I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

The seedling was what he obtained from betting on stones in the Happy Star Cave, a Seventh Grade from the Eightfold Palace.

At this moment, the outer area of the seedling was blooming with a phantom Spirit Flower, its petals encircling each other as if forming a small microcosm.

Inside, strange winds surged, gentle breezes brushed by, and fierce winds swept through, the different patterns of strange winds sometimes merging, sometimes separating, lingering in that small world.

Lu Xuan looked at the phantom Spirit Flower being stirred by these strange winds, his face showing puzzlement while his mind focused on the young seedling.

[Eightfold Palace, Seventh Grade Spirit Plant, nurtured by the Origin Qi of Cave Heaven.]

[It has now grown to the First Layer, Xun Feng Palace, needing treasures of Strange Wind and Spirit Wind to nourish it, to promote the growth of the Spirit Plant, allowing the Spirit Flower to turn from illusion to reality.]

"Has this Seventh Grade Spirit Plant entered the first stage?"

Lu Xuan understood in his heart.

"Xun Feng Palace, the first layer of the Eightfold Palace, requires nourishment from Spirit Wind and Strange Wind treasures."

"I wonder what Light Cluster rewards the maturity of the first layer will bring."

He thought to himself.

In his view, like the E-Mu Green Thunder Vine, a same Seventh Grade year-classified Spirit Plant, the harvested Light Clusters had a progressive relationship; the further it went, the more substantial the rewards.

The Light Clusters of this Eightfold Palace likely followed an equal relationship; each layer of the Spirit Flower blooming might not differ much in the treasures rewarded.

Of course, this was just a guess he made based on the characteristics of the Spirit Plant, and the specifics had to be verified after the Spirit Plant had matured.

"For a Seventh Grade Spirit Plant, ordinary Spirit Wind and Strange Wind treasures probably won't sustain it for long. It's best to get a high-rank treasure item no lower than Fifth Rank."

Treasures of Fourth Rank and below had limited promotional effects for treasures in the realm of Nascent Soul, likely only having a slight impact initially.

Lu Xuan, now financially affluent and supported by the powerful backing of the Sea Tower Chamber of Commerce, did not worry about obtaining Fifth Rank wind-related treasure items.

He performed the Spirit Rain Technique and Wood Birth Technique to moisten the Eightfold Palace seedling, then continued to inspect various Spirit Fields around, examining the detailed status of each Spirit Plant.

The more than twenty Ice Glow Grasses left earlier had successfully condensed seeds, and Lu Xuan extracted over a hundred pale blue Spirit Seeds, chilling to the touch, from the slender leaves and stored them in his Storage Bag.

With a little more processing, the Spirit Seeds could be planted into the Spirit Soil, beginning a new cycle of cultivation.

He could now steadily obtain plenty of Ice Glow Grass Spirit Seeds, no longer having to endure the daunting times of cultivating for two or three years to harvest a few Cultivation Level Light Clusters.

As long as the Ice Glow Grass matured, he could harvest at least a dozen to twenty Light Clusters with Cultivation Level rewards, his strength entering a phase of rapid enhancement.

Of course, the further he advanced on the path of Cultivation Levels, the more challenging it became. Along with his mediocre talents, the White Light Clusters could only make his strength improve a little faster than that of a Major Sect Disciple.

In the mountain cliff areas, Lu Xuan had also specifically relocated the Sword Nurturing Gourds implanted there to the Sword Grass Spirit Field Area.

There, with the Dongxuan Sword Stele, a superior Sword Dao Treasure Item present, it invisibly affected the surrounding area, turning it into a small Sword Intent secret land, greatly beneficial to both Sword Grass and Sword Gourds.

"After planting near the Dongxuan Sword Stele for several generations, perhaps both Thunderous Sword Grass and Sword Gourds could undergo mutations, improving in variety,"

Lu Xuan, sensing the countless fine Sword Qi roaming around the numerous Sword Grass and Sword Gourds, could not help but think.

He was very pleased with both Spirit Plants, whether in themselves or the Light Cluster rewards they provided, and naturally, he was looking forward to that day's arrival.

