After the Artifact Spirit Little Person left, Lu Xuan made a trip to nearby Sword Abyss City to check on the shop's situation, then returned to the Sword Sect Cave Mansion.
He brought that drop of Celestial Fox Essence Blood into his Personal Space and arrived before the Nine True Spirit Leaf.
This Rank 9 Spirit Plant was growing well. Seven enormous leaves of varying sizes spread open, each forming a strange space of its own. Within each, the illusory shadow of a True Spirit flickered in and out, merged as one with the spirit leaf.
Among them, the three leaves that had been cultivated the longest—the True Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, and Mystic Tortoise—were the largest. From deep within the leaves flowed an unmatched majesty. Though their auras were faint, they carried the spirit of looking down upon every living being beneath the heavens.
The two leaves of the Kunpeng and Qilin were slightly inferior, while the leaves where the Five-Colored Peacock and Azure Luan resided were clearly much smaller.
He slowly sent that drop of Celestial Fox Essence Blood before one of the curled leaves.
The leaf seemed to sense something. Brimming with spirituality, it quietly unfurled and instantly drew the Celestial Fox Essence Blood inside.
Lu Xuan's mind blurred for a moment. It was as if he saw an utterly alluring Celestial Fox gazing at him with eyes like threads of silk, its nine tails swaying ceaselessly, as though blotting out the sky and covering the sun.
He took out a bottle of Spirit Spring and watered the wondrous leaves one by one. The True Spirit phantoms inside the giant leaves enjoyed it to their hearts' content, teeming with vitality.
After cultivating the Nine True Spirit Leaf, he transformed into a mass of dark-yellow spiritual light and burrowed