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You Cultivate, I Farm - Chapter 292
🕑 Added 2024-02-14 20:10:45 +0000 UTCChapter 292: Gathering Sand Snail
On the Empty Abyss Island.
In the early morning, as the red sun ascended, casting its rosy glow upon the sea, the waves undulated, carrying the salty sea breeze.
Lu Xuan rose early, inspecting the growth of the spiritual plants in the spiritual field.
The Hidden Essence Grass had already sprouted slender, tender shoots, with pale blue leaves adorned with glowing specks, harmonizing with the deep blue sea in the distance.
Over a hundred Hidden Essence Grass plants occupied most of the spiritual field. Despite not growing as vigorously as they did in the Sect, each plant was plump and moist in the lush environment of the Empty Abyss Island.
Spiritual power surged within Lu Xuan's body, and a thin mist formed above the Hidden Essence Grass, with wisps of spiritual rain dripping down onto the pale blue leaves.
The fluorescence on the leaves intensified, seemingly greedily absorbing the spiritual rain, shimmering like sunlight on the rippling sea.
After nurturing over a hundred Hidden Essence Grass plants, Lu Xuan continued to inspect the other spiritual plants in the field.
Ten ordinary Grade Two Sword Grass plants had already broken through the soil, resembling ten slender swords thrust into the earth, standing upright with a keen vitality emanating from within.
Next to them, although the Grade Three Starlight Sword Grass had been planted earlier, due to its higher grade, Lu Xuan's control over the Starlight Sword Art was only rudimentary, so its growth progress was not much different from that of the ordinary Sword Grass.
As for the Grade Four Thousand Illusions Sword, it remained buried in the shallow layer of spiritual soil, absorbing spiritual power to sustain its vitality.
Although still in their infancy, both the Starlight Sword Grass and the ordinary Sword Grass already exhibited distinct differences. The gray-black plants surface was faintly dotted with starlight, moving along extremely obscure trajectories, exuding a profound and mysterious meaning.
The more Lu Xuan looked, the more he liked it, his lips curling upwards as he flicked his finger on the tip of the three-inch Starlight Sword Grass.
A faint ringing of swords sounded out.
The Starlight Sword Grass, seemingly fragile, refused to bend, standing erect under Lu Xuan's force, swaying back and forth before finally settling down.
Seeing this, Lu Xuan couldn't help but playfully flick the tip of the Starlight Sword Grass from time to time.
"Chirp chirp~"
A crisp chirping sounded out as a Wind Falcon with its broad, light blue wings flapped its way over from a distance, clutching a first-grade demonic bird in its talons.
"Coming to this Empty Abyss Island seems to be the most enjoyable for you."
Lu Xuan watched as the Wind Falcon, eager to please, flew over carrying the demonic bird, and reached out to rub its soft belly, smiling.
In the Sect, due to various formations and restrictions everywhere, Lu Xuan was afraid the Wind Falcon might accidentally touch them, so he kept it confined to the peak.
For a creature known for its speed like the Wind Falcon, this kind of confinement restrained its nature, occasionally making it feel uncomfortable.
After arriving at this island, Lu Xuan allowed it to soar freely in the nearby sea area.
Although it had not yet grown to Grade Two, it still had the advantage of the sky and its renowned speed, so Lu Xuan was not worried about its safety.
"Senior Lu!"
A clear voice came from outside the courtyard.
Soon, Song Yun's figure appeared before Lu Xuan, holding a food box in his hand containing spiritual fruits and brews, often prepared in various cooking styles from the Empty Abyss Spirit Fish.
After spending some time with Lu Xuan and sensing that he was not difficult to get along with, Song Yun regained some of his youthful nature and was no longer as restrained as he was at the beginning.
As usual, Lu Xuan tested and instructed him in his swordsmanship.
"Not bad, your swordsmanship is becoming more exquisite. Keep up this rate of growth, and there will be a good chance of successfully joining the Sky Sword Sect."
He casually praised.
"It's all thanks to your careful guidance, Senior."
Song Yun said respectfully, glancing at the well-growing spiritual plants nearby, his eyes subtly shifting.
"Senior, I have a younger sister who also loves spiritual plants and spiritual beasts like you. Apart from cultivation, she spends all her time cultivating spiritual plants and raising spiritual beasts."
"Oh? Is that so? Take me to see her."
Lu Xuan's curiosity was piqued upon hearing this from Song Yun.
After coming to this Empty Abyss Island, he had been staying indoors, only wandering around briefly when he first arrived, getting some understanding of the unique spiritual plants and beasts of the island. Upon hearing Song Yun's words, he became interested in taking a look.
"Yes, Senior, please follow me."
Song Yun led Lu Xuan through a winding path to a courtyard.
After calling out a few times, a young girl with a delicate face and exquisite features greeted them, her round face exuding a unique youthful charm.
"Senior Lu..."
The girl first scolded Song Yun, but when she saw Lu Xuan behind him, her expression changed, respectfully greeting him.
"Senior Lu, this is my younger sister, Song Sinin."
Lu Xuan nodded gently.
After Song Yun explained their purpose, Song Sinin led the two into the courtyard.
To Lu Xuan's slight surprise, there was a large pond in the courtyard, exceeding ten zhang in length and width, with many spiritual trees planted around its edges.
The pond was filled with many silver seaweeds, resembling dense clumps of hair, which Lu Xuan had seen before at the miscellaneous stalls, called Silver Thread Seaweed.
"Senior Lu, this is Silver Thread Seaweed, which can be used to raise many sea fish and sea beasts. After being collected, dried, and crushed, it can also be used as a material for refining elixirs."
Seeing Lu Xuan's gaze on the silver seaweed in the pond, Song Sinin hurriedly introduced.
"That is a Grade One spiritual plant, Blood Coral. When mature, it can be used to refine low-grade spiritual tools."
"And that is..."
Several kinds of spiritual plants were planted in the pond, all of which were closely related to water, broadening Lu Xuan's horizons.
Among the spiritual plants he had cultivated before, only the Snow Lotus required to grow in a spiritual spring, besides the Fire Heart Lotus, which grew in the scorching magma, and the Dragon Bone Grass, which he couldn't cultivate yet.
Other than that, the rest of the spiritual plants grew in spiritual soil.
Seeing Lu Xuan's keen interest in the spiritual plants she had cultivated, Song Sinin took out a handful of golden sand from her storage bag, which had a very faint spiritual energy fluctuation.
She sprinkled the golden sand on the edge of the pond, and soon, a huge sea snail emerged from the bottom of the water.
The sea snail stretched out its gray tentacles and swallowed all the golden sand left on the shore into its abdomen.
"What is this? It feeds on sand?"
Lu Xuan asked curiously.
"Senior Lu, this sea snail is called the Sand-Gathering Snail. It loves to eat all kinds of rare sands and stones. If you encounter one in the sea, there is a high possibility that rare and precious sandstones are hidden inside."
"After swallowing the sandstones, the Sand-Gathering Snail will retain them inside its body, using its special organs to slowly refine and transform them, thereby obtaining even richer spiritual energy and fewer impurities from the rare sandstones."
"Many cultivators use Sand-Gathering Snails to temper various sandstones for forging artifacts."
Song Sinin explained in detail.
"In a sense, it's a natural laboring beast."
"In their own minds, they may think they have earned rare sandstones, but in reality, they are just the vegetables raised by cultivators behind the scenes. When they mature, they are directly harvested, ending up with both their people and wealth lost."
Lu Xuan thought to himself as he watched the Sand-Gathering Snail diligently swallow the golden sand under his feet.
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