Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 211 Red Willow Breakthrough: Cultivating the Spirit Spring
The Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree needs to be planted in Crimson Smoke Mountain as soon as possible. This Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree is of a high grade of mid-level third rank, and it will not be an easy task to transplant it successfully.

The Burning Flame Sect also has a lineage of high-level spirit plant masters. Currently, the Lu family also has cultivators who specialize in the path of spirit plants, but the Lu family cultivators who practice this path are only at the Qi Refining realm.

Their expertise in spiritual plants was very shallow. The Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree was of too high a grade to be successfully transplanted by them.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an could only study the chapters on transplanting spiritual plants in the Burning Flame Sect's spiritual plant inheritance with Lu Jingkun, as both of them were highly perceptive.

After studying it together for two days, they gained a certain level of confidence.

The spiritual plant heritage records a method for preparing a spiritual liquid. If transplanted spiritual plants can be watered with this spiritual liquid, the success rate of transplantation can be greatly improved.

The method for preparing this spiritual liquid is not easy; it is of a high grade of the third rank. Only Lu Cheng'an can be responsible for preparing this spiritual liquid.

Lu Jingkun's task was equally important; he had to find a suitable area in Chiyan Mountain to transplant the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Trees.

After identifying a suitable area, he needed to gather the earth's energy and spiritual energy there, and set up a magic array to nurture the spiritual plants.

This is because Lu Jingkun's cultivation level is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. If his cultivation level were to break through to the Golden Core realm, transplanting the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree would not be so troublesome.

He only needs to gather enough rich earth vein energy to quickly and successfully transplant the spiritual plant.

The earth's energy is extremely important for spiritual plants; the roots of high-level spiritual plants are connected to the earth's energy in the place where they grow.

Lu Jingkun cultivates the Earthly Jade Book. Once his cultivation successfully breaks through to the Golden Core realm, he will be able to quickly connect the earth's vein energy with the roots of spiritual plants.

Of course, he can do more than that; he can connect the roots of spiritual plants with the earth's energy.

He can also connect with the earth's energy veins and even mobilize the earth's energy veins to fight enemies.

This is the terrifying aspect of advanced cultivation techniques. It's just a pity that Lu Jingkun is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. He will only be able to unleash these abilities once he successfully breaks through to the Golden Core realm.

After receiving Lu Cheng'an's instructions, Lu Jingkun began searching for a suitable area in Chiyan Mountain to transplant the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Trees.

It took Lu Jingkun three days to finally determine the final location, which was at the foot of Chiyan Mountain.

The spiritual energy here is relatively thin compared to other areas in Chiyan Mountain, but it is the place with the most abundant earth vein energy.

The Lu family can cultivate third-order spiritual veins, but they do not have the ability to easily alter earth veins.

Therefore, after considering it for a while, Lu Jingkun told Lu Chengan about the area he had chosen.

Lu Cheng'an was also able to sense the presence of the earth's energy. After inspecting the area that Lu Jingkun had searched for, he did not raise any objections. He directly activated his magic power to take out the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree stored in the storage magic artifact and planted it in this place.

After the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree was successfully planted, Lu Jingkun began to set up a spirit array here, and at the same time began to help the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree connect with the earth vein energy of Chiyan Mountain.

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

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an successfully prepared the spiritual liquid recorded in the inheritance of spiritual plant masters. After he used his magic power to transmit the prepared spiritual liquid into the roots of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree, he clearly felt that the power contained in the roots of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Tree had been enhanced.

After that, Lu Cheng'an stopped paying attention to the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree. He wanted to put the Five Elements Spring Heart in his hand into the weapon-refining room of his cave.

This requires him to first dig a spring in the weapon-refining room; an ordinary spring is relatively easy to create.

There was no spring water underground in Lu Cheng'an's cave, but after he used his magic, he condensed a pool of spring water underground in the cave.

However, this is just an ordinary spring, but because the location of Lu Cheng'an's cave is rich in spiritual energy, this ordinary spring water is also imbued with spiritual energy, and can be called a spiritual spring.

Once the spring water had completely stabilized, Lu Cheng'an placed the Five Elements Spring Core at the very bottom of the spring.

Then, following the methods recorded in the weapon-refining tradition, he cast a series of complex hand seals on the Five Elements Spring Heart, allowing the Five Elements Spring Heart and the spring water to completely merge together.

Once the Five Elements Spring Core and the spring water are completely integrated, this ordinary spring water will slowly transform into the Five Elements Spirit Spring.

The quality of the Five Elements Spring can also be improved, but this requires investing a large number of rare spiritual items.

The Five Elements Spring Core that Lu Cheng'an obtained is of the third-tier superior grade, and the spring water it creates is sufficient for Lu Cheng'an to refine a third-tier superior grade magic weapon.

Lu Cheng'an can temporarily put aside the matter of upgrading the Five Elements Spring Heart's grade.

