You Cultivate, I Farm

After cultivating all the Seventh Grade Spiritual Plants, Lu Xuan came to the lone sixth-grade plant, the Divine Spirit-Nourishing Tea, within the Cave Heaven.

Compared to when he last left, the Emerald Green Tea Tree had grown significantly; its branches and leaves were like light blue glaze, with a clear luster flowing over the surface, instilling a sense of peace and harmony in one’s heart and mind.

“The Divine Spirit-Nourishing Tea has entered the maturation stage. Once I’m not so busy, I could use either the Mixed Element Tree Liquid or the Divine Wood Green Gourd to hasten its ripening,” Lu Xuan thought to himself.

There was still one matter that needed addressing, which was to set up the Seventh Grade Zhou Sky Star Battle Sword Array.

His Spiritual Sense continuously spread, probing into the black mist outside the Incomplete Cave Heaven.

In an instant, stars within the black mist lit up, rapidly approaching Lu Xuan like lightning.

Nine huge golden flags, adorned with stars, flew out of the black mist, flapping loudly high in the sky.

With a thought from Lu Xuan, a Flying Sword, entirely crystalline and with a blade surface twinkling with the light of a myriad of stars, appeared in front of him. It was the Seventh Grade Zodiac Star Battle Sword that had emerged from the Sword Grass Light Cluster.

Together with these nine Star Battle Flags, a Seventh Grade Zodiac Star Battle Sword Array could be formed.

Therefore, even though he was only at the Core Formation Realm, he found the resistance encountered during the formation of this Seventh Grade Sword Array to be not too significant.

After half a day, the Zodiac Star Battle Sword in the sky silently burst apart, turning into a sky full of starlight. The Nine Star Battle Flags arranged themselves in a mysterious Formation around him, each enveloped by countless starlights before flying back into the black mist.

The dense black mist could not obscure the brilliance and sharpness of the starlight, which flickered a few times before the Star Battle Flags ingeniously blended into the void, almost imperceptible even to Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense.

“Finally, I have set up this Seventh Grade Sword Array. From now on, I won’t have to worry about Cultivators breaking into this Incomplete Cave Heaven,” Lu Xuan felt an unprecedented sense of security at this moment.

In the Incomplete Cave Heaven, most of the high-rank Spiritual Plants he had collected with great effort were stored. If they were carelessly stolen, it would likely break his heart.

Although the Cave Heaven was remote and naturally protected by Prohibitions and Restrictions, not to mention his arrangement of Nine Sixth Grade Magical Instrument Star Battle Flags, it should be very difficult for any “Cultivator” to break in.

But nothing is absolute. Now with this Seventh Grade Zodiac Star Battle Sword Array, even if there were Primordial Infant True Monarchs wandering aimlessly through the void and inadvertently nearing the Cave Heaven, they might well be slain by the Sword Array.

After setting up the Sword Array, he stayed within the Incomplete Cave Heaven to meticulously nurture the Spiritual Plants.

After two months, he felt an itch to get busy again.

“Everything in the Cave Heaven is in order; it’s time to take a trip to the Thousand Treasures True River and catch some Spiritual Fish to improve the diet of my little ones,” he thought to himself.

Immediately, he flew into the void from the Cave Heaven, spreading a pair of silver-white wings from his ribs, dashing towards the Thousand Treasures True River as fast as lightning.

“Ever since incorporating the Thunder Roc Feathers, the speed of the Scolding Thunder Wings has increased significantly. Compared to before, the time to reach the Thousand Treasures True River from the Cave Heaven has been shortened by a good fraction,” Lu Xuan compared silently.

His Spiritual Sense swept through dozens of miles around him.

“Huh, that’s strange. Stone Daoist isn’t here fishing for Spiritual Fish,” he looked puzzled.

In his previous trips to the Thousand Treasures True River, Shi Zichen would always be found by the river fishing for Spiritual Fish. It was uncharacteristic not to see his familiar figure this time around.

