You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 684: Chi Wood

After implanting the Logusedemon Bone Demon Seed into the emaciated old man’s incomplete body, Lu Xuan, who had always been frugal, did not forget to collect his limbs.

Although there wasn’t much flesh, it was still blood and flesh from a Jindan Cultivator of high quality, perfectly suitable for cultivating the weird spiritual plants in the Spirit Field.

Next, he entered the Spirit Field amid the angry and fearful gaze of the elderly man.

After all, the emaciated elderly man was not dedicated to Cultivating Spiritual Plants like him; the area of his Spirit Field was less than a tenth of that in his cave abode, hosting numerous Spirit Plants of mostly low Rank, primarily third-grade with a few fourth-grade, all rather common varieties.

Lu Xuan’s gaze was captured by several strange spiritual plants.

The plants had black branches that clawed at the air like fierce ghosts; a dense resentment wafted from them, almost tangible.

“This must be the aura of the spiritual plants I sensed back in the Jade Forest Hermit’s Cave Abode? No wonder I detected it so easily with such deep resentment.”

Upon seeing Lu Xuan approach, the weird spiritual plant’s branches frantically waved, assuming a posture ready to attack at any moment.

“Hmm?”

Lu Xuan hummed lightly, his voice subtly mixed with the sound of thunder.

The spiritual plant, possessing considerable Spiritual Nature, calmed down immediately upon sensing his strength, its branches drooping quietly and motionless.

“Now this is a good Spirit Plant.”

Lu Xuan praised, pulling the plant out by its roots from the Spirit Soil and replanting it.

His mind focused on the plant shaped like a fierce ghost, and detailed information about it surfaced in his mind.

[Chi Wood, Fifth Rank Spirit Plant, a special Plant Spirit spawned in environments filled with extremely dense Yin Qi and resentment, takes possession of the Spirit Plant, has a fierce nature and certain mobility.]

[Feeds on fresh flesh and blood, and when matured, can be refined into a Puppet Treasure Item or a Chi Wood avatar, or assist in Cultivation of some special Evil Divine Powers.]

[Watching one’s own body being consumed bite by bite, how delicious!]

“A Fifth Rank Spirit Plant, like the Tree Mother, is a type of Plant Spirit, but whereas the Tree Mother is of a kind class, Chi Wood belongs to the evil class, the type that would be promptly cleansed if found in the Green Wood Star Cave.”

Lu Xuan secretly lamented.

“Four Chi Woods, three have entered the mature phase, one is a sapling with great potential for cultivation.”

Mature spiritual plants, if Lu Xuan were to cultivate them further, would likely not yield Light Cluster rewards, and even if they did, the rewards would be significantly reduced, so Lu Xuan did not have much expectation.

However, the sapling could still be cultivated and planted, likely to harvest a Light Cluster upon maturity.

Of course, even though he might not get the Light Cluster, Lu Xuan didn’t mind having a few more Fifth Rank Spirit Plants in his cave abode, especially since these three Chi Woods were not far from maturity and could be cultivated without much time and effort, and could also be exchanged for a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.

He carefully transplanted all the spiritual plants and placed them into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

The emaciated old man, bound by a Multi-armed Corpse Slave, saw his painstakingly nurtured spiritual plants falling into Lu Xuan’s hands, revealing a look of fury and despair.

“Taking away his beloved possessions right in front of the owner, isn’t this a classic scenario from the films and dramas of the past life?”

“Hmm, Spirit Wife is also wife…”

Unable to bear seeing the emaciated old man in such agony, Lu Xuan suddenly swept him into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and stealthily escaped.

Quietly I left, just as I quietly came; I wave my sleeves not taking more but all the spiritual plants.

…

Thunderfire Star Cave, Lu Xuan resumed his original appearance, pretending to have just returned from an exploration, moving amidst the faint thunderous streaks in the sky.

“Friend Lu? I did not expect to meet you outside your cave abode; that is truly rare.”

