You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 350: The Snarling Shadow Beasts

Though Lu Xuan harbored doubts in his heart, he showed no trace of it on the surface.

"Sister Guan is skilled in alchemy. If there's a chance, I must seek her guidance," he humbly expressed.

"Brother Lu is too modest. You excel in nurturing spirit plants, which makes you quite suitable for selecting plant varieties for alchemy according to needs," Sister Guan replied.

"While that may be so, unfortunately, my aptitude in alchemy is dull. I only know the methods to refine two low-grade elixirs," Lu Xuan's expression turned somber.

"In alchemy, my experience relies entirely on the elixir recipes stored within the luminous orbs," he added silently.

"But with effort, I believe Brother Lu can achieve great success in alchemy," Sister Guan encouraged with a smile.

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly: "She reads people quite accurately..."

After chatting for a while, Lu Xuan bid farewell to the woman in yellow and returned to his cave abode, only to find an unexpected visitor.

"Nephew Huang, why didn't you inform me before coming over? Please, come in quickly," the visitor was none other than Huang Yuan, who had managed the flood dragons and giant pythons at Thousand Dragon Lake many years ago.

"Uncle Lu," Huang Yuan respectfully greeted.

"I came to the inner sect to find Senior Yang Qingfeng. From him, I learned that Uncle Lu had returned from a trip, so I came to pay a visit."

"You're thoughtful," Lu Xuan nodded lightly and ushered Huang Yuan into the cave.

"Considering your cultivation level, it seems you're not far from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage," he offered some spirit fruit and brewed some spirit tea, a faint smile playing at the corner of his lips.

"I've been at the peak of the Qi Condensation stage for quite some time. Recently, I've been refining my spiritual power, physical body, and soul to prepare for the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment," Huang Yuan replied truthfully.

"Well, I'm sure you'll succeed," Lu Xuan encouraged, sharing his own feelings when he broke through.

"Uncle Lu, it's been a long time since you last visited Thousand Dragon Lake to see those flood dragons. Many fellow disciples in the lake miss you dearly," Huang Yuan suddenly mentioned after chatting with Lu Xuan for a while.

Lu Xuan had been away for three years, and the hundreds of flood dragons in Thousand Dragon Lake hadn't had their blood drawn for a check-up in all these years, which worried him and other fellow disciples about the health of the dragons.

After learning of Lu Xuan's return to the sect, he dispatched Huang Yuan, who had a certain relationship with Lu Xuan, to invite him to give the dragons a check-up.

"Well, let's choose a day for the trip. I'll go to Thousand Dragon Lake with you to see those little dragons and draw blood for examination," Lu Xuan understood Huang Yuan's intention and readily agreed.

The last time, and even the time before that, the blood drawn from the flood dragons had not been used up. Lu Xuan was preparing in advance, taking this opportunity to gather more blood from the dragons.

"Thank you very much, Uncle Lu. I'll get them ready right away!" Huang Yuan said joyfully.

...

On the third day, Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode with over a thousand vials of residual warmth dragon blood.

"Thankfully, there are enough vials; otherwise, there would be nowhere to put the dragon blood," he sighed with emotion and entered the spiritual field to inspect the growth of the numerous spirit plants.

Several days later, Lu Xuan stayed in the spiritual field, where spiritual energy surged, and threads of spiritual rain fell, nourishing the spirit plants in the spiritual soil.

The entire mountain seemed to be shrouded in a thin mist, ethereal and mysterious.

"Brother Lu, are you there? A senior brother at the late Foundation Establishment stage is looking for you. I'll bring him over for a visit," a soft female voice came from outside the flowing light formation at the foot of the mountain.

"I'm here, Sister Liu," Lu Xuan recalled a quiet and fair face in his mind; it was Liu Su, who was also skilled in nurturing spirit plants and had entered the Blessed Land with him.

He quickly went out to welcome her and found a burly young cultivator beside her.

The cultivator was bare-chested with a beast skin skirt around his lower body, his muscles knotted, and there were many strange patterns on his chest and back. With each breath, the patterns subtly changed, resembling beasts lurking within him.

"Brother Zhong, this is Lu Xuan, Brother Lu," Liu Su introduced.

"Brother Lu, this is Senior Brother Zhong Hao. He is usually low-key and not well-known, but he has reached the late Foundation Establishment stage," Liu Su explained.

"So, it's Brother Zhong. We had a brief encounter in the secret realm where the Azure Profound Deer was located. I wonder if Senior Brother remembers?" Lu Xuan smiled. He had some impression of this burly cultivator; among the several Foundation Establishment cultivators present at the time, he had the highest cultivation level.

"Brother Lu easily resolved the lingering obsession of the Azure Profound Deer, which left a deep impression on Zhong," the burly cultivator said in a deep voice.

At the time, he had thought that among them, he was the most confident in dealing with the risk of the Azure Profound Deer's mutation. However, he hadn't expected Lu Xuan, who had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, to outshine everyone else by single-handedly resolving the obsession of the fifth-grade Azure Profound Deer.

"Brother Zhong overpraises me. I just happened to be lucky," Lu Xuan humbly replied, leading the two into the courtyard.

"I wonder if Brother Zhong has any urgent matters for coming here?" Lu Xuan inquired.

"Embarrassingly, within the sect, I have a slight reputation for beast taming and have nurtured many high-grade rare and exotic spirit beasts."

"However, recently, a pair of spirit beasts has presented a tricky situation. I've tried many methods, but none have successfully resolved it."

"From other fellow disciples, I learned that Brother Lu has solved many spirit beast problems for them. So, I specially asked Sister Liu to help introduce us," the burly cultivator paused and slowly explained.

"Oh? I wonder what the specific problem is? If I have some confidence, I'll definitely do my best to help," Lu Xuan promised.

"It's like this."

"I've raised a pair of Snarling Shadow Beasts, one male and one female, both rare and precious fourth-grade spirit beasts, with exceptional talents in water and thunder techniques."

"Recently, the female beast entered the estrus phase and actively sought out the male beast. According to reason, the two beasts should mate and reproduce, but during the mating process, the male beast exhibited extremely abnormal behavior."

"As their interaction deepened, the male beast gradually lost his sanity, as if he were sinking into endless desire."

"Even more terrifyingly, he displayed an unusual desire towards his mating partner."

"He seemed to want to devour the female beast."

"At first, I thought it was because the male beast had been in heat for too long, which had caused temporary insanity. However, after a few days of observation and attempts to resolve it, I found that the situation had not improved, but worsened."

"Brother Lu, do you have any ideas?" the burly cultivator earnestly asked.

Upon hearing the situation, Lu Xuan frowned and fell into deep thought.

"I'm afraid that the female Snarling Shadow Beast's sudden estrus might have been triggered by some external factor, which in turn led to the male beast's unusual reaction."

"Furthermore, the male beast's desire to devour its mate suggests that there might be some hidden danger lurking within its body."

"This matter is indeed tricky. Senior Brother Zhong's efforts to resolve it are commendable, but it seems we need to find the root cause of the male beast's abnormal behavior before we can come up with a solution," Lu Xuan analyzed.

"Exactly! I also suspect that the root cause lies within the body of the male beast," Zhong Hao nodded in agreement.

"Brother Lu, do you have any suggestions on how to proceed?" he asked eagerly.

"In my opinion, we need to carefully inspect the male Snarling Shadow Beast's body and spirit, searching for any abnormalities," Lu Xuan suggested.

"Then, let's go to Thousand Beast Mountain and see the two spirit beasts," he continued.

The three discussed the matter for a while longer before deciding to leave for Thousand Beast Mountain the next day.

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