Chapter 317: The evil-breaking pill, Thunder Dragon Flame!

Ding! Congratulations Host on obtaining the Third-Tier Calamity Breaking Pill!

Reward has been issued to the system space, Host can view it at any time.

Immediately, the image of a pill appeared on the large turntable, accompanied by a system notification sound.

“Calamity Breaking Pill?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow and looked at the system space.

Immediately, information about the Calamity Breaking Pill appeared.

[Pill: Calamity Breaking Pill]

[Quality: Third-Tier]

[Description: The Calamity Breaking Pill can break the effects of Gu poison, seals, curses, forbidden divine abilities, etc.]

Lu Changsheng frowned as he looked at the effect of the Calamity Breaking Pill before him.

Although this effect was decent and could resolve some unexpected situations,

it was quite useless to him at the moment, only fit for gathering dust.

“Among all these pills, only the Spirit Melting Pill, Violet Mansion Pill, and Crystal Condensing Pill are somewhat useful.”

Lu Changsheng gently shook his head, looked at the system, and continued, “Draw!”

The system’s large turntable before him continued to spin.

Ding! Congratulations Host on obtaining the Third-Tier Fire Seed: Thunderous Astral Flame!

Reward has been issued to the system space, Host can view it at any time.

“Third-Tier Fire Seed? Is this a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!?”

Lu Changsheng’s face showed a hint of pleasant surprise as he looked at this reward.

The world was filled with many spirit fires.

Cultivators could obtain the origin fire seed of these spirit fires and use them for themselves!

These spirit fires had immense uses.

Not only were they infinitely powerful and could be used in combat, but for alchemists and artifact refiners, their value was even greater!

For example, many second-tier pills could not be refined by Lu Changsheng without an alchemy room and Earth Lung Fire.

This was because the flames he condensed using his magic power were simply not enough to sustain his long-term alchemy, and the temperature of the flames was also insufficient.

But if he had a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, he wouldn’t need to rely on Earth Lung Fire.

Moreover, according to records in books, refining pills and artifacts with such Heaven and Earth Spirit Fires would not only increase the success rate by a few points, but the quality of the refined pills and artifacts would also be much better!

“Thunderous Astral Flame, a third-tier fire seed. It should be considered a good Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the system space.

Immediately, information about the Thunderous Astral Flame appeared.

[Fire Seed: Thunderous Astral Flame]

[Quality: Third-Tier]

[Description: The scorching flame from the magma at the core of a volcano, tempered and fused by countless bolts of lightning, producing a trace of spirituality. Its attribute is violent and overbearing.]

“Thunderous Astral Flame, its attribute is violent and overbearing? It seems this spirit fire is more suitable for artifact refining than alchemy.”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the Thunderous Astral Flame before him.

As a peak second-tier alchemist, he had some understanding of flames.

He knew that for alchemy, one would mostly use flames with a relatively gentle attribute.

Only a small number of pills would require extremely violent and overbearing flames.

“However, at least it’s a third-tier Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire. Even if I don’t use it for alchemy, it’s still a good method.”

A hint of a smile appeared on Lu Changsheng’s face.

He did not immediately extract and refine the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire.

His trip this time was simply to take advantage of his free time to do a draw.

Breaking through had already taken up a lot of time, so now it was natural to spend time with his wives and concubines first.

Zhao family of Baihu Mountain.

“What did you say? In the depths of the坞精矿 vein in Bihu Mountain of the Black Cloud Mountain Range, a spirit stone mine was dug out!?”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family showed a look of surprise upon hearing the report from his family head.

When Bihu Mountain was first established, Lu Changsheng sold off many of his properties and mineral veins, or cooperated with other families.

As a Foundation Establishment family in the surrounding area, their Baihu Mountain Zhao family had contracted a 坞精矿 vein.

They didn’t expect that a spirit stone mine would be dug out beneath this vein.

