Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

"Where do you want to go for training?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

He didn't intend to stop Shi Ningyu; for cultivators like them, simply closing themselves off to cultivate in seclusion didn't do much good for improving their cultivation level.

He and Shi Ningyu were able to reach their current level despite their backgrounds in Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, and it wasn't simply through arduous cultivation.

“I have a better understanding of the situation in Yanzhou. It’s not a suitable place for me to travel. I want to visit Yuanzhou and Hezhou instead!” Shi Ningyu said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an had been to Yuanzhou before. He had gone to Yuanzhou to fetch water when Qingzhou suffered a severe drought, and at that time Yuanzhou was also experiencing a flood.

However, he did not go deep into Yuanzhou at that time, so he did not know much about the situation there.

However, through Nascent Soul sects such as the Ancient Desolate Sect, he still had some understanding of the Nascent Soul forces in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou.

The two Nascent Soul sects in Yuanzhou are Qinghe Sect and Tianze Sect, while the Nascent Soul sect in Lianzhou is Lianhua Sect.

These three Nascent Soul sects are all extremely powerful, each surpassing the Heavenly Fire Sect in strength.

However, these three Nascent Soul sects still failed to cultivate cultivators at the Divine Transformation realm. The main reason for this phenomenon is that the cultivation environment of this world is insufficient to nurture cultivators at the Divine Transformation realm.

Lu Cheng'an wanted to move the Lu family's mountain gate to the Hong'e Mountains in order to gather the spiritual energy of the Hong'e Mountains and try to cultivate a fifth-order spiritual vein.

However, he wasn't confident of success.

During his trip to the vast desert of Yanzhou, he encountered the opportunity to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Whether that region deep in the vast desert is truly the place where he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage remains to be seen until his strength improves.

After a quick thought, Lu Cheng'an took out a blank jade slip from his storage ring and imprinted the information he knew about Yuanzhou and Lianzhou onto the jade slip.

"This jade slip contains my understanding of Lianzhou and Yuanzhou. You must be careful when you travel. If you encounter danger, send me a message immediately and I will come to rescue you!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

She did not stop Shi Ningyu from traveling, because for cultivators like them, it was impossible to remain in seclusion and cultivate in solitude indefinitely if they wanted to achieve higher levels of cultivation.

Moreover, Shi Ningyu's cultivation has successfully broken through to the late Nascent Soul stage, and she has condensed a golden domain.

Even cultivators at the Nascent Soul Perfection Realm might not be a match for Shi Ningyu.

Once Shi Ningyu arrives in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou, she will not encounter any danger as long as she does not provoke the Nascent Soul sects in these two states.

"Don't worry, Brother An, I will be careful!" Shi Ningyu said with a smile.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an left Shi Ningyu's cave.

Shi Ningyu did not set off directly for Yuanzhou. She would not be returning for a while after this trip, so she needed to make more preparations.

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

After bidding farewell to Lu Cheng'an, Shi Ningyu set off from the Lu family's mountain gate and sped off towards Yuanzhou.

After seeing Shi Ningyu off, Lu Cheng'an did not stay in the family but headed towards Yanzhou.

His main purpose in going to Yanzhou was to obtain materials for setting up the Earth Origin Spirit Moving Mountain Array. He had previously given all twelve kinds of materials, including light mica essence and wind-sounding stone, to Lu Jingkun and the other person.

We are currently lacking materials such as the Five Elements Origin Stone.

These materials are relatively rare, but their grade is not particularly high.

The strength of sects like the Heavenly Fire Sect in Yanzhou is even more formidable, and their foundation is far more profound than that of the Nascent Soul sects in Qing, He, and Taizhou. Lu Cheng'an felt that he could definitely obtain the materials he wanted from the Nascent Soul sects in Yanzhou.

In addition, he is now heading to Yanzhou to check on the situation of the Sand Demons in the Vast Desert.

He was certain that what he had done that day had severely damaged the beings that created the sand demons in the vast desert, and that he would definitely not be able to condense sand demons to attack the cultivators of Yanzhou in a short period of time.

However, this was just his prediction. Lu Cheng'an couldn't be sure what the current situation was regarding the existence of the Sand Demons created in the Vast Desert.

If the thing that created the sand demon in the vast desert is not as badly damaged as he expected, he can make preparations in advance.

This time, Lu Cheng'an did not inform the cultivators of Haoyang Sect and Tianjian Sect about his trip to Yanzhou. After leaving the Lu family, he sped directly towards Yanzhou.

Soon after, Lu Cheng'an crossed the Black Abyss and entered Yanzhou.

