Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Liu Miaozhen inquired for a short time before discovering that the Ancient Desolate Sect had already begun doing this!
The Ancient Desolate Sect is an ancient Nascent Soul sect with a long history. Deep within its mountain gate is a teleportation array that leads to the four states of Yuanzhou, Lianzhou, Hezhou, and Yanzhou.

There was originally a teleportation array in Taizhou as well, but the Sacred Heart Sect built an ironclad barrier in Taizhou. After the Sacred Heart Sect discovered the Ancient Desolate Sect's teleportation array in Taizhou, they destroyed it directly.

In addition to the teleportation array, the Ancient Desolate Sect also possesses a fourth-tier water storage artifact, the Azure River Lamp.

This magical artifact can store a large amount of water, but the water brought from Yuanzhou by the Qinghe Lamp is barely enough for the use of the entire Huanggu Sect.

This is because the Ancient Desolate Sect only has one Azure River Cup, and this magical artifact was brought back by the Ancient Desolate Sect from the cultivation world outside the Vast Sea Desert and the Boundless Black River.

At that time, the cultivation world in Qingzhou and several other states had not yet severed ties with the outside world.

The Ancient Desolate Sect does not possess the method for refining the Azure River Lamp, but the sect's weapon refiners have been researching its crafting techniques in an attempt to replicate this magical artifact, hoping it might alleviate the drought in the Ancient Desolate Sect.

Besides Ling Miaozhen inquiring about the magical artifacts for storing water resources, other sects like Yunhua Sect were also secretly making inquiries.

This matter quickly came to the attention of the Ancient Desolate Sect, as it was a major event concerning the entire sect. The sect did not keep it to itself and directly disseminated the texts on the method of refining the Azure River Lamp, which had been researched by the sect's weapon refiners, for free.

Through connections, Liu Miaozhen quickly obtained the method for refining the Azure River Lamp, which was being researched by the Ancient Desolate Sect. She then immediately handed over the method to the Lu family.

Although the Linggu Sect has third-tier weapon refiners, they are only low-grade third-tier weapon refiners. Their skill in refining magical artifacts is very ordinary, and it is impossible for them to replicate the Qinghe Lamp.

Liu Miaozhen knew that Lu Cheng'an was a third-tier weapon refiner, and she was very clear about Lu Cheng'an's abilities.

According to Liu Miaozhen's idea, among the third-tier weapon refiners within the Desolate Ancient Sect, only Lu Cheng'an could replicate the Azure River Lamp.

However, before Liu Miaozhen handed over the refining method of the Qinghe Zhan to the Lu family, Lu Wenxing received a message from Lu Chengyue.

Lu Chengyue's cultivation has now broken through to the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm. The Desolate Ancient Sect has suffered from a severe drought for many years, and she is very worried about the situation of her family.

Therefore, after the Ancient Desolate Sect decided to open up research on the method of refining the Azure River Cup, she received a copy of the method for refining the Azure River Cup.

The method for refining the Azure River Lamp is recorded in a jade slip, and the Lu family needs to send someone to the Ancient Desolate Sect to retrieve it.

After receiving Lu Chengyue's message, Lu Wenxing instructed Queyun to take Lu Chengjue to the Desolate Ancient Immortal City.

Lu Chengjue has successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm, but he is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Lu Wenxing sent Queyun to take Lu Chengjue to the Desolate Ancient Immortal City mainly because Queyun was fast enough, and Lu Chengjue was Lu Chengyue's younger brother.

Besides these reasons, it's also because the Lu family simply couldn't send a cultivator at the Golden Core stage.

Lu Cheng'an was still in seclusion breaking through his cultivation level, while Lu Jingkun was in seclusion practicing the minor supernatural power of driving mountains. He needed to stay in the family to take charge of various affairs within the family.

Que Yun has a method to conceal his identity during cultivation. As long as he is careful enough, he doesn't need to worry about exposing his identity as a demon beast.

However, the Desolate Ancient Immortal City is no ordinary immortal city; it is the largest immortal city within the territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

To be on the safe side, after discussing it with Lu Chengyue, Lu Wenxing finally decided to meet in Hongcheng, which is three thousand miles away from the Desolate Ancient Immortal City.

After Lu Wenxing made arrangements with Lu Chengyue, Que Yun led Lu Chengjue away from the Lu family and sped towards Hongcheng.

Half a month after Que Yun and Lu Chengjue left the Lu family, Liu Miaozhen sent a message to the Lu family to tell them about the Qinghe Zhan.

After thanking Liu Miaozhen for her kindness, Lu Wenxing did not hide anything and told her that the Lu family had obtained the method to refine the Qinghe Lamp.

Because Lu Cheng'an was still in seclusion in the underground magma river, Lu Chengjue was not in a hurry to return from Hongcheng. He spent several days with Lu Chengyue in Hongcheng.

This was the first time Lu Chengyue and her siblings had met since their mother passed away.

