Chapter 483: Xiaochan, help me find someone! His name is Lu Quanzhen.
“Hiss—” As soon as the malevolent energy entered his body, Lu Quanzhen’s face contorted in pain.
Blood spots oozed from the pores all over his body, which was covered in mysterious flowing runes.
This demonic energy, ghostly energy, and blood fiend energy were violent and chaotic, bone-chillingly cold, and incredibly ferocious, completely incomparable to the poisonous miasma of the Black Mist Swamp from back then.
The moment they entered his body, they began to wildly erode and destroy his meridians and flesh, like being slowly sliced by knives and saws, causing unbearable pain.
“Kunpeng Devours the Heavens!” Lu Quanzhen’s face was ferocious and twisted. The Kunpeng phantom behind him roared and howled, emitting a dark, bloody light, like a black hole, swallowing the rolling demonic energy, ghostly energy, and blood fiend energy, refining them into the energy needed for the Kunpeng Demonic Art.
“Boom boom boom—” Rumbles echoed within Lu Quanzhen’s body. Intersecting blood-colored patterns spread across his skin, releasing terrifying blood light, intertwining and flowing with the mysterious runes, looking strange and dazzling.
He gritted his teeth tightly and began to circulate the “Yin-Yang Five Elements Kunpeng Art”.
This cultivation method is divided into upper and lower parts, and both need to be cultivated together to maximize their power.
Furthermore, if one only cultivates the Kunpeng Devours the Heavens Demonic Art without cultivating the Yin-Yang Five Elements Kunpeng Art, it is very easy to suffer qi deviation, even affecting one’s mind and incurring divine punishment.
“Buzz buzz buzz—” As the two cultivation methods circulated simultaneously, streams of five-colored small fish swam out from his Qi Sea Dantian, flowing around his body, forming a balance with the Kunpeng demonic shadow that emitted a dark, bloody light.
However, during this process, Lu Quanzhen realized something was wrong.
At this point, the preliminary fusion of the two cultivation methods would affect the efficiency of the “Kunpeng Devours the Heavens Demonic Art”, preventing its maximum effect.
“There’s no time at all now for me to merge the two cultivation methods into one.”
“Moreover, this place is all demonic energy, ghostly energy, and blood fiend energy, making it difficult to maintain balance.”
Lu Quanzhen’s body was covered in strange patterns, emitting a dark, bloody light.
Originally, cultivating the Kunpeng Devours the Heavens Demonic Art was extremely dangerous and required finding a quiet place for secluded cultivation.
But now he was facing a deadly predicament and had no choice at all.
“There’s no time to hesitate. If I can’t escape from here before the Ghost Demon True Person becomes alert, there’s only a dead end!”
He made a decisive decision, abandoned the Yin-Yang Five Elements Kunpeng Art, and fully circulated the Kunpeng Devours the Heavens Demonic Art.
“Boom boom boom—” The five-colored small fish dissipated. The Kunpeng phantom opened its abyssal maw, roaring and howling. Countless demonic energy, ghostly energy, and blood fiend energy flowed into the black hole-like Kunpeng’s giant mouth, as if forging an abyssal black hole, making the dark, bloody light grow increasingly dense.
“Ugh—” Lu Quanzhen’s face was ferocious and in pain, cold sweat streamed down, and blood oozed from his body covered in strange patterns. The entire person was terrifying.
Although this process was unbearable, he could clearly feel his cultivation level rapidly increasing, about to break through to Foundation Establishment Layer Six.
Although this advancement might lead to an unstable realm and shaky foundation.
But he deeply realized the terror of this cultivation method.
As long as he went all out, he would definitely advance a thousand miles in a day!
“No wonder Uncle told me not to cultivate this method unless I broke through to Core Formation.”
“Once this cultivation method is practiced, it’s equivalent to walking a path of no return.”
Before, Lu Quanzhen still thought he could maintain his original intention and wouldn’t be lost by power.
But now…
“Cultivation is cultivating the heart. Only power is eternal. Invincible power will naturally nourish an invincible heart!”
“What I need now is to improve in the shortest time possible! Only then can I seize a glimmer of hope!”
Lu Quanzhen’s cold eyes shone with dark, bloody light, his expression firm.
At this moment, foundation, side effects, losing oneself, all were cast aside.
Because only by living could he consider other things!
The Nine Heavens Astral Wind Layer.
A golden rainbow light tore through the endless astral winds.
Knowing that Nangong Mili had returned, Lu Changsheng didn’t delay outside with his daughter Nangong Yaoyao for too long.
After playing for a few days on the way back, seeing his daughter eager to return, he rushed back to Immortal Spider Market Town with all his might.
