Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

"Fellow Daoists, please stop for now. Don't you think the people of Yanzhou are behaving too strangely?"

After stopping the others, including the blazing sun, who were moving at full speed, Wenjian Zhenjun took out the sand demon that was sealed on his body.

“I think these sand demons are likely to cause problems. Taking them on our journey could very well bring us danger!” True Monarch Wenjian said in a deep voice.

His gaze fell on the few sand demons that were sealed off, but he did not see anything unusual about them.

“I also feel that the people of Yanzhou behave somewhat strangely. Since Fellow Daoist Zhai feels the same way, then we don’t need to worry about it so much.”

Lord Lieyang laughed loudly and said, "We are below the Black Abyss. We can just throw these sand demons into the Black Abyss. This should also test whether bringing the sand demons out of Yanzhou is effective!"

Lord Lieyang was also an extremely decisive person. After expressing his thoughts, he directly threw all the sand demons he was carrying into the black abyss below.

The Black Abyss is bottomless and contains extremely terrifying power.

As the sand demons fell into the depths of the Black Abyss, the seals binding them instantly dissipated, and an extremely terrifying power surged forth from their bodies.

The last few sand demons' power coalesced into a single force, roaring as they tried to leave the Black Abyss.

However, at this moment, an extremely terrifying power also emerged from the Black Abyss, attempting to retain the power emanating from the Sand Demon's body.

The area where these two forces are intertwined has not yet reached the bottom of the Black Abyss.

After throwing the sand demons into the Black Abyss, True Lord Lieyang, along with True Lord Wenjian and others, kept an eye on their condition.

When they detected the powerful force emanating from the sand demon, their expressions changed drastically.

How could they not realize by now that this was most likely a trap set by cultivators from Yanzhou?

Without hesitation, they decided to throw the remaining sand demons into the Black Abyss as well.

Unfortunately, they were a fraction too slow. As soon as they took out the sand demons, the sand demons broke free of the seal on their own, and the powerful force surging from their bodies instantly attacked them.

Lord Lieyang was already on guard, and they quickly took action to defend themselves.

Even so, their defenses were still somewhat inferior to the power surging from the Sand Demon's body.

In the blink of an eye, they suffered extremely serious injuries.

If it weren't for the powerful force within the Black Abyss that had also entangled the Sand Demon's power, Lord Lieyang and the others would have paid an even more devastating price.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lord Lieyang and his men quickly sped towards Hezhou after blocking the attack of that force.

They encountered no further danger on their return journey, but when they left the Black Abyss and entered the territory of Hezhou, and began to examine their injuries, they felt extremely terrified.

Because they discovered that the power invading their bodies was extremely terrifying, and it was difficult for them to dispel it with their own strength.

"This is the power of Dao Condensation wielded by a Nascent Soul cultivator. How could those sand demons possibly possess such power? Could it be that there are Nascent Soul cultivators deep within the Vast Desert?!" True Monarch Wenjian exclaimed in surprise.

The gap between Nascent Soul cultivators and Deity Transformation cultivators is too great. The power of Dao Condensation possessed by Deity Transformation cultivators is a power that encompasses the power of the Great Dao.

To neutralize this power, one must use a power that also contains the power of the Great Dao.

Although Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level has not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, he has condensed a Fire Domain.

To a certain extent, he can be considered a cultivator who has mastered a certain amount of fire-based power.

If he were to carefully examine the situation of Lord Lieyang and the others, he should be able to neutralize the power within their bodies.

However, neither side knows the other's situation right now.

When True Monarch Wenjian saw that the power invading their bodies was the power of condensed Dao controlled by Nascent Soul cultivators, his expression turned extremely ugly.

However, they didn't have any better options at the moment, so they could only enter the Heavenly Sword Sect together for the time being.

Lu Cheng'an was unaware of the situation of Nascent Soul cultivators such as Sword Inquiry True Monarch.

The main reason he stayed in the Lu family's mountain gate was to wait for the arrival of fourth-tier demonic beasts such as the Golden Bee.

The fourth-tier demonic beasts, such as the golden bee, did not keep Lu Cheng'an waiting for too long.

Before Lu Cheng'an could finish refining the materials to upgrade the Earth Flame Purple Gold Sect and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, the fourth-order demonic beasts, including the Golden Bee, arrived outside the Lu family's mountain gate.

After returning to the Hong'e Mountains, they disregarded their injuries and began to plunder the remaining treasures in the mountains.

In fact, the real treasures of the Hong'e Mountains were all carried by fourth-tier demon beasts such as the Butterfly Demon King, and there are not many left in the Hong'e Mountains now.

However, since Lu Cheng'an had already given the order, they could only resign themselves to their fate and plunder the treasures of the Hong'e Mountains once again.

