Chapter 557: Chapter 555 Ice Firefly Grass_1

“Twenty Jade Dew Fruits have already matured, I must find time to go to Dan Palace and hand them over to Senior Sister Guan Wan.”

Lu Xuan glanced at dozens of spirit fruits, as lustrous as jade and seemingly washed in dew, and murmured to himself.

These Jade Dew Fruits were all entrusted to him to cultivate by the Dan Palace, and naturally, he had to hand them over once they matured.

He had cultivated them very well, and could receive substantial Sword Mark rewards, not to mention the total of over eighty White Light Clusters that he didn’t have to work for.

After cultivating all the spirit plants in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan sent a Communication Talisman to Dan Palace’s Guan Wan.

There were twenty Jade Dew Fruit Plants, five of which were accelerated to maturity earlier, leaving fifteen to mature naturally, yielding a total of eighty-six spirit fruits, with sixteen of good quality.

The reward for each Spirit Fruit is five Sword Marks, and five more for good quality ones. Lu Xuan received a total of five hundred and ten Sword Marks, which would still leave a lot after buying a Fourth Grade Spirit Seed.

Time passed quickly in the sect, and in the blink of an eye, two months passed.

During this time, he spent most of his time in his own cave dwelling, cultivating spirit plants, raising spirit beasts, practicing cultivation techniques when he had spare time, refining a few furnaces of elixirs. The days were simple and satisfying.

The outside world was bustling and chaotic, all unrelated to him.

In the Spirit Field, he used the Earth Pulling Technique, causing subtle changes in the Spirit Soil, with thin cracks appearing.

Lu Xuan opened a beautiful Jade Box, took out a Spirit Seed that looked like a flawless dewdrop, and placed it one by one into the cracks.

He had already formed a stable cooperation with Dan Palace, and after the last batch of Jade Dew Fruits had matured, Dan Palace had another twenty from the Agricultural Department Hall and entrusted Lu Xuan to cultivate them.

Lu Xuan naturally wouldn’t refuse the Light Cluster rewards that were coming to him, so he happily accepted.

After planting all the Spirit Seeds, he cast the Spirit Rain Technique, threads of Spirit Rain permeated the Spirit Seeds, thoroughly nourishing them.

In another Spirit Field, the Water Glow Grass transferred from Black Star City grew even more lush and vigorous. The countless glowing spots flashing incessantly on the slender leaves showed that the spirit plants were beginning to mature.

Sword Grass Area.

Lu Xuan concentrated and opened his eyes, his eyes filled with a murderous aura as if he was immersed in a world of murder, a Sword Qi shot out, with an unstoppable momentum, plunged into the Bone Slaying Sword Grass.

On the other side, at his thoughts, several Invisible Sword Qi are shot out, setting off layers of transparent ripples in the surrounding Spiritual Energy, entering the Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass from unpredictable angles simultaneously.

“With the aid of Clear Sword Heart, both Five-Grade Sword Grasses can be cultivated normally. However, there is still a long way to go to comprehend the complete Fifth-Rank Sword Art, presumably only the basics of the related Sword Intent has been grasped.”

He looked at the two Five-Grade Sword Grass in the Spirit Field and thought to himself.

Then, he came to the remaining two Fourth Grade Sword Grass, Sword Peacock and Green Lotus Sword Grass and nourished them using the Sword Qi formation and the ‘Blue Lotus Sword Canon’ respectively.

Over these two months, he took time to visit his own incomplete Secret Realm once.

Due to the last batch of mature Spirit Plants in the Secret Realm, no new mature spirit plants were found. However, they were all growing really well, each one brimming with vitality, making Lu Xuan feel satisfied.

After carefully cultivating all the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan left his cave dwelling and went to the mountain where Liu Su was located.

“Brother Lu, you’re here!”

Liu Su greeted him from far away. Seeing Lu Xuan, a flash of joy crossed her eyes.

“Sorry to have kept everyone waiting.”

Lu Xuan said with a smile.

“No no, everyone just arrived not long ago, some disciples who live far away haven’t come yet.”

