I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Chapter 452: Chapter 450 Heart Ape Fruit_1

“Alright then, little friend Lu, you will cultivate the spirit fruits for brewing Monkey Wine for me. Once they are ripe, I will give you some Monkey Wine, as well as some other things.”

The elder ape’s interest was further piqued upon hearing Lu Xuan’s suggestion.

The secret recipe is passed down through the bloodline of the White Jade Sky Monkey clan. When they reach a certain stage of maturity, their bloodline triggers, and they automatically gain the brewing formula. Thus, it doesn’t worry about human cultivators discovering the details of the formula at all.

Having such a skilled inner sect disciple in spirit plant cultivation right before its eyes, it naturally wouldn’t let this opportunity pass.

“I happen to have a spiritual seed in my belly right now. I will take it out and give it to you.”

The elder ape opened its mouth, and a spiritual seed the size of an egg gently floated out from its belly.

“The spirit fruit is the Heart Ape Fruit. Its condensation method is closely related to our White Jade Sky Monkey clan. It must be nurtured with essence and blood to properly cultivate the spiritual seed.”

Lu Xuan carefully took the spiritual seed in his hand.

The spiritual seed was of a light golden color. Inside the thin seed coat, there seemed to be a tiny monkey embryo curled up. Upon closer examination, it turned into a cluster of golden light.

“This is the first time I’ve seen a spiritual seed condense in this manner. No wonder it has such deep ties with the White Ape clan.”

Lu Xuan remarked to himself.

“Elder White Ape, do I need to pay attention to anything while cultivating this Heart Ape Fruit spirit seed?”

Although he has the ability to understand spirit plant information once he plants it, he still had to act properly, so he asked the elder ape aloud.

“The Heart Ape Fruit is a fifth rank spirit plant which has high requirements for the aura of the spirit soil, but otherwise there is nothing particular.”

“Oh, there is one more thing, when cultivating the Heart Ape Fruit, your mind may be influenced by it, which may inadvertently cause emotions such as agitation and restlessness. Please be mindful of this, little friend Lu.”

“Yes, thank you for the reminder, Elder.”

Lu Xuan cupped his hands in a salute, and put the light golden spiritual seed into the storage bag.

He continued to drink tea and chatted leisurely with the elder ape.

“By the way, Elder, isn’t there a forbidden area in the blessed land? Could you give me some detailed information on it? I would like to learn more.”

He remembered the Thunderstorm Bear which has been affected by the aura of the forbidden area during its gestation period, leading to a difficult birth.

Now that he has taken over from True Man Cang Wu, managing the blessed land, he must thoroughly understand all unstable factors within the blessed land to avoid accidents during his management.

“Forbidden area? Well, there is such a place, but it doesn’t have much to do with you and me.”

The elder ape slowly sipped a hot cup of tea and said it leisurely.

“As for the forbidden area, it mainly holds some unfortunate or ominous spiritual beasts and demon beasts.”

“Even though the spirit beasts in the blessed land have been tamed since childhood, they are ultimately of demon beast origin, and their beastly nature is hard to tame. There will inevitably be attacks and even killings of the Sky Sword Sect cultivators.”

“Some special breeds need to be suppressed in the forbidden area to prevent them from being harmful to the other spirit beasts or cultivators.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan quietly nodded.

It is already difficult to maintain peace among the sect members. Disputes and even deadly incidents occur countless times. So it is even more difficult to ensure safety with demon beasts.

“There are also some demon beasts that the sect has captured, or semi-mutated evil beasts. They are kept in the forbidden area, to provide food for certain spirit beasts in the blessed land, or for the sect to study, test medicine, or interbreed and spawn new beast species, etc.”

“It is not as peaceful and harmonious inside like it is outside in the blessed land. Most of them are aggressive and bloodthirsty.”

“Not like me, who is gentle and peace-loving.”

The elder ape squinted its eyes and said, swaying its head.

“…”

Lu Xuan remained silent. If not for his understanding of the elder ape’s nature after feeding it, he could very likely believe what the elder ape said based on its demeanor and words.

“Since the forbidden area holds so many ferocious beasts and evil beasts, there should be no issues with safety, right?”

Lu Xuan asked worryingly, afraid that during his control of the Blessed Land, some ferocious beasts might break free from their confinement.

“You can relax about that. There is an extraordinarily powerful seal outside the forbidden zone. Even if several fifth and sixth-grade demon and evil beasts simultaneously attack, they won’t break through.”

“Unless there’s a seventh-grade great demon that can break the seal before the Sect has a chance to react.”

“…Old man, don’t jinx it here…”

Lu Xuan screamed in his heart.

But outwardly, he kept calm:

“Then, I can rest assured.”

“That old fox in the Blessed Land likes to stroll in the forbidden zone usually, but nothing has ever happened.”

“That Beast Owning Order you have can easily go through the seal and into the forbidden zone if you’re ever curious.”

Lu Xuan quickly shook his head.

“The junior has no such thoughts.”

Although he had some interest in the so-called hybrid beasts, considering his limited abilities, it was safer not to approach the area on his own.

He sat with the Elder Ape for a while then returned to the Cloud House.

The cloud cluster was covered with spirit soil composed of white grains of sand, whose spiritual energy was slightly stronger than ordinary spirit soil but had no spirit plants planted on it.

When Lu Xuan first saw it, he felt it was such a waste and wished he could plant spirit plants all over the sandy spirit soil.

Now, this fine-grained spirit soil finally had some use.

He took out the Heart Ape Fruit spiritual seed from the storage bag.

Spiritual power surged as he used the Earth Pulling Technique, causing subtle changes in the structure of the spirit soil piled on the surface of the cloud cluster, and a soundless crack appeared.

Lu Xuan placed the pale gold spiritual seed in the crack, strands of spirit rain fell down, nourishing the spiritual seed.

The golden monkey embryo inside the spiritual seed seemed to respond, subtly stretching its body.

Lu Xuan’s mind was focused on the spiritual seed, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind.

[Heart Ape Fruit, a five-quality spirit plant, is a unique spirit fruit of the White Jade Sky Monkey clan. The cultivation of the spiritual seed is extremely complex, requiring nourishment from essence and blood. During its growth, it has very high requirements for spiritual energy and spirit soil.]

[Once matured, the spirit fruit can be consumed directly for marrow cleansing, tempering of the mind and body, to make them well-rounded and integrated. It can also be used to refine certain special high-grade elixirs and brew Monkey Wine, unique to the White Jade Sky Monkey clan.]

[It is extremely attractive to primate beasts.]

[If a cultivator stays near it for a long time during the growth of the spirit plant, it will disrupt his mind, making it hard to concentrate, which is unfavorable for cultivation.]

[Lock the heart ape, tie the intent horse!]

“Five-quality spirit fruit…”

Lu Xuan was delighted.

“I didn’t expect to come to the Blessed Land and unexpectedly obtain a five-quality spirit fruit.”

“Looking at its information, it’s quite a rare variety. I can look forward to the reward from the light cluster when it matures.”

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

“As for the disruption of my mind and it being unfavorable for cultivation.”

“As long as I don’t cultivate, there won’t be anything unfavorable.”

Lu Xuan thought secretly in his heart.

Cultivation was still secondary to farming for him. Given his limited talents, it was better to farm more and open more light clusters, using the unlimited potential rewards of the unknown light clusters to compensate for his limited talent.