Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

After the candidates for consuming the Blood Essence Rice were determined, the three couples, Lu Chengbai, Lu Chengyun, and Lu Jingli, exchanged their family contributions for the Blood Essence Rice.

These Blood Essence Rice plants are of the second-tier superior grade, making them extremely rare spiritual objects. Naturally, they wouldn't be given to Lu Chengbai and his two wives for free.

Lu Jingtong did not pay attention to the use of blood essence rice. After handing over the remaining blood essence rice to Lu Wenxing, he began to work hard on breeding it.

This breeding project is not just about germinating the seeds of the Blood Essence Rice; Lu Jingtong also needs to change the quality of the newly bred Blood Essence Rice as much as possible.

Of course, the quality of the new Blood Essence Rice was not raised across the board; Lu Jingtong's main goal was to lower the quality of the Blood Essence Rice.

Lu Jingtong did this because the growth cycle of second-grade superior blood essence rice is too long. Even if he later developed fertilizer to cultivate blood essence rice, second-grade superior blood essence rice still needs 30 to 40 years to mature once.

Blood Essence Rice is a spiritual object that consumes a great deal of energy, and its long growth cycle naturally cannot meet the needs of the Lu family.

Therefore, Lu Jingtong's current task is to slightly lower the grade of the Blood Essence Rice and shorten its maturation cycle.

If it were possible to shorten the growth cycle of Blood Essence Rice without lowering its grade, that would be even better.

However, this is not easy to do, which is why Lu Jingtong is now trying to lower the grade of blood essence rice in order to shorten its ripening cycle.

Lu Jingkun did not take too long to successfully breed blood essence rice, but changing the quality of blood essence rice and shortening the maturation cycle was a very long process.

Three months after Lu Jingkun successfully bred the Blood Essence Rice, all the new seedlings were planted in the specially cultivated spiritual fields.

The Lu family has opened up a large number of spiritual fields for planting blood essence rice, totaling five hundred acres.

For a long time afterward, Lu Jingkun was busy working in these 500 mu of blood-seed rice fields.

Only after Lu Jingkun successfully cultivated the new Blood Essence Rice did the Lu family inform the Spirit Gu Sect of the rice's maturity.

Furthermore, he offered to send Lu Jingkun to the Linggu Sect to help them cultivate new blood essence rice.

Of course, the Lu family could not help the Linggu Sect plant many seeds of Blood Essence Rice. Even if all of them were successfully cultivated, it would only amount to about twenty or thirty acres at most.

Even so, Liu Miaozhen and the other cultivators of the Spirit Gu Sect were still very happy.

After instructing the other spiritual plant masters of the Lu family to take good care of the newly cultivated blood essence rice, Lu Jingkun followed Lu Chengping to the Spirit Gu Sect.

Besides these matters, there was another thing that Lu Cheng'an was extremely concerned about: Lu Wenhua was preparing to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Because of Lu Cheng'an, even though Lu Cheng'an did not deliberately support Lu Wenhua, Lu Wenhua, as Lu Cheng'an's uncle, had a very high status in the Lu family and never lacked cultivation resources.

Lu Wenhua's talent for cultivation was not bad, and he didn't have much time to spare due to miscellaneous matters, so he basically devoted himself to cultivation.

After so many years of arduous cultivation, his cultivation level finally reached the edge of breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

Before deciding to break through to the Golden Core realm, Lu Wenhua sent a message to Lu Chengan.

Over the years, as Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level increased, he and Lu Wenhua communicated less and less.

However, this does not mean that the uncle-nephew relationship between Lu Cheng'an and Lu Wenhua has become weaker.

Just like now, after receiving Lu Wenhua's message, Lu Cheng'an immediately stopped cultivating the Great Sun Body Refining Technique, left his secluded cave, and rushed to Lu Wenhua's cave.

"Uncle, how are you feeling right now? How confident are you of breaking through to the Golden Core realm?" Lu Cheng'an asked quickly.

His eyes shone with undisguised joy, after all, his uncle was no longer young, well over a hundred years old.

The lifespan of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is only about two hundred years, and his uncle has already lived through half of the Foundation Establishment stage.

His uncle chose to break through to the Golden Core realm at this time, so even if he fails this time, he still has the possibility of breaking through to the Golden Core realm in the future.

However, if the time required to break through to the Golden Core realm is further extended, then if the breakthrough fails, there is a high possibility that there will be no possibility of breaking through to the Golden Core realm again in the future.

"I feel alright right now. If I take the Golden Core Pill, I should have a 60-70% chance of success!"

Lu Wenhua smiled and looked at Lu Cheng'an, saying, "Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of cultivation resources. You don't need to interfere with the matter of purchasing Golden Core cultivators anymore. After all, you have already helped me too much to get to where I am today!"

