Chapter 94: Dad, without spiritual roots, can’t I cultivate immortality?
After leaving the Nine Dragons Market, Lu Changsheng did not ride the Iron Feather Eagle.
Instead, he took out the flying artifact he had once obtained from a rogue cultivator from his storage bag.
Now that he had broken through to the late stage of Qi Refining, he was also able to control flying artifacts to travel.
Of course, Lu Changsheng didn’t want to fly back to Green Bamboo Mountain on a flying artifact.
That wouldn’t be realistic.
He simply thought that since he was already disguised, he should make the disguise more convincing.
And also experience the flying artifact.
This flying artifact was like a round wheel.
Lu Changsheng poured spiritual power into it, tossed it into the air, and jumped on.
Then, with a slight movement of his mind, he maintained it with spiritual power, and the wheel began to fly.
The basic speed of this flying artifact was not very fast.
It was only a little faster than a spirit steed.
But compared to flying sword artifacts, it consumed very little spiritual power.
If he wanted to increase the speed, such as for escaping, the consumption of spiritual power would increase exponentially.
After flying for about ten kilometers, Lu Changsheng felt that he had consumed one-tenth of his spiritual power.
“This kind of flying artifact consumes quite a bit of spiritual power and is not suitable for long-distance travel.”
“For long-distance flight during the Qi Refining stage, one still needs to rely on flying mounts or flying boats, which are artifacts that can fly by relying on spirit stones.”
Lu Changsheng shook his head.
Immediately, he descended from the flying artifact, released the Iron Feather Eagle from the spirit pet bag, and rode on it.
“Flutter! Flutter!”
The Iron Feather Eagle spread its wings and immediately soared into the air, flying quickly towards Green Bamboo Mountain.
Two days later.
Green Bamboo Mountain.
Lu Changsheng, with a handsome face, a tall and straight figure, and a green bamboo leaf brocade robe, descended from the Iron Feather Eagle.
This journey was very smooth, and no accidents occurred.
But now that he had the cultivation of the late stage of Qi Refining, more than a hundred high-grade talismans, fifty or so top-grade talismans, and a talisman treasure, Lu Changsheng also had a sense of security in his heart.
On the way back and forth, he wouldn’t be so worried and uneasy anymore.
When Lu Changsheng returned home, it naturally brought joy to his wives, concubines, and children.
And Lu Changsheng, while chatting with Lu Miaoyun, also learned that the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony would begin in five days.
He also learned that during the three days he was at home last time, one of his wives became pregnant.
That is to say, the maid he impregnated at the Nine Dragons Market was carrying his fifty-first child.
After spending some time with his wives, concubines, and children at home, Lu Changsheng also went to pay his respects to the Fourth Elder.
After all, when someone returns, they should pay their respects.
The Fourth Elder knew that Lu Changsheng had returned for his children’s Spirit Root Testing Ceremony, and didn’t say much.
He asked about his situation over the past three months and also checked his progress in the Dao of Talismans.
Five days later, the Lu family’s Spirit Root Testing Ceremony began.
Lu Changsheng and Lu Lanshu, Lu Qing’er, Lu Zi’er, and Lu Lian’er brought their four children to a square in Green Bamboo Mountain Villa.
The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony was held here.
Here, Lu Changsheng saw many Lu family disciples.
He also saw the immortal seedlings who had come to the Lu family with him in the past.
They all brought their children to participate in the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony.
But despite being called a ceremony, there weren’t many people.
The number of children was only about forty.
“Line up properly!”
The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony was presided over by a Lu family elder.
Uncle Fu and several Lu family disciples maintained order.
Lu Changsheng also had his four little ones line up, waiting to have their spirit roots tested.
The treasure for testing spirit roots was a crystal cylinder about one meter long.
The children stepped forward, dropped a drop of blood, and then touched it with both hands, waiting quietly for thirty seconds.
If they possessed a spirit root, the crystal cylinder would react.
