Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 221 Lu Chengping's Situation
The fiery aura within the Five Spirits Lake is somewhat thinner than before, but its current density is still unbearable for first and second-tier demonic beasts and spirit races.

After quickly inspecting the Five Spirits Lake with his divine sense, Lu Cheng'an flew towards the location where Five Spirits Island had been before.

The area where Wuling Island is located is the center of the entire Wuling Lake, and it is also the place where the fire and spiritual energy are most concentrated in the entire Wuling Lake.

"It actually re-formed a third-order spiritual vein in such a short time!" Lu Cheng'an exclaimed in surprise after sensing the third-order spiritual vein that was about to take shape.

Previously, there were several third-order spiritual veins on Five Spirit Island, but with the collapse of Five Spirit Island, these third-order spiritual veins were also destroyed.

Several years have passed since the collapse of Five Spirits Island. Originally, Lu Cheng'an thought that the spiritual energy in the area where Five Spirits Island was located would become thinner and thinner, but now the opposite is true.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the area where Five Spirits Island is located has not decreased; on the contrary, a third-order spiritual vein is about to emerge.

After a moment of surprise, Lu Cheng'an quickly calmed down.

He then unleashed a series of incantations, which were the Treasure Nourishing Techniques recorded in the Burning Flame Sect's weapon-refining heritage, specifically used to nourish magical treasures.

If the Treasure-Gathering Technique is applied to a specific environment, it will create a suitable place for nurturing treasures.

Five Spirits Island is the most suitable place to nurture the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a magical artifact!

As Lu Cheng'an continued to cast the Treasure Gathering Technique, the dense fire elemental energy surrounding him, along with the fire evil energy, slowly converged towards the area where the spiritual vein was located.

Eventually, it gradually coalesced into a sphere the size of a washbasin, with rich spiritual energy, fire elemental energy, and fire evil energy slowly circulating around the center of the sphere.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an took the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan out of his storage ring and placed it inside the sphere.

Lu Cheng'an observed from outside for a while and sensed that the special power of the fusion of spiritual energy, fire elemental energy, and fire evil energy was being absorbed little by little by the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan.

However, this power is still very weak and has not brought about much change to the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan.

"Once I've successfully mastered the minor supernatural abilities like the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body, I'll continue cultivating here!"

Pure spiritual energy can also improve his cultivation level, but if he does not refine the fire elemental energy during the cultivation process, the magical power he cultivates will be weakened to some extent.

However, Lu Cheng'an is not planning to enter the lava river to cultivate now; he wants to cultivate minor supernatural abilities such as the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body.

He has now collected all the auxiliary materials needed to cultivate minor supernatural abilities such as the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body. Once he returns to his family from the Lava River, he can begin cultivating these minor supernatural abilities.

Lu Cheng'an did not waste any time. After placing the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan into the spiritual vein where the Five Spirits Island was located, he left directly from the lava river.

"Ningyu, you've come!"

When Lu Cheng'an returned to his family, he saw that Shi Ningyu was already waiting for him in his cave.

"Brother An, I came straight here after receiving your message!"

Shi Ningyu smiled slightly and asked, "Have you finished refining your natal magic weapon? Can I take a look?"

She came to Lu Cheng'an because she wanted him to help her refine her natal magic weapon.

The natal magic weapon that Shi Ningyu is going to refine is called the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda. All the materials needed to refine the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda have been collected.

A cultivator's natal magic weapon needs to be refined with essence blood and the origin of the soul. Therefore, when refining a natal magic weapon, it is necessary to find a weapon refiner who can be trusted enough.

Before Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu returned, they had already agreed that once Lu Cheng'an was able to refine his own natal magic weapon, he would help Shi Ningyu refine her natal magic weapon, the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda.

"This is the Earth Flame Purple Golden Bell, my natal magic treasure!"

With a thought, Lu Cheng'an summoned the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell that had been in his dantian and it appeared in his palm.

The Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell is far more powerful than the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda, and the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell that Lu Cheng'an crafted is of extremely high quality.

Shi Ningyu only needed to examine it briefly to feel the power of the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell!

"Let's head to the weapon-refining room right now and refine the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda for you immediately!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly, took Shi Ningyu's fair hand, and led her into the weapon-refining room.

He and Shi Ningyu have already agreed to cultivate together and become Daoist partners in the future.

Although they haven't taken the final step yet, they've basically done everything they've done on their way back from the Poison Swamp Immortal City, such as holding hands.

