You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 690: Xuan Gang Armor

Another month had passed in the blink of an eye.

Lu Xuan methodically refined the Glazed Red Phoenix bone within his body, and as time elapsed, he became increasingly aware of the gradual hardening and mystical nature of his bones.

On this day, he came to the hill behind his cave abode.

There was a deep, bottomless hidden green pool on the hill, its surface shrouded in spiritual energy.

By the edge of the pool, there were Ice Luo Fruits emanating cold mist, and not far away grew Ice Firefly Grass, Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus, and other water-loving spirit plants.

When he first moved to the cave abode, the pool wasn’t very large, but Lu Xuan had expanded it from time to time over the years. Now, at its widest point, the pool was nearly a hundred zhang in diameter.

As he was inspecting the condition of the spirit plants in the fields next to the pool, the sound of splashing water rose, and the Fire Separation Flood Dragon emerged from the bottom, its several zhang long body swirling around Lu Xuan in flight.

Lu Xuan tossed it a freshly picked Enchanted Immortal Peach.

Just as he was about to continue inspecting the spirit plants, a completely mud-covered Rock-shell Turtle, its back like a small, dark green hill, also crawled out of the water and, incongruously fast for its size, made its way toward Lu Xuan.

In one corner of the pool, the Dragon Carp also stuck out half its head, eyes filled with anticipation as it gazed in Lu Xuan’s direction.

The two companions in the pool—due to the Fire Separation Flood Dragon’s inherent bloodline suppression, and the overly mischievous nature of the Rock-shell Turtle—the bullied Dragon Carp had no choice but to dwell in a corner, spending its days curled up in a lair it had dug for itself.

“There’s enough for everyone.”

Lu Xuan took out some spirit fruits and a large bottle of Beast Spirit Pills, evenly distributing them.

Just as he was about to leave, suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and looked at the Rock-shell Turtle in the pool, uttering a surprised “Huh?”

“Is it advancing to a fourth grade Demon Beast?”

His Spiritual Sense detected that within the Rock-shell Turtle, the aura surged fiercely, and its back, resembling dark green rocks, became increasingly solid.

This Rock-shell Turtle was a creature he had acquired during a Sect guarding mission in a remote sea area years ago. After being nurtured for many years, fed with numerous spirit fruits and pills, and under the nourishment of the pure and rich spiritual energy of the cave abode, it finally advanced to the fourth grade.

For the Rock-shell Turtle, which had been accumulating strength for years and was protected by Lu Xuan, advancing from a third-rank to a fourth-rank Demonic Beast did not pose a significant leap or difficulty.

A small spiritual energy whirlpool formed around the Rock-shell Turtle which began to frantically inhale spiritual energy. A moment later, all the spiritual energy rushed into its body, and the dark green giant turtle let out a low roar filled with joy.

“Congratulations, little guy.”

Lu Xuan looked at the Rock-shell Turtle, which had grown by half in size and appeared even more fierce and vicious, sending it a thought.

[Rock-shell Turtle, fourth-grade demon beast, extremely strong defense, ranking in the front among equal rank monster beasts. It likes to collect sand and stones imbued with spiritual power to attach to its shell, hammering its shell to enhance its defense.]

A thought flashed through his mind, and Lu Xuan’s gaze was drawn to a white light group that had silently emerged on the surface of the pool.

The light group blinked in and out of sight amidst the misty vapor, gently flickering.

Lu Xuan’s figure swept by, and the light group burst silently, creating a sky full of tiny light points on the water’s surface, which then dissolved into an armor’s silhouette that surged into Lu Xuan’s body.

At the same time, a thought flashed through his mind.

[As the Rock-shell Turtle has advanced to fourth grade, a fifth-grade Magical Artifact, Xuan Gang Armor, has been acquired.]

The thought faded, and a silver-white soft armor appeared in Lu Xuan’s hands.

The soft armor was engraved with many runes. Through connections between the runes, a series of prohibitions and restrictions was formed. The material it was made of was unclear, but when held in hand, it felt not very hard. Yet, when Lu Xuan tugged on it slightly, it remained undamaged.

