Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 164 Lu Wenhua is Seriously Injured (Please Subscribe!)

The Fire Fiend Spirit Pearl is useless to cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan because they cannot refine the Fire Fiend Qi.

However, the fiery aura was a treasure for Lu Cheng'an to enhance his strength, and the fiery spirit pearl also contained rich primordial energy.

He found that cultivating with the Fire Fiend Spirit Pearl was more effective than cultivating with the Yuanhua Pearl.

"Fellow Daoist Chiliu, how much of these Fire Fiend Spirit Pearls and Illusionary Spirit Pearls do you have in stock? Could you share some of these spirit pearls with me?" Lu Cheng'an asked.

“These spirit orbs are of little use to us, especially the Fire Fiend Spirit Orb, which is completely useless to us. If you need them, I can give you all the spirit orbs in my inventory.”

As Chi Liu spoke, she led Lu Cheng'an to a spiritual stream. She smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lu, please look, these are all Fire Fiend Spirit Clams!"

Lu Cheng'an looked in the direction Chi Liu had indicated, and saw several fiery red spirit clams lying quietly in the stream.

These are Fire Fiend Spirit Clams. They are much smaller than the Red Willow and other spirit clam cultivators, and the aura they emit is also relatively weak.

However, they were all second-tier spirit clams, and Lu Cheng'an also sensed the presence of two spirit clams at the perfect second-tier level.

The shells of these Fire Spirit Clams are covered with mysterious flame patterns, which seem to naturally attract the surrounding fire energy.

Wisps of fiery energy swirled around these flame runes, and together with the rich spiritual energy contained in the stream, they were refined into the bodies of these fiery spirit clams.

After showing Lu Cheng'an the Fire Fiend Spirit Clam, the Illusionary Spirit Clam, and other spirit clams, Chi Liu led Lu Cheng'an to the location of the spirit clam clan's treasure trove.

It was not far from the spiritual spring where Qingyi was.

After Lu Cheng'an waited by the treasure vault for a while, Chi Liu took out a large number of spirit pearls from the vault.

These spirit orbs come in a variety of types, with the Fire Fiend Spirit Orbs, which Lu Cheng'an emphasized, being the most numerous.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, do you intend to stay on Five Spirits Island to cultivate? There are third-tier spiritual veins on Five Spirits Island, and the spiritual energy here is much richer than elsewhere. If you use the Yuanhua Pearl to cultivate, your cultivation speed will definitely be faster than elsewhere!"

After handing over the spirit orbs to Lu Cheng'an, Chi Liu told him about the benefits of cultivating on Five Spirits Island.

"I will be staying on Five Spirits Island to cultivate from now on. I'll leave the cultivation place to Fellow Daoist Chiliu!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and asked, "Fellow Daoist Lingxuan was injured by me. I wonder how her injuries are now? I have some healing pills here. I wonder if she needs them?"

Lingxuan is the Five-Colored Spirit Clam that he fought before. It is the most powerful second-tier spirit clam in the spirit clam clan.

The Spirit Clam Clan was originally a spirit race raised by the Burning Flame Sect. Lu Cheng'an used the magic power he cultivated from the Earth Flame True Scripture to activate the Seven Birds Divine Fire Fan, a magical artifact, which had a great restraining effect on the cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan.

Qingyi did not hide this fact; she directly explained the reason to Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an has already signed a soul contract with Qing Yi. Although he was forced to sign the soul contract by the third-tier spirit clam Qing Yi, Lu Cheng'an did not really want to refuse.

Regardless of how much help the Spirit Clam Clan could provide for his breakthrough to the Golden Core realm, the inheritance within the Burning Flame Sect ruins alone held a fatal attraction for him.

What Shi Ningyu obtained was the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect. The Divine Jade Sect, like the Burning Flame Sect, is a Nascent Soul sect.

If Shi Ningyu successfully obtains the inheritance of the Divine Jade Sect, she will be able to cultivate directly to the Nascent Soul realm with the help of the Divine Jade Sect's inheritance.

Lu Cheng'an didn't have high expectations for the inheritance within the Burning Flame Sect ruins. He was already quite satisfied if the inheritance within the Burning Flame Sect ruins could help him cultivate to the Golden Core Perfection realm.

His initiative in inquiring about Lingxuan's injuries was a way of cultivating a good relationship with the Spirit Clam Clan, hoping they would be more supportive when he sought to seize the inheritance within the Burning Flame Sect's ruins.

"Thank you for your concern, Fellow Daoist Lu. Lingxuan's injuries are not particularly serious, and she will recover soon. There's no need for these healing pills!"

"I will take Fellow Daoist Lu to the cultivation grounds now. If Fellow Daoist Lu is not satisfied, I will replace it for you!" Chi Liu said with a smile.

