Chapter 389: The last time of practicing, he killed the ancestor of the Jin family!
In the cold and quiet underground rock cave.
After a year, Yun Wanshang sent a message again, asking Lu Changsheng for help with cultivation.
This was their last cultivation session together.
But the process was no different from the previous times.
As soon as Lu Changsheng arrived, he entered the familiar state of being unable to see or move.
Then, a fragrant, sweet pill with a seductive aroma was fed into his mouth.
After his blood was boiling, the soft, graceful jade body straddled him.
“Buzz!”
Lu Changsheng honestly circulated the Sun Moon Reincarnation Art.
However, as the cultivation technique circulated, a blazing sun appeared between his eyebrows, and during the process of yin and yang fusion with Yun Wanshang, the restraining force on his body began to slowly dissipate.
“Hmm?”
Lu Changsheng was slightly stunned, a little surprised.
What was happening?
Why was the restraint on his body being lifted?
Could it be that this True Person was hinting for him to take the initiative?
However, he immediately realized that this was the effect brought about by the Sun Moon Reincarnation Art.
Because his Sun Moon Reincarnation Art had reached minor completion, the dual cultivation effect was also more harmonious.
Therefore, during this process, when the other party’s primordial yin magic power fused with his own, it eliminated some of the restraining force on his body.
“The Sun Moon Reincarnation Art has such an effect.”
Lu Changsheng was a little surprised.
However, after being unable to move for so long, now that he could suddenly move, Lu Changsheng felt a little uncomfortable, unsure of what to do.
A moment later, his mind stirred slightly, and he tentatively reached out to embrace the waist of the exquisite jade body on top of him.
Instantly, Lu Changsheng felt the body of this True Person Caiyun tense up and stiffen for a moment.
However, the other party did not speak, and still continued to straddle him, letting him do as he pleased.
Seeing that the other party did not seem to resist, Lu Changsheng gradually became bolder.
Several days later.
In another secret chamber of the rock cave.
A spiritual pool formed by a spiritual spring eye, with spiritual energy and water vapor steaming and permeating, made the desolate and cold room seem to be filled with immortal energy.
Yun Wanshang, with her hair like a waterfall, exquisitely flawless, and her body like a floating immortal, was immersed in the spiritual spring, with only her snow-white fragrant shoulders exposed above the water.
She quietly looked at the golden core in her sea of qi and dantian, which was radiating a brilliant glow.
On the surface of the golden core, there were streaks of mysterious glazed golden cloud patterns.
A black and white yin-yang fish slowly swam around the golden core, as if meticulously carving this golden core.
“After these days of dual cultivation are completed, I can attempt to break through to the Indestructible Golden Core during this retreat.”
Yun Wanshang thought silently in her heart.
A first-grade golden core is also called the Indestructible Golden Core!
In any force, it is considered a Nascent Soul seed!
It is rumored that even those with low-grade spiritual roots, as long as they attain the Indestructible Golden Core, have a good chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future!
Because the Dao Foundation, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul are all symbols of a cultivator’s foundation and potential!
By looking at a person’s Dao Foundation, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, one can know their strength, foundation, and future potential!
And the Indestructible Golden Core is the highest achievement in the Golden Core stage!
However, thinking of Lu Changsheng’s Sun Moon Reincarnation Art reaching minor completion, he had become increasingly bold these past few days.
“Forget it.”
Yun Wanshang shook her head, not paying too much attention.
After being restrained and unable to move for such a long time, and now that it was the last time, she might as well let him be a bit presumptuous.
Anyway, no matter what the other party did, he couldn’t resist her.
“Lu Changsheng! Don’t push your luck!”
“Lu Changsheng! You’re too presumptuous!”
Because this was the last time, the two of them dual cultivated for a full half a year this trip.
During this process, Lu Changsheng constantly tested the bottom line of this master.
Although he couldn’t turn the tables.
But at least it wasn’t as boring as before, being completely passive throughout, there was a little interaction.
Through the interaction where they knew each other well, Lu Changsheng also gained a little more understanding of this True Person Caiyun.
The other party’s image constantly overlapped with the image in the soul path dream.
