Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan harvested the last of his Spirit Firefly Grass, strengthened his cultivation, and fed First Grade snake blood to the Flood Dragon Vine. A conversation with Cultivator Wu revealed a possible source for more snake materials, and Lu Xuan asked to meet the snake-hunting cultivator.

• Lu Xuan harvested twenty-six Spirit Firefly Grass plants and gained four years of cultivation, talismans, pills, and spell experience from their White Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan used Grass Spirit Essence Liquid to restore the Grass Puppet, then poured Double Winged Golden Scale Snake Blood over the Flood Dragon Vine and observed its golden patterns.
• Lu Xuan left with thirty-nine Spirit Firefly Grass plants to obtain more seeds at Hundred Herbs Hall and met Cultivator Wu, who invited him to drink Spirit Brew.
• Lu Xuan learned that Cultivator Wu's friend used a family secret art to find and capture snake demons, including Second Grade beasts.
• Lu Xuan asked Cultivator Wu to introduce him to the snake hunter, and Cultivator Wu agreed.

Lu Xuan visited the Yu Family to arrange a steady supply of Azure Water Python blood for cultivating his Flood Dragon Vine. He paid a deposit and left with a bottle of unranked snake blood, while the family awaited the return of Yu Jie's father with the promised Azure Water Python blood.

• Cultivator Wu took Lu Xuan to the home of Yu Tong, whose grandson Yu Jie greeted them with his jade-green python.
• Lu Xuan asked Yu Tong how his family handled serpent demon beast blood and requested a long-term supply of First Grade or higher blood.
• Yu Tong offered Second Grade Azure Water Python blood for ten Spirit Stones per catty, and Lu Xuan agreed.
• Lu Xuan and the Yu Family made a simple contract, and Lu Xuan left five Spirit Stones as a deposit.
• Yu Tong slaughtered an unranked demon snake and gave Lu Xuan a bottle of its blood before he departed.

Lu Xuan learned that strange insects and diseased spirit plants were spreading through the Marketplace as evil spirits polluted its spirit vein. After selling his Spirit Firefly Grass, he attended Hundred Herbs Hall’s meeting and decided to try growing a diseased plant in his own Spirit Field.

• Manager He told Lu Xuan that Spirit Devouring insects had mutated across the Marketplace and that Hundred Herbs Hall was gathering Spirit Plant Masters to discuss the problem.
• Lu Xuan sold thirty-nine mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants for one hundred forty-three Spirit Stones and thirty Fragmented Spirit Stones.
• He Zongguang showed the Spirit Plant Masters a Blood Jade Ginseng and a Blood-colored Leaf afflicted with mysterious, potentially contagious diseases.
• He Zongguang urged the Spirit Plant Masters to strengthen their protections and pool their knowledge to find a way to stop the disease.
• Lu Xuan wondered whether he could plant a diseased spirit plant and observe its real-time state, then decided to obtain one or two for an experiment.

Lu Xuan took two diseased spirit plants from Hundred Herbs Hall to test whether he could identify and treat their afflictions without endangering his own crops. He destroyed an unsalvageable Blood Jade Ginseng and began treating a Blood Spirit Leaf infested with Mutated Black Bud Worms.

• Lu Xuan bought 120 Spirit Firefly Grass seeds from Manager He and asked him for two spirit plants contaminated by Evil Spirits or Strange insects.
• Manager He warned Lu Xuan about the risk, then gave him the two diseased plants after Lu Xuan promised to keep his Spirit Field safe.
• Lu Xuan isolated the plants in a fog-encircled corner of his Spirit Field and used their real-time states to learn what afflicted them.
• Lu Xuan destroyed the Blood Jade Ginseng after learning it required rare Century Spirit Nectar to recover.
• Lu Xuan cut away the infected parts of the Blood Spirit Leaf, removed and burned its Mutated Black Bud Worm larvae, and cleansed it with an Exorcism Talisman.

