I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates

Chapter 565: Chapter 563: Thunder Fire, Renting a Cave Mansion_1

Half a month later, Lu Xuan appeared in a complicated teleportation array.

“Finally arrived at the territory of Heavenly Star Cave,” he said.

He walked out from the formation to the outside.

In front of him was a towering building that reached up to the clouds. It was radiant and dazzling, and many powerful cultivators were coming and going.

“This should be the rumored Star Plucking Building,” He said to himself.

Over the past half month, he had asked about the reputation of the Heavenly Star Cave everywhere and had found that it was extremely popular among the Loose Cultivators.

It accepted Loose Cultivators from all over without caring about their backgrounds. As long as they had enough spirit stones, the Heavenly Star Cave would be an incomparable holy place for them.

Heavenly Star Cave had eighteen star caves, each managed by a Star Master. Lu Xuan had learned that at least each Star Master had reached the mid-term Nascent Soul realm.

The strength of the second largest force in the Liyang Region was evident.

Lu Xuan decided to take a look and if it served his purpose, he would make the Heavenly Star Cave his base.

At this moment, having left the Sky Sword Sect, he no longer had to worry that revealing his cultivation level would arouve some suspicions. Therefore, Lu Xuan returned to his Foundation Establishment Late-term Realm.

Upon arriving in the Star Plucking Building, Lu Xuan followed instructions to the main hall where residences were leased and sold.

Inside the main hall, there were dozens of windows where related affairs were handled by Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and a Golden Core Real Person was stationed inside.

He made his way to a graceful female cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Mid-term.

“Fellow Daoist, may I know your name? Do you wish to purchase or rent a residence in the Heavenly Star Caves?” The female cultivator greeted Lu Xuan from a distance, showing an eager smile and asked in a soft voice.

“I am Lu Xuan. I do intend to find a residence. Could you please assist me?” Lu Xuan spoke in a low voice.

“What requirements does Friend Lu have for a residence?”

“Each of the eighteen Star Caves of the Heavenly Star Cave has their own unique blessings, containing various spirit veins, treasure lands, and facilities for cultivation, refining talismans, and alchemy.” The graceful woman explained in detail.

“I am a Spirit Plant Master and I grow quite a few spirit plants, so I need a larger area. In addition, the purer and stronger the spiritual energy in the residence, the better.” Lu Xuan pondered for a moment before stating his requirements.

“These are the residences suitable for cultivating spirit plants, Friend Lu can choose one from them,” The gentle female cultivator handed a silver-white jade book to Lu Xuan.

Upon opening the book, the names of the star caves were marked, and there were miniature maps of the terrain on the pages.

“The red areas indicate residences already occupied by cultivators. Blue ones are still vacant, green ones indicate leases that are due to expire within a few years, simply project your Spiritual Sense into it to get detailed information on the size and layout of the residences.”

Guided by the soft voice of the female cultivator, Lu Xuan examined the available residences in each Star Cave one by one.

“Blackwater Star Cave, Thunder Fire Star Cave, Happy Star Cave…”

“Excuse me, do the names of these Star Caves represent their unique characteristics in some way?” He suddenly asked.

“Yes, indeed, the Blackwater Star Cave indicates that the Star Cave is located within an boundless black water, it contains a variety of spiritual liquids, which is suitable for cultivating water-related Techniques and for Loose Cultivators good at refining some sort of Magic Artifacts.”

“The Thunderfire Star Cave is situated in an ethereal thunder sea, with heavenly thunder falling and ground fire rising from time to time, which is very beneficial for cultivators who are practicing thunder or fire-related techniques.”

“The Happy Star Cave is full of spiritual objects and aura entrenched with the way of Yin and Yang. If someone stayed there for a long time, they would involuntarily develop desire. It is suitable for Loose Cultivators who are practicing the Yin Yang Joyful Gathering Technique.”

“It might not be conducive for solo cultivation if Friend Lu plans to reside there long-term. However, if you wish to relax occasionally, it’s not bad.”

