Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

"Next, I need to go to the Underworld Sect to deliver the heart of the Black Gold Blood Earthworm to them. I wonder what Fellow Daoist Lu's plans are next?" the Green-Faced Ghost Emperor inquired.

He felt much more at ease after seeing Lu Cheng'an put away those treasures.

The Earth Pneumonia Crystal was indeed extremely precious to Lu Cheng'an, but these things were not very useful to him.

If we can gain Lu Cheng'an's favor through these things, it will definitely be a profitable deal.

"I plan to go into seclusion here to comprehend supernatural powers. Once I finish my comprehension, I will enter the Yin Hua Sect through the interdimensional passage here!" Lu Cheng'an said.

His original plan was to go directly to the Yin Hua Sect, but now that he has gained a lot of insights into the two divine abilities, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal, he naturally wants to seize the time to comprehend them.

The Mengyuan Prefecture, where the Yin Hua Sect is located, is currently in a very turbulent state. Lu Cheng'an has agreed to become a guest elder of the Yin Hua Sect, and he can imagine that once he enters the Yin Hua Sect, he will definitely not have a stable time for cultivation in the short term.

Although the environment of the Netherworld does not allow him to cultivate, it does not hinder his comprehension of supernatural powers.

"Then I won't bother Fellow Daoist Lu any longer. If Fellow Daoist Lu has any questions, please contact me promptly!"

The Green-Faced Ghost King wanted to deliver the heart of the Black Gold Blood Earthworm to the Underworld Sect as soon as possible to prevent any further unforeseen events.

After the Green-Faced Ghost King left, Lu Cheng'an closed the cave and entered the quiet room to begin comprehending the two supernatural powers, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal.

"The more times a cultivator is subjected to the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, the greater the damage these two divine abilities inflict on that cultivator. This means that the damage from these two divine abilities can be stacked!"

"My limit for using the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal in a short period of time is eight times. On the eighth time, I will suffer a backlash and my lifespan will be reduced by ten years."

"However, the ten years of my lifespan that I lost may have been added to the two supernatural powers, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal."

Lu Cheng'an's mind raced as he contemplated the scenario of fighting the Shadow Flying Tiger.

However, he only used the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal to the maximum number of times when fighting the Shadow Flying Tiger, so the data he obtained was very limited.

"I currently have two directions for comprehension: one is to consume lifespan to enhance the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, and the other is to enhance the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal by stacking them."

Lu Cheng'an felt that the former might be easier to comprehend, but even if he succeeded, it would come at the cost of consuming his lifespan, so it could only be used as a trump card to save his life.

If the latter can be successfully comprehended, the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal will also be greatly enhanced, and there will be no need to worry about any backlash.

After deciding on these two directions, Lu Cheng'an began to study and comprehend them.

The first method he comprehended was the one that consumed lifespan to enhance supernatural powers.

If he succeeds in comprehending it, he will have an extra trump card to save his life.

Moreover, by drawing inferences from one instance to another, he is more likely to successfully understand another direction.

Mastering supernatural powers is more difficult than practicing them, especially since Lu Cheng'an was trying to comprehend supernatural powers related to the Dao of Time, such as the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, which further increased the difficulty of comprehension.

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

"After spending so much time, I have finally mastered the method of consuming lifespan to enhance the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal. It's just a pity that I can only consume up to fifty years of lifespan to amplify the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal now."

Even so, this increase is extremely terrifying. Once Lu Cheng'an consumes fifty years of his lifespan to amplify the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal, he can directly reduce a cultivator's lifespan by two thousand years.

Lu Cheng'an calculated that, with his current strength, he could at most use the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal on cultivators in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Once he exceeds this cultivation limit, if he were to use the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal again, he would suffer extremely severe backlash.

This backlash will also come at the cost of shortening one's lifespan!

Lu Cheng'an felt that this direction could be further explored, but he still needed to improve his understanding of the Way of Time.

If his understanding of the Dao of Time were deeper, he might be able to sacrifice his own lifespan for free.

"We've already wasted a lot of time, it's time to leave the Netherworld and head to the Yin Hua Sect!"

After leaving his cave, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to the Green-Faced Ghost King, but did not receive a reply.

"Senior Lu, the Lord is currently in seclusion for cultivation. Before he went into seclusion, he instructed that once Senior Lu finishes his seclusion, he can go directly to the Interdimensional Passage. If Senior Lu has any other requests, please feel free to tell us, and we will do our best to help Senior Lu achieve them!"

As soon as Lu Cheng'an left his cave, a ghost cultivator dressed in a yellow robe appeared in front of him.

