"Before I formally begin the lesson, I'd like to correct a mistaken notion of yours."
Lu Xuan looked at the crowd below the platform and said with a smile.
"All of you here are heaven's favored, blessed with extraordinary talent, and you basically don't think much of spirit plants."
"When you occasionally plant one or two, you only treat them as a way to earn Spirit Stones or obtain alchemy materials."
"After planting them, you rarely pay them any mind, leaving them to live or die on their own."
Lu Xuan spoke with easy confidence, and quite a few people below nodded in agreement, indicating that it was indeed as he said.
"Admittedly, as a cultivator, raising one's cultivation and personal strength will always come first."
"But the importance of spirit plants is no less than the two cultivation arts of alchemy and artifact refining."
"Many people have this misconception in their hearts: spirit plants are only used as alchemy materials and have no other purpose."
"In reality, spirit plants can also serve as artifact-refining materials, used to refine flying swords and other magic tools."
Lu Xuan took a section of Copper Bone Bamboo from his Storage Bag and waved it in front of everyone.
"They can also be refined into talismans, or even used directly as magic tools."
He lightly patted his waist, and an Azure Mottled Gourd flew up. With the gourd's mouth facing downward, a ringing sword cry sounded, and a matchlessly sharp strand of sword qi shot out from within, transforming into a sword shadow that danced and spun around Lu Xuan.
The appearance of the Third Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd quietly changed the notions in the hearts of many Qi Refining fellow disciples present.
"In the process of cultivating spirit plants, you can also improve