Chapter 251: Refining the Dao Weapon, Imparting Knowledge to Bai Ling!

After experiencing the cultivation speed of his Second-Tier Spirit Root, Lu Changsheng tried to refine the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’.

This ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’ was somewhat similar to the ‘Scattering Soul Needle’, a Divine Sense attack technique he had practiced before.

Through visualization and circulation of Spiritual Energy, he formed runes within his body, finally refining them into a ‘Black Water Flood Dragon’ graphic spell.

Under normal circumstances, understanding and refining the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’ would be extremely difficult.

But with the system’s enlightenment, it was naturally effortless for Lu Changsheng, unlike the torment he experienced when cultivating the Scattering Soul Needle.

As he visualized in his mind and his Spiritual Energy circulated and gathered, wondrous runes formed from the Seven Luminaries Spiritual Energy in his dantian.

Five days later.

Seventy-two ancient runes appeared in Lu Changsheng’s dantian, forming a mystical Dao rhythm.

These seventy-two runes swam slowly like fish, forming a flood dragon-shaped graphic spell – the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’!

As the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’ took shape, Lu Changsheng immediately used his Spiritual Energy to continuously refine it, condensing it into a tiny talisman seed.

“The Black Water Flood Dragon Curse is complete!”

Two more days passed. Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, his face showing joy as he let out a long breath.

He took a pill and began to sit cross-legged to recover his Spiritual Energy.

When his internal Spiritual Energy was restored, Lu Changsheng got up and walked out of his secluded Cave Dwelling.

He planned to catch an Azure Blood Carp and a Red Blood Carp to try if he could refine them into flood dragon Dao weapons.

However, as soon as he walked out of the cave, Lu Changsheng thought of the faint fragrance emanating from his body due to his Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body.

“Speaking of which, can this fragrance be suppressed? Otherwise, it’s weird for a grown man to always have such a scent.”

Lu Changsheng tried to suppress the fragrance emanating from his body.

This fragrance wasn’t strong and smelled very pleasant.

From Xiao Xiyue’s words earlier, he vaguely felt this scent had some charming effects.

So he thought if it could be suppressed, he should try to do so as much as possible.

There was no need to exude charm all the time.

Through the operation of his cultivation technique, Lu Changsheng could feel the bodily fragrance become much fainter.

Unless in close contact, it was almost impossible to smell. He nodded slightly, feeling much more at ease.

He walked out of Hall of Everlasting Life and came to his family’s fish farm.

“Mountain Lord!”

“Greetings to the Mountain Lord!”

“Husband!”

“Father!”

Many water pavilions had been built around the fish farm. The cultivators of the fishery usually lived in these pavilions, keeping an eye on the farm’s situation.

Seeing Lu Changsheng arrive, the cultivators in the water pavilions immediately bowed with cupped hands.

“Zhong Yu, fetch me an Azure Blood Carp and a Red Blood Carp.”

Lu Changsheng said to Zhong Yu, the manager of the fish farm.

Then he nodded with a smile at his concubine Yun Qianqian and daughter Lu Xiaoru, stepping forward to ask them how they felt about fish farming.

This concubine and daughter had some interest in fish farming, so Lu Miaoyun had arranged for thm to learn here.

“Mountain Lord.”

Soon, manager Zhong Yu came with a Red Blood Carp and an Azure Blood Carp.

These two carp had clearly been selected, weighing about twenty to thirty jin.

Lu Changsheng took the carp, said a few words, then transformed into a stream of light and returned to Hall of Everlasting Life.

“Black Water Flood Dragon Curse!”

Arriving in his hall, Lu Changsheng held the Red Blood Carp, activated the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse in his dantian, and let this talisman seed enter the Red Blood Carp’s body.

“Hum—”

This talisman seed was very mysterious. In an instant, it entered the Red Blood Carp’s body without any resistance, drilling into its heart.

