Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

Chapter 133 Breakthroughs

Although this incident caused Menglan to lose so much blood food and the love potion, it also brought her many benefits.

The Love Gu has the effect of aiding cultivation. The Love Thread connects Meng Lan and Lu Yang. Lu Yang has gained so many benefits and made great progress in his cultivation, so Meng Lan will naturally benefit as well.

Upon closer inspection, Meng Lan's cultivation foundation was already solid, and there would be no further obstacles in breaking through to the second stage.

As for resources, the priests will naturally prepare them. As a holy maiden, she doesn't need to do everything herself to break through to the second tier.

Moreover, the disappearance of the blood food and love potion also relieved Meng Lan.

She did not want to be a vessel for the power of the primal gods, nor did she want to become their handmaiden, subject to their will.

Now that the blood food and love potion have disappeared, although they cannot resolve her crisis, they have temporarily slowed down these processes. So, upon careful consideration, Menglan is actually happy to see it happen.

I just don't know where Lu Yang is now.

On the way back, Menglan couldn't help but think of Lu Yang, which made her very distressed. That damned guy, she should wish he were dead.

Lu Yang was unaware of all this; at this moment, he was already heading south.

They walked and stopped intermittently, absorbing the profound Yin energy within their bodies as they went.

The Love Threads can grant the ability to cultivate together. As the Holy Maiden of the Sacrificial God, Meng Lan is a virgin and possesses the rare Profound Yin Body.

Now that she is cultivating with Lu Yang, the pure Xuan Yin Qi in her body has entered Lu Yang's body.

Lu Yang was so focused on refining his body that he couldn't spare the time to refine the profound Yin energy.

Now that we have plenty of time, we can slowly refine this profound Yin energy.

In the cultivation world, there are several universally recognized top-grade dual cultivation furnaces, and the Profound Yin Body is one of them.

Lu Yang circulated the Kunlun Sword Technique, absorbing the Xuan Yin Qi. Not only was his cultivation level rapidly improving, but his foundation was also becoming more solid step by step.

With this profound Yin energy to temper his foundation, perhaps Lu Yang could forge a superior sword embryo without the Four Yin Fiends.

However, Lu Yang wouldn't break through so rashly.

The best choice is to combine the mysterious Yin energy with the four Yin evils, because the mysterious Yin energy also has the effect of harmonizing the four Yin evils.

Ninety, one hundred.

With the support of the profound Yin energy, Lu Yang quickly completed the accumulation of the tenth level of Qi Refining and broke through directly without hesitation.

Now that Lu Yang has a solid foundation, breaking through to a minor realm is no problem for him at all.

After breaking through to the eleventh level of Qi Refining, Lu Yang's cultivation did not stagnate but continued to rise.

The amount of profound Yin energy accumulated within Meng Lan's body is enormous.

Lu Yang easily completed the accumulation of Qi Refining Level 11, and then broke through to Qi Refining Level 12.

Lu Yang actually completed his Qi Refining stage cultivation by using the Xuan Yin Qi.

Most importantly, even with such a significant breakthrough, the remaining profound Yin energy remains immense.

Lu Yang naturally wouldn't waste it. He activated the sword embryo forging method from the Kunlun Sword Technique and began to forge the sword embryo embryo with this vast Xuan Yin Qi.

However, this step cannot be taken lightly.

Lu Yang stopped his journey and his gaze fell on a mountain forest. In the past, Lu Yang's knowledge of the dangers of the Southern Barbarian Lands was only based on hearsay, and he did not have a concrete impression of them. Now, however, he finally had a complete understanding of them.

The further south you go, the more treacherous this southern land becomes.

Wherever they went, they were in desolate mountains and wilderness shrouded in miasma, and the sky was never clear all the way.

Most of the mountains and forests are shrouded in a thick, impenetrable purplish-black miasma year-round; a single breath is enough to corrode one's bones and rot one's flesh.

Take this mountain forest for example. Not only are the mountains towering and steep enough, but they are also covered with poisonous vines and wicked trees. The branches are twisted like ghost claws. There is not a single beautiful plant in the forest. The ground is covered with rotten leaves and mud that devour human blood. If you step on it, you will sink. Poisonous leeches and ferocious insects live in the bottom of the swamp.

The stream water had an eerie bluish-brown hue, and one glance was enough to tell that it contained a deadly poison; touching it would likely cause skin to rot and bones to crumble.

Before Lu Yang even got close to the forest, he could hear the howls of strange beasts and see swarms of poisonous mosquitoes and ferocious pythons coiled around the trees. It was truly a dangerous place where poisonous insects and snakes roamed freely.

Most importantly, the evil wind that occasionally blew through the mountains and forests was so strong that even a cultivator like Lu Yang, who was at the second level of body refinement, felt as if he were being cut by knives when he felt it.

This evil wind also carries a putrid stench and a sinister aura. To put it simply, as far as the eye can see, there is not a single pure land, not an inch of peaceful place.

Let alone ordinary people struggling to survive here, even for some Qi Refining cultivators, entering this mountain forest is fraught with peril, making it a truly desolate place.

Fortunately, he wasn't reborn in the Southern Barbarian Lands; otherwise, it would have been difficult to even cultivate a spiritual field, as such a place is simply unsuitable for the normal growth of spiritual plants.

Looking at these, Lu Yang began to understand why those Southern Barbarian cultivators did not cultivate the orthodox path of Tiannan, but instead practiced the path of Gu worms and curses.

Because there is simply no fertile ground here for cultivating spiritual energy.

