I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

"Fengdu Ghost City…"

Lu Xuan murmured to himself.

He was not particularly interested in the seventh layer of the Abyss Star Cave mentioned by the White Bone Ghost Cultivator, as it would only be asking for trouble with his current strength to explore that place.

His main purpose in coming here was to find a suitable Cave Abode and transplant those Weird Spiritual Plants from the Cave Mansion Spirit Field.

While reducing the pressure on the Spirit Field of the Thunderfire Star Cave Abode, it would also provide a better growing environment for them.

As for how to balance the Spiritual Plants between the two Cave Abodes at that time, Lu Xuan had his considerations.

However, he was quite interested in the Ghost Market mentioned by the White Bone Ghost Cultivator.

According to his understanding, Evil Dao Cultivators with a habit of cultivating Spiritual Plants were extremely rare, and it was possible that he could find high-rank Weird Spiritual Seeds in the Ghost Market.

Additionally, the Ghost Market was the best place to sell the Weird Spirit Fruits and Spiritual Medicines in his Storage bag—he definitely needed to take a trip there.

"You have been in the first layer of the Abyss Star Cave for many years, you must be very familiar with it,"

"Tell me honestly, is this place suitable for establishing a Cave Abode compared to other areas?"

Lu Xuan looked at the teetering skull with piercing eyes as he spoke.

"Relatively speaking, of course it's not that suitable. After all, there are too many Left Path Cultivators and Evil Cultivators in the Abyss Star Cave, some of whom are violent and love to kill."

"Murder and treasure robbing in the Star Cave are prohibited but still rampant, and occasionally you can hear of a Foundation Establishment expert or Golden Core Real Person being killed in the Star Cave."

"However, with senior's strength, you should be able to move about the Abyss Star Cave as freely as a fish in water, suppressing everything,"

After speaking, the White Bone, fearing that he might displease Lu Xuan, quickly added another flattering comment.

"You do have a way with words,"
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Lu Xuan said indifferently.

"How do you go to other areas from the first layer?"

"At the very edge of each layer lies the Abyssal Boundary, which holds the passageway to the next layer."

"However, the Abyssal Boundary is fraught with peril, and a single misstep could lead to a fall into the bottomless Yin Abyss. The dense Yin Qi contains a large number of Yin Souls, and in some underdeveloped areas, there are fierce Ghost Creatures, filthy Evil Beings, and so on, not even Golden Core Real People can guarantee safe passage."

"If senior wishes to cross, this junior can lead the way, but I can only go as far as the third layer,"

"For the areas beyond, senior can purchase a special White Bone Palace map from this junior at a low price, which will guide you to other areas."

"There are many recorded passages on it, it's safe and reliable," the White Bone Ghost Cultivator prattled, recommending vehemently to Lu Xuan.

"Give me a map first. I'll take a look at the fourth and fifth layers later,"

Lu Xuan pondered and said.

"Of course, senior!"

The White Bone Ghost Cultivator responded joyfully, his heart leaping with excitement.

A cultivator qualified to go to the fourth and fifth layers was likely to be a Golden Core Real Person. He had not expected to be so lucky this time.

As long as he could satisfy Lu Xuan, even a few trivial items thrown by Lu Xuan would be a great opportunity for White Bone.

With this in mind, he became even more enthusiastic. Amidst the rattling sounds, the set skull strained to maintain a semblance of a smile.

Immediately after, he fished out a ghostly white map from a nondescript Storage bag between his ribs. The map seemed to be made from a type of bone and was marked with many details about the Abyssal Boundary.

"How many Spirit Stones?"

Lu Xuan took the ghostly white map and casually asked.

"Senior, please feel free to use it,"

The White Bone Ghost Cultivator rubbed his elongated phalanges and said somewhat sheepishly.

"Take this middle-grade spirit stone."

Lu Xuan wouldn't just freeload off a Qi-cultivating ghost cultivator. As the words left his mouth, a spirit stone overflowing with spiritual light floated before the white bones.

Although he didn't know how much the map was worth, given that it was mass-produced and sold by a Qi-cultivating ghost cultivator, one middle-grade spirit stone was more than enough.

"Thank you, senior!"

The white bone ghost cultivator knelt with a clattering of his knee bones.

"Lead me to the second and third floors first."

Lu Xuan spoke to the white bones.

The white bone ghost cultivator quickly flew him away from the small town, into a desolate plain filled with dense yin energy, all the way to the boundary of the wasteland.

Beyond the boundary lay boundless yin qi, so thick that even with Lu Xuan's strong spiritual sense, he couldn't see what lay hidden beyond.

"This way, senior."

The white bone cultivator walked cautiously in front, guiding Lu Xuan's direction.

After entering the second and third floors of the Abyssal Star Cave, Lu Xuan looked around for a while but didn't linger.

The yin qi of the second and third floors was indeed thick, but compared to the natural yin environment in his current cave abode, it wasn't significantly different, failing to provide a sufficient cultivating environment for the increasingly high-rank weird spiritual plants.

"Senior, I can only take you this far."

At the entrance of the passage leading to the fourth floor, the white bone ghost cultivator looked at the chilling yin winds ahead and whispered.

"Even with the map of the White Bone Palace that helps avoid the dangerous secret lands and the powerful ghost creatures, my cultivation level is just too low. If I'm not careful and encounter the winds inside, I might disintegrate on the spot and die without a corpse."

"I'm sorry that I can't continue to do even a little favor for you, senior."

His tone was full of apology.

"It's alright, I can enter on my own."

Lu Xuan waved his hand and said.

"This Yin Soul Pearl can nourish and strengthen the soul. It's quite useful for ghost cultivators like you. In addition, here are three middle-grade spirit stones as your compensation for this time."

The white bone ghost cultivator had saved him a lot of trouble, and he was very satisfied, so he was exceptionally generous on this occasion.

The Yin Soul Pearl, a light orb treasure that had emerged many years earlier from the Yin Locust Tree, had been kept in a corner of his storage bag. While only second-grade, it was highly suitable for the white bone ghost cultivator, who was still in the Qi Practicing Stage.

"Thank you so much, senior!"

Ghost Seventeen expressed his gratitude solemnly. Both the middle-grade spirit stones and the Yin Soul Pearl were of great use to him.

The items Lu Xuan offered were worth several times the remuneration he'd received for his earlier guides.

"We shall meet again. Be careful on your way back to the first floor alone."

Lu Xuan spoke gently and stepped into the yin winds.

The white bone ghost cultivator watched his figure disappear, sighing deeply after a long while as his bones detached one by one and silently merged into the dark ground.

"Which location should I choose to establish the cave abode?"

Half a day later, Lu Xuan appeared at the passage to the fifth floor of the Abyssal Boundary, summoning dark lights in his hand, sweeping up the yin souls in the passage.

The dark light was the Soul-Seizing secret technique from the "Soul-Seizing Scripture". Lu Xuan, having studied and practiced it for a long time, naturally found it easy to deal with these yin souls, which were at most at the Foundation Establishment level.

In choosing a location for his cave abode, he needed to consider two factors. First, the yin qi must be thick and pure, ideally with a touch of the weird to satisfy the special needs of some high-rank weird spiritual plants.

Secondly, it was best to be in a secluded place, without too many evil cultivators in the surrounding area, to avoid disrupting his spirit farming.

Although he was fully confident in his current strength, the less trouble he had, the better.

"Putting aside the choice of location, I'll first take a look at the Ghost Market to see if I can get one or two high-grade weird spiritual seeds."

He looked at the densely packed yin souls in the Soul Lantern, thinking to himself.