Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 236 Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc
The other elder mentioned by Lu Jingkun was Lu Chengping, whose cultivation had recently broken through to the Golden Core realm.

Lu Chengping is currently busy transplanting blood essence rice with the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect.

The transplantation of Blood Essence Rice by the Linggu Sect was not as smooth as that by the Lu family. This was because the Linggu Sect did not have a cultivator as skilled as Lu Jingkun in manipulating the earth's energy.

However, after such a long period of cultivation by the Golden Core cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect, although some Blood Essence Rice died during the process, most of the Blood Essence Rice was successfully transplanted.

Now they are facing the same situation as the Lu family, which is that they have not found a suitable spiritual object to cultivate blood essence rice.

But this has little to do with Lu Chengping anymore, as he no longer needs to set up spirit arrays to cultivate blood essence rice.

The reason he is still in the Linggu Sect is that he is currently studying the Yin-Yang Tongcan Yuanling Technique, a secret cultivation technique, with his two Daoist partners.

After Lu Jingkun's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, Lu Cheng'an handed over this secret technique of dual cultivation to Lu Chengping.

Lu Chengping and his two Daoist partners already had the Deep Affection Gu in their bodies, and the function of the Deep Affection Gu was similar to the secret technique of dual cultivation.

Moreover, the Linggu Sect also has a lineage of dual cultivation techniques, which Lu Chengping and his two Daoist partners have been practicing.

However, the dual cultivation secret technique passed down by the Linggu Sect is far inferior to the Yin-Yang Co-existing Yuanling Technique, which is why Lu Chengping and his Daoist partner are currently studying this dual cultivation secret technique.

If he and his two Daoist partners were to cultivate the Yin-Yang Co-cultivation Yuanling Technique, his two Daoist partners would be able to gain more benefits during the dual cultivation process.

This is because his cultivation level is higher than that of his two Daoist partners. In dual cultivation among cultivators, the one with lower cultivation level usually receives more benefits.

Lu Chengping and his two Daoist partners have now basically mastered the Yin-Yang Co-existence Yuanling Technique. After they cultivate together for a period of time, Lu Chengping will return to the Lu family.

His two Daoist partners will not be returning with him this time. They will stay at the Spirit Gu Sect to digest the gains from this dual cultivation and strive to break through to the Golden Core realm as soon as possible.

This may take another one to two months.

"Thank you both for telling me this news. Please accept this gift as a token of my gratitude!" Qing Hong said with a smile.

He took out two magical artifacts from his storage ring, one a high-grade second-tier item and the other a low-grade second-tier item, and gave them to Lu Jingkun and Lu Jingtong respectively.

Qing Hong's wealth is not abundant, but that is relative to Golden Core cultivators like Lu Cheng'an.

For Foundation Establishment cultivators like Lu Jingkun, Qing Hong's wealth was still quite substantial.

These two second-tier magic artifacts are quite valuable. Although they are of little use to Lu Jingkun and his companion, they can still be exchanged for a considerable amount of cultivation resources.

After exchanging a glance, Lu Jingkun and Lu Jingtong accepted Qinghong's gift without refusing it.

Lu Jingkun and his companion did not have much contact with Qing Hong. After obtaining the carcasses of the two green antelopes, they returned to the spirit field where the blood essence rice was planted.

Lu Jingkun continued to manipulate the earth's energy to provide power for the blood essence rice, while Lu Jingtong began to study whether the flesh and blood of the blue antelope had any effect on the blood essence rice.

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Inside Shi Ningyu's cave in the Dan Ding Sect.

Not long after Lu Cheng'an left the Lu family, he arrived at the Dan Ding Sect.

Because he had already expressed his feelings to Shi Ningyu's grandfather, when he arrived at Dan Ding Sect this time, he did not go directly to Yu Du Peak where Shi Ningyu was located, but instead went to visit Shi Mingxin first.

This time, Shi Mingxin did not make things difficult for Lu Cheng'an. Instead, Lu Cheng'an gave Shi Mingxin some pointers on his cultivation, which greatly benefited Shi Mingxin.

This improved Shi Mingxin's impression of Lu Chengan somewhat, but he still didn't show any excessive closeness to Lu Chengan.

Lu Cheng'an did not stay at Shi Mingxin's place for long. After leaving Shi Mingxin's cave, he went to Yudu Peak where Shi Ningyu was located and went directly into Shi Ningyu's cave.

"Brother An, has my grandfather stopped making things difficult for you?" Shi Ningyu asked with a hint of worry.

"Don't worry, Grandfather treated me very well this time!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Shi Ningyu, saying, "I have finally finished refining the third-grade high-quality Fire Cloud Gourd. You can refine it and then test the power of this magic weapon!"

