Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

The Awakening of Insects arrives, spring thunder rumbles, and all things begin to grow.

Qingcang Mountain.

After the rain, the bamboo forest was bathed in milky white mist, with thousands of bamboo stalks standing tall and graceful, and green bamboo leaves holding crystal water droplets.

A gentle breeze stirred, and it slid down with a soft rustling sound.

The rising sun pierced through the thin mist, falling on a tall, slender figure along with the dewdrops.

In the bamboo forest, the shadows of bamboo sway on the bluestone path. Several sparrows perch on the bamboo stalks, looking at the shadows below, seemingly curious about how this person can sit motionless for so long.

call!

Facing the rising sun, Lu Yang circulated his internal energy, breathing in the first wisp of fresh air from the forest.

Breath enters through the mouth and throat, circulates throughout the body, and travels through all the meridians.

Crackling sounds!

As the pure energy flowed, Lu Yang's body experienced a series of tremors and aches. If a highly skilled cultivator were to look through his body at this moment, they would find that Lu Yang's bones and muscles, tempered by this pure energy, were as clear and lustrous as jade.

The pure energy circulated throughout Lu Yang's body, eventually settling in his dantian and transforming into a seed of energy. After taking root, the essence of all his body seemed to find its home and began to flow towards the seed.

If this was the case inside Lu Yang's body, it was even more exaggerated outside. Countless spiritual energies in the bamboo forest seemed to be drawn by something, and they all came towards Lu Yang.

Within a radius of one mile, Lu Yang resembled a whirlpool, completely gathering the life force of all living beings.

As the sun reached its zenith and the spiritual energy gradually thinned, this magnificent scene officially ended with Lu Yang exhaling a breath of turbid air.

Slowly opening his eyes, Lu Yang looked inward and saw that a spiritual pattern had appeared in his dantian.

Looking at this spiritual rune, Lu Yang felt even more joy.

"At the age of three, I awakened my spirit and entered Qingcang; after nine years of cultivation, I nurtured my spiritual essence."

Hardships and difficulties are nothing to worry about; today, I will cultivate my inner strength in the bamboo forest.

"You've finally reached the first level of Qi Refining."

At the beginning of cultivation, one must first awaken the spiritual body, then cultivate the spiritual formula, and finally refine a breath of spiritual energy to enter the body. This is the first stage of cultivation, the Qi Refining stage.

Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Deity Transformation—the Qi Refining Realm is merely the beginning of cultivation. However, for the masses, being able to enter the Qi Refining Realm is already an incredible stroke of luck, something to be envied.

After all, this world is vast and teeming with countless living beings, but the most important thing in cultivation is spiritual root, followed by opportunity. After rounds of selection, those who can truly embark on the path to immortality are already extremely rare.

The spiritual root is the foundation for communication between humans and the heavens and earth. Without the spiritual root, one cannot even sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, let alone absorb spiritual energy and exhale spiritual energy.

Having a spiritual root is not enough; you still need someone to guide you. Without the guidance of a cultivator, even if you have only one spiritual root, you will ultimately be a pearl hidden in the dust.

Compared to those whose talents are obscured, Lu Yang is undoubtedly lucky.

After a stroke of great luck in his previous life, he came to this world and was placed in the Qingcang Lu family. The Qingcang Lu family is a family of cultivators with three Foundation Establishment clans that govern a prefecture.

Not only in the Yue Kingdom, but also throughout the entire southern region, he has a certain reputation.

The first patriarch of the Lu family was originally a disciple of the Qingyun Sect, one of the three great immortal sects in Tiannan. When the monsters of the Ten Thousand Mountains went on a rampage, the patriarch of the Lu family went into the mountains with his team to fight the monsters. He was seriously injured and his foundation was destroyed, so he lost all hope of advancing to the Golden Core stage.

He then accepted the Immortal Sect stipend and returned to Qingcang County to establish the Qingcang Lu Clan. To this day, the Lu Clan has gone through twelve generations, with over a million members and hundreds of cultivators.

Lu Yang was overjoyed when he first heard about the cultivation of immortality. Just as he was thinking about how to seek immortality, his father, who was a farmer, told him that his family was a branch of the Qingcang Lu clan and that he did not need to seek immortality. When he was three years old, an elder from the clan would come to test his spirituality.

