Chapter 842: An Ordinary Spirit Herbalist
Chapter 842: An Ordinary Spirit Herbalist
"As expected, it is an advanced spirit plant closely related to eye techniques."
When Lu Chen first laid eyes on the bizarre spirit seed that resembled a dual-pupiled eye, he had a hunch, which was now confirmed as his mind raced with thoughts.
"This is the second spirit plant of this kind that I've cultivated."
"Back when I was still at Tianjian Zong, I cultivated a rather sinister Hundred-Eyed Bizarre Wood in the small courtyard in Jianmen Town."
A smile appeared on Lu Chen's face as he extended his hand. A crack appeared in his palm, and a grayish-white eyeball drilled out from within.
This Void Nightmare Eye had been harvested from the light orb of the Hundred-Eyed Bizarre Wood, and it had accompanied him ever since.
"However, compared to the Hundred-Eyed Bizarre Wood, cultivating this Dual-Pupiled Flower is obviously much more challenging."
"The Hundred-Eyed Bizarre Wood only requires the eyes of demons or cultivators to nourish it."
"But the Dual-Pupiled Flower needs special eyes; ordinary ones probably won't have much effect."
Lu Chen thought to himself.
Demonic beasts with unusual eyes or cultivators who practiced unique eye techniques were rare in the cultivation world, so he would have to put in some effort to collect them.
"Fortunately, I have some ready sources in my cave abode, such as the Variant Cloud Lynx, which has a pair of unusual eyes and has consumed numerous bizarre eyes that the Hundred-Eyed Bizarre Wood bore. Its strangeness has increased considerably."
"Of course, there's also me, cultivating the Eye Technique of Breaking Illusions."
Lu Chen couldn't help but chuckle at the irony.
"I can't very well gouge out my own eyes to nourish this sixth-grade spirit plant, can I?"
With a flick of his thoughts, strands of spiritual rain fell, permeating the spirit soil and nourishing the bizarre spirit seed with its intricate golden patterns.
After planting the Dual-Pupiled Flower, he took the opportunity to patrol his spirit fields, carefully inspecting each spirit plant and tending to them with care.
"That trip to Feng Yuanxing Cave could be considered a close call."
Back inside the house, Lu Chen stroked the silver-white horn on the Thunder Dragon Lion's head, his heart filled with emotion.
"I never expected that extradimensional demon to be so insidious. Even the Palace Master of the White Bone Palace, who had reached the Yuan Ying realm, fell victim to its possession."
"Hmm, perhaps there's some secret that I'm unaware of."
"For me, it's best to avoid such incidents as much as possible to keep myself out of danger."
Lu Chen pondered silently.
Fortunately, after cultivating spirit plants for many years, he had harvested numerous high-grade treasures and had gained substantial confidence.
Coupled with his reclusive lifestyle, staying mostly within his cave abode, the hustle and bustle of the outside world rarely affected him.
Most importantly, he possessed a unique ability to detect the presence of evil and sinister forces.
As long as someone consumed the food or drink he offered, he could gain insight into their details.
By concentrating his spiritual sense, he could discern information covertly, without the risk of being discovered.
"It seems I'll have to further enhance my image as a generous and open-handed person and send out more spirit fruits and brews as gifts, using them to observe if there are any demons lurking nearby."
With Tianxing Cave becoming increasingly turbulent, Lu Chen decided to make good use of this ability going forward.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed. In the region of the Sword Grass Spirit Field, the remaining small Dong Xuan Sword Calabashes had all matured.
Twenty-five mottled green sword calabashes swayed gently in the breeze, causing countless minute sword auras to resonate with each other, filling the air with the incessant ringing of swords.
Lu Chen carefully plucked fifteen of them and stored them in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.
Fifteen white orbs of light appeared silently, hanging amidst the thick, dark green vines, flickering slightly and illuminating each other.
His figure transformed into a stream of light, simultaneously touching all the white orbs.
The fifteen orbs shattered simultaneously, resembling blooming fireworks before rapidly condensing into slender rivers of light that flowed into Lu Chen's body.