Lu Cheng'an was busy transplanting the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit Trees and cultivating the Five Elements Spiritual Spring area, while Lu Wenxing also made arrangements for the fourteen Five Elements Spiritual Fruits.

These fourteen Five Elements Spiritual Fruits are more than enough; the Lu family simply doesn't have that many Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators who have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Moreover, unlike Foundation Establishment Pills and other Foundation Establishment spiritual items, the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit has a relatively short shelf life.

All fourteen Five Elements Spiritual Fruits have been picked, and the Lu family cultivators need to use them as soon as possible, otherwise the medicinal properties of the fruits will gradually dissipate.

This is the main reason why Lu Wenxing was so eager to arrange for the cultivators in his clan to consume the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit.

Currently, there are four cultivators in the Lu family who can attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm: Lu Wenjing, Lu Chenglan, Lu Jingxiu, and Lu Jingtong.

Lu Wenjing is not young anymore. He had previously tried to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm using a Foundation Establishment artifact, but he failed.

It wasn't until recently that Lu Wenjing repaid the debt he owed to the clan for purchasing the Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

Lu Cheng'an brought back fourteen Five Elements Spirit Fruits, which is equivalent to fourteen Foundation Establishment Spiritual Items.

Furthermore, since the Lu family simply couldn't find enough Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators who had a chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Lu Wenxing decided to allocate another Five Elements Spirit Fruit to Lu Wenjing.

Lu Wenjing and the other three have successively broken through using the Five Elements Spirit Fruit. Lu Wenjing's talent is relatively ordinary among the four, but he has experience in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm once. This time, his breakthrough using the Five Elements Spirit Fruit went very smoothly, and he was the first among the four to send good news.

The breakthroughs of Lu Chenglan and the other two were not so smooth. Although the three of them had high cultivation talent, their luck was probably not good. Only Lu Chenglan successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

Both Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingtong failed to break through, and Lu Jingxiu in particular suffered a significant backlash.

If she hadn't relied on the medicinal power of the Five Elements Spiritual Fruit, the backlash she suffered would have been much more severe, potentially even leading to the end of her cultivation path.

This is actually a normal phenomenon. A cultivator's ultimate level depends not only on their talent and temperament, but also on a touch of luck. Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingtong's failed breakthroughs were unexpected by Lu Wenxing, but he didn't blame them. Instead, he encouraged them to work hard to recover and that once they were confident, they could exchange for Five Elements Spirit Fruits in the clan treasury and try again.

Lu Wenxing was so lenient with Lu Jingxiu and Lu Jingxiu not only because he believed in their talents, but more importantly because the clan now had enough Five Elements Spirit Fruits.

Otherwise, he would never have made such a promise to the two of them.

Of course, these Five Elements Spiritual Fruits were not given to them for free; they had to exchange them for family contributions or spirit stones.

If that's not enough, you can borrow from the clan and repay it after you break through.

Half a month after Lu Cheng'an placed the Five Elements Spring Heart at the bottom of the spring, Chi Liu's breakthrough in cultivation finally came to fruition.

Chi Liu's talent is slightly inferior to Ling Xuan's, but it is by no means bad.

Moreover, the conditions for her breakthrough were much better than Lingxuan's, and she was better prepared, so her breakthrough also had a good result.

However, her combat power is slightly weak, and she relied on the power of the Xuan Turtle Shield when undergoing the tribulation of lightning, which may have a certain impact on her future path.

Half a month after Chi Liu's cultivation successfully broke through, Lu Cheng'an gave Lu Wenxing some instructions, and then left Chi Yan Mountain with the Purple Flame Fire Sparrow and Chi Liu, heading directly to the Dan Ding Sect.

He had already made an agreement with Shi Ningyu that once Chi Liu's cultivation breakthrough was complete, he would go to the Poison Swamp Immortal City with Shi Ningyu.

Lu Cheng'an will take Chi Liu and Que Yun with him to Dan Ding Sect so that Chi Liu can guard the sect while Shi Ningyu is away.

He and Shi Ningyu needed to take Queyun and the Five Elements Primordial Turtle to the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

The Poison Swamp Immortal City is extremely dangerous. Both Queyun and the Five Elements Primordial Turtle are quite powerful. If we take the two demons with us to the Poison Swamp Immortal City, their safety will be greatly increased.

After all, it's rare for any cultivator to defeat four Golden Core Realm experts acting together.

After entering the Dan Ding Sect and meeting Shi Ningyu, Lu Cheng'an told her about his plan.

Shi Ningyu looked thoughtful. She had originally intended to leave the Five Elements Primordial Turtle to guard the Dan Ding Sect.

However, Lu Cheng'an's words also make sense. If they were to take the Five Elements Primordial Turtle with them to the Poison Swamp Immortal City, their safety would be greatly increased.