Unfortunately, their haul wasn't great, though they did manage to collect quite a few second- and third-tier spiritual creatures.

Lu Cheng'an did not make things too difficult for the fourth-tier demonic beasts such as the Golden Bee, because he had left control methods inside their bodies.

These fourth-tier demonic beasts can only exert their greatest value when they are alive.

Lu Cheng'an took stock of the treasures sent by the Golden Bee and other fourth-tier demonic beasts, and found that there were quite a few valuable items among them.

This valuable item is not a fourth-tier spiritual object, but a second or third-tier spiritual object.

These are mainly treasures that help cultivators break through to higher realms, such as the second-tier top-grade Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree, the third-tier high-grade Yuanhuang Vine, and the Qingyun Flower.

The Five Elements Spiritual Fruits that grow on the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree are meant to help cultivators in the Qi Refining stage break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Lu family had previously obtained a second-grade superior Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree. After so many years of cultivation by Lu Jingtong and other Lu family spirit plant masters, the quality of this second-grade superior Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree had long since broken through to the second-grade supreme quality.

Not only that, Lu Jingtong also used this second-tier top-grade Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree as the mother plant to cultivate three more Five Elements Spirit Fruit Trees.

The Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Trees cultivated later were only of the lower-middle grade of the second rank, and the quantity and quality of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruits they produced were not as high as that top-grade second-rank tree.

The spiritual energy of this second-tier top-grade spiritual fruit tree, delivered by fourth-tier demonic beasts such as the Golden Bee, is even more vigorous than the one originally cultivated by the Lu family.

Furthermore, with Lu Jingkun's improved skills in cultivating spiritual plants, the Lu family's strength is now completely different from before.

Lu Jingkun is now quite confident that he can upgrade the grade of the second-grade top-quality Five Elements Fruit Tree sent by the fourth-grade demonic beasts, such as the Golden Bee, to the third-grade low-quality.

Once the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree breaks through this boundary, the Five Elements Fruits it bears will transform into Core Formation Spiritual Objects.

Moreover, the quality of the Five Elements Fruits produced by new Five Elements Fruit Trees cultivated from this mother plant will also be improved.

Both the Yuanhuang Vine and the Qingyun Flower are Core Formation spiritual plants. Lu Cheng'an handed over all these cultivable spiritual plants to Lu Jingtong, instructing him to transplant them as successfully as possible.

This was not a difficult task for Lu Jingtong, after all, the environment of Suixing Peak was extremely suitable for the growth of spiritual plants, and the quality of these spiritual plants was not high.

After dealing with the spiritual items sent by the fourth-tier demonic beasts such as the Golden Bee, Lu Cheng'an prepared to upgrade the Earth Flame Purple Gold Bell and the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan to the fourth-tier superior grade.

He had already refined all the materials needed to upgrade these two magical artifacts during that period, and now he could start refining them directly.

However, before he could actually begin refining it, he received a message from Nascent Soul cultivators such as True Monarch Qiongmiao, and learned about the evil deeds committed by Nascent Soul cultivators in Yanzhou and other places.

"It seems the situation in Yanzhou is indeed extremely dangerous, otherwise they wouldn't be treating True Monarch Qiongmiao and the others this way!"

After seeing the messages from True Monarch Qiongmiao and the others, Lu Cheng'an guessed the true purpose of the Nascent Soul cultivators from Yanzhou.

True Monarch Qiongmiao and the others also saw through the Nascent Soul cultivators' plans in Yanzhou, which was the main reason they immediately told Lu Cheng'an the news.

After thinking it over for a while, Lu Cheng'an told the news to Shi Ningyu and the other three Nascent Soul cultivators from the family, and then headed directly to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Putting aside the matter of Yanzhou for the time being, he needed to help Nascent Soul cultivators like True Monarch Qiongmiao heal their injuries as soon as possible.

Qiongmiao Zhenjun and the others told Lu Cheng'an about their physical condition. After hearing about the power of condensing the Dao possessed by the Nascent Soul cultivators, Lu Cheng'an felt that he could resolve this power.

Of course, whether he can actually do it remains to be seen after he meets Qiongmiao Zhenjun and the others.

After leaving his family, Lu Cheng'an sped towards the Heavenly Sword Sect. He arrived at the Heavenly Sword Sect in no time.

Here he met the severely injured Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Qiongmiao.

The injuries on Qiongmiao Zhenjun showed no signs of healing; in fact, they seemed to be getting worse.

This is because they cannot dissolve the power of the Dao within their bodies. If this power remains in their bodies for a long time, their injuries will become more and more serious.

Now they don't even dare to easily activate the magic power within their bodies, otherwise it is very likely that their injuries will worsen again.

