Chapter 314: Dual Spirit Bodies, Pseudo-Core Battle Power!

[Congratulations, host! You’ve given birth to four Spirit Body offspring. You’ve earned one chance to draw a prize!]

[Congratulations, host! You’ve given birth to five Spirit Body offspring. You’ve earned one chance to draw a prize!]

“Both of these children have spirit bodies!?”

Lu Changsheng was startled upon hearing the system’s prompt.

Then, under an intense and mysterious throbbing sensation, his entire body was filled with an indescribable feeling.

Spirit Root!

His Spirit Root had advanced!

It had advanced from Second-Tier to First-Tier!

“Do these two children have First-Tier Spirit Roots, or even Earth Spirit Roots?”

At this moment, Lu Changsheng’s heart was churning like a stormy sea, stirring up towering waves.

He knew these twins likely had excellent talents.

But he hadn’t expected such a big surprise!

Not only did both have spirit bodies, but their combined Spirit Roots also directly elevated his from Second-Tier to First-Tier!

Lu Changsheng quietly experienced this mysterious sensation.

From the spirit bodies inherited by his children, he vaguely sensed something familiar!

Dragon Roar Essence!

It was the Dragon Roar Essence he had once felt and absorbed from Ling Zixiao’s body!

However, this essence was still very weak, seeming to have undergone some indescribable changes.

Lu Changsheng immediately realized that one of these children had inherited Ling Zixiao’s Dragon Chant Physique!

“Which one is it?”

Lu Changsheng was eager to know whether it was his son or daughter who inherited the Dragon Chant Physique.

However, just then, another system prompt sounded.

[Detected that the host’s current Spirit Body is incomplete and has overlapping attributes. Would you like to merge them?]

“Incomplete Spirit Body? Overlapping attributes? Merge?”

Lu Changsheng was stunned upon hearing this.

What did this mean?

The next moment, a flood of information poured into his mind, making him understand what was happening.

The twins born to Ling Zixiao both possessed the Dragon Chant Physique.

But their Dragon Chant Physiques were incomplete, neither fully formed.

“Ah, this…”

Lu Changsheng was at a loss for words upon hearing this.

Today, the situation with his two children had truly sent this old father’s heart on a roller coaster ride.

However, he had heard of such situations before.

There were rumors that some cultivators, despite having superior Spirit Roots and possessing spirit bodies, due to congenital deficiencies or weak constitutions, had slow cultivation progress and incomplete spirit bodies, only manifesting partial characteristics.

But this situation definitely didn’t apply to his children!

During Ling Zixiao’s pregnancy, not only did she have sufficient nutritional supplements, but she also took Third-Tier Spirit Integration Pills!

Usually, Lu Miaoge would use Taiji Truu Water to condition Ling Zixiao’s body and nourish the fetuses.

It could be said that these two children had been winning since they were in the womb!

Moreover, according to the system’s judgment, the children’s spirit bodies had clearly formed!

“Is it because they’re twins…”

Lu Changsheng pondered silently, suspecting it might be due to them being twins.

“But even if their Dragon Chant Physiques are incomplete, they should still be stronger than ordinary spirit bodies.”

Lu Changsheng was always content and grateful, already very satisfied with this situation.

It was just the issue of his daughter inheriting the Dragon Chant Physique that gave him a bit of a headache.

He had been worried about his daughter inheriting the Dragon Chant Physique before.

But this situation had still occurred.

“The Dragon Chant Physique will truly manifest when breaking through to Foundation Establishment.”

“By the time this child faces issues with the Dragon Chant Physique, at least twenty to thirty years will have passed. By then, there might be ways to solve it!”

Lu Changsheng’s brow slightly relaxed.

Since the situation had already occurred, he was confident he could solve his daughter’s situation in the future.

“Changsheng.”

At this moment, Lu Miaoge called out to Lu Chhngsheng from the side.

“Alright.”

Lu Changsheng quickly came to his senses and walked into the delivery room with Lu Miaoyun and Lu Miaoge.

Inside, two midