Chapter 144: Chapter 142 Spirit Crane’s Breeding Issues_l
Translator: 549690339
“Insect Scripture” records hundreds of extraordinary insect beasts such as Iron Fire Ant, White Jade Mantis, Six-Winged Millipede… Mostly first and second-grade, and only a few of the third-grade at the Foundation Establishment level.
The pale green toad that Lu Xuan encountered in the Spirit Plant Garden is also among them, known as the Wood Poison Toad. It is a demon insect rich in Wood-element Spiritual Energy, and it feeds on demon beasts, with a particular fondness for mimic worms.
It can change its own shape and body color according to the surrounding environment to hide itself. Its poison is extremely strong; the venom of a fully developed Wood Poison Toad can even threaten Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
Lu Xuan briefly skimmed through “Insect Scripture”, learning about many methods of breeding, reproduction, and control of demon insects.
“For ordinary cultivators, this ‘Insect Scripture’ is a bit offbeat, not as good as normal cultivation techniques and spells, but for me, it’s quite useful. If I raise Spirit Bugs, I should also be able to get a Light Cluster reward.”
“The growth cycle of Spirit Bugs is generally shorter than that of Spirit Beasts, and many species of Spirit Bugs are bred on a large scale in large quantities, so the Light Clusters obtained will naturally be more.”
Lu Xuan thought to himself and decided to find some insect eggs or larvae when he had a chance and try to cultivate them.
He roughly counted the gains from this insect pest cleaning trip.
In terms of Spirit Stones, the Zhang Family Head gifted him five hundred Spirit Stones, along with the cultivator’s storage bag, he obtained about six hundred Spirit Stones in total.
In addition, after completing the task, Yao Qing gave him forty Sword Marks as a reward, as well as “Insect Scripture” and several low-grade elixirs and magic artifacts.
“The fish pond blasting experience isn’t too bad, the task is easy, and the reward is generous.”
Lu Xuan thought to himself, then realized the change in his mindset and immediately adjusted it.
“I can’t be careless. There may be a Flood Dragon lurking in the fish pond, so it’s better for me to stay in the Sect and cultivate Spirit Plants and raise Spirit Beasts.”
He put away the “Insect Scripture” and came to the Spirit Field.
The many Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field had not been cultivated for several days, but it didn’t affect them much.
The Sword Grass between the two stalks was full of sword marks, showing how frequently they privately practice fencing.
“Maintaining activity and promoting growth in this way isn’t bad.”
Lu Xuan carefully examined the condition of the Sword Grass, found that the Sword Grass plants had not suffered any damage, but instead were growing very well. He reassured himself, and finally decided to maintain the status quo, not transplanting a stalk of Sword Grass elsewhere.
In the place where the Sword Nurturing Gourd was placed, the flying sword had once again become a strip of useless iron, which could only serve as a stand for the gourd vine.
“It’s just right that the cultivator’s storage bag contains two flying swords. They make good nourishment for the Sword Nurturing Gourd.”
Lu Xuan took out a flying sword from the storage bag and placed it under the verdant gourd vine.
The newly planted two hundred Spirit Firefly Grass show a promising growth, presenting a vibrant green sight.
The spiritual environment of the Sect inflicted a dimensional blow to the non-grade Spirit Plants. Even if Lu Xuan’s cultivation methods are not refined, the growth state of the Spirit Firefly Grass is still quite good.
In the Spirit Field, the third-grade Illusory Smoke Luo Fruit and second-grade Copper Bone Bamboo that were planted early in Linyang Market have already matured. Lu Xuan estimated that it would not take long to gain several Light Clusters again.
He still had high expectations for the Light Cluster rewards of the third-grade Illusory Smoke Luo Fruit.
He came to the location of the second-class Flowing Light Wood, carefully tidying and guiding the Spiritual Energy lines on the branches and leaves to avoid affecting the quality of the Spirit Plant.
Next, he went to the side of the Flood Dragon Vine, took out a bottle of new species of Dragon’s Blood, and poured it on the dark vine.