In the Spirit Field, the preliminarily improved Four-Grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus and "Five-Element Fruit" had both entered the growth stage, showing better vitality and vigor than ordinary plants of the same type.

After inspecting and nurturing all the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field, Lu Xuan finally, feeling a bit fatigued, returned to the courtyard.

As more and more high-rank Spirit Plants emerged, he could not recall how many times he had released the Spirit Rain Technique.

Although it was troublesome, the effort was worth it in order to enhance the quality of the Spiritual Plants as much as possible and obtain more generous Light Cluster rewards.

In the following period, Lu Xuan still stayed peacefully in his cave abode, occasionally going out to the Star Plucking Building to fulfill his duties as a Commerce Association Guest Elder and incidentally replenishing some basic cultivation resources.

The visit from Si Tuyuan was just a minor episode, and no other "Cultivators" came to sell high-grade Spirit Seeds afterwards.

Lu Xuan wasn't disappointed by this, having obtained a Sixth Grade Ghost Tumor Demon Wood, he was already more than satisfied and dared not ask for more.

The commotion in the Thunder Jetty Cave Secret Realm had nothing to do with him; he stayed in his cave abode, leading a simple yet fulfilling farming life.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, as Lu Xuan was inspecting the Spirit Field, he suddenly sensed intense spiritual energy fluctuations coming from a secluded corner of the cave abode.

"That area is planted with Enchanted Immortal Peaches, and the Demonic Vine has always been there. How did it stir up such a big commotion?"

He swept his Spiritual Sense over it and immediately showed pleasure on his face.

"This Demonic Vine... seems like it's about to break through its own rank?"

Lu Xuan's figure flashed, and he arrived outside the Bewitching Fairy Peach Grove.

Amidst the Pink Miasma, the body of the Demonic Vine was swelling continuously, and thick green-gray vines surged out rapidly, flailing wildly like tentacles.

A few breaths later, it formed a huge vine jungle.

The countless vines greedily absorbed the pure and rich spiritual energy inside the cave abode, instantly forming a spiritual energy whirlpool around it, continuously drawing in the spiritual energy as well as the vitality of plants and trees.

Myriad tentacles continued to contract, forming a large gray-green sphere.

The sphere became increasingly dense and solid, gathering a rich essence of plant spiritual energy within.

As time passed, only to hear a loud boom.

The gray-green vines exploded into the sky, frantically dancing in the air, covering the sky and blocking the sun.

Shortly thereafter, they quickly retracted, merging with each other until only a giant dragon-like gray-green vine remained on the open ground.

Lu Xuan's mind focused on the significantly changed body of the Demonic Vine, and suddenly a thought emerged in his mind.

[Demonic Vine, Sixth Grade Monster Variant Spirit Plant, evolved from generation to generation from Strange Ghost Vine, feeds on Spirit Plants and Spiritual Seeds, possessing an extremely sharp ability to detect Spiritual Seeds.]

[Master of various Wood-Related Techniques, possesses a strong proliferating ability, can divide into thousands, and its vitality is undying.]

"To think it has broken through to a Sixth Grade Monster Variant Spirit Plant!"

Lu Xuan showed a look of astonishment.

This Demonic Vine was something he had gotten by chance during an exploration in a Blessed Land of the Sky Sword Sect decades ago, accompanying him for many years, helping him find numerous high-grade Spirit Seeds, achieving significant merits.

Due to its half-monster, half-plant nature, its growth rate was much slower than other Five-Quality Spirit Plants.

In the cave abode, numerous mature Spiritual Plants abounded, the most prime parts of which Lu Xuan took, while the remaining parts of the Spiritual Plants, though not as essential as the essence of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Flowers, also possessed rich vitality, serving as excellent nourishment for the Demonic Vine.

Combined with his frequent feeding of rare Spirit Fruits and a variety of Spirit Brews, and the fact that the Demonic Vine itself was a strange species, it had managed to break through to the Sixth Grade on this day.

"Not bad, not bad at all."

Lu Xuan took out a Thunderstorm Lotus Seed and threw it onto the huge gray-green vine.

With the improved rank of the Demonic Vine, its ability to search for Spiritual Seeds would naturally be greatly enhanced; it deserved a good reward first.