Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

"Mu Yun greets the two seniors!"

Upon seeing Lu Cheng'an and Ling Xuan, Mu Yun immediately bowed respectfully.

He was older than Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu combined, but in the cultivation world, strength was paramount. Lu Cheng'an and Ling Xuan were stronger than Mu Yun, so they were naturally considered Mu Yun's seniors.

Lu Cheng'an's gaze fell on Mu Yun. He saw that Mu Yun was nearly ten feet tall, with a human-like figure, two legs and two arms, but his facial features were full of wrinkles, like the bark of an old tree.

His head was covered in messy hair, and its color wasn't the black of a human's, but fiery red.

After Lu Cheng'an withdrew his gaze from Mu Yun, he asked, "Your Firewood Clan evolved from spirit plants. Are you able to detect information about various spirit plants?"

"Reporting to Senior, we can sense the condition of the spiritual plants!" Mu Yun immediately replied earnestly.

They were originally spirit plants transformed into demons, so their perception of spirit plants was naturally more acute than that of human cultivators.

Mu Yun was an ancient monster who had lived for over a thousand years. Upon hearing Lu Cheng'an's question, he immediately guessed that Lu Cheng'an intended to leave their Huomu clan behind alone.

“Our Lu family has planted some spiritual plants. Since your Huomu clan can sense the condition of the spiritual plants, please come with me to the Lu family to assist our family’s spiritual plant masters in cultivating them.”

"If you perform well, you might have a chance to become a third-tier cultivator in the future!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

"Please rest assured, senior, I will do my best to assist the Lu family's spiritual plant masters in cultivating spiritual plants!" Mu Yun said with a slight excitement.

Mu Yun knew that Lu Cheng'an and the Lu family had such strength because Ling Xuan of the Spirit Clam Clan broke through to the third rank after entering the Lu family.

If he performs well in the Lu family, he might actually be able to break through to the third tier by relying on the Lu family's coattails in the future!

Lu Cheng'an didn't ask Mu Yun too many questions. After he had a certain understanding of Mu Yun's situation, he told Mu Yun to wait outside.

He then gave Lingxuan some instructions, and then led Mu Yun and other cultivators of the Firewood Clan to the monster breeding base built by the Lu family in the Burning Flame Mountains.

The third-tier demonic beasts, such as Queyun and Qinghong, now live in this area. Lu Cheng'an also specifically instructed Lu Chengping to cultivate third-tier spiritual veins in this region to provide for the cultivation needs of Queyun and other third-tier demonic beasts.

The third-tier demonic beasts, such as Queyun, are mainly responsible for guarding the area, while the cultivation of demonic beasts is handled by Lu Chengyao and other cultivators from the Lu family who practice the art of beast taming.

The beast breeding base that the Lu family is building in the Burning Flame Mountains is now basically complete. Lu Cheng'an is taking Mu Yun and other Firewood Clan cultivators to check on the situation, but they don't stay there for too long.

However, after seeing how respectful the third-tier demonic beasts like Queyun were to Lu Cheng'an, the Firewood Clan cultivators, including Muyun, held Lu Cheng'an and the Lu family behind him in even higher esteem.

The fact that Lu Cheng'an and his family could subdue third-tier demonic beasts like Queyun and Qinghong demonstrates the immense power they wield.

Lu Cheng'an quickly led Mu Yun and other cultivators of the Firewood Clan back to the Lu family. He no longer managed the cultivators of the Firewood Clan, but instead had the Lu family cultivators take them to Suixing Peak to take care of the various spiritual plants planted there.

Lu Jingtong is not the only spiritual plant master trained by the Lu family.

Among the various cultivation arts, the cultivation of spiritual plants requires relatively little investment and is the easiest to learn. Therefore, many cultivators in the cultivation world choose to study the cultivation of spiritual plants.

The Lu family is the same; many of their cultivators choose to cultivate spiritual plants.

However, there are not many people like Lu Jingtong who are outstanding in both spiritual plant cultivation and cultivation talent. The Lu family cultivators who choose to cultivate spiritual plants generally have poor cultivation talent, and their talent in spiritual plant cultivation is not very high either.

Of course, there are also cultivators like Lu Jingtong, such as Lu Jingyin and Lu Ruishen.

Lu Jingtong made proper arrangements when he left the Lu family.

After entering Suixing Peak, cultivators from the Huomu clan, including Mu Yun, would work with Lu Jingyin and other spiritual plant masters from the Lu family to care for the spiritual plants on Suixing Peak, and at the same time, they would follow them to cultivate spiritual plants.

After dealing with the Lu family's affairs, Lu Cheng'an went to the Dan Ding Sect.

