Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The demonic beasts like Queyun and Qinghong, who had been subdued by Lu Cheng'an, had some ideas. Their strength had been steadily improving over the years, but compared to Lu Cheng'an, their improvement was almost negligible.

This time, Lu Cheng'an did not reveal his full strength, yet he easily severely injured the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators, including the woman in the green dress.

With just one magic weapon, they killed all the large number of Black-striped Sky Locusts.

If he were to go all out, just how powerful would he be?
They couldn't believe it at all.

After noticing the change in the mentality of the monsters like Queyun and Qinghong, Lu Chengping did not say anything more.

He also began to cast the Blood Curse.

Lingxuan cast the Blood Forbidden Curse to kill Chen Yueming's descendants, while Lu Chengping cast the Blood Forbidden Curse to find the blood relatives of Chongxu and other Golden Core cultivators of the Tianyan Sect.

Lu Chengping and Ling Xuan are both Golden Core cultivators, so it is relatively easier for them to cast the Blood Forbidden Curse.

Especially since Lu Chengping only wanted to use the Blood Forbidden Curse to find the blood relatives of Golden Core cultivators like Chongxu, casting the curse was even easier.

"There is a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm among Chongxu's bloodline. This person should be Chongxu's grandson, Yin Yuze!"

Lu Chengping quickly used the Blood Forbidden Spell to discover that among Chongxu's bloodline relatives was a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm.

The Lu family was quite familiar with the situation of the Tianyan Sect, which is why Lu Chengping guessed that the cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment realm was Yin Yuze.

Yin Yuze has great talent and has a good chance of breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

Upon learning that such a person was still alive, Lu Chengping naturally had to kill him to prevent him from becoming a future threat to his family.

Therefore, after exchanging some instructions with Qing Hong and the other cultivators, he summoned Que Yun and, following the guidance of the Blood Forbidden Curse, sped off towards the direction where Yin Yuze was.

Yin Yuze carried the wealth accumulated by the Tianyan Sect over many years, so he dared not seek refuge with other Golden Core cultivators. Instead, he fled cautiously, afraid of exposing his identity.

Yin Yuze was only at the Foundation Establishment stage after all. Although he never stopped running, he was quickly caught up by Lu Chengping and Que Yun.

Sparrow Meteor possesses the cultivation level of the mid-stage of the third rank, and its speed is extremely fast.

In terms of speed alone, he surpasses many cultivators in the late Golden Core stage.

Lu Chengping led Queyun in pursuit of Yin Yuze because he was drawn to Yin Yuze's speed.

Lu Chengping easily saw through Yin Yuze's disguise by relying on the Blood Forbidden Curse. He did not give Yin Yuze a chance to explain and took Yin Yuze's life directly.

Yin Yuze is the most promising Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Tianyan Sect to break through to the Golden Core realm, and he also carries with him the wealth accumulated by the Tianyan Sect over many years.

After he was killed by Lu Chengping, the Tianyan Sect basically lost any possibility of reviving.

After killing Yin Yuze with Queyun, Lu Chengping used the Blood Forbidden Curse to discover some descendants of the Golden Core cultivators of the Tianyan Sect, such as Chongxu and Longxiang.

They were scattered in different areas within the Tianyan Sect's territory, and all of them received a message instructing them to leave the Tianyan Sect's territory immediately.

These people were at different cultivation levels, ranging from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. Lu Chengping didn't let any of them go, and it took him almost a whole day to completely deal with them.

Without wasting any time, he immediately took Queyun back to the Tianyan Sect.

The Black-Striped Sky Locust and the Heavenly Flame Sect have been destroyed, but there are still many things to deal with.

For example, taking over the territory of the Tianyan Sect, dealing with the immortal cultivation forces and mortals within the Tianyan Sect's territory, and investigating the true identities of the two female cultivators in green skirts.

Currently, both Lu Cheng'an and Lu Wenxing are in seclusion, so Lu Chengping is responsible for coordinating and handling these matters.

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

By this time, the Lu family had taken over all the territory and wealth of the Tianyan Sect, which greatly enhanced the Lu family's foundation and strength, but also added a lot of trouble.

As the Lu family's territory expands, so too do the responsibilities they bear.

After three years of severe drought, the entire territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect was in dire straits. In addition, the chaos caused by the Black-Striped Locust and the evil sects such as the Sacred Heart Sect made the situation even more difficult for the cultivation forces within the Desolate Ancient Sect.

During these three months, Lu Chengping also devoted himself to investigating the identities of the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators, including the woman in the green dress.

It would be extremely difficult to investigate the identities of these two people by relying solely on the Lu family's resources, but Lu Chengping sought help from the Linggu Sect to investigate.

