I Practice Farming While the Rest Cultivates-Chapter 542: 540: Demon Bird_1

Chapter 542 -540: Demon Bird_1

“That’s good.”

The lean old man sighed, the color of worry on his face not fully disappearing.

The group of four had just been established, and Qiu Changyuan, the one with the highest cultivation level, looked down on Lu Xuan, who had the status of a Spirit Plant Master. As a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment First-term stage from a small sect, he tried to dissolve the differences between them but his influence was limited, which made him believe that the group’s future was grim.

Lu Xuan, on the other hand, did not care about these at all, and followed the others to the edge of the city.

“Friend Sun, isn’t there a large defensive array around Black Star City? And we still need to patrol it every day?”

He sent a message to the lean old man.

“Indeed, there is a Grade Six City Protection Array, set up jointly by several Nascent Soul experts of large sects.”

The old man nodded.

“But, the area of Black Star City is just too large. If we were to run the array every day, the consumption of Spirit Stone would be astronomical. Therefore, the array is only fully activated at certain key locations at the edge of the city. The rest of the area is considerably weaker.”

“The array is only completely activated at critical times.”

The lean old man explained to Lu Xuan in detail.

The four of them passed through the Spiritual Energy Shield, arrived outside the city, spread out, each maintaining a distance from each other that would allow for help to be called at any time, and flew at high speed around the Spiritual Energy Shield.

Spiritual Sense surged, investigating the surroundings.

Lu Xuan displayed his Spiritual Sense at the level of a normal Foundation Establishment Mid-term cultivator and carefully surveyed the surroundings.

Half a day passed with no incidents.

But this lack of events did not make them complacent. They continued to patrol the area inside and outside the city as usual.

“Hmm? Something’s going on.”

Lu Xuan’s expression did not change, but he thought to himself.

Of the four, he had the highest cultivation level, being in the Foundation Establishment Late-term, and had cultivated the Level-5 “Divine Proliferation Sutra” that could enhance the Spiritual Sense. In addition, he had a Grade Five Divine Mind Scroll nourishing his Spiritual Sense within his soul sea, hence his Spiritual Sense was far beyond that of the average cultivators of his rank.

In his Spiritual Sense perception, a pack of demon birds was speeding towards Black Star City.

“Something’s coming!”

About ten breaths later, Qiu Changyuan finally detected the demon birds and alerted Lu Xuan and the others.

Upon hearing this, the three of them readied themselves, each taking out their magical talisman as if facing a great enemy.

“Chirp, chirp!”

A sharp howl came to Lu Xuan’s ears, the howl seemed like it was piercing through his eardrums, causing blood and qi in his body to churn.

Looking up, more than a dozen huge demon birds appeared in his line of sight.

These demon birds had large meaty wings that could cover the sky when spread out, a black tumor grew on their heads, surrounded by a sinister air, they were evidently not to be trifled with at first glance.

Upon spotting Lu Xuan and his group, the demon birds’ howls became even more fierce and excited. The speed of their wing flapping quickened and waves of foul wind could be felt from a distance.

High in the sky, the black tumor on the demon bird’s head suddenly swelled and demonic power surged out wildly. A myriad of dark air blades descended like a torrential downpour, densely packed, producing wave after wave of howls.

“Beast, meet your death!”

Qiu Changyuan snorted coldly. A six-winged Red Giant Scorpion shot out, while he himself stood on a giant eagle-like demon beast and faced the giant demon bird head-on.

Meng Yue did not want to be outdone. A series of charms were swung from her sleeve. Countless wind blades, ice spikes, earth spikes, and other low-rank formula methods flew towards the demon birds.

As for the thin, skinny old man, Sun Yun Ming, spiritual power wildly surged through his body as dozens of long, dark spears instantly formed, shooting up into the sky like arrows at the demon bird.

Lu Xuan concentrated on the torrent of energy blades raining down and spurred the spiritual light of his Qing Fu Lu shoes. His body turned into a stream of light, nimbly and lightly dodging the dense attacks of energy blades.

Just as he was about to land, suddenly, there was a gust of bloody wind from behind him. His spiritual sense detected a huge demon bird sneaking up behind him, with its broad fleshy wings fiercely slapping towards Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan stayed calm, and his Wind-Thunder Sword sounded with a crackling hum. Countless arcs of electricity danced around it, and in an instant, a sword qi as thick as an arm shot out, wrapped in black thunderous wind. It covered a distance of more than ten feet in an instant, striking the wing of the demon bird.

The thick wing immediately sported a charred hole, the residual force of the lightning bolt still jumping and spreading over the wing, rendering it totally useless.

Lu Xuan soared into the air like an arrow, invoking the “Starlight Swordsmanship”. A glimmer of starlight sparkled, and the sword qi sliced through, sinking into the black tumor on the head of the demon bird.

The sword qi was too fast for the demon bird to avoid, and in pain, it endlessly tumbled in the air.

Instead of being deterred, Lu Xuan radiated a cold laugh. Dozens of Wind-Thunder Sword Qis formed a grid of lightning, each striking the body of the demon bird.

The enormous demon bird turned into a lump filled with holes and fell straight down, kicking up dust and stone fragments.

In his hands, he held the extremely rare fourth-grade Wind-Thunder Sword. In addition to absorbing a lot of Wind-Thunder Sword Intent experience packs and integrating the Sword of Wind and Thunder Pill, this was currently his most powerful regular method.

With a leisurely stride, he dodged the attacks of the giant demon bird in mid-air. His Wind-Thunder Sword Qi whizzed out from all directions, invisible as if carried by wind, extremely fast, and barely intercepted by the demon birds.

Soon, out of more than ten giant demon birds, he had solo taken down four, and he had collaborated to take down even more with the others.

The ground was littered with demon bird carcasses, exuding a rich smell of blood that wafted far and wide.

“I never expected Brother Lu to master swordsmanship so skillfully, he is truly deserving of being from the Sky Sword Sect.”

Wenwan graceful posture landed on the ground and gazed at Lu Xuan with an admiring smile.

“It’s nowhere near Friend Meng’s skill in controlling talismans.”

Lu Xuan responded. He had just collaborated with Meng Yue to take down a few demon birds and had witnessed the exquisite talisman manipulation of this Lingxiao Sect cultivator.

The many talismans in her hands seemed to have a life of their own, coordinating flawlessly, extracting the maximum power from the numerous talismans, and giving Lu Xuan, who also possessed many talismans, great insights.

“Friend Lu, Friend Lu, you call this a basic understanding of swordsmanship?!””

The thin old man crowded in, his face crinkling into a smile.

“If you call this basic, then have all my decades of sword practice been in vain?”

“Compared to my other fellow disciples in the sect, I can only claim to have a basic understanding.”

Images of Sword Wu Xia, Shen Ye, and others flashed in Lu Xuan’s mind as he modestly responded.

“You…”

The skinny old man was rendered speechless for a moment.

Although he was dissatisfied with Lu Xuan’s reticence, after witnessing Lu Xuan’s profound swordsmanship, he felt a surge of joy.

The stronger the ally, the higher the chances of his survival. This simple logic was something he understood as a cultivator from a small sect.

“Friend Lu, you’ve killed the most demons. You should select first.”

Qiu Changyuan strode over with his usual coldness. But his willingness to let Lu Xuan make the first selection revealed his inner thoughts.

Lu Xuan’s efficiency convinced Qiu Changyuan, who had initially been slightly dissatisfied with him because of his Spirit Plant Master identity.

His suggestion allowed Lu Xuan to select spoils of war first, clearly declaring his stance.