Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

This weapon-refining technique is recorded in the weapon-refining heritage of the Burning Flame Sect, and Lu Cheng'an has no intention of teaching this technique to the cultivators of the Golden Origin Sect.

"Could Fellow Daoist Lu help our Spirit Gu Sect refine a Green River Cup?" Liu Miaozhen asked in a deep voice.

She had never seen the Azure River Cup of the Ancient Desolate Sect, but she felt that the Azure River Cup refined by Lu Cheng'an should not be much worse than that of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

She had always believed that Lu Cheng'an could replicate the Qinghe Zhan, but she never expected that he would be able to replicate it so successfully.

"I can help you refine the Azure River Cup, but I don't have time right now!"

Lu Cheng'an sighed and said, "The drought in our Lu family territory is extremely severe and can't be sustained for much longer. The Qinghe Lamp is not easy to refine and will take several months to make. I need to go to Yuanzhou or Lianzhou as soon as possible to collect water!"

Looking at the changes in Liu Miaozhen's expression, Lu Cheng'an continued, "Once we successfully collect water from Yuanzhou or Lianzhou, I can lend the Qinghe Lamp to your Linggu Sect."

The Qinghe Cup is not easy to make, but this kind of magical artifact is also quite useless, as it can only hold water.

That is, the Qinghe Lamp is only effective now that the Ancient Desolate Sect has experienced several years of severe drought.

If the drought in the Desolate Ancient Sect is resolved, this top-grade third-tier Azure River Lamp may end up gathering dust.

"Then thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lu!" Liu Miaozhen said with a smile.

Not to mention that refining a top-grade third-tier Qinghe Cup requires a lot of precious materials, it also takes several months to refine.

If the Lu family agreed to lend them the Azure River Lamp, it would naturally be more cost-effective than having Lu Cheng'an refine it again, so she would not refuse Lu Cheng'an's suggestion.

"I have come here mainly to invite Fellow Daoist Liu to accompany me to Yuanzhou and Lianzhou. Our Lu family is relatively unfamiliar with the cultivation world in these two states, so I would appreciate it if Fellow Daoist Liu could guide me!" Lu Cheng'an said.

“Our Linggu Sect also has senior cultivators who have traveled to the Yuanzhou cultivation world, but after so many years, I don’t know what the current situation of the Yuanzhou cultivation world is like.”

After thinking for a moment, Liu Miaozhen smiled and said, "Next, I will accompany Fellow Daoist Lu on a trip to see what the current situation is like in the cultivation world of Yuanzhou!"

"Then I'll have to trouble Fellow Daoist Liu!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and said, "I plan to hand over the refining method of the Azure River Lamp to the Golden Origin Sect. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Liu?"

“The cultivators of the Golden Origin Sect are quite good. They have always cooperated with your Lu family. You shouldn’t have any problems handing over the refining method of the Azure River Lamp to them,” Liu Miaozhen said.

"Since Fellow Daoist Liu has said so, then please come with me to the Golden Origin Sect now. I will hand over the refining method of the Azure River Lamp to the Golden Origin Sect, and also inquire about the news of the cultivation world in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou."

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please go to the Golden Origin Sect first. I need to search for information about Yuanzhou and Lianzhou in the sect's archives. We'll head to Yuanzhou together then!"

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an left the Linggu Sect alone and sped off towards the Jinyuan Sect.

The Jin Yuan Sect has been on a downward spiral in recent years, especially after the recent Black-Striped Locust Plague, which caused it to suffer heavy losses.

Because the Celestial Locust Master is hiding within the territory of the Golden Origin Sect.

Although the Jin Yuan Sect was not weak, it was no match for the Black-Striped Locust Swarm personally controlled by the Heavenly Locust Master.

If it weren't for the support of the Ancient Desolate Sect, the Golden Origin Sect might have already been destroyed by True Person Heavenly Locust.

Even so, the Golden Origin Sect still lost a cultivator at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, and another cultivator at the middle stage of the Golden Core realm was severely injured and has virtually no chance of recovery. In total, they lost two cultivators at the Golden Core realm.

The drought in Jinyuan Sect is now extremely severe, and the wounds left by Tianhuang Zhenren have not yet healed, so the situation within Jinyuan Sect is much worse than that of Lu Family.

Lu Cheng'an sped through the territory of the Jin Yuan Sect and soon arrived at the sect's mountain gate.

At this moment, Geng Qiuhuai, the sect leader of the Jinyuan Sect, and Kong Liyun, the Grand Elder, were already waiting for Lu Chengan's arrival at Yingke Peak.

This is because the Jin Yuan Sect values ​​Lu Cheng'an highly. Of course, there is another very important reason, which is that Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Geng Qiuhuai that he would hand over the refining method of the Qinghe Zhan to the Jin Yuan Sect.

