Chapter 734: Xun Feng Palace: Yaogui Tenɡ Breaks Through
Chapter 734: Xun Feng Palace: Yaogui Tenɡ Breaks Through
The tiny sprout was the Seven-Treasure Eight-Chambered Palace that Lu Chen had obtained from the gambling cave on Huanxi Star.
At that moment, on the outermost region of the sprout, an Illusion Flower was blooming. Its petals came together to form a tiny, enchanting world.
Within, strange winds blew in waves—gentle breezes, howling gales, and everything in between—merging and separating as they swirled endlessly within that miniature realm.
Lu Xuan watched the ethereal flower, buffeted by those peculiar winds, his brow furrowed in confusion. His mind focused on the tiny sprout.
Eight-Chambered Palace, a seventh-grade spirit plant, nurtured by the primordial energy of the cave.
It has now grown to the first stage, the Xun Feng Palace. It requires nourishment from strange and spirit winds to promote its growth and transform its ethereal blossoms into substantial ones.
"So, this seventh-grade spirit plant has entered its first stage?" Lu Xuan understood.
"Xun Feng Palace, the first chamber of the Eight-Chambered Palace, needs to be nourished by spirit and strange winds."
"I wonder what kind of orb reward the first stage will bring when it matures," he thought to himself.
In his opinion, the Yi Wood Qinglai Vine, also a seventh-grade spirit plant, belonged to the annual category. The orbs it yielded formed a progressive sequence, with the rewards becoming more substantial as the plant matured.
The orbs produced by the Eight-Chambered Palace, on the other hand, might follow an equal relationship, where each chamber's blossom would yield rewards of similar value.
Of course, this was just a speculation based on the spirit plant's characteristics, and the actual outcome would only be known once the plant matured.
"For a seventh-grade spirit plant, ordinary spirit and strange wind treasures might not provide nourishment for long. It would be best to obtain a high-grade treasure of at least fifth-grade or higher."
Fourth-grade and lower treasures had limited effectiveness in promoting treasures in the Yuan Ying category. They might only show some effect in the initial stages.
Fortunately, Lu Xuan was now wealthy and had the backing of the Hailou Chamber of Commerce, so obtaining a fifth-grade wind-attribute treasure was not a concern.
He cast the Spirit Rain Technique and the Wood Birth Technique to moisturize the Eight-Chambered Palace sprout before continuing his inspection of the spirit fields, checking on the detailed status of each spirit plant.
The remaining two dozen Ice Firefly Grass plants had successfully condensed their seeds. Lu Xuan plucked over a hundred pale blue seeds, exuding a chilling aura, from the slender leaves and stored them in his pouch.
After some additional processing, the seeds would be ready to be planted in the spirit soil, beginning a new cultivation cycle.
Now, he could steadily obtain a considerable number of Ice Firefly Grass seeds, no longer facing the predicament of cultivating for two to three years only to harvest one or two cultivation orbs.
As long as the Ice Firefly Grass matured, he would be able to harvest at least a dozen white orbs imbued with cultivation bonuses, propelling his strength into a rapid growth phase.
Of course, the path of cultivation only became more challenging as one progressed, and with his mediocre aptitude, the white orbs could only slightly increase his rate of improvement compared to the core disciples of major sects.
At the peak of the mountain, Lu Xuan also intentionally relocated the Sword-Nurturing Gourd, which had been growing there, to the Sword Grass spirit field area.
That area possessed the Dongxuan Sword Tablet, an upper-tier sword cultivator's treasure, which could subtly influence the surrounding region, transforming it into a miniature sword intent secret realm. This environment was immensely beneficial to both the Sword Grass and the Sword-Nurturing Gourd.
"After a few generations of cultivation near the Dongxuan Sword Tablet, perhaps both the Thunderblade Sword Grass and the Sword-Nurturing Gourd will undergo mutations and improvements," Lu Xuan mused as he sensed the countless delicate sword auras swirling around the sword grasses and gourds.
