You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 697: Delivering Seeds, Origin Yang Wood

Under the control of his spiritual sense, one after another, Earth Fire Heart Lotus Seeds came before him.

Afterward, he planted them in the spirit soil to understand the detailed conditions of the seeds.

This was his greatest reliance on having the confidence to enhance fifth-grade spiritual species.

Ordinary Spirit Plant Masters, if they wish to induce improvements in a particular spirit plant, under various stimulations, must cultivate the seeds into complete spirit plants to study their characteristics and marvelous traits to roughly figure out if it’s effective.

But for Lu Xuan, after stimulating the seeds, he only needed to plant them in the spirit field to know the specific details about the seeds. Just this step alone saved him an unknowable amount of time and effort.

“Huh? This seed…”

When inspecting the lotus seeds, a different thought flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind.

The Earth Fire Heart Lotus had mutated into a fourth-grade spirit plant, needing to grow in blazing magma and nurtured with fire attribute spiritual power, the resulting lotus seeds after consumption could purify murky polluted airs, reducing cultivators’ risk of mutation.]

[Due to long-term stimulation by fifth-grade Pure Yang True Fire, the Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds had mutated, now containing a trace of the essence of Pure Yang True Fire, the seeds could inflict certain damage to demon envoys and demonic monsters.]

“Finally, a mutation has occurred in the seeds; all my efforts using Pure Yang True Fire for stimulation haven’t been in vain.”

Lu Xuan couldn’t help but sigh. He had comprehended this strange fire from “Pure Yang True Fire Talisman”, and hardly used it against enemies, but rather for improving spiritual seeds.

If some cultivators who practiced fire system techniques and divine abilities knew about this, they would be beating their chests and cursing Lu Xuan for squandering such precious resources.

“What I need to do next is plant this mutated seed of the Earth Fire Heart Lotus, cultivate it, and then use the Method of Seed Condensation to obtain as many mutated seeds as possible.”

“Through cycles of selection, stimulation, and cultivation, obtaining fifth-grade spiritual species is within reach.”

As for the Method of Seed Condensation for the mutated Earth Fire Heart Lotus, Lu Xuan was not too worried.

He had already mastered the method for the regular Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds, which would certainly have many lessons applicable for condensing mutated seeds, and additionally, if there were any anomalies, he could detect them in time and make adjustments.

With such capabilities, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was on par with those in great sects and powerful families when it came to inducing improvements in seeds.

As for the other lotus seeds, after individually inspecting them, Lu Xuan found that a small portion had become non-viable, while others showed little change. They either hadn’t reached the threshold for mutation, or the seeds had been damaged but could probably still last for a while.

After inspecting all the lotus seeds, Lu Xuan entered the core area of the Illusion and Disappearance Five Elements Array. Unfortunately, the Five Elements Fruit Spirit Seeds influenced by the power of Five Elements brought no surprises.

Lu Xuan remained untroubled. Improving spiritual seeds, especially creating fifth-grade spiritual species, was not something that could be achieved overnight. It required one to be unhurried and methodical.

The spirit field was teeming with an excessive number of spirit plants that it was almost half a day gone in a blink.

Lu Xuan returned to the courtyard, took out the pale green jade orb containing the embryo of the Green Mountain Scale, and infused it with strands of Qingmu Origin Energy from his fingertips.

Through his spiritual sense, he felt an increasingly tight connection with the sleeping Green Mountain Scale cub, which wouldn’t take long to wake.

In the blink of an eye, half a month flew by.

That day, as Lu Xuan was performing the Spirit Rain Technique on the numerous spirit plants in his cave abode, a gentle voice came from outside the cave abode.

“Friend Lu, are you in the cave abode? I am Yan Jiuan, here to visit you for a little chat.”

“Yan Jiuan?”

A memory of a mild-mannered middle-aged cultivator flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind.

This cultivator was in the late Golden Core stage, had interacted with him at an auction held by the Sea Tower Chamber of Commerce, and was one of the high-ranking officials of the Commerce Association.

