Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 179 Returning to the Family (Please Subscribe!)
The location of the Shenyu Sect ruins is far from the Dan Ding Sect and the Lu family, but both Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu have broken through to the Golden Core realm.

There is a big difference between Golden Core cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators; Golden Core cultivators can still fly in the air even without relying on magic weapons.

Although Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu have not yet mastered the third-tier escape techniques, both of them are extremely powerful, and their escape speed is also quite fast.

Time passed slowly, and half a month went by in the blink of an eye. By then, Lu Cheng'an and his companion had successfully returned to the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect.

It took them two months to travel to the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect, but only half a month to return, more than doubling their speed.

This is without them having learned any escape techniques. If they were to learn a third-tier escape technique, their speed would increase even further.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu arrived at Dan Ding Sect first, but Lu Cheng'an did not stay there. After saying goodbye to Shi Ningyu, he returned directly to Chi Yan Mountain.

Chiyan Mountain is the Lu family's current base. This mountain, which originally only had a few first-order spiritual veins, has now been cultivated by the Lu family into several second-order spiritual veins.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now broken through to the Golden Core realm. Next, the Lu family will work hard to cultivate a third-order spiritual vein in Chiyan Mountain.

Cultivating a third-tier spiritual vein is far more difficult than cultivating a second-tier spiritual vein, requiring a significant investment of resources.

Although the Lu family has greatly improved its strength in recent years, it is not an easy task to cultivate a third-order spiritual vein in a short period of time.

After pausing briefly outside Chiyan Mountain, Lu Cheng'an entered Chiyan Mountain directly.

"Cheng'an, your cultivation has broken through to the Golden Core realm!" As soon as Lu Cheng'an landed in Chiyan Mountain, he saw his uncle, along with all the other Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family, waiting for him to return.

"Uncle, elders, I have indeed reached the Golden Core realm!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at his uncle, saying gently, "Let's return to the family first, and I'll tell you in detail about my breakthrough in cultivation!"

After he and Shi Ningyu decided to return to their clan, he sent a message to the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the clan, informing them that his cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm.

After learning of this news, Lu Wenxing did not spread it widely, and he also instructed the Foundation Establishment cultivators in his family not to spread the news.

Lu Wenxing chose to do this mainly because of the Tianyan Sect.

When Lu Cheng'an left the family, he told Lu Wenxing about the situation of the Tianyan Sect and that True Person Chongxu would use evil methods to restore his severed arm, so that the cultivators in the clan must be extra careful.

Afterwards, True Master Chongxu indeed attacked cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage within the Tianyan Sect's territory, which proved that what Lu Cheng'an said was true.

Since Master Chongxu's cultivation level is at the Golden Core stage, cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage are unlikely to be able to help him. The ones who can truly help him are cultivators at the same Golden Core stage.

If Master Chongxu were to learn that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm, he would be highly likely to take action against Lu Cheng'an.

After all, the Lu family's foundation was shallow. Even though Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm, the Lu family only had Lu Cheng'an as a Golden Core cultivator.

He was isolated and helpless, and had no chance against the four Golden Core cultivators of the Tianyan Sect.

After Lu Cheng'an's gaze swept over Lu Chengping, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

After all, Lu Chengping had not sent a single word about him before he went to the Shenyu Sect ruins, and now he has actually returned to his family.

Lu Wenxing did not hide the news that Lu Chengping and Lu Chengan had broken through to the Golden Core realm. Before this, Lu Chengping had planned to leave with the two female cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect, who were now his Daoist partners.

However, when he learned that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had successfully broken through to the Golden Core realm and was heading back to the family, he changed his original plan and waited until Lu Cheng'an returned.

The two female cultivators from the Linggu Sect did not object to Lu Chengping's opinion, and the three of them have stayed at the Lu family's residence ever since.

After suppressing his surprise, Lu Cheng'an led the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family to the council hall.

After entering the council hall, Lu Cheng'an and his entourage sat down in the main seats with Lu Wenxing. Lu Cheng'an then told Lu Wenxing and the others about his breakthrough to the Golden Core realm.

"Clan leader, what has happened in the clan since I left?"

Lu Cheng'an shifted his gaze from Lu Wenxing to Lu Chengping, and asked with a smile, "Wasn't the Second Elder kidnapped by cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect? When did he return to the family?"

"I returned to my family a little over a month ago. I was indeed kidnapped by cultivators from the Spirit Gu Sect. Those two were the sisters He Huan and He Ying, and now they are both my Daoist partners!"