This, this, this…

“That’s right, Old Ancestor. I went to verify it. This spirit stone mine is not small and even has mid-grade spirit stones. It can be mined for at least fifty to sixty thousand spirit stones.”

The head of the Zhao family said, with joy in his words.

Fifty to sixty thousand spirit stones was not a small sum for their Zhao family!

“Fifty to sixty thousand!?”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family’s pupils suddenly contracted upon hearing this.

This was not a small number.

And this was just a simple estimate!

He asked in a deep voice, “Does the Lu family of Bihu Mountain know about this?”

“For the past ten years or so, the Lu family has only managed the dividends and never inquired. Only starting from the year before last, a young girl would come to oversee and check.”

The head of the Zhao family shook his head and said, “So the Lu family doesn’t know about this spirit stone mine yet.”

“The Lu family doesn’t know yet…”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family showed a thoughtful expression and said, “If we want to hide it, how long can we hide it?”

Such a spirit stone mine, he naturally didn’t want to give it to the Lu family.

Once the Lu family was informed, their Zhao family would at most get a small share.

“Old Ancestor, if this matter is known by the Lu family of Bihu Mountain, our family might be in big trouble.”

The head of the Zhao family showed a look of worry and fear.

Although the Lu family of Bihu Mountain had only been established for a little over ten years,

their Old Ancestor Lu Changsheng was renowned.

When he first entered Foundation Establishment, he relied on talisman arrays to kill the three Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Yu family, thereby establishing the Lu family of Bihu Mountain.

Afterward, together with his wife Lu Miaoge, they killed five Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Hongye Valley market town!

The family also had a formation master overseeing it!

Such strength and achievements, even if they relied on external objects and were somewhat exaggerated, their strength was undeniable!

It was completely beyond what their Zhao family could compare to!

“I naturally understand, which is why I’m asking you how long we can hide it if we want to.”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family looked at the fearful expression on his junior’s face and felt a bit of disappointment.

One must know that cultivation itself was a struggle for the Great Dao!

Now, with the blessings of their ancestors, such a great opportunity was delivered to their doorstep, and his junior showed timidity just because of the other party’s reputation, which truly disappointed him.

“Currently, we can still conceal and hide it for a period of time. If we mine it with full effort, at most half a year, the other party will definitely be able to detect something unusual.”

“Moreover, I have already investigated. This girl is not just putting on a show or going through the motions. She checks carefully every time.”

The head of the Zhao family said.

“What is this girl’s name? Is there a way to bribe her?”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family continued to ask.

“This girl is named Lu Ruyi. She is the daughter of Lu Changsheng’s concubine.”

“The Lu family of Bihu Mountain is known for being generous to their family disciples. It might not be easy to bribe this girl.”

The head of the Zhao family showed a somewhat solemn expression.

“Lu Ruyi?”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family heard this name but had no impression of it.

As the Old Ancestor of the Zhao family, he had some understanding of the situation in Bihu Mountain.

But Lu Changsheng had too many children, so he couldn’t understand them all.

He roughly remembered that the Lu family had once produced two geniuses with Fourth-Grade spiritual roots, one named Lu Qingxuan and one named Lu Wangshu.

Then, the person in charge of the Lu family’s puppet factory seemed to be called… Lu Xianzhi.

“If this girl is not married, send someone to sound her out and make contact.”

“If it’s feasible, you go to Bihu Mountain to propose marriage and see if we can tie her to our Zhao family.”

The Old Ancestor of the Zhao family said in a deep voice.

Their Zhao family suffered heavy losses in the battle at Black Water Pond that year.

Not only did a Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor die, but several Foundation Establishment seeds also died.

These years, he had vigorously supported and cultivated them, and fresh blood had been supplemented, and the family gradually improved.

However, because of this, the family was also struggling financially.

If they could mine this spirit stone mine, it would not only alleviate the family’s situation but also provide funds to cultivate new Foundation Establishment cultivators!

