Qingcang Immortal Clan: Starting with Farming to Increase Luck

Body-refining spiritual items!

Lu Qingshan looked at Lu Yang with some curiosity, "Xuan Yang, are you going to refine your body?"

While Lu Yang used the Life-Breaking Pearl to conceal his Qi Refining cultivation, he also concealed a significant portion of his Body Refining cultivation. Currently, Lu Yang's displayed Body Refining cultivation level appears to be only about the level of someone who has just broken through to the third level of Qi Refining.

However, this was enough to shock Lu Qingshan. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that Lu Yang had actually broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and also possessed considerable body refining skills.

Dual cultivation of Qi and other substances, what a grand ambition!

He wanted to say something, but then Lu Qingshan shook his head inwardly. This old-fashioned man with four spiritual roots was thinking of persuading this three-spiritual-roots Foundation Establishment seed to break through to Foundation Establishment. The stronger his body was, the greater the chance of success. He knew this principle.

They're just on the right path. Just because they can't do it doesn't mean everyone else can't either.

Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan stopped talking and immediately handed the list of body-refining spiritual items to Lu Yang.

"This is the list of first-tier body-refining spiritual items currently in the clan. Take a look."

Lu Yang fixed his eyes on the list, skipping over the low-grade and mid-grade first-tier body-refining spiritual items, and began to select the high-grade and top-grade body-refining spiritual items.

First-grade superior Bloodscale Fruit, Tempering Stone, Yin Corrosion Grass...

First-tier top-grade Golden Essence Fruit and Snake Wind Grass.

The Lu family doesn't have many top-grade first-tier body-refining spiritual items. Lu Yang will definitely need them for his future body-refining endeavors. However, they are quite valuable and can only be exchanged for with contribution points, which can amount to several hundred points. Lu Yang simply doesn't have enough of them.

A top-grade body-refining spiritual item, a Bloodscale Fruit for just over a hundred contribution points, is not bad.

Lu Yang sold the spirit talismans to the clan, and with the remaining contribution points from before, he now had enough to exchange for two more.

"Grandpa Qingshan, could I have two of these Bloodscale Fruits?"

Lu Qingshan did not advise Lu Yang to use mid-grade spiritual items first. Body refining and Qi refining are ultimately different. If you can use good ones, you should naturally use good ones.

"Well, things have been relatively peaceful lately, so you can take this opportunity to cultivate properly. After a while, I'm afraid that with your current level of cultivation, you won't be able to cultivate peacefully in the clan like this anymore."

Ah!

Lu Yang was taken aback upon hearing this; there was more to it than met the eye!

"Grandpa Aoyama, what happened?"

Lu Qingshan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, it's just my guess. Biannan County finally couldn't hold on and asked us for help. The Southern Barbarians sent a lot of reinforcements, including several Foundation Establishment cultivators. The Yang family has a good idea: to use rogue cultivators to weaken the Southern Barbarians."

However, the Yang family underestimated the ambitions of the Southern Barbarians. Hundreds of thousands of barbarian soldiers roamed the southern border region, rapidly attacking cities and plundering strongholds. Furthermore, barbarian priests led demon cultivators to hunt down cultivators in the southern border region. These rogue cultivators were greedy for money but also greedy for their lives. Seeing the strength of the Southern Barbarians, they fled for their lives, leaving the Yang family in a precarious position.

The eldest ancestor of the Yang family sacrificed himself in Biannan County, thus preserving the Yang family's foundation and allowing the second ancestor of the Yang family to lead his clansmen to retreat to the rear.

At this moment, the second ancestor of the Yang family only wanted to preserve the Yang family line; he no longer harbored any of his previous extravagant hopes. The clan had already sent people to meet him, and the second ancestor would likely be there soon.

Ah!

The situation has deteriorated so quickly!

Logically, the Yang family's retreat and request for help should have been a good thing for the Lu family, allowing them to rightfully take over Biannan County. However, the fact that they retreated so quickly is not right.

Not only did it fail to deplete the Nanman's manpower as expected, but given this trend, the Nanman are also in danger of launching a large-scale invasion.

"Xuan Yang, do you know whose territory this land beneath our feet belonged to before?"

Lu Yang was still thinking about the impact of the Southern Barbarian incident on the Lu family when he heard Lu Qingshan's words, and he fell into deep thought again. It seemed that the Dao Academy had not covered this part.

Lu Qingshan didn't keep them in suspense, "It's the Zixia Sect, also known as the Zixia Pill Sect. It's famous for its alchemy, and there are several third-level alchemists in the sect."

