Chapter 111: Three foundation-building pills to advance to middle-grade spiritual roots!

Five days later.

Outside Qingzhu Mountain.

“Uncle Yuanshan, thank you for this trip.”

Lu Changsheng cupped his fist towards a one-armed middle-aged man with a heroic face, Lu Yuanshan, and said.

This man was Lu Yuanshan, a core member of the Lu family who had been sent to the Ziyou Secret Realm by the Lu family before.

He possessed the cultivation strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This time, Lu Yuanding directly asked him to escort Lu Changsheng to the secular world.

“No trouble.”

Lu Yuanshan said in a deep voice, his face stern and dignified.

Then, he took out a cyan flying boat the size of a palm.

Activated by mana, the flying boat transformed into a small boat ten feet long.

This flying boat was a little bigger than the Second Elder’s flying boat.

But not by much, only enough for twelve people to sit.

This was because the Lu family did not have medium-sized or large flying boats.

They only had a few small flying boats.

Using this flying boat was a special case made by Lu Yuanding because of Lu Changsheng’s special situation.

However, having a flying boat already made Lu Changsheng very satisfied.

He had originally wondered if he should hire a flying boat from the Spirit Boat Pavilion.

After all, he had so many wives, concubines, and children.

If he relied on spirit horse carriages, it would be too troublesome and inconvenient.

“Feiyu, Lanshu, you go up first.”

Lu Changsheng said to Li Feiyu and Lu Lanshu and the others beside him.

Because there were many people, he divided his wives, concubines, and children into two groups.

Now, he would send all of Li Feiyu’s wives, concubines, and children to the secular world first.

His own wives, concubines, and children would come in another batch later.

“Ping’an, you be with Dad. Dad will fly you over.”

Lu Changsheng did not board the flying boat.

Instead, he released the Iron Feather Eagle from his spirit pet bag and waved to his son, Lu Ping’an.

“Okay, Dad.”

Lu Ping’an did not object at all when he heard this.

In his opinion, the flying boat was just so-so. Riding an eagle was much more fun.

Usually, Lu Changsheng would also take them to ride the Iron Feather Eagle for a spin, but it was always a short flight and not satisfying enough.

“Hold on tight.”

Lu Changsheng immediately picked up his son, jumped onto the Iron Feather Eagle’s back, made him stand still, and attached two wind-avoiding talismans to him.

Then, he looked at Lu Yuanshan.

“Let’s go!”

Lu Yuanshan nodded after seeing that everyone was seated.

Immediately, the Iron Feather Eagle and the spirit boat soared into the sky at the same time.

In terms of speed, the flying boat would be a little faster than the Iron Feather Eagle.

However, the speed difference was not significant.

Lu Yuanshan also slightly slowed down the flying boat to travel alongside Lu Changsheng.

“Ping’an, remember what Dad usually teaches you.”

“In the future, Dad won’t be by your side. You can decide what you want to do.”

Lu Changsheng stood on the Iron Feather Eagle, hugged his son, and said.

“Dad, don’t worry, I will definitely not let you down!”

Lu Ping’an pursed his lips, looked up at Lu Changsheng, and nodded vigorously.

“Good, Dad believes in you.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t say much.

Although his eldest son didn’t have spiritual roots,

and couldn’t be said to have extraordinary talent or intelligence,

Lu Changsheng was quite satisfied with his steady and independent character.

With him, his father, around, the child didn’t need to be enterprising and pioneering, being able to maintain the status quo would be enough.

And Lu Ping’an, in his opinion, was more than capable of maintaining the status quo.

Great Dream Immortal City.

Alchemy Hall.

“Fellow Daoist Meng, I was lucky this time, with three pills successfully refined.”

“However, this third pill has flaws and is only an inferior Foundation Establishment Pill.”

“It has too much pill poison and can only increase the probability of breaking through to Foundation Establishment by 10%.”

Seven days of alchemy had made Chen Ping’s ruddy complexion a little tired.

He spread out his palm, revealing three pills, and said to Meng Xiaochun.

It could be seen that two of the three pills were crystal clear and exuded a rich medicinal fragrance.

One of them was much darker in color, with a gray pill pattern, obviously much worse than the other two.

“Three pills!”

Meng Xiaochun was immediately pleasantly surprised when she heard this.

She didn’t expect to be so lucky, actually refining three pills.

Even if the third pill was an inferior Foundation Establishment Pill, it was still of extraordinary value.

