Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 186 Digesting the Gains (Please Subscribe!)
After Jin Yuan emerged from the iron ore mine, he sensed a change in Lu Cheng'an's aura, and then he was certain that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm.

This discovery shocked and excited Jin Yuan, and he became even more obsequious towards Lu Cheng'an.

"You didn't slack off at all!"

Lu Cheng'an patted Jin Yuan's round head and discovered that Jin Yuan's cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage of the second tier.

This cultivation progress is remarkably fast, considering that it hasn't been long since Jin Yuan broke through to the second stage.

This gave Lu Cheng'an a glimmer of hope; perhaps Jin Yuan had the potential to break through to the third tier.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an suppressed his wandering thoughts, told Shi Ningyu, and the two of them left the Burning Flame Mountain Range without wasting any more time.

Shi Ningyu did not return directly to Dan Ding Sect, but went to the Lu family's Chiyan Mountain with Lu Cheng'an.

After bringing Shi Ningyu into his cave, Lu Cheng'an placed Jin Yuan in the meditation room, while he and Shi Ningyu went to the reception room.

"I am very grateful to Fellow Daoist Shi for accompanying me into the ruins of the Burning Flame Sect. Otherwise, I would not have been able to obtain the inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect so easily!" Lu Cheng'an said sincerely.

The ruins of the Burning Flame Sect are extremely dangerous, containing many demonic entities, many of which have reached the third rank.

If Shi Ningyu hadn't joined him, it would have been difficult for him to escape the siege of those third-tier demonic beasts on his own.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are too kind. I have also gained quite a bit from following you into the ruins of the Burning Flame Sect!"

Shi Ningyu smiled and looked at Lu Cheng'an, asking, "Fellow Daoist Lu, were you able to successfully obtain the subsequent cultivation techniques of the Earth Flame True Scripture?"

Lu Cheng'an nodded and said, "The Burning Flame Sect has two inherited cultivation techniques: the Earth Flame True Scripture and the Earth Jade Book. Both can be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage!"

He concealed something from Shi Ningyu: both of these cultivation techniques could be cultivated to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

The Nascent Soul Realm is the next level after the Core Formation Realm. The gap between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Core Formation Realm is much greater than the gap between the Core Formation Realm and the Golden Core Realm.

The cultivation world of Qingzhou, where the Lu family is located, and the neighboring cultivation world of Hezhou are both relatively desolate and have not nurtured any fifth-order spiritual veins, so there are no Nascent Soul cultivators there.

The reason why the Burning Flame Sect has two inherited cultivation techniques that can be practiced to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm is because the Burning Flame Sect is powerful enough.

After all, when the Burning Flame Sect was destroyed, True Monarch Burning Sun had a chance to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

"These two cultivation techniques are the core inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect. Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Shi, but I cannot tell you about them."

Lu Cheng'an looked at Shi Ningyu and continued, "Besides the Earth Flame True Scripture and the Earth Jade Book, the Burning Flame Sect also has eight Nascent Soul cultivation techniques. I can give two of them to Fellow Daoist Shi!"

The eight Nascent Soul cultivation techniques collected by the Burning Flame Sect are all of extremely high quality, and each one can be cultivated to at least the late Nascent Soul stage.

These eight Nascent Soul cultivation techniques are Taiyuan Sword Scripture, Five Prisons Secret Scripture, Sea Mirage Rainbow Scripture, Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Technique, Black Water True Scripture, Phoenix Breath Divine Illumination Scripture, Earth-Shaking Scripture, and Cold Cicada Nine Transformations.

Nascent Soul cultivation techniques are extremely rare, especially the eight Nascent Soul cultivation techniques collected by the Burning Flame Sect, which are basically secrets that are not passed on to others.

Lu Cheng'an offered to give Shi Ningyu two Nascent Soul cultivation techniques in order to deepen his relationship with her.

Now, the Lu family is surrounded by dangers, and only by further cooperating with Shi Ningyu can he safely overcome the dangers ahead.

