Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Hei Yang watched this scene in shock, suspecting that the Green-Faced Ghost King had exaggerated the power of the Azure Netherfire.

Otherwise, why would such a flame, which is extremely harmful to cultivators in the mortal realm, quietly hover in Lu Cheng'an's palm?

"I understand what the Green-Faced Ghost King means. I will accept all his gifts. Go back and tell him that once my cultivation breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, I will definitely enter the Netherworld as promised and help him deal with the two fifth-tier ghosts from the Black River Palace!"

Lu Cheng'an chuckled softly, and slowly closed his palms, storing the azure Netherfire burning in his palms into his fire domain.

The Azure Nether Flame does indeed contain fire-related rules, but this particular flame does not contain many fire-related rules.

If an ordinary cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage were to come into contact with this flame, they would indeed be burned to death by the fire rules contained within it.

However, this level of flame was not enough to harm Lu Cheng'an!
The fire domain that Lu Cheng'an condensed has expanded to fifty-four zhang in area. This level of fire domain power is sufficient to contain this level of Azure Nether Flame.

Of course, this does not mean that the Azure Netherfire is completely useless to Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an had never experienced the power of the Fire Dao rules up close before. Although the power of the Fire Dao rules contained in the Azure Netherworld Flame sent by the Azure-Faced Ghost Emperor was not strong enough, Lu Cheng'an was still able to gain great benefits after comprehending and refining it.

Under Hei Yang's shocked gaze, Lu Cheng'an put away the Azure Netherfire, and then put away the five Cloud Water Yuan Pearls and the seedling of the fourth-grade low-level Earth Soul Tree.

Lu Cheng'an did not linger in the Nether River region afterward; he returned directly to the Lu family's mountain gate.

The entire Lu family is extremely busy right now.

After Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping emerged from seclusion, they began to rearrange the various spirit arrays within the Lu family's mountain gate.

This is no small project. Even if Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping work together, it will take them a long time to completely perfect the various spirit arrays in the Lu family's mountain gate.

Lu Cheng'an was not proficient in spirit arrays, so he did not get involved in this matter.

After returning to his family's mountain gate from the Nether River, he did not go directly back to his cave, but instead went to find Lu Wenxing first.

"Clan leader, these are five portions of Cloud Water Essence Pearls and a fourth-grade low-rank Earth Soul Tree sapling that Hei Yang just delivered. You can decide what to do with the five portions of Cloud Water Essence Pearls. As for the fourth-grade low-rank Earth Soul Tree sapling, you should give it to Yonghui for transplantation and ask him to do his best to successfully transplant it!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

The seedling of the Earth Soul Tree has already reached the fourth-grade low quality. When the Earth Soul Tree grows up and blooms the Earth Soul Flower, it will be at least a fifth-grade low quality spiritual plant.

The Earth Soul Flower is a rare treasure that can nourish the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator, so its value is self-evident.

Of course, cultivating the Earth Soul Tree to the fifth rank and successfully producing the Earth Soul Flower is by no means an easy task.

This requires a great deal of effort and resources, and also a certain amount of luck.

It was for this reason that the Green-Faced Ghost King so easily sent out the Earth Soul Tree sapling.

Fourth-grade low-level Earth Soul Tree saplings are not considered rare; what is rare are mature Earth Soul Trees that can bloom fifth-grade Earth Soul Flowers.

"What happened in the Netherworld? How come Black Sun and his group suddenly obtained so many treasures?" Lu Wenxing asked with some surprise.

Previously, Hei Yang would also give away treasures similar to the Cloud Water Yuan Pearl to help condense a Nascent Soul, but the quantity was extremely rare, with a maximum of only two.

Sending out five portions at once, including a fourth-grade low-level Earth Soul Tree sapling, is unprecedented.

"Something did happen, Hei Yang and the others..."

Lu Cheng'an did not hide anything; he directly told Lu Wenxing about the Green-Faced Ghost King.

“A fifth-tier Ghost Emperor comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator, could there be a problem with Cheng’an?” Lu Wenxing immediately showed a worried expression.

Over the years, he has gained some understanding of the Netherworld, knowing that it is the domain of ghosts and that cultivators like them cannot normally enter it.

Although Lu Cheng'an can enter the Netherworld, he also has to bear great risks.

Now, Lu Cheng'an is no longer cooperating with a fourth-order ghost, but a fifth-order ghost comparable to the Nascent Soul realm. How could he not feel worried?

“There will definitely be some dangers, but clan leader, don’t worry. I will only enter after I break through to the Nascent Soul realm. At that time, with my strength, I will definitely be able to avoid all dangers and my life will not be in danger!” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

Lu Wenxing knew that Lu Cheng'an always acted with discretion, and this was something that happened after Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm, so he did not continue to persuade him.

