I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Chapter 594: Chapter 592: ‘Killing Sword Sutra’ _1

After acquiring the Five-grade Cloud Bamboo Arrow Array Method, Lu Xuan couldn’t suppress his curiosity and ventured outside his cave dwelling.

The surging spiritual energy flowed into the Array Plate, flags of varying formations flew towards the edge of the cave at different locations, while the spiritual patterns on their surface shimmered and disappeared instantly.

Before long, a thick sea of clouds appeared outside the cave. In the tumultuous cloud sea, peculiar bamboos towering into the sky appeared and disappeared, their rustling sound faintly discernible.

“Double-layer protection of the Five-grade Formation Method ensures no entrance of demon insects to cause harm to the Spirit Plants.”

A satisfied smile appeared on Lu Xuan’s face.

Looking at the last stalk of Arrow Vine which wouldn’t take much time to mature, he decided to hasten its growth with Qingmu Origin Energy.

He had stored numerous Nascent Soul Grass Orbs in his hand which could be used to replenish Qingmu Source Energy immediately, thus giving him full confidence.

After plucking the Arrow Vine, Lu Xuan gently touched the emerging White Light Group.

Countless light spots transformed into a white small arrow’s phantom and instantly surged into his body.

[Harvested a Fourth Grade Exceptional Arrow Vine, and acquired a Fifth Grade Treasure, Nailhead Arrow.]

With a sweep of his gaze, a dark little arrow appeared in his hand.

The surface of the small arrow was faintly wrapped in black air, slowly moving like a slender black snake, and the arrowhead seemed to be nailed on a translucent human face. The facial features are blurred, not clearly discernible.

Concentrating his divine soul on this dark little arrow, a piece of information emerged in his mind.

[Nailhead Arrow, Fifth Rank Treasure, containing a strong curse. When used, visualize the target and its breath etc., and directly act on its soul.]

[Cultivators below the Core Formation stage will die instantly. Core Formation Cultivators will have a certain probability of death depending on their cultivation, soul strength, and treasures. In mild cases, the Divine Soul will be damaged, and in severe cases, the soul will be dissipated.]

“That’s another Fifth Rank Nailhead Arrow!”

The treasure yielded by the last stalk of Arrow Vine satisfied Lu Xuan tremendously.

“A cursed treasure, which does not require a direct confrontation is a real gem for someone like me who keeps himself hidden in a cave.”

At this point, all four stalks of the Arrow Vines that were collected from the newly discovered Blessed Land had ripened.

Lu Xuan had harvested two Fifth Rank Nailhead Arrows, one Fourth Grade Dao Artifacts Splitting Electric Bow, and one Five-grade Cloud Bamboo Arrow Array Method from the Light Clusters, each of the rewards were quite satisfactory.

Upon his command, the Grass Puppet, who was patrolling the Spirit Field, started moving towards him.

Its slender arms, woven from grey grass, were entwined with a strand of green-black vines. The vine was extending out arrows of varying sizes, adding a ferocious aura to the otherwise silly-looking Grass Puppet.

“Here, these three Arrow Vines are also yours. If some Demon Beast Cultivator tries to sneak into the cave, use these four stalks of Arrow Vine to shoot them down.”

Lu Xuan instructed the Grass Puppet.

The Grass Puppet, despite its low spiritual intelligence, understood the simple order perfectly, and its unusually large grey grassy head nodded heavily.

The puppet body shot out three grey grass strands that pulled the three Vine stalks, all entwined around itself, forming protruding arrows of various sizes, giving it a slightly similar look to a hedgehog.

“Ha ha, the strongest Grass Man.”

Lu Xuan couldn’t help laughing, threw a Nascent Soul Grass Orb to the Grass Puppet, and let it continue patrolling the Spirit Field.

The Arrow Vines wrapping around the upper body of the Grass Puppet made its long legs look more bizarre, creating a frail figure.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators would surely feel envious and jealous if they saw this scene.

A Grass Puppet possessed four vine-special magic artifact equivalents of the fourth grade. What’s the point in cultivation?!