Bihu Mountain.

Lu family mansion.

“Dad, these… these are the immortal seedlings of our family from the ‘Xuan’ generation this year.”

Lu Qingsong went to Ruyi County for the Spirit Testing Ceremony and brought the Lu family disciples with spiritual roots to Bihu Mountain.

“Greetings, Grandpa!”

These two Lu family disciples of the ‘Xuan’ generation bowed to Lu Changsheng.

Their eyes curiously sized up the grandpa before them.

They had heard from their parents that their grandpa was an immortal and that they could now also cultivate immortality.

“What are your names?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the two children and asked softly.

“I’m Lu Xuanchan, and I’m Lu Xuanyu.”

The two children said in clear voices.

“Xuanchan, Xuanyu.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly. After asking a few simple questions, he had his son Lu Yun settle the two children.

As time went on, the secular Lu family now had a chance of producing an immortal seedling every few years.

Having two this year was quite good.

After all, the total number of the Lu family’s third generation was already one hundred and ninety-seven, almost equal to the number of his children.

But among these one hundred and ninety-three children, only thirteen had spiritual roots.

Furthermore, among these thirteen, nine were from Bihu Mountain, born to Lu Yun, Lu Xianzhi, and others.

It could only be said that for parents who were both mortals, giving birth to spiritual roots was too difficult.

They could only rely on quantity to get lucky and produce a few.

A month later.

Lu Changsheng, thinking of the Thunderous Astral Flame in the system space, said that he had some insights and was preparing to go into seclusion for a period of time.

Naturally, Lu Miaoge, Ling Zixiao, and others had no objections to this.

After all, this was the daily routine of most cultivators.

Lu Miaoge often went into seclusion to cultivate, only coming out of her cave dwelling once every ten days or half a month.

Lu Changsheng, being so leisurely and spending most of his time with his wives, concubines, and children, was truly an anomaly among cultivators.

“Extract!”

In the Hall of Longevity, within the cave dwelling, Lu Changsheng looked at the system space and silently chanted.

Immediately, a palm-sized ball of purplish-red flame appeared in mid-air, emitting a scorching aura.

Amidst the burning and swirling, a purple lightning snake seemed to be swimming within the flames, wild and terrifying, causing noticeable distortions in the space around the fire.

“As expected of a third-tier Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire, it’s truly terrifying!”

Lu Changsheng retreated slightly, looking at the Thunderous Fiery Blaze before him with some surprise.

Through the system’s introduction to the Thunderous Fiery Blaze, he knew that if he refined this fire, his combat power would increase by another level, adding another means of attack.

However, this kind of Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire had already developed sentience, and refining and subduing it would not be easy.

“Fortunately, I have a cheat!”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

He then took out a spiritual artifact sword and forcefully cut a wound on his palm.

Blood flowed from his palm, covering his hand.

“Come on, little guy!”

Lu Changsheng’s magic power flowed, wrapping his hand, and slowly extended it into the Thunderous Fiery Blaze.

Even though the Thunderous Fiery Blaze had an instinctive consciousness and no intention of harming him, the sheer power of the flames caused his hand to feel burning hot and painful, his skin like a red-hot iron.

“Hiss! If I hadn’t broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, had the Profound Essence Pearl, and magic power comparable to a False Core, even with the system’s help, I wouldn’t be able to refine this kind of third-tier fire seed!”

Lu Changsheng felt the burning pain coming from his palm and immediately took a sharp breath.

If he hadn’t known about the Thunderous Fiery Blaze through the system and had a clear understanding that he could refine it, he would have definitely given up.

The Thunderous Fiery Blaze seemed to sense Lu Changsheng’s pain, and the small purple snake inside absorbed his fresh blood.

As it absorbed the blood, the burning flames became smaller and smaller, finally condensing into a thumb-sized purplish-red fire seed!

