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You Cultivate, I Farm - Chapter 293
🕑 Added 2024-02-14 20:11:10 +0000 UTCChapter 293: Sea Beast Attack
"Senior Lu, I've been raising a Dragon Carp in this pond, but for some reason, I've been feeling lately that its growth isn't quite right."
"Could I trouble Senior to take a look?"
Song Sinin's eyes, clear and distinct, looked at Lu Xuan, mustering the courage to ask softly.
"Sure, can you summon it out?"
Lu Xuan replied gently. Having diligently studied so much about spiritual beasts in the Tianjian Sect's scripture repository and possessing rich experience in raising them, he felt confident about examining a spiritual beast raised by a Level 3 Qi Cultivator.
Moreover, if he couldn't solve the problem, he could always feed it something and examine its condition in detail.
Bubbles continuously emerged from the water's surface of the pond, and soon, a large fish emerged from the water.
The fish was over half a zhang long, slender in shape, somewhat resembling a Flood Dragon, with its body covered in fine, pale red scales, and two red whiskers swaying in the water.
Lu Xuan swept his spiritual awareness and sensed that the fish's spiritual power was roughly at the level of a first-grade demonic beast. At first glance, it seemed lackluster and listless, floating on the water without much vigor.
"Senior Lu, this is the Dragon Carp I've been raising, a second-grade demonic beast. However, it's still in its growing period, so its strength is equivalent to a first-grade demonic beast."
Lu Xuan nodded gently, carefully scanning every part of the Dragon Carp's body with his spiritual awareness, trying to find the root of the problem.
"What does this Dragon Carp usually eat?"
After examining it closely and finding no abnormalities, Lu Xuan asked the young girl.
"I usually raise some demonic insects, small fish, and shrimps, and besides, Dragon Carps can also eat the Silver Thread Seaweed in the pond."
Song Sinin answered truthfully.
"Go get some of the demonic insects that the Dragon Carp usually eats, and I'll see if it's a problem with the food. Also, let's feed it a bit more to strengthen the bond, making it easier to check."
Song Sinin quickly ran into the house and brought out several differently shaped insects.
Lu Xuan picked up a gray-white ring-shaped insect and threw it in front of the Dragon Carp.
The Dragon Carp instantly became spirited, swiftly swimming to the gray-white insect and swallowing it in one gulp.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan focused his attention on the Dragon Carp in the pond and quickly obtained detailed information about it.
【Dragon Carp, second-grade demonic beast, with extremely diluted true dragon bloodline remaining in its body, which has been diluted for countless generations and is almost negligible.】
【Feeds on demonic insects, fish, shrimps, and seaweed, naturally possesses great strength, and can comprehend simple water elemental spells on its own after maturing.】
【Due to limited activity range and the worrying water quality of the growth environment, it's in quite a languid state.】
"So that's it, feeding it something simple and effective works."
Lu Xuan thought to himself.
It turned out that this Dragon Carp had a trace of extremely diluted true dragon bloodline. However, it was just a bluff. Even compared to the Flood Dragons and Giant Pythons in the Thousand Dragon Lake, it was still far inferior.
"I think I've found the problem."
"Dragon Carps are second-grade demonic beasts, and they grow freely in vast sea areas without any restrictions."
"However, your Dragon Carp grew up in such a shallow pond. When it was just raised, it might not have felt the difference, but as it gradually grew, this pond became a kind of confinement for it."
"In addition, the water quality in the sea area is different from that on the island, making this Dragon Carp somewhat uncomfortable, so it gradually lost its vitality and became what it is now."
Lu Xuan smiled and said to Song Sinin.
"If conditions permit, you can take this Dragon Carp out for a stroll in the nearby sea to release its nature properly. In addition, you need to change the water in the pond regularly to better simulate the growth environment that Dragon Carps need."
"So that's where the problem lies."
Song Sinin's mouth was slightly open, suddenly enlightened.
"Senior Lu, you truly deserve to be from a prestigious sect. You saw the problem with my spiritual beast at a glance."
In her eyes as she looked at Lu Xuan, there was a full sense of admiration.
Lu Xuan inquired about some common knowledge of aquatic spiritual plants and beasts with her, then left with Song Yun.
On the way, he suddenly felt a white jade talisman around his waist trembling continuously.
Lu Xuan's heart tightened. The talisman was a communication talisman left by Song Yu for urgent contact. If it rang, it meant that there was an abnormal situation on the Empty Abyss Island that the Song family couldn't handle smoothly.
He quickly took off the talisman, infused it with a wisp of spiritual power, and heard Song Yu's somewhat anxious voice from the talisman.
"Senior Lu, there may be a large number of sea beasts invading the sea area where we raise the Empty Abyss Spirit Fish. Please come over to take charge, Senior Uncle."
"Alright, I got it."
"Senior Lu, please take me with you."
Upon hearing this, Song Yun's face showed an eager expression. He had been practicing swordsmanship under Lu Xuan for a long time and rarely had the opportunity to check his progress, so he naturally didn't want to miss it.
Lu Xuan nodded, and the Purple Thunder Sword surged with abundant spiritual power, carrying Song Yun, swiftly flying towards the sea area where Song Yu was.
In the vast sea area, Song Yu and over a hundred Song family Qi Cultivators were scattered, closely watching the sea in the distance.
"What's going on?"
Lu Xuan stopped in front of Song Yu, put down Song Yun, and calmly asked.
Seeing him like this, Song Yu, who was originally restless and anxious, eased his mood a lot, as if he had found his backbone.
"It's like this, Senior Uncle Lu. The cultivators patrolling in the sea noticed significant disturbances in the nearby sea area. There's a high possibility that a large number of sea beasts will invade the area where we raise the Empty Abyss Spirit Fish."
"A large number of sea beasts invading? Is this situation common?"
"Not really."
"The Empty Abyss Spirit Fish is a great benefit to many sea beasts and fishes. It's a natural high-grade supplement. Therefore, there are often sea beasts trying to sneak in and hunt the spirit fish."
"There are usually two ways they do this: sneaking in from the bottom of the sea to hunt the Empty Abyss Spirit Fish stealthily, or forcibly attacking the defensive line set up by the Song family and hunting the spirit fish in the chaos."
"The second situation is relatively rare, but once it occurs, if the protection is not sufficient, it may lead to a large number of Empty Abyss Spirit Fish being killed, resulting in huge losses."
"So, Senior Uncle Lu, we'll need you to take charge later. If there's an emergency, please use thunderous means to suppress it."
Song Yu said with a solemn expression.
"Don't worry, with me here, nothing unexpected will happen."
Lu Xuan said confidently.
He looked around and found
that they were in a depressed area of the sea, with one side facing the sea island and surrounded by numerous rocky cliffs, which could provide some protection.
Most importantly, it was the part facing the boundless sea directly.
After entering the Empty Abyss Island, he learned some relevant information. Due to the unique terrain and special water quality here, it was suitable for the growth and reproduction of the Empty Abyss Spirit Fish, so the Song family designated this sea area specifically for raising Empty Abyss Spirit Fish.
In terms of protection, due to the fact that it was nearly ten li away from the part directly facing the boundless sea and with the surrounding area being hundreds of feet deep, unless it was a high-level fifth-grade array, other ordinary arrays would not have a significant effect.
The Song family could only set up some simple protective devices and send cultivators to patrol day and night to better guard this sea area.
"They're here."
He sensed the movement in the deep sea area with his spiritual awareness and said softly.
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