“Thump thump thump—”

The moment the Red Blood Carp’s heart came into contact with the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’, it seemed to beat violently. Its mouth opened and closed as if roaring, and it began to struggle fiercely.

Soon, this Red Blood Carp stopped struggling, motionless, its body shriveled as if long dead.

“Is the dragon blood too diluted, lacking potential?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow as he looked at the Red Blood Carp before him.

According to the records in the ‘Black Dragon Scripture’, to cultivate a ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Dao Weapon’, one first needed an aquatic beast with dragon blood in its body.

Then, by injecting the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’, it would refine the dragon blood within the beast, enhancing its potential.

This step was also called crossing the dragon gate.

Only by fusing with the ‘talisman seed’ and crossing the dragon gate would there be hope of advancing to become a ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Dao Weapon’.

This Red Blood Carp hadn’t survived this stage, naturally meeting a dead end, its flesh and potential exhausted.

“It seems this Red Blood Carp is still too inferior to be used to cultivate a ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Dao Weapon’.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head as he looked at the shriveled Red Blood Carp.

He wasn’t too concerned about it.

After all, a Red Blood Carp was worth only about ten Spirit Stones.

Wanting to use it to cultivate a Dao weapon was indeed a bit unrealistic.

He looked at the other Azure Blood Carp in his hand.

Compared to the Red Blood Carp, this Azure Blood Carp was considerably more precious, worth twenty to thirty Spirit Stones.

With an experimental attitude, Lu Changsheng injected the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse into the Azure Blood Carp.

However, like the Red Blood Carp, this Azure Blood Carp also died with its flesh shriveled.

“Hmm, is this… dragon blood essence?”

At this moment, Lu Changsheng saw a strand of golden crystalline substance within the dead Azure Blood Carp’s body.

Through the ‘Black Dragon Scripture’, he clearly knew this was a strand of dragon blood essence.

The Black Water Flood Dragon Curse refined the dragon blood within the beast, stimulating its potential.

But when the subject couldn’t survive this stage, all its flesh essence transformed into this strand of dragon blood essence.

This strand of dragon blood essence could be used to refine ‘Dragon Ascension Pills’.

Dragon Ascension Pills were also part of cultivating ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Dao Weapons’.

After all, how could cultivating a Third-Tier Dao weapon be simple?

The first step was to select the Dao weapon seed through the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’.

Then, through ‘Spirit Nourishing Pills’, ‘Wisdom Opening Pills’, ‘Dragon Ascension Pills’, ‘Spirit Light Method’, ‘Black Water Method’, ‘Nine Transformations Method’, and other nine pills and twelve methods, it could finally advance to become a ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Dao Weapon’.

This process was somewhat similar to raising spirit beasts.

But compared to Beast Taming, nurturing Dao weapons was clearly more profound.

This was also why small family forces didn’t have Dao weapons.

Let alone having methods to nurture Dao weapons, ordinary forces couldn’t afford the various expenses of nurturing Dao weapons.

“Although this Azure Blood Carp can’t be used to cultivate a Dao weapon, being able to refine a strand of dragon blood essence is quite good.”

“In the future, when dragon blood essence is needed to refine ‘Dragon Ascension Pills’, it can be refined from Azure Blood Carp.”

Lu Changsheng took out a porcelain bottle from his Storage Bag and stored this strand of dragon blood essence.

Although this strand of dragon blood essence was very little, almost negligible, even a little bit counts.

“But if an Azure Blood Carp can refine dragon blood essence, perhaps an Azure Blood Carp King might survive the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse.”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed as he muttered in his heart.

This Azure Blood Carp was just an ordinary first-Tier spirit fish.

As a Second-Tier spirit fish, a carp king had a considerable chance of fusing with the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse.

No sooner said than done, Lu Changsheng went to the fish farm again and asked Zhong Yu if there were any carp kings in the farm currently.

“Mountain Lord, currently in the whole fish farm, there is one Red Blood Carp King and one Azure Blood Carp King.”

