You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 310: Demon's Trail

[Flying Wind and Thunder Sword, Grade Four flying sword, forged primarily with extraterrestrial wind and thunderstone, containing powerful wind and thunder energy.]

"Grade Four flying sword..."

A thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind as he murmured to himself.

This was the first Grade Four flying sword he had obtained from the light orbs. After using the Grade Three Purple Thunder Sword for such a long time, it was finally time for an upgrade.

With the potential appearance of evil spirits in the Empty Abyss Island area, having this Grade Four Wind and Thunder Sword would enhance his strength.

"However, the Wind and Thunder Sword comes from the light orb after the matured Wind and Thunder Sword Grass. The Wind and Thunder Sword Grass is nurtured using the Gale Thunder Sword Qi, and both share the characteristic of wind and thunder spiritual power."

Recalling how sword pills could be integrated into flying swords to remove impurities and enhance their quality, Lu Xuan realized that with the Grade Four Wind and Thunder Sword, several Grade Four sword talismans, and the Gale Thunder Sword Pills he obtained in Linyang Fang Market, he gradually felt that his pace was outstripping the capabilities of the Gale Thunder Sword Pills.

With this in mind, the sword pills in Lu Xuan's dantian spun rapidly, and with a slight opening of his mouth, they flew out.

The egg-sized sword pills were composed of countless fine sword qi strands, swirling and emitting a black aura, occasionally flashing with barely visible electric arcs.

Lu Xuan controlled the Gale Thunder Sword Pills with his spiritual power, guiding them towards the Wind and Thunder Sword.

With a slight sizzle, countless tiny black sword qi strands entered the Wind and Thunder Sword.

After a while, the Gale Thunder Sword Pills had completely fused with the Wind and Thunder Sword.

In Lu Xuan's spiritual perception, the Wind and Thunder Sword now possessed a faint, elusive spirituality, making it more agile and natural to control as a flying sword.

At the same time, the power of wind and thunder contained within the sword's blade was enhanced by three points, making its sword qi more formidable and its killing power greater.

"Whether it's the Gale Thunder Sword Pills or the Wind and Thunder Sword, both contain the power of wind and thunder, sharing the same origin. When merged together, there wasn't much difficulty."

Lu Xuan sighed in amazement, casually inserting the Wind and Thunder Sword into his waist-mounted sword sheath.

"A new sword."

With a slight ding, the simple and unadorned sword sheath, into which the Wind and Thunder Sword was inserted, trembled slightly, as if it couldn't bear such a simple and rough entry.

Inside the sword sheath, there was a faint whistling sound, whether it was caused by the wind and thunder sword itself or the sword sheath's pain was unclear.

"Just get used to it."

Lu Xuan reassured it with a word, letting the sword sheath nourish the Wind and Thunder Sword well.

In the following half month, the situation remained calm. Just when Lu Xuan thought it was a false alarm, a transmission talisman flew into the courtyard.

After confirming that there was no strange aura on the talisman, Lu Xuan pressed a spiritual power, activating the talisman. Song Yun's somewhat urgent voice came from inside.

"Senior Lu, a patrol of Song Family cultivators on the island found something unusual that could be related to evil spirits. Please come and take a look."

"It's in the southeast direction of the outer island."

"It finally appeared."

Lu Xuan sighed softly, his sword sheath tied to his waist, the Howling Sea Sword Talisman and the Grand Sun Sword Talisman hidden in his sleeves, and other treasures were placed in the easiest-to-reach positions.

His figure was like a floating light, swiftly flying towards the southeast direction of the Empty Abyss Island.

As he was about to reach the southeast outer island, his spiritual perception spread rapidly, locking onto Song Yun's aura.

"Senior Lu!"

The moment Song Yun saw Lu Xuan appear, he felt a lot more settled.

"What exactly happened?" Lu Xuan calmly asked.

"It's like this."

"Last time, Senior instructed me to pay more attention to the situation on the island every day. I organized many cultivators from the family into small teams to patrol daily and carefully observe the designated areas."

"During one of the routine checks, one of the patrols discovered something unusual."

As Song Yun spoke, he led Lu Xuan into a simple courtyard nearby.

Inside the courtyard, the atmosphere was extremely tense. There lay a corpse, four cultivators wearing standard Song Family robes, and a gentle woman lying on the corpse, silently wailing, crying almost to the point of fainting. In addition, there were several scattered cultivators standing on the side, looking flustered.

"Song Qiming, please introduce the situation to Senior Lu, and don't leave out any details."

Song Yun's expression was serious as he said to a middle-aged cultivator.

The middle-aged cultivator nodded heavily, walked up to Lu Xuan, and respectfully saluted.

"Senior Lu, today, I led three subordinates to patrol this area. Following the usual procedure of checking each cultivator for signs of being contaminated by evil spirits with the expulsion charms, this particular cultivator suddenly launched a surprise attack on us."

"We had intended to subdue him, but unexpectedly, he fought back ferociously against us. In desperation, we had no choice but to kill him."

"However, after he was killed, the corpse underwent a tremendous change and became what you see now."

The middle-aged cultivator was of high-level cultivation, while the other three Song Family cultivators were all at the mid-level of cultivation.

Lu Xuan looked at the corpse on the ground with a solemn expression.

The entire corpse had a grayish-white complexion, devoid of any trace of blood, with tiny cracks everywhere, like patches of cracked dry soil.

From the wounds on the corpse, it could be seen that the muscles inside were in a desiccated state, not as if they had just been killed, but rather as if they had been exposed to the sun for ten days or so.

Under spiritual perception, the internal organs of the corpse were also all gray-black, extremely abnormal.

"Is this what happens after death?" Lu Xuan asked Song Qiming.

"Yes, this is what happens after death."

"We can guarantee with our lives that when we attacked this cultivator, we only used ordinary, common talismans and techniques. After killing him, we didn't do anything else."

The middle-aged cultivator was afraid that Lu Xuan would suspect them and emphatically stated, while the three behind him also stepped forward, expressing their attitudes together.

"Well, you don't have to worry. It has nothing to do with you."

Lu Xuan had carefully examined the few of them long ago and said gently.

"Miss, what is your relationship with the deceased cultivator lying on the ground?"

Lu Xuan lowered his head and asked the gentle woman.

The woman looked up at Lu Xuan, her voice hoarse as she replied.

"Reporting to Senior, he was my husband."

Her eyes were swollen with redness, traces of tears remaining on her cheeks, and her expression was haggard, showing the immense impact of losing her loved one.

"Have you and your

husband recently been out exploring?"

"Yes, we were with other cultivators, searching for and collecting gathering snails. We've been back for less than a month."

Lu Xuan nodded gently.

"Did you notice anything unusual about your husband after you returned?"

"No." The woman nodded blankly, suddenly remembering something and banging her head frantically against the ground.

"Senior, you must help us! We are just small-scale independent cultivators on the outer islands, how could we be involved with evil spirits?"

"The Song Family cultivators killed my husband without any reason and even falsely accused him of being contaminated by evil spirits."

"But we are only low-level Qi cultivators!"

"My husband was always cautious and just wanted to live another day!"

The woman completely forgot her own pain, and the banging sounds entered everyone's ears.