Chapter 294: The Heavenly Phoenix Arrives at Qingluan Immortal City!

One month later.

Qingyun Market Town.

Early that morning, Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Lu Miaohuan chhcked out of their lodgings. They went to the north gate of the Market town to wait for the spirit ship.

Like when Lu Changsheng last took a spirit ship, many cultivators had arrived early to wait. Several Azure Cloud Sect law enforcement cultivators maintained order.

They didn’t wait long before a blue spirit ship, over 100 feet tall and 200 feet long, slowly descended from the high clouds, surrounded by formation light.

This spirit ship looked similar to the one Lu Changsheng had taken to Nine Heavens Immortal City. It seemed they were all built by Azure Cloud Sect for long-distance transport.

“So this is a spirit ship.”

Lu Miaohuan and Lu Miaoge looked at the spirii ship with surprise and curiosity.

They had only heard of such large spirit ships, but had never seen or ridden one before.

“That’s right, this is a large spirit ship. Not only is its defense amazing, but its turrets can unleash attacks comparable to a Golden Core cultivator.”

Lu Changsheng said softly.

When he rode a spirit ship before, he happened to meet Xiahou Wuwo and witnessed its power.

He knew its defense and offense had reached the third grade. Ordinary Golden Core cultivators wouldn’t dare to challenge it.

This made him really want to get such a spirit ship.

If the two clans went to war in the future, having such a spirit ship hovering in the sky would be incredibly intimidating.

Soon, the spirit ship hovered in midair.

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators walked out and shouted, “Everyone line up and board the spirit ship in order with your token and ticket.”

“Anyone who disrupts order will have their boarding rights revoked!”

As they finished speaking, a beam of light flew down from the spirit ship, forming layer upon layer of stairs.

The nearby Azure Cloud Sect law enforcers maintained order, having everyone line up to board.

Lu Changsheng’s spirit ship ticket was again for the second class, a standard cabin.

But it was slightly larger than the single room before, a shared room of about 300 square feet.

Although it was still a bit cramped for three people, given the limited conditions, this was the best they could do.

After all, he had stayed in a luxury first-class room before. It was mainly the spirit energy supply that differed, not the room size.

“I wonder how Qingshan and Qingzhu will react when they see us.”

Lu Miaohuan said happily, going to the window to look at the sea of clouds outside.

Such scenery was naturally nothing special to her.

But riding a spirit ship for the first time, she felt the same novelty as Lu Changsheng had before.

“Hehe, they’ll surely be overjoyed.”

Seeing his wife so happy, Lu Changsheng was in a good mood too.

Since preparing to go to Golden Sun Sect, Lu Miaoge and Lu Miaohuan haddbeen in high spirits these days.

But Lu Miaohuan showed her emotions on her face, while Lu Miaoge kept hers hidden..

He took out tea sets, Spirit Tea, and spirit spring water from his storage ring and began brewing tea.

Then he took out the spirit source beads he had obtained from Xiahou Wuwo.

Since the spiritual veins at home had already advanced to upper Second-Tier,

He hadn’t given this spirit source bead to Ling Zixiao to nourish the spiritual veins yet.

Now it could be put to use, allowing the three of them to cultivate simply in the room and restore spirit energy after making talismans.

“To visit Jin Kingdom, I’d need to break through to Golden Core at least.”

Lu Changsheng thought of another daughter he had never met, far away in the Five Poison Sect in Jin Kingdom.

By his estimation, to safely visit his daughter at the Five Poison Sect, he’d need Golden Core strength at least.

But at his current cultivation speed, even without worrying about Condensing Crystal Pills or Golden Core spirit items, it would take at least 20 years to break through to Golden Core.

“Twenty years, she’ll be grown up by then.”

Lu Changsheng thought of how this this daughter was already seven years old.

In another twenty years, she would be a grown adult.

And by then, if she had grown up poorly, it would really be troublesome.

After all, with Nangong Mili there, he wasn’t worried about his daughter being bullied.

His only worry was that under the demonic sect’s values, the child might grow up warped.

Jin Kingdom, Five Poison Sect.

Inside a palace.

