Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The two newly appeared sand demons were just as strong as the first one. After seeing Lu Cheng'an destroy the body of the first sand demon, their faces, made of yellow sand, showed no expression. Instead, they launched an attack on Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an quickly refined the power of the pill. When he saw the two sand demons attacking him, a look of excitement appeared in his eyes, and he instantly met the attack of the two sand demons.

One after another, magical seals and divine powers flew out from the hands of the two sand demons, and the violent power swept through the surrounding yellow sand, instantly covering the sky within a radius of hundreds of feet.

The surging power of fire and earth spread out, roaring as it rushed toward Lu Cheng'an.

With a series of loud booms, Lu Cheng'an's attack and the power released by the two sand demons collided violently.

Colorful lights emanated from the sky, reflecting off the endless yellow sand, creating a beautiful, flowing painting.

As time went by, injuries began to appear frequently in Lu Cheng'an's body, and even the power of fire and earth released by the Sand Demon invaded his body.

However, Lu Cheng'an still wore a pleased smile on his face, because he felt his strength was rapidly increasing.

His understanding of the power of fire has undergone a complete transformation since he fought against these two sand demons.

His understanding of the Earth Dao was initially limited, but it has grown rapidly.

The fire domain, which was originally twenty-eight zhang in size, expanded directly to thirty-six zhang!
The two sand demons were in a similarly miserable state. The fire and earth powers within their bodies had become extremely chaotic, and yellow sand was constantly falling from their bodies.

After Lu Cheng'an quickly unleashed the Returning Origin Fire Fiend Seal and the Myriad Flames Burning Heaven Palm, two violent roars resounded, and the bodies of the two sand demons finally collapsed completely.

Without any hesitation, Lu Cheng'an felt the clouds surging beneath his feet, propelling him swiftly into the depths of the vast desert.

Half a moment later, Lu Cheng'an's heart couldn't help but flutter when he saw the golden-red flames emerging from the dark brown soil in front of him.

In his perception, the dark brown land and the golden-red flames were both formed from the pure power of the Great Dao.

There was a great deal of danger involved, and he had a strong premonition that if he entered now, he would have no chance of survival.

Suddenly, a golden-red streak of light shot out from that area, the light as sharp as a sword, directly piercing towards Lu Cheng'an's face.

Lu Cheng'an was startled and immediately took out the Crimson Star Talisman given to him by the Nine Heavens Sect.

This is a low-grade, fifth-tier attack talisman.

After Lu Cheng'an activated the talisman, a crimson starlight shot out and instantly collided with the golden-red stream of light.

These two forces were far stronger than Lu Cheng'an's and the Sand Demon's power before. After they collided, Lu Cheng'an clearly felt the surrounding space being torn apart.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an held back, as he was certain that this was the birthplace of those sand demons.

Therefore, after he unleashed the Crimson Sky Shattering Star Talisman, he successively unleashed three fifth-tier low-grade secret treasures: the Golden Sun Heavenly Fire Pearl, the Heavenly Sword Talisman, and the Haoyang Mirror.

Then, three attacks, no less powerful than the Crimson Sky Shattering Star Talisman, landed on the dark brown land with incredible speed.

As a series of violent roars resounded, Lu Cheng'an sensed that the balance between the fire and earth elements on that land had suddenly become disordered, leading to an even more violent explosion.

At the same time, a roar filled with murderous intent came from beneath that land, as if some terrifying creature was about to crawl out from within.

Lu Cheng'an didn't wait for the explosion to subside. After vaguely hearing roars coming from underground, he quickly left the place in a streak of light.

Lu Cheng'an didn't know what was underground, but he was certain that after all his antics, the thing had suffered extremely serious damage and would probably be unable to attack Yanzhou for a long time.

Of course, these are just Lu Cheng'an's guesses, and whether this will actually happen remains to be seen.

Lu Cheng'an encountered no obstacles when leaving the Han Hai Desert. After leaving the Han Hai Desert and entering Yanzhou, he informed the cultivators of the Tianhuo Sect, Jiuxiao Sect, and Tiandao Palace about the situation in the Han Hai Desert.

He did not stay in Yanzhou after that. After passing through the Black Abyss, he went directly into Hezhou.

Lu Cheng'an went directly into the Heavenly Sword Sect and introduced to True Monarch Wenjian what he had done in Yanzhou and the Hanhai Desert.

"The sand demons of the Vast Sea Desert shouldn't cause trouble again for a while. Once my cultivation breaks through again, I should be able to completely eliminate the sand demons of the Vast Sea Desert!"

