Chapter 176: Blood Talisman Spirit Body, Second Level Alchemy!
“System.”
After accompanying Xiao Xiyue for a long time, until she looked serene, breathed evenly, and gradually fell asleep, Lu Changsheng silently chanted in his heart.
Immediately, the System panel appeared before his eyes.
“Name: Lu Changsheng”
“Identity: Son-in-law of Qingzhu Mountain Lu Family”
“Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Second Layer”
“Lifespan: 36 / 269”
“Talent: Fourth Grade Spiritual Root, Geng Metal Body (Intermediate Spiritual Body), Blood Talisman Spirit Body (Advanced Spiritual Body)”
“Cultivation Technique: Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique, Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture, Yin Yang Harmony Skill, Nine-Nine Mysterious Talisman Scripture, Immortal Appearance Art”
“Spell: Seven Luminaries Sword Radiance, Seven Luminaries Sword Shield, Seven Luminaries Sword Escape.”
“Items: nine treasures jade ruyi, Lingming Treasure Tree, Golden Armor Bean Mother, Black Dragon Magic Pearl, demonic fiend curse life book, life-substituting talisman, xuan yuan pearl, Ningjing Pill”
“Skill: Talismans (Second-Order), Puppet (Second-Order), Spiritual Butchering (Second-Order)”
“Spirit Beast: Nine Nether Mastiff, Peach Blossom Gu, Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, Hope Gu”
“Descendants: 143 / 146”
“Blood Talisman Spirit Body? What kind of Spiritual Body is this?”
“And this Spiritual Body, why haven’t I noticed any change in my body?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the newly added Physique section on his attribute panel, feeling surprised.
He immediately closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense to examine himself.
He wanted to see the situation of this Blood Talisman Spirit Body.
Although a Spiritual Body needs to wait for the child to grow up before it can fully form.
But he couldn’t have no feeling at all.
After a long inspection, Lu Changsheng’s Divine Sense finally found something.
Within his Dantian, he discovered wisps of faint bloody light patterns.
These blood patterns were composed of fine threads, appearing and disappearing, forming a wondrous rhythm.
It was as if they were mysterious and profound ancient seal characters.
“This Blood Talisman Spirit Body should be a recessive Spiritual Body, requiring a certain Opportunity to awaken it.”
“This blood pattern should be the spiritual pattern formed by the Blood Talisman Spirit Body’s heavenly rules.”
After examining himself, Lu Changsheng had a general guess about this Blood Talisman Spirit Body.
There are many types of Spiritual Bodies in the Cultivation World.
No matter how many types, these Spiritual Bodies can be divided into dominant Spiritual Bodies and recessive Spiritual Bodies.
A dominant Spiritual Body is like Lu Qingshan’s Geng Metal Body.
It can be directly detected.
As long as he starts to Cultivate, its power will naturally manifest.
A recessive Spiritual Body, on the other hand, is hidden and difficult for people to discern.
It might only awaken and display its power at a certain age, or through certain methods.
Just like his good friend Zhao Qingqing.
She possessed the Wood Spirit Body.
But at first, her Spiritual Body was not awakened.
Nor was it detected.
It was later, while managing the medicinal garden, that an outer Elder of Qingyun Sect noticed her condition and helped her awaken her Spiritual Body.
“No wonder I haven’t changed at all. I’ll have to look up information about this Blood Talisman Spirit Body later.”
“See what methods can awaken the Spiritual Body.”
Lu Changsheng murmured in his heart.
He planned to look into the relevant information about this Spiritual Body later.
“This Blood Talisman Spirit Body is an Advanced Spiritual Body, one level higher than Qingshan’s Geng Metal Body, so it’s clearly not simple.”
“And judging by the name, it should be related to the Dao of Talismans, some kind of Talisman Dao Spiritual Body.”
