Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 127 Helping with Weapon Refining: Arrangements within the Clan
"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Lu. If I survive safely, I will definitely repay your kindness!" Zhu Yan said gratefully.

After seeing the pills that Lu Cheng'an gave her, she sensed the strong goodwill emanating from him.

These pills are numerous and come in three types: healing, restoring mana, and enhancing cultivation.

If even with the help of these elixirs, she still cannot survive the calamities to come, then it can only prove that she is utterly incompetent.

"I believe in Fellow Daoist Zhu, we will definitely meet again!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

"I look forward to seeing Fellow Daoist Lu again!"

Zhu Yan smiled as she put away the pills, then said in a deep voice, "We've already wasted a lot of time. I'll lead the cultivators of my clan back to the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains now."

"After we leave, take away the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation from Green Crocodile Island!"

Zhu Yan had made preparations. After bidding a final farewell to Lu Cheng'an, she led the cultivators of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan away from Green Crocodile Island and headed deep into the Burning Flame Mountains.

Not only the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan, but also the demonic beasts and spirits living in the Burning Flame Mountains are now converging on the depths of the Burning Flame Mountains.

"What a pity about the second-tier spiritual vein of Green Crocodile Island!"

After sensing the rich spiritual energy surging on Green Crocodile Island, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but sigh softly.

The first-order spiritual vein of Chiyan Mountain has now been cultivated into a second-order spiritual vein by the Lu family, but the concentration of spiritual energy in Chiyan Mountain cannot be compared with that of Qing'e Island.

Now that Zhu Yan has led the cultivators of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan away, Lu Cheng'an feels it is a great pity to give up the second-tier spiritual vein of Green Crocodile Island, but he does not dare to cultivate alone on Green Crocodile Island.

Although the demonic beasts and spirits living in the Burning Flame Mountains are all converging towards the depths of the mountains, Lu Cheng'an cannot guarantee that these demonic beasts and spirits will not emerge from the depths of the mountains later.

He currently only has the cultivation level of the early stage of Foundation Establishment. If he encounters demonic beasts or spirit races at the late stage of the second tier or the perfect stage, his situation will become extremely dangerous.

Furthermore, the clan needs him to guard the area, and for the sake of the clan's safety, it is not suitable for him to continue cultivating on Green Crocodile Island.

After a brief sigh, Lu Cheng'an didn't waste any more time.

He quickly dismantled the Xuan Turtle Fire Formation, then left Qing E Island and returned to his family.

"Cheng'an, do you want to stay in Chiyan Mountain, or go to Qingling Mountain Market to take charge?" Lu Wenxing asked with a smile.

The Lu family currently has three Foundation Establishment cultivators, but Lu Wenxing still feels that the family is in dire need of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After the Black Pine Mountain Market was completely relocated to Qingling Mountain, Lu Wenxing sent a message to summon Lu Chengping back from Tianhong Mountain.

The second-tier spiritual vein of Tianhong Mountain could only be overseen by Lu Wenmei, who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining. At the same time, Lu Wenxing also asked the nearby Yang family of Donglin and Foundation Establishment cultivators such as Qiao Liusheng to help take care of it.

Qingling Mountain is much farther away from the Burning Flame Mountain Range. Lu Wenxing had Lu Chengping stationed at Qingling Mountain mainly to prevent human cultivators from causing trouble when they entered the Qingling Mountain market.

However, this possibility is relatively low. Lu Wenxing prefers to have Lu Chengping return to Chiyan Mountain to guard it.

Because Lu Chengping is a second-tier low-grade spirit array master, only he can fully unleash the power of the second-tier high-grade spirit array Purple Smoke Serpent Array of Crimson Smoke Mountain.

Lu Wenxing also valued Lu Cheng'an's opinion highly. He did not make a decision directly, but first asked Lu Cheng'an for his thoughts.

"I promised Xu Shao that I would help him forge a second-grade low-level Xuan Iron Rod, so I will cultivate in Chiyan Mountain for a while. After I have forged the Xuan Iron Rod for Xu Shao, I will go to Qingling Mountain to guard it and bring Chengping back," Lu Chengan said with a smile.

His thoughts were similar to Lu Wenxing's; he also felt that Lu Chengping could play the greatest role at Chiyan Mountain.

"Excellent!" Lu Wenxing laughed heartily. After discussing the next steps with Lu Cheng'an, he sent Lu Cheng'an back to his cave to cultivate.

Lu Cheng'an is one of the three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family. His cave dwelling is located on a node of a second-tier spiritual vein, which is one of the places with the most abundant spiritual energy in Chiyan Mountain.

In addition, the spiritual energy concentration in the cultivation chamber of the cave is even higher than that on Green Crocodile Island due to the effect of the spirit-gathering array.

