Chapter 168: Three-color spiritual soil, Bai Ling’s talent, and an unexpected lottery!

In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed.

During this time, the market had been under lockdown and alert, thoroughly investigating the rogue cultivators.

Lu Changsheng learned through the Lu family that the market’s apparent losses were not severe and were within an acceptable range.

The main problem was the series of adverse effects brought about by this incident.

To mitigate the impact and restore popularity and reputation, the four major families made certain compensations for the losses of the merchants stationed there.

They also issued a series of preferential and beneficial policies.

When all these aspects were added up, it amounted to a huge loss.

Yet, even so, the traffic to Red Maple Valley Market would see a significant decline.

The reputation and fame built up by the previous auction would be in vain due to this incident.

“Tsk tsk, as expected, it’s not easy to run a market; even a minor situation can lead to losses.”

Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh after learning about this news.

He was well aware that the four major families hadn’t made much money from Red Maple Valley Market in recent years.

The main income was still from the initial land sales.

But with this incident, they not only had to cough up a lot of spirit stones, but it also caused the market, which had just gotten on the right track, to plummet.

It would take several years, or even more than a decade, of management to regain popularity and get back on track.

“It seems that Red Maple Valley Market will be like this for a while.”

“Speaking of which, if I reveal my strength and talk to the four major families, could I directly take over this Red Maple Valley Market and use it as my family’s spiritual land?”

Lu Changsheng suddenly thought.

Through the previous battle, he also clearly realized that his current strength had far surpassed the ancestors of the four major families.

It was simply too easy to seize a spiritual land with his strength.

However, he wouldn’t do things like robbing and occupying other people’s spiritual lands for no reason, as it would greatly affect his reputation.

But the Lu family had a 40% controlling stake in Red Maple Valley Market.

If he revealed his strength and united with the Lu family, he could completely acquire the ownership of Red Maple Valley through a combination of soft and hard tactics.

“Initially, the Lu family and the Bai family didn’t intend to build Red Maple Valley into a market.”

“It was only when the Yu family and the Zheng family came to join that they ultimately decided to maximize profits and build Red Maple Valley into a market.”

“Therefore, as long as the Lu family is given enough benefits and compensation, it shouldn’t be a problem.”

Lu Changsheng pondered.

“However, there’s no rush for this matter.”

“When I accumulate more foundation and the children are older, if the spiritual land hasn’t been settled, I can consider this method.”

Lu Changsheng gently shook his head.

Red Maple Valley had a second-tier middle-grade spiritual vein and several first-tier spiritual veins.

The geographical location was also good, right next to Green Bamboo Mountain.

In Lu Changsheng’s opinion, it was a very good spiritual land.

However, he couldn’t expose his true strength now.

At most, in a few years, he would reveal that he had obtained an opportunity and broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

If he displayed combat power comparable to the late Foundation Establishment stage in just fifteen years, it would be quite astonishing.

There was a high probability that he would be targeted.

Once he was targeted, it would be very troublesome.

After all, he was not a lone cultivator walking the path alone.

He was a cultivator with a family to support and weaknesses to exploit.

If he could be more cautious, he should be as cautious as possible.

Moreover, in Lu Changsheng’s opinion, he was still far from having the accumulation and foundation to establish a family.

To establish a family, one not only needed a top combat force and a family spiritual land, but also a top-tier family formation, a complete set of family facilities, an operating system, and enough backbone strength, a constant stream of fresh blood, and so on.

Although he had one hundred and twenty-five children and thirty spiritual root descendants, the oldest child was only fourteen years old, and the youngest were still crying for food.

In this situation, neither financial nor human resources could support a family.

Even with the help of his wives and concubines, the help they could provide was limited.

“It still depends on the children growing up; otherwise, without a basic foundation, even if you can recruit outsiders to work, it will be very troublesome.”

“However, when the children are almost grown up, my strength and foundation will also have improved, and it will be about the same.”

Lu Changsheng let out a soft breath.

He didn’t mind recruiting collateral branches and outsiders.

After all, it was impossible to rely solely on one’s own bloodline for everything.

Not every child would be successful and able to manage the family.

This was also the limitation of a family.