“Buzz—” Just then, a surge of spiritual power suddenly came out of nowhere, causing Lu Changsheng to pause slightly.
“Hmm, who broke through again?”
Lu Changsheng could sense that this should be one of his children breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
But he remembered that none of his Foundation Establishment children at home should meet the requirements for breaking through this realm.
He silently thought to himself, opened the system, and glanced at it.
[Name: Lu Quanzhen] [Lifespan: 60/169] [Talent: Fourth-Grade Spiritual Root] [Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Layer Six] [Ability: Combat Compatibility (69%)]
“Hmm, Quanzhen broke through to Foundation Establishment Layer Six?”
Lu Changsheng was a little surprised.
He remembered that his son Lu Quanzhen only broke through to Foundation Establishment Layer Five two years ago.
Now, in two years, he went from Layer Five to Layer Six!?
This speed was truly astonishing.
However, he also noticed that his son’s lifespan was much shorter than before.
As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, having a lifespan of only one hundred and sixty-nine years was definitely short-lived!
“What has Quanzhen been doing these past few years?”
Lu Changsheng frowned.
Although many cultivators in the cultivation world would use life-burning secret techniques when encountering dangerous situations.
But this thing couldn’t be used often.
Using it too much would not only shorten one’s lifespan but also affect the foundation, causing difficult-to-resolve sequelae.
Thinking that his son was likely still in Jin State, he planned to have Meng Xiaochuan investigate later to see if she could find Lu Quanzhen.
Otherwise, he was truly a little worried about his son’s situation.
“Daddy, what’s wrong? Is something the matter?”
Nangong Yaoyao, who was beside him, was very good at reading expressions. Noticing her old father frowning, she immediately asked with a sweet and concerned look.
“Haha, it’s nothing.”
Lu Changsheng smiled and said.
Green Lake Mountain.
“Hmm, why is it so lively outside?”
On Green Cloud Peak, in a courtyard, Yu Fei, who had a big belly, heard the commotion outside and was a little curious and surprised.
After a moment, she learned that it was the son of Old Ancestor Lu, Lu Xingchen, who was getting married to a woman.
“Sister Yu Fei, there’s a happy occasion at home today. Do you want to go and see?”
At this moment, Lu Miaoyun and ‘Lu Changsheng’ walked over and said to Yu Fei, who had a big belly.
“Thank you, Sister Lu. My body is not feeling well, so I won’t join the fun.”
Yu Fei gently stroked her ten-month pregnant belly and shook her head.
Although she was much older than Lu Miaoyun.
But having married Lu Changsheng as a concubine, she naturally had to call Lu Miaoyun ‘Sister’.
“Fei’er, you rest well. Your husband will come to accompany you later.”
At this moment, ‘Lu Changsheng’ beside her smiled and nodded, speaking softly, and then came to Green Cloud Mountain Villa with Lu Miaoyun.
At this time, Green Cloud Mountain Villa was decorated with lanterns and streamers, full of festive cheer.
“Xingchen, congratulations.”
“Congratulations, congratulations.”
“Brother, happy wedding.”
Lu Xingchen was exceptionally talented, had a gentle personality, and was also a physician and alchemist, so he had excellent popularity.
Of course, Lu Xingchen was also the first among the Lu family disciples to get married early after breaking through Foundation Establishment, so the Lu family attached relatively more importance to this marriage.
“Greetings, Father, Auntie!”
“Greetings, Mountain Lord, greetings, Lady!”
“Greetings, Old Ancestor Lu, Lady Lu.”
Seeing ‘Lu Changsheng’ and Lu Miaoyun arrive, all the Lu family disciples and guests immediately bowed respectfully.
“No need for formalities.”
Although Lu Miaoyun looked young, like a maiden of sixteen, she was dignified and generous, possessing a natural air.
With their arrival, the wedding ceremony began to proceed in an orderly manner.
Although it wasn’t a lavish affair with too many guests invited, given the Lu family’s current reputation, surrounding family forces would come uninvited upon hearing the news.
Not to mention befriending Green Lake Mountain.
Just meeting Lu Xingchen, the Lu family’s alchemist, and getting acquainted was considered worthwhile.
“First bow to Heaven and Earth!”
“Second bow to the elders!”
“Husband and wife bow to each other!”
“Into the bridal chamber!”
“The atmosphere at Green Lake Mountain is truly extraordinary. Old Ancestor Lu Changsheng is still in his prime, and with body cultivation geniuses like Lu Ping’an, a seed for Core Formation, presiding, perhaps there’s a real hope of becoming a Core Formation family in the future.”
After Wang Yanjing and Lu Xingchen completed the bows to Heaven and Earth and were sent to the bridal chamber, she felt a little emotional.
