I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

“The most tragic situation is when the entire realm is occupied by demonic creatures, all the high-order cultivators are slaughtered, and the low-level cultivators become nothing more than livestock for demons, living lives worse than death.”

Everyone who heard this couldn’t help but show a look of sorrow.

“Fortunately, our Sword Sect has many capable people, and if any demons dare to invade, we’ll just wipe them all out!”

A tall young man carrying a giant sword flashed a trace of killing intent in his eyes and said fiercely.

“Junior Brother Chen’s joyful day, let’s not talk about such heavy topics.”

An elder from Qingwei Sword Peak said calmly, then turned to look at Lu Xuan.

“Speaking of which, Junior Brother Chen’s thousand-year birthday reminds me, Junior Brother Lu, when will you hold another small gathering for exchanging Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills?”

“Yes indeed, we old folks can’t wait too long…”

An old man with white hair said wistfully.

“My high-grade spirit seeds are getting restless! Just waiting for you, Junior Brother Lu, to organize another event!”

“I feel like locking Junior Brother Lu in the Pill Room and making him refine Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills day and night!”

“I second that!”

“I second that!”

…

Lu Xuan couldn’t help but sweat upon hearing this.

He didn’t expect so many senior brothers to urge him to refine pills on the spot.

“All senior brothers, please don’t be anxious. Your junior is doing his best to refine the Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills.”

“It’s just that the materials for refining the spirit pills are extremely rare, coupled with the fact that Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills are rare Seventh Grade Core Pills, making the process extremely complicated. Once I have some stock, I will naturally use it again for exchanging high-grade spirit seeds and corresponding spiritual objects.”

“Of course, priority will be given to fellow sect members.”

He had to speak up to reassure them.

Having experienced the previous event, and with so many years passing, ensuring that fellow sect members can prepare thoroughly, he had great confidence in the next spirit pill exchange gathering.

“Alright, alright! No rush, no rush!”

“Good things take time!”

Upon hearing this, everyone spoke in agreement.

When the banquet ended, Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode and went straight to the Sky Origin Fruits.

“The new batch of Sky Origin Fruits has entered the rapid growth phase, but there’s still quite a bit of time before they mature.”

He had already harvested them once before, getting five Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills, a Pill Formula Experience Package, and several doses of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk from the light clusters.

“However, with so many Seventh Grade Accelerated Spirit Objects now, accelerating the ripening of Sixth-grade Spiritual Plants is quite easy.”

“Along with the Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills I’ve refined, the quantity will be much more than the first exchange, so I should be able to trade for a lot of good things.”

“I hope the treasures in my fellow sect members’ hands won’t disappoint me then.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

For those cultivators whose lifespan was nearing its end, the Tortoise-Crane Primordial Pills had a great allure. Last time, Lu Xuan obtained several high-grade spirit seeds like Nine-Orifice Ginseng Fruits and Sumeru Seeds, making him look forward to the next spirit pill exchange even more.

“By the way, I should go harvest a bit from the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and the Dragon Turtle.”

A smile appeared on his face, his figure flashed, and he entered his personal spatial space.

After a short while, the Dragon Turtle, which had transformed into beast form, shivered all over, feeling emptier than ever.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan quickly collected the life essence from the Dragon Turtle and performed the Ten Thousand Wood Spring Seal.

After some nurturing, the Dragon Turtle finally recovered seventy to eighty percent of its energy and lazily laid on the lake surface, not wanting to move at all.

“Fellow Daoist Dragon Turtle, if you keep letting me harvest like this, your Seventh Grade Monster Beast body will soon be dried out.”

The Dragon Turtle said dully, with a hint of resentment in its tone.

“Fellow Daoist Dragon Turtle, do not worry. Once this period of busyness is over, I’ll make sure both of you get a good rest and recuperation, and Lu won’t let your efforts be in vain.”

Lu Xuan made an empty promise.

The Flowing Light Spirit Crane was fine, listening to and obeying Lu Xuan without a second thought.

The Dragon Turtle just voiced its complaints, not daring to truly defy Lu Xuan.

After appeasing the Dragon Turtle, Lu Xuan went to the Thunder Beast tribe’s territory.

In the center of the territory, spirit thunder raged, while Yin Yang Thunder Extreme Wood and the Taiqing True Thunder Trees enjoyed it, allowing the spirit thunder to wash over them.

In the outermost area, an ancient sword sheath lay slanted on the ground.

Lu Xuan yanked it out and gave it a gentle shake, and immediately, more than ten silver-white sword grass spirit seeds slid out lightly.

Having tasted success after improving the sixth-grade Life Taking Prison Sword Grass, Lu Xuan hadn’t given up on improving other sword grasses.

The focus was on Thunder Clap Sword Grass and Thunder Abyss Sword Grass.

