I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

"Eating Spirit Fruits and drinking Spirit Brew while watching all the proud children of heaven perform for me, what could be more delightful?" Lu Xuan mused, sitting among the spectators with Ge Pu as the sparring began. They weren't registered participants and felt extremely comfortable watching the magic artifacts and charms fly about, with divine skills and secret techniques on full display across the ten high platforms.

"The Spirit Fruits provided by the Liyang Taoist Sect taste quite good," Lu Xuan said, popping a bright red Spirit Fruit into his mouth. He relished the burst of pure Spiritual Energy inside his mouth and remarked softly.

"That's true, though the Spirit Brew is somewhat inferior to the ones you brew, Junior Brother Lu," Ge Pu replied from beside him.

The Liyang Taoist Sect had prepared a large quantity of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews for this grand event. Although the ranks of the Spirit Fruits were not very high, the variety was plentiful, which allowed Lu Xuan to indulge his palate greatly.

As for the Spirit Brew, he had sold a significant quantity to the Sect, but it barely made a splash at the whole event, only appearing in the more important exchange meetings early on.

Most of the brews were produced by the Sect itself, with some purchased from other Sects or powers. Of course, in both rank and quality, they fell short of the few types provided by Lu Xuan.

The sparring was an elimination system, stopping when one conceded, so even though many creatures and "Cultivators" signed up, the elimination was quick.

The rewards offered by the Sect were only average for Lu Xuan, but for the other Cultivators, they were rather significant. Seventh Grade Treasure Items were rare even among those at the Core Formation Realm.

As a result, as the competition progressed, it became more intense, with a myriad of divine skills and treasures making their debut, broadening Lu Xuan's horizons.

In the end, a Middle Rank Magic Treasure was seized by a Daozi of the Liyang Taoist Sect at Golden Core Completion, relying on various Treasure Items, while Zhou Chao advanced into the top ten, securing a Sixth Grade Spirit Pill for himself.

As for Wan Chong, though his true strength was still above Zhou Chao's, he was only participating for fun. After more than ten rounds, finding it boring, he withdrew.

"Congratulations to both Senior Brothers on your rich hauls," Lu Xuan and Ge Pu offered their congratulations as Zhou Chao and the others returned.

"Thank you, Junior Brothers," Wan Chong replied with a cheeky grin.

Zhou Chao gave a small nod, his expression calm, seemingly unsatisfied with his performance.

"With the divine skills and secret techniques I currently possess, along with various Middle Rank magical artifacts and a large number of Fifth Grade Sword Talismans, it should be almost certain that I could enter the top three," Lu Xuan secretly thought.

"As for taking first place, it would depend on luck and the Liyang Taoist Sect's support for that Daozi."

Lu Xuan didn't make any absolute claims, knowing that participants included many at the later stages or even at Golden Core Completion, all talents from Great Sects or powers, wielding powerful magic treasures or divine skills and secret techniques.

It was a pity that among the many Treasure Item rewards, he only had some interest in the top three. However, if he really made it into the top three, he anticipated it would cause quite a stir, even attracting some unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, he thought it better to be a bystander, watching the young elites strive for those ordinary treasures.

After that would come the stage for exchanging various treasures.

The treasure exchange consisted of auctions and free trade.

Cultivators could submit their treasures to the Liyang Taoist Sect for auctioning, with the Sect taking a small commission. However, the Sect had very stringent requirements for auction items; ordinary treasures of the Core Formation Level didn't qualify for the auction at all.

Only exceedingly rare and unusual Fifth and Sixth Grade Treasure Items had a chance to be auctioned.

Alternatively, under the organization of the Sect, Cultivators were free to exchange treasures with one another.

Each method had its advantages and disadvantages, and it was up to the Cultivators to choose.

The first to commence was naturally the free exchange of treasures.

"I wonder if there's a chance to pick up some high-grade spiritual seeds."

Lu Xuan and Ge Pu parted ways and strolled through the stalls set up by the numerous high-bidding "cultivators."

This scene gave him a feeling of familiarity, reminiscent of his days wandering through the market stalls of loose "cultivators" while still in the Qi Practicing Stage.

"The most precious treasures often appear in the most ordinary ways."

He chuckled softly, looking around to see if there were any interesting spiritual seeds or spirit beast fetuses.

The "cultivators" and living beings present came from the Whole Sky Realm, some of which were unheard of by Lu Xuan, raising the possibility of encountering rare high-grade spiritual seeds.

It was an opportunity too rare for Lu Xuan to pass up.

"Ah?"

As he passed by a small stall, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The stall owner was a middle-aged monk with a kind face, seemingly harmless but with a presence as deep and unfathomable as the ocean abyss.

"A 'Nascent Soul Realm' high monk!"

Lu Xuan mumbled to himself, his gaze landing on an exotic spiritual seed on the stall.

The seed looked like a pebble, dark yellow in color, with countless fine, deep yellow specks flickering and fluttering across its surface.

Upon closer scrutiny, the infinite specks seemed to come to life instantly, rushing towards Lu Xuan's Sea of Consciousness.

In that instant, thousands of minute thoughts bombarded Lu Xuan's Sea of Consciousness, causing his thoughts to become extremely chaotic.

Fortunately, the thoughts were spontaneously generated without malice, and with Lu Xuan's cultivation of the secret technique "Starlitting Thought," his Spiritual Sense was already far stronger than others at his level, so he experienced only a momentary daze.

"Om Mani Padme Hum, benefactor, please do not probe this Incense Flame Wondrous Tree Spirit Seed with your Spiritual Sense; otherwise, there is a risk of losing one's mental focus."

The middle-aged monk clasped his hands together and intoned a Buddhist chant.

"Master, it was rude of me, please forgive my impertinence."

"Whenever I see a rare spirit seed, I can't help but lose myself in the desire to understand it more deeply."

Lu Xuan smiled at the monk as he explained. Stay tuned with My Virtual Library Empire

"It's alright, it's just that it may take some time to get used to this spirit seed for the first time."

The monk said calmly with a smile.

"May I know what's so special about this so-called Incense Flame Wondrous Tree Spirit Seed? I'm quite interested; could the master explain a bit?"

"The Incense Flame Wondrous Tree is a Seventh Grade Spirit Plant, extremely rare in the Cultivation World, born from our temple's Incense Flame Forest."

"The spiritual seeds nurtured by the Incense Flame Forest accumulate thousands of years of incense offerings, and the produced spirit seeds are closely related to them."

"When mature, it can grow rare Spirit Fruits condensed from the pure Incense Flame that, when consumed, can briefly conjure a figure of the Incense Flame God, offering tremendous benefits for 'cultivators' practicing corresponding divine skills."

"Additionally, the Spirit Wood itself is a rare treasure that can be used to create Incense Fire Treasures, each strike embedded with an infinite number of Incense Flame thoughts."

Seeing Lu Xuan's profound interest, the monk explained in detail, showing no arrogance despite Lu Xuan's mere Core Formation level cultivation.

"Seventh Grade spirit seeds, coming to the Grand Spirit Assembly was indeed the right decision!"

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Even before entering the auction, encountering such a Seventh Grade spirit seed had significantly piqued his interest.

"Master, are you placing this Seventh Grade Incense Flame Wondrous Tree Spirit Seed here in exchange for some special treasure?"

He asked, curious.