Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 171 Spirit Gu Sect Female Cultivator Lu Chengping Encounters Danger

"Don't worry, Brother Chengping, I will cultivate diligently at the Ancient Desolate Sect!"

Lu Chengyue smiled and looked at Lu Chengping, saying, "Please ask the clan to take good care of my mother and younger brother!"

Lu Chengyue and Lu Chengfeng share the same background. Both of them returned to the Lu family after the Lu family destroyed the Tianhong Zhao family.

However, Lu Chengyue's situation is much more difficult than Lu Chengfeng's, as her father passed away several years ago.

At that time, the Lu family had no cultivators to protect them in the mortal realm, making life particularly difficult near Jinyuan Mountain. For orphans and widows like Lu Chengyue, it was even more difficult.

It was precisely because of this environment that Lu Chengyue developed his current personality.

After the clan leader discovered that she had a talent for cultivation, her whole family was overjoyed.

Later, Lu Chengyue learned that her clan intended to send their group of talented cultivators to the Ancient Desolate Sect. She didn't know what the Ancient Desolate Sect was, but she heard from the elder cultivators in her clan that the Ancient Desolate Sect was many times more powerful than her Lu family.

At that time, she could already tell that the cultivators in her clan wanted to send them to the Ancient Desolate Sect, especially a cultivator like herself whose talent for cultivation was not bad.

Including her, there are a total of three cultivators in the clan with decent cultivation talent, but one of them clearly stated that he did not want to go to the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Another person hesitated, but she had already made up her mind that she was determined to enter the Ancient Desolate Sect.

She knew that she might not receive special training in the clan, since her talent for cultivation wasn't particularly outstanding.

However, if they firmly follow the family's wishes and go to the Desolate Ancient Sect, they may receive special training from the family and achieve better development.

This could be dangerous, but she decided to take the risk anyway.

After Lu Chengyue told his mother about his idea, he naturally encountered strong opposition.

However, Lu Chengyue's attitude was very firm. She quickly persuaded her mother and expressed her attitude to the elder cultivators in the clan.

After seeing the reactions of the elders in her clan, she knew she had made the right bet.

Lu Chengyue's ability to become the personal disciple of Master Kushi was completely unexpected, but she was certain that she would have a bright future.

As for her mother and younger brother who stayed in the family, they would receive better care because of her presence in the clan.

"You don't need to worry about your mother and brother; they will receive the best care!"

Lu Chengping smiled and looked at Lu Chengyue, saying, "It's getting late. Don't keep your senior brother waiting too long. I'll take you back now."

Lu Chengping took Lu Chengyue back to the place where they first met, where Liu Yunyang was still waiting for Lu Chengyue.

After Lu Chengyue returned, Liu Yunyang took Lu Chengyue away from the Desolate Ancient Immortal City.

Lu Chengping prepared a gift for Liu Yunyang, which was the Yuanhua Pearl that Lu Chengan had left in the clan.

There are two Yuanhua Pearls of each grade, ranging from low-grade to top-grade. Lu Chengping gave away two high-grade second-grade Yuanhua Pearls.

Liu Yunyang was, after all, a direct disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, so only Yuan Huazhu could catch the eye of such a cultivator.

However, Lu Chengping did not give it to Liu Yunyang directly, but put it into the storage bag he gave to Lu Chengyue.

He specifically instructed Lu Chengyue to find an opportunity to give Yuan Huazhu to Liu Yunyang.

Lu Chengyue and Lu Chengfeng did not spend much time participating in the Ancient Desolate Sect's assessment, and Lu Chengping had not yet purchased all the necessary items in the Ancient Desolate Immortal City.

After seeing Lu Chengyue off, he did not leave the Ancient Desolate Immortal City directly, but stayed there to buy things little by little.

The Ancient City of Desolate Immortals was already the number one immortal city within the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect. In addition, the Ancient Desolate Sect opened its gates to all human beings within its territory to recruit disciples, which made the Ancient City of Desolate Immortals extremely lively, and all kinds of treasures appeared.

During this period, no news of Lu Chengfeng came out of the Desolate Ancient Sect. This was because he had become a menial disciple of the Desolate Ancient Sect, with very limited power, and was completely cut off from contact with the outside world.

Lu Chengyue, on the other hand, has successfully become a disciple of Master Kushi, becoming Master Kushi's youngest disciple.

At this time, although Lu Chengyue had just become a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining, her status in the Desolate Ancient Sect was far beyond that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Relying on her status as a direct disciple of a Golden Core cultivator, she quickly found Lu Chengfeng, who had been reduced to a menial servant.

Lu Chengfeng was shocked when he learned of Lu Chengyue's situation and asked Lu Chengyue to help him get rid of his status as a menial disciple.

