You practice immortality, I farm 2

Chapter 1187 Abnormality
"Okay! Brother Lu, please come this way!"

Mu Yuanshan led the way, while Lu Xuan and Zhang Jingxian entered an area covered by a towering tree.

Only by walking down can you truly feel the amazing appearance of the thousand-year-old spiritual tree.

The diameter of the tree trunk was unknown. Branches of varying lengths spread out and piled together like a small hill. The surrounding area was filled with an extremely rich and pure vitality.

But the current condition does not look very good. There are countless gray spots of various sizes on the thick tree trunks, and the gray spots reveal a dead atmosphere.

"Friend Lu Dao, wait a moment."

Zhang Jingxian stopped, and Mu Yuanshan, who was in the front, took out several green formation flags and waved them casually. The flags merged silently into the restriction under the spiritual tree.

"In addition to the two Yuanying fellow disciples guarding the cave, there are also powerful restrictions placed under each sacred tree, which cannot be broken by ordinary Yuanying Zhenjun."

Lin Jiangyuan on the side conveyed a message to Lu Xuan.

After more than ten breaths, layers of green curtains appeared under the spiritual tree, and a light gate that was only wide enough for one person to pass through appeared in front of everyone.

Everyone filed in.

After entering, Lu Xuan flew up and stopped in front of a gray spot about ten feet square.

"Fellow seeker, when exactly do these gray spots appear?"

He asked softly to Mu Yuanshan who also flew up.

"The larger the area, the longer it has been there. The largest one has been there for nearly two years."

Mu Yuanshan was very clear about the changes in the thousand-year-old spiritual tree, and pointed at the largest gray spot on it and spoke.

Lu Xuan nodded slightly and observed the thousand-year-old spiritual tree carefully.

"These thousand-year-old spiritual trees in the Shenmu Cave Heaven are of infinite value to the Shenmu Sect. Their branches, leaves, rhizomes, spiritual fluids, and spiritual flowers and fruits are all rare treasures and can be considered the foundation of the sect."

Zhang Jingxian slowly introduced to Lu Xuan.

"Everything is a treasure..."

"Over the years, I don't know how many treasures I have contributed to the Shenmu Sect. No wonder the entire sect is famous in the cultivation world for its various high-level spiritual medicines and elixirs."

Lu Xuan sighed secretly in his heart.

A hazy light appeared in his eyes, and his spiritual sense carefully explored the gray spots and the surrounding parts of the spiritual tree trunk.

Although he did not use his special ability, he had cultivated countless spiritual plants over the years and had consulted a lot of spiritual plant information in the sect, so he could definitely be called a spiritual plant master.

"..."

"Or not."

He withdrew his consciousness and looked solemn.

That’s right. So many spiritual plant masters in Shenmu Sect didn’t find any problems. If I can find the root cause without using any external plug-ins, it would be a bit disrespectful to the entire Shenmu Sect.

"Friend Lu, have you found anything?"

Zhang Jingxian asked in a deep voice.

"These gray spots on the ten thousand year old spiritual tree are completely dead, as if the vitality inside has been plundered directly by something."

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment and said.

"Several spiritual plant masters in the sect thought the same after observing it."

"But we can't figure out what kind of strange monster or evil spirit has sneaked into the Shenmu Cave Heaven. We turned it upside down but didn't find anything unusual."

Zhang Jingxian sighed softly.

"Or maybe there is something wrong with the Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Tree itself."

"It's just that Lu needs to study it carefully and collect the normal and gray-spotted trunks of the spiritual wood for experiments."

Lu Xuan said slowly.

As long as it was a spiritual plant, he could get detailed information after planting it, but the thousand-year-old spiritual tree was so huge and had an unusual meaning for the Shenmu Sect. Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not dig out the roots of the spiritual tree and then plant it.

"After pretending to experiment for a few days, go and check the roots below the spirit tree."

He thought secretly in his heart.

