Chapter 189: Chapter 187: Li Huo Jiao Long Egg 1
Translator: 549690339
“Sword Qing, please wait here. I have invited a few fellow disciples whom I knew earlier.”
Lu Xuan instructed.
Baili Jianqing nodded, the demeanor showing some restraint. He stood quietly behind Lu Xuan.
Shortly after, a resolute-faced young man descended from a Spirit Crane. It was Xu Shao Ze, a previous neighbor from Lu Xuan’s dwelling.
“Uncle Lu, congratulations on advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage!”
From afar, Xu Shao Ze, with a bright smile, loudly greeted.
“Thank you, friend Xu.”
Considering their friendship, Lu Xuan didn’t refer to him as a ‘nephew disciple’ and greeted him.
After some pleasantries, they lapsed into silence.
Xu Shao Ze stood behind Lu Xuan, looking at his tall figure, a hint of deep- seated admiration flickering in his eyes.
A Loose Cultivator by origin, Xu strove for that glimmer of opportunity, often venturing into dangerous locales and facing life-or-death battles against all kinds of demon beasts and evil envoys. When he first got to know Lu Xuan, he considered him merely an ordinary fellow disciple with a keen interest in plants and a knack not for fighting.
Unexpectedly, Lu Xuan had silently made a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm. Xu was shaken when he got the news and took a while to calm his emotions.
In anticipation, he discreetly adjusted his breathing, discarded the distracted thoughts in his mind, and solidified his path.
During the wait, Yao Qing and Huang Yuan arrived one after another. To Lu Xuan’s surprise, each was accompanied by another Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Behind Yao Qing was the amiable female cultivator who nurtured the otherworldly Burning Yuan Tree. As for Huang Yuan, his companion was a distinguished middle-aged scholar, Yang Qing Feng, who bred the hybrid Ink- Scaled Jiao.
“Junior Brother Lu, you’ve done us wrong. Such an important breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage, and you didn’t even think to invite old friends? Thank to Huang Yuan, who informed me about your advancement. I came over with him to celebrate your achievement.”
The middle-aged scholar said gently, and the amiable female cultivator laughed in agreement.
“My mistake, my mistake, I’ll punish myself with three cups later. Elder Brother Yang, Sister He, please come and look around my humble abode.”
Lu Xuan responded with a laugh.
He led the two mid-term Foundation Establishment Cultivators, as well as four Qi-Cultivators, through several large formations into his courtyard.
“Rich in spiritual energy, beautiful inside and out, Junior Brother, you have a great taste,” the middle-aged scholar praised as they strolled through the scenery.
The six settled in the outer hall. Lu Xuan served fruit and snacks and brewed six pots of hot Spiritual Tea, each with a leaf of Clear Wonderful Spiritual Tea.
“I’m afraid I don’t have anything more to offer besides this pot of tea. Please have a try.”
“Good tea!”
The middle-aged scholar set down his teapot, his face revealing an aftertaste.
“These tea leaves are of a special origin. They must be second-grade Clear Wonderful Spiritual Tea Leaves. They have the effect of calming the mind, enhancing wisdom, and warding off the invasion of evil spirits. You younger ones must digest it well and not waste it.”
Upon hearing this, the four, including Baili Jianqing, nodded in unison, carefully savoring the clear spiritual breath in the Clear Wonderful Spiritual Tea Leaves.
While tasting the tea, they chatted casually about Lu Xuan’s breakthrough experience to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Mainly spoken by Lu Xuan, the middle-aged scholar and the amiable female cultivator, occasionally Huang Yuan and others would agree, with extreme respect and not daring to overstep their boundaries.
“Junior Brother Lu, I brought this in a hurry and had no time to prepare. Hearing about your interest in raising Spirit Beasts and your experience in raising flood dragons, I brought you a Flood Dragon Egg.”
“This Flood Dragon egg was laid by a third-grade Fire Separation Flood Dragon, and after incubation for a while, it can hatch. If raised properly, it can break through to the third-grade spiritual beast level.”
After chatting for a while, middle-aged scholar Yang Qing Feng took out a giant egg from a grey-black cloth bag. The giant egg was oval-shaped, exceeding three feet at its longest, and had pale red patterns on the surface of the shell.
