I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates - Chapter 533

Chapter 533: Chapter 531: Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass_1

The spirit seed was as thick as a finger, long and slim, resembling a translucent small sword at first glance, with a faint ripple passing over it. Upon a closer look, it was found to consist of countless tiny sword qi.

“Thank you, Master Gu!”

“With Master’s generous love, I will surely live up to your trust and properly cultivate this five-rank sword grass spirit seed!”

Lu Xuan, suppressing the excitement in his heart, lowered his head and respectfully accepted the sword grass spirit seed with both hands.

“Haha, with Nephew Lu’s expertise in spirit plants, there should be no problem.”

Gu Jian Kong had already understood the profound knowledge that Lu Xuan had in spirit plants when he was opening up a new blessed land, and therefore had complete confidence in him.

Lu Xuan expressed his gratitude once again. After Gu Jian Kong left, he then started to scrutinize the spirit seed in his hand.

“Congratulations, Junior Brother Lu. Once you cultivate this five-grade sword grass, your strength will surely increase rapidly.”

Shen Ye’s eyes were filled with envy.

Even with his foundation establishment perfect realm, he was not qualified to possess a five-grade sword grass. He did not expect that the outer sect disciple, who once was of low strength, was now ahead of him.

“It’s merely a fluke, it’s mainly because I’m pretty good at cultivating sword grass, otherwise, it would be hard for me to compete with other Sword Hall fellows.”

Lu Xuan laughed.

“That’s true.”

Shen Ye was firm and soon recovered, nodding in agreement.

Everyone has their own opportunities, and he was able to get to where he is today, naturally by his own good fortune, there was no need to keep comparing with others.

After chatting for a while, Lu Xuan excused himself and left.

As soon as he entered his cave mansion, he could not wait to jump down from Fat Bird and arrive at his Spirit Field.

He performed the Earth Pulling Technique, placed the translucent sword-shaped spirit seed in the crack, then immediately concentrated his mind on the spirit seed in the spirit soil.

A thought flashed through his mind.

[Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass, a five-grade spirit plant, needs to be cultivated with invisible divergent sword qi.]

[Born as a sword implement, the mature sword grass can be used to refine into a magic treasure, which can cast invisible sword qi. The sword qi can diverge at will, mysterious and unpredictable, making it hard for people to guard against.]

[During the cultivation process, the sword grass is almost invisible, it is difficult to nourish it steadily with sword qi, thus the cultivating difficulty is extremely high.]

[It is omnipresent, yet elusive.]

“Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass!”

“Finally, I know about your origin, characteristics, and cultivation methods!”

Lu Xuan was elated in his heart, marvelling at his own powerful capabilities.

No matter what rank the spirit plant is, no matter how unique it is, no matter what peculiar cultivation method it has, once planted, it appears in front of him, all revealed, leaving no secrets.

“Although the cultivation environment isn’t as demanding as the Bone Slaying Sword Grass, the difficulty is much higher.”

He mentally compared it with the Bone Slaying Sword Grass of the same fifth rank.

“However, to cultivate with invisible divergent sword qi, I have to understand the corresponding sword intent and sword qi through the spirit seed and the assistance of Clear Sword Heart.”

“Fortunately, I have already made progress on the Slaughter Sword Intent and am on the right path, following step-by-step cultivation in the future.”

Lu Xuan pondered his arduous cultivation journey ahead.

Two fifth-grade sword grasses, needing corresponding sword intent and sword qi for cultivation. Even with the help of the Clear Sword Heart to accelerate understanding, it is still a great challenge.

“But, in the face of the reward of Light Cluster, this bit of hardship is worth it.”

The thought of the potential five-grade sword grass that might be harvested upon maturity and, more importantly, the generous Light Cluster reward, instantly fired Lu Xuan up, filling his heart with motivation.

Once he obtained the Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass Spirit Seed, he returned to his simple and fulfilling life of farming.

