BXBX NOVEL Chapter 26 - 25 Red-bearded Carp_1
When he left Bai Cao Tang, Manager He had advised him to keep a broad distance while cultivating Blood Jade Ginseng. They should not be allowed to tangle together, lest they interfere with each other’s growth.
Only after he had planted the Blood Jade Ginseng spirit seed did he understand the specific reason.
Spirit Seeds or Spirit Ginseng can slowly move within the Spirit Field. If they get too close, they attract each other. Over time, they intertwine and siphon life from each other until a winner is determined and the loser withers.
Of course, Spirit Plant Masters typically wouldn’t let such extreme situations occur. If they notice the roots of the Spirit Ginseng entwined, they would find a way to separate them.
“Attracted to each other, then spooning and intertwining, then absorbing each other’s life force, until I separate them. ”
“It feels like they are lovers, and I’m the cold-hearted parent tearing them apart.”
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but sigh.
Luckily, he has plenty of time to ensure that two Blood Jade Ginseng do not come into contact with each other.
“The Blood Jade Ginseng shouldn’t have genders, right?”
He shook his head, tossing the image of entwined Blood Jade Ginseng out of his mind.
After planting the twenty Blood Jade Ginseng spirit seeds, Lu Xuan used the Spirit Rain Technique for irrigation, gentle streaks of Spirit Rain seeped into the soil, greedily absorbed by the jade-like blood-red spirit seeds.
Next, he planted one hundred dried tea leaf-like Spiritual Firefly Grass Seeds, also nourishing them with the Spirit Rain Technique.
The new Spirit Field was about ten times larger than the previous one. After planting one hundred Spiritual Firefly Grass Seeds and twenty Blood Jade Ginseng Seeds, there was still a small area left vacant.
Lu Xuan planned on using that for planting the Red Cloud Pine, Dark Marrow Mushroom, and Sword Grass. If he came across other fine Spirit Seeds, he would also buy and attempt to cultivate them.
“How can I make the most use of this Spirit Spring?”
He looked at the Spirit Spring in the Spirit Field, its shallow spring water causing him to fall into deep thought.
Spirit Spring water is often used to assist in alchemy, brewing, and steeping tea. Some cultivators would directly consume it for a slight increase in their internal spiritual power.
However, for Lu Xuan, this seemed a bit insignificant. The cultivation rewards from the Spiritual Firefly Grass made the slight amount of spiritual power look pitiful.
“Aquatic Spirit Plant, although rare, they do exist. I could try looking for some in the market or shops.”
“This Spirit Spring isn’t small in size, it’s unlikely I’d find enough aquatic Spirit Plants. If it goes uncultivated, it would go waste, which feels quite unacceptable.”
“Perhaps I can nurture a couple of Spiritual Fish?”
An idea suddenly popped up in Lu Xuan’s mind, growing stronger and stronger.
“Growing Spirit Medicine in the Spirit Field leads to Light Cluster rewards. What if I cultivate Spirit Beasts, would there be rewards?”
Upon this thought, he was somewhat excited.
“If not, I won’t be at a loss anyway. Spiritual Fish nurtured in the Spirit Spring water could fetch a good price. If there are rewards, though, I would make a fortune!”
“I must give it a try.”
This idea became more firm in his heart.
He activated the formation, leaving the courtyard.
First, he returned to the old courtyard. In the Spirit Field of the yard, there were ten nearly matured Spirit Firefly Grass.
He harvested a batch and waited for two days. Concurrently, he helped Xu Wan move two Moon Erosion Trees into her home. After finishing this task, all the Spirit Firefly Grass matured.
Among the ten Spirit Firefly Grass, six were of good quality, while four were of superior quality. He presumed the reason he hadn’t cultivated a Spirit Plant of higher quality was because his Spirit Field lacked spiritual power.
Out of the ten white light clusters that appeared, four gifted him different months of cultivation, totaling more than two years, making the spiritual power within his body more stable.