“Ahhh—”

A tall but skeletal middle-aged man screamed with a twisted face and bloodshot eyes, struggling desperately.

But chains pierced through his limbs, shoulder blades, waist and other vital points, sealing his powers. He could only make the chains rattle.

“Mother, is he in a lot of pain?”

A little girl in a purple starry dress, looking about seven or eight years old and exquisitely beautiful, watched this scene and asked somewhat sympathetically.

Though young, she already had a graceful bearing. Her skin was snow-white and delicate, her eyes bright as gems, her nose straight and her lips pink and tender.

Her long black hair was as beautiful as the night stars, flowing smoothly down her back with a crystalline luster.

“Hehe, in a few more days the Golden Silkworm Gu will be ready, and he won’t be in pain anymore.”

The beautiful woman beside her fondly rubbed her daughter’s little head, a faint smile on her lips as she spoke softly.

She wore a purple palace dress that accentuated her graceful curves, stunningly beautiful.

Her incomparably beautiful and bewitching face was beyond description.

Her phoenix eyes were misty like peach blossoms, filled with a mesmerizing power that could make one lose their soul.

Her red lips were alluring, tempting one to taste them.

Indeed, her whole body exuded an enticing charm that could captivate one’s heart and soul.

The little girl’s features were seven or eight tenths similar to hers.

From her peerless beauty, one could imagine what an enchanting beauty she would become when grown up.

“Then he won’t be in pain anymore.”

Nangong Mili seemed to notice the sympathy in her daughter’s eyes. Her snow-white hand, stained with balsam flower juice, lifted lightly.

Instantly, the man before them could no longer scream. The painful contortions on his face turned to numbness, his expression blank.

“He’s not in pain anymore?”

Nangong Yaoyao held her mother’s slender arm, her eyes as pure as stars showing a hint of confusion. She still felt the man should be in pain.

After all, when she was bitten by a bug before, it hurt for so long, and her mother had looked so worried.

Now that bugs had burrowed into him, how could he not be in pain?

But of course, she believed her mother’s words.

After a long while.

A golden-skinned, silkworm-shaped Gu crawled out of the middle-aged man’s mouth and flew into the little girl’s hand.

This scene looked somewhat horrifying.

But the little girl was so adorable, obediently holding her mother’s hand like a finely carved jade doll, dispersing the horrifying atmosphere.

“Let’s go, Yaoyao.”

Seeing the Golden Silkworm Gu finish feeding, Nangong Mili said softly to her daughter, leading her away.

“Master!”

Just as they returned to the main hall, a young woman in a purple dress with delicate features and an ethereal, dreamy aura called out.

“Big Sister Xiaochan!”

Seeing the purple-dressed young woman, Nangong Yaoyao’s exquisite little face immediately lit up with a happy smile. She let go of her mother’s hand and ran to hug her.

On Heavenly Spider Peak, besides her mother and personal maid, Meng Xiaochan spent the most time taking care of her, so they were very close.

But as Meng Xiaochan got busier, she hadn’t seen her in a long time.

“Yaoyao.”

Meng Xiaochan’s face showed an alluring smile of confused enchantment as she picked up the little girl.

Then she kissed her tender snow-white cheek, inhaling her fragrant scent.

She had always taken care of Nangong Yaoyao and loved her body’s fragrance.

Every time they were together and she smelled this scent, she felt a spring-like closeness and comfort that reminded her of Lu Changsheng.

“Xiaochan, what brings you here this time?”

Nangong Mili watched her disciple and daughter, a faint smile on her face as she spoke.

“Master, I’ve received news that the Old Ancestor Sima of Nine Linke Linked Mountains has passed away.”

Meng Xiaochan let go of Nangong Yaoyao and said.

“Since Sima De has passed away, there’s no need for Nine Linked Mountains to exist anymore. You can handle this matter.”

Nangong Mili said casually upon hearing this.

“Master, how should we deal with the five great clans of Nine Linked Mountains?”

Meng Xiaochan asked.

“Yaoyao, what should we do with bad people who don’t listen?”

Nangong Mili crouched down gracefully in front of her daughter and asked with a smile.

