Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 279 Discussing the Heavenly Locust True Monarch
Master Kushui's strength wasn't particularly formidable, but he possessed numerous treasures.

The Yuanhun Armor and the Xuan Yin Binding Spirit Rope, which are enhanced by the power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, are not things that ordinary Golden Core cultivators can possess.

Lu Cheng'an did not use his full strength when fighting Master Kushui, but if it weren't for the support of treasures like the Yuanhun Armor and the Xuan Yin Binding Spirit Rope, Master Kushui would have been killed by Lu Cheng'an.

In the end, Lu Cheng'an had to use three Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles to break through the Yuanhun Armor's defense against Kushui Zhenren's soul, severely damaging Kushui Zhenren's soul.

While the Yinming Shattering Soul Needle set of soul-attacking magic weapons is extremely powerful, it is also too fragile.

Although Lu Cheng'an did not push the power of the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles to their limit this time, some problems still arose with the three Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles.

Lu Cheng'an still had some materials left over from when he refined the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles, enough to completely repair the three damaged Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles.

When Lu Cheng'an received Geng Qiuhuai's message, he had just finished repairing the three Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles.

Therefore, after receiving Geng Qiuhuai's message, he summoned the cultivators of the Lu family and Dan Ding Sect to prepare for a Golden Core Conference.

"The main reason I called everyone here today is because the information that the fellow Daoists of the Golden Origin Sect have gathered is quite unfavorable to our current situation!"

A solemn expression appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face. He looked at Geng Qiuhuai and said, "Fellow Daoist Geng, please share the information that your Golden Origin Sect has gathered with everyone!"

Lu Cheng'an already knew the information that the Golden Origin Sect had gathered, but it was best if this information was told by the cultivators of the Golden Origin Sect.

When Geng Qiuhuai heard Lu Chengan call his name, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

However, he quickly realized what was happening and immediately said, "According to the information we at the Golden Origin Sect have gathered, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Sect and the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect have already decided the victor..."

Geng Qiuhuai made no attempt to conceal anything, and he recounted the contents of his message to Lu Chengan in detail to all the Golden Core cultivators present.

This information was extremely detailed, and previously only Geng Qiuhuai and Kong Liyun of the Jinyuan Sect knew about it.

Now that Geng Qiuhuai has revealed this information directly, Lu Wenxing and the other Golden Core cultivators are extremely shocked.

"Fellow Daoist Geng, can you confirm the truth of what you've said? Has the Ancient Desolate Sect really abandoned us?"

"Sect Master, what should we do next? If True Monarch Tianhuang is really hiding in the Yunling Mountains, then even if we are all in the Lu family, we won't be able to stop the attacks from those evil cultivators and demonic beasts."

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Lu Wenxing and the other Golden Core cultivators began to discuss among themselves, their eyes filled with deep worry.

Although those evil cultivators and demonic beasts were strong, their cultivation levels were all below the Nascent Soul realm, just like them.

They have all gathered at the Lu family now, and with all their strength combined, it won't be difficult for them to stop the attacks from those evil cultivators and demonic beasts.

However, if True Lord Tianhuang were to attack them, they would face certain death.

Regardless of whether True Lord Tianhuang is strong or weak, he is, after all, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage.

Even the weakest Nascent Soul cultivator is definitely not someone a Golden Core cultivator can handle.

The Lu family is located quite far from the Desolate Ancient Sect. If True Monarch Tianhuang really attacks them, even if Nascent Soul cultivators from the Desolate Ancient Sect come to their aid, they certainly won't last long until the Desolate Ancient Sect's Nascent Soul cultivators arrive to rescue them.

Moreover, the Ancient Desolate Sect might not send Nascent Soul cultivators to help them now!

Upon hearing the questions from the crowd, Geng Qiuhuai's face showed a hint of helplessness.

He and the Grand Elder were also helpless in the face of this situation, otherwise they would not have sent a message to Lu Cheng'an to inform him of this.

Therefore, after sensing the gazes of those around him, Geng Qiuhuai turned his attention to Lu Chengan: "Fellow Daoist Lu, what do you think we should do next?"

When Lu Cheng'an was asked a question by Geng Qiuhuai, he and Shi Ningyu exchanged a smile before turning their attention to Geng Qiuhuai.

"Next, I will need to trouble Fellow Daoist Geng to continue to investigate the news about True Monarch Tianhuang and the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Sacred Heart Sect, and see if True Monarch Tianhuang is really in the territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect."

