Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 124 Recent Family Situation (Please Subscribe!)
Outside the Huohuai Mountain Cave.

With a thought, Lu Cheng'an took out the second-tier low-grade Fire Fiend Sword from his storage bag and quickly cast a sword incantation.

Then the Fiery Sword emitted a fiery red light, and its blade began to grow rapidly.

A moment later, the Fire Fiend Sword transformed into a giant magic sword about ten feet long and two feet wide.

Lu Cheng'an lightly touched the ground with his toes and flew onto the back of the Fire Fiend Sword. He then quickly condensed another incantation and urged the Fire Fiend Sword to carry him towards the direction of Crimson Smoke Mountain.

This was Lu Cheng'an's first time flying on a sword. In addition, his mastery of the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique was not profound enough, so his flying speed was very slow, comparable to the yellow paper crane he rode when he was in the Qi Refining stage.

"This is flying on a sword!"

As Lu Cheng'an felt the gentle breeze brushing past his ears, a pleasant smile appeared on his face.

Flying on a sword and flying in a yellow paper crane are completely different experiences. This was his dream since childhood, and now he has finally realized it.

Even though his flying speed on the sword is extremely slow now, he still managed to do it!

Once he gets used to the feeling of flying on a sword and deepens his training in the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique, his flying speed on a sword will soon be able to increase.

Lu Cheng'an flew towards Chiyan Mountain in a very good mood, but it took him longer than before to arrive at Chiyan Mountain.

"Clan leader, how is the clan doing now? The aftermath of the Tianhong Zhao Clan should be settled by now. Has the Foundation Establishment Pill that the Dan Ding Sect promised to sell to the clan been refined yet?" Lu Cheng'an inquired.

After returning to Red Smoke Mountain, he went directly to the clan chief to inquire about the information he wanted to know.

"The family's current situation is alright. We haven't yet made any moves regarding the second-tier spiritual vein of Tianhong Mountain or the jade mine of Qiongshan. This was a decision I made temporarily after receiving your message..."

“It’s a good thing for the family that Brother Chengping is staying in Tianhong Mountain with those clansmen for the time being. If the situation in Chiyan Mountain becomes too bad, the family will have a way out!” Lu Chengan said with a smile.

After the Lu family wiped out the Zhao family of Tianhong, they obtained all of the Zhao family's resources.

The Lu family had no shortage of second-tier spiritual veins and mineral resources, and originally had no intention of returning to Tianhong Mountain to develop.

However, the sudden change in the Burning Flame Mountains forced them to change their decision. If the environment of the Crimson Smoke Mountains was too dangerous, they could leave the resources of the Rainbow Mountain behind and the Lu family could move there directly.

The Lu family's temporary changes naturally had to be communicated to the nearby Donglin Yang family, which greatly angered the Yang family's cultivators.

They were well aware of the Lu family's strength, and if the Lu family were to relocate to Tianhong Mountain, it would definitely have a certain impact on their family.

The cultivation world around Tianhong Mountain is quite far from the Tianyan Sect, and they are unaware of the specific situation of the Burning Flame Mountain Range.

The Yang family of Donglin did not know whether what the Lu family said was true or false, so they made a special inquiry about the situation of the Burning Flame Mountains.

News about the Burning Flame Mountains was not hard to find. After confirming that the Lu family was not lying, Yang Tang was still somewhat unhappy with the changes made by the Lu family at the last minute, but he still maintained a friendly attitude towards the Lu family.

The Yang family decided to observe how things developed. If the Lu family was trustworthy, they could continue to cooperate with them even if the Lu family moved to Tianhong Mountain.

Afterwards, Lu Wenxing asked Lu Chengping to stay at Tianhong Mountain to handle the follow-up matters, the most important of which were the Lu family's mortal clansmen there.

The Lu family still has 40,000 mortal clansmen in Jinyuan Mountain, and this number has not changed much over the years.

However, many of these mortal clansmen were young people who could awaken their spirits. Lu Wenxing's original plan was to bring all these mortals back to Chiyan Mountain and then have Lu Cheng'an awaken the spirits of these young people together.

After all, Lu Cheng'an had achieved excellent results in awakening the spiritual energy of the mortals in his family. Now, Lu Chengbo and Lu Chengmin, who have become cultivators through Lu Cheng'an's spiritual awakening, are all at around the third level of Qi Refining. Among them, Lu Chengbo, who was the first to be awakened, has already broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and become a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Lu Jinglin and Lu Jingxiu were among the last group of people to be awakened by Lu Cheng'an, and both of them possessed exceptional talent in cultivation.

Even though they started cultivating relatively late, they have both reached the third level of Qi Refining. It won't be long before they break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and become mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

It was precisely because Lu Cheng'an had achieved such brilliant results in the previous spiritual awakening, coupled with his outstanding contributions to the family, that Lu Wenxing wanted him to continue to awaken the spirits of the mortal clansmen of Jinyuan Mountain.

