Chapter 183: Chapter 181: Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath_l
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“As for those, I’m not in a hurry to pursue.”
Lu Xuan said solemnly.
“I heard that after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment, one can own a mountain all by oneself. If that’s true, I can plant more types of Spirit Plants.”
There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes.
For him, he really didn’t need to deliberately pursue Magic Artifacts, Charms, Formulas, Elixirs, etc. If he plants spiritual plants, harvests light clusters, they will naturally appear.
“So… Brother Lu, you’re working so hard to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm just to create better conditions for cultivating spiritual plants?”
Baili Jianqing asked, tilting his head, looking somewhat incredulous.
“Exactly.”
Hearing Lu Xuan’s affirmative answer, he couldn’t help touching his forehead, looking helpless.
After a moment of silence, Baili Jianqing spoke first.
“There are many peculiar methods for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment. Among them, the Foundation Establishment Pill is the most common way. It plays an unignorable role during the breakthrough.”
“Taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, and breaking through with the power of the elixir, has the highest success rate. The process is also very simple and gentle, and most cultivators go through this method.”
“However, the Foundation Establishment Pill is firmly controlled by the major sect powers. It is only occasionally that the elixir is circulated to the outside world, and the formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill is unheard of, considered a core secret by the sect.”
“The Foundation Establishment Pill is a third-grade elixir, not particularly expensive, but generally hard to come by through normal channels for Loose Cultivators.”
Baili Jianqing said slowly.
Lu Xuan nodded in understanding. Sect aristocratic families controlling the Foundation Establishment Pill also control the promotion of most Loose Cultivators. If you want to break through to the Foundation Establishment, you must join a sect aristocratic family.
The Sect Aristocratic families thus attract those with outstanding talent and continually strengthen themselves.
“Once the external disciples of the sect accumulate enough spiritual power in their bodies, they can apply to the sect to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.”
“The first time they break through, the sect will provide a Foundation Establishment Pill free of charge, if they fail, the second time they will sell it to the disciple at half price, the third time they need to buy it at full price.”
“In addition, when a disciple tries to break through, the Sect will provide many convenience. Special spirit veins to nourish the body and mind and Foundation Establishment seniors to protect the law, and so on.”
“Of course, this is only the breakthrough method for ordinary disciples. As for those with a rich background and extraordinary talent, in addition to the Establishment Pill, there are various treasures to assist in breaking through, and even a powerhouse at the Nascent Soul Stage might personally protect the law.”
As Baili Jianqing arrived to the latter part, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes.
Lu Xuan nodded in agreement. A Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse protecting his law, he didn’t even dare to think about it.
After chatting for a while, Baili Jianqing suddenly asked:
“Brother Lu, there is a swordplay competition at the Dueling Sword Pavilion. Many Sect disciples who are proficient in Sword Dao have agreed to gather for a swordplay exchange. I plan to go there for a while. Would you like to go and watch?”
“Swordplay exchange at the Dueling Sword Pavilion?”
Lu Xuan hesitated slightly. After joining the Sect, he seldom participated in the lectures and exchanges of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Sect and interactions with Sect disciples. He only got to know some Sect cultivators through Spirit Plant and Spirit Beast tasks.
“The fight is very exciting, Brother Lu. You can watch the battle if you don’t want to participate.”
“Then I’ll follow you and go take a look.”
Lu Xuan said with a smile. He wasn’t interested in fighting, but watching a fight was a different matter.
He took a moment to tidy up, activate the Formation, and the thick white fog covered the entire courtyard. Then, he and Baili Jianqing each rode a Spirit Crane to the Dueling Sword Pavilion.
The Dueling Sword Pavilion was located at the top of a several hundred-foot peak, constructed of large azure boulders. The boulders were extremely tough, resistant to ordinary attacks without leaving a trace.
And they had a certain recovery ability; cracks and pits could heal on their own back to normal.
