Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 196 Third-Tier Monsters Mobilize (Please Subscribe!)
Lu Jingkun's cultivation improved extremely rapidly. After successfully switching to cultivating the Earthly Jade Book, his cultivation level broke through from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the eighth level.

Now, after cultivating for so long, his cultivation level is almost at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Although he is younger than Lu Chengbo and the others, and has been cultivating for a shorter time, he has already shown a more powerful talent than Lu Chengbo and the others. He may break through to the Foundation Establishment realm earlier than Lu Chengbo and the others.

Lu Cheng'an plundered a Foundation Establishment Pill and two Foundation Establishment Spiritual Items from the Zhang family of Secret Pills. The Lu family might be able to use these to cultivate two or three more Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Lu Cheng'an did not waste any time. After entrusting the cultivators and mortals of the Secret Pill Zhang Clan to Ling Xuan's care, he quickly returned to Chiyan Mountain with the wealth accumulated by the Secret Pill Zhang Clan over the years.

After returning to Chiyan Mountain, he handed over all the wealth he had obtained from the Secret Pill Zhang family to Lu Wenxing for disposal, especially the spirit stones.

They will all be used to cultivate third-order spiritual veins.

The more third-tier spiritual veins cultivated in Crimson Smoke Mountain, the more the power of the Sun and Moon Mirror Array, a third-tier superior spiritual array, can be brought into play.

Lu Cheng'an did not spend too much time on these matters. After making some arrangements for the clan's affairs, he returned to the Five Spirits Lake in the underground magma river to cultivate.

He has only cultivated the minor divine power of Returning to Origin Fire Fiend Seal to the Great Completion stage, and there is still a long way to go before it reaches perfection.

The third-tier demonic beasts like the Azure Flame Lion are far more powerful than Chongxu and others from the Heavenly Flame Sect.

Only when he cultivates the Guiyuan Fire Fiend Seal, this minor divine power, to perfection, will he have the confidence to withstand the attacks of these third-tier demonic beasts.

The fiery aura of Five Spirits Lake remains extremely strong because the fiery aura accumulated over many years in the Burning Flame Sect ruins has not yet completely dissipated.

Lu Cheng'an has cultivated here for so long that he has refined a large amount of the fiery evil energy of the Five Spirits Lake; otherwise, the fiery evil energy here would be even more concentrated.

After returning to Five Spirits Lake and cultivating for another four months, Lu Cheng'an finally cultivated the minor divine power of Returning to Origin Fire Fiend Seal to the point of perfection, though he had only just entered the point of perfection.

Even so, the power unleashed by this minor supernatural ability is far beyond what can be compared to the power of a fully mastered level.

Lu Cheng'an felt that if he used the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal to attack Chongxu now, he might be able to severely injure Chongxu with a single blow.

"We must leave Five Spirits Lake. The third-tier demonic beasts, such as the Azure Flame Lion, have already left the Hong'e Mountains. They could arrive at any time and enter the Burning Flame Mountains!"

Upon seeing the message from Master Chunqiu, a solemn expression appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face.

The Ancient Desolate Sect had been keeping a close eye on the situation of the demonic beasts in the Hong'e Mountains. As soon as the third-tier demonic beasts, such as the Azure Flame Lion, left the Hong'e Mountains, the Ancient Desolate Sect immediately became aware of it.

Chunqiu Zhenren immediately relayed the news about the demonic beasts in the Hong'e Mountains to Lu Cheng'an and the Golden Core cultivators of the Tianyan Sect, and then quickly left the Huanggu Sect, rushing towards the Chiyan Mountain where the Lu family was located.

The reason why Master Chunqiu would travel thousands of miles to Chiyan Mountain in person is mainly because of the discord among the Golden Core forces such as the Lu family, Dan Ding Sect, and Tian Yan Sect.

Especially not long ago, Lu Cheng'an ruthlessly killed Xuan Kong Zhenren, a Golden Core cultivator from the Tianyan Sect.