"I will give this Earth Soul Tree sapling to Yonghui later. However, Yonghui is currently preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. I don't know if this matter will delay his breakthrough?" Lu Wenxing said with a frown.

Lu Yonghui's cultivation had reached the Golden Core Perfection realm for quite some time. His cultivation talent was already excellent, and with the strong support of the Lu family, he was now able to attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

The cultivation method practiced by Lu Yonghui was the same as that of Lu Jingkun, both being Earthly Jade Books.

His ability to reach such a level of cultivation in such a short time is also largely due to Lu Jingkun.

After all, with Lu Jingkun practicing the Earthly Jade Book technique first, Lu Yonghui could avoid many detours when practicing the Earthly Jade Book technique.

Lu Yonghui's cultivation of immortality skills is the path of spiritual plants, and the Earthly Jade Book cultivation method provides him with a great boost.

Moreover, his talent in the cultivation of spiritual plants already surpasses that of Lu Jingkun. If his cultivation successfully breaks through to the Nascent Soul realm, the Lu family might soon be able to cultivate fourth-tier spiritual plants.

This newly acquired Tier 4 low-grade Earth Soul Tree has a greater chance of being successfully cultivated.

“Since Yonghui is currently preparing to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, let’s temporarily entrust this Earth Soul Tree sapling to Jingkun. Once Yonghui has achieved his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, we can hand the Earth Soul Tree sapling over to him!” Lu Cheng’an said after considering it for a while.

Although Lu Jingkun is not a spirit plant master, the Earth Book he cultivates can mobilize the earth's energy, greatly preserving the spirituality of spirit plants.

The Earth Soul Tree sapling that the Green-Faced Ghost King gave to Lu Cheng'an is still extremely vigorous. If it receives sufficient nourishment from the earth's vein energy, it can still survive for a long time even without being transplanted now.

Lu Yonghui is currently at a crucial moment in his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm, and Lu Cheng'an doesn't want this matter to delay Lu Yonghui's cultivation breakthrough.

There aren't many cultivators in the Lu family with talent in the field of spiritual plants like Lu Yonghui. The Lu family had already lost Lu Jingtong, a spiritual plant master who was about to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, and now they really couldn't afford such a loss.

After all, the Lu family can't find another junior cultivator like Lu Yonghui who has such high talent in both spiritual plants and cultivation.

Lu Wenxing nodded slightly and said, "Then I will give this Earth Soul Tree sapling to Jing Kun later!"

After putting away the five Cloud Water Pearls and the Earth Soul Tree saplings, Lu Wenxing said with a smile, "Cheng Zhuo, Jing Kang, and Jing Le recently discovered a secret realm within the territory of the Heavenly Sword Sect in Hezhou. According to the information they sent, that secret realm is very likely to contain fourth-tier spiritual artifacts. I have already sent Jing Xiu and Jing Lin to investigate. However, since this secret realm is within the territory of the Heavenly Sword Sect, should we inform the Heavenly Sword Sect?"

"Cheng Zhuo and his group are quite lucky!"

Lu Chengzhuo is the son of Lu Wenhua, Lu Chengan's uncle. He is the most talented among Lu Wenhua's many children and has already reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

Lu Jingkang and Lu Jingle are Lu Chengping's children. They are both older than Lu Chengzhuo and have the cultivation level of the late Golden Core stage.

However, Lu Chengzhuo was only at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, while Lu Jingkang and Lu Chengzhuo had been at the late stage of the Golden Core realm for a long time and were very close to breaking through to the Golden Core Perfection realm.

The three of them, Lu Chengzhuo, were not too far apart in age, and their cultivation talents were also roughly the same.

Most importantly, the backgrounds of these three individuals far surpassed those of other cultivators in the Lu family.

Lu Jingkang and Lu Jingle's father is Lu Chengping, a Nascent Soul cultivator with a relatively high status in the Lu family.

Although Lu Chengzhuo's parents were not outstanding in the Lu family, he had a good cousin, Lu Cheng'an.

For these reasons, Lu Chengping and his sister Lu Jingkang became quite close.

The three of them traveled to Hezhou together and were extremely lucky to encounter an undeveloped secret realm there.

"Since this secret realm was discovered by Cheng Zhuo and the other two, it rightfully belongs to our Lu family!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled calmly and said, "However, we still need to have Jing Lin and the other two inform the Heavenly Sword Sect of our Lu family's intentions. I believe they will not make a move to compete for it!"

Lu Cheng'an is now capable of overwhelming the Heavenly Sword Sect on his own. True Monarch Wenjian is well aware of Lu Cheng'an's strength, and he is also a smart man.

