Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 140 Zhu Yue's Breakthrough in Refining Magical Weapons
"Aside from the progress of the Earth Flame True Scripture cultivation technique, nothing else has changed!"

"My cultivation has just broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and it's unlikely that I'll make any further breakthroughs in the short term. I can use my time to cultivate my spells and improve my weapon-refining skills!"

Lu Cheng'an still has two second-tier spells that he hasn't had time to practice yet. These two spells are the Concealment Technique, which he has just learned, and the Starfire Escape Technique, which he hasn't started practicing yet.

In addition, he also wanted to cultivate another powerful attack technique, since his current attack methods were somewhat limited.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that much time to cultivate, and among the second-tier fire attribute spells collected by the Lu family, there were no fire attribute attack spells with power exceeding the Cave Fire Finger.

In terms of weapon crafting, Lu Wenxing just purchased a weapon crafting inheritance for Lu Cheng'an from an auction in Tianyan City. With this inheritance, Lu Cheng'an can directly become a second-tier high-grade weapon crafter.

This weapon-refining inheritance records a total of fifteen methods for refining second-tier magical artifacts, including the Floating Cloud Hundred Beasts Robe that Lu Cheng'an is preparing to refine.

The Floating Cloud Beast Robe is the most precious second-tier magic weapon recorded in the weapon-refining inheritance. The highest grade of this magic weapon is second-tier superior.

The weapon-refining inheritance records the refining methods from second-tier low-grade to second-tier high-grade. The main materials for refining such magical weapons are mica essence stone and the scales and hides of demonic beasts.

Lu Cheng'an had several pieces of second-grade low-level mica essence stones, as well as plenty of giant fire catfish scales and fish skin, enough for him to refine several pieces of Floating Cloud Beast Robe.

Besides the Cloud Floating Beast Robe, a second-tier superior defensive magic weapon, the weapon-refining inheritance also includes the Fire Lotus Heavenly Heart Sword and the Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal, both second-tier superior magic weapons.

The crafting methods for second-tier high-grade magic weapons recorded in the weapon crafting inheritance range from second-tier low-grade to second-tier high-grade. The Fire Lotus Heavenly Heart Sword and the Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal are both extremely powerful magic weapons.

Especially the Fire Lotus Heavenly Heart Sword, this magical sword's power surpasses the Fire Fiend Sword in every aspect.

After seeing the magical sword recorded in the weapon-refining inheritance, Lu Cheng'an had the idea of ​​replacing the Fire Fiend Sword.

However, he had been busy cultivating and had many clan affairs, so he had not had time to refine these magical artifacts.

Aside from the three second-tier high-grade magic weapons—the Floating Cloud Beast Robe, the Fire Lotus Heavenly Heart Sword, and the Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal—there were several other second-tier mid-grade magic weapons that also greatly appealed to Lu Cheng'an.

For example, the Flame-Burning Pearl and the Purple Sun Heaven-Burning Bottle!
According to the records in the weapon crafting tradition, the Burning Flame Pearl and the Purple Sun Burning Heaven Bottle are replicas of two third-tier magic weapons.

Third-tier magic artifacts are treasures that only Golden Core cultivators can refine. The power of such treasures is vastly different from that of second-tier magic artifacts, and they are definitely not something that Foundation Establishment cultivators can activate.

The Burning Flame Pearl and the Purple Sun Burning Heaven Bottle are imitations of third-tier magic artifacts. Even though they are only second-tier mid-grade, they are extremely difficult to refine, and the materials required to refine these two magic artifacts are also very rare.

Although Lu Cheng'an obtained a lot of precious minerals from Zhu Yan, including even second-tier top-grade minerals, he did not have the materials for refining the two magical artifacts, the Burning Flame Pearl and the Purple Sun Burning Heaven Bottle.

Lu Cheng'an is not in a hurry to refine these magical artifacts. He can slowly collect the materials for refining them, and his current refining skills are not yet up to par.

He should wait until he improves his weapon-refining skills to the second-tier mid-grade before he can consider refining these two powerful second-tier mid-grade magic weapons.

However, before Lu Cheng'an began refining the Floating Cloud Beast Robe, he first sent a message to Lu Wenxing and Lu Wenhua informing them of his breakthrough in cultivation.

At the same time, he also sent a message to Lu Wenxing asking him to help collect powerful second-tier fire attribute spells, as well as materials for refining the Burning Flame Pearl, the Floating Cloud Beast Robe, and the Purple Sun Burning Heaven Bottle.

The scales and skin of the giant fire catfish in his hand were only of the second-tier low-grade, and materials of this grade could only be used to refine the second-tier low-grade Floating Cloud Beast Armor.

However, since his cultivation level has now broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, the Floating Cloud Beast Robe, which is at the early stage of the second tier, is much less useful to him.

