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Chapter 857: Late Core Formation Stage
Chapter 857: Late Core Formation Stage
"Brother Mu, what are your thoughts on the recent situation in the cultivation world?"
At the peak of their merriment, Lu Chen took a sip of the Jian liquor and asked aloud.
"Brother Lu, are you referring to the invasion of the evil demons?"
"Although I am not particularly powerful and lack confidence in my abilities, I am quite confident about our ability to repel the evil demons," the old man replied, swirling the wine in his cup, the light reflecting off the countless tiny sword auras that had blended into the spiritual liquid within.
"As far as I know, while invasions by evil demons are uncommon, they have occurred in the past, and eventually, the major powers of the cultivation world joined forces to resolve the issue."
"So, Brother Lu, there is no need to worry."
He offered reassurance to Lu Chen.
"I just feel that the scale of this demon invasion is slightly larger than usual."
"By the way, Brother Mu, are you aware of a similar incident that occurred in the Eastern Wasteland decades ago?"
"I've heard about it. It was said to be extremely brutal and caused the deaths of countless cultivators in the Eastern Wasteland, turning it into a living hell."
"But Brother Lu, you might not be as familiar with the strength of the Seven Realms of Zhongzhou."
"Just one Li Yang Realm is far stronger than the entire Eastern Wasteland. Even if we just consider the Hailou Chamber of Commerce, they might not be any weaker than the Eastern Wasteland."
"Therefore, when facing a similar demon invasion, the responses from these two regions would be worlds apart."
Pride laced the old man's words.
Lu Chen nodded slightly in response.
Although the old man's words held some truth, they didn't change Lu Chen's plans in the slightest.
No matter how rampant the evil demons became, his initial aspiration to lead a quiet life in his cave abode, tending to his spiritual fields, would never waver.
If the Li Yang Realm or the entire Zhongzhou showed signs of defeat, he would simply run away again.
His previous experience of relocating with the Tianjian Sect had endowed him with ample experience in that regard.
"Brother Mu, you've been staying in the Zhaixing Tower, and with your wide network of information, you're much more informed than a lowly spirit herbologist like me who rarely leaves his abode."
"If anything major happens, please contact me as soon as possible."
Lu Chen smiled as he spoke to the old man.
The old man's face reddened, and he nodded vigorously.
"Of course!
"Brother Lu, you devote all your heart to spirit herbs and are not skilled in combat, but your spirit herb cultivation has already reached a transcendent state. If those evil demons were to harm you, it would be a great loss for the Chamber of Commerce," the old man sighed, a hint of sourness in his tone.
"Regardless, the Chamber of Commerce will never let Brother Lu face danger."
He had to admit that even with the protection of his Nascent Soul stage clan elders, his status in the Chamber of Commerce might not compare to this lone cultivator-turned-spirit herbologist before him.
The two chatted for a long while, and as the old man peered through the thunderous sky, he realized it was getting late, so he bid farewell to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen saw him off until he was out of sight, then returned to his courtyard.
"Let the outside world be in turmoil. I'll just focus on my small plot of land here."
Lu Chen's spiritual sense swept over the spirit fields in his cave abode, and he felt immense peace.
With those high-grade spirit herbs, he had the confidence to continue cultivating them even amidst such a turbulent situation, never forgetting his original aspiration.
Inside the room, Lu Chen sat cross-legged with a small jade-green pitcher floating before him.
A faint green light circulated slowly on the surface of the pitcher, and from its spout wafted a mist of verdant spiritual energy, giving off a natural and comfortable feeling.
With a slight stir of Lu Chen's consciousness, strands of pale green spiritual energy emerged from his fingertips.
This spiritual energy was none other than the essence of the Green Wood, and under his guidance, it drifted towards the Divine Wood Pitcher, transforming into a pale green mist that seeped into the small jade-green pitcher.
Previously, when the Qingjiao Thunder Qilin faced a life-or-death crisis, Lu Chen used it to force-ripen the recently planted Sixth Grade Tianyuans, obtaining a Seventh Grade longevity pill. This pill brought the Qilin, whose lifespan was almost up, back to its peak, allowing it to defeat three Yuan Ying Golden Cores and save the entire Thunder Qilin tribe.
At that time, most of the vitality of plants and trees stored up over many years had been exhausted, and Lu Chen had to continuously infuse Green Wood essence for a long time. Only occasionally using a small portion allowed him to save up half a bottle again.
The storage and transformation of Green Wood essence now had a complete process.
After planting a large amount of the third-grade Zanguo grass, the main material for refining the Foundation Establishment Pills, they would blossom into Spirit Absorbing Grass Pearls.
When the Green Wood essence in his dantian was almost depleted, he could refine and absorb the Spirit Absorbing Grass Pearls to replenish it.
In this way, through dual absorption and transformation, he could continuously store pure plant spirit energy into the Divine Wood Pitcher.
After infusing the Green Wood essence, Lu Chen allowed the Divine Wood Pitcher to slowly transform as he sunk his consciousness into his sea of consciousness to cultivate the Stellar Freedom Visualization Technique.
Deep within his sea of consciousness, a profound star hung high in the air, showering misty starlight onto Lu Chen's sea of consciousness.
He entrusted his spiritual sense to the star and operated the sixth-grade visualization technique.
In an instant, the star began to rotate slowly, and Lu Chen's spiritual sense seemed to be gently soothed by a warm force, gradually growing stronger.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several months had gone by.
A faint cracking sound came from the ground as the thin layer of frost was crushed into countless fragments.
"The Ice Firefly Grass has matured. It's time for another wave of cultivation rewards."
Lu Chen looked at the expanse of deep blue, slender leaves connected to each other and smiled.
"I do indeed devote almost all my energy to cultivating spirit plants. I've never experienced seclusion and bitter cultivation."
"Who would have thought that farming would increase my cultivation speed countless times faster than my own cultivation?"
He remembered his previous conversation with Mu Daoren and chuckled.
Immediately, he harvested eighty or so fully mature Ice Firefly Grass plants, leaving about twenty to condense seeds.
Eighty white light clusters quietly appeared.
Lu Chen's figure flashed, and like a stream of light, he swept through them. In an instant, the light clusters exploded like fireworks, bursting into countless fine lights.
The lights seemed attracted to Lu Chen, swiftly converging towards him and transforming into slender rivers of light that flowed into his body.
Thought after thought flashed through his sea of consciousness like a revolving lantern.
【Harvest a third-grade Ice Firefly Grass and obtain five years of cultivation.】
【Harvest a third-grade Ice Firefly Grass and obtain a fourth-grade treasure, the Icy Marrow Spirit Brew.】
【Harvest...】
...
As the thoughts faded, an immense amount of spiritual power suddenly appeared in Lu Chen's body, even creating a massive spiritual vortex near him.
The spiritual power surged like a raging tide, frantically impacting his bones and veins.
Lu Chen stood still, operating the Xuantian Qingwei Mystical Art to rapidly absorb and transform the vast spiritual power.
The spiritual vortex gradually calmed, and the immense spiritual power within him transformed into drops of pale green spiritual liquid, falling into his dantian's sea of energy.
Lu Chen's spiritual sense blurred, and his dantian's sea of energy invisibly expanded, causing his internal energy to surge.
He sensed the change and smiled.
"Late Core Formation Stage."
(End of Chapter)
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