Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 38 New Trouble (Please read and recommend!)

When Lu Cheng'an sent the message, he mentioned that his cultivation had broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining. However, because Lu Wenxing was not currently in the clan, Lu Wenhua did not tell the other cultivators in the clan about Lu Cheng'an's breakthrough.

Lu Cheng'an is too young now; he's only nineteen. Given his current cultivation progress, it's a certainty that he'll break through to the Foundation Establishment realm in the future.

Lu Wenxing is currently purchasing Foundation Establishment spiritual items outside, preparing to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

If Lu Cheng'an's true situation were exposed at this time, it would definitely attract the envy of some people.

Therefore, after some thought, Lu Wenhua decided to keep the news a secret for the time being and wait until Lu Wenxing returned to the family before revealing it.

"My cultivation level has just broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled and asked, "I haven't been in much contact with the clan lately. Is everything alright there?"

"Nothing much has happened in the clan. The Grand Elder presided over the Spirit Awakening ceremony some time ago, but only a few cultivation seeds were discovered this time, just one person."

Lu Wenhua sighed and said, "Because the clan leader is not in the clan right now, the clan's spiritual awakening for mortals has ended hastily this time. The five cultivation seeds you selected for the clan last time have all become Qi Refining Level 1 cultivators, which has alleviated the clan's shortage of cultivators."

"How is the Black Pine Mountain Market doing now? These are the sixty-two low-grade first-tier magic artifacts I've refined recently. The family probably doesn't need that many right now, so we can sell them at the market!"

With a rustling sound, Lu Cheng'an took out all sixty-two low-grade first-tier magic swords stored in his storage bag.

Lu Cheng'an's weapon-forging skills are constantly improving, and the quality of these sixty-two magic swords is better than the ones he previously gave to Lu Wenhua.

However, the price of first-tier low-grade magic weapons is limited. Even if these magic swords are of better quality, their prices will not be much higher than the previous ones.

"Cheng'an, these are all the magic swords you've forged over this period of time. You've worked so hard!"

Lu Wenhua frowned deeply, looking at Lu Cheng'an with some heartache.

Lu Cheng'an's current cultivation level has broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, which clearly shows that he has never relaxed his cultivation.

Lu Cheng'an must have had no rest during this period of time, having forged so many magic swords.

"Don't worry, Uncle, I've had enough rest!"

Lu Cheng'an could see the changes in his strength every day through the panel, which gave him great motivation.

He didn't feel tired at all; on the contrary, he felt extremely excited.

"Uncle, please put these magical artifacts away. Next, I plan to try refining a mid-grade first-tier magical artifact. Did you bring me the refining materials I needed?" Lu Cheng'an asked with a smile.

The refining material he needed was still ungraded refined iron, which was made by forging and tempering ordinary iron, and could be refined by ordinary people.

The Lu family had previously taken in many ordinary people from other surnames. The low-grade refined iron used by Lu Cheng'an to refine magical artifacts was all made from the refined iron of these ordinary people from other surnames.

"I've brought everything you need!"

When Lu Wenhua heard Lu Cheng'an mention this matter, a smile appeared on his face: "These are the ungraded refined iron you need, and these are the pills you need." Lu Cheng'an glanced at the ungraded refined iron and quickly looked away, then looked at the pills next to him.

Because his cultivation has now broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, the first-grade mid-level pills he has are of little use.

Therefore, this time he asked his uncle to prepare various types of first-grade high-quality pills for him, such as those for healing, restoring mana, and assisting in cultivation.

Lu Cheng'an is not short of spirit stones now, so he will not hold back when purchasing resources to aid his cultivation.

After inspecting all the substandard refined iron and pills, he put them all into his storage bag.

Lu Wenhua turned his gaze to the magical artifacts that Lu Chengan had crafted. After putting them away, he couldn't help but sigh softly.

Lu Cheng'an frowned slightly and asked, "Uncle, what happened?"

"Business is booming at Black Pine Mountain Market. Since its opening, the market has brought in nearly a thousand spirit stones for the family!"

This is a large sum of money, and it's just a share of the market rent. This share is split 50/50 between the Lu family and the Liu and Song families, with the Lu family taking half and the Liu and Song families taking the other half.

In addition to this income, the shops that the Lu family opened in the market also brought a significant portion of the family's profits.

All things considered, the Black Pine Mountain Market brought the Lu family more than two thousand spirit stones in income that year.

"However, this has also caused some trouble!"

Lu Wenhua frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "The market is doing too well, which has attracted the attention of the Green Flame Valley bandits. They want to take 90% of the market's profits and even want to charge us rent!"

"The bandits of Green Flame Valley? They're nearly four hundred miles away from Black Pine Mountain. Why would they be eyeing the Black Pine Mountain market?" Lu Cheng'an frowned and asked.

“Alas, the Black Pine Mountain Market attracts mostly independent cultivators. These independent cultivators move around too much, so it’s not surprising that news of the situation in the Black Pine Mountain Market has reached the bandit cultivators in Green Flame Valley,” Lu Wenhua said.

The bandits of Green Flame Valley are far superior to those of Black Pine Mountain. The bandits of Green Flame Valley are very strong, with as many as twenty-two of them being late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, five of whom have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

However, the bandit cultivators of Green Flame Valley are generally mediocre, and none of them, who are in the late stage of Qi Refining, have any hope of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even so, the strength of the Green Flame Valley bandits should not be underestimated. After all, with twenty-two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators and five at the ninth level of Qi Refining, their strength already surpasses the combined power of the Lu, Liu, and Song families.

Especially now that Lu Wenxing, the only Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator in the Lu family, is not in the family, it would be very disadvantageous for the Lu family if a conflict were to break out with the bandits of Green Flame Valley.

"What are the clan members and the Liu and Song families saying now?" Lu Cheng'an asked in a deep voice.

Taking 90% of the profits from Black Pine Mountain Market and then charging them rent is not much different from the bandits who gave Black Pine Mountain Market to Green Flame Valley.

"The Grand Elder is still discussing with the cultivators from the Liu and Song families, but I estimate that he will not agree to such harsh conditions from the Green Flame Valley bandits!" Lu Wenhua said.

If they were to agree to the Green Flame Valley bandits' conditions, they would be giving up the enormous profits brought by the Black Pine Mountain Market, which would be completely unacceptable to the Lu family.

(End of this chapter)