“If this continues, will I be able to hear her say, ‘Lu Changsheng! Are you very proud!’”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
However, with the end of his cultivation with this True Person Caiyun, he could also rest assured in picking the Heavenly Origin Treasure King Lotus, solving the spiritual vein issue at home, and calmly preparing for forming his core!
At this moment, Lu Changsheng saw True Person Caiyun, fully dressed, walking towards him.
She wore a colorful and noble palace dress, her hair was coiled up, her appearance was like a heavenly maiden descended to the mortal world, unparalleled in beauty and grace, elegant and magnificent.
However, at this moment, on her noble, sacred, and cold face like an immortal, there was vaguely a hint of a captivating charm that was hard to describe.
“Senior.”
Lu Changsheng cupped his hands and bowed.
Although their relationship had long been intimate.
But he still maintained a certain distance and the necessary respect.
Mainly because this True Person Caiyun’s personality was relatively serious and not easy to joke with.
“Regarding the matter of cultivation, I owe you a favor. If you encounter trouble, you can send me a message at any time.”
“If you need help forming your core in the future, you can also find me.”
Yun Wanshang said calmly, her expression cold and indifferent.
Although Lu Changsheng’s yin and yang qi originated from her own spiritual qi, and both benefited from the dual cultivation process.
But she wouldn’t take it for granted and feel no debt at all.
“Thank you, Senior!”
Lu Changsheng cupped his hands and bowed.
The reason why he didn’t feel disgusted or repulsed from the bottom of his heart after being ridden by the other party for so long was that the other party’s attitude was not bad.
She wasn’t arrogant or overbearing.
“Mm.”
Yun Wanshang looked deeply at Lu Changsheng, said nothing more, and turned into a divine rainbow, leaving.
Through so long of dual cultivation, she had long realized that Lu Changsheng had concealed his cultivation through some means.
It was impossible for him to be only at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.
Most likely, he had already broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
However, she did not ask much about this.
In the world of cultivation, besides a very few top geniuses, who among those who rise doesn’t have some opportunities and secrets?
For a cultivator from a small family like Lu Changsheng, reaching this point in just a few decades meant his opportunities and secrets were even more extraordinary.
Therefore, if the other party needed it, she didn’t mind protecting his growth and helping him a little on his cultivation path, just to form a good connection.
Moreover, if she truly reached the step of attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future, she might still need to rely on Lu Changsheng for cultivation.
Lu Changsheng watched Yun Wanshang leave, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and also turned into a ray of light, leaving and heading back towards Bihu Mountain.
As soon as True Person Caiyun returned to Caiyun Peak, she saw her disciple Xiao Xiyue returning.
She knew without thinking that Xiao Xiyue had most likely gone to Bihu Mountain.
Thinking that Lu Changsheng had been with her for the past half year, Yun Wanshang felt inexplicably guilty.
“Alas, fate plays tricks on people…”
Yun Wanshang looked at Xiao Xiyue’s lonely and cold figure, like the bright moon in the nine heavens, and sighed slightly.
There was a time when this disciple of hers was lively and bright.
But for the sake of the Great Dao, she cultivated the Grand Supreme Forgetfulness Art, turning into this appearance.
It would be fine if she became like this for the sake of the Great Dao.
But now she was still deeply trapped in a love tribulation, her Dao heart was no longer firm, and her future was uncertain.
“Master.”
Xiao Xiyue noticed her master on the mountain peak looking at her, stepped forward, cupped her hands, and bowed.
Although her master had agreed to her cultivation with Lu Changsheng.
But she knew in her heart that her master hoped that through the Sun Moon Reincarnation Art, she could see through the mortal world and understand her Dao heart.
Moreover, the fact that she still went to Bihu Mountain indicated that she hadn’t overcome it.
“Xiyue, the realm of the Grand Supreme is to experience the Heavenly Heart, to be impartial, without joy or anger. Your master still hopes that you can overcome this.”
Yun Wanshang looked at the disciple in front of her and said softly.
Xiao Xiyue’s heart for seeking the Dao was very firm.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken her as a disciple back then.
“Master, this disciple understands.”