But the core things must be in the hands of one’s own bloodline.

In this world, the cohesiveness of a family bloodline could not be compared to other forces.

“Phew, it’s time to sort out the gains from this trip.”

Seeing that the market’s alert had relaxed and things had come to an end, Lu Changsheng got up and walked towards the cave dwelling area.

He was going to Xiao Xiyue’s cave dwelling to settle his gains.

And deal with the corpse of that second-tier demon beast.

After all, storage bags didn’t have a preservation function.

If they weren’t stored in special equipment, problems would arise over time.

“Changsheng.”

Xiao Xiyue received Lu Changsheng’s message and immediately opened the cave dwelling’s restriction.

Because there had been patrols in the market these days, she had always been disguised.

However, the market mainly investigated the scattered cultivator residential area and the commercial area.

The cave dwelling area was only briefly inquired about.

Because those who could live in the cave dwelling area were either people from the four major families or people from other cultivation families.

“Xiyue.”

Lu Changsheng walked into the cave dwelling.

After the two entered the cave dwelling, they restored their true appearances.

If they weren’t their true appearances, it would always look a little strange.

“Lu Lang’s heroic demeanor that night really surprised Xiyue and is unforgettable.”

Xiao Xiyue’s jade face was bright, her beautiful eyes filled with a smile, as she said playfully like a little girl.

The usually aloof and holy fairy revealing such a little girl’s posture, although knowing that Xiao Xiyue was deliberately teasing and joking, also satisfied Lu Changsheng’s machismo to some extent.

After all, what man wouldn’t like his wives, concubines, and children to rely on and admire him?

“Hehe, since Xiyue wants to see her husband’s demeanor, how can her husband disappoint you? Naturally, he has to perform well.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled and leaned in to kiss the moist and delicate lips of the fairy.

After a moment, the fairy was almost as weak as water, slumped in Lu Changsheng’s arms.

A blush appeared on both sides of her beautiful face, like a fairy descending to the mortal world, bright and moving, and beautiful beyond compare.

“Xiyue, your husband’s performance satisfied you tonight, but you must satisfy your husband today.”

Looking at the fairy’s moving appearance in front of him, Lu Changsheng whispered in her ear.

Xiao Xiyue naturally understood what Lu Changsheng meant.

Her beautiful eyes glared at him, and she lowered her body gently, causing her three thousand black hairs to hang down, covering her beautiful jade face like dark clouds covering the moon.

“Hiss.”

Lu Changsheng gently lifted a strand of Xiao Xiyue’s hair, curled it up, and played with it gently.

Looking at the other party’s stunning jade face, he couldn’t help but recall the situation when he first met Xiao Xiyue.

Unknowingly, the relationship between the two had reached this point.

Afterwards.

Afterwards.

Afterwards.

Lu Changsheng took out a pill and swallowed it, holding two spirit stones in his hand, and sat down to cultivate.

In the next moment, in his dantian qi sea, a drop of liquid mana formed and slowly merged into the seven-colored dan lake.

Among all his wives and concubines, only Xiao Xiyue had the best effect on his dual cultivation.

Currently, only Xiao Xiyue could let him practice dual cultivation without reservation.

One practice of the Qingmian Incantation was almost equivalent to a month of his cultivation.

And after so long of accumulation, he had condensed another drop of liquid mana.

“Phew, fifteen drops of liquid mana, even at this speed, it will still take two or three years to break through to the second level of Foundation Establishment.”

Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Although this speed was already very fast, it was really average in his eyes.

He didn’t sigh too much. After Xiao Xiyue woke up, he said something and took out the corpses of the two rogue cultivators, and the storage bags he had gained, and began to clean them up.

In addition to the two rogue cultivators’ storage magic weapons, multiple storage bags, the three storage bags given by the Yu family ancestor, and the more than ten storage bags he had collected from killing rogue cultivators.

Just these storage bags were a small fortune.

“As expected of a rogue cultivator; their entire body is a treasure trove.”

Lu Changsheng removed several magical artifacts from the two corpses.

Core Formation cultivators typically wear magical robes and boots, and carry several protective magical artifacts.

“Hmm?”

