Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Although the Dan Ding Sect is moving into the Lu family's territory, it is not merging into the Lu family.

Even after they moved into the Lu family's residence, the cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect would not truly integrate with the cultivators of the Lu family.

Therefore, the locations where the spiritual peaks of the Dan Ding Sect were relocated must be concentrated in one place, and separated from the spiritual peaks of the Lu family by a certain distance.

After returning from the Dan Ding Sect, Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping studied the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Array again.

They expended tremendous effort to determine the location of the Lu family's relocation to the Lingfeng Peak of the Dan Ding Sect.

Once all the spiritual peaks of the Dan Ding Sect are moved into the Lu Family Mountain Gate, the spiritual energy inside the Lu Family Mountain Gate will increase again.

The Lu family itself cultivated more than a dozen third-order spiritual veins. After Lu Jingkun's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, he moved all the spiritual peaks within the Tianyan Sect's mountain gate into the Lu family.

These spiritual peaks also contain third-order spiritual veins, and the number of third-order spiritual veins cultivated by the Tianyan Sect over many years is not much different from that of the Lu family.

The Lu family now has nearly thirty third-tier spiritual veins!

Although the Lu family currently has a large number of cultivators, the spiritual energy released by so many third-tier spiritual veins is more than enough to support the daily cultivation needs of the Lu family cultivators, and there is still a considerable surplus.

Whether they are cultivators of the Lu family or ordinary people living in the Lu family's mountain gate, living in such a spiritually rich environment is of great benefit to them.

The number of cultivators in the Dan Ding Sect is not large, and the number of third-order spiritual veins they cultivate is also relatively small.

Even so, the Dan Ding Sect still has eight third-order spiritual veins within its mountain gate.

If all eight third-order spiritual veins were moved into the Lu family's mountain gate, the number of third-order spiritual veins in the Lu family's mountain gate would reach as many as thirty-six!
This is an extremely terrifying number; the spiritual energy released daily by these thirty-six third-order spiritual veins already exceeds that of fourth-order spiritual veins.

Of course, the quality of spiritual energy released by a third-order spiritual vein is definitely not as good as that of a fourth-order spiritual vein.

However, this also means that the Lu family has the ability to cultivate fourth-order spiritual veins!

The cultivation of fourth-order spiritual veins is much more difficult than that of third-order spiritual veins. There are basically no Golden Core forces within the Desolate Ancient Sect that can cultivate fourth-order spiritual veins.

In other words, Lu Jingkun cultivated the Earthly Jade Book and mastered the method of driving mountains, moving all the spiritual peaks from places like the Heavenly Flame Sect into the Lu family, greatly changing the internal structure of the Lu family's mountain gate, which made it possible to cultivate a fourth-order spiritual vein.

Of course, there is another extremely important point, which is the power of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining Array.

This grand formation was originally the protective formation of the Burning Flame Sect, and it also has the function of nurturing spiritual veins.

As long as there are enough third-order spiritual veins in the Lu family's mountain gate, even if the Lu family does nothing, under the effect of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array, these third-order spiritual veins may be able to develop into fourth-order spiritual veins.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu's cultivation is currently at the late Golden Core stage, and they are still a long way from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The Lu family is not currently suited to cultivate a fourth-order spiritual vein!
Because of the Golden Origin Sect, the cultivators from the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect did not waste any more time.

After Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping followed Shi Ningyu to the Dan Ding Sect, they began to relocate the spiritual peaks within the Dan Ding Sect's mountain gate.

The Dan Ding Sect and the Lu family are not far apart, and Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping have both made significant progress in their cultivation. Moving the spiritual peaks of the Dan Ding Sect is much easier for them than moving the spiritual peaks within the Tian Yan Sect's mountain gate.

Time passed slowly, and more than half a month went by in the blink of an eye.

After a long period of work, the cultivators of the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect finally moved all of the Dan Ding Sect's spiritual peaks into the Lu family's territory, and all of the Dan Ding Sect's cultivators also entered the Lu family's mountain gate.

The Lu family hosted a banquet to welcome the Dan Ding Sect cultivators. After the banquet, the Dan Ding Sect cultivators returned to their sect's spiritual peak to pack up.

The cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect are only temporarily residing at the Lu family's residence. Once the crisis within the territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect is resolved, they will definitely return again.

The Lu family cultivators had no complaints about this, as they had never intended to annex the Dan Ding Sect.

The reason for joining forces with the Dan Ding Sect is because they are facing a huge crisis. Only by uniting can they have a greater chance of overcoming the crisis.

After the banquet, Lu Cheng'an gave instructions to the cultivators of the Lu family and then hurriedly went to the Jinyuan Sect to provide support.

