You Cultivate, I Farm

The Demon Ghost Vine touched the ground, instinctively standing tall upon sensing the aura of demonic beast puppets in the distance, its tendrils secreting grey mucus.

With a thought from Lu Xuan, the White Bone Demon Puppet transformed into a thick bone chain, tightly binding the remaining demonic beast puppets and dragging them in front of Lu Xuan.

"Feast to your heart's content!"

Lu Xuan looked down at the eagerly wriggling Demon Ghost Vine and commanded softly.

At his words, the Demon Ghost Vine’s grey tendrils split into many tentacle-like branches, which grew rapidly in the wind. The intertwining vines sported suction cups bristling with sharp teeth and a dense thicket of vicious spikes.

Presented with such a feast, the fifth-grade Demon Ghost Vine finally demonstrated a bit of its level's elegance.

With a whooshing sound, countless vines covered the sky, swiftly reaching the demonic beast puppets. They wrapped tightly around the beasts, rendering them immobile, with the vine tips attaching to the puppets' heads.

Like slurping snails, a variety of bizarre mixtures from within the beasts were sucked out by the Demon Ghost Vine, swallowed whole.

Moments later, the grey tendrils returned to their normal state, albeit noticeably thicker than before, moving somewhat clumsily across the ground.

As for those demonic beast puppets, once the integrated Parasitic Yin Thread was consumed, they were left as mere husks, breaking into countless pieces upon hitting the ground.

"How does the combination of third-grade Parasitic Yin Thread and corresponding grade demonic beast flesh taste?"

Lu Xuan sent a thought to the Demon Ghost Vine, inquiring.

The vine struggled to stand tall, nodding continuously, its simple consciousness filled with joy.

"Did this outing satisfy your hunger?"

The vine kept nodding, pityingly, it had marked numerous rare and high-grade spiritual plants in the cave abode, but this was the first time it had enjoyed such a large feast.

"Full belly means it's time to work! Move around, digest a bit!"

Lu Xuan flicked the tip of the grey vine, looking at its bloated body with a hint of disdain.

"Look around for traces of seeds from such plants."

Lu Xuan took out a seedling of the Aberrant Arrow Vine from the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

Anticipating the attack of demonic beast puppets, he had prepared early by transplanting the Arrow Vine seedling into the pouch.

The Gluttonous Insect Pouch, a fifth-grade artifact, was superior to the third-grade Life-Sustaining Bag in preserving the vitality of spiritual plants, ensuring they wouldn’t lose their vitality shortly after being placed inside.

"Also, keep an eye out for other spiritual seed auras. For grades, skip anything below third grade."

Lu Xuan instructed the Demon Ghost Vine in detail.

For him, now at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, second-grade spiritual plants seemed somewhat mediocre.

Although there was a chance to obtain third-grade treasures from luminous orbs, unless it was a rare variety, they weren’t of much use.

More importantly, the sect's cave abode already contained a large variety of spiritual plants of different grades. Planting second-grade plants meant going for quantity.

But with plenty of second-grade plants like Water Firefly Grass and Flame Fruit already in the cave, considering the size of the spiritual field, Lu Xuan's spiritual power, and the time and effort spent on plants, he couldn’t afford to plant second-grade plants in large quantities, thus focusing on third-grade and above.

The Demon Ghost Vine retracted its spikes, spreading its tendrils in all directions, sensing for nearby spiritual seed auras.

After confirming there were none, Lu Xuan randomly picked a direction to continue searching for higher-grade spiritual seeds in the blessed land.

Moments passed without success.

Lu Xuan wasn’t bothered, having prepared himself mentally.

Wild spiritual plants producing seeds depended on the right conditions, making stable acquisition difficult. High-grade seeds were rare, and since seeds naturally grow, most can only be found under specific conditions.

After another while, the Demon Ghost Vine contracted its grey tendrils, speeding towards a direction like a grey snake.

Seeing this, Lu Xuan concentrated on the vine, learning it had sensed the aura of Arrow Vine seeds, and followed eagerly.

The Demon Ghost Vine occasionally stopped to pinpoint the exact location of the seeds. About half an hour later, it stopped beside a small hill, circled it, and burrowed straight into the mountain.

The vine dug deeper until reaching the depths of the ground.

Soon, it emerged from inside the mountain, its tip clutching a cubic-foot-sized spiritual ore.

Lu Xuan's spiritual sense swept over the ore, discovering a small green arrow hidden within.

"Unexpectedly hidden within spiritual ore underground. But it makes sense; otherwise, it might have rooted and sprouted on its own, evading my notice."

With

a flick of his finger, Lu Xuan released a continuous stream of sword intent, as gentle as a spring breeze, silently slicing the ore into countless pieces without harming the small green arrow inside.

In a few breaths, the small green arrow was fully revealed before Lu Xuan.

The arrow, the size of his index finger, occasionally emitted a green spiritual light. Upon closer inspection, he could sense a faint vitality within.

He used the Earth Attraction Technique to place the small green arrow seed into dark red spiritual soil.

【Aberrant Arrow Vine, a fourth-grade spiritual plant, requires a cultivator's guidance to condense arrow-shaped spiritual energy and nourish the plant during growth. Upon maturity, it releases arrows of various forms, capable of launching a barrage of arrows when facing formidable enemies, with strong lethality.】

【The seed's chance encounter with spiritual ore, separated from the spiritual soil's energy, prevented it from rooting and sprouting normally, causing its vitality to slowly fade. It needs to be placed near an object rich in life force and continuously nurtured until it recovers.】

"Poor little seed, how did you end up falling into the ore."

Lu Xuan sighed, storing the small green arrow seed in the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

As for an object rich in life force, the green small sword in the Profound Sword Sheath would suffice, so there was no worry in that regard.

"Well done, keep it up."

Lu Xuan took out a Flame Fruit, rewarding the grey vine with a gentle pat on its tip.

The Demon Ghost Vine, more motivated, continued to spread numerous tendrils, searching diligently with its keen sense for seeds.

"Hm? Two cultivators from the Divine Peaks Sect."

Lu Xuan, looking into the grey-white pupil in his palm, noticed through the Void Nightmare Eye's vision that two cultivators in Divine Peaks Sect robes were frantically fleeing towards him, with more than a dozen demonic beast puppets in hot pursuit.

Without hesitation, he ordered the Demon Ghost Vine back into his sleeve and fully activated the Floating Light Body Technique, heading directly towards the cultivators.

"Better to mind my own business and focus on finding spiritual seeds."

"With so many demonic beast puppets, a mere spiritual plant cultivator like me can't handle them, and I'm unable to lend a hand. Surely, the fellow cultivators from the Divine Peaks Sect can understand."

Lu Xuan mused, only stopping after confirming there were no cultivators within a dozen miles through the Void Nightmare Eye.