Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 97 Journey to the Secret Realm (Please Subscribe!)
Song Qingzhi's expression was somewhat unpleasant. She glared at Xu Shao resentfully before turning to Lu Cheng'an with a smile and saying, "Please forgive me, Fellow Daoist Lu. My words may have been a bit abrupt, but that wasn't because of you, but because of Xu Shao!"

What Song Qingzhi said was half true and half false. She did look down on Lu Cheng'an's background before, but after seeing the strength Lu Cheng'an displayed, she changed her mind.

Since she and Xu Shao were already at odds, she simply blamed all her previous actions on Xu Shao.

"Fellow Daoist Song, you flatter me. Of course, I won't blame you," Lu Cheng'an said with a smile.

"Song Qingzhi, are you out of your mind? You can't stand me, so why are you talking about Lu Cheng'an!" Xu Shao said with a dark face.

"Alright, it's getting late. We'll be heading to the Azure Spirit Secret Realm in just one more day. Everyone, you may all leave!"

Seeing that Xu Shao and Song Qingzhi were about to start arguing again, Shi Ningyu suddenly spoke up to stop them.

She then turned and walked down from Qingzhu Peak without lingering there.

Song Qingzhi glanced at Lu Cheng'an with a slightly apologetic look, then let out a cold snort at Xu Shao before following closely behind Shi Ningyu and leaving.

Liu Muyuan exchanged a few more polite words with Xu Shao and Lu Chengan before descending from Qingzhu Peak.

Lin Tao's Lingfeng Peak is very close to Qingzhu Peak. He and Xu Shao are both disciples of the Second Elder Wu Qing'an, so their relationship is relatively close.

He was the last to leave Qingzhu Peak.

After Lin Tao and the others had all left Qingzhu Peak, Xu Shao apologized to Lu Cheng'an.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I'm truly sorry. I never expected that my actions would cause you so much trouble!" Xu Shao said with some annoyance.

"There's nothing to apologize for. Even without your fault, as an outsider who followed you into the Azure Spirit Secret Realm, I would definitely be targeted to some extent."

Lu Cheng'an smiled at Xu Shao and continued, "On the contrary, I should thank you and Fellow Daoist Lin. If it weren't for the two of you, I might have been targeted even more severely."

Thinking of Shi Ningyu, Song Qingzhi, and Liu Muyuan whom he had met before, Lu Cheng'an couldn't help but smile and say, "Your previous introduction of those three was really accurate; you grasped the key points!"

"Haha, you think I was right, don't you? Don't be fooled by the fact that Liu Muyuan didn't do anything today; he's the most cunning of all."

When Xu Shao mentioned Liu Muyuan, he couldn't help but purse his lips, then laughed and said, "Do you know what Shi Ningyu meant when she asked you your age at the end? I think that little pervert might have taken a liking to you. Whatever that little pervert sets his sights on, he's bound to get it in the end. You'd better pray for yourself from now on!"

Lu Cheng'an's smile stiffened slightly as he said, "You must be mistaken. This is my first time meeting Fellow Daoist Shi!"

"That's because you underestimated your own strength. You're not even twenty-two years old yet, your cultivation is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, you're a first-grade high-level weapon refiner, and you come from a Foundation Establishment power like the Lu family. To have such strength at such a young age is enough to show your talent."

Xu Shao looked Lu Cheng'an up and down with his eyes and continued, "And your height and appearance seem to be the kind that Shi Ningyu likes. In short, I think my feeling is right, she has definitely taken a liking to you."

Of course, aside from being a bit eccentric, Shi Ningyu is top-notch in everything else. If she really does take action, you shouldn't refuse; it won't be a bad thing for you anyway.

After considering Lu Chengan and Shi Ningyu's situation, Xu Shao felt that the two were a perfect match.

Shi Ningyu is a pervert, and Lu Cheng'an is no less so.

If he had the same background as Lu Cheng'an, he probably wouldn't even have reached the ninth level of Qi Refining at this age, let alone become a first-grade high-level weapon refiner.

"Don't think too much about it now. The most important thing next is to enter the Azure Spirit Secret Realm. We must obtain the Spirit Essence Replenishing Herb for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill from the secret realm. Otherwise, we will both encounter problems in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm!" Xu Shao said in a deep voice.

After Xu Shao finished talking to Lu Cheng'an, he sent Lu Cheng'an back to his cave and then announced the time to head to the Qingling Secret Realm.

Time flies, and a day passes quickly.

Early the next morning, Xu Shao and Lu Cheng'an descended from Qingzhu Peak together and headed towards Yingke Courtyard.

The Guest Reception Courtyard is located outside the Dan Ding Sect's mountain gate. Next, the First Elder and Second Elder of the Dan Ding Sect will lead Lu Cheng'an, Xu Shao, and others from the Guest Reception Courtyard to the location of the Azure Spirit Secret Realm.

"Now that everyone's here, let's set off!"

In the welcoming courtyard, a female cultivator dressed in a light blue dress swept her gaze over Lu Cheng'an and the others. This female cultivator in the blue dress was none other than Jiang Ying, the Grand Elder of the Dan Ding Sect.

Jiang Ying's cultivation level was the same as Wu Qing'an's, both at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. However, she was a mid-grade second-tier alchemist. Although her combat power was slightly inferior to Wu Qing'an's, her status in the Dan Ding Sect was still higher than Wu Qing'an's, which is why she was appointed as the Grand Elder.

The moment Jiang Ying finished speaking, she flicked her sleeve and summoned a five-colored cloud pouch, a mid-grade second-tier flying magic artifact.

