Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Luo Sheng was extremely fast, and the bull-headed, human-bodied ghost was completely unprepared.

"Damn it!"

The bull-headed, human-bodied ghostly creature let out an angry roar, clearly well aware of the three-headed eagle's attack.

At this moment, he had no mind to seek revenge on Luo Sheng; he could only do his best to defend against the attacks of the three streams of dark light.

This bull-headed, human-bodied ghost's defensive power was quite remarkable. Although it paid a considerable price to withstand the attack of the three streams of dark light, it still managed to block the powerful attack.

However, before he could even rejoice, Luo Sheng's blood-red scimitar swept past him, instantly slicing his body in two.

This was because the ghostly creature had already suffered very serious injuries, and it had not expected Luo Sheng to launch a sudden sneak attack.

"mean!"

Upon seeing this, the Bird King let out a furious curse. He glared at Luo Sheng with a sinister look and launched another fierce attack on him.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang had been hiding their strength. The three-headed vultures they fought were also at the late stage of the third rank, and they were just ordinary late stage three-headed vultures.

They never killed the three-headed black vulture they were fighting. Instead, they dragged the three-headed black vulture away, keeping an eye on the battle between the surrounding ghostly beings, and also searching for the location where the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms in the Netherworld Valley grew.

The aura emitted when the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom matures is extremely obvious. Relying on their divine sense, Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang quickly discovered the location where the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms were growing.

However, the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom is not yet fully mature. Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang dragged the two late-stage third-tier three-headed black vultures and slowly approached the place where the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms were growing.

Now, numerous ghostly creatures are engaged in a chaotic battle. The surrounding ghostly creatures have not yet discerned the true strength of Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang. They slowly approach the place where the Yin Moon Soul Fungus grows, without alerting the three powerful three-headed vultures.

The Netherworld ghosts that came to seize the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom were much stronger than the Three-Headed Black Vulture Flock. However, the Three-Headed Black Vulture Flock occupied the terrain, and for a time neither side could do anything to the other.

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

At this moment, the aura emitted by the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom suddenly became extremely rich, which also meant that they were fully mature.

At this moment, the ghosts in the Netherworld Valley immediately stopped fighting and rushed to snatch the three newly matured Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang had been keeping a close eye on the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms, and they reacted immediately when they matured.

After defeating the late-stage Tier 3 three-headed vulture they were fighting, they flew towards the three Yin Moon Souls.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang moved extremely fast, and in a short while they were only a few dozen feet away from the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms.

"court death!"

When Luo Sheng and Bird King, along with other powerful Netherworld ghosts at the perfect third-tier realm, saw Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang approaching the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, a chilling expression appeared on their faces, and they simultaneously attacked Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang.

Not only Luo Sheng and the Bird King, but also the attacks of many ghostly beings fell on Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang.

As the saying goes, "the first bird to stick its head out gets shot," and now that Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang are the first to approach the Yin Yue Soul Fungus, they will naturally encounter attacks from other Netherworld ghosts.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang had anticipated this, and they had made preparations long ago.

Moreover, their strength was not merely the apparent late stage of the third tier, but a genuine cultivation level of the perfect third tier.

The instant Luo Sheng and the Bird King and other ghostly creatures launched their attack, Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang released several defensive formations. At this moment, their speed increased again, and they appeared at the location of the three Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms in an instant.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang were not greedy. After each picking a mature Yin Yue Soul Mushroom, their bodies transformed into streaks of light and sped away from the Netherworld Valley.

Luo Sheng and the Bird King, along with other ghostly beings, felt an overwhelming surge of rage, yet were also deeply shocked.

The attack they just unleashed was extremely terrifying, but it was blocked by the two ghosts, which proves that the two ghosts are extremely powerful.

If they were to fight those two ghosts, they would most likely be no match for them.

Once this thought entered their minds, it made them hesitate.

Unless they hunt down those two Netherworld ghosts at the same time, it will be difficult to seize the two Yin Moon Soul Mushrooms from them if they send out too few of them.

The key point is that there is still one Yin Moon Soul Mushroom left in the Netherworld Valley, which is obviously easier to compete for.

Luo Sheng and the other ghosts reacted quickly. Most of them stayed in the Netherworld Valley to fight for the last Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, while a small number of them chased after Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang, hoping to snatch the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom from them.

Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang moved extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye they left the area of ​​Youming Valley.

However, they chose to escape in different directions. Lu Cheng'an naturally returned the way he came, wanting to cross the barrier between the two worlds to enter the Netherworld River and then return directly to his family.

Hei Yang went in the exact opposite direction; he went to the depths of the Netherworld.

Hei Yang made this choice because Hei Sha had previously conducted some calculations and concluded that after successfully obtaining the Yin Yue Soul Mushroom, Hei Yang would have a higher chance of breaking through to the fourth rank in the depths of the Netherworld.

There are two reasons for this. First, the resources in the depths of the Netherworld are much richer than those in the Netherworld River Basin. Second, if Hei Yang were to return to the Netherworld River Basin, he might be exposed by Luo Sheng and other ghosts, which would inevitably lead to a struggle.

At that time, Hei Yang will become the target of everyone's criticism, and he may not be able to protect that Yin Yue Soul Mushroom.

However, if one enters the depths of the Netherworld, the situation will be completely different, and no ghosts will know that Hei Yang possesses a treasure like the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom.

After Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang separated, the ghostly creatures that had been chasing them split into two groups again, each pursuing Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang respectively.

Lu Cheng'an was extremely fast. He used the minor supernatural ability of Star Flame Concealment Technique to quickly shake off the Netherworld ghosts that were chasing him.

When he arrived at the barrier between the Netherworld River and the Netherworld, the passage that Black Sand and his Netherworld spirits had created had not yet been fully restored.

This is also part of Black Sands' plan.

When the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom in the Netherworld Valley matured, Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang tried to seize it. He then led his third-tier ghosts away from the Netherworld Valley and returned directly to the Netherworld River.

This is because Lu Cheng'an and Hei Yang were both taken to the Netherworld Valley by Hei Sha. At first, Luo Sheng and the other Netherworld ghosts in the Netherworld River might not have noticed this, but when they thought about it carefully, they would definitely be able to see the relationship between him, Lu Cheng'an, and Hei Yang.

After returning to the Netherworld River with his horde of ghosts, Black Sand went back to his residence and immediately began preparing for full defense. He knew he could face attacks from Luo Sheng and the other ghosts at any moment, but he was confident in his abilities.

This confidence comes from his son, Hei Yang.

Hei Yang took the Yin Yue Soul Mushroom into the depths of the Netherworld, where there is a high probability that he will break through to the fourth rank.

As long as Hei Yang doesn't return to the Netherworld River, it will make Luo Sheng and other Netherworld ghosts in the Netherworld River feel apprehensive.

If they attack Black Sand now, then when Black Sun breaks through to the fourth rank and returns to the Netherworld River, he will definitely seek revenge on Luo Sheng and the other Netherworld ghosts.

This was part of the Black Sands' plan, but they did not tell Lu Cheng'an about it.

Lu Cheng'an didn't want to know these things. He only sensed the presence of Black Sand in the unclosed passage and knew that Black Sand had returned to the Nether River.

Lu Cheng'an paused for only a moment before roughly guessing the plan of the Black Sand father and son.

However, without any hesitation, he passed through the passage and entered the Netherworld River.

Lu Cheng'an did not go looking for Black Sand again, but left the Nether River directly and sped towards the direction where the Lu family was located.

Soon after, Lu Cheng'an arrived at the Yunling Mountains. He then slowed down and used the Minor Transformation Technique to silently pass through the Yunling Mountains.

This did not attract the attention of heretical cultivators such as the Heavenly Locust True Lord in the Yunling Mountains.

After crossing the Yunling Mountains, Lu Cheng'an continued to use the Star Flame Concealment Technique to quickly return to the Lu family.

Lu Cheng'an did not enter the Lu family's mountain gate. He sent a message to Shi Ningyu, briefly explaining what he had done since leaving the Lu family, and then returned directly to the Five Spirits Lake in the underground lava river.

"I never expected this trip to go so smoothly!"

In Lu Cheng'an's cave at Wuling Lake.

After entering the cave, Lu Cheng'an took out the Yin Moon Soul Fungus.

The Yin Yue Soul Mushroom is a fourth-grade low-quality mushroom. It is the size of an adult's palm, silver-white in color, and covered with very obvious moon patterns.