Jin Yuan Mountain and Chi Yan Mountain were too far apart, so Lu Wenxing ultimately did not disturb Lu Cheng'an's cultivation.

In order not to delay the cultivation of the mortal clansmen of Jinyuan Mountain, he initiated the spiritual awakening of more than 1,100 mortals of the right age before leaving Tianhong Mountain.

The reason why so many of these 40,000 mortals are capable of spiritual awakening is that since the Lu family's misfortune, none of the Lu family mortals who were originally capable of spiritual awakening have undergone it again.

Some of these people are much older than the earliest age of spiritual awakening, and it is only through years of accumulation that they have accumulated so much mortal life.

Lu Wenxing ultimately did not have the same good fortune as Lu Chengan. He found a total of twelve potential cultivators among the more than 1,100 mortals, three of whom had the potential to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The three are Lu Chengling, Lu Chenglei, and Lu Jingyao. Among them, Lu Chengling has the best talent, and she triggered the reaction of the Spirit Awakening Disc within half an hour.

However, she was already sixteen years old, which was past the earliest age for spiritual awakening.

Next is Lu Jingyao. His talent is only slightly weaker than Lu Chengling's, and he is exactly the right age for spiritual awakening, currently twelve years old.

Overall, these twelve cultivation seeds are of quite good quality, and the proportion is not low, even far exceeding the average level.

However, compared to Lu Cheng'an's previous awakening rate, this rate seems somewhat low.

After having Lu Wenjing and other Qi Refining Realm cultivators from the Lu family tidy up Tianhong Mountain, Lu Chengping had Lu Chengling and twelve other potential cultivators bring them into Tianhong Mountain and personally guide their cultivation.

Not long ago, Lu Wenxing sent a message to inquire about the situation of Lu Chengling and other potential cultivators. Lu Chengling and the others with better talent have successfully become cultivators at the first level of Qi Refining.

After leaving Tianhong Mountain, Lu Wenxing went to Tianyan City.

He also purchased two sets of second-tier spirit arrays, namely the high-grade second-tier Purple Smoke Serpent Array and the low-grade second-tier Hundred Wood Azure Origin Array.

These two sets of second-tier spirit arrays were quite valuable; Lu Wenxing spent nearly ten thousand spirit stones to acquire them.

The majority of these were second-tier high-grade Purple Smoke Serpent Formations. At this grade, whether it's a spirit formation, a magic weapon, or a pill, nothing is cheap.

Especially since spirit arrays are the most expensive of these items.

Lu Wenxing planned to set up the second-tier, low-grade Hundred Wood Azure Origin Formation on Green Spirit Mountain.

Qingling Mountain and the Lu family's Chiyan Mountain are 500 li apart, which is not particularly far for Foundation Establishment cultivators. The Lu family currently has three Foundation Establishment cultivators. After discussing with the elders of the clan, Lu Wenxing decided not to sell the second-tier spiritual vein of Qingling Mountain.

Lu Wenxing decided to move the Black Pine Mountain Market to Qingling Mountain, and then open up more cave dwellings on Qingling Mountain.

These cave dwellings will be rented out to independent cultivators in the surrounding area, in order to attract more independent cultivators to the market established by the Lu family.

Lu Cheng'an has always been focused on cultivation. He rarely interferes in the development of the family, and he is not good at it either.

Before making this decision, Lu Wenxing also consulted Lu Chengan and Lu Chengping.

Lu Chengping said he had no objection, while Lu Chengan didn't even reply.

During that period, Lu Cheng'an focused all his attention on his own cultivation and did not pay much attention to news from the clan.

The decision was ultimately made by Lu Wenxing, who has instructed Lu Chengping to set up the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Formation on Azure Origin Mountain.

There was already a second-tier mid-grade spirit array, the Azure Wood Thousand Blossoms Array, set up by the Qingling Chen Clan in Qingyuan Mountain. This spirit array was extremely compatible with the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Array.

Lu Chengping is a second-tier low-grade spirit array master. When he set up the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Array on Azure Origin Mountain, he perfectly integrated this second-tier spirit array.

Although the Azure Thousand Blossoms Formation and the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Formation are both low-grade second-tier spirit formations, the combined power of the two formations is comparable to some slightly weaker high-grade second-tier spirit formations.

The Lu family has devoted so much effort to Qingyuan Mountain, indicating their intention to seriously develop the newly built market town there.

Lu Wenxing acted quickly. After the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Array was set up on Qingling Mountain, he instructed the cultivators in his clan to begin modifying Qingling Mountain.