Like Lu Cheng'an, the Green-Faced Ghost King returned to his cave after returning to Wanhe Palace with Lu Cheng'an and began his secluded cultivation.

Lu Cheng'an was studying supernatural powers, while the Green-Faced Ghost Emperor was refining the power of the Taixu Divine Fruit, striving to improve his cultivation.

The Green-Faced Ghost King is currently at the early stage of the fifth rank. Although he is powerful among ghost cultivators at the early stage of the fifth rank, he does not have much chance of winning against cultivators at the mid stage of the fifth rank.

However, if his cultivation level were to break through to the mid-stage of the fifth rank, the situation would be very different.

With his mid-stage fifth-order cultivation, he would be quite confident in attracting some early-stage fifth-order ghost cultivators to strengthen his forces.

"When Fellow Daoist Qingmian emerges from seclusion, please give him my regards. Now, take me to the Interdimensional Passage!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

He also had some understanding of the situation of the Green-Faced Ghost King. The Green-Faced Ghost King was in seclusion at this time, definitely trying to improve his cultivation.

The two Taixu Divine Fruits are still in his storage artifact, but he has not yet fully comprehended the Divine Transformation Chapter of the Earth Flame True Scripture.

He would wait until he had fully comprehended the cultivation technique before using the Taixu Divine Fruit in his hand.

The yellow-robed ghost cultivator was originally assigned to Lu Cheng'an by the Green-Faced Ghost Emperor. Upon hearing Lu Cheng'an's order, he immediately agreed.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an, led by the yellow-robed ghost cultivator, entered the place where the passage between the two worlds was located.

Without any hesitation, Lu Cheng'an flew into the passage between the two worlds.

"The passage between the two worlds here seems to be somewhat different from the passage between the two worlds in the Nether River?"

Lu Cheng'an sensed it for a moment and could feel that the passage between the two worlds of Wanhe Palace was different from the passage of the Netherworld River, but he couldn't be sure what the difference was. The passage between the two worlds wasn't long, and Lu Cheng'an passed through it and entered the mortal world a short while after entering.

"Yin Huazong Du Xinzhong and Yan Wenyuan pay their respects to Senior Lu!"

As soon as Lu Cheng'an emerged from the interdimensional passage, he sensed the presence of two Nascent Soul cultivators at the peak of their cultivation. At the same time, he also sensed an extremely intimidating aura that gave him a feeling of extreme danger.

The two Nascent Soul Perfection Realm cultivators that Lu Cheng'an sensed were Du Xinzhong and Yan Wenyuan, who were responsible for guarding the exit of the interdimensional passage.

The intimidating aura that Lu Cheng'an felt was due to a fifth-order formation set up by the Yin Hua Sect.

Although Du Xinzhong and Yan Wenyuan were only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, they were able to activate the fifth-order formation in this place instantly.

At that time, the power unleashed by the formation will be able to injure even a cultivator in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Of course, the Yin Hua Sect set up such a powerful formation here not for Lu Cheng'an, but to prevent high-level ghosts from the Netherworld from entering the mortal world.

"You know me?" Lu Cheng'an's gaze fell on Du Xinzhong and Yan Wenyuan.

Both of them were at the Nascent Soul Perfection stage. He sensed that both of them were quite powerful, but there was still a considerable gap between them and cultivators at the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, such as Master Qinghe.

"Reporting to Senior Lu, the sect's Grand Elder mentioned you to us!"

"They specifically instructed us that if the senior comes out of the interdimensional passage, we should immediately take the senior to see them!"

Du Xinzhong and the other man quickly explained the situation to Lu Cheng'an, but they did not immediately offer to take Lu Cheng'an away. Instead, they waited for Lu Cheng'an's decision.

Lu Cheng'an is a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, which is a whole realm higher than them.

Even if what they said was an arrangement by the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of their Yin Hua Sect, they still had to be sufficiently respectful when facing Lu Cheng'an.

"Take me to find Fellow Daoist Miyin now!"

After glancing at Du Xinzhong and the other man, Lu Cheng'an did not ask them any further questions, but instead prepared to go directly to see the Old Monster of Miyin.

He had previously agreed to become a guest elder of the Yin Hua Sect, but he had spent a lot of time in the Netherworld, and it was unknown whether any problems would arise during that time.

With that thought in mind, Lu Cheng'an followed Du Xinzhong and the other person out of the interdimensional passage.

After Du Xinzhong and the other two left, two more cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage entered the interdimensional passage to guard it.

Although Yin Hua Sect is the weakest Nascent Soul sect in Mengyuan Prefecture, this does not mean that Yin Hua Sect is weak.

