Chapter 882: Super-Demon Lord, Formula for the True Sword Elixir
Chapter 882: Super-Demon Lord, Formula for the True Sword Elixir
"A high-level evil demon, the Great Thousand Buddha Mother?" Lu Chen furrowed his brows slightly after sending out the stone fetus. "That's equivalent to a terrifying existence at the baby-forming stage of cultivation... The evil demons it gives birth to are all of the middle rank."
"Quite the prolific breeder, that Great Thousand Buddha Mother," he mused. "Countless stone fetuses have been born and sent out into the world, left to be raised by other cultivators and evil demons."
"It seems there's a bit of a bait-and-hook scheme at play here."
"But I, Lu Chen, am a benevolent man. Helping you raise your offspring isn't out of the question."
According to the information in his mind, once the demon seed was nurtured into a Little Thousand Buddha Mother, it would return to the mother body. That would likely be the most dangerous time for Lu Chen.
At the very least, he would be facing a middle-ranked evil demon at the Golden Core True Lord stage, and he might also encounter projections or clones of the Great Thousand Buddha Mother.
"However, even if I nurture that Buddha Mother, it will take at least a hundred years or even longer. With that much time, I can diligently cultivate and greatly increase my strength."
"Dealing with a middle-ranked evil demon shouldn't be a problem by then."
"I'll deal with the nurturing later. For now, I must plant this Buddha Mother demon seed."
Lu Chen, who loved to collect all sorts of seeds, was determined to bid for this Buddha Mother demon seed.
The stone fetus was passed around for everyone to examine before returning to the old man.
The starting bid for the demon seed was four hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, much lower than that of the Little Thousand-Handed Demon.
Due to the unknown nature of the demon seed, those cultivators who were interested bid with caution.
In the end, Lu Chen acquired it for one million and one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
"I guess I really struck gold with this one," Lu Chen thought to himself.
While there were certain risks involved in cultivating this Buddha Mother demon seed to maturity, as long as he could obtain the light sphere reward, Lu Chen would come out ahead.
Thus, he was content with his low-price acquisition.
"To spend over three million low-grade spirit stones in one go, tsk tsk. It seems my wealth isn't nearly formidable enough."
He went to the center of the starlit space and, after paying the required amount of spirit stones, received the Little Thousand-Handed Demon and the Buddha Mother demon seed from the Commerce Association cultivator.
"But as long as I can obtain the light sphere later, I'll be able to double, triple, or even decuple my earnings!" Lu Chen thought excitedly.
When he retrieved the two treasures, he deliberately concealed his aura so that even acquaintances within the Commerce Association wouldn't know that he had acquired the little evil demon and the demon seed. Of course, the exception was the artifact spirit.
Nothing could be hidden from it.
After the artifact spirit had entrusted the Nine True Spirit Leaves to him, Lu Chen knew that their relationship had progressed further, and they now shared a tacit understanding. Thus, the artifact spirit chose to turn a blind eye to this matter.
Upon returning to the Commerce Association branch in the starlit tower, Lu Chen stopped by the grocery store to replenish his supply of spirit stones and purchase some daily necessities before heading back to his cave abode.
Everything in the cave abode was as it should be. The grass puppet, sensing Lu Chen's aura, relaxed and continued its patrol of the spirit fields, inspecting the spirit plants.
Lu Chen arrived in the courtyard and, instead of immediately planting the Buddha Mother demon seed, he took out the Thousand-Handed Demon that was sealed within a talisman array.
He had brought this talisman array along with the demon when he retrieved it.
The Commerce Association cultivator who had handled the transaction reminded him that the sealing and restraining power of the talisman array would weaken over time, and he hoped that Lu Chen would be cautious and try to tame the Thousand-Handed Demon as soon as possible.
With the acquisition of the Star River Formation Map, the Sword Talisman Annotations, and the relevant experience packages, Lu Chen's understanding of talismans and arrays had improved by leaps and bounds.
