique over time. Mature Yin Crying Wood is an excellent material for refining special artifacts like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and it can also be used to refine fifth-grade Soul Pills.】
"I've been harvesting quite a few high-grade spirit plants lately," Lu Chen remarked, gazing at the flickering white light sphere. He reached out and gently touched the surface of the light sphere.
The light sphere shattered silently, like a flower in a mirror and the moon in the water, breaking into sparkling light points. The light points regrouped to form a blueprint projection, which flashed into Lu Chen's body at lightning speed.
Immediately afterward, a thought flashed through his mind.
【Harvested a fifth-grade Yin Crying Wood, obtained a sixth-grade treasure, the Ghostly Sorrowful Painting.】
(End of Chapter)
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