Looking at the vine moving slowly like a poisonous snake, Lu Xuan was satisfied in his heart.
The Flood Dragon Vine grows slightly slower than the Illusory Smoke Luo Fruit, but it has already entered a rapid growth stage, with considerable improvements in both its thickness and length.
The newly planted Ice Luo fruit has sprouted, and the seedlings are a faint white color, gently swaying in the wind.
Lu Xuan’s spiritual power circulates, casting an ice-based basic technique on the four sprouts that looked like white jade. A faint mist of ice falls on the sprouts, nourishing them.
Beneath the odd rocks of the spiritual spring, the remaining two Iron Claw Crabs have fully matured. Lu Xuan picks up the two white light clusters that appear.
As expected, both light clusters brought rewards of Crab Spirit Paste.
Lu Xuan put the Crab Spirit Paste into his storage bag. As for the two Iron Claw Crabs, he left them for now.
Firstly, the Copper Bone Bamboo still needs a large amount of copper and iron fragments, and until it matures, it is necessary to have sufficient labor to fully utilize their large knife-like pincers.
Secondly, boiled Iron Claw Crab tastes best when fresh. Whenever he feels like eating it, he can directly get it from the spiritual spring.
The two Iron Claw Crabs hiding beneath the boulder do not know that their fate has already been decided easily by Lu Xuan. They are still strutting about with their blue-black pincers, behaving in an unruly manner with their eyeballs bulging out.
Lu Xuan chuckles softly, scoops up a large cup of the cold spring water from the spirit well, enters the chilling cave, and waters the Yin Locust Tree.
Having ensured that all spirit plants are well-cultivated, Lu Xuan then arrives at the Thousand Dragon Lake Stone House.
During these days when he was out, he had asked a fellow disciple to feed the Jiaolong Pythons. Fortunately, all the Jiaolong Pythons had already been trained and tamed by him, and no abnormalities occurred during the feeding process.
Lu Xuan took out a frozen Spiritual fish as a thank you and took over the duty of feeding the Jiaolong Pythons.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed and Lu Xuan quickly returned to his original life rhythm.
Every day he visits Thousand Dragon Lake, feeds the dozens of Jiaolong Pythons with large amounts of sorted Demon Beast Meat.
After returning to his residence, he spends most of his time cultivating Spirit Plants. During his leisure time, practicing Cultivation Techniques such as Lightness Technique, and reading up on cultivation materials relating to Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
Occasionally, when he is in the mood, he takes out the Pill Furnace and refines a batch of Yuan Cultivating Pill. After absorbing many Pill Formula Experience Packages, his success rate in refining Yuan Cultivating Pill is extremely high, being relaxed and casual. He feels like an alchemy master.
One day, he came to the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall as usual to see if there were any tasks suitable for him.
He automatically ignored tasks such as exploring Secret Lands, hunting Demon Envoy or Evil Cultivators. He focused on tasks within the Sect related to cultivating Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
Such tasks are not common. After all, planting Spirit Plants and rearing Spirit Beasts are generally regarded as less important in the cultivation skills.
Even comparing to Tool Refining and Alchemy, let alone formation setting and talisman making, which are considered more important than Spirit Plants.
Occasionally, when similar tasks do appear, other cultivators usually take them.
After searching for a while, Lu Xuan finally found a suitable task related to Spirit Beasts.
[Task Content: Spirit Crane conception problem. The Taming Beast Hall’s Spirit Cranes are currently facing a crisis of depleting numbers. Their birth rate has reached its lowest in nearly a century. We are looking for cultivators who can solve the conception problem of Spirit Cranes.]
[Task Reward: Determined by the birth rate of the Spirit Cranes. Any Spirit Crane on breeding will reward a certain number of Sword Marks. The more Spirit Cranes enter the breeding stage, the more additional rewards there will be.]
“Spirit Crane conception problem? I remember the Sect was full of those Spirit Cranes, how could there be a problem of depleting numbers?”
With doubts, Lu Xuan’s spiritual sense gently touched the task information on the light screen. Immediately, detailed information related to the task poured into his sea of consciousness..