Xiao Xiyue naturally knew what her master’s words meant.
She pursed her red lips lightly, suddenly looked up, her eyes as clear and bright as the moon in the sky, now like a clear spring stream in a rugged mountain, and said in a low voice: “Master, the Heavenly Dao is ever-changing, whether it is emotionless or emotional, can it all be the Dao?”
Yun Wanshang paused upon hearing this, looked at the disciple in front of her, and sighed: “The Heavenly Dao is ever-changing, whether it is emotional or emotionless, who can know? The Grand Supreme Forgetfulness Art you cultivate, the Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial, you are destined not to walk this path.”
“When you cultivate on a daily basis, think more about what you need, what is the Dao in your heart…”
Yun Wanshang said softly.
After speaking, she disappeared and entered her own palace.
In any case, she still hoped that her disciple could overcome the obstacle to her Dao heart.
“Grand Supreme Forgetfulness is not emotionless, but the Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial…”
“But if the Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial, why do some people seem to be favored by heaven and earth, having a smooth journey in cultivation with continuous fortuitous encounters, while others show signs of premature death, can only become bandits, or even face unexpected disasters…”
Xiao Xiyue murmured to herself in her heart.
The discussion about yin and yang, emotion and emotionlessness, that Lu Changsheng had with her back then had a great impact on her.
She knew that it was almost impossible for her to overcome the love tribulation.
So she wanted to forge her own path based on the Grand Supreme Forgetfulness Art, as Lu Changsheng had suggested.
Bihu Mountain.
Lu Family Mansion.
“Xiao He, how many spirit stones have you saved?”
Lu Wangshu saw her younger sister Lu Linghe seriously counting spirit stones.
“Ah, I forgot, I haven’t finished counting.”
Lu Linghe, wearing a red padded jacket and with two buns in her hair, her cute little face stunned, said.
“Hmm.”
Lu Wangshu’s eyes curved into a smile, and she took out ten spirit stones from her storage bag with a smile, handing them to Lu Linghe, saying: “Xiao He, I have a few spirit stones here, they’re for you.”
“Ah?”
Lu Linghe was stunned, wasn’t her sister always tricking her out of spirit stones? Why was she giving her spirit stones today?
She tilted her head, and said in a clear voice: “Sister, don’t you need spirit stones?”
“Isn’t it right for a sister to give her younger sister pocket money?”
Lu Wangshu affectionately stroked her sister’s little head.
“But if you give them to me, you won’t have any, Sister.”
Lu Linghe said with a clear, naive look on her little face.
“Are you worried about your sister? Oh dear, how about this, I’ll put my spirit stones with you, and we’ll spend the money together.”
“I’ll take you to the market in a few days, will you go?”
Lu Wangshu smiled brightly, like a spring breeze, and hugged her sister intimately as she spoke.
“Thank you, Sister.”
Lu Linghe readily agreed, and then put the ten spirit stones into her storage bag, which was shaped like a sachet.
Not far away, Lu Lingxiao saw Lu Wangshu talking to his sister and immediately came over.
Seeing his sister who had been tricked but didn’t even know it, he immediately said angrily: “Lu Wangshu, you’re tricking Xiao He out of spirit stones again!”
“Lu Lingxiao, how are you talking to your sister? Xiao He and I have deep sisterly affection. You should learn more from Xiao He and be more respectful to your sister.”
Lu Wangshu crossed her arms, glanced at her younger brother, and said.
“Sister, brother, don’t quarrel.”
Lu Linghe saw that her brother and sister were about to quarrel again and quickly said.
If they started arguing, her brother would be beaten by her sister again.
“What’s going on?”
At this moment, Lu Changsheng had just returned home and heard the commotion here, so he came over to inquire.
“It’s nothing, I was just playing around with Lingxiao and Xiao He.”
Lu Wangshu said somewhat guiltily.
“Hmph.”
Lu Lingxiao snorted coldly at Lu Wangshu and said: “Dad, we’re fine.”
Although he was often bullied by Lu Wangshu, he never complained.
He vowed that one day he would rely on his own strength to suppress Lu Wangshu.
“Come on, Xiao He, tell Dad what happened.”
