Chapter 192 - White Jade Sky-supporting Ape

  In the courtyard of the mountain.

  Lu Xuan took out three jade slips, put one of them against his forehead, and slowly let his spiritual consciousness seep into it.

  Soon, a surging stream of information rushed into his mind, filling up his sea of ​​consciousness and almost exploding.

  He was like a sponge, madly absorbing the cultivation knowledge that poured into his sea of ​​consciousness and digesting it continuously.

  After nearly half an hour, Lu Xuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, and his expression was much more relaxed.

  In the sea of ​​consciousness, the cultivation methods, tricks, routes, and the use of intermediate five-element spells of the "Big Five Elements Kung Fu" were deeply engraved. With a thought, the corresponding knowledge could be summoned out and carefully experienced and comprehended.

  "It is worthy of being an advanced version of the "Small Five Elements Kung Fu". The difficulty of cultivation is several times higher. Of course, the effect is also much improved."

  Lu Xuan sighed, and followed the same method to absorb the sword tactics and light body skills in the other two jade slips.

  After the knowledge in the jade slips was absorbed, it automatically shattered and turned into powder and fell to the ground, so there was no need to worry about it being easily spread out.

  "After being promoted to the foundation-building realm, farming is still the most important thing. However, in my spare time, I can still practice the sword techniques."

  He sighed secretly.

  Other cultivators focus on cultivation, followed by fighting, exploring opportunities, refining pills, refining equipment, and spiritual plants. Lu Xuan is just the opposite. In front of cultivating spiritual plants, others are just chickens and dogs, fragile.

  After learning a little about the three techniques, he came to the spiritual field.

  He crossed the mountains and observed the growth of many spiritual plants in various parts of the mountain.

  All the spiritual plants are growing well. Some have entered the mature stage one after another, some have branches and leaves, and are growing vigorously, and some have taken root and sprouted, or are in the gestation stage. Each stage is full of vitality, which makes Lu Xuan, a spiritual plant master, feel extremely satisfied.

  "A batch of spiritual firefly grass has also matured."

  He checked the remaining ordinary spiritual firefly grass, and after carefully confirming each one, he got 32 perfectly mature spiritual firefly grasses.

  Due to the influence of the recent transplantation, the average quality of the newly matured Firefly Grass has slightly dropped. Among the thirty-two plants, only four are of perfect quality, and the others are of good or superior quality.

  On the ground, at the location where they were picked, thirty-two white light balls flickered slightly, attracting Lu Xuan's attention.

  He raised the corners of his mouth and gently picked up the nearest one.

  The light ball turned into countless light points and poured into his body. Then, a thought flashed through his mind.

  [Harvest one Firefly Grass and gain two months of cultivation.]

  "Hmm?"

  Just as Lu Xuan wanted to continue to pick up the second light ball, suddenly, a thought appeared in his mind and attracted his attention.

  "Two months of cultivation? How could this happen?"

  A trace of panic flashed in his eyes. In his impression, the white light ball just now came from a good quality Firefly Grass. According to the past, he would get a six-month cultivation reward, but this time, he only got two months of cultivation.

  Lu Xuan adjusted his breathing and continued to pick up the second light ball.

  It was not until the fifth light ball that the cultivation reward appeared. It came from a high-quality spiritual firefly grass. It should have given him nine months of cultivation, but after absorbing the light ball, he only gained three months of cultivation.

  "Compared with the past, the cultivation reward brought by the light ball is two-thirds less. What is the reason?"

  "The picking time and the quality of the spiritual plants are no different from before. On the contrary, the spiritual energy and spiritual soil on the mountain are better than the previous cave. The only change is that I have been promoted to the foundation-building realm."

  "Could it be that the gap in grades is too large, resulting in a reduction in cultivation rewards?"

  Lu Xuan suddenly had an idea and thought of some games in his previous life. When the controlled character killed monsters, if the level difference was too large, the experience gained would be reduced or even zero.

