Chapter 163: Chapter 161: Start with Becoming a Minder – Parti
Translator: 549690339
“I’ve spent over two hundred spirit stones on demon beast pupils, and another hundred on insect eggs. These spirit stones sure run out fast.”
Lu Xuan, holding the black armored insect eggs and the bottle containing the silver thread mantis, exclaimed.
“One is for cultivating the fourth-grade Hundred-Pupil Trick Wood, and the other is for cultivating the fourth-grade Xuan Insect Vine, it’s acceptable.”
After buying the demon beast pupils and the insect eggs, he still had about one thousand four hundred spirit stones with him, which was a fortune during his loose cultivator days, but it was far from enough at the Sky Sword Sect.
He came to the Spirit Field Area where the Xuan Insect Vine was located. The vine hadn’t sprouted yet, but the hidden cicada insect eggs and the spirit seed he had previously buried were almost integrated with it. The surface of the spirit seed looked somewhat bizarrely harmonious.
Lu Xuan picked a few spots and used the Earth Attraction Technique of the Great Achievement Realm to successfully place the black armored insect eggs on the surface of the Xuan Insect Vine spirit seed.
As for the two silver-threaded mantis larvae, as soon as Lu Xuan took them out of the bottle, the two larvae, which originally wanted to escape quickly, seemed to sense something and stopped over the Xuan Insect Vine, sniffing around.
Then, they used their jade-like front limbs to dig the spirit soil, wanting to make contact with the Xuan Insect Vine close up.
Lu Xuan could not bear to see this, so he used the Earth Attraction Technique to create a direct pathway for the two silver-threaded mantis larvae.
The larvae, one after the other, rushed into the pathway, as if sticking to the spirit seed of the Xuan Insect Vine, not moving at all.
“The first-grade hidden cicada, the black armored insect, and the second-grade silver-threaded mantis should satisfy the early growth needs of the Xuan Insect Vine.”
After inspecting the spirit field, Lu Xuan called a spirit crane and arrived at the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall.
The hall was a lot busier than usual, and several dozen cultivators were standing in front of a huge light screen.
Lu Xuan bypassed the light screen, went to the back side, and canceled his previously placed demon beast pupil task.
It’s normal for sect monks to hunt demon beasts while exploring outside the sect. If he always keeps the demon beast pupil task up, Lu Xuan estimates that he will face bankruptcy in not too long a time.
The fourteen pupils brought by the female cultivator, plus the ones that are still on the way, are enough for cultivating the Hundred-Pupil Trick Wood for a while.
After canceling the task, Lu Xuan noticed that the number of cultivators standing in front of the giant light screen started to increase, he lightly tapped the cultivator next to him and asked curiously.
“Senior Brother, the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall seems busier than usual today. Has something good happened?”
“You don’t know about this?”
The young cultivator turned around and asked in surprise.
“I’m usually busy cultivating spiritual plants and rarely go out, so I’m not very clear about the recent developments within the sect.”
“I see.” The young cultivator nodded, convinced by Lu Xuan’s explanation.
“A small secret realm appeared recently about a thousand miles from our sect. It’s rumored that some sect members have found many good things there.”
“Therefore, the tasks related to that secret realm are very popular. I heard that the sect is planning to send some Foundation Establishment Uncle Masters there to completely open up the secret realm.”
Lu Xuan nods in understanding. Everything in a newly discovered secret realm is unknown and filled with infinite possibilities. During his time at Linyang Market, he would often hear similar rumors about someone obtaining high-grade cultivation techniques, rare treasures, and the like in a secret realm.
The chances of finding opportunities and treasures in the new secret realm are much higher than usual. It’s no wonder that the brothers in the sect are so excited.
“Junior Brother, do you want to come and take a look? With Foundation Establishment Uncle Masters as protectors and relying on the strength of the Sky Sword Sect, we can surely easily clear the small secret realm.”
The young cultivator invited Lu Xuan, his face turning red with excitement.