This was something Lu Cheng'an had agreed upon with Shi Ningyu beforehand, so Shi Ningyu didn't stand on ceremony with Lu Cheng'an.

After receiving the third-grade high-quality Fire Cloud Gourd from Lu Cheng'an, she quickly inspected the magical artifact.

She then sensed that this magical artifact contained extremely powerful energy, making it a potential trump card.

Although the Fire Cloud Gourd was only a high-grade third-tier artifact, Shi Ningyu's spiritual power had already surpassed the late-stage Golden Core realm, so refining this magical artifact was not difficult for her.

After successfully refining the Fire Cloud Gourd, Shi Ningyu couldn't wait to test the power of this magical artifact.

Just as Lu Cheng'an predicted, if all eight Fiery Cloud Swords were unleashed simultaneously, they would be enough to threaten a cultivator at the Golden Core Perfection stage.

Moreover, the Fire Cloud Gourd only requires a small amount of magic power to activate, and if this magical artifact is used for a sneak attack at a critical moment, it is very likely to succeed.

After explaining the internal structure of the Fire Cloud Gourd to Shi Ningyu, Lu Cheng'an asked with a hint of melancholy, "When do you plan to leave?"

Shi Ningyu originally planned to travel to the cultivation world of Hezhou shortly after breaking through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, but it was delayed until now because her grandfather's cultivation was about to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Now that Shi Mingxin's cultivation has successfully broken through to the Golden Core realm, Lu Cheng'an feels that Shi Ningyu may leave the Dan Ding Sect at any time.

"I originally planned to go to the cultivation world of Hezhou soon, but recently the monsters in the Burning Flame Mountains have been going out more and more frequently, and I'm worried that there might be problems, so I'm going to wait and see!"

Shi Ningyu looked worried. Although the third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion of the Burning Flame Mountain Range had been extremely peaceful in recent years, they had remained in the Burning Flame Mountain Range, like a sharp knife hovering above the heads of the surrounding humans.

The Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect now have the strength to suppress and kill all the third-tier demonic beasts, including the Azure Flame Lion of the Burning Flame Mountain Range, but the Azure Flame Lion is the offspring of the Azure Lion Demon King.

Furthermore, Lu Cheng'an was worried that their display of such formidable strength would arouse the apprehension of the Ancient Desolate Sect. Therefore, even though they now possessed the strength to suppress third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion, they did not take the initiative to attack them.

However, what Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu felt threatened by were not the third-tier demonic beasts like the Azure Flame Lion, but the numerous first- and second-tier demonic beasts.

Although these first and second-tier demonic beasts are relatively weak, their sheer number makes them a formidable threat. If they were to disperse and enter the surrounding human territories, even Golden Core cultivators like Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu would find it difficult to hunt them all down. Furthermore, given that the third-tier demonic beasts, such as the Azure Flame Lion, have been in the Burning Flame Mountains for so long, they are unsure whether these third-tier beasts are only prepared to hunt the first and second-tier ones.

After all, the Azure Flame Lion had previously invited a powerful third-tier demon beast like Ape Hong to help.

Even though Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu have both broken through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, they are still not confident of defeating Yuan Hong.

Third-tier demonic beasts such as the Azure Flame Lion may launch a beast tide attack in the near future.

Shi Ningyu's trip to the cultivation world in Hezhou is not urgent; she can wait a while longer.

"It's better if you wait a little longer, to avoid any unexpected situations!"

Lu Cheng'an originally planned to accompany Shi Ningyu to the cultivation world of Hezhou. Now that he knows that Shi Ningyu will leave Dan Ding Sect for a while longer, he still did not change his decision and stayed at Yudu Peak to cultivate with Shi Ningyu.

During this period, the two inevitably began to study the Yin-Yang Co-cultivation Yuanling Technique, a secret technique for dual cultivation. This time, they mainly studied the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique, a secret technique for tempering the soul.

Although this divine soul technique is extremely powerful, it is too painful to cultivate and is very dangerous.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu wanted to take advantage of their dual cultivation to deepen their understanding of this divine soul technique and see if they could find a way to solve the problems of cultivating the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique.

Unfortunately, the Great Sun Soul Refining Technique is so difficult to cultivate. Their dual cultivation deepened their understanding of this divine soul technique, but they still couldn't solve any of the problems they faced in cultivating it.

Lu Cheng'an stayed at the Dan Ding Sect for more than a month before leaving after receiving a message from Lu Chengping.

Lu Chengping had already dealt with the Linggu Sect matter and returned to the Lu family.

Lu Chengping returned to the Lu family not only to set up a third-tier spirit array for the family, but also to ask Lu Chengan for help in refining a third-tier magic weapon.

