Chapter 513: Lu Qingshan breaks through, Holy Maiden Youyue!

“Honglian, who do you think is suitable to go to the Purple Nether Secret Realm?”

Lu Changsheng came to the Xumi Grotto-heaven, handed the roster to Honglian, and asked.

As his Family’s Cultivation Technique instructor, she was intimately familiar with the Lu Family’s Disciples, so he wanted to hear her opinion.

“Qingyan has Late Stage Tier 1 Body Refining, which makes her suitable for training in such a Secret Realm.”

“Chensha not only has a Thousand-legged Centipede, but also eight hundred Iron Fire Ants and two pairs of Iron-backed Mantises. If he goes all out, he can even contend with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.”

“He and Qingyan together will complement each other perfectly.”

“As for the others, Young Master can arrange them as he sees fit.”

Honglian mused for a moment before speaking.

In her eyes, these Lu Family Disciples were all more or less the same, with no significant differences.

Perhaps they were decent in the Bihu Mountain area.

But looking at the entire Jiang Country Cultivation World, they could only be considered average, not outstanding.

Moreover, the Lu Family Disciples lacked practical combat experience and the baptism of blood. Their actual performance after entering the Secret Realm was truly hard to say.

“Mm.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.

Body Cultivators had a certain advantage whether in the Early Stage or Mid-to-Late Stage.

Especially when entering a Secret Realm.

Therefore, his daughter Lu Qingyan was indeed a good choice.

Furthermore, she had served as an enforcement Cultivator in the Hongye Valley Market for many years, gaining considerable practical experience.

Although his son Lu Chensha didn’t have much combat experience, his Divine Sense was exceptional, and his Thousand-legged Centipede had been cultivated to Late Stage Tier 1.

Coupled with the eight hundred Iron Fire Ants, it was enough to face many Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

And in the Purple Nether Secret Realm, only Qi Refining Cultivators could enter, essentially making them the first-tier combat power.

The only thing to mention might be a slight lack in Heart-Nature.

However, this was also the purpose of going to the Secret Realm.

“Since that’s the case, these six people it is.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the booklet in his hand, pondered for a moment, and selected six individuals.

Although many Lu Family Disciples were currently suitable.

The Purple Nether Secret Realm still posed considerable danger.

It was impossible to send everyone in at once.

If any accidents occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable, leading to a direct generational gap in the Family.

This was also why most Family forces only selected three or four, or five or six people to enter the Secret Realm.

“Ping’an.”

After exiting the Xumi Grotto-heaven, Lu Changsheng called for his son Lu Ping’an.

He instructed him to take these few people to the Black Cloud Mountain Range for training and more practical combat experience when he returned to White Tiger Mountain later.

“Father, do we need to make any more preparations?”

Lu Ping’an asked.

He had been to the Purple Nether Secret Realm before and knew it was very dangerous inside.

Moreover, given their Family’s current situation, entering the Purple Nether Secret Realm would easily make them targets for other Family forces.

“Sooner or later, you must experience trials. If you can’t even handle these dangers, how can you talk about Core Formation in the future?”

Lu Changsheng said softly.

His Family had the Foundation to Cultivate Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

But for his children to achieve Core Formation, they had to rely on their own efforts.

If they couldn’t stand out in the Purple Nether Secret Realm, their future achievements would be limited.

“Yes.”

Lu Ping’an understood these principles and responded solemnly.

“It’s a pity Quanzhen is severely injured and currently unable to use his spiritual power.”

Lu Changsheng watched his son leave, sighing inwardly.

In his opinion, entrusting this matter to Lu Quanzhen would yield better results.

However, Lu Quanzhen would need at least several years to recover before he could use his Foundation Establishment spiritual power.

“Practical combat training, this aspect must be made up for sooner or later.”

Lu Changsheng looked up, gazing at the vast and misty Bishui Lake, thinking to himself.

The biggest weakness of the current Lu Family Disciples was their lack of practical combat experience.

Especially the few promising talents.