Lu Xuan treated the Blood Spirit Leaf, planted new Spirit Firefly Grass, and received Azure Water Python Blood from Yu Jie to nourish the Flood Dragon Vine. Harvesting the last Red Cloud Pine Cones gave Lu Xuan talisman knowledge and a Third Grade Flawless Jade Treasure.

• Lu Xuan discovered he could treat diseased Spirit Plants brought into his Spirit Field and planted one hundred and twenty Spirit Firefly Grass seeds.
• Three days later, the Spirit Firefly Grass seeds sprouted, and Yu Jie arrived with a bottle of Azure Water Python Blood.
• Lu Xuan paid Yu Jie the remaining five Spirit Stones and poured the snake blood over the Flood Dragon Vine, which began absorbing it.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade and a Perfect Grade Red Cloud Pine Cone, receiving Basic Talisman Compendium knowledge from the first White Light Orb.
• The Perfect Grade cone's White Light Orb gave Lu Xuan a Third Grade auxiliary Treasure called Flawless Jade, which could sharpen wisdom, resist Evil Spirit contamination, and slightly enhance Spiritual Sense.

Lu Xuan obtained a Third Grade Flawless Jade from a Red Cloud Pine light orb and continued tending his spirit plants as the marketplace faced growing threats from evil spirits. After restoring a diseased Blood Spirit Leaf, he brought it to the Hundred Herbs Hall, where Manager He offered to buy it cheaply.

• Lu Xuan discovered that the Red Cloud Pine light orb had yielded a Third Grade Flawless Jade, which could resist evil spirits and slightly enhance Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Red Cloud Pine Cones and cared for the Flood Dragon Vine and the diseased Blood Spirit Leaf, which recovered substantially before he picked it as an inferior-grade plant.
• Lu Xuan took the restored Blood Spirit Leaf to the Hundred Herbs Hall, surprising Manager He, who recognized that Lu Xuan had revived a contaminated spirit plant.
• Manager He offered Lu Xuan twenty-five Spirit Stones for the inferior Blood Spirit Leaf, and Lu Xuan hinted that he had hoped to discuss a possible cooperation.

Lu Xuan asked Manager He to help him buy diseased Spirit Plants cheaply so he could try to save them and obtain Light Orb rewards. Manager He agreed to contact Hundred Herbs Hall’s Spirit Plant Masters, then approached three growers in a Medicine Garden who were struggling with diseased plants.

• Lu Xuan offered Manager He one Spirit Stone for each First Grade diseased Spirit Plant and four for each Second Grade plant, and Manager He agreed to act as a go-between.
• Manager He went to inspect a Medicine Garden while Lu Xuan stayed behind at Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Manager He found three Spirit Plant Masters protecting their Medicine Garden with a Second Grade Peak Formation and asked about the diseased plants.
• The three Spirit Plant Masters said the disease was worsening and its cause remained unknown.
• Manager He told them his Spirit Plant Master friend wanted to buy contaminated plants cheaply, and the three growers considered the offer.

Lu Xuan treated a batch of diseased Spirit Plants and earned a substantial profit by selling the ones he saved. He kept the still-growing White Pattern Wood in his Spirit Field and continued tending his other plants.

• Manager He brought Lu Xuan ten diseased Spirit Plants, which Lu Xuan planted in an isolated section of his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan destroyed four plants that were beyond saving and cured the mutated infestations and contamination in the other six.
• Lu Xuan checked his Spirit Field, tended his growing Spirit Plants, and kept the immature White Pattern Wood to cultivate further.
• Lu Xuan brought five recovered First Grade Spirit Plants to Hundred Herbs Hall, where Manager He praised his skill and bought them for one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan put away his earnings, pleased that he had profited from the diseased plants while still holding the White Pattern Wood.

