Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 134 Taking stock of the huge gains
"Clan leader, is the Second Elder about to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

The Lu family currently has three cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining: Elder Lu Wensheng, Second Elder Lu Wenmei, and Third Elder Lu Wenhua.

Of the three cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining, Elder Lu Wensheng is quite old, and he has virtually no chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

In recent years, he has not focused on cultivation, but rather on helping the family handle various administrative affairs.

The Second Elder, Lu Wenmei, was much younger than Lu Wensheng, and she was also an alchemist trained by the Lu family.

The Lu family has invested a lot of resources in Lu Wenmei, and as the Lu family's situation has improved over the years, Lu Wenmei's cultivation level has also been continuously improving.

Now, she finally has a certain degree of confidence in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The Third Elder, Lu Wenhua, was Lu Cheng'an's uncle. After Lu Cheng'an successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm, he provided Lu Wenhua with much support.

Lu Wenhua's talent for cultivation is not particularly bad. He has already broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and his chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm in the future are still very high.

Lu Cheng'an had already mentioned to the clan leader that the Foundation Establishment Pill that the Lu family had purchased from the Dan Ding Sect was intended to be reserved for Lu Wenhua's use.

Currently, the only two members of the Lu family who have a chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm in the short term are Lu Wenmei and Lu Wenhua.

After learning what Lu Chengan meant, Lu Wenxing spoke privately with Lu Wenmei.

Lu Wenmei did not offer any comments on this.

After all, the Foundation Establishment Pill was obtained by the family because of Lu Cheng'an, and the family also had another Foundation Establishment spiritual item left for her to use.

This Foundation Establishment item might not be as effective as the Foundation Establishment Pill, but it can still help her break through to the Foundation Establishment realm, so she has no reason to complain about her family.

"It is indeed the Second Elder. She cultivates a wood-attribute technique, while the Jade Heart of the Azure Spring is a water-attribute spiritual object. It needs to be replaced with a wood-attribute spiritual object."

Due to the volcanic eruption in the Burning Flame Mountains, a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators have entered the territory of the Heavenly Flame Sect, making Heavenly Flame City quite lively. I heard from cultivators of the Pill Cauldron Sect that the Heavenly Flame Sect might hold another auction, and I have already arranged with them to go to Heavenly Flame City together.”

At this point, Lu Wenxing's gaze fell on Lu Cheng'an: "I don't know when I will be able to return from Tianyan City. During the time I am away from the family, Cheng'an, you need to stay in the family and keep watch."

Your entry into the Burning Flame Mountains will have to wait a while. Next, I need to go to Rainbow Mountain to bring back my people!

Tianhong Mountain is thousands of miles away from the Burning Flame Mountain Range, and the turmoil in the Burning Flame Mountain Range has not affected the cultivation forces of Tianhong Mountain.

For the past three months, Lu Wenxing has only been dealing with family affairs around Chiyan Mountain because Lu Chengan and Lu Chengping's injuries have not yet recovered.

"Clan leader, please take care of it. There's no rush in finding Zhu Yan!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

Even if Zhu Yan cannot be found in the Burning Flame Mountains, it doesn't matter, because Zhu Lu and Zhu Yue still exist.

As long as Zhu Lu and Zhu Yue are trained to the second tier, it will not affect the Lu family's future plans.

Lu Wenxing nodded slightly. After discussing the family's next steps with Lu Cheng'an, he took out several storage bags.

"These storage bags were obtained from those evil cultivators. After disposing of their bodies, I did not check their belongings."

Lu Wenxing looked at Lu Chengan and Lu Wenxing and said with a smile, "Since you two are here today, let's open the storage bag left by the evil cultivator together and see what's inside."

The treasures on those four evil cultivators were not only the items in their storage bags, but also the magical artifacts they used.

All the magical artifacts they used were of the second tier. The late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, Yangjiao Xiexie, used a total of three second-tier magical artifacts, and all three of them were of the upper-grade second tier.

These three second-tier superior-grade magic weapons are the Azure Curved Blade, the White Bone Seal, and the Hundred-Refined Blood Robe. The Azure Curved Blade and the White Bone Seal are offensive magic weapons, while the Hundred-Refined Blood Robe is a very precious defensive magic weapon.

Unfortunately, the magical artifacts refined by the evil cultivators were also evil artifacts. Except for the cyan scimitar, which was made from normal materials, the white bone seal and the hundred-refined blood robe were made by adding human cultivators' body parts.