Lu Chengyue could indeed have done it if she had put in the effort, but she didn't, because it wasn't worth it!

Lu Chengyue simply gave Lu Chengfeng the resources that the clan had entrusted to him, and then found a way to arrange a relatively easy task for him. At the same time, she instructed Lu Chengfeng to cultivate hard and strive to become an outer disciple as soon as possible, so as to get rid of his status as a menial disciple.

Lu Chengfeng's talent for cultivation is not bad. With the support of the Lu family's resources and Lu Chengyue's assistance, even though he is a menial disciple, his cultivation in the Qi Refining realm will not be too difficult.

As long as he can calm down and focus on cultivation, it won't be long before he can get rid of his status as a menial disciple.

After all, he cultivates the Xuan Chen True Scripture, a third-tier cultivation technique that can lead to the Golden Core Perfection realm. As long as he demonstrates talent and ability, the Ancient Desolate Sect will certainly not allow him to remain a menial disciple indefinitely.

Lu Chengyue did not confirm whether Lu Chengfeng had listened to her advice. After giving Lu Chengfeng instructions, she returned to Suigu Peak to devote herself to cultivation.

Lu Chengping was unaware of what had happened between Lu Chengyue and Lu Chengfeng within the Desolate Ancient Sect. He stayed in the Desolate Ancient Immortal City for another month before leaving.

In the past month, he purchased a third-tier cultivation technique, three second-tier cultivation techniques, a third-tier spirit array master inheritance, and two second-tier weapon refiner inheritances in the Desolate Ancient Immortal City, which exhausted all the resources he carried.

He used various identities when purchasing these books, thus avoiding the attention of the cultivators in the Desolate Ancient Immortal City.

However, after he left the Desolate Ancient Immortal City, he soon discovered that he was being followed.

At this point, Lu Chengping was already hundreds of miles away from the Desolate Ancient Immortal City, so even if he returned, it would be virtually impossible for him to do so.

"Fellow Daoist's reaction is quite sharp; you actually discovered the presence of us sisters!"

Two charming laughs rang out, and two beautiful female cultivators dressed in purple dresses appeared behind Lu Chengping.

“You are from the Spirit Gu Sect!” The moment Lu Chengping saw the two female cultivators, he sensed the aura of the Spirit Gu on their bodies.

He had been harmed by the spirit gu before, so he was extremely sensitive to the aura of this kind of gu worm.

"Just as we sisters predicted, you had a connection with our Linggu Sect before, and it's fate that you've fallen into our hands!" The two female cultivators looked at Lu Chengping with smiles on their faces. Then they took out a bamboo flute magic weapon. As the clear flute sound came out, Lu Chengping immediately felt dizzy.

He hurriedly informed his clan of his condition, and then completely lost control and fell into a deep sleep.

The two female cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect were both at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. However, the Spirit Gu Sect, being a Golden Core sect, had extremely strange methods, so it was quite normal for Lu Chengping to fall into their hands.

The two female cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect did not kill Lu Chengping. Instead, they carefully took him away. Their purpose was the same as that of the female cultivator who had previously received the Spirit Gu Sect's inheritance: to plant the Deep Affection Gu in Lu Chengping's body.

They sensed that Lu Chengping's nascent soul was still intact, indicating that the fellow disciples who had previously used the Love Poison on Lu Chengping had not succeeded.

However, this also proves that Lu Chengping's body is indeed suitable for cultivating the Deep Affection Gu, and there are not many male cultivators who are suitable for cultivating the Deep Affection Gu.

Moreover, the number of male cultivators who meet the requirements of female cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect is even smaller. Lu Chengping obviously meets the requirements of these two female cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect, which is why they targeted him.

Upon receiving Lu Chengping's message, Lu Wenxing of the Lu family at Chiyan Mountain was so startled that he immediately stood up.

"How could this be?"

"How did Chengping run into cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect again!"

Lu Wenxing exclaimed in surprise. He paced back and forth in the cave, thinking of a way to save Lu Chengping.

But he couldn't come up with a way to save Lu Chengping!

The Spirit Gu Sect is a Golden Core sect, and there is more than one Golden Core cultivator in this sect. The strength of this sect is even greater than that of the Heavenly Flame Sect.

The Lu family is merely a Foundation Establishment power. Even if the two female cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect had killed Lu Chengping, let alone kidnapped him, the Lu family would not have been able to avenge him.

Previously, Lu Chengping had already relayed the news of Lu Chengyue and Lu Chengfeng back to the clan, and Lu Wenxing knew that Lu Chengyue had become a personal disciple of a Golden Core cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect.

However, he never considered asking Lu Chengyue for help.