Zhong Yu said.

For ordinary carp, she naturally wouldn’t keep a detailed count.

But carp kings were not only highly valuable individually, they also had a certain beneficial effect on the ecological growth of other carp.

So after being appointed as the farm manager, she immediately cultivated two carp kings.

“Will using one affect things?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

“It won’t affect much, just that cultivating a new carp king will take some time, and the cultivation cost will be relatively higher.”

Zhong Yu hesitated for a moment before answering.

“Alright, fish out the Azure Blood Carp King for me.”

Lu Changsheng nodded upon hearing this.

He knew there would actually be some impact, but he couldn’t resist the urge to experiment now.

“Yes, Mountain Lord.”

Hearing this, Zhong Yu didn’t say more and went to the fish farm to look for that Azure Blood Carp King.

As fish bait was scattered, the lake surface stirred with rippling waves, and many carp gathered.

But soon, the lake water churned violently, other fish schools dispersed, and a huge Azure Blood Carp King, over a meter long, surfaced to eat the fish bait.

“Now!”

Zhong Yu shouted to several others.

Immediately, several fishermen cast out large nets to catch this Azure Blood Carp King.

But this Azure Blood Fish King already had some intelligence. Seeing the fishing net, it immediately flicked its tail and dove into the lake, trying to escape.

Seeing this, the others quickly used their techniques to try and block the spirit fish.

“Hehe, interesting.”

Lu Changsheng saw this scene and chuckled lightly. He immediately summoned his spiritual power and reached out with his hand.

A giant hand made of spiritual power directly captured the Azure Blood Fish King from the lake.

“Not bad, it might actually be able to be refined into a Dao weapon.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Azure Blood Fish King before him, smiled lightly, and flew towards Hall of Everlasting Life.

All the cultivators and fishermen at the fish farm who saw this scene had looks of reverence and respect in their eyes.

Arriving at Hall of Everlasting Life, the Azure Blood Fish King was still struggling constantly, its eyes full of fear towards Lu Changsheng.

Lu Changsheng paid it no mind. He placed his hand on the Fish King’s body and infused the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’ into it.

“Hiss hiss hiss—”

In that instant, the Azure Blood Fish King let out painful hisses, constantly struggling and writhing. Its heart pounded loudly, and a faint black luster appeared intermittently on its scales.

“Looks like there’s actually some hope.”

Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng’s face revealed a slight smile.

Watching the Azure Blood Fish King writhe with the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’, constantly shriveling and thinning, black qi flowing, Lu Changsheng thought for a moment. He then flicked a trace of dragon blood essence he had just obtained towards the Azure Blood Fish King.

Afterwards, he took out a Spirit Nourishing Pill, crushed it into powder, and poured it into the Azure Blood Fish King’s mouth along with some Spirit Liquid.

Since it showed promise of success, he was naturally willing to lend a hand.

As time passed, the Azure Blood Fish King’s body continued to shrivel and darken, becoming much more elongated. Its body shape began to resemble that of a catfish or an eel.

“Boom!”

After a long while, the Azure Blood Fish King suddenly let out a high-pitched screech. Its heart fused with the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse, and demonic energy surged around its body, drawing in spiritual energy.

At this moment, its scales had almost completely changed from azure to a deep black color. Two long catfish whiskers grew out, and the teeth in its mouth became noticeably sharper.

“It’s done!”

Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng’s eyes revealed a look of joy.

The Azure Blood Fish King before him had been refined by the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’ and transformed into a ‘Black Water Dragon Fish Dao Weapon’.

In terms of strength, it was still relatively weak, roughly equivalent to a mid-stage first-rank demonic beast.

But for a spirit fish to become a mid-stage first-rank demonic beast, the increase in strength was considerable.

“It seems that it was quite difficult for this Azure Blood Fish King to fuse with the ‘Black Water Flood Dragon Curse’. If I want to cultivate it further, I’ll need to find better dragon-type aquatic creatures.”

