Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 147 Comprehending the Third-Order Rune Array
"A treasure for tempering the physical body?"

Zhu Yan looked at Lu Cheng'an with a puzzled expression. She couldn't understand why Lu Cheng'an would suddenly think of tempering his physical body.

But after a moment of surprise, she still replied, "The treasure for tempering the physical body is the Phoenix-Beaked Black Fish that I told you about before. The flesh and blood of this kind of demonic beast can help improve the physical strength of cultivators."

However, the power of the Phoenix-beaked Black Fish's flesh and blood has limited effect on improving a cultivator's physical strength, and it requires long-term accumulation.

If you want to quickly improve your physical strength, you can try taking the Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit. This spiritual fruit can improve physical strength very quickly.

However, the medicinal power of this spiritual fruit is extremely violent; even demonic beasts risk exploding and dying after consuming it.

"There is a patch of Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit in the Burning Flame Mountains, but that area is occupied by the Explosive Ape Clan. It is extremely difficult to seize the Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit from the Explosive Ape Clan..."

Zhu Yan was quite familiar with the situation in the Burning Flame Mountains. After learning that Lu Cheng'an wanted to improve his physical strength, she told him about all the treasures in the Burning Flame Mountains that could improve physical strength.

The most effective ones are the second-tier spiritual fruit, the Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit, and the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave.

The Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit grows in the Burning Flame Mountains, not in the Lava River.

The land where this spiritual fruit grows has always been occupied by the Explosive Ape, a type of demonic beast.

The Explosive Ape Clan is one of the most powerful beast clans in the Burning Flame Mountain Range. The current Ape King of the Explosive Ape Clan is a beast at the second-tier perfect realm.

In addition, there are quite a few second-tier demon apes in the ape troop.

The Explosive Ape clan possesses naturally formidable physical strength, enabling them to withstand the impact of the Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit's medicinal properties, which further enhances their power.

Lu Cheng'an currently possesses the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage. Zhu Yan knows that Lu Cheng'an is very strong, but she still feels that if Lu Cheng'an were to enter the Explosive Ape horde, it would still be extremely dangerous.

The Fiery Fiery Wind Cave is a very special area in the Burning Flame Mountains. It is filled with a strong fiery aura, but every once in a while, a cold wind blows from underground into the cave.

The fire energy inside the Fire Fiend Cold Wind Cave is very different from the fire energy surging in the lava river; they have a greater impact on the physical body.

The same is true of the cold wind.

However, if one can withstand the impact of fire and cold wind, then physical strength will be greatly enhanced.

Previously, the Earth Flame Python and Fire Bone Lizard, which had broken through to the third tier, had entered the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave to temper their demonic bodies and safely emerged from it.

Of course, many more demonic beasts and spirit cultivators died there after entering the Fire Fiend Cold Wind Cave, their physical bodies destroyed by the power of the fire and cold wind.

Lu Cheng'an only wanted to find a way to improve his physical strength. Both the Three-Leaf Red Dew Fruit and the Fire Fiery Cold Wind Cave could temper the body, so Zhu Yan did not hide it from him.

Of course, Zhu Yan was also worried about Lu Cheng'an's safety, and when she talked about the two of them, she emphasized their dangers.

"Thank you for telling me this information, Fellow Daoist Zhu. I'll think about it some more and make a decision after I return from my clan!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

He didn't linger on Green Crocodile Island. After saying goodbye to Zhu Yan, he left the island and quickly returned to Crimson Smoke Mountain.

More than a year has passed, and the Lu family has not changed much.

After leaving Chiyan Mountain that day, Lu Chengping stayed in Qingling Mountain Market to oversee the situation.

The spirit array in Qingling Mountain Market was originally composed of two sets of second-tier low-grade spirit arrays. Three months after Lu Chengping returned to Qingling Mountain Market, he upgraded his spirit array skills to second-tier mid-grade.

After that, he rearranged the spirit array in Qingling Mountain Market, replacing it with two sets of second-tier mid-grade spirit arrays.

The power of these two spirit arrays can also be combined, and when fully activated, they can block the attacks of several late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The market town of Qingling Mountain was very calm and did not encounter any impact.

However, Luofeng Mountain, which is near Qingling Mountain, has been somewhat unsettled lately.

Luofeng Mountain was originally the location of the Ziluan Wang clan's mountain gate, but it has now been occupied by the rogue cultivator Heifeng Shangren Tu Ming.

After Tu Ming, the Black Wind Immortal, settled in Luofeng Mountain, he did not have much interaction with the Lu family.