Lu Xuan negotiated with two Spirit Plant Masters who wanted him to cure their diseased Second Grade Spirit Plant, while He Zongguang learned of Lu Xuan’s abilities and ordered his disciple to recruit him into Hundred Herbs Hall. The chapter left the plant’s owners weighing Lu Xuan’s risky offer and Hundred Herbs Hall preparing to approach him.

• Manager He returned with diseased Spirit Plants and two Spirit Plant Masters, who asked Lu Xuan to treat plants in their fields.
• Lu Xuan refused to work in their Spirit Fields and offered to transplant their Second Grade Spirit Plant to his own field for treatment, charging half its mature value if successful or twenty percent if it failed.
• One Spirit Plant Master objected to the proposed fee, and Lu Xuan asked whether they wanted a low-price sale or to gamble on restoring the plant.
• He Zongguang questioned his young disciple about Lu Xuan’s cures and scolded him for suggesting they seize Lu Xuan’s secret art.
• He Zongguang told the disciple to build a relationship with Lu Xuan and try to bring him into Hundred Herbs Hall.

Lu Xuan spent Spirit Stones buying diseased spirit plants, rescued those he could, and tended his courtyard’s growing plants and Spirit Beasts. After drinking with Wu Wenjing, he found a Blood Jade Ginseng had matured and carefully dug it up.

• Lu Xuan bought fourteen diseased spirit plants from two Spirit Plant Masters, then rescued eight and planted them in his courtyard.
• Over the next five days, Lu Xuan tended his spirit plants and Spirit Beasts, while the Blood Jade Ginsengs grew increasingly restless near maturity.
• Lu Xuan drank with Wu Wenjing, who told him that sect cultivators might soon come to Vast Forest Market to search for the Evil Spirit.
• Tipsy, Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art to separate the tangled Blood Jade Ginsengs and noticed one had matured.
• Lu Xuan carefully dug up the mature Blood Jade Ginseng.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Blood Jade Ginseng and received Blood Spirit Pills and the Blood Burning Arrow secret art, then visited the marketplace with the Cloud Stepping Lynx. There, he encountered a red-clad cultivator whose Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey was drawn to an aura he carried, and he concealed his suspicions about the Red Cloud Pine Cones.

• Lu Xuan harvested three mature Blood Jade Ginsengs and obtained two Blood Spirit Pills and the Blood Burning Arrow secret art.
• Lu Xuan decided to leave the other Blood Jade Ginsengs to mature and collected seven First Grade spirit plants that had ripened.
• Lu Xuan took the Cloud Stepping Lynx to the rogue cultivator Marketplace, where a Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey rushed toward him before stopping.
• The red-clad girl explained that her monkey tracked Evil Spirits and asked whether Lu Xuan had handled spirit fruit; Lu Xuan blamed his work at Hundred Herbs Hall.
• The red-clad girl remarked on the Cloud Stepping Lynx’s unusual twin pupils, and Lu Xuan thanked her while keeping his suspicions to himself.

Lu Xuan sold cured Spirit Plants to Manager He, then met He Yuntong, who tried to recruit him into Hundred Herbs Hall and offered to expand their cooperation. He refused to join, keeping his independence while agreeing to continue selling his Spirit Plants to the hall.

• Lu Xuan sold Manager He seven cured First Grade Spirit Plants for one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.
• Manager He gave Lu Xuan twenty-three more diseased Spirit Plants to treat, including three Second Grade plants.
• Manager He told Lu Xuan that He Yuntong had asked about him and led him to meet her.
• He Yuntong offered Lu Xuan a position managing a Medicine Garden at Hundred Herbs Hall, but Lu Xuan declined and proposed continuing their existing arrangement.
• He Yuntong accepted Lu Xuan's refusal and offered chances to cultivate Second Grade and possibly Third Grade Spirit Plants for the hall.

Lu Xuan visited Zhang Hong after learning that the cultivators who explored a new secret realm had returned, and heard about Zhang Hong’s injury and growing doubts about risking his life as an adventurer. Meanwhile, the Wang Family Head planned to use two sect cultivators to help clear the secret realm once its central formation was broken.

