Chapter 305: Auspicious Tree, Li Family Sisters!

“Hiss, hiss, hiss—”

By the Spirit Eye Spring, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower swayed constantly, radiating a beautiful and bewitching glow.

As the flower stem grew, dark red thorny roots burst from the ground beside it, like venomous snakes, gradually filling the air with a bloody scent.

When the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower reached about ten feet tall, its budding flower slowly bloomed, resembling a deep abyss or black hole, captivating and hiding endless horrors.

Seeing this scene, Qu Zhenzhen had already tightly clung to Lu Changsheng’s arm, somewhat frightened.

Lu Miaohuan was much better than Qu Zhenzhen, her beautiful eyes carefully examining the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower before her.

She knew that with Lu Changsheng present, this demon flower wouldn’t harm her.

“Husband, is this demon flower a Second-Tier demon plant?” Lu Miaohuan asked.

She could sense a thick demonic aura from this plant.

“That’s right, this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower is currently a Second-Tier demon plant. As for its quality, it has already surpassed ordinary spirit plants,” Lu Changsheng replied.

“So, I’m not sure what changes there might be when using this ‘demon plant’ to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Longevity Technique, but there won’t be any danger.”

“If you don’t like it, Huanhuan, I can find another spirit plant for you later.”

Lu Changsheng held his wife’s slender jade-like hand, speaking gently.

According to his speculation, using the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Longevity Technique would definitely yield better results than ordinary spirit plants!

However, cultivating with a demon plant would face one problem: the plant’s innate consciousness!

Just like contracting demon beasts or refining Gu Worm, it was very troublesome and dangerous.

For a small Qi Refining cultivator to refine a Second-Tier demon plant as their innate spirit root and erase its consciousness was basically impossible!

Lu Changsheng dared to do this because the demon plant was obtained through the system’s lottery, so he wasn’t worried about the demon plant retaliating.

Of course, only he would be willing to give such a rare celestial bloodline demon plant to his wife for cultivating techniques.

“Husband, I like it!” Lu Miaohuan immediately said in a clear voice.

Although the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower before her was somewhat intimidating, she thought it was fine.

She even felt that with these changes, its abilities were quite good.

She and Qu Zhenzhen had long known about the Heaven and Earth Longevity Technique, learning much about this technique from Lu Miaoyun.

They knew that once refined, they couldn’t leave the spirit plant too far, unable to leave Bihu Mountain.

In the future, they also couldn’t cultivate on their own, only able to increase their cultivation by nurturing the spirit plant.

Moreover, the spiritual power in their bodies would all transform into the plant power of the ‘Heaven and Earth Longevity Technique’.

This meant their spiritual power basically had no killing power, leaning more towards nourishing and tempering the physical body and spirit.

The only use was being able to control their ‘innate spirit root’, which was the refined spirit plant.

So seeing the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, thinking about refining it as her innate spirit root and controlling this demon plant, she might have some combat power.

In the future, if the family encountered danger, like when Xiahou Demon attacked before, she could also help.

Of course, she also really liked the normal appearance of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

If it always had such a terrifying appearance, she would have to reconsider.

For example, Lu Miaoyun’s Lingming TreasureTree, not only did Qu Zhenzhen think it was ugly, she also thought it was somewhat unsightly.

“Husband, what’s inside this flower? Can it open?” Lu Miaohuan asked curiously, looking at the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower’s mouth that resembled an abyss and hadn’t fully opened yet.

“This flower is called the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower. As the name suggests, inside is a prison,” Lu Changsheng explained the flower’s abilities.

As he spoke, he hugged the somewhat timid Qu Zhenzhen to prevent frightening her, then made the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower reveal its final form.

The half-bloomed flower fully opened.

Inside, the stamens were like crimson tentacles covered in thorn-like barbs, with a sticky fluid like blood, exuding a strong bloody smell.

