I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates - Chapter 629

Chapter 629: Chapter 627: Clear Marrow Jade Liquid

After tallying the gains from the auction, Lu Xuan immediately went to the Spirit Field and took out the three high-grade Spiritual Seeds he had acquired, planting each one.

With his mind focused on them, detailed information about the Spiritual Plants appeared in his mind respectively.

The Evil Granny Tree Monster, a Fifth Rank Spirit Plant, possesses strong aggression and can even actively attack a Spirit Plant Master. Special care is needed during cultivation. Once mature, the condensed heart of the tree is a rare Fifth Rank Treasure Item that can greatly strengthen a cultivator’s flesh body or be used in the cultivation of certain special Divine Skills.

The Sixth Grade Buddha Sitting Lotus, which requires nourishment from Buddhist nature treasure items, must not be contaminated by the intrusion of evil spiritual energy during growth. Once mature, it can be refined into a lotus platform, significantly enhancing a cultivator’s enlightenment when seated on it, aiding in the understanding of profound cultivation techniques or Divine Skills. However, it has a strong assimilative power, and those with weak wills may easily convert to the Buddhist Gate.

Another Sixth Grade Ghost Eating Evil Vine needs to absorb various forms of Yin Soul ghost creatures, gradually accumulating their strength to enhance itself. Once mature, it is considered a holy object for exorcising ghosts.

Lu Xuan decided to initially nurture it with ordinary Yin Soul ghost creatures. As the Spiritual Plant took root and sprouted, and its needs grew, he would then procure some stronger, more sinister high-rank ghost creatures.

Having planted the three newly acquired high-rank Spiritual Plants, Lu Xuan felt joyful. After lightly nourishing the Spiritual Seeds with the Spirit Rain Technique, he went around the Spirit Field to carefully inspect all the Spiritual Plants.

Half a day later, he returned to the house, feeling somewhat tired.

“Next, I just need to wait for the Ice Firefly Grass to mature, and in the meantime, refine my Divine Soul and state of mind, preparing for Core Formation.”

“If during this period, I could obtain one or two treasure items that help increase the probability of success in Core Formation, that would be perfect.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Most of the cultivation level within his body was derived from the Light Cluster, and due to the Divine Essence Scroll and the “God Derivation Sutra,” his Spiritual Sense was far stronger than that of ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfect cultivators. His flesh body, having seldom fought against others, had no hidden ailments. The only weakness was his Divine Soul and mind state.

Focused solely on cultivating Spiritual Plants with very few outings to explore Secret Lands and experience the various tribulations of cultivation, his life was secure but lacked much hardship and insight. Fortunately, he had recently acquired the Red Dust Stele, a treasure that could compensate for this deficiency.

Lu Xuan’s mind pondered as he connected his spiritual consciousness with the Red Dust Stele. He saw billows of Red Dust Qi swirling, and countless little figures on the stele instantly came to life.

One of the figures lit up slightly, drawing Lu Xuan’s Divine Soul unconsciously closer; the scene before his eyes flashed, and he directly entered into it.

After an unknown period, Lu Xuan abruptly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with intense confusion and regret, which took a long time to calm down before he regained his senses.

In the Red Dust Stele, he incarnated as a Small Loose Cultivator with ordinary aptitude. Both his parents were from Loose Cultivator backgrounds. His father, to provide him with better cultivation resources, voluntarily explored various Secret Lands. Despite his caution, he still encountered an accident and was casually killed by an Evil Cultivator.

His mother brought him up, pouring all her efforts into him, and eventually passed away in depression.

Although he always wanted to change his situation, everything was destined. No matter how hard he tried, he could only enhance his cultivation to the “Qi Practitioner Intermediate Level”, barely surviving in a small market. He thought he could live out his natural lifespan, but the market was invaded by a Demon Envoy. Contaminated by a trace of Evil Spite Qi, he mutated into a crazed monster and met a very gruesome end.

“If I hadn’t obtained the special existence of the Light Cluster, perhaps my experience in Linyang Market would have been similar to what I encountered in the Red Dust Stele.”

Lu Xuan sighed softly, feeling a deep sense of loss.

In the Red Dust Stele, it was as though he was playing a simulator, incarnating as people of different identities and qualities, experiencing different lives.

There were those who became ordinary mortals without any aptitude for cultivation, generally shrinking back into the villages at the base of the mountains, never even setting foot into the town, working from sunrise to sunset, marrying, having children, and living out their decades in utter mediocrity.

Some became young geniuses from minor families, gifted enough to enter a small sect with high spirits, hoping to rise swiftly through the ranks and attain enlightenment, only to be harshly awakened by the reality.

Leaving that small sect, where the highest cultivation level was that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he realized that his meager cultivation talents were nothing before true geniuses. During a campaign against demonic creatures, he was killed by the residual effects of a Fifth Rank demon’s attack, reduced to mere cannon fodder.

Or become an aging Qi Cultivator whose time was nearly up, who by chance acquired a high-grade Cultivation Technique but had little life left. Using his remaining years, his cultivation level rapidly improved, but just as he was on the verge of breaking into the Foundation Establishment Realm, an old illness in his flesh body prevented his successful advancement.

After the failure, disheartened and cold, he slowly embraced death amid endless regrets.

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After numerous trials of mundane refining, Lu Xuan’s heart realm approached perfection, and his desire for the Path grew ever firmer.

He did not wish to experience such a life again. Now with the Light Cluster and a special ability to control the state of Spirit Plants, he naturally had to seize this opportunity to strive for a further reach on the path of cultivation.

Days passed slowly. Lu Xuan’s life of cultivation day after day involved cultivating Spirit Plants, raising Spirit Beasts, and refining his Divine Soul and mind state at the Red Dust Stele.

“Eh? The Pure Lustrous Tea has matured,” he noted.

Lu Xuan gazed at a tea tree in the Spirit Field, its branches twisted and dry, bearing three lustrous leaves surrounded by a refreshing aura that cleansed the mind upon inhalation.

The tea tree had been entrusted to him by True Man Qingxu of the Mid-term Nascent Soul stage back at the Sky Sword Sect. After the upheaval in the sect and the fall of True Man Qingxu at the hands of demons, with no living relatives, the tea tree had become Lu Xuan’s property.

His mind focused on the topmost leaf, finding the translucent progress bar beneath it fully filled.

A White Jade Plate appeared in his hands, and using his Spiritual Sense he picked the tea leaves, placing them on the White Jade Plate.

[Pure Lustrous Tea, a Fifth-Quality Spirit Plant, cultivated with purifying Spiritual Energy. Once mature, the leaves can greatly enhance a Cultivator’s comprehension for a limited time until they gradually fade, while also forming purifying Spirit Energy within the Cultivator’s body to cleanse Evil Spite Qi, impurities, and other contaminants.]

“A treasure that can enhance comprehension, invaluable for cultivators practicing mysterious divine skills or Cultivation Techniques,” he mused.

“If I obtain some desirable divine skill or Cultivation Technique later, I could use these Pure Lustrous Tea leaves to accelerate my cultivation progress.”

Lu Xuan sighed thoughtfully, carefully storing the purifying tea leaves, his gaze drawn to the quietly emerging Light Cluster below.

Gently touching the surface of the Light Cluster, it silently shattered into countless light points, forming a river of light in the air that flowed into Lu Xuan’s body.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

[Harvested one piece of Fifth Quality Pure Lustrous Tea Leaf, gained Sixth Grade Treasure Item Clear Marrow Jade Liquid.]