Chapter 1177: Ripening, Condensing Seed
"Finally, I've bred a new variety of Sixth Grade Sword Grass."
Lu Xuan sighed deeply, feeling incredibly satisfied.
"Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass..."
"Having been to the Sword Palace Spiritual Plant Hall so many times, there truly isn't this variety among the Sixth Grade Sword Grass."
"It follows in line with the Fifth Rank Bone Slaying Sword Grass, yet there are clear distinctions."
"The Slaughter Sword Intent has become much stronger, and at the same time, it can cause severe damage to a 'Cultivator's' flesh body and Divine Soul, its lethality is unmatched among treasures of the same Rank."
The frost-white Spiritual Seed floated in front of him, and Lu Xuan looked on with growing satisfaction.
"With this, that Eighth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed can be considered as good as mine."
"However, it would be best to acquire a few more Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass Spiritual Seeds and figure out the corresponding Method of Seed Condensation to shut everyone up."
A single new Sixth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed might be a mutation, but two, three, or even more could be convincingly persuasive, especially if added with the Method of Seed Condensation; no one could find a reason to refute him.
"What I need to do now is to continue nurturing the sword sheath and cultivating and ripening this Sixth Grade Spirit Seed, and after Condensing Seed, I can acquire a few more."
He hadn't used those ripening Treasure Items for years, so the Divine Wood Green Pot already contained most of a bottle of Refined Herbal Spirit Energy, and nearly twenty drops of Tree Spirit Juice, enough to mature a Sixth Grade Sword Grass without a problem.
"Keep up the hard work."
"With every Sixth Grade Spirit Seed that appears, I will let you enjoy it thoroughly."
He said with a smile to the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath under his feet.
The Sword Sheath trembled lightly, actively absorbing all the Mutated Spirit Seeds.
Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Abode and found an empty spot in the center of the Sword Grass Spirit Field to plant the newly acquired Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass into the Spirit Soil.
With a flick of his fingers, a thread-like Killing Sword Qi shot out, silently merging into the frost-white Spiritual Seed.
Immediately, clouds churned above the Spirit Field, and threads of Spiritual fish fell down, seeping into the interior of the Spiritual Seed.
"There's no rush to ripen this time; I can take it slowly," Lu Xuan thought, feeling the vibrant vitality emanating from the Spiritual Seed.
This was so he could more directly experience each growth stage of the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass, understand the different cultivation methods and characteristics of the Spiritual Plant at various stages, and also to use it as a reference in the seed condensation process.
In a blink, two and a half years passed.
"The Origin Spirit Ginseng will be ripe in another two or three months."
In the Spirit Field, the rich elemental energy emitted by numerous Origin Spirit Ginsengs completely obscured his view.
"After improving the Spiritual Constitution with the E-Mu Green Thunder Fruit, my Cultivation Level should increase more rapidly, getting closer to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage."
At the Nascent Soul Level, advancing even a small realm required a vast amount of Mana, fortunately, Lu Xuan didn't need to spend his time in arduous cultivation, he could just harvest it from the Light Cluster.
He leaped to the spot in front of the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass.
As soon as he landed, it was as if he had stepped into a world of murderous intent, countless Slaughter Sword Qi rushed towards him with unstoppable momentum, kept at bay by the Golden Thunder Robe he wore.
Deep in the Sea of Consciousness, the obscure stars suddenly lit up, casting a faint starlight throughout the Sea, removing the trace of violence brewing in his Divine Soul, allowing him to instantly regain clarity.
"In just two and a half years, the Sixth Grade Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass has reached an equivalent of thirty or forty years of growth."
Under his continuous use of Tree Spirit Juice for ripening, the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass had already reached maturity, and with just two or three more ripening sessions, it could begin seed condensation.
Lu Xuan meticulously felt the state of the Sword Grass, occasionally nurturing it with faint Slaughter Sword Qi, summarizing its growth patterns.