“A Talisman Dao Spiritual Body, I imagine, is like a Sword Cultivator’s ‘Supreme Sword Bone’ or a Poison Cultivator’s ‘Eradication Poison Body,’ inherently compatible with the Great Dao of Talismans, possessing extraordinary talent in the Dao of Talismans.”
“If that’s the case, the Nine-Nine Mysterious Talisman Scripture I obtained earlier might be able to be greatly Advanced in this child’s hands.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
Looking at the pink, tender, and adorably serene baby in his arms.
A surge of love and joy spontaneously welled up from the bottom of his heart.
“According to the Spiritual Root fluctuation just now, this child should have a Fourth Grade Spiritual Root.”
Lu Changsheng then thought of this child’s Spiritual Root.
With a slight movement of his mind, he had the System display his daughter’s panel.
“Name: Lu Wangshu”
“Lifespan: 1 / 82”
“Talent: Fourth Grade Spiritual Root, Blood Talisman Spirit Body (Advanced Spiritual Body)”
“Cultivation: None”
“Indeed, it’s a Fourth Grade Spiritual Root!”
“Fourth Grade Spiritual Root, Advanced Spiritual Body, this child will be one of the mainstays of my Lu Family in the future.”
Lu Changsheng smiled.
His heart was also filled with anticipation for this child’s future.
“Lu Qingshan, a 6th Grade Spiritual Root with the Geng Metal Body.”
“Lu Qingxuan, a Fourth Grade Spiritual Root.”
“Lu Wangshu, a Fourth Grade Spiritual Root with the Blood Talisman Spirit Body.”
“My Lu Family will have a few pillar seeds in the future.”
Lu Changsheng said happily in his heart.
He has one hundred and forty-six children.
The first batch of these children has gradually entered adulthood.
They are about to prepare to start their own families and steadily provide fresh blood for his Lu Family.
Among these one hundred and forty-six, thirty-six possess Spiritual Roots.
These children are relatively young and are the Foundation for establishing a Cultivation Family in the future.
And among these thirty-six, there are three Geniuses.
They are the pillars that will support the Family in the future.
“Life is getting more and more promising.”
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath and exhaled gently.
He couldn’t help but ponder his future plans.
“Currently, it’s the issues of the spiritual land, the Family’s grand Formation, and the initial capital.”
Lu Changsheng was very clear about his future.
Establishing his own Cultivation Family.
But currently, there are three problems in establishing a Family.
Regarding the spiritual land, he currently plans to obtain it through Xiao Xiyue and the Qingyun Sect channel.
Or through the Lu Family’s scheme to seize Hongye Valley.
“As for the Family’s grand Formation, I can only wait for the System to show its power.”
“In the coming time, the children will experience a burst of growth, which should trigger many achievement rewards.”
“If it really doesn’t work, I can also ask Xiao Xiyue to invite an Array Master from Qingyun Sect.”
“As for the Family’s initial capital, it should be possible to accumulate it through Second-Order Talismans.”
“By the time these children are roughly grown, these three aspects should also be nearly complete.”
Lu Changsheng calculated in his mind.
“System, draw a prize.”
Without further thought, Lu Changsheng silently chanted again in his heart.
He wanted to use the prize he had just obtained.
The lottery wheel appeared, began to glow with golden light, and spun rapidly.
Under Lu Changsheng’s calm gaze, the golden light finally stopped on ‘Skill’.
“Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining Second-Order Alchemy Skill!”
“Reward has been issued to the System space, host can check it at any time.”
A ball of light in the shape of a Medicinal Pill emerged from the large turntable, accompanied by the System’s voice.
“Alchemy!”
“Second-Order Alchemy!”
Lu Changsheng was pleasantly surprised to see the reward from this draw.
Among the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, what he currently desired most was Formation.
Secondly, it was Alchemy.
These two skills are not only the mainstream four arts of the Cultivation World, high-status professions.
For him right now, they are also very useful.
As for Formation, there’s no need to elaborate.
It concerns his future Family’s grand Formation and Family layout.