After entering Yanzhou, Lu Cheng'an went to Black Plum Mountain again and sent messages to the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Heavenly Fire Sect and the Nine Heavens Sect, asking them to come to Black Plum Mountain to find him.

This time, Lu Cheng'an did not use the name of True Monarch Wenjian to deceive the cultivators of Tianhuo Sect and Jiuxiao Sect into coming.

Because of what he had done before, he had already left a very deep impression on the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Heavenly Fire Sect and the Nine Heavens Sect.

Although he used his own name this time, after receiving his message, the Heavenly Fire Sect Master, Heavenly Fire True Monarch, and the Nine Heavens Sect Master, Azure Cloud True Monarch, immediately rushed towards Black Plum Mountain where Lu Cheng'an was located.

The reason they acted immediately after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message was that

It was because after learning that Lu Cheng'an had left, they went into the vast desert to search for him.

They vaguely sensed the changes in the environment of the vast desert, but their strength was insufficient to perceive the true changes.

They were certain that the sand monsters in the vast desert had caused problems because they had not been attacked by them after venturing deeper into the desert.

This is an extremely rare phenomenon.

They had considered entering the Vast Desert to find a way to deal with the Sand Demons, but they encountered a series of attacks from the Sand Demons as soon as they entered the desert.

This time, they have been in the vast desert for so long and have not seen any sand monsters again, which proves that the sand monsters in the vast desert are very likely to have encountered a real problem.

The one who caused the sand monsters in the vast desert to exhibit this condition was Lu Cheng'an!

Even though they had some unpleasantness with Lu Cheng'an at the time, Lu Cheng'an forcibly snatched the treasures such as the Crimson Star Peak from their hands.

However, the fact that Lu Cheng'an severely injured the sand demon in the Vast Sea Desert can erase the matter of Lu Cheng'an forcibly taking away the fifth-tier treasures such as the Crimson Sky Star-Splitting Talisman.

It was for this reason that after seeing Lu Cheng'an's message, True Lord Tianhuo and True Lord Bixiao immediately went to Black Plum Mountain to find Lu Cheng'an's whereabouts.

True Lord Tianhuo and True Lord Bixiao were very fast. After receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, they arrived at Black Plum Mountain in less than three hours.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, please forgive us for our previous offense. This is an apology gift prepared by our two sects. Please accept it!" As they spoke, True Monarch Tianhuo and True Monarch Bixiao took out the apology gift they had prepared and handed it to Lu Cheng'an.

True Lord Tianhuo and True Lord Bixiao were also quite sincere; they prepared fourth-grade superior spiritual marrow bananas and golden flame peaches.

Both of these are fire-attribute spiritual fruits. Cultivators who practice fire-attribute techniques can rapidly improve their cultivation level after consuming them.

They had seen the traces of Lu Cheng'an's actions, which is why they prepared these two apology gifts.

Upon seeing the Spirit Marrow Fire Banana and the Golden Flame Fire Peach, a glint of light appeared in Lu Cheng'an's eyes; these two items were indeed quite tempting to him.

He is still some distance away from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. If he consumes these two fire-attribute spiritual fruits, he will be able to greatly shorten the time it takes to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

"You two are too kind!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and accepted the two fire-attribute spiritual fruits without any hesitation.

"May I ask what brings Fellow Daoist Lu to Yanzhou?" True Monarch Tianhuo asked with a smile after seeing Lu Cheng'an accept their gifts.

"I came to Yanzhou this time to exchange for the spiritual materials listed here. See if you can help me gather enough!"

Lu Cheng'an took out the jade slip containing the materials such as the Five Elements Origin Stone from his storage ring and handed it to True Lord Tianhuo.

True Lord Tianhuo and True Lord Bixiao immediately exchanged a glance, both seeing worry in each other's eyes.

They were well aware of Lu Cheng'an's strength, and what he wanted to exchange must be extremely valuable, very likely a top-grade fourth-tier spiritual item.

Although their sect possessed treasures of this caliber, their numbers were extremely limited, and they were unwilling to hand them over to Lu Cheng'an.

After suppressing his worries, True Lord Tianhuo looked at the contents of the jade slip as if nothing was wrong.

When he saw the list of fourth-grade materials, such as the Five Elements Origin Stone, recorded in the jade slip, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Although materials of lower-grade fourth rank, such as Five Elements Origin Stones, are relatively rare, their value is far less than that of top-grade fourth-rank spiritual materials.

With enough effort, they can still help Lu Cheng'an gather the materials of this caliber.

After reviewing the materials Lu Cheng'an needed, True Monarch Tianhuo and True Monarch Bixiao smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, rest assured, we will gather these materials for you very soon!"