Making countless cultivators flock to it.

“Thank you, Master Chen!”

Meng Xiaochun cupped her fist in thanks.

She took out a storage bag, handed it to Chen Ping, and said, “Master Chen, this is the reward we discussed before. Please take a look.”

“Alright.”

Chen Ping took the storage bag, glanced at it, and also showed a smile.

He handed the three Foundation Establishment Pills to Meng Xiaochun.

“Thank you, Master Chen. This little girl will take her leave.”

Meng Xiaochun took the Foundation Establishment Pills and directly bid farewell and left.

She went to the center of the inner city to rent a second-order cave dwelling, preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment.

She came to this Great Dream Immortal City not only to refine Foundation Establishment Pills,

but also because breaking through to Foundation Establishment required the help of a second-order spiritual vein.

Although a market like Nine Dragons Square had a second-order spiritual vein underneath, the second-order spiritual vein’s cave dwellings were not open to the public at all.

Even if they were open, there were formation restrictions that prevented people from breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

In Great Dream Immortal City, as long as you spent money, you could directly rent second-order top-grade, or even quasi-third-order, cave dwellings specifically for breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

This was also why Immortal Cities could attract so many loose cultivators.

“Foundation Establishment!”

After renting a second-order top-grade cave dwelling, Meng Xiaochun placed a layer of formation around the cave dwelling, her beautiful eyes revealing a determined look.

Then, she closed her eyes and sat cross-legged, starting to adjust her own essence, qi, and spirit, waiting for the opportunity to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Three days later.

The spirit boat and the Iron Feather Eagle landed outside Ruyi County City in a deserted place.

Lu Changsheng held his sleeping son, Lu Ping’an, in his arms and took out Hong Yi’s communication talisman.

Then, he led everyone towards Ruyi County City.

The sound of walking also woke Lu Ping’an up.

“Dad, is this Ruyi County City where we will live in the future?”

Lu Ping’an rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at the city in front of him, and looked around.

“That’s right, this is Ruyi County City.”

“Dad was born in a small mountain village under this Ruyi County City. You and your younger siblings will live here in the future.”

Lu Changsheng said softly.

“Ruyi County City, time flies so fast.”

Li Feiyu also held his wife and daughters, looking at Ruyi County City in front of him, his expression filled with emotion.

“Yes, the last time we came to this Ruyi County City together was five years ago.”

“Unknowingly, more than five years have passed.”

Lu Changsheng nodded, unable to help but feel a bit emotional.

It had been more than eight years, almost nine years, since he went to the Lu family.

Every time he looked back on those times, Lu Changsheng felt it was very fast.

Before long, Hong Yi arrived.

“Brother Lu, Brother Li, these are your wives, right?”

Hong Yi was a little surprised to see that Lu Changsheng had brought people with him this time, and Li Feiyu was also there.

However, he didn’t think much about it, and stepped forward enthusiastically, looking polite, without the slightest arrogance.

Then, he saw Lu Yuanshan and respectfully saluted: “This junior, Hong Yi, greets this senior.”

Although he didn’t know Lu Yuanshan, he had been dealing with people for so many years and had a certain amount of insight.

He could tell at a glance that Lu Yuanshan was not simple.

“Uncle Yuanshan, this is my friend Hong Yi.”

“Ping’an, this is your Uncle Hong.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly and introduced them.

“Uncle Hong.”

“Uncle Hong.”

Lu Ping’an and Li Feiyu’s children all called out to Hong Yi.

“Good, good, good, come, come, come, this is a little gift from Uncle for you.”

Upon seeing this, Hong Yi also smiled and took out some small things from his storage bag for the children.

However, the children all looked at their parents.

“Since Uncle Hong gave it to you, just accept it.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

Then, he looked at Hong Yi and asked: “Brother Hong, I didn’t have time to notify you in advance this time. I wonder if the courtyard I asked you to arrange has been taken care of.”

“I have arranged the mansion, but I haven’t arranged the guards and martial arts masters yet.”

“Brother Lu, are you going over now, or are you going to settle down the senior and your wives and rest for a while?”

Hong Yi said immediately.

“Uncle Yuanshan, are you going back first, or are you resting here for a while?”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Yuanshan and asked respectfully.

He still showed the respect and etiquette that he should have for this Lu family elder.

“It’s okay, I’m not in a hurry. I’ll go back with you.”

Lu Yuanshan said.

This trip was to escort people and protect Lu Changsheng.