After exchanging brief pleasantries with Geng Qiuhuai, Lu Cheng'an handed over the jade slip containing the method for refining the Qinghe Zhan to Geng Qiuhuai.

"This is the method for refining the Azure River Cup that I deduced. This is the Azure River Cup that I refined using this method. Fellow Daoists, you may take a look."

After taking out the jade slip and the Azure River Lamp, Lu Cheng'an said with a smile, "I can give this refining method to you two fellow Daoists for free. However, please do not reveal that this method was deduced by me. If this news is leaked, you two fellow Daoists can say that the refining method of the Azure River Lamp was deduced by you."

Geng Qiuhuai and Kong Liyun exchanged a glance. Although they didn't know why Lu Chengan had given such an instruction, they immediately agreed.

They have already examined the Qinghe Cup that Lu Chengan crafted; this top-grade third-tier magic artifact can store a large amount of water.

One cup of water can solve most of the water problem within the sect's territory.

After Geng Qiuhuai and the other person agreed to Lu Cheng'an's request, Lu Cheng'an's smile grew even wider. He looked at Geng Qiuhuai and the other person with a smile and continued, "I have already made arrangements with Fellow Daoist Liu of the Linggu Sect. Next, we will go to the Yuanzhou Immortal Cultivation World to fetch water."

We don't know much about Yuanzhou and Lianzhou. Do you two fellow Daoists know anything about these two places?

The Jin Yuan Sect was established earlier than the Ling Gu Sect. Since the Ling Gu Sect had cultivators who traveled to Yuanzhou and Lianzhou, the Jin Yuan Sect must have had such cultivators as well.

"There should be records of these two places in the sect's archives. Please wait here for a moment, Fellow Daoist Lu. We will go and check the situation of these two places for you now."

Geng Qiuhuai and Kong Liyun took Lu Chengan's words very seriously. After settling Lu Chengan in, they immediately went into the sect's library.

The Jin Yuan Sect did indeed have records of the cultivation world in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou. After organizing these records, they imprinted them all onto a jade slip and then handed it over to Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an did not stay at the Jinyuan Sect for long. After receiving news about the cultivation world in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou from the Jinyuan Sect, he immediately left the sect.

The Jin Yuan Sect has a fairly detailed understanding of the cultivation world in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou. These two places are close to the Wubian Heihe River and have extremely abundant water resources.

Rivers crisscross the two states, and lakes dot the landscape like pearls.

Yuanzhou and Lianzhou are adjacent to each other, and the relationship between the cultivation communities in the two places is also extremely close.

The cultivation world in these two places is much stronger than that in Qingzhou and Hezhou. Yuanzhou has two Nascent Soul cultivation forces and Lianzhou has one.

The two Nascent Soul sects in Yuanzhou are Qinghe Sect and Tianze Sect, while the Nascent Soul sect in Lianzhou is Lianhua Sect.

These three Nascent Soul sects are all extremely powerful, especially the Lotus Flower Sect, which occupies an entire province and is far more powerful than the Sacred Heart Sect. According to records in the Yuanyuan Sect's scriptures, the Lotus Flower Sect has nearly thirty Nascent Soul cultivators and four or five Nascent Soul Perfection cultivators.

The Lotus Sect once had a Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, whose strength was terrifyingly powerful.

Although the two Nascent Soul sects in Yuanzhou, Qinghe Sect and Tianze Sect, are not as strong as Lianhua Sect, their combined strength is comparable to that of Lianhua Sect.

However, these three sects have no enmity with each other and are closely connected because they share a common enemy.

The Wubian Black River covers an extremely vast area and is rich in spiritual energy, containing abundant cultivation resources.

However, the Boundless Black River is the territory of demonic beasts. Although the three sects of the Lotus Flower Sect are extremely powerful, they dare not covet the resources nurtured within the Boundless Black River.

Moreover, they also had to be on guard against invasions from monsters within the boundless Black River.

The Lu family had no prior knowledge of Yuanzhou and Lianzhou, so Lu Cheng'an was quite surprised when he saw the descriptions of these two places in the jade slip.

Lu Cheng'an did not waste time on the road. After reading the introduction of Yuanzhou and Lianzhou in the jade slip, he returned to Linggu Sect.

At this time, Liu Miaozhen had already found the information that the Linggu Sect had about Yuanzhou and Lianzhou in the sect's archives. After organizing this information, she also imprinted it all on a jade slip.

After meeting Lu Cheng'an, Liu Miaozhen handed the jade slip to him.

Lu Cheng'an also handed over the jade slips he had obtained from the Jinyuan Sect concerning Yuanzhou and Lianzhou to Liu Miaozhen for review.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, we need to cross the Netherworld River to travel from Qingzhou to Yuanzhou. The Netherworld River is full of ghosts and monsters. Can the two of us cross it smoothly?” Liu Miaozhen asked, frowning.