Major Family forces like Immortal Sects and the Beast Taming Xu Family all had驻扎据点 outposts in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

When their Family Disciples matured enough, they could be sent to the mountain range for training and tempering.

This was why the Disciples of Immortal Sects and Core Formation Families were generally superior to those of smaller Family forces.

Not just in Cultivation Technique practice, but in many other aspects as well.

Bihu Mountain was not inferior to Immortal Sects in terms of Cultivation Techniques, resources, and various Cultivation arts.

However, in terms of its cultivation system, there were still many shortcomings.

“This is Foundation, after all. No matter what, it cannot be achieved overnight.”

Lu Changsheng sighed inwardly.

He planned to arrange for some of his children to explore the Yu Ling Sect territory in a few years, establish branch families, and open up outposts in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.

As the Family’s Foundation Establishment Cultivators grew in number, they would definitely need to go out and venture on their own.

Otherwise, Late Stage Foundation Establishment would be their limit.

Moreover, the current situation in Bihu Mountain, with too many Foundation Establishment Cultivators, would become a burden, necessitating outward expansion.

Alchemy Hall.

Within a massive Pill Furnace with three legs, engraved with thirty-six Golden Crow divine birds, brilliant light pulsed, as if a Vicious Beast was roaring, eager to break out of the furnace.

Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged within the Pill Furnace, his body bobbing up and down in a dark golden liquid, undergoing the baptism of the medicinal bath.

This medicinal bath was extremely potent.

It was refined from the precious bones and essence blood of a Tier 3 Demon King as the main ingredients.

Even with Lu Qingshan’s Foundation Establishment Layer 6 cultivation, his entire being struggled to bear it. His face was contorted in pain, and his body convulsed and trembled.

His crimson skin seemed to fester, with fresh blood oozing out.

However, as the golden liquid surged into his muscles, flesh, bones, Meridians, and internal organs, all received baptism and repair, becoming even tougher and more solid.

“Buzz—”

Just then, Lu Qingshan’s body emitted sharp and ethereal Sword Qi, like rippling waves, each more turbulent than the last.

The liquid spiritual power in his Qi Sea Dantian finally expanded to the limit of Foundation Establishment Layer 6, beginning to autonomously break through to the next Realm.

Lu Qingshan did not use this surge of energy to break through immediately.

Instead, he circulated the Great Gengjin Swordplay, continuing to refine his spiritual power.

Only when his spiritual power could no longer be refined further did he release the suppression and naturally begin to break through.

“Boom—”

At this moment, there was no need for external Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to converge in his Qi Sea Dantian for the Breakthrough; his entire cultivation Realm naturally advanced to Foundation Establishment Layer 7.

“Foundation Establishment Layer 7…”

Lu Qingshan gasped sharply, beginning to stabilize his cultivation Realm.

With his accumulated Foundation, there was no real need for extensive consolidation after this Breakthrough.

But since the conditions were there, he naturally wouldn’t waste the opportunity.

Feeling the medicinal bath’s baptism and impact on his Physical Body and Meridians, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but wonder where his old man had gotten such a secret formula.

To use the precious bones and essence blood of a Tier 3 Demon King as the main ingredients to brew such a medicinal bath for tempering the physical Foundation was simply extravagant.

Even in the Jin Yang Sect, he had never seen such a grand gesture.

Or rather, even if the Jin Yang Sect had such a secret formula, it would be impossible for them to expend Tier 3 precious bones and essence blood to temper a Disciple’s physical Foundation.

After all, the precious bones and essence blood of a Tier 3 Demon King were extremely rare and valuable, seldom appearing on the market.

A long time later, Lu Qingshan felt his Physical Body had reached its limit, and further absorption might be counterproductive. Only then did he step out of the Pill Furnace.

“This Pill Furnace is at least a Tier 3 Pill Furnace!”

He observed the massive white-golden Pill Furnace before him for a moment, thinking to himself.

Then he walked out of the Alchemy Hall.

“Brother.”

“Wow, Brother, why did you soak for so long? Didn’t it hurt?”