In order to prevent the Chen family from sending people to attack Lu Changsheng, this talisman master.

“Okay, then thank you for your trouble, Uncle Yuanshan.”

Lu Changsheng cupped his hands.

Then, he first settled Lu Yuanshan, his wives, concubines, and children to rest.

He and Li Feiyu and Hong Yi went to check the manor together.

“Brother Lu, did you come ahead of time because of the dispute between the Lu family of Qingzhu Mountain and the Chen family of Hongye Valley?”

Hong Yi invited the two to sit in the carriage and asked.

“Brother Hong, do you also know about this?”

Lu Changsheng was a little surprised.

He didn’t expect that Hong Yi in the secular world would know about the Lu family and the Chen family.

“I have been paying attention to news in this area.”

“Not long ago, I heard news that the Lu family’s ancestor would not live for long, and there might be a conflict between the Lu family and the Chen family.”

“I was originally planning to write a letter to notify Brother Lu and Brother Li.”

“I didn’t expect Brother Lu to come so quickly.”

Hong Yi said.

“It is indeed influenced by this aspect.”

Since Hong Yi had received relevant news, Lu Changsheng did not hide it.

He said that there had been some conflicts between the Lu family and the Chen family before, but it had stopped, so he sent his wives, concubines, and children to the secular world in advance.

And later, he would send some more wives, concubines, and children over.

“Is Brother Lu planning to leave the Lu family, or what?”

Hong Yi asked.

“I will not leave the Lu family for the time being, but Feiyu will settle down in the secular world for the time being this time.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head and said directly.

Hong Yi didn’t say much in this regard.

He knew that Lu Changsheng was in the Lu family, and the information he knew must be more than himself.

There was no need for him to use his own small talk to judge.

In this way, the three chatted and reminisced in the carriage, talking and laughing.

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped.

“Young Master.”

The coachman shouted towards the carriage.

“Brother Lu, we’re here.”

Hong Yi nodded.

He got out of the carriage, pointed to a mansion in front of him, and said to Lu Changsheng.

“Brother Lu, this is it.”

“This is the land that was divided out next to the canal when it was built, used to build mansions.”

“The mansions built here are all secular cultivators.”

“It also meets the requirements you had before, Brother Lu, big and quiet.”

“This mansion covers a total of eighteen acres, with the canal in front and fertile land in the back, which can be used as orchards and farmland.”

Hong Yi walked over and introduced Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng looked at the mansion that Hong Yi had arranged for him.

The mansion was not very luxurious.

But it was big and imposing.

Especially since it’s near the canal, allowing one to see its magnificent expanse at a glance and enjoy boating on the canal.

“This can also be considered a sea-view property.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled softly.

Then, he nodded to Hong Yi and said, “This residence is excellent; thank you for your efforts, Brother Hong.”

“It’s good that Brother Lu is satisfied. I’ll take you inside for a tour and introduction.”

Hong Yi also revealed a smile.

He had put a lot of thought into this residence.

He was also afraid that Lu Changsheng wouldn’t be satisfied.

He even had several alternative houses prepared.

Although the entire estate only covered eighteen acres, the layout was very regular, upright, and orderly.

Inside, flowers and trees were lush, with pavilions and towers, flying eaves and blue tiles, intertwined and crisscrossing, winding and turning, exquisite and elegant yet not lacking in grandeur.

After touring the mansion for almost a full circle, Lu Changsheng was also very satisfied with this residence.

With this size, not to mention just his children.

Even if Lu Ping’an’s children grow up, get married, and have two or three children each, they would still be able to live here.

Some servants and maids were also arranged inside for cleaning and tidying.

However, it still lacked martial instructors, guards, and stewards.

Lu Changsheng planned to have Baihe, Haitang, and other maids he had previously purchased from Baiyu Tower serve as stewards.

They not only possessed martial arts skills but also had no problems in management.

“Alright, Brother Hong, I am very satisfied with this residence. Thank you for your hard work.”

Lu Changsheng nodded towards Hong Yi, which was considered a confirmation.

Then, he looked at Li Feiyu and said, “Feiyu, what are your plans? Are you staying here, or are you going back to Tianshui Prefecture?”

“I’ll settle down here temporarily. I can go back to Tianshui Prefecture to take a look when the time comes,”

Li Feiyu said.

“Okay, then I’ll trouble you and Brother Hong to take care of things here.”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

With Li Feiyu and Hong Yi taking care of things, he was also relieved.