Liu Su hastily replied.

Lu Xuan followed behind her and arrived at a quiet and elegant courtyard.

After returning to the sect, familiar figures such as Ge Pu, Fire Scale Child, and Shen Ye were rarely seen. Lu Xuan occasionally came to Liu Su’s place to gather with the Spirit Plant Masters, which served as an additional channel to gain information from the outside world.

Perhaps because this small group that he often gathered with generally had lower cultivation levels, only a small part left the sect. Most were like Lu Xuan. Unless absolutely necessary, they would not go to the Black Demon Abyss to vie for fortune and risk their lives.

“Brother Lu!”

“Greetings, Brother Lu!”

Everyone enthusiastically greeted Lu Xuan upon seeing him. His astonishing achievements as a Spirit Plant Master had made him the object of their admiration.

Over a dozen people sat together, tasting spiritual fruits and spiritual tea, and sharing their experiences in cultivating spiritual plants.

As they were talking, the topic naturally shifted to the invasion by demonic creatures and the fall of the Black Demon Abyss.

“I heard from some brothers who recently returned to the sect that more and more cultivators have died in the Black Demon Abyss. Several foundation establishment stage brothers in our sect have fallen inside,” spoke one.

“Those demonic creatures are so terrifying!” another exclaimed.

“Terrifying indeed! However, there are rumors that many cultivators obtained valuable treasures from the secret realms that emerged from the Black Demon Abyss. And those demonic creatures, once you kill one, the materials on its body are worth a fortune,” noted a third.

“I heard Brother Zhou Qi from Sword Hall found a fifth-grade magical artifact in a secret realm. I envy him so much!” someone else shared.

“Brother Zhou is a disciple of Sword Hall with superb sword technique and higher cultivation level than us. It’s only natural that he got a fifth-grade magical artifact,” defended another.

“Even so, we do feel a bit envious. If I had been to the Black Demon Abyss, I wonder what kind of opportunities I would have encountered…” someone wistfully added.

The cultivators discussed the news from various sources. Their words were tinged with a touch of regret for not going along, thus missing a few significant opportunities.

Lu Xuan sat quietly on one side, unmoved.

His mind was already unwavering. With the presence of the white light cluster, he would rather stay in the sect to cultivate spiritual plants and reap light clusters unless there was a significant amount of certainty and a dire need to obtain certain treasures. Only then would he be willing to take a slight risk.

After the casual chat, he went back to his dwelling.

Once he got inside, he took out the water glow grass spirit seeds nourished by Thousand Year Mysterious Life Spirit Milk.

He took out the spiritual seeds and tried to plant them in the spirit field.

“Water glow grass, a second-grade spiritual plant, a mutated species that’s induced by treasures like Hundred Year Ice Spirit and Thousand Year Mysterious Life Spirit Milk, undergoes an unknown transformation.”

“Water glow grass…”

“The spirit seed is still in a mutated state, no substantial changes have occurred to upgrade it to a grade three spiritual plant.”

Lu Xuan’s expression was nonchalant as he sighed.

It was not an overnight task to improve a second-grade spiritual plant to third-grade. Even if he could understand the state of the spirit seeds and induce targeted mutations, it would still take a considerable amount of time to succeed.

“Unknown spiritual plant, third-grade, improved and induced from the second-grade water glow grass spirit seeds, contains a strong vitality. Once matured, the spiritual plant contains a trace of pure ice-attributed spiritual power, which can be used as the main ingredient for elixirs that can enhance spiritual power. It can also assist in the cultivation of certain water-element formula methods.”

“Finally, it has become a third-grade plant!”

Lu Xuan was overjoyed.

Learning from the past, when he advanced to the foundation establishment stage and the cultivation rewards greatly decreased from the spirit firefly grass light cluster, he took the initiative to prepare ahead of time. He started inducing changes in the second-grade water glow grass quite a while back, and after numerous experiments, he finally succeeded in improving it.

“Containing a trace of pure ice-attributed spiritual power, let’s call you ‘Ice Firefly Grass,'”

He spoke softly.