Chapter 774: Ruthless and Few Words
Chapter 774: Ruthless and Few Words
The two evil cultivators left Lu Chen with a large amount of fertilizer, of excellent quality and variety, which would provide ample nourishment for his many unorthodox spirit plants for quite some time.
While the numerous husks that Yu Mian Zhen had split off from didn't have much in the way of flesh, bones, or blood, they were more than sufficient to nurture the sixth-grade Yan Si Pi to maturity.
The large amount of flesh, tentacles, and blood left by the dwarf cultivator could be used to feed the Rou Ling Shen, nourish the Xiang Rou Zhi, and nurture the Sha Lao Shu, Yao Gui Liu, and Mu Rong Yao, among other unorthodox spirit plants.
After all, this was flesh and blood from a Jin Dan cultivator, rich in nutrients and difficult to surpass in quality.
Additionally, their divine souls could be refined using secret techniques from the 'Yang Gui Shu' by Incarnation Ling Gu, to create ghostly creatures to feed the Shi Gui E Teng.
"The only pity is that there aren't many bones or essence-blood."
Yu Mian Zhen only had his husks, and the dwarf cultivator's flesh and tentacles didn't yield much in the way of bones, which left Lu Chen slightly disappointed.
"Last time I was at the Feng Yuan Xing Dong, I heard a Qi cultivation ghost talking about a place on the fifth layer called the Palace of White Bones..."
A rather dangerous idea popped into his head.
"How could you have such dangerous thoughts, considering Jin Dan evil cultivators as mere fertilizer?"
"Each and every evil cultivator who has reached the Jin Dan stage will have their own unique techniques and abilities, and they are not to be taken lightly."
Lu Chen intoned a Buddhist mantra to suppress these wayward thoughts.
"Of course, if fertilizer comes knocking at your door, there's no reason to refuse it."
He mused to himself.
While he was dedicated to cultivating spirit plants and tried to avoid conflict whenever possible, that didn't mean he would allow others to bully him.
If the opportunity presented itself and he had absolute confidence, he would take the initiative and strike preemptively to eliminate potential threats.
Just like this time, when he discovered Yu Mian Zhen spying on his incarnation, he took the initiative to locate the other party's cave abode. Upon learning of their malicious intentions towards his incarnation, he took it upon himself to pay them a visit and provide their unorthodox spirit plants with some extra nutrition.
"I just want to quietly tend to my fields. Why do they have to come and disturb me?"
He sighed as he gazed at the abundance of fertilizer floating in the blood-red clouds.
After dealing with the two evil cultivators, he began to sift through their possessions, searching for anything of value.
With a flick of his spiritual sense, two grayish-black storage bags floated before him.
Lu Chen forcibly broke the simple restrictions on the storage bags and laid out the treasures within, along with the spoils from his previous battle.
"Two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones. That's barely enough to match a mid-Jin Dan cultivator's status."
He muttered as he scanned the pile of medium and low-grade spirit stones, enough to form a small hill.
There were a total of five fifth-grade treasures, the best of which were a human skin net taken from Yu Mian Zhen and a section of a bloody blade from the dwarf cultivator.
The remaining three items were more ordinary but could still fetch a decent price in spirit stones.
In addition, there were some talismans, pills, and elixirs, but they were all common and failed to interest Lu Chen, whose standards had risen considerably.
He carefully stored away the treasures and, along with his incarnation Ling Gu, quietly returned to his cave abode.
Only after they were protected by the two fifth-grade grand formations within the cave did he finally relax.
He took out a forest-white pill from the storage bag and handed it to his incarnation.
Without hesitation, the incarnation swallowed the fourth-grade Xuan Yin Dan, and a pure stream of Yin energy flowed through its body.
The incarnation was equivalent to an early Jin Dan cultivator, and after consecutively displaying high-level techniques and abilities like the 'Blood Spirit Nerve' and the 'You Ming Zhen Shui Jin Fa', as well as activating exotic treasures like the 'Gui Tong Yi Tu', its spiritual energy had been greatly depleted, and it needed to replenish its reserves.
