Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 9: Countless Minerals (Please recommend and continue reading!)
The fiery red lava river flows slowly, and the gently rolling waves create a fiery red splash, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

Lu Cheng'an stood on the bank of the lava river, but instead of recklessly jumping into it, he slowly squatted down and then extended a finger into the lava river.

"There shouldn't be any problems!"

The lava emitted a scorching temperature, but Lu Cheng'an, standing on the shore, did not feel any heat at all. He only felt very warm and had no discomfort whatsoever.

It was because of this sensation in his body that he dared to stick his finger into the lava river.

"As expected, there's no problem. The temperature of the lava river is about the same as warm water to me!"

Lu Cheng'an reached his hand into the lava river and splashed a drop of water. He carefully scanned the lava river with his eyes, then used his divine sense to probe it again. After confirming that there was no danger, he took off his clothes.

He was not afraid of the lava river, but his clothes were not.

After taking off his clothes, Lu Cheng'an jumped into the lava river without hesitation.

"This lava feels like the perfect temperature of bathwater!"

Lu Cheng'an let out a soft moan of comfort, and after a moment of adjustment, he controlled his body to slowly sink down.

There are no treasures in the flowing lava river; the real treasures are at the bottom of the lava river.

The lava river at the foot of Firelocust Mountain is just the smallest of the many lava rivers in the Burning Flame Mountains. The lava flowing in the river is not intense and is not very deep.

After diving to a depth of five or six zhang, Lu Cheng'an reached the bottom of the lava river.

"Are these all first-tier minerals?"

Lu Cheng'an's divine sense detected the rocks that were glowing red from the magma, and he became extremely excited.

He had no prior knowledge of various minerals, but he could tell that the stones in front of him were all first-tier minerals, and of very high quality.

If the spiritual energy in this lava river weren't too dense, the quality of these minerals could have been significantly improved.

Even so, the low-grade minerals nurtured in this lava river are still a treasure trove.

The bottom of the lava river yielded a large quantity of first-order minerals. After exploring an area of ​​several dozen feet at the bottom of the river, Lu Cheng'an stopped his exploration.

His current strength is still too low, and he doesn't know if there are any dangers at the bottom of this lava river.

The minerals he has discovered so far are enough. If these minerals can be utilized, he will be able to completely solve the problem of his and his family's lack of cultivation resources.

After emerging from the lava river, Lu Cheng'an's initial excitement gradually subsided, and he then discovered a very thorny problem.

"Only I can mine these minerals in the lava river, but the amount of minerals I can mine on my own is very limited."

Lu Cheng'an looked down at the two fist-sized pieces of ore in his hands. There were very few pieces of ore like this in the lava river; most of the ore needed to be mined out with tools.

This is a very strenuous task.

The price of low-grade minerals is not high, and the environment in the lava river is not particularly convenient for mining. Lu Cheng'an simply cannot spend a lot of time mining minerals in the lava river.

“These minerals can only be fully utilized when they are refined into magical artifacts, but there is no artifact refining tradition in the family.” Lu Cheng’an frowned slightly. He had been thinking about learning some more skills, including the various arts of immortal cultivation.

Now that he has discovered a large amount of minerals at the bottom of the lava river that can be used to refine magical artifacts, learning the art of artifact refining is undoubtedly the best choice.

How far a cultivator can go in the various arts of immortal cultivation depends mainly on two factors: first, their own talent in these arts, and second, whether they have sufficient financial resources to support them.

Because cultivating immortality involves many skills, one needs to practice a lot in the early stages. Only by accumulating a certain amount of experience can one possibly succeed.

The accumulation of experience requires a huge investment of financial resources, which has stumped many cultivators.

Although the Lu family was a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, the clan was never very wealthy. In terms of cultivating various immortal arts, the family only focused on alchemy, which was more important for improving the cultivation level of cultivators.

Even so, the Lu family only managed to cultivate Lu Wenmei, a first-grade high-level alchemist.

The bottom of the lava river contains countless low-grade minerals, which can serve as initial practice materials for Lu Cheng'an.

Furthermore, with the support of his panel proficiency, regardless of his talent in weapon crafting, he may be able to make a name for himself in the field in the future.

"This is the plan for now, but before that, I need the family's help to find a successor in the art of weapon crafting, and I also need to inform the family elders that I was able to enter the lava river."

The news that he was able to enter the lava river could not be kept secret, because if he were to pursue the path of weapon crafting, he would definitely have to explain to the elders of his clan how he obtained the materials for weapon crafting.

Moreover, even if he reveals this information, it won't have any impact on him. There are various spiritual entities in the cultivation world. He entered the lava river by relying on the fire elemental entity. As long as he doesn't reveal the existence of the panel, it will be fine.

After standing in front of the lava river and thinking carefully for a while, Lu Cheng'an put on his clothes and returned to his residence on Fire Locust Mountain along the passage.

He took out the communication talisman he had placed in the room and sent a message to the clan without any hesitation.

He didn't say much in the message, only that he wanted to learn a new technique and asked if he could temporarily return to his family.

The Lu family doesn't have many young cultivators now, and Lu Cheng'an has an uncle who is in the late stage of Qi Refining, so his request was quickly answered.

"The clan told me to finish the matter within two days, and then I must return to Firelocust Mountain."

Lu Cheng'an frowned immediately upon seeing the message displayed on the communication talisman.

Firelocust Mountain was not a safe place. During the time he guarded Firelocust Mountain, the people of the tribe below the mountain did not encounter any danger, but that did not mean that there would be no danger in the future.

The number of ordinary members of the clan is not large now, so these ordinary members of the clan on Firelocust Mountain are very important to the clan.

The fact that the clan sent him back alone after receiving his message, without dispatching a new cultivator to replace him, can only prove that something more important must have happened within the clan.

"Could this timing be due to the bandits and cultivators of Black Pine Mountain?"

Lu Cheng'an recalled the message his uncle had given him last time: the bandits of Black Pine Mountain were quite powerful and the clan needed to treat them with caution.

"There's no use in thinking about it. Let's hurry back to our clan!"

(End of this chapter)