Then, thinking of her family’s current situation, she sighed deeply again.
“Sister Jing.”
After a long while, after finishing the toasts, Lu Xingchen came to the bridal chamber and saw Wang Yanjing, wearing a phoenix crown and bridal robes, sitting upright. He called out happily.
The two had addressed each other as fellow Daoists in their early years.
But after their relationship became close, Lu Xingchen found that Wang Yanjing knew a lot, so during their interactions, he often consulted her and gradually began to call her Sister Jing.
“We are husband and wife now!”
Wang Yanjing sat with a dignified posture and spoke.
“Oh, oh, it’s time for the wedding ritual!”
Lu Xingchen heard this and immediately understood. He called for a maidservant to use a jade rod to lift the bridal veil, and then drank the wedding ritual wine with the bride.
Wang Yanjing looked at the gentle and elegant young man before her, her expression slightly dazed. She never thought she would choose to get married one day.
One must know that in her early years, she had encountered many men who were more outstanding than Lu Xingchen.
But at that time, she was focused on cultivation and had no thoughts of romance.
This severe injury caused her cultivation realm to drop, and she lived a simple life she had never experienced in her early years. Her entire mindset and thoughts underwent earth-shattering changes.
“This can be considered meeting the right person at the right time,” Wang Yanjing thought with a smile on her face.
“Sister Jing.”
After finishing the wedding ritual wine, Lu Xingchen looked at Wang Yanjing before him, his expression joyful.
He also didn’t expect that after saving her back then, the two of them would actually become husband and wife.
“Call me wife!”
Wang Yanjing saw his infatuated look and said in a displeased tone.
“Oh, oh.”
Lu Xingchen quickly smiled and called out, “Wife.”
“Husband.”
Wang Yanjing smiled gently and called out softly, a hint of shyness appearing in her eyes, making her exceptionally beautiful.
As soon as Lu Changsheng and Nangong Yaoyao returned to the Immortal Spider Market, a purple figure shot towards them, embracing Nangong Yaoyao with a face full of longing and worry, saying, “Yaoyao, are you alright?”
“Nangong Mili, what do you mean?”
Lu Changsheng was immediately displeased when he saw this scene.
He had already brought his daughter back as soon as possible, yet she was acting so nervous and wary, as if he, Old Ancestor Lu, would harm his daughter.
“Hmph!”
Nangong Mili subconsciously wanted to greet Lu Changsheng warmly.
But thinking of her daughter beside her, she swallowed her words and snorted coldly.
“Mom, I’m fine. Daddy took me to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range to train, and he even caught two spirit pets for me.”
Nangong Yaoyao instantly realized that the relationship between her parents seemed a bit off. She pretended not to know and said with a cute smile.
“Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range!?”
Nangong Mili was a little surprised when she heard this.
One must know that even if she traveled at full speed from the Immortal Spider Market to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, it would take more than half a month.
But Lu Changsheng and his daughter Nangong Yaoyao had only been out for a month this time.
In this amount of time, they still had time to travel and capture spirit pets?
At this moment, Nangong Mili was certain that Lu Changsheng must have some kind of flying magic treasure or mount that was extremely fast.
Thinking that the other party had such a mount or magic treasure but didn’t take it out when they traveled together, Nangong Mili felt a bit annoyed.
“Could it be that this dog man deliberately made me suffer during the journey!?”
Nangong Mili thought of the journey and felt humiliated and angry. Her clear phoenix-like eyes glared fiercely at Lu Changsheng.
“Yaoyao, I have something to tell you.”
She didn’t look at Lu Changsheng any further and immediately led her daughter away.
“Daddy.”
Nangong Yaoyao looked back at Lu Changsheng, blinking her big eyes, indicating that she would first see what her mother had to say.
Although she was close to her mother, after spending time with Lu Changsheng these past few days, she also felt a sense of closeness and affection towards this father.
Seeing the relationship between her parents like this, she also wanted to understand it, or act as a mediator to ease the tension.
“Go ahead.”
Lu Changsheng smiled.
With his daughter beside him, he was too lazy to argue with this woman, Nangong Mili.
Otherwise, he would have to tell her why the millstone was so red!
“Wait a moment.”
At this moment, Lu Changsheng remembered that he was still suppressing the Wind Centipede Envoy in his Formless Treasure Wheel and called out to Nangong Mili.
“What is it?”
Nangong Mili’s figure was graceful and curvaceous, her enchanting and charming face as cold as frost, without any pleasant expression.
“Bang!”
A disheveled old man with a centipede scar on his face, looking battered, was thrown to the ground by Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng naturally wouldn’t treat this Wind Centipede Envoy as gently as he treated Nangong Mili.
