After returning to the Thunder Fire Star Cave, two and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, Lu Xuan was in no hurry to go to the Defective Grotto-heaven. Instead, he basically stayed in his Cave Mansion, cultivating Spirit Plants, improving his strength, and making more preparations for entering the void.
His range of activity was limited. Occasionally, he went to Star Plucking Tower to fulfill his duties as a Guest Elder of the Chamber of Commerce, and along the way, he would go to the General Store to wantonly collect Spirit Stones.
Or he would visit the Cave Mansions of cultivators he knew, savoring Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew while idly chatting about the daily matters of cultivation.
The many Spirit Plants in the Spirit Field were growing well, brimming with vitality.
Among them, several were not far from full maturity: the Fourth Grade Ice Firefly Grass and the Fifth Grade Myriad Manifestation Grass, the Star Fruits planted in the air, the Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds in the Sword Grass Spirit Field...
"The Thunderstorm Lotuses have finally all matured."
Lu Xuan arrived at a Spirit Field paved with silvery-white gravel.
In the Spirit Field, dozens of silvery-white lotuses were blooming to their fullest, and at the center of each was a pale-white lotus pod covered in Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds.
Lightning flashed around the lotus pods, wisps and strands of lightning pouring down from the edges of the lotus flowers like waterfalls, grand and imposing.
Lu Xuan carefully threaded his way through them, afraid that the slightest carelessness would detonate these extremely unstable Spirit Plants.
In order to obtain more Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder, he had previously entrusted the Chamber of Commerce to search out a full fifty-six Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds for him.