Lu Cheng'an used his divine sense to invade the Yin Moon Soul Fungus, carefully examined the spiritual plant, and after confirming that there were no problems, resealed it into the jade box.

When Heisha first mentioned the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom, a treasure that helps in the formation of a Nascent Soul, he looked up some information about it.

This didn't take Lu Cheng'an too much effort, because the Burning Flame Sect's heritage records that among the treasures that help condense a Nascent Soul is the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom.

When he examined the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom he obtained from the Netherworld Valley, he carefully compared it with the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom recorded in the ancient books, but found no difference between the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom in his hand and the one recorded in the ancient books.

He even felt that the medicinal power of the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom picked from the Netherworld Valley might be even stronger than recorded in the ancient texts.

After sealing the Yin Moon Soul Mushroom into the jade box, Lu Cheng'an began to meditate and recover from his injuries.

The attack launched simultaneously by Luo Sheng and Bird King was extremely powerful. Although he and Hei Yang blocked the series of attacks, they still suffered some injuries.

After that, he rushed back to his family in a hurry, and had no time to treat his injuries.

Although Luo Sheng's Netherworld Ghosts were not weak, they were far inferior to the Nascent Soul cultivator, True Lord Heavenly Locust.

Lu Cheng'an's injuries this time were not particularly serious. After using the minor supernatural power of Returning Fire to Heaven, his injuries recovered quickly.

Instead of directly breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, he retrieved the photographic records he had obtained from Liu Miaozhen and Lu Chengyue.

This photograph records the entire process of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Ancient Desolate Sect giving a sermon. Lu Cheng'an has not yet had time to examine it carefully after obtaining the photograph.

Along with the photographic record, some jade slips were also retrieved.

This jade slip records the methods for Golden Core cultivators to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, which are left behind in the Burning Flame Sect's heritage, as well as the breakthrough insights left by Nascent Soul cultivators of the Burning Flame Sect.

However, what the Burning Flame Sect left behind were just written records, which naturally couldn't compare to the personal explanations given by the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Sect.

Lu Cheng'an had read the texts left by the Burning Flame Sect many times, but each time he read them, he gained new insights.

Before watching the recordings of the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Ancient Desolate Sect preaching, he spent nearly two months carefully studying those classic texts again.

Only then did he begin to watch the sermons of the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

The Ancient Desolate Sect currently has four Nascent Soul cultivators, but only True Monarch Kushi and True Monarch Dahuang gave lectures. The remaining two Nascent Soul cultivators, Qiongmiao and Suigu, were still working hard to heal their injuries at the time.

The teachings of True Lord Kushi and True Lord Dahuang were very detailed, starting from the initial Qi Refining stage and continuing all the way to their current Nascent Soul stage.

Lu Cheng'an began by observing the Qi Refining realms they described, and then compared them with his own understanding of the four realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul.

At this point, he discovered that his understanding of the various realms differed from that of the True Lord of Withered Time and the True Lord of Great Wilderness in some aspects, and that the True Lord of Withered Time and the True Lord of Great Wilderness also had some differences in their understanding of these four realms.

This does not mean that anyone has a wrong understanding of a certain realm, but rather that different people have different experiences, which leads to different insights.

This point was also mentioned by True Lord Kushi and True Lord Dahuang when they preached, and it is not necessary to follow their teachings exactly.

The final group photo documented the questions raised by the cultivators who went to listen to the sermon regarding the problems they encountered in their cultivation, and the answers provided by True Lord Kushi and True Lord Dahuang.

The cultivators who asked the most questions were those at the Golden Core Perfection stage, such as Liu Miaozhen, and their questions were all related to breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

Lu Cheng'an read this part very carefully. After watching it once, he gained a deeper understanding of the Nascent Soul realm.

Breaking through from the Golden Core stage to the Nascent Soul stage involves three aspects: the cultivator's physical body, magical power, and divine soul. The stronger a cultivator's physical body, magical power, and divine soul are, the greater the chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The cultivation world in Qingzhou and Taizhou has now completely lost contact with the outside world, and many of its traditions have been lost. Apart from the most common cultivation techniques, the methods for tempering the physical body and soul have almost all been lost.

Even if it hadn't been completely severed, this kind of tradition would only be preserved in the hands of Nascent Soul sects like the Ancient Desolate Sect. (End of Chapter)