His purpose in going to the Dan Ding Sect was not only to inquire about Shi Ningyu's departure time, but also to purchase a batch of low-grade pills from the sect.

The Lu family has also cultivated many alchemists. For example, Lu Chengbo's cultivation has broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and he has also become a mid-grade second-tier alchemist.

Lu Chengbo has a good talent for alchemy, and the Lu family has also obtained the complete alchemy inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect. However, his ability to become a second-level mid-grade alchemist is also closely related to the Pill Cauldron Sect.

Because of Lu Cheng'an, the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect have a very close relationship.

Therefore, the Lu family sent some of their clansmen who practiced alchemy to the Dan Ding Sect to learn alchemy.

Lu Chengbo was the same. After his cultivation broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he went to the Dan Ding Sect to study for a period of time until he became a second-tier mid-grade alchemist before leaving the Dan Ding Sect.

Alchemists are extremely important to a cultivation faction, since cultivators cannot cultivate without the assistance of various elixirs.

Therefore, once the Lu family had sufficient strength, they began to focus on the alchemists within the clan, and even formulated some clan rules for this purpose.

For example, cultivators who practice alchemy receive certain subsidies, which leads some of the more talented cultivators in the Lu family to also choose alchemy.

The Lu family currently has several alchemists who cultivate the Dao, including Lu Chengbai, who has good talent, as well as Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingyang.

Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingyang are both currently at the ninth level of Qi Refining. They have been at the ninth level of Qi Refining for quite some time now, and are preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The mid-grade third-tier Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree brought the Lu family fourteen Foundation Establishment spiritual items. Later, Lu Cheng'an purchased three more Foundation Establishment spiritual items from the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

However, over the years, the Lu family has consumed a considerable amount of Foundation Establishment spiritual items, and during this time, the Lu family has been trying to find ways to purchase new Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

However, the harvest was not much; the Lu family now only has five Foundation Establishment spiritual items left.

These five Foundation Establishment spiritual items are not particularly few, but the Lu family currently has more than five cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining. These five Foundation Establishment spiritual items are simply not enough for the needs of the Lu family's ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators.

The alchemists of the Lu family can also refine various pills suitable for first-order spirit race cultivators, but the number of alchemists in the Lu family is still much smaller compared to that of the Dan Ding Sect.

Mining is an extremely physically demanding activity. If the Lu family wanted those low-level spirit race cultivators to mine quickly, the number of pills needed to restore their mana and energy would be an incredibly high figure.

This time, Lu Cheng'an planned to purchase 5,000 pills to restore mana and 5,000 pills to restore energy from the Dan Ding Sect. In addition, he also needed to purchase some pills to increase his cultivation. There are about 2,600 spirit race cultivators in the underground lava river of the Burning Flame Mountains. The pills that Lu Cheng'an planned to purchase from the Dan Ding Sect might not be enough for those spirit race cultivators to use for a very long time.

Therefore, before leaving the family, Lu Cheng'an also put Lu Wenmei and Lu Chengbo in charge, and had the alchemists trained by the Lu family start to refine pills suitable for those spirit race cultivators.

The Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect were not far apart, and Lu Cheng'an arrived at the Dan Ding Sect soon after leaving his clan.

"I was just about to come looking for you, I didn't expect you to come here on your own initiative!" Shi Ningyu's face immediately lit up with a pleasant smile when she saw Lu Cheng'an.

She was preparing to leave the Dan Ding Sect and travel to the cultivation world of Hezhou.

She definitely wanted to meet with Lu Cheng'an before she left.

"Are you planning to travel to the cultivation world of Hezhou?" Lu Cheng'an asked, frowning.

Shi Ningyu's smile faded, and after nodding slightly, she said, "The time for going to the Hezhou cultivation world has been set. I plan to take Elder Gui to the Hezhou cultivation world in half a month!"

"You should have told me about this sooner!"

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly and said, "Since you have already decided to travel to the cultivation world of Hezhou, I can't persuade you any further. But you must be extremely careful and never put yourself in danger because you are eager to improve your cultivation."

If you encounter any danger outside that you cannot overcome, be sure to send me a message immediately, and I will do everything in my power to rescue you…

Lu Cheng'an already knew about Shi Ningyu's trip to the cultivation world in Hezhou.

This was a plan that Shi Ningyu had made long ago. Although Lu Cheng'an did not want Shi Ningyu to venture out alone, he could not stop her from traveling.

After all, the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect still rests on Shi Ningyu's shoulders. If Shi Ningyu fails to kill Sha Zehan of the Purple Sun Sect and obtain the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect, there is a 99% chance that she will die.