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Shi Ningyu smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lu!"

Nascent Soul cultivation techniques are extremely rare. The Dan Ding Sect currently does not have any cultivation techniques of this rank, not even Golden Core cultivation techniques.

She is currently only a successor of the Divine Jade Sect, and has not yet received the true inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect.

“Then please wait a few more days, Fellow Daoist Shi. I need to finish organizing the inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect before I can imprint the Nascent Soul cultivation technique into the jade slip,” Lu Cheng’an said.

The Burning Flame Sect's legacy left to him by True Monarch Fengyuan was so vast that it now filled his soul.

Next, he needs to organize and categorize them one by one, turning them into his own knowledge.

"Fellow Daoist Lu can take his time to sort things out; I'm not in a hurry!"

Shi Ningyu smiled slightly and said, "Does Fellow Daoist Lu have any plans to go to the Desolate Ancient Immortal City next? I plan to purchase some third-order spirit arrays."

The Dan Ding Sect has long been capable of cultivating third-tier spiritual veins, but without a Golden Core cultivator in the sect, even if they cultivated third-tier spiritual veins, it would be of little use and would only bring trouble.

Shi Ningyu had been consolidating her cultivation for some time and had not yet had time to purchase a third-tier spirit array or cultivate a third-tier spirit vein.

She and Lu Cheng'an had just explored the ruins of the Burning Flame Sect, which brought them even closer, which is why she took the initiative to extend an invitation to Lu Cheng'an now.

"I also plan to go to the Ancient Immortal City. We can go together then!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Shi Ningyu, saying, "After I sort out what I've gained in the Burning Flame Sect ruins, I'll go to the Desolate Ancient Immortal City with Fellow Daoist Shi. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Shi?"

Shi Ningyu nodded slightly and said, "I will return to my sect now. Once Fellow Daoist Lu is ready, we will go to the Dan Ding Sect, and then we will travel together to the Desolate Ancient Immortal City!"

She didn't know exactly how much of the Burning Flame Sect's inheritance Lu Cheng'an had obtained, but she felt that it would take Lu Cheng'an quite a while to fully digest all of his gains from the Burning Flame Sect.

She can't stay in the Lu family forever; she'll need to work hard to improve her strength after returning to her sect.

Unlike Lu Cheng'an, Shi Ningyu possesses the cultivation methods for the later stages of the Divine Jade True Scripture, as well as the cultivation methods for the two minor supernatural powers, Jade Soul Immortal Light and Jade Rainbow Divine Transformation Palm, and the method for refining her natal magic treasure, the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda.

Shi Ningyu not only needs to work hard to improve her cultivation level, but also needs to successfully cultivate the two minor supernatural abilities, Jade Soul Immortal Light and Jade Rainbow Divine Transformation Palm, and further refine her natal magic treasure, the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda.

Only in this way can her strength be greatly improved!

Lu Cheng'an did not try to keep Shi Ningyu; he needed to spend time and energy sorting out his gains from the Burning Flame Sect ruins.

Even if Shi Ningyu stayed at the Lu family, he had no time to entertain her.

After sending Shi Ningyu out of Chiyan Mountain, Lu Cheng'an did not return directly to his cave, but went to find the clan leader Lu Wenxing.

"Clan leader, during my absence, has the Tianyan Sect made any moves?" Lu Cheng'an inquired. Chongxu Zhenren was a veteran Golden Core cultivator. Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu were originally cultivators within the Tianyan Sect. Now, both of them had broken through to the Golden Core realm and even injured him. It would be strange if Chongxu Zhenren could swallow this insult.

When Lu Cheng'an left Chiyan Mountain, he specifically instructed Lu Wenxing to keep a close eye on the situation within the Lu family's territory in case Tianyan Sect did anything.

"Everything is normal within the clan; the Heavenly Flame Sect has remained completely inactive!"