Lu Wenhua was naturally very excited after receiving Lu Chengan's message.

Now that the Lu family's great grudge has been avenged, the suppressed hatred in Lu Wenhua's heart has completely dissipated.

As Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level increased, and with Lu Cheng'an constantly urging Lu Wenhua to cultivate, Lu Wenhua spent more and more time on cultivation.

Lu Wenhua's cultivation had broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining for quite some time. In addition, due to Lu Cheng'an, he no longer needed to handle clan affairs and could devote all his energy to cultivation.

After receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, Lu Wenxing felt the same way as Lu Wenhua. He quickly replied to Lu Cheng'an, telling him that he would help him collect the materials he needed as soon as possible.

Lu Cheng'an did not reply to his uncle and clan leader again, but instead began to devote himself to refining magical artifacts and practicing the two techniques of stealth and starfire escape.

Lu Cheng'an devoted all his time to these two things and gradually forgot about the passage of time. Before he knew it, more than two months had passed.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an, who was sitting cross-legged next to the fire spring practicing the Starfire Escape Technique, suddenly stood up.

"This fluctuation of spiritual energy? It should be a cultivator of the Fire-Repelling Earth Spider who has broken through to the second level. I wonder if it's Zhu Lu or Zhu Yue?"

Lu Cheng'an simply stopped cultivating and went directly to Zhu Yan to inquire about the situation.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhu! Your clan is about to gain a second-tier cultivator!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled as he looked at Zhu Yan, but after sensing her anxiety, his smile faded, and he asked softly, "I wonder which cultivator in the clan has broken through?"

"It's Zhu Yue! Zhu Lu failed to break through half a month ago!"

Zhu Yan sighed softly and said, "After Zhu Lu failed to break through, he suffered a severe backlash. Even after taking the healing pills that Fellow Daoist Lu gave him, he still couldn't hold on!"

This is the difficulty faced by demonic beasts and spirit races; their cultivation breakthroughs are much more difficult than those of human cultivators.

The risks of a failed breakthrough are even greater, and there is a high possibility of paying with one's life.

Lu Cheng'an had been cultivating by the fire spring, and Zhu Lu's breakthrough did not cause any changes in the spiritual energy of Qing'e Island, so Lu Cheng'an did not notice it.

He was quite surprised when he suddenly heard the news.

He also had some understanding of Zhu Lu and Zhu Yue. These two cultivators were at the late stage of the first level of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider. It was obvious that Zhu Lu's talent and strength were stronger, but Zhu Lu's breakthrough to the second level was even more difficult.

This probably comes down to luck!

Lu Cheng'an didn't know how to comfort Zhu Yan for a moment, so he simply stood beside her and waited with her for the final result of Zhu Yue's breakthrough in cultivation.

Zhu Yue has already caused a disturbance in the spiritual energy, and has basically reached the final step of his cultivation breakthrough. As long as his luck isn't particularly bad, he will definitely be able to break through to the second level smoothly.

Zhu Yue did not keep Lu Cheng'an, Zhu Yan, and other cultivators who were afflicted by the Fire-Repelling Earth Spiders waiting for too long. Only two hours had passed before the spiritual energy disturbance caused by Zhu Yue subsided.

At this moment, the aura of a second-stage early-stage cultivator emanated from where Zhu Yue was, signifying that Zhu Yue's cultivation had successfully broken through to the second stage. "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Zhu, your clan has gained a new second-stage cultivator!"

After confirming that Zhu Yue's cultivation had successfully broken through, Lu Cheng'an immediately smiled and congratulated Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan also sensed that Zhu Yue's cultivation had successfully broken through to the second level. At this moment, the anxiety she had been radiating vanished and was replaced by a strong sense of joy.

Breaking through a major realm in their cultivation is inherently extremely dangerous, so Zhu Lu's failure to break through was to be expected.

Zhu Yan was very satisfied that Zhu Yue's cultivation had successfully broken through to the second level.

"Haha, thanks to Fellow Daoist Lu's help, otherwise Zhu Yue's cultivation wouldn't have broken through so smoothly!" Zhu Yan said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an didn't say much to Zhu Yan. After congratulating her, he returned to the fire spring to cultivate.

Zhu Yue had just broken through to the next level of cultivation, and instead of greeting Lu Cheng'an, he continued to consolidate his cultivation.

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an, who was refining the Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal by the fire spring, suddenly noticed Zhu Yan's arrival.

However, he was at a crucial moment in the branding array, so he ignored Zhu Yan.

Zhu Yan also saw that Lu Cheng'an was refining a magical artifact, but she did not disturb him and waited quietly to the side.

Lu Cheng'an refined a second-tier, low-grade Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal. This type of magic weapon is of better quality than the Fire Fiend Sword, and it also has more runes imprinted on it during the refining process.

