Chapter 384: Ningyuan Pill, Jin family ceremony!

“By the way, husband, some time ago, Fairy Xu came and said that the Xu Family of Beast Masters was paying attention to our family and investigating our situation.”

At this point, Lu Miaoyun continued, a hint of worry on her face.

She didn’t know why their family, which was doing just fine, had been noticed by the Xu Family of Beast Masters.

Regarding Golden Dragon Ridge, she knew her husband’s capabilities and wasn’t worried at all.

But facing the behemoth that was the Xu Family of Beast Masters, their family seemed a bit lacking.

“Xu Ruoyin?”

Lu Changsheng heard this and knew it was likely about Xu Ge.

He thought to himself that Xu Ruoyin, who had been in the Xu Family of Beast Masters for years, was finally proving useful.

“Did she say anything else?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

“No, she just said that something must have happened in the Xu family, causing them to notice our family, and that we should be careful.”

Lu Miaoyun shook her head and said.

“It seems the Xu family hasn’t suspected me. It’s just because Xu Ge went out to ambush and kill me, but ended up dying outside, which caused the Xu family to notice Azure Lake Mountain.”

Lu Changsheng mused inwardly.

He then picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, “Alright, don’t worry about this.”

“Okay.”

Lu Miaoyun softly replied.

After the couple chatted for a while, Lu Changsheng got up to check on their children.

He then used the Profound Insight Mirror to examine their condition.

If it weren’t for the low cultivation of his wives and concubines, Lu Changsheng would have considered passing down the Profound Insight Mirror.

After finishing, Lu Changsheng returned to the Hall of Longevity, released the sealed blood and magic power from the Nine Treasures Ruyi Bone, and consolidated his cultivation.

Hall of Longevity.

“Hoo!”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Cultivating with Yun Wanshang had obvious benefits for him.

His cultivation had now reached the peak of Foundation Establishment.

If he wanted to, he could attempt to form his Core at any time.

“Now everything is ready, all that’s missing is a spirit vein…”

Lu Changsheng murmured in his heart.

Other cultivators who reached the peak of Foundation Establishment would worry about Crystallization Pills, Core Formation spiritual items, and the like when they wanted to attempt Core Formation.

They might spend most of their lives just finding one or two Core Formation spiritual items, ultimately missing the best age for breakthrough, being unable to form their Core, and even perishing in the process.

But in this regard, he was already fully prepared.

Not only did he have top-grade Crystallization Pills!

He also had the top-tier Core Formation spiritual item known as the ‘Golden Core Fruit’, the ‘Five Elements Spirit Fruit’!

He had the ‘Grand Unity Dao Seed’, which could be used as a top-tier Core Formation spiritual item, as well as four ordinary Core Formation spiritual items.

In terms of cultivation techniques and spells, he had the 《Sun and Moon Reincarnation Art》, which increased the probability of Core Formation, and the 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》, which improved the quality of Core Formation!

Besides that, he also possessed several spirit physiques.

Things like the Minor Pure Spirit Body and the Geng Metal Body didn’t count.

The Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body and the Dragon Roar Body would definitely be helpful for Core Formation!

Therefore, in this situation, Lu Changsheng didn’t need to consider the success or failure of Core Formation, only the quality of Core Formation!

It was precisely for this reason that Lu Changsheng knew the amount of spiritual energy he would need for Core Formation would be terrifyingly large.

He had to increase the spirit vein in his home as much as possible to ensure everything was foolproof!

“I wonder how much longer this True Person Caiyun will cultivate?”

Lu Changsheng hadn’t felt any urgency before.

Now that Core Formation was within reach, as long as he improved the spirit vein at home and then calmly condensed his primordial pill, he could attempt Core Formation. He couldn’t help but feel a sense of impatience.

But Yun Wanshang’s matter made it inconvenient for him to break through to Core Formation now.

After all, breaking through to Core Formation after only about fifty years of cultivation would be too astonishing and easily attract unnecessary trouble.

“Let’s condense the primordial pill first.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t think too much and began cultivating the 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》, attempting to condense his primordial pill.

Although this Core Formation secret technique was powerful, it was very time-consuming to cultivate.

“Buzz!”

Lu Changsheng sat still, circulating the 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》.

In his Qi Sea Dantian, the pill lake seemed to boil and roar, compressing and condensing all the liquid magic power, moving towards solidification.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”

At the same time, countless spiritual energies from heaven and earth surged towards Lu Changsheng, forming a small spiritual energy vortex above his head.

This 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》 was to simulate Foundation Establishment and Core Formation, compressing and condensing liquid magic power to the extreme, forming primordial pills.

When attempting Core Formation, all the primordial pills could merge into one, attempting to form an immortal Golden Core!

A month later.