After entering the cave, Lu Cheng'an resumed his dedicated cultivation. In his spare time, he also focused on studying the refining method of a second-grade low-level Xuan Iron rod.

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

"Although I haven't had the chance to work with a low-grade second-tier Qi Refining magic weapon for a while, my weapon-refining skills have improved considerably through studying the classic texts. I should now be confident that I can refine a low-grade second-tier Xuan Iron rod!"

Lu Cheng'an quickly checked his attribute panel with his divine sense. He saw that his weapon crafting skill had reached 35/100 in the early stage of the second tier, and he had already completed one-third of the progress.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Xu Shao, asking him to bring the materials for refining the Xuan Iron Rod to Chiyan Mountain. He was going to refine a second-grade low-rank Xuan Iron Rod for Xu Shao.

Ever since Lu Chengan left Dan Ding Sect, Xu Shao has been waiting for news of Lu Chengan.

Upon receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, he immediately replied and then hurriedly headed towards Chiyan Mountain.

Soon after, Xu Shao arrived at Chiyan Mountain and was immediately taken into his cave by Lu Cheng'an.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, are you confident that you can refine a second-grade low-level Xuan Iron rod?" Xu Shao looked at Lu Cheng'an with excitement.

The Xuan Tie rod is his most handy magic weapon. If this magic weapon is successfully upgraded to the second-tier low-grade, his combat power will increase accordingly.

“I’m fairly confident, but there are still some risks involved in refining magical artifacts. I’ve already told you beforehand that I’m not 100% sure I can refine a second-grade low-level Xuan Iron rod,” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

"Don't worry about that. Even if you fail to refine it, I won't blame you. Just keep trying."

Xu Shao laughed and said, "These are the materials for refining the Xuan Iron Cudgel. Check them to see if there are any problems. This is the payment I've prepared for you to refine the Xuan Iron Cudgel: a piece of Red Origin Mother Iron. Do you think that's enough?"

The Crimson Origin Mother Iron that Xu Shao took out was of the second-tier low-grade quality. This piece of Crimson Origin Mother Iron was quite heavy and could be used to forge two to three second-tier low-grade magic weapons.

Red Source Mother Iron functions similarly to refined iron, serving as a primary material for crafting many magical artifacts, but it is even more effective than refined iron.

"Why are you talking about refining fees between us? Hurry up and put away the Crimson Origin Mother Iron, or you can leave now with these things and find someone else to help you refine the Mysterious Iron Rod!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

A large part of his friendship with Xu Shao was due to the Dan Ding Sect, but it was precisely for this reason that he would never ask Xu Shao for the cost of forging the Xuan Tie rod.

"I'll put away the Crimson Origin Mother Iron now, and we'll talk about it after you've forged the Mysterious Iron Rod!"

After a slight hesitation, Xu Shao obediently put away the Red Source Mother Iron and did not linger with Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an smiled faintly. After putting away the materials Xu Shao had brought out to forge the Xuan Iron Rod, he arranged for Xu Shao to enter the reception room in his cave. Without wasting any more time, he went directly into the weapon-forging room to begin forging a low-grade second-tier Xuan Iron Rod for Xu Shao.

Lu Cheng'an had been studying the refining method of the second-grade low-level Xuan Iron Rod for more than a month, and had made sufficient preparations.

Although he had never crafted this type of magical artifact before, he still felt quite adept at it when crafting it now.

Time flies, and eight days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the weapon-refining room of Lu Cheng'an's cave, after Lu Cheng'an used his divine sense to repair the last damaged rune array, he immediately put the completed black iron rod into the weapon-refining furnace and continued to refine it with the Crimson Flame.

Lu Cheng'an had already repeated this process eight times; this was the ninth and final sacrificial refining.

An hour later, Lu Cheng'an took the black iron rod out of the refining furnace and then put the scorching black iron rod directly into the cold spring water next to the furnace.

The Lu family naturally did not possess the Cold Spring. This Cold Spring water was specially purchased by Xu Shao to temper the second-grade low-rank Xuan Iron rod.

The scorching black iron rod emitted a hissing sound when it was thrown into the cold spring water.

The special power contained in the cold spring water constantly impacted the rune array imprinted on the black iron rod. In this process, although it was impacting the rune array, it was also strengthening and enhancing the power of the rune array.

This time, the rune array that Lu Chengan imprinted on the black iron rod withstood the impact and showed no signs of collapse.

Soon after, the power of the cold spring water that Xu Shao had prepared was completely exhausted, and the second-grade low-rank Xuan Iron Rod was also successfully refined.

"Success!"

Lu Cheng'an held the black iron rod in his palm and silently felt its heavy power. He then made a certain guess about Xu Shao's combat strength.

