You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 344: Devil's Ephemera Grass and Spirit-Gathering Grass Bead

Soon, a Foundation Establishment cultivator walked out of the inner hall of the Sino-Farmer Hall.

"I was wondering who needed so many high-quality spiritual plants. It turns out to be Friend Lu," the cultivator said with a smile, greeting Lu Xuan.

"Friend Qu, greetings," Lu Xuan replied with a bow.

Lu Xuan had encountered this cultivator before and had exchanged experiences in cultivating spiritual plants with him under Liusu's guidance.

"I didn't expect Friend Lu to have such profound achievements in the field of spiritual plants. Buying four high-grade spiritual seeds at once is quite a substantial investment," the cultivator remarked.

"These sword-shaped tokens are almost all I have. But I have a passion for spiritual plants. When I see high-grade spiritual seeds, I can't help but want to buy them," Lu Xuan casually replied.

"As for whether I can successfully cultivate them, it depends on my own luck."

"Friend Lu's words surely indicate that there shouldn't be any problem," the cultivator replied.

During their previous exchange, the cultivator had already understood Lu Xuan's proficiency in the field of spiritual plants. With a wave of his hand, all the spiritual seeds floated in front of Lu Xuan.

"Two Fourth-Grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds, totaling five hundred and twenty sword tokens."

"The Thousand Illusions Seed, two hundred and forty sword tokens. Devil's Ephemera Grass seed, two hundred and seventy sword tokens."

"Twenty Flame Fruit and Ice Gourd Fruit seeds each, at fifteen sword tokens per seed, totaling six hundred sword tokens."

"All spiritual seeds total one thousand six hundred and thirty sword tokens."

"Thank you, Friend Qu."

A large pile of sword-shaped tokens flew out of the storage bag, and Lu Xuan accepted all the spiritual seeds before bidding farewell to the cultivator named Qu.

After a while, he returned to his cave dwelling on a spiritual crane.

Although it had been more than a decade since he solved the problem of the spiritual cranes' reproduction, the spiritual cranes in the sect still refused to accept Lu Xuan's spiritual stones. He could only feed them a spiritual fruit as a token of gratitude.

"With so many new spiritual seeds, I'll be busy for quite a while."

Fortunately, the area of his inner sect's cave dwelling was large enough to accommodate these new spiritual seeds comfortably.

Lu Xuan found an empty spiritual field and used the Earth Attraction Technique to bury forty Flame Fruit and Ice Gourd Fruit seeds in the Loam Soil.

(PS: "Loam soil" refers to a type of soil that has a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay, along with organic matter. It is known for its fertility and ability to retain moisture while still allowing for good drainage. Loam soil is often considered ideal for gardening and agriculture because it provides a favorable environment for plant growth.)

Before leaving the sect, he had selected the method of congealing for these two types of spiritual fruits. Unfortunately, he came back a bit late, and all the spiritual fruits in the spiritual field had missed the congealing opportunity, so he had to buy some more spiritual seeds.

Next was the Thousand Illusions Seed, which matured into a Fifth-Grade spatial artifact, the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

He still had some insect eggs of different grades used to cultivate the Thousand Illusions Seed. Lu Xuan took them out and sent them into the plant body of the Thousand Illusions Seed.

The insect eggs provided nutrients for the Thousand Illusions Seed's growth, while the Thousand Illusions Seed secreted special spiritual substances to promote the growth of the spirit insects.

Next, he went to the Earth Fire tributary and threw two thumb-sized Fire Chi Lotus seeds into the scorching magma.

After one Earth Fire Heart Lotus matured into the Fifth-Grade Pure Yang True Fire Scroll, which might benefit the cultivation of the Sixth-Grade Phoenix Wood, Lu Xuan bought two more seeds. In addition, the lotus seeds could purify evil energy and reduce the risk of mutation, so he bought two seeds.

Finally, there were the Fourth-Grade Devil's Ephemera Grass seeds.

The spiritual seeds were like concentrated spheres of spiritual energy, each about the size of an egg, containing a transparent devil's ephemera, undergoing life and death transformations within.