Baili Jianqing brought Lu Xuan to a large platform at the top of the mountain. There were already dozens of cultivators gathered in the middle of the platform, two of whom were exchanging sword techniques. Their sword qi was like a rainbow, moving up and down, left and right.
“Brother Lu, wait here, and I’ll let you see my prowess.”
Baili Jianqing left Lu Xuan with a word of advice and confidently headed into the crowd.
Lu Xuan nodded, found a spot to sit down, and looked curiously at a few fighting scenes.
“It would be nice if there were some spirit fruits similar to melon seeds to munch on while watching the show.”
He pondered with some regrets.
Within the sect, there were no major duels between sect disciples, but occasionally there would be mutual interests or grudges among them, so they would come to the Dueling Sword Pavilion for contests.
Because Lu Xuan was always kind-hearted, he naturally never had the opportunity to enter the Dueling Sword Pavilion.
On the bluestone platform, the battle became more and more intense, causing Lu Xuan to be overwhelmed and unsure where to look.
Many of his fellow disciples indeed had exceptional accomplishments in swordsmanship, with their sword qi filamentous or transformed into a giant sword technique, like blockbuster special effects.
Lu Xuan even saw a cultivator launch a sword array, with more than a dozen flying swords reflecting each other, presenting a myriad of changes, looking impressively cool.
He quietly compared it to himself, his Golden Sword Technique was only first- grade, but due to absorbing a large amount of experience packages, his control over the sword technique was equivalent to the grandmaster realm. Even among the countless sword dao geniuses on the bluestone platform, he could still be in the forefront.
If one considers the Third-Rank Thunderbolt Sword Pill hidden in his Dantian, he could basically dominate the whole scene.
While he was thinking about this, he also enjoyed the show. Baili Jianqing was quite accomplished in the Sword Dao, and Lu Xuan had seen him win three consecutive matches, which was quite gratifying.
“Hm?”
Suddenly, he felt a movement around his waist in his storage bag. He probed into it with his spiritual sense and found an ancient sword sheath trembling slightly in a corner.
“Why is this sword sheath reacting all of a sudden? I almost forgot about it.”
Lu Xuan said to himself, the sword sheath was attracted by the thunderbolt sword pill in his Dantian when he was forced to enter the secret land by the Wang family in Linyang market.
At that time, the Wang family head and a trick-level skeleton were both in pursuit of it, so he inferred that the sword sheath had an unusual origin. Unfortunately, he had not been able to figure out what it was for a long time and left it to collect dust in the storage bag.
Feeling that the ancient sword sheath was shaking more and more violently, Lu Xuan sent a message to Baili Jianqing who was resting not far away and got up to leave.
Back in his cave dwelling, he activated the Hidden Fog Maze Array and the courtyard was covered in white fog.
Then, he took out the mysterious sword sheath from his storage bag.
The style of the scabbard was ancient and mottled, showing that it had been through countless years.
Unfortunately, it was always empty inside and nothing unusual was ever discovered.
Lu Xuan held the sword sheath in his hand, feeling its increasingly rapid trembling.
“Why is it suddenly having this reaction? Back in the secret land, it seemed to be attracted by the Thunderbolt Sword Pill inside my body.”
Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, and with a thought, several sword intents burst from his body, entangled with dark aura, fierce sword intent, and the sword edge faintly jumping with electric arcs.
The sword intents abruptly turned and drilled into the gap of the empty sword sheath.
The tip of the scabbard tilted back as if it had made a pleasing sword sound.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan focused his mind on the ancient sword sheath.
A thought flashed through his mind.
[Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath, an unknown treasure, forged from extraterrestrial stone sword, can nurture sword qi inside, the longer the time, the greater the power of the released sword qi.]
[Sword implements can also be placed inside the scabbard to slowly temper the sword body, eliminate impurities from the sword implements, and improve the quality and rank of the sword implements.]
[Spiritual Nature is damaged.]
“Unknown treasure? What’s that?”
Lu Xuan looked at the ancient sword sheath in his hand, his face full of confusion.