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You Cultivate, I Farm - Chapter 297
🕑 Added 2024-02-15 22:51:09 +0000 UTCChapter 297: The Formless Algae
On the outskirts of The Abyss Island,
Lu Xuan stood straight on a massive rock, gazing down at the waters below.
Song Yu and two Sun Family cultivators, who looked weathered by wind and sun, stood behind him, looking nervous.
As far as the eye could see, an Empty Abyss Spirit Fish nearly half a meter long suddenly shot out from the water's surface, crashing into a huge reef ahead.
Lu Xuan frowned slightly, a fierce spiritual pressure formed directly, intercepting the Ling Fish attempting self-harm.
With a thought, Lu Xuan made the Ling Fish float slowly in front of him, swaying its tail uneasily in midair.
The Ling Fish shimmered with a sparkling light, appearing exceptionally beautiful.
Lu Xuan remained silent, a purifying talisman quietly appearing in his hand. A sacred, pure white light shot out from the talisman, falling on the Ling Fish he controlled.
Until the white light disappeared, the Ling Fish still showed no abnormal reactions.
The pure jade hanging around his neck also indicated no traces of malevolent influence.
"Firstly, we can rule out any demonic influences."
Lu Xuan thought to himself.
Then, he slowly infiltrated the Ling Fish's body with his spiritual consciousness, carefully exploring every piece of flesh and organ.
Still, nothing was found.
"Bring some sea grass used to feed the Ling Fish."
Lu Xuan instructed the two dedicated Ling Fish breeders from the Song Family.
When in doubt, feed them something; this was his time-tested skill.
He took a piece of pale blue sea grass from the Sun Family cultivator and forcefully stuffed it into the Ling Fish's mouth.
His mind concentrated on the Ling Fish's body, and suddenly, a piece of information flashed through his mind.
【Empty Abyss Spirit Fish, a second-grade demon beast, extremely fast, with incredibly delicious flesh containing rich spiritual energy, highly favored by cultivators.】
【Due to the presence of Formless Algae parasitizing within, the Ling Fish is in a state of madness.】
"So, there is something hidden within you! But what is the Formless Algae?"
Lu Xuan's expression brightened, then turned puzzled.
He had thoroughly searched the Abyss Spirit Fish before, but hadn't seen anything that could be related to Formless Algae.
"So, there is only one possibility: this so-called Formless Algae has an extremely strong hiding ability, perhaps even able to evade the detection of early Foundation Establishment cultivators."
Regarding the information that appeared in his mind, Lu Xuan had no doubts, becoming even more convinced that he simply couldn't find the Formless Algae.
"How can we find it then?"
He pondered silently, about to return the Ling Fish to the water when his movements suddenly stopped.
"Unable to find it on land in a short time, then back to the water, back to the familiar environment of the Formless Algae, it will be even more difficult to find."
A glimmer of understanding flashed in Lu Xuan's mind.
"At present, we should put the Formless Algae in an unfamiliar environment. By changing its living environment, we can see if we can find a breakthrough."
With this thought, Lu Xuan retracted the spiritual force he had extended and fixed the Ling Fish in midair.
Under the scorching sun, the Ling Fish felt extremely uncomfortable under the sunlight's burning.
"I will conduct an experiment with this Ling Fish."
Lu Xuan commanded directly, his tone not open to objections.
As soon as he finished speaking, a crimson long sword appeared in his hand, the long sword trembling slightly, and the crimson patterns on the sword's body quietly changed, bursts of scorching flames flying out from both sides of the Flame Burst Sword.
Under Lu Xuan's control, the scorching flames floated under the Ling Fish, arranging and combining continuously, constantly roasting the fish's abdomen.
"Hiding within this Ling Fish's body, I wonder if you are prepared to perish with it."
Under the continuous roasting of the scorching flames, the Ling Fish's abdomen had already emitted a burnt smell, its crystal-clear body turning pitch black.
At this moment, Lu Xuan suddenly saw a layer of transparent liquid oozing from the Ling Fish's body, the liquid continuously flowing and finally merging into a water droplet.
The water droplet was transparent, almost impossible to detect if not on land.
"I finally found you."
Lu Xuan felt relieved, a fine strand of Green Wood Source Qi surging from his fingertips.
Since the Formless Algae belonged to the category of spiritual plants, the Green Wood Source Qi, condensed from the essence of the Qing Xuan Deer's life, containing the purest aura of grass and wood between heaven and earth, could be used to nurture and cultivate it.
Sure enough, the subtle Green Wood Source Qi was absorbed by the transparent water droplet.
With his mind concentrated on the water droplet, a thought emerged from his mind.
【Formless Algae, a second-grade spiritual plant, originating from the depths of the ocean, formless and colorless, possessing an extremely strong hiding ability, parasitizing on sea fish and beasts, gradually blending with them, matured can be used to refine artifacts and talismans with concealment abilities.】
【Extremely difficult to survive in a scorching environment.】
【When I entered your body and merged with you, you didn't even notice.】
"So, it's such a peculiar spiritual plant."
Lu Xuan increased the intensity of the fiery red flames in his hand, bursting out with scorching heat, and a large group of transparent water droplets continuously changed, gradually decreasing in volume.
In the end, only a transparent membrane remained, swimming incessantly in his hand.
"Senior Uncle Lu, is it this thing causing trouble, making the Abyss Spirit Fish behave abnormally and even self-harm?"
Song Yu, standing beside him, asked, the two Ling Fish breeders also showing curious expressions.
"Yes, this thing is called Formless Algae, a special spiritual plant, formless and colorless, with an extremely strong hiding ability. It parasitizes inside Ling Fish and is extremely difficult to detect."
Lu Xuan nodded, explaining.
"I see, no wonder why we couldn't find it no matter how many methods we tried. Once it's in the water, it's just a water droplet, and after blending with the Ling Fish, it's hard to distinguish."
"Even if the Ling Fish notices something wrong with its body and tries various ways to avoid risks, it still can't find a solution."
"Thanks to Senior Uncle, we found the root cause of the Ling Fish's abnormality this time."
Song Yu breathed a deep sigh of relief, speaking with lingering fear.
If these Abyss Spirit Fish had any problems, leading to significant losses, then he would have no value in the Sky Sword Sect.
"However, why would this area where the Ling Fish are raised have such a peculiar spiritual plant? It hasn't been discovered for many years before."
Another dark-skinned cultivator behind him asked in confusion.
Lu Xuan grasped the transparent membrane swimming in his hand, a hint of an unknown meaning flashing in his eyes.
"Formless Algae usually grows in the depths of the ocean. The area where the Ling Fish are raised is in the near-sea zone, so what attracted these spiritual plants, causing
them to travel a long way to come here?"
Lu Xuan pondered silently.
"Even if sea beasts bring Formless Algae seeds or plant seedlings here, it's impossible to cause a large number of Ling Fish to behave abnormally in a short period."
"So, there is only one possibility: someone deliberately spread a large number of Formless Algae seeds or plant seedlings in this water area."
"It seems that the main goal is to eliminate a large number of Abyss Spirit Fish, while using the Formless Algae to occupy this water area and change the living environment of the Ling Fish to disperse them."
"Of course, it cannot be ruled out that this is a scheme aimed at causing significant losses to the Song Family alone."
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