In fact, it's not just the Black-Striped Locusts within the Lu Family and Tianyan Sect that are being controlled by cultivators; the Black-Striped Locusts within the territory of Golden Core forces like Jinyuan Sect are also being controlled by cultivators.

This matter also attracted the attention of the Ancient Desolate Sect. After the Ancient Desolate Sect and other powerful Golden Core sects such as the Spirit Gu Sect took action, they quickly investigated and found out the identities of the Golden Core cultivators, including the woman in the green dress.

These people are not cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect, but they are all heretical rogue cultivators within the Sacred Heart Sect's territory.

These independent cultivators were all led by a heretical cultivator named Celestial Locust.

The Heavenly Locust Master's cultivation level is at the Golden Core Perfection stage, and all the Black-Striped Heavenly Locusts within the current territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect were created by him.

Tianhuang Zhenren enslaved a black-striped locust mother insect at the third-order perfect realm, and he planned to rely on this black-striped locust mother insect at the third-order perfect realm to break through to the Nascent Soul realm!
The Heavenly Flame Sect was not the only Golden Core cultivator to be wiped out by the Black-Striped Sky Locust; there were two other Golden Core cultivators as well.

These two Golden Core factions were roughly as strong as the Heavenly Flame Sect, but all their resources had been completely devoured by the Black-Striped Sky Locust.

This greatly increased the size of the Black-striped Sky Locust swarm and also significantly enhanced the power of the third-tier perfect realm mother insect.

At this moment, the Heavenly Locust Master was completely exposed!
The Ancient Desolate Sect wanted to kill the Heavenly Locust Master, but was obstructed by the Sacred Heart Sect.

Now, Celestial Locust Master has led a large number of Black-Striped Celestial Locusts and disappeared without a trace. Even the cultivators of the Ancient Desolate Sect cannot find out where he went.

However, it is certain that Master Tianhuang has gained tremendous benefits this time.

Once he reappears within the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect, he will surely have reached the Nascent Soul realm.

Liu Miaozhen told Lu Chengping about these details and instructed him to make sure the Lu family was extremely careful.

Because the numerous Black-Striped Locusts released by True Immortal Heavenly Locust suffered heavy losses only within the Lu family's territory. Not only were all the Black-Striped Locusts wiped out, but even the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators, including the woman in the green dress, were all killed, resulting in a devastating loss.

It's possible that Celestial Locust has already left the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect. If he makes a comeback, he is very likely to target the Lu family.

The news about Liu Miaozhen cast a shadow over Lu Chengping's heart, but he did not tell Lu Chengan, Lu Wenxing, or other important members of the Lu family.

Because they are currently at a crucial stage of their cultivation breakthrough, this news may have a certain impact on their state of mind.

After nearly a month of working with such worries, Lu Chengping finally received good news from one of the three men, Lu Chengan, Lu Wenxing, and Lu Jingkun, who were in seclusion for cultivation.

The good news came from Lu Jingkun. After so long of seclusion and cultivation, he finally broke through to the Golden Core realm!
Lu Jingkun was much younger than Lu Wenxing, and he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm later than Lu Wenxing.

However, the reason he broke through to the Golden Core realm before Lu Wenxing was because his cultivation talent far surpassed Lu Wenxing's.

After Lu Jingkun broke through his cultivation level, he did not come out of his secluded cave immediately, but spent some more time consolidating his cultivation.

While Lu Jingkun was consolidating his cultivation, Lu Wenxing's efforts to break through to the Golden Core realm finally paid off.

Lu Wenxing's cultivation talent was only slightly inferior to Lu Jingkun's; his own cultivation talent was not bad at all.

Moreover, his temperament was better than Lu Jingkun's. Although it took him a little longer to break through to the Golden Core realm, the breakthrough was still relatively smooth.

Lu Wenxing had many more worries than Lu Jingkun. After successfully breaking through to the Golden Core realm, he did not continue to consolidate his cultivation. Instead, he immediately left his secluded cave and inquired about the current situation of Lu Chengping's family.

At this point, Lu Chengping no longer concealed anything from Lu Wenxing. After telling Lu Wenxing about Lu Cheng'an's killing of all the Black-Striped Sky Locusts and the destruction of the Tianyan Sect, he also told Lu Wenxing the contents of Liu Miaozhen's message.

“It shouldn’t be so easy for True Immortal Tianhuang to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. Moreover, if he enters the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect with the cultivation of the Nascent Soul realm, there will naturally be Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ancient Desolate Sect to stop him.”

Lu Wenxing frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "However, Liu Miaozhen's concerns are not without merit. Tianhuang Zhenren may not be able to personally attack our Lu family, but he will definitely send his subordinates to attack us. We still cannot let our guard down!"

After learning about the black-striped locusts, Lu Wenxing continued to inquire, "How is the drought situation in the family's territory now?"