The Netherworld River is an extremely special area, containing ghostly energy and filled with ghostly creatures.

These ghostly creatures love to devour living beings in the mortal realm, because the power contained within mortal life can rapidly enhance their cultivation level.

Previously, the Netherworld River, which spanned Qingzhou and Yuanzhou, was relatively narrow, and the ghosts within it were relatively weak, mostly below the Golden Core realm.

However, the area of ​​the Nether River has now expanded considerably, and the strength of the Netherworld creatures living within it is also rapidly increasing.

There are now numerous Golden Core Realm ghosts in the Nether River Basin, and it is even possible that ghosts at the Nascent Soul Realm may be born.

In recent years, no cultivators from Qingzhou have gone to Yuanzhou, and no one knows what the current situation is in the Netherworld River Region.

Although Liu Miaozhen felt that she and Lu Chengan were quite strong, she was not very confident that they could cross the Nether River and enter Yuanzhou.

Liu Miaozhen had not paid attention to the cultivation world of Yuanzhou and Qingzhou before. It was only because Lu Cheng'an mentioned it that she seriously looked into the Netherworld River region, a special place, recorded in the sect's books.

“I’m not sure if the two of us can cross the Nether River, but we still need to go in and see. The drought in my Lu family’s territory is too severe, and we can’t wait any longer!” Lu Cheng’an said in a deep voice.

He also saw the Netherworld River region recorded in the jade slip, but he still wanted to give it a try.

If he and Liu Miaozhen are not strong enough to cross the Nether River, they will have to find another way.

For example, using the teleportation array of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

The Ancient Desolate Sect's teleportation array can definitely reach Yuanzhou, but the Ancient Desolate Sect has not yet opened it to cultivators within its territory.

The reason for this is that the teleportation array of the Ancient Desolate Sect has encountered some problems.

It wasn't just the Ancient Desolate Sect; the teleportation arrays of other Nascent Soul sects like the Haoyang Sect and the Suspended Mirror Sect also experienced problems to varying degrees.

These problematic teleportation arrays are all long-distance teleportation arrays. These teleportation arrays are more difficult to build and require more precious materials.

Nowadays, the spirit array masters of Nascent Soul sects such as the Ancient Desolate Sect are simply not capable of building long-distance teleportation spirit arrays of this caliber. Moreover, after the cultivation world of Qingzhou and other places lost contact with the outside world, they also lacked the materials to refine such large-scale teleportation spirit arrays.

The teleportation array connecting the Ancient Desolate Sect to Yuanzhou and Lianzhou is like this; each time it is activated, it causes a certain amount of damage to the teleportation array, and this damage is currently difficult to recover.

It is precisely for this reason that Nascent Soul sects such as the Ancient Desolate Sect rarely use such long-distance teleportation arrays.

“What Fellow Daoist Lu said makes some sense. Let’s set off for the Yuanzhou cultivation world now!” Liu Miaozhen sighed softly.

Lu Cheng'an nodded slightly. The two did not waste any time and left the Linggu Sect after agreeing on their terms, speeding towards Yuanzhou.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level is at the late Golden Core stage, while Liu Miaozhen's cultivation level is at the perfect Golden Core stage.

Their combined strength was extremely formidable. After departing from the Linggu Sect, the two left the Qingzhou cultivation world without any obstacles.

The two states of Qingzhou and Yuanzhou are far apart, with the Nether River basin located in the middle of the two states.

The gloomy Black Nether Wasteland separates Qingzhou from the Nether River Basin.

The spiritual energy in the Black Wasteland is extremely scarce, possibly due to the influence of the Nether River. There is also a thin amount of Netherworld ghost energy in the Black Wasteland.

In this special region, some rather unique spiritual plants also grow, such as the Yinming Flower and the Shiyue Hanzhi.

These spiritual plants can only survive in environments like the Black Wasteland, which is why they are generally quite expensive.

This has led many independent cultivators to venture into the Black Nether Wasteland for exploration.

Initially, the Black Wasteland was not dangerous, but as more and more cultivators died there, their corpses and souls transformed into corpse demons and ghosts in the unique environment of the Black Wasteland.

The Netherworld Wasteland between Qingzhou and the Netherworld River Basin stretches for 2,800 li, and countless corpses and ghosts lurk within it.

Especially in areas near the Nether River, ghosts living in the Nether River can also come ashore.

However, these ghosts from the Nether River cannot stray too far from the Nether River, otherwise their bodies will develop problems.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, should we first inquire about the situation in the Black Nether Wasteland and the Nether River?" Liu Miaozhen asked.

"I had the same idea. Let's stay in Black Nether Market for a few days!" (End of Chapter)