"We need to confirm whether the only Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sacred Heart Sect within the Ancient Desolate Sect is True Monarch Tianhuang. If it's just him, we might still have a chance to deal with him. But if there's a second Nascent Soul cultivator, we must find a way to escape!"

After receiving news that True Monarch Tianhuang had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, the Lu family had been preparing to deal with him.

The two sets of Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles that Lu Cheng'an refined were for Tianhuang Zhenjun. If the two sets of top-grade third-tier Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles were fully activated, they would have enough power to severely injure the Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The nascent soul is the manifestation of the elixir essence nurtured within a cultivator's soul and golden core. A nascent soul cultivator's nascent soul is the combination of the cultivator's soul and golden core.

Like the soul, the nascent soul is extremely fragile. Only when the nascent soul transforms into the primordial spirit will it no longer be easily harmed.

Tianhuang Zhenjun's cultivation had only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, and since he was a rogue cultivator, the Nascent Soul he cultivated would certainly not be too powerful.

This is also the reason why Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu were confident in using the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle to severely injure the Nascent Soul of the Heavenly Locust True Monarch.

"There's no need for everyone to worry too much. True Monarch Tianhuang is currently suffering severe injuries, and we don't know whether the early-stage fourth-order Black-striped Tianhuang he was raising is still alive or dead. Even if he attacks us, he will definitely have to wait until his injuries have fully healed."

At this point, a faint smile appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face: "It will take at least several years for True Monarch Tianhuang to recover from his injuries, and we don't know what changes will occur during this time."

The area north of the Yunling Mountains is quite large, and the Ancient Desolate Sect might not be willing to give it up.

Fellow Daoists, you must now prepare for battle. True Monarch Tianhuang certainly won't attack us in the short term, but those evil cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts might!

Those heretical cultivators and third-tier demonic beasts have not yet left the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect. In this area north of the Yunling Mountains, apart from the Lu family, all the cultivation forces have been wiped out by them.

They will definitely take action against the Lu family next.

Lu Cheng'an did not tell Geng Qiuhuai and the others about the Yinming Soul-Shattering Needle. This was his true trump card, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

Although he didn't mention any way to deal with the Heavenly Locust Lord, his words still reassured everyone quite a bit.

True Monarch Tianhuang is currently suffering severe injuries, and this is also the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

Even though True Monarch Tianhuang was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he wouldn't dare to make a move here casually.

After all, he didn't know the true intentions of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Sect. If he attracted the attention of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Sect, it would be difficult for him to escape from the territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Half an hour later, the Golden Core meeting concluded, and Lu Jingkun and the other Golden Core cultivators returned to their respective posts to prepare for the possible attacks from the evil cultivators and demonic beasts. Meanwhile, in the heart of the Yunling Mountains...

There are several third-order spiritual veins here, and the surrounding spiritual energy is extremely rich.

The entire mountainside was hollowed out, creating an extremely spacious area.

Many extremely luxurious mansions were built within this space.

These residences are connected by arrays, which have a strong concealment effect and can even block the detection of Nascent Soul cultivators.

The Celestial Locust Lord is currently in a residence with the most abundant spiritual energy.

Just as Lu Cheng'an had guessed, the Heavenly Locust True Monarch was now suffering from extremely serious injuries.

The injuries on his body were inflicted by the True Lord of Withered Time. Like the Black-Striped Sky Locust Queen he raised, he was also injured by the True Lord of Withered Time's Time-Slaying Divine Power.

The power of the Time-Slaying Divine Ability involves time itself. Although True Monarch Tianhuang is a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is by no means a simple matter for him to fully recover from the injuries caused by the Time-Slaying Divine Ability.

The longer the power of the Time-Slaying Divine Ability remained in his body, the greater the damage it would cause, and it might even affect his future advancement in cultivation.

Heavenly Locust True Monarch has only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, and he still has a very long lifespan ahead of him.

Moreover, he was still full of hope for the future and naturally did not want to ruin his career because of this matter.

Therefore, after being allowed to remain within the territory of the Desolate Ancient Sect by the Sacred Heart Sect, he went directly to the base built by the Sacred Heart Sect in the Yunling Mountains to recuperate from his injuries, and did not take action against the human cultivation forces north of the Yunling Mountains.

Not long after Tianhuang Zhenjun arrived at Yunling Mountain Range, Kushui Zhenren also returned to Yunling Mountain Range.

Master Kushui's soul was severely injured by Lu Cheng'an using three Yinming Soul-Shattering Needles and the Great Sun Golden Flame.

Soul injuries are extremely difficult to heal, and their impact on cultivators is greater than that on physical injuries.