A look of worry appeared on Lu Wenxing's face: "I've heard that True Person Chongxu of the Tianyan Sect and True Person Kongjian of the Divine Sword Sect are on good terms. True Person Kongjian is also a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Do you think True Person Chongxu might ask True Person Kongjian to deal with our Lu family?"

The Divine Sword Sect is a Golden Core sect adjacent to the Heavenly Flame Sect. This Golden Core sect is stronger than the Heavenly Flame Sect, with five Golden Core cultivators in charge.

Among the five Golden Core cultivators, two were at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Kong Jian Zhenren, at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, was the Grand Elder of the Divine Sword Sect and held a very high position within the sect.

Another mid-stage Golden Core cultivator from the Divine Sword Sect is True Man Thousand Swords. He is the sect leader of the Divine Sword Sect and also the most powerful person in the sect.

"The clan leader need not worry about this. Shi Ningyu and I are both Golden Core cultivators. Even if Kongjian Zhenren of the Divine Sword Sect is on good terms with Chongxu, he will not attack our Lu family for his sake!" Lu Chengan said with a smile.

Kongjian Zhenren was only a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. His strength might be greater than his and Shi Ningyu's, but he definitely did not have the power to kill them.

If they cannot kill them, offending two Golden Core cultivators is definitely not a good thing for the Divine Sword Sect.

"The clan leader will continue to monitor the situation within the clan. I will be going into seclusion for a period of time. If any problems arise within the clan, please send me a message immediately."

Lu Cheng'an felt a little relieved. After giving Lu Wenxing some instructions, he returned directly to his cave.

After entering the meditation room, Lu Cheng'an found Jin Yuan fast asleep on a futon in the cave.

Lu Cheng'an grabbed Jin Yuanyuan's chubby body in his hand, quickly rubbed her awake, and then laughed and scolded, "You lazy bum, I told you to cultivate in the quiet room, but you slept so happily!"

"Master, I didn't slack off, I just took a short nap!" Jin Yuan stretched out her short, fleshy hand with difficulty, looking at Lu Cheng'an ingratiatingly.

Lu Cheng'an did not really intend to scold Jin Yuan. After releasing Jin Yuan from the meditation room, he did not require him to continue cultivating, but allowed him to move freely in Chiyan Mountain.

After Jin Yuan left, Lu Cheng'an sealed off his meditation room and began to organize the legacy that True Lord Feng Yuan had left in his soul.

The Burning Flame Sect is a powerful Nascent Soul sect with an extremely rich heritage, encompassing a wide range of cultivation methods, techniques, alchemy, array formations, and more.

Lu Cheng'an sat cross-legged, circulated his divine soul, and began to carefully examine the various inherited messages within his divine soul.

Time passed slowly, and three months went by in the blink of an eye.

Only then did Lu Cheng'an finish organizing all the inheritances of the Burning Flame Sect, refining them into jade slips and storing them one by one in his storage artifact.

Besides the two fifth-tier cultivation techniques, Earth Flame True Scripture and Earth Jade Book, which can be cultivated to the Nascent Soul realm, and the eight fourth-tier cultivation techniques, Taiyuan Sword Scripture, Five Prisons Secret Scripture, Sea Mirage Rainbow Scripture, Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Technique, Black Water True Scripture, Phoenix Breath Divine Illumination Scripture, Earth Shaking Scripture, and Cold Cicada Nine Transformations, the Burning Flame Sect also has a large number of first, second, and third-tier cultivation techniques.

Of course, there are also some fourth-tier cultivation techniques that can be practiced up to the early or middle stages of the Nascent Soul stage.

There are even more spells and techniques, including some powerful minor supernatural abilities and divine powers.

Minor supernatural powers are among the most powerful third-tier techniques. The Earth Flame True Scripture, a fifth-tier technique that can be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, contains four minor supernatural powers within its Golden Core chapter.

These four minor supernatural abilities are Earth Flame Myriad Forms Body, Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm, Star Flame Concealment Technique, and Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal.