“I wonder if he’s gone back to cultivate, or perhaps he changed locations because it’s been a long time without catching any Spiritual Fish. Either way, I hope he’s safe and sound,” Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Having met Shi Zichen a few times and even fishing together on several occasions, Lu Xuan held him in high regard, particularly since Shi Zichen had once taken the initiative to help fend off Cultivator attacks during a True River Spirit Tide surge.

“Don’t worry about those, start fishing!”

Lu Xuan chose a spot and cast the Ink Jade Spirit Rod far out.

With his previous experience and the ability to adjust the bait according to the characteristics of the Spiritual Fish, in just three short months he had caught five Spiritual Fish, four fourth grade and one fifth grade, reaping a rich harvest.

“If Stone Daoist were here, I wonder how envious he would become.”

Without that perfect sidekick around, catching so many Spiritual Fish actually felt rather dull.

“Without anyone to witness me catching a fifth grade Spiritual Fish, what’s the point?”

Lu Xuan embraced the universal viewpoint of fishing enthusiasts.

After dealing with the Spiritual Fish, he set off back to the Incomplete Cave Heaven.

Silver-white lightning streaked swiftly through the Star Meteorites, prophetic in its avoidance of the spatial fissures.

Behind the lightning came the roar of a huge beast.

A Star Beast, tens of meters long, was closely following Lu Xuan.

The Star Beast, with the strength of a Sixth Grade Beast and only a hair’s breadth away from the Seventh Grade, could harness the power of stars to attack its adversaries, making it a sort of tyrant in this portion of the Void.

As it sped into a thick black fog, the Star Beast instinctively sensed an intense threat.

Before it could think of retreating from the fog, pinpricks of starlight began to shine within it.

Then, endlessly sharp Sword Qi, imbued with Star Power, crossed the vastness of the void in an instant, effortlessly passing through the massive body of the Star Beast as if it were nothing.

Bits of flesh and blood rained down, all of which Lu Xuan collected into the Gluttonous Insect Pouch.

“As expected from a seventh grade Sword Array, effortlessly slaying a powerful Sixth Grade Beast.”

Lu Xuan, looking into the black fog and bright stars, couldn’t help but feel moved.

He had intended to test the might of the Zodiac Star Battle Sword Formation by deliberately leading a formidable Star Beast back with him from the Thousand Treasures True River to the Incomplete Cave Heaven.

The result greatly satisfied him; the physically robust Sixth Grade Star Beast was like a clay chicken or pottery dog against the Sword Array, easily defeated.

“Before leaving, I must quicken the maturity of the Spirit Nurturing Divine Tea, to harvest the reward.”

Not knowing when he would next come to the Incomplete Cave Heaven, Lu Xuan decided to hasten the maturation of the Spirit Nurturing Divine Tea, which had already reached the mature stage.

After absorbing two drops of Mixed Element Tree Liquid, the Spirit Nurturing Divine Tea, which had been planted for many years, reached full maturity.

Lu Xuan carefully picked the Glazed Tea Leaves.

Before he even had a chance to look at the information of the Glazed Tea Leaves, his gaze was completely captured by a White Light Group that had quietly appeared.

He reached out and lightly touched the surface of the Light Cluster.

The Light Cluster silently shattered, its particles of light coalescing into a slender river of light that quickly entered his body, and at the same time, a thought flickered through his Sea of Consciousness.

“Harvested Sixth Grade Divine Spirit-Nourishing Tea Leaves, obtained a Seventh Grade Treasure Item, Stealing God Jade.”

The thought vanished, and a peculiar Jade appeared in front of Lu Xuan.

The Jade was palm-sized and extremely smooth, seemingly containing endless shadows at its deepest part.

Upon closer scrutiny, the shadows seemed to absorb Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense, vaguely becoming somewhat solid and establishing a faint, almost imperceptible connection with Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan immediately knew the detailed information about this Jade.

“Stealing God Jade, a Seventh Grade Treasure Item, has a potent nourishing effect on the Divine Soul and Spirit Thought. It can steal the Spiritual Sense of Cultivators that enter it, nurturing and refining it within the Jade, cementing a Divine Sense only possessed by those at the Primordial Infant True Monarch level, before it returns to the original body.”