Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Lu Cheng'an initially fused the seedlings of the Crimson Phoenix Spirit Wood into his Dao Domain. However, as he cultivated the Crimson Phoenix Refining Void Technique to a minor completion level, the seedlings of the Crimson Phoenix Spirit Wood in his Dao Domain grew rapidly and completely shed their seedling stage.

As the Crimson Phoenix Spirit Tree grew, its blessing on Lu Cheng'an's Dao Domain also increased significantly.

After Lu Cheng'an cultivated the Crimson Phoenix Refining Void Technique to the minor completion level, he did not leave the cave. He devoted himself to making adjustments until the day before the Wanbao Gathering was to begin, when he finally came out of the cave.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, the Wanbao Gathering will be held at the Wanbao Pavilion in Lingxu City. Let’s head there now and wait for the gathering to begin,” said Venerable Tianyun.

After Lu Cheng'an came out of the cave, he went to see Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren.

The two of them had been keeping a close eye on the Wanbao Society's situation, and now the cultivators participating in the Wanbao Society could enter the auction house ahead of time.

Wanbaolou is located in the central area of ​​Lingxu City and is the tallest building in Lingxu City.

It contains a spatial array built by the Lingxu Sect, which greatly expands the internal space.

After Master Tianyun and his companion gave Lu Cheng'an a brief explanation of the current situation of the Wanbao Society, they led Lu Cheng'an towards the Wanbao Pavilion.

Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren are both at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and their cultivation levels are already quite high among the cultivators participating in the Wanbao Gathering.

Therefore, upon entering Wanbaolou, they were immediately led into a private room by the Wanbaolou staff.

The private room was furnished with spiritual fruits and teas. The Lingxu Sect was much more extravagant than Shenyun Daojun, as the spiritual fruits and teas were all of the fifth grade, though there were not many of them.

The private room was simply furnished, with a projection array inside that allowed viewers to see the auction stage.

If the cultivators in the private rooms want to participate in the auction, they can bid directly from inside the rooms, and their voices can be heard in the auction hall outside.

After expressing their feelings, Lu Cheng'an and the other two started talking about the Wanbao Gathering again, and then waited for it to begin.

The day passed quickly, and the Wanbao meeting began early the next morning.

At this moment, a woman dressed in a purple-red dress appeared on the auction stage. She was the auctioneer presiding over this auction by Wanbaohui.

"I am Gong Ziyu. Greetings to all fellow Daoists who have traveled from afar. I will be presiding over the auction at the Myriad Treasures Gathering!"

After Gong Ziyu finished speaking, the previously noisy auction house immediately fell silent.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, Gong Ziyu comes from the Lingxu Sect and is one of the thirteen Refinement Realm experts in the Lingxu Sect. It is said that her cultivation has reached the late Refinement Realm!"

Master Tianyun secretly transmitted his voice to Lu Cheng'an, as they had learned some information about the Lingxu Sect's cultivators at the Refining Void Realm over the years.

The Lingxu Sect has a total of thirteen cultivators at the Refinement Void Realm. Among them, the Sect Master and the First Elder are both at the Perfect Refinement Void Realm, while the Second Elder, Third Elder, and Fourth Elder are all at the Late Refinement Void Realm.

Gong Ziyu is the second elder of the Lingxu Sect, which shows how powerful she is.

The Lingxu Sect appointed Gong Ziyu to preside over the Wanbaohui auction primarily because many cultivators at the Refinement Void Realm were participating, including some at the Perfect Refinement Void Realm.

If the cultivator presiding over the auction has too low a cultivation level, he/she may not be able to control the situation.

While Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren were introducing Gong Ziyu to Lu Cheng'an, Gong Ziyu also briefly explained the rules of the Wanbao Auction, and then she directly took out the first item to be auctioned.

"Fire Spirit Yuan, a sixth-grade high-quality spiritual item, has the effect of strengthening the Dao Domain of cultivators in the Void Refinement Realm. The starting bid is one million spirit pearls, and each bid must be at least one hundred thousand spirit pearls higher!"

"The starting bid for a single Rank 6 high-grade spiritual item has reached one million spirit pearls!"

The old man of ten thousand corpses sighed, even if they searched their Heavenly Corpse Sect thoroughly, they wouldn't find a million spirit pearls.

"This is why the Fire Spirit is so precious; ordinary sixth-grade high-quality spiritual items wouldn't be worth this price!" Master Tianyun sighed.

Lu Cheng'an did not participate in the discussion; his gaze was fixed on the fire spirit.

This is a fire-attribute treasure, within which surges a rich fire-elemental power.

If he could obtain this treasure, he was confident that he could expand the Dao Domain to a thousand feet in a very short time.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. He doesn't even have the cultivation of the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm yet, so how could he possibly obtain a treasure of the sixth-grade upper level?

As soon as Gong Ziyu finished speaking, a chorus of bids erupted in the auction hall, quickly driving the price of the Fire Spirit to two million, more than doubling.

