You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 257: Let the Bloodthorn Flower Give Me a Sip

The artifact exchange was reaching its conclusion.

Lu Xuan stood quietly in a secluded corner, contemplating the gains and losses of this exchange.

He had spent a piece of fourth-grade Red Gang Jade, a fourth-grade Cloud Mountain Jade Scripture, a third-grade Sword-Nurturing gourd, and a third-grade Ignition Pill.

As for the harvest, he acquired a segment of fourth-grade Illusion Sound Bamboo root, an unknown Blood Orb spiritual species, and a Wood Infant crafted by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Oh, almost forgot, there's also five hundred Spirit Stones."

"Back when I was a struggling Qi cultivator agonizing over a broken Spirit Stone, now I'm almost indifferent to such a substantial sum as five hundred Spirit Stones."

Lu Xuan couldn't help but feel amazed by it all.

Ever since that white light sphere appeared from the small spiritual field in the market, his life in the cultivation world had undergone a tremendous change.

The him from his days as a struggling Qi cultivator could never have imagined that five hundred Spirit Stones would mean so little to him now.

"I seem to have quite a few duplicate treasures on hand now. Four pieces of Red Gang Jade left, two of the Sword-Nurturing gourd that I harvested, three portions of Hundred-Year Ice Soul, plus several Ignition Pills, Ignition Essences, and various other odds and ends."

"Looks like I'll need to find an opportunity to sell off some of these."

The Blood Orb spiritual species didn't seem like a legitimate spiritual plant at a glance. Coupled with the possibility of nurturing a Sacred Infant Fruit with the Wood Infant, Lu Xuan decided to make a trip to the Sword Gate Town's courtyard in the near future to check on several Yin Realm spiritual plants that had long been neglected.

After the event ended, Lu Xuan summoned a tall spiritual crane and hurried back to his mountain peak.

He couldn't wait to examine the two spiritual species he had just acquired.

Lu Xuan arrived at an empty spiritual field and performed the Earth Attraction Technique, causing the structure beneath the spiritual soil to change naturally.

A circular pit appeared in the center of the spiritual field.

He took out the segment of Illusion Sound Bamboo root with numerous cracks from his storage bag and buried it in the pit.

A cacophony of noise erupted around him, causing Lu Xuan to pause momentarily as if his actions had frozen. He used his spiritual power to isolate the sound, making everything smooth and natural again.

Once he completely covered all the roots with spiritual soil, the strange noises in his ears ceased abruptly.

Lu Xuan focused his mind on the Illusion Sound Bamboo root beneath the spiritual soil, and a stream of information flashed through his mind.

"Illusion Sound Bamboo, a fourth-grade spiritual plant, excels at simulating various sounds of the world. When mature, it can produce various miraculous effects with its strange sounds, such as attack, fascination, healing, and so on. It is a natural material for refining bamboo flute-type artifacts and can also be used to refine other special artifacts."

"When there are sound sources near the Illusion Sound Bamboo for a long time, the plant can produce sounds of the same quality."

"There are skilled ventriloquists among the bamboo."

"From now on, will spiritual plant cultivators not enter the fields anymore?" Lu Xuan muttered.

"Mature Illusion Sound Bamboo can produce various types of strange sounds. Hmm...being able to do everything also means not being proficient in anything."

"However, it's rare, which makes this transaction worthwhile."

His spiritual power surged, and strands of spiritual rain fell, penetrating the cracks on the Illusion Sound Bamboo roots.

Stimulated by the spiritual rain, the numerous cracks on the roots opened wide, and Lu Xuan was momentarily annoyed by the cacophony of strange sounds in his ears.

At that moment, a slender gray vine climbed out from somewhere, spreading many tentacle-like tendrils into the spiritual soil.

Sensing the appearance of high-grade spiritual plants on the mountain peak, the Ghostly Vine rushed over first, leaving a mark to see if it would have the chance to devour them in the future.