Otherwise, spending money to buy Array Tools and inviting other Formation Masters to set up the grand Formation, he truly wouldn’t feel at ease.
From the ‘Azure Cloud Water Grand Formation’ at the Hongye Valley Market previously, it could be seen that a Second-Order grand Formation of that level was quite ordinary.
Lu Changsheng truly wouldn’t feel at ease using such a Formation for his Family.
Moreover, being proficient in Formation, setting up his own grand Formation, encountering danger, activating the grand Formation, and presiding over it, he would also be able to unleash the Formation’s power to its fullest.
It’s incomparable to presiding over a Formation set up by others through a Formation Plate or Array Tools.
As for Alchemy.
After he Broke Through to Foundation Establishment, it became very difficult to purchase Second-Order Medicinal Pills.
Normally, he could only take Qi Refinement Stage Medicinal Pills to assist his Cultivation.
Now with full-level Second-Order Alchemy Skill, he no longer had to worry about Medicinal Pills.
“With full-level Second-Order Alchemy, not only can I solve my current Medicinal Pill needs.”
“In the future, I might even be able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.”
Lu Changsheng said happily in his heart.
Then he looked at the ball of light in the System space.
“Second-Order Alchemy Skill: After use, can directly comprehend full-level Second-Order Alchemy Skill and corresponding Pill Formula compendium.”
“By the way, are all skills Second-Order? Are there no Third-Order?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Alchemy Skill before him and suddenly thought.
Including this Alchemy Skill, he had already drawn four skills from the System.
All these skills were Second-Order.
Making Lu Changsheng curious if he could draw Third-Order skills.
He didn’t think much further and used the Second-Order Alchemy Skill in the System space.
Immediately, a surge of knowledge information poured into his mind out of thin air.
“Elementary Alchemy Explanation”
“Basic Alchemy Compendium”
“First-Order Alchemy Compendium”
“Second-Order Alchemy Compendium”
“How Medicinal Pills Are Refined”
“Ten Years of Qi Refining, Hundred Years of Alchemy”
After a long while.
Countless pieces of knowledge information about Alchemy flooded into Lu Changsheng’s mind.
Giving him an understanding of various Medicinal Pills, their medicinal properties, Alchemy techniques, heat control, and so on.
“Phew, as expected of Alchemy, one of the mainstream Four Arts of Cultivation.”
“From identifying the medicinal properties of various Spirit Medicines, to the principal, auxiliary, and complementary roles of each Medicinal Pill, to controlling the heat, different Alchemy techniques, Spell incantations, pill combining, and pill extraction…”
Lu Changsheng digested the knowledge about Alchemy skills in his mind.
He felt that this skill was indeed incredibly complex.
“However, refining Advanced Second-Order Medicinal Pills doesn’t seem as simple as I imagined.”
After digesting this knowledge, Lu Changsheng frowned slightly.
Through his detailed understanding of Alchemy, he knew that refining ordinary Medicinal Pills was quite simple.
A Pill Furnace.
A fire control Formation, or simply condensing flames with magical power would suffice.
But to refine certain Advanced Medicinal Pills, ordinary fire wouldn’t do.
It required Innate True Fire, World Spirit Fire, or Earth Lung Fire.
“If I want to refine Advanced Medicinal Pills, I’ll have to Cultivate a Spell Divine Ability to condense Innate True Fire.”
Lu Changsheng felt a headache coming on when he thought of Cultivating Spells.
Because his previous experience with Cultivating ‘Soul Scattering Needle’ made him clearly realize that his talent in Spell Comprehension Ability was quite ordinary.
For example, with the Soul Scattering Needle, a Divine Sense attack secret art, he spent over a year just to get started, even with daily contemplation and attempts.
He only managed to successfully condense three Soul Scattering Needles in his Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to perform three Divine Sense attacks on others.
So now, thinking of having to Cultivate Spells, he felt a bit of a headache.
“Forget it, this isn’t urgent. A Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s magical power condensed flames are enough for me to refine most Medicinal Pills.”