This was the origin fire seed of the Thunderous Fiery Blaze!

Through the system information, Lu Changsheng knew that when the Thunderous Fiery Blaze first formed, it was roughly the size of a small mountain.

It was only through continuous refinement in the process that it gradually formed into this appearance.

Only then could it be called a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!

“The time for the real test of skill has arrived.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the thumb-sized fire seed in his hand, his eyelids twitching slightly.

Next, he needed to swallow this fire seed and then refine it, assimilating it with his magic power.

This was the most dangerous step in refining a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!

Whether it was a Qi Refining cultivator, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, or a Core Formation True Person, the inside of the body had always been the most vulnerable part of the human body.

Especially the meridians and dantian.

Once a problem occurred, it could range from half-crippling one’s cultivation to death!

Therefore, refining a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire was extremely dangerous!

Most alchemists and artifact refiners in the world chose to cultivate some kind of innate true fire technique or divine ability!

Only a very small number of people dared to refine Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!

However, before refining, they would prepare various heavenly materials and earthly treasures to reduce the risk.

Or, as a Core Formation True Person, they would choose to refine a second-tier Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire and then slowly nurture it.

Someone like Lu Changsheng, who didn’t prepare anything and even refined a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire of a higher tier than himself, was truly unique!

Anyone who saw him would say, ‘You’re crazy!’

“If it weren’t for the system, this thing would indeed be creepy, it’s practically playing with your life.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the fire seed and sighed.

He took out several ice-attribute talismans and healing talismans from his storage ring in advance, and also took out a bottle or two of pills.

Then his magic power spread throughout his body, he raised his hand, and threw the fire seed into his mouth.

Although Lu was a cautious person and didn’t like suffering, he was still willing to endure a little hardship for a great reward!

After all, being unable to endure hardship and not liking to endure hardship were two different things!

As the fire seed entered his mouth, Lu Changsheng immediately closed his lips tightly, let out a muffled groan, and his face turned slightly pale.

He suppressed the waves of burning heat within his body, closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, his spiritual consciousness sinking into his body.

It could be seen that after the Thunderous Fiery Blaze entered his body, strands of tiny purplish-red flames immediately overflowed and circulated in his meridians.

These flames, even though they were extremely small, like hair, were filled with scorching high temperatures, seemingly wanting to burn and melt his flesh and body.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”

The magic power covering Lu Changsheng’s body was constantly being consumed.

He immediately took the prepared pills and talismans, causing a cold current to surge through his body, suppressing the scorching heat.

Then, the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture and the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique circulated, and he began to refine the fire seed.

As his cultivation technique circulated, the Thunderous Fiery Blaze was very cooperative.

This was also his confidence in daring to refine the fire seed!

Otherwise, in this process, if the fire seed’s instinctive consciousness began to resist stubbornly, causing the flames to become violent and burn fiercely, it would be very dangerous!

“Buzz, buzz, buzz—”

Just then, a dragon’s roar seemed to sound within Lu Changsheng’s body.

His Dragon’s Roar Body instinctively awakened, and a fierce and domineering yang energy swept out, surging towards the Thunderous Fiery Blaze, wanting to suppress the origin of this fire seed and help his magic power refine it.

“Hmm, the Dragon’s Roar Body has this effect?”

Lu Changsheng’s face showed surprise.

Although he knew the general situation of the Dragon’s Roar Body, he didn’t really know the specific power and effects of this spiritual body.

He didn’t expect that the Dragon’s Roar Body could actually help him refine a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!

“Is it because the Dragon’s Roar Body and the Thunderous Fiery Blaze are both of the most yang and most rigid domineering attributes?”

Lu Changsheng guessed in his heart.

At this moment, he personally experienced the benefits and effects brought by a top-tier spiritual body!

No wonder many top-tier cultivation techniques, treasures, and spiritual beasts were difficult for ordinary cultivators to subdue, but easy for geniuses to subdue.