Lu Changsheng naturally knew that his daughter Lu Wangshu and Lu Lingxiao didn’t get along.
Or rather, Lu Wangshu usually liked to tease her siblings.
Xiao He explained the situation, and Lu Changsheng listened, looking at his daughter somewhat speechless.
He thought to himself that the other party was truly bored, constantly coming up with ways to con a few pocket money from Xiao He.
However, facing Lu Wangshu’s tactics, his daughter Lu Linghe never learned her lesson and always trusted Lu Wangshu, which left Lu Changsheng completely puzzled.
“Alright, alright, Wangshu, you’re such a grown-up now. In the future, tease Xiao He and Lingxiao less.”
Lu Changsheng said to his daughter, Lu Wangshu.
As a second-tier talisman master, this daughter certainly wasn’t short on money on a daily basis; she didn’t need to swindle a few spirit stones from Lu Linghe.
She was purely bored and sought amusement through her younger siblings.
However, in Emerald Lake Mountain, Lu Wangshu often only played around with Lu Lingxiao and Lu Linghe.
Now, there were also Lu Qingqi and Lu Qingxuan.
“Got it.”
Lu Wangshu pouted and said.
Afterward, Lu Changsheng inquired about the cultivation progress of his three children.
Lu Wangshu, for instance, had already reached the peak of Qi Refinement Level Nine and could break through to Foundation Establishment.
However, Lu Changsheng still had her continue to accumulate.
Because with the cultivation method “Nine-Nine Profound Talisman Scripture,” when breaking through to Foundation Establishment, one could condense the comprehended spirit patterns and talisman patterns into the Dao Foundation.
This not only enhanced the foundation’s depth but also allowed for the condensation of a natal divine talisman, the execution of techniques like void drawing talismans, and so on, with power far exceeding that of ordinary people.
For example, the same talismans and talisman arrays would have normal power in the hands of ordinary people.
But in Lu Wangshu’s hands, their effectiveness and power would be three to four tenths higher, or even double.
This increase could be said to be extremely exaggerated!
When Lu Wangshu’s talisman array was unleashed, it would be a true killing blow.
His son, Lu Lingxiao, was at Qi Refinement Level Six, but could break through to Qi Refinement Level Seven at any time.
According to Honglian, Lu Lingxiao’s realm didn’t need to break through so quickly.
Breaking through slowly over time, like grinding water, allowed for more accumulation and a more solid foundation.
Moreover, if one’s cultivation realm progressed too quickly in the early stages, lacking tempering of character, it would be easy to lose mental balance when encountering a bottleneck later on.
Many geniuses sailed smoothly in the early stages, cultivating as easily as eating and drinking, which led to them becoming disheartened and unable to recover when they encountered a bottleneck later.
As for his daughter, Lu Linghe, she was much worse off, only at Qi Refinement Level Four.
On one hand, Lu Linghe started cultivating late.
On the other hand, this daughter was more playful and had some interest in everything, but as a result, she learned slowly.
After caring for his children’s situation, Lu Changsheng asked his wife, Lu Miaoyun, if anything had happened at home in the past six months.
A moment later, he heard a piece of news: some time ago, the Jin family patriarch led people to Hu Family Ridge.
“Hu Family Ridge?”
Lu Changsheng knew this family force; they were an old established large family.
Although they didn’t have a Pseudo-Core True Person holding the fort.
But the family openly had five Foundation Establishment cultivators, and their patriarch was a Great Cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Through simple questioning, Lu Changsheng learned that the Jin family’s trip was not to seize Hu Family Ridge.
Instead, it was due to a conflict between the two families, and they had come to demand an explanation.
However, Lu Changsheng guessed that the Jin family patriarch’s trip also likely had the intention of asserting dominance.
“Before, Jin Zuan fought with me, besides probing, it was also using this opportunity to assert dominance.”
“As a result, not only did he fail to establish dominance, but it also caused the family to lose a great deal of face, so they naturally had to recover face through other means.”
“This Hu Family Ridge, as an old Foundation Establishment family, is not far from the Jin family, and the two families have always been at odds. Now, the Jin family is making a move against Hu Family Ridge to assert dominance, which makes sense.”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to himself.