Lu Cheng'an looked at Wenjian Zhenjun and said with some helplessness, "This time, the main reason for inflicting heavy damage on the Sand Demon was the use of fifth-grade low-level secret treasures such as the Heavenly Sword Talisman."

As Lu Cheng'an spoke, he took out the Heavenly Sword Talisman and handed it to the Sword Inquiry True Lord.

Now the Heavenly Sword Talisman is just an empty shell and can no longer exert its power.

This was the only remaining low-grade fifth-order secret treasure of the Heavenly Sword Sect. After Lu Cheng'an used it up, nothing was left.

"The Heavenly Sword Talisman was able to severely injure the Sand Demon of the Vast Desert at the last moment, which can be considered to have played a role. I should thank Fellow Daoist Lu for this!"

The Sword-Asking True Monarch showed no regret whatsoever. After receiving the Heavenly Sword Talisman from Lu Cheng'an, he smiled and said, "I hope Fellow Daoist Lu's cultivation will proceed smoothly and that you will completely eliminate the sand demons of the Vast Sea Desert!"

The stronger Lu Cheng'an is, the better it is for their Heavenly Sword Sect, since they have a pretty good relationship with him.

If Lu Cheng'an successfully defeats the sand demons of the Han Hai Desert, then they will no longer need to worry about the invasion of cultivators from Yan Zhou.

"Then I'll take Fellow Daoist Jiang's auspicious words!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly, then did not linger at the Heavenly Sword Sect, and sped off towards the Haoyang Sect.

He did not lie to True Monarch Wenjian. He would definitely deal with the sand demons in the Vast Sea Desert. This was not for the sake of the cultivators in Yanzhou, nor for the Heavenly Sword Sect, but for his own sake.

He did not actually enter the birthplace of the Sand Demon, but he sensed a strong power of fire and earth.

Moreover, all the spiritual energy from the Vast Desert and the Heavenly Blade Palace converged there.

He had a strong feeling that if he wanted to raise his cultivation to the Nascent Soul realm, that place would be the best location.

After arriving at Haoyang Sect, Lu Cheng'an returned the Haoyang Treasure Mirror to the sect.

Unlike the Heavenly Sword Talisman, although Lu Cheng'an consumed the power of the Haoyang Treasure Mirror this time, he did not cause any damage to it.

Next, as long as the cultivators of Haoyang Sect take back the Haoyang Treasure Mirror and nurture it, the power lost by the Haoyang Treasure Mirror will be able to slowly recover.

After telling True Lord Lieyang about his experiences in Yanzhou and the Hanhai Desert, Lu Cheng'an returned to the Lu family's mountain gate from Haoyang Sect. "Uncle Cheng'an, Uncle Chengping and I have created a spirit array called Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array through years of deduction. With our current abilities, we can only set up a mid-grade fourth-order Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array."

"But if my cultivation and that of the Marquis of Chengping improve further, we can continuously raise the grade of the Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array," Lu Jingkun said with a smile.

In recent years, apart from necessary cultivation, Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping have devoted their time to studying the formations that Lu Chengan mentioned.

This resulted in their combat abilities not improving much, despite an increase in their cultivation level.

Firstly, after their cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, they basically hadn't fought against other Nascent Soul realm cultivators. Secondly, they spent very little time cultivating their supernatural abilities.

This is not just a problem faced by Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping; other cultivators in the Lu family are also facing the same issue.

The main reason for this phenomenon is that the three prefectures of Qing, He, and Tai are very peaceful, with virtually no major battles taking place.

Even the Hong'e Mountains, which had been occupied by demonic beasts, fell into the hands of the Lu family, and the battles between human cultivators and demonic beasts were greatly reduced.

Especially now that the Lu family has become the most powerful Nascent Soul cultivator in the three states of Qing, He, and Tai, very few cultivators in these three states dare to take the initiative to attack Lu family cultivators.

In recent years, the number of cultivators in the Lu family has also seen an explosive growth, including many outstanding junior cultivators.

Especially after the Lu family began cultivating spirit grains such as blood essence rice on a large scale.

Nowadays, the Lu family cultivates not only Blood Essence Rice, but also Five Spirit Valley, Three-Color Spirit Wheat, and other spirit valleys.

These spiritual valleys all have the effect of enhancing the cultivation talent of the descendants of cultivators.

After Lu Jingtong, a top-tier third-level Golden Core cultivator, died while breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, his disciple Lu Yonghui has taken over his mission and is performing even better.

