Chapter 851: Great Wilderness War Body, Seamless Heavenly Clothes, and Faceless Puppet!
“Spirit Body?”
Lu Changsheng’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Since his son Lu Yun was born with two Spirit Bodies, in all these years, no third-generation descendant of the Lu family had been born with a Spirit Body.
As for the fourth, fifth, and sixth generations, there wasn’t a single one.
This was also normal.
A child’s talent is closely related to their parents’ cultivation level and Spiritual Root talent.
Aside from using heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and spiritual elixirs to nourish and improve talent, one could only rely on luck.
Therefore, for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators to give birth to Spirit Body descendants with extraordinary talent was like winning the lottery, with an extremely small probability.
“Ping’an?”
Lu Changsheng guessed in his heart that this Spirit Body descendant was very likely the child of his son Lu Ping’an and Qin Yi.
After all, based on the timing, the child in Qin Yi’s womb was due to be born around this time.
Before he could open the system to check, he received a message from his son Lu Ping’an, informing him that the child had been born.
“Sister Miaoge.”
Lu Changsheng immediately looked at his wife beside him with a joyful expression.
He told her the news of Little Qin’s child being born and prepared to go see them.
“Ping’an is also like this, not informing us about such a matter earlier.”
Lu Miaoge, dressed in a plain white dress, with a graceful figure and a delicate face as clear and beautiful as snow, said softly, feeling that such a matter should have been reported to them earlier.
“He probably forgot in his excitement.”
Lu Changsheng held his wife’s jade-like hand, said with a smile, and walked out of his cave mansion, the Hall of Longevity.
Thinking that his daughter Lu Wangshu had been comprehending the [Blood Talisman Spirit Body] in the Grotto-heaven these days, Lu Changsheng’s divine sense swept out.
Seeing that she was not at a critical juncture, he called out, “Wangshu.”
“Your eldest brother and sister-in-law’s child has been born. Do you want to go see him?”
“Yes!”
Lu Wangshu immediately opened her eyes, walked out of the wooden house, and happily called out towards the couple in front who looked like immortal companions, “Father, Mother.”
Then she linked arms with Lu Miaoge and walked out of the Longevity Grotto-heaven together to go to Lu Ping’an’s courtyard.
“System.”
Taking advantage of this time, Lu Changsheng silently recited in his heart, wanting to see why this grandson was a Spirit Body.
[Name: Unnamed]
[Lifespan: 1 / 95]
[Talent: Second-Grade Spiritual Root, Great Desolate Battle Body (Top-tier Spirit Body)]
[Cultivation: None]
[Ability: Body Cultivation (68%)]
“Great Desolate Battle Body?”
Lu Changsheng was surprised in his heart, not expecting this grandson to be a top-tier Spirit Body.
One should know that currently, there were only a few people in the entire Lu family who possessed a top-tier Spirit Body.
“Second-Grade Spiritual Root, top-tier Spirit Body, the same as Xuangan’s talent.”
Lu Changsheng thought of his other grandson, Lu Xuangan, currently the number one person among the third generation of the Lu family.
However, their Spirit Bodies had a huge difference.
The Five Elements Spirit Body was one of the most common top-tier Spirit Bodies.
Cultivating Five Elements cultivation methods and Five Elements spells would result in rapid progress, and their power would far exceed that of ordinary people!
The Great Desolate Battle Body had few records and belonged to a relatively rare Body Cultivation Spirit Body.
Its physical body, physique, and combat functions were exceptional, and it became braver the more it fought.
“Great Desolate Battle Body, is this Spirit Body somewhat genetically related to Ping’an’s Great Desolate Dragon Ridge?”
Lu Changsheng mused in his heart.
In the cultivation world, father-son inheritance was a very normal phenomenon.
If parents had Spiritual Roots, their children would have a high probability of having Spiritual Roots.
If both parents had Spirit Bodies, the probability of their children having Spirit Bodies would also be relatively higher.
His son Lu Ping’an possessed the [Great Desolate Dragon Ridge], one of the Nine Great Divine Bones of the Divine Bone Sect that he had given him.
Now, his body was already closely connected to this divine bone, inseparable.
In such circumstances, it was natural for the child born to possibly inherit some characteristics.
And the Spirit Fusion Pill, as well as the heavenly materials and earthly treasures over the years, likely maximized these inherited characteristics, forming a Spirit Body.
But whether there was a relationship between the Great Desolate Dragon Ridge and the Great Desolate Battle Body, Lu Changsheng was not sure.
By the time Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge arrived at his son Lu Ping’an’s courtyard, Lu Miaoyun and others had also received notification and rushed over to visit.