“Hmm, of course we should kill them.”

Nangong Yaoyao blinked and tilted her little head, answering with an innocent look.

Three months later.

“This Myriad Beasts Mountain Range is still as majestic and vast as ever.”

“But from the looks of it, we should reach Qingluan Immortal City soon.”

Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Lu Miaohuan sttod on the spirit ship’s deck, looking down at the sea of clouds and the mountains, forests, and buildings below that looked like scattered chess pieces.

They could see a magnificent mountain range with overlapping peaks stretching far into the distance, knowing this was the famous Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

“Myriad Beasts Mountain Range?”

Lu Miaohuan looked at the sea of clouds in confusion.

As Foundation Establishment cultivators, Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge could barely make oot the scenery below.

But she was only at Late-Stage Qi Refining and could only see the surrounding cloud sea, unable to clearly see the situation below.

“Hehe.”

Seeing his wife’s expression, Lu Changsheng raised his hand lightly.

His spiritual power formed a water mirror, showing Lu Miaohuan a rough view of the scenery below.

Just then, a system prompt sounded in Lu Changsheng’s mind.

[Congratulations, host’s descendants have reached 100. You’ve gained one chance to draw a prize]

“Hmm? It’s reached 100? I’ve really been waiting for this gift.”

Hearing this system prompt, Lu Changsheng was slightly startled, his eyes showing a hint of amusement.

For his own children, the rewards had gradually increased from ten to ten.

But for this grandchild generation, it increased by fifty at a time.

He suspected the next gift might not come until the great-grandchild generation reached 200.

“I’ve become a bit slack. I remember it only took just over four years to reach fifty last time, but this time it took five years.”

Lu Changsheng frowned slightly, recalling it had been about five years since the last system gift for the grandchild generation.

“But five years is still okay, I suppose it’s acceptable.”

“I wonder how many of the grandchildren have spirit roots, and if the system will give more gifts along with them.”

Lu Changsheng pondered inwardly.

Although his Lu Family’s grandchild generation had reached 100, only five of them had spirit roots.

This ratio was not bad, but all five grandchildren had lower-Tier spirit roots, which really made Lu Changsheng sigh.

He knew that for geniuses to emerge in the family, it would still depend on his own efforts as the old ancestor.

After accompanying his wife on the deck to get some air and enjoy the scenery, Lu Changsheng returned to the cabin to start drawing prizes.

Having experienced so many draws, he could now maintain a calm expression without any unusual reactions during the draw.

As for why he didn’t save the draw for later, mainly because he couldn’t resist using it once he had it.

“System, draw!”

Lu Changsheng commanded inwardly.

A light red wheel appeared, with a golden light quickly spinning.

After a moment, the golden light slowed and stopped on ‘pet’.

[Ding! Congratulations, host has obtained the spirit pet: Heavenly Demon Phoenix!]

[Reward has been sent to the system space, host can check at any time]

An image of a golden divine bird burning with scarlet flames appeared from the wheel, accompanied by a system prompt.

“Pet, Heavenly Demon Phoenix?”

“Last time on the spirit ship to Nine Heavens Immortal City, I drew the Cold Jade Mysterious Turtle. This time on the spirit ship to Qingluan Immortal City, I drew the Heavenly Demon Phoenix. It really is…”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow when he saw this reward, smiling wryly.

He had planned to give Xu Ruoyin a Heaven-Tier beast.

But his family pets were only the Nine Abyss Mastiff, Cold Jade Mysterious Turtle, Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, and Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

The Cold Jade Mysterious Turtle and Bizarre Prison Demon Flower already had masters.

The Nine Abyss Mastiff was his first pet, and had been the family watchdog in the early years, so he naturally wouldn’t give it away.

As for the remaining Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, it had advanced to second grade and had decent combat power, so he didn’t really want to give it away either.

So he had planned to give whatever he drew next.

But now seeing it was a flying spirit pet that seemed related to the true spirit phoenix, Lu Changsheng didn’t want to give it away anymore.

“But it doesn’t matter. It would take me at least several decades or even over a hundred years to cultivate it to second or third grade myself.”

