Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Lu Cheng'an had previously obtained the complete inheritance of two sects in the vast desert, especially the Jinhua Sect. At its peak, this sect had several cultivators at the Refinement of Void Realm. The sect also inherited a large number of cultivation techniques and classic texts, including two seventh-order cultivation techniques.

One of these two seventh-tier cultivation manuals is of the metal element, and the other is of the earth element, which do not match the power of the Great Dao that Lu Cheng'an comprehended.

Those two seventh-tier cultivation techniques were incomplete. The seventh-tier technique with the metal attribute could only be cultivated to the mid-stage of the Dao Integration Realm, while the seventh-tier technique with the earth attribute could only be cultivated to the early-stage of the Dao Integration Realm.

In addition to these two seventh-level cultivation techniques, there are fifteen sixth-level cultivation techniques.

These fifteen sixth-order cultivation techniques are much more complete than the two seventh-order techniques, and four of the sixth-order techniques can be cultivated to the perfection of the Void Refinement Realm.

Of these four complete sixth-order cultivation techniques, two are of the metal element, one is of the wood element, and one is of the fire element. The fire element technique that suits Lu Cheng'an's cultivation is called the Azure Fire Profound Yang Technique.

The remaining eleven sixth-order cultivation techniques could not be cultivated to the perfection of the Dao Integration Realm, but this was not particularly important to Lu Cheng'an.

Because he didn't want to practice these techniques, but rather to gain insights from them, which would help him deduce the techniques of the Earth Flame True Scripture Refining Void Chapter.

There are even more fifth-order cultivation techniques, totaling thirty-two.

The number of cultivation techniques below the fifth rank is countless, and Lu Cheng'an did not make a detailed count.

All of these techniques originated from the Jinhua Sect.

The lone ancient cultivator at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm that Lu Cheng'an killed came from the Hun Tian Sect. Although the strength of this sect was far inferior to that of the Jin Hua Sect, they still had quite a few cultivation manuals and scriptures.

Excluding the texts that overlap with those of the Jin Hua Sect, the Hun Yuan Sect has three sixth-level cultivation methods, none of which are complete.

The Hunyuan Sect has collected nine fifth-order cultivation techniques. Two of these techniques can be cultivated to the perfect Nascent Soul stage, but both are earth-attribute techniques.

Before going to Yin Hua Sect to help Tianyun Shangren refine magic weapons, Lu Cheng'an handed over the inheritances of Jin Hua Sect and Hun Yuan Sect to Shi Ningyu and Lu Jingkun respectively.

After he returned from Yin Hua Sect, Shi Ningyu and Lu Jingkun had already reviewed the cultivation methods of both sects.

Before choosing to go into seclusion to study the cultivation techniques, Lu Cheng'an made copies of all of them from the family's library cave.

He not only copied the techniques of the fifth rank and above, but also copied all the techniques of the fifth rank and below.

Even the first and second-tier techniques have their merits. His current goal is to gather the strengths of various schools and deduce the technique of the Earth Flame True Scripture Refining Void Chapter as soon as possible.

The lower-level techniques were fine; after Lu Cheng'an read them once, he was able to understand their essence and even make some modifications and additions to them.

Once the cultivation technique reaches the fourth or fifth level, Lu Cheng'an needs to expend considerable effort to comprehend its essence and then make certain modifications and additions.

However, Lu Cheng'an found it relatively difficult to comprehend the sixth-order cultivation techniques corresponding to the Void Refining Realm. Even if he spent a lot of time and energy, he could not fully comprehend a sixth-order cultivation technique.

However, as he studied these sixth-order cultivation techniques, his understanding of the Void Refining Realm deepened.

When this insight was applied to the Earth Flame True Scripture he was cultivating, he gained a clearer understanding of the early stage of the Earth Flame True Scripture's Void Refinement Realm techniques.

Lu Cheng'an felt that once he had thoroughly studied all the cultivation techniques of the Hunyuan Sect and the Jinhua Sect, even without relying on the power of the tea leaves from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, he would be able to deduce the cultivation technique of the early stage of the Refining Void Realm of the Earth Flame True Scripture.

Time flies when you're cultivating, and twelve years passed quickly.

Over the years, Lu Cheng'an has never left his cave. He has been diligently studying the cultivation techniques of the Hunyuan Sect and the Jinhua Sect, while also deducing the cultivation techniques of the early stage of the Refining Void Realm of the Earth Flame True Scripture.

He made significant progress. After studying all the cultivation manuals of the Hunyuan Sect and the Jinhua Sect, he deduced the cultivation method for the early stage of the Refining Void Realm in the Di Yan True Scripture.