“When I truly need Innate True Fire to refine Advanced Medicinal Pills, perhaps I’ll draw some kind of World Spirit Fire, or have the conditions to build my own Pill Refining Room.”
Lu Changsheng exhaled lightly and didn’t pay too much attention to the Innate True Fire.
After a Cultivator Breakthroughs to Foundation Establishment, the spiritual fire condensed from their own magical power can satisfy most Alchemy and Artifact Refining needs.
After Lu Wangshu was born, Lu Changsheng originally thought of renting a courtyard and hiring a wet nurse to take care of the child.
But Xiao Xiyue said that she had been out for over three years this trip.
She planned to return to Qingyun Sect in half a year.
So, for these six months, she wanted to spend more time with the child herself and didn’t want a wet nurse.
Facing this situation, Lu Changsheng naturally couldn’t say much and just went along with her.
But he also rented a new courtyard.
After all, a one-hundred-square-meter Immortal Cave was a bit small and stuffy for a baby.
“Xiao Xiyue, I still have some matters to attend to at Lu Family.”
After accompanying Xiao Xiyue for half a month, Lu Changsheng spoke up.
He explained about his Second-Order Talisman Master grand ceremony.
He indicated that he would probably be quite busy in the coming days.
“It’s alright, Lu Lang, you go ahead. Important matters come first.”
Xiao Xiyue didn’t throw a tantrum.
She knew that in recent years, Lu Changsheng had already spent a lot of time on her.
This Second-Order Talisman Master grand ceremony concerned Lu Changsheng’s external display of skill, so it was indeed an important matter.
“Alright, I’ll be back once I’m done.”
Lu Changsheng nodded.
Then he went to visit Miaoge and his son Lu Xianzhi before returning to Qingzhu Mountain.
Upon returning to Lu, after a simple chat and meal with his wives and children, Lu Changsheng was about to leave to discuss the grand ceremony with Lu Miaochang.
He also intended to request more Second-Order Talismans Materials to form Symbol Arrays.
“Dad, let me tell you, I found a treasure.”
Just then, his son Lu Qingshan scurried over to Lu Changsheng, speaking mysteriously.
“Treasure? What treasure?”
Hearing this, Lu Changsheng looked at his mysterious son, raised an eyebrow, and asked with a smile.
“Hehe, I’ll show you.”
Lu Qingshan grinned and pulled out an egg-sized golden bean from his clothes.
On this golden bean, there was also a small sprout.
The sprout was tender and green, with a few jade-like leaves on it.
“How did you dig up my Golden Bean Mother from my courtyard!”
Lu Changsheng stared at the bean in his son’s hand,愣, and blurted out.
This golden bean was the Golden Armor Bean Mother he had planted in his own courtyard.
“Dad, you planted this treasure?”
Hearing this, Lu Qingshan was also surprised, and immediately said with a guilty conscience.
He had thought this golden bean was his own Opportunity treasure.
He didn’t expect it to be planted by his own father.
“Otherwise?”
“If you want to find treasures, go outside and find them. How can you find treasures in your own courtyard?”
Lu Changsheng said grumpily, tapping his son’s head.
His Golden Armor Bean Mother was doing perfectly fine in the courtyard, but his son had dug it up as a treasure, which made him both annoyed and amused.
“How did you find this bean?”
Lu Changsheng asked.
Besides Lu Miaoyun, Qu Zhenzhen, and others, no one else would enter his courtyard.
Children usually wouldn’t play inside either.
Moreover, this Golden Armor Bean Mother was planted in the corner of the courtyard, covered by Spiritual Soil.
“I asked Little Gold to find treasures, and then it found this golden bean.”
“I looked at this golden bean and felt a strange sense of closeness, so I thought it was a treasure I found, like in the books.”
Lu Qingshan said with his hands covering his head, feeling a bit wronged.
He felt a pang of heartache that the Opportunity he had just obtained was gone.
He had been so happy today.
Now he was happy for nothing.
