You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 180

For Lu Xuan, body refining was just an after-dinner treat; cultivation was the main course.

During the following period, besides tending to the dragon and giant python daily and looking after the Incineration Wood, Lu Xuan spent the rest of his time in the courtyard, carefully cultivating spirit plants and nurturing spirit beasts.

After harvesting the previous batch of Spirit Firefly Grass, leaving behind two hundred seeds, he planted a hundred and fifty of them in the vacant spirit field area to elevate his cultivation and refine the seeds.

The remaining fifty seeds were planted within the cave, accompanied by the Yin Locust tree.

Then, he dug a channel between the ancient well and the cave, guiding the chilly spring water into the cave, further enhancing the spiritual atmosphere within.

The cave, limited in space after planting the Yin Locust, already seemed somewhat crowded with the fifty Spirit Firefly Grass plants.

Lu Xuan planned to influence the maturity traits of these Spirit Firefly Grass plants by altering their growth environment.

Within the cave, the only place with a peculiar environment was the one where the cold spring water from the ancient well was introduced.

However, influencing the traits of spirit plants through the environment required prolonged effects, something challenging for humans to achieve.

Lu Xuan could only anticipate that upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he'd have more choices. By then, he would select a mountain peak with a complex spiritual environment to cultivate various spirit plants, facilitating their mutations.

The two hundred seeds of Spirit Firefly Grass soon sprouted and grew a bit after being planted, showing slender, verdant leaves, a delightful sight.

Previously planted Enchanting Spirit Peaches and Incineration Wood seeds also began sprouting.

Three delicate pink branches of the peach tree swayed gently in the breeze, accompanied by tiny pinkish leaves, exuding a myriad of charm at a glance.

"Snow, I want snow-white ones..."

Lu Xuan gazed for a while, a peculiar thought surfacing in his mind.

He took a deep breath, cast a purification mantra on himself, instantly entering a sage-like mode, devoid of desires.

Within the cave, the black-armored insects, previously in a state of eggs within the Mystical Insect Vine, finally began hatching one after another. Over ten glossy black insect pods crowded the Mystical Insect Vine, distinct from the chambers established by the other two types of demonic insects.

The Hidden-Wing Cicadas, black-armored insects, and Silver-Threaded Mantises had all been tamed by Lu Xuan, thus coexisting relatively peacefully and aiding the growth of the Mystical Insect Vine.

"Having over twenty of these demonic insects - enough for the initial growth of the Mystical Insect Vine. Any more would upset the balance established between them."

"Once they reach a certain stage of growth, I'll bring in a few more favorable demonic insects to symbiotically grow with the Mystical Insect Vine."

Lu Xuan sighed, observing the peculiar Mystical Insect Vine.

In the spirit field, the other spirit plants were thriving remarkably well, diligently growing under Lu Xuan's meticulous care, aiming to quickly earn him the light orbs as rewards.

After inspecting the spirit field, Lu Xuan arrived at the ancient well engraved with cryptic patterns. He retrieved the fifty Spirit Firefly Grass seeds from the frigid spring water.

These seeds had been induced under the icy conditions for some time, and it was time to examine the results.

The dried, elongated seeds did not exhibit significant changes in appearance after being nourished in the spring water for quite some time. They seemed slightly plumper than before, emitting a faint chill when held in hand.

Holding the seeds, Lu Xuan approached an empty area in the spirit field. Using a guiding technique, the structure of the spirit soil before him subtly changed, forming a narrow crevice that accommodated the Spirit Firefly Grass seeds.

Lu Xuan focused his mind on the seeds embedded in the spirit soil. Suddenly, a thought emerged in his mind.

[Spirit Firefly Grass, a rankless spirit plant. When mature, it can be used as a refining material for several healing elixirs.]

[Due to the seeds being in a damaged state, the cultivated Spirit Firefly Grass might not mature normally, greatly affecting its quality.]

"Initial results aren't favorable, but somewhat expected."

Lu Xuan, expressionless, continued to plant another Spirit Firefly Grass seed.

[Spirit Firefly Grass, rankless...]

"No change. Normal seeds."

He continued planting the third seed.

Thoughts emerged in Lu Xuan's mind.

[Spirit Firefly Grass, rankless...]

[Variant species, stimulated by the icy spiritual force during the seed period. Upon maturity, the plants contain a faint ice-based spiritual power.]

"Finally induced a variant seed! Spirit Firefly Grass infused with ice-based spiritual power. Although it doesn't elevate the rank, it's a good starting point."

Lu Xuan felt deeply pleased by the appearance of this variant Spirit Firefly Grass seed.

He had learned from Master He that refining spirit plant species required lengthy experimentation and couldn't be achieved overnight. Therefore, he had prepared himself for a prolonged endeavor.

Seed after seed was induced, and Lu Xuan assessed the changes in each seed's state after induction.

In the end, fourteen Spirit Firefly Grass seeds failed to induce changes, and the matured plants were of significantly lower quality. Some couldn't even sprout roots and became worthless.

Five seeds successfully underwent induction, becoming variant plants with a slight ice-based spiritual power.

Thirty-one seeds remained unchanged.

Lu Xuan categorized these seeds and went indoors, retrieving the remaining fifty dried seeds from the furnace.

After planting them in the spirit field, he sorted the fifty seeds into three categories.

The environment within the furnace seemed to have a stronger inducing effect. Among the fifty seeds, only twenty retained their original state without any changes.

Surprisingly, among the remaining seeds, twenty-three displayed adverse states, failing induction.

Luckily, seven seeds underwent successful variation, maturing with a slight fire-based spiritual power.

"Although the furnace's fire is controlled at its minimum, its destructive and stimulating nature is stronger than the spring water in the ancient well, resulting in more damaged or even useless seeds."

Lu Xuan analyzed inwardly.

Regarding the improvement of spirit plant species, he discovered a significant advantage.

While other spirit plant cultivators needed to wait for the seeds to grow to a certain stage before identifying successful variations, Lu Xuan could judge the changes in the seeds immediately after induction, directly selecting variant plants.

He could discard the failed seeds right away, and the unchanged seeds could undergo repeated inductions until success or failure.

Although this incurred higher initial costs, it allowed him to gather a large number of variant plants in a short time for later experiments, greatly reducing the time needed to improve spirit plant species.

"For the next period, I'll focus on inducing the remaining normal seeds again and cultivating variant plants. Through the method of seed refinement, I'll obtain a large number of variant seeds."

"Continuing induction, refining seeds in this positive cycle, I'm confident I'll improve the Spirit Firefly Grass seeds."

Lu Xuan thought with great confidence.

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