"With my current foundation, I'm not quite ready to deduce the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm cultivation technique. But if I add the power of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree leaves, it might be able to help me deduce the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm cultivation technique of the Earth Flame True Scripture!"

Lu Cheng'an felt that he was only one step away from deducing the mid-stage Refinement Realm technique of the Earth Flame True Scripture. If he could rely on the tea leaves of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree to comprehend it, he would be able to cross that step.

"Twelve years have passed, and Ningyu and Jingkun's cultivation should not have broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm yet!"

After considering it for a while, Lu Cheng'an took out the four leaves from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree from his storage artifact.

He then made a fist, and the rich spiritual energy in the cave immediately gathered in his palm, and soon a ball of spiritual liquid appeared in Lu Cheng'an's palm.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an took out a palm-sized golden-purple teapot from his storage artifact. This teapot was also of the fifth-grade top quality.

Lu Cheng'an threw the ball of spiritual energy liquid into the golden-purple teapot. At this moment, he also released the seal on the four leaves of the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Leaf and put them into the teapot as well.

Then Lu Cheng'an condensed a ball of flame in his palm and set it on fire towards the teapot.

This flame is pure yang heavenly fire, and the power it contains is extremely terrifying.

The method of using the tea leaves from the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree is very simple. Just soak the tea leaves in pure spiritual liquid and then boil them directly with flames to extract the essence from the tea leaves.

As the pure yang heavenly fire continued to burn, the spiritual liquid in the teapot gradually began to boil.

Although the spiritual liquid was boiling continuously, not much water vapor was being released.

However, after the spiritual liquid boiled, the originally bluish-white liquid gradually turned into a light green color.

As time passed, the light green color grew darker and darker until the elixir turned completely green.

At this point, the spiritual liquid in the teapot had decreased by two-thirds, leaving only a small amount of green liquid.

This liquid is tea brewed from the leaves of four ancient tea trees, known as the Enlightenment Tea Tree. After drinking it, cultivators can enter a state of enlightenment.

After the tea was brewed, Lu Cheng'an sat down cross-legged, then opened his mouth slightly. A suction force surged out, and the green tea in the teapot turned into a stream of water that entered his open mouth.

After drinking the tea, Lu Cheng'an quickly entered a profound state. He felt his mind become unusually active, and many of his previous confusions about the Refinement Realm seemed to have been resolved at this moment.

After this feeling arose, Lu Cheng'an dared not delay for the slightest and immediately began to deduce the mid-stage cultivation method of the Earth Flame True Scripture in the Void Refining Realm.

The tea brewed from the leaves of the fifth-grade, top-quality Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree was quite effective. After drinking it for an hour, Lu Cheng'an successfully deduced the mid-stage Refinement Realm technique of the Earth Flame True Scripture. At this point, the tea's effects had not yet worn off, but Lu Cheng'an did not continue to deduce the late-stage Refinement Realm technique of the Earth Flame True Scripture.

Because his previous accumulation had been exhausted, even with the power of tea, it was impossible for him to deduce the late-stage cultivation method of the Earth Flame True Scripture.

The main reason is that his cultivation level is still at the Nascent Soul stage, so there is no need for him to deduce the cultivation techniques of the late-stage Void Refinement stage now.

Before the power of the tea was exhausted, he began to study the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, two supernatural powers involving the power of time.

These two divine abilities are extremely powerful. Lu Cheng'an had previously relied on these two divine abilities to kill many powerful enemies.

However, these two supernatural abilities also have a very obvious drawback: they only work on cultivators who are of similar or weaker strength than Lu Cheng'an.

If a cultivator's strength far surpasses Lu Cheng'an's, the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal will be greatly weakened, or even rendered useless.

Not only that, Lu Cheng'an will also suffer a backlash.

Of course, Lu Cheng'an was not without ways to make up for this shortcoming, but this method would consume his own lifespan.

Lu Cheng'an has now fully mastered the method of consuming his own lifespan to activate the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal. With the power of his own lifespan added, the power of the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal will be greatly enhanced.

With Lu Cheng'an's current strength, if he were willing to give up his own lifespan, he could completely control cultivators in the Void Refining Realm by relying on the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal.

Lu Cheng'an hadn't done that much unless it was a life-or-death situation.

Now Lu Cheng'an had an idea in his mind: he wanted to explore the secrets of consuming his own lifespan to enhance the two supernatural abilities, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Quiet Ancient Seal.