He had been introduced to the Sea Tower Chamber of Commerce by the Treasure Tower Instrument Spirit, who recommended Lu Xuan as a guest elder of the Commerce Association.

When Lu Xuan formed his core, this cultivator had personally come to congratulate him and even gifted a fifth-grade Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus Spirit Seed.

“It’s indeed Friend Yan, please come in.”

Lu Xuan opened the array formation and, with a smile, welcomed the genteel middle-aged man into his cave abode.

The two proceeded to the small courtyard one after the other; he then served Spiritual Fruit Spiritual Tea.

“I heard that Friend Lu has been recently looking for spirit plants suitable for refining magic artifacts?”

After chatting casually for a while, Yan Jiuan asked seemingly offhandedly.

“Indeed, there is such a matter.”

Lu Xuan had specifically inquired about it at the branch of the Star Plucking Building, and it was no secret. Moreover, it was only natural for a Spirit Plant Master to search for spirit plants; there was nothing to conceal.

“I heard this news and brought a Fifth Grade Origin Yang Wood from the headquarters to give to Friend Lu.”

Yan Jiuan said, taking a pure white sapling out of his storage bag.

The sapling emitted a faint glow, warm and bright, seemingly capable of dispelling the world’s cold and filth.

“A fifth-grade spirit plant? Specifically brought for me?”

Lu Xuan muttered to himself silently, becoming wary.

“This… This fifth-grade spirit plant is too precious; I’m unworthy of such a gift.”

Although he really wanted the Fifth Grade Origin Yang Wood, he knew the principle of not accepting rewards without merit. Without understanding the reasons behind Yan Jiuan’s gift, he wouldn’t accept it rashly.

“Friend Lu, you are being too polite,”

Yan Jiuan said with a smile appearing on his face.

“As a Spirit Plant Scholar Guest Consultant hired by the commerce association, you naturally enjoy the benefits the association offers.”

“You have done so much for the association and even dealt with numerous Tiger Leopard Grass plants. It is only right for the commerce association to give this Origin Yang Wood sapling to Friend Lu.”

“You need a spirit plant that can be used in refining tools, and Origin Yang Wood is an excellent choice. It can be used to refine various magic artifacts and inherently possesses exorcism and miraculous properties, particularly effective against demonic evil spirits.”

“During the planting process, you need to avoid the invasion of Yin Qi and also must not contaminate it with evil filth.”

Yan Jiuan said, his expression firm as he offered the Origin Yang Wood sapling to Lu Xuan.

“Then, many thanks to Friend Yan and the commerce association for their esteem.”

Lu Xuan, unable to refuse, reluctantly accepted.

“Friend Lu, are you searching for these types of spirit plants because you want to pursue a path as a tool refiner?”

Yan Jiuan asked curiously.

“I don’t have that talent.”

Lu Xuan shook his head, denying it.

“It’s just that such spirit plants have a wide range of uses and are easy to sell. I want to try planting them to earn more spirit stones.”

Lu Xuan said half-truthfully, as he had not seen a refining plant producing a light cluster before, so his words were not incorrect.

“I see.”

Yan Jiuan nodded, his gaze sweeping across the spirit beasts like Fat Bird around the yard.

“By the way, Friend Lu, I noticed you’ve kept many spirit beasts. When I last visited the cave abode, Qi Wuheng, the Star Envoy, mentioned you helped him solve a problem with a spirit beast. How do your skills with spirit beasts compare to those with spirit plants?”

“I know a thing or two, maybe just slightly less than about spirit plants,”

Lu Xuan said modestly. After all, the number of successfully cultivated spirit plants was many times that of spirit beasts, so his words were also not wrong.

“This time, I came to seek your help.”

“Please speak, Friend Yan.”

“The commerce association has a special secret land, where many fully grown ferocious beasts are kept. Due to certain reasons, these beasts are extremely aggressive and difficult to tame. We would like Friend Lu to have a look.”

“Would Friend Lu be willing to give it a try?”

“No problem, I have some experience dealing with ferocious beasts,”

Lu Xuan recalled the times he tamed various strange beasts at the Sky Sword Sect and nodded in agreement.