Night fell, the river of stars hung low, and Lu Xuan, slightly tipsy, walked along the Blue Stone Path beneath the moonlight.
The Cloud Stepping Lynx lay on his shoulder, its body slightly arched as it kept sweeping its gaze over their surroundings. Its pair of Green Eyes were especially striking in the night.
Lu Xuan himself had not completely relaxed either. The Red Thread Needle and the Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talisman were hidden in his sleeve; at the slightest sign that something was wrong, he would activate them instantly.
With the Sect Disciples entering the Marketplace, not only had the Evil Spirits vanished without a trace, they had incidentally straightened out the Marketplace's atmosphere as well. The journey was safe and uneventful, and he returned home.
Arriving at the Spirit Field in the rear courtyard, Lu Xuan extravagantly scooped up a ladle of Spirit Spring water and splashed it over his face. At once, much of his drunkenness cleared.
He came to the area where he had previously planted the diseased Spirit Plants and took out the twenty-three diseased Spirit Plants that Manager He had found for him.
The first time was unfamiliar, the second time came easy. Thick fog spread over at flying speed, isolating this area from the normal Spirit Plants.
Lu Xuan planted the twenty-three diseased Spirit Plants, gathered his mind on them, and directly gave up on the ones that were terminally ill or had extremely demanding recovery conditions, destroying them on the spot.
After taking inventory, among the twenty-three diseased Spirit Plants, fourteen could still be saved: twelve First Grade Spirit Plants and two Second Grade Spirit Plants.
Together with the two Second Grade Spirit Plants still left cultivating in the courtyard, that made four Second Grade plants in total.
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