Even Lu Yang had to be careful when absorbing spiritual energy here, whereas in Qingcang Mountain, Lu Yang could freely absorb spiritual energy.

Here, Lu Yang not only had to absorb spiritual energy, but also had to spend most of his energy purifying it.

Otherwise, if this kind of miasma and evil energy is inhaled, it will damage the foundation of one's cultivation.

Over time, it can even cause cultivators to suffer from qi deviation and demonic possession.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a treacherous place. The danger lies not only in the heretical cultivators and barbarian cultivators, but also in the perilous cultivation environment itself.

It's alright for evil cultivators; their cultivation often requires such a dangerous environment, so it's quite suitable for them. No wonder those evil cultivators all flee here.

However, Lu Yang concealed his presence and aura as he walked, and found that even those cultivators from the Southern Barbarian Lands never dared to linger in such mountainous forests.

Anyone entering the forest must wear a protective gauze and carry a miasma-clearing pill. Even breathing requires using spiritual power to isolate oneself from the foul air; otherwise, one might be easily invaded by miasma or bitten by poisonous insects.

Clearly, these mountains and forests are also dangerous for the local cultivators.

Indeed, ordinary cultivators with slightly weaker spiritual power will experience spiritual power disorder and meridian damage when they enter the miasma forest, making it difficult to maintain even basic cultivation.

Moreover, they also had to deal with the potential dangers in the mountains and forests.

Lu Yang had previously observed that the evil cultivators on the battlefield were mostly fierce and treacherous, and he had assumed that this was their inherent nature. Now it seemed that they might have been influenced by the environment.

"Come on, this is the place."

Now that he needs a quiet place to cultivate, Lu Yang is considering whether to find a place in the mountains and forests, at least one that is secluded and has the Xuan Yin Qi in his body, so that Lu Yang will not need to absorb spiritual energy.

Along the way, Lu Yang had noticed the strangeness of these mountains and forests and hadn't entered them, but now he was hesitant.

Just then, a group of cultivators appeared in Lu Yang's line of sight.

The group consisted of a dozen or so cultivators, who appeared to be local cultivators from the Southern Barbarians, clad in animal skins and bound with poisonous Gu.

The animal hide must have been refined, just like the Lu family's Azure Robe. However, the refining technique was obviously very rough, and these cultivators were clearly under high tension, with Gu worms wrapped around their bodies, looking like they were ready to pounce.

The leading cultivator held a blood-red Gu worm in his hand.

At this moment, the group of cultivators were following the guidance of the Gu worm into the forest.

Before entering the forest, they seemed hesitant, but after thinking it over, they gritted their teeth and went in, clearly having some reason why they had to go in.

This made Lu Yang quite curious. The leader of the Southern Barbarian cultivators was at the Foundation Establishment stage, but judging from his aura, he was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage. He was not someone Lu Yang couldn't deal with.

The rest of the cultivators were only at the Qi Refining level, and Lu Yang didn't take them seriously.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yang followed them. There was no rush to refine the Xuan Yin Qi to forge the sword embryo. This group of Southern Barbarian cultivators might be looking for some kind of opportunity.

Although Lu Yang disliked the miasma and poisonous fog in the mountains and forests, he could block it with his spiritual energy, so it did not pose any danger to him.

Speaking of the miasma in the Chaotic Forest, it may not necessarily be heavier than that in this mountain forest. However, the miasma in the Chaotic Forest contains the resentment of the Thousand-Mile Horse Prodigy, which is the resentment of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Those below the fourth level will be affected by it, causing them to have hallucinations and generate resentment.

So, although the environment here is worse than that of the rocky forest, it is actually less dangerous.

As for those poisonous insects, snakes, ants, and strange beasts, Lu Yang only needed to display the power of the Crimson King to keep most of them away.

In the mountains and forests, the law of the jungle prevails, and these poisonous creatures are not fools.

Whoosh!

Just then, a sudden change occurred ahead: a simple poisoned arrow struck one of the Qi Refining cultivators in the group ahead.

There were no other cultivators around; this meant a trap had been triggered!

In other words, this group of Southern Barbarian cultivators might be chasing other cultivators.

That's interesting.

"hateful!"

The Qi Refining cultivator was furious. The poisoned arrow was just an ordinary arrow and could not cause him much damage at all.

But precisely because it was a crudely made ordinary arrow, indistinguishable from the grass and trees in the mountains, it went unnoticed and directly struck him.

Although he wasn't injured, being hit like that, and facing the strange looks from his companions, the Qi Refining cultivator was furious.

Isn't this just annoying people who don't die?

"I'll go."

Enraged, this Qi Refining cultivator from the Southern Barbarians suddenly charged forward, a stark contrast to his previous cautious demeanor.

Other companions tried to stop the Qi Refining cultivator, but were stopped by the Foundation Establishment leader.

Ah!

The Foundation Establishment leader clearly intended to use this Qi Refining cultivator to scout ahead, but the Qi Refining cultivator hadn't gone far before triggering another trap.

Unlike before, this time the Qi Refining cultivator fell directly into the swamp.

The swamp, carrying a strong corrosive aura, directly covered the Qi Refining cultivator, causing him unbearable pain. He was just about to activate the Gu worms to resist and escape.

Roar!

Suddenly, a strange beast appeared in the swamp and lunged at the Qi Refining cultivator.

boom!

The Foundation Establishment leader behind them frowned upon seeing this scene; naturally, he wouldn't stand by and watch his subordinates be killed by the alien beast.

A Gu worm appeared on his shoulder. Once activated, it instantly gathered the power of wind and thunder and slashed at the strange beast in the swamp.