“Little Gold.”
Lu Changsheng naturally knew that Little Gold was the Earth Spirit Rat he had given to Lu Qingzhu.
Lu Qingzhu usually played with this Earth Spirit Rat as a companion.
And Lu Qingshan, hearing that this thing was a Soul Search Rat that could find treasures, probably asked it to search for treasures.
As a result, it searched its way into his own courtyard.
After understanding the cause and effect, Lu Changsheng felt a bit speechless.
But hearing Lu Qingshan say he felt a kinship with the bean, he couldn’t help but ask: “Qingshan, you said you felt a kinship with this golden bean?”
“Yes, that’s why when I saw this golden bean, I felt a strange sense of closeness, and I thought my Opportunity had arrived.”
Lu Qingshan said weakly.
“Kinship?”
“Is it because of the Geng Metal Body?”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself upon hearing this.
The Golden Armor Bean Mother can transform into a Golden Armor Lishi.
This Golden Armor Lishi belongs to the Five Elements of Metal, and it makes sense for it to have some attraction to the Geng Metal Body.
He held the Golden Armor Bean Mother and carefully sensed it.
He could faintly feel a sense of kinship.
It was just that this Golden Armor Bean Mother was drawn from the System and already had a connection with him.
So he hadn’t noticed this faint kinship brought by the Geng Metal Body.
“This golden bean was planted by Dad in the courtyard.”
“After planting it, it can bloom and bear Spiritual Beans.”
“Look, this is the bean’s sprout, and these are the bean’s leaves. In a few more years, the bean will be able to bloom and bear fruit.”
“When it bears fruit and grows Spiritual Beans, Dad will give you one.”
Lu Changsheng said.
He didn’t blame his son.
“Dad, how many small beans can this golden bean grow at once?”
Hearing this, Lu Qingshan immediately perked up and asked curiously.
“It can grow five to ten, but the specific number depends on how well it’s nurtured.”
“If you dig it up like this, it will affect the number of beans it grows in the future.”
Lu Changsheng glanced at his son and said.
Although it was nourished by the three-colored soil, looking at the bean’s current appearance, he estimated it could only bear seven or eight beans.
It would be difficult to bear ten beans.
“Then Dad, can you give me two more? I’ll share one with Qingzhu younger sister then.”
Lu Qingshan immediately said with a playful smile.
“Good things are meant to be shared. Alright, I’ll give you two more then, and also one to Qingsong.”
Lu Changsheng said with a wry smile upon hearing this.
Lu Qingsong was Lu Miaohuan’s second son, Lu Qingshan’s biological younger brother.
“Dad, when will your golden bean bear fruit?”
Lu Qingshan continued to ask.
“When you’re almost grown up, this golden bean will be able to bear fruit.”
Lu Changsheng said.
“Dad, I’m seven, I’m an adult!”
Lu Qingshan puffed out his chest and said.
“When you’re fifteen, this bean should be able to bear fruit.”
Lu Changsheng looked at his son, who was only 1.2 or 1.3 meters tall, and smiled.
The Golden Armor Bean Mother sprouts in three years, grows leaves in three years, blooms in three years, and bears fruit in three years.
However, with the nourishment of the three-colored soil, its growth rate had significantly improved.
Now, after three and a half years, the leaves were already tender and vibrant.
So Lu Changsheng estimated that in another six or seven years, the Golden Armor Bean Mother might bear beans.
“That long?”
Hearing this, Lu Qingshan immediately deflated again.
“It’s not long. You can water the bean every day. Maybe it will help the bean grow faster.”
Lu Changsheng said, thinking of the kinship between the Geng Metal Body and the bean.
Since the Geng Metal Body and the Golden Armor Bean Mother had some resonance, perhaps frequent contact would help the Golden Armor Bean Mother’s growth.
Like some Spiritual Plant Masters, they use certain Spells to improve the growth of Spiritual Plants.
“Dad, no problem, but what’s the benefit?”