Because with good talent, facing these things was much simpler and easier!

Without thinking too much, Lu Changsheng calmly refined the origin of this fire seed.

With the active cooperation of the Thunderous Fiery Blaze and the help of the Dragon’s Roar Body, the refinement process instantly became much smoother.

In this process, Lu Changsheng realized that the Dragon’s Roar Yang energy within his body was continuously merging into the Thunderous Fiery Blaze.

As the Thunderous Fiery Blaze circulated within his body, it gradually integrated with his physical body, meridians, and magic power!

This process was very mysterious, causing the Thunderous Fiery Blaze to undergo inexplicable changes!

Just like that, time passed bit by bit.

He didn’t know how long it had been.

The thumb-sized fire seed integrated all the overflowing purplish-red flames, transforming back into the appearance of a small flame.

Lu Changsheng had initially refined this fire seed and could roughly control this mass of Thunderous Fiery Blaze.

However, he still had to control it carefully, otherwise, with a single mistake, he could injure himself.

He didn’t stop and continued to refine the Thunderous Fiery Blaze, preparing to refine it in one go.

As the Dragon’s Roar Yang energy and the Thunderous Fiery Blaze continuously merged, the purple lightning snake in the origin of the fire seed seemed to transform into a purplish-gold lightning dragon, gaining a bit of sacred and domineering aura.

This caused the fire seed to gradually temper his meridians and bones as it circulated repeatedly in his meridians, making his Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique accelerate its operation at this moment.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but Lu Changsheng had completely refined the Thunderous Fiery Blaze.

“Boom, boom, boom—”

At this moment, his physical body radiated treasure light, emitting a terrifying aura of blood and energy, and countless purplish-red flames surged out from his body, extremely terrifying!

“Thunderous Fiery Blaze! I didn’t expect that this Thunderous Fiery Blaze would be so compatible with the Dragon’s Roar Body and perfectly compatible with me!”

“However, this Thunderous Fiery Blaze can now be called the Thunderous Dragon Blaze!”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, and in his ink-black pupils, two masses of purplish-gold flames surged, looking demonic and domineering.

The purplish-red flames surging in the cave were controlled by him, transforming into a purplish-red flood dragon that resembled both a snake and a dragon, coiling around his body, emitting a scorching and terrifying aura!

If he had refined this Thunderous Fiery Blaze normally, it would never have had such power!

But this Thunderous Fiery Blaze was extremely compatible with the Dragon’s Roar Body!

He refined this Thunderous Fiery Blaze into his innate spiritual fire in one go.

Now, not only could he perfectly control this Thunderous Fiery Blaze, but he also slightly increased its power!

“Not only that, under the effect of the Thunderous Fiery Blaze and the Dragon’s Roar Body, my Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique has also directly broken through to the eighth layer, and my body refinement has reached the quasi-third-tier level!”

“Now, if I engage in close combat, relying on this Thunderous Dragon Blaze, False Core cultivators will not be able to resist at all!”

Lu Changsheng spread his hands, stretching his muscles and bones, and a series of ‘crackling’ sounds immediately echoed from his body, and the flames around him gradually disappeared.

Although he refined the Thunderous Fiery Blaze into his innate spiritual fire, it still consumed magic power.

“Breaking through still depends on drawing lots and spiritual bodies.”

“I wonder what other effects the Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body has besides extending lifespan, charm techniques, and increasing cultivation speed.”

“As a top-tier spiritual body, the Dragon’s Roar Body’s effects are so amazing, the Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body shouldn’t be much worse.”

Lu Changsheng exhaled a long breath, his entire body returning to normal, and he muttered to himself.

He thought to himself, he should see if he could get this kind of extremely yang and extremely rigid Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire in the future and get one for his son, Lu Lingxiao.

After all, he, as a father, had already tested it for his son, and this Dragon’s Roar Body was really useful and very compatible with Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire!