Chapter 317 - 315: Gluttonous Insect Pouch 1
“Senior Lu! Senior Lu! I’ve brought my younger sister over!”
From outside the courtyard, came Song Yun’s clear shout.
Lu Xuan opened the Low-level Protection Method set up on his premises and saw Song Yun and a round-faced young girl behind him.
“Senior!”
Both of them bowed in respect when they saw Lu Xuan.
“Young friends, please come in.”
Despite not being much older than Song Yun, LuXuan’s respect as a cultivator was plain to see. He gave them a casual invitation and led them into the courtyard.
“Senior Lu, you mentioned last time that you wanted to have some Gathering Conch for fun. As it happens, my younger sister Si Ning has some, so I asked her to bring them over.”
Song Yun said with utmost respect.
After Lu Xuan helped the Song Family overcome the crisis of the Blood Coagulating Parasite invasion, his admiration for Lu Xuan reached its peak.
Facing the square filled with Worm King, there were quite a number of loose cultivators who witnessed the process. Many of them began to spread the word about how Lu Xuan dealt with the situation in a disciplined manner.
In the rumors, Lu Xuan, single-handedly faced off against hundreds of infected loose cultivators. During a coordinated assault, he instantly unleashed a technique Fire Burning Evil Insects, a vast sea of flames sweeping away all the evil insects.
Then, as the Worm King revealed its form, terrifying and menacing, it was nonetheless defeated by Lu Xuan in a few exchanges. It was rumored that there was a flash of Sword Qi like a scorching sun in the sky that instantly eradicated the King Worm of Blood -Coagulating Yin Worm.
This caused Song Yun, who was fond of Sword Dao, to idolize Lu Xuan and become even more determined to learn Sword Dao from him.
Song Si Ning sat down nervously behind Song Yun.
She had grown considerably taller in just a few months’ absence.
“Senior Lu, these are the Gathering Conchs I scooped out from the pool, there are more than ten.”
“In addition, here is a bag of Golden Spirit Stones, which can feed them for a while.”
The round-faced girl took out two items from her Storage bag.
In one wooden tub, more than ten Gathering Conchs were slowly swallowing golden sandstones.
Another cloth bag was full of a bag of light golden sandstones, which felt heavy when Lu Xuan picked it up.
“Thankyou, Miss Si Ning.”
“However, after bringing so many Gathering Conchs here, how many are left for you?”
“There are still many.”
The round-faced girl said with a shy smile.
“Good. Since there are still some left, I’ll accept.”
“Do you know how many spirit stones a common Gathering Conch costs on Void Nether Island?”
Lu Xuan asked softly.
“Absolutely not, senior!”
“These few Gathering Conchs are not worth many spirit stones. The first time we met, you helped me solve the Dragon Carp problem. This time, when the evil insects broke out on Void Nether Island, you stepped in to suppress them. With such a great favor, how could I possibly take your spirit stones?”
As soon as the round-faced girl heard Lu Xuan’s query, she immediately understood that he intended to buy and quickly waved her hands in refusal.
Seeing her persistent refusal, Lu Xuan took out a bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills he had previously prepared.
“There are several second grade Spirit Gathering Pills in this small bottle. After taking them, a cultivator’s spiritual power can be boosted, which is suitable for a cultivator like you who is preparing to break through to the Qi Practitioner Intermediate Level.”
“Since you insist on not accepting spirit stones, you can take this bottle of Elixir.”
“If you’re still unwilling, then take these Gathering Conchs back.”
Lu Xuan naturally didn’t want to accept the young girl’s things for free. He said in a firm tone.
There are light cluster rewards that directly increase Cultivation Levels, and there’s not even a trace of impurity in them, making it easier for future breakthroughs.
That’s why he always kept the Spirit Gathering Pills and Yuan Cultivating Pills obtained from the light clusters in his storage bag and hardly ever ingested them himself.
“This…”
Song Si Ning could hear the determination in Lu Xuan’s tone and turned to Song Yun for help.