“Husband, Sister Miaoge, Wangshu.”
Lu Miaoyun, dressed in a dark blue dress, had a fresh and pure beautiful face, but due to managing the Lu family for many years, she had a bit more authority as a superior.
As one of Lu Changsheng’s earliest wives and Lu Ping’an’s mother, she had a good relationship with Lu Lanshu, always addressing each other as sisters.
In fact, due to her status, after she married Lu Changsheng, Lu Lanshu, Lu Zier, and Lu Qing’er, his three original wives, had ceded the position of the primary wife.
So in the early years, she was quite caring towards Lu Ping’an, the eldest son of the Lu family who possessed the bloodline of the Green Bamboo Mountain Lu family.
In recent years, the two of them had been managing the Lu family’s inner courtyard and the Lu family’s disciples, respectively.
“Yun’er, Zhenzhen.”
Lu Changsheng called out with a smile and went to visit with his wives.
Entering the room, they immediately saw Lu Ping’an, tall and burly, standing by the bed, holding a baby with a restrained and stiff expression.
Qin Yi lay on the bed, her face pale and weak.
Regardless of a cultivator’s realm, the process of pregnancy and childbirth inevitably caused weakness.
This was also one of the reasons why children born to high-level cultivators far surpassed mortals.
“Father, Aunts, Wangshu, you’ve come.”
Lu Ping’an immediately called out to them.
Qin Yi on the bed also greeted them one by one.
Lu Miaoge immediately stepped forward, went to the side of the bed, held Qin Yi’s wrist, and used the 《Superior Goodness is Like Water Art》 to help her nourish her body.
Although the 《Superior Goodness is Like Water Art》 was not a standard healing and health-preserving cultivation method, it was extremely adept at regulating and nourishing, with effects surpassing many famous doctors.
“Thank you, Auntie.”
Although Qin Yi was usually straightforward, she was still a bit reserved when facing Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, and addressed them the same way as Lu Ping’an.
“Father, look.”
At this time, Lu Ping’an also handed his son to his father to see, his movements a little cautious, which made Lu Miaoyun, Lu Wangshu, and the others chuckle.
Among the people present, who wasn’t a Foundation Establishment cultivator?
Lu Ping’an was even a Core Formation cultivator, possessing a Domain.
Even if the child fell from his hands, he could support him with his Domain and magic power.
What’s more, there was also Lu Changsheng, a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
“Wah wah wah!!!”
This was a baby boy, fair and plump, with extremely crystal-clear skin.
After being held by Lu Changsheng, he immediately cried loudly, his voice very clear and full of energy, one could feel the surging vital energy in his tiny body.
“Hahaha, Ping’an, this child should have inherited your physique.”
Lu Changsheng didn’t mind at all, looking at his grandson, and said with a smile.
“Father, let me see, let me see.”
Lu Wangshu immediately said, wanting to see her nephew.
Lu Miaoyun and Qu Zhenzhen leaned forward to look at the child.
“Big Brother, have you thought of a name for my big nephew?”
Lu Wangshu poked the baby’s chubby face, thinking of Lu Lingxiao and Lu Linghe when they were little.
At that time, Aunt Ling Zixiao was busy with many matters and didn’t have much time, so Father often threw this pair of younger siblings to her to look after, hoping they would be closer.
Now, this pair of younger siblings had long grown up, and her younger brother Lu Lingxiao had even broken through to Core Formation and gone to the front lines to support the war.
“Fan, let’s call him Lu Xuanfan.”
Lu Ping’an said this, looking at the baby boy in Lu Wangshu’s arms.
Before, he had asked his father to name the child.
But Lu Changsheng had already named hundreds of children and had long lost interest, telling him to do it himself.
After much deliberation, Lu Ping’an and Qin Yi discussed for a long time before naming the child Lu Xuanfan.
Xuan was the generation character for the third generation of the Lu family.
Fan meant that he hoped this child would grow up ordinarily and safely in the future.
He both hoped the child would be ordinary and safe, and also hoped that amidst his simple ordinariness, he would possess a bit of the extraordinary, able to walk an extraordinary path and make sufficient contributions to the family.
At the same time, Fan also represented his former background and starting point.
If not for his father, he would just be a mortal, who would have long died of old age like his mother and many younger siblings, turning into a handful of yellow earth.
“Lu Xuanfan.”
Lu Wangshu, Lu Miaoyun, and the others nodded and softly called out to the baby.
Although there were already over a thousand people in the third generation of the Lu family, and even fourth, fifth, and sixth generations,
the baby before them, as the child of Lu Ping’an, the eldest son of the Lu family, still held extraordinary significance.