Under such circumstances, Master Kushui could not continue leading those evil cultivators and demonic beasts to attack the Lu family, and could only return to the Yunling Mountains on his own.

However, before returning to the Yunling Mountains, he gave those evil cultivators a death order, instructing them to attack the Lu family at any cost.

These heretical cultivators are not true cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect. Even if they all die, the Sacred Heart Sect will not feel much pain.

Master Kushui has already fought against Lu Cheng'an and has a certain understanding of Lu Cheng'an's strength.

Lu Cheng'an relied on the soul attack technique he had practiced, but there were many evil cultivators, so how many Golden Core cultivators' souls could Lu Cheng'an attack with his soul attack technique?

While the secret technique of attacking the soul is powerful, it also consumes an extremely terrifying amount of spiritual energy.

Master Kushui wanted to use sheer numbers to wear down Lu Cheng'an!
Those heretical cultivators never saw Master Kushui again, nor did they know what Lu Cheng'an's current situation was.

They felt that Master Kushui's orders were a bit excessive. Although they had many complaints in their hearts, they dared not show them at all.

Because Master Kushui came from the Sacred Heart Sect, he was a true cultivator of the Sacred Heart Sect, and was naturally different from these rogue cultivators.

After receiving orders from Master Kushui, the heretical cultivators gathered again and sped off towards the Lu family's location.

There were originally quite a few heretical cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages, but outside the gates of the Golden Origin Sect, almost all of these heretical cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages were killed by Lu Cheng'an, and now there are very few left.

Even so, the few remaining evil cultivators at the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages still followed the Golden Core stage cultivators to the Lu family's mountain gate.

They came not voluntarily, but were forced by those heretical cultivators at the Golden Core stage.

The Lu family had been keeping an eye on those heretical cultivators. As soon as they entered the Lu family's territory, they were immediately discovered by the Lu family's patrolling cultivators.

The arrival of these heretical cultivators and demonic beasts did not cause panic among the cultivators in the Lu family's mountain sect.

Now, cultivators from the Lu family, Jinyuan Sect, and Danding Sect have all gathered at the Lu family's mountain gate. With the added power of the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array, it's not easy to wipe out all those evil cultivators and demonic beasts, but it's still quite easy to block their attacks.

During this period, the strength of the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect improved again. Lu Chengping's cultivation successfully broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, while Liu Muyuan of the Dan Ding Sect successfully broke through to the Golden Core realm.

Lu Chengping has been cultivating at the Golden Core stage for several decades. He has excellent talent for cultivation, but he had lost a lot of cultivation time because of that female rogue cultivator.

He has now gradually made up for it.

Liu Muyuan was a contemporary of Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu. If the Dan Ding Sect did not have Shi Ningyu, then Liu Muyuan would be the cultivator with the best cultivation talent in the Dan Ding Sect.

Unfortunately, with Shi Ningyu present at the Dan Ding Sect, Liu Muyuan's existence was completely concealed.

Liu Muyuan had always been proud. When Lu Cheng'an first went to Dan Ding Sect, he and Song Qingzhi and other Dan Ding Sect cultivators looked down on Lu Cheng'an.

However, the gap between them and Lu Cheng'an widened as time went on, and the pride they once had vanished long ago.

Although Liu Muyuan and others looked down on Lu Cheng'an back then, they never did anything to harm him.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an was able to treat Liu Muyuan and the others so normally; otherwise, even with his relationship with Shi Ningyu, he would have killed Liu Muyuan and the others long ago.

Lu Chengping's cultivation broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, and Liu Muyuan's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, which greatly enhanced the overall strength of the Lu family.

After learning that the evil cultivators and demonic beasts had entered the Lu family's territory, Lu Cheng'an summoned all the Golden Core cultivators in the sect, including demonic beasts and spirits such as Que Yun and Ling Xuan.

The cultivators Que Yun and Ling Xuan had never appeared before Geng Qiuhuai and the other cultivators of the Jin Yuan Sect. Therefore, when Geng Qiuhuai and the other cultivators of the Jin Yuan Sect saw Que Yun and Ling Xuan, they were extremely surprised.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, who are they...?"

Geng Qiuhuai looked at Lu Chengan with surprise, and finally asked the question that had been bothering him.

Lu Cheng'an had no intention of hiding the existence of Que Yun and Ling Xuan from the Jin Yuan Sect cultivators, as he had allowed Que Yun and Ling Xuan to appear before Geng Qiuhuai and the others.

Therefore, after hearing Geng Qiuhuai's question, he directly introduced the cultivators such as Que Yun and Ling Xuan.

(End of this chapter)