Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Lu Jinglin and Lu Jingxiu naturally dared not disobey Lu Cheng'an's orders. They did not ask Lu Cheng'an what he was going to do in Yanzhou, but immediately accepted his orders.

After giving Lu Jinglin and the other man some instructions, Lu Cheng'an left the temporary cave dwelling and sped off towards the direction of the Heavenly Fire Sect's mountain gate.

He has already sent a message to the cultivators of the Heavenly Fire Sect and the Nine Heavens Sect, asking them to meet at the Heavenly Fire Sect.

Heavenly Fire Sect, Welcoming Peak.

When Lu Cheng'an arrived at the Heavenly Fire Sect, the Nine Heavens Sect Master Huang Xiao Zhenjun and the Heavenly Blade Zhenjun and Blood Blade Zhenjun of the Heavenly Blade Palace had already arrived at the Heavenly Fire Sect.

The Heavenly Blade Palace has been destroyed in the attack of the Sand Demon, but the most powerful Heavenly Blade True Lord and Blood Blade True Lord are still alive.

After Lu Cheng'an defeated the Sand Demon, he and Tian Dao Zhenjun have been rebuilding the Tian Dao Palace for many years.

With these two powerful cultivators at the Nascent Soul Perfection stage, rebuilding the Heavenly Blade Palace would not be a difficult task.

The difficult part is the issue of the rebuilt mountain gate and land.

Although Yanzhou is not small, it has long been divided up by the Nine Heavens Sect, the Heavenly Fire Sect, and the Heavenly Blade Palace.

After the Sand Demon destroyed the Heavenly Blade Palace, the Yanzhou region originally occupied by the Heavenly Blade Palace was also covered by the Vast Desert.

Even though Lu Cheng'an repelled the sand demon, the area occupied by the sand demon did not recover.

These areas are all occupied by the Heavenly Blade Palace. Although the Heavenly Blade True Lord and the Blood Blade True Lord rebuilt the Heavenly Blade Palace, they found it difficult to restore its former strength.

The area currently occupied by the Heavenly Blade Palace belongs to the Heavenly Fire Sect.

This was an area they obtained after trading with the Heavenly Fire Sect. After all, no matter how powerful Heavenly Blade True Monarch and Blood Blade True Monarch were, they could not possibly be a match for the Heavenly Fire Sect.

This time, Lu Cheng'an only sent messages to the Nine Heavens Sect and the Heavenly Fire Sect, without informing the Heavenly Blade True Monarch and the other two.

However, due to the strength of Heavenly Blade True Lord and Blood Blade True Lord, Heavenly Fire True Lord also sent a message to the two of them.

After Lu Cheng'an arrived at the Welcoming Peak of the Heavenly Fire Sect, Heavenly Fire True Monarch and the others exchanged a few pleasantries with him before inquiring about the purpose of his visit.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you informed us to come to the Heavenly Fire Sect, but something strange has happened again in the Vast Sea Desert?" True Monarch Huang Xiao's face showed undisguised worry.

She had already discussed this with Tianhuo Zhenjun and others before, and it was very likely that Lu Cheng'an was contacting them at this time because of the matter of the Han Hai Desert.

However, they had been keeping an eye on the situation in the vast desert, but they had not discovered anything unusual.

"Fellow Daoist Huang is right. The reason I summoned you here is indeed regarding the matter of the Vast Sea Desert!"

"Six months ago, a cultivator from my Lu family entered a secret realm in Hezhou and suddenly disappeared. Therefore, I personally entered that secret realm..."

Lu Cheng'an did not hide anything; he told Tianhuo Zhenjun and the others everything he had experienced in that secret realm.

“You all should know more about the Han Hai Desert than I do. Now that so many strange things have appeared in the Han Hai Desert, do you know the reason behind it?” Lu Cheng’an asked in a deep voice.

The expressions on the faces of True Monarch Tianhuo and True Monarch Huangxiao changed drastically. After learning that the ancient tree in the secret realm also possessed combat power comparable to a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, they immediately felt a sense of impending doom.

If what Lu Cheng'an said is true, then the strength of that ancient tree should be similar to that of the source of the sand demon in the Vast Sea Desert.

Those sand demons already have enough power to destroy Yanzhou. If that ancient tree also attacks Yanzhou, even if Lu Cheng'an intervenes, it will probably be difficult to save them.

After all, Lu Cheng'an had already fought against that ancient tree, and this time he barely escaped from that secret realm by the skin of his teeth.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, although Yanzhou is close to the Hanhai Desert, those sand demons have only appeared in recent years. Our understanding of those sand demons is not much more than yours!”