The Earth Flame Myriad Forms Body is a body tempering method that can refine the power of earth flames to temper the physical body. By continuously tempering the physical body with this technique, one can kill a Golden Core cultivator simply by relying on the power of the physical body.

The Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body can also condense the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Yellow Armor, which has extremely powerful defensive capabilities, even stronger than some minor defensive supernatural powers.

Cultivating the Earth Flame Myriad Forms Body requires refining various spiritual flames nurtured deep within the earth's veins. These spiritual flames are not the flames from the lava rivers of the Burning Flame Mountains, but rather precious flames that have reached a certain grade.

The Myriad Flames Burning Void Palm and the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal are both minor divine abilities of the attack type. Cultivating these two minor divine abilities also requires refining various spiritual flames and fire fiends that have reached a certain grade.

The Star Flame Concealment Technique is a minor divine ability of the escape technique. This minor divine ability requires absorbing and refining the star flame power released by the stars in the heavens.

It will not be easy for Lu Cheng'an to successfully cultivate these four minor supernatural abilities; it will require a significant investment of time and resources.

In addition to the four minor supernatural abilities attached to the Earth Flame True Scripture, Lu Cheng'an also selected three other minor supernatural abilities: the Flowing Fire Myriad Swords Technique, the Returning Fire to Heaven Technique, and the True Fire Spirit-Binding Technique.

The Flowing Fire Swords Technique is a powerful offensive divine ability that needs to be used in conjunction with a magic sword; more precisely, it is a sword formation.

To cultivate this minor supernatural power, one needs to prepare at least ten thousand magic swords, and at least ten of these magic swords must be of the third rank.

If one successfully cultivates this minor supernatural ability, the cultivator can simultaneously unleash these ten thousand magic swords to form the Flowing Fire Ten Thousand Swords Formation, trapping the enemy within the sword formation and instantly turning them into sieves.

The effect of the Returning Fire to Heaven Technique is similar to that of the Purple Flame Rebirth Technique. However, as a minor supernatural power, the Returning Fire to Heaven Technique is several times more powerful than the Purple Flame Rebirth Technique.

If Lu Cheng'an cultivates the Returning Fire to Heaven Technique to perfection, as long as the mana in his dantian is not exhausted, he basically doesn't have to worry about being killed by others by relying on the Returning Fire to Heaven Technique.

The True Fire Spirit Suppression Technique, a minor supernatural ability, requires the True Fire within a Golden Core cultivator's body to cultivate. The stronger the True Fire within a Golden Core cultivator's body, the more powerful the effect of this minor supernatural ability.

The True Fire Spirit Suppression Technique does not harm the cultivator's body. The main function of this minor supernatural power is to destroy the runes in magical artifacts and spirit arrays.

Once a magical artifact or spirit array is invaded by the power of the True Fire Spirit-Binding Technique, its internal runes will quickly collapse.

Lu Cheng'an's Golden Core True Fire, the Pure Glazed Heavenly Fire, already possesses this ability. If it is enhanced by the True Fire Spirit-Binding Technique, a minor supernatural power, its destructive power over magical artifacts and the runes within spirit arrays will be greatly increased.

In addition, Lu Cheng'an also selected two soul-refining techniques from the inheritance: the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique and the Great Sun Golden Flame.

The Great Sun Soul Refining Technique is a technique for strengthening the soul. Unlike the Void Yang Soul Strengthening Technique, this technique does not require refining treasures like Soul Nourishing Wood to enhance the soul's power. Instead, it directly refines the power of the Great Sun True Fire to strengthen the soul.

This does not mean that cultivating the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique is simple; it is much more difficult to cultivate than the Void Yang Soul Strengthening Technique.

Because the power of the Great Sun True Fire is extremely terrifying, and the soul of a cultivator is extremely fragile, the slightest carelessness could result in being directly burned by the Great Sun True Fire.

(End of this chapter)