For example, the White Bone Seal was forged using the skull of a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage.

The remaining three Foundation Establishment cultivators used basically the same magical artifacts. They only had two artifacts that did not involve the human cultivator's body parts: a second-tier mid-grade golden hammer and a second-tier low-grade black whip.

After taking out the storage bag, Lu Wenxing also took out all the second-tier magic artifacts he had obtained from the evil cultivator.

“We obtained quite a few second-tier magic artifacts from the heretical cultivators, but only three of them are normal magic artifacts. The rest are heretical magic artifacts. What should we do with these heretical magic artifacts?” Lu Wenxing asked.

They can use these evil magical artifacts as well, but they just can't get over the hurdle in their hearts.

Moreover, if other cultivators find out that they are using heretical magical artifacts, it could bring unnecessary trouble to themselves and their families.

“It would be best to destroy these heretical magical artifacts directly. I am a second-level artifact refiner, and our clan is not lacking in artifact refining materials. These heretical magical artifacts have no reason to exist!” Lu Cheng’an said in a deep voice.

“I agree with Cheng’an’s opinion!” Lu Chengping followed up.

Evil cultivators are universally hated, so it's best for the Lu family to avoid getting involved with them.

"I thought the same thing!"

Lu Wenxing smiled and said, "Since we agree, then let Cheng'an, you destroy these evil magical artifacts!"

"Please also check these three normal magical artifacts to see if they contain any artifacts left behind by heretical cultivators."

After handing over these heretical magical artifacts to Lu Cheng'an, Lu Wenxing turned his attention to the storage bags: "I'll open these storage bags now and see what's inside."

The storage bag still contained the divine imprint left by the evil cultivator, but after so much time had passed, the power of the divine imprint left by the evil cultivator had weakened considerably.

Lu Wenxing didn't spend much time opening all the storage bags.

The evil cultivator's storage bag contained many items, and some of them were extremely evil, including the corpses and souls of cultivators.

These are all raw materials used by heretical cultivators to refine elixirs and magical artifacts.

After frowning and inspecting the contents of the storage bag, Lu Wenxing, Lu Chengan, and the other two only took out the normal items. These normal items were the most numerous.

The four evil cultivators with horns were very strong. After they entered the Heavenly Flame Sect, they destroyed not only the Purple Phoenix Wang Clan, but also a Foundation Establishment force that was even stronger than the Purple Phoenix Wang Clan.

Before the evil cultivators could digest the resources they had plundered, all the resources they had obtained fell into the hands of the Lu family after they died at the hands of the Lu family.

After taking out the items from the storage bags one by one, Lu Cheng'an and the other two looked at the ever-growing pile of treasures in front of them, and their breathing became rapid.

There were simply too many of these treasures; they exceeded all the resources the Lu family possessed.

Leaving aside elixirs, magical artifacts, and talismans, the number of spirit stones alone exceeded 50,000, which is more than twice the total number of spirit stones owned by the Lu family.

Besides spirit stones, there were also a large number of magical artifacts, pills, talismans and other resources. However, these items were mostly of the first rank and were haphazardly put into storage bags without being organized or arranged.

It must have been that the evil cultivators were in a hurry to collect it after they destroyed the cultivation forces, and they hadn't had time to organize it yet.

In addition to these cultivation resources, there are also a large number of ancient books.

These books are mostly first-tier, but there are also second-tier cultivation techniques and spells. Among them are a relatively complete second-tier beast taming inheritance, a second-tier spiritual plant inheritance, and a second-tier alchemy inheritance.

The Beast Taming inheritance comes from the Purple Phoenix Wang Clan, who had a history of conflict with the Lu family, while the Spirit Plant and Alchemy inheritances come from another Foundation Establishment force that was destroyed by the evil cultivators.

Beast taming and spiritual plant cultivation are both among the various arts of cultivation. The Lu family did not have any inherited texts in this area, and the cultivators in the clan had not developed in this direction.

Now that the family has inherited these traditions, the cultivators in the family have two more options when learning the various arts of immortal cultivation.

The alchemy inheritance in the evil cultivator's storage bag is more advanced and complete than that of the Lu family, containing a complete method to become a second-tier top-grade alchemist.

Lu Wenmei's cultivation is about to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. After becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she can rely on this alchemy inheritance to directly become a second-tier top-grade alchemist.

