You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 371: Hollow Cultivation

Of course, the peculiar spiritual plants in the small courtyard of Sword Gate Town must not be overlooked.

The Fourth-Rank Blood Spirit Palm , Fifth-Rank Blood Woe Flower Ginseng, Aberrant Longevity Peach, Holy Infant Fruit, and the yet-to-be-planted Fourth-Rank Filth-Eating Grass, each one a premium specimen.

Furthermore, the many spirit beasts in the cave dwelling, due to their longer growth cycles compared to the spiritual plants, made acquiring luminous orb rewards much more challenging. However, once their strength and rank were enhanced, they could obtain considerable rewards.

"The world knows the benefits of cultivation, yet only I prefer to indulge in farming."

Lu Xuan thought to himself, the various artifacts and treasures in his Gluttonous Insect Pouch, the sword techniques and spells he mastered, and his formidable physical body, all reinforced his determination to pursue the path of spiritual plant cultivation.

Over the next year or so, he mostly stayed in his cave dwelling, occasionally visiting Sword Gate Town to nurture a few of the underworld spiritual plants there and buy some daily necessities.

Most of his time was spent cultivating spiritual plants and rearing spirit beasts, with the remainder devoted to cultivation.

Since he saved a lot of time by not practicing numerous cultivation techniques and absorbing spiritual energy, and had the Sword Grass luminous orbs to provide experience packages for the sword techniques, he focused his energy on the Illusion Breaking Eye Technique and the contemplation of the Pure Yang True Fire Scroll.

With the Void Nightmare Eye obtained from the Fourth-Rank Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood luminous orb, as he continued to refine it, his control over it became increasingly pure and skilled, allowing him to freely traverse the void within tens of miles centered on Lu Xuan.

If this progress continued, Lu Xuan estimated that in some time, he might be able to place it directly in Sword Gate Town, while he stationed himself within the sect, using the Void Nightmare Eye to surveil the Fifth-Rank Holy Infant Fruit plant in reverse.

"The Water Firefly Grass has fully matured."

Lu Xuan stood in the ridges of the spiritual field, his gaze sweeping over a vast expanse of azure leaves, feeling a sense of marvel.

Since he could obtain Third-Rank Nourishing Spirit Grass Pearls from the Hidden Essence Grass, he no longer needed to be as frugal as before when using the Green Wood Source Qi.

Given that Water Firefly Grass was only a Second-Rank spiritual plant, even fully maturing it wouldn't consume much Green Wood Source Qi. Lu Xuan decided to fully mature 150 plants of Water Firefly Grass without worry, using Green Wood Source Qi to directly mature those that were slightly lacking.

The remaining fifty plants were used to condense spirit seeds.

"The ground is covered with white luminous orbs..."

After harvesting all the mature Water Firefly Grass, more than one hundred and fifty white luminous orbs appeared on the ground, lightly flickering above the spirit soil, causing Lu Xuan to feel dazzled.

His figure, like a streak of light, swept across all the luminous orbs.

Thoughts emerged in his mind one after another.

【Harvested a Second-Rank Water Firefly Grass, gaining one year of cultivation.】

【Harvested a Second-Rank Water Firefly Grass, obtaining a Second-Rank Nourishing Spirit Pill recipe.】

【Harvested…】

...

Various rewards either appeared directly in his hands or were transformed into experience packages that were infused into his sea of consciousness.

There were cultivation years, Nourishing Spirit Pills, Nourishing Spirit Pill recipes, Third-Rank Water Dragon Talismans, Third-Rank Waterwalking Pearls...

Out of the more than one hundred and fifty luminous orbs, over twenty contained cultivation year rewards, bringing Lu Xuan nearly thirty years of cultivation rewards.

The surging spiritual power directly manifested in his dantian and meridians, and after refining, the spiritual energy turned into spiritual liquid, significantly filling his dantian.

"Another step closer to breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment."

"It's a pity my innate talent is truly mediocre; thirty years of cultivation placed on other cultivation geniuses in the sect might only take a few years to achieve."

