You practice immortality, I farm 2

Chapter 1301 Reopening the Azure Sea and Green Origin Tree

"Within the entire Sword Sect, my junior brother's popularity is second to none."

Jian Zhen suddenly appeared and chuckled softly.

"Brother Sword Master is joking. I am just a spirit plant master who happens to know how to refine the Turtle and Crane Essence Pill."

Lu Xuan said modestly.

"Which spirit plant master can be recorded in the annals of the Dongxuan Sword Sect? Who was chosen as the true disciple of the Sword Sect based solely on their mastery of spirit plants?"

Jian Zhenzhen quipped.

"A lucky fluke."

Lu Xuan feigned ignorance and chuckled.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Your achievements today are entirely due to your own good fortune."

"When you hold another small gathering to exchange elixirs, if you need your senior brother's support, just say the word."

"Within the Sword Sect, my status as the Sword Master still carries some weight."

Jian Huanzhen straightened his expression and said solemnly.

"Thank you, senior brother. I will definitely invite you to preside over the pill exchange for me."

Lu Xuan quickly replied.

Although he has become a true disciple of the Sword Master, his status is still inferior to that of Jian Zhenhuan. In addition, his late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation is not suitable for exposure in the near future. With Jian Zhenhuan around, a lot of trouble can be saved during the core-changing process.

After the ceremony, Lu Xuan returned to his cave dwelling, slightly tipsy.

"The Heavenly Origin Fruit is about to ripen. With the life essence of the Dragon Turtle and Flowing Light Crane collected over the years, the number of Turtle and Crane Origin Pills this time should be much greater than last time. We can once again plunder a wave of high-level spiritual seeds and accelerate the ripening of spiritual objects."

"Of course, the main purpose is to take care of fellow disciples whose lifespans are coming to an end, so that they can have more years of cultivation."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

"However, the only thing that needs to be adjusted is that in this pill-changing meeting, among treasures of the same level, the importance of ripening spiritual items is no less than that of spiritual seeds. Otherwise, it is unknown when all those high-level spiritual plants in the personal space will mature."

Ordinary Grade 8 spiritual plants require hundreds of years to mature. Even with Lu Xuan's exceptional cultivation techniques and the nourishment of high-grade spiritual soil and springs, the required cultivation time is still considerable.

Not to mention those ninth-grade spiritual plants, Dao fruits, and innate spiritual roots, a hundred years is just a short period in their life cycle.

Even if Lu Xuan were extremely patient, he wouldn't have enough lifespan to wait for them to mature.

Therefore, ripening is necessary. However, the high-level spiritual plants in his personal space are not commensurate with the ripening spiritual items he has. He needs to collect ripening spiritual items properly this time.

He estimated the ripening time of the Tianyuan Fruit, and during a small gathering with his fellow disciples, he intentionally or unintentionally revealed his needs. Soon, the news reached the ears of those who were interested.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

That day, in his cave, he tasted the newly brewed Green Lotus Wine with Ge Pu and Li Xuanchen.

"Junior Brother Lu, your Tortoise-Crane Elixir is causing great harm!"

During this time, Li Xuanchen poured out his grievances to Lu Xuan.

"What do you mean by that, senior brother?"

Lu Xuan asked with a smile.

"Everyone knows you want to use elixirs to exchange for spirit-enhancing items and high-level spirit seeds. Sure enough, at least twenty fellow disciples have asked me about it in the last six months, trying every means to get high-level spirit seeds from me."

"Little did they know, although I am an elder in the Sword Palace in charge of managing spiritual plants, I don't even have an eighth-grade spiritual seed!"

"If we had them, would we have waited for them to ask? We would have exchanged them for the Turtle-Crane Essence Pill with Junior Brother Lu long ago!"

Li Xuanchen became increasingly angry as he spoke, indicating that he had suffered a lot of injustice during this period.