Even if the secret realm was discovered by Lu Chengzhuo and his two companions, or even if it was discovered by the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect would probably not dare to resist if the Lu family wanted to take it over.

"I'll tell Jinglin and Jingxiu what you mean right now, and have them go to the Heavenly Sword Sect first!" Lu Wenxing said with a smile.

In fact, Lu Wenxing shared the same idea, but since this matter involved the Heavenly Sword Sect, he dared not make a decision lightly.

After helping Lu Wenxing handle some family affairs, Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave dwelling.

"Azure Netherfire!"

After returning to his meditation room in his cave, Lu Cheng'an unleashed the fire domain he had condensed.

The Azure Netherfire burned silently within the fire domain. Suppressed by the power of the fire domain, this flame, which contained terrifying power, was unable to release its full force.

"I wonder how much the power of the Fire Domain will increase after I refine and integrate the fire rules contained in the Azure Netherfire into the Fire Domain?"

The Azure Netherfire, a treasure containing the rules of the Great Dao, can not only assist cultivators in comprehending the power of the Great Dao, but can also be refined by cultivators to enhance the power of the domain they condense.

However, this involves certain risks.

The power of the Great Dao's rules is extremely terrifying. If a cultivator's domain is not strong enough, there is a high chance that the domain will burst if they rashly try to refine and absorb the Great Dao's rules.

Lu Cheng'an, however, did not share this concern.

Although the fire domain power he condensed was not strong enough, the fire dao rule power contained in the Azure Nether Flame was also relatively weak.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to so easily absorb the Azure Netherfire into his own fire domain.

After pondering for a while, Lu Cheng'an began to seriously study the fire rules contained in the Azure Nether Flame, in order to improve his understanding of the Great Dao of Fire.

Cultivation knows no time; six years passed in the blink of an eye.

For the past six years, Lu Cheng'an has been studying the fire rules contained in the Azure Nether Flame. Now, his close study of the fire rules has rapidly improved his understanding of the Great Dao of Fire.

This improvement is directly reflected in the fire domain he has created.

After his cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, his Fire Domain expanded to fifty-four zhang. Not long has it been since he broke through to the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, but because of his six years of comprehending the rules of the Fire Dao, the range of his Fire Domain has expanded directly from fifty-four zhang to sixty-six zhang, an increase of more than twelve zhang.

"It's a pity that I can't refine the Azure Nether Flame into the Fire Domain, otherwise the power of the Fire Domain would definitely be enhanced!"

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly. The main reason he couldn't refine the Azure Netherworld Fire into the Fire Domain was because the Azure Netherworld Fire originated from the Netherworld.

Although the fire principles contained in this flame are the same as those in the mortal world, its power still originates from the underworld.

Six years of study have made Lu Cheng'an extremely familiar with the Azure Nether Flame. If he were to refine the Azure Nether Flame into his own fire domain, although it would enhance the power of the fire domain, it would also leave behind great hidden dangers.

After a brief sigh, Lu Cheng'an put the Azure Netherfire into the jade bowl.

He then closed his eyes and began to deduce the secrets of the Azure Netherfire, preparing to refine it into a treasure.

The Azure Netherfire is of the fifth rank, low grade. It contains the rules of fire and originates from the Netherworld. The power it contains is extremely harmful to cultivators in the mortal world.

After confirming that he could not integrate the Azure Nether Flame into his own fire domain, Lu Cheng'an prepared to refine it into a secret treasure.

After being refined into a secret treasure, the Azure Nether Flame will have a significant increase in attack power. It will be difficult for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage to block its attacks, but it will be difficult to cause damage to cultivators at the Deity Transformation stage.

During the six years that Lu Cheng'an was in seclusion to comprehend the Azure Nether Flame, Lu Chengping, Lu Jingkun, and other Lu family cultivators were not idle either. They were busy setting up various spiritual arrays in the Lu family's mountain gate.

After years of effort, the various spirit arrays within the Lu family's mountain gate have basically taken shape.

Lu Jingkun and Lu Chengping are currently working hard to upgrade the Nine Luminaries Star Thunder Refining God Array to the middle grade of the fourth rank.

Following Lu Cheng'an's instructions, Lu Jinglin and Lu Jingxiu, the siblings, went to the Heavenly Sword Sect and told the cultivators of the sect about Lu Chengzhuo and the other two discovering a secret realm within the sect's territory.

Just as Lu Cheng'an had guessed, after learning of the Lu family's intentions, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect, including Sword Inquiry True Monarch, indeed did not covet that secret realm.

Afterwards, Lu Jinglin and Lu Jingxiu arrived at the location of the secret realm and helped Lu Chengzhuo and the other two open the entrance. (End of Chapter)