"Ningyu, Qingzhi, and Muyuan, the three of you come up here!" Jiang Ying said gently, calling out the names of Shi Ningyu and the other two.

After Jiang Ying summoned the Five-Colored Cloud Pouch, Wu Qing'an also summoned a crimson-gold magic sword.

This magic sword was also of mid-grade second rank. After Wu Qing'an summoned it, he made a sword incantation, and the magic sword rapidly grew in size, becoming a giant sword more than ten feet long. "Xu Shao, you three come up here too!" After Wu Qing'an's voice fell, he flew up and landed on the giant sword.

At this moment, Lu Cheng'an and Xu Shao, the two brothers, did not waste any time. They lightly touched the ground with their toes and leaped up onto the giant sword.

Jiang Ying and Wu Qing'an probably didn't have a good relationship. She didn't wait for Wu Qing'an and immediately rode away from the Guest House on her five-colored cloud.

"Stand still!"

Wu Qing'an spoke in a deep voice. After casting a sword spell, the crimson-gold giant sword rose into the air and sped away from the guest courtyard at an extremely fast speed.

Lu Cheng'an and the other two were all at the ninth level of Qi Refining, so their footing was quite stable.

Although the sudden increase in speed of the giant sword beneath their feet caused their bodies to sway slightly, their feet remained completely still.

The Azure Spirit Secret Realm is located in the Azure Sand River, three thousand miles away from the Pill Cauldron Sect.

The Qingsha River is relatively close to the Yuandan Sect, only about a thousand miles away.

The Secret Pill Zhang Clan and the Pill Cauldron Sect are about the same distance from the Qingsha River, while the Yuan Pill Sect is located in the middle between the Secret Pill Zhang Clan and the Pill Cauldron Sect.

Wu Qing'an and Jiang Ying, both mid-Foundation Establishment cultivators, each led three Qi Refining cultivators to Qingsha River, and their speed remained extremely fast.

The journey of three thousand miles was completed smoothly in less than a day.

After Lu Cheng'an, Xu Shao, and Lin Tao jumped off the magic sword that Wu Qing'an had summoned, Wu Qing'an quickly walked to Jiang Ying's side, and the two of them walked together toward the group of cultivators on the bank of the Qingsha River.

The group of cultivators on the banks of the Qingsha River were dressed in snow-white robes. The middle-aged man at the head of the group was dressed differently from the young men and women behind him; he wore a gray robe.

This middle-aged man was Xu Wuming, the Grand Elder of the Yuan Dan Sect, a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Yuan Dan Sect is the strongest among the three Foundation Establishment forces. In addition to the Grand Elder Xu Wuming, whose cultivation is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, the sect leader Jin Buyun of Yuan Dan Sect is also at the peak of Foundation Establishment.

The cultivator leading the Yuan Dan Sect this time was Elder Xu Wuming. His strength alone surpassed that of Jiang Ying and Wu Qing'an from the Dan Ding Sect, after all, there was a difference of two minor realms between them.

"Fellow Daoist Xu!"

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, Fellow Daoist Wu!"

After Wu Qing'an and the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators met, they exchanged pleasantries and then began to talk about their trip to the Azure Spirit Secret Realm.

The discussion among Foundation Establishment cultivators did not involve Shi Ningyu and Jin Yufan, who were at the Qi Refining stage. The Qi Refining cultivators from both sects were quite familiar with each other and had already begun talking to one another.

Lu Cheng'an didn't know much about the Yuan Dan Sect. He stood beside Xu Shao and Lin Tao, listening attentively to the conversation between these two Qi Refining cultivators, and then gleaning useful information from their discussion.

However, a moment later, some cultivators from the Yuan Dan Sect turned their attention to Lu Cheng'an.

"Brother Xu, this fellow Daoist beside you looks quite unfamiliar. Could he be a genius secretly cultivated by your sect?" a tall, slender young man asked with a smile.

The young man's name was He Feng. He had a fairly good relationship with Xu Shao. After seeing Lu Cheng'an, who had not spoken, standing next to Xu Shao, he was the first to ask.

Not only He Feng, but other cultivators in the Yuan Dan Sect were also curious about Lu Cheng'an's identity.

They were quite familiar with the Qi Refining cultivators of the Dan Ding Sect, but Lu Cheng'an was a complete stranger.

"This is Lu Cheng'an. He is not a cultivator secretly trained by our sect. He comes from the Lu family, which has a good relationship with our sect," Xu Shao explained with a smile.

He did not hide Lu Cheng'an's identity, but he did not go into too much detail.

He Feng and the other Yuan Dan Sect cultivators were not fools; they were well aware of why Lu Cheng'an, an outer sect cultivator, was here.

It's simply that the Dan Ding Sect's strength is getting weaker and weaker, and they can't even gather enough six people to enter the Qingling Secret Realm, so they have to find people from outside.

After learning that Lu Cheng'an came from the Lu family of unknown origin, He Feng and the other cultivators of the Yuan Dan Sect no longer paid any attention to Lu Cheng'an.

The Lu family was a small power they had never heard of before. How strong could such a power be to cultivate Qi Refining cultivators?

Lu Cheng'an quickly sensed the change in the gazes of the Yuan Dan Sect cultivators upon him, but he didn't take it to heart. The more these people looked down on him, the better his situation would be.

The Qi Refining cultivators of the Yuan Dan Sect had no intention of befriending Lu Cheng'an, and Lu Cheng'an had no intention of approaching him either. He simply stayed obediently by Xu Shao's side, waiting for the Qingling Secret Realm to open.

(End of this chapter)