Chapter 480: 478

Lu Xuan recalled the early days when he guarded his one-third-acre Spirit Field, even borrowing Broken Spirit just to buy Spiritual Seeds from the Zhang Family.

After the appearance of the Light Cluster, Lu Xuan’s life had undergone a dramatic change.

In cultivating Spiritual Plants, he could not only harvest the plants themselves but also obtain a variety of treasures, magic artifacts, charms, elixirs, formations…

Relying on this ability, he quickly accumulated power, promoted his cultivation level, and after being accepted into the Sky Sword Sect, lived there without causing any fuss, focusing on being an ordinary, harmless Spirit Plant Master.

Until today, he had maintained this persona well. In the eyes of the Golden Core Real People, True Disciples, and his fellow disciples in the Sect, he was just a Spirit Plant Master who was enthusiastic about cultivating Spiritual Plants and not adept at fight laws.

“After entering the Sect for more than twenty years, he broke through to the late term of the Foundation Establishment. Even compared with those talented True Disciples, he is not inferior.”

“The speed of his cultivation level improvement is probably among the top few.”

“In the future, I must hide well and reveal my true level of cultivation after some time.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Fortunately, he didn’t socialize much with his fellow disciples and usually kept a low profile. He also practiced the Technique of Concealing Breath, so unless someone deliberately observed him from up close, they wouldn’t easily notice.

“Now that I have the identity of a Core Alchemist of the Dan Hall, this makes even more sense.”

“I can claim that I exchanged the Spiritual Plants that I painstakingly cultivated and the elixirs that I refined for a large amount of elixirs to enhance my Spiritual Power, and piled up my cultivation level to the late term of the Foundation Establishment,”

Lu Xuan had already thought of ways to respond.

Hide it if he could, and if he couldn’t, he was also prepared with excuses.

“The next thing to do is to continue cultivating Water Glow Grass, increase Spiritual Power with the cultivation reward obtained from the Light Cluster, and after reaching the perfection of the Foundation Establishment, find ways to advance to the Condensing Pill Realm.”

“However, given my qualifications, the more I advance, the more cultivation rewards I will need. I don’t know how many batches of Water Glow Grass I will need to grow to achieve this effect.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself, looking forward to acquiring some rewards to improve his qualifications and roots and bones from the Light Cluster.

“I wonder if there is a chance with Vajra Bodhi and Pure Luli Tea.”

As he mused, he looked at the other rewards brought by the Water glow grass Light Cluster.

In addition to the few Elixir Recipe Experience Packages he had already absorbed, there were also dozens of Second-Grade Imbued Spirit Pills, a third-grade treasure, Water Movement Bead, and the Third-grade Charm “Water Dragon Symbol”.

These were not very useful to him at the moment and could only be exchanged for some Spirit Stones.

After harvesting a large batch of Water Glow Grass, Lu Xuan began to refine the Water Glow Grass Spirit Seeds.

During this period, he occasionally left his cave to meet with familiar disciples. From them, he learned about the current situation inside the Secret Land.

The number of Demon Envoys was increasing. After being suppressed by several Great Sects, most of the Demon Envoys had been eliminated. The remaining ones either hid in the Black Demon Abyss or sneaked out.

For a time, several cities near the Black Demon Abyss frequently reported incidents of Demon Envoys causing trouble. In one Loose Repair Market, tens of thousands of Loose Cultivators vanished without a trace.

This kept the Sect monks of the Sky Sword Sect quite busy. They were cleaning up the Secret Land, garrisoning cities, and tracking and killing Demon Envoys.

From time to time, news came that some disciples solved powerful Demon Envoys and gained great opportunities.

There were also disciples who had died because of this, including Inner Sect Disciples in the realm of Foundation Establishment Mid-term to Late-term.

This made Lu Xuan, who was a bit impatient after breaking through the realm, calm down and become more determined not to leave the sect unless absolutely necessary.

The few times he did go out, no one noticed anything unusual about his cultivation level.

Deliberately peeping at someone’s cultivation level is extremely disrespectful. If detected by a Cultivator, it could easily provoke conflict. Among fellow disciples, this was even rarer.

How the outside world operates matters not to him; his sole focus is on the growth of the spirit plants in his spirit field.

Two months after breaking through to the foundation establishment late- term phase, another spirit plant matured, a fourth-grade Mayfly Grass.

The nearly transparent Mayfly Grass changed shape unpredictably, resembling the endless cycle of life and death as mayflies do, layered upon layer, much like a vortex, captivating Lu Xuan’s heart and soul.

Holding his breath, Lu Xuan produced a faint spiritual light from the palm of his hand, cautiously enveloped the Mayfly Grass, and gently unearthed it from the spirit soil.

The transparent spirit plant, resting in his palm, showed signs of imminent demise.

Upon careful observation, detailed information about the Mayfly grass emerged in Lu Xuan’s mind.

[Mayfly Grass, a fourth-grade spirit plant, is extremely delicate and can easily perish; it is used in producing elixirs to enhance the spirit soul.]

“An elixir for enhancing the spirit soul… Too bad I haven’t learned how to concoct such an elixir from the Dan Palace, otherwise, I would give it a shot.”

A sigh of waste in Lu Xuan’s heart, he carefully preserved the Mayfly grass spirit plant, sealing it with a charm to keep the vitality from fading.

Where the Mayfly Grass was, a white light cluster suddenly appeared.

The light cluster, subtly flickering, possessed an indescribable beauty in Lu Xuan’s eyes.

He approached with anticipation, lightly touching the surface of the light cluster.

The light cluster, made up of countless minute light points, emerged in the shape of a feather robe and melded into Lu Xuan’s body.

A thought flashed across his mind.

[Harvested a stalk of fourth-grade Mayfly grass; awarded a fifth-rank treasure – Clear Dragonfly Feather Robe.]

A feather-light, silver robe appeared in Lu Xuan’s hands.

The robe was thin as gauze, weightless in his hands. On the surface, there moved indescribable transparent things, never interfering with each other and yet echoing one another.

As Lu Xuan’s spirit concentrated on the silver robe, details about this fifth-rank treasure appeared in his spiritual consciousness.

[The Clear Dragonfly Feather Robe, a fifth-rank treasure, is forged from the wings of numerous ancient Clear Dragonfly insects. Once worn, it can protect against spiritual attacks, conceal a cultivator’s aura, obstruct the conduction of Qi, and elude divine clairvoyance.]

“A fifth-rank treasure!”

Elated, Lu Xuan celebrated in his heart.

This fifth-rank Clear Dragonfly Feather robe was a perfectly-timed provision for him.

Having just broken through to the foundation establishment late- term not long ago, he had always been worried that someone might see his true cultivation level and bring upon unnecessary troubles.

Now, with this Clear Dragonfly Feather Robe, such worries were fully dispelled.

A fifth rank treasure was extraordinary. Even a Golden Core Real person could hardly discern his true cultivation level when they looked closely at it.

Moreover, this Clear Dragonfly Feather robe can also resist spiritual attacks.

Methods targeting the spiritual soul are often unexpected; with this feather robe magic artifact, he needn’t worry about such situations.

Overwhelmed with emotion, Lu Xuan replaced the Rank Three Concealed Spirit Wear that he had been wearing with the newly-acquired Clear Dragonfly Feather Robe.

Upon donning it, a slight odd sensation spread across his skin. Immediately, the robe seemingly merged into his flesh and blood, invisible. Only by using his spiritual sense could Lu Xuan feel its existence.

A faint aura of purity spread from the robe, reaching the top of his head, and enveloping his entire mind.

The aura was so faint that it was undetectable by the spiritual sense, making him appear ordinary.