When Chunqiu Zhenren received Lu Cheng'an's message, he was extremely shocked. He did not expect Lu Cheng'an to be so bold and to possess such formidable strength.

After all, Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had only recently broken through to the Golden Core realm!
Chunqiu Zhenren's cultivation was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and he dared not handle this matter alone. Therefore, he told his master, Kushi Zhenren, about Lu Chengan's killing of Xuankong Zhenren.

Master Kushi was very familiar with the situation of the Tianyan Sect, and he looked down on Chongxu and others from the Tianyan Sect.

Lu Cheng'an's actions suited his taste perfectly, and since his newly accepted apprentice came from the Lu family, he didn't hesitate to side with the Lu family.

The Lu family has already demonstrated strength surpassing that of the Heavenly Flame Sect to the Ancient Desolate Sect. This time, in response to the attack of the Azure Flame Fire Lion and other third-tier demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains, they will definitely still need to rely on the strength of the Lu family.

The reason why Master Chunqiu personally went to the Lu family was to deliver his master's edict to the Lu family and mediate the conflict between the Lu family and the Tianyan Sect.

Of course, the main purpose was to deter the Tianyan Sect, so that Chongxu and others from the Tianyan Sect would not secretly sabotage the Lu family when the third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion attacked, causing irreparable losses.

After informing Lu Cheng'an about the Azure Flame Lion, Chunqiu Zhenren also sent a message to Chongxu and other Golden Core cultivators of the Tianyan Sect to gather the elite cultivators of the Tianyan Sect and the surrounding area to the Red Smoke Mountain where the Lu family was located. After that, he quickly left the Desolate Ancient Sect.

When Lu Cheng'an left the Burning Flame Mountain Range, he told Shi Ningyu all the contents of Chunqiu Zhenren's message, instructing Shi Ningyu to prepare for the attack of third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion.

The third-tier demonic beasts sent by the Hong'e Mountains to enter the Burning Flame Mountains are weaker than what Master Chunqiu had previously mentioned.

The mid-stage third-tier Azure Flame Lion will indeed come to the Burning Flame Mountain Range, but the mid-stage third-tier Six-Winged Heavenly Centipede will not enter the Burning Flame Mountain Range.

There were a total of five Tier 3 demonic beasts that accompanied the Azure Flame Lion into the Burning Flame Mountain Range. These five Tier 3 demonic beasts were the Devouring Python Toad, the White Jade Elephant, the Flame Demon Wolf, the Earth-Covering Dragon Earthworm, and the Purple Flame Fire Sparrow!

All five demonic beasts, including the Devouring Python Golden Toad, were at the early stage of the third rank. These five early stage third-rank demonic beasts were also extremely powerful, especially the Devouring Python Golden Toad and the Purple Flame Firebird.

Like the Six-Winged Heavenly Centipede, the Devouring Python Golden Toad is an ancient and exotic species. The Devouring Python Golden Toad possesses an extremely powerful demonic technique.

This demonic technique is called the Lesser Devouring Heaven Technique, and it is comparable to a minor supernatural power.

The Purple Flame Fire Sparrow possesses the divine power of the Vermilion Bird bloodline. When his cultivation broke through to the third level, he experienced a bloodline reversion, which enhanced the Vermilion Bird bloodline within him and awakened a demonic technique called Burning Heaven.

This demonic technique is even more powerful than the Lesser Devouring Heaven Technique of the Devouring Python and Golden Toad.

Both the Devouring Python Toad and the Purple Flame Firebird, both early-stage Tier 3 demonic beasts, have the potential to break through to the mid-stage Tier 3, or even higher.

The two of them entered the Burning Flame Mountain Range with the intention of suppressing a human Golden Core cultivator and refining the essence of the human Golden Core cultivator's flesh and blood to further advance their own cultivation.

Although the three early-stage Tier 3 demonic beasts—the White Jade Elephant, the Flame Demon Wolf, and the Earth-Covering Dragon Earthworm—were not weak, they were far inferior to the Devouring Python Golden Toad and the Purple Flame Firebird.