"Okay, everything will be up to you, Brother Lu."

Zhang Jingxian nodded in agreement, and Mu Yuanshan and the others naturally had no objection. Since they had come all the way from Jianzong to invite Lu Xuan here, they naturally had to respect the method he proposed.

For many cultivators of Shenmu Sect, the only option is to give it a try.

Lu Xuan took out a fifth-grade sword grass and dug out a piece of normal spiritual wood and a piece of mutated spiritual wood covered with gray spots.

Several people returned to a quiet cave in the cave.

This is where Mu Yuanshan and his companion practice. Occasionally, monks from the Shenmu Sect would come and stay in the cave for a long time, and they would practice and replenish supplies here on weekdays.

Lu Xuan entered an elegant room and used various techniques and treasures to conduct multiple experiments on the two pieces of spiritual wood.

Unfortunately, the gray-spotted spirit tree did not react at all. Even if half a drop of the Hunyuan sap with pure vitality was dripped into it, it just lay quietly in front of Lu Xuan.

"In addition to the possibility that unknown monsters or evil spirits may have invaded the cave, or that there is a problem with the ten thousand year old spiritual tree itself, there may be other situations."

"Theft by the insider."

Lu Xuan looked calm.

Of course, he couldn't tell this guess in front of the two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Shenmu Sect who were guarding the cave, so as to avoid being misunderstood by Zhang Jingxian and others.

At the same time, he also believed that the Shenmu Sect would secretly conduct an internal investigation, so he had to bury this idea in his heart.

"Friend Lu, it's a rare opportunity for us to get together. Let's have a few drinks together."

Lin Jiangyuan's gentle voice sounded outside the house.

"it is good."

Lu Xuan removed a restriction he had casually set up and walked out of the room.

The five of them sat together, tasting the spiritual fruits and wine produced in Shenmu Cave.

Compared with those cultivated and brewed by Lu Xuan, those spiritual fruits and spiritual wines are not inferior and each has its own flavor.

As the wine got to their heads, they became more familiar with each other. Even Jiang Hengbai, who had begun to question Lu Xuan, became more relaxed. He just looked a little cold and ignored Lu Xuan.

As long as the other party doesn't affect him, Lu Xuan naturally wouldn't mind.

"It's a pity for Junior Brother Mu, who has been guarding the Shenmu Cave Heaven for hundreds of years. I didn't expect that such a big problem would occur in the final stage of cultivation, and he couldn't finish his practice from beginning to end."

Zhang Jingxian toasted Mu Yuanshan and said with emotion.

"yes……"

Mu Yuanshan sighed.

"I have no hope of breaking through, and my life span is short. I originally wanted to slowly hand over the responsibilities of guarding the cave and taking care of the ten thousand year old spirit tree to Junior Brother Jiang, but I didn't expect such a sudden change."

"Don't think about it. With Fellow Daoist Lu here, maybe we can solve the spiritual wood problem smoothly!"

Lin Jiangyuan noticed that the atmosphere was a little strange and spoke up.

"By the way, the spiritual wine brewed by Fellow Daoist Lu is unique in the cultivation world. Why don't you take some out and try it?"

He changed the subject.

"Right on my mind."

Lu Xuan smiled and took out several bottles of spiritual brews including Huan Zhen Sword Liquid and Xin Yan Wine.

“It’s not a unique one, but it still has some characteristics and the quality is pretty good.”

He said with a smile, pouring a glass for Zhang Jingxian and the other three.

"It's really good."

"Especially this fifth-grade sword liquid, which can actually integrate subtle sword energy into the spirit wine. It's simply incredible!"

"It's a pity that we are not sword cultivators, so this high-level spirit brew is wasted."

Several people praised him one after another.

The spiritual wine that Lu Xuan took out was of high grade and quality, and it was unique. Several people couldn't help but experience it carefully.

"Ok?"

Lu Xuan subconsciously focused his mind on everyone, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

(End of this chapter)