You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 267: Thunderstruck Wood, Spring Rain Sword Intent

After bidding farewell to Zhong Jingshan, Lu Xuan returned to his cave dwelling.

Though assisting in nurturing peculiar insects took quite some time, the rewards left him thoroughly satisfied.

Just the three hundred sword imprints alone were worth his three months of labor.

Consider that three hundred sword imprints could at least exchange for a fourth-grade spirit seed, not to mention obtaining a rare piece of Thunderstruck Wood.

Being able to sustain vitality under immense thunderstorms showcased the extraordinary nature of this piece of Thunderstruck Wood.

Eagerly, he proceeded to the spiritual field and found a blank area covered with Spirit Soil.

As spiritual energy surged, the Earth-Attracting Technique quietly altered the structure of the soil, creating a crack slightly larger than the root of the Thunderstruck Wood in the spiritual field.

Lu Xuan buried the withered wood into the crevice, concentrating his mind as a thought flashed through his mind.

[Thunderstruck Wood, a fourth-grade spiritual plant. This special spirit wood retains a trace of vitality under immense thunderstorms, possessing a certain allure to thunder. When matured, it can be used to refine talismans, flying swords, seals, and other artifacts, naturally imbued with a lightning aura that restrains evil spirits.]

"Thunderstruck Wood, a fourth-grade spiritual plant... Quite spirited for just a spiritual plant," Lu Xuan sighed. After enduring endless thunderstorms, this Thunderstruck Wood unexpectedly ignited boundless fighting spirit, actively attracting thunder, which made him take notice.

As his feet stepped on the ground, the gray vines of the Demon Ghost Vine stealthily burrowed into the soil, aiming to leave their unique mark.

The moment the Demon Ghost Vine touched the root of the Thunderstruck Wood, a slight surge of lightning spiritual energy emerged from deep within, causing the vines to tremble involuntarily under the strong tingling sensation.

Ignoring the actively stirring Demon Ghost Vine, Lu Xuan's Dantian's Xun Thunder Sword Core rotated slightly, and streaks of black sword radiance shot out, hitting the Thunderstruck Wood.

"There's some effect, but it's still lacking."

He muttered softly as he felt the instantaneous state coming from the Thunderstruck Wood.

The Xun Thunder Sword Core contained countless sword radiance, infused with the power of wind and thunder. He wanted to stimulate the Thunderstruck Wood to see if it could be used for nurturing spirit wood, albeit the effect was mediocre compared to natural thunder and lightning.

He then took off the Sword Sheath from his waist.

As the simple sword sheath trembled, he pulled out the Purple Thunder Sword that had been inserted inside all along.

Shaped like lightning, the Purple Thunder Sword had a unique appearance. Coupled with its lightning power, it made the inside of the sheath somewhat unbearable.

Holding the deep purple flying sword in his hand, Lu Xuan formed a sword gesture, and instantly, a deep purple electric light struck the center of the Thunderstruck Wood.

"The lightning power carried by the Purple Thunder Sword yields better results."

Lu Xuan nodded in satisfaction. With the Purple Thunder Sword, he no longer had to worry about the Thunderstruck Wood's inability to grow normally in the early stages.

After planting the Thunderstruck Wood, he continued to patrol the spiritual field, inspecting the growth status of each spiritual plant.

After spending a few months in the Bug Valley, the spiritual plants in the spiritual field had grown considerably.

A section of the fourth-grade Illusion Sound Bamboo had grown a piece of glassy jade bamboo. On the slender and tender green bamboo body, numerous cracks were densely distributed. Each crack emitted its own sound, and when combined, they formed a cacophony that made people feel restless.

Only at the moment when the Demon Ghost Vine appeared did all the minute cracks close simultaneously, becoming as silent as a chicken.

The surroundings suddenly became much quieter.

The Primal Chaos Grass, which the Pill Palace had sent for Lu Xuan to nurture, had also taken root and sprouted. Its appearance seemed ordinary, similar to wild grass, and if not for carefully probing with spiritual consciousness to detect the abundant spiritual energy deep inside the grass, it would likely be ignored.

