I'm seventy years old this year, and you want me to have many children and much happiness?

Lu Xuan pried open the heavy stone door.

Although the stone door was successfully opened, Lu Xuan still glanced at it in surprise.

This stone gate is quite a nice thing.

It's probably close to a thousand tons!

Even Lu Xuan, who was skilled in martial arts, clearly felt the strain.

"By the way, because of its immense mass, this kind of heavy rock can be used to inscribe a gravity-enhancing array. Cultivating under such a gravity array can better improve the limits of the physical body."

"These stones are actually quite hard to find, but the Blood Mistress Cult is very generous."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Lu Xuan had seen this kind of formation in a book about formations.

Although Lu Xuan also acquired the talent for array formations, he did not use this talent very well.

At most, he's just a fourth-grade formation master.

If given the opportunity, one should rely on their own comprehension and combine it with their talent for formations to improve their formation skills.

Otherwise, playing low-level games in Jinyuan City right now wouldn't be a problem.

However, if he went to a higher level, or even if some people knew ancient formations, it would be very dangerous for Lu Xuan.

"Now, although I am a fourth-grade alchemist and a fourth-grade array master."

"It looks impressive, but in reality it's neither high nor low, not good enough for the best but not bad enough for the worst. However, the dangers in the martial arts world always come from above, so we still can't let our guard down."

Lu Xuan thought to himself.

Improving our capabilities remains the top priority.

Lu Xuan entered the stone chamber.

At a glance, one could see what was inside the stone chamber.

Directly in front of them was a lotus platform. In the center of the platform, a mysterious force lifted and levitated a palm-sized black crystal.

When Lu Xuan saw the stone.

His eyes lit up immediately.

This stone is exactly the same as the one that was taken from the strange beast that was sewn into the pasture.

This is what they call the Black Nether Stone.

However, the piece that separated the beast was only the size of a fingernail.

The piece in front of us, however, was about the size of a palm.

Although the stone doesn't look very big, the terrifying corrosive power surrounding it is genuine.

Even Lu Xuan could feel that powerful corrosive force was constantly drilling into his body, attempting to devour his life force.

However, Lu Xuan possessed the Spirit Ash Holy Flame within his body, which locked away his life force and blocked all these external forces from entering his body.

"It seems it's not that they don't want to take this item with them."

"The real reason is that they simply didn't have the ability to take it with them."

Lu Xuan stepped forward and examined the palm-sized black Nether Stone.

When you reach out to touch it, you discover that the Black Nether Stone also exudes a terrifying devouring power. If you get close, the Black Nether Stone will devour your life force and corrode your body.

After sensing it for a while, Lu Xuan immediately noticed it as well.

Without the protection of the Spirit Ash Holy Flame, even a fifth-grade martial artist's spiritual energy wouldn't last more than a quarter of an hour against this level of corrosive power.

Clearly, these members of the Blood Mist Cult obtained the Black Nether Stone but had no way to utilize it, and could only temporarily seal it away.

Even Lu Xuan was thinking about it.

The blood of the children on the large ship outside was used to suppress the power of these Black Netherstones.

That's why these Blood Mothers Cult members came up with such a vicious and despicable method: sending people to create disaster and then taking advantage of the chaos to capture all these children.

Although the Black Nether Stone was powerful, Lu Xuan's Spirit Ash Holy Flame was no pushover either.

A thought arose.

A burst of spiritual gray holy flame roared out.

It transformed into a raging fire dragon, swiftly enveloping the black Nether Stone before it.

At the same time, it continuously suppressed the power of the Black Nether Stone.

This caused the corrosive power emanating from the Black Netherstone to be rapidly compressed at this moment.

Then, Lu Xuan also raised his hand and took out a gourd!

This gourd was the one we obtained from the Mu family before.

The gourd possesses extremely powerful sealing power and can be used to store powerful weapons or things with great destructive force. Once released, some of these things can cause massive destruction simply by their sheer force.

Previously, the Mu family used this gourd to suppress the black gold scimitar.

However, the malevolent energy on the Black Gold Scimitar has now been suppressed by Lu Xuan, who has also transformed it into the power of the Black Gold Scimitar itself through the Refining Scripture.

Now, this gourd has become a treasure for sealing that black Nether Stone.

Lu Xuan dared not put such a dangerous thing as Black Nether Stone into his incense tree.

If I damage my own incense tree, where am I supposed to repair it?

Of course, the gourd alone could not suppress the power of the Black Nether Stone; the main reason was the Spirit Ash Holy Flame unleashed by Lu Xuan.

Only with the power of the Holy Flame of Spirit Ash could this gourd be collected.

"However, I can put this heavy rock and iron stone into my incense tree space for now."

These heavy rocks and iron stones are just heavy; they pose no other threat.