Lu Changsheng looked at a thumb-sized primordial pill with yin-yang colors in his Qi Sea Dantian, a faint smile on his face.

This was the primordial pill from the 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》!

On the surface, it looked ordinary.

But if one observed carefully, there were faint traces of yin and yang flowing, giving it a sense of mystery.

“Although this primordial pill didn’t improve my foundation or advance my cultivation.”

“But when encountering danger, I can transform the primordial pill into magic power, which can be considered a method.”

Lu Changsheng quietly experienced this yin-yang primordial pill, sensing the pure and rich yin-yang magic power within it.

He didn’t think too much and began to condense the second primordial pill.

This 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》 is considered minor completion with nine pills and major completion with thirty-six pills.

Although one could continue to condense more.

But as the number of primordial pills increased, the difficulty of condensing them would also increase exponentially.

Because each primordial pill was not an independent entity.

These primordial pills needed to be connected to form a whole.

Only in this way, when attempting Core Formation, these primordial pills could perfectly merge and become one.

Moreover, as more primordial pills were condensed, the pressure on the physical body and Dantian would also increase, making it difficult to bear, and even going too far could be detrimental.

In the following days, Lu Changsheng cultivated the 《Yin Yang Primordial Pill Method》 peacefully at home.

With the system’s cultivation technique infusion, third-order body refinement, third-order divine sense, and the ability to have spiritual energy fed directly to him, condensing primordial pills was very simple for him.

It took about half a month to condense one primordial pill.

If it were an ordinary cultivator, the cultivation process would likely be full of bumps and stumbles, and a single mistake could lead to failure in condensing the pill.

However, Lu Changsheng didn’t completely go into seclusion.

After condensing each pill, he would come out of his cave abode to check on the situation at home.

After all, he hadn’t diligently cultivated for so many years, which led to him not being accustomed to the life of secluded cultivation.

A slight distraction, and once he finished what was at hand, he wanted to relax.

Moreover, since he was preparing to form his Core, Lu Changsheng felt he should take advantage of this time to have a few more children.

Because once he formed his Core, the difficulty of having children would increase significantly.

Of course, the children born at that time would also have a high probability of possessing spiritual roots and good talent.

Furthermore, these children would have a higher probability of having descendants with spiritual roots in the future due to his bloodline.

During this time, Xiao Xiyue came to Azure Lake Mountain.

But for some reason, seeing Xiao Xiyue, Lu Changsheng felt inexplicably guilty.

When cultivating with her, the image of that True Person Caiyun couldn’t help but appear in his mind, and he thought…

On this day, Lu Miaoyun told Lu Changsheng that Jin Zhan had indeed successfully formed his Core in Nine Heavens Immortal City, becoming a False Core True Person.

“Are you sure it’s a False Core?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

“Yes, according to the news, when Jin Zhan formed his Core, the spiritual energy cloud vortex formed by the Core Formation phenomenon was only one li. Many people saw this, so it should be impossible to fake.”

Lu Miaoyun said softly.

“Okay.”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

When breaking through to Core Formation, if there were no means to conceal it, one could basically judge the quality of Core Formation by the spiritual energy vortex.

And Nine Heavens Immortal City would definitely not help Jin Zhan conceal any phenomenon.

One could only say that forming a Core in an immortal city had both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage was that during the Core Formation process, with the protection of the immortal city, one would not be interfered with or affected by rogue cultivators or petty individuals.

The disadvantage was that the Core Formation situation would be fully visible to others and other forces.

“Is he still in Nine Heavens Immortal City or has he returned to Golden Dragon Ridge?”

Lu Changsheng continued to ask.

“There’s no news regarding that.”

Lu Miaoyun shook her head.

Although Azure Lake Mountain had established an intelligence network.

But they could only inquire about some relatively simple information.

“Okay, Yun’er, pay more attention to the situation at Golden Dragon Ridge. Notify me if the Jin family has any movements.”

Lu Changsheng smiled and said, deciding to strike first.

He would find an opportunity to get rid of the Jin family’s old ancestor or Jin Zhan, so that the Jin family wouldn’t cause trouble for him.

He just wanted to cultivate peacefully now and didn’t want to be entangled with the Jin family.

“Don’t worry, husband.”

Lu Miaoyun said with a sweet smile.

There was no need for Lu Changsheng to tell her; she had already instructed her family to pay attention to the movements of Golden Dragon Ridge.

“However, Xu Ge just died, and Jin Zhan just broke through. If a False Core dies in the Jin family, it might make the Xu family notice me…”

Lu Changsheng paused in his heart, suddenly realizing a problem.

Killing a small False Core would naturally be simple.

As long as he found an opportunity, he could solve it with one punch.

But the problem was, not long ago, Xu Ge came to Azure Lake Mountain to cause trouble for him and died for no reason.