Lu Qingzhu and Xiao Qi, who were chatting outside the hall, saw him and immediately called out happily.

Especially Xiao Qi.

Nowadays, when Lu Family Disciples were young, they would all undergo a medicinal bath baptism.

So Xiao Qi clearly remembered how much it hurt in the Medicine Cauldron, making her dizzy.

“Xiao Zhu’er, Xiao Qi.”

Lu Qingshan grinned.

The feeling of being cared for right after a Breakthrough was quite nice.

“What’s there to hurt? It’s just a splash of water.”

He pinched his sister Xiao Qi’s fair and tender cheek, saying nonchalantly. Naturally, he wouldn’t admit that he had been gritting his teeth in pain.

“As expected of Brother!”

Xiao Qi’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

In these past few days, she had completely become her brother’s little fangirl.

“Qingshan, come see me.”

Just then, a gentle voice echoed in his mind.

“Hmm?”

Lu Qingshan immediately understood what was happening and said with a smile: “Father called me, I’ll be right back.”

Immediately, he lightly raised his hand, a Flying Sword appeared beneath his feet, and then, with hands clasped behind his back, he flew towards Biyun Peak with a tall and elegant posture, making Xiao Qi clap and shout about how handsome he was.

Lu Qingzhu beside her chuckled softly.

She thought to herself that her brother just loved to show off in front of them.

Otherwise, for such a short distance, he could have just flown directly; there was no need for Sword Flight.

“Father.”

Lu Qingshan arrived at the top of Biyun Peak and saw Lu Changsheng, clad in a dark robe, with a slender figure, composed demeanor, and an imposing presence.

“Not bad.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Qingshan before him and praised him.

Currently, the medicinal bath could be said to be the Lu Family’s best method for tempering the Foundation.

However, many Lu Family Disciples had never suffered hardship. In their youth, they didn’t know how to cherish it and couldn’t endure the pain.

“Hehe, what’s this pain? Father, let me tell you, when I cultivated the Great Gengjin Sword Qi before, it hurt much more than this.”

Lu Qingshan grinned.

Although this was true, when he cultivated the Great Gengjin Sword Qi back then, he was directly screaming in pain, unable to bear it.

Ultimately, his Master, Immortal Master Tian Yuan, guided him to concentrate his mind, forget the pain, and achieve the Realm of ‘remaining as unmoving as the earth, and as deep and hidden as a secret treasure,’ only then did he gradually adapt.

Lu Changsheng shook his head and chuckled, then tossed the reforged Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Embryo to him, saying, “Try it.”

Lu Qingshan happily took the Sword Embryo and infused it with his Sword Qi spiritual power.

Instantly, the Sword Embryo emitted a vast and brilliant light, and a sharp aura permeated from it.

After a couple of simple swings, he felt it was much more comfortable to use.

Although the previous Zhou Tian Xing Dou Sword Embryo was usable, it only had a seventy percent compatibility with him.

Now, with the integration of Gengjin and the added sharp aura, not only was it much easier to use, but nurturing the Sword Embryo in this direction in the future would also be much simpler.

“Father, you’ve worked hard. Don’t worry, once I break through to Core Formation and Nascent Soul, I will definitely repay you well. Just tell me if you need any Fairies or Demonesses.”

“I heard before that Liang Country’s ‘Beast God Mountain’…”

Lu Qingshan chuckled.

Years ago, he had imagined that one day he would break through to Core Formation, return home to the shock of his entire Family, and then help the Family rise to become a prominent clan.

But now, seeing his Family’s Foundation and knowing that his old man had already broken through to Core Formation, his ambition in that regard had faded.

Knowing that his current abilities couldn’t help the Family much, he might as well chat with his old man and paint grand visions.

“Undisciplined.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself that this son was usually quite proper, with the demeanor of a Sword Immortal, but how did he become so informal in front of him?

He immediately flicked his sleeve, and his Core Formation level spiritual power sent him back to the mountainside.

“Beast God Mountain?”

However, hearing this force, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Years ago, his daughter Lu Wangshu was abducted by a Core Formation demonic Cultivator.