At this point, the number of cultivators participating in the auction began to decrease, and the Fire Spirit was eventually sold for 2.3 million.

The Fire Spirit Auction went smoothly, and Gong Ziyu quickly took out the second item for auction, which was also a sixth-tier spiritual item.

The first hundred spiritual items were all of the sixth rank, and only after that did the auction begin for treasures below the sixth rank.

Lu Cheng'an mainly wanted to purchase the Pure Yang Concentration Pill and the materials for refining it, as well as the materials needed to build the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array.

The Pure Yang Concentrating Spirit Pill is mainly used to assist cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage to break through to the Deity Transformation stage. The Wanbao Society will be auctioning a considerable number of Pure Yang Concentrating Spirit Pills this time.

However, all the major Nascent Soul cultivators probably want to purchase the Pure Yang Condensing Spirit Pill, so Lu Cheng'an doesn't have much confidence in acquiring it.

The cultivation methods of the Heavenly Corpse Sect and the Yinhua Sect are quite unique. Nascent Soul cultivators from these two sects do not need Pure Yang Condensing Spirit Pills to break through to the Divine Transformation Realm, which reduces Lu Cheng'an's opponents by two.

In the end, Lu Cheng'an spent 32,000 spirit pearls to buy three Pure Yang Concentration Pills. After using up all the spirit pearls he carried, he purchased all the materials except for the Heavenly Gang Dust Yuan Qi and the Earthly Fiend Profound Spirit Milk.

Zhou Hongyu had enough Heavenly Gang Dust Qi, and he also knew about the Earthly Fiend Profound Spirit Milk.

Once they had successfully hunted the Flamehorn Fire Deer together, Lu Cheng'an felt that obtaining enough Heavenly Dust Qi from Zhou Hongyu would not be difficult.

The Lingxu City Treasure Fair lasted for nine days, and a large number of spiritual items were auctioned off.

However, due to financial constraints, Lu Cheng'an and the three Heavenly Cloud Masters did not purchase too many spiritual items.

But they participated in the whole process and gained a lot of knowledge.

After the auction ended, Lu Cheng'an conveyed the message to Zhou Hongyu, telling her that they were willing to go to the outer void together to hunt down the Flame Horned Fire Deer, which was at the fifth-order perfect realm.

After Lu Cheng'an and Tianyun Shangren returned to their rented cave dwelling, Zhou Hongyu quickly appeared there as well. "If the three of you agree, then make preparations. We will depart for the outer void tomorrow!" Zhou Hongyu said quickly.

She had been waiting for news from Lu Cheng'an while also looking for new partners.

However, Lu Cheng'an and the other two have always been her most suitable partners, which is why she rushed over so quickly after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message.

"We have no questions. May I ask, Fellow Daoist Zhou, were there only four of us who killed the Flame Horned Fire Deer, or did you also invite other Nascent Soul cultivators?" Lu Cheng'an inquired.

"With just the four of us, and that Flame Horned Fire Deer just reaching the fifth-tier perfection, the four of us are more than enough to kill it!" Zhou Hongyu said with a smile.

“Then let’s do as Fellow Daoist Zhou says, and set off for the outer void tomorrow!” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

After Zhou Hongyu and Lu Cheng'an finished their conversation, they left the small courtyard in the cave that Lu Cheng'an and his two companions had rented.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an and the other two immediately sent a message to the cultivators of the three prefectures of Mengyuan Prefecture, saying that they would be staying in Lingxu City for some time and would not be returning with them.

Of course, it wasn't just Lu Cheng'an and his two companions; messages also came from Nascent Soul cultivators from the three states of Yunhai Prefecture who had come to Lingxu City, and none of them planned to return immediately.

Like Lu Cheng'an and the other two, they also encountered some problems after entering Lingxu City.

After Lu Cheng'an and his two companions communicated with the cultivators of the three states of Yunhai Prefecture, they began to wait to travel to the outer void with Zhou Hongyu.

The outer void is outside the Xuan Chen Realm. Cultivators within the Xuan Chen Realm who wish to travel to the outer void can only do so through the realm passage.

The boundary passage has always been guarded by experts from the Xuan Chen Realm at the Tribulation Transcending Realm and the Dao Integration Realm to prevent powerful beings from outside the realm from damaging the boundary passage and entering the Xuan Chen Realm.

The demonic cultivators appearing in the Xuan Chen Realm today are the result of the true demon blood destroying a boundary passage in the Xuan Chen Realm back then, leading to the emergence of an inexhaustible number of demonic cultivators.

Even now, the cultivators of the Xuan Chen Realm do not know the origin of those True Demon bloods. After these True Demon bloods created a large number of demon cultivators in the Xuan Chen Realm, they have never made any further moves.

This cast a shadow over the cultivators of the Xuan Chen Realm, because they believed that the blood of those true demons did not simply create some demonic cultivators.

There is a boundary passage in the sky above Lizhou. The entrance to this boundary passage is small and only allows cultivators below the Dao Integration Realm to pass through.

