Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 157 Family Crisis? (Please Subscribe!)

"Don't worry, Chieftain, the trip went smoothly, and I wasn't injured!"

Lu Cheng'an looked relaxed: "I successfully obtained the essence of the Hundred Minerals. I will have Jin Yuan break through to the second tier with the help of the essence of the Hundred Minerals!"

"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright!" Lu Wenxing chuckled, a big smile spreading across his face.

Then he looked at Lu Cheng'an with a solemn expression and said in a deep voice, "Cheng'an, you know that the rogue cultivator Tu Ming occupied Luofeng Mountain of the Zi Luan Wang Clan, right? Now Tu Ming has been killed by his enemies, and Luofeng Mountain has also fallen into the hands of his enemies."

Tu Ming's enemies were those four Foundation Establishment cultivators, led by a couple who were in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The couple were He Luxiao and Yu Mingzhu. They were both very powerful and extremely ruthless.

The couple also had two Foundation Establishment cultivators under their command, one at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and the other at the early-Foundation Establishment stage.

After killing Tu Ming and seizing the second-tier spiritual vein of Luofeng Mountain, they planned to settle down there.

He Luxiao and his wife may not have been very familiar with the situation around Luofeng Mountain at first, but now that they have occupied Luofeng Mountain for more than half a month, they have figured out the situation around Luofeng Mountain and have begun to frequently take action against the cultivation forces around Luofeng Mountain.

There are quite a few cultivation forces near Luofeng Mountain, but very few of them have Foundation Establishment cultivators in charge.

Aside from the Lu family, there are only two other Foundation Establishment forces near Luofeng Mountain.

The two Foundation Establishment factions are the Liang Clan of Green Wind Valley and the Peng Clan of Yunan Mountain. Neither of these Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans is particularly strong.

The Liang clan of Green Wind Valley is skilled in the cultivation of spiritual plants. Currently, the Liang clan has two cultivators at the early Foundation Establishment stage. The clan has established many spiritual herb gardens and cultivated a number of second-tier spiritual herbs.

The Peng family of Yunan Mountain is not particularly outstanding; this Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan only has one early Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge.

Regardless of whether a cultivation force had a Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge or not, He Luxiao and his wife reprimanded them and extorted a considerable amount of cultivation resources from them.

However, these cultivation forces were relatively weak, and He Luxiao and his wife were not very satisfied with the resources they had plundered.

Now they are trying to probe the Lu family's situation.

The Lu family occupied the second-tier refined iron mine in Yuhua Mountain, which is near Luofeng Mountain, and also developed the thriving Qingling Mountain Market. These are all excellent channels for earning cultivation resources.

The Lu family can earn a great deal of cultivation resources by relying on these two places.

However, what made He Luxiao and his wife hesitate was that the Lu family was relatively powerful and seemed to have a close relationship with the Dan Ding Sect.

This put He Luxiao and his wife in a very difficult position.

They coveted the cultivation resources possessed by the Lu family, but were unwilling to risk attacking them.

They are still in a state of indecision and have not yet made a final decision.

"Does the clan leader think that He Luxiao and his wife might take action against our Lu family?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an was not worried about He Luxiao and his wife. Although the couple were both at the late Foundation Establishment stage, they were rogue cultivators and their strength was naturally not that great.

Even if he were only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, let alone at the late Foundation Establishment stage, he wouldn't take the couple seriously.

“He Luxiao and his wife are rogue cultivators. I think they are very likely to make a move against our Lu family in the end!” Lu Wenxing said in a deep voice.

The relationship between the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect was easy to find out, but Lu Wenxing felt that He Luxiao and his wife wouldn't care too much about it.

As long as they can successfully plunder the Lu family's wealth, they can simply find another place to cultivate; there's no need for them to stay on Luofeng Mountain.

"Clan leader, don't worry about them. If they dare to attack our Lu family, I will make sure they never return!" Lu Cheng'an chuckled, but a chilling killing intent flashed in his eyes.

"I will now hand over the essence of the Hundred Minerals to Jin Yuan, and I will go to Yuhua Mountain to take charge shortly," Lu Cheng'an said.

Yuhua Mountain is the location of a second-tier refined iron mine. The spiritual energy there is not very dense, with only a few first-tier spiritual veins.

Lu Cheng'an's next task was to sort out and absorb the memories from Liu Yun Zhenren's soul essence, and at the same time, he needed to refine several magic artifacts. He didn't have time to improve his cultivation level, so he didn't have high requirements for the environment.

"The cultivation environment on Yuhua Mountain is too poor. Won't it affect your cultivation if you stay there?"