“Now, the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony begins!”
Seeing that it was almost time, the Lu family elder began, letting the first child step forward.
“Husband…”
Lu Lanshu and the other three women all looked nervous and uneasy, their eyes filled with anticipation and hope.
After all, this moment would determine the fate of their children.
If they didn’t have spirit roots, they would only be able to become mortals in the future.
Although they had the Lu family and Lu Changsheng, their children would have a life of wealth and worry even if they went to the mortal world.
But as mothers, they naturally hoped that their children would possess spirit roots and be able to cultivate immortality.
To become high and mighty immortal cultivators.
Seeing their nervous and uneasy expressions, Lu Changsheng sighed slightly in his heart, but didn’t say anything.
He just gently patted their hands, telling them not to be too nervous.
“Next!”
“Next!”
“Next!”
One child after another stepped forward for testing.
But the crystal cylinder never reacted.
Indicating that none of them had spirit roots.
Seeing this scene, not only were the surrounding parents and elders nervous and disappointed.
The children in line were also a little nervous.
After all, growing up in an environment like Green Bamboo Mountain, under the influence of what they saw and heard, they also knew that this moment was related to their future destiny.
Just then, a child placed his palm on the crystal cylinder.
Causing the cylinder to show three layers of light, with a faint red color on top.
“Not bad, a seventh-grade spirit root, leaning towards fire among the five elements!”
The elder testing the spirit roots showed a smile on his face upon seeing this.
“Hee! Good, good, good!”
“My son has a spirit root, a seventh-grade spirit root!”
Not far away, a young man shouted excitedly and pleasantly surprised upon seeing this scene.
Lu Changsheng remembered him.
He was one of the immortal seedlings who had come to the Lu family with him in the past.
He didn’t expect that the other party’s first child would actually possess a spirit root, and a seventh-grade spirit root at that.
That luck was really good.
“Don’t make loud noises.”
Uncle Fu reminded him.
But he didn’t blame him.
The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony continued, and another eighth-grade spirit root was detected in the process.
It was the child of a Lu family direct descendant.
At this time, it was Lu Pingan’s turn.
As Lu Changsheng expected, no surprises occurred.
The crystal cylinder didn’t react at all.
Not only him, but immediately after, Lu Wuyou, Lu Wuyu, and Lu Xile were all the same.
“Huff!”
Watching the four children finish the test, all without spirit roots.
Even though he had known it in his heart and was mentally prepared, Lu Changsheng still sighed slightly.
“Dad, Mom.”
The four little ones walked over.
Because they didn’t detect any spirit roots, their little faces also showed some disappointment.
They were all over five years old, almost six.
And they roughly knew what spirit roots meant.
Although Lu Changsheng usually gave them vaccinations, saying that cultivating immortality wasn’t that good, and that the mortal world was also good.
But these children usually spent more time with their mothers.
Compared to Lu Changsheng, they were even more eager for their children to become dragons and phoenixes.
“It’s okay, most people don’t have spirit roots, if you don’t have one, you don’t have one, let’s go, Dad will take you home to eat something delicious.”
Lu Changsheng rubbed the heads of his four children and said softly.
“Yeah, yeah.”
“Daddy, I want to eat beast milk cake!”
The two girls, Lu Wuyou and Lu Xile, were relatively more open-minded and smiled.
Lu Pingan and Lu Wuyu didn’t seem to be as open-minded.
The family of nine went home.
Just as they were walking to the door of their house.
Lu Pingan suddenly looked up, looked at Lu Changsheng, and said: “Dad, can’t you become an immortal cultivator without a spirit root? I also want to become an immortal cultivator like you!”
Lu Changsheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, seeing the hopeful look in his son’s eyes, and felt a little distressed.
But he could only be silent.
Without a spirit root, you can’t cultivate immortality.
This is the truth and iron law of the world of immortal cultivation!
Even if he had a system, he wouldn’t dare to say that he could break this iron law.
