Chapter 154

Chapter 154

Outside the small courtyard, two intermediate Qi cultivators looked up at the array that covered the entire space, murmuring quietly.

"The owner of this courtyard is too mysterious, always maintaining a second-grade defensive array, wasting so many spirit stones."

"I wonder who they really are. It's like the dragon showing its head but never its tail; we've never seen their figure."

"Ah, do you think it's possible that the owner of the courtyard has died in some secret realm somewhere, and that's why no cultivators have entered?"

"If that's the case..."

One of the cultivators raised an eyebrow at his companion, giving a meaningful look.

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"This is under the Sky Sword Sect. There might be a disciple of the sect behind this courtyard. If we inadvertently provoke them, our lives might be in danger."

His companion cautiously glanced around, advising him.

Just as the two were about to leave, suddenly, a clear voice came from behind them.

"Friends, standing in front of my courtyard, are you waiting for me by any chance?"

The two were startled, turning to see a gracefully dressed cultivator smiling at them.

What shocked them even more was the attire of the young manit was the standard outer disciple robe of the Sky Sword Sect.

"Please don't misunderstand. We happen to live not far from your courtyard and happened to pass by," one of them hastily explained to Lu Xuan.

"Is that so? Seeing both of you here, I almost thought you had ulterior motives for the things inside my courtyard!"

Lu Xuan looked at them, saying with a hint of a smile.

"Absolutely not!"

The cultivator replied firmly.

"We come from reputable backgrounds. We stayed in Sword Gate Town precisely to assist the disciples of our family's Sky Sword Sect at any time."

"Our young master is currently at the Intermediate Qi cultivation level. Perhaps you know him."

"I see. It seems I've been overly cautious."

Lu Xuan replied calmly.

Entering the spiritual field, a chilling wind blew, and over ten resentful spirits roamed freely in the air.

The five Ghost-Faced Stone Mushrooms below grew remarkably well, their surface patterns resembling eerie smiles when examined closelya sign that they had been in a satiated state for some time.

"The speed at which they absorb resentful spirits and grievances is getting faster. Last time, leaving fifty resentful spirits, they were almost entirely devoured!"

Lu Xuan sighed, taking out a second-grade Resentful Soul Bell artifact and releasing another fifty spirits from within it.

"After a few more times, this Resentful Soul Bell will just be a 'bell.' Let's see if there's a chance to get more resentful spirits."

He approached the Thorny Bone Tree, noticing that over time, the long, pale bones had grown more and more bone spurs, resembling layers of fine, sharp teeth deeply embedded into the bones of a third-grade Savage Armored Bull, extracting its marrow thoroughly.

"It's not sustainable to keep preying on the same set of bones. Today, I'll give you a change in taste."

Lu Xuan tossed the bones of a Purple Cloud Leopard and another second-grade demonic beast under the Thorny Bone Tree.

After throwing the bones, he approached the peculiar small tree covered in pupils.

On its trunk, the previous demonic beast's eye that Lu Xuan had left had lost all activity, turning grey-white. As he gently touched it, the eye crumbled into powder and fell.

A translucent, tiny tentacle reluctantly emerged from the grey-white eye, retracting back into one of the half-opened eerie eyes.

After absorbing the essence from the demonic beast's eye, it had opened more than half, showing a faintly rotating dark red pupil inside, inducing slight dizziness if stared at for too long.

Lu Xuan took out a pair of Purple Cloud Leopard eyes, gently offering them to the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood.

A few of the closest pupils sensed the arrival of fresh food, struggling to open their eyes. Several translucent, small tentacles shot out like a gecko's tongue, darting towards them.

Eventually, the two eyes were swiftly snatched by the two fastest tentacles, firmly stuck in the pupils, unmoving.

The remaining pupils failed to compete for the Purple Cloud Leopard eyes, slowly closing, conveying an unwillingness that Lu Xuan could perceive.

"A pair of Purple Cloud Leopard eyes can't satisfy this Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood at all. I'll need to find a way to obtain more and higher-grade demonic beast eyes."

Thinking to himself, he rarely found live demonic beast eyes at the stalls in the bluestone square. He decided to actively search for such items.

"To acquire more fresh demonic beast eyes, I'll have to venture out and hunt more demonic beasts and preserve their eyes. Then, I'll promptly feed them to the Hundred-Eyed Enigmatic Wood."

"But adventure? That's

impossible. I'll never go on an adventure in this lifetime. I won't cultivate, only tend to these spiritual plants to sustain my practice."

"First, let's update with another chapter."

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