Lu Qingshan showed a fawning expression.
“Benefit.”
Lu Changsheng looked at his son’s tender little face and smiled: “This golden bean should be able to bear eight beans. I’ll give you three then.”
“If you take good care of it and it produces more than eight beans, I’ll give you all the extra beans, how about that?”
“Okay, it’s a deal.”
Lu Qingshan immediately nodded in agreement.
He added: “Dad, you can’t go back on your word and trick a child then!”
“Aren’t you an adult now? How did you become a child?”
Lu Changsheng said with a laugh.
“In front of you, Dad, I’m always a child.”
Lu Qingshan said with a grin.
“Heh heh, Dad keeps his word and never tricks anyone.”
“Come on, let’s replant this golden bean now.”
Lu Changsheng led his son to his courtyard.
Looking at the exposed small pit, he shook his head and planted the Golden Armor Bean Mother.
“This soil even glows, why don’t you think it’s a treasure?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the exposed three-colored soil and asked his son.
“Eh, is this soil also a treasure?”
“Little Gold said there was a treasure here, and I thought the treasure was just this bean, so I didn’t pay much attention.”
Lu Qingshan said, scratching his head.
“Look at you, you can’t even recognize all the treasures, and you want to go out treasure hunting.”
“Study harder normally, recognize all the treasures, and then you won’t miss Opportunities when you go out in the future.”
Lu Changsheng said to his son.
The academy on Qingzhu Mountain not only had great scholars teaching reading and writing.
There were also Cultivators teaching Cultivation attempts and knowledge of the Cultivation World.
After detecting Spiritual Roots, children from six to twelve years old were all in the learning stage.
This was also why Family disciples and Immortal Sect disciples generally knew and saw more than Loose Cultivators.
“Dad, you’re right! I’ll definitely listen to you and study hard.”
Lu Qingshan said with a serious expression, nodding vigorously, looking like he was listening to the teaching.
“Heh!”
Lu Changsheng chuckled at his son’s appearance.
He knew his son’s personality.
This was just going along with his words.
He didn’t care.
After all, he was currently only good at nurturing people, and still lacked a bit in teaching.
He couldn’t guarantee that he would teach his child well.
So as long as the child didn’t go astray, other aspects would be left to nature.
The main idea was the Dao of nature, governing by non-action.
After planting the Golden Armor Bean Mother, Lu Changsheng took Lu Qingshan to see Lu Miaoyun.
He asked her to take Lu Qingshan to water the bean with Spiritual Water and Spiritual Liquid regularly.
Lu Miaoyun was also amused and exasperated when she learned that Lu Qingshan had dug up the bean to play with.
Although she took care of the Golden Armor Bean Mother, she didn’t water it with Spiritual Liquid every day.
She only watered it every few days.
So she hadn’t noticed that the Golden Armor Bean Mother had been dug up by Lu Qingshan to play with.
However, this incident also gave her a lesson; she decided to check on it every day, otherwise it might be taken by the children to play with again and get lost, which would be bad.
After resolving this minor interlude, Lu Changsheng arrived at the Qingzhu Main Hall and found the Family Head, Lu Miaochang.
He stated that he was ready with his Talismans, and the Family could hold the grand ceremony whenever they wished.
Lu Miaochang, upon hearing this, said that he would arrange it immediately, and it would likely be held in about two months.
At the same time, he also inquired about Lu Changsheng’s current proficiency in Second-Order Talismans.
When he heard that Lu Changsheng’s proficiency in Second-Order Thunder Fire Talisman was already at sixty or seventy percent.
And that he had even gotten started with several other kinds of Second-Order Spiritual Talismans, he was astonished and overjoyed.
Then, upon hearing that Lu Changsheng needed Second-Order Talismans Materials, he immediately allocated nearly a hundred portions of Second-Order Talismans Materials from the treasury to Lu Changsheng.
He stated that if Lu Changsheng needed them, the Family would reserve more Second-Order Talismans Materials in the future.