Before he settled in Luofeng Mountain, it seemed that he had offended some enemy, and now he was being besieged by four Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Those four Foundation Establishment cultivators were very strong. One of them was a married couple, both of whom were at the late Foundation Establishment stage. Their other two companions were at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and the early Foundation Establishment stage, respectively.

Tu Ming seemed to have known all along that he would be attacked by these four people, so after he settled in Luofeng Mountain, he made Luofeng Mountain extremely sturdy. He set up more than one second-tier high-grade spirit array on Luofeng Mountain.

The four Foundation Establishment cultivators had launched several attacks on Luofeng Mountain, but Tu Ming had blocked them all.

Recently, the four Foundation Establishment cultivators have disappeared without a trace. It is unknown whether they have decided to give up or have prepared other means to break through the defenses of Falling Phoenix Mountain in one fell swoop.

These were all results of the Lu family's secret investigation.

The Lu family was very uneasy about this powerful new neighbor who had moved into the nearby Qingling Mountain market. After Tu Ming rejected the Lu family's overtures, the Lu family had been secretly monitoring the situation at Luofeng Mountain.

The four Foundation Establishment cultivators were immediately detected by the Lu family's surveillance team after they appeared near Luofeng Mountain.

Before they could even make a move against Luofeng Mountain, the cultivators sent by the Lu family to monitor the situation there had already relayed the news back to the Lu family.

Whether it was Black Wind Venerable Tu Ming or the four Foundation Establishment cultivators, their struggle did not affect the Lu family.

Lu Wenxing simply instructed the Lu family to keep an eye on the situation secretly and did not interfere in their affairs.

Aside from focusing on the more important matters of the clan, Lu Wenxing devoted the rest of his time to cultivation.

Lu Wenxing's talent for cultivation is also quite high. He had only neglected his cultivation because he had spent more time developing his family.

Now that he sees Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping's cultivation levels breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage one after another, and with the Lu family's development now on the right track, he gradually shifts his focus back to his own cultivation.

Lu Wenxing's cultivation level has also increased extremely rapidly in the past year. If he continues to cultivate diligently for a few more years, he will be able to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

More than a year has passed, and the Lu family once again activated the spirits of the mortals in their clan.

The person in charge of presiding over this spiritual awakening was Lu Wenmei, a newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivator. The reason this task fell to Lu Wenmei was that the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lu family were busy with their own cultivation and the task of guarding the market.

With the Lu family's mortal population now growing, the number of cultivation seeds they select each time has also increased.

This time, Lu Wenmei selected seven potential cultivators for the family. Among these seven, one of them had exceptionally high talent: a young man named Lu Jingkun.

Lu Jingkun activated earth-attribute spiritual energy, and he triggered the Spirit Awakening Disc's reaction within half a quarter of an hour. He is currently the most talented among the cultivation seeds selected by the Lu family. It seems that Lu Jingkun has absorbed all the good luck; apart from him, the other six cultivation seeds have very mediocre talents.

If their cultivation goes smoothly, their cultivation level will only reach the late stage of Qi Refining.

However, discovering Lu Jingkun as a promising cultivator was enough. After he entered Chiyan Mountain to cultivate, he was directly taken to Lu Wenmei's side for personal instruction.

Lu Jingkun practiced the Earth-attribute cultivation technique, the Thick Earth True Scripture.

This cultivation technique is widely circulated in the cultivation world, but that doesn't mean it's a common, unpopular technique.

On the contrary, this cultivation technique has a very high ceiling, and can be cultivated directly to the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

Legend has it that this cultivation technique was created by an immortal who ascended to heaven in this world.

The Thick Earth True Scripture collected by the Lu family is incomplete, containing only the methods for cultivating to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

However, Lu Jingkun has just begun his cultivation journey, and the Thick Earth True Scripture collected by the Lu family is sufficient for his cultivation needs.

After returning to Chiyan Mountain, Lu Cheng'an learned about the recent situation of his family. He also told the other three Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family about his breakthrough to the late Foundation Establishment stage, which shocked Lu Wenxing and the other two.

At the same time, they had higher expectations for Lu Cheng'an, believing that his entry into the Divine Jade Sect ruins would be very smooth and that his cultivation would definitely break through to the Golden Core realm.

Lu Cheng'an didn't say much to Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenmei. After learning about the family's current situation from them, he entered his uncle's cave.

"Uncle, how are your preparations going?" Lu Cheng'an looked at Lu Wenhua, whose appearance hadn't changed much, and a smile appeared on his face.

