You Cultivate, I Farm

Chapter 206: The Fisher of Men, Humans are Always Caught

His spiritual energy surged within him, manipulating the Earth Attraction Technique to induce subtle changes in the spiritual soil.

A small pit appeared, and Lu Xuan carefully placed the embryo-shaped spiritual seed into the pit, focusing his mind on the seed.

A thought flashed through his mind.

【Holy Infant Fruit, a fifth-grade spiritual plant. After maturation, consuming the spiritual fruit directly enhances a cultivator's spiritual awareness and improves their foundational roots. It can also serve as the main ingredient for refining fifth-grade Holy Infant Pills, increasing the success rate of breakthroughs. High-quality Holy Infant Fruits can be used to cultivate external avatars.】

【During cultivation, it needs to be planted in a Yin-qi and Yin-soil environment. Adding the essence of infant blood, soul, and resentment during the growth stage can accelerate its growth.】

【Prolonged contact may be influenced by the rich resentment aura within the plant, leading to contamination with Yin and resentment auras.】

【Offshoots, when mature, can merge with the mother plant. Within a certain range, the mother plant can specifically sense the offshoot's aura. As it approaches maturity, it can attach itself to the offshoot to observe the surroundings.】

"Noteworthy for being equivalent to the Foundation Establishment stage, the effects are indeed formidable," Lu Xuan exclaimed subconsciously.

"However, what does the term 'offshoot' mentioned in the information mean? Is this Holy Infant Fruit spiritual seed merely generated by the mother plant, not independent?"

"The mother plant can find the location of the offshoot and observe the surroundings through it? In other words, when the Holy Infant Fruit is nearing maturity, my spiritual field, where I am, could be known in every detail by the mother plant?"

At this realization, a look of fear instantly appeared on Lu Xuan's face.

"So, after I expend countless efforts, nurturing this fifth-grade Holy Infant Fruit offshoot to maturity, the mother plant, along with cultivators attracted to it, can confirm my location, understand my strength, and, in the process of retrieving the mature offshoot, scheme against me for wealth and life?"

His expression fluctuating, Lu Xuan felt immensely fortunate to have learned the detailed information about the planted spiritual plant. Otherwise, he might have suffered both financially and personally.

"No wonder the old man mentioned that the Holy Infant Fruit is quite sinister. Cultivators who plant it often end up with tragic deaths or disappearances."

"I initially thought it was just a baseless rumor, but unexpectedly, it's all orchestrated by someone."

Gradually calming his emotions, he pondered how to deal with this fifth-grade Holy Infant Fruit spiritual seed.

Currently, he had two options.

First, directly excavate the spiritual seed, throw it into the wilderness before it took root, and let it survive or perish on its own.

Or second, cultivate it in the spiritual field as usual.

After all, this was the first fifth-grade spiritual seed he had obtained, and the richness of the mature Holy Infant Fruit was imaginable. Considering the considerable cost he had incurred, abandoning it like this was akin to cutting away a large piece of flesh for someone who was generally thrifty.

Moreover, the current situation favored Lu Xuan.

Without detecting any anomalies in the Holy Infant Fruit spiritual seed, the cultivators attracted by it could, using his resources, nurture the offshoot to maturity. They could then understand his strength, location, and, while retrieving the offshoot, launch a covert attack for wealth and life.

But now, Lu Xuan was clear about the detailed characteristics of the Holy Infant Fruit offshoot. He could use this knowledge to set a trap, reverse the situation, and hunt down the cultivators behind him, securing the mother plant of the Holy Infant Fruit.

The more he thought about it, the more feasible this plan seemed to him. He secretly calculated the likelihood of success.

"My own strength is at the early Foundation Establishment stage, and due to the rewards of the luminous sphere, I have numerous treasures on me. Moreover, the Firefly Grass is in the process of improvement. Once successful, it should rapidly enhance my cultivation."

"More importantly, I have the mighty Sky Sword Sect behind me. When the Holy Infant Fruit is about to mature, I can invite the two spirit beasts from the sect to help out."

"In addition, there's Yang Qingfeng, who raises the Black-scaled flood dragon, Shen Ye, the Lord of the Agricultural Hall, and Ge Pu, a true disciple who cultivates the Yin-Yang Kun Fish. All three of them are at least at the mid Foundation Establishment stage. They either highly value me or owe me favors. I can invite them to come and assist."

"Well... this support team should be strong enough."

"If things don't work out, when the Holy Infant Fruit offshoot is about to mature, I can transplant it into the sect. Let's see if the cultivators behind me have the courage to come and search for the spiritual fruit."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

"The one spreading the bait of the Holy Infant Fruit offshoot is likely the lean old man at the mid Foundation Establishment stage. The possibility of having a Nascent Soul cultivator behind him is minimal."

"After all, if a Nascent Soul cultivator wants to harm a Foundation Establishment cultivator, they can easily crush them directly without going through such elaborate schemes. Only when their own strength is insufficient would they resort to such tricks."

"In this way, with me in the open and that person in the shadows, considering my own strength and the ability to invite the sect's protective spirit beasts, having powerful fellow disciples guarding, the risks of luring and killing the cultivator behind me seem negligible compared to obtaining a fifth-grade spiritual plant."

After careful consideration, Lu Xuan, confident in his plan, decided to continue cultivating the Holy Infant Fruit offshoot.

The fifth-grade spiritual plant was far from maturity, allowing for meticulous arrangements and careful plotting.

"You didn't expect to be caught in your own trap, did you? 'The fisher of men, humans are always caught.'"

Lu Xuan harbored strong murderous intent towards the cultivator behind him, who not only took advantage of him but also sought his life.

Usually the one fleece others, taking advantage, today unexpectedly became the target of exploitation.

Making a decision, he shifted his focus back to the spiritual seed.

"The cultivation environment seems suitable. This small courtyard has numerous Yin spirits and resentment, as well as countless white bones. With the Yin plants in the courtyard, the spiritual field here is rich in Yin aura, ensuring the normal growth of the Holy Infant Fruit."

"However, speeding up its maturation might be a bit challenging. The essence of infant blood, soul, and resentment sounds like a depletion of Yin virtue, greatly inconsistent with my identity as a disciple of a reputable sect."

"I'll have to think of another way. In the early stages, I can arrange tasks in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, encouraging outer disciples who enjoy life-and-death struggles to hunt down rogue cultivators and obtain items of Yin and evil nature from them."

He had a preliminary plan on how to cultivate the Holy Infant Fruit. His spiritual energy surged, controlling the Yin aura in the courtyard, condensing it into clusters of fine spiritual rain, seeping into the Holy Infant Fruit spiritual seed.

Within the embryo-shaped spiritual seed, the withered and small gray-black infant seemed to stretch a bit. However, upon closer inspection, only a mass of gray-black substance was visible, with the gray-black aura expanding and contracting, as if something were incubating within.

After nurturing the Holy Infant Fruit spiritual seed, Lu Xuan took out the corpse of a giant scorpion from his storage bag. Red spiritual patterns emerged on the Crimson Flame Sword, carefully cutting the corpse of the Six-Eyed Scarlet Iron Scorpion into pieces.