"Then I'll have to trouble you two!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled slightly and said, "Besides finding these materials, I also want to know about the Sand Demons of the Vast Sea Desert."

Lu Cheng'an's gaze fell on Tianhuo Zhenjun and the other person, and he continued, "After I left, you should have gone into the Hanhai Desert to check on the situation of those sand demons."

"Those sand demons must have really been severely injured by Fellow Daoist Lu, just as he said. When we entered the Vast Sea Desert to investigate, we did not encounter any more attacks from the sand demons."

"We just didn't dare to venture too deep into the Vast Desert, and we don't really know the details of those sand demons," said True Monarch Tianhuo.

They were eager to find the source of the sand demon's birth, but after venturing a certain distance into the vast desert, they sensed an extremely dangerous aura.

This forced them to stop their advance, fearing that something dangerous might happen.

Lu Cheng'an nodded slightly and said, "I'll leave the task of collecting materials to you two. I'll wait for you here. Once you've gathered all the materials I need, please come back here to find me!"

Although the two, True Monarch Tianhuo and his companion, were quite polite to him, he still had no intention of visiting the two sects' mountain gates.

After all, as True Monarch Tianjian said, these two sects have extremely profound foundations. If he were to enter the sects of these two sects, he might be subject to their control.

"Then please wait here for a moment, Fellow Daoist Lu. We will now collect these materials for you!" True Monarch Tianhuo said with a smile.

Without wasting any time, the two of them left Black Plum Mountain together after making arrangements with Lu Cheng'an, and returned to their respective sects to begin helping Lu Cheng'an collect materials such as Five Elements Origin Stones.

All of these spiritual materials are of the lower-middle grade of the fourth rank, and there are not many types. With the strength of the Heavenly Fire Sect and the Nine Heavens Sect, it would not be difficult for them to collect all of these materials.

The two, Tianhuo Zhenjun and his companion, moved very quickly. In just one day, they reappeared at Black Plum Mountain with the Five Elements Origin Stones and other materials that Lu Cheng'an needed.

"These are the materials we collected according to Fellow Daoist Lu's instructions. Please take a look and see if they are suitable!"

True Lord Tianhuo didn't say much. After meeting Lu Cheng'an, he directly handed over the Five Elements Origin Stones and other materials to Lu Cheng'an.

A look of joy appeared in Lu Cheng'an's eyes as he quickly checked the Five Elements Origin Stones and other materials.

These spiritual materials were carefully selected by both Heavenly Fire True Lord and his companion, so there were naturally no problems, and they fully met the requirements for setting up the Earth Origin Spirit-Containing Mountain-Moving Array.

"Thank you both, fellow Daoists. Without your help, I don't know how much time and effort it would have taken to gather all these materials!"

After putting away the Five Elements Origin Stones and other materials, Lu Cheng'an took out some slightly higher-value fourth-tier low-grade materials from his storage ring.

Lu Cheng'an has no shortage of this type of material.

He obtained some fourth-tier spiritual materials from the inheritance of the Burning Flame Sect, and Shi Ningyu also obtained some fourth-tier spiritual materials from the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect.

Most importantly, he obtained the wealth accumulated over many years by fourth-order demonic beasts in the Hong'e Mountains, such as the Butterfly Demon King, which made his net worth extremely high, far exceeding that of cultivators like the Sword Inquiry True Monarch who had reached the Nascent Soul stage.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you're too kind. Please put these things away. We absolutely cannot accept anything from you!"

Upon seeing the fourth-grade spiritual materials that Lu Cheng'an had taken out, Tianhuo Zhenjun and the other person immediately declined.

Although the Five Elements Origin Stones and other fourth-grade materials of lower-middle quality are rare and precious, the total value of these spiritual materials is still less than that of the fourth-grade high-quality Spirit Marrow Fire Banana and Golden Flame Fire Peach that they had previously brought out.

The main reason they were so adamant about not accepting the fourth-grade spiritual materials offered by Lu Cheng'an was that they wanted to gain Lu Cheng'an's favor.

The sand monsters of the Vast Desert are indeed having problems, and the one who caused these problems is Lu Cheng'an.

The sand demons of the vast desert are only temporarily in trouble; they have not completely disappeared, so there is still a day when they will revive.

They were powerless to deal with the sand demons of the Vast Desert, so they could only place their hopes on Lu Cheng'an.

They gave Lu Cheng'an two high-grade fourth-tier spiritual fruits, the Spirit Marrow Fire Banana and the Golden Flame Fire Peach, hoping to rapidly improve his cultivation and then completely eliminate the sand demons of the Vast Sea Desert. (End of Chapter)