Chapter 15 - Dark Marrow Ganoderma
"Brother Lu, long time no see, how are you these days?"
Zhang Hong smiled heartily and greeted Lu Xuan.
"Thank you for your concern, brother Zhang. Everything went well. I would like to congratulate you for returning safely from the wilderness."
Lu Xuan said with a smile.
"Haha, I'm lucky. I only got a little hurt and got some treasures by chance." "I
have to say thank you to you, brother Lu, for coming here this time."
"I heard from my wife that there was an insect infestation at home before, and it was all thanks to you, brother Lu, who helped to solve it."
"And that little bastard, after he came back, he kept showing off to me, saying that he can now earn spirit stones, and he also wants to use the spirit stones he earns to support his family!"
Zhang Hong thought of Zhang Xiuyuan's smug look and laughed.
"Brother Zhang, you don't have to be polite. You helped me so much before. What I did is nothing."
"As for Xiaoyuan, he saved me a lot of time and unnecessary trouble. It's only right to give him a little reward."
"He's just a kid. What can he do?"
"Brother Lu, you surprised me this time. I thought you could only farm peacefully. I didn't expect that you could have such a sword skill."
"Just with it, Brother Lu, you can beat many cultivators at the third level of Qi training."
Zhang Hong praised.
With the cover of the breath-retaining method, Lu Xuan was not worried that Zhang Hong would be able to detect his true cultivation level.
"The spiritual fields in my courtyard were the first to encounter insect pests. It cost me nearly seven spiritual stones and I hired a mid-level Qi training cultivator to get rid of them."
"In order to prevent this from happening again, I simply spent a lot of money and bought a first-grade sword technique. I didn't expect that although my spiritual power cultivation progressed slowly, I had some talent in practicing sword techniques."
"The sword technique progressed very quickly, even to the point where it could help people get rid of insect pests. I wanted to earn some spiritual stones from it and make back the cost of buying it as soon as possible."
Lu Xuan made up a reason to explain the ins and outs of how he could use the Gengjin Sword Technique to solve the pests.
Zhang Hong didn't doubt it.
The two talked for a while, and naturally talked about Zhang Hong's experience in reclaiming the secret realm this time.
"The Wang family's formation master broke two formations. According to those mid-level Qi training cultivators who entered the depths of the secret realm, the area of this new secret realm is not smaller than Linyang Market, and there are countless spiritual plants and medicinal herbs inside."
"We, the second and third level Qi training cultivators, only move around on the periphery. We don't have the ability or qualifications to enter the deeper parts of the secret realm."
"I mainly follow a team of cultivators to collect spiritual plants and clear out some low-level monsters."
"Although there are great cultivators from the Wang family standing in the front, it is said that the casualties are still not small, about 30%."
"Our team was lucky enough. We only encountered two dangerous situations. One time was when we were collecting spiritual plants. We encountered an alienated spiritual plant that was extremely aggressive and good at camouflage. Two people died accidentally."
"Another time, we encountered a special monster, a spider with a human face on its back. It was so fast that we couldn't see its figure clearly. A casual cultivator was directly cut into two by its limbs. Fortunately, a high-level cultivator of Qi training arrived in time and eliminated it."
Thinking of these two encounters, Zhang Hong couldn't help but turn pale, with a lingering fear, which showed that the shadow left was not small.
Lu Xuan, who was standing by, listened with relish. Anyway, he didn't have to experience it himself, and it was very good to satisfy his ears.
"Why, Brother Lu, are you interested in going for a walk? The first time you open up a new secret realm, the benefits are the greatest, and the risks are also the greatest. Later on, they are all reduced."
"Of course, it's just the outer periphery of the secret realm. What's going on inside, that's not something I can know."
Seeing Lu Xuan's interested look, Zhang Hong smiled and invited him.
"No, no, my cultivation is low, I'm not good at fighting, and I don't have any magic tools and talismans. I'd better be a spiritual plant master honestly."
He said with a smile.
The spiritual power accumulated by the white light ball, and the magic tools, talismans, and elixirs it brought were still too few. If we rounded it off, it could be said to be "nothing".
Zhang Hong just mentioned it casually and skipped it.
"By the way, Brother Zhang, did you harvest any unknown wild spiritual seeds during your visit to the wilderness secret realm this time? If so, I can buy them with spiritual stones."
Lu Xuan changed the subject and asked.
"Unknown wild spiritual seeds? Wild spiritual seeds are rare, and unknown species are even rarer."
"I haven't encountered them myself, but I heard that a casual cultivator found a wild spiritual seed in a deserted place in the secret realm. I'll ask for you then."
"But, the species of that spiritual seed is unknown, and the planting method is unknown. If you want to plant it, it's very risky, and you may waste time and spiritual stones in vain."
Zhang Hong couldn't help but persuade Lu Xuan when he heard Lu Xuan's question.
"I just want to try it, not to gamble on the possibility of success."
"If it fails, you can also accumulate some experience in cultivating spiritual plants and broaden your horizons."
Lu Xuan found an excuse to evade the question.
"Okay! I'll ask for you!"
Zhang Hong nodded.
He was very efficient, and two days later, he brought good news.
In the Zhang family yard.
He introduced a bald cultivator who was at the third level of Qi training to Lu Xuan.
"This is Fellow Daoist Long, you are very powerful."
"This is Brother Lu, he has some talent in growing spiritual plants, and he wants to know about the unknown spiritual seed in your hand."
Zhang Hong introduced Lu Xuan and the bald monk to each other, and quickly got to the point.
"I found this spiritual seed from a barren land outside the secret realm. At that time, more than ten wild spiritual seeds were found, and the steward of the Wang family rewarded me with one."
"It's just that I haven't figured out what kind it is, but judging from the place where it was found, it should be no less than the first grade."
"If Brother Lu wants it, take five spiritual stones."
The bald monk said directly.
Lu Xuan took the spiritual seed in his hand and looked at it carefully.
The shape of the spiritual seed is like a small fungus, dark red, with blood vessels on the surface, and a viscous substance flowing slightly.
"Five spirit stones, the price is not expensive. This is the price when I got the red cloud pine."
"However, looking at the strangeness of this spirit seed, its grade and rarity must be no less than the red cloud pine. If we know what kind it is, the price must be much higher than the red cloud pine."
Lu Xuan thought to himself and made a decision quickly.
"Fellow Daoist Long, I want this spirit seed."
"Brother Lu is straightforward."
The two handed over spirit stones in one hand and spirit seeds in the other, each of them showing a smile. The
bald monk was happy that an unknown wild spirit seed could bring him five spirit stones, while Lu Xuan was happy because there would be another rare spirit plant in the spirit field.
And more importantly, the white light ball brought by the mature spirit plant.
When he returned home, he used the earth-inducing technique to clear a small piece of spirit field and planted the dark red fungus.
With his mind focused, detailed information about the spirit plant flashed through his mind.
"Dark Marrow Ganoderma, a second-grade spiritual plant, can be used to refine certain body-refining pills when mature, or it can be taken directly to strengthen the physique of a cultivator."
"A spiritual plant that grows in the dark, does not need light or spiritual rain, it only wants to stay in the shade, accompanied by rotten spiritual trees."
(End of this chapter)