You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 273: in the Stone

Expanding their search range, the two continued their exploration for quite some time without discovering any new Dragon Bone Grass before finally leaving the depths of the Thousand Dragon Lake.

As Lu Xuan emerged from the lake's surface, the peculiar phenomenon of water pearls around his mouth disappeared, falling into his palm.

Longli also returned to his previous appearance, his golden vertical pupils showing a faint joy.

"Senior Brother Long, Junior Brother Lu, how was the harvest at the bottom of the lake?" Tao Zhiqing, who had been waiting on the side, immediately approached, curious.

"We managed to gather five Dragon Bone Grass in total," Longli didn't conceal it and said lightly.

"Five pieces of fifth-grade spiritual plants!" The elegant scholar couldn't help but be amazed. Fifth-grade spiritual plants were of great benefit to those in the Core Formation realm. He hadn't expected such a tremendous opportunity to be hidden in the depths of the waters near his island.

Unfortunately, without the permission of the sect, they couldn't enter the bottom of the Thousand Dragon Lake and obtain the Dragon Bone Grass. Nonetheless, there might still be some leftovers to share.

As expected, Longli soon made arrangements for the distribution of benefits.

"Today, both Junior Brothers worked hard and found fifth-grade spiritual plants like the Dragon Bone Grass."

"With five pieces of Dragon Bone Grass, plus the half piece that Junior Brother Tao retrieved from the dragon, I can't take them all myself. They must be handed over to the sect for distribution."

"However, Junior Brother Lu's discovery of the Dragon Bone Grass deserves merit. I can reward you with four hundred Sword Seals."

Saying so, Longli flicked a pile of fine Sword Seals towards Lu Xuan.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Long."

After all, Dragon Bone Grass was a fifth-grade spiritual plant, essential for Core Formation experts. Lu Xuan had only accidentally found it and hadn't dared to hope for a piece of such a high-grade spiritual plant. To receive four hundred Sword Seals was already a very generous reward.

It's worth noting that even ordinary fourth-grade spiritual plants only required a little over two hundred Sword Seals. Buying a fourth-grade spiritual plant from the Agricultural Hall would still leave quite a surplus.

"As for Junior Brother Tao, your dragon has already consumed half a piece of Dragon Bone Grass, which will greatly benefit it. Consider it your reward."

"Thank you, Senior Brother Long," the elegant scholar bowed in gratitude.

Longli nodded to Lu Xuan and the others, and the dragon shadows on his red robe appeared, turning into a red light and disappearing instantly.

"Junior Brother Tao, do you still need to draw blood for the remaining dragons?" After Longli left, Lu Xuan asked Tao Zhiqing, who seemed somewhat lost on the side. He was still thinking about the fresh blood from the remaining third and fourth-grade dragons!

"Of course, and Junior Brother Lu, you've done a lot of hard work," the elegant scholar said with a wry smile as the imitation gold light surged in his hand, releasing the Snowline Chi Dragon he had been controlling.

"Junior Brother Lu, do you know how to refine the medicinal power of Dragon Bone Grass?" He looked at the Snowline Chi Dragon that had regained its freedom and turned to Lu Xuan.

"Senior Brother Tao, I'm just an ordinary spiritual plant cultivator. For a question like this, it's better to leave it to the alchemists in the sect," Lu Xuan said helplessly while drawing blood from a dragon at his feet.

"However, as long as you find a way to refine the medicinal power of Dragon Bone Grass, that Snowline Chi Dragon will naturally soar to the sky and advance to the fourth-grade realm at an extremely fast speed."

Among the remaining dragons, there were no ones like the Snowline Chi Dragon that liked to dive into the lake's depths, so there was no discovery of Dragon Bone Grass residue in their bodies.

After Lu Xuan checked and drew blood from more than ten dragons, amidst the scholar's continuous gratitude, he left the small island in the center of the lake.