He hesitated, wanting to say something, but couldn’t say it.
“Pingan.”
Lu Lanshu immediately looked at her son, showing some sternness, but her eyes were indeed distressed.
“Dad, don’t be sad, Pingan won’t cultivate immortality.”
Lu Pingan said immediately, pursing his lips, looking at his father’s expression.
“Daddy, don’t be sad.”
Lu Wuyou, who was on the side, also said in a childish voice.
Although the little ones were still young, they were all quite sensible.
Lu Changsheng felt a bit of relief in his heart when he looked at his sensible children, but he was also a little ashamed.
He gently touched the child’s head and didn’t say anything.
The next day, Lu Changsheng rode on the Iron Feather Eagle, returning to Nine Dragons Market.
“Sigh, I thought that after so many years, my heart was already as firm as a rock.”
Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but sigh slightly when he thought of yesterday’s scene.
Thinking of such a situation, it would appear every year in the future.
He couldn’t help but sigh again.
“There is no perfection in the world.”
“This is one of the cruelties of the world of immortal cultivation.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the blue sky and the mountains and forests below, and exhaled a long breath, wanting to exhale the depression in his chest.
“Huh?”
Just then, Lu Changsheng suddenly sensed several auras fluctuating from the side.
He looked to the side.
He saw a thin young man in gorgeous clothes riding on a purple flying snake.
Behind him, there were three figures controlling a cloud of black mist, and two others controlling flying artifacts, constantly attacking the young man.
It was obvious that they were chasing and killing the young man.
Lu Changsheng was a little surprised to see this scene.
This young man should be at the late stage of Qi Refining.
But facing the pursuit of five cultivators, he was only slightly embarrassed.
While constantly parrying the incoming attacks, he was also able to drive a swarm of bee-like golden insects to kill the five people behind him.
“Go!”
Lu Changsheng didn’t look any further.
A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall!
Immediately, he let the Iron Feather Eagle dive down, not wanting to be involved in this kind of thing.
However.
The youth riding the flying serpent also saw Lu Changsheng, and his eyes lit up instantly.
That single glance made Lu Changsheng feel as if he were sitting on pins and needles.
This made him feel that this youth was not simple.
“Fellow Daoist, meeting is fate. I’ll give you a great opportunity. This is a bottle of Profound Yin True Water, a Foundation Establishment spiritual object that will help you establish your foundation!”
The youth shouted at Lu Changsheng.
He directly threw a black porcelain bottle towards Lu Changsheng.
Lu Changsheng frowned, his expression slightly沉.
He instantly knew that the other party wanted to divert the trouble.
But when he heard the words ‘Foundation Establishment spiritual object,’ looking at the porcelain bottle flying towards him, he couldn’t help but feel tempted and reached out to catch it.
After all, he was now at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
He could also start considering the matter of Foundation Establishment.
If he wanted to establish his foundation, he naturally couldn’t rely on himself alone; it was best to use external objects.
Ninety-nine percent of cultivators who attempted Foundation Establishment would use external objects to increase their chances!
Otherwise, wanting to rely on oneself to establish a foundation would be a life-and-death gamble.
Among them, the thing that helped the most with Foundation Establishment was called Foundation Establishment Pill!
When attacking Foundation Establishment, taking a Foundation Establishment Pill not only had the effect of stabilizing Qi and blood, greatly increasing mana, stimulating divine sense, and coordinating essence, Qi, and spirit as one.
Even if the attack on Foundation Establishment failed, one would not encounter Foundation Establishment backlash.
In addition to the Foundation Establishment Pill, there were also many Foundation Establishment spiritual objects that helped with Foundation Establishment.
This Profound Yin True Water was of great help to the mana barrier in the three barriers of impact Foundation Establishment: Qi and blood barrier, mana barrier, and divine sense barrier.
“Should I take it or not? Even if I don’t use this Profound Yin True Water myself, selling it could at least fetch two or three thousand spirit stones?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the porcelain bottle and thought to himself.
