Novelink Chapter 742: Soul Insect Fungi, Great Gift from an Evil Cultivator
Chapter 742: Soul Insect Fungi, Great Gift from an Evil Cultivator
Since there was a way to avoid the risks brought by this Sixth Grade Weird Spiritual Plant, Lu Xuan naturally would not miss out on such a high-grade Spirit Seed.
He gently placed the strange branch back on the stall and looked up at the mysterious figure in the black fog.
“Fellow daoist, I intend to purchase this Spirit Seed, please quote me a price,” Lu Xuan said.
The surging black fog paused for a moment as if pondering what price to offer.
Soon after, a hoarse voice reached Lu Xuan’s ears.
“Eighty thousand Spirit Stones.”
“My friend, that is somewhat unreasonable,” Lu Xuan responded.
Though Lu Xuan was now quite wealthy, he still adhered to the principle of saving where possible and began to haggle.
“It’s a Sixth Grade Spirit Seed indeed, but even with your strength and discernment, you can’t know the origins of the Spirit Seed. As a Junior Cultivator at the Early Core Formation stage, it’s even less likely for me to understand,” he argued.
“Under the premise of complete ignorance, cultivating this Sixth Grade Spirit Seed entails significant risk.”
“Moreover, at first glance, this Spirit Seed is extremely weird; cultivating it might harm the Spirit Plant Master. In this case, such a high price is inappropriate.”
Lu Xuan spoke confidently.
“You make an offer.”
“In my view, it’s probably worth fifty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.”
Lu Xuan directly halved the initial price.
“Too low.”
“Fifty-one thousand?”
...
After several rounds of bargaining, the Fragrant Flesh Branch Spirit Seed was finally sold for sixty thousand Spirit Stones.
Lu Xuan handed over six hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stones and left contentedly with the strange branch.
After exploring the entire Ghost Market, he finally found three Fifth Rank Spirit Seeds at the stall of a Golden Core Intermediate Cultivator.
The name of the Spirit Seeds was Soul Insect Fungi, which grew into a state of being half insect and half fungi when matured, and had a great attraction to monsters and demons.
That cultivator even mentioned that Primordial Infant True Monarchs often used Soul Insect Fungi as bait to fish for Outer Realm Demons in the Void.
Lu Xuan also secretly obtained detailed information about this strange spiritual plant.
[Soul Insect Fungi, a Fifth-Quality Spirit Plant, of bizarre form, cultivated with the flesh and blood of Monster Tribe members. Mature plants have an irresistible attraction to various monsters and demons and can lure them from a certain range.]
[Often used as bait for fishing for Monster Tribe members, there are Primordial Infant Great Powers who are adept at this method and use Soul Insect Fungi processed into bait to fish for specific Outerworld Sky Demon species in the Void.]
[The bait is me, are you the fisherman or the fish?]
The Ghost Cultivator stared fixedly at the Evil Ghost Talisman in his hand, transmitting a reminder to the old crone.
“Hmm? Something seems off.”
The Ghost Cultivator let out a soft exclamation as the pattern of the evil ghost on the talisman appeared to be getting closer and closer to him.
“Are the two esteemed friends looking for this?”
Just then, a clear and melodious voice reached their ears, the tone was gentle, yet it struck them like thunder out of a clear sky.
Looking in the direction of the voice, they saw a sullen-looking young man slowly emerging from the dense Yin Qi.
The young man held a tiny black ghost in his hand, enveloped in a net made of clear qi.
As the two of them looked over, the net continuously contracted; black smoke wafted from the tiny black ghost, whose ferocious facial features twisted in pain, clearly suffering immensely.
“This is bad!”
The two of them exclaimed in unison.
...
“Very good!”
A few breaths later, Lu Xuan took two storage bags from the two corpses and casually tossed a thigh to the Big Meaty Ball beside him.
Feeling the vigorous vitality emanating from the Core Formation cultivators’ flesh and blood, the Big Meaty Ball happily jumped three feet in the air.
Its pinkish-white pupils rotated slightly, and the thigh instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist, which it sucked into its belly in a single gulp.
“The Evil Cultivators from the Abyss Cave are really generous, delivering such a great gift to a newcomer like me.”
Lu Xuan couldn’t help but sigh.
He had noticed in the Ghost Market that someone was watching him. As soon as he had come out, an elusive little ghost closely followed him.
If it wasn’t for his possession of the Void Nightmare Eye and his own practice of the Breaking Illusion Eye Technique, he might not have detected the presence of the little ghost at all.
Once confirming that the two posed no threat to him, Lu Xuan decided to turn their plan against them and led them to the fifth layer.
The fifth layer was without Sky Star Cave Cultivators stationed to guard it, and the management was relatively lax, making it suitable for murdering and looting treasures.
Both of them were a realm lower than him, and under the relentless attacks of his “Ghost Sorrow Strange Diagram”, the Incarnation of Vajra in Hell, and the Peacock King Sword, along with the restriction against Monster Demon and Evil Haunted Will from “Mysterious Sky Clear Subtle Method”, they were quickly slain by Lu Xuan.
“Such a generous gift must not be wasted.”
Lu Xuan performed a Soul-Seizing Secret Technique, trapping the souls of the two cultivators.
The souls of the two Evil Cultivators watched their flesh being devoured and their treasures taken, each revealing a look of deep resentment.
Before they could speak, their souls were sucked away by a Mysterious Lantern, leaving no trace behind.