“I wonder what effect the Dragon Carp that appears in Bishui Lake every ten years would have.”

Lu Changsheng examined the condition of this Black Water Dragon Fish.

It was clear that although it had fused with the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse, it was still somewhat forced.

The process of refining its bloodline and stimulating its potential had left it extremely weak, with only half its life remaining.

“At least it succeeded.”

“From now on, as long as it’s slowly nurtured and its intelligence is awakened, this Black Water Dragon Fish will cultivate the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse on its own, continuously evolving to become a Black Water Flood Dragon!”

Lu Changsheng pondered as he carried this Black Water Dragon Fish.

After thinking for a moment, he came to Bishui Lake and directly released this Black Water Dragon Fish into it.

With the Black Water Flood Dragon Curse, he could roughly sense the dragon fish’s location and give commands to this Black Water Dragon Fish.

He observed for a moment and found that as soon as this Black Water Dragon Fish entered Bishui Lake, it immediately began to search for fish and shrimp to eat, and even started eating the Azure Blood Carp in the lake.

“Releasing such a Black Water Dragon Fish into the lake, won’t it affect the ecosystem?”

Lu Changsheng frowned slightly.

Although Bishui Lake was quite large, if the Black Water Dragon Fish continued to eat like this, problems might arise.

“Forget it, I’ll keep it in the Spirit Beast Bag for now. Once I’ve crafted the Dao weapon command talisman, I’ll have someone raise it.”

“Otherwise, with the Black Water Dragon Fish’s current strength, it might cause casualties among the fishermen.”

Lu Changsheng thought for a moment and put this Black Water Dragon Fish into the Spirit Beast Bag.

After all, fishermen came to Bishui Lake to fish every day, and some of his children also came to fish.

If they encountered a mid-stage first-rank demonic beast Black Water Dragon Fish, it could be dangerous.

The Dao weapon command talisman was similar to a beast tamer token.

It could be used to communicate with the Dao weapon through the talisman, allowing for deployment and formations.

If one cultivated the ‘Black Dragon Scripture’, they could even fuse the demonic energy of the Dao weapon with their own spiritual power, greatly increasing their strength.

“Father, Brother!”

As Lu Changsheng was about to return with the Black Water Dragon Fish, he suddenly heard voices calling out to him.

He turned his head to look and saw Lu Wangshu and Bai Ling waving at him from a distance.

“Wangshu, little Ling’er.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Wangshu, who was sitting cross-legged on the Cold Jade Mysterious Turtle, wearing a fisherman’s hat and looking adorable.

Bai Ling was on a small boat nearby, accompanying Lu Wangshu as she fished.

After all, with Lu Wangshu’s small frame, she always needed someone to accompany her when fishing.

“Brother.”

When Bai Ling saw Lu Changsheng, her beautiful peach blossom eyes immediately filled with joy and a dreamy look, her voice sweet and soft.

After being nourished by Lu Changsheng day and night, she had become more alluring and seductive, truly born with a bewitching nature.

However, compared to Nangong Mili’s seductiveness, she had a kind of innate pure beauty, giving people a sense of purity and lovability, making one pity her at first sight.

“Father, look at me, I caught so many fish today!”

Lu Wangshu pointed at the fish basket beside her, excitedly sharing her joy with Lu Changsheng.

“Well done.”

Lu Changsheng glanced at the fish basket, thinking to himself that his daughter’s fishing skills were indeed remarkable.

Moreover, through the system, he knew that after fishing for so long, his daughter Lu Wangshu’s fishing skill had increased by 3%.

This made him quite speechless, worried that his daughter would become obsessed with fishing and neglect cultivation and Talisman Making in the future.

Looking at his daughter, Lu Changsheng suddenly smiled and said, “Little Wangshu, Father just caught a big fish too. Do you want to see it?”

“Eh? Father, you can catch fish too?”