Five Spirits Island is very large. Although there are many more cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan than of the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider, Five Spirits Island still appears quite spacious.

The cultivation ground arranged for Lu Cheng'an by the Spirit Clam Clan was also next to a spiritual spring, and the Spirit Clam Clan built a cave dwelling around the spring.

The cave dwelling was constructed using Illusory Spirit Pearls and the shells of Illusory Spirit Clams, providing excellent secrecy.

After Chi Liu showed Lu Cheng'an around the cave, Lu Cheng'an expressed his satisfaction.

“My friend is still outside Five Spirits Island. I would appreciate it if Fellow Daoist Chiliu would allow me to escort her safely out of Five Spirits Lake,” Lu Cheng’an said in a deep voice.

Zhu Yan followed him to Five Spirits Island. Now that he has reached a cooperation agreement with the Spirit Clam Clan, he naturally cannot allow Zhu Yan to be harmed by the Spirit Clam Clan.

“Fellow Daoist Lu can make his own arrangements!” Chi Liu said.

Perhaps because Qingyi gave the order, Lu Cheng'an enjoyed a great deal of freedom on Wuling Island.

After consulting with Chi Liu, Lu Cheng'an left Wuling Island.

At this moment, Zhu Yan was still anxiously waiting for Lu Cheng'an outside Wuling Island. She deeply regretted bringing Lu Cheng'an here, and the strength of the Spirit Clam Clan far exceeded her expectations.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you've finally come out? What exactly happened with the Spirit Clam Clan? Did they give you any trouble?" Zhu Yan asked with great concern.

"As Fellow Daoist Zhu was worried, the cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan did not make things difficult for me. The ancestor of the Spirit Clam Clan wanted me to do something, and I have already agreed. Now they have agreed to let me cultivate on Five Spirit Island."

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Zhu Yan, saying, "I will now escort you away from Five Spirits Lake. Please keep the information about the Spirit Clam Clan of Five Spirits Island a secret, Fellow Daoist Zhu. You know the strength of the Spirit Clam Clan. If they find out that Fellow Daoist Zhu has carelessly leaked their information, it may bring the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider Clan to the brink of extinction."

Qingyi did have such thoughts, but for Lu Chengan's sake, she ultimately suppressed them.

Although the cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan had not mentioned this matter to Lu Cheng'an, Lu Cheng'an still felt that he should explain it to Zhu Yan to avoid putting her in danger.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lu, I know what I'm doing," Zhu Yan said earnestly.

Zhu Yan was unsure what the ancestor of the Spirit Clam Clan had asked Lu Cheng'an to do. Although she was somewhat curious, she didn't ask too many questions.

Knowing too much information would not benefit her at all; on the contrary, it could bring danger to herself and the Fire-Slaying Earth Spider clan.

"I will now escort Fellow Daoist Zhu away from Five Spirits Lake!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled, summoned the Divine Travel Cloud Pouch, and sped off with Zhu Yan towards the outside of Five Spirit Lake. The Divine Travel Cloud Pouch was very fast, and this time they did not encounter any attacks from the demonic beasts in Five Spirit Lake. Therefore, Lu Cheng'an delivered Zhu Yan to the outside of Five Spirit Lake in a very short time.

After watching Zhu Yan leave from Wuling Lake, Lu Cheng'an urged his Divine Travel Cloud Pouch to return to Wuling Island.

Lu Cheng'an successfully passed through the third-order spirit array of Five Spirits Island. After entering Five Spirits Island, he went straight to the cave that Chi Liu had arranged for him.

The cave dwelling is quite spacious, with dedicated meditation rooms and rest areas.

The meditation room is quite large and is built around the spiritual spring.

This spiritual spring contains extremely abundant spiritual energy, and it is located at the node of the third-order spiritual vein of Five Spirits Island.

Lu Cheng'an sat cross-legged and then took out the Fire Fiend Spirit Pearl from his storage ring. He held the second-grade top-quality Fire Fiend Spirit Pearl in his palm. As the Earth Flame True Scripture cultivation technique was activated, the abundant spiritual energy in the cave, the fire fiend energy contained in the Fire Fiend Spirit Pearl, and the spiritual energy were all refined and entered into his body.

He has now comprehended the Earth Flame True Scripture to perfection, and his speed in refining spiritual energy and fire evil energy is much faster than before. Now, it only takes him five hours to complete one cycle of the technique.

After spending ten hours circulating his cultivation technique for two major cycles, Lu Cheng'an took the refining furnace out of his storage ring, preparing to refine a magical artifact.

He hasn't crafted any magical artifacts in a long time, and his crafting skills are currently only at the second-tier low-grade level.

The environment of Five Spirits Island is very suitable for him to refine magical artifacts, after all, there are a large number of spiritual springs here.