Lu Xuan planned to plant these Devil's Ephemera Grass seeds in the spiritual fields covered with Loam Soil.

He used the Earth Attraction Technique, and a subtle crack appeared, allowing the spiritual seed to be absorbed into it.

With his mind focused, a thought emerged from his mind.

[Devil's Ephemera Grass, Fourth-Grade spiritual seed, extremely delicate. It requires careful nurturing during cultivation. Any slight mishap may lead to its death. Once matured, it can be used to refine pills that enhance a cultivator's spiritual soul.]

"Pills that enhance the spiritual soul? This Devil's Ephemera Grass is truly rare."

"During cultivation, it needs careful nurturing and cannot afford any mistakes, which may be why it's relatively rare."

Lu Xuan sighed inwardly. Anyway, he could monitor the real-time status of the spiritual plants at any time, without having to distract himself with cultivation or adventures, so careful nurturing posed no difficulty for him.

"The expansion of the spiritual plants in the cave dwelling has increased a lot. I need to work harder in cultivation."

"From today onwards, I'll be an ordinary spiritual plant cultivator, cultivating spiritual plants and raising spiritual beasts."

Lu Xuan looked at the mountains covered with spiritual plants and sighed with emotion. For the next period of time, he stayed in the cave dwelling peacefully, spending time with the spiritual plants and beasts every day.

Occasionally, he would go out to meet a few friends he had made before.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

[Harvested one Third-Grade hidden essence grass and obtained one Third-Grade treasure, the Spirit-Gathering Grass Bead.]

Countless light spots flowed into Lu Xuan's body, and a green bead appeared in his hand.

The spiritual plant emitted a strong vitality, giving people an inexplicable sense of closeness and comfort.

Lu Xuan concentrated his mind on the green bead and instantly learned detailed information about it.

[Spirit-Gathering Grass Bead, Third-Grade treasure, contains pure and abundant wood and grass spiritual energy, which can be used to cultivate corresponding techniques and refine corresponding artifacts.]

"With abundant wood and grass spiritual energy, it can be used to feed the Grass Puppet and supplement the Green Wood Source Qi."

Previously, the Grass Puppet had been fed with Grass Spirit Liquid, occasionally supplemented with a trace of Green Wood Source Qi, but it consumed Lu Xuan's reserves. Now, with this Third-Grade Spirit-Gathering Grass Bead, he no longer had to worry about the cultivation of the Grass Puppet or the supplementation of Green Wood Source Qi.

With a thought, Lu Xuan inserted the green bead into the huge gray-black tumor on the Grass Puppet's head.

Threads of grass and wood spiritual energy spread out, and after a few breaths, the gray-black tumor turned green and continued to extend downwards.

The Grass Puppet, made of unknown gray grass, turned completely green.

Perceiving with spiritual consciousness, Lu Xuan saw the green bead rotating slowly inside the huge gray grass tumor, with countless fine grass ropes merging into it, continuously absorbing the pure wood and grass spiritual energy inside the bead.

"You've worked hard to guard the spiritual fields during this time. Let me feed you something good and change your skin."

Lu Xuan looked at the Grass Puppet, which was all green, and chuckled lightly.

The Grass Puppet had low intelligence and only understood that the green bead he had just

inserted into the tumor was of great use to it. With a grateful thought, it continued to patrol the spiritual fields with its two chopstick-like legs.

This was the eighth hidden essence grass he had harvested during this time. Of the previous seven light orbs, five produced Foundation Establishment Pills, two produced Foundation Establishment Pill formulas, and the latest one produced a new treasure, the Spirit-Gathering Grass Bead that had just been fed to the Grass Puppet.

Out of twenty Third-Grade hidden essence grass, there were still nine left.

"After they all mature, I'll hand them over to Sister Guanyan in the Pill Hall."

"If all of them are successfully cultivated, and there are many good-quality plants among them, it should satisfy the Pill Hall. Maybe I can even get another batch of hidden essence grass seeds and take another look at the light orbs for Foundation Establishment Pills and pill formulas."

Lu Xuan thought contentedly and took out the three treasures he had obtained from the secret realm.

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