In the world of cultivation, family forces place great importance on face.
Just like when the Xu family’s second ancestor was killed, the Xu family patriarch, unable to find the culprit, went directly to the Five Elements Wang family to assert dominance and deter other forces.
Because if such a thing happened and they did nothing, the outside world would think their family force was weak and easily bullied.
If this continued, the family’s businesses, market businesses, vassal families, and even family guest elders and retainers would all be affected.
“This is an opportunity.”
Lu Changsheng’s heart stirred.
He had always wanted to ambush the Jin family patriarch or Jin Zuan.
To prevent the Jin family from causing trouble when he broke through to Core Formation.
Now that the Jin family patriarch had left the family and was at Hu Family Ridge, it was a good opportunity for him to make a move!
As long as the Jin family patriarch was killed, Golden Dragon Ridge would return to the previous stalemate and develop steadily.
Lu Changsheng needed this kind of situation!
Moreover, after resolving the Jin family’s issues, he could completely leave with peace of mind, head to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range to intercept the spirit vein origin, and thus attempt to break through to Core Formation!
Immediately, Lu Changsheng, disguised, secretly left Emerald Lake Mountain and headed for Hu Family Ridge.
Hu Family Ridge.
The original name of this mountain ridge was already unknown.
After the Hu family took up residence, it gradually became known as Hu Family Ridge.
At this moment.
“Boom boom boom!”
The Hu family’s great formation was operating, and the entire family’s spiritual land was enveloped in a crimson glow, as if a giant crimson python was coiled there.
The Jin family patriarch and two Foundation Establishment cultivators, along with more than twenty late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators, formed a formation and launched an attack on Hu Family Ridge.
Streams of spells bombarded the great formation of Hu Family Ridge, making rumbling sounds and causing the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy to become chaotic.
Facing such an offensive, Hu Family Ridge merely defended continuously, with no one coming out.
If someone had cultivated pupil techniques and observed carefully, they could see through the hazy mist of the Hu family’s great formation that above a mountain peak, heaven and earth spiritual energy was gathering, forming a small spiritual energy vortex.
This indicated that someone in Hu Family Ridge was currently breaking through to Foundation Establishment and had reached the final critical moment of the breakthrough.
“Damn it, the Jin family is so overbearing. Not long ago, Lu Changsheng’s son from Emerald Lake Mountain broke through to Foundation Establishment, and their Jin family didn’t make a move!”
“Now that my Hu family’s son is breaking through to Foundation Establishment, they are doing such a thing!”
A Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Hu family looked at the Jin family cultivators outside and said with a face full of frustration.
To think that their Hu Family Ridge, as an old family with hundreds of years of inheritance.
Even when facing the Jin family in the past, though they were not their match, they were not afraid at all.
But now they were being bullied like this by the Jin family, it was truly incredibly stifling.
Especially the Jin family’s actions, which made it seem like their Hu family was easy to bully, even worse than the Emerald Lake Mountain Lu family, which had only risen for a few decades!
“That old ghost Jin is so blatant in coming to my Hu Family Ridge, isn’t he afraid that his own Golden Dragon Ridge will be targeted?”
“Prepare the great formation. After Feiguang finishes his breakthrough, we will teach that old ghost Jin a lesson!”
The two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Hu family said angrily, preparing to make the Jin family patriarch pay the price after the family member’s breakthrough was complete, letting him know that their Hu family was not so easy to bully.
“Hmm?”
Just then, they suddenly looked up and saw two figures, one male and one female, appear.
The man appeared to be in his thirties or forties, tall and burly, two or three heads taller than ordinary people, with a leopard’s head, round eyes, and a full beard, like a black iron tower, giving people a sense of oppressive power.
The woman appeared to be seventeen or eighteen, with a delicate and pure face, looking like a pretty and pitiful girl from a small family, but she gave off a feeling of seductive charm all over.
This young girl stood beside the burly man with a lowered gaze, appearing docile and lovely, creating a sharp contrast between their figures and appearances.
“Who is this person? A helper for the Jin family?”