Lu Xuanfan’s birth, apart from a small number of people in the Lu family, did not cause much discussion.
However, Lu Miaoyun distributed ten spiritual stones to everyone in Green Lake Mountain as a congratulatory gift, and instantly everyone knew that True Person Green Lake, Lu Ping’an, and True Person Qin of the Heavenly Sword Sect had given birth to a child.
Many second and third generation members of the Lu family came to visit their eldest brother and uncle to offer congratulations.
As for the fourth and fifth generations of the Lu family, most of them had not yet grown up, and some did not even have the qualifications to visit, but they came forward to congratulate as soon as they saw the opportunity.
Lu Ping’an and Qin Yi were both people who disliked formalities and had no plans for the child’s full moon banquet.
They also did not want the child to be noticed and watched from a young age.
Seeing that there were no further arrangements, Lu Wangshu did not wait for her big nephew’s full moon banquet and continued to go into seclusion, preparing to be fully ready to charge into Core Formation in one go!
Through years of accumulation, the Nine-Nine Profound Talisman Scripture, Fourth-grade talismans, Dao Heart Comprehension Dharma Seed, Butterfly Transformation Gu, Myriad Spirit Blood, and the top-tier Blood Talisman Spirit Body had continuously broken through the limits of magic power and talent.
She was now completely confident in achieving Core Formation.
Her goal was even no longer the Immortal Golden Core from before, but the Great Dao Golden Core mentioned by her father.
Lu Changsheng did not stay by her side to guard her.
He planned to wait until his daughter reached the final step of Core Formation before deciding how to help.
Taking advantage of this time, he integrated his grandson Lu Xuanfan’s Great Desolate Battle Body into his Chaos Body.
The cultivation talent of the third generation of the Lu family would be reduced by 50% compared to the second generation.
But as a top-tier Spirit Body, even after the reduction, the Great Desolate Battle Body was still comparable to a high-grade Spirit Body.
Through integration, Lu Changsheng gained a detailed understanding of the Great Desolate Battle Body.
It was very similar to the Indestructible Golden Body.
The physical body and physique were powerful, immune to myriad evils, and immune to many spells and curses, and the physical strength and self-healing ability far surpassed ordinary people.
But unlike the terrifying vitality of the Indestructible Golden Body,
the Great Desolate Battle Body did not prematurely give birth to indestructible matter or indestructible characteristics.
Instead, it would give birth to a kind of “Battle Blood”!
The Battle Blood would ignite and boil during the cultivator’s battle.
It was somewhat similar to Lu Ping’an’s Hope Gu.
It’s just that the Hope Gu, when facing a desperate situation, transformed into the Fire of Hope, stimulating and burning the cultivator’s potential, thereby improving themselves in all aspects.
The Great Desolate Battle Body, however, enhanced physique, strength, endurance, etc., by stimulating the entire body’s blood through the will to fight.
Besides these effects, the Great Desolate Battle Physique possesses combat talent far exceeding that of ordinary people in close-quarters combat.
For example, their five senses and six perceptions, and combat awareness, will surpass other cultivators.
“How is the Great Desolate Battle Physique so similar to the Undying Golden Body? Could it be that the Undying Golden Body, this acquired Dharma Physique, drew inspiration from the Great Desolate Battle Physique?”
As Lu Changsheng was integrating it, a thought emerged in his mind.
He suspected that his grandson Lu Xuanfan having this spirit body was greatly related to his son Lu Ping’an’s Undying Golden Body.
His son’s Undying Golden Body came from the inheritance of Mount Daluo, the “Nine Cicada Undying Golden Body Technique.”
It requires the aid of the Undying Golden Body’s origin to begin cultivation.
It was just that his son Lu Ping’an had encountered the Dragon Tiger True Monarch, who had obtained the inheritance of Mount Daluo and tried to possess him, and then directly cultivated this top-tier inheritance and condensed the Undying Golden Body.
As long as his cultivation realm improved, the Undying Golden Body could continue to advance.
“Mount Daluo is a top-tier force in the Southern Desolate Central Region, specializing in body refinement. They must have conducted extensive research on spirit bodies within the path of body refinement. It’s normal for them to draw inspiration from innate spirit bodies to create methods for acquired spirit bodies.”
Previously, Lu Changsheng had asked Ling Zixiao to inquire about information regarding Dragon Tiger Immortal City and Mount Daluo.
Although not much information was gathered.
He knew that Mount Daluo was one of the top-tier forces in the Southern Desolate, with extraordinary strength.
Otherwise, the Dragon Tiger True Monarch Yu Tiansheng, a Nascent Soul stage giant, would not have met such a tragic end.