The Hong'e Mountains are extremely far from the Fenyan Mountains. The third-tier demonic beasts, such as the Azure Flame Lion, set off from the Hong'e Mountains and did not dare to openly enter the Fenyan Mountains from the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

They need to take a detour to enter the Burning Flame Mountains, which will take even longer.

After Lu Cheng'an returned to Chiyan Mountain from the Burning Flame Mountains, he felt that the concentration of spiritual energy in Chiyan Mountain had increased significantly.

This is because the Lu family, with the help of the resources that Lu Cheng'an plundered from the Secret Pill Zhang family, cultivated three more third-order spiritual veins in just four months.

The number of third-tier spiritual veins in the Crimson Smoke Mountains has now reached four. With these four third-tier spiritual veins providing spiritual energy, it will be difficult for any third-tier demon beast, such as the Azure Flame Lion, to break through the Sun and Moon Mirror Formation.

After observing outside Crimson Smoke Mountain for a while, Lu Cheng'an flew into the mountain. At this time, Lu Wenxing and other cultivators were already waiting for Lu Cheng'an to return in the council hall of Crimson Smoke Mountain, as instructed by Lu Cheng'an.

The cultivators in the council hall were not only Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Lu family, but also second-tier cultivators from the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider and Spirit Clam clans, as well as Foundation Establishment cultivators from the surrounding areas of the Lu family.

For example, the Liang family of Green Wind Valley and the Peng family of Yunan Mountain, as well as some independent cultivators.

The reason these Foundation Establishment cultivators were summoned by the Lu family to jointly resist the attacks of third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion was not only because the Lu family had produced Lu Cheng'an, a Golden Core cultivator, but also because of the generous conditions offered by the Lu family.

Following Lu Cheng'an's instructions, Lu Wenxing presented many cultivation techniques and spells as rewards to the cultivators who accepted the Lu family's summons. These texts were no longer of any importance to the Lu family.

Because Lu Cheng'an received the inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect, he possessed countless high-level cultivation techniques, spells, and other classic texts.

These first and second-tier cultivation techniques and spells would be of no use to the Lu family anymore.

However, these ancient texts are extremely rare treasures for cultivation forces such as the Liang Clan of Green Wind Valley, as well as for many independent cultivators.

For these two reasons, the Foundation Establishment forces and independent cultivators around the Lu family were willing to accept the Lu family's call and join forces with the Lu family to resist the onslaught of third-tier demonic beasts in the Burning Flame Mountains.

If we include the second-tier cultivators of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider and the Spirit Clam clan, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered at the Lu family's Crimson Smoke Mountain has now reached fifty-eight, while the number of Qi Refining cultivators is even greater, reaching one thousand two hundred and thirty-seven.

Many of these Qi Refining Realm warriors are rogue cultivators. Their strength is generally weak, but they can still be of some use in dealing with attacks from demonic beasts.

All those participating in the meeting were Foundation Establishment cultivators. As soon as Lu Cheng'an entered the meeting hall, all the cultivators' eyes fell on him.

"Greetings, Senior Lu!"

Lu Cheng'an walked to the main seat in the council hall, then turned to look at the group of cultivators in the hall. At this moment, led by Chi Liu, they all spoke up and respectfully greeted Lu Cheng'an.

"Fellow Daoists, please make no need for formalities!"

After gesturing for them to sit down, Lu Cheng'an's face turned serious. He said in a deep voice, "I have received news that the Azure Flame Lion and other third-tier demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains have left the Hong'e Mountains..."

Lu Cheng'an's purpose in convening this meeting with these Foundation Establishment warriors was quite simple: to boost morale and prepare them for battle against the demonic beasts of the Burning Flame Mountain Range.

After informing the cultivators, including Chi Liu, about the situation of the third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion, he also told them about the upcoming arrival of the Heavenly Flame Sect and the Spring and Autumn True Person of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

After Lu Cheng'an revealed this news, Peng Yue and the other cultivators, who were initially somewhat worried, immediately gained a lot of confidence.

