Chapter 199: Chapter 197: Advanced Version of Sword Grass_l
Translator: 549690339
“A second-grade Yin Soul Bead, which can nourish and grow Yin Soul Resentment, is quite good.”
Lu Xuan looked at the black bead in his hand filled with Yin Qi and sighed.
“However, the Yin Locust Tree is a year-class spirit plant, which theoretically can continue to grow indefinitely. But due to its species restrictions and cultivation environment, it cannot achieve longevity.”
“A second-grade Yin Locust Tree should be able to grow over a hundred years. As for a thousand years, it’s like climbing to the sky.”
“I remember planting this Yin Locust Tree about two years ago. Two years is approximately the normal maturation time for a second-level spirit plant. Could it be that year-class spirit plants reward light clusters once they grow to a particular stage?”
“Maybe when the Yin Locust Tree grows to seven or eight years, or even ten years, additional light cluster rewards will be given?”
Lu Xuan guessed in his heart, then shifted his attention to the second-grade Yin Soul Bead in front of him.
He took out a resentful soul bell he had bought from Wanbao Building from his storage bag. He controlled several resentful spirits concealed in the bell’s inner wall with his spiritual sense and let them enter the Yin Soul Bead.
The black bead suddenly showed several pale figures on its surface, clinging tightly, with a faintly visible pleasure expression on their blurred faces.
“Good. The Yin Soul Resentment in the resentful soul bell can grow bigger in the Yin Soul Bead. The next time I go to Sword Gate Town, I’ll let those five Ghost Faced Stone Mushrooms have a good meal.”
Lu Xuan looked at the Yin Soul Bead’s resentment, a faint smile of kindness appearing on his face.
“I’ll let you eat and drinkwell first before sending you on your way. I am really too kind.”
Just as he was feeling this, he noticed a strange bird entering the mountain range.
His figure immediately turned into a puff of smoke and flew down to the foot of the mountain in an instant.
The strange bird seemed to be a puppet beast, with a pair of wooden pieces stuck in its eye sockets, which were spinning sluggishly. The feathers on its wings seemed to be formed by numerous small blades, looking extremely sharp.
Upon detecting Lu Xuan, the puppet bird opened its beak, and a clear voice came out.
“Junior Brother Lu, I am Shen Ye. I left you two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds in the Agricultural Department Hall. I wonder if you still have some impression of that.”
“I learned from Xia Chen in the Agricultural Department Hall that you have advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm and become an Inner Sect disciple of the sect.”
“Congratulations on your rise to prominence.”
“In addition, the previous promise to you is still valid. As long as you can cultivate the two sword grasses, I will introduce you to Sword Hall and join the ranks of cultivating and improving Sword Grass.”
“If you are interested, you can follow my puppet bird to Sword Hall and take a look.”
Shen Ye’s voice then disappeared, and the puppet bird closed its beak, keeping an eye on Lu Xuan with its wooden eyes.
“Sword Hall… Cultivate and improve Sword Grass.”
Lu Xuan had already understood the importance of Sword Grass to the Sky Sword Sect.
When he was in the Agricultural Department Hall, he tried to exchange the Sword Grass Spirit Seed with his Sword Mark, but as an outer sect disciple, he was not qualified to cultivate Sword Grass.
Previously, when he was in Linyang Market, he accidentally cultivated Sword Grass. The light cluster left by the Sword Grass opened up the rare Sword of Wind and Thunder Pill, which aroused his interest in Sword Grass.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Lu Xuan signaled the puppet bird to lead the way, heading to the Sword Hall where Shen Ye had mentioned.
After a little over a quarter of an hour, he came to a large array. The array covered a large space, and countless Sword Qi freely swam on its surface like fish.
Outside the large array, a cultivator with a refined temperament had been waiting for Lu Xuan. The cultivator carried a deep black sword case on his back, standing there like a long sword with restrained Sword Intent.
“Brother Shen!”
Lu Xuan hurried forward, bowing. The cultivator before his eyes was Shen Ye, Sishen Hall Master, with a Foundation Establishment Late-term Cultivation.
“Junior Brother Lu, there’s no need for such grand reverences.”
Shen Ye, after placing away the puppet bird, spoke with a gentle smile.
“Junior Brother, I presume you came to the Sword Hall because of your great interest in the Sword Grass. Let me give you a tour.”
Shen Ye turned around and waved his hand; an invisible sword blade hit the formation’s surface, revealing a slit wide enough for two people to pass through.
Lu Xuan quickly trailed behind the gentle cultivator.
Fine sword lights brushed past his cheeks, seemingly ready to turn into an infinite Sword Qi at any of his moves, engulfing him.
Upon entering the formation, a towering mountain piercing the clouds came into view; swords of different sizes and shapes freely shuttling through the clouds, Sword Qi bursting everywhere on the mountain, accompanied by the resonating sounds of swords.
Cultivators who occasionally passed were enveloped by a terrifying Sword Intent, which left Lu Xuan tongue-tied.
“Junior Brother Lu, I never expected such a surprise from you. Had it not been for Xia Chen’s casual mention, I wouldn’t know that you have advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm.”
As Lu Xuan was observing, the jade-like and warm Shen Ye spoke with laughter.
After gifting Lu Xuan two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, he indeed didn’t expect Lu Xuan to make a breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Realm in such a short time.
At the time, based on his understanding of Lu Xuan, Lu Xuan was of average talent and it would normally take him more than ten years, and it would still not be guaranteed, to breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Therefore, when he saw Lu Xuan, who was in the Qi Training Realm, successfully cultivating a high-quality Sword Grass, he treasured this talent and privately gifted him two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds.
He also promised Lu Xuan that as long as he succeeded again, he would exceptionally recommend him as an Inner Sect Disciple, incorporating him into the ranks for Sword Grass improvement.
However, unexpectedly, during the time before the Sword Grass matured, Lu Xuan quietly became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Surprising as it was, he was actually pleased. It was even better, with Lu Xuan’s breakthrough into the Foundation Establishment, at least he can legitimately cultivate Sword Grass now.
“Junior Brother Lu, with all the spirit plants you have exchanged in the Sishen Hall, I presume you have realized the uniqueness of the Sword Grass.”
“Sword Grass is the foundation of our sect. Each Sword Grass is an innate Sword Implement. Even an ordinary Sword Grass is a valuable treasure for the Qi Training Cultivators.”
“Not to mention, after countless generations of cultivators cultivating and improving, the Sword Grass has evolved into many variations. There are even Sword Grass breeds of the fourth grade or even fifth rank.”
“Therefore, even if you have many Sword Marks, without the title of Inner Sect Disciple, you would not be eligible to plant Sword Grass, let alone master the Spirit Seed Condensing Method of the Sword Grass.”
Shen Ye introduced Lu Xuan to the details of Sword Grass.
“Fifth rank… I never thought there would be so many mysteries hidden in the Sword Grass.”
Lu Xuan internally sighed. He believed most of what Shen Ye said. He had seen the variant of Sword Grass in a Secret Land, the Sword Peacock, which dazzled the then small Qi Training Loose Cultivator. He was still enchanted by its memory.
“Under the nourishment of different spiritual energies, cultivation methods, Sword Qi, and Sword Intent, the Sword Grass will gradually evolve.”
“The main task of the Sword Hall is to understand and summarize the corresponding rules so that we can obtain advanced Sword Grass in batch quantities.”
Shen Ye stated solemnly.