Moreover, he also planned to leave the Nine Nether Mastiff here.

One reason was that the children all liked the Nine Nether Mastiff as a playmate.

Another reason was to have the Nine Nether Mastiff guard the house, adding an extra layer of security.

As they walked out of the mansion, Hong Yi took out a plaque from his storage bag and said, “Brother Lu, now that it’s settled, why don’t you inscribe a name for the mansion?”

“I didn’t expect you to be so well-prepared, Brother Hong.”

Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but smile upon seeing this.

He took out a talisman brush from his storage bag and wrote the two characters ‘Lu Mansion’ on the plaque with vigorous strokes.

He hung the plaque above the mansion’s gate.

“This can be considered my own home.”

“Even though it’s in the secular world.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the mansion in front of him, feeling quite emotional.

Although he had a certain sense of belonging after so many years on Green Bamboo Mountain.

Lu Changsheng still wanted to establish his own immortal cultivation family for his future.

Although this step was still a bit far off.

He would have to wait until he established his foundation before he could start considering it.

But foundation establishment, in Lu Changsheng’s view, was not very far away.

“This can be considered the first step, right?”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

Now, his secular Lu family was also settled.

In the future, his children would take root and establish themselves in this Ruyi County City.

The next day.

Lu Changsheng brought Lu Lanshu and Lu Ping’an to this mansion.

He also brought Xia Zhiyue and her younger sibling to live here together.

Lu Changsheng had told Xia Zhiyue about his situation before.

Now, it was also a good time for Xia Zhiyue to start integrating into this family.

After living in Ruyi County City for a day, Lu Changsheng returned to Green Bamboo Mountain with Lu Yuanshan.

He began the second trip.

These two trips back and forth were very smooth.

Lu Changsheng sent a total of six concubines, including Lu Qing’er and Lu Zi’er.

And nine children to Ruyi County City.

As for the remaining children, Lu Changsheng planned to wait until they were a little older.

After all, he was still nominally a child himself. If he sent them to the secular world at a young age, it wouldn’t look like he was running away.

It was also impossible to settle all the concubines and children in the secular world in one go.

Seeing Lu Changsheng send so many children, Hong Yi also sent his two children over.

To get to know Lu Changsheng’s and Li Feiyu’s children.

To let them be playmates, grow up together, and continue the relationship between their fathers.

After settling his concubines, Lu Changsheng left the Nine Nether Mastiff in the mansion, letting his son Lu Ping’an take care of it.

To give his concubines and children an extra layer of self-protection in the secular world.

Although the Nine Nether Mastiff was still a first-order early-stage demon beast.

It was also almost approaching the first-order mid-stage.

It was not afraid of ordinary Qi Refining mid-stage cultivators.

During these days, Lu Changsheng also carefully examined Xia Zhiyue’s body.

He could almost confirm that the other party was a Spirit Nurturing Body.

However, considering that Xia Zhiyue was only at the second level of Qi Refining, and giving birth would damage her vitality.

He did not let the other party get pregnant and have children now.

He exchanged for a small Spirit Gathering Array from the Lu family and set it up in the backyard of the mansion.

So that Xia Zhiyue, Xia Chaoyang, and Li Feiyu could barely cultivate in the secular world.

Moreover, Lu Changsheng also gave Xia Zhiyue fifty spirit stones and some pills.

Letting her cultivate more often on her own and not slack off.

After settling these things, Lu Changsheng returned to Green Bamboo Mountain with Lu Yuanshan.

However, before leaving, Lu Changsheng also left Li Feiyu a stack of talismans.

After all, Li Feiyu was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining.

Although he still had the martial arts strength of an innate grandmaster, there would basically be no danger in the secular world.

And there was also Hong Yi’s Ruyi Marquis Mansion.

But Lu Changsheng had always been cautious and took precautions in this kind of thing.

After sending the first batch of concubines and children to the secular world.

Lu Changsheng returned to Green Bamboo Mountain and continued to live in seclusion, cultivating, making talismans, and accompanying his concubines and children every day.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

On this day, Lu Changsheng’s sixty-third child was born.

At the moment this child was born, Lu Changsheng felt an unspeakable and mysterious palpitation throughout his body.

Letting Lu Changsheng clearly know.

His spiritual root had advanced!

From a seventh-grade spiritual root, he had advanced to a sixth-grade spiritual root!

From a low-grade spiritual root, he had advanced to a mid-grade spiritual root!