He was highly satisfied with these two spirit plants, both in terms of their inherent qualities and the cultivation orb rewards they yielded, and he eagerly anticipated the day when they would surpass their current state.
In the spirit fields, the preliminarily improved fourth-grade Earthfire Heart Lotuses and Five Elements Fruits had entered their growth phase, thriving with a vitality noticeably more robust than that of ordinary spirit plants of the same variety.
Although it was troublesome, it was worth the effort to improve the quality of the spirit plants and obtain more substantial orb rewards.
In the following days, Lu Xuan remained in his cave abode, occasionally venturing out to the Star Plucking Tower to fulfill his obligations as a guest advisor to the chamber of commerce, while also restocking on basic cultivation resources.
Si Tuyuan's visit was but a small interlude, and no other cultivators came to sell high-grade spirit seeds afterward.
Lu Xuan wasn't disappointed by this; he was already content and grateful to have obtained a sixth-grade Ghost Lumps Devilwood seed, and didn't dare to ask for more.
The disturbances in the Leiqi Cave secret realm had nothing to do with him, and he continued to live a simple yet fulfilling life of cultivation in his cave abode.
Time flew by, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.
One day, as Lu Xuan was inspecting the spirit fields, he suddenly sensed a strong fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from a remote corner of his cave abode.
"That area is where the Enchanting Peach Trees are planted, and the Demon Ghost Vine stays there. What's causing such a commotion?"
He swept the area with his spiritual sense and soon revealed a delighted expression.
"This Demon Ghost Vine... seems to be on the verge of breaking through to a higher level?"
Lu Xuan's figure flashed, and he appeared outside the Enchanting Peach grove.
Within the pink miasma, the body of the Demon Ghost Vine was swelling, and thick, gray-green vines were surging out rapidly, writhing wildly like tentacles.
After a few breaths, they formed a massive vine jungle.
Countless vines absorbed the pure and rich spiritual energy in the cave abode, instantly creating a vortex of spiritual energy, drawing in an endless supply of spiritual energy and vitality from the surrounding plants.
The myriad tentacles contracted, forming a large gray-green ball.
The ball became denser and more solid, concentrating the rich vitality of the plants within it.
As time passed, there was a loud bang.
The gray-green vines exploded, filling the sky and obscuring the sun as they danced wildly in the air.
Soon after, they retracted and merged with each other, leaving only a single gigantic gray-green vine remaining on the ground.
Lu Xuan's consciousness focused on the Demon Ghost Vine, which had undergone noticeable changes, and a thought emerged in his mind.
"Demon Ghost Vine, a sixth-grade Demon Transformation spirit plant, evolved from generations of Strange Ghost Vines. It feeds on spirit plants and spirit seeds and possesses an extremely keen ability to detect spirit seeds.
It is proficient in various wood-element techniques and has an extremely strong reproductive capacity, capable of dividing into countless parts, ensuring its immortality."
"It actually broke through to become a sixth-grade Demon Transformation spirit plant!" Lu Xuan exclaimed in surprise.
This Demon Ghost Vine had been with him for decades, obtained during his exploration of a blessed land in Tianjian Sect. It had helped him search for numerous high-grade spirit seeds, earning its keep many times over.
Due to its half-demon, half-plant nature, its growth rate was much slower than that of other fifth-grade spirit plants.
There were countless mature spirit plants in his cave abode, and while Lu Xuan took the most exquisite parts for himself, the remaining portions of the spirit plants, though not as rich as the essence-concentrated spirit fruits and flowers, still possessed abundant vitality. They served as excellent nourishment for the Demon Ghost Vine.
Coupled with the rare spirit fruits and various spirit brews that Lu Xuan occasionally fed it, and the fact that it was a strange species to begin with, the Demon Ghost Vine was finally able to break through to the sixth-grade today.
"Not bad, not bad at all," Lu Xuan praised.
He took out a Thunder Lotus seed and tossed it onto the massive gray-green vine.
With the Demon Ghost Vine's improved grade, its ability to search for spirit seeds would naturally be greatly enhanced, and it deserved a good reward.
(End of Chapter)
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