After slightly weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lu Changsheng immediately made a decision.
Since things were already involved, even if he didn’t want it, things might not necessarily end like this.
Moreover, he wanted the thing!
“I want the thing, but I don’t want to cause trouble, then there is only one way.”
Lu Changsheng looked indifferently at the youth and the five people chasing after him.
The five people chasing the youth, even though they knew that the youth was diverting the trouble, the leader among them did not hesitate.
He directly said: “Old Third, Old Fourth, you go and take back the Profound Yin True Water.”
“Yes, Big Brother!”
Hearing this, the two immediately looked at Lu Changsheng, driving their flying artifacts and directly killing towards the Iron Feather Eagle.
“Buzz!”
Lu Changsheng immediately played a Golden Light Cover Talisman.
A layer of golden light spread out, covering him and the Iron Feather Eagle.
The Iron Feather Eagle couldn’t have anything happen to it.
Otherwise, there would still be a day’s journey to Nine Dragons Square City.
Immediately afterward, in his two hands, one hand was pinching ten or so talismans, and the other hand was holding a thick talisman painted with a golden brick.
It was the Golden Brick Talisman Treasure!
The youth and the five people in front of him were not simple, so if he wanted to make a move, he had to be decisive and quick.
“High-grade talisman, it seems that you kid is quite rich?”
“However, you dare to accept the things that our Five Fiends of Kou have taken a fancy to. Aren’t you afraid of having the life to receive it, but not the life to enjoy it!”
Old Third and Old Fourth rushed towards Lu Changsheng, saying with a grinning expression.
One of them drove a broadsword, and the other drove a large hammer, their power was fierce and unmatched.
The Golden Light Cover Talisman was only a high-grade talisman, I’m afraid it could only withstand one or two blows.
Looking at the broadsword and the large hammer that were coming to kill him, Lu Changsheng’s expression remained indifferent, his robes moved without wind, fluttering loudly, and he threw out the stack of talismans in his hand directly.
Out of thin air, clouds of fire, fire snakes, and wind blades appeared, killing towards the two.
“Kid, just relying on these little tricks, you want to snatch treasures from our hands, it’s simply…”
When Old Third and Old Fourth saw this offensive, they didn’t panic at all, they pinched the magic seal and drove the magic weapon to protect their bodies.
However, the next moment, they saw in Lu Changsheng’s hand, a golden rectangular object shot out, quickly enlarging in the air, radiating golden light.
The thick aura exuded like a mountain, causing their bodies to sink, as if a mountain was falling on them, their faces changed greatly.
“This is… Talisman Treasure!”
The two shouted in shock and anger.
They never thought that the youth they had just been chasing was extremely difficult to deal with, making their five brothers chase for half a day.
Now they encountered a youth on the road, thinking they could solve it casually, but they didn’t expect that he would use a Talisman Treasure as soon as he made a move.
This was too outrageous!
Could it be that they didn’t look at the almanac when they went out today.
“Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist, stop, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this Foundation Establishment spiritual object will be given to you!”
“Yes, yes, yes, let’s talk it out, let’s talk it out!”
Old Third and Old Fourth shouted loudly immediately.
They didn’t understand Lu Changsheng’s behavior very much.
They couldn’t figure out why someone who used a Talisman Treasure as soon as he made a move would take a fancy to a Foundation Establishment spiritual object.
For a Foundation Establishment spiritual object, such a great fanfare?
Moreover.
Whose Talisman Treasure wasn’t held in their hand as a deterrent, who would use a Talisman Treasure without saying a word!
Old Third and Old Fourth were very confused.
They really couldn’t figure it out.
Not only them, but the youth and the three people on the other side also froze when they saw this scene, somewhat confused.
They had never seen someone make a move like this.
“Too late!”
Lu Changsheng only said coldly in the face of these words.
The Talisman Treasure had already been used, there was no way to take it back!
“Old Third, Old Fourth!”
The tall man on the other side of the black cloud said anxiously.