In addition, there are six second-tier cultivation techniques that can be cultivated to the Foundation Establishment stage. These six techniques contain three attributes: fire, water, and earth. The Lu family already has second-tier cultivation techniques with wood and metal attributes.

These six new second-tier cultivation techniques will make up for the lack of cultivation foundation in the Lu family. As long as the Lu family cultivators do not cultivate the three different attribute techniques of wind, thunder, and ice, they will not have to worry about the cultivation techniques of the Foundation Establishment realm once they break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

It took Lu Cheng'an and his two companions almost a whole day to organize the resources, and then they spent a long time calming themselves down.

"The Heavenly Flame Sect will likely hold another auction. Now that the family has obtained such a massive amount of cultivation resources, if there is an opportunity, I would like to purchase new Foundation Establishment spiritual items at the auction!"

An excited light appeared on Lu Wenxing's face. He looked at Lu Chengan and Lu Chengping and asked in a deep voice, "What do you two think?"

"Clan leader, just go ahead and do it. We have no objections!" Lu Chengan and Lu Chengping said with smiles.

Foundation Establishment spiritual items are very difficult to obtain. If there are indeed Foundation Establishment spiritual items for sale at this Tianyan City auction, the Lu family will naturally try to purchase as many as possible.

If stored carefully, a Foundation Establishment spiritual item can be preserved for decades.

The Lu family currently has quite a few Qi Refining cultivators who have the potential to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm. In a few decades, they will definitely be able to use these Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

"These things were mainly obtained by the two of you, so naturally we can't take them all into the clan."

Lu Wenxing frowned deeply. After thinking for a moment, he said, "These things, including the Red-tailed Wolf pack we killed earlier, after being converted into a unified value, Cheng'an and Chengping, you two will each get 30%, and I will get half a percent. The half a percent will be given as a reward to the cultivators in the clan, and the remaining 30 percent will be kept by the clan. What do you think?"

“Clan leader, half a percent is too little for you. I’ll give you ten percent!” Lu Cheng’an said quickly.

While the clan leader may not have played as significant a role as Lu Chengping in eliminating the evil cultivators and the Red-tailed Wolf pack, he was responsible for arranging all matters, large and small, within the clan.

Even for this reason, he could not allow the clan chief to receive only half of the harvest.

“Cheng’an is right, half a Cheng is indeed too little. But Cheng’an doesn’t need to give it to the clan leader. Let me give my share to the clan leader!” Lu Chengping said with a smile.

Having been back in the family for so long, Lu Chengping had also noticed the talent that Lu Chengan had shown.

If Lu Cheng'an continues to cultivate smoothly like this, he has a high chance of becoming a Golden Core cultivator in the future.

As a result, the family will naturally have to invest more resources in Lu Cheng'an.

After a heated discussion, Lu Cheng'an and the other two finally reached an agreement.

Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping each gave half a share to Lu Wenxing. In the end, Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping each received 25%, Lu Wenxing received 15%, and the rest remained unchanged.

"You can each choose from these pills, magical artifacts, and other items. Keep the ones you like, and I'll take the rest to Tianyan City and Qingling Market to sell them," Lu Wenxing said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an and his two companions had already gained some understanding of these items when they were taking inventory of them.

Hearing Lu Wenxing say this, the two quickly put away anything they needed.

Lu Cheng'an and Lu Wenxing did not choose finished pills or magical artifacts; they both chose raw materials.

After Lu Cheng'an and Lu Wenxing finished selecting their items, Lu Wenxing put them away and handed the storage bag containing the items to Lu Cheng'an.

"Cheng'an, I'm entrusting the evil items in this storage bag to you. Afterwards, you'll need to dispose of them along with those evil magical artifacts," Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

These items include materials for refining weapons and pills collected by heretical cultivators, as well as the heretical cultivation techniques they practice.

It is absolutely forbidden to spread this information, otherwise more heretical cultivators may appear.

Although the Beast Transformation Technique goes against human nature, it is easier to cultivate and gain power than normal cultivation methods.

For some cultivators who have no hope of finding a way to advance, the Beast Transformation Technique, though an evil path, is still irresistible to them.

After accepting the storage bags, Lu Cheng'an said with a smile, "When the clan leader goes to Tianyan City, I would like to ask the clan leader to pay attention to some second-tier fire-attribute spells. I want to cultivate some more powerful fire-attribute attack spells, as well as movement techniques and breath concealment techniques."

(End of this chapter)