Chapter 179: Chapter 177: Ice and Fire Realm, Grass Puppet
Breakthroughl
Translator: 549690339
In his Spirit Field, Lu Xuan found an empty area and took out the white jade box containing the Mystical Immortal Peach Spirit Seeds.
He carefully observed the three Spirit Seeds in the box. Unconsciously, the pink smoke within the crevices of the Spirit Seeds thickened. To Lu Xuan, the Spirit Seeds instantly became extremely attractive.
They quickly turned into the shape of honey peaches**, stirring ripe fantasies within Lu Xuan’s youthful mind.
“Bold! I knew at first glance that you aren’t ordinary Spirit Seeds!”
Lu Xuan’s spiritual power surged, as he cast a cleansing spell on himself. Instantly, his mind became clear and his thoughts serene.
The Peach Core Spirit Seeds returned to their original appearance.
“Sure enough, this is a naughty Spirit Peach. Luckily, I have a countermeasure.”
“Under the cleansing spell, I am free from desires. Women can only impede the speed of my farming!”
Lu Xuan used the Earth Pulling Technique, causing a silent transformation within the spirit soil. Three circular holes appeared, perfectly enclosing the three Mystical Immortal Peach Spirit Seeds.
With his mind focused on one Mystical Immortal Peach Spirit Seed, a thought flashed through his mind.
[Mystical Immortal Peach, third-grade Spirit Plant, bears fruit for the first time in about three years. Afterwards, it produces fruit every two years until its life limit. The mature Spirit Fruit is rich in spiritual power, extremely delicious, and is favored by cultivators and Spirit Beasts.]
[The Spirit Fruit can be eaten directly, has a natural beautifying effect, and can increase the consumer’s charm when taken over time. It can also be used to refine certain special elixirs or brew spiritual wine.]
[During the growth of the Spirit Plant, it will release a miasma that can arouse the inner desires of cultivators and Demon Beasts. The collected miasma can be used to refine certain peculiar magical artifacts.]
[Cultivation is a long journey, seize the moment of pleasure.]
“Seize the moment of pleasure? For me, planting Spirit Plants is the greatest pleasure.”
Lu Xuan recalled the thoughts in his mind and sighed.
After joining the sect, he was exposed to more and more types of Spirit Plants. In Linyang Market, due to the low grade of the Spirit Plants, they were all one-time Spirit Plants, which are hard to harvest a second time after reaching maturity.
Now, in his Spirit Field, there were Yin Locust trees that the longer they lived, the better – though they were, of course, also limited by their own vitality.
In addition, there were the newly planted Mystical Immortal Peach, a cyclic plant which can produce new Spirit Fruits at fixed intervals, until the end of the plant’s life.
“Third-grade Spirit Plants are equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm, they naturally can’t live forever. However, within their lifespan, they can repeatedly produce Spirit Fruits.”
“However, this is already quite good, after all, every Spirit Fruit harvested can yield a Light Cluster reward.”
Lu Xuan sighed quietly.
He came to the other end of the Spirit Field and continued to use the Earth Pulling Technique, placing ten Flaming Fruit Spirit Seeds into the Spirit Soil.
Concentrating his mind on one of the Spirit Seeds, a thought flashed through his mind.
[Flaming Fruit, second-grade Spirit Plant, when mature, the Spirit Fruit contains rich fire attribute spiritual power. When consumed, it will produce a mild explosive sensation in the mouth. The spiritual power can warm the whole body, and can also be used as a refining material for some Spiritual Wines and Spirits.]
[During cultivation, depending on the growth progress, fire attribute techniques below the second grade need to be applied to stimulate the Spirit Plant and accelerate its growth.]
“With the fire-related Flaming Fruit and the previously obtained ice-related Ice Luo Fruit, I’ll feed these two types of Spirit Fruits to the high-ranked magical beasts in the sect, letting them experience the shock brought by the realm of Ice and Fire.”
Lu Xuan looked at the Flaming Fruit in a Spirit Seed state, and the pale colored Ice Luo Fruit sprouting leaves not far away, and thought proudly.
Thus, his cave now housed Spirit Firefly Grass with no rank, second-grade Flowing Light Wood, Yin Locust Tree, Flaming Fruit, Ice Luo Fruit, Sword Grass, third-grade Flood Dragon Vine, Jade Scale Fruit, Sword Nurturing Gourd, Mystical Immortal Peach, and finally the only fourth-grade Xuan Insect Vine.