“Elder Brother Yang, this gift is too valuable.”
Lu Xuan waved his hand in refusal.
“If it were a mature Flood Dragon, I might be somewhat reluctant, but this is just a Flood Dragon egg. It will require quite some effort and time from you to raise it, it’s worth at most a few hundred spirit stones, not a big deal.”
He first met Lu Xuan because of the Ink-Scaled Jiao that lost its appetite, after trying many methods and following Huang Yuan’s suggestion, he invited Lu Xuan to help solve it.
Originally, he did not hold much hope, but Lu Xuan gave him a pleasant surprise as a Qi Cultivator solving the loss-of-appetite symptom of the third- grade Ink-Scaled Jiao.
Now, the Ink-Scaled Jiao has returned to normal, its strength is improving rapidly, slowly fulfilling its exceptional talent inherited from two excellent bloodlines.
He knew that Lu Xuan was not good at Fight Law, but he judged that with Lu Xuan’s achievements in Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, he could definitely secure a good position in the Sect, with the ability to manage the sect’s logistics. So, he had the idea of forming an alliance.
The middle-aged scholar shoved the Flood Dragon egg at Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan, unable to refuse, reluctantly accepted.
His need for a mature Flood Dragon was even less, although not requiring a considerable amount of time and resources for feeding, it meant there would be no light cluster reward. Thus, it’s better to start from raising a Flood Dragon egg-
“Junior Brother Lu, this is a Spirit Seed I condensed from a third-grade Burning Yuan Tree and I am gifting it to you as a congratulatory present. Please don’t be displeased.”
“Thankyou, elder sister He, for such a rare Spirit Seed, I am undeserved.”
Lu Xuan hurriedly thanked her.
Huang Yuan and the others also took out each of their gifts, as Lu Xuan had already established his foundation, while they were still in the Qi Cultivation stage, their gifts were not pursuit any high values but rather reflects unique characteristics.
Lu Xuan personally cooked a large table of delicious dishes to treat the group of six.
The guests and the host enjoyed a very happy time and one after another, the six people took their leave.
After tidying up, Lu Xuan began his new life as a Spirit Plant Master.
The first thing he did was to release the Wind Falcon Fledgling and the Cloud Leopard, so that the two could move freely around the mountain, rather than being confined to the narrow dwelling as before.
He even promised that once they gained some strength, they could freely play around the mountain without any restraint.
With Lu Xuan’s affirmation, the Wind Falcon Fledgling beat its pale blue wings and freely flew in the sky over the mountain.
The speed was getting faster and faster, nearly becoming a blue phantom, seemingly liberated from being caged for so long with a soaring ambition.
Its round belly gradually transformed into a streamlined shape during the rapid flight, trying its best to reduce the resistance to its body.
Despite carrying such a big belly, the Wind Falcon Fledgling lived up to its name as a flying beast, possessing nimbleness and lightness that was extremely mismatched with its body shape.
As for the Cloud Leopard, it naturally lived in the mountains and forests, once returned to nature, it raced between the trees and rocks rapidly like a white cloud, its thick and plump paws fell silently on the ground, compared to before, it seemed a bit wilder.
Lu Xuan placed the Fire Jiao Dragon egg gifted by the middle-aged scholar on the Spirit Vein node and summoned the Wind Falcon Fledgling that was soaring high in the sky.
“I’m giving you a task. From today onwards, spend one to two hours each day incubating this Jiao Dragon egg with your round belly.”
The Wind Falcon Fledgling stared with its black eyes, lightly nodding its small head.
Lu Xuan took a tour around the mountain, looking at the numerous flowers and plants, pondering over what he had to do next.
“The most important thing is to go to the Agricultural Department Hall to exchange for Spirit Seed resources for the Foundation Establishment Realm, hopefully getting several Spirit Seed Condensing Methods.
Also, I need to go to the Scripture Treasury Pavilion to choose suitable Foundation Establishment cultivation methods, to open up more spirit fields, and if conditions permit, get a new formation. The second-grade Hidden Fog Maze Array is incapable of covering such a large area.”