This is because his talent in cultivation and spiritual plants surpasses that of his master. Although he is only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, the spiritual plants he can cultivate have already surpassed those of his master.

After the Lu family planted blood essence rice and other spiritual grains on a large scale, the Lu family cultivators relied on these spiritual grains to nurture even more outstanding offspring.

However, with the explosive growth of cultivators in the Lu family, a new problem has emerged: cultivation resources are becoming increasingly scarce.

This is not just a problem for the Lu family, but a problem faced by the entire Qing, He, and Tai prefectures.

The lack of major conflicts in the three states of Qing, He, and Tai led to a rapid increase in the number of cultivators at the lower levels.

Such unrestricted growth leads to an increasing depletion of cultivation resources.

Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping were eager to develop the Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array in order to solve this problem.

The Hong'e Mountains are extremely vast, with an area equivalent to that of the Haoyang Sect, and the cultivation resources contained within them may be even richer than those of the Haoyang Sect.

If the Lu family were to relocate their mountain gate to the Hong'e Mountains, their problem with cultivation resources would be easily solved.

However, this is only a temporary solution; the Lu family and the rapidly growing number of lower-level cultivators in Qing, He, and Tai states still require further expenditure.

This might result in some casualties among the Lu family's cultivators, but it also allows them to select truly promising cultivators.

Just like Lu Chengyue and Lu Chengfeng, who were sent to the Desolate Ancient Sect by the Lu family, if we only consider cultivation talent, Lu Chengfeng is clearly better.

However, after time has proven its worth, it is clear that Lu Chengyue is more worthy of cultivation.

Lu Wenxing is the patriarch of the Lu family. After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, he felt that he had exhausted all his potential, so he devoted more of his energy to handling the family's affairs.

He had long been aware of the problems facing the Lu family, but he had no good way to solve them.

Lu Wenxing had no choice but to tell the other Nascent Soul cultivators in the Lu family about the problem, hoping they could come up with a solution.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Lu family discussed the matter together, but ultimately failed to reach any conclusion.

Furthermore, the Lu family also possessed the undeveloped Hong'e Mountains, a new resource, so the matter was ultimately dropped.

"Now that you have created the Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array, can you now construct this array?"

Lu Cheng'an smiled at Lu Jingkun and the other man, and said, "If you have any problems, you can speak up directly, and the family will do its best to help you solve them!"

"Indeed, we have encountered some difficulties. Although the Earth Source Spirit Moving Mountain Array is only of the fourth-order mid-grade, building this spirit array requires a large amount of resources, and some of these resources are extremely rare!"

Lu Jingkun sighed and said, "This includes the Five Elements Source Stone, Light Mica Essence... and nineteen kinds of fourth-grade low-to-mid-level spiritual materials."

We've already contacted sects like the Ancient Desolate Sect, and they don't have any of these spiritual materials in stock either!

After Lu Jingkun finished speaking, he looked at Lu Chengan with some helplessness. If they wanted to gather all these materials, they could only find a way from outside Qing, He, and Tai prefectures.

"Light mica essence, wind-sounding stone... I can give you these twelve materials later. As for the remaining seven materials, such as the Five Elements Source Stones, I'll go to Yanzhou and figure out a way!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

Materials like Light Mica Essence and Wind-Sounding Stone were obtained from various sources, including the Butterfly Transformation Demon King and other demonic beasts, as well as from the inheritances of the Burning Flame Sect and the Divine Jade Sect.

The reason why Lu Cheng'an did not immediately hand over these materials to Lu Jingkun and the other person was because some of these materials were on Shi Ningyu.

"Then I'll leave the task of finding the materials for the formation to Uncle Cheng'an!" Lu Jingkun said with a smile.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an and Lu Jingkun separated and entered Shi Ningyu's cave.

Shi Ningyu's cultivation has now broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and she has also successfully condensed the Golden Domain, greatly enhancing her strength.

After meeting Shi Ningyu in the cave, Lu Cheng'an explained to her in detail what he had done in Yanzhou and the Hanhai Desert.

“Brother An, since I broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, I have had fewer and fewer experiences fighting other cultivators. Now my cultivation has broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage and I have successfully condensed the Golden Domain. However, I feel that my foundation has been exhausted. Next, I want to travel for a while!” Shi Ningyu said in a deep voice.

This wasn't just a spontaneous thought from Shi Ningyu; she had had this idea for a long time.

Especially after learning about Lu Cheng'an's gains from his trip to Yanzhou, she became even more determined in this idea. (End of Chapter)