You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 346: Strange Venomous Insects

After dealing with all the spiritual fruits and fish, both the phoenix and the ape had slightly bulging bellies. As for the plump bird, Wind Falcon, it goes without saying; its two feet were up in the air, its round belly resembling a small hill.

"Coo! Coo!"

The pure white phoenix let out a clear chirp, its black and white eyes full of reluctance.

"Let's go back, let's go back. If we don't go back soon, our senior brothers who take care of you might start to worry."

"I'll be staying in the sect for a long time. If you want to improve your diet, you can come find me anytime."

Lu Xuan waved his hand with a smile towards the phoenix and the little monkey.

Hearing his promise, the Profound White Phoenix and the White Jade Heavenly Ape finally felt at ease. One disappeared directly from Lu Xuan's cave, while the other turned into a white light, violently rushing through the array.

Lu Xuan returned to the courtyard, tidied up briefly, and let the chubby bird lie on the ground in various poses.

The visit of the two spiritual beasts was just a small episode, and Lu Xuan continued to live a simple and peaceful life as a spiritual plant cultivator.

Cultivating spiritual plants, raising spiritual beasts, occasionally opening a luminous orb, enjoying the anticipation of unknown rewards, and the satisfaction of harvesting various treasures.

[Harvested a third-grade Hidden Essence Grass and obtained a third-grade treasure, Nourishing Spirit Grass Pearl.]

With a flash of thought, a green spirit pearl appeared in Lu Xuan's palm.

"Another Nourishing Spirit Grass Pearl."

Lu Xuan's lips curled upwards as he stored the green spirit pearl in his Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

Since feeding a spirit pearl to the Grass Puppet before, it still hadn't completely absorbed the rich spiritual energy inside. Its entire body had changed from the bright green color it had when it first consumed the spirit pearl to the current grayish-green. It would probably take some time to fully recover.

It had been over ten days since the two little ones came to visit. During this time, five out of the remaining nine Hidden Essence Grasses had completely matured.

In the five luminous orbs, three Foundation Establishment Pills had been produced, along with one Foundation Establishment Pill formula experience pack, and one Nourishing Spirit Grass Pearl.

The other spiritual plants in the spiritual field were growing well.

The two hundred Water Firefly Grasses planted upon his return had grown a bit. Their slender, deep blue leaves were dotted with fluorescent spots. When gathered together, with the breeze blowing, they looked like twinkling stars in the sky.

Both the Flame Fruits and Ice Gourd Fruits had rooted and sprouted from the spiritual soil. The two kinds of seedlings—one light red, like a newly ignited flame, and the other light blue, with a lingering chill visible in the early morning.

Among the other spiritual plants, two Primal Chaos Grass spirit seeds floated on the surface of magma, allowing the scorching lava to wash over them. The deep red smoke inside became denser and seemed to be about to erupt at any moment.

The Profound Insect Vine had begun to attach several different kinds of demonic insects to its vines, each building distinct insect chambers, clearly separated and not interfering with each other.

The Dragon Whisker Grass, along with several other types of insects, had started to attach themselves to the vines, constructing insect chambers with various styles, clearly demarcated and not interfering with one another.

The Moonlit Grass spirit seed had seen a significant increase in the size of the transparent insects within it. Lu Xuan estimated that it wouldn't be long before they broke through the spiritual energy orb and sprouted.

The Sword-Nurturing Gourd, which had been planted for quite some time, had become lively after Lu Xuan left behind many second-hand flying swords to nourish it. It had entered a rapid maturation stage.

"Lu Junior Brother, are you here?"

As Lu Xuan was inspecting the spiritual field, a familiar voice sounded in his ear.

"Senior Brother Ge? I'm here."

Lu Xuan's eyes lit up, immediately opening an array, and a black and white Tai Chi pattern appeared in the void in front of him, rapidly rotating and enlarging, from which emerged a handsome cultivator in white clothes.

The cultivator had white hair and one black and one white eye, exuding a radiant aura.

He was none other than Ge Pu, the true disciple who raised a pair of Yin-Yang Kuns.

"Senior Brother Ge, what an honor to have you visit. My humble abode shines brightly thanks to your presence."

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

"I happened to be passing by this area and remembered that your cave was nearby, so I came to take a look."

Guided by Lu Xuan, Ge Pu entered the courtyard.

"How have you been recently, Lu Junior Brother?"

As soon as Ge Pu sat down, Lu Xuan placed a fruit plate in front of him.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Ge. Overall, I'm fine. I just returned not long ago after spending three years stationed on a bitterly cold island."

Lu Xuan replied, and Ge Pu nodded.

"Junior Brother helped me solve the reproductive problem of that pair of Yin-Yang Kuns before. Recently, they have given birth to new life, and their rank has advanced by one level, entering the fifth-grade ranks."

Ge Pu said to Lu Xuan with joy.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Ge. With the assistance of those spiritual beasts, your cultivation is bound to advance further. I wish you an early promotion to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

Lu Xuan congratulated Ge Pu.

"Haha, it's all thanks to your ingenious solution to the reproduction problem of those beasts back then."

Ge Pu laughed heartily. The pair of Yin-Yang Kuns were ancient beasts, and most of his abilities were focused on them.

After they advanced to fifth-grade spiritual beasts, Ge Pu's chance of forming his Nascent Soul also increased significantly, almost stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lu Xuan had made a great contribution to this, and Ge Pu was grateful. That's why he gave Lu Xuan a sword command, and when the Qing Xuan Deer showed signs of forming its own will, he even recommended it to the sect's Nascent Soul elders.

"But speaking of which, Junior Brother Lu, you do have some skill in solving the reproduction problems of spiritual beasts."

"How so?" Lu Xuan asked puzzledly.

"Before, I recommended you to help a true disciple raise insects. Not long ago, that pair of Poisonous Heart-Eating Insects gave birth to three larvae."

Ge Pu explained, and Lu Xuan remembered the true disciple clad in black insect robes, who was taciturn.

And the demonic knife, Black Mantis, in his insect valley, the easily fighting White Jade Spider, the poisonous heart-eating insects who didn't see eye to eye, and the Yin Fire Ants who transformed into various forms...

"So it turns out that the trio of fourth-grade venomous insects was successfully born."

"Yes, three larvae were successfully born. However, there seems to be a problem with one of them. Whenever it's fed poison, it has a violent reaction. It either faint

s or screams miserably. It seems to be unable to bear the poison."

Ge Pu furrowed his brows.

"May I ask if the spiritual grass essence solution used for feeding the larvae was directly refined by the three roots of the Hundred Poisonous Heart-Eating Insect, or was it mixed with other poisons?"

Lu Xuan inquired.

"It was directly refined by the three roots of the Hundred Poisonous Heart-Eating Insect. Is there a problem?"

Ge Pu asked in confusion.

"There's no problem with the spiritual grass essence solution refined by the Hundred Poisonous Heart-Eating Insect itself. It's just that the larvae born with different parents may have different physiques and temperaments. You can't just feed them poison directly."

Lu Xuan replied.

"Then what should I do?"

Ge Pu asked.

"Mixing multiple poisons and letting them gradually adapt to the spiritual grass essence solution can help temper their bodies."

Lu Xuan said.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Lu, for your advice."

Ge Pu said gratefully.

After discussing the matter of the venomous insects, Lu Xuan and Ge Pu talked about other matters before Ge Pu left the courtyard.

Lu Xuan also packed up the things in the courtyard and returned to the cave to cultivate in seclusion.

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