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Chapter 721: Leaving the Secret Realm, Opting Out of the Treasure Hunt
Chapter 721: Leaving the Secret Realm, Opting Out of the Treasure Hunt
As his thoughts faded, a dark manual appeared in Lu Chen's hands.
The manual was exceedingly thin, its cover depicting an evil spirit with a sinister black arm holding a pitch-black chain. The chain seemed to leap off the page, as if to bind Lu Chen's very soul.
He focused his attention on the dark manual, immediately grasping the details of the Soul-Binding Scripture.
Soul-Binding Scripture, a sixth-grade technique, is the pinnacle cultivation method of the evil sect, Wan'hun Zong. It records many secret arts, including soul searching, soul controlling, and soul binding.
When using the secret arts, one can detect the vengeful spirits within a certain range. With profound cultivation, one can forcibly capture the souls of cultivators and demonic beasts. However, when facing opponents of higher cultivation, forcibly binding their souls may result in backlash.
"A sixth-grade technique, and another aberrant one at that. This is pushing me, a peaceful spiritual herbologist, towards the path of evil." Lu Chen gazed at the dark manual in his hand, his curiosity piqued.
From the light spheres of aberrant spiritual herbs, he had already obtained several top-tier evil sect techniques, including the sixth-grade Blood Spirit Scripture and the Yummy True Water Forbidden Technique. Now, he had acquired the equally coveted Soul-Binding Scripture.
"The Blood Spirit Scripture is too conspicuous for now, so I'll keep it for later. As for the Yummy True Water Forbidden Technique, I've dabbled in it, but progress is slow. I can cultivate this Soul-Binding Scripture in my free time." Lu Chen mused to himself.
Aberrant spiritual herbs had an immense demand for vengeful spirits and the like, which he used to primarily obtain through the fourth-grade Soul-Luring Lamp, or by purchasing spirit artifacts containing souls and releasing them to nourish his herbs.
Now, with the Soul-Binding Scripture, paired with the Soul-Luring Lamp, the range to search for vengeful spirits expanded exponentially, and efficiency soared. He no longer had to worry about a shortage of souls for his aberrant spirit fields.
Lu Chen carefully kept the Soul-Binding Scripture and turned his attention back to the Flame Soul Flower.
The Flame Soul Flower could nurture yin beings and spirits, serve as a dwelling for such beings, and even act as a high-grade pill ingredient for soul-related elixirs—its uses were extensive.
He had not yet decided what to do with it and planned to make a decision later as circumstances unfolded.
After harvesting the Flame Soul Flower, Lu Chen continued to inspect the remaining underworld spiritual herbs.
Two stalks of Holy Infant Fruit had entered the maturation stage. A pair of slender, dark green infants grew together, sometimes relying on each other, sometimes frenziedly devouring each other.
They bit each other, taking turns.
Since they were planted at the same time and nurtured in the same way, they were evenly matched. Their biting caused pain but nothing more.
"The mother stalk has been continuously stimulated by me to produce several generations of offspring, and it's now reaching its limit. If I continue to stimulate it for spirit seeds, I might damage its source. I'll wait for these two offspring to mature and use the Holy Infant Fruit to nourish the mother stalk and bring it to full maturation." Lu Chen gazed at the sickly mother stalk, his thoughts turning.
He had pushed the mother stalk's unique characteristic to its limit, stimulating it to produce several generations of offspring, each yielding a bountiful light sphere reward.
In addition to the two Holy Infant Fruits, there was another mature spiritual herb in the aberrant spirit field—the fifth-grade Five Organs Treasure Stock. Its form was bizarre, resembling a sinister temple housing five kinds of organs fused together, indistinguishable from one another.
Lu Chen took out a fresh set of demonic beast organs from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and embedded them into specific areas of the Five Organs Treasure Stock.
Then, he performed the Spirit Rain Technique, allowing the spiritual herb to absorb the yin energy from the underworld spirit field more effectively under the nourishment of the demonic beast organs.
A few days later, a large number of spiritual herbs in the cave mansion reached maturation.
The spirit field was filled with the third-grade Hiding Source Grass, a rather ordinary spiritual herb that, at first glance, could be mistaken for a wild mountain herb.
With his knowledge of the herb's condensation technique, Lu Chen need not worry about a shortage of spirit seeds.
He plucked all the Hidden Origin Grass, a smile spreading across his face as he gazed at the hundred luminous spheres scattered on the ground.
"Time for a hundred consecutive draws from these spheres!"
His figure flickered, and he lightly touched the surface of each sphere in quick succession, like a dragonfly skimming the water.
In that instant, his mind was flooded with a rapid succession of thoughts.
[Harvested a third-grade Hidden Origin Grass, obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill formula experience pack.]
[Harvested a third-grade Hidden Origin Grass, obtained a third-grade treasure, the Spirit Nurturing Grass Pearl.]
...
Various treasures appeared before him or surged into his sea of consciousness.
Among them, the Spirit Nurturing Grass Pearls were the most numerous, with nearly fifty pearls, further expanding Lu Chen's storage capacity.
There were also over thirty Foundation Establishment Pills, which, while not of much use to him, would be highly sought after in the sundry goods store, translating to a substantial sum of spirit stones.
Additionally, there were over twenty formula experience packs, which greatly enhanced his already exquisite skill in pill refinement, bringing him just a step away from the master level.
"So this is what it takes to be a Pill Refinement Master," Lu Chen murmured, absorbing the surging stream of information in his sea of consciousness.
Once he had assimilated all the knowledge, he moved to an adjacent spirit field.
This field contained over ten Hidden Origin Grass plants, specifically cultivated for condensing spirit seeds rather than harvesting light spheres.
He diligently followed the prescribed method, guiding the condensation of vitality and spiritual energy within the plants, patiently awaiting the formation of spirit seeds.
"These Ice Glow Grasses are growing quite fast."
After tending to the spirit seeds, he passed by a spirit field where over a hundred Ice Glow Grasses were planted.
From a distance, one could sense the intense chill emanating from the plants. Drawing closer, a thin layer of frost could be seen coating the spirit soil, and a frigid aura emanated from the long, slender bluish-green leaves, making the glowing dots on them even more dazzling.
"I'm counting on you to help me break through to the mid-Core Formation stage," Lu Chen said, his mind focused on the Ice Glow Grasses as he savored the vigorous vitality they exuded.
"Hmm, another Nascent Soul True Lord passing by the cave mansion?"
He glanced at the center of his palm, and the grayish-white eye pupil emerged from the crack, transmitting an image to him.
A sword light with a formidable aura flashed by from several dozen li away, and then the image disappeared.
It was the Void Nightmare lurking near the cave mansion that had sensed the anomaly and hidden itself.
"Speaking of which, there have been several Nascent Soul True Lords passing by the cave mansion on their way to that Thunderous Cliff Cave secret realm," Lu Chen mused.
He had little interest in that secret realm, which was rumored to hold immense opportunities. Occasionally, he would hear from other cultivators that half of the secret realm had already been explored, and while the most powerful restrictions had not yet been broken, many cultivators had already obtained opportunities and treasures. Yet, many more had perished due to the restrictions, evil beings, and competition from fellow cultivators.
Despite the obvious dangers, countless cultivators continued to flock to the secret realm like moths to a flame, even though they were but ants in the eyes of Nascent Soul True Lords.
Lu Chen, content with his peaceful farming life in his cave mansion, seemed like an anomaly compared to them.
"Stepping out of the secret realm, opting out of the treasure hunt."
"I'm content just farming my fields."
Lu Chen was in a state of serene bliss.
(End of Chapter)
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