Later, through Xiao Xiyue, he learned that this person was named ‘Black Crow True Person’ and came from Beast God Mountain.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng reached out with a large hand, pulled his son Lu Qingshan back, and asked him how much he knew about Beast God Mountain.

“Father, are you really interested? This Beast God Mountain is not simple. Not only does it have a Nascent Soul True Lord overseeing it, but I heard it also has a Fourth-Order Beast King…”

Lu Qingshan immediately exclaimed upon hearing this.

“I’m asking you seriously.”

Lu Changsheng was quite speechless.

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan looked at his old man suspiciously before recounting the situation of Beast God Mountain.

However, Lu Qingshan’s understanding of Beast God Mountain was only slightly more than Lu Changsheng’s.

“I heard from my Master that Beast God Mountain very likely gave birth to a second Nascent Soul True Lord. It is precisely because of this that Liang Country has been probing Yue Country for years, intending to launch an invasion war.”

“The war was about to break out, but the Tian Yuan Secret Realm and the Heavenly Fiend True Monarch’s matter caused the war to cease again.”

“However, if Beast God Mountain truly gives birth to a second Nascent Soul True Lord, this invasion war will likely be unavoidable.”

Lu Qingshan said so.

Lu Changsheng knew about the Heavenly Fiend True Monarch’s attack.

But he hadn’t expected that this matter was directly related to Beast God Mountain.

He asked, “Aren’t Yue Country, Liang Country, and Wu Country in a three-way standoff? Even if Beast God Mountain gains another Nascent Soul True Lord, it shouldn’t be able to break this stalemate, right?”

“There was a rumor before that the Nascent Soul Old Ancestor of Wu Country’s Overlord Martial Sect doesn’t have much lifespan left. Perhaps this is why Liang Country is so confident.”

“Of course, it’s also possible that besides Liang Country, there are other forces interfering and disrupting Wu Country.”

“I’m not entirely sure about the specifics, but I heard from my Master that the Cultivators of Beast God Mountain are not simple. Although they Cultivate themselves to be neither human nor Yao, their strength is among the best in the same Realm.”

“If Beast God Mountain produces a second Nascent Soul True Lord, they cannot be treated as ordinary Nascent Souls.”

Lu Qingshan shook his head and said.

Although he was a True Disciple of the Jin Yang Sect and a Core Formation seed, many pieces of information he still only knew through his Master.

If it involved high-level secrets, he wasn’t clear.

“Overlord Martial Sect Nascent Soul Old Ancestor…”

Lu Changsheng then realized that Liang Country and Wu Country had such a big commotion.

Although he had heard of these two forces, separated by a Yue Country, he didn’t even know how many Core Formation and Nascent Soul Cultivators they had.

“Oh right, Father, where did Xiao Hei come from? I saw Xiao Hei’s appearance before, and it seems somewhat similar to Beast God Mountain’s You Yue Saintess’s Youyue Heavenly Wolf.”

At this moment, Lu Qingshan suddenly said.

“You Yue Saintess?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow and simply explained: “I bought it from a stall when I was browsing a Loose Cultivator market back then. It should have experienced a Bloodline regression. I also thought it resembled a Youyue Wolf before.”

“…”

Lu Qingshan was speechless.

Although he had heard his mother say when he was young that Xiao Hei was picked up by his father.

But seeing the increasingly extraordinary appearance of the Nine Nether Mastiff, he found it quite absurd.

Even if it was just a Youyue Wolf, it was still an Earth Rank High Grade Bloodline Yao Beast!

“Who is this You Yue Saintess you mentioned?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

He vaguely remembered that when he killed Black Crow True Person back then, by influencing his mind through the Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet, the other party had shouted ‘Your Highness, Saintess.’

“This You Yue Saintess is a Nascent Soul seed of Beast God Mountain.”

“Because she possesses a Youyue Heavenly Wolf with Bloodline regression, her Dao name is ‘You Yue,’ and she is called the You Yue Saintess.”

Lu Qingshan explained.