The Xuan Iron Rod weighs a thousand catties. Even if Xu Shao did not rely on his own magic power, he could defeat many Foundation Establishment cultivators by relying only on his own strength and the power of the Xuan Iron Rod.

Lu Cheng'an wasted no time. After successfully forging the Xuan Tie rod, he went directly to the reception room to tell Xu Shao the good news.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I knew you could succeed in refining it!"

After Xu Shao took the black iron rod from Lu Cheng'an, a big smile appeared on his face.

He quickly inspected the black iron rod and was extremely satisfied with the black iron rod that Lu Cheng'an had forged.

He then put away the black iron rod and took out the second-grade low-level red source iron again, handing it to Lu Cheng'an.

Xu Shao was quite assertive, and Lu Cheng'an ultimately couldn't persuade him otherwise, so he had no choice but to accept the piece of Red Origin Mother Iron.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, there are quite a few things to attend to in the sect right now. I've already been here for quite some time, so I'll head back to the sect first!"

Xu Shao smiled and looked at Lu Cheng'an, saying, "If I get any news about the Burning Flame Mountains, I will inform you immediately."

Lu Cheng'an did not try to persuade Xu Shao to stay at Chiyan Mountain. After thanking Xu Shao, he saw him off.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave and began to meditate and recuperate, restoring his depleted magical power and spiritual energy.

A day later, Lu Cheng'an told Lu Wenxing what was going on, and then set off from Chiyan Mountain, speeding towards Qingling Mountain.

Qingling Mountain and Chiyan Mountain are 500 li apart, which is not a short distance. However, after Lu Cheng'an cultivated the Cloud Shadow Sword Technique to perfection, his flying speed on his sword surpassed that of many Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The difficulty of cultivating second-order spells is much higher than that of first-order spells. Lu Cheng'an was only able to cultivate second-order spells such as Cloud Shadow Sword Technique to perfection by relying on the power of the panel.

Otherwise, he wouldn't know how long it would take to master these second-tier spells.

Two quarters of an hour later, Lu Cheng'an appeared outside Qingling Mountain. After putting away the Fire Fiend Sword, he slowly descended to the foot of Qingling Mountain.

"Qingling Mountain is even more prosperous now than when the Chen family was still around!"

Lu Cheng'an looked at the cultivators traveling back and forth to Qingling Mountain and a smile appeared on his face.

Many of these cultivators were originally independent cultivators. After the Lu family released the news that they were renting out cave dwellings in Qingling Mountain, these independent cultivators were attracted to come.

There are still many cultivators from Foundation Establishment cultivation forces on Qingling Mountain. They were attracted by the demonic beasts in the Burning Flame Mountain Range that are about to break through to the third rank.

The breakthrough of the demonic beasts in the Burning Flame Mountains to the third rank, coupled with the volcanic eruption in the mountains, has made the Burning Flame Mountains extremely dangerous, but it has also given rise to a great deal of opportunities.

These cultivators wanted to venture into the Burning Flame Mountains in search of opportunities and a chance to soar to great heights.

"Cheng'an, you arrived so quickly!"

Lu Cheng'an had sent a message to Lu Chengping before he came to Qingling Mountain, and he did not conceal his presence after arriving at Qingling Mountain, so he was quickly detected by Lu Chengping, who was guarding Qingling Mountain.

Lu Chengping knew when Lu Chengan had set off from Chiyan Mountain, which was why he was shocked that Lu Chengan had arrived at Qingling Mountain so soon.

"I tested the current speed on the road!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly, not elaborating on his speed, but instead asking with a smile, "Brother Chengping, how is the situation at Qingling Mountain now?"

"As the time for those two demonic beasts to break through to the third rank approaches, more and more cultivators are gathering at Qingling Mountain!"

After Lu Chengping mentioned the situation at Qingling Mountain, a solemn expression appeared on his face.

“This is not a good place to talk. Let’s go to my cave and discuss it in detail.”

Lu Chengping's cave dwelling on Qingling Mountain is the most fertile place on the entire Qingling Mountain, and it is also the central location for controlling the Qingmu Qianhua Array and the Baimu Qingyuan Array.

Although Lu Chengping only had the cultivation of the early Foundation Establishment stage, he was confident that he could fight against cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage with the help of the power of the two second-tier spirit arrays, the Azure Wood Thousand Blossom Array and the Hundred Wood Azure Origin Array.

A moment later, Lu Cheng'an followed Lu Chengping into the cave.

"Currently, there are 1,300 Qi Refining cultivators and 13 Foundation Establishment cultivators on Qingling Mountain. Of these 13 Foundation Establishment cultivators, five are at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and eight are at the early Foundation Establishment stage..."

(End of this chapter)