Chapter 374 - I am here to assist you

  In the next few days, Lu Xuan stayed in the cave. In addition to the usual cultivation of spiritual plants and spiritual beasts, the rest of the time was mainly used to study the mutated dragon-patterned wood.

  By feeding it with different spiritual energy, monster blood and flesh, and other small experiments to observe and summarize the characteristics of the mutated dragon-patterned wood, he could have a more thorough understanding of it.

  When he felt that the time was about right, he came to the cave where Ge Pu was.

  "Brother Ge, I have carefully observed this strange spiritual plant these days, and finally found some clues."

  "I read some spiritual plant books and found out that its predecessor was a third-grade dragon-patterned wood based on the characteristics of this spiritual plant."

  On the black and white mountain, a pair of huge Kun fish intersected with their necks and tails, yin and yang combined, and swam freely.

  Lu Xuan asked Ge Pu, who had black and white pupils.

  "I have heard of dragon-patterned wood, but it seems that it should be very different from the spiritual plant in front of me, right?"

  Ge Pu looked at the mutated dragon-patterned wood that became obedient after being trained by Lu Xuan several times, and his face was puzzled.

  "Brother, look here."

  Lu Xuan used force on his fingers and turned the spiritual plant a few times like tightening a screw.

  "These lines can be vaguely seen as a dragon, but due to the mutations from generation to generation, compared with ordinary dragon wood, they have become much thinner, and the shape has also changed a lot."

  He straightened the mutated dragon wood and pointed to the faint lines on the trunk and leaves, saying.

  "So, all the spiritual plants in that blessed land are mutated? What on earth can affect the spiritual plants in the entire blessed land?"

  "Maybe it is related to some kind of flesh and blood aura, I don't know the details."

  Lu Xuan said carefully.

  "Flesh and blood aura...maybe it can be used as a reference for fellow disciples in the blessed land."

  Ge Pu pondered.

  "Thank you for your hard work this time, Junior Brother Lu. You can learn so much information in less than ten days. I really admire you."

  He bowed to Lu Xuan.

  "It is my honor to be able to give a little help to the elders of the blessed land and fellow disciples."

  Lu Xuan concealed the purpose of the mutated dragon wood. He might be able to find some evidence of its origin and the cause of the mutation, and he could also know the purpose of the spiritual plant, which would be difficult to explain to others.

  He returned the mutated dragon wood to Ge Pu and left.

  Back to his cave, several days passed in a blink of an eye.

  Lu Xuan stood under a vine and reached out to gently touch a white ball of light hanging on the vine.

  [Harvested a third-grade sword-raising gourd and obtained a fourth-grade Roaring Sea Sword Talisman. ]

  The thought flashed through his mind, and a talisman that was neither gold nor jade appeared in his palm, and the infinite sword intent inside surged like waves.

  "Another fourth-grade sword talisman."

  He sighed. In the past few days, three sword-raising gourds on the gourd vines have fully matured, and three fourth-grade sword talismans have been harvested.

  Among them, a meteorite sword talisman, a dragon elephant sword talisman, and a Roaring Sea sword talisman.

  At this point, there were still seven green gourds left on the three vines, and they were not far from maturity.

  Lu Xuan had ten fourth-grade sword talismans in his hand. He estimated that if he used them all at the same time, it might be difficult to resist them even in the early stages of Dan formation.

  After receiving three light balls as rewards, he continued to inspect the spiritual fields, investigating the detailed status of the spiritual plants and satisfying the spiritual needs of each plant.

  On this day, when he was cultivating spiritual plants in the cave, suddenly, his spiritual consciousness sensed that there was a talisman at the foot of the mountain, buzzing and trembling outside the formation.   

  He opened the Flowing Light Talisman Array and pulled the talisman over. Ge Pu's voice came from inside.

  "Junior Brother Lu, please come to my cave. I have something to talk to you about."

  A moment later, Lu Xuan came to Ge Pu's black and white mountain again.

  There were several familiar people coming over, including Liu Su, who was also good at spiritual plants and had explored the Langyue blessed land with him, Zhong Hao, who raised a pair of Yin-chi beasts, and several foundation-building spiritual plant masters who had exchanged experiences in cultivating spiritual plants.

  Seeing Lu Xuan coming, Ge Pu nodded slightly. After two more inner disciples flew over, his black and white pupils swept over everyone.

  "I invited you all here this time because I have something to ask for."

  "When the sect's Jindan Zhenren opened up a blessed land, he found a large number of strange spiritual plants and brought some back to the sect."

  "Everyone present is a famous spiritual plant master in the sect. They all have unique skills in cultivating spiritual plants and spiritual beasts, so I want you to join forces to find out the peculiarities of those spiritual plants and experiment to explore their possible uses."

  After Ge Pu finished speaking, he waved his hand, and more than ten kinds of strange spiritual plants suddenly appeared on the ground.

  There were spiritual plants that were burning with blazing flames, spiritual plants that had thick frost on the ground wherever they passed, and spiritual plants that kept spraying venom at everyone...

  Each spiritual plant was similar to the mutated dragon-patterned wood and had extremely strong aggressiveness.

  Ge Pu's eyes flashed with black and white light, and the movements of all the spiritual plants suddenly slowed down or even stopped.

  "These spiritual plants are now in your hands. I hope to hear good results from you soon. If we find the weak points of these spiritual plants soon, we may be able to speed up the exploration progress of our fellow disciples in the blessed land. If we can find their uses, we can also create a lot of value for the sect."

  Ge Pu gave his instructions and flashed into the black and white mountain, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment and a bunch of spiritual plants of different shapes.

  "Fellow disciples, let's start studying these strange spiritual plants."

  A middle-aged cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building said.

  "Brother Zhong, you have the highest cultivation level, so you will arrange the specific tasks and work together."

  Zhong Hao, who was in the late stage of foundation building, shook his head.

  "Studying these spiritual plants is not useful just because you have a high cultivation level, otherwise Brother Ge Pu, as a true disciple, would not have called us here."

  "All the fellow disciples present know each other well. In terms of attainments in spiritual plants, there should be no doubt that Junior Brother Lu Xuan has the highest level. Junior Brother Lu will arrange the arrangements."

  "No, no, no, Brother Zhong, I'm here to assist you."

  Lu Xuan said with a smile.

  "Brother Zhong's cultivation is the most convincing, and his level of raising spirit beasts is well known. These spirit plants look no different from demon beasts. I believe Brother Zhong will be like a fish in water and can easily explore and understand their strangeness."

  "Okay, let's arrange it this way first. I also ask all the junior brothers and sisters to work together to crack the mystery of these strange spirit plants."

  Zhong Hao nodded, gave a simple explanation, and then distributed the spirit plants to Lu Xuan and others. What

  Lu Xuan got was a spirit plant that was on fire.

  The trunk was red, and a scorching heat could be felt from a distance, as if it was composed of many pieces of charcoal that had been burned not long ago.

  The branches and leaves were dense, like a canopy covering the tree. Countless sparks flashed on the edges of the pale red leaves, and the flames inside the branches and leaves were like fire snakes, winding and circling.

  When Lu Xuan approached, the fire snakes attacked like lightning, and the sparks on the leaves instantly became dense, condensed into different flames, and attacked Lu Xuan from all directions.

  "The Fiery Fruit is not worthy of its name in front of this spiritual plant."

  Lu Xuan sighed, and with a thought, the flames gathered around him and condensed into a dark red fireball.

  　I am guilty... Today is the birthday of a close relative, and he invited me to celebrate. I couldn't refuse, so I didn't come back until eleven o'clock... Sorry, sorry...

  (End of this chapter)