Along with the third-grade Ghost Face Stone Mushroom, Thorn Bone, Poison Shuttle Tree, and the fourth-grade Hundred Pupils’ Bizarre Tree in the small courtyard in Sword Gate Town.
Unconsciously, Lu Xuan had planted a variety of high-grade rare Spirit Plants and had made amazing progress on the path of Spirit Plants cultivation.
Lu Xuan took a moment to compose himself, surveying his Spirit Field and examining the condition of every spirit plant.
In the area designated for the Spirit Firefly Grass, the remaining seventy-seven plants gradually reached maturity.
Lu Xuan harvested all of them, ending up with ten perfect quality Spirit Firefly Grasses, a majority in superior quality, with a smaller portion rated as good quality.
Seventy-seven white light clusters were scattered around, their rewards modest but satisfying. Absorbing these rewards was a pleasure in itself for Lu Xuan, and he took his time, enjoying the process.
Absorbing these light clusters offered Lu Xuan more than a decade’s worth of cultivation reward.
After absorbing them, he feels his spiritual power brimming more than ever. His Dantian gives a faint sensation of being on the verge of overflowing.
“Almost there, another batch of Spirit Firefly Grass and some cultivation experience, then I can attempt to enter the Foundation Establishment Realm,” he thought.
Feeling the spiritual power within him, Lu Xuan felt an unreal sensation.
A little over three years ago, he was just a small cultivator on the Qi Cultivation Second Layer, ordinary in aptitude and upbringing, concerned with basic daily survival and scraping up Broken Spirit.
And now, the once lofty and distant Foundation Establishment Stage seems ever closer.
It reaffirmed his conviction to continue down the Spiritual Plant Path.
In the remaining light clusters, most rewards were First Grade Elixirs and Talisman, complemented with a small number of Earth Pulling Technique and Tree Life Spell Experience Packages, which were better than nothing.
The light clusters rewarded by the ten perfect quality Spirit Firefly Grass brought quite impressive rewards – three second-grade Sword Qi Ten Thousand Talismans, four drops of First Grade Treasure Grass Spirit Elixir, and three Cultivation Pill Experience Packages.
Lu Xuan carefully put the seventy-odd mature Spirit Firefly Grass into a long white jade box, stored the various rewards, and summoned the Grass Puppet to his side.
“Come, I’ve got something tasty for you.”
He took out a drop of Grass Spirit Elixir and inserted it into the grey grass bulb on the giant head of the Grass Puppet.
A crack appeared on the grey grass bulb, absorbing the Grass Spirit Elixir teeming with the rich spiritual energy of plants.
Immediately, the grey grass bulb quickly turned green, spreading from the head down towards its long, chopstick-thin legs.
“Huh? Is it going to transform, or what?”
Lu Xuan suddenly noticed something strange about the Grass Puppet. Its body, composed of grey grass, abruptly scattered about, fluttering messily. The enormous bulb made of intertwined grey grass expanded and contracted, undergoing some unknown change.
Immediately after, all its greenness disappeared in an instant. Fresh grey grass sprouted from its body and wormed their way into the grey grass bulb.
In Lu Xuan’s perception, countless strands of grey grass were reorganizing through the bulb to form the body of the Grass Puppet.
Its new body, still primarily composed of a massive head with a small body and particularly noticeable limbs, had become much more secure and compact. The large bulb on its head appeared to be slightly larger.
Focusing on the puppet with his consciousness, Lu Xuan found that its spiritual intelligence had somewhat improved. Previously, it only exhibited simple behavioral patterns, but now it possessed a rudimentary level of spiritual intelligence, equivalent to a two or three-year-old child.
Deep within, it seemed to possess absolute trust and dependence on Lu Xuan, the words ‘Guard the Spirit Field’ intermittently emerging in its meager spiritual intelligence.
When Lu Xuan tested it, he found that it could release and control many more strands of grey grass than before. When condensed together, they could match some First Grade Magical Instruments in strength.
However, the speed at which it released them remained unhurried, forever following its own rhythm.
“I picked up this second-hand Grass Puppet at a Loose Cultivation Market a long time ago, and it has accompanied me the longest. I’ve fed it with the reward of high-quality Treasure Grass Spirit Fluid, and it has finally broken through,” Lu Xuan mused as he looked at the somewhat dim-witted Grass Puppet in front of him.
“Green looks a bit better.”
He gave a small smile, took out a drop of Grass Spirit Elixir, and squeezed it into the now slightly larger grey grass bulb..