In the past two weeks, the situation of the Jin Yuan Sect has become increasingly worse. Moreover, according to the information that the Lu family has gathered, the Shenjian Sect, which is located on the same side as the Lu family and the Jin Yuan Sect, has been destroyed by the siege of evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

None of the Golden Core cultivators of the Divine Sword Sect survived, and now the sect's mountain gate has been occupied by heretical cultivators.

The Lu family and the Jinyuan Sect are separated only by the Divine Sword Sect. After Lu Cheng'an left the Lu family's territory and entered the original territory of the Divine Sword Sect, all he saw was a desolate landscape.

The Divine Sword Sect also experienced a drought, which made the situation of cultivators and mortals within its territory extremely difficult.

Now, with the drought still raging and attacks from heretical cultivators and demonic beasts, low-level cultivators and mortals can no longer be seen within the territory of the Divine Sword Sect.

Upon seeing the situation within the Divine Sword Sect's territory, Lu Cheng'an's face turned grim, and he immediately sped towards the location of the Divine Sword Sect's mountain gate.

The Divine Sword Sect has now been destroyed, and its gates have been occupied by evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

After arriving at the location of the Divine Sword Sect's mountain gate, Lu Cheng'an released his divine sense to investigate the situation inside the mountain gate.

Within the Divine Sword Sect's mountain gate, heretical cultivators coexist with the demonic beasts of the Hong'e Sect.

Heretical cultivators use human cultivators to practice heretical techniques and spells, and to forge heretical magical artifacts, while demonic beasts feed on human cultivators.

Not all the cultivators of the Divine Sword Sect died. They are now imprisoned within the sect's mountain gate, living a life worse than death, and becoming cultivation materials for evil cultivators and food for demonic beasts.

"The Golden Origin Sect won't last much longer. The Golden Origin Sect is much stronger than the Divine Sword Sect. Once we destroy the Golden Origin Sect, our strength will definitely increase even more!"

"Now that Master Kushui is stationed in the Yunling Mountains, the Jinyuan Sect and the Lu family will not be able to escape the Yunling Mountains!"

"Yin Shuang and Yuan Hong are truly useless; they couldn't even wipe out the small Lu family!"

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The cultivators and demonic beasts involved in this conversation were mostly at the late or perfect Golden Core stage. Although their cultivation levels were higher than Lu Cheng'an's, their spiritual power was significantly weaker.

It was for this reason that Lu Cheng'an was able to discover the content of their conversation without being discovered by them.

Lu Cheng'an did not leave directly from the Divine Sword Sect's mountain gate; he stayed there for five days.

During this time, he continuously used his divine sense to monitor the situation of those heretical cultivators and demonic beasts. In these five days, countless cultivators and mortals from the Divine Sword Sect perished at the hands of those heretical cultivators and demonic beasts.

This situation made Lu Cheng'an extremely angry, but he did not act impulsively.

Because there are far too many heretical cultivators and demonic beasts in the Divine Sword Sect.

After the destruction of the Divine Sword Sect, all the evil cultivators and demonic beasts in the Yunling Mountains gathered in the Divine Sword Sect.

Currently, the Divine Sword Sect has gathered as many as fifteen heretical cultivators at the Golden Core realm, and among these fifteen, three are at the peak of the Golden Core realm, while five are at the late Golden Core stage.

There were also quite a few third-tier demonic beasts, as many as twelve.

However, these third-tier demonic beasts were relatively weak, with only one demonic beast at the peak of the third tier and only two at the late stage of the third tier.

The fact that these Golden Core Realm heretical cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts have gathered at the Divine Sword Sect is that they are discussing an attack on the Golden Origin Sect.

If so many Golden Core Realm heretical cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts launch a full-scale attack on the Golden Origin Sect, the Golden Origin Sect simply cannot withstand it.

After these Golden Core Realm heretical cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts destroy the Golden Origin Sect, they will then target the Lu family.

Lu Cheng'an was not confident that he could kill all the heretical cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts, but with the power of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Formation, he was confident that he could block their attack.

Through his surveillance over the past few days, Lu Cheng'an has also learned some things about the origins of the Bitter Water True Man from the conversations of those evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

Unlike those heretical cultivators who came from Taizhou, Master Kushui was a true cultivator of the Sacred Heart Sect.

Master Kushui's cultivation level is at the Golden Core Perfection stage. The cultivation technique he practices is called the Kushui True Scripture, which is a fourth-level technique.

It contains two minor supernatural powers, Bitter Water Mist and Heart-Shaking Finger, as well as the Bitter Water Divine Banner, a natal magic treasure.

Master Kushui's lifespan is nearing its end, and he has virtually no chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm in this lifetime.

However, his strength is extremely formidable. Even though both are at the Golden Core Perfection realm, Ku Shi Zhenren might not be a match for Ku Shui Zhenren.