At that time, the Zixia Sect controlled three states in Yue Kingdom, and the cultivation world believed that the Zixia Sect was capable of being promoted to a Nascent Soul sect.

Just then, the Southern Barbarian Disaster broke out.

Xuan Yang, do you know just how terrifying the Southern Barbarians really are?

Nanman!

Lu Yang fell silent for a moment. The introduction of the Southern Barbarians had been mentioned many times in the Dao Academy, after all, they were neighbors and had many conflicts.

The ruler of the Southern Barbarians is the Southern Barbarian King's tribe, which is overseen by a Nascent Soul priest. Under him are twelve Southern Barbarian Marquis tribes, all of which are comparable to Golden Core forces. The Southern Barbarian forces bordering the four western prefectures of the Southern Continent are only one of these marquis tribes.

In terms of population, resources, and territory, the Southern Barbarians may be inferior to the Yue Kingdom, but in terms of ferocity, they are by no means inferior.

Similar to how the Yue Kingdom was controlled by the Qingyun Sect, the Nanman were also controlled by a Nanman force called the "Sacrificial Gods Bureau". Every Nanman citizen who was found to have spiritual roots would be sent to the Sacrificial Gods Bureau for training. Once they had mastered their skills, they would be sent to each of the Nanman tribes to serve as priests.

The tribal chief was nominally the head of a tribe, but his power was still below that of the priests. As a result, the priests firmly controlled the southern barbarians and their resources.

Because it was not among the Seven Kingdoms, most of the fleeing cultivators flocked to the Southern Barbarian Lands, many of whom were demonic or evil cultivators. Demonic sects like the Blood God Palace were not uncommon in the Southern Barbarian Lands.

They infiltrated the southern barbarians, cooperating with the priests and exchanging resources, each taking what they needed. If they went north to plunder, they would also be dragged into it.

Just like the remnants of the Blood Demon Hall, including Meng Xu, last time.

"The southern barbarians are plagued by disasters and are a barren land. The southern barbarian people need to survive, and the priests need resources, so they have no choice but to wage war."

Three thousand years ago, a white disaster swept across the entire southern barbarian lands. In order to survive, the southern barbarians launched a war against the Yue Kingdom, and the chosen bridgehead was Nanzhou.

The Zixia Sect was the first to be hit. Such a powerful Golden Core sect, with its half-step Nascent Soul force, was sunk in no time.

The calamity of the Southern Barbarians later spread to several states. Fortunately, the Qingyun Sect reacted quickly; otherwise, the entire Yue Kingdom's power would have been reshuffled.

After that battle, although the Southern Barbarians were driven back and even lost a Nascent Soul Priest, suffering heavy losses, our Yue Kingdom's cultivation forces also suffered greatly.

The Zixia Sect has vanished since then. In all these years, have you ever heard anyone else mention the Zixia Sect? Only three thousand years have passed; the power of time is terrifying.

Now that the Southern Barbarians have plundered the southern border, they are still increasing their troops. Who dares to say that this is not the beginning of another Southern Barbarian war? Therefore, Xuan Yang, you must not think that our Lu family can rest easy just because our ancestor has broken through to the Golden Core realm.

"We must be mindful of potential dangers even in times of peace; it is up to you, the younger generation, to strive forward."

Lu Yang was greatly shocked upon hearing this. There was a war against the Southern Barbarians? If that were the case, even the Zixia Sect would have difficulty resisting the Southern Barbarians, let alone their Lu family.

Zixia Sect! Nanman!

Qingcang Mountain!

Just then, Lu Yang suddenly remembered something, "Grandpa Qingshan, the Zixia Sect is gone, but what about its ruins?"

"Who knows? They were probably buried in this land as well. I haven't heard of anyone finding the ruins of the Zixia Sect. Perhaps they were taken away by the Qingyun Sect, or maybe they were captured by the Southern Barbarians."

Lu Qingshan waved his hand, and Lu Yang bowed and left, this time heading straight for the mountaintop.

The summit of Qingcang Mountain is the cultivation site of the three ancestors of the Lu family, where most of the spiritual energy of Qingcang Mountain is gathered. Normally, family members are forbidden to set foot on the summit, making it a forbidden area for the Lu family.

The Lu family contacted Lu Changfeng with a token on the way, which allowed them to travel smoothly to the top of the mountain, but they were still blocked by an array.

After waiting for a long time, the formation opened, and a rich spiritual energy wafted out. Lu Yang couldn't help but envy little Lu Hong. If he could also cultivate in such a place where spiritual energy gathered, wouldn't his cultivation speed advance by leaps and bounds?

Thinking this, a thin figure appeared in front of Lu Yang. "Brother, the Second Ancestor sent me to welcome you."