I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Chapter 486: Chapter 484: Unraveling the Cocoon_1

Huo Zhen led Lu Xuan and a few others through the furrows of the Spirit Field.

“Flame Soil is unique to Fire Cloud Cave. Once transplanted from Fire Cloud Cave, it will slowly lose its fiery spiritual energy over time, becoming ordinary Spirit Soil.”

“Therefore, in order not to waste this Flame Soil, the sect allowed us, the clan members, to live in Fire Cloud Cave.”

“Conveniently, the environment here suits our lifestyle and cultivation. Hence, we immediately agreed, settled down for a long time, and generations after generations have been here for countless years.”

“The Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field are mostly second or third-grade, with two being of the fourth grade, mainly fire-element Spiritual Plants.”

“When that inexplicable mutation of Spirit Plants occurred this time, the Spirit Plant Masters in our clan tried many methods but did not get effective results, and even the cause of the mutation could not be found.

If it can’t be resolved smoothly, it would be a huge loss for our clan.”

The more Huo Zhen said, the deeper the worries on his face.

“Uncle Huo Zhen, rest assured; junior brother Lu is the most famous Spirit Plant Master in the Sky Sword Sect. Even the Golden Pellet Elder Uncle is not as knowledgeable as him in Spirit Plants, he was also the first to discover the root of the Fire Spirit Mushroom mutation.”

“With him, we can definitely protect the many Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field.”

Fire Scale Child said solemnly.

“Junior Brother Lu, we’re counting on you.”

Lu Xuan nodded, walked to the front, and carefully inspected the situation of the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field.

Many Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field are somewhat similar to the Fire Spirit Mushroom at that time, and there are black and red thin lines inside the plants. The thickness of the lines varies. The thinnest is only the size of a hair strand, and the thickest is almost half the size of his finger. Several lines are combined to occupy nearly half of the Spirit Plant area.

He quietly casted the Earth Pulling Technique, the Flame Soil in the Spirit Field underwent slight changes, the Spirit Plant root system and the Spirit Soil detached and combined again, allowing him to quietly complete the planting process.

[Fire Spirit Mushroom, a third-grade spiritual plant…]

[Red Thunder Wood, a third-grade spiritual plant…]

His mind was focused on the Spirit Plants, and thoughts appeared in his mind one after another.

“Sure enough, the source of the mutation is the same as that of the original, it’s that mysterious Demon Flame Worm causing trouble.”

After understanding, Lu Xuan’s mind was greatly settled. He turned his head to look at Xu Yong and Zhou Yun Ning.

“Next, I need to trouble Brother Xu and Sister Zhou.”

“You can cast relatively detailed Ice System Techniques on the mutant Spirit Plants. I will observe the state of the Spirit Plants with my Spiritual Sense. When the time is right, I will promptly inform you two.”

The chilling Ice System Technique applied to Fire-element Spiritual Plants can potentially cause serious damage to the plants. It requires Lu Xuan, who could know detailed states of the Spirit Plants, to control the balance.

“Okay.”

Xu Yong moved with Spiritual Power surging from within him.

A cluster of frost mist floated out from Xu Yong and instantly arrived near a Spirit Plant in front of him, silently enveloping the plant.

Upon close inspection, one could find countless microscopic ice spikes flying aimlessly in the frost mist.

Meanwhile, a miniature white jade coffin giving off extreme cold air appeared in front of Zhou Yun Ning.

She pointed at a Spirit Plant not far away, the coffin turned into a white light, covering the mutated area of the Spirit Plant, continually changing shape, and finally transformed into the shape of the plant, clinging tightly.

Lu Xuan’s Spiritual Sense spread out, closely watching the movement of the black and red thin lines inside the plant.

A moment later, the Spirit Plant under the frost mist began to change first.

The black and red thin lines moved faster and faster, showing a faint sign of life.

“You can start now, Brother Xu.”