A look of worry appeared on Lu Wenxing's face. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You should go to Qingling Mountain Market. There is a second-tier spiritual vein there, and the spiritual energy is relatively abundant. Moreover, if He Luxiao and his wife were to make a move against our Lu family, they would definitely choose Qingling Mountain Market!"

The Qingling Mountain Market is relatively close to Luofeng Mountain, and the market stores a lot of cultivation resources for the Lu family.

If He Luxiao and his wife can conquer Qingling Mountain Market, they will be able to obtain a considerable amount of cultivation resources.

The second-order refined iron mine in Yuhua Mountain is different; it mines refined iron ore.

Although the value of second-tier refined iron ore is not low, it cannot be used directly and needs to be refined. For rogue cultivators like He Luxiao, they do not want this kind of ore that needs to be processed again.

Moreover, the Qingling Mountain Market also has Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Lu family stationed there. If they were to capture the Qingling Mountain Market, it would severely damage the Lu family.

Although the Lu family has five Foundation Establishment cultivators, their cultivation levels are mostly in the early to mid-stages of Foundation Establishment.

For He Luxiao and his wife, who were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Lu family were hardly a threat.

"Then I will obey the clan leader and go to Qingling Mountain Market to take charge!"

Lu Cheng'an followed Lu Wenxing's advice and returned directly to his cave after making arrangements with Lu Wenxing.

Lu Cheng'an did not stay in Chiyan Mountain for long, but his family still prepared a cave dwelling for him there, and it was a second-tier cave dwelling with extremely abundant spiritual energy.

When he was not at Chiyan Mountain, Jin Yuan was cultivating in Lu Cheng'an's cave at Chiyan Mountain.

Because Jin Yuan was a spirit race raised by Lu Cheng'an, the Lu family cultivators treated him very kindly. Moreover, Jin Yuan was good at socializing, so he thrived among the Qi Refining cultivators in the Lu family.

After Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave, he found that Jin Yuan was not cultivating there.

He knew Jin Yuan's temperament quite well, and he knew without a doubt that Jin Yuan must have gone out to have fun.

Lu Cheng'an quickly cast a spell, which was the seal he left in Jin Yuan's body. With this seal, he could control Jin Yuan's life and death at any time.

Upon sensing the reaction of the seal within her body, Jin Yuan immediately abandoned her playmates in Chiyan Mountain and hurriedly returned to Lu Cheng'an's cave. "Master, you're finally back! Jin Yuan missed you so much!"

Before Jin Yuan even saw Lu Cheng'an, his loud voice reached Lu Cheng'an's ears.

"If I don't come back soon, you might even forget who you are!"

Lu Cheng'an glanced at Jin Yuan, then sat down on a wooden chair nearby.

He didn't scold Jin Yuan too much, but instead took the essence of all minerals out of his storage bag.

"This is a second-tier, low-grade Hundred Ore Essence. From now on, you will cultivate in seclusion in this cave. You are not allowed to leave the cave until your cultivation breaks through to the second tier!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

It has been a long time since Jin Yuan broke through to the late stage of the first rank. Now his cultivation has reached its limit, unless he breaks through to the second rank.

However, the cultivation breakthrough of the Spirit Race is difficult and dangerous. Without the help of auxiliary spiritual objects, the possibility of Jin Yuan breaking through to the second level is extremely low.

Lu Cheng'an was quite familiar with Jin Yuan's situation; otherwise, if Jin Yuan continued to be so playful and neglect his cultivation, he would have already taught him a lesson.

"It really is a second-tier, low-grade Hundred Ore Essence!"

Jin Yuanyuan stared intently at the Hundred Mineral Essence in Lu Cheng'an's hand. After sensing the power of the Hundred Mineral Essence, he felt as if the blood in his body was boiling.

"Thank you, Master. I will certainly not let you down!" Jin Yuanxing looked at Lu Cheng'an with starry eyes and made a very serious promise.

"Let's get ready!"

Lu Cheng'an easily handed over the essence of the Hundred Minerals to Jin Yuan. After exchanging a few more words with Jin Yuan, he did not linger at Chiyan Mountain and sped directly towards Qingling Mountain Market.

Currently, Lu Chengping and Lu Wenhua are in charge of Qingling Mountain Market. Lu Chengping's cultivation has broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and he is also a second-tier spirit array master.

The spirit array of Qingling Mountain Market was personally set up by Lu Chengping. Relying on the spirit array of Qingling Mountain Market, even though He Luxiao and his wife have the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage, it would be difficult for them to break through the spirit array defense of Qingling Mountain Market.

Normally, Lu Chengping doesn't handle the affairs of Qingling Mountain Market much. When he is in charge of Qingling Mountain Market, he spends most of his time on cultivation.