When he was still hundreds of miles away from the cave abode, Lu Xuan encountered a familiar “Early Core Formation stage” Cultivator; their cave abodes were less than a thousand miles apart, and they had met several times before.

“It’s actually High Friend; long time no see, how has Friend been recently?”

Lu Xuan greeted the tall and thin “Early Core Formation stage” Cultivator.

“All is well, thanks for your concern.”

“Is Friend Lu returning to his cave abode?”

The tall and thin Cultivator looked at Lu Xuan curiously and asked.

“Indeed, Lu Mou had heard that a small Secret Land within the Star Cave had yielded several new types of Spirit Plants. Out of curiosity, after understanding that the Secret Land was relatively safe, he visited it,” Lu Mou said.

“I see, did you find anything?”

“I was quite lucky and obtained a few Rare Spirit Plants.”

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

“That’s great. Friend Lu, being as cautious as you are, must have been absolutely sure before venturing into the Secret Land,”

the tall, thin “Cultivator” said without any doubt.

“By the way, Friend Lu, I was thinking of inviting a few fellows to hunt a Fifth Grade Thunder Beast in the depths of the Thunder Sea. Would you like to join us?”

Lu Xuan quickly shook his head.

“Friend Gao, you know me, I never actively hunt Demon Beasts or anything of the sort. Even if I occasionally visit the Thunder Sea, I only explore the peripheral regions for Spirit Thunder and dare not venture deep into the central area,”

“I would hate to hold back the group, so I must apologize,” he added.

He sighed, showing no trace of the thunderous manner he had just used to deal with two Jindan Cultivators.

“Haha, then I won’t force you, Friend Lu.”

“Next time you come to my Cave Abode, you must try the Spirit Fruit Spirit Brew that you brewed yourself,” the tall, thin Cultivator said with a hearty laugh.

“You are always welcome, Lu Mou is honored,”

Lu Xuan responded with a smile.

With that, the two parted ways.

Lu Xuan safely returned to his Cave Abode and proceeded to the Underworld Spirit Field Area.

He planted the four Chi Wood seeds there, and immediately, the Yin Qi in the Underworld Area intensified by threefold.

Lu Xuan, used to such occurrences, spoke to the several Spirit Plants shaped like fierce ghosts:

“This place is nothing like where you used to grow; it’s all weaklings here who you can easily bully,”

“There are many more powerful and fierce spiritual plants here, so behave yourselves. If you do, I can regularly provide you with fresh Blood Food. Otherwise, I will feed you directly to it,” he warned.

Lu Xuan pointed to the Demonic Vine, which was casually playing with the Evil Granny Tree Monster nearby.

The Demonic Vine, also a Fifth Rank and which fed on Spirit Plants, meant there was no need to worry about the Chi Woods causing any trouble.

“Little Meaty Ball, also keep an eye on these Spirit Plants. If they act out of the ordinary, let me know immediately,”

he specifically instructed the Spirit of Flesh.

Since Chi Wood was an external and extremely fierce Spirit Plant, he worried it might affect the other Weird Spiritual Plants in the Spirit Field. Thus, he knew he must treat them carefully.

The Spirit of Flesh rolled its round body back and forth to nod.

“Good, today you’ll taste high-quality flesh and blood,”

Lu Xuan said as he took out a piece of flesh and blood from a Roushan Cultivator from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch and threw it to the pale red meaty ball.

The meaty ball, highly sensitive to the scent of flesh, instantly sensed the rarity of this piece of flesh. The meat undulated, revealing several fierce slits underneath.

“No!”

The fragments of flesh and blood that had split from the Roushan Cultivator seemed to retain a trace of his consciousness. Sensing the horror of the Spirit of Flesh, he howled miserably.

The chunks of flesh rapidly grew tentacle-like limbs, trying to escape the Big Meaty Ball.

The Spirit of Flesh opened its mouth to inhale, and the pieces of flesh immediately burst silently, turning into a wisp of blood essence, which it absorbed completely.

“Burp~”

The burp carried a hint of lingering satisfaction.