Even Lu Miaohuan was startled looking at the fully bloomed Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, feeling it was like a demon.

If she didn’t know this was the spirit plant Lu Changsheng prepared for her, she wouldn’t dare stand before it like this.

“Husband, I want this one!” Lu Miaohuan said without hesitation.

“Good, I’m glad you like it, Huanhuan,” Lu Changsheng said with a smile.

As he spoke, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower before them returned to its original bewitchingly beautiful appearance.

He was actually quite looking forward to his wife Lu Miaohuan refining the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower as her ‘innate spirit root’.

After all, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower was a demon plant, different from ordinary spirit plants.

Moreover, after Lu Miaoyun cultivated the Heavn and Earth Longevity Technique, when he dual cultivated with her, he gained some of the Lingming Treasure Tree’s special effects.

After Dual Cultivation, his eyes became clearer, as if wiped with Lingming Essence Fluid.

This made him curious whether he could gain some of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower’s special effects if Lu Miaohuan refined it as her ‘innate spirit root’.

Nearby, Lu Miaoge didn’t say much seeeng this.

Although this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower was very terrifying, she knew Lu Changsheng wouldn’t let her sister be in danger.

“Since that’s settled, let’s decide on these two spirit plants,” Lu Changsheng said, gently squeezing the soft hands of his two wives.

Then looking at Lu Miaohuan, he said, “By the way, Huanhuan, I plan to have Sumeru transplant the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower to Lake Heart Island.”

The Bizarre Prison Demon Flower in the Sumeru Cave Heaven needed Sumeru to provide a lot of spiritual energy and power.

Now that Lake Heart Island had a Second-Tier spiritual vein, he naturally planned to transplant the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower there.

“Mm, okay,” Lu Miaohuan nodded in agreement, not minding.

At this time, Lu Changsheng looked at the little wife in his arms and said, “Zhenzhen, you’ll refine the spirit plant outside. Oh right, have you thought of a name for this tree?”

“Mm,” Qu Zhenzhen heard this and showed a thoughtful expression.

After pondering for a moment, she raised her delicate face towards Lu Changsheng and said sweetly, “Husband, how about calling it the Auspicious Tree? It represents auspiciousness, good fortune, happiness, and beauty!”

After speaking, she looked at Lu Miaohuan and Lu Miaoge, wanting to know hoo they felt about this name.

“Mm, not bad. This name is good – auspicious and as one wishes, everything goes well,” Lu Changsheng said with a smile, patting her head praisingly.

“This name sounds nice,” Lu Miaoge also said with a geetle smile.

Hearing these words, Qu Zhenzhen’s face immediately lit up with a happy smile.

Then, Lu Changsheng called Ling Zixiao, preparing to go check on Lake Heart Island.

He hadn’t gone to see what the situation was like on Lake Heart Island in the many days since returning home.

They walked out of the Sumeru Cave Heaven and came to Lake Heart Island.

The entire small island was isolated by a formation, hazy and indistinct.

This was just a simple formation with no protective effect, only isolating external probing.

However, after entering, Lu Changsheng felt that although the spiritual energy here had reached the second grade, it was very marginal.

It was vaguely between the first and second grades.

“This is because I connected the water vein under Bishui Lake with the spiritual vein under Biyun Peak,” Ling Zix Ling Zixiao explained.

Currently on Bihu Mountain, Biyun Peak was the spiritual energy powerhouse, not only having the Sumeru Tree King.

There were also her, Lu Changsheng, Lu Miaoge, and Bai Ling – fouu Foundation Establishment cultivators, which was quite strained.

So she directed most of the spiritual energy from Bishui Lake’s spiritual vein towards Biyun Peak.

“Zixiao, thank you for your hard work,” Lu Changsheng said to Ling Zixiao.

He had thought about this problem before.

With more and more Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family, plus planting spirit plants, there would definitely be a shortage of spiritual energy.

Now the upgrade of Bishui Lake to second grade temporarily solved this problem.

But in another ten or twenty years, as the children in the family gradually reached Foundation Establishment, if their own spiritual veins couldn’t advance further to the third grade, this problem would definitely appear again.

By then, they’d probably need to find new Spirit Lands and establish branch families.

“Sister Ling.” “Sister Ling.”

Just then, two young women walked out from a courtyard, calling out to Ling Zixiao in the air.

One was sixteen or seventeen, the other twenty-three or twenty-four. Both were beautiful with bright eyes and white teeth, very pretty.

The two looked about seventy to eighty percent alike, likely a pair of sisters.

“Hm? Xingruo, Xiaoyu, why are you here?” Lu Changsheng looked at these two women, slightly startled and somewhat surprised.

He knew these two women.

They were the sisters from the Treasure Pill Pavilion where he had temporarily stayed when he went to Nine Heavens Immortal City – Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu.

Originally, he had met the two women and thought about having them help purchase and collect some materials for him in Nine Heavens Immortal City.

But because of his relationship with Ling Zixiao, he had given the task of purchasing in Nine Heavens Immortal City to Ling Zixiao.

So he hadn’t had much contact with the two women.

After all, he was just a passerby in their lives.

He also didn’t want to have too much contact and affect their lives.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the two women had actually come to his home.

“Hm?” “Ah?”

Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu were both startled when they heard Lu Changsheng speak.

Then Li Xingruo looked at Lu Changsheng, her face showing joy and uncertainty as she said, “You… you’re Senior Ye!”

“Senior Ye?” Lu Miaoge and Lu Miaohuan bott looked at their husband.

They thought to themselves, when did he go out and attract young girls again?

“Ahem, it’s me,” Lu Changsheng lightly coughed and nodded in agreement under the gaze of several pairs of beautiful eyes.

Then he looked at Ling Zixiao.

He knew without thinking that the two women being here had to do with Ling Zixiao.

He guessed that Ling Zixiao must have been corresponding with the two women for years, which is why she invited them to Bihu Mountain.

He thought to himself that Ling Zixiao hadn’t mentioned this to him at all in so many days, causing him to be caught off guard, which was clearly intentional.

He would have to punish her properly tonight!

“My lord, Xingruo and Xingyu are here at my invitation. They are currently guest elders of our Bihu Mountain,” hu Mountain,” Ling Zixiao said elegantly and calmly, her black hair tied up and wearing a blue dress, with a faint smile on her lips.

“Xingruo is responsible for pill refining, and Xingyu is an appraiser.”

“Welcome to Bihu Mountain,” Lu Changsheng descended from the air, looking at the two sisters before him with a gentle, spring-like expression.

“My real name is Lu Changsheng. Ye Fan was an alias I used at the time.”

“Greetings, Mountain Lord Lu,” the two women called out somewhat nervously, looking at Lu Changsheng in his long cyan robe with his handsome and transcendent face.

“Haha, no need to be so formal and polite. I was out on business before and just returned a few days ago,” Lu Changsheng said with a smile, his voice warm and gentle.

“How did you come here?” he continued to ask.

“We encountered some trouble in the Immortal City, then received Sister Ling’s invitation and came by spirit ship,” Li Xingruo said softly, no longer so nervous, her beautiful eyes clear.

“Trouble…” Lu Changsheng’s heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but he nodded with a smile and said, “I see. Now that you’re here, feel free to stay. I have some matters to attend to, we can catch up later.”

“Later, I’ll host a welcome dinner for you and also apologize for concealing my identity before.”

With his wives watching behind him, he couldn’t chat idly with the two women for too long.

He planned to ask Ling Zixiao about the situation later.

“Senior Ye, you’re too kind.” “Mountain Lord, please attend to your business first.”

The two women hurriedly nodded and responded.

In this situation, they also felt somewhat awkward facing Lu Changsheng, not knowing what to say.

“Zixiao, where’s the area you planned for the spirit plants?” Lu Changsheng looked at Ling Zixiao and asked.

Then, Ling Zixiao led Lu Changsheng and the others to a central manor.

At this time, Lu Changsheng also briefly introduced the situation of the Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu sisters to his wives.

“I went to Nine Heavens Immortal City before I left,” Lu Changsheng said.

“As expected of our Mountain Lord Lu, truly loved wherever you go,” Lu Miaohuan snorted lightly, pouting her red lips and speaking sarcastically.

“Hehe,” Lu Changsheng heard this and didn’t retort, just laughed and embraced Lu Miaohuan’s slender waist, saying gently, “Huanhuan, where do you want to plant the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower?”

“I’m fine with anywhere, husband. You can arrange it,” Lu Miaohuan said.

Regarding a Second-Tier demon plant, she didn’t know much.

“This manor’s spiritual energy is abundant, it can be planted anywhere. It mainly depends on where Huanhuan finds convenient,” Ling Zixiao said from the side.

“In that case, how about planting it in the back garden over there?” Lu Miaohuan said, looking around and finally pointing to the colorful back garden full of flowers ahead.

The Bizarre Prison Demon Flower was also a flower, so planting it in this garden was very suitable.

If anyone dared to come and cause trouble, they could turn them into fertilizer for the garden.

“Good. Since my Huanhuan has spoken, how about here?” Lu Changsheng pointed to a specific location in the garden.

After confirming, he turned into a beam of light and flew towards Biyun Peak, asking Sumeru to transplant the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

Although Lake Heart Island was within Sumeru’s coverage area.

Most of the time, Sumeru didn’t extend its Divine Sense across the entire Bihu Mountain.

“Yes, Master,” Sumeru responded, its voice ethereal and gentle.

Then,

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”

Mists surged on the grand formation of Bihu Mountain, countless cyan spiritual lights and faint golden spiritual lights intertwined and flowed, then a beam of faint golden light fell on Lake Heart Island.

“Master, it’s done,” Sumeru’s voice sounded in Lu Changsheng’s mind.

“Good!” Lu Changsheng immediately flew back to Lake Heart Island.

In the back garden, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower had already been safely planted.

However, among the various beautiful flowers, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower still stood out prominently.

One could easily spot this beautiful and bewitching flower at a glance.

“Huanhuan, this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower is now Flower is now entrusted to you,” Lu Changsheng said to his wife Lu Miaohuan.

“Thank you, husband,” Lu Miaohuan’s face showed some joy and anticipation.

“Zhenzhen, when you want to go refine the Auspicious Tree, just call Sumeru directly. This way, Sumeru can take you straight to the top of Biyun Peak and can also send you back down,” Lu Changsheng said to Qu Zhenzhen.

Although she was at the sixth layer of Qi Refining and could fly up on a magical instrument.

But there was the Five Elements Reversal Formation up there, and Qu Zhenzhen was a bit afraid of heights when flying alone on a magical instrument.

So he just told her to call Sumeru for pickup and drop-off directly.

“Mm, mm, thank you, husband,” Qu Zhenzhen nodded, holding Lu Changsheng’s arm.

“If you have any questions during the process of cultivating the Heaven and Earth Longevity Technique, you can ask Yun’r for guidance.”

“If there are any problems, find me immediately, understood?” Lu Changsheng continued.

The Bizarre Prison Demon Flower had consciousness and intelligence, so he could directly inquire about any issues during cultivation.

Although he couldn’t directly ask the Auspicious Tree, he could learn about the situation through Sumeru.

“Mm, mm.” “Got it.”

Qu Zhenzhen and Lu Miaohuan nodded, their faces showing happy smiles.

After arranging the spirit plants for the two women, Lu Changsheng took everyone back to the Lu Family Mansion to ask Ling Zixiao about the situation with Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu.