Although the Yin Hua Sect only has six cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, it has more than two hundred cultivators at the Core Formation stage, and more than thirty of them have reached the Perfect Core Formation stage.

However, among these thirty-odd cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, only two were confident of breaking through to the Deity Transformation stage.

These two individuals are Li Changkun and Wang Yuankai, both of whom have successfully condensed their Dao Domains.

Yin Hua Sect is a Nascent Soul sect. Li Changkun and Wang Yuan both come from Yin Hua Sect, so it's highly likely that they will successfully break through to the Nascent Soul realm in the future, and there will be almost no unexpected situations.

Lu Cheng'an didn't know much about the Yin Hua Sect, but he still felt the strength of the Yin Hua Sect when he accompanied Du Xinzhong and the other person to meet the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Yin Hua Sect.

Soon after, Du Xinzhong and his companion brought Lu Chengan to Huiling Peak, where the old monster Miyin and other Nascent Soul cultivators were located.

Huiling Peak is a sacred peak where the Yin Hua Sect specifically discusses important matters and receives guests.

Lu Cheng'an is a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. He is about to become a guest elder of the Yin Hua Sect, so he naturally receives the solemn treatment from the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yin Hua Sect.

"I've finally been waiting for Fellow Daoist Lu. Let me introduce you, Fellow Daoist Lu. This is my uncle, Daoist Xuanxu, and this is my senior brother, Li Yuan..."

"Uncle-Master, Senior Brother Li, this is Lu Cheng'an, whom I've told you about!"

Upon seeing Lu Cheng'an, the Old Monster of Miyin immediately stood up from his seat and introduced him to the two Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yin Hua Sect. He also briefly explained the situation of Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yin Hua Sect to Lu Cheng'an.

The Yin Hua Sect has a total of six cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, but only four of them remain in the sect at this time.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators, Tianyuan Shangren and Biluo Yuanjun, went to Black Rock City, which is the territory of the Desire Spirit Sect, located at the border of Dreamland State and Qianyuan State.

Besides Tianyun Shangren and Biluo Yuanjun from the Yinhua Sect, Black Rock City now also has two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Heavenly Corpse Sect and three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Desire Spirit Sect, bringing the total number of Nascent Soul cultivators in Black Rock City to seven.

This is before the demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture have truly launched their attack. If they do launch their attack, even more Nascent Soul cultivators from Mengyuan Prefecture will go to Black Rock City to provide support.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yin Hua Sect had been waiting for Lu Cheng'an's arrival. After all, Lu Cheng'an was a Nascent Soul cultivator, and even if his strength wasn't particularly formidable, it would still enhance the strength of the Yin Hua Sect and Meng Yuan Prefecture.

"These are five hundred spirit pearls and two fifth-grade low-level pure yang magic pills, which are the rewards we promised you as a guest elder. We have also prepared a cave dwelling for Fellow Daoist Lu's daily cultivation. We can now hand them over to Fellow Daoist Lu."

“The demonic cultivators in Qianyuan Prefecture are currently unstable. There are demonic cultivators at the late Nascent Soul stage who are preparing to lead the demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture to attack Mengyuan Prefecture. Now… when the battle truly begins, I hope Fellow Daoist Lu can step in to intercept the Nascent Soul demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture!” Xuanxu Daoist said in a deep voice.

Xuanxu Daoist is the senior uncle of Miyin Laoguai and Li Yuan, and his seniority is one generation higher than Miyin Laoguai and Li Yuan.

Xuanxu Daoist's cultivation level is at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and his strength far surpasses that of Miyin Laoguai, Li Yuan, and Chen Nian.

The sect leader of Yin Hua Sect, Master Tianyun, has gone to Black Rock City. The three Nascent Soul cultivators who remain in Yin Hua Sect are mainly led by Daoist Xuanxu.

Therefore, it was Xuanxu Daoist who suggested that Lu Cheng'an go to the battlefield to fight against the demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture.

However, he dared not be too forceful, as fighting against a demonic cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage was extremely risky.

Moreover, Lu Cheng'an has not yet become a guest elder of their Yin Hua Sect, so they cannot be too forceful towards him.

Lu Cheng'an's eyes showed a thoughtful expression. The old monster Miyin had previously mentioned the situation in several states of Mengyuan Prefecture, and he had also anticipated that Yinhua Sect would have him fight against the demonic cultivators of Mengyuan Prefecture.

He never expected that he would encounter such a thing so soon after entering the Yin Hua Sect.

The four members of the Xuanxu Daoist group all turned their gazes to Lu Cheng'an. Seeing the expression on his face, they felt a growing tension, wondering what decision he would make. (End of Chapter)