Given the current strength of his flesh body, its defensive capability was evident.

His consciousness concentrated on the silver-white soft armor.

[Xuan Gang Armor, fifth grade treasure, crafted from thousand-year Ice Silkworm silk and a variety of spirit ores and spiritual objects. It boasts considerable defensive strength. When subjected to severe impacts, it can form a layer of protective Qi on the surface, repelling attacks.]

“A fifth-grade magical artifact for defense, not bad at all,”

Lu Xuan’s lips curled into a smile.

Having just witnessed the Rock-shell Turtle, which was originally third-grade, break through to the fourth grade and reap the reward of a fifth-grade treasure, he was quite pleased. He estimated that this generous reward had much to do with the typically more abundant awards from the Monster Tribe’s light group.

After all, compared to spirit plants of the same rank, raising a spirit beast required much more time, energy, and resources.

“However, although the Xuan Gang Armor is fifth-grade, it’s not that useful to me at the moment.”

With the sixth-grade Tai Sui’s Meat, the seventh-grade Glazed Red Phoenix Bone he was integrating, the previous body refinement technique, and the numerous spirit fruits he had ingested that enhanced his physical strength, his flesh body was already not inferior to ordinary fifth-grade defensive treasure items. The Xuan Gang Armor could provide only a limited improvement for him.

Moreover, he was already wearing a fifth-grade Clear Dragonfly Feather Robe, which, in comparison, could defend against attacks on the divine soul and conceal one’s aura, making it imperceptible to divination techniques. For Lu Xuan, who was primarily focused on survival, it was particularly suitable.

“I’ll find a chance to exchange these spiritual seeds, or maybe after a while, toss it in any grocery store.”

Lu Xuan put the silver-white armor into his storage bag, thinking quietly to himself.

He crossed over the pool and climbed over the cliffs, the continual clanging sounds of sword qi ringing in his ears.

Lu Xuan looked up and saw more than twenty gourd vines clinging to the jagged boulders, with seventy or eighty green marbled gourds gently swaying in the wind.

As they swayed, the sword qi inside the gourds buzzed incessantly, as if ready to shoot out at any moment.

“I can harvest a large number of sword talismans again.”

Lu Xuan said with a smile, carefully picking each Nurturing Sword Gourd one by one.

Although the Sword Nurturing Gourd was merely third-grade, it was in high demand in the grocery stores and sold for quite a bit of spirit stones.

In the end, he left six gourd vines to condense seeds, picking all the rest.

Soon, the vines were hung with slightly flickering white light clusters, nearly eighty in total.

“What a great harvest!”

Lu Xuan moved swiftly like a streak of light, and the eighty-or-so light clusters quietly shattered almost simultaneously, transforming into streams of talisman shadows that surged into Lu Xuan’s body.

[Harvested a third-grade Nurturing Sword Gourd, obtained a fourth-grade Great Sun Sword Charm.]

[Harvested a third-grade Nurturing Sword Gourd, obtained a fourth-grade Roaring Sea Sword Charm.]

[Harvested…]

Thoughts raced through his mind like a rapidly spinning lantern, and sword talismans of the fourth-grade with diverse qi appeared before Lu Xuan’s eyes.

The sword qi was either surging like a continuous wave, radiating like the high sun, or shooting like a meteor unstoppable…

“Over eighty fourth-grade sword talismans, I wonder if they could directly obliterate an early Core Formation stage cultivator if unleashed all at once.”

Lu Xuan pondered to himself.

“It’s just a pity that I no longer have that strange land of the Sword Pond from the Sky Sword Sect; otherwise, I could try to modify and improve these Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds.”

Lu Xuan was quite fond of these Sword-Nurturing Gourds, and the fourth-grade Sword Talismans that emerged from the light clusters were also extremely beneficial, thus he harbored the idea of advancing these third-grade spirit plants.

Unfortunately, his cave abode lacked a special location like the Sword Pond from the Sword Sect, leaving him without a clue on how to improve them.

“Hmm? Perhaps I could place the Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds inside the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath and then stimulate them with the two fifth-rank sword arts.”

He suddenly thought.