After harvesting the arrow vine, numerous spirit plants in the cave dwelling entered a stable growth phase.

After a while, Lu Xuan sowed over fifty Primordial Essence Herb Spirit Seeds that he had prepared, and began to cultivate them.

In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.

The spirit field was lush and vibrant with life.

Lu Xuan was standing in the furrows of the spirit field, examining the state of each spirit plant in detail to ensure they all received sufficient nourishment.

For the past half year, he had not explored any secret lands and spent most of his time in his cave dwelling.

Occasionally he would go out, either to the Star Plucking Building to replenish some cultivation needs, or to gather with a few familiar cultivators from the Thunder Fire Star Cave. He also went to the Thunder Sea twice, but mostly active in the peripheral area. He would leave content after collecting some Spirit Thunders.

The demand for Spirit Thunder from a few thunder-attributed spirit plants in the spirit field is currently not large. Some common spirit thunders could satisfy their current growth needs, so there’s no need to expend too much effort at the moment.

He arrived at the Sword Grass Spirit Field Area, standing in front of the Bone Slaying Sword Grass that looked like slender bone swords, his mind sinking into the Sword Intent around the sword grass.

A “whizzing” sound.

A Sword Qi filled with killing intent shot from his fingertip, stirring the surrounding Sword Intent. Suddenly, the killing intent filled the air, giving Lu Xuan a feeling of being on a battlefield.

Enemies were densely crowded around him, severed limbs and arms were everywhere, dark red blood flowed and dyed the whole world red.

Lu Xuan controlled the Sword Qi of slaughter that blanketed the sky as if mowing grass, easily killing enemies batch by batch.

Thousands of times of sword-controlling experience slowly gave him an epiphany. The Clear Sword Heart helped him synthesize and summarize, and a special meaning faintly emerged from the dancing Sword Qi.

“I’ve finally initially comprehended the corresponding Sword Scripture.”

Lu Xuan opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth curling up.

The five-grade Bone Slaying Sword Grass was originally cultivated in the sword pool of the Sky Sword Sect and did not have a corresponding Sword Scripture for cultivation.

After sowing the spirit seed, Lu Xuan could only cultivate the sword grass from scratch, relying on the slaughter Sword Intent contained in the spirit seed.

Luckily, he had acquired the Clear Sword Heart earlier, which gave him an understanding of the Sword Dao not inferior to those swordsmanship geniuses. This allowed him to piece together a relatively complete Sword Scripture.

“Bone Slaying Sword Grass, I’ll name the Sword Scripture- the ‘Killing Sword Sutra’.”

Lu Xuan murmured to himself.

The Sword Scripture he currently mastered was roughly at the fourth-grade stage. To successfully cultivate this five-grade sword grass, he still needed to continue his understanding and exploration. Once he perfects it into a five-grade Sword Scripture, the Bone Slaying Sword Grass could mature smoothly.

As for the other Sword Grass, the Spectral Splitting Shadow Sword Grass, due to its relatively late cultivation, the difficulty of comprehending the Spectral Splitting Sword Intent is slightly higher than the Slaughter Sword Intent, so it only has a rough outline.

But with the assistance of the Clear Sword Heart and his intricate control over the sword grass, Lu Xuan was confident of comprehending the corresponding Sword Scripture.

“Once these common sword grasses mature, I can condense some Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, and then try to improve them, trying to get higher-grade sword grass.”

Lu Xuan looked at the more than twenty two-grade Sword Grasses nearby and thought to himself.

When he migrated from the Sky Sword Sect, he purposely applied for some ordinary Sword Grass Spirit Seeds from the Sword Hall.

This type of sword grass is not difficult to apply for, and lots of spirit seeds can be easily acquired. Since they’re of a lower grade and only possess the simple properties of sharpness, there is plenty of room for improvement.

In addition, he had already mastered the Method of Condensation for two-grade sword grass, which enabled him to get spirit seeds in large quantities. This meant he could certainly attempt to improve them further.