Chapter 1759: Chapter 944: Phantomfire Grass
"What, a plant grown from a Spiritual Body?" Lin Feng looked astonished; it was the first time he had seen such a plant, and there had been nothing like this outside Peace City before.
But as Hua Shengmi continued to speak, Lin Feng immediately connected the dots.
Hua Shengmi went on to tell Lin Feng, "These plants are probably formed by residual souls accumulating in the cave over time, thus merging with the plants inside to form new ones."
As Lin Feng took another step forward, he discovered a large accumulation of Spiritual Liquid. However, the liquid was extremely murky, as if polluted.
Lowering his head to examine the liquid, Lin Feng said to Hua Shengmi, "Why is there Spiritual Liquid here? Could it have formed inside the cave naturally? But it seems polluted."
Lin Feng waded through the liquid, walking deeper into the cave, and found that the further he went, the more plants there were.
Hua Shengmi was also a bit surprised, saying to Lin Feng, "No, this Spiritual Liquid is specifically used for cultivating these plants. Someone intentionally chose this liquid-rich cave to cultivate them, but I don’t know what they’re cultivating them for."
With Hua Shengmi’s question at heart, Lin Feng also wanted to figure out the purpose of these plants.
Lin Feng speculated, "Perhaps these plants are used for making medicine." He made this hypothesis because these plants, after all, were Spirit Grass.
Hua Shengmi thought it was possible, too, and said to Lin Feng, "Let’s go further in; maybe we’ll find something out."
As soon as they finished speaking, they sensed someone coming in from behind. Lin Feng quickly used the Spirit Communication Cloak to conceal himself. What he saw were not human intruders but a dozen or so hair-ghosts.
The hair-ghosts were like worker bees that had gathered honey, starting to transmit the souls and essence they absorbed into some plants on the ground.
Indeed, the plant that was originally just a small sprout began to thrive, becoming a glowing plant with a long stem and flower bud in the blink of an eye after receiving the souls and essence.
"These plants are indeed cultivated from Spiritual Bodies," Lin Feng recalled Hua Shengmi’s earlier words and unwittingly muttered to himself.
Not only did Lin Feng observe this successful sowing, but before long, many more glowing plants appeared throughout the large cave.
The hair-ghosts, dressed in white, busied themselves but didn’t float away; instead, they waited in place.
Soon, a white-haired man accompanied by a young man arrived. Lin Feng immediately recognized the white-haired man.
"This is the white-haired guy from the Hundred Treasure Pavilion, the one who took my Treasure Sword," Lin Feng thought, preparing to confront him, but then a robust voice resonated from behind the white-haired man.
"What’s up, Crane Guy?" The speaker emerged from the darkness, clad in a brocade robe with an imposing presence.
The white-haired man hurriedly greeted the man from the darkness, saying, "Poison Master, I’m just feeling that our soul shadow grass cultivation is nearly complete, and perhaps we should take some action."
The Poison Master laughed loudly in the dark, with an air of arrogance.
"Hahaha, Biyao City will soon be ours, and I will commend you to the Emperor then."
Hearing the Poison Master’s words, Lin Feng initially thought it was another scheme by a small sect, but he never expected it to involve the Central State Court, given the direct mention of the Emperor.
"Could it be that the false Emperor has already made a move?" Lin Feng wondered aloud.
He was confident that the Princess’s side had already launched a major operation and that the other side wouldn’t just sit idly. Yet, he never imagined that the white-haired man would be involved with such malevolence, which was quite astonishing to him.
But upon reflection, these Righteous Path traitors, using the Hundred Treasure Pavilion to deceive and holding the Divine Sword, made Lin Feng quickly realize it wasn’t impossible.
These pompous hypocrites, under the guise of the Righteous Path, conducted shady dealings in secret, truly making them traitors to the Righteous Path.
Having witnessed his share of malicious deeds, Lin Feng was no longer surprised by such people.
After the Poison Master and the white-haired man finished speaking, the white-haired man walked toward another passage of the cave, while the Poison Master vanished into the darkness.
Lin Feng, wearing the Spirit Communication Cloak, followed closely, though the Spiritual Liquid underfoot rippled, causing the white-haired man to sense something. However, when he turned around, he saw nothing.
Not seeing anything, the white-haired man said to the young man beside him, "You stay here and keep a good watch. If anything goes wrong, I’ll feed you to the fierce ghosts!" His voice was low and malevolent, as if deciding firmly.
Originally, Lin Feng wanted to think of a way to destroy these plants, but upon reconsideration, even if the cave plants were destroyed, they would still consume more people. To prevent harming more people, Lin Feng needed to eradicate the Poison Master.
But from the aura just now, the Poison Master was likely a master of the Nine Spirit Joints.
Currently, Lin Feng’s strength was only equivalent to the Four Spirits Seal, so how could he contend with the Poison Master? However, with three Soul Devices in hand and the fierce beast he previously tamed, he still had a chance.