After a long while, Lu Changsheng integrated the weakened version of the Great Desolate Battle Physique into the Chaos Body.
His current Chaos Body had already integrated the Undying Golden Body, the Kun Peng Body, and his daughter Lu Jiangtang’s incomplete Chaos Body.
Therefore, this integration did not provide a significant improvement in terms of physical physique.
The main gains were in obtaining battle blood, as well as improvements in combat awareness and spiritual perception.
For example, after his body refinement broke through to the fourth stage, his physical body was like a spiritual treasure, possessing a trace of spirituality.
It was extremely sensitive to various auras, dangers, divine sense prying, and so on.
Now that the Chaos Body had integrated the Great Desolate Battle Physique, it was even more sensitive in this regard.
Even when encountering certain dangers, his combat awareness would transform into a kind of combat instinct, allowing him to evade or counterattack.
It might seem ordinary, but in life-and-death battles, it was particularly important, as it could compensate for Lu Changsheng’s shortcomings in the application of strength and close-quarters combat.
After all, for a hundred years, Old Ancestor Lu’s fighting style had always been about overwhelming force, relying on strength to suppress others, without focusing on flashy techniques.
“System, draw.”
After integrating the spirit body, Lu Changsheng silently recited in his heart, preparing to use his draws.
Besides the ordinary draw he received from his grandson Lu Xuanfan’s birth this time.
A few days ago, the number of descendants exceeded twenty thousand, and he also received an ordinary draw.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the cultivation technique: “Seamless Celestial Garment”!]
[Reward has been issued to the system space, the host can view it at any time]
A pattern of a crystalline jade slip appeared, accompanied by the system’s notification sound.
“Hmm!?”
Lu Changsheng’s brows slightly furrowed when he saw the name of this cultivation technique.
He felt that the name of this technique was like the name of a Dharma robe.
He looked at the system space.
[Cultivation Technique: Seamless Celestial Garment]
[Grade: Orthodox Grade]
[Description: A cultivation technique created by the Seamless Celestial Maiden. Upon reaching great completion, it can form a Seamless Celestial Garment, concealing the entire body’s aura and heavenly secrets, making one seem like nothingness. When walking, the celestial garment envelops the body, making it difficult for others to perceive.]
“A cultivation technique to conceal cultivation and magical power?”
Lu Changsheng’s brows slightly raised.
Breath Concealment Technique is one of the most commonly used spells by cultivators.
It’s just that most spells have limited effects.
So in his early years, he mainly relied on the sealing divine light of the [Nine Treasures Wishful Bone] to seal himself to conceal his cultivation and magical power.
After his body refinement broke through to the fourth stage, he concealed his cultivation and aura by sealing his blood and magical power through his physical body.
To put it simply, it was through his physical body, blood, and magical power that he concealed his cultivation aura.
But he had never actually cultivated any corresponding cultivation techniques.
“System, inherit!”
Lu Changsheng developed some interest in this “Seamless Celestial Garment” and wanted to see its effects.
Immediately, all the cultivation methods and related content of the “Seamless Celestial Garment” poured into Lu Changsheng’s mind like a spiritual enlightenment.
He immersed himself in his mind, comprehending this cultivation technique.
“What a good Seamless Celestial Garment, interesting.”
After a long while, Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, having completely comprehended the Seamless Celestial Garment.
This cultivation technique has a total of five layers.
The first layer is called Dust Garment.
It is through cultivating magical power to cover the physical body with a layer of invisible “dust,” thereby concealing one’s cultivation and appearance.
The second layer is called Dharma Garment.
The entire body’s aura condenses into a ball, like wearing a “Dharma robe,” but without any aura leaking out.
Even when walking, sitting, expanding pores, using magical power, or casting spells, not too much aura will leak out.
The third layer is called Seamless Garment.
Upon cultivating to this layer, there is no need to circulate the cultivation technique to completely conceal cultivation and magical power, appearing like a mortal, and also concealing form, injuries, scent, traces, etc.
The fourth layer is called Tribulation Garment.
This layer requires the aid of corresponding heavenly materials and earthly treasures for cultivation.
Once refined, the entire body’s aura condenses into a ball, with fine tribulation patterns flowing, which can confuse heavenly secrets, making it like looking at flowers in a mist when others try to divine, isolating heavenly secret divination!
The fifth layer is called Celestial Garment!
The Celestial Garment is seamless, formless, and merges with the laws of void.
Once circulated, not only are the entire body’s aura and magical power concealed, but heavenly secrets are also obscured.
Any vitality, aura, or tracking methods can be isolated, and the entire person is like nothingness.