"Don't worry, Brother An, I'll be careful!"

Shi Ningyu smiled slightly and said, "You've been in the Burning Flame Mountains all this time, haven't you? Has something happened in the Burning Flame Mountains?"

She had been keeping an eye on the Lu family's situation. Lu Cheng'an had brought Lu Jingkun into the Burning Flame Mountains for so long, so naturally, it couldn't be kept from Shi Ningyu.

"Some time ago, I took Jingkun into the Burning Flame Mountains to search for third-tier mineral deposits... The reason I came to the Pill Cauldron Sect this time is not only to find out if you will go to the cultivation world of Hezhou, but also to purchase a batch of pills from the Pill Cauldron Sect!"

Lu Cheng'an did not hide anything from Shi Ningyu. He told her about his harvest from the underground lava river in the Burning Flame Mountains and also mentioned his trip to the Pill Cauldron Sect to purchase elixirs.

The Dan Ding Sect currently has two cultivators at the Golden Core stage: Shi Ningyu and her grandfather, Shi Mingxin.

Lu Cheng'an would naturally not encounter any problems in purchasing these pills from the Dan Ding Sect.

After learning of Lu Cheng'an's purpose, Shi Ningyu led him directly into the treasure vault of the Dan Ding Sect.

The Dan Ding Sect's treasury contains a large quantity of pills of varying grades, which is more than enough to meet Lu Cheng'an's needs.

After Shi Ningyu and Lu Cheng'an selected enough pills, the two quickly left the treasure vault.

Because Shi Ningyu was going to the cultivation world of Hezhou in half a month, Lu Cheng'an did not leave Dan Ding Sect immediately.

Time flew by, and soon it was time for Shi Ningyu to leave the Dan Ding Sect.

On this day, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu left Dan Ding Sect together, but the two soon parted ways. Shi Ningyu took Turtle Elder and sped towards the Hezhou Immortal Cultivation World, while Lu Cheng'an went to the underground lava river of the Burning Flame Mountain Range.

During the time Lu Cheng'an was away from the Burning Flame Mountains, Ling Xuan and the other Spirit Clan cultivators were not idle.

Lu Cheng'an told Ling Xuan the locations of the spirit stone mine, the Yanhe crystal sand mine, and the Tianyun divine iron mine. After Lu Cheng'an left the Burning Flame Mountains, Ling Xuan followed his instructions and dispatched the spirit race cultivators to these three mines to begin mining.

"Lingxuan, how is the mining progress of those three mines?" Lu Chengan asked.

He already knew that Lingxuan had arranged for those spirits to enter the mine to mine, but he was not sure if these spirits could mine successfully.

“Those Spirit Clan cultivators can withstand the scorching temperatures in the mines, but their mining isn’t going particularly smoothly, mainly because they lack the necessary magical tools for mining!” Lingxuan said.

She also brought cultivators from the Spirit Clam and Fire-Slaying Spider clans into the mine, where they mined alongside other Spirit Clan cultivators.

Lingxuan did this in order to investigate the difficulty of mining these mineral deposits and the various problems that might arise.

Mining materials such as Yanhe Crystal Sand is very difficult. The miners are all first-order spirit races, whose strength is very weak. Without the matching magic tools, it is difficult for them to extract the minerals contained in the deposits.

"I understand the problem, and I'll be able to solve it soon!"

Lu Cheng'an nodded slightly and said, "These are the pills I have prepared recently. Distribute these pills to the spirit race according to their mining performance."

"I'm entrusting you with the task of mining materials from the underground lava river. If any problems arise, please let me know immediately, and I will try my best to resolve them."

Lu Cheng'an did not enter the three mines again. After learning about the situation from Lingxuan, he immediately returned to the Lu family.

After that, he began to gather the weapon refiners of the Lu family to begin refining the magical artifacts needed for mining the deposits.

These magical tools are all hammers and shovels, because the spiritual race members who mine the mines are basically all at the first level of cultivation, and what they need are basically first-level magical tools.

These types of magical artifacts are not difficult to forge; a first-tier artifact refiner can forge one in a very short time.

Lu Cheng'an also participated in the crafting of these magical artifacts. He was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm and was also a third-tier high-grade artifact crafter, so he could craft these simple first-tier magical artifacts very quickly.

He can forge more than a dozen of these first-tier magical artifacts at the same time, and can forge them in a very short period of time.

After leading the Lu family's weapon refiners in a hurried effort for nearly two months, Lu Cheng'an produced a total of more than four thousand magical artifacts.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng'an personally went to the underground lava river and delivered these magical artifacts to Lingxuan. (End of Chapter)