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Chapter 741: Soul Insect Fungus, a Malicious Cultivator's Gift
Chapter 741: Soul Insect Fungus, a Malicious Cultivator's Gift
Now that he had a way to mitigate the risks posed by this sixth-grade aberrant spirit plant, Lu Chen naturally wouldn't pass up such a high-grade spirit herb.
He gently placed the bizarre branch back on the stall and looked up towards the mysterious presence within the black mist.
"Fellow cultivator, I intend to purchase this spirit herb. Name your price."
The churning black mist paused for a moment, as if contemplating what price to set.
Then, a hoarse voice reached Lu Chen's ears.
"Eight thousand spirit stones."
"Fellow cultivator, that's not a very generous offer."
Although Lu Chen was now wealthy, he still liked to bargain whenever possible.
"This is indeed a sixth-grade spirit herb, but given your strength and insight, you couldn't discern the origin and variety of this spirit herb. As for me, a mere early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, it's even more impossible."
"Given the unknown nature of this sixth-grade spirit herb, cultivating it entails significant risks."
"Moreover, this spirit herb appears exceedingly aberrant, and the cultivation process may harm the spirit herb cultivator. In that case, such a high price is not very reasonable."
Lu Chen spoke persuasively.
"Make an offer then."
"In my opinion, it's worth roughly fifty thousand lower-grade spirit stones."
Lu Chen boldly reduced the price by a large margin.
"Too low."
"Fifty thousand and one, then?"
...
After some haggling, the fragrant meat branch spirit herb was finally sold for sixty thousand spirit stones.
Lu Chen presented six hundred medium-grade spirit stones to the black mist and left with the peculiar branch in hand.
As he wandered through the Ghost Market, he eventually stumbled upon a stall belonging to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, where he found three fifth-grade spirit herbs.
The spirit herb was called the Soul Insect Fungus; when cultivated to maturity, it assumed a half-insect, half-fungus state, and held great allure for demons and magical beasts.
According to the cultivator, there were even Nascent Soul cultivators who used the Soul Insect Fungus as bait to fish for extradimensional demons in the void.
Lu Chen also secretly obtained detailed information about this peculiar spirit herb.
Soul Insect Fungus, a fifth-grade spirit herb with an unusual form. Cultivated from the blood and flesh of demons, it exerts an irresistible attraction to various demons and magical beasts once mature, luring them from a wide radius.
It is often used as bait for fishing for demons. Some Nascent Soul experts skilled in this art will refine the Soul Insect Fungus into fishing bait to lure extradimensional demons from the void.
Am I the bait, the fisherman, or the fish?
"Using a fifth-grade spirit herb as bait for fishing demons... As expected, the world of fishermen is beyond the imagination of ordinary spirit herb cultivators like me."
Lu Chen shook his head inwardly, finding such behavior utterly absurd.
He eventually purchased the three Soul Insect Fungus spirit herbs for eighteen thousand lower-grade spirit stones each.
"I didn't expect to gain so much from this trip to the Star Cave of Fengyuan," Lu Chen thought with great satisfaction after exploring the entire Ghost Market.
During this visit to the Ghost Market, he had acquired a bountiful harvest: the sixth-grade Fragrant Meat Branch, the fifth-grade Soul Insect Fungus, and the fifth-grade Malevolent Bloodspring Matriarch.
Additionally, there was also the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, imbued with countless malevolent spirits, and several demonic artifacts that would greatly aid him in cultivating aberrant spirit herbs.
"Apart from these, there's probably going to be something else delivered to my doorstep soon."
Lu Chen glanced discreetly at his palm, where a grayish-white eyeball poked out from a crack, projecting the surrounding scene before him.
As he observed, he noticed several individuals appearing around him on multiple occasions.
"Early Foundation Establishment cultivation... Plus, they're acting too casual. It's a setup."
"There's no way I'd refuse such fine meat delivered right to me."
Lu Chen wore a faint smile as he concealed his aura and departed from the Ghost Market, heading towards the fifth layer of the Star Cave of Fengyuan.
Chapter 741: A Malicious Cultivator's Gift (Part 2)
Layer Five Passage
Two cultivators swiftly emerged from the dense yin energy.
"Where did he go? He's pretty fast," a crone transmitted to her companion.
"My fierce ghost is keeping an eye on him. He shouldn't get far," the other person replied, holding an Evil Ghost Talisman. A wisp of green qi surrounded the talisman, indicating the ghost's location.
"Indeed. You old ghost are an expert in ghost-taming techniques and tracking. It's hard to escape once you're on someone's tail," the ugly crone cackled.
The two had noticed a lone cultivator in the Ghost Market who casually flashed a pile of medium-grade spirit stones when purchasing a rare treasure. Judging from his early-stage Core Formation cultivation, they knew he must be extremely wealthy, and their hearts filled with greed. Thus, they decided to ambush him.
"We don't know his background, but he's quite rich despite his mediocre cultivation. It's no wonder the two of us targeted him in the Ghost Market," the crone transmitted to her companion, whose face resembled a fierce ghost.
Not only did they set up stalls in the Ghost Market to sell goods, but they also occasionally robbed and looted. Whenever they spotted a juicy target, they would transform into bandit cultivators and make a big score.
"We should still be careful," the fierce ghost cultivator warned, his eyes fixed on the Evil Ghost Talisman in his hand.
"Hmm? Something's odd," the fierce ghost cultivator murmured, his eyes narrowing as the evil ghost pattern on the talisman seemed to be getting closer.
"Are you two looking for this?"
Just then, a clear and pleasant voice rang out, as gentle as a spring breeze, but it struck the two cultivators like a thunderbolt.
They turned to see a youth with a sinister aura emerge from the thick yin energy, holding a small green-black ghost in his hand. The ghost was wrapped in a fine net of clear qi, and its hideous features twisted in pain as black smoke rose from its body.
"Not good!" they exclaimed in unison.
...
"Excellent!"
After a few breaths, Lu Chen retrieved two storage bags from the corpses and tossed a thigh to the large meatball by his side.
The large meatball quivered with excitement as it devoured the thigh, its pinkish-white eyes gleaming with delight.
"The evil cultivators of the Fengyuan Star Cave are quite generous, sending such a grand gift to a newcomer like me," Lu Chen mused.
He had sensed that someone was tailing him in the Ghost Market, and even after leaving, he noticed a mysterious little ghost following him. If not for the Void Nightmare Eye and his cultivation of the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, he might not have detected the ghost's presence.
After confirming that the two cultivators posed no threat to him, Lu Chen decided to turn the tables on them and lured them to the fifth layer, which was less guarded and ideal for ambushing and stealing treasures.
The two cultivators were already at a disadvantage, being a whole realm lower than him. Under the relentless assault of Lu Chen's Ghost Lamentation Scroll, the Prison King Kong Statue, the Peacock Ming King Sword, and the Xuan Tian Qing Wei Miao Fa that specialized in countering demons and evil spirits, they met their demise within a few exchanges.
"Such a generous gift must not be wasted," Lu Chen said as he deployed a soul-seizing secret art, trapping the souls of the two evil cultivators.
The souls of the two evil cultivators watched in horror as their physical bodies were devoured and their treasures taken, their faces twisting with venomous hatred.
Just as they were about to speak, two soul lamps appeared and sucked in their souls, leaving nothing behind.
(End of Chapter)
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