Looking at the burly man’s ferocious and unwilling face, Lu Changsheng reached out and touched his face bit by bit.

Then, he channeled mana into his palm and tore forcefully.

“Tear!”

A mask as thin as a cicada’s wing appeared.

“This mask is not bad; it should be a spiritual artifact, or a rare item of disguise. Even after its owner’s death, there are no traces of disguise.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the mask in his hand, clicking his tongue in admiration.

As a rogue cultivator, having a disguise is quite normal.

But if it weren’t for a routine check, he wouldn’t have noticed any traces of disguise.

“Changsheng, I seem to have seen this person on the sect’s wanted list; it seems he’s a wanted criminal.”

At this moment, Xiao Xiyue, who was beside him, looked at the burly man’s true face, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, and spoke.

“A wanted criminal?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Although the cultivation world is a place where the strong prey on the weak and there are no rules,

the major immortal sects still maintain a certain order.

If anyone dares to cause trouble or act recklessly, angering the major immortal sects, they will be labeled as heretical cultivators and wanted by the immortal sects.

“If I remember correctly, this couple should be the heretical cultivators ‘The Malevolent Duo’, wanted by the Heavenly Sword Sect.”

“They are wanted by the Heavenly Sword Sect for murdering disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect.”

Xiao Xiyue said.

The wanted lists between the major immortal sects are interconnected.

When Xiao Xiyue went down the mountain, the Azure Cloud Sect also asked her to remember these wanted criminals.

It wasn’t necessarily to have them, these disciples, hunt down the wanted criminals.

It was simply so that if they encountered them, they could deal with them if they could, which would also show the sect’s prestige.

If they couldn’t deal with them, they would know that the other party was powerful and could stay away to reduce danger.

“Oh, wanted by the Heavenly Sword Sect? Is there a bounty?”

Lu Changsheng smiled immediately upon hearing this and asked.

Since they are wanted by the immortal sects, there is usually a considerable reward.

“Of course there’s a reward, but Xiyue doesn’t quite remember the specific amount.”

Xiao Xiyue shook her head gently.

She had only glanced at the wanted list at the time and had a general impression.

Seeing the burly man’s true face, and based on the couple’s strength and disguise, she recognized them.

“In that case, I’ll keep it for now. If I have the chance in the future, I’ll go and claim the reward.”

Lu Changsheng thought for a moment and said.

He had originally planned to use the corpses to feed the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.

Now that he heard they were wanted and there was a reward, he naturally wouldn’t waste it.

He planned to take a trip whenever he had the leisure.

“Yes, if these rogue cultivators are wanted by the Heavenly Sword Sect, you can basically claim the reward in any large market city under the Heavenly Sword Sect’s jurisdiction.”

“However, if Lu Lang wants to get the reward quickly, you’ll have to go to the Heavenly Sword Sect or the Nine Heavens Immortal City.”

Xiao Xiyue said.

“By the way, Xiyue, do you need to verify your identity information when you go to claim the reward?”

Lu Changsheng nodded and continued to ask.

“Generally, no.”

“There are many bounty hunters in the cultivation world who make a living by capturing wanted heretical cultivators and are unwilling to reveal their identities.”

“Therefore, the major immortal sects only require the head as proof in these cases and generally do not verify identity information.”

Xiao Xiyue shook her head and said.

“Okay.”

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng was relieved.

If he had to verify his identity information, he would directly give up on the reward and wouldn’t bother to claim it.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng collected the two corpses again.

He planned to buy a container later to store the two corpses.

Otherwise, by the time he went to claim the reward one day, the bodies would probably have rotted.

“What is this?”

Lu Changsheng began to sort through the storage bags.

From the burly man’s storage bag, he took out a few items that looked relatively precious to check, and saw a jar of three-colored mottled soil.

The soil was not only filled with spiritual energy but also had a faint fragrance.

“This should be Three-Colored Spiritual Soil, which is a good Core Formation spiritual object. If you practice earth-attribute techniques, taking Three-Colored Spiritual Soil during Core Formation will help with the mana barrier of the Core Formation Three Trials.”

“At the same time, it can also be used as medicinal mud for planting spiritual herbs and plants, with the effect of ‘ripening’ and accelerating growth.”

