Chapter 190: Chapter 188: Earthfire Heart Lotus, Moon Rain Grass_i
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“Thank you for your hard work.”
Lu Xuan jumped off the back of a tall spirit crane, took out a glowing spirit fruit, and put it into its mouth.
The spirit crane lightly pecked his palm, its white-feathered head rubbing against his hand affectionately, and twittered crisply, darting into the sky. With familiarity, Lu Xuan entered themain hall of the Agricultural Department Hall.
He came to the old farmer monk he was acquainted with, and smiling, said, “Friend Xia, it’s been a while since we last met. I’ve come to exchange seeds for planting again.”
The old farmer monk raised his head, the wrinkles on his face densely gathered, looked at Lu Xuan, and instantly noticed the change in Lu Xuan’s aura.
His spiritual sense cautiously probed him, his face showing a great change and he reverently lowered his head and said.
“Uncle Lu, you’re here, is there anything I can do for you?”
“Friend Xia, there’s no need to be so formal.
I’m here to receive the resources for post-Foundation Establishment cultivation.”
Lu Xuan spoke gently, somewhat helpless about the reaction of the old friend he saw after some time, which seemed to be more distant, but he could understand it. After all, in the cultivation world, power is revered, and the hierarchy is strict. Once you break through to a new realm, you can never go back to the way it was before.”
“To apply for the free spiritual seeds or condensing methods at the Foundation Establishment stage, you have to enter the inner hall and register with your identity plaque.”
The old farmer monk explained to Lu Xuan.
“Then could you please guide me to the inner hall, Friend Xia.”
The old farmer monk nodded heavily and led Lu Xuan into the side door.
“Uncle Lu, the inner hall is just ahead. It’s not appropriate for Qi Cultivation Disciples to enter, so I can only escort you up to here.”
“Thank you, Friend Xia.”
Lu Xuan thanked him and walked to the entrance of the inner hall.
There was a restrictive measure at the entrance, he took out his identity plaque shook it, and immediately entered.
The old farmer monk watched as Lu Xuan’s figure disappeared, and his expression changed on his face. He sighed softly in his heart.
From the outside, the inner hall looked very ordinary, but upon entering there was its unique charm. The spacious hall inside was carpeted with high-grade demon beast skins, with a dozen potted plants radiating spiritual energy placed around, the tables and chairs seemed to be crafted from several kinds of spirit wood, bearing natural mysterious patterns. Everything looked simple yet luxurious.
In the big inner hall, there were only two Foundation Establishment First-term Stage cultivators on guard, with no one else entering, much quieter than the outer hall.
“This job, it seems quite suitable for slacking off…”
Lu Xuan sighed inwardly and approached one of the young cultivators. The young monk looked ordinary with a calm and restrained aura. Seeing Lu Xuan approaching, he quickly stood up to greet him.
“Hello, friend. My name is Zhang Ce. You seem new here, is this your first time in the inner hall?”
“Hello Elder Brother Zhang. My name is Lu Xuan, indeed this is my first time entering the inner hall.”
Lu Xuan responded courteously.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lu Xuan expressed his purpose.
“Elder Brother Zhang, I have just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm recently. I learned that after becoming an Inner Sect Disciple, I could receive certain cultivation resources from the sect. As I have great interest in spiritual plants, I have come to the Agricultural Department Hall.”
“Indeed. According to the sect rules, at the Foundation Establishment First- term, you can obtain a seedling or spiritual seed of a Fourth Grade Spirit Plant three Grade Three Spiritual Plants, and ten Second-rank Spiritual Plants, within the range specified by the sect.”
“Additionally, you can choose several Spirit Seed Condensing Methods, but because the condensing methods are much more precious than the spiritual seeds or seedlings, you can only choose one third-grade and three second- grade Spirit Seed Condensing Methods.”
“This is the privilege of being an Inner Sect Disciple…”
Lu Xuan felt so touched inside that he was on the verge of crying. Fourth-grade spirit seeds, the refining method of third-grade spirit seeds, how many spirit stone sword inscriptions it would have taken to exchange for those…
Seeing him silent, the young monk continued…
“If Junior Brother Lu breaks through to the Foundation Establishment Midterm, he can also receive the same amount of spirit seeds as well as the Spirit Seed Refining Method. This goes on, same for the Foundation Establishment Late-term.”
Hisss…
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but take a sharp breath, his sense of belonging to the Sect intensified like never before.
He strove to calm his turmoil of thoughts and asked the young cultivator.
Elder Brother Zhang Ce, I have another question, would resources like these also be effective in other aspects of cultivation?”
“Generally, it only applies to a specific type. Junior Brother Lu can take a look and choose the cultivation resources you fancy.”
“For example, in the field of alchemy, you can choose several elixir recipes, and some rare Alchemical Spirit Medicines, the total value isn’t much different’ from the Spirit Plants.”
“Most of our peers are only proficient in one type of cultivation skill, so they usually choose the corresponding cultivation resources. Gradually, this has developed into an unwritten rule.
If you want to integrate resources from Spirit Plants or Alchemy, it is not impossible, but it would be a lot more trouble.”
Lu Xuan nodded, indicating his understanding.
If every aspect of Alchemy and Tool refining, Formation, charm making, puppet raising, and pet breeding received the same level of resources for Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the Sect would go bankrupt.
Elder Brother Zhang, I have a particular fondness for Spirit Plants, I have made up my mind and will not consider resources from other categories. Can you please introduce me to the Spirit Plant situation?”
“All the spirit seeds you can apply for are here, you can choose whatever you want.”
Zhang Ce took out a thick Jade Book, which listed hundreds of Spirit Plants. The number of the second-rank was the most and the fourth-rank was the least, and there were quite a few plant species restrictions.
The Two Grade Sword Grass that Lu Xuan planted on the mountain peak and the Sword Peacock that he had seen from the female cultivator in the Secret Land were not included.
Lu Xuan constantly browsed through and compared, gradually making a decision.
“Elder Brother Zhang, I would like to apply for a Fourth Grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seed.”
He pointed to a slowly spinning fiery red lotus and said to the young cultivator.
The lotus root was light red with complex tiny lines. At first glance, one might think that the root was made up of countless irregular light-red crystals.
The lotus leaves were fiery red, and between the veins, there appeared to be flaming red magma flowing.
Last time, after making a big fortune from the Thousand Dragon Lake, Lu Xuan had considered this Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seed. However, he wasn’t able to meet the condition of planting it in hot lava, so he finally chose the Xuan Chong Vine, also a Fourth Grade Spirit Plant.
Now, the mountain, where he resided, had a stream of lava flowing inside. The conditions were adequate, suitable for cultivating this Fourth Grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus.
“Yes.”
The young cultivator glanced over and, seeing the picture of the Earth Fire Heart Lotus lit up on the Jade Book, indicating that there was an available spirit seed, he nodded his head in agreement.
“If it comes to the third-grade spirit seeds.,.1 choose the same species the Moon Rain Grass.”
Lu Xuan was flipping through the Jade Book and pointed at one of the lighted pictures and said.
This spirit plant was displayed quietly. The spirit plant was silver white as if a thin layer of moonlight was spilling on it, giving off a hazy feel.
The footnote under the spirit plant stated that the mature Moon Rain Grass was very suitable for feeding Demonic Beasts, it can accelerate the growth of demon beasts, which profoundly excited Lu Xuan.
Planting Moon Rain Grass itself can earn a light cluster reward. The Light clusters obtained from raising the Mystical Sky White Luan and other demon beasts would also be accelerated with its help.
It could be described as killing two birds with one stone.