This area buried the Nine Heavens Thunder Summoning Tablet, the great treasure of the Thunder Beast tribe, and was a premium thunder attribute spiritual land, where he let the scabbard nurture the sword grass spirit seeds.

Over time, mutated spirit seeds had appeared, but they had yet to take the final step of transcending ranks.

Lu Xuan then collected those mutated spirit seeds for further stimulation, hoping to quickly refine them into Sixth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seeds.

He embedded the seeds into the spirit soil, focusing his mind on them.

“Mutated spirit seed…”

“Failed and discarded spirit seed…”

“Hmm?”

As his mind fell on the ninth seed, a piece of information flashed across his sea of consciousness.

[Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass, Sixth-grade Spiritual Plant, an improvement from Fifth Rank Thunder Clap Sword Grass under the nourishment of Thunder Attribute Spiritual Land and special Swordsmanship Treasures.]

[Innate Sword Instrument, requiring planting in thunder attribute spiritual land, and nurturing with corresponding sword qi. Once mature, it can be refined into a low-grade magic treasure, having immense killing power. The sword intent and sword qi harbour divine thunder breath, with a Sword Qi Thunder Sound effect capable of momentarily stunning the opponent’s soul, naturally suppressing demonic beings, and greatly increasing damage inflicted.]

[I have a sword that can kill demons and suppress the demonic!]

“A new Sixth Grade Sword Grass!”

Lu Xuan rejoiced inwardly.

“Modeled on the Thunder Clap Sword Grass, its attack carries the Sword Qi Thunder Sound effect and has an extremely strong suppressive effect on demonic beings.”

“For the Sword Sect in its current state, nothing could be more fitting.”

At present, the entire Cultivation World was beset by demonic invasions, and even as Lu Xuan remained within the Sword Sect, he had heard about it.

If every Jindan Cultivator in the Sword Sect possessed a Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass, their combat abilities against demons would be greatly enhanced, reducing cultivator casualties accordingly.

Lu Xuan took out the sword grass spirit seed exuding a silver-white thunder glow, examining it closely and feeling content.

“The only downside is that cultivating it is much more challenging than a regular Sixth Grade Sword Grass, requiring mastery of corresponding high-rank swordsmanship, and planting in a land rich with refined thunder qi.”

“However, given the Sword Sect’s heritage, these issues should be manageable.”

He thought to himself.

“I’ve already claimed the True Sword Disciple benefits, so trying to procure coveted treasures from the Sword Sect Treasury won’t be as easy as before.”

“With this improved Sixth Grade Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass, that won’t be a problem.”

“However, it would be best to produce several more spirit seeds. Otherwise, having just one won’t win enough support.”

One new Sixth Grade Sword Grass spirit seed could be seen as a result of a Fifth Rank spirit seed mutation, but two, three, or even more would surpass simple mutation explanations.

Once enough spirit seed numbers were there, a highly incidental mutation would become stable production.

With this thought, Lu Xuan retrieved a drop of Wood Elf Juice from the Inch Book.

“A Seventh Grade Accelerated Spirit Object can abundantly accelerate a Sixth-grade Spiritual Plant.”

He replanted the Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass spirit seed, using his divine sense to control the drop of Wood Elf Juice, allowing it to merge slowly into the spirit seed.

As the emerald spiritual liquid entered the spirit seed, its internal silver-white sword qi moved frantically, with faint thunder sounds as sword qi clashed.

Then, an incredible vitality burst from within the spirit seed, and a small sword about an inch long emerged vertically from the spirit soil.

With a flick of Lu Xuan’s finger, a filament-thin, thunder qi-infused pure sword qi penetrated the small sword grass.

Being proficient in the Thunder Method and having learned various high-rank swordsmanship techniques from the “Dongxuan Sword Scripture”, Lu Xuan had no trouble cultivating this Sixth Grade Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass.

The Seventh Grade Wood Elf Juice was quite potent for a Sixth Grade Sword Grass. Nourished by ample thunder attribute sword qi, the sword grass fully matured in just under two hours.

The silver-white sword grass stood straight in the spirit soil, thunderous markings rolling over its surface, with the boom of thunder capturing the soul, as if to sweep away all demonic entities under the heavens.

“The contained thunder spirit breath is sparse yet exceptionally pure, paralleling the Evil Extermination Spirit Thunder I previously acquired.”

“It can be moved into the seed condensing stage.”

With extensive experience in condensing Thunder Clap Sword Grass, as well as profound understanding of the Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass gained during cultivation — due to their close relationship and lineage — condensing the seed was not difficult for Lu Xuan.

In less than a month, the Heavenly Thunder Demon Suppressing Sword Grass successfully condensed three spirit seeds.