Xiao Xiyue, who was beside him, said when she saw the jar of three-colored soil.

“Three-Colored Spiritual Soil, Core Formation spiritual object?”

Originally, Lu Changsheng thought it was ordinary when he heard it was a Core Formation spiritual object.

But when he heard medicinal mud, ripening, and accelerating growth, his eyes lit up immediately.

After obtaining the Golden Armor Bean Mother, he went to find out if there were any methods to ripen and accelerate its growth.

After all, the growth of the Golden Armor Bean Mother was too slow.

Three years to sprout, three years to grow leaves, three years to bloom, three years to bear fruit, a full twelve years for one cycle.

But after learning about it, the result was that spiritual soil and medicinal mud that could ripen and accelerate growth were very rare and precious.

Unless it was a very rare spiritual herb that couldn’t be grown alive, otherwise, it was better to plant it in a spirit land with abundant spiritual energy and then hire a spirit planter to carefully cultivate it.

He didn’t expect to find such a spiritual object today after searching high and low.

“Not bad, good stuff.”

Lu Changsheng chuckled and put away the Three-Colored Spiritual Soil.

He planned to use this spiritual soil to cultivate the Golden Armor Bean Mother when he returned.

In the following cleaning process, there were no more high-value items that surprised Lu Changsheng.

Even if there were some natural treasures worth thousands of spirit stones, he didn’t feel much.

“This is full of magical artifacts; did they rob a magical artifact shop? I wonder which shop they robbed.”

Lu Changsheng opened another storage bag.

Seeing that it was full of magical artifacts, he glanced at it and couldn’t help but shake his head.

Then, he opened the storage bags one by one and found that they were basically full of pills, magical artifacts, and spiritual herbs, which looked like stolen goods.

After spending half an hour, Lu Changsheng finally finished cleaning up all the storage bags.

“One hundred and fifty-six mid-grade spirit stones.”

“Twelve thousand eight hundred and ninety-four low-grade spirit stones.”

“One portion of Three-Colored Spiritual Soil, one mid-grade spiritual artifact, four low-grade spiritual artifacts, but three of them are severely damaged.”

“Four top-grade magical artifacts, nine high-grade magical artifacts, twenty-nine mid-grade magical artifacts, thirty-five low-grade magical artifacts… Seventeen bottles of Yellow Dragon Pills, nine bottles of Qi Refining Powder, Qi Gathering Pills, natural treasures…”

“It doesn’t seem like much; adding it all up, it’s probably only sixty to seventy thousand spirit stones.”

Lu Changsheng frowned as he looked at these things.

This wave of harvest looks like a lot, a pile of things.

But most of the things are not very valuable, and it’s troublesome to deal with.

Excluding the three storage bags given by the Yu family’s ancestor, it’s actually only thirty to forty thousand spirit stones combined.

“That’s right, they’re already rogue cultivators, running around robbing market cities. How rich can they be?”

Lu Changsheng shook his head lightly, also understanding that not every cultivator could be rich.

Especially those who are rogue cultivators, they basically don’t keep too many spirit stones on them.

Immediately, he looked at Xiao Xiyue and said, “Xiyue, is there anything you like?”

“Thank you, Lu Lang.”

Xiao Xiyue chuckled and didn’t stand on ceremony.

She took a blue bead and a flying needle magical artifact.

They were the female rogue cultivator’s low-grade defensive spiritual artifact and top-grade magical artifact.

Seeing that Xiao Xiyue only took two items, Lu Changsheng took some talismans and gave them to Xiao Xiyue, so that she could be prepared for emergencies.

After all, for him, talismans were the least valuable.

“By the way, there’s also a big guy.”

Lu Changsheng asked Xiao Xiyue to move aside a bit.

He released the Azure Wolf’s corpse from the storage bag.

“Collect!”

Looking at the huge corpse in front of him, Lu Changsheng first took out a magical artifact gourd and placed it aside.

Then, holding the True Yang Five Elements Sword, he skillfully cut open several places on the Azure Wolf, pinched a magic seal, and collected all the blood into the gourd.

This second-order demon beast blood can not only be used to make spirit ink but also to refine certain pills.

