Dye This Thing Green

Dye This Thing Green

Lu Xuan put the Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talisman into his Storage Bag and returned to the house, thoroughly satisfied.

The Cloud Stepping Lynx Young Beast stared with its emerald-green eyes at Lu Xuan, who was grinning from ear to ear. Its ears twitched, and it lay down on the ground.

Without even gathering his thoughts, Lu Xuan could more or less guess what the Lynx Cub was thinking. He walked over to it and rubbed its densely furred head.

"Yow..."

It was another clipped sound it had squeezed out with great effort.

Unfortunately, its innate conditions were right there. No matter how hard it tried to make its voice sound cute, it still carried a hint of roughness.

Lu Xuan could not hold back his laughter. He cut off a piece of wind-dried Puffer Pig Meat from the kitchen, tore it into thin strips, and placed them in front of the Lynx Cub.

"The reward from a Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass is quite impressive. It seems I didn't take the wrong path by insisting on meticulous cultivation."

"I just wonder whether Spirit Plants with grades, such as Red Cloud Pine and Sword Grass, can also be cultivated to Perfect Grade. If they can, then the rewards will be even more substantial."

"The possibility should be lower than with Spirit Firefly Grass. After all, the conditions for growing them are more complicated, making it difficult to achieve perfection in every regard."

"I'll just do my best."

Over the next few days, Lu Xuan stayed at home, cultivating Spirit Plants and raising Red-Beard Carp and the Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx.

The Lynx Cub maintained its aloof and proud appearance in front of Lu Xuan, but the states he occasionally glimpsed from its mind revealed its true thoughts without reservation.

After four Spirit Firefly Grass matured, it was as if they had triggered a chain reaction. Several days later, another five Spirit Firefly Grass matured.

The quality of this batch was slightly inferior to the first. Of the five plants, one was Good Grade, three were Superior Grade, and only one was Perfect Grade.

"Harvested one Spirit Firefly Grass, obtained nine months of cultivation."

Lu Xuan picked up the White Light Orb that had appeared on the ground. At once, two thoughts flashed through his mind.

A thick surge of spiritual power appeared from nowhere inside his body and rampaged through him.

He closed his eyes, circulated his cultivation method, and struggled to control the spiritual power that had suddenly surged within him.

Once the spiritual power calmed down, Lu Xuan opened his eyes, which shone with radiant vitality.

After gaining another year and a half of cultivation, he could now feel that the spiritual power within him had reached the limit of Qi Training Stage 4.

From here, as long as he diligently cultivated and several more Spirit Firefly Grass matured, he would be able to smoothly break through to Qi Refining Stage 5.

"Harvested one Spirit Firefly Grass, obtained one First Grade Exorcism Talisman."

A Talisman imprisoning an evil ghost appeared in Lu Xuan's hand.

Lu Xuan put it into his Storage Bag and began accumulating Talismans in a new round.

"Harvested one Spirit Firefly Grass, obtained the Wood Genesis Art."

The White Light Orb sank into his mind, and a thought emerged. Lu Xuan had received an experience package for the Wood Genesis Art.

Immediately afterward, the principles behind casting the Wood Genesis Art, the casting process, spiritual power control, and other details flashed through his mind like lantern slides.

Lu Xuan's understanding and mastery of this art became far more thorough.

The Wood Genesis Art progressed from beginner to proficient.

Lu Xuan came before the Red Cloud Pine and circulated his spiritual power. A strand of spiritual power carrying a faint green hue drifted into the Red Cloud Pine's slender needles.

In an instant, he sensed wisps of Wood-type spiritual power gathering around the Red Cloud Pine. They carried vigorous vitality and merged into the Spirit Plant.

His mind focused on the Red Cloud Pine. Although there was no visible change on the surface, its current status revealed that this faint strand of Wood-type spiritual power had a certain stimulating effect on it.

Lu Xuan tested the Wood Genesis Art he had just gained the experience package for, then shifted his attention to the last White Light Orb.