When Lu Wenhua thought about these things, he couldn't help but feel a little sad.

After all, when his brother and sister-in-law passed away, they entrusted him with taking good care of their nephew.

But apart from the fact that he was the one taking care of Cheng'an at the beginning, he was the one being taken care of by Cheng'an afterwards, which made him feel really ashamed.

In the future, when he goes underground, he doesn't know how to face his older brother and sister-in-law who died young.

"If you say such things again, I'll get angry. There's no need for us uncle and nephew to be so polite. Don't think about these things!"

Lu Cheng'an laughed and said, "I just exchanged a Golden Core Pill from the clan, Uncle, don't be so polite with me!"

As Lu Cheng'an spoke, he took out a jade box from his storage ring, which contained a Golden Core pill.

The value of a Golden Core is not low, but for Lu Cheng'an, the spirit stones required to purchase one are negligible.

Although Lu Wenhua didn't want to trouble his nephew any further, he couldn't very well refuse the Golden Core Pill that had already been delivered to him, as doing so would only damage the relationship between uncle and nephew.

Lu Wenhua sighed helplessly, accepted the Golden Core pill, and then said, "I plan to start my closed-door breakthrough tomorrow. Now come with me to see your parents, aunt, brother and sister-in-law! When we get back, have a drink with me!"

The graves of Lu Cheng'an's parents, aunt, brother and sister-in-law were all moved to the Lu family's ancestral cemetery, which is now located at the deepest part of the Lu family's mountain gate.

“Okay, let’s go see my parents and my aunt and brother and sister-in-law!” Lu Cheng’an said softly.

He felt a pang of sadness when he thought of his parents who had passed away long ago.

His parents in this world treated him very well; their relationship was something they had cultivated since childhood.

“We’ll go there now. I’ve already prepared the offerings!” Lu Wenhua’s eyes were slightly red, but a smile appeared on his face.

Soon after, Lu Chengan and Lu Wenhua arrived at Lingfeng, where the Lu family ancestral graves were located.

The graves of Lu Cheng'an's parents are next to the graves of Lu Wenhua's wife and son.

Upon arrival, the two first set out offerings, and then recounted their recent situation to their relatives.

Lu Cheng'an and his nephew Lu Wenhua stayed at the cemetery for more than two hours. After leaving the cemetery, they went together to Lu Wenhua's cave. Lu Cheng'an ate, drank, and chatted with Lu Wenhua all night, and only left Lu Wenhua's cave the next morning.

After Lu Cheng'an left, Lu Wenhua announced that he would go into seclusion and begin trying to break through to the Golden Core realm.

Although Lu Cheng'an was somewhat worried about his uncle's situation, the time it takes for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to break through to the Golden Core realm is not particularly short, and he couldn't just do nothing during this period.

After returning to his cave, he quickly made some adjustments and then continued to cultivate the True Yang Body Refining Technique to temper his physical body.

Lu Wenhua's breakthrough to the Golden Core realm was relatively smooth; he reached the Golden Core realm after spending just over a month.

Lu Wenhua's talent for cultivation is not particularly good; he is rather mediocre in all aspects.

This time, when undergoing the Golden Core Tribulation, he did not rely entirely on his own strength, but rather on the power of a defensive magical artifact.

After his cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, his potential was basically exhausted. Unless he has a greater opportunity in the future, it will be difficult for him to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

After learning that Lu Wenhua had successfully broken through to the Golden Core realm, Lu Cheng'an immediately left his cave and met with Lu Wenhua.

This time, the uncle and nephew didn't say much. Lu Cheng'an simply gave Lu Wenhua a few instructions and then left Lu Wenhua's cave.

After that, Lu Wenhua began to go into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation.

"My uncle's cultivation has broken through to the Golden Core realm, and he has at least seven hundred years of life left. From now on, I no longer need to worry about his lifespan!"

Lu Cheng'an finally breathed a sigh of relief after returning to his cave.

Lu Wenhua had one hundred years of life left before breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

This time is not short for ordinary people, but it is definitely not long for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After a Foundation Establishment cultivator reaches the age of 150, the various functions of their physical body will gradually weaken, making it even more difficult to break through to the Golden Core realm.

For this reason, although Lu Wenhua still had a hundred years left to live, Lu Cheng'an was always very worried that Lu Wenhua would not be able to break through to the Golden Core realm in the future.

Although the entire Lu family are Lu Cheng'an's relatives, only Lu Wenhua is his uncle, so their relationship is naturally different.

Lu Cheng'an's mood gradually calmed down after entering the cave for a while.

