I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates-Chapter 540 - 538: Black Star City_1
Chapter 540 -538: Black Star City_1
“It’s a pity there aren’t enough Nascent Soul Grass Orbs at hand, otherwise, I would certainly ripen the other two Dragon Bone Herbs nurtured in the heart of the Pharospring.”
Lu Xuan looked at the two slender grass in the form of a dragon, playfully swimming in the intensely cold spring water, and sighed.
What’s left in the Secret Land is broadly fifth rank, not suitable to be taken out. The singular fourth grade Emperor Date that has an extremely high demand for Spiritual Energy and Spirit Soil and grows under stringent conditions, is left behind by Lu Xuan in the Secret Land.
Upon returning to the cave dwelling, Lu Xuan did not rest, he continued to condense the spiritual seeds for fifty stalks of Water Glow Grass.
Five days later, the condensation of all Water Glow Grass spirit seeds was successful. Lu Xuan managed to collect around 250 thin and long azure spirit seeds.
After touring around the Spirit Field, he hesitated for a moment then decided to bring along four Arrow Vines.
Arrow Vine, a fourth-grade Mutant Spiritual Plant, doesn’t have a heavy growth requirement. All Lu Xuan needs to provide is the Arrow Spiritual Power. Moreover, all of them have already entered the growth stage. Who knows, they might even mature halfway before returning to the Sect.
Among the many Spirit Beasts in the Cave Mansion, he planned to bring the Cloud Leopard and the Demonic Vine. The rest would all remain in the Cave Mansion.
While he waited patiently, about ten days later, a charm flew into the Cave Mansion.
After receiving the information on the charm, Lu Xuan looked solemnly. His gaze carried a trace of reluctance as he looked at the Cave Mansion one last time before rushing rapidly towards the gathering spot of the Outer Sect.
He found his fellow sect members who were leaving together this time on a flat and wide mountaintop.
Upon verification of his identity, Lu Xuan entered the body of a laying Flood Imperial Puppet.
This Flood Imperial Puppet was huge, extending over twenty yards. Inside was a Cave Heaven, with two rows of simple houses and a narrow passage in the middle. Layers of prohibition were set on the outside.
Once everyone had assembled, the Flood Imperial Puppet soared into the sky, going straight into the vast clouds.
Lu Xuan quietly sat in a small room inside, tilting his head. He looked out through a small window at the fast-receding clusters of white clouds outside and a familiar feeling rose in his mind.
Over two decades ago, he was just a small Qi-Cultivator, paying a substantial amount of Spirit Stones for a secure environment to farm, and had ridden aboard the treasure ship of Wanbao Building to Sword Gate Town.
Just like then, he looked forward through the window of the treasure ship at the quickly passing clouds, his eyes filled with anticipation and unease.
Now, his mental state had undergone a huge change and he was brimming with confidence from within.
“How time flies. Back then, who would’ve thought that the unassuming Spirit Plant Master could grow so quickly in such a short time?”
Lu Xuan was filled with a multitude of emotions.
Just as he was getting sentimental, a clear knocking sound came from outside the room.
“Please come in.”
As Lu Xuan moved his spiritual power, he canceled the simple spiritual prohibition set up in the room and said softly.
A lean middle-aged cultivator with a sharp air about him, walked in.
“Greetings, Brother Zhou. ”
Lu Xuan rose to his feet and greeted him.
The man who came was Zhou Qi, a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Perfectionist stage. Both of them were disciples of the Sword Hall and had entered the Sword Pool together to draw swords, thus they knew each other.
Lu Xuan learned from Shen Ye that this Brother Zhou had attempted to break through the Jindan Stage several times but failed each time. He lost hope of promotion and thus gave up his passion for it.
He was extremely powerful and was the one leading the team on this occasion.
“Junior Brother Lu, were you cultivating?”
The middle-aged cultivator looked at Lu Xuan, and his sharp features softened slightly.
Lu Xuan had an impressive reputation within the Sword Hall. Even though his cultivation level is only at the mid-term of the Foundation Establishment phase, far inferior to Zhou Qi, with the practice of cultivating Sword Grass and the three-grade Wind and Thunder Sword Grass spirit seed cultivation technique, his status and potential were somewhat stronger than Zhou Qi’s.