He pinched the magic seal and sacrificed a blood-colored chain, like a blood snake, shooting towards Old Third and Old Fourth, wanting to take the two to escape.
But the Golden Brick had already fallen heavily towards the two like a golden hill.
Under its spiritual pressure, the two were unobstructed, and the blood-colored chain that flew from the flying snake also stagnated slightly.
“Bang!!!!!”
The Golden Brick smashed down, and the flesh and blood of the two were damaged, and they fell directly from the air.
“You killed my third and fourth brothers, today I will kill you!”
The tall man on the black cloud looked shocked and angry, stretched out the index finger of his right hand and placed it on the corner of his mouth, biting it hard, squeezing out a drop of extremely thick blood from the opening.
Then he flicked it hard, causing a strangely shaped flying knife to appear, blooming with blood-colored light, and shooting towards Lu Changsheng at a rapid speed.
“Not good!”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed, knowing that this attack was not simple.
The other party wanted to take advantage of the gap in the Talisman Treasure to directly kill him.
He immediately took out another talisman.
Top-grade Talisman, Golden Light Body Protection Talisman!
At the same time, he sacrificed the middle-grade magic weapon shield that he had obtained from the rogue cultivator and kept for his own use.
The khaki shield was like an earth wall, thick and heavy, lying in front.
At the same time, Lu Changsheng controlled the Golden Brick Talisman Treasure with his mind.
Let the Golden Brick prepare for the second attack, locking the aura of the youth on the flying snake and the three people on the black cloud.
He wanted the thing, but he didn’t want to cause trouble, then… killing everyone would perfectly solve the problem and eliminate future troubles!
With a sharp weapon, the intention to kill arises!
With the previous two killings, Lu Changsheng not only tasted the sweetness, but also had some confidence.
He was confident that as long as he didn’t face a Foundation Establishment great cultivator, he would be fearless!
As for the Foundation Establishment great cultivator, as long as he didn’t face him face to face, he could also fight!
“Puff!”
The blood-colored flying knife shot out, directly breaking through the shield magic weapon sacrificed by Lu Changsheng, causing Lu Changsheng’s eyes to narrow slightly.
He quickly took out five Golden Light Cover Talismans again, stacking five layers of Golden Light Cover on himself.
There must be no mistakes in fighting!
“Puff puff puff!”
The blood-colored flying knife was extremely fierce. After breaking through the shield magic weapon, it instantly came to Lu Changsheng, breaking through three layers of Golden Light Cover Talismans in a row, and only when facing the fourth layer of Golden Light Cover did it lack stamina.
“What a fierce offensive!”
Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but be shocked.
He didn’t distract himself, controlling the Golden Brick that re-emerged into the air with his mind, and crashed down towards the four.
“Fellow Daoist, misunderstanding!”
The thin youth riding on the flying snake felt his body sink and shouted loudly.
He immediately patted the bag on his waist, and suddenly dense black insects appeared, like a piece of armor, wrapping his whole body, wanting to escape.
At this moment, the three people on the black cloud also knew that they had lost the opportunity to kill Lu Changsheng.
They looked at each other, pinched the magic seal together, and let the black cloud under their feet turn blood-colored at this moment, forcibly breaking free from the suppression of the Golden Brick’s power, wanting to escape the Golden Brick’s range.
“Huh!?”
Lu Changsheng didn’t expect that the four people actually had such methods.
Sure enough, they were not simple.
He immediately took out three talismans and activated them.
High-grade Talisman—Soul Shock Talisman!
Top-grade Talisman—Thunder Light Talisman!
Top-grade Talisman—Heavenly Net Talisman!
As the three talismans shot out, first a dull sound like thunder appeared in the void.
Making people feel uneasy and fearful.
Immediately afterward, a thunder light suddenly exploded in the direction where the three people on the blood cloud were about to leave, sealing their retreat.
And a black net from all directions formed around, trapping the four, and closing towards the four!