He cultivated Spirit Plants, raised Spirit Beasts, practiced the “Breaking Illusion Eye Technique” and “God Derivation Sutra”, among other cultivation techniques, understanding the principles of “Pure Yang True Fire Talisman” and various sword techniques, and producing a few elixirs.

One day, a Communication Talisman arrived at the entrance of Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion.

He brought the talisman forward.

“Brother Lu, it’s been a while since we last met. We’ve organized a gathering of Spirit Plant Masters, some new fellow brothers and sisters would like to learn from your elegance. We specifically invite Brother Lu to come and join.”

A familiar female voice came from the talisman, it was Liu Su, one of Lu Xuan’s friends in the sect.

Both of them were Spirit Plant Masters, had ventured into the Langyue Blessed Land together, occasionally gathered together as Spirit Plant Masters to exchange lessons and experiences on cultivating spiritual plants; Lu Xuan had benefitted greatly from such gatherings in the past.

Without any hesitation, he decided to join the gathering.

According to the time mentioned, two days later, he rode his Sword Light to Liu Su’s cave mansion.

“Brother Lu, it’s been a while.”

As soon as he arrived, sensing Lu Xuan’s presence, Liu Su and the other disciples rushed out to welcome him.

Liu Su’s eyes shone with delight.

“Good to see you, Brother Lu!”

“We must take the opportunity to learn from you later.”

The Inner Sect Disciples behind her showed sincere smiles, enthusiastically chiming in.

Lu Xuan’s mastery in Spirit Plants was well-known within the sect, all Spirit Plant Masters respected him wholeheartedly, not even a hint of jealousy could be detected.

Not for anything else, but the gap between them was simply too wide.

Lu Xuan, with his Spirit Plant abilities, was able to enter the Sword Hall, welcomed by many Core Alchemists in the Dan Palace, made great contributions during the sect’s new Blessed Land development, climbing step by step to his current position.

Whereas they, had to spend a long time pondering on planting just a few Grade Three Spiritual Plants, tightening their belts to live, not to mention making significant contributions to the sect, making connections with Authentic Teachings, Golden Core Real People.

“Brother Lu, let me introduce these two fellow brothers and sisters to you, they also specialize in cultivating spiritual plants and had not long ago ascend into the Foundation Establishment Realm.”

Liu Su brought the two Foundation Establishment First-term disciples in front of Lu Xuan, introducing each other.

Upon learning of Lu Xuan’s feats, the two looked at him with admiring gazes.

The Spirit Plant Masters sat together, eating Spiritual Fruit, drinking Spiritual Tea, and exchanging cultivation experiences.

Lu Xuan, without needing to spare additional time for practice, had read every tome related to Spirit Plant and Spirit Beast in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion, understanding many types of Spirit Plants on a fundamental level. Sometimes, a few words from him were all it took to pinpoint the problems one was encountering, causing awe and admiration among the group.

After the exchange, they discussed the sect’s recent major events.

“Fellow brothers and sisters, have you noticed? Recently, there are fewer and fewer Inner Sect Disciples remaining in the sect.”

“Most of them have been dispatched to guard the Sect’s affiliated lands, guarding the Secret Lands, and eliminating Demon Envoys.”

“In the past, only one or two Inner Sect Disciples were needed to guard a certain region. Now, the number of cultivators required has more than doubled.”

“Yes, I’ve had that feeling, the Cultivation World is becoming more chaotic.”

“If the sect’s need for Inner Sect Disciples continues to increase, they might change the appointment method from voluntary application to mandatory assignment. Perhaps one day we’ll be ordered to carry out a certain task.”

“Ah, it’s a pity that the Spirit Plants we planted can’t be carried with us. We can only let them mature slowly within the sect.”

“Put aside worrying about your Spirit Plants for now, you should think more about your own safety.”

“Us Spirit Plant Masters usually are weaker in terms of combat experience and treasures compared to other fellow disciples, so in order to increase our chances of survival, it’s best to prepare more.”

One of them made a rational suggestion.