However, Lu Changsheng naturally used these demon beast blood to feed the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.

After draining the blood, Lu Changsheng skillfully checked the Azure Wolf’s head and abdomen.

Confirming there was no demon core, he put the corpse back into the storage bag.

“Lu Lang, do you also know the art of spiritual butchery?”

Xiao Xiyue watched Lu Changsheng dissect the green wolf, collect the blood, and examine the demon core. A look of surprise appeared in her beautiful eyes.

“I know a little, just a little.”

Lu Changsheng said with a chuckle.

This technique naturally came from the second-order spiritual butchery he obtained from the system.

In fact, his one-hit kill of this green wolf was also somewhat related to the second-order spiritual butchery.

Having the second-order spiritual butchery allowed him to immediately discern the flaws and weaknesses of the demon beast, thereby making more effective attacks.

This feeling was very mysterious, and Lu Changsheng himself couldn’t explain it clearly.

It was as if he had killed demon beasts for decades, his heart as cold as his knife, knowing how to strike quickly.

“Lu Lang, could you be the reincarnation of some great power?”

“Otherwise, how could you be so powerful and know so much?”

Xiao Xiyue’s beautiful eyes were bright and lively as she blinked her big eyes at Lu Changsheng, jokingly.

Having been with Lu Changsheng for so long, he could always give her unexpected surprises, making her feel that he was not an ordinary person at all.

But through so much time together, she could also see from his various behaviors that Lu Changsheng didn’t seem like some old monster who had seized a body and been reborn.

“Hiss, you actually saw through it. I was once a fake core great power.”

Lu Changsheng paused in his heart and said with a smile.

He thought to himself that he seemed to have revealed a little too much in front of Xiao Xiyue.

It seemed that he had to restrain himself a little, otherwise these various performances would indeed be a bit too amazing and difficult to explain.

“Wow, so amazing.”

Xiao Xiyue put on a look of admiration again, making Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but pinch her cold, jade-like, smooth cheeks.

He thought to himself that if Xiao Xiyue hadn’t cultivated the Supreme Emotion Severing Scripture, she would probably always be like this.

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

During this time, in addition to making talismans, cultivating, and refining the Nine Treasure Jade Ruyi every day, Lu Changsheng also taught Lu Miaoge the “Chenxing Water Radiance Sword Technique”.

After more than half a month of hand-in-hand, detailed teaching, Lu Miaoge finally gained a simple entry into the “Chenxing Water Radiance Sword Technique”.

Next, she would need to familiarize herself with the technique and master it, and convert the cultivated “Xuan Water Technique” into the “Chenxing Water Radiance Sword Technique”.

Although this process would consume some cultivation and delay the impact of cultivation.

But all in all, the benefits still outweighed the disadvantages.

“Miaoge, now that you have mastered the “Chenxing Water Radiance Sword Technique”, I will go back first.”

“If you encounter any problems during the cultivation process, suspend cultivation and wait for me to come back.”

Lu Changsheng said to Lu Miaoge.

“I know, Changsheng, be careful on the road.”

Lu Miaoge’s face was gentle, and her temperament was like water.

“Yes.”

Lu Changsheng nodded, then rode the Iron Feather Eagle back to Green Bamboo Mountain.

Not long after Lu Changsheng left the market.

A black-robed youth of twenty-seven or eight years old with an ordinary and upright face walked out of the Red Leaf Valley Market.

“Red Leaf Valley Market, I will be back.”

After leaving the Red Leaf Valley area, the black-robed youth breathed a sigh of relief, looked back at the direction of Red Leaf Valley, clenched his fists tightly, and a few gloomy colors appeared in his eyes.

After returning to Green Bamboo Mountain, Lu Changsheng routinely came to Green Bamboo Manor first and told Uncle Fu about the lectures.

Although he had given so many lectures, there were only two or three teenagers with some talent for making talismans.

For this kind of thing, Lu Changsheng currently didn’t have much time to give them private tutoring.

He would just give a little more guidance and answer questions in class.

Thinking about waiting for them to get older, if their parents agreed, he would arrange for them to go to the Red Leaf Valley Market to be apprentices.