The Heavenly Fire True Monarch's face was full of worry. He looked at Lu Cheng'an and continued, "What is the current situation of the ancient tree that Fellow Daoist Lu mentioned? Will it make a move against Yanzhou?"

"I don't know the specifics of that ancient tree right now."

Lu Cheng'an sighed softly, "Your three sects have extremely long histories. I hope you can review all your sect records and find information about the Vast Sea Desert!"

“We’ve already considered what Fellow Daoist Lu said. We’ve already consulted the sect’s records. However, although our three sects have a lot of records, there are very few records about the Vast Sea Desert, and none of these records mention those sand demons!” said True Monarch Tianhuo.

On the day that sand demons appeared in the vast desert, the three sects worked hard to investigate the origins of those sand demons.

At that time, they consulted various classic texts of the sect, but did not find much of a breakthrough.

"Now, you all go through the books again, but this time more carefully. Don't miss any of them! And don't limit yourselves to your three sects. Have all the cultivation forces in Yanzhou check their collections and look for records about the Han Hai Desert!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

Yanzhou is a vast region that has produced many powerful sects in the past. However, the strength of some of these sects has been greatly reduced, leaving only the Nine Heavens Sect, the Heavenly Fire Sect, and the Heavenly Blade Palace.

Those declining sects might possess ancient texts about the vast desert.

The reason Lu Cheng'an was so concerned about this matter was mainly because that ancient tree had cast a long shadow over him.

Two beings, a sand demon and an ancient tree, comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators have now appeared in the vast desert.

In such a vast region, who knows how many terrifying creatures, similar to sand demons and ancient trees, exist that are comparable to Nascent Soul cultivators.

He now needs to find as much information as possible about the Gobi Desert and make preparations in advance.

If all these strange creatures in the Vast Desert were to revive in the future, even if the Lu family were located in Qingzhou, they would still be in danger of being wiped out.

True Monarch Tianhuo and the others were not fools. They were in Yanzhou, and if what Lu Cheng'an was worried about happened, they would be the first to be affected. Therefore, they were even more worried than Lu Cheng'an.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lu, we will do as you say and mobilize all the cultivation forces in Yanzhou to investigate the information about the Han Hai Desert!" said True Monarch Tianhuo.

The vast desert was far more dangerous than they had imagined, and they would not venture deeper into it for further exploration.

They wanted to know more secrets about the Vast Sea Desert, and now the only way was the one Lu Cheng'an had suggested: to consult the sect's records about the Vast Sea Desert.

The Heavenly Fire Sect and its three branches are the most powerful Nascent Soul sects in Yan Province. When the three sects jointly issue an order, the cultivation forces within Yan Province naturally dare not resist.

Moreover, researching information about the Vast Desert is beneficial to all cultivation forces in Yanzhou.

Upon receiving the orders from the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect, the cultivation forces in Yanzhou offered no resistance and quickly sprang into action. The three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect followed suit, meticulously re-examining the various scriptures collected within their sects as instructed by Lu Cheng'an.

These cultivation sects have collected a vast number of books. Even if cultivators can search through them very quickly, it is still not something that each sect can do in a short time.

Lu Cheng'an did not participate in this matter. He temporarily settled in the Welcoming Peak of the Heavenly Fire Sect, waiting for the cultivators from Yanzhou to tell him the final results of their investigation.

After Lu Jinglin and the other four recovered, they left Yanzhou together as Lu Chengan had instructed and returned directly to their family.

After returning to their family, Lu Jinglin and his group of five were immediately questioned by Lu Wenxing and others.

Although they received a reply from Lu Cheng'an, knowing that Lu Cheng'an and the others had returned safely, they did not know what Lu Cheng'an and the others had experienced in the vast desert.

Now that Lu Jinglin and the others have returned to their family, they naturally want to ask them a lot of questions.

Unfortunately, Lu Jinglin and the others didn't know much either. During Lu Cheng'an's fight with the ancient tree, they were unconscious the whole time.

When they awoke, Lu Cheng'an had already led them away from the secret realm.

Lu Wenxing and the others were somewhat disappointed by Lu Jinglin and the others' answers. Although they were very curious, they knew that Lu Chengan still had things to deal with in Yanzhou, so they did not send a message to inquire about Lu Chengan's specific news.

After learning that Lu Jinglin and the others had safely returned to their family, Lu Cheng'an was completely relieved and waited patiently for the results of the investigation by the Tianhuo Sect and other cultivation forces in Yanzhou.