Even in front of others, it is difficult to be sensed by divine sense.
Even what is seen with the naked eye feels like looking at flowers in a mist, unconsciously wanting to fade and forget facial features.
“Although with the Lu Clan Genealogy, the Lu family disciples don’t need to worry about being divined by others, if they cultivate this cultivation technique, it will still be of considerable help when going out for training.”
As a Nascent Soul cultivator, a fourth-stage mid-stage body cultivator, and with the Lu Clan Genealogy and the Heavenly Origin Treasure Emperor Lotus, the effect of this cultivation technique is limited for Lu Changsheng.
But for the Lu family disciples, the effect of this cultivation technique is significant.
Putting aside other things, just the first layer alone surpasses many breath concealment spells.
If they cultivate to the second layer, when they are out and about, cultivators of the same level will not be able to see through their cultivation, disguises, etc.
Furthermore, this cultivation technique can also play a huge role when escaping.
For example, if they are hit by an opponent’s curse or poison, they can also conceal it to a certain extent.
Just like in the Sandstorm Illusionary Realm in his early years, Lu Changsheng was tracked by True Monarch Heavenly Silkworm through an aura secret technique.
If he had cultivated the “Seamless Celestial Garment” at that time, he could have completely concealed his aura, making it difficult for others to capture and track him.
Moreover, for Lu Changsheng, the effect of this “Seamless Celestial Garment” will also manifest once he cultivates it to great completion.
The effects of these five layers are somewhat similar to his divine ability [Inverting Yin and Yang Glazed Wall].
But there is still a certain difference between the two, and they don’t conflict.
If he cultivates the “Seamless Celestial Garment” to great completion and is in a state of nothingness, and then casts the Inverting Yin and Yang Glazed Wall, isolating himself through the Nascent Soul domain, the entire person will be extremely terrifying.
Not only can he sneak up on Nascent Soul cultivators, but he can also conceal magical power fluctuations to a certain extent, catching the opponent off guard and killing them.
Like when he killed True Monarch Overturning Sea before, the moment Lu Changsheng attacked, the Nine Leaf Sword Technique flipped, and the opponent could still react.
But if he reaches this step, the opponent won’t even be able to react.
Especially now that Lu Changsheng’s body refinement has broken through to the fourth-stage mid-stage, once he gets close, it’s simply a nightmare for other cultivators!
“This cultivation technique can be added to the cultivation list.”
Lu Changsheng lightly exhaled a turbid breath, preparing to cultivate this cultivation technique when he has time.
With his talent and understanding of cultivation techniques, as long as he gathers the materials needed for cultivating the fourth and fifth layers, cultivation is not difficult.
It will only take a little time.
However, thinking about the cultivation techniques and spells he currently needed to cultivate and the things he needed to do, Lu Changsheng felt a headache.
“System, draw.”
Lu Changsheng continued his second draw.
Now, he was very calm about ordinary draws, with a serene expression.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining the puppet: Formless Puppet]
[Reward has been issued to the system space, the host can view it at any time]
“Puppet?”
In his early years, he had drawn the [Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet], a puppet with consciousness.
Afterwards, he gained Qian Zhuyan, such a puppet path prodigy, and Lu Changsheng also developed some interest in puppets.
Seeing that the system gave him another puppet, he was somewhat looking forward to seeing if it could give him some inspiration.
“Extract!”
Lu Changsheng didn’t look further and directly extracted this Formless Puppet from the system space.
Instantly, a faceless puppet that was completely transparent, as if cast from crystal, appeared before his eyes.
Through the system’s introduction, he had a detailed understanding of the Formless Puppet before him.
A third-stage puppet.
But unlike most puppets, this puppet had no combat ability.
Its main ability was to simulate the operation and breakthrough of human cultivation technique pathways.
For example, if Lu Changsheng obtained a certain cultivation technique and was worried about problems during cultivation, he could transmit his own situation and the details of the cultivation technique to the Formless Puppet, thereby using the puppet to simulate cultivation.
If something went wrong, the Formless Puppet would provide a warning.
Of course, as a third-stage puppet, the Formless Puppet could at most simulate a Core Formation stage cultivator, and the cultivation technique could not be too profound, otherwise it was prone to errors.
It was best for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators to use the Formless Puppet to simulate their own cultivation.
To verify their compatibility with the cultivation technique, and to verify whether the cultivation technique obtained from outside was incorrect, and what problems might be encountered during cultivation.
Or when breaking through to Foundation Establishment or Core Formation, if a cultivator was unsure, they could input their own situation into the Formless Puppet to simulate their breakthrough.
Although the state of mind could not be simulated, it could provide a rough idea.