Three more light clusters brought him three First Grade Talismans, and the remaining three were technique experience packages. Two for the Earth Pulling Technique and one for the Golden Sword Technique, enhancing Lu Xuan’s understanding of these two techniques.
He felt that if he used the Earth Pulling Technique at full strength, he could cause seismic tremors, creating a considerable attack effect.
As for the Golden Sword Technique, it goes without saying that if he were to fight against Qin Ming again, even if he had a protection magic artifact similar to the jade badge, Lu Xuan was confident he could kill with a single blow.
After absorbing all ten white light clusters, Lu Xuan looked around his somewhat empty courtyard and turned to leave.
Arriving at the Loose Cultivation Market, he took a look around and found very few booths selling spirit beast cubs or eggs. So, he went to a Spirit Pet Shop.
In the shop, there were all kinds of spirit beast cubs; ones that could fly, run on land, or swim in water, they had them all.
Most were spirit pets; pleasingly cute and gentle in appearance, with weak aggressive instincts. It was said that the shop owner was a family member of an Inner Sect Disciple of the Ten Thousand Beast Gate, who was quite proficient in Beast Mastery Skill.
“May I help you, fellow cultivator?”
Upon seeing Lu Xuan looking around, a handsome young woman greeted him with a smile.
“I wish to purchase one or two aquatic spirit beasts. Do you have any recommendations?”
Lu Xuan went straight to the point.
“For aquatic spirit beasts, you can have a look over here.”
“This is the Red-bearded Carp, an unranked demon beast with high viewing value. Once matured, it can be cooked and its meat is delicately delicious. The two red whiskers beside its head can be used as materials for artifact refinement.”
“The Red-bearded Carp has low requirements for its environment and can be raised in an ordinary spiritual spring. Of course, if you could feed it spirit rice, its maturity will be even quicker.”
“This is the Black Arrow Fish, also an unranked demon beast, shaped like an arrow, extremely fast in speed, and needs to devour a certain amount of blood and flesh essence while feeding.”
“And this one is a Black Water Python, a first-grade demon beast that can live both on land and in water. Its aggression is extraordinarily strong and its size varies quite widely, at its longest, it can reach about eighteen meters.”
“As for other aquatic demon beasts, as they are hard to tame due to their wild nature and might harm their owners, they seem an ill-suited choice for you.”
The young woman introduced the common aquatic spirit beasts in the shop to Lu Xuan, hinting that given Lu Xuan’s revealed cultivation level of Qi Cultivation Second Layer, the maximum he could rear was a Black Water Python.
Lu Xuan thought for a moment and decided to eliminate the Black Arrow Fish and the Black Water Python.
Raising Black Arrow Fish required flesh and blood essence, and since even he barely had good meals, how could he possibly feed it with extra demon beast’s flesh and blood?
As for the Black Water Python, Lu Xuan gave up on it the moment he heard it could grow up to eighteen meters long.
His spiritual spring couldn’t even accommodate half of its body, what was he supposed to raise it on?
Also, now was an experimental phase, and he wasn’t clear whether white light clusters would really appear or not.
Hence, Lu Xuan tended to choose spirit fishes which were cheaper and had a shorter maturity cycle.
“How much is this Red-bearded Carp?”
He asked, pointing at a carp fry in the pond.
The Red-bearded Carp was named aptly; it had two thin red whiskers next to its gills, which were even longer than its body. When the fish swam, the whiskers drifted like two ribbons.
“For a Red-bearded Carp fry, it costs one spiritual stone each.”
The beautiful young woman replied.
“Being unranked, it is more expensive than the Spiritual Firefly Grass Seed and the Moon Erosion Tree seedlings.”
Lu Xuan compared the prices habitually.
“I’ll buy three. Make it a bit cheaper, how about eighty broken spirits each?”
He naturally bartered the price down.
“If you wish to buy three, I can lower the price to two spiritual stones and eighty broken spirits. That’s the lowest I can go.”
“Two spiritual stones and sixty broken spirits, and I’ll take them immediately.”
“Seventy, I can’t go any lower than that.”
“Alright, it’s a deal!”
Lu Xuan replied, satisfied.