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

At this time, the investigation by the Heavenly Fire Sect and other immortal cultivation forces in Yanzhou finally yielded results.

Heavenly Fire Sect, Welcoming Peak.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is all the information we found about the Vast Desert. Please take a look!"

The Heavenly Fire True Monarch's face showed undisguised worry. In the past month, they had indeed uncovered some new information about the Vast Sea Desert.

However, the news was not good news for them, because based on the limited information available, the vast desert was an extremely terrifying place.

Lu Cheng'an glanced at the expression on Tianhuo Zhenjun's face and began to examine the jade slips and some paper books that Tianhuo Zhenjun had taken out.

The number of jade slips and paper books was not large, and they looked quite old and worn.

Some jade slips have fine cracks, and the paper books also have many defects.

Lu Cheng'an's Nascent Soul power was extremely strong, allowing him to view the contents recorded in several jade slips simultaneously.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an put down the last paper book, his face now showing a solemn expression.

"Do you fellow Daoists believe that the contents recorded in these classic texts are all true?" Lu Cheng'an asked.

According to historical records, the Gobi Desert was an extremely dangerous place for burying corpses.

This is the very limited content recorded in those ancient books; those sand demons and ancient trees are all products of the mutation of corpses.

"If those sand demons and the ancient tree that Fellow Daoist Lu encountered hadn't appeared, I would have thought that the contents recorded in the classics were all false, but now we have no choice but to take them as true!"

True Monarch Tianhuo gave a wry smile: "Fellow Daoist Lu, if these reports are true, how should we respond?"

Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly. After a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice, "I have only recently broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. I am somewhat confident that I can break through to the Deity Transformation stage. If I can successfully break through to the Deity Transformation stage, I may be able to deal with the dangers that may arise in the Vast Sea Desert in the future."

However, my understanding of the Nascent Soul realm is still insufficient. Your three sects certainly possess far more comprehensive knowledge of the Nascent Soul realm than I do. Would you be willing to open up such texts to me?

Lu Cheng'an's gaze swept over the Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuo, and finally landed on True Monarch Tianhuo.

The Heavenly Fire True Monarch's Heavenly Fire Sect is the most powerful Nascent Soul sect among the three sects of Yanzhou. Moreover, the sect's fire-attribute techniques are the most outstanding, and there is more than one Nascent Soul cultivator who is proficient in the way of fire.

If the Heavenly Fire Sect were willing to open up the scriptures related to the Nascent Soul realm to Lu Cheng'an, then Lu Cheng'an would be able to obtain great benefits from them.

These kinds of scriptures are the foundation of the inheritance of the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect. Therefore, after Lu Cheng'an put forward this condition, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect immediately changed their expressions and became wary.

Lu Cheng'an did not continue to persuade him, but instead turned his attention elsewhere.

He was not exaggerating. If the records in the ancient books were true, and the Desert of the Vast Sea was indeed a place where corpses were buried, then the corpses buried in the Desert of the Vast Sea might come back to life one by one.

The Sand Demon and Ancient Tree were both as powerful as cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, and the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect were simply no match for them.

Lu Cheng'an is now confident that he can break through to the Nascent Soul realm. If he can read the books on the Nascent Soul realm collected by the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect, he can further increase his chances of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

He will do his best to protect the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect at that time.

However, if the three sects of the Heavenly Fire Sect refuse now, he will watch them perish in the future.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuo and True Monarch Huangxiao, originally thought that Lu Cheng'an would say something more, but unexpectedly, Lu Cheng'an remained silent.

This left them somewhat at a loss as to how to respond.

However, the texts that Lu Cheng'an wanted to view involved the core secrets of their sect, and they could not make a decision at the moment.

The Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuo, secretly communicated and quickly exchanged ideas before saying to Lu Cheng'an, "Fellow Daoist Lu, we need to discuss this matter more carefully. Please wait a few more days."

"I've already wasted a lot of time, I hope you can come up with a final decision as soon as possible!" Lu Chengan said with a soft smile.

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Lu, we won't keep you waiting for too long!" True Monarch Tianhuo breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied.

A moment later, the Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuo, left Welcoming Guest Peak. They went back to discuss whether or not Lu Cheng'an should view their sect's core scriptures.

Lu Cheng'an remained at the Welcoming Peak of the Heavenly Fire Sect, awaiting the outcome of their discussion.

After leaving Welcoming Peak, the Nascent Soul cultivators, including True Monarch Tianhuo, did not enter the Heavenly Fire Sect's mountain gate, but instead went to the Nine Heavens Sect together. (End of Chapter)