As a fifth-grade creature that fed on spiritual plants, the Illusion Sound Bamboo roots seemed to sense a natural enemy approaching. Countless cracks on them tightly closed, allowing the tiny tendrils to lightly flick them up and down, left and right.

"Sorry, I was too loud just now!"

Lu Xuan sensed this instantaneous state from the Illusion Sound Bamboo roots.

The Ghostly Vine secreted a tiny amount of grayish slime on its roots, then withdrew from the spiritual soil, feeling a bit embarrassed as it rubbed against Lu Xuan's feet.

"Playing with my spiritual plants right in front of me, huh?"

As the evil antagonist intruded and wantonly played with the affiliated spiritual plants, the helpless and weak spiritual plant cultivator could only watch helplessly...

Lu Xuan dispersed this familiar scene from his mind and kicked the Ghostly Vine away.

The countless cracks on the Illusion Sound Bamboo roots sensed the Ghostly Vine's departure and opened up again. Suddenly, the familiar cacophony of strange sounds entered Lu Xuan's ears.

"After listening for a while, it seems like I'm getting used to it."

Lu Xuan resisted the urge to summon the Ghostly Vine back and instead reached into his ear with his hand.

His spiritual power automatically blocked out those noisy sounds as he took out the peculiar Blood Orb spiritual species from his storage bag.

The spiritual species looked like it was woven from countless slender blood vessels. Sensing the tiny blood vessels in Lu Xuan's palm, it wriggled slightly, as if trying to penetrate into his flesh.

Inside the hollow blood orb, Lu Xuan's spiritual consciousness penetrated it, sensing an endless sea of blood where a blood-colored flower constantly bloomed and withered.

With his spiritual power surging, a slightly larger hole appeared in the blank space of the spiritual field.

He placed the Blood Orb spiritual species into it, concentrating his mind, and immediately perceived its detailed status.

"Bloodthorn Flower, a fifth-grade spiritual plant, an evil flower condensed from the blood seas of corpse mountains. It feeds on the blood of various demonic beasts and is an excellent material for cultivating Blood Dao techniques when mature. It is also a primary material for refining certain fifth-grade elixirs."

"When cultivators or demonic beasts approach the Bloodthorn Flower, their blood will be involuntarily absorbed by it. Over time, they will become weak and withered."

"Give me a sip! Please! Just one sip!"

"A fifth-grade spiritual plant!"

"What a big treasure!"

After seeing the Blood Orb spiritual species, Lu Xuan immediately sensed its extraordinary nature. However, before planting it, everything was still unknown.

Now that the spiritual species mystery box had been opened, it turned out to be a fifth-grade spiritual plant!

"It's okay not to find unknown spiritual species in the sect, but once found, they're not ordinary spiritual plants."

"Both the Thorny Bone Tree and the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood I obtained before, along with the Bloodthorn Flower now, are all like this."

"However, they all have one thing in common: they are all Yin and evil spiritual plants, rarely seen in orthodox sects. It's understandable that they haven't been discovered by other cultivators."

Lu Xuan dug up the Bloodthorn Flower spiritual species from the spiritual soil.

For such Yin spiritual plants, it was most suitable to plant them in the courtyard of the Sword Gate Town.

After all, he was just an ordinary spiritual plant cultivator in the orthodox sect, and if other fellow disciples saw him cultivating such Yin and evil spiritual plants, it wouldn't look good.

"I already have three fifth-grade spiritual plants at the moment, but it seems like none of them are ordinary."

"One feeds on spiritual plant and beast blood, one is used as bait by others trying to fish me out, and the newly acquired Bloodthorn Flower wants to suck my blood essence. "

Thinking of the Ghostly Vine, the Sacred Infant Fruit tree, and now the Bloodthorn Flower, three such non-ordinary spiritual plants, Lu Xuan couldn't help but feel a bit helpless.

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