The one who oversees this boundary passage is a powerful expert in the late stage of the Dao Integration Realm, known as Jade Spring Spirit Lord. He is not a cultivator from Lizhou, but a cultivator from the Myriad Laws Sect of the Central Divine Continent.

This is not only true for the boundary passage in Lizhou; all the boundary passages in the Xuanchen Realm are mainly guarded by people from the four super powers of the Central Divine Continent.

Those who cultivate near the boundary passage all have immortal cities. Apart from Jade Spring Spirit Lord, a Dao Integration Realm cultivator, all the Refining Void Sects in Lizhou have dispatched cultivators from their respective sects to be stationed in the boundary immortal cities.

The celestial city above Lizhou is called Licheng, because the boundary passage is located above Lizhou.

The Flame-Horned Fire Deer that Zhou Hongyu discovered is located in the Remnant Sun Grand Canyon, three million miles from the exit of the boundary passage.

The Sunset Grand Canyon stretches for hundreds of thousands of miles, filled with intense fire and poisonous energy, and inhabited by a large number of ancient void beasts containing fire and poison.

The number of Void Ancient Beasts at the fifth-order perfect realm in the Residual Sun Grand Canyon is extremely small, and the Flame Horned Fire Deer at the fifth-order perfect realm is definitely one of the overlords of the Residual Sun Grand Canyon.

Lu Cheng'an and his two companions were unfamiliar with the border crossings between the states; Zhou Hongyu had provided them with this information.

Early the next morning, Zhou Hongyu arrived at the cave dwelling rented by Lu Chengan and the other two. After meeting up, the four of them did not waste any time and soon left Lingxu City together.

Zhou Hongyu led Lu Cheng'an and the other two to fly 150,000 li southeast of Lingxu City before stopping.

“We’ll start from here; the boundary passage is above this place!” Zhou Hongyu said in a deep voice.

Above the Xuan Chen Realm are three perilous areas: the Gale Layer, the Frost Domain, and the Thunder Sea. The Gale Layer is at the bottom, the Frost Domain is in the middle, and the Thunder Sea is at the outermost layer.

These three perilous areas are extremely dangerous, and only cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage can pass through them safely.

Above the Thunder Sea lies a void space, within which the boundary passage is located.

Apart from Lu Cheng'an, who was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, the other three, including Tianyun Shangren, were all at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm. They had no problem passing through the Gale Layer, the Frost Domain, and the Thunder Sea.

Life rarely emerges from these three perilous places; however, ancient void beasts from beyond the realm may enter these three perilous places through rather special passages.

However, the strength of these Void Beasts is not too great, because that special type of passage cannot accommodate too powerful Void Beasts, otherwise the passage would directly form a boundary passage.

This wasn't the first time Zhou Hongyu had entered the outer void through the boundary passage leading out of the city; she was very familiar with this route.

Under her guidance, Lu Cheng'an and the other two successfully passed through the Gale Layer, the Frost Domain, and the Thunder Sea, arriving in the void above the Thunder Sea.

"The boundary passage is still in the 140,000 to 150,000 zhang area above the city, and the city is also located there!"

A solemn expression appeared on Zhou Hongyu's face. She said in a deep voice, "After entering Li City, I will take you to register and receive a pass for passing through the boundary passage. The pass can only be used once for entry and exit. After two uses, the pass will be invalid. The pass is not issued for free; one pass costs five thousand spirit pearls."

"There are many cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage and the perfect Nascent Soul stage in Li City, and there are also quite a few experts in the Void Refinement stage. Therefore, we must not cause trouble after entering Li City, otherwise we will easily be beaten to death."

Cities like Licheng, which are located in boundary regions, are mostly built outside the Xuanchen Realm, and many of the rules of the Xuanchen Realm are not applicable here.

The mortality rate for cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage is extremely high here.

Before the emergence of demonic cultivators in the Xuan Chen Realm, the mortality rate of cultivators in the Realm City was even higher.

However, after demonic cultivators appeared in the Xuan Chen Realm, the four super powers of the Xuan Chen Sect issued an order to avoid fighting within the Realm City in order to reduce the number of deaths of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Of course, there are still certain rules outside the Boundary City, but once you leave the Boundary City and enter the outer void, that is when you truly enter a place without rules.

All the interdimensional passages of the Xuan Chen Realm are controlled by the four super powers of the Central Divine Continent. During this time, the demonic cultivators of the Xuan Chen Realm also tried to seize them, but they did not succeed.

The four super powers of the Central Divine Continent have invested a great deal of power in the boundary passage; otherwise, they would have had the opportunity to wipe out all the demonic cultivators in the Xuan Chen Realm.

However, the boundary passage is the gateway to the Xuan Chen Realm, and no mistakes can be tolerated. The forces guarding the boundary passage cannot easily return to the Xuan Chen Realm.

After giving Lu Cheng'an and the other two a thorough explanation, Zhou Hongyu led them away from the city at breakneck speed. (End of Chapter)