After meticulously nurturing it, he moved to other areas of the Sword Grass Spirit Field, carefully inspecting the numerous Fifth and Sixth Grade Sword Grasses, and those two Seventh Grade Sword Grasses.
Having finished all this, he stealthily entered his Personal Spatial.
Arriving in the Thunder Behemoth's Territory, the Green Horn Thunder Son fell into slumber once again.
Lu Xuan slightly examined the life force within its body and, finding no problems temporarily, he quickly moved towards the vicinity of the Nine Heavens Thunder Attracting Stele.
He took out the remaining Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds, inspected them one by one, and selected the Mutated Spirit Seeds.
"As of now, there are a total of fourteen Mutated Spirit Seeds, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to induce mutations in the Spirit Seeds."
"However, this quantity is enough. After Condensing the Seed, the large number of Mutated Thunder Fury Lotus Spirit Seeds can be improved again."
He destroyed some discarded Spirit Seeds and planted both the ordinary Spirit Seeds and the Mutated Spirit Seeds together.
As for the Pure Yang Golden Lotus and the Five-Elements Illusory Fruit.
Although they were already successfully condensed long ago, using dozens of Spirit Seeds each to try and stimulate mutations, there still haven't been any Mutated Spirit Seeds until now.
"One reason is that the Pure Yang Golden Lotus and Five-Elements Illusory Fruit themselves are of a higher rank than the Thunderstorm Lotus, and the difficulty of their improvement is several times greater or even more."
"Another is that the effects of the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan and the Great Five Elements Annihilation Array are clearly weaker than that of the Nine Heavens Thunder Attracting Stele, making it extremely difficult for the Spirit Seeds to mutate."
Lu Xuan thought to himself and continued to inspect all the Spiritual Plants inside his Personal Spatial.
In the Cave Abode, within the Spirit Field.
Lu Xuan, enveloped by endless Slaughter Sword Qi, stood next to the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass.
With a thought, a drop of Green Spirit Liquid appeared above the Sword Grass, falling into the eerily bone-like Straight Sword Grass.
With a buzz, the Green Spirit Liquid turned into layers of pale green ripples, sweeping over every minute part of the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass, and then silently merging into it.
Lu Xuan's fingertips emitted streams of Slaughter Sword Qi, invigorating the vitality greatly, as the nearly greedy Sword Grass frantically absorbed and drew from it.
In the Divine Sense perception, a translucent progress bar below was filling up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A half hour later.
Lu Xuan's mind wavered as if he was in a hell filled with slaughter and pain. When he came to, the Sword Grass had fully matured, its killing intent bone-chilling.
"The next step is to refer to the Condensation Method of the Bone Slaying Sword Grass and try to condense this Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass."
A smile appeared on Lu Xuan's face, his Divine Sense wrapped in endless killing intent entered the interior of the Sword Grass, carefully guiding the vitality within and cleverly merging it with the Sword Qi.
His ability to grasp the minute states of Spiritual Plants was truly terrifying. Although it was his first time condensing a new Sixth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed, he could make timely adjustments whenever anything seemed amiss.
Two months later, the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass was successfully condensed.
Due to being unaccustomed and with the Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass being a Sixth-grade Spiritual Plant, he only managed to condense three pale white Spirit Seeds.
"The Spirit Seeds alone almost seeped their killing intent into my skin."
Lu Xuan, feeling the peculiar sensation from the three Spirit Seeds in his palm, was filled with emotions.
Over at the Sword Tomb, the Nurturing Xuan Sword Sheath once again fostered two more Life-taking Prison Suppressing Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, and together with the three in his hand, there were five new Sixth Grade Spirit Seeds in total.
"Five Spirit Seeds, along with the Condensation Method concluded, is enough to prove the success of this improvement of the Sword Grass."
His lips curved upwards, he took out the Communication Talisman, left a message, and the talisman instantly flew out like lightning.