Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

After explaining, Master Tianyun smiled and exclaimed, "Fellow Daoist Lu's weapon-refining skills have become increasingly exquisite. The Yin Gathering Pool and the Seven Elements Nourishing Spirit Flag you refined this time are much better than before."

Lu Cheng'an's weapon-refining skills have improved once again. This time, the Yin Gathering Pool and the Seven Elements Nourishing Spirit Flag he refined were not the first time he had refined them.

He is now extremely familiar with the refining process of these three magical treasures, so the quality of the Yin Gathering Pool and other magical treasures he refined this time is much higher than before.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, all these years Old Ghost Tianyun and I have stayed at Golden Cauldron Mountain. Now that Fellow Daoist Lu has refined the Yin Gathering Pool and other magical treasures, it is time for us to leave Golden Cauldron Mountain,” said the Ten Thousand Corpses Elder.

Both he and Tianyun Laogui saw through Lu Cheng'an's true purpose in sending them to Jinding Mountain. Besides promising to help them refine the magic weapon for the Gathering Yin Pool, Lu Cheng'an also wanted to rely on his and Tianyun Laogui's power to intimidate the Nascent Soul demon cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture.

They had already achieved their goal after joining forces to kill Wang Yuhua and five other demonic cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage.

Even though he and Tianyun Laogui have now left Jinding Mountain, the Nascent Soul demon cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture, upon learning this news, dare not attack Jinding Mountain again.

Because they were unsure whether there were any more ambushes at Jinding Mountain.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture certainly wouldn't dare to take any more risks, because if they failed, they would suffer the same fate as Wang Yuhua and the other four.

“The old ghost of ten thousand corpses is right. We have stayed at Golden Cauldron Mountain for quite some time, and it is time to go back.”

Master Tianyun chuckled and said, "If Fellow Daoist Lu encounters any trouble, you can immediately send a message to me and Old Ghost Ten Thousand Corpses, and we will do our best to help you."

"We will continue to help Fellow Daoist Lu search for treasures and places that contain the power of time, as well as Yin-Yang Xuan Iron. We will immediately send a message to Fellow Daoist Lu as soon as we have any news."

Over the years, the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yinhua Sect have been helping Lu Cheng'an search for these things. However, whether it is Yin-Yang Profound Iron or treasures and places containing the power of time, they are extremely rare, and the two sects have not made any progress so far.

"Then I'll have to trouble the two sect leaders!" Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

Not long after, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu saw Tianyun Shangren off from Jinding Mountain, and then they returned to their cave in Jinding Mountain.

"Husband, we have been away from the Lu family for more than sixty years. When do you plan to go back?" Shi Ningyu asked.

Sixty years is not a long time for a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. Shi Ningyu brought this up at this time because her grandfather's lifespan was running out.

Shi Mingxin was older than Lu Wenhua and also worked much harder than Lu Wenhua.

Although Shi Mingxin and Lu Wenhua have the same cultivation level, their lifespans will definitely differ, with Lu Wenhua's lifespan being longer.

That's why Shi Ningyu wanted to go back now; she didn't want to miss the last chance to spend time with her grandfather.

“Ningyu, don’t worry. Actually, I already instructed the cultivators in the clan before I left that if my grandfather and uncle’s lifespans were nearing their end, they would enter the Netherworld and tell us the news,” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

He specifically mentioned this matter to prevent any unexpected situations from causing him to miss the last chance to spend time with his partner.

There's no news coming from the underworld right now, so there's definitely no problem.

"Ten years from now, regardless of whether there is any news from the underworld, I will take you back with me."

“After we leave, I will ask the cultivators from the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yinhua Sect to help guard Golden Cauldron Mountain,” Lu Cheng’an said.

He has invested a lot of resources in Jinding Mountain, and all the demonic veins in the mountain have been transformed into spiritual veins.

If he and Shi Ningyu were to leave Jinding Mountain, not only would the demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture have designs on Jinding Mountain, but the righteous cultivators would certainly also have designs on Jinding Mountain.

He now has a certain understanding of the role of the three magical treasures, including the Gathering Yin Pool, in the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yin Hua Sect. These magical treasures are extremely important to the two sects.

By helping the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect refine magical treasures such as the Yin Gathering Pool, he essentially seized control of the lifeline of these two sects.

After he and Shi Ningyu left Jinding Mountain, they invited Nascent Soul cultivators from both sects to come and guard Jinding Mountain. Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren would definitely agree.

Moreover, he plans to reveal some secrets to the Yin Hua Sect, such as the possibility that he may not actually be from Yunzhou.

Of course, he didn't personally explain his background to Yin Huazong, but rather some secrets he revealed might make Yin Huazong have some doubts about his identity.