The Heavenly Flame Sect is an old and powerful Golden Core sect. They are all cultivation forces within the Heavenly Flame Sect's territory.

If the Tianyan Sect were to come to the Lu family's aid, their chances of withstanding the attacks of third-tier demonic beasts would greatly increase.

Peng Yue and the others had such thoughts because they did not know that Chongxu and others from the Tianyan Sect had fought with Lu Cheng, and that even Xuan Kong had been killed by Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an did not publicize this matter, and the Tianyan Sect was even less likely to spread it.

After informing Peng Yue and the other cultivators about these matters, Lu Cheng'an instructed them to leave the council hall and await his orders to deal with the attacks from the third-tier demonic beasts of the Burning Flame Mountains.

After Peng Yue and the other cultivators recruited by the Lu family left the council hall, Lu Cheng'an did not dismiss the meeting, but instead inquired about the Lu family's situation during this period.

"I have brought Zhang Hongqiu and the other members of the Secret Pill Zhang Clan to Chiyan Mountain. I have placed restrictions inside the bodies of the Secret Pill Zhang Clan cultivators, so I can take their lives at any time."

The numerous mortals of the Zhang family, who were believed to possess secret pills, were dispersed by your Lu family's Foundation Establishment cultivators and sent away from Crimson Smoke Mountain!

Lingxuan quickly informed Lu Cheng'an about the progress of the tasks he had assigned her.

The Zhang family of Secret Pills has five Foundation Establishment cultivators and even more Qi Refining cultivators, exceeding one hundred.

Lu Cheng'an did not kill these people directly, but planned to use them in the upcoming attack by the monsters.

These cultivators from the Secret Pill Zhang Clan are very likely to die at the hands of demonic beasts. Even if they manage to survive to the end, Lu Cheng'an will still take action to suppress and kill them!

Lu Cheng'an also instructed Lingxuan to take away all the mortals raised by the Zhang family of Secret Pills.

The Zhang family of Midan kept two to three hundred thousand ordinary clansmen, a large number.

The Lu family now owns several mines, many of which require ordinary young men to mine.

Moreover, the Lu family currently has far more ordinary members than the Zhang family of the Secret Pill Sect. These ordinary members of the Zhang family can be easily absorbed by the Lu family's ordinary members, thus increasing the number of ordinary members in the Lu family.

"Thank you for your hard work this time!" Lu Cheng'an nodded slightly, a satisfied smile appearing on his face after hearing Ling Xuan's report.

After Lingxuan sat down, Lu Wenxing immediately stood up and began to tell Lu Cheng'an about the current situation of the Lu family.

All the Lu family members from the area near Chiyan Mountain have been sent to the vicinity of Luofeng Mountain. Lu Wenhua is now stationed at Luofeng Mountain to ensure the safety of those mortal clansmen.

Thanks to the Lu family's tireless cultivation, Chiyan Mountain now has four third-tier spiritual veins, enough to activate the Sun and Moon Mirror Array, a high-grade third-tier spiritual array.

Cheng Bai and the others also successfully switched to cultivating new techniques, and their cultivation levels all achieved breakthroughs.

Among them, Lu Jingkun, who cultivates the Earthly Jade Book, still stands out the most. He has successfully broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining and become the eighth Qi Refining cultivator in the Lu family.

The remaining eight are Lu Wenjing, Lu Chengsong, Lu Chengyun, Lu Chenglan, Lu Chengbai, Lu Jingxiu, Lu Jinglin, and Lu Jingtong.

Lu Wenjing, Lu Chengsong, and Lu Chengyun were the older generation of cultivators in the Lu family. They were among the first group of cultivators to migrate to Chiyan Mountain.

Their current cultivation level has been able to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining largely due to the accumulation of time; their cultivation talent is not particularly outstanding.

Lu Wenjing once used a Foundation Establishment spiritual item in an attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm, but he failed and has not yet repaid the debt for the purchase of the item.

(End of this chapter)