If something similar happened in Golden Dragon Ridge now, and the Jin family had enmity and conflicting interests with their family, it might make the Xu family suspect him.

Although he had True Person Caiyun as his backing.

But the other party couldn’t possibly do anything to the Xu Family of Beast Masters for his sake. At most, they would warn the Xu family on the surface.

“I need to create an identity so that people won’t suspect me.”

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes, then asked his son, Lu Yun, which notorious evil cultivators were currently wanted in Jiang Kingdom.

Or perhaps in Jin Kingdom or Yue Kingdom, were there any relatively famous demonic cultivators or rogue cultivators?

“Demonic cultivators, evil cultivators?”

Lu Yun was slightly surprised, wondering why his father was asking about this.

He didn’t ask further and immediately went to compile and collect information on this matter for Lu Changsheng.

A few days later, Lu Changsheng looked at the jade slip compiled by his son.

It contained information on the evil and demonic cultivators wanted throughout the Jiang Kingdom’s cultivation world.

Nangong Mili and Meng Xiaochuan were surprisingly still on the list.

One could only say that this kind of wanted list mostly served as a deterrent.

Unless the Four Great Immortal Sects spent a large sum to hire diviners to calculate their whereabouts and set up ambushes, it would be extremely difficult to rely on ordinary cultivators to report and apprehend them.

After a moment, Lu Changsheng found an identity suitable for his disguise.

Hua Ziyi!

This woman was originally an elder of the Illusionary Sound Sect, but for some unknown reason, she defected from the sect.

When she reappeared in everyone’s sight later, she had already formed a False Core and killed a False Core True Person from the Illusionary Sound Sect.

However, what truly caught Lu Changsheng’s attention wasn’t the female cultivator named Hua Ziyi.

It was a body cultivator who was with her.

There were no detailed records of this body cultivator’s identity.

It only stated that Hua Ziyi was able to kill a False Core True Person from the Illusionary Sound Sect and escape unscathed back then because of this Core Formation body cultivator.

“Body cultivation and媚术 (charm techniques), isn’t that a perfect match?”

Lu Changsheng thought of his Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet.

As long as he acted together with the Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet, he believed no one would suspect him.

As for why these two would appear in the Qingyun territory, and why they killed Jin Zan and the Jin family ancestor, did that matter?

They were evil cultivators, it was perfectly normal for them to kill a False Core True Person when they were in a bad mood, right?

“But it might not be easy to wait for the two of them to go out.”

Lu Changsheng thought of another problem.

Waiting for someone is also a skill, requiring great patience.

Previously, Xu Ge waited outside Bihu Mountain for several months just to ambush him.

Lu Changsheng had never done such hard work.

“Forget it, as long as the Jin family makes a move, they will naturally go out.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t dwell on it too much.

Now that Jin Zan had broken through to False Core, as long as his realm stabilized, he would definitely make a big move.

At that time, he wouldn’t lack opportunities.

A month later, Lu Changsheng received an invitation.

In half a year, Jin Zan, the Grand Elder of Jinlong Ridge, would hold a Core Formation ceremony, inviting surrounding families and forces to attend the ceremony.

“Tsk tsk tsk, Core Formation ceremony.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the invitation and sighed with admiration.

Although in the eyes of high-level cultivators, a False Core True Person is not considered a true Core Formation True Person at all.

But for these surrounding families and forces, False Core was already an existence they needed to look up to.

Once the news of this ceremony spread, it was estimated that the surrounding families and forces would be trembling with fear.

“Sister Miaoge, we’ll go together then.”

Lu Changsheng told his wife, Lu Miaoge, about this matter.

He planned to attend this Core Formation ceremony with Lu Miaoge to see the Jin family’s attitude.

And also to see if there was an opportunity to kill Jin Zan, or even the Jin family ancestor.

“Okay.”

Lu Miaoge, holding their son Lu Qingxuan, responded softly.

Although this son was young, his personality was very similar to their daughter Lu Qingzhu when she was young, very quiet.

Their daughter Lu Qingqi, on the other hand, was much more mischievous, like Lu Qingshan.

A few days later.

Lu Yuanzhong, Bai Yunyang, as well as the ancestors of families like the Tiemulin Mo family and the Xishui Ning family, came to Bihu Mountain one after another to ask Lu Changsheng for his opinion on the Jin family’s Core Formation ceremony.

The few families were in a cooperative alliance.

Although the incident at Baihu Mountain had passed for more than ten years.

They all knew that now that Jin Zan had broken through to False Core, he would definitely start expanding outwards, and there was a high probability that he would target Baihu Mountain.

If Jinlong Ridge took down Baihu Mountain, the Tiemulin and Xishui Ning families would definitely be worried.

“No need to worry, my wife Lu Miaoge and I have both broken through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and relying on our dual cultivation technique, even when facing a False Core True Person, we have the strength to fight.”

