Chapter 176

Chapter 176

During this trip, Lu Xuan only sold over a hundred Spirit Firefly Grass, exchanging them for more than four hundred Spirit Stones.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

He didn't spend the Spirit Stones extravagantly, acquiring some daily necessities like Spirit Fruits, Spirit Rice, demonic beast meat, and a few second-hand flying swords used as nurturing materials for his sword-gourd. Additionally, he bought several auxiliary materials for the initial cultivation elixirs of the "Ethereal Dragon Transformation."

He wandered around Sword Gate Town, finding only a few stalls selling spirit species, all of which Lu Xuan was already familiar with. Upon inquiry, their prices were significantly higher compared to what he could obtain from the sect.

As for the spirit species unknown or unavailable in the sect at present, luck wasn't on his side this time.

"Perhaps the only downside of being in the sect is the lack of easy finds, unlike the opportunities in Linyang Fang Market."

"After all, most disciples in the sect have broad experiences. Spirit species unknown to ordinary cultivators might be well-known to them."

"Of course, the chances are slimmer, but if one does appear, it means a treasure, like that fourth-grade Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood."

Lu Xuan sighed and returned home.

After learning that he could improve species of spiritual plants, he decided to experiment with enhancing the Spirit Firefly Grass.

Despite being a non-grade spiritual plant, he kept the habit of cultivating it due to its ability to enhance his cultivation.

As his cultivation deepened, the additional rewards from the Spirit Firefly Grass became increasingly insignificant. Lu Xuan planned to experiment to see if he could improve its species.

From the last harvest, he had three hundred remaining seeds. He took out a hundred, evenly dividing them into two parts.

One hundred were to influence the seeds during their seedling stage by altering their storage conditions, inducing changes within the seeds to select benign variant Spirit Firefly Grass.

The remaining two hundred were to be stimulated during their growth stage in a special environment, to see if they could achieve successful mutation.

Since dozens of the previously planted Spirit Firefly Grass had yet to mature completely, this batch of seeds needed to wait until all the Spirit Firefly Grass matured before the experiments could begin.

Fifty of the seeds were submerged in the cold spring water in his cave, while the other fifty were placed in a white jade box and gently heated by the weakest fire in the alchemy furnace.

Altering the elemental environment was the most common method to induce changes in the seeds.

Other techniques, such as providing a special aura environment, special soil, and various complex nurturing conditions, Lu Xuan didn't have the capability for at the moment.

Though the cave in the Sky Sword Sect had pure and abundant spiritual energy, it was naturally balanced without any particular characteristics. As for the soil, it was of the usual type, suitable for the growth of most spiritual plants, especially low-grade ones.

After inducing the Spirit Firefly Grass seeds, Lu Xuan paid them no more attention.

In the following days, he remained busy.

Due to his excellent inspection results and fair pricing, his reputation quickly spread among the practitioners in other areas of Thousand Dragon Lake. They contacted Lu Xuan through Huang Yuan, asking for his assistance in examining the blood of their water dragons and giant pythons.

Although cultivating spiritual plants was considered a minor path, once mastered, it wasn't much different from other major paths like alchemy and artifact refining.

Given Lu Xuan's talent in cultivating spiritual plants, maybe after several years, he might even become the senior farmer's direct supervisor.

Moreover, Lu Xuan had caught the attention of the Agricultural Hall's lord, who personally gifted him two Sword Grass spiritual seeds, indicating a trend toward involving him in the core circle of spiritual plant cultivation in the Sky Sword Sect.

"Brother, no need to be so polite."

Lu Xuan smiled.

"It's only right. By the way, Lu Brother, how is the cultivation of the Sword Grass seeds that the lord bestowed upon you? Have they been growing smoothly?"

"As usual. The growth status might be slightly better than the initial Sword Grass."

Lu Xuan modestly compared the differences between the previous and current Sword Grass.

"Those few days, the lord often remembered those two Sword Grass!" The senior farmer rubbed his hands together, wrinkles gathering on his smiling face.

"Brother, this time

, I came to exchange for a few spiritual plants, preferably with Spirit Stones. In terms of variety, I'm primarily interested in Spirit Fruits, and the grade should be no lower than second-grade."

Lu Xuan got straight to the point.

He now had the idea of cultivating second-grade spiritual plants on a larger scale, especially favoring Spirit Fruit types.

Firstly, Spirit Fruits usually bore a certain quantity of fruit, unlike most other spiritual plants that mainly produced single fruits or per plant, allowing for the creation of more spiritual energy spheres.

Secondly, the fruits he cultivated could better assist him in grasping the thigh of the Xuan Tian White Phoenix and its companions.

As for the grade, anything below first-grade spiritual plants was mostly insignificant to him.

"There aren't many spiritual plants that can be exchanged for Spirit Stones, at least not below second-grade. There's a third-grade spiritual fruit that I recall, but it seems to have specific cultivation conditions."

"That's the one, the third-grade Enigmatic Immortal Peach."

The farmer flipped through a jade book and showed it to Lu Xuan.

A beautiful peach tree appeared before Lu Xuan's eyes.

The leaves were pink, the trunk a pale white, and a faint red mist swirled around the tree's body, with over ten reddish peaches faintly visible, utterly captivating.

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