It would take Lu Cheng'an two days to successfully imprint all the rune arrays, which was a great test of a cultivator's spiritual power.

Fortunately, Lu Cheng'an's spiritual power was strong enough, far surpassing that of cultivators at the same level. In addition, with his current cultivation at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, refining the second-grade low-rank Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal was no problem for him at all.

When Zhu Yan arrived, Lu Cheng'an had only imprinted one-third of the rune array. Zhu Yan waited for more than a day before Lu Cheng'an finished imprinting all the rune arrays.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an temporarily put aside the tools for refining magical artifacts, such as the Xuanjun Green Mountain Seal, and then walked towards Zhu Yan with a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Zhu, is there something important you need to discuss with me?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

"I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Lu to leave Green Crocodile Island for a while!"

Zhu Yan's gaze fell on Lu Cheng'an, and she continued, "Zhu Yue's cultivation has been completely stabilized at the early stage of the second tier. Now that our Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan is in short supply, I will be performing the Spirit Nurturing Technique with Zhu Yue... I hope Fellow Daoist Lu can understand!"

The Spirit-Nourishing Method of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider Clan involves their greatest secret. Even though Zhu Yan trusts Lu Cheng'an completely, she still doesn't want him to stay on Green Crocodile Island any longer.

However, in order for Lu Cheng'an to understand, she still briefly introduced the Spirit-Nourishing Method of the Fire-Repelling Earth Spider to him.

When cultivators of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan perform the Spirit Nurturing Technique, they also need a spiritual object like the Earth Spirit Fire Jade as a medium. Moreover, this technique causes great damage to the bodies of Fire-Slaying Earth Spider cultivators, especially male spiders.

This will greatly deplete the male spider's vitality, and may even cause the male spider to die directly.

The mother spider also suffers a great loss of energy, but this loss can be gradually recovered later.

Spiderlings conceived through the Spirit Nurturing Technique have a high survival rate, and their cultivation talent far surpasses that of spiderlings conceived normally.

The Spirit Nurturing Technique of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider Clan can only be used by cultivators who have reached the second rank, and only when there are too few cultivators in the clan.

After all, once the Spirit Nurturing Technique is used, it will consume the full potential of a second-tier male spider in the clan, which is a very high price to pay.

Currently, the number of cultivators in the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan has barely reached double digits, and the talents of those first-tier Fire-Slaying Earth Spiders are not very good, making it difficult for any to break through to the second tier.

Therefore, after discussing it seriously with Zhu Yue, Zhu Yan finally decided to use the Spirit Nurturing Technique to cultivate more talented spiderlings.

"That's no problem. I was going to return to my family anyway!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and agreed. The things Zhu Yan and Zhu Yue were about to do were related to the future development of the Fire Spider Clan, so he naturally could not stay on Green Crocodile Island any longer.

"Is there anything I can help you with, Fellow Daoist Zhu?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

The Lu family and the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan have a very close relationship. The strength of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan is not necessarily a bad thing for the Lu family.

If the Lu family can help, they will definitely do their best to assist the Fire-Slaying Spider Clan.

"If Fellow Daoist Lu has the time, I would also appreciate it if you could help me purchase some second-grade mid-to-low quality pills to strengthen the foundation, nourish the essence, and restore vital energy. I would also appreciate it if you could help me purchase more first-grade mid-to-low quality pills to enhance cultivation."

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yan made her request: all she needed were pills.

The second-tier, lower-grade pills for strengthening the body and restoring vital energy were used by her and Zhu Yue, while the first-tier, lower-grade pills for improving cultivation were used by the spiderlings she had conceived.

“No problem. I’ll purchase them for Fellow Daoist Zhu when I get back. Once Fellow Daoist Zhu is done with his work, send me a message and I’ll send these pills over then,” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

"Let's use these second-tier minerals to pay for the purchase of pills. Fellow Daoist Lu, do you think that's enough?" Zhu Yan said.

All the Tier 2 minerals that Zhu Yan brought out came from the previous volcanic eruption, which spewed out a lot of Tier 2 minerals.

These minerals are not very useful to demon beasts and spirit races, so the competition between them is not fierce.

Zhu Yan had traded minerals with Lu Cheng'an many times before, so she knew the value of these minerals and collected a large amount of second-tier minerals.

Of course, most of the minerals she collected were of low-grade second tier. Even if the high-grade minerals were useless, the demon beasts and spirit races would still collect them.

"These minerals are worth more than enough!" Lu Cheng'an smiled when he saw the second-tier minerals that Zhu Yan had taken out.

Because he discovered two key materials for forging the Fire Lotus Heavenly Heart Sword in this ore.

(End of this chapter)