After taking out the refining furnace, Lu Cheng'an activated the Foundation Establishment True Fire to refine it. He then put the refining materials into the furnace one by one and began to refine the magical artifact.

The magic weapon he refined this time was a mid-grade second-tier magic sword. Magic swords were the magic weapons that Lu Cheng'an refined the most. The magic sword he was refining now was a relatively ordinary magic sword, and it was not difficult to refine. It was just right for him to use to improve his weapon refining skills to mid-grade second-tier.

The difficulty of refining a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon is much higher than that of a low-grade second-tier magic weapon. This was Lu Cheng'an's first time refining a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon, so it took him a relatively long time, almost half a month.

Lu Cheng'an was quite satisfied with the final result. He successfully forged a mid-grade second-tier magic sword and became a mid-grade second-tier weapon refiner.

"The time required to refine a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon is too long. If I were to raise my weapon-refining skills to the highest grade of the second tier, I wonder how long it would take?"

Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly. After estimating the time in his mind, he realized that there were less than five years left until the eight years that Shi Ningyu had mentioned.

His current cultivation level is still at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and he still has a long way to go before reaching the threshold of Foundation Establishment Perfection and breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

His time for cultivation was still very tight.

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Lu Cheng'an finally decided to postpone his plan to improve his weapon-refining skills, as he wanted to devote most of his time to cultivation.

After making his decision, Lu Cheng'an put away the refining furnace, then sat cross-legged next to the spiritual spring and began a new round of cultivation.

This time, he still circulated his cultivation technique twice, which took ten hours.

Instead of refining magical artifacts, he spent the remaining two hours tempering the materials used for refining them.

The materials he used for refining were of the second-tier superior and second-tier supreme quality. Even if Jin Yuan's cultivation level broke through to the second tier, it would be difficult for him to successfully refine these materials.

The time required to forge a mid-grade second-tier magic weapon is relatively long, but the time required to temper these materials is relatively short.

He only needs half an hour to successfully refine a second-grade superior material.

Time passed slowly, and a year went by in the blink of an eye.

Throughout the year, Lu Cheng'an devoted himself to cultivation in his cave, and the cultivation of the Spirit Clam Clan never disturbed his practice.

With the help of the rich spiritual energy in the cave and the power of the Fire Fiend Pearl, Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level improved rapidly, and he is now very close to breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

The reason he has stopped cultivating is because he received a message from the Lu family.

The contents of the message enraged Lu Cheng'an. After reading it, he rushed out of the cave.

Although the cultivators of the Spirit Clam Clan did not disturb Lu Cheng'an's cultivation, they had been keeping a close eye on his situation.

When they saw Lu Cheng'an rushing out of the cave in a menacing manner, they immediately noticed that something was wrong with him. At this moment, Chi Liu quickly appeared in front of Lu Cheng'an and asked him what had happened.

"Something has happened in the clan, and I need to go back immediately." Upon seeing Chi Liu, Lu Cheng'an tried his best to suppress his agitated emotions.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you must be careful and avoid being too impulsive!"

Chi Liu didn't ask Lu Cheng'an about his clan's situation in much detail, but he did give Lu Cheng'an some very serious instructions.

Lu Cheng'an did not linger for long. After bidding farewell to Chi Liu, he left Wuling Island directly.

Lu Cheng'an immediately activated his Divine Cloud Piercing Flying Magic Artifact, making no attempt to conceal it, and sped off towards Green Crocodile Island.

There are now few things in the lava river that can threaten Lu Cheng'an, which is why he dares to so openly urge the Divine Travel Cloud Pierce to travel.

Lu Cheng'an encountered no obstacles along the way because the speed of the Divine Cloud Pierce was too fast.

Before the monsters and spirits in the lava river could figure out what was rushing past, Lu Cheng'an had already disappeared in his Divine Cloud Chariot.

Lu Cheng'an arrived at Qing'e Island in no time, but he did not stay there and continued towards Huohuai Mountain.

Not long after, Lu Chengan returned to Chiyan Mountain.

"Clan leader, where is my uncle now? How is he doing?" Lu Cheng'an asked anxiously.

The reason Lu Cheng'an was in such a hurry to return to his family from Wuling Island was because he received a message from the family saying that his uncle had been seriously injured.

A crazed killing intent flashed in Lu Cheng'an's eyes. His uncle was his only family in this world. Those people had attacked his uncle, and he would never let them get away with it!
"Cheng'an, calm down. Your uncle is not in mortal danger, but his injuries are still very serious and he hasn't woken up yet. I'll take you to see him now."

After sensing the frenzied killing intent surging from Lu Cheng'an's body, Lu Wenxing felt a sense of unease.

(End of this chapter)