Chapter 65: Chapter 64: No Hope, Waiting for Death_l
Translator: 549690339
Upon returning to the main hall of ‘Bai Cao Tang’, Lu Xuan approached Manager He.
“Old He, I have harvested all one hundred Spirit Firefly Grass Seeds that I previously planted. Could you please go and get me some more?”
“This time it will be one hundred and twenty.”
Lu Xuan continued after a slight pause.
Although the Spirit Firefly Grass is rankless and less valuable than other spirit plants in the field, and the white light reward it yields is also significantly smaller, he has no choice. So far, it is the only plant that gives a cultivation level reward.
Therefore, not only does Lu Xuan need to continue planting it, but he also needs to slightly increase its yield.
However, due to the limited space in the Spirit Field and his meticulous cultivation requiring more spiritual power, he cannot freely plant as many as he would like. One hundred and twenty is the maximum number he can cultivate after breaking through his level.
The thin old man nodded, went into the hall, and brought back one hundred and twenty thin and dried-up spiritual seeds to give to Lu Xuan.
As always, at a cooperative price, two to three percent cheaper than the normal purchase price. The one hundred and twenty Spirit Firefly Grass Seeds cost Lu Xuan thirty-six spirit stones.
“Old He, there is something that I want to request,”
After handing over the spirit stones, Lu Xuan said with a warm smile.
“Looking at your wide-eyed innocent face, I can tell you’re up to no good. Out with it.”
Manager He had already grown accustomed to Lu Xuan’s schemes, so he sighed and replied.
“Just now, many Spirit Plant Masters of ‘Bai Cao Tang’ gathered together. Pill Master He Zongguang warned us to be careful of our spirit plants being infected by the Parasitic Strange Worm. He even brought out two infested spirit plants.”
“As one of the decision-makers of ‘Bai Cao Tang’, could you give those two infected spirit plants to me?”
“What do you want with those? They’re not exactly playthings!”
The slender old man looked serious.
“I have an immature idea and I want to take them back to experiment with. I want to see if I can find out the reason for the infection, as well as the solution.”
“Have you lost your mind?! Bringing two diseased spirit plants into your own Spirit Field – aren’t you afraid that the other plants in there could become contaminated?”
Manager He’s face changed and he scolded Lu Xuan.
“Rest assured, Old He. Since I want to take them home, I naturally have a certain level of confidence. At least I will not allow the possibility of my own plants being infected.”
Knowing that the old man cared for him, Lu Xuan replied seriously.
Seeing Lu Xuan in this state, Manager He reluctantly fetched the two infected spirit plants.
“You must be careful not to risk infection in your spirit field. Otherwise, the spirit plants that you’ve painstakingly cultivated at the cost of giving up your own cultivation might be destroyed overnight and everything would be for naught.”
“I will.”
Lu Xuan took the two diseased spirit plants, didn’t put them in his storage bag, but wrapped them in a cloth bag and quickly returned to his own yard.
As he opened the door, a black shadow flashed through the gap. The Cloud Leopard stared intently at the Three-Tailed Red Whisker Carp in the Spiritual Spring Pool. The only movements were its sharp ears with patches of grey hair trembling slightly, sensing Lu Xuan’s moves.
“I’m back!”
Lu Xuan pretended not to notice the figure waiting at the door and called out.
Upon hearing the voice, the Cloud Leopard gracefully turned its head, gave Lu Xuan a glance from its indifferent green eyes, then continued to focus its attention on the Red Whisker Carp in the Spiritual Spring Pool.
Lu Xuan focused on it and felt its inner jubilation. Bemused, he couldn’t help but smile slightly.
In the distance, the Grass Puppet, still imbued with a trace of green vitality from the grass lumps, was vigilantly patrolling the Spirit Field without any sign of fatigue. Its newly woven legs, still very functional, carried its gigantic head with unerring stability.
Lu Xuan found a blank area in a corner of the Spirit Field, some distance away from the other spirit plants. With a mental command, the dense fog outside the courtyard slowly moved in, circling the blank area that he had selected.
Now that he was able to control the immediate state of the spirit plants, he indeed had a significant chance of preventing the plants he cultivated from being contaminated by the diseased spirit plants. However, he needed to stay vigilant.
After confirming that the fog had completely enclosed the blank area, Lu Xuan took out two diseased spirit plants, used the Earth Pulling Technique, and placed them into the cracks in the spirit soil.
Then, he controlled the spirit soil to tightly encase the roots of the two spirit plants.
Once done, his mental force first focused on the Blood Jade Ginseng, which was in the area with greyish-white gravel.
As expected, a thought came into Lu Xuan’s mind.
“Major contamination of turbid spiritual power has resulted in an unknown mutation. A drop of Hundred Year Spirit Milk is needed on the polluted area to bring back its vitality.”
“Hundred Year Spirit Milk?”
Lu Xuan pulled out the sick Blood Jade Ginseng buried in the spirit soil.
“There’s no hope for it; let it die!”
He made a joke, a first-grade Blood Jade Ginseng to be saved with Hundred Year Spirit Milk?
Spirit Milk is rare, let alone one that’s a hundred years old.
Without even thinking, Lu Xuan swiftly weighed the pros and cons. Surrounding the diseased Blood Jade Ginseng with Golden Sword Qi, he sliced it into more than ten small segments. Then, a Fireball Technique descended on the broken Blood Jade Ginseng, reduced to black ash after a few moments.
“It seems that my deduction was sound. By moving a growing spirit plant into the Spirit Field, I can control their immediate status. However, there might be no light clusters as rewards because they were not cultivated by me personally or even if there are, they probably won’t yield anything good.”
“But this itself is an ability that can be further explored. If used well, it can also bring considerable benefits.”
As Lu Xuan secretly mused these thoughts, he focused his mind on another plant with blood-colored leaves.
This spirit plant had very few roots, with the blood-colored leaves occupying a majority of its surface.
A thought flashed through Lu Xuan’s mind.
“Blood Spirit Leaf, a first-grade spirit plant, infested with mutated Black Bud Worm Larva.”
“The mutated bug threads on the leaves need to be purged. The mutated larvae in the leaves must be eradicated. Finally, water them with spirit spring. Only after a while, it will return to normal.”
“This one can still be salvaged.”
Lu Xuan thought, although this Blood Spirit Leaf had a tedious restoration process and the possible benefits were scarce, it served as an experiment to accumulate relevant experience.
He channeled his spiritual power; a filament-thin golden sword aura, as thin as a hair strand, sheared off many black hairs on the leaf’s surface.
Numerous tiny hairs fell to the ground, bouncing slightly, showing signs of their death throes.
After the black hairs were removed, the leaf was still covered with various moldy patches, looking very ugly.
Lu Xuan controlled the golden sword thread to cut off the moldy parts, then carefully probed inside the leaf. Assisted by the instant status, his spiritual sense guided the sword aura to pull out several thin black larvae from inside.
As soon as the larvae emerged, they turned into black lines lunging towards Lu Xuan.
But before they could get close, Lu Xuan cut them into numerous fragments. With a Fireball Technique, they were all reduced to black ash.
Having dealt with the mutated Black Bud Worms, Lu Xuan took out an Evil Banishing Talisman out of caution. The talisman emitted a faint, pure aura washing over the Blood Spirit Leaf, purging any remaining traces of evil spite qi..