Lu Changsheng, dressed in a green robe, with a gentle and jade-like face, said unhurriedly.

“Hiss!”

“Hiss!”

“Hiss!”

The family ancestors in the hall were all shocked and gasped sharply when they heard this.

Although they had already speculated this when Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge defeated Jin Zan back then.

But hearing Lu Changsheng say it himself still sent a chill down their spines.

After all, they had the strength to fight a False Core at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

What if they both broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment?

Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge, at their age, breaking through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, had a high probability of breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment in the future.

For a moment, everyone looked at Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge with a hint of awe in their eyes.

After the few families finished their discussion, they took their leave one after another.

Lu Yuanzhong did not go back directly and discussed a matter with Lu Changsheng.

Now that the third Foundation Establishment cultivator in Qingzhu Mountain had broken through, it just hadn’t been disclosed to the public.

So Lu Yuanzhong had the idea of planning for a second spiritual land.

However, his idea was inclined towards having Lu Chenghua take a branch to a remote area, find an ownerless spiritual land, and start developing from scratch.

Because there were only a few ways to obtain a spiritual land.

Either develop it yourself, buy it, or seize it.

Buying was definitely unaffordable.

As for seizing, Qingzhu Mountain’s current strength was indeed feasible.

But Qingzhu Mountain and Bihu Mountain were too closely connected, practically one and the same.

Once Qingzhu Mountain made any big moves, it would inevitably affect Bihu Mountain, making people suspect it was related to Bihu Mountain.

And Bihu Mountain was already in the spotlight, being watched by many forces.

Now, if Qingzhu Mountain did this kind of thing again, it would easily cause trouble for both families.

“Developing…”

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes when he heard this.

He had researched spiritual lands in his early years.

He knew that for most families, developing was the only option.

“Uncle, Chenghua has only recently broken through to Foundation Establishment, you don’t need to be anxious about this matter.”

“You can wait until he cultivates to the third layer of Foundation Establishment, or the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, before considering this aspect.”

Lu Changsheng said so.

Developing is not simple, even Foundation Establishment cultivators can face danger.

“I just had this idea and wanted to ask for your suggestion.”

Lu Yuanzhong said this.

In fact, he had another reason that he didn’t state.

His family was now too closely tied to Bihu Mountain.

If something happened to Bihu Mountain one day, Qingzhu Mountain would also inevitably face the crisis of extinction.

If Lu Chenghua went to a remote area to develop and establish a branch family, in the future, when encountering such a situation, they could still preserve a part of their bloodline and legacy.

However, he naturally wouldn’t say such words, just preparing for the worst-case scenario.

“I don’t know much about this aspect, Uncle, you can make the decision among yourselves.”

Lu Changsheng said softly, not wanting to interfere too much with Qingzhu Mountain’s affairs.

Three months later.

Yun Wanshang sent another message, asking Lu Changsheng to help her cultivate.

Lu Changsheng immediately submerged all the Origin Cores he had cultivated into his Dan Lake.

As long as Yun Wanshang didn’t use her spiritual sense to check his Qi Sea and Dan Tian, she wouldn’t notice these Origin Cores.

During this cultivation session, Lu Changsheng asked Yun Wanshang how long the cultivation would roughly take.

Yun Wanshang said it would still be three months.

After this session, there should be one more session before it ends.

“So fast?”

Lu Changsheng was surprised.

Although his Yin and Yang Qi had the effect of warming and nourishing the Golden Core, the effect was very weak.

To advance a True Core to a Golden Core, or a third-grade Golden Core to a second-grade Golden Core, required continuous grinding.

However, he instantly understood the reason.

Based on his understanding of the Spiritual Phoenix Marrow Body from the Soul Dao dream realm, this spiritual body could warm and strengthen the spiritual energy through dual cultivation.

Although his Yin and Yang Qi were not spiritual energy, the two were closely related, and he thought they could be warmed and strengthened within her body to nourish the Golden Core.

It was estimated that during the past half a year, the other party was not only giving him a rest but also settling herself.

After understanding this principle, Lu Changsheng was also somewhat happy.

He was truly afraid that Yun Wanshang would drag him along to cultivate for three to five years, then his ’little brother’ would truly be numb from cultivation.

However, this time he cultivated for two months, but Lu Changsheng had to return early because of the Jin family’s Core Formation celebration, so he didn’t complete the three months.

Regarding this, Yun Wanshang didn’t say anything, just calmly and clearly uttered a single word, ‘Permissible,’ and then left in a streak of light.

“Let’s go, Sister Miaoge.”

After returning to Bihu Mountain, when the day of the Jin family’s Core Formation ceremony arrived, Lu Changsheng and his wife Lu Miaoge set off for Jinlong Ridge to attend Jin Zan’s Core Formation ceremony.