“Letting Xu Ruoyin make a contract and cultivate the Beast Scripture can help this Heavenly Demon Phoenix grow at the fastest speed”

Lu Changsheng pondered inwardly.

Then he focused his mind to look at the specific details of this Heavenly Demon Phoenix in the system space.

[Spirit Pet: Heavenly Demon Phoenix]

[Grade: Top Heaven-Tier]

[Description: A top Heaven-Tier bloodline beast with the true spirit ‘Heavenly Phoenix’ bloodline. Can grow to peak stage as a Fourth-Tier beast in 500 years]

“Tsk tsk tsk, top Heaven-Tier with the true spirit Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, truly extraordinary.”

Lu Changsheng looked at this spirit pet’s information, feeling it was quite good.

If cultivated well, it could serve as his flying mount.

Currently, he mainly relied on Spirit Boats and flying Artifacts for travel.

He was lacking in the flying mount department.

Although the family had a Green Jade Luan Bird,

It could barely fly and was more of an ornamental spirit pet.

Now with this Heavenly Demon Phoenix properly raised, he would have a good flying mount in the future.

Since it wasn’t convenient now and he didn’t have time, Lu Changsheng didn’t extract it from the system space, planning to arrange it after returning to Bihu Mountain.

Half a month later.

“Fellow Daoists, we’ve arrived at Qingluan Immortal City.”

The Cloud Peak spirit ship slowly descended before a majestic, vast, tall and imposing city surrounded by green jade spirit light.

“This Qingluan Immortal City is completely different from Nine Heavens Immortal City”

Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Lu Miaohuan looked at Qingluan Immortal City and its surroundings.

Compared to Nine Heavens Immortal City, Qingluan Immortal City was larger and more bustling.

Cultivators came and went in various attires – there were Daoists, swordsmen, Confucian scholars, monks, and barbarians.

For a moment, Lu Changsheng felt as if he had arrived in a secular city.

The three walked off the spirit ship and lined up at the city gate.

Looking at the bustling crowd, Lu Changsheng noticed that nearly half of them had a murderous aura, killing intent, and bloodthirst in their brows.

It completely contrasted with his, Lu Miaoge’s, and Lu Miaohuan” auras.

The armored guards patrolling around the city gate also exuded a fierce killing intent.

“So this is the so-called holy land of rogue cultivators.”

Lu Changsheng murmured, knowing that most cultivators coming to Qingluan Immortal City were rogue cultivators.

Nine out of ten of these rogue cultivators had the same purpose – to fight for a future!

Qi Refining cultivators fought for Foundation Establishment, Foundation Establishment fought for mid-stage, Late-Stage, or even False Core and Golden Core!

So most of these people made a living by hunting spirit beasts and exploring ruins and Cave Dwellings. They were battle-hardened and had experienced much killing.

“Feiyu has lived here for over ten years.”

Lu Changsheng thought of his good friend Li Feiyu.

He had always known Qingluan Immortal City was dangerous.

But now that he had arrived at this holy land of rogue cultivators and seen its customs, he had a clearer understanding.

He realized that this so-called holy land of rogue cultivators was actually a place that bred killers.

Every rogue cultivator who could break through to Foundation Establishment and make a name for themselves here was extraordinary.

They had fought their way up with blades and spears, incomparable to clan-nurtured cultivators like Lu Yuanzhong and Bai Yunyang.

“I wonder how Feiyu is doing now, if he’s in the immortal city.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath and exhaled.

He was transiting through Qingluan Immortal City on this trip, taking the Golden Sun Sect’s spirit ship to Golden Sun Sect, and naturally planned to check on his good friend Li Feiyu.

Now seeing the city’s situation and thinking of how his friend had struggled here for over ten years, his mood became heavier.

Especially in the past few years, Qingluan Immortal City had faced a once-in-a-century beast tide.

At that time, he had lost contact with Li Feiyu and thought something had happened to him.

Since the city gate had separate channels for Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators,

It wasn’t long before it was their turn.

Lu Changsheng paid thirty Spirit Stones, received identity Jade Tokens, and entered Qingluan Immortal City with his wife.