“No, I was just looking out of the window in a daze.”
Lu Xuan laughed.
“I learned from other fellow disciples that junior brother Lu usually stays in the Sect, wholeheartedly invested in Cultivating Spiritual Plants. Now that you’re heading to a place thousands of miles away, I wonder how you’re adapting?”
“I’m somewhat anxious.”
“After all, I am just an ordinary, unimpressive Spirit Plant Master. My cultivation level is painstakingly bolstered with elixirs. I am no good at fight law and do not have any rare Magic Artifacts. The only thing that I can proudly showcase is a few sword techniques I diligently practiced to cultivate Sword Grass.”
Lu Xuan was exceedingly convincing, convincingly holding the role of a Spirit Plant Master.
“Junior Brother Lu, don’t worry. If anything happens, myself and the other disciples will protect you,” said Zhou Qi with a reassuring smile.
“Then, I am deeply grateful to Brother Zhou.”
Lu Xuan immediately expressed his gratitude to Zhou Qi.
“The city we are heading for this time is known as Black Star City, situated less than two thousand miles from the Black Demon Abyss. Very often, Outer Realm Demons and Demon Envoys emerge from it, wreaking havoc in the city, causing tremendous damage.”
“The most severe incident saw the City Protection Array shattered by the demonic forces. Almost half of the cultivators and ordinary humanoids living inside the city were killed or injured. It took several Great Sects to combine their strengths to clean up all these malevolent beings.”
“Forces from several Great Sects are confronting the demonic beings head-on at the front line, while we will be ensuring the security around the city, defending against, and purging the stray demonic beings appearing inside the Black Star City.”
“Relatively speaking, it should be safer.”
Zhou Qi introduced the detailed mission of this defense assignment to Lu Xuan.
“Then, I can rest assured.”
Lu Xuan nodded gently and replied with a smile.
The speed of the Flood Dragon Puppets is incredibly fast, and they arrived outside Black Star City in less than two days.
Lu Xuan, along with dozens of other Sky Sword Sect Cultivators, flew out and looked toward the gigantic city that stood in front of them.
The city was enclosed by a thick black wall, and the stone surface was etched with various patterns, casting a spiritual light. The entire city was enclosed within a massive Spiritual Energy Shield.
Black Star City has seen countless demonic sieges, showing signs of severe damage everywhere. Many cultivators were seen flying around within the Spiritual Energy Shield, commanding their Flying Swords and Magic Artifacts. Spiritual Sense swept over Lu Xuan and others.
“Friend Zhou, you finally made it,” came a relieved voice.
A brawny, muscle-bound tall figure flew out from within the shield, looking at Zhou Qi and the other Sky Sword Sect cultivators, somewhat relieved.
“The journey was long. Friend Wan, I hope you would excuse us for the delay.”
“May I ask about the current situation of Black Star City?” Zhou Qi asked the tall man.
Lu Xuan’s acute Spiritual Sense perceived that this tall man surnamed Wan had cultivation at par with Zhou Qi, both at Foundation Establishment Perfect Realm.
“Everything is under control for now, but we have to stay in the city continuously and patrol the city’s surroundings daily.”
“Occasionally, strange occurrences such as cultivators transforming or sneak attacks by concealed demons happen inside the city, keeping us on our toes.”
“That’s good.”
Zhou Qi nodded, proceeding towards the giant Spiritual Energy Shield with the tall man.
At the edge of the shield, three cultivators respectfully saluted them.
“Elder brother, to prevent illicit infiltration of the demonic entities into the city, we would like to examine you and your fellow Sky Sword Sect cultivators present. We hope you understand.”
“No problem.”
Zhou Qi responded willingly. Certain protocol needs to be adhered to, so as to avoid gossip among other sect monks.
The cultivator took out a greyish bronze mirror and used it to examine each of the Sky Sword Sect people in turn.
The bronze mirror did not exhibit any anomalies. Lu Xuan proceeded with the group into the city.