"Is Chi Liu's strength a bit weak? Our trip to Poison Swamp Immortal City might take quite a while. If the Azure Flame Lion and other demonic beasts launch an attack during this time, she might not be able to withstand it!" Shi Ningyu said with a frown.

Chi Liu's cultivation has just broken through to the third level, and her own strength is not particularly formidable. Even with the power of the Fire Phoenix Heavenly Ring Formation, she may not be able to exert much combat power.

"You don't need to worry about that. The Spring and Autumn True Man of the Desolate Ancient Sect gave me five third-tier talismans. I gave three of these three talismans to Chi Liu: one high-grade third-tier talisman and two mid-grade third-tier talismans."

With the power of the Fire Phoenix Heavenly Ring Formation, even if the Azure Flame Lion attacks while we're away, Lingxuan and Chiliu can hold their ground!

Third-tier high-grade talismans are still somewhat useful to Lu Cheng'an, but third-tier mid-grade talismans are not very useful.

Because Lu Cheng'an's current spells are far more powerful than those of a mid-grade third-tier talisman.

“Then let’s do as Fellow Daoist Lu says. I will now teach Chiliu the method of controlling the Fire Phoenix Heavenly Ring Formation. Once she has mastered the method, we will set off for the Poison Swamp Immortal City!”

After careful consideration, Shi Ningyu agreed to Lu Chengan's proposal.

She then called Chiliu into her cave and began to teach him how to control the Fire Phoenix Heavenly Ring Formation.

Two days later, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu set off from Dan Ding Sect and sped towards the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

The two demonic beasts, Queyun and Wuxing Yuangui, were taken into the Cangqiong Palace by Lu Cheng'an. The identities of these two demonic beasts were rather sensitive.

Especially regarding Que Yun, if the Ancient Desolate Sect knew that Lu Cheng'an had not killed Que Yun but had subdued him through various means, their fear of Lu Cheng'an would likely become even more severe.

Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu haven't had time to cultivate the third-tier escape technique yet, but their own escape techniques are not slow. After spending several days flying out of the Desolate Ancient Sect's range, Lu Cheng'an released Queyun from the Sky Palace.

Queyun is a Purple Flame Fire Sparrow. He is already extremely fast at flying, and he has also mastered a flying demon technique, which further enhances his speed.

If he were to fly at full speed, even if Lu Cheng'an had mastered the Star Flame Concealment Technique to perfection, he might not be able to catch up with Que Yun.

After leaving the territory of the Ancient Desolate Sect, they no longer needed to worry about Que Yun's identity being exposed. Therefore, Lu Cheng'an dared to release Que Yun from the Sky Palace and take them to the Poison Swamp Immortal City.

The Poison Swamp Immortal City is located in the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, at the border of the Qingzhou Immortal Cultivation World and the Hezhou Immortal Cultivation World. The Ten Thousand Poison Swamp is adjacent to the Suspended Mirror Gate of the Qingzhou Immortal Cultivation World and the Ten Thousand Immortal Valley of the Hezhou Immortal Cultivation World.

There are four Nascent Soul sects in the Qingzhou cultivation world. Among them, the Suspended Mirror Sect, the Desolate Ancient Sect, and the Haoyang Sect are righteous sects, while the Sacred Heart Sect is an evil sect.

Among the Nascent Soul sects, the Sacred Heart Sect is the most powerful. Even though the great war a thousand years ago greatly weakened the Sacred Heart Sect, it still has seven Nascent Soul cultivators in charge.

Moreover, two of these seven Nascent Soul cultivators are late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, making them extremely powerful.

The territories of the three sects, Xuanjing Sect, Huanggu Sect, and Haoyang Sect, are connected, which perfectly separates the Hong'e Mountains from the Sacred Heart Sect.

Even so, in recent years the Sacred Heart Sect has still colluded with the demon king of the Hong'e Mountains.

However, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Sacred Heart Sect and the demon king of the Hong'e Mountains do not trust each other. They are only cooperating superficially and have not yet achieved true cooperation.

Regardless, both the heretical sect Sacred Heart Sect and the demon king of Hong'e Mountain Range pose a great threat to the three sects of the Ancient Desolate Sect. If the two sides were to reach a true cooperation, it would pose a great threat to the three sects of the Ancient Desolate Sect.

The Ancient Desolate Sect is located in the far east of the three sects, while the Suspended Mirror Sect is in the far west. The Myriad Poison Swamp, where the Poison Swamp Immortal City is located, is even west of the Suspended Mirror Sect.

If Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu wanted to reach the Poison Swamp Immortal City, they would need to pass through the territories of the Haoyang Sect and the Xuanjing Sect, two Nascent Soul sects, which were hundreds of thousands of miles apart.

The three Nascent Soul sects, the Ancient Desolate Sect, the Haoyang Sect, and the Suspended Mirror Sect, are connected by teleportation arrays.

Teleportation arrays involve the principles of space, and only fourth-tier array masters with cultivation reaching the Nascent Soul realm can construct them.

(End of this chapter)