You Cultivate, I Farm

After a moment, Wenwan, the female cultivator, finished her report and revealed a satisfied expression.

"These past days have been hard on you, Lu Xuan. Not only have you tended to those mutated Incineration Woods remarkably well, but you've also conducted various tests, distinguishing different stages of growth among the Incineration Woods."

"According to your records, those improved or positively changed Incineration Woods have shown clear distinctions from other plants."

"As for the slower-growing mutated Incineration Woods, we can conclude that the modifications failed. They're not as valuable as regular ones. It's better to abandon them, saving some cultivation efforts."

"Indeed, your observations are astute, nephew."

Wenwan's lips curled slightly at Lu Xuan's diligence, her eyes gleaming.

"You've tended to the earlier stages quite well and presented me with that straightforward report. How about this, what type of reward do you wish for?"

"Of course, it would be a method to improve species."

Lu Xuan thought to himself that if he could enhance plant species, methods for refining these species naturally fell within that scope.

However, he only speculated. Having taken on the task for less than half a month, his contributions were limited. He had only cared for and nurtured those Incineration Woods, along with a few comparative experiments. He had no qualifications to ask Wenwan for such a request.

"Uncle He, I'm usually only interested in spirit plants, so I hope you could grant me a couple of spirit seeds."

"I don't have any specific demands regarding the grade of these seeds. If they happen to be rare types, that would be even better."

Lu Xuan inquired, knowing that lower-grade spirit seeds could be purchased with spirit stones at the Agricultural Hall or exchanged with sword seals. He hoped to obtain plant species that the Agricultural Hall didn't possess from Wenwan.

"Spirit seeds? Rare types?"

Wenwan mused with her head down, taking out a peculiar spirit seed from her storage pouch.

The seed was about half a foot long, black in color, emitting a faintly enchanting purple light within. It was thick in the middle and thin at both ends, resembling a shuttle.

"This is a spirit seed I accidentally found deep in the Red Miasma Valley. The specific species is unknown, but judging by the vitality within, it's a highly toxic plant."

"I haven't cultivated a similar plant before, so I kept it in my pouch. Today, I'm entrusting it to you, Lu Xuan, hoping you can nurture it well."

Wenwan smiled as she handed the black shuttle-shaped spirit seed to Lu Xuan.

Typically, for the care of Incineration Woods, she'd reward Qi-refining disciples with some spirit stones or fruits she cultivated herself. It was completely unexpected to reward one of her cherished spirit seeds.

But Lu Xuan had exceeded her expectations. In just a short time, he had distinguished various states of mutated Incineration Woods and his method of recording comparisons had broadened her perspectives. She understood clearly that when improving plant species, such approaches could save a lot of time and effort.

"Thank you, Uncle He."

Lu Xuan received the black shuttle-shaped spirit seed with delight.

A spirit seed kept by a Foundation Establishment cultivator naturally wouldn't be inferior.

As for rarity? Once he planted it, the growth of the spirit plant would be transparent, leaving nothing to hide.

He bid farewell to Wenwan and departed. He still needed to cultivate for some time, waiting until the third-grade Incineration Woods or the variant ones were completely distinguished, as instructed by Wenwan.

Summoning a spirit crane, he had it carry him back to his cave dwelling.

Feeding the spirit crane a spirit fruit, the bird chirped crisply, reluctantly bidding him goodbye.

Entering the courtyard, he was greeted by the round body of the wind falcon chick.

"In less than a day, you've gained eight liang in weight. How did you manage that?"

Being a Qi-refining perfection stage cultivator, Lu Xuan keenly noticed the change in the chick's weight as soon as it approached. He seized its light green wing feathers and displayed its round belly in front of him.

"I haven't noticed anything unusual..."

Lu Xuan poked and prodded but didn't detect any abnormal lateral growth on the wind falcon.

Releasing the bird's wing, it lightly flapped around him, showcasing its round belly, indicating for Lu Xuan to investigate further.

"Roll."

Lu Xuan exerted a bit of force, punching the round creature away.

"Ah~"

The Cloud-Stepping Lynx lay not far, gazing indifferently with its emerald eyes, emitting a hint of amusement in its low growl.

Lu Xuan walked over, tugging at the two tufts of silly hair on the lynx's ear tips, and arrived at the Spirit Field.

Finding an empty space within the field, he manipulated the spiritual soil, creating slight alterations. A slender crack emerged, perfectly accommodating the black shuttle-shaped spirit seed. Lu Xuan then controlled the soil to wrap around the seed appropriately.

Concentrating on the seed, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Venomous Shuttlewood, a third-grade spirit plant. Every part of the plant contains potent toxicity, posing a significant threat to Foundation Establishment cultivators. The fruit harbors the strongest poison, followed by the leaves, flower buds, and branches."

"Once mature, the spirit fruits can be used to assist in practicing certain poison-based techniques or refining specific poison pills. They can also be used to nurture poison beasts and insects, while the other parts of the plant can be used in poison refinement."

"The Venomous Shuttlewood automatically absorbs impure spiritual energy in its vicinity, purifying the spiritual environment. Various toxins can promote the plant's growth. The stronger the toxicity, the higher the quality of the resulting spirit fruits."

"I'm so toxic, I'm so toxic, I'm so toxically toxic."

...

Lu Xuan remained silent about the final line regarding the immediate state of the plant.

"A third-grade spirit plant primarily centered around toxicity is indeed quite rare."

"To receive a Venomous Shuttlewood spirit seed as a reward for cultivating Incineration Woods for a brief period is quite an unexpected pleasure."

Lu Xuan was satisfied. After some hesitation, he used the Earth Attraction technique to dig out the black shuttle-shaped spirit seed once more.

The sect's internal spiritual energy was pure and rich. Not only any ominous aura, even impure spiritual energy was extremely rare, unsuitable for the growth of Venomous Shuttlewood.

He planned to plant it in the courtyard of Sword Gate Town. Though the spiritual energy in Sword Gate Town was inferior to that in Linyang Fang Market, it was still vastly different from the sect. Additionally, the courtyard housed plants like Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood and Ghost-Faced Stone Mushroom, making it more suitable for the Venomous Shuttlewood's growth.

Lu Xuan stored the spirit seed and wandered through the Spirit Field, checking the growth status of each spirit plant. According to their subtle needs, he continuously employed various techniques, creating conditions to meet each plant's requirements.

In the area where the Firefly Grass grew, a large batch had reached full maturity. Lu Xuan inspected each one, finally picking forty-one mature Firefly Grass.

Among them, eleven were of good quality, twenty-four were of superior quality, and the remaining six were of perfect quality.

"It seems like the probability of perfect quality spirit plants appearing without a grade is high. I wasn't particularly meticulous during planting in Linyang Fang Market; I merely changed to a better spiritual environment. Yet, the likelihood of perfect quality plants increased."

"If only third or fourth-grade spirit plants in the Spirit Field were the same."

Lu Xuan sighed while lightly touching the scattered white light spheres around.

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