After that, he adjusted his mindset and continued to cultivate the True Yang Body Refining Technique, wanting to condense the fourth Sun Golden Pattern in his physical body as soon as possible.

Perhaps because he had enough savings, or perhaps because of his mood, after more than a month of dedicated cultivation, he finally condensed the fourth golden sun pattern in his physical body.

After Lu Cheng'an condensed the fourth golden sun pattern in his physical body, he felt that his physical strength had been greatly enhanced.

He initially felt a certain pressure from the powerful divine soul force on his physical body, but after he condensed the fourth golden sun pattern within his body, that pressure from the divine soul on his physical body completely disappeared.

"I've only condensed the fourth golden sun pattern so far. If I can successfully condense the fifth and sixth golden sun patterns, my physical strength will be greatly enhanced!"

A look of joy appeared on Lu Cheng'an's face.

After the physical strength is improved, it will also provide some feedback to the soul.

Moreover, he currently possesses treasures that nourish the soul, such as the Soul Cleansing Flower, which he obtained in exchange from the Black Sand Father and Son.

Once his physical strength improves further, he can refine treasures such as the Soul Cleansing Flower to further enhance his spiritual power.

Five days after Lu Cheng'an condensed the fourth golden sun pattern within his body, he received a message from Shi Ningyu.

When Shi Ningyu and Dan Dingzong learned that Lu Wenhua's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm, given the relationship between the Lu family and Dan Dingzong, and between Shi Ningyu and Lu Cheng'an, even if the Lu family did not intend to hold a Golden Core formation celebration for Lu Wenhua, Dan Dingzong and Shi Ningyu still had to make a gesture.

After all, when Shi Mingxin's cultivation broke through to the Golden Core realm, his grandson-in-law Lu Cheng'an gave him a cultivation technique suitable for Shi Mingxin, as well as a matching magic weapon.

Unlike Lu Cheng'an, Shi Ningyu was not as extravagant. Dan Ding Sect was a sect that excelled in alchemy, and Shi Ningyu was also a third-level alchemist. Therefore, the congratulatory gift they sent was also related to pills.

Shi Ningyu specially refined a batch of foundation-strengthening pills for Lu Wenhua. These pills can strengthen a cultivator's foundation and are extremely precious.

The Dan Ding Sect also prepared pills for Lu Wenhua. These pills were low-grade third-tier pills that Lu Wenhua could use to assist early-stage Golden Core cultivators in their cultivation. There were also low-grade third-tier pills for healing and detoxification, which were also quite valuable.

After sending a message to Lu Cheng'an, Shi Ningyu left the Dan Ding Sect and rushed towards the Lu family.

After seeing Shi Ningyu's message, Lu Cheng'an stopped practicing the True Yang Body Refining Technique and went to the Lu family's Welcoming Peak to welcome Shi Ningyu's arrival.

The Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect are very close, about nine hundred miles apart.

This is because the relationship between the Lu family and the Dan Ding Sect is extraordinary. If two other adjacent Golden Core forces were located so close to each other, problems would definitely arise.

Shi Ningyu arrived at the Lu family from Dan Ding Sect in just a short time.

After receiving Shi Ningyu, Lu Cheng'an took her to his cave.

"Brother An, your physical strength has improved a lot! You have successfully cultivated the True Yang Body Refining Technique!" Shi Ningyu said excitedly after entering Lu Cheng'an's cave.

She was the one who taught Lu Cheng'an the True Yang Body Refining Technique, and she was well aware of how difficult it was to cultivate.

Now, Lu Cheng'an has not only successfully cultivated the True Yang Body Refining Technique, but has also clearly cultivated it to a relatively profound level.

"I have indeed successfully cultivated the True Yang Body Refining Technique, and four golden sun patterns have already condensed within my physical body!"

Lu Cheng'an laughed heartily, and as he spoke, he took off his shirt, revealing his extremely muscular upper body.

At this moment, he slightly activated the True Yang Body Refining Technique, and four golden runes appeared on his arms, chest, and back. These were the Golden Sun Runes.

The remaining two golden sun patterns will coalesce on his legs.

The formation of the fourth golden sun pattern signifies that he has cultivated the True Yang Body Refining Technique to the third level, making the formation of the fifth and sixth golden sun patterns relatively easier.

“My uncle’s cultivation has been consolidated. I will send him a message later. After I take you to see him, we will study the True Yang Body Refining Technique together again!” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

Lu Wenhua's cultivation had broken through to the Golden Core realm for over a month, and his cultivation had been consolidated. He had originally planned to break through and emerge from his cultivation.

Therefore, after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, he immediately replied to Lu Cheng'an. (End of this chapter)