Even so, Lu Chengjue did not stay in Hongcheng for too long.

The siblings are no longer children and each has many things to do. It is already a rare treat for them to rest in Rainbow City for a few days.

After Que Yun led Lu Chengjue away from Hongcheng, they encountered no danger on the way and returned to their family smoothly.

After accepting the method for refining the Azure River Lamp researched by the Ancient Desolate Sect, Lu Wenxing put it together with the magical artifacts and books for storing water that the Lu family had previously collected, planning to put them together for further study after Lu Cheng'an came out of seclusion.

It was after this year that Lu Cheng'an's dedicated cultivation finally paid off, and his cultivation level successfully broke through to the late stage of the Golden Core realm!

Lu Cheng'an knew that the situation within the entire Desolate Ancient Sect was not particularly good, so after his cultivation broke through to the late Golden Core stage, he immediately left the underground lava river and returned to his family.

"Congratulations, Clan Chief, on breaking through to the Golden Core realm! You have a promising future of immortality!"

Lu Cheng'an originally wanted to ask the clan leader about the clan's situation during his seclusion, but after sensing the change in the clan leader's cultivation, he couldn't help but offer his congratulations.

"When did the clan leader break through to the Golden Core realm? How is Jingkun doing?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

"I broke through to the Golden Core realm two months after you dealt with the Black-Striped Sky Locusts within your clan's territory. Jingkun broke through to the Golden Core realm a little earlier than me..."

After Lu Wenxing quickly told Lu Cheng'an about his and Lu Jingkun's situation, a serious look appeared on his face.

“During the time you were in seclusion, there was still no rain in the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect. The drought in the clan's territory is now very serious, and many mortals and low-level cultivators have died because of the drought... These are the books and related magical artifacts about water storage that I had the clan collect during this period. See if you can use them to replicate the Azure River Lamp!” Lu Wenxing said.

Lu Wenxing has not yet told Lu Cheng'an about the six sects of the Ancient Desolate Sect within Qingzhou and Hezhou, as well as the Sacred Heart Sect and the demonic beasts of the Hong'e Mountains.

These issues do not pose a threat to the Lu family for the time being; the most urgent matter now is to resolve the drought within the family's territory.

"Then I will begin studying these ancient texts and magical artifacts now, and strive to refine the Azure River Lamp as soon as possible!"

Lu Cheng'an didn't ask any further questions. After accepting the storage bag containing the books and magical artifacts, he returned directly to his cave.

"No wonder the cultivators of the Ancient Desolate Sect couldn't replicate the refining method of the Azure River Lamp. It's indeed not easy to refine the Azure River Lamp!"

After entering the cave, Lu Cheng'an took out the ancient manual on refining the Azure River Lamp, which was passed down from the Desolate Ancient Sect.

The records in this book are the research results of the weapon refiners of the Ancient Desolate Sect, not the real Qinghe Cup, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of replicating the Qinghe Cup.

After carefully studying the ancient texts, Lu Cheng'an discovered that the method of refining the Azure River Lamp differed greatly from the current methods of refining magical artifacts in the cultivation world.

It is precisely because of these differences that the difficulty of replicating the Azure River Lamp has increased. "The Azure River Lamp is a magical artifact obtained by the Ancient Desolate Sect from the outside world. The weapon-refining methods in the outside world have many similarities with the methods recorded in the weapon-refining inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect."

Lu Cheng'an did not have any master in the art of weapon crafting. The reason he was able to become a third-level weapon crafter was not only because he had a high talent for weapon crafting, but also because he had received a profound weapon crafting inheritance.

After all, the weapon-refining inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect can go directly to the fifth level!

"It's a pity I can't truly enter the Ancient Desolate Sect to study the Azure River Lamp!"

After letting out a soft sigh, Lu Cheng'an slowly calmed his mind and began to devote himself to studying the refining method of the Qinghe Lamp. At the same time, he also spent a lot of time on other books and finished magical artifacts for storing water sources.

Time passed slowly, and three months quickly went by.

For the past three months, not a drop of rain has fallen within the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect, and the drought has become increasingly severe.

Lu Cheng'an has not left his cave for the past three months, devoting all his energy to researching and refining magical artifacts like the Qinghe Zhan.

He has made considerable progress in these three months, having already figured out the method for refining the Qinghe Zhan (a type of ancient Chinese vessel).

If the Azure River Cup is refined using this method, the resulting Azure River Cup will reach the highest grade of the third rank.

The water contained in this cup could be nearly half the volume of a river.

It can be said that this cup of water is enough to solve the drought in the territory of the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect.

Of course, the Azure River Cup that Lu Cheng'an researched is definitely not as good as the fourth-order Azure River Cup of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Lu Cheng'an believed that this cup of water could solve the drought in the territory of the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect because the territory of the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect was relatively small.