“Since Senior Lu insists on you accepting them, you should keep them. When these Golden Spirit Stones are used up, you can collect another bag.”
Song Yun said with a smile.
Only then did the round-faced girl gratefully accept Lu Xuan’s offer and put the bottle of Spirit Gathering Pills into her Storage Bag.
After handing over the Gathering Conches to Lu Xuan, the two of them didn’t stay for long and said goodbye.
Lu Xuan went to the side of the pool and kept over a dozen Gathering Conches in a small water area. He poured out a small amount of Golden Spirit Stones for them to absorb to their heart’s content.
“Let them adapt for a few days, then have them process sandstone for me and spit it out. The Rock-shell Turtle will collect it and use it to form its shell.”
This way, the turtle shell defense ability would be more potent than the regular feeding method.
After putting in the Gathering Conches, Lu Xuan carried out his usual inspection of the Spirit Field, probing the detailed status of each Spirit Plant, and cultivating them with various unique and sophisticated Formula Methods.
Spirit Rain Technique, Wood Birth Technique, Earth Pulling Technique…
He was adept at various methods for Cultivating Spiritual Plants.
“Hmm, the Mysterious Insect Vine is finally mature!”
Lu Xuan arrived at the center of the Spirit Field, and at a glance, he saw the almost transparent progress bar beneath the Mysterious Insect Vine was completely filled.
After joining the Sky Sword Sect, he had worked hard to complete various tasks, earned Sword Marks, and finally exchanged them for a fourth grade Mysterious Insect Vine Spirit Seed.
Then, after meticulous cultivation for several years, gathering various Strange Insects to form a symbiotic relationship with the Mysterious Insect Vine, including second rank strange insects.
After several years, the fourth grade Mysterious Insect Vine had finally matured completely.
Lu Xuan thought about the scene when he first received the Mysterious Insect Vine Spirit Seed and felt a wave of emotions.
He composed himself, carefully uprooted the plant that was filled with peculiar insect rooms like they were made from insect beasts bodies.
“Ordinary Quality, that’s understandable. After all, it was cultivated in the Outer Sect for such a long time, and it was transplanted twice. Even though the Life Bag was sustaining its vitality, it must have been somewhat affected.”
Lu Xuan thought as an idea flashed through his mind.
[Mysterious Insect Vine, Fourth Grade Spirit Plant, formed by symbiosis with various strange insects. Once mature, it can enhance the probability of demon insects advancing to the fifth rank. It’s also a key ingredient in some specific high-grade elixirs.]
Lu Xuan scanned the information in his brain and focused on the stealthily appearing light cluster.
On the surface of the light cluster, countless tiny light spots flickered faintly as if enticing Lu Xuan to pick it up.
Lu Xuan took a deep breath, extended his hand, and lightly touched the surface of the light cluster.
A slight and pleasant chirping sound came from the depths of his consciousness. Instantly, the light cluster turned into countless points of light and poured into his palm.
[Harvest one fourth grade Mysterious Insect Vine and receive Fifth Grade
Treasure, Glutton Pouch.]
A strange pouch appeared in Lu Xuan’s hand.
The pouch, made of some unknown skin material, was light grey, with wrinkled patterns on the surface.
The spiritual light appeared on the patterns, giving the pouch a somewhat illusory feel.
When the Spiritual Sense probed into the pouch, it was abruptly pulled into a vast world, seemingly capable of encompassing mountains and rivers with a flip.
When held in the hand, an intense sensation of hunger is felt, and as time passes, the sensation of hunger grows stronger, as though intending to swallow all things surrounding it.
Lu Xuan moved his mind, stimulated the spiritual energy of Immaculate Jade, and instantly, a refreshing air spread to his entire body, leaving the unusual hunger sensation vanished instantly.
[Glutton Pouch, a Fifth Rank Strange Treasure, was born from the skin pouch of an Ancient Exotic Beast named Glutton. It has a very large space inside, can contain worldly things, and preserve the original state of things.]
[Can be refined into a low-grade magical treasure.]