"Hmm... as if I've spent a long time on it..."

Lu Xuan mockingly thought to himself. To gain so much cultivation in less than two and a half years, not to mention that Water Firefly Grass made up a very small proportion of the spiritual plants in his cave dwelling.

"More than ten years have passed since I was promoted to an inner sect disciple."

"It's about time to reveal my mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation. It's been quite difficult to always conceal my aura. If it weren't for my habit of keeping a low profile, and not encountering any Nascent Soul elders, it would have been hard to keep it hidden for so long."

"Advancing from the early stage to the mid

-stage of Foundation Establishment in more than ten years, the excuse I've prepared is barely plausible."

Thinking to himself, Lu Xuan's aura steadily rose, unmistakably becoming a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After gaining a large number of cultivation rewards, he was invited by Yang Qingfeng, whom he had met years ago, to conduct a physical examination of the ink-scaled flood dragons and other flood dragons he was raising on a small island.

After conducting several checks for outer sect disciples, Lu Xuan's reputation in the vicinity of Thousand Dragon Lake was solidly established, and gradually, inner sect disciples came to invite him for blood tests.

These inner sect disciples raised mainly Third and Fourth-Rank flood dragons, and thus, obtaining higher rank flood dragon essence blood for free, Lu Xuan naturally accepted with pleasure.

Upon arriving at the island, Yang Qingfeng came out to greet him from afar.

"Brother Lu, it's been a while. How have you been?"

As soon as Lu Xuan landed on the island, the middle-aged scholar flew over, warmly greeting him.

"Thanks to Brother Yang's concern, all is well."

Lu Xuan said with a smile. When he was still an outer sect disciple, he had helped Yang Qingfeng solve the problem of his mixed-blood ink-scaled flood dragon's lack of appetite.

Yang Qingfeng reciprocated the favor, later introducing him to Ge Pu to solve the breeding problem of the Yin-Yang Kun Fish, thus giving Lu Xuan the opportunity to enter the Blessed Land.

Their friendship was quite good.

"This time, I have to trouble Brother Lu again to draw blood from those flood dragon youngsters for a checkup, to see if there's anything peculiar hidden inside them."

Although Yang Qingfeng had decades of experience in raising flood dragons, he knew he did not have the ability like Lu Xuan to find various hidden existences inside flood dragons' bodies, hence he specially invited Lu Xuan over for a physical examination of the flood dragons and chi dragons.

"It's no trouble at all."

Lu Xuan smiled and shook his head, then changed the subject.

"How is that special ink-scaled flood dragon in Brother Yang's care doing now?"

"After Brother Lu helped solve its dietary problem, its growth rate has been quite good, already possessing the strength of a Fourth-Rank demon beast."

Yang Qingfeng said proudly, a subtle hint of pride in his eyes.

"I've recently had some insights and am preparing to attempt a breakthrough to the late stage of Foundation Establishment."

"Congratulations to Brother Yang. Breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, plus that ink-scaled flood dragon as a significant aid on your cultivation path, Condensing a Golden Core is hopeful."

Lu Xuan sincerely congratulated the middle-aged scholar.

"Hahaha! That's still a long way off! Breaking through to the Golden Core realm is truly too elusive."

Yang Qingfeng laughed loudly, his spiritual sense inadvertently swept over Lu Xuan, pausing for a moment.

"Eh? Brother Lu, you've broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment?"

He was somewhat incredulous of his own perception, foregoing any formalities, and carefully probed the spiritual power within Lu Xuan, then asked in disbelief.

He remembered that when he first met Lu Xuan more than ten years ago, the latter was just an outer sect disciple at the Qi cultivation realm, while he was already at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

But now, without making a sound, Lu Xuan had broken through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment!

"Some time ago, I had a bit of an insight and was fortunate enough to break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment."

"However, my cultivation is all obtained by taking shortcuts, nothing but cultivation, and nothing else."

Lu Xuan said with a wry smile.