He easily deciphered the talisman array, and the Little Thousand-Handed Demon's form was fully revealed.
Lu Chen extended his hand, and a crisp phoenix cry rang out. Scarlet-golden light flashed, and all the fist shadows instantly vanished without a trace.
Only the Little Thousand-Handed Demon was left standing there, looking dazed.
"Judging by the strength of its attacks, it already possesses the strength of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator in the early stages, despite being only in its infancy." Lu Chen remarked, recalling the threat posed by the barrage of fists.
Before he could make any further arrangements, the Little Thousand-Handed Demon snapped out of its daze and unleashed another furious yet futile onslaught on Lu Chen.
Lu Chen established a blood pact within its body, after which the little demon finally calmed down considerably.
"It usually likes to devour flesh and blood, especially those of multi-armed or multi-limbed demonic beasts and evil creatures. It's best to nurture it in an environment rich in demonic energy."
"Looks like I can only put it in the Fengyuan Star Cave for now."
Lu Chen sighed inwardly. Just then, he saw the Little Thousand-Handed Demon approach the plump bird lying on the ground. Its fleshy buds sprouted wildly, slamming towards the bird's round belly.
The plump bird was about to dodge when suddenly, a streak of silver-white light flashed, and a bolt of thunder struck the Little Thousand-Handed Demon.
The electric arcs danced, and the scent of scorched flesh wafted from the little demon's greenish-black body.
"This little thing is too unruly. It wants to test its fists on everything it sees."
"However, it got a taste of its own medicine from the Thunder Dragon Qilin, who is fiercely protective of its mother."
Lu Chen stood by, not interfering with the Thunder Dragon Qilin's actions.
The Thousand-Handed Demon recovered slightly, raising its numerous arms of varying lengths, and shouted at the Thunder Dragon Qilin.
Then, it immediately turned and left.
A green glow descended, and the Qingyu Qilin stepped into the courtyard with heavy footsteps, its terrifying aura pressing down on the Thousand-Handed Demon.
Having played together, the two beasts were now like companions, and the Qingyu Qilin naturally wanted to teach its friend a lesson.
Lu Chen paid no heed to the Thousand-Handed Demon, which was being repeatedly chastised by the spiritual beasts within the cave abode. Instead, he made his way directly to the spirit fields.
He carefully inspected the detailed status of each spirit plant before finally arriving at the sword grass spirit field.
"Two stalks of Thousand Thunder Sword Grass have matured."
Lu Chen immediately spotted the two stalks of sword grass surrounded by silvery-white thunderous light.
As he focused his mind, he noticed that the semi-transparent progress bar below the sword grass had been completely filled.
The last time he had condensed over thirty Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, they grew rapidly under the nourishment of the Cave Abyss Sword Tablet. After many years of cultivation, some of the Thousand Thunder Sword Grass had begun to mature.
"Once this batch of Thousand Thunder Sword Grass is fully mature, the Thousand Thunder Sword Formation should have a basic framework."
He thought to himself as he carefully pulled out the two silvery-white sword grass stalks from the spirit soil.
Two white light orbs quietly appeared, flickering on either side, drawing Lu Chen towards them to collect them.
Lu Chen's figure flashed, and the two light orbs shattered simultaneously, releasing countless tiny light points that mingled with the sword qi in the spirit field, resembling a dazzling display of fireworks.
Soon after, they swiftly condensed into two slender rivers of light that flowed into Lu Chen's body.
At the same time, two thoughts flashed through his mind.
【Harvested a Fourth-Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Grass. Obtained Sixth-Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation (4/18)
.】
【Harvested a Fourth-Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Grass. Obtained Fifth-Grade Spirit Brew, the True Sword Elixir Formula.】
"Finally, I've obtained a new spirit brew formula."
Lu Chen's face broke into a smile as he sensed the vast amount of information that had suddenly appeared in his mind.
(End of Chapter)
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