• Lu Xuan visited the Zhang family and reunited with Zhang Hong, Xu Wan, and Zhang Xiuyuan.
• Zhang Hong revealed that an Evil Spirit had withered one of his arms during the secret-realm expedition, though he had advanced to Qi Training Stage 4.
• Zhang Hong told Lu Xuan he was reconsidering exploration after witnessing a Ghoul-Class Evil Spirit wipe out a team of cultivators.
• Lu Xuan and Zhang Hong discussed the secret realm while Zhang Xiuyuan played near the Cloud Stepping Lynx and the Eclipse Moon Trees.
• The Wang Family Head told Chong'an that two sect companions had helped clear threats from the market and ordered him to bring them into the secret realm after its central Array Formation was broken.

Lu Xuan harvested Blood Jade Ginseng and gained pills, a secret technique, and a Life-Preserving Bag. The treasure solved his concern about transporting his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts if he ever had to leave Vast Forest Market.

• Lu Xuan planted the salvageable diseased Spirit Plants Manager He had found and inspected his healthy Spirit Field.
• He separated the tangled Blood Jade Ginseng and harvested four mature plants, including one of Perfect Grade.
• The White Light Orbs yielded two Blood Spirit Pills and the Second Grade Blood Burning Arrow secret technique.
• The Perfect Grade plant’s orb gave Lu Xuan a Third Grade Life-Preserving Bag that could preserve the vitality of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan realized the bag would let him transport his valuable Spirit Plants without worrying about their vitality draining away.

Lu Xuan tested his Life-Preserving Bag, harvested a mature Red-Beard Carp, and obtained a Second Grade Crimson Scale Armor before cooking the fish. Meanwhile, Wang Chong'an tried to find suitable Spirit Fruits for a red-clad girl’s picky Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey and brought her to meet young talents at a garden gathering.

• Lu Xuan tested the Life-Preserving Bag on a Red-Beard Carp and the Cloud Stepping Lynx, then comforted the lynx after it recalled being trapped in a cage.
• Lu Xuan found a mature Red-Beard Carp, harvested it, and received a Second Grade Crimson Scale Armor.
• Lu Xuan cooked and ate the Red-Beard Carp with the Cloud Stepping Lynx, saving the fish’s whiskers and scales.
• Wang Chong'an brought Spirit Fruits to the red-clad girl, but her Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey barely touched them because it was so picky.
• Wang Chong'an invited the red-clad girl to a secluded garden, where they joined a gathering of young talents that included He Yuntong.

At a gathering, Xu Shijie asked He Yuntong about a young Spirit Plant Master after recalling Lu Xuan. Meanwhile, her Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey tracked Lu Xuan down for his Red Cloud Pine Cone, and Xu Shijie arrived to compensate him for the fruit it ate.

• Wang Chong'an introduced Xu Shijie and her companion to He Yuntong, who felt inferior to Xu Shijie's cultivation and background.
• Xu Shijie asked He Yuntong whether Hundred Herbs Hall had Spirit Fruits suitable for Spirit Beasts, explaining that she was looking for a young Spirit Plant Master she had met before.
• Lu Xuan found the Four-Eyed Red Goblin Monkey perched on his courtyard wall and offered it a Superior Grade Red Cloud Pine Cone.
• After Lu Xuan hinted that the fruit deserved compensation, the Red Goblin Monkey fetched Xu Shijie and returned with her to his courtyard.
• Xu Shijie apologized and offered Lu Xuan one First-grade Magic Tool and three essence-nurturing pills for the fruit.

Lu Xuan traded a Red Cloud Pine Cone to a red-clad girl for a spirit-plant reference book and learned about the advantages of joining a sect. Later, He Yuntong came to seek Red Cloud Pine Cones, and Lu Xuan offered to trade them for two Spirit Seed Condensation Methods.

