Chapter 682: Nurturing with One's Body
Chapter 682: Nurturing with One's Body
Seeing the look on Lu Chen's face, the lingering soul on the flesh and blood felt that something was amiss.
"Fellow cultivator, it's my bad luck to fall into your hands. I've already revealed the tracking method; now grant me a quick death!"
"For now, I only have your word for it. First, you will swear an Oath of the Heart Demon." Lu Chen said, gesturing at the pile of flesh and blood.
Only after the cultivator's spiritual soul took the oath did Lu Chen believe him seven or eight out of ten.
Following the cultivator's instructions, he found the strange insect in his storage bag, being careful not to alert it and trapping it with a restriction instead of destroying it outright.
As for the Meat Mountain cultivator, Lu Chen already had plans for him.
This abundance of flesh and blood was perfect for nurturing the Flesh Spirit Divine and cultivating various exotic spirit herbs. It was both qualitative and quantitative, and its value was immeasurable compared to that of demonic beasts.
The first reason he kept the cultivator alive was to ensure the freshness of the flesh and blood. After all, flesh harvested directly from the body was of much higher quality than that stored in a Gluttonous Worm Pouch.
Additionally, as a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Meat Mountain cultivator had regenerative abilities that would allow him to continuously regenerate his flesh, thus maximizing the utilization of his body.
Lu Chen was in no hurry to start nurturing the Flesh Spirit Divine. Instead, he took out the cultivator's storage bag, broke the simple restriction on it, and emptied its contents.
Among the items were two low-grade magical treasures: the eerie and mysterious black meat shield, which possessed both formidable defensive capabilities and the ability to attack enemies, and the white bone giant hammer, which was equally powerful.
There was also a fifth-grade flying sword. With a quick inspection, Lu Chen could tell that it was vastly different from his own Peacock Mingwang Sword, so he temporarily stored it away, intending to deal with it when the opportunity arose.
There were also several fourth-grade magical artifacts, numerous bottles and cans, many of which contained toxic pills that could be used to add new poisons to the Hundred Poison Heart-Eating Insect.
There were also some talismans, mostly of the third and fourth grades. To Lu Chen's current standards, they weren't very appealing, but they could still fetch a decent price in spirit stones.
Lastly, there was a small mountain of spirit stones—a substantial number of both low and medium-grade ones, totaling no less than 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.
"Perhaps this is the extent of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator's wealth?" Lu Chen muttered to himself, feeling that for a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, the treasures were somewhat underwhelming.
Of course, it was still a considerable fortune.
"I also need to deal with that skinny old man at the early stage of Foundation Establishment quickly. I don't want him to realize something is amiss and flee," Lu Chen thought to himself, deciding to take care of the one who had revealed his whereabouts to the Meat Mountain cultivator.
He carefully removed all traces of the undetectable Pollen of the Dustless Flower from his body, changed his appearance, and confirmed his condition before re-entering the Azure Wood Star Cave.
Finding a secluded spot, he donned the Thousand Soul Guise, altered his features, and stealthily infiltrated the vicinity of the skinny old man's cave abode.
As expected, the cave was protected by an array formation. Although Lu Chen had the absolute strength to break through it forcibly, he didn't want to create a commotion. Instead, he took out a small, pitch-black arrow from his storage bag.
Ethereal black mist swirled around the arrow, giving it an almost lifelike quality. The arrowhead seemed to be fixedly staring at a blurred human face.
It was a fifth-grade evil treasure, the Nailhead Arrow, obtained from the fourth-grade Arrow Vine Light Group. It was imbued with a mysterious curse that allowed him to visualize the target's appearance, aura, and true name, making it an extremely effective tool for assassination.
A smile played at Lu Chen's lips as he infused spiritual energy into the eerie black arrow, visualizing Huang Yandong's appearance and aura in his mind.
The blurred features on the arrowhead gradually sharpened, bearing a striking resemblance to the skinny old man.
...
Within the cave abode, the skinny old man stood before several spirit herbs that resembled ferocious ghosts. He took out a young and beautiful female cultivator at the Qi Refining stage from his storage bag.
Despite the girl's terrified gaze, he tossed her to the nearby spirit herbs.
"My precious babies, today I bring you a fresh meal."
The skinny old man cackled, watching with glee as the girl was devoured, her bones picked clean by the bizarre spirit herbs. A look of satisfaction spread across his face.
"Speaking of which, Meat Mountain should have dealt with the spirit herb cultivator from the Thunderfire Mars Cave by now."
"A mid-stage Foundation Establishment evil cultivator, with superior cultivation, treasures, and battle experience. Against a fellow at the early-stage Foundation Establishment realm who has been cooped up in his cave for years, it's a sure victory."
"According to our previous agreement, he gets the cultivator's body, while I acquire most of the spirit herbs."
"I don't know what he's planning, but with just a bit of Pollen of the Dustless Flower, he can effortlessly obtain a large number of high-grade spirit herbs without breaking a sweat. Where else could he find such a good deal?"
The thought made his heart soar with joy, and he threw back his head, laughing loudly.
After cultivating several spirit herbs, just as he was about to return to his dwelling, a shadowy black light flashed in his eyes. Before he could react, the black light penetrated his sea of consciousness, piercing his soul.
"Ah!!!"
The skinny old man felt as if his soul were shattering, the pain emanating from the depths of his soul causing him to howl in agony. His features contorted grotesquely, and blood poured from his orifices.
"You want my spirit herbs? With your meager knowledge of spirit herb cultivation, I doubt you can handle them."
In his hazy consciousness, he saw a handsome young man appear before him, speaking gently.
"It's you? You're still alive?"
The old man's eyes widened in shock at the sight of Lu Chen, his expression one of disbelief.
"I'm afraid I've disappointed you," Lu Chen said, his thoughts stirring. The Multi-Armed Corpse Servant flashed before the old man, its eighteen pitch-black arms swiftly dismembering him, before binding his mutilated body in an unbreakable chain-like grip.
"I know you're interested in my spirit herbs, so I've taken the liberty of inviting you into my cave abode to fulfill your desires."
"However, there are simply too many spirit herbs in my spirit field, and I worry you might not be able to handle them all. Thus, I've decided to entrust you with a beloved spirit seed of mine to cultivate."
"Please take good care of my spirit herb."
Lu Chen chuckled softly and embedded a section of the eerie black fanged skeleton into the old man's mutilated body.
The skeleton was a special spirit seed, acquired from a cultivator's stall. Named the Fierce Bone Demon Seed, it was a sixth-grade herb that required planting in a flesh-and-blood body, nourished by various types of bones. As the spirit herb matured, the body that served as its spirit field would wither and eventually die.
"Since you love spirit herbs so much, I'll let you cultivate a sixth-grade spirit herb beyond your imagination!"
Lu Chen smiled.
As for the requirement to plant the Fierce Bone Demon Seed in a demonic beast's body, Lu Chen wasn't too concerned. Turning a cultivator into a demon beast was a simple matter.
(End of Chapter)
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