Because Lu Chengyue had just been accepted as a disciple by a Golden Core cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect, and she had only recently become a Qi Refining cultivator, if the Lu family were to ask Lu Chengyue to seek help from a cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect regarding family matters at this time, it would definitely arouse the disgust of the Golden Core cultivator from the Desolate Ancient Sect.

At that time, it is very likely that they will not only fail to get the desired result, but will also bring trouble to the family.

After thinking it over carefully in his cave, Lu Wenxing informed the other cultivators of the Lu family about Lu Chengping's situation and asked for their opinions.

On Wuling Island, in Lu Cheng'an's secluded cave.

"The Second Elder has been taken away by cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect!"

Upon seeing the clan leader's message, Lu Cheng'an's face immediately showed a look of surprise.

The Spirit Gu Sect is one of the Golden Core sects within the Ancient Desolate Sect, but its strength is not among the top Golden Core sects within the Ancient Desolate Sect.

However, for the Lu family now, the Linggu Sect, a Golden Core sect, remains an existence that the Lu family cannot contend with.

“Currently, the family has no strength to contend with the Spirit Gu Sect. If we want to rescue the Second Elder, we can only wait until my cultivation reaches the Golden Core realm!” Lu Cheng’an sighed softly.

He quickly sent a message to the clan leader expressing his thoughts, and then began to cultivate in seclusion again.

Lu Wenhua and Lu Wenmei basically shared the same idea: they wanted to rescue Lu Chengping, but given the Lu family's current strength, there was simply no way they could save Lu Chengping from the spirit worm.

The two female cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect only attacked Lu Chengping after he sent the Lu family's cultivation seed to the Desolate Ancient Sect. They did not violate the rules set by the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Lu Chengping's affair cast a shadow over the minds of the four Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family, but they had no way to erase it.

Time passed slowly, and nearly half a year went by in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, the oppressive feeling that the Lu family's Foundation Establishment cultivators had brought about by Lu Chengping's abduction by the Linggu Sect cultivators was temporarily relieved. As Lu Chengbai, Lu Jinglin, and Lu Jingxiu successively broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining, hope was rekindled in the hearts of the Lu family cultivators.

Lu Chengbo and the other two are all in their early twenties. Their cultivation has already broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining. They can reach the ninth level of Qi Refining before they are forty years old and have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

In this way, they have more time to cultivate during the Foundation Establishment stage, preparing for breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

Besides Lu Chengbai and the other two breaking through to the late stage of Qi Refining, another major event occurred in the Lu family: Lu Jingkun, a Qi Refining early stage cultivator in the Lu family, discovered a spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley, less than 300 miles from Qingling Mountain.

This spirit stone mine is very different from the spirit stone mine in Yunling Valley. The spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley is much larger than that in Yunling Valley, and the number of spirit stones it contains definitely exceeds one million.

Even Golden Core cultivators would be tempted by spirit stone mines of this caliber, so after Lu Jingkun reported this news to his clan, Lu Wenxing went to investigate it personally.

After roughly determining the spirit stone reserves of Linghe Valley, he only informed a few Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Lu family, and then immediately kept the news a secret.

Although the Lu family is not very powerful, they do not have a Golden Core cultivator in charge.

If the reserves of spirit stones in Linghe Valley were to be leaked, the Tianyan Sect would definitely seize control of the spirit stone mines in Linghe Valley.

This is definitely not a good deal for the Lu family.

Because Lu Cheng'an's cultivation will soon break through to the Golden Core realm, at which time his Lu family will become a Golden Core power.

Even if the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley is exposed by then, the Lu family will not have to worry about it being taken away by the Tianyan Sect.

Lu Jingkun's discovery of the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley was not due to chance, but rather to his own talent.

What Lu Jingkun sensed was earth-attribute spiritual energy, and he was also cultivating a second-tier earth-attribute cultivation technique collected by the Lu family. Cultivators who cultivate this type of cultivation technique are naturally gifted in exploring mineral deposits, and Lu Jingkun was one of the best among these cultivators.

Lu Jingkun already possessed exceptional talent for cultivation, and the talent he displayed further solidified his position as a key figure in the Lu family's efforts to nurture him.

Lu Cheng'an was unaware of these matters; he had been diligently cultivating on Five Spirits Island.

Cultivation knows no time, and a year and a half passed in the blink of an eye. At this time, Lu Cheng'an's cultivation reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm, and he received a message from Shi Ningyu.

"We're now heading to the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect!"

After seeing the message conveyed by Shi Ningyu on the communication jade plate, Lu Cheng'an immediately replied to Shi Ningyu. Then he told Chi Liu and soon left Wuling Island.

(End of this chapter)