The Five-Element Fruit had birthed a hazy spiritual entity, with only a vague outline of branches and leaves. Various colors of spiritual light circulated above it, giving off a dazzling and colorful sensation, brimming with abundant spiritual power.

"At this time, the Wood Spirit is at its strongest. Wood engenders fire, so it should be nurtured with fire-attributed spiritual power."

Sensing the changes in spiritual power within the Five-Element Fruit seedling, Lu Xuan operated the Grand Five Elements Technique, and a thread of fiery red vigorous spiritual power seeped into the blurry branches and leaves of the Five-Element Fruit.

The green light of the Five-Element Fruit rose, and then quickly dissipated, adding a lot of red spiritual power in a short time.

After briefly nurturing the Five-Element Fruit with the power of the Five Elements, Lu Xuan moved to the nearby Spirit Pine.

Four Spirit Pine plants emitted the purest fluctuation of thought waves from within, and the emerald pine needles swayed without wind, causing waves of pine murmurs.

Feeling the reliance of the Spirit Pine plants on him, Lu Xuan smiled slightly, using his spiritual consciousness to communicate and soothe the four spiritual plants.

In other parts of the spiritual field, on the first planted fourth-grade Profound Insect Vine, it seemed as if many strange insect-like limbs and bodies were growing. Numerous varied-shaped demon insects crawled in and out, establishing a harmonious symbiotic relationship with the Profound Insect Vine.

In the Earth Fire tributary, beneath the fiery red petals of the Earth Fire Heart Lotus, there were faint signs of tiny lotus pods forming. Inside grew small, fingertip-sized light red lotus seeds, greedily absorbing the scorching magma that fell into the petals.

Above, rooted in the Phoenix Wood, a crimson lotus flower was much smaller than before, but its interior had become more solid, joyfully dancing among the petals.

"In some time, another Red Lotus Flame will bloom."

Lu Xuan sighed, arriving at the edge of a small lake.

"Huh? A Sword Grass has matured!"

Perhaps due to the Spring Rain Sword Intent hidden within the Four Seasons Sword Art, Lu Xuan found that the progress bar under one of the Sword Grass plants had reached its maximum.

Of the ten Sword Grass spiritual seeds left by Shen Ye, eight were nurtured with the Four Seasons Sword Intent, one was nurtured with the Red Flame Sword Qi in the sword sheath, and the last one, a third-grade Wind Thunder Sword Grass, was nurtured with the Thunder Sword Radiance.

A Spring Rain Sword Intent struck the matured Sword Grass, and suddenly, countless subtle sword energies shot out from around the Sword Grass, like a continuous misty rain, endless and dreamlike.

A lustrous glimmer emerged from Lu Xuan's knuckles as he tightly grasped the middle of the Sword Grass, resembling a blade, and slowly pulled it out.

"An innate sword."

As he pulled it out, the misty rain sword energy quietly merged into the Sword Grass. Lu Xuan looked at the straight plant in his hand, resembling a sword, and couldn't help but sigh.

With his mind concentrated, a thought flashed.

[Sword Grass, a second-grade spiritual plant, shaped like a blade, nurtured by the Spring Rain Sword Intent, innate sword.]

"A top-quality Sword Grass, not bad."

After all, the Four Seasons Sword Art was a foundational stage technique, much stronger than the first-grade Golden Sword art. Coupled with the richer and purer inner sect spiritual energy, even if less effort was spent on the Sword Grass, one could still obtain top-quality plants.

Lu Xuan didn't pay much attention and focused on the white light mass that appeared in the soil.

He reached out and gently touched the surface of the light mass. Immediately, the light mass turned into countless subtle sword energies, rushing into Lu Xuan's body in an instant.

A thought emerged from his mind.

[Harvested one second-grade Sword Grass, obtained the Spring Rain Sword Intent.]

The thought flashed, and an invisible sword intent surged into Lu Xuan's sea of consciousness, like a gentle spring rain, dense and soft yet hiding a killing intent.

In an instant, his understanding of the Spring Rain Sword Technique in the Four Seasons Sword Art reached an extremely profound level. If it was previously stuck at the level of "technique," after absorbing this sword intent from the light mass, it could be said that he comprehended the "momentum," an intangible existence.