The Azure River Cup is a top-grade third-tier magic artifact, and the materials required to refine it are quite rare.

Lu Cheng'an had barely used the minerals he obtained from the Burning Flame Sect ruins, and these materials happened to include the materials needed to refine the Azure River Lamp.

Lu Cheng'an has never refined a top-grade third-tier magic weapon before, but this top-grade third-tier Azure River Lamp was deduced by him on his own, so it is relatively simple to refine.

Even so, his process of refining the Qinghe Cup was not particularly smooth.

It took him nearly two months to completely refine the third-grade top-quality Qinghe Lamp.

"Clan leader, I have finished refining the Azure River Lamp. Next, I will go to the Spirit Gu Sect and have Liu Miaozhen accompany me to the Yuanzhou Immortal Cultivation World to fetch water!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

Although the Lu family knew of the existence of Yuanzhou, Lianzhou, and Yanzhou, they had never been to the cultivation world of these three states and were extremely unfamiliar with them.

Lu Cheng'an invited Liu Miaozhen to go together mainly because he wanted to have someone to look after him.

Moreover, he felt that the Linggu Sect, having been passed down for many years, must have a better understanding of Yuanzhou and Lianzhou than the Lu family.

"Cheng'an, you have successfully crafted the Azure River Lamp!"

Upon hearing this news, Lu Wenxing's face immediately lit up with a look of surprise, but when he learned that Lu Cheng'an was going to tell the Linggu Sect about it, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Cheng'an, will there be any problems if you tell the Linggu Sect about the Azure River Lamp? After all, the entire Desolate Ancient Sect territory is currently experiencing a water shortage!"

"The clan leader is overthinking it. The Qinghe Lamp is a magical artifact with only one purpose: to store water. It has no other valuable qualities!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and said, "I will first go to the Linggu Sect to invite Liu Miaozhen to go to the Yuanzhou Immortal Cultivation World together. Later, I will go to the Jinyuan Sect with Liu Miaozhen to teach the Jinyuan Sect's weapon refiners the method of refining the Qinghe Lamp."

The method for refining the Azure River Lamp that he deduced was based on the ancient texts released by the Desolate Ancient Sect. Now that the Lu family has successfully refined the Azure River Lamp, they naturally cannot keep it a secret.

However, because the Ancient Desolate Sect had previously shown apprehension towards Lu Cheng'an, Lu Cheng'an planned to attribute the credit for the Qinghe Lamp's deduction to the weapon refiner of the Golden Origin Sect.

The Golden Origin Sect is a sect that excels at crafting magical artifacts, and Kong Liyun has long been a top-tier third-level artifact crafter.

It wouldn't be surprising if Kong Liyun deduced the method for refining the Qinghe Zhan.

Lu Cheng'an had already thought about what to do next. After explaining things to Lu Wenxing, he did not change his decision.

After making arrangements with Lu Wenxing, he set off directly from his family and sped towards the Linggu Sect.

The Spirit Gu Sect is closer to the Desolate Ancient Sect. Although the drought within its territory is also extremely severe, it is much better than that of the Lu family.

Upon arriving at the Linggu Sect, Lu Cheng'an was immediately welcomed into the sect's mountain gate by Lu Chengping.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Lu, on your remarkable progress in cultivation! You are likely to achieve immortality in the future!" Liu Miaozhen congratulated him with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an's current cultivation level is at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, because he had previously presented himself as having the cultivation level of the early-stage Golden Core realm.

Even though he had revealed his mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, Liu Miaozhen still felt that Lu Chengan's cultivation was progressing rapidly.

"Fellow Daoist Lu said that he has already refined the Azure River Lamp. May I take a look?"

Lu Cheng'an had already sent a message to Liu Miaozhen informing her of the purpose of his visit to the Linggu Sect, which is why Liu Miaozhen was eager to examine the Qinghe Lamp that Lu Cheng'an had refined.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, please take a look. This is the Azure River Lamp I crafted, a top-grade third-tier magic artifact!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and took out a magical artifact resembling a teacup from his storage ring. This was the Qinghe Cup that he had crafted.

The Qinghe Cup is about the same size as a teacup, and its entire body is bluish-green, covered with mysterious runes.

The space inside the cup is very special; if the Qinghe Cup is raised, it can hold a great deal of water.

Lu Cheng'an spent a lot of time deducing the refining method of the Qinghe Zhan, but the refining difficulty of this kind of magic weapon was not particularly high.

Of course, this is only true for Lu Cheng'an. If other cultivators were to refine the Azure River Lamp, they might not find it so easy.

This is because Lu Cheng'an used the weapon-refining techniques recorded in the weapon-refining tradition of the Burning Flame Sect when he refined the Qinghe Cup.

This refining technique has been lost in the cultivation world of Qingzhou and Hezhou. Unless the cultivators who refine the Azure River Cup also understand this technique, the difficulty of refining the Azure River Cup will be greatly increased. (End of this chapter)