What a surprise! Heaven knows how surprised Lu Yang was at that time. He thought he was going to follow Han Li's path, but who knew that his own father had already paved the way for him.

The spirit test went smoothly. The three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood might be considered ordinary for a sect like Qingyun Sect, but they are already a foundation for the Lu family.

Therefore, the day after the spirit test, Lu Yang was taken to the Qingcang Mountain Taoist Academy to receive system training.

This renovation took nine years.

The first hurdle in cultivation is to awaken the spiritual body. Cultivation involves drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use. However, even if one has spiritual roots, one's body must be strong enough to absorb the spiritual energy flowing into it.

Generally speaking, it takes ten years of hard work to forge a low-grade spiritual body.

To achieve a better spiritual body, one must wait longer.

Of course, Lu Yang, being from the Qingcang Lu Clan, didn't need to worry about these things. The clan provided elixirs and cultivation methods to forge a perfect spiritual body for Lu Yang.

Even so, it took Lu Yang six years to overcome the spiritual barrier.

Next is the Spirit Nourishing Method. This stage requires cultivation in conjunction with the Qi Refining Method to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but it is not breathing exercises; it simply increases the affinity between the spirit body and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Then let the spiritual energy of heaven and earth naturally nourish the cultivator. This will allow the cultivator to know which kind of spiritual energy they are more compatible with, and also leave a cultivation trail in their body so that they can practice Qi cultivation.

With guidance from elders in the clan, this hurdle was not difficult for Lu Yang, and he succeeded in just three years.

Ordinary cultivators can also skip pursuing superior spiritual bodies and even ignore the Spirit Nourishing Method, directly practicing Qi cultivation.

However, even for scions of noble families, establishing a foundation is still extremely difficult. Ordinary cultivators, on the other hand, often omit parts of their cultivation, leaving their foundations riddled with holes. To establish a foundation, unless they have an extraordinary stroke of luck, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

This is also why there are so few high-level cultivators among the independent cultivators.

Having completed the spiritual awakening and spiritual cultivation, all that remains is the final push: refining spiritual energy.

All that work before was for this one move; if this final hurdle fails, all the work done before will have been for nothing.

After a month of preparation, Lu Yang officially began practicing spiritual energy this morning.

According to the elders in the clan, this is the most difficult test. Even those with three spiritual roots can be stuck at this test for a year or two, which is normal.

But, "it doesn't seem that difficult!"

He succeeded on his first try, rendering much of Lu Yang's mental preparation and mental preparation useless. After nine years of cultivation, he achieved success in one day. From this day forward, he will be a Qi Refining cultivator of the Qingcang Lu Clan.

"However, this is!"

Lu Yang looked inward and his gaze fell on his sea of ​​consciousness. He was startled to find a white bead in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Could it be the bead my ex-girlfriend gave me! Wasn't it black?"

Just before his stroke of luck, Lu Yang's ex-girlfriend, whom he had broken up with three days earlier, suddenly asked him out. After spending the night together, she put a black bead on Lu Yang's wrist, saying it was a testament to his love and that he shouldn't throw it away until he found a new girlfriend.

Lu Yang didn't expect things to turn out this way. He came into close contact with the Great Fortune after just one turn. Now the black bead has turned into a white bead. There's a reason for this!

"The Life-Breaking Bead!"

Lu Yang tapped his mind lightly, and the information about the bead immediately appeared in his mind.

This thing is called the Fate-Breaking Bead. In Lu Yang's understanding, it means breaking free from fate.

The simplest way to use it is to observe the depth of color of the beads to see how one's fortune is.

The best color is gold, which signifies great fortune. Next is white, which represents peace and stability without disaster. Finally, black signifies impending misfortune.

According to Lu Yang's understanding, if the bead turns black, it means he is facing a fatal calamity. If he doesn't find a way to break the calamity, he may not be able to escape it.

Good grief, his ex-girlfriend is ruthless. She used him as a scapegoat. Luckily, he's alive and has a ticket to time travel, otherwise he would be dead.

Wait, don't let him go back, or else... hmph.