Lu Chengping glanced at Lu Chengan and continued, "After I was taken away by the He sisters, I was infected with the Love Poison..."

Lu Chengping quickly told Lu Chengan about his experience without hiding anything.

"What are the Second Elder's plans now? Will he return to the Spirit Gu Sect again?" Lu Cheng'an asked, frowning.

Lu Chengping is the cultivator with the best cultivation talent in the Lu family besides him, and he is also a second-level spirit array master. His importance to the Lu family is self-evident.

"I've now essentially joined the Spirit Gu Sect. If I try to leave, I'll inevitably face their pursuit!"

Lu Chengping sighed softly. He really didn't want to stay in the Linggu Sect any longer, but he had no choice. He couldn't bring trouble to his family.

Although Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now broken through to the Golden Core realm, he is the only Golden Core cultivator in the Lu family.

However, the Linggu Sect has five Golden Core cultivators, and the sect leader, Liu Miaozhen, has reached the late Golden Core stage.

If the Lu family were to become enemies with the Spirit Gu Sect, even if Lu Cheng'an's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, he would not be able to withstand the Spirit Gu Sect's retaliation.

“I am not under the control of the Linggu Sect cultivators now, and entering the Linggu Sect is not all bad for me!” Lu Chengping said with a smile after feeling Lu Chengan’s gaze.

"Then Second Elder, please stay at the Spirit Gu Sect for now. I will make sure you return to the family safely later!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

"Then I'll have to trouble the Grand Elder!" Lu Chengping said with a smile.

After seeing Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping finish their conversation, Lu Wenxing told Lu Cheng'an about what had happened in the family during this period.

During the time Lu Cheng'an was away from the Lu family, not many important things happened in the Lu family.

Besides Lu Chengping successfully returning to his family, Lu Jingkun also discovered a spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley.

The Lu family had discovered the existence of this spirit stone mine before Lu Cheng'an went to the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect.

However, the Lu family was not powerful enough at that time and did not mine the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley.

Now that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has broken through to the Golden Core realm, and given that cultivating a third-order spiritual vein requires a great deal of resources, Lu Cheng'an is preparing to put the mining of the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley on the agenda.

"The small spirit stone mine that Jingkun discovered in Linghe Valley can now be mined by the clan's cultivators!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile. A small spirit stone mine contains between two hundred thousand and two million spirit stones. The spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley contains more than one million spirit stones, but the possibility of it exceeding two million is not high. That's why Lu Cheng'an said it was a small spirit stone mine.

This size of spirit stone mine is just right for the Lu family. The spirit stones mined from it are enough for all the cultivators in the Lu family to cultivate, and there are also resources to cultivate third-order spirit veins in Chiyan Mountain.

The spirit stone mine in Yunling Valley is only a small one, containing only about 100,000 spirit stones.

The Lu family has been mining the spirit stone mine in Yunling Valley for many years, and now the spirit stones contained in that mine have been exhausted.

Now that Lu Jingkun has discovered a new spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley, it can just fill the gap in the spirit stone mine in Yunling Valley.

"The family hasn't started mining the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley yet. After all, it's a small spirit stone mine, containing more than a million spirit stones. If this news leaks out, won't it cause trouble for the family?" Lu Wenxing asked in a deep voice.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family all knew about the Linghe Valley spirit stone mine. They had already discussed it beforehand and ultimately decided not to mine the Linghe Valley spirit stone mine for the time being.

The Lu family is too weak. Once the Tianyan Sect finds out about this, the Lu family will definitely not be able to protect this spirit stone mine.

"You don't need to worry about that. I have the ability to protect the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

Although his cultivation level has just broken through to the Golden Core realm, his combat power is far beyond that of an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator.

Although he has not yet mastered third-tier spells, he possesses a third-tier magical artifact.

It took him and Shi Ningyu half a month to return from the ruins of the Divine Jade Sect. During this time, he had successfully refined the third-grade low-rank Mount Sumeru Seal.

The third-grade low-rank Mount Sumeru Seal already possessed formidable power. Now that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had truly broken through to the early stage of the Golden Core realm, he was able to fully unleash the power of the third-grade low-rank Mount Sumeru Seal.

Besides the third-grade low-rank Mount Sumeru Seal, he also possessed the third-grade high-rank Crimson Cloud Robe, the third-grade top-rank Gilded Soft Armor, and the Mount Sumeru Seal.

Both the Crimson Cloud Robe and the Gilded Soft Armor are defensive magical artifacts. With Lu Cheng'an's current cultivation level, he cannot activate the power of a top-grade third-tier magical artifact, but he can mobilize some of the power of a high-grade third-tier magical artifact.