“No, this woman is Hua Ziyi, a wanted evil cultivator and a traitor from the Illusionary Sound Gate!”
“What, an evil cultivator!?”
Someone from the Hu family recognized the delicate young girl among the man and woman.
“Old thing, what are you looking at?”
At this moment, the burly man saw the Jin family patriarch and others looking at him and let out a cold shout.
As he spoke, a third-tier physical body aura, like that of a demonic beast, permeated from him, accompanied by rolling black demonic energy.
“Demonic cultivator!?”
The cultivators from both the Jin and Hu families were suddenly startled at this scene.
“Fellow Daoist!?”
The Jin family patriarch was greatly alarmed and quickly shouted out, activating his magic treasure.
However, at this instant, a Core Formation level divine sense pressed down on him, like a silver needle piercing towards his mind.
But his sea of consciousness had a small purple bell, which gently swayed, protecting his sea of consciousness.
However, in this flash of lightning, another alluring fragrance surged into his nose and mouth, making his consciousness hazy and the scene before his eyes change.
“Ring ring ring–”
Immediately, the small purple bell in the Jin family patriarch’s sea of consciousness shook continuously, making him alert and aware that this was a charm illusion.
But the difference in their divine senses was too great!
Even though he had this divine sense treasure, he was still dizzy and managed to struggle out with difficulty.
However, before he could fully emerge from the charm illusion, a man with a figure like a black iron tower, rolling black demonic energy, exuding terrifying physical body aura like a demonic beast, appeared before him.
“Boom!”
He threw a punch, fierce and overbearing, directly causing the Jin family patriarch’s body to explode into flesh and blood, dripping with blood.
Silence!
Silence!
A deathly silence!
Everyone stared with wide eyes at the Jin family patriarch, who was torn apart and enveloped in a bloody mist, their expressions utterly shocked.
No one had expected that two cultivators would suddenly appear and then kill the Jin family patriarch with a single punch!
One must know, this was a Pseudo-Core patriarch, a high and mighty Pseudo-Core True Person!
But now, he was killed with a single punch.
This, this, this…
“Patriarch!”
“Why… why did you kill our patriarch!”
Some of the Jin family cultivators nearby had pale faces and trembled, not daring to speak.
But some also cried out in sorrow, their voices trembling and shaking as they spoke to the burly man.
“His gaze made this lord uncomfortable.”
The burly man’s voice was rough and overbearing, and he sneered.
“Hehehe, daring to look at this servant girl more, isn’t he seeking death?”
The young girl with a delicate face beside him giggled, her voice charming and seductive.
As she spoke, she collected the Jin family patriarch’s storage ring, magic treasure, and Core.
“Hehe, if you want to live, hand over all your storage bags.”
The young girl looked at the Jin family crowd before her and said, her voice sweet and soul-stirring.
But this soul-stirring, tempting voice and words made all the Jin family cultivators shudder, not daring to say anything more, and could only obediently hand over their storage bags.
“Hmm? Didn’t this lord resolve your crisis? Since that’s the case, it’s not unreasonable for you to give this lord some reward, right?”
At this moment, the burly man suddenly turned his head to look at the cultivators in Hu Family Ridge and said with a sinister grin.
“Senior, please wait a moment, we will prepare it for you immediately!”
The Hu family’s Foundation Establishment cultivator heard this, his legs went weak, and he said somewhat tremblingly.
Then he immediately rushed to the family’s treasure vault to retrieve spirit stones and various heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Although they were protected by the family’s great formation and could resist a Core Formation cultivator for a long time.
But the might of the burly man’s punch that killed the Jin family patriarch was too shocking, too terrifying, it truly made them afraid and they didn’t dare to gamble.
Moreover, through the burly man’s actions, he also guessed this person’s identity.
A Core Formation body cultivator who was with Hua Ziyi, the traitor of the Illusionary Sound Gate!
A moment later, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Hu family returned and handed out several storage bags through the family’s great formation.
“Senior, this is all the resources in our family’s treasure vault…”
He said with a fawning expression and a slightly trembling voice.
After the burly man took the storage bags, he didn’t speak, and within a few breaths, he disappeared without a trace.