I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Lu Xuan took a deep breath, sincerely expressing his feelings.

Even now, he still felt a sense of unreality. He hadn’t expected to actually possess a remnant secret realm all on his own.

He remembered how back in Linyang Market, he had used Flower Spirit Stones to rent a cramped courtyard. The spirit field he owned was pitifully small.

After that, he joined the Sky Sword Sect, deliberately chose a secluded mountain peak, cleared a spirit field, and proceeded to become an inner sect disciple with an independent cave residence.

And finally, the secret land where he currently resides.

“Back in the market, it was like renting a small house in an urban village. The conditions were crude, a mixed bag of good and bad, with not so great security.”

“Joining the sect was like moving to a nice apartment, where safety was guaranteed on all sides.”

“Now, you could say I finally own a house of my own.”

“Most importantly, this house was effectively free.”

A smile crept onto Lu Xuan’s face.

With a thought, an ash-colored eye emerged in the void above his head. The eye would appear and disappear, swiftly moving about in the sky.

Lu Xuan quietly held two sword talismans in his hand, extending his spiritual sense to explore the remnant secret realm.

The Void Nightmare Eye he had refined to a certain degree held a large area of control. It soon shared the visuals it observed through Lu Xuan’s eye on his palm.

“The area of the secret realm is hundreds of acres, just a remnant secret realm, you can’t expect more.”

Lu Xuan cautiously approached the edge of the secret realm, looking off into the distance.

At the edge, jagged spatial cracks were visible. On one side was the secret land, rich and pure with spiritual energy, and on the other was the chaotic, gray void. At their intersection, you could see the spiritual light moving about, forming a thick spiritual aura barrier left behind by a Golden Core Real Person from the Sky Sword Sect.

Lu Xuan wasn’t curious enough to try attacking the edge of the secret realm. Using the ‘Breaking Illusion Eye Technique’, he confirmed there were no issues with the spatial barrier and the mysterious prohibition before heading straight into the depths of the secret realm.

Along the way, he saw many spirit trees, full of life, lush and verdant. These were common varieties in the cultivation world, presumably left behind by the previous owner of the remnant secret realm.

“Squeak squeak squeak.”

Suddenly, he heard a faint sound.

From behind a verdant tree, a small figure flew out and stopped in front of Lu Xuan.

The figure was a palm-sized sprite, shallow green in color, with nearly transparent, thin, and delicate wings. It exuded a natural, pure spirit, making one want to get close.

It seemed to have no fear of Lu Xuan, and looked at him with innocent curiosity.

Lu Xuan’s Dantian spun lightly as the Qingmu Origin Energy radiated a streak of pale green spiritual power, presenting it to the shallow green sprite.

The sprite, detecting the pure floral and tree spiritual energy contained in the Qingmu Origin Energy, stopped on Lu Xuan’s back, sucking in the delicate green spiritual power.

After absorbing it, it seemed unsatisfied. It moved to the tip of Lu Xuan’s finger and continued to suckle.

Lu Xuan trembled slightly from his fingertips and shook off the light green sprite, focusing his mind on it.

[Wood Demon Spirit, sprite type with the purest wood spiritual scent. Over a long period of time, it has sprouted a hint of spiritual nature and gradually birthed simple spiritual intelligence. It contains a rich wood spiritual scent in its body, which is naturally compatible with most spirit plants, promoting their growth, and is non-aggressive.]

“I reckon it would die under one punch from me.”

Lu Xuan looked at the petite sprite humming around him and couldn’t help but think.

“It has a strong affinity for spiritual plants, staying in the Secret Land can promote the growth of spiritual plants.”

“Yes, passive promotion, it shouldn’t affect my light cluster rewards.”

Lu Xuan guessed.

After walking for a while, more and more Wood Demon Spirits were following him. In total, there were more than ten of them, all humming and squeaking, as if asking Lu Xuan for Qingmu Origin Energy.

He ignored them and continued to explore the Incomplete Secret Realm.

When he reached the central area, he crouched down and scooped up a handful of Spirit Soil.

In his Spiritual Sense, the Spirit Soil contained a rich Spiritual Power. Although it was not as special and useful as those in the Cultivation World, it was much stronger than the Spirit Soil in the Inner Sect of the Sky Sword Sect.

There were two peculiar places in the entire Secret Land.

In one gorge, there was a spring gushing out. Under Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense, it seemed as if a void was needed for the spring, and the water gushing out had a cold chill, as if it was seeping into the marrow.

Lu Xuan casually took out an Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seed and planted it near the spring in the Spirit Soil. His mind was condensed, then he irrigated it with the cold spring water.

“Ice Luo Fruit…”

“The spirit seed irrigated by the cold spring spirit rain harbors an extreme cold breath. Over time, it may undergo mutation.”

“The cold spring Spirit Rain is a third-grade Spiritual Liquid. It is formed under the special structure of the Secret Land, contains extremely cold breath, can be used to refine elixirs, magic artifacts, cultivating spiritual plants. The rate of condensation of the spiritual liquid is relatively slow.”

“So much third-grade Spiritual Liquid!”

Lu Xuan was pleasantly surprised. Back then, he deliberately went to the Boundless Sea to get a bottle of Profound Origin Heavy Water and Spirit Gathering True Liquid in order to satisfy the growth conditions of the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass.

Unexpectedly, the Secret Land contained such a rich supply of third-grade Spiritual Liquid.

“It’s a pity that the Spiritual Liquid is not inexhaustible. The rate of condensation is not very fast, otherwise, that would be a lot of wealth.”

Lu Xuan, feeling the undercurrents of the spring water, made up his mind to make good use of this cold spring Spirit Rain.

“Cultivating the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass is a must. Once the two kinds of Spiritual Liquid in my hand are used up, the cold spring Spirit Rain can replace them perfectly.”

“I don’t have to think about Alchemy and Tool refining for the time being. Using it to cultivate spiritual plants is a good choice. Hmm, the Ice Luo Fruit is just the result of cultivation under the influence of the ice series spiritual power. It would greatly benefit from being nurtured by the cold spring Spirit Rain. I can try to see if I can condense a Grade 3 Spirit Fruit.”

If he could get a higher-grade mutated Ice Luo Fruit with a second grade Spirit Fruit, Lu Xuan would naturally be delighted.

There was another strange place in the Secret Land, a small Flame Mountain. There were various fires burning all over the mountain, lasting forever, full of Fire Spirit, and one could feel a sense of scorching heat from far away.

Lu Xuan entered the small mountain territory and easily dig out a piece of the fourth-grade Spirit Ore called Flame Spirit Stone.

He had once seen in a book in the Scripture Treasury Pavilion that the Flame Spirit Stone is a Fourth Grade Spirit Mine. It is a common type of High-grade Spirit Ore and is often used in the refining of Magic Artifacts.

“This Flame Mountain can be used to cultivate Phoenix Wood, Earthfire Heart Lotus, and Flaming Fruit. I wonder if there is any possibility of mutating into a new Fire ripened Spirit Fruits under the nourishment of fire spiritual aura of this degree.”

“Right, the previously used Fifth Rank ‘Pure Yang True Fire Talisman’ can be replenished here with Fire Spirit Aura. It’s a good option.”

Lu Xuan thought secretly to himself.

“The greatest wealth of this Secret Land is the ubiquitous dense and pure Spiritual Aura, which greatly benefits the growth of spiritual plants.”

“In addition, high-quality Spirit Soil, the Wood Demon Spirit that naturally have an affinity for spiritual plants, the cold spring spirit rain, and this Flame Mountain, are all great treasures.”

“The Secret Land is not large, but it is full of treasures everywhere.”