Regarding this matter, Ling Zixiao didn’t conceal anything, stating that she had indeed been corresponding with the two women for years.

Inviting the two women over was also because she learned that their situation in Nine Heavens Immortal City wasn’t very good.

Although Li Xingruo was a Top-Tier pill refiner, the two sisters had no backing in the Immortal City.

In this situation, possessing great wealth and with the weakness of her younger sister Li Xingyu, many cultivators in the Immortal City had designs on the sisters.

This included the Li family behind them.

At first it was okay, with the deterrence of Lu Changsheng as a Second-Tier high-level pill refiner and some interpersonal relationships provided by Ling Zixiao.

But four years ago, a young master from a False Core family took a liking to the sisters.

Faced with this situation, Lu Changsheng’s reputation from his early years at the Treasure Pill Pavilion had long since faded, having no deterrent effect.

And Ling Zixiao’s connections, her friends couldn’t possibly help much with this, only informing Ling Zixiao about the matter.

So when Ling Zixiao found out, after some thought, she invited the two women to Bihu Mountain.

“Although Xingruo is only a Top-Tier first-Tier pill refiner, as far as I know, she was already a Top-Tier pill refiner eight years ago. Now she’s only half a step away from second grade,” Ling Zixiao said.

“With my lord’s guidance and teaching, I believe it won’t take long for her to advance to second grade.”

As she spoke, a somewhat meaningful smile appeared on her face as she said, “Moreover, I mentioned my lord’s situation in the letter back then. Their willingness to come to Bihu Mountain shows they still have trust and goodwill towards my lord.”

“As long as my lord takes good care of them usually, and later reopens the Treasure Pill Pavilion for them, Xingruo and the others will surely be devoted to my lord.”

“Ahem, what are you saying? I just see them as juniors. You didn’t even tell me about this beforehand,” Lu Changsheng said, somewhat exasperated hearing Ling Zixiao’s words.

He thought to himself, is this how his wives and partners saw him? Ready to progress things after just one meeting.

“Hmph, my lord doesn’t thank me, and instead blames me,” Ling Zixiao glared at Lu Changsheng, saying irritably.

“Alright, alright, it’s my fault,” Lu Changsheng immediately apologized.

Regardless of whether he had such thoughts or not, Li Xingruo being able to become a Top-Tier first-Tier pill refiner at such a young age showed her excellent talent in the Dao of pills.

With his proper guidance, it probably wouldn’t take long for her to become a Second-Tier pill refiner.

Having another Second-Tier pill refiner in the family was naturally a great thing.

After all, it wasn’t easy for an ordinary Foundation Establishment family to invite a Second-Tier pill refiner as a guest elder.

And the current pill consumption in his family was not small.

“Now, I can probably reveal my identity as a Second-Tier pill refiner to the outside world,” Lu Changsheng thought at this moment.

He had long planned to spread rumors about himself not focusing on proper cultivation, but researching pill refining, puppetry, and other skills.

Now after so many years, he felt he could add the title of pill refining master to his name.

After chatting with Ling Zixiao, Lu Changsheng held a simple family banquet in the evening, inviting the Li Xingruo and Li Xingyu sisters.

Not having met for many years, Lu Changsheng had changed from the former Senior Ye to the Mountain Bihu Mountain Lord, causing the two women to still be somewhat reserved.

However, with the familiar Ling Zixiao and Lu Miaoyun present, the atmospere eased considerably.

During the process, Lu Changsheng also casually inquired about the sisters’ situation over the years to open up topics, as if chatting about family matters.

Then he chatted with Li Xingruo about pill refining matters.

Sure enough, when talking about some situations in the Immortal City and the topic of pill refining, the two women immediately became much closer to Lu Changsheng.

After eating and drinking their fill, Lu Changsheng wrapped things up appropriately, sending the two women back, stating that he would teach them pill refining later.

Through this simple family banquet, the relationships between everyone naturally became much closer.