You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 275: Not... What?!

Originally, Shen Ye left him ten Swordvine spirit seeds, cultivating two strands with each of the four seasonal sword energies, totaling eight strands. The remaining two strands were cultivated with the Scarlet Flame Sword Qi combined with the Sword-Nurturing gourd, and the other was an improved third-grade Wind Thunder Swordvine cultivated with the Xun-Lei Sword Qi.

The Wind Thunder Swordvine still had a considerable amount of time before maturing, but the Scarlet Flame Swordvine matured completely not long after. Lu Xuan harvested a Scarlet Flame Sword Intent from the white light cluster.

He laid out the nine strands of Swordvine in order and decided to take them to the Sword Hall to give Shen Ye an explanation.

An hour later, Lu Xuan arrived at the location of the Sword Hall.

He stood in front of a vast array of swords, quietly waiting.

His spiritual sense couldn't perceive the range covered by the sword array, and countless sword energies freely swam around on the surface of the formation, resembling fish.

Seemingly calm and ordinary, but once attempting to rashly enter the sword array, countless sword energies would instantly cover him.

He had already contacted Shen Ye using a messaging talisman. Not long after, an ordinary-looking young man walked out of the sword array. With a cultivation base in the early Foundation Establishment stage, his figure was straight, exuding confidence like a sharp sword.

"Are you Junior Brother Lu Xuan?"

"Yes, I am. May I ask how to address you, Senior Brother?"

"Just call me Senior Brother Li. Senior Brother Shen Ye instructed me to come out and pick you up. Please follow behind me and do not exceed the boundaries, or you might be accidentally injured by the sword array, Junior Brother."

Lu Xuan nodded and followed the young man into the sword array.

A towering sword energy mountain appeared before him, with various sword energies dancing wildly around it.

The two arrived in front of a simple courtyard.

A gentle cultivator stood quietly at the gate of the courtyard, carrying a deep black sword box on his back. He seemed like a long sword with restrained sword intent.

He was none other than Shen Ye, the lord of the Agricultural Hall, who had some connection with Lu Xuan and appreciated him.

"Senior Brother Shen."

Lu Xuan quickly saluted.

"Junior Brother Lu, it's been a long time."

Shen Ye smiled gently, and the young cultivator quietly withdrew.

"Junior Brother Lu, have the sword vines I gave you earlier been successfully cultivated this time?"

After chatting for a few moments and reminiscing about the past, Shen Ye asked.

"I have not disappointed you, Senior Brother Shen. The swordvine spirit seeds you entrusted to me have matured."

"Oh? Really? Junior Brother, quickly take them out and let me have a look."

After receiving Lu Xuan's affirmative reply, Shen Ye's face showed a hint of curiosity.

With a wave of his hand, Lu Xuan released nine sword-like swordvine from his storage bag, placing them one by one in front of the two.

"These are high-quality swordvine. If I'm not mistaken, they should have been cultivated with the Summer Sword Qi from the Four Seasons Sword Art."

Shen Ye picked up the first strand of swordvine, flicking his fingers, and an invisible sword energy shot onto the swordvine, immediately triggering a violent reaction from the swordvine, with numerous fierce and restless sword energies shooting out.

"Not bad."

Shen Ye nodded approvingly.

"Nine strands of high-quality swordvine. Junior Brother Lu, you have greatly exceeded my expectations."

After carefully examining the nine strands of swordvine, Shen Ye turned to Lu Xuan.

"On ordinary days, you have spent a considerable amount of time and energy on spiritual plants, coupled with good luck, which led to the fortunate cultivation of high-quality swordvine."

Lu Xuan smiled and said, "However, Junior Brother Lu, I remember that I gave you ten swordvine spirit seeds at the time. Now you have nine strands of swordvine, so did one strand fail to cultivate?"

Shen Ye confirmed the number of swordvine again, curious.

"Um, the other strand of swordvine..."

Lu Xuan paused, considering how to answer.

"Failure is no issue; after all, even the experienced sword cultivators in the Sword Hall cannot guarantee the same success rate as you, Junior Brother." Shen Ye gently reassured Lu Xuan.

"No, Senior Brother Shen, that strand of Swordvine was accidentally successfully modified and became a third-grade spiritual plant," Lu Xuan whispered.

"Losing just one strand of Swordvine," Shen Ye instinctively continued.

"Not just..."

"What?!"

His tone suddenly heightened, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Junior Brother Lu, did you truly manage to modify one strand of Swordvine into a third-grade spiritual plant? Is this for real?"

He instantly flashed in front of Lu Xuan, asking again.

"Yes, from my many years of cultivating spiritual plants, that is indeed a new third-grade Swordvine," Lu Xuan said firmly.

"Return to the mountain."

Before Shen Ye finished speaking, a rainbow light shot out from the deep black sword box behind him, enveloping the two and disappearing from the courtyard in an instant.

Lu Xuan, feeling dazed, found himself back at the foot of his own mountain peak.

"Please, Junior Brother Lu, activate the mountain guarding formation and take me to see that strand of third-grade Swordvine," Shen Ye suppressed his urge to directly intrude into Lu Xuan's cave with the last shred of his rationality, speaking gently.

Before the Wind Thunder Swordvine.

Shen Ye closed his eyes, carefully probing every detail of the swordvine with his spiritual sense.

A tiny sword energy surged from his fingertips, hitting the swordvine's body.

Where the swordvine was struck, hundreds of deep black tiny sword energies flew out, like a miniature hurricane, swirling around and revealing flashes of lightning and thunder.

"It contains the power of wind and thunder..."

"Although I am not clear on how Junior Brother Lu cultivated it, it is indeed a third-grade Swordvine."

Shen Ye's expression became solemn as he confirmed, then a smile appeared on his lips, gradually growing wider.

"Junior Brother Lu, you are truly a genius!"

"I remember when you were still a Qi cultivation wanderer, you accidentally obtained a Swordvine spirit seed left outside. Without any experience, you successfully cultivated it using the Geng Metal Sword Art at the Grandmaster level."

"After learning about this, I estimated that you are not only a talented sword cultivator but also a natural fit for cultivating Swordvine."

"Out of the ten Swordvine spirit seeds I left behind, you brought back nine strands of well-conditioned Swordvine, which already exceeded my expectations."

"But I never expected you to give me such a big surprise!"

"To cultivate a rare third-grade Swordvine on your first attempt at large-scale cultivation of Swordvine!"

"This can already be considered astonishing."

Despite his late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, Shen Ye remained unsettled for a long time.

It was not because of his whimsical nature, but because Lu Xuan's actions had completely exceeded his imagination.

Ten Swordvine spirit seeds, cultivated into nine well-conditioned mature Swordvines, was already quite remarkable. Many sword cultivators specializing in Swordvine cultivation in the Sword Hall could not achieve this.

Yet Lu Xuan not only easily accomplished all this but also managed to modify and cultivate a third-grade Swordvine!

It should be noted that the Sky Sword Sect, as the name suggests, is famous throughout the cultivation world for its swords, with Swordvine being the core foundation of the entire Sword Hall.

Many third, fourth, and even fifth-grade sword weapons are cultivated and refined from Swordvine.

In the long history of the Sword Hall, to obtain new high-grade varieties of Swordvine, it requires generations of experimentation and exploration, enduring countless failures before successfully improving and cultivating new Swordvine.

Yet Lu Xuan, as a single individual, completed this process in a short time!

How could Shen Ye not be shocked and amazed by this!