Lu Xuan gently said, proceeding to weave threads of spiritual sense into the mutant spiritual plant under Huo Zhen’s intense gaze.

He sought out the demon flame worm that had been provoked into revealing signs of life, and began to slowly guide it out of the spiritual plant.

Wherever it passed, it avoided the essential structures of the spiritual plant, minimizing potential damage.

“It’s coming out, it’s coming out.”

Huo Zhen couldn’t help but mumble, his expression filled with excitement.

A dark red strange worm slowly pulled out from a leaf of the spiritual plant. Stimulated by the external spiritual power, it began to unnaturally wriggle its body.

“Clan Leader Huo, this is the Demon Flame Worm that caused the spiritual plant to mutate.”

“This worm is extremely rare in the cultivation world. It may have been brought in from a different domain. It feasts on the life essence of fire-element spiritual plants and, when parasitizing one, merges with the plant, making it very difficult to separate.”

“Forceful separation can cause severe damage to the spiritual plant, even leading to its death.”

Lu Xuan handed the dark red strange worm to Huo Zhen.

“So, this is the culprit that’s been plaguing the myriad plants of Fire Cloud Cave!”

Huo Zhen glared at the demon flame worm wriggling in his hand, his teeth clenched in anger.

A wisp of crimson flame gushed from the tip of his finger and incinerated the demon flame worm to ashes.

“In order to separate the strange worm, we need a powerful cultivator skilled in ice system techniques. With precise control of the formula methods, we can provoke the demon flame worm within the plant to reveal its true form. Additionally, a spirit plant master who understands spiritual plants is needed to remove the demon flame worm while limiting damages to the plant as much as possible,” said Lu Xuan.

While speaking, he noticed slight movement from the spiritual plant beneath Zhou Yun Ning’s ice coffin.

With an indication from him, the frigid woman removed the mutated spiritual plant, now covered in a thin layer of frost, from beneath the altered ice coffin.

Lu Xuan demonstrated the method and carefully extracted the demon flame worm within.

“After removing the worm, the spiritual plant needs a good, long recovery period. It needs an abundance of fire-based spiritual power as well as meticulous nurturing. Clan leader Huo, please keep this in mind.”

Lu Xuan advised Huo Zhen.

Huo Zhen, along with the other spirit plant masters of the Fire Cloud Cave behind him, nodded in understanding, this advice firmly in mind.

“There may be demon flame worm eggs within the spiritual plants. After the worms are exterminated, I will inspect the spiritual plants in the spirit field in detail.”

“I am grateful for your help, Friend Lu. Our spirit plant masters lack proficient skills and were unable to detect the worm eggs. Therefore, we must trouble you with the task of examining the numerous spiritual plants within our spirit field.”

Huo Zhen sighed, turned to glance at the spirit plant masters of Fire Cloud Cave behind him, and issued a sharp rebuke mixed with involuntary anger.

“All of you, follow Master Lu closely. If he is not well taken care of, you will have to answer to me.”

The few of them nodded their heads in agreement.

Lu Xuan was indifferent to this, and he wasn’t worried about the Fire Cloud Cave spirit plant masters learning anything.

As he observed and cleaned the mutant spiritual plants of the demon flame worms, he projected his thoughts to Fire Scale Child.

“Elder Brother Huo, the origins of this demon flame worm is unclear. Whether it’s an external issue or a problem within Fire Cloud Cave, you need to keep a close watch for any abnormalities and, if possible, find out who’s behind this,” he voiced.

“Thank you for the reminder, Junior Brother Lu. I’ll be sure to keep that in mind,” Fire Scale Child gratefully replied.

In this way, Lu Xuan and Zhou Yun Ning cooperated, slowly and steadily removing the demon flame worms that had parasitized the spiritual plants.

Through frequent practice, he became more proficient. The speed at which he could extract the demon flame worms using his spiritual sense and spiritual power increased, causing lesser damage to the spiritual plants.

It was all seamless, smooth as unravelling a cocoon.