With the Crimson Cloud Robe, a top-grade third-tier defensive magic artifact, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator like Chongxu Zhenren would have absolutely no chance of causing any harm to Lu Cheng'an.

Moreover, Master Chongxu has now lost an arm, which has greatly affected his strength.

If all else fails, he can ask Shi Ningyu for help. Shi Ningyu has mastered the secret technique Divine Jade Soul-Severing Palm, which can attack a cultivator's soul.

After Shi Ningyu broke through to the Golden Core realm, her spiritual power was greatly enhanced.

Although she still suffers backlash when she uses the Divine Jade Soul-Severing Palm, the backlash is very mild and will not have a significant impact on her.

Although Master Chongxu's cultivation level was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, his strength was not particularly formidable.

Although Lu Cheng'an had never met Master Chongxu, he believed that Master Chongxu would definitely not be able to withstand the attack of the Divine Jade Soul-Severing Palm.

"The clan leader should arrange for the clan's cultivators to mine the spirit stone mines in Spirit Grain Valley shortly!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Lu Wenxing, saying, "Next, we still need to cultivate the spiritual veins of Chiyan Mountain to the third level. The third-level spirit gathering array and spirit nurturing array will probably have to be purchased from the Desolate Ancient Immortal City!"

Cultivating a third-tier spiritual vein requires the assistance of third-tier spirit gathering arrays, spirit nurturing arrays, and other spirit arrays. In addition, it requires a large amount of spirit stones and a great deal of resources to cultivate a second-tier spiritual vein into a third-tier spiritual vein.

"I will arrange for the cultivators of my clan to mine the spirit stone mine in Linghe Valley shortly!" Lu Wenxing said.

After discussing various family affairs with the Foundation Establishment cultivators in his clan, Lu Cheng'an returned directly to his cave dwelling.

After his cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, he rushed back to his family directly from the Divine Jade Sect ruins.

During this time, he stayed with Shi Ningyu the whole time, so he didn't have a chance to check the changes in his attribute panel.

Therefore, after entering his cave, he immediately began to check his attribute panel.

Name: Lu Cheng'an

【Lifespan: 34/1500】

[Physical Constitution: Fire Virtue Body (Basic Control of Flames) can be improved]

Cultivation Level: Early Golden Core Stage (0/500)

[Cultivation Technique: Earth Flame True Scripture (Perfect 100/100) Can be hidden]

[Skill: Earthwalk (Perfect 100/100) Can be hidden]
Cave Fire Finger (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Fire Dragon Seal (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Cloud Shadow Sword Technique (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Stealth (Perfect 100/100) can hide.
Golden Crow Seal (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Fire Fiery Palm (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.

True Yang Sword Technique (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Nine Phoenixes Soaring Through the Sky (Perfect 100/100) can conceal.
The Spirit Burning Technique (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Purple Flame Resurrection Technique (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
The Soul Refining Technique of Yang (Perfect 100/100) can be hidden.
Weapon Forging (Mid-Tier 2, 56/100)

Innate Skill: Pure Glazed Heavenly Fire

"Lifespan has increased to 1,500 years, an increase of 1,000 years!"

The first thing Lu Cheng'an noticed was the change in his own lifespan; his lifespan upon entering the Golden Core realm far exceeded that of other cultivators at the same level.

Under normal circumstances, the lifespan of a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core realm is around eight hundred years, which is almost twice as long as that of a normal Golden Core cultivator.

With such a long lifespan, even if his cultivation talent is relatively poor, he would have enough time to raise his cultivation to the Nascent Soul realm.

Moreover, his talent for cultivation is not bad, and it is a certainty that he will reach the Nascent Soul realm in the future.

"My Fire Spirit Body has been upgraded to a Fire Treasure Body. I've gone from being close to and unafraid of being burned by flames to having some control over them. I wonder what benefits this change will bring me?"

After seeing the changes in his physique, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but feel curious.

However, he is currently in the Crimson Flame Mountain of his family, where the environment is not suitable for testing the changes brought about by his physical transformation.

If he were to enter the lava river of the Burning Flame Mountains now, he would be able to know the specific changes brought about by the transformation of his physique.

"I haven't told the Spirit Clam Clan about my breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm yet. Once my cultivation is consolidated, I'll need to make a trip to the Spirit Clam Clan first!"

After glancing at the cultivation technique he practiced, Lu Cheng'an's face couldn't help but show a solemn expression.

(End of this chapter)