  "Spirit Firefly Grass is a spiritual plant without grade, and the foundation-building cultivation corresponds to a third- or fourth-grade spiritual plant. There is indeed a huge gap."

  The more Lu Xuan thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was the greatest. He also thought of another situation.   

  "Harvesting low-grade spiritual plants will reduce the rewards, so will harvesting high-grade spiritual plants across levels get more generous rewards?"

  When he was in the Qi training stage, he harvested two third-grade spiritual plants, Jiao Teng and Huanyan Luoguo, and obtained the top-grade body training technique "Taixu Hualong Pian" and the fourth-grade formation Qianhuan Yunyan Formation respectively.

  "In the past, I occasionally got higher-grade rewards, but they were mainly talismans or materials, which were less important than techniques and formations. Therefore, cross-level cultivation of spiritual plants does have extra rewards."

  Lu Xuan analyzed.

  "Fortunately, I prepared for a rainy day and had already made preparations. I experimented in advance to improve the variety of Lingying grass."

  Lu Xuan calmed down and looked at the remaining Lingying grass and decided to make some adjustments.

  He had no intention of picking the remaining 134 ordinary Lingying grasses, but planned to condense them all into spiritual seeds, and then use a large number of spiritual seeds to induce mutated spiritual plants.

  In addition to the 26 ice and fire Lingying grasses that had been successfully induced, and the 50 plants that were in the stimulation stage, with a large amount of resources pouring in, he firmly believed that he would soon succeed in the improvement.

  "During the improvement process, my biggest advantage is that I can induce spirit seeds in a cycle. I don't need to cultivate for a period of time before discovering abnormalities. I can know the information directly after planting the spirit seeds, which greatly shortens the induction process."

  "In addition, for mutated spirit plants, I can make the most accurate adjustments and choices based on its immediate state, which can also save a lot of time."

  Lu Xuan thought confidently.

  "After being scared for a while, let's have a roasted fish to calm down."

  He came to the edge of the lake, and a red light silently penetrated the lake. After two or three breaths, a fat spirit fish jumped out of the water with a red thread needle.

  The spirit fish fell to the ground, flapping its tail fiercely, trying to return to the lake.

  Lu Xuan casually pulled out a gray straw rope from the straw puppet next to him, tied the spirit fish, and carried it back to the courtyard.

  Under the slow fire roasting, the spirit fish made a sizzling sound, and the fragrance spread, attracting the young wind falcon hatching the fire dragon egg and the cloud-stepping lynx in the forest.

  Lu Xuan turned it over and sprinkled boiled monster oil, spices, and seasonings on it, making the aroma even stronger. The belly of the young Feng Falcon shrunk and swelled nervously. The Cloud-Stepping Lynx pretended to be indifferent and walked around beside it, but its green eyes never left the grilled fish.

  "Come on, freshly baked fish."

  Several silver-white fragments flew out and cut the grilled fish into more than ten portions. Lu Xuan threw one portion to the second child and grabbed a large portion for himself, devouring it.

  "Cheer!"

  A familiar cry came, and a white phoenix appeared in the courtyard.

  Lu Xuan looked at the majestic and elegant Xuantian Bailuan, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

  "I haven't told you since I moved, but you came to my door by yourself, you greedy ghost."

  "Oh, you brought a little friend with you?"

  Lu Xuan was surprised. A small and exquisite monkey slowly walked out and followed the phoenix closely, glancing at Lu Xuan and the fragrant grilled fish in front of him from time to time.

  "Come, try some new dishes."

  Lu Xuan tore off two pieces of fish meat and threw them to the phoenix and the little monkey respectively.

  His mind was focused on the monkey, and a thought flashed through his mind.

  [White Jade Sky-Qing Ape, a third-grade demon beast, the guardian beast of the Tianjian Sect. It contains the blood of the ancient beast Sky-Qing Ape, and has the potential to grow into a seventh-grade demon beast. ]

  [It is fierce and aggressive by nature, violent and irritable, and its strength is greatly improved after entering the frenzy state. ]

  [I want this day to no longer cover my eyes. ]

  (End of this chapter)