This is also the main reason why, after arriving in Hezhou, True Monarch Qiongmiao and the others did not return to their respective places, but instead went to the Heavenly Sword Sect together.

"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Lu on breaking through to the late Nascent Soul stage. At Fellow Daoist Lu's current cultivation rate, it probably won't be long before you break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, and you even have a good chance of reaching the Deity Transformation stage!"

Upon seeing Lu Cheng'an, the Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Qiongmiao, chuckled softly, then sighed, "I wonder if the cultivators of Yanzhou will give Fellow Daoist Lu time to grow!"

"Fellow Daoists, there is no need to worry too much. Let's put aside the cultivators of Yanzhou for now. Let me first examine the injuries in your bodies. Perhaps I can help you heal them!"

Upon sensing the aura of despair emanating from Qiongmiao Zhenjun, Lu Cheng'an burst into laughter.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, there's no need to waste your time. The injuries in our bodies are caused by the power of the Condensed Dao, a power that only Nascent Soul cultivators can heal!"

The Sword-Asking True Monarch gave a bitter laugh and said, "The main reason we called Fellow Daoist Lu here is to discuss with him how to deal with the upcoming attack from Yanzhou."

The situation in Yanzhou is extremely critical. The cultivators of Yanzhou are probably using these methods against us because they think the chances of stopping the sand demon's attack are slim. That's why they want to weaken our strength now so that they can invade us later.

Fellow Daoist He and I all bear injuries left by the power of Dao Condensation, and we don't know if we can recover. If we can't recover, we may have to rely on Fellow Daoist Lu to deal with the attacks from the Yan State cultivators.

The Nine Heavens Sect, the Heavenly Fire Sect, and the Heavenly Blade Palace are unlikely to abandon Yanzhou until the very last moment. Based on Fellow Daoist Lu's cultivation progress, he should be able to break through to the Nascent Soul Perfection realm before they launch their invasion…”

The Sword Inquiry True Lord had no other choice but to place their hopes on Lu Cheng'an.

Among the Nascent Soul cultivators in Qing and He prefectures, Lu Cheng'an has the greatest chance of successfully breaking through to the Nascent Soul Perfection realm.

Upon hearing the meaning of Wenjian Zhenjun and the others, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but chuckle softly.

He didn't say anything more, but instead released the fire domain he had condensed.

Now he no longer needs to hide the news.

The two strongest forces in Qing and He provinces, Lieyang Zhenjun and Wenjian Zhenjun, were already unable to do anything to him. Now that Yan province has become a major enemy, they are even less likely to take the initiative to fight him.

Now that he is facing Lord Lieyang and the others, he no longer needs to hide his trump cards.

"This is the realm!"

"How did you manage to possess the unique domain power of a Nascent Soul cultivator, Fellow Daoist Lu?!"

"We might really be saved. Since Fellow Daoist Lu is able to condense a domain, he might actually be able to help us resolve the power of condensed Dao within our bodies!"

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Lord Lieyang and the others exclaimed in surprise, for the Nascent Soul sects they came from had extremely long histories.

Every sect has an introduction to the Nascent Soul realm, and since they are all at the late or perfect Nascent Soul stage, they naturally have some understanding of the Nascent Soul realm.

After Lu Cheng'an demonstrated the power of the Fire Domain to them, they were certain that Lu Cheng'an had indeed condensed a domain that only cultivators at the Divine Transformation Realm possessed while at the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Fellow Daoists, you should now believe that I have the ability to help you resolve the condensed Dao power within your bodies!"

After the exclamation of True Lord Lieyang subsided, Lu Cheng'an spoke slowly.

"We believe in Fellow Daoist Lu's ability; we were simply blind before!"

Wen Jianzhen quickly spoke up, "Please, Fellow Daoist Lu, examine the state of our Dao-condensing power!"

"Then please do not resist, Fellow Daoist Zhai. I will now examine the state of your Dao Condensation Power!"

After receiving a reply from Wenjian Zhenjun, Lu Cheng'an released a wisp of power into Wenjian Zhenjun's body.

He quickly sensed the presence of the Dao-condensing power within the Sword-Asking True Monarch's body.

"It is also the power of the Great Path of Fire!"

Lu Cheng'an was slightly surprised, but after thinking about the situation in the Vast Sea Desert, he understood why the Sand Demon possessed the power of the Great Dao of Fire.

The power of Dao condensation within the Sword Inquiry True Monarch was not abundant, but it was highly dispersed, which resulted in significant damage to him.

If these Dao-condensing powers are gathered together, the injuries in the body of True Monarch Wenjian can be greatly alleviated.

After the idea popped into Lu Cheng'an's mind, he quickly did just that. (End of Chapter)