However, as long as Yin Huazong still wants him to help refine the Yin Gathering Pool and the Seven Elements Nourishing Spirit Flag, Lu Cheng'an believes that even if Yin Huazong suspects his identity, they will not investigate the matter too much.

After agreeing to return in ten years, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu went back to their respective cave dwellings.

After returning to his cave, Lu Cheng'an took out the Spirit Nourishing Fruit and began to refine its power to rapidly improve his cultivation.

He had previously used his Demon Hunter Points to exchange for two Spirit Nourishing Fruits and two Immortal Spirit Nourishing Pills. The reason he decided to return in ten years was that he wanted to use up the Spirit Nourishing Fruits and Immortal Spirit Nourishing Pills within those ten years.

At that time, his cultivation level will be greatly improved, and he will not be too far from breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Before going into seclusion, he used his Demon Hunting Points to exchange for two Spirit Nourishing Fruits and two Immortal Spirit Nourishing Pills.

He didn't keep the two Spirit-Nourishing Fruits and the Immortal Spirit-Nourishing Pills; instead, he gave them to Shi Ningyu to take.

Shi Ningyu's cultivation has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage for some time now, and she can now fully refine the power of these two spiritual objects.

The Celestial Cloud Master and the Elder of Ten Thousand Corpses truly terrified the Nascent Soul demon cultivators of Qian Yuan Prefecture. After they left, the demon cultivators of Qian Yuan Prefecture dared not attack Jin Ding Mountain again.

Of course, there is another very important reason for this, which is that the demonic vein of Jinding Mountain has been completely transformed into a spiritual vein.

Even if they were to actually conquer Jinding Mountain, it would be of no use to those Nascent Soul demon cultivators.

Unless they are willing to pay a high price to transform the spiritual veins of Jinding Mountain back into demonic veins.

This is very uneconomical, because Jinding Mountain and Mengyuan Prefecture are too close to each other.

Now that Meng Yuanzhou's strength has greatly increased, it is possible that they will be attacked by Meng Yuanzhou again as soon as they have completed the transformation of the spiritual veins of Jinding Mountain.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu's ten years of cultivation on Jinding Mountain were very peaceful, and they were not disturbed in any way. After refining the power of the Spirit Nourishing Fruit and the Immortal Spirit Nourishing Pill, their cultivation levels were greatly improved.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation level was also similar to what he had expected, and he felt that he was not far from breaking through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Shi Ningyu's foundation was not as solid as Lu Cheng'an's. The Spirit Nourishing Fruit and the Immortal Mushroom Nourishing Spirit Pill greatly improved her cultivation, but they also made her cultivation somewhat unstable.

“Husband, although my cultivation has been improving rapidly over the years, the scope of my Great Dao domain has not increased much. I think I should focus on improving my understanding of the Great Dao and stop focusing solely on improving my cultivation!” Shi Ningyu said with a frown.

"You don't need to worry about this. I've already sent messages to Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren. The Luanjindao Cave and Huodao Lake in Lizhou contain the power of the metal and fire paths respectively, making them suitable for cultivators to comprehend the Great Dao of Metal and the Great Dao of Fire. When we return next time, we will go to these two places to comprehend the power of the Great Dao and expand our Great Dao domain," Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

The area of ​​Lizhou is extremely vast, and the resources it contains are even more abundant.

There are other places like Fire Lake and Chaotic Gold Cave, all of which are treasure troves for cultivation and are controlled by the major sects of Lizhou.

Fire Lake is located within the territory of the Golden Flame Sect. If any Nascent Soul cultivator wishes to enter Fire Lake to comprehend the power of fire, they must pay a fee to the Golden Flame Sect.

This fee isn't cheap, but Lu Cheng'an is a fifth-tier weapon refiner and Shi Ningyu is a fifth-tier alchemist. Even if they reach the Nascent Soul stage, they won't have to worry about cultivation resources and can definitely afford to pay for entering the Fire Path Lake and the Chaotic Gold Path Cave.

“There’s actually a place like this!”

Shi Ningyu exclaimed in surprise, "I wonder if there are any places that contain the Great Dao of Time and the Great Dao of Space?"

Shi Ningyu knew that Lu Cheng'an had always wanted to improve his understanding of the Dao of Time and the Dao of Space. If he were in a region containing these two great Daos, Lu Cheng'an's understanding of the Dao of Time and the Dao of Space would definitely improve rapidly.

Lu Cheng'an also inquired with Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren, but did not receive a definite answer.

“Such places definitely exist. Master Tianyun said that there are treasure lands containing the power of time and space in the Central Divine Continent. However, these treasure lands are all controlled by super powers such as the Xuanchen Sect. They are not places that cultivators of our level can enter.” Lu Cheng’an said with a bitter smile.