“No thanks, I have plants in my spiritual field that haven’t been harvested yet, and it’s nearly harvest season.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly declined. If Foundation Establishment monks are used for protection, the secret realm will likely contain third-grade demon beasts or trick-level evil invasions at least.
Plus, even Foundation Establishment monks can’t protect every single cultivator. If someone happens to be missed, and if the missed cultivator happens to encounter a third-grade demon beast or a trick-level evil invasion, it’s likely that there will be no chance of survival for him.
With the Immaculate Jade, Hidden Spirit Cloak, and Sword of Wind and Thunder Pellet, Lu Xuan has confidence in saving his life in front of a third-rank Demonic Beast, but he still doesn’t have any adventurous ideas. “When my cultivation level rises a little bit more, and I accumulate a little more treasure, then I can consider going out.”
Lu Xuan said to himself.
Soon after, he calmly left the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, called a Spirit Crane, and asked it to take him back to his cave dwelling.
After tending to all the spiritual plants in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan went to the Spiritual Spring and took out an Iron Claw Crab from under an odd rock.
The rewards from the light cluster that the fully mature Iron Claw Crab brought were already open. Lu Xuan, in order to ensure he could eat the freshest ingredients, kept the remaining two Iron Claw Crabs under the odd rock at the Spiritual Spring.
“Get ready! Get ready!”
The Cloud Leopard walked over softly, its cloud-like paws easily stunned the recalcitrant Iron Claw Crab. The Grass Puppet then came over, extended two grey tendrils, and tightly bound the Iron Claw Crab.
Without waiting for Lu Xuan’s command, the Wind Sparrow Fledgling held the tendril and directly put the Iron Claw Crab in the pot.
“Honestly, you’re a Grass Puppet, your diet is just spirit stones and Grass Spirit Elixir. Why are you so eager?”
Lu Xuan glared at the Grass Puppet, which, with its huge gray grassy head, slowly retreated to the Spirit Field.
“Time to eat!”
Lu Xuan lifted the pot cover, disregarding the surging heat, he flipped open the steamed red crab shell, revealing the golden, plump crab roe and meat inside. “White and tender, so fresh. A single word describes it, amazing!”
After swallowing a bite of crab meat, Lu Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim.
The Cloud Leopard and the Wind Sparrow Fledgling beside him were watching him without blinking, as if urging him to hurry up and share a piece with them.
Lu Xuan ripped a crab leg for each of them, for them to gnaw on. The two, hugging tightly, gnawed with oil all over their faces.
“Chirp!”
While Lu Xuan and the two were enjoying the feast, a somewhat familiar voice attracted Lu Xuan’s attention.
Following the voice, the Mysterious Luan Bird that appeared last time appeared silently again in the courtyard.
“Here, this crab leg is for you!”
Lu Xuan threw a crab leg over, the Luan Bird lightly shook its white feathers and nodded slightly, expressing gratitude.
“Such high spiritual intelligence.”
Seeing this, Lu Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim. Last time, he was worried that suddenly probing would cause displeasure as the Luan Bird’s appearance was abrupt, so he didn’t properly sense the Luan Bird’s background.
First-time strangers, second-time acquaintances, since it came to the cave dwelling again, Lu Xuan showed no more courtesy.
His mind gently focused on the Luan Bird, and the information he received shocked him.
“[Mystical Sky White Luan, Growth period, Third-rank Demonic Beast, is the descendant of the Guardian Beast of the Sky Sword Sect, a sixth-rank Mystical Sky White Luan. Has the potential to grow into a Seventh-rank Spirit Beast.] “Descendant of the Beast Protecting the Sect…has the potential to grow into a Seventh-grade Spirit Beast…this is a rapidly growing ‘big leg’ I could latch onto!”
Lu Xuan inwardly exclaims, the talent of the half-blooded Ink-Scaled Jiao seen before was already quite good, but in front of this Mystical Sky White Luan, it was completely insignificant.
“To capture the heart of a Spirit Beast, first, you must capture its stomach.”
“To cling to the ‘big leg’, it must start with feeding!”