Lu Wangshu tilted her head and said.

Lu Changsheng: “???”

Damn, how could such words come out of my daughter’s mouth?

Shouldn’t it be something like ‘I want to see, I want to see’ or ‘Wow, Father is so great, Father is so amazing’?

This little cotton-padded jacket has sprung a leak!

“Hehe, since you want to see, Father will let you take a look.”

Lu Changsheng tapped his Storage Bag and brought out the nearly two-meter-long Black Water Dragon Fish, saying, “How about it? Isn’t the fish Father caught big?”

“Wow, what a big fish!”

When Lu Wangshu saw the Black Water Dragon Fish before her, she was completely stunned, her little mouth forming an ‘O’ shape.

She had never seen such a big fish before.

It was as big as two of her.

Bai Ling also looked at the Black Water Dragon Fish with some surprise.

However, with her Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivation, she knew that Lu Changsheng hadn’t been fishing just now.

“Isn’t Father amazing?”

Lu Changsheng said calmly.

“Yes, yes, yes, Father is so amazing!”

Lu Wangshu nodded repeatedly, staring at the Black Water Dragon Fish without blinking.

She didn’t doubt at all that this fish was caught by her father from the fish farm.

“Hehe.”

Seeing this scene, Lu Changsheng’s face revealed a slight smile.

He thought to himself that his little cotton-padded jacket hadn’t completely sprung a leak yet.

After chatting with his daughter for a while, he transmitted a message to Bai Ling, saying, “Little Ling’er, wait for me tonight.”

When the ‘Black Dragon Scripture’ is fully cultivated, one can transform into a black dragon.

Currently, Bai Ling was still cultivating the most basic technique, the ‘Return to Origin Technique’.

So Lu Changsheng planned to teach Bai Ling the ‘Black Dragon Scripture’.

On one hand, with Bai Ling’s talent, she indeed needed to cultivate a better technique.

On the other hand, Bai Ling had shown signs of demonic race bloodline atavism, most likely a snake bloodline.

And in the cultivation world, snakes and dragons had quite similar attributes.

Back then, Ling Zixiao had told him that for someone in Bai Ling’s situation, if she cultivated snake or demonic race techniques, her bloodline might show some effects.

“Mm.”

When Bai Ling heard Lu Changsheng’s transmitted message, her eyelashes immediately lowered, and her heart fluttered uncontrollably.

She glanced at Lu Wangshu, then softly replied, “I-I’ll wait for Brother.”

After chatting with the two girls for a while, Lu Changsheng went to the Lu Family Mansion.

He asked his wife, Lu Miaoyun, to purchase materils for pills such as ‘Spirit Nourishing Pills’, ‘Wisdom Opening Pills’, ‘Dragon Ascension Pills’, as well as aquatic demonic beasts with dragon blood.

“Alright, husband.”

Lu Miaoyun never questioned LuChangsheng’s requests and simply nodded in agreement.

Late at night.

In an antique-style room.

On the bed, Bai Ling’s delicate and graceful body was covered with translucent, smooth white scales, making her look as if she were wrapped in a soft armor of scales.

Her alluring, graceful body was on full display, exuding a bewitching and wild beauty.

As her delicate form swayed, shimmering white scales resembled a flowing galaxy, tinted with specks of pink like scattered gems, creating a dazzling sight.

At this moment, every part of Bai Ling’s body was brimming with temptation.

Her peach blossom eyes were especially captivating, misty and dreamy, as if tipsy, stirring the most primal desires and making one’s heart flutter.

This often made Lu Changsheng think that if Bai Ling were to cultivate Charm Techniques, she might not be inferior to Nangong Mili.

Afterwards!

“Brother~”

Bai Ling nestled in Lu Changsheng’s arms like an obedient kitten.

Her pure yet alluring face was flushed red, her peach blossom eyes curved into crescent moons, looking at Lu Changsheng with a satisfied expression that tugged at one’s heartstrings.