“Each Star Cave is independent but yet interconnected in some ways, so it’s fairly convenient to travel around.”

The female vendor calmly introduced Lu Xuan to the unique features of each Star Cave.

“I never expected that the Heavenly Star Cave would be so unconventional. I’ll have to go and constructively criticize the Happy Star cave when I have the chance.”

“Hmm, it seems that the Mystical Immortal Peach Spirit Fruit and the treasures from the light cluster now have a good place to go.”

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

The primary factor in his choosing of caves is whether it suits the cultivation of spiritual plants.

He continuously flipped through the jade book, ruling out one star cave after another.

“Thunder Fire Asterism Cave, it actually suits my current needs.”

Slowly, he started to make a decision deep within his heart.

“Currently, among the high-grade spirit plants in my possession, the Sixth-rank Phoenix Tree and the Zewei Oblivion Thunderfruit are both suitable to cultivate in this Thunder Fire Asterism Cave.”

The Phoenix Tree needs to be cultivated under strange fires of the third-grade and above. As it continues to grow, it requires a progressively higher grade of strange fires. On the other hand, the Zewei Oblivion Thunderfruit requires various types of thunder energy to stimulate it.

This Thunder Fire Asterism Cave manages to satisfy the requirements of both these sixth-grade spiritual plants at once, which is rather extraordinary.

“How much is the rent for this Thunder Fire Star Cave per month?”

He pointed at an empty dwelling. The dwelling covered an area of more than a hundred acres, situated on a large mountain with a winding and twisting river at the foot of the mountain.

“Three thousand low-grade Spirit Stones a month?”

“How much?”

Lu Xuan’s tone all of a sudden rose sharply.

“So expensive, are you trying to rob me?”

Three thousand low-grade spirit stones could buy a three-rank magic weapon when he was in Sky Sword Sect, but it could only pay for a month’s rent here.

“Friend Lu, it’s always been this price.”

Wenwan, the female cultivator maintained her smile.

“Do… do you give any discounts for longer rentals?”

Lu Xuan took a deep breath and continued to ask.

“If you sign an agreement to rent for more than ten years and pay all at once, it’s thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones per year. Additionally, you can also enjoy various benefits from the spiritual items in the Thunder Fire Asterism Cave.”

“Let’s sign for ten years then.”

He had already decided to settle down here, and after a moment of hesitation, he finally decided to sign the contract for ten years.

“Here are three thousand middle-grade spiritual stones, please take a look, Friend Lu.”

After signing the agreement on an ancient beast’s skin, Lu Xuan somewhat reluctantly handed over the three thousand middle-grade spirit stones to Wenwan.

“Twenty years of hard-earned savings gone, just like that, it feels like at the Foundation Establishment period again.”

Lu Xuan forced a bitter smile.

His current net worth was only a little over 3000 middle-grade spirit stones, with tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. After signing the ten-year lease for the dwelling, it decreased greatly in an instant.

“Fortunately, there are still many elixirs in my storage bag that I haven’t had time to use yet, as well as the rewards that the light cluster revealed. These should help me regain some losses.”

“This Heavenly Star Cave is indeed a bottomless pit that absorbs wealth. Ordinary foundation establishment late-term cultivators may not be able to afford to stay there for a long time.”

“Of course, it’s also due to myself. With so many spiritual plants in need of cultivation, I just have to pick a dwelling with a suitable spirit field and high quality of spiritual energy.”

As Lu Xuan was contemplating, Wenwan had already finished all the procedures for him, handing over a black token interweaved with thunder and fire, along with an array plate.

“Friend Lu, with this Thunder Fire Order, you can freely enter most areas of the Thunder Fire Asterism Cave and it’s proof that you are the master of that dwelling. Here is a third-grade Traceless Formation Method also as a gift to you, it serves substantial defensive purposes.”

After completing this big deal, Wenwan’s tone became even softer, filled with smiles.

“Thank you.”

Lu Xuan accepted the token and the array plate, his mind filled with mixed feelings.

“Now, finally, I can properly cultivate spiritual plants.”