Chapter 29 - Invitation

  Lu Xuan didn't buy these young brocade chickens in the end.

  Although he felt an inexplicable fate, the two and a half years of maturity period made him give up.

  The main purpose of raising spirit beasts was to obtain white light balls. Two and a half years was enough for him to cultivate a first-grade or even second-grade spirit beast to maturity.

  It was a bit of a waste to use this time to raise these little chickens.

  He left the stall and continued to wander around.

  In the end, he finally got a big harvest.

  On a stall, he found an extremely rare first-grade spirit seed, the Pure Snow Lotus.

  Although the Pure Snow Lotus is of the first grade, it is extremely rare, and the cultivation conditions are recognized as strict among spirit planters.

  The lotus seeds produced after maturity can keep the cultivators clear-minded for a certain period of time and avoid being eroded by evil spirits. It is also the main material of the second-grade pill Yunling Dan. The Yunling Dan refined can slightly improve the spiritual consciousness of Qi training cultivators.

  Lu Xuan bargained and finally bought the white jade spirit seed for the price of seven spirit stones.

  As the same grade, the price of the spirit seed is much more expensive than that of the red cloud pine and the blood jade ginseng, which shows the great value of the pure snow lotus.

  Back in the yard, he put the pure snow lotus spirit seed into the spiritual spring pool, circulated his spiritual power, and used the earth-drawing technique that had reached the mastery level to incorporate the snow-white spirit seed into the spiritual soil without changing the structure of the spiritual spring.

  After successfully planting, Lu Xuan focused his mind on the spirit seed in the shallow layer of the spiritual soil.

  A thought flashed through his mind.

  "The cold ice rain hits the lotus randomly..."

  The reason why the pure snow lotus is difficult to plant successfully is that in addition to requiring an environment similar to the spiritual spring, it also needs the spiritual rain with an icy breath to nourish it, so that it can grow smoothly.

  After performing the spiritual rain technique countless times, Lu Xuan has reached the realm of perfection.

  However, it is still difficult for him to contain an icy breath.

  He learned the basic ice technique when he first started practicing, but because of his average talent, he gradually gave up and mainly used it to practice the spiritual rain technique and fireball technique.

  Later, he obtained the Earth Attraction Technique and the Gengjin Sword Technique from the white light ball, but did not get the Ice Technique Experience Pack.

  He experimented many times, and finally barely released a spiritual rain technique with a hint of ice, pouring on the Pure Snow Lotus Spirit Seed. After

  practicing for a few days, the success rate of releasing the technique increased a little, and the spiritual consciousness sensed that the snow-white spirit seeds in the spiritual spring pool were quietly changing. On

  this day, when Lu Xuan was cultivating spiritual plants, a slightly familiar voice came from outside the courtyard.

  "Daoyou Lu, are you at home?"

  Lu Xuan recalled it in his mind, and then he remembered the owner of the voice.

  After he reached an independent cooperation with Baicaotang, he went there twice, once to sell the remaining spiritual firefly grass, and once to report the growth of spiritual plants to Baicaotang regularly.

  Among them, he met several spiritual plant masters, and the owner of the voice was one of them, named Lei Fei, who was at the third level of Qi training. Because he was not far away, he talked to him a few more words.

  Lu Xuan opened the courtyard door and went out.

  At a glance, he saw Lei Fei and a cultivator with a gloomy temperament behind him.

  "Hello, Daoist Lu. This is Li Qing, my long-time friend."

  "This is Daoist Lu Xuan, who has a great talent for cultivating spiritual plants. He has reached a cooperative relationship with Baicaotang at a young age."

  Lei Fei introduced the two to each other.

  Lu Xuan greeted them and led them into the house.

  "Daoist Lu Xuan, I came here to find you for something. Li Qing and I plan to invite you to enter the Nanli Secret Realm to look for spiritual medicine."

  After the three of them exchanged a few pleasantries, Lei Fei got straight to the point and said to Lu Xuan.

  "Entering the secret realm? With the three of us at the third level of Qi training, isn't it very dangerous?"   

  Lu Xuan asked directly.

  Secret realms are either naturally formed or left over from ancient times. They usually have all kinds of treasures, spiritual medicines, exercises, instruments, etc., but they are often accompanied by huge risks, mysterious and strange evil spirits, powerful and terrifying monsters, etc.

  Most spiritual plants and animals need to grow in pure or special spiritual environments, and they are rarely seen in the wild.

  And those secret realms left over from ancient times, every time they are opened, many rare treasures will appear, which makes many cultivators never tired of it, and they rush into various secret realms like moths to a flame, in order to find a chance.

  For example, the newly discovered secret realm attracted many forces of all sizes in Linyangfang City, as well as thousands of casual cultivators, just to seek a glimmer of so-called illusory opportunity.

  The big sects in the cultivation world generally occupy the blessed land of the cave alone, and even derive small worlds, so they don't have to fight to the death for a little cultivation resources like ordinary cultivators.

  Seeing that Lu Xuan was worried about safety, Lei Fei explained.

  "The Nanli Secret Realm has been developed for hundreds of years, and the evil beasts inside have been almost cleared out, so it is very rare to encounter them."

  "Besides, we only plan to go to the outer edge of the secret realm and will not explore it in depth. Although we cannot guarantee absolute safety, there will basically be no problems."

  "Although both of you and I are spiritual plant masters, we cannot be content with mediocrity. We should strive for more."

  He persuaded Lu Xuan.

  Lu Xuan pondered for a moment and continued to ask.

  "Then this time when we go to the secret realm, we will waste a lot of time on the road and in the secret realm, right? Wouldn't that delay the cultivation of spiritual plants?"

  "There are flying boats on the road, and it only takes one or two days to go back and forth. It may take longer in the secret realm. After all, it is not certain that you can pick spiritual medicine."

  "As for delaying the growth of spiritual plants, how much impact can it have in such a short time? Just continue to plant after returning."

  Lu Xuan remained silent, but secretly sneered in his heart.

  "It won't have much impact on your spiritual plants, but it may not be the case for mine."

  "After a few days out, the spiritual plants will seem to grow normally, but it's probably hard to get good or even superior quality spiritual plants."

  "I'm still thinking about growing a perfect spiritual plant to see what kind of light ball reward there will be!"

  Lei Fei answered truthfully.

  "I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Lei, I've always focused on cultivating spiritual plants. I'm not good at fighting, and I don't have any magic tools or talismans. Now my cultivation level of the third level of Qi training is also accumulated by pills."

  "So, for the sake of safety, I won't explore the Nanli secret realm with you two fellow Daoists."

  Lu Xuan declined.

  "Okay, I respect your choice, Fellow Daoist Lu."

  Lei Fei said angrily after being frustrated.

  The two didn't stay for long and left the courtyard, planning to invite other cultivators.

  "Lu Xuan is too timid. He is only at the third level of Qi training, but he is still worried about danger when he goes to a secret realm that has been developed for hundreds of years."

  "What do you mean by delaying his cultivation of spiritual plants? He is just planting some spiritual fireflies. What can delay him?"

  Lei Fei couldn't help complaining as soon as he went out.

  He originally thought that inviting a cultivator at the third level of Qi training would be a sure thing, but he didn't expect to be rejected by Lu Xuan, which made him angry.

  "Okay, if he doesn't want to go, then don't go. Let's invite others."

  "Although this person is cautious, he is too cautious. With his style of doing things, it will be difficult for him to get opportunities."

  "In this life, he can only be an ordinary spiritual plant master who is at the mercy of others."

  Li Qing looked back at the courtyard where Lu Xuan lived, with a hint of contempt in his tone.

  (End of this chapter)