“System!”

Lu Changsheng was overjoyed and immediately opened the system panel.

【Name: Lu Changsheng】

【Identity: Son-in-law of the Lu Family of Green Bamboo Mountain】

【Cultivation: Qi Refining Seventh Level】

【Lifespan: 26 / 163】

【Talent: Sixth-Grade Spiritual Root】

【Cultivation Method: Immortal Grace Art, Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art, Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture】

【Spells: Fireball Technique, Wind Control Technique, Object Control Technique, Qi Concealment Technique, Spirit Eye Technique, Sound Transmission Technique】

【Skills: Talisman Making (Second Order), Puppetry (Second Order)】

【Spirit Pets: Nine Nether Mastiff, Peach Blossom Gu】

【Offspring: 63 / 75 (View Details)】

“Sure enough, a sixth-grade spiritual root.”

“Through so much hard work, I have finally advanced from a low-grade spiritual root to a mid-grade spiritual root!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the system panel, feeling extremely happy.

With nine grades of spiritual roots, once one advances to a mid-grade spiritual root, not to mention that it will help with foundation establishment.

But it won’t be a hindrance like a low-grade spiritual root, affecting the probability of foundation establishment.

“This child should be an eighth-grade spiritual root, right?”

Lu Changsheng could roughly feel the quality of the child’s spiritual root through the palpitation he had just felt.

But now with the system panel, it looked more convenient.

With a slight thought.

He saw the information of his newly born child through the offspring column.

Sure enough.

Eighth-grade spiritual root.

“I now have twelve children with spiritual roots.”

“But there are only two children with seventh-grade spiritual roots. It’s too difficult to have a child with a mid-grade spiritual root.”

“Now that my spiritual root has advanced to the sixth grade, I don’t know if this aspect will be better.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath and thought to himself.

Even if both parents have spiritual roots, and the child’s mother is well-fed and nourished with spiritual energy during pregnancy.

Increasing the probability of the child having spiritual roots.

But the grade of the child’s spiritual root was still too difficult.

“Now that I have advanced to a mid-grade spiritual root, not only will my cultivation speed increase, but it will also help me with foundation establishment.”

“If I could advance to an upper-grade spiritual root early on, foundation establishment would be easy for me.”

“It’s a pity that Zhiyue is only at the second level of Qi Refining now, and her body is too weak. Otherwise, with a Spirit Nurturing Body, not to mention giving birth to a child with an upper-grade spiritual root, giving birth to a child with a mid-grade spiritual root would not be a problem at all.”

Lu Changsheng muttered in his heart.

With a Spirit Nurturing Body, if the other party is willing to consume their cultivation origin to give birth, there is a high probability of giving birth to a child with a mid-grade spiritual root.

But the problem is that Xia Zhiyue is only at the second level of Qi Refining now.

Doing so would definitely cause the latter to suffer a great loss of vitality, damaging her foundation.

Even if Lu Changsheng wanted a child with a mid-grade spiritual root.

His moral concepts and bottom line would not allow him to do such a thing.

“I saw in a book before that there are some natural treasures and exotic treasures that can increase the probability of a child having spiritual roots, or even the quality of their spiritual roots, when the mother is pregnant.”

“I wonder if I can draw such treasures in the system lottery.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself, starting to look forward to and wish for it.

Although according to the introduction in the book, these natural treasures and exotic treasures are very rare.

At least they are third-order or higher natural treasures and treasures.

But trusting the system, Lu Changsheng felt that this was not a problem.

But thinking that the system doesn’t give much money when he has children now, Lu Changsheng felt a little uncomfortable.

He could only hope that the children would grow up and give him more rewards in other aspects.

“Alas, it’s difficult, it’s too difficult for me.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, didn’t think wildly, came to the training room, and began to sit down and cultivate.

An hour later.

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes.

“My seventh-grade spiritual root advancing to the sixth grade can also be considered a natural advancement.”

“Relying on the development of the children’s spiritual roots, and the accumulation of eighth-grade and ninth-grade spiritual roots, so the speed is not obvious.”

“It seems that it will only have a significant help in terms of bottlenecks.”

Lu Changsheng experienced that after his advancement to a mid-grade spiritual root, the cultivation speed did not increase significantly.

Knowing that the main difference between a seventh-grade spiritual root and a sixth-grade spiritual root was the impact on the realm bottleneck.

There was a difference in the speed of spiritual energy cultivation, but it wasn’t that big.