"With just a single incarnation, I was barely able to hold off two Jin Dan cultivators with my cultivation technique and treasures. However, due to insufficient spiritual power, I couldn't maintain my combat effectiveness for long."
"As for my true self, I utilized three treasures to intercept and kill the dwarf cultivator: the sixth-grade Chi Lei Yi, the Yin Xie Ke Xing Zhu Xie Ling Lei, and my physical body after refining the Liu Li Chi Feng Gu."
"The sixth-grade Chi Lei Yi, despite being deployed later, arrived first, clearly outpacing the dwarf cultivator who employed secret arts to flee. It truly lives up to its reputation as a treasure refined from the ancient ferocious beast, the Chi Lei Yao Peng."
"The Zhu Xie Ling Lei's effect in suppressing evil cultivators is evident, but it's a consumable item, and I wish I had more."
"Fortunately, I have thirty Lei Bao Lian plants growing in my Lei Huo Xing cave abode. Once they mature, they should provide a significant replenishment."
"By then, I can keep them with my incarnation, Ling Gu, as a trump card against the numerous evil cultivators in the Feng Yuan Xing cave system."
"As an evil cultivator incarnation striving to survive in an environment teeming with fellow evil cultivators, it's only reasonable for me to prepare more of the evil-suppressing Zhu Xie Ling Lei, isn't it?" Lu Chen thought to himself.
As for the seventh-grade Liu Li Chi Feng Gu, he was equally pleased. The physical body alone effortlessly withstood the dwarf cultivator's blood blade treasure, and the crimson strange fire diminished the blade's spirituality. It truly deserved its reputation as a seventh-grade treasure.
"With all the various seventh-grade and other treasures I possess, perhaps I can hold my own against a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator?" Lu Chen guessed silently.
As for Yuan Ying True Lords, he dared not even think about them, and he didn't feel absolutely confident even when facing late-stage Jin Dan cultivators.
After a brief moment of reflection, he brought the abundant fertilizer into his spirit fields, resuming his identity as an ordinary spiritual herbologist.
Outside the cave abode, several powerful spiritual senses swept by, extremely subtle, avoiding the defensive formations, and finally stopping at Yu Mian Zhen's cave abode, over two hundred li away.
Inside, the place was in disarray, with chaotic and sinister spiritual energy lingering.
"Has Yu Mian Zhen truly perished?"
"Unbelievable that he was taken down by a mere early-stage Jin Dan cultivator."
"Fellow Daoist Wan Gu, do you know anything about that person's background?"
"I only know his name is Ling Gu, and he's at the early-stage Jin Dan realm. He hasn't been living in the Feng Yuan Xing cave system for long."
"His words and actions seem rather cold and detached. Someone tried to visit his cave abode, but he turned them away with a few words, claiming he was in seclusion."
"Yu Mian Zhen and Fellow Daoist Li Ru, two Jin Dan cultivators, one dead and one escaped.
Fellow Daoist Li Ru's fate is unknown, but from the scene and surrounding traces, it appears he managed to get away. However, he seems to have encountered another cultivator skilled in the ways of the spirit thunder secret arts afterward, whether it was this Ling Gu or a coincidental passerby."
"Regardless, it shows that this Fellow Daoist Ling Gu is not someone to be underestimated, possessing remarkable means and a ruthless temperament."
"Indeed, we should strive to maintain a cordial relationship and avoid any unpleasantness."
"Your words are wise."
The spiritual senses communicated discreetly, all of them impressed and wary of the formidable and ruthless incarnation, Ling Gu.
The fact that he annihilated two evil cultivators with higher cultivation levels than his own, simply because they harbored ill intentions, spoke volumes about his capabilities.
Thus, not long after establishing his cave abode in the Feng Yuan Xing cave system, Lu Chen's incarnation, Ling Gu, had already established a formidable reputation, charting a vastly different path from that of an ordinary spiritual herbologist in the Lei Huo Xing cave system.
(End of Chapter)
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