At that time, he would be willing to give more guidance and teaching if he had time.

Moreover, if he was not free, Lu Miaoge could also bring them along.

After returning home, his wives, concubines, children, and daughters came forward one after another, caring and asking about Lu Changsheng’s affairs in the Red Leaf Valley Market.

The matter of the robbery repairers looting the Red Leaf Valley Market was relatively big, and they all knew about it.

Although they knew that Lu Changsheng was fine, they were also very concerned.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng also told them about the general situation that night.

The wives and concubines only felt extremely thrilling when listening, and had no other feelings.

A group of children heard that the Foundation Building robbery repairers were causing trouble in the market, and a sword cultivator took action, breaking all laws with one sword, beheading the robbery repairers, and saving the market from fire and water. They were all excited.

After all, children of this age still liked this kind of story about sword cultivators slaying demons and eliminating evil.

Looking at the children like this, Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but smile.

Afterwards, he also cared about the current situation of the children.

He learned that Lu Xianzhi was still at the second level of Qi Refining.

His son, Lu Quanzhen, would begin cultivation in another month.

It was Bai Ling, this little girl, who said that she would be able to break through to the second level of Qi Refining in a while.

Looking at Bai Ling’s timid look, waiting for his praise and praise, Lu Changsheng rubbed her little head, and was also amazed at her talent.

He remembered that Bai Ling had started cultivating for less than half a year.

Specifically, it seemed that it had only been more than three months from completing Qi Induction to the present.

More than three months, without taking any pills, this progress was indeed amazing.

This made him couldn’t help but secretly think in his heart, how good would it be if Bai Ling was his own biological daughter.

In that case, his talent would probably be directly maxed out.

After taking good care of and rewarding Little Bai Ling, Lu Changsheng came to his backyard, dug a pit, and poured all a can of three-colored soil into it.

“I don’t know how much help this three-colored spiritual soil can provide to the Golden Armor Bean Mother.”

Looking at the Golden Armor Bean Mother, which had only begun to show a little bit of sprouting after being planted for a year, Lu Changsheng’s heart was full of expectations.

Afterwards, he also told Lu Miaoyun about the fact that he had bought some spiritual soil and medicinal mud.

Although Lu Miaoyun saw that the spiritual soil and medicinal mud were extraordinary, she didn’t ask much, and said that she would take good care of it every day.

Time flew quickly, and in the blink of an eye, Lu Changsheng had returned to Green Bamboo Mountain for more than a month.

During this time, in addition to cultivating, making talismans, and refining the Nine Treasure Jade Ruyi every day, he was also making babies.

Under his efforts, in this month, four maids had successfully become pregnant.

And on this day, Lu Changsheng’s one hundred and twenty-first and one hundred and twenty-second children were born.

Just as these children were born, a system prompt sounded.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for giving birth to dragon and phoenix twin offspring for the first time, and obtaining a lottery chance!]

“Dragon and phoenix twins? There is also an achievement reward for this.”

Lu Changsheng raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile.

He had long known that his concubine, Kui Si, was pregnant with twins.

However, since he had received a reward for the first twins before, he thought that the possibility of getting a reward for the second time was unlikely, so he didn’t have any expectations.

Unexpectedly, in the case of not expecting it, a system reward actually came.

And both of these children have spiritual roots.

One seven-grade spiritual root, one eight-grade spiritual root.

“I’m afraid that by constantly stacking low-grade spiritual roots, my spiritual roots will slowly stack up to four-grade spiritual roots, right?”

“However, if you want to quickly promote your spiritual roots, you still have to rely on high-grade spiritual roots.”

Lu Changsheng sighed in his heart, very wanting to have a child with talents like Bai Ling.

He planned to have two more children after Lu Miaoge established her foundation.

Both parents are Foundation Building, and have five-grade spiritual roots, so the spiritual roots of the children born should be good.

After seeing the children, Lu Changsheng also returned to his study, ready to draw a lottery.

Let’s see what he can draw from this unexpected lottery opportunity.

“System, lottery!”

Lu Changsheng silently said in his heart.

Watching the familiar lottery turntable emerge in front of him, his mind moved slightly, and a golden light quickly rotated on the lottery turntable.