Leaving the area of the Thousand Dragon Lake, Lu Xuan couldn't help but feel joyful inside as he sat on the back of the spiritual crane and let out a long roar.

The spiritual crane beneath him seemed to sense his joy, emitting cheerful and crisp cries in response, echoing each other.

Returning to his cave, Lu Xuan couldn't wait to close the flowing light array, disregarding the cloud-stepping lynx and other creatures that came seeking affection, and hurriedly entered the house.

"Snatching opportunities from true disciples is truly exhilarating!"

He took a deep breath, finally calming down his excited mood.

This trip to the Thousand Dragon Lake for the dragons' check-up yielded much more than he had expected.

Regarding the essence of the dragon's blood, in addition to obtaining hundreds of bottles of first and second-grade dragon and python blood, Lu Xuan also received more than ten bottles of rare and precious third and fourth-grade dragon blood from Tao Zhiqing.

Moreover, due to the discovery of Dragon Bone Grass in the Snowline Chi Dragon, True Disciple Longli, who came after hearing the news, searched the lake bottom and found five fifth-grade spiritual plants. Because of this, Lu Xuan received four hundred Sword Seals.

At present, there are nearly a thousand Sword Seals in his storage bag, which can be considered quite wealthy.

"I remember when I first entered the sect, I had to search for spiritual plant tasks everywhere for just twenty or thirty Sword Seals. It took quite a long time to earn even a tiny bit of Sword Seals."

"I never thought that now, a small discovery could easily yield four hundred Sword Seals."

Lu Xuan recalled his past experiences, feeling deeply moved.

Of course, the dragon blood and four hundred Sword Seals were nothing compared to the most precious items on this trip, the seemingly ordinary dragon fossils.

While helping to search for Dragon Bone Grass, he subconsciously buried what he saw into the ground. Unexpectedly, this unintentional act brought him a tremendous gain.

While burying a piece of dragon fossil, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

There is actually a fifth-grade Dragon Bone Grass seed hidden in the dragon fossil!

This made Lu Xuan ecstatic, even a bit incredulous. After confirming that Longli had not noticed his abnormality, he had the idea of

swallowing the Dragon Bone Grass seed alone.

From the perspective of the dragon fossil alone, it was impossible to sense the existence of the seed. It seemed to be completely integrated with the fossil. Even when carefully scanning with spiritual consciousness, it still couldn't be detected.

This made Lu Xuan greedy. He casually found an excuse to decorate his own small lake with the intention of taking away many stones.

Among them, three stones contained Dragon Bone Grass seeds, while the rest were just better disguises of his true intentions.

He came to the edge of the mountain lake and jumped directly into it.

The bottom of the lake was not very deep. Even without using Water Mirror Technique, Lu Xuan could move freely.

With a thought, he poured out a pile of strange stones from his storage bag, and his spiritual consciousness quickly locked onto three of them.

Using Earth-Attraction Technique, the structure of the lake bottom soil changed slightly, and a pit capable of accommodating strange stones appeared.

One strange stone was placed in the pit. With his mind concentrated, a thought flashed through his mind.

[Dragon Bone Grass, fifth-grade spiritual plant. The seed is condensed from the essence of true dragon bones and is integrated into the bones before birth, making it difficult to detect.]

[During cultivation, it requires dragon bone and third-grade or higher spiritual liquid nourishment. After maturation, it can help cultivators break through related dragon techniques. Feeding it to dragon beasts can increase the likelihood of advancement, with a certain probability of breaking through to the fifth-grade level.]

[Transforming within ancient bones, incarnating into a dragon!]

"A fifth-grade seed! And three of them!"

"I hit the jackpot!"

Lu Xuan couldn't help but burst into laughter. Compared to the seeds, mature Dragon Bone Grass didn't seem very appealing to him.

Although the cultivation conditions were somewhat complex, the rewards of a mature fifth-grade spiritual plant were undoubtedly substantial.