Lu Xuan took out the Remnant Sun Sword.

This is currently the sharpest sword in Lu Xuan's possession.

He channeled his own spiritual energy and attached it to the Remnant Sun Sword.

With the help of the sharpness of the Sunset Sword, they continuously broke through the heavy rocks and stones in front of them.

Clang!

The heavy iron rocks were being cut continuously.

Fortunately, the Remnant Sun Sword in his hand was extremely sharp, so the cutting process was not troublesome.

"My cultivation is about to enter the fifth rank, and the power I have now is not low. Just cutting these heavy rocks and stones would take an ordinary fourth-rank martial artist at least several days."

Lu Xuan sighed.

With great strength, doing things becomes much easier.

With a wave of his hand, he directly stored the massive heavy rock and iron stone house into the space of the incense tree.

I searched around again.

Although there were other areas inside, these people took most of their belongings with them when they left.

"Judging from their posture, it seems like they're ready to run away at any moment."

Lu Xuan said, "Otherwise, how could we have acted so quickly?"

Or perhaps this so-called Dark Rain Branch Hall was never very large to begin with.

The main purpose is to unlock the power of this Black Netherstone.

Now these Black Nether Stones have fallen into Lu Xuan's hands.

"They managed to create that stitched-together beast from a piece the size of a fingernail."

"If this thing were developed, who knows what kind of terrifying things might be created."

Lu Xuan shook his head slightly, used his spiritual power to probe his surroundings, and after scanning the area, he quickly headed back.

As for the young master who was once so successful and had such a promising future...

If this corpse rots here without anyone cleaning it up, it will start to stink in just a few days.

Therefore, no matter how talented or powerful you are, you should never be arrogant in front of strong people.

Genius is genius.

Only living geniuses have value.

They returned to the large ship of the Lotus Pavilion, where Liu Qingxue was also in the cabin, fully alert.

Seeing Lu Xuan return, they finally felt relieved.

"master!"

Liu Qingxue greeted Lu Xuan.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

"It's alright, this place is quite remote, there's not a soul in sight."

Liu Qingxue said.

Lu Xuan nodded slightly.

"There weren't many people inside. We killed a few fourth-rank cultivators, who, judging by their status, should be second-class bishops. Most of the rest had already fled."

"These people really slipped away quickly. If we want to eliminate them, we'll have to wait for the next time."

Lu Xuan sighed helplessly.

He never expected that these Blood Mother Cult members would be so vigilant.

At the slightest sign of trouble, they would flee.

Even Lu Xuan found this somewhat unbelievable.

It seems that the Blood Mistress Cult is all about sneaky, underhanded development.

"Master is already very capable."

"It must be the master's formidable reputation that scared them all away."

Liu Qingxue said that after today's battle, her admiration for Lu Xuan has become even stronger.

In her eyes, Lu Xuan was practically omnipotent.

Lu Xuan smiled broadly after being praised by Liu Qingxue.

"Let's go home."

"Send this boat to Jinyuan City and let Yi Shuhe handle these children."

Although Lu Xuan rescued these people, it was impossible for him to settle them all down.

These troublesome matters that followed were naturally left to be handled by government officials like Yi Shuhe.

"good!"

Liu Qingxue tied the small boat to the back of the large ship.

Then remove the flags from the Lotus Pavilion.

This large ship is equipped with its own propulsion array, allowing it to move forward without the need for oars.

Lu Xuan only needed to control the direction.

When the Lotus Pavilion's large ship returned to Jinyuan City, it was already dusk.

It took almost five hours to travel.

Lu Xuan docked the ship at the pier, then found a patrolling soldier on the pier, slipped him ten taels of silver, and asked him to go to the city lord's mansion to report.

Money makes things easier.

The soldier, seeing that Lu Xuan himself possessed an extraordinary air, didn't think much of it. After all, it was just a matter of reporting something. Judging from the old man's tone, it seemed that he was someone of importance.

Lu Xuan did not reveal his name, but simply said that his surname was Lu, and asked Commander Xiao of the City Lord's Mansion to come and take over the ship.

After the soldier went to report.

Lu Xuan and Liu Qingxue also concealed themselves not far from the dock.

After seeing Xiao Yunshan arrive with his men and find the ship, they left.

The identity of this ship, and the identities of those children.

With the capabilities of the city lord's mansion, they will be able to find out quickly.

Lu Xuan returned to Xianhe Manor and then asked everyone to gather in the living room.

Shen Yue made Lu Xuan a cup of tea.

Everyone took their seats one after another. Jiang Dachun sat in the last seat. Yun Shan originally wanted to stand, but Lu Xuan also gestured for her to sit down.

Yun Shan dared not disobey and sat opposite Jiang Dachun.

Lu Xuan then slowly spoke.

"I know about what happened yesterday, and everyone did a good job..."