Even within the entire Xuan Chen Realm, Nascent Soul cultivators can no longer be considered at the bottom, but they are definitely not at the top either.

The Xuan Chen Sect and other sects are super powers in the entire Xuan Chen Realm, so cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage are naturally not valued by them.

When Master Tianyun spoke to Lu Cheng'an about this matter, he told Lu Cheng'an not to think about it anymore, unless his cultivation broke through to the Refinement of Emptiness realm, there would be no hope.

"I have already sent messages to Venerable Tianyun and Elder Wanshi, asking them to send Nascent Soul cultivators to help us guard Jinding Mountain. The cultivators from these two sects have agreed, and they will arrive soon. Then we can return from Yinhua Sect!" Lu Chengan said with a smile.

Shi Ningyu nodded gently, a pleasant smile appearing on her face.

This time, the Yin Hua Sect and the Tian Shi Sect sent cultivators at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm to guard Jin Ding Mountain.

Not all cultivators at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm possess such formidable strength as Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu. If the two sects were to send early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators to Golden Cauldron Mountain, problems could very likely arise.

Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren attached great importance to Lu Cheng'an. Soon after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, they quickly dispatched mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators from their sects to Jinding Mountain.

Three days after Lu Cheng'an's news spread, cultivators at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm from two sects arrived at Golden Cauldron Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanxu, Fellow Daoist Su, I'll be troubling you two to help guard Golden Cauldron Mountain from now on!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and looked at Xuanxu Daoist and Su Anyi, and continued, "Although my wife and I have stayed in Jinding Mountain for many years, we have not made any changes to Jinding Mountain. You two do not need to have any concerns in Jinding Mountain. You can use everything in the mountain as you wish."

There are four fifth-order spiritual veins in Jinding Mountain. Over the years, these four fifth-order spiritual veins have also nurtured some fifth-order treasures, the most of which are spirit pearls.

The spiritual pearls that have been nurtured in the spiritual veins have now been taken away by Lu Cheng'an. These four spiritual veins will nurture spiritual pearls every once in a while, and Xuanxu Daoren and Su Anyi can use the spiritual pearls that are nurtured thereafter at will.

"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lu, we certainly won't be polite!" Xuanxu Daoist and Su Anyi said with a smile.

Lu Cheng'an didn't say much to Xuanxu Daoist and Shi Ningyu. Not long after the two arrived at Jinding Mountain, Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu left Jinding Mountain together.

Jin Ding Mountain is the closest Nascent Soul power in Qian Yuan Prefecture to Meng Yuan Prefecture. Jin Ding Mountain is a total of 270,000 li away from Meng Yuan Prefecture.

After Jin Ding Mountain was conquered by Meng Yuan Prefecture, the area within 270,000 li was directly occupied by Meng Yuan Prefecture.

The demonic cultivators who originally lived in this area have all gone deep into Qian Yuan Prefecture.

Although these demonic cultivators left, the demonic veins and other demonized areas they had transformed remained unchanged.

During this period, the three states of Mengyuan Prefecture have been encouraging cultivators within their borders to go to the areas they have conquered. However, apart from Nascent Soul cultivators like Lu Cheng'an who are willing to go, cultivators below the Nascent Soul stage are unwilling to go to these areas.

However, after such a long period of time, the situation in the three states has changed somewhat.

Now, some Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators are also starting to enter these conquered areas, and they are also receiving policy support from the three states of Mengyuan Prefecture.

The three Nascent Soul sects in Mengyuan Prefecture will help them build purification magic arrays, and will cover 60% of the cost of building the purification magic arrays.

The area connecting Jinding Mountain and Mengyuan Prefecture has seen a higher number of cultivators at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages, largely due to the presence of the Ten Thousand Corpses Elder and the Heavenly Cloud Venerable.

Back then, they killed five Nascent Soul demon cultivators from Qianyuan Prefecture. Since then, no demon cultivator has dared to break through the area east of Jinding Mountain, greatly ensuring the safety of this region.

After Lu Cheng'an and Shi Ningyu left Jinding Mountain, Lu Cheng'an did not use the space folding technique to travel again, but instead rode the clouds to Yinhua Sect.

“There are already Nascent Soul cultivators in places like Minghua Mountain, Dongxu Lake, and Chenyue Mountain. In a few more years, this area will become completely bustling!” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

Minghua Mountain, Dongxu Lake, and Chenyue Mountain are all areas where fourth-order demonic veins existed in the past, and where Nascent Soul level demonic cultivators once lived.

After the cultivators from the Wang family of Jinding Mountain fled, these demonic cultivators immediately received the news, abandoned their stronghold which they had cultivated for many years, and fled frantically into the depths of Qianyuan Prefecture.

The demonic veins in these places have now been transformed into spiritual veins, and cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage are now present on them. (End of Chapter)