【Harvest a Lower-Tier Dong Xuan Sword Gourd and obtain the experience package, 'Sword Talisman Annotations'.】
【Harvest...】
The fifteen orbs of light yielded a total of seven High-Tier sword talismans, including five Xuan Yin Sword Talismans and two True Sha Sword Talismans. Additionally, he gained five insights into the profound meaning of the Dong Xuan Sword and three experience packages of 'Sword Talisman Annotations'.
"With just a harvest of spiritual herbs, I've obtained seven High-Tier sword talismans, something that an ordinary Golden Core cultivator would find hard to come by," Lu Chen thought, his face thickening. "And with these five insights into the profound meaning of the Dong Xuan Sword, my sword cultivation has progressed even further. I can truly be considered a sword genius now."
With treasures like the Bright Sword Heart and the Thunderous Sword Heart that enhanced his sword cultivation talent, along with the absorption of multiple sword intent experience packages and the profound sword techniques he had comprehended while cultivating the Sword Grass, it was no exaggeration to call him a sword genius.
"With three 'Sword Talisman Annotation' experience packages, I should be able to achieve minor success in drawing sword talismans, and my success rate will be comparable to that of those master talisman makers," Lu Chen mused. "Looks like it's about time I started drawing sword talismans."
"Talisman-making, pill-refining, artifact-forging..."
"An ordinary spiritual herbologist only needs to cultivate spiritual herbs, but as a master spiritual herbologist, I have much more to consider."
Lu Chen shook his head and laughed.
He planned to use the remaining ten small Dong Xuan Sword Gourds for seed condensation.
He possessed the condensation method for the Sword Gourd, which was an improved version of the Yang Sword Gourd, and the two shared a similar heritage.
Although this was his first time condensing the Sword Gourd's spiritual seed, he was confident in his success, as he could draw on the Yang Sword Gourd's condensation method and also understand the detailed state of the spiritual herb during the condensation process.
However, since it was his first attempt, the condensed Sword Gourd spiritual seed might not turn out as expected.
Following the condensation method of the Yang Sword Gourd, Lu Chen skillfully guided the vitality and subtle sword qi within the Sword Gourd to merge together, before slowly nurturing them.
After the initial condensation, Lu Chen continued his inspection of the spirit fields.
In the core spirit field, the various sixth-grade and seventh-grade spiritual herbs were growing exceptionally well.
The sixth-grade Yuan Magnetic Spirit Wood had entered the mature stage, and a special aura permeated the area around it. Upon entering this aura, the flying swords on one's body would start trembling uncontrollably, drawn by the yuan magnetic spirit power.
Not far away, the sound of howling winds could be heard.
The Wind Cavity Stone stood tall in the spirit field, with strands of peculiar winds being sucked into the Eightfold Palace next to it.
The first layer of the Eightfold Palace, the Xunyuan Palace, was also thriving. The spiritual flowers blossomed, and invisible currents flowed on the petals, as if they could summon all the strange winds in the world.
In the simple thunder pool that Lu Chen had simulated, the two stalks of Yi Wood Green Thunder Vine each occupied a corner, not interfering with each other.
One of them had been cultivated from a spiritual seed, and it was much smaller than the one that had been directly transplanted.
Due to the abundant supply of dark green thunder liquid obtained from the Lei Kuang Beast, the transplanted Yi Wood Green Thunder Vine was even more vigorous.
Not far from the Yi Wood Green Thunder Vine, the Light Phoenix Feather floated lightly in the air. Its progress was not as noticeable as when it had first been planted.
The Twin Birth White Lotus, also a seventh-grade spiritual herb, had progressed faster than the Light Phoenix Feather due to the nourishment of a large amount of fifth-grade Moon Spirit Liquid.
A small, jade-like sprout emerged from the spiritual seed, resembling a motionless standing human figure at first glance.
Lu Chen's consciousness fell upon the sprout, and he seemed to sense that within this seventh-grade spiritual herb, another self was being nurtured.
(End of Chapter)
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