"Haha, thank you for your hard work, senior brother. I'll give you two bottles of Qinglian wine as an apology later."

Lu Xuan laughed loudly.

"Junior Brother Lu's Turtle-Crane Yuan Pill has indeed caused quite a stir. As far as I know, many bounty missions related to high-level spiritual seeds and accelerated spiritual creatures have recently appeared in the Sword Sect. The rewards are so generous that even Nascent Soul cultivators are very tempted."

"If it weren't for the recent rampant demons, I would have gone out to search for those kinds of treasures."

Ge Pu, who was standing to the side, said with a smile.

"You two are joking. You are far from the time to take the Turtle and Crane Elixir."

"If you really need it, just come and ask me."

Lu Xuan said earnestly.

Ge Pu was his senior brother in the Heavenly Sword Sect. Li Xuanchen had accompanied him in drinking spiritual wine for so many years. Giving the two of them a Turtle and Crane Yuan Pill was an easy task for Lu Xuan.

"Thank you for your kindness, Junior Brother Lu."

The two expressed their gratitude casually.

"Speaking of which, I did recently hear an interesting story that is closely related to Junior Brother Lu."

"I heard that all the high-level spiritual seeds and ripening-enhancing spiritual objects in the entire Dongxuan Realm have been completely looted."

"Many fellow disciples even asked friends from other realms to help search for such treasures."

Ge Pu said solemnly.

"There's no way around it; for a limited group of people, the allure of the Turtle and Crane Elixir is irresistible."

Li Xuanchen sighed.

"It is truly remarkable that Junior Brother Lu can consistently produce Grade 7 Longevity Pills."

"The average lifespan of Nascent Soul cultivators in the Sword Sect has been extended considerably."

Ge Pu joked.

After the two left, Lu Xuan entered the spirit field.

Thirty-two Heavenly Origin Fruit plants were planted in the spiritual field where the spiritual energy was most refined and abundant. At this moment, the spiritual field was covered with a dense spiritual energy that resembled white mist. Each spiritual plant had a pure white spiritual fruit at its top, with a bright spiritual light on its surface and a rich vitality all around.

"Leave ten plants for seed germination, and harvest all the remaining Tianyuan fruits."

Lu Xuan flashed, and all twenty-two Heavenly Origin Fruits were picked at the same time and stored in his small book.

One by one, white orbs of light quietly appeared, shimmering slightly, attracting Lu Xuan's attention.

He gently touched all the orbs of light at the same time.

In an instant, countless tiny points of light shot into the sky, forming a rain of light that instantly condensed into thin rivers of light that rapidly entered Lu Xuan's body.

In his mind, thoughts flashed by like a fleeting shadow.

[Harvested one Grade 6 Heavenly Origin Fruit and obtained one drop of Grade 7 Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Milk.]

[Harvested one Grade 6 Heavenly Origin Fruit and one Grade 7 Tortoise-Crane Essence Pill.]

[The harvest...]

As the thought vanished, treasures appeared in various forms.

"Five Tortoise and Crane Yuan Pills, seven pill formula experience packs, and ten drops of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk."

"Another fruitful day."

A smile appeared on Lu Xuan's face.

After absorbing seven more Turtle-Crane Elixir Formula experience packs, his skill in refining this seventh-grade elixir reached the Great Perfection level.

If other alchemists knew this, they would probably be shocked.

A few days later, he walked out of the alchemy room looking exhausted. "Seventh-grade pills are too difficult to refine. If I hadn't absorbed seven new pill formula experience packs, the success rate would probably have been much lower, and the refining time would have been much longer."

Lu Xuan gazed at the twelve pills in his hand, each with a phantom image of a spirit tortoise and a spirit crane appearing on its surface, and thought to himself.

"Adding the five from the light orbs, we have a total of seventeen, which can be exchanged for quite a few good treasures."

With a thought, a communication talisman silently appeared in front of him.