Therefore, after Lu Cheng'an grasped Shi Ningyu's hand, Shi Ningyu did not refuse, but instead grasped Lu Cheng'an's hand in return.

"This is the Five Elements Spiritual Spring that you nurtured with the heart of the Five Elements Spring!"

As soon as Shi Ningyu entered Lu Cheng'an's weapon-refining room, she saw the spiritual spring inside.

"It is indeed the Five Elements Spiritual Spring. If it weren't for this spiritual spring, I wouldn't have been able to refine my natal magic weapon so smoothly!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly and said, "I have already refined all the materials for refining the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda. However, you will need to refine the third-tier materials such as Divine Pattern Jade and Spirit Aperture Gold Stone again to facilitate the next step of the refining process!"

After Lu Chengan agreed to help Shi Ningyu refine the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda, Shi Ningyu handed over all the materials for refining the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda to Lu Chengan.

When Lu Cheng'an was refining the third-tier materials for the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, he also refined the third-tier materials needed to refine the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda at the same time.

All the first and second-tier materials were given to Jin Yuan.

Since Jin Yuan broke through to the late stage of the second tier, he has not had a moment to rest. He has been busy refining the first and second tier materials needed by Lu Cheng'an to make magic weapons and treasures.

Shi Ningyu didn't dare to waste any time. After Lu Cheng'an took out the third-tier materials such as the Divine Pattern Jade, she immediately began to refine these third-tier minerals.

This is because the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda is Shi Ningyu's natal magic weapon, and its forging required the infusion of Shi Ningyu's essence and soul.

Now that these third-tier ores have been refined by Shi Ningyu, they will be more easily integrated with her essence blood and divine soul source.

This didn't take too long; in just one day, Shi Ningyu had refined all those third-tier materials.

After that, Lu Cheng'an began to refine the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda, a third-grade low-level natal magic weapon.

The Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda was easier to forge than the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan. Furthermore, Lu Cheng'an already had experience forging magical artifacts twice, which made the process of forging the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda much smoother. After spending a month and a half, Lu Cheng'an successfully forged the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda.

"Check the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda and see if there are any problems?" A smile appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face. He reached out and grabbed the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda from the refining furnace, handing it to Shi Ningyu.

The Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda contains the essence of Shi Ningyu's blood and soul. After this magical treasure fell into Shi Ningyu's hands, she felt a blood connection with it.

This feeling made Shi Ningyu extremely happy, but after a moment, she suppressed this joy and, as Lu Chengan had instructed, began to carefully examine the newly crafted Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda.

"The Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda is flawless; its quality is even better than I expected!" Shi Ningyu said with a smile.

"Now, take it into your dantian and nurture it with your magic power to slowly enhance the power of this magic weapon!" Lu Cheng'an said.

Shi Ningyu's main purpose in coming to the Lu family was to have Lu Cheng'an help her refine her natal magic weapon. Therefore, after the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda was refined, she did not stay at the Lu family for long.

Lu Cheng'an naturally hoped that Shi Ningyu could stay at the Lu family for a while longer, but the two of them were not an ordinary couple.

He and Shi Ningyu still have a lot of work to do, and not much time for tender moments.

After sending Shi Ningyu out of the Lu family, Lu Cheng'an inspected the condition of the eight mountain peaks.

More than a year has passed since these eight peaks were moved to the vicinity of Chiyan Mountain. Although Lu Cheng'an has not spent any more time on these eight peaks.

However, the other cultivators of the Lu family have been busy with these eight mountain peaks, especially Lu Chengping and Lu Chengjingkun.

Lu Chengping had just emerged from the Spirit Gu Sect's secret realm after receiving a message from his family.

He and his two Daoist partners had a good harvest in the Spirit Gu Sect's secret realm, obtaining two kinds of Spirit Gu that had been lost to the Spirit Gu Sect for a long time.

These two types of spirit gu are the substitute death gu and the blood spirit gu.

As the name suggests, the main function of the substitute death gu is to die in place of its host, essentially giving the cultivator who possesses the substitute death gu an extra life.

The Blood Spirit Gu is a spirit Gu that enhances a cultivator's strength, granting them the ability to fight across borders!

Take Lu Chengping for example. His current cultivation level is at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, but once he activates the power of the Blood Spirit Gu, he can unleash power comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage.

This will not cause any damage to Lu Chengping's body; it will only weaken the power of the Blood Spirit Gu.

Once the Blood Spirit Gu is activated, it takes at least a year to recover.