The area where the Lu family lives is already arid and receives little rain. Now, after three years of severe drought, the drought situation within the Lu family's territory is even more serious than in other places.

"Not a drop of rain has fallen yet. Even with the help of the cultivators in our clan, we can no longer successfully cultivate the various grains that are consumed by ordinary people!"

Lu Chengping sighed softly and said, "The grain reserves of ordinary people within the family's territory are limited. If this drought continues, I'm afraid many ordinary people will starve to death!"

Mortal life is much more fragile than that of cultivators. The drought has lasted for three years, and if it cannot be alleviated, there will surely be a large number of mortal deaths.

The mortal realm is the foundation of cultivators. If a large number of mortals die, it will have a great impact on the cultivation world.

Now that the Lu family has taken over the territory of the Tianyan Sect, as well as more mortals, this undoubtedly adds to their burden.

"We can't just wait for the rain; we need to find a way to solve our own water problem!" Lu Wenxing said in a deep voice.

"The entire territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect is in a state of water shortage, so how easy is it to solve the water problem!" Lu Chengping sighed softly.

The situation of the Haoyang Sect, which is adjacent to the Huanggu Sect, is somewhat better than that of the Huanggu Sect, but the water source is still not very abundant.

The Suspended Mirror Gate is adjacent to the Haoyang Sect, and both have limited water resources within their territory.

Further away is the Hezhou cultivation world, which is adjacent to the Yanzhou cultivation world near the vast desert. The Hezhou cultivation world usually has a more difficult water supply problem than the Qingzhou cultivation world.

Obtaining water from the cultivation world of Hezhou is by no means an easy task.

The only places without a shortage of water are Yuanzhou and Lianzhou, which are adjacent to the Wubian Heihe River, and their water resources are inexhaustible.

However, Yuanzhou, Lianzhou and Qingzhou are far apart, so trying to divert water from these two prefectures is nothing short of a pipe dream!
“It’s a pity that you and Jingkun are still only Golden Core cultivators. If your cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, with your expertise in spirit arrays, you should be able to build a teleportation spirit array, which would solve the water shortage problem!” Lu Wenxing said helplessly.

The Burning Flame Sect's spiritual array inheritance is quite profound, and it contains the method for constructing teleportation spiritual arrays.

However, teleportation arrays involve the principles of space, and only fourth-tier array masters at the Nascent Soul stage can construct them.

"The Nascent Soul realm is still too far away for us. I'm not very confident that I can break through to the Nascent Soul realm!" Lu Chengping sighed.

Despite the abundance of talented cultivators within the Ancient Desolate Sect, there are still very few Nascent Soul cultivators within its borders.

Although Lu Chengping believed he had good talent for cultivation, he also knew that his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm were extremely slim.

Unless one obtains an extraordinary opportunity!
Lu Chengping believes that among the cultivators in the family, only Lu Chengan and Lu Jingkun have the potential to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

This is already a blessing from heaven for the Lu family. After all, even a Nascent Soul sect like the Ancient Desolate Sect has very few promising talents who can break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

"The family can no longer rely on teleportation arrays, so now we can only pin our hopes on magical artifacts that can store large amounts of water."

“If we can find such a magical artifact, we Golden Core cultivators can simply go through the trouble of using this type of artifact to fetch water from Yuanzhou and Lianzhou!” Lu Wenxing said.

Yuanzhou, Lianzhou, and Qingzhou are far apart, but if it really comes to the last moment, they will have no choice but to go to these two prefectures to fetch water.

Fortunately, the final crisis has not yet arrived, and they still have time to search for this type of magical artifact for storing water.

After discussing it with Lu Chengping, Lu Wenxing returned to his cave dwelling and began to cultivate in seclusion to consolidate his newly broken-through cultivation.

Lu Jingkun spent more than a month consolidating his cultivation. After emerging from his secluded cave, he inquired about the current situation of his family from Lu Chengping.

After that, he didn't stay idle; he started setting up spirit arrays in the family with Lu Chengping.

After Lu Jingkun's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, the Earthly Jade Book cultivation technique he practiced was able to truly reveal its extraordinary power.

The natal magic weapon accompanying the Earthly Jade Book cultivation technique is called the Mountain-Driving Whip, which also comes with the minor supernatural power of driving mountains.

If Lu Jingkun can refine his natal magic weapon, the Mountain-Driving Whip, and successfully cultivate its accompanying minor supernatural power, Mountain-Driving, then he will be able to integrate all the spiritual lands within the Lu family's territory.

Within the Tianyan Sect's mountain gate lie several spiritual peaks. These peaks, cultivated by the Tianyan Sect for many years, possess a far richer spiritual energy than the nine spiritual peaks of the Lu family. (End of Chapter)