You Cultivate, I Farm

"Junior Brother Lu, are you in?"

Lu Xuan was cultivating spirit plants when a voice called out from outside his courtyard.

"It's Senior Sister Yao! It's been a while, your aura has grown even more radiant, Senior Sister."

Lu Xuan opened the door to see a graceful woman, the manager of the medicinal garden where he initially took on the task of cultivating Monkey-Faced Orchids.

"Junior Brother Lu, you're too kind."

The graceful woman followed Lu Xuan into the yard, admiring the thriving vitality veiled under a faint mist.

"It seems you've planted quite a few rare spirit plants. The formations can't even contain such vitality."

Although she spoke so, she tactfully refrained from requesting to inspect the spirit fields.

"Sister Yao, what brings you here today?"

Lu Xuan asked curiously.

"I do have something to discuss, and it's quite significant."

The graceful woman smiled and continued, "I've been managing a spirit plant garden for a senior uncle who owns several properties outside the sect. Recently, one of the gardens has been plagued by insects, and the source remains unsolved."

"Senior uncle assigned me to handle it, but I can't manage alone. I'm inviting you to join me."

Impressed by Lu Xuan's capabilities during the Monkey-Faced Orchid cultivation, the graceful woman remembered him vividly. She knew he could potentially help resolve the issue of the insect infestation.

"Junior Brother Lu, I'm usually neglectful of my cultivation, my skills are average, and I'm not skilled in combat. I only possess some talent in cultivating spirit plants. I apologize."

Lu Xuan politely declined with a smile.

"But, Lu Junior Brother..."

The graceful woman paused, a hint of puzzlement in her eyes.

"I invited a spirit plant cultivator..."

"Careless of me, directly refusing an invitation from a fellow cultivator without realizing it was precisely about spirit plant cultivation..."

Lu Xuan realized his mistake, and silence fell for a moment.

"Junior Brother Lu mentioned concerns about cultivation and combat experience, worried about potential danger?"

"You can rest assured. The spirit plant site is only a few hundred miles from the sect, no ferocious beasts or evil cultivators lurk along the way. I've also obtained a third-grade artifact from my senior uncle, top-notch in both speed and protection."

"As for the cultivators there, most are low to intermediate Qi cultivators. There are very few high-level ones. Junior Brother can be at ease about that."

The graceful woman, perceiving Lu Xuan's cautiousness, reassured him gently.

"A few hundred miles indeed isn't much of a distance. However, Senior Sister Yao, why didn't the senior uncle plant within the sect?"

"Mainly because those spirit plants require a vast amount of space, and the growing environment within the sect might not be conducive to their growth."

"So, the senior uncle outsourced those spirit plants to minor family cultivators, disciples either from outside or inside the sect, trustworthy ones."

The graceful woman explained in detail to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan nodded, showing his understanding. Yao's explanations dispelled his safety concerns. Considering this was the senior uncle's industry within the sect, Lu Xuan didn't hesitate much and agreed.

"Then, Senior Sister Yao, please take care on the way."

"It's my duty."

"With your cultivation level among a group of low to intermediate Qi cultivators and your expertise in cultivating spirit plants, it should be me taking care of you!"

A smile appeared on the graceful woman's face, feeling more assured with Lu Xuan's expertise in spirit plant cultivation, increasing their chances of resolving the source of the infestation.

She informed Lu Xuan of the departure time and some preparations before bidding him farewell.

Two days later, a shuttle-shaped flying vessel landed in the cobblestone square of Sword Gate Town.

Lu Xuan, the graceful woman, and an ordinary youth at the ninth level of Qi cultivation disembarked from the vessel.

"Both of you, let's stay in Sword Gate Town for a while, get our supplies separately, and meet at the Stone Swords Inn in half a day."

Lu Xuan agreed without hesitation and wandered alone in the town.

Half an hour later, he returned to the courtyard with purchased materials.

Before entering the spirit field, he sensed a chilling breeze, remnants of around ten lingering resentful souls, still haunting the yard from when he last left after releasing fifty of them from the Soul Bell.

"These five Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms are quite voracious."

Lu Xuan sighed and approached the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms.

After absorbing seven to eight resentful souls each, although the size of the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms didn't change significantly, their eerie patterns appeared brighter, giving a livelier impression.

He took out the Soul Bell artifact from his storage bag and released fifty resentful souls from its inner walls.

Instantly, the yard filled with gloom, the temperature dropping noticeably.

Approaching the Thorny Bone Spirit, Lu Xuan found its slender bones, after absorbing the bones of a demonic beast, had turned even whiter and more chilling, with some small bone spurs protruding from its sides.

With a loud crash, a huge demonic beast's skeleton fell around the Thorny Bone Spirit. Lu Xuan purposely arranged it to enclose the Thorny Bone Spirit, ensuring it received ample nourishment.

After nurturing both the Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms and the Thorny Bone Spirit for a while, Lu Xuan planted a fourth-grade Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood spirit plant in the spirit field.

Then, he brought out a nearly drained of blood demonic beast carcass he deliberately bought in town, fulfilling the growth requirements of the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood.

Using a shard of silver blade, he extracted the eyeballs from the demonic beast and delicately placed them on the aged bark of the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood.

Before long, a nearly transparent tendril emerged from the closest eyeball, swiftly pulling it as if anchored, fixing the eyeball onto the partly closed pupil.

Concentrating, Lu Xuan sensed a sense of contentment from the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood, putting his mind at ease.

"With this visit, the spirit field has become noticeably eerie."

Dozens of resentful souls roamed aimlessly within the small courtyard, unable to escape the enveloping array.

The gigantic demonic beast skeleton resembled a small hill, partially hiding the Thorny Bone Spirit.

Combined with the new addition of the eerie-eyed Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood, the aged bark still stained with the blood of the demonic beast, the courtyard had taken on a more ominous and eerie aura.

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