“Little Ling’er”

Lu Changsheng held Bai Ling’s soft, smooth, and tempting body.

Her scaly skin felt incredibly comfortable to touch now, making Lu Changsheng reluctant to let go.

They continued to cuddle intimately, savoring the afterglow, before Lu Changsheng inquired about Bai Ling’s cultivation progress.

Bai Ling stated that she was at the peak of the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining and would soon break through to the eighth layer.

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng felt a wave of emotion.

It had been less than ten years since he had brought Bai Ling home.

And Bai Ling had only been cultivating for about nine years.

In nine years, she was almost breaking through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, which was incredibly impressive.

He had checked Bai Ling’s status through the system’s family interface.

In the talent column, it only showed a Fifth-Tier Spirit Root.

But Bai Ling’s cultivation speed was far beyond what a Fifth-Tier Spirit Root could explain.

So, Lu Changsheng knew that Bai Ling’s bloodline was even more extraordinary than he had imagined.

He told Bai Ling about the Black Dragon Scripture, stating that since she was in the late stage of Qi Refining, she should consider Foundation Establishment.

“Will it affect having babies?”

After hearing about the technique, Bai Ling’s first concern was about the side effects.

She had grown up on Qingzhu Mountain, seeing Lu Miaoyun and others bear chidren for Lu Changsheng.

So she had always hoped to have a child for Lu Changsheng.

Not being able to conceive before had upset her greatly, and it took Lu Changsheng a long time to comfort her.

“About having children, I’ll find a way to solve that. Of course, if you don’t want to cultivate this technique, I can teach you others.”

Lu Changsheng immediately said upon hearing her words.

He thought of teaching Bai Ling the Black Dragon Scripture also because of their bloodline situation, which already made it difficult for them to have children.

In this case, whether or not she practiced the Black Dragon Scripture wouldn’t make much difference.

Perhaps cultivating the Black Dragon Scripture might even solve this problem using a fight-fire-with-fire approach.

If that didn’t work, they’d have to find another way later, maybe see if the system could draw pills or Natural Treasures that guaranteed pregnancy.

“I’ll listen to you, brother.”

Bai Ling said softly, her voice tender.

“Alright, tomorrow I’ll start teaching you this technique.”

Lu Changsheng said gently, holding Bai Ling.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

Under Lu Changsheng’s guidance, Bai Ling had begun to cultivate the Black Dragon Scripture.

Her talent was excellent, and with Lu Changsheng’s teaching, she picked it up quickly.

This made Lu Changsheng eager to see if Bai Ling’s cultivation of this technique would reveal aspects of her bloodline.

During this time, Lu Changsheng had cultivated another ‘Black Water Dragon Fish Dao Weapon’ and a ‘Black Water Dragon Snake Dao Weapon’ from the dragon-blooded aquatic beast Lu Miaoyun had acquired.

After much thought, he sectioned off an area in the fish farm for these two dragon fish and one dragon snake to live.

Putting them in Bishui Lake would be too dangerous and disrupt the ecosystem.

He temporarily entrusted the care of these creatures to his daughter, Lu Xiaoru.

She was to feed them while looking after the fish farm and notify him if anything happened.

Not long ago, Lu Changsheng learned from his concubine Zheng Yongwan that the Zheng Family had finalized negotiations with the Xu Family and would soon become their vassal.

At that time, the Zheng Family would marry an eldest daughter to the Xu Family’s third young master, and the Xu Family would marry a collateral branch daughter to the Zheng Family’s young master.

Hearing this news, Lu Changsheng didn’t say much.

When Zheng Yongwan first told him about this, he had guessed there was a high probability of it happening.

He just hadn’t expected the Xu Family to marry a collateral branch daughter to the Zheng Family.

Six days later, it marked one year since the establishment of the Lu Family on Bihu Mountain.

Lu Changsheng also held the first family assembly to summarize the year’s events.