This is mainly because the Bitter Water True Scripture cultivated by the Bitter Water True Man is quite strange. Once you fight with the Bitter Water True Man, you will be pulled into an endless sea of ​​bitterness.

The longer you fight against Master Kushui, the greater the impact you will have.

In particular, if the minor supernatural power of Bitter Water Heavenly Mist and the natal magic treasure Bitter Water Divine Banner are activated together, they can directly pull the cultivator into the boundless sea of ​​bitterness, with no possibility of escape. In the end, the soul will dissolve in the boundless sea of ​​bitterness.

Those heretical cultivators and demonic beasts held Master Kushui in great awe, and they did not discuss much about him.

After learning of the name of True Person Bitter Water, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to the cultivators of the Golden Origin Sect and the Spirit Gu Sect, asking them to help investigate information about True Person Bitter Water.

Master Kushui had been famous for a long time, and both the Jinyuan Sect and the Linggu Sect knew more or less about him.

Lu Cheng'an pieced together detailed information about Master Kushui from the information he obtained from the Jinyuan Sect and the Linggu Sect.

During his surveillance, Lu Cheng'an relayed a message to the Jin Yuan Sect, detailing the situation of the Divine Sword Sect to its cultivators and offering his suggestions.

He hoped that the Jin Yuan Sect would move to the Lu family's residence like the Dan Ding Sect, so that they could join forces to resist the attacks of those evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

The Golden Origin Sect is not weak. The sect has a total of seven Golden Core cultivators, as well as a large number of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators.

If all these cultivators were to integrate into the Lu family, the Lu family's strength would be greatly enhanced.

If these heretical cultivators and demonic beasts were to attack the Lu family, they could not only block their attacks, but also turn the tables and kill them.

After Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Jin Yuanzong, he did not receive a reply.

Lu Cheng'an's suggestion made it difficult for Emperor Jin Yuanzong to make a decision.

If the entire Jin Yuan Sect were to relocate to the Lu family's estate, it would indeed preserve most of the sect's strength, but it would also have to give up many things.

Those evil cultivators and demonic beasts are extremely cruel. If the main force of the Golden Origin Sect were to retreat to the Lu family, the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment forces affiliated with the Golden Origin Sect would likely die at the hands of those evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

There are also numerous ordinary people who are equally vulnerable to the clutches of evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

Lu Cheng'an did not insist on waiting for Jin Yuan Sect's reply. After monitoring outside Shenjian Gate for five days, he left Shenjian Gate and sped towards the direction of Jin Yuan Sect.

Soon after, Lu Cheng'an appeared outside the gate of the Jin Yuan Sect. After he delivered a message to the cultivators of the Jin Yuan Sect, the sect leader Geng Qiuhuai and the Grand Elder Kong Liyun personally came forward to welcome Lu Cheng'an into the Jin Yuan Sect.

"What do you two think of my suggestion? Now those evil cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts have all gathered at the Divine Sword Sect. I'm afraid they will launch an attack on your Golden Origin Sect very soon!"

After exchanging brief pleasantries with Geng Qiuhuai, Lu Chengan asked them what decision they were planning to make.

Given the current situation of the Golden Origin Sect, they are simply unable to withstand the attacks from the evil cultivators and demonic beasts gathered at the Divine Sword Sect.

"Please forgive us, Fellow Daoist Lu, your suggestion makes it very difficult for us to make a decision!"

Geng Qiuhuai sighed softly and said in a deep voice, "If the sect retreats now, it can only withdraw some of the elites. The remaining cultivators will most likely die at the hands of evil cultivators and demonic beasts!"

“I understand how you feel, but you still need to make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise when those evil cultivators and demonic beasts arrive, you may not even have a chance to retreat!” Lu Cheng’an said in a deep voice.

It wasn't that he looked down on the Golden Origin Sect, but rather that the gap between the Golden Origin Sect and those evil cultivators and demonic beasts was simply too great.

The combined number of heretical cultivators at the Golden Core realm and third-tier demonic beasts has exceeded thirty, making them five times stronger than the Golden Origin Sect in terms of combat power at the Golden Core level.

Even though the Golden Origin Sect could temporarily withstand the attacks of those evil cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts by relying on its geographical advantage, it was impossible for them to hold out for too long.

"Sect Master, you don't need to hesitate any longer. Just do as we discussed before. You take the sect's elite and leave with Fellow Daoist Lu. I and some other cultivators will stay behind to buy you time to escape!" Kong Liyun sighed softly.

Kong Liyun is the only cultivator in the Golden Core Perfection realm in the Golden Origin Sect. He is also a third-tier top-grade weapon refiner, making him of extraordinary significance to the Golden Origin Sect.

However, what prompted Kong Liyun to make this decision was his age; he didn't have much time left to live, hence his determination to face death! (End of Chapter)