However, the saying "those who survive a great calamity are bound to have good fortune" is not just a saying. The world Lu Yang is in now is a cultivation world, full of mysterious and wondrous laws. The death-bringing bead from his previous life has become his cheat code here.

Before undertaking any major undertaking, one should first examine the beads; one's fortune or misfortune can be determined at a glance.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang became excited; this was a life-saving artifact!

Although cultivators are superior in cultivation, it is indeed a high-risk profession. Some encounter calamities when they go out to cultivate, some encounter monsters when they enter the forest, and some are struck by disaster from the sky.

Having good talent doesn't guarantee success in the end; only those with good fortune can truly enjoy life.

Enveloping the Life-Breaking Pearl with his divine sense, Lu Yang continued his investigation, and the two divine abilities actually entered Lu Yang's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Nurturing Fortune" and "Breaking Fate".

The way to cultivate good fortune lies in doing good deeds; with accumulated merit, one will be impervious to all calamities.

The way to break free from fate lies in the law and in one's mind; sins and karma are subject to the changing times.

Good heavens, that's incredible!

The two supernatural powers sound mysterious, and their use is even more mysterious.

Lu Yang finally understood why his breakthrough had been so smooth; it was all thanks to the cultivation of his inner energy.

Having spent nine years in seclusion, Lu Yang focused on cultivation, and his luck improved remarkably, which was another benefit of the Life-Breaking Pearl.

Even if Lu Yang does nothing good, as long as he doesn't incur sins, his luck will slowly improve. Moreover, according to the concept of the Luck Nourishing Divine Power, cultivating spiritual plants can also be considered Luck Nourishing.

In this way, after nine years, the bamboo grove, though not producing the golden hue it had, still had a pale golden color.

With the blessing of wealth, breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm was a natural and effortless process, without any obstacles.

Thinking of this, Lu Yang was also somewhat excited. If breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm was this easy, what about the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Golden Core Realm, or even higher realms?

For cultivators, breaking through to the next realm is the most difficult. Those with three spiritual roots only have a theoretical possibility of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm. Lu Yang has three spiritual roots: metal, water, and wood. The three elements are mutually reinforcing, which is considered top-tier among those with three spiritual roots. Theoretically, his chances should be even greater.

However, without Foundation Establishment Pills, the chance of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is less than 10%.

As for breaking through to the Golden Core Realm, the hope is even slimmer.

Originally, Lu Yang's goal was simply to reach the Foundation Establishment stage and aim for the Golden Core stage. However, now that he has the Life-Breaking Pearl, Lu Yang feels that if he doesn't cultivate immortality and follow the causal path back to Blue Star to repay his ex-girlfriend, he would be letting her down.

If one's fortune is like this, then the consequences of breaking one's destiny are even more extraordinary.

Previously, Lu Yang had wondered what he would do if misfortune struck one day? Should he hide at home and stay indoors? Or should he do good deeds to quickly change his luck?

Now the Fate-Breaking Bead has provided the answer: simply bestow misfortune upon others.

Hehe, Lu Yang chuckled wickedly. Anyone who messes with him in the future is in luck. Without saying a word, he'll bring misfortune upon them and see if they're tough enough.

hum!

Just then, the restriction token vibrated, and Lu Yang quickly withdrew his divine sense and looked towards the outside of the bamboo forest.

"Aunt Yunxia".

With a light leap, Lu Yang arrived outside the bamboo forest. He quickly bowed and said softly.

Lu Yunxia is a cultivator of the Yun generation in the Lu family. She has three spiritual roots and is at the seventh level of Qi Refining. She is in charge of spiritual plants. The Lu family's allocation of spiritual fields and collection of spiritual plants almost all go through Lu Yunxia's hands.

The patch of green bamboo beneath Lu Yang's feet was assigned to him by Lu Yunxia.

Qingcang bamboo is a specialty of Qingcang Mountain and one of the pillar industries of the Lu family in Qingcang.

The reason why the Lu family patriarch chose to establish the clan's territory in Qingcang Mountain was twofold: firstly, because a second-tier spiritual vein was discovered there, and secondly, because of the second-tier spiritual root, Qingcang Bamboo.