This White Light Orb had come from the sole Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass, so Lu Xuan had higher expectations for it.

"Harvested one Spirit Firefly Grass, obtained one drop of Grass Spirit Essence Liquid."

A thought flashed through Lu Xuan's mind.

Immediately afterward, a drop of emerald liquid appeared in his hand.

The liquid was shaped like a raindrop and was about half the length of Lu Xuan's thumb. It was semi-solid, emerald green throughout, and radiated a vigorous aura of life.

"Grass Spirit Essence Liquid is formed and refined from a large amount of the essence of grasses and plants. It contains dense Vegetation Spiritual Energy and can be used to feed Demonic Beasts that consume Vegetation Spiritual Energy. It can also be used to refine related pills or incorporated into Magic Tools, Array Formations, Puppets, and other such treasures."

"Grass Spirit Essence Liquid. It sounds quite good, but how should I use it?"

Lu Xuan held the trembling drop of spiritual liquid in his palm. It looked as if it might rupture at any moment, and he sank into thought.

"I've got it. Don't I have a ready-made Grass Puppet? It was refined from special withered grass, so it's precisely a treasure of the grass-and-wood element."

Lu Xuan turned his head toward the Grass Puppet standing guard in the corner.

This Grass Puppet was secondhand merchandise he had picked up at the Rogue Cultivator Market. It was said to have come from the Thousand Machines Sect, which was renowned for its Puppets, and had an extremely simple behavioral pattern.

When outsiders or Demonic Beasts invaded the Spirit Field, it would warn Lu Xuan while also attempting to restrain and bind the intruder.

When Qin Ming, a Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivator, had ambushed him, the Grass Puppet had even blocked a fatal spear strike for Lu Xuan. It could be said to have rendered meritorious service through arduous toil.

"I usually feed you Fragmented Spirit Stones. Today, I'll give you something different."

Lu Xuan walked up to the Grass Puppet, bent down, and stuffed the Grass Spirit Essence Liquid into the huge withered-grass tumor on its head.

The enormous gray grass tumor, originally gray, turned emerald green at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Heh, I've dyed this thing green for you."

Lu Xuan chuckled softly. Seeing that the Grass Puppet did not move, he continued inspecting the Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field.

Half a day later, he returned to the corner by the courtyard's stone wall and discovered that the green hue on the Grass Puppet's head had faded considerably.

After absorbing that drop of Grass Spirit Essence Liquid, the Grass Puppet had also undergone significant changes.

Previously, it had always quietly stood in the corner of the Spirit Field. Unless something foreign invaded the Spirit Field, it would remain in place without moving an inch.

For one thing, it had no ability to move on its own. For another, it possessed no intelligence whatsoever and could only carry out a few simple commands.

After digesting the Grass Spirit Essence Liquid, Lu Xuan sensed that it had developed a trace of faint intelligence. It even began turning its head left and right on its own to observe its surroundings.

When Lu Xuan ordered it to patrol the Spirit Field, the Grass Puppet seemed to understand. It began moving slowly across the ground at an extremely sluggish pace.

At the same time, the dry gray grass on its body underwent further changes. It became tougher, allowing it to shoot out numerous grass ropes in an instant or coil and condense them into a thicker, longer rope.

The only thing that had not changed was its sluggish reaction speed. Even after Lu Xuan issued a command, it took quite some time before it acted on it.

"Now that the Spirit Field is larger, your task is more arduous as well. Remember to patrol the Spirit Field whenever you have nothing else to do."

Lu Xuan earnestly instructed the Grass Puppet.

The Grass Puppet remained unmoved. Its face, woven from gray grass on its somewhat grotesquely large head, stared blankly at Lu Xuan.

After Lu Xuan disappeared from its sight, two faint green lights seemed to flicker within the gray grass. Then the Grass Puppet spread its two withered-grass-thin legs and, with its gray-grass head topped by a huge tumor still tinged with green, slowly walked through the Spirit Field.