“Brother Sword Master, I’ve been quite lucky lately and managed to refine ten Tortoise Crane Essence Pills. Apart from keeping one for myself, I plan to leave the remaining nine to my fellow disciples in the Sword Sect.”

"The small meeting for exchanging cores is tentatively scheduled to begin in a month. I would appreciate it if you could help spread the word and preside over the meeting for me."

Jian Zhen seemed to have been waiting for his message at any moment, and immediately responded.

A small sword talisman with a silver dragon engraved on the back instantly appeared in front of Lu Xuan.

"Ten Tortoise-Crane Essence Pills! Junior Brother Lu's alchemy skills are in no way inferior to those of spiritual plants. Senior Brother is impressed!"

"Junior brother, rest assured, leave everything to me."

Jian Zhenhuan first sighed, then solemnly promised.

Hearing this, Lu Xuan felt relieved and summoned the white ape.

"I plan to go into seclusion for a month. During this time, no matter who comes to visit, please do not disturb me."

He knew that once the news of the successful refinement of the Turtle-Crane Elixir was released, many fellow disciples would try every means to get their hands on the elixir. Lu Xuan did not want to offend anyone, so he chose to go into seclusion and refuse visitors.

"Yes, sir!"

The white ape, who understood the situation, straightened his back and shouted.

Although the visitors were at least mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, as Lu Xuan's guardian spirit beast, each Nascent Soul cultivator was treated with courtesy and no one made things difficult for it.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Halfway up Huanzhenjian Peak, there is a beautiful and elegant cave.

One after another, Nascent Soul cultivators filed in.

Upon entering the room, every cultivator wore a solemn expression, with even a hint of wariness in their eyes.

Everyone present knew that the number of Turtle and Crane Elixir was limited, and more than half of the dozen or so people could not obtain one. Under such circumstances, the camaraderie among fellow disciples became extremely fragile.

"Junior Sister Han, didn't you already get a Tortoise-Crane Essence Pill last time? Why are you here again this time?"

"You should know that even if you get a second one, the effect of the elixir will be greatly reduced, and it will only add sixty or seventy years to your lifespan. It's not worth the huge price."

A middle-aged man with a refined demeanor and a long sword on his back looked at a woman in palace attire with an icy expression.

The woman had snowflake-shaped pale blue lines on her neck and face. Sitting there, she exuded an astonishing chill, like a block of ancient ice, as if she could freeze one's soul.

It was none other than Elder Han Yufeng of the Sword Palace, whose Ice Soul Cold Light Sword Technique was superb. Last time, she had exchanged a Turtle Crane Yuan Pill from Lu Xuan.

"Then I won't trouble you, Senior Brother. Even if it only adds ten years to my lifespan, I will do my best to try."

Han Yufeng said coldly, then closed her eyes, and the chill emanating from her body became even more intense.

"Isn't this Senior Brother Chen Shoujing, the former Sword Master of Qingwei Sword Peak? I heard that he has been traveling for more than two hundred years, searching for an opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. I didn't expect him to return to the Sword Sect to compete for the Tortoise and Crane Essence Pill."

"Perhaps it's a good opportunity to stay in the sect for a while while Elder Lingxiaozi breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, and exchange for a few Turtle-Crane Yuan Pills."

"He and Ancestor Lingxiaozi were the same generation of geniuses in the Sword Sect. His former senior brother suddenly became the sect's ancestor, which seems to have been quite a shock to him."

Among the crowd, a Taoist priest with a handsome face attracted the most attention, and his fellow disciples discussed it in secret.

"Junior Brother Lu is here!"

Lu Xuan and Jian Huanzhen slowly entered the house, immediately attracting the attention of everyone present.

Lu Xuan glanced at it, surprised.

"The number of fellow disciples who came to exchange for spirit pills this time is significantly stronger than last time, both in terms of quantity and cultivation level."

"Uncle Lingxiaozi's publicity efforts have indeed been quite effective."