After Lu Wenhua arrived at Qingling Mountain Market, Lu Chengping stopped caring about the affairs of Qingling Mountain Market.

However, after arriving at Qingling Mountain Market, Lu Wenhua was so worried about Lu Cheng'an's safety that he couldn't concentrate on his cultivation and instead devoted all his energy to managing Qingling Mountain Market.

After Lu Cheng'an informed Lu Wenhua of his safe return, Lu Wenhua finally felt relieved and was able to extricate himself from the affairs of Qingling Mountain Market to focus on his cultivation.

After arriving at Qingling Mountain Market, Lu Cheng'an went to his uncle's cave first.

Lu Wenhua was quite excited when he met Lu Chengan. He asked Lu Chengan in great detail about his experiences in the Hong'e Mountains.

However, Lu Cheng'an had already promised Shi Ningyu to keep their experience in the Hong'e Mountains a secret, so he didn't say much about the Hong'e Mountains.

Lu Wenhua wasn't actually that concerned about these things; he was only asking about them because he was worried about his nephew's condition.

After a serious conversation with his uncle, Lu Cheng'an passed on a message to Lu Chengping.

A moment later, Lu Chengping emerged from his secluded cave and entered Lu Wenhua's cave as well.

"Brother Chengping, I will be staying with you all for the next period of time to oversee the Qingling Mountain market, Clan Chief..."

After Lu Chengping arrived, Lu Chengan explained the purpose of his visit to Qingling Mountain Market.

"There's something I need to tell you all. I suspect that the Foundation Establishment cultivators who rent cave dwellings in the market may be colluding with He Luxiao and his wife!"

A solemn expression appeared on Lu Wenxing's face. After arriving at Qingling Mountain Market, he focused all his attention on the market in order to reduce his worries about Lu Cheng'an.

He spent so much time and effort in the market and gained a lot in return. One of the most important gains was discovering that the rogue cultivators who rented cave dwellings in the Qingling Mountain market were colluding with He Luxiao and his wife.

"Uncle, who is this rogue cultivator you're talking about?" Lu Cheng'an asked coldly.

"It's Yan Kerong, but unfortunately I haven't found any concrete evidence!" Lu Wenhua sighed softly.

Currently, there are three Foundation Establishment cultivators renting cave dwellings in Qingling Mountain. All three are at the early Foundation Establishment stage. Yan Kerong is the strongest among the three and has the best chance of breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

"Brother Chengping, please keep a close eye on this rogue cultivator named Yan Kerong and make sure he doesn't damage the spirit array in the market," Lu Chengan said with a smile.

"You can rest assured about that. The spirit array of Qingling Mountain Market has always been under my control, and it is very difficult for outsiders to damage the spirit array of the market!"

Lu Chengping smiled confidently. He was a mid-grade second-tier spirit array master, and the spirit array in Qingling Mountain Market was set up by him personally.

If Yan Kerong, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator who knows nothing about spirit arrays, were to destroy the spirit arrays of Qingling Mountain Market, he could simply abandon the path of spirit arrays altogether.

"Both He Luxiao and his wife are at the late Foundation Establishment stage. If they really make a move against Qingling Mountain Market, are you confident you can kill them?" Lu Chengping asked in a deep voice, his gaze falling on Lu Chengan.

Lu Chengping was confident that he could withstand the attack of He Luxiao and his wife by relying on the spirit array of Qingling Mountain Market. He knew Lu Chengan's strength very well, so he did not ask whether Lu Chengan could withstand the attack of He Luxiao and his wife, but directly asked whether Lu Chengan could kill He Luxiao and his wife.

"Don't worry about He Luxiao and his wife. If they dare to attack Qingling Mountain Market, I will make sure they never return!" Lu Cheng'an said confidently.

“Cheng’an, I know you are very strong, but you still need to be careful. He Luxiao and his wife are rogue cultivators. They must have extraordinary methods to have cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Don’t fall into their trap!” Lu Wenhua said with some concern.

"Uncle, I'll be careful, don't worry!"

After agreeing on the matter, Lu Cheng'an and Lu Chengping returned to their respective cave dwellings.

Lu Cheng'an's cave dwelling in Qingling Mountain Market was a rented one, and the spiritual energy inside was not particularly abundant, a far cry from his cave dwelling in Chiyan Mountain.

However, he does not plan to cultivate anymore, and his need for spiritual energy is not high.

After entering the cave, Lu Cheng'an sat down cross-legged.

After adjusting his state, he began to sort through the sealed memories related to Master Liuyun.

Lu Cheng'an didn't refine much of Liu Yun Zhenren's soul essence, and the memories preserved in the soul essence were relatively scattered, making it quite difficult for him to sort them out.

(End of this chapter)