• Lu Xuan declined the red-clad girl's offer of a magic tool and pills, accepting her book Common Spirit Plants and Their Handling Methods instead.
• The red-clad girl praised Lu Xuan's Mist Concealing Formation and suggested that he try joining a sect for access to spirit seeds and better growing conditions.
• After the girl left, Lu Xuan kept his remaining Red Cloud Pine Cones and returned to tending his spirit plants.
• Manager He and He Yuntong visited Lu Xuan, and He Yuntong asked whether he had any good or Superior Grade Red Cloud Pine Cones.
• Lu Xuan showed He Yuntong two Superior Grade cones and one Perfect Grade cone, then asked to trade for Spirit Firefly Grass and another First Grade Spirit Seed Condensation Method.

Lu Xuan negotiated with He Yuntong to exchange his three Red Cloud Pine Cones for two Spirit Seed Condensation Methods, then studied the knowledge he had gained and a book on handling spirit plants. He planned to preserve some Spirit Firefly Grass seeds for the future while continuing to build his expertise as a Spirit Plant Master.

• Lu Xuan persuaded He Yuntong to trade the Spirit Seed Condensation Methods for Blood Jade Ginseng and Spirit Firefly Grass in exchange for his three Red Cloud Pine Cones.
• He Yuntong obtained the methods from Uncle-Master Zhang, and Lu Xuan swore an oath before completing the trade.
• Lu Xuan absorbed the methods from the Azure Jade Slip, which shattered after transferring its knowledge.
• Lu Xuan decided to save some seeds from his current batch of Spirit Firefly Grass in case he left the Marketplace.
• Lu Xuan read Common Spirit Plants and Their Handling Methods late into the night while the Cloud Stepping Lynx listened and the Grass Puppet tended the field.

Lu Xuan harvested four mature Blood Jade Ginseng plants, gaining Blood Spirit Pills and Blood Burning Arrow experience, then obtained a Beast Spirit Pill from a Red-Beard Carp and fed it to the Cloud Stepping Lynx. The lynx grew stronger, while Lu Xuan continued tending his spirit plants and looked ahead to the Spirit Firefly Grass harvest.

• Lu Xuan harvested four mature Blood Jade Ginseng plants, receiving two Blood Spirit Pills and two Blood Burning Arrow secret art experience rewards.
• Lu Xuan decided to leave the final two Blood Jade Ginseng plants unharvested so he could condense their Spirit Seeds, then checked his Spirit Firefly Grass and other plants.
• Yu Jie delivered a bottle of Azure Water Python Blood, which Lu Xuan used to nourish the Flood Dragon Vine.
• Lu Xuan caught a mature Red-Beard Carp and obtained a Second Grade Beast Spirit Pill from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan fed the Beast Spirit Pill to the Cloud Stepping Lynx, increasing its strength and speed, and teased it about its rough roar.

Lu Xuan sold cured diseased spirit plants and high-grade Blood Jade Ginseng at Hundred Herbs Hall, then bought five Second Grade Copper Bone Bamboo seedlings. Meanwhile, the Wang Family Head decided to invite other Marketplace forces and two Spirit Beast handlers to help explore the new Secret Realm.

• Lu Xuan sold twelve cured diseased spirit plants and eleven Blood Jade Ginseng to Manager He, earning enough to raise his wealth above eight hundred Spirit Stones.
• Manager He told Lu Xuan that the Young Miss had granted him priority when choosing good Spirit Seeds and seedlings.
• Lu Xuan bought five Second Grade Copper Bone Bamboo seedlings from Manager He for one hundred and seventy-five Spirit Stones.
• Wang Chong'an reported that the Wang Family's Secret Realm exploration had stalled at powerful Restrictions and that a disguising Evil Spirit had caused casualties.
• The Wang Family Head ordered Wang Chong'an to invite other Marketplace forces to the Secret Realm and recruit two Fellow Disciples whose Spirit Beasts could track Evil Spirits.