There were a total of eighteen Nascent Soul disciples who came, including ten late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and only eight mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, unless they have great fortune and possess a rare high-level spiritual seed, are simply not qualified to compete with their senior brothers and sisters in the late-stage Nascent Soul realm."

Lu Xuan sighed inwardly.

Eighth-grade spiritual seeds and ripening-enhancing spiritual objects are extremely rare. Ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators find it quite difficult to find seventh-grade ones in a short period of time, and therefore do not qualify to compete for pills.

"Fellow senior brothers and sisters, my name is Jian Huanzhen, I'm sure you all know me."

"I will be hosting this small meeting on core exchange organized by Junior Brother Lu."

"I'll briefly explain the rules and related matters regarding the exchange of pills."

"Junior Brother Lu is providing nine Tortoise-Crane Yuan Pills to all fellow disciples. It sounds like a lot, but in this situation, there are still too many monks and not enough porridge."

"Everyone knows Junior Brother Lu's character. He is obsessed with spiritual plants and loves to collect all kinds of rare and precious spiritual species and objects."

"At this Pill Exchange Meeting, among treasures of the same level, the highest priority is given to those that accelerate the growth of spiritual objects, followed by spiritual seeds, then spiritual beast embryos, high-level spiritual plant condensation methods, spiritual springs and spiritual soil, and finally, magical treasures."

"During the exchange, you may display the treasures you possess, and Junior Brother Lu will choose who to exchange with."

"Although the Turtle and Crane Elixir is precious, we all come from the same school. Let's not let this damage our harmony and become a laughing stock for outsiders."

"Everything is fair and just, and everyone should rely on their own abilities."

"May you all successfully obtain the elixir!"

Jian Zhen said quickly.

As soon as he finished speaking, several cultivators displayed their treasures, which dazzled Lu Xuan with their various rare and precious items.

He entered the protective barrier of each of his fellow disciples one by one, listening quietly to the detailed introductions of the treasures.

The first four treasures that appeared were all of the seventh grade. Although they were rare, for Lu Xuan, who was already in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, even if he nurtured them to maturity, the reward from the light orb would only be mediocre.

He selected two items as options and approached a familiar monk.

"Senior Brother Zhou, you've arrived."

Lu Xuan greeted a white-haired old man with a smile.

The old man was also an elder of the Sword Palace. He came to verify Lu Xuan's two improvements to the sixth-grade sword grass. The small green tree in his hand left a deep impression on Lu Xuan.

“Junior Brother Lu, after learning that you need to accelerate the growth of spiritual creatures, I had the idea of ​​exchanging them for the Turtle and Crane Essence Pill.”

The old man smiled helplessly, and with a flick of his hand, a small, jade-green tree appeared between the two of them.

"This item is called the Azure Sea Green Origin Tree. It is of grade eight. I obtained it by chance in a cave where spiritual liquid condensed into a sea. It can be infused with magic power to release a rich vitality that nourishes all things in the world."

“The Azure Sea Green Origin Tree is different from ordinary spiritual plants that are ripened by artificial means. It can be continuously nourished. However, after each nourishment, it needs to absorb high-grade spirit stones or even top-grade spirit stones to recharge. After a period of time, it can be used normally again. It is perfect for you, Junior Brother Lu, who is a spiritual plant master.”

The elderly man surnamed Zhou said in a deep voice.

"The eighth-grade Azure Sea Green Origin Tree... a superior ripening agent that can be used every so often, it is no weaker than the Divine Wood Green Pot."

Lu Xuan was secretly delighted, his eyes immediately drawn to the small, verdant tree in front of him.

"Senior Brother Zhou is willing to exchange such a treasure?"

he asked curiously.

"Even if I'm reluctant, there's nothing I can do. Without lifespan, no matter how rare the treasure is, it's all in vain."

The old man sighed.

(End of this chapter)