His uncle looks a lot like his father, and when he saw his uncle, he felt as if he were seeing his father from his memories.

When Lu Cheng'an's father passed away, he already had the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining, making him one of the few late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in the Lu family.

He was severely injured by the cultivators of the Tianhong Zhao Clan while trying to save Lu Cheng'an, and later died from his injuries.

Lu Cheng'an blinked. Originally, these memories were all suppressed deep in his mind, but for some reason, after seeing his uncle today, all these memories suddenly surfaced.

"I was very well prepared, but I still feel a bit dazed and can't believe I've come this far!"

Lu Wenhua sighed softly and said, "If my elder brother were still alive, his cultivation would definitely have broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm long ago!"

The elder brother Lu Wenhua mentioned was naturally Lu Cheng'an's father.

Lu Cheng'an's father and Lu Wenhua are quite different in age. Lu Wenhua was raised by Lu Cheng'an from a young age, and he had a very deep relationship with Lu Cheng'an's father.

"Don't worry, Uncle. My father in heaven will surely bless you so that you can successfully break through to the Foundation Establishment realm!"

A smile played on Lu Cheng'an's lips. He suppressed the tears welling up in his eyes and said with a smile, "Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm isn't as difficult as Uncle imagined..."

After organizing his thoughts, Lu Cheng'an told his uncle everything he could think of about breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Lu Wenhua is Lu Cheng'an's only direct relative in this world. No matter what, he must help his uncle break through to the Foundation Establishment realm!

"Cheng'an, don't worry, I definitely won't let you down. This time I will definitely break through to the Foundation Establishment realm smoothly!" Lu Wenhua said in a deep voice.

Lu Cheng'an stayed in Lu Wenhua's cave for a long time. The uncle and nephew talked about many things, even about the time when Lu Cheng'an was just born.

After this conversation, both the uncle and nephew felt much better.

Lu Wenhua left his cave dwelling with Lu Cheng'an. He was now preparing to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm, as his original cave dwelling was not suitable for him to advance his cultivation.

The Lu family built a special cave dwelling on Chiyan Mountain, which was specifically for the clan's cultivators to use when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

This cave dwelling was built on a node of the second-tier spiritual vein of Chiyan Mountain, which is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in Chiyan Mountain.

Although the Lu family currently has four cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, none of them broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage in this cave.

Lu Wenhua will become the first Lu family cultivator to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm in this cave.

After sending his uncle to that cave, Lu Cheng'an did not stay there any longer, but went straight back to his own cave.

Although Lu Cheng'an was somewhat worried about his uncle's breakthrough in cultivation, he did not waste time. Instead, he began to refine the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a second-tier top-grade magic weapon.

When Shi Ningyu handed him this magic artifact, his cultivation level was still at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

At that time, although he had the ability to refine this second-tier top-grade magic weapon, it was extremely difficult for him to activate it.

In addition, he spent all his time improving his cultivation and practicing magic at that time, so he didn't have time to refine this second-tier top-grade magic weapon, which was not very useful to him.

Now that his cultivation has broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his overall strength has been greatly improved.

If he successfully refines the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, he will be able to use this magical artifact to fight enemies.

Lu Cheng'an closed his eyes, and his divine sense surged forth, entering the interior of the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a second-tier top-grade magic artifact.

"This is a rune array imprinted inside the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan!"

Shi Ningyu and Lu Chengan had said that the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan was originally a third-tier magic weapon, but because the internal rune array was severely damaged, the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan's rank was reduced to a second-tier top-grade weapon.

These damaged rune arrays are mainly third-order rune arrays, but even though they are severely damaged, many collapsed third-order rune arrays still remain inside the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan.

"If I carefully study the rune array structure inside the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, it will greatly benefit the improvement of my weapon-refining skills!"

Lu Cheng'an used his divine sense to carefully observe the incomplete third-order rune arrays. He was studying the arrangement and structure of these rune arrays, and his mind gradually became immersed in them.

Lu Cheng'an originally intended to refine the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a second-tier top-grade magic weapon, but he gradually forgot about it because he was attracted by the rune array inside.

Time flies, and nine days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Only then did he break free from his comprehension of the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan.

He then quickly used his divine sense to examine the progress of his weapon-refining skills on the panel and found that his weapon-refining skills, which were originally at the early stage of the second tier and were perfected, had somehow advanced to the middle stage of the second tier and had progressed by nearly one-third.

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(End of this chapter)