Chapter 9

As expected, killing the cultists who attacked triggered a random reward from the system.

However, this time the reward was not a cultivation technique, secret art, or a pill or treasure, but a plant.

The Spirit Devouring Flower!

Chu Xuan checked the information on the Spirit Devouring Flower.

"Spirit Devouring Flower, a rare plant of heaven and earth, capable of devouring everything, especially fond of devouring toxins, dark and gloomy substances, and corpses. It possesses simple intelligence even in its juvenile stage, can move, and has beautiful flowers with a mesmerizing power..."

After reading the introduction to the Spirit Devouring Flower, Chu Xuan was pleasantly surprised, as if his prayers had been answered.

With the Spirit Devouring Flower, dealing with corpses would be much simpler.

In addition to devouring, the flowers of the Spirit Devouring Flower have a miraculous effect of healing soul injuries, and the fruits it bears can cleanse the body and soul, enhancing innate abilities and the power of comprehension.

It is particularly effective for breaking through bottlenecks.

Moreover, the Spirit Devouring Flower has a very powerful attack capability.

It also has a magical ability to devour mental will and souls, and can record the memories of the mental will or souls it devours.

Chu Xuan claimed the Spirit Devouring Flower, and a small tree about a meter tall appeared, with fist-sized, brightly colored flowers.

The branches of the small tree were as soft as vines, with no leaves visible, and the entire tree was covered in flowers, exuding a captivating fragrance. The flowers were of various shapes, bright and beautiful.

As soon as Chu Xuan claimed the Spirit Devouring Flower, he felt a faint mental connection with it, and it immediately recognized him as its master.

"Devour!"

Chu Xuan wanted to see the devouring ability of the Spirit Devouring Flower, so he pointed at the corpses on the ground and gave the order.

The roots of the Spirit Devouring Flower were dense, and upon touching the ground, they could move, making it look like a tree that had become a spirit.

In an instant, it reached the two corpses, and its roots spread out like a dense web, covering the corpses.

Visible to the naked eye, the two corpses quickly decomposed under the roots of the Spirit Devouring Flower. In less than half a minute, the corpses disappeared completely.

Even the clothes on the corpses were decomposed and disappeared.

Not to mention the items the corpses carried.

After devouring the corpses, the flowers on the Spirit Devouring Flower swayed, becoming even more beautiful and captivating.

Chu Xuan swallowed, the devouring power of the Spirit Devouring Flower was even more formidable than he had expected, and this was just in its juvenile stage.

Looking at the swaying, beautiful and captivating Spirit Devouring Flower, Chu Xuan decided to test its other magical ability.

Recording the memories of the mental will and souls it devoured.

The two cultists were Xuan Realm martial artists who had just died, and their mental will had not completely dissipated into the world. The Spirit Devouring Flower must have devoured their mental will.

He could check if there were any secret actions by the cult against the Chu family in the memories of the two cultists.

He did not want the Chu family to suffer a major blow from the cult. If the Chu family were to be injured, and if it threatened the Chu family's territory, how could he live in peace?

Chu Xuan gave the mental command to the Spirit Devouring Flower.

The flowers of the Spirit Devouring Flower rustled, and the petals glowed, forming a picture in the air.

The picture showed the memories of the two cultists. Chu Xuan instructed the Spirit Devouring Flower to focus on the key memories, especially those from the past month.

And certain deeply ingrained memories related to the cult or the Chu family.

By watching the memories of the two cultists, Chu Xuan roughly understood the purpose of their mission.

The sudden actions of the Chu family caught the cult forces in Chu County off guard, causing them significant losses.

To weaken the Chu family's actions, they paid a great price to retrieve two stealth spirit garments, and selected two cultists skilled in stealth and infiltration to wear the garments and infiltrate the Chu family's territory to cause chaos.

The cultists carried toxic smoke and toxic fire. They did not need to infiltrate the ancestral home of the Chu family, as they could not do so, but they only needed to release the toxic smoke and toxic fire within the Chu family's territory.

This was not ordinary toxic smoke and toxic fire; it had a significant impact and destructive power even on Xuan Realm martial artists.

More terrifyingly, the toxic smoke would adhere to plants and grass, lingering for a long time without dissipating. Without specialized medicine, it would be difficult to eliminate.

The toxicity would naturally dissipate in at least a hundred years, making the Chu family's territory effectively useless for such a long time.

Even if the Chu family had the ability to eliminate the residual toxicity of the toxic smoke, it would require a significant cost, causing considerable damage to the Chu family.

The toxic fire was also not simple.

It was a peculiar poison that, once released, burned like a flame, with the special property of absorbing and burning spiritual energy.

It was also difficult to extinguish, and to completely extinguish it, one had to completely isolate the spiritual energy.

Even after isolating the spiritual energy, the toxic fire would continue to burn for half a day before completely extinguishing. If it absorbed even a little spiritual energy during this time, it would continue to burn.

If the toxic fire were really released in the Chu family's territory, to isolate such a vast area, the Chu family would need to mobilize many martial artists above the Ling Realm and a considerable number of spirit weapons.

And they would need to isolate the area for half a day, which would be a significant drain on the martial artists. During this time, the Chu family's defenses would be at their weakest, posing a certain level of danger.

To implement this plan, the cult had paid a great price.

After watching the memories of the cultists, Chu Xuan could not help but sigh. If it were not for the fact that the other party wanted to control him and expand their gains, the Chu family's territory would likely already be in chaos.

There would certainly be many casualties.

Of course, most of the casualties would be servants, as the important members of the Chu family lived in the ancestral home.

This incident also made Chu Xuan more vigilant. The Chu family's territory was not invincible. The ancestral home might be safe, but the territory itself was not without danger.

The cultists, wearing stealth garments, had infiltrated, shielding the awareness of the patrolling guards, and were only discovered by him when they reached the courtyard.

His vigilance was still not enough.

Now, with the Spirit Devouring Flower, he could be more at ease, not worrying about being silently infiltrated.

Looking at the spirit-sealing net covering the courtyard, he saw a branch of the Spirit Devouring Flower extend and spread upward, with beautiful flowers on the branch.

The flowers, like trumpet mouths, attached to the spirit-sealing net and sucked, and the entire net was devoured.

Chu Xuan clicked his tongue. The Spirit Devouring Flower was quite impressive, devouring even a spirit weapon.

And this was just in its juvenile stage.

After devouring the spirit-sealing net, the roots of the Spirit Devouring Flower crawled to a corner of the courtyard, burying themselves in the soil. Most of the flowers closed, leaving only two fully blooming flowers on the branch.

It looked like a small flowering tree, with no special features except for the beautiful flowers.

The Spirit Devouring Flower was a devious plant, looking ordinary but waiting to ambush.

Silently dealing with the cultists and having the Spirit Devouring Flower to guard the home, Chu Xuan could finally sleep in peace.

He took out a Nourishing Spirit Pill and threw it into his mouth, preparing to return to his room to continue cultivating his mental will. Then he saw a branch extend, with a fully blooming flower, the petals moving as if asking for something.

"You eat this too?"

Chu Xuan directly threw two Nourishing Spirit Pills and two Great Xuan Pills into the flower.

The Spirit Devouring Flower, satisfied, retracted the branch.