To prevent the other party from causing trouble in the Formless Treasure Wheel, he directly punched him, breaking all his bones.
Then, under the dual restraint and suppression of the Yin-Yang Qi Great Capture and the Formless Treasure Wheel, and further injuring his soul with the ‘Taiyi Divine Soul’, he made the entire person fall into a coma.
“This person caused trouble for Yaoyao before. You handle it.”
Lu Changsheng said directly.
He believed that Meng Xiaochang had already told Nangong Mili about this matter, so he was too lazy to say more.
“I will handle this matter well.”
Nangong Mili didn’t show any more cold expressions. She lightly raised her slender, jade-like hand and directly rolled up the Wind Centipede Envoy, who was like a dead dog, and left.
Although this person was also an envoy of the Five Poisons Sect, their relationship was not good.
Moreover, the other party dared to lay a hand on her daughter. If she weren’t concerned about the sect’s rules, she would have directly killed him.
“Master.”
At this moment, Meng Xiaochang rushed over and respectfully called out to Nangong Mili.
“Xiaochang, I have something…”
Nangong Mili originally intended to call her disciple Meng Xiaochang to leave with her.
But thinking that Meng Xiaochang was now affected by the Love-Locking Gu, which had already affected her soul.
Moreover, Lu Changsheng was willing to unlock the Love-Locking Gu for Meng Xiaochang before, so she swallowed her words.
“I have something to say to Yaoyao. You entertain him for now.”
Nangong Mili said with a cold expression.
“Yes, Master.”
Meng Xiaochang’s expression immediately became joyful.
These past few days, she had been troubled by the relationship between Lu Changsheng and her master.
She felt like she was caught between the two of them, completely in a dilemma.
Hearing her master’s words at this moment, she felt that their relationship was not as stiff as she had imagined, and she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Xiaochang, I have something I want to ask you.”
Lu Changsheng looked at Meng Xiaochang and said.
Just yesterday, through the system’s enhancement, he saw that his son Lu Quanzhen’s cultivation had broken through again.
From Foundation Establishment level six to Foundation Establishment level seven.
In just a few days, he had only recently broken through from Foundation Establishment level five to Foundation Establishment level six, and now he had broken through to Foundation Establishment level seven. This speed was simply astonishing.
He was naturally happy to see such a thing.
But the problem was, he saw that Lu Quanzhen’s lifespan had decreased again.
This situation was a bit strange. His cultivation was breaking through rapidly, but his lifespan was constantly decreasing.
So Lu Changsheng thought of investigating his son’s situation through Meng Xiaochang to see what was going on.
“Mhm.”
Meng Xiaochang and Lu Changsheng came to a side hall, poured him tea and water, and asked what was the matter.
“Xiaochang, I want you to help me find someone.”
Lu Changsheng said.
“Lu Lang, please tell me.”
Meng Xiaochang’s beautiful eyes, shimmering with purple light, were filled with Lu Changsheng’s figure, her joy evident.
As long as she was with Lu Changsheng, even if they didn’t say anything, she felt happy.
“His name is Lu Quanzhen, his cultivation is in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment…”
Lu Changsheng lightly flicked his finger, and a water mirror appeared, showing his son Lu Quanzhen’s appearance.
“Lu Quanzhen?”
Meng Xiaochang looked at the appearance in the water mirror, her brows slightly furrowed. She felt like she had seen him somewhere before, but she had no impression.
“That’s right, he also has a Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.”
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng added.
“What!? Six-Winged Golden Silkworm!”
Meng Xiaochang heard this and immediately remembered that she had seen the other party on a wanted poster before. She then exclaimed, “Lu Lang, did this person also cultivate poison arts?”
“Poison arts? I don’t know about that. Why, have you seen him?”
Although Lu Changsheng knew that his son cultivated the “Yin-Yang Five Elements Kunpeng Art,” he really didn’t know about other aspects after not seeing him for so many years.
“I should have seen him…”
Meng Xiaochang thought of how she had even pursued and killed the other party back then. She lightly bit her lip and said, “Some time ago, a cultivator named ‘Qu Changtian’ caused quite a stir because he was wanted by the Ghost Demon True Person.”
“Because he possessed a Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, I also paid attention to him, and even encountered him…”
“Qu Changtian?”
Lu Changsheng heard this name and immediately confirmed that this person was his son Lu Quanzhen.
After all, who uses their real name when they’re out and about?
And this name was only one character different from his uncle, Qu Changge.
“It should be him. Xiaochang, tell me about the Ghost Demon True Person’s wanted situation?”
Lu Changsheng immediately asked.