If he could decipher the secrets within, then the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal could serve as his trump cards.

However, this kind of secret involving time magic is not so easy to comprehend. Before the power of the tea brewed from the leaves of the Enlightened Ancient Tea Tree was exhausted, Lu Cheng'an had not yet figured out its mystery.

Of course, he did not come away empty-handed. He gained new insights into the two divine abilities, the Thousand-Year Seal and the Tranquil Ancient Seal, and the power he would unleash when using these two divine abilities in the future would be enhanced to a certain extent.

Moreover, he has gained some new insights into the Way of Time. Perhaps once his understanding of the Way of Time deepens, he will be able to unravel its mysteries.

"The power of the tea has been completely exhausted. I'll take a short break to recover before coming out of seclusion to check on Jingkun and Ningyu!"

After meditating for five days, Lu Cheng'an left his cave.

He then immediately inquired about Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu from the cultivators in the clan. They said that the two of them had not yet completed the minimum 15-year seclusion period that they had mentioned.

The two have not yet emerged from their respective caves, and there are no unusual fluctuations of spiritual energy around their caves, which proves that their cultivation levels have likely not yet broken through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

After learning about Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu's situation, Lu Cheng'an then asked Lu Wenxing about the progress of the materials needed to build the Golden Spear Dharma Ship.

For the past ten years or so, the Lu family has focused on collecting materials to build the Golden Spear Magic Ship, and they have made considerable progress over the years.

All materials below the fifth rank have been collected, and some materials above the fifth rank have also been collected, but there is still a large gap.

This is mainly because materials of the fifth rank or higher are relatively rare, especially high-rank spiritual woods such as ironwood and primordial wood.

Although the Lu family did not collect enough materials such as Ironwood and Primordial Wood, they did find out some information about these materials.

The regions that can produce these materials in large quantities are all in the endless void, including the Golden Origin Forest that Master Tianyun had previously told Lu Cheng'an about.

The Golden Origin Forest is extremely vast, rich in spiritual energy and permeated with the power of the Golden Path, and contains a great many high-grade spiritual trees.

Due to the environment of the Golden Forest, most of the high-level spirit trees that grow there are of the metal element.

The fifth-order spirit wood needed to build the Golden Spear Ship is basically all metal-attribute spirit wood, such as the Ironwood.

"The Golden Origin Forest is seven or eight million miles away from Starfall Mountain. Once Jingkun and Ningyu's cultivation breaks through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, they will have to make a trip into the Endless Void!"

Lu Cheng'an entered the Endless Void this time to complete all the matters that needed to be done there.

Upon returning from the endless void, he worked diligently to enhance his own and his family's power, awaiting the Xuan Chen Realm's attack on the demonic cultivators.

After learning this news, Lu Cheng'an returned to his cave and began to cultivate diligently, waiting for Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu to break through in their cultivation levels.

Time passed slowly, and five years went by in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu both broke through to the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm within the past five years. During this period, the Lu family added two more Nascent Soul realm cultivators, bringing the total number of Nascent Soul realm cultivators in the Lu family to eleven.

However, apart from Lu Cheng'an, who was at the perfect Nascent Soul stage, and Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu, who were at the late Nascent Soul stage, all the other Nascent Soul cultivators were at the early Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, Lu Cheng'an planned to take Lu Jingkun and Shi Ningyu with him when he went to the Endless Void, but he would not bring the early Nascent Soul cultivators of the Lu family into the Endless Void.

This is mainly because neither of the two places he is going to in the endless void are very safe, and they are also very far from the boundary passage of the state.

To be on the safe side, Lu Cheng'an planned to invite Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren to go together.

Both of them were at the late Nascent Soul stage. Lu Cheng'an had been helping them refine the Yin Gathering Pool and other magical artifacts for more than ten years. If their cultivation had progressed smoothly, they should have broken through to the perfect Nascent Soul stage by now.

When the three cultivators at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm and the two cultivators at the late Nascent Soul realm enter the endless void together, they will become an extremely powerful force.

If they encounter a lone early-stage sixth-tier Void Beast, the five of them together have a certain chance of killing it.

After deciding to invite Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren to the Endless Void, Lu Cheng'an didn't waste any time and immediately sent a message to the two of them.

The current situation of Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren is not much different from what Lu Cheng'an predicted. With the help of the power of magic treasures such as the Juyin Pool, their cultivation has now successfully broken through to the perfect Nascent Soul realm.

They were deeply grateful to Lu Cheng'an, and therefore quickly gave him a positive reply after receiving his message. (End of Chapter)