The Lu family has now completed the transformation of Qingling Mountain, and a large number of cave dwellings have been opened up on the mountain. The Black Pine Mountain Market will soon be moved to Qingling Mountain.

In addition to the spirit array, Lu Wenxing also purchased two second-grade high-quality talismans and three second-grade mid-quality talismans. These five talismans were also extremely expensive, costing several thousand spirit stones.

In addition, Lu Wenxing also purchased some second-grade low-level pills from the Dan Ding Sect for healing, restoring mana, and improving cultivation.

There was also the Foundation Establishment Pill that the Dan Ding Sect had agreed to trade with the Lu family!

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-tier low-grade pill, the value of such foundation-building spiritual items cannot be estimated based on grade; they are all priceless and unavailable for purchase.

Sometimes a Foundation Establishment Pill can fetch 20,000 to 30,000 spirit stones, but even so, it is still very difficult to purchase one smoothly.

The Foundation Establishment Pill that the Lu family traded with the Dan Ding Sect was priced at ten thousand spirit stones per pill, which had been agreed upon beforehand.

With all the spirit arrays, pills, and talismans added together, Lu Wenxing spent a total of more than 30,000 spirit stones.

The Lu family successively destroyed the Qingling Chen Clan and the Tianhong Zhao Clan, obtaining all the wealth of these two Foundation Establishment forces.

However, apart from purchasing these items, the Lu family had basically spent all the floating materials they had obtained from the Chen and Zhao families.

The spirit stones were transformed into various cultivation resources that were of great use to the Lu family, so Lu Wenxing did not feel any heartache when he spent them.

"Cheng'an, how reliable is the information you sent in the previous message? Will the Earth Flame Python and the Fire Bone Lizard really summon the demon beasts and spirit race of the Burning Flame Mountains to participate in the war?"

After Lu Wenxing told Lu Cheng'an in detail about the recent events in the Lu family, a solemn expression appeared on his face, and he asked about the news from the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains.

"The information I received came from the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains by cultivators of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider, so it should be fairly reliable," Lu Cheng'an said.

"This is actually a good thing for our Lu family."

Lu Wenxing sighed softly and said, "I will try to tell the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect about this later, hoping to attract the attention of the Tian Yan Sect!"

Even though the Lu family currently has three cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, their strength is still very weak.

Because all three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lu family had only recently entered the Foundation Establishment realm, and their cultivation levels were all stuck at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Such strength would not be valued by the Tianyan Sect, so Lu Wenxing never thought of telling the Tianyan Sect about the Burning Flame Mountain Range through his Lu family.

“I have something else to tell the clan leader. When I left Qinge Island this time, Zhu Yan asked me if the Tianyan Sect was confident in killing the Earth Flame Python and the Fire Bone Lizard. I did not tell her about the Tianyan Sect,” Lu Cheng’an said with a frown.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with what he was doing, but he still wanted to ask Lu Wenxing for his opinion again.

"The Fire-Slaying Earth Spiders are a spirit race originating from the Burning Flame Mountains. They must also be among those recruited by the Earth Flame Pythons and Fire Bone Lizards!"

Lu Wenxing frowned slightly, instantly guessing Zhu Yan's plan.

“Your decision is correct. Although we have always cooperated well with Zhu Yan, we really cannot tell her about the Tianyan Sect.”

Lu Wenxing frowned in thought and continued, "Our Lu family can't just do nothing. When you go back, tell Zhu Yan that the first-tier cultivators with good Fire-Slaying Earth Spider talents can be temporarily sent to the Lu family. After the chaos in the Burning Flame Mountains subsides, those Fire-Slaying Earth Spider cultivators can go back."

This is merely a suggestion from our Lu family to the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan. Don't force it; if Zhu Yan refuses, then so be it.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an left Lu Wenxing's cave. He did not leave Chiyan Mountain, but went to his uncle Lu Wenhua's cave.

One of his purposes in returning to his family from Qinge Island was to deliver the newly crafted Spirit Gathering Jade Token to his uncle.

Lu Cheng'an hadn't had a proper conversation with his uncle for a long time. Now that the Tianhong Zhao Clan had been destroyed and Lu Cheng'an didn't have anything urgent to do, he had a serious talk with his uncle.

During their conversation, the two inevitably brought up Lu Cheng'an's parents, as well as Lu Wenhua's wife and children.

Now that they have avenged this blood feud, Lu Cheng'an and Lu Wenhua both choked up when talking about these things.

Afterwards, the two left Lu Wenhua's cave and went to the family cemetery to pay respects to their deceased relatives.

Lu Cheng'an spent a day with his uncle. Before leaving, he handed over the Spirit Gathering Jade Token to his uncle and told him to work hard in his cultivation.

After leaving Chiyan Mountain, Lu Cheng'an went straight back to Qing'e Island.

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