Lu Chengping is currently still practicing the Heavenly Evolution Technique. The reason he hasn't switched to the fourth-order technique that Lu Chengan obtained from the Burning Flame Sect ruins is because the Heavenly Evolution Technique itself may be a fourth-order technique, or even a technique that is more profound than a fourth-order technique.

Lu Chengping did not obtain the complete Heavenly Evolution Technique; it only contained the cultivation method for reaching the Golden Core Perfection realm.

Among them, the cultivation methods for the Golden Core stage record the methods for refining three minor supernatural powers and a natal magic weapon.

These three minor supernatural abilities are Heavenly Evolution Finger, Imprisoning Heaven Palm, and Heavenly Evolution Extinction Divine Light. Among them, Heavenly Evolution Finger and Imprisoning Heaven Palm do not require external objects to cultivate.

However, these two minor supernatural abilities are extremely difficult to cultivate, requiring cultivators to have exceptional comprehension and talent to successfully master them.

The Heavenly Extinction Divine Light needs the assistance of a spiritual entity like the Collapsed Spiritual Light.

The Annihilation Aura can only be born when space collapses. It is an extremely rare spiritual object, much harder to find than the Fire Fiend and Spiritual Flame that Lu Cheng'an needs to cultivate his minor supernatural powers.

The natal magic treasure recorded in the Heavenly Evolution Manual is called the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc. This magic treasure is not good at attacking, but it contains a set of Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Formation.

If the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc is successfully forged, the power of the Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Array imprinted on this magic weapon will increase several times.

When this magic weapon is activated, even those whose cultivation level is two realms higher than Lu Chengping's will be trapped inside it.

The Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc's ability to trap enemies is only supplementary; the main function of this magical artifact is deduction.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Evolution Technique that Lu Chengping obtained was incomplete, as it seemed to lack the most important method for deducing heavenly secrets.

However, if he successfully refines the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc, he can rely on this magic weapon to deduce the formation methods of various spirit arrays and quickly improve his array-setting ability.

Over the years, Lu Chengping has been preparing to search for materials to refine the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc, and has even mobilized the power of the Lu family and the Spirit Gu Sect, two major cultivation forces.

He has now collected all the materials needed for the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc. This time, he returned to his family to ask Lu Cheng'an to help him refine this magical artifact.

“Brother Chengping, tell me how you crafted your natal magic weapon, the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc!” Lu Chengan said with a smile.

After returning to his family from Dan Ding Sect, he immediately met with Lu Chengping, who had also returned to the family.

“This jade slip contains the method for refining the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc. This magic weapon is quite difficult to refine. See if you can refine it!” Lu Chengping said.

Lu Cheng'an did not answer Lu Chengping immediately. After receiving the jade slip, he immediately checked the refining method recorded on it.

He is now a third-tier high-grade weapon refiner, having refined three natal magic treasures: the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell, the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, and the Divine Jade Exquisite Pagoda. Moreover, the grade of these three natal magic treasures has been upgraded to the third-tier mid-grade.

He was very confident that he could refine the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc.

However, after seeing the method for refining the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc, he realized that he had been too confident.

The Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc was the most difficult third-tier magic weapon he had ever seen to forge. The forging process of this magic weapon was extremely complicated, and its structure was also extremely ingenious.

Most importantly, the Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Array, which needs to be imprinted on the bottom of the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc, is an extremely complex spirit array that requires at least a third-level spirit array master to set up.

"To be honest, I'm not very confident that I can refine the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc!"

Lu Cheng'an sighed and said, "The most difficult part of refining the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc is the Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Array. This array is too complicated. If you can help me set up this spiritual array, then I will have a greater chance of refining the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc."

Lu Cheng'an did not think his weapon-refining skills were bad. Even a third-tier top-grade spirit array master probably wouldn't have much confidence in refining the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc.

“I have studied the Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Array for a long time. When it is time to refine it, I will follow your instructions and can imprint the Heavenly Evolution Divine Transformation Trapping Heaven Array into the Heavenly Evolution Divine Plate!” Lu Chengping said.

"Then I'm 70% confident I can refine the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and said, "Next, I need to study the refining method of the Heavenly Evolution Divine Disc again. Brother Chengping can first set up third-order spirit gathering arrays and spirit nurturing arrays in the family's spiritual peaks such as Suixing Peak, and cultivate third-order spiritual veins on these spiritual peaks as soon as possible to enhance the family's defensive power!" Lu Cheng'an said.

If each of the Lu family's nine spiritual peaks were to cultivate a third-order spiritual vein, the abundant spiritual energy would be sufficient to sustain the operation of a large number of third-order spiritual arrays.

Only in this way could Lu Chengping continue to set up the sub-arrays of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array on these spiritual peaks.

(End of this chapter)