After obtaining these two spirit gu, Lu Chengping automatically became their host, and even the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect could not separate themselves from them.

However, after Lu Chengping came out of the Spirit Gu Sect's secret realm, he was asked by the Spirit Gu Sect's Golden Core cultivators to remove the two kinds of spirit gu from his body and hand them over to the Spirit Gu Sect's Golden Core cultivators for research.

These two types of spirit gu have not appeared in the Spirit Gu Sect for a long time. The Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect want to study these two types of spirit gu to see if they can make them reappear in the Spirit Gu Sect.

Lu Chengping was not a true cultivator of the Spirit Gu Sect. He did not pay much attention to the Substitute Death Gu and the Blood Spirit Gu, two spirit Gu that the Spirit Gu Sect valued highly.

Therefore, when the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect asked him to remove these two substances from his body and hand them over for research, he agreed without much hesitation.

Lu Chengping's attitude won the favor of the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect, which further solidified their decision to train Lu Chengping to become a Golden Core cultivator.

Lu Chengping was unaware of these things. Not long after he handed over the Substitute Death Gu and Blood Spirit Gu to the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect for research, he received a message from his family.

After he told the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect that he was going to leave the sect for a while, they did not stop him at all.

They simply told Lu Chengping to be careful outside and gave him a few third-tier talismans for self-defense. After that, they all went back to studying the substitute death gu and the blood spirit gu.

Lu Chengping then went straight back to the Lu family home.

After returning to the Lu family, Lu Wenxing explained the current situation of the Lu family to Lu Chengping in detail. Then, he and Lu Jingkun set up various spirit arrays on the eight mountain peaks.

Lu Chengping and Lu Jingkun set up spirit gathering arrays and spirit nurturing arrays the most, because the spiritual veins on those eight mountain peaks were of very low grade.

Some mountain peaks only have spiritual caves, but they have not yet developed spiritual veins.

Lu Chengping was mainly in charge of setting up the spirit array, while Lu Jingkun was mainly responsible for connecting the sealed earth veins within these eight mountain peaks with the earth veins surrounding Chiyan Mountain.

After more than a year of hard work, Lu Jingkun has successfully connected the earth veins within these eight mountain peaks with the earth veins surrounding Chiyan Mountain.

After these ley lines are interconnected, the overall power of the ley lines is greatly enhanced, and this enhancement has not stopped, but continues to slowly increase in power.

The growth of the earth's vein power is an excellent thing. It can make the spiritual peaks even taller, and in the process of power growth, it will also give birth to various types of treasures.

This change was unexpected by Lu Jingkun, but after sensing the changes in these earth veins, he immediately shared the good news with the other cultivators in his clan.

The spirit arrays, such as the Thousand Miasma Illusion Array and the Black Rain Corruption Immortal Array, which Lu Cheng'an brought back from Miasma Bamboo Island, were also set up on the peaks of Crimson Smoke Mountain and other mountains.

These two third-order spirit arrays cover an extremely vast area, enough to completely cover all the spirit peaks, including Crimson Smoke Mountain.

However, the environment around Crimson Smoke Mountain is very different from that of Bamboo Island. The Thousand Miasma Illusion Array and the Black Water Corruption Immortal Array are not very compatible with the environment of Crimson Smoke Mountain, which will weaken the power of these two arrays to some extent.

However, they are, after all, top-grade and high-grade third-tier spirit arrays, and their power is incomparable to that of lower-grade third-tier spirit arrays.

Third-order spirit-nurturing arrays and spirit-developing arrays were also set up on some mountain peaks, and the Lu family planned to cultivate third-order spirit veins in these mountains.

However, a set of third-order spirit gathering and spirit nurturing arrays was set up around the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree. The Lu family wanted to cultivate a third-order spirit vein here to specifically supply the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree with its growth needs.

When Lu Cheng'an inquired about the situation from Lu Jingkun and Lu Jingkun, the two of them had already basically completed these tasks.

After acknowledging what they had done, Lu Cheng'an encouraged them to continue their efforts. He then returned to his cave and began cultivating minor supernatural abilities such as the Earth Flame Myriad Manifestations Body.

Cultivating these minor supernatural abilities requires the assistance of various precious spiritual objects. Lu Cheng'an had not cultivated these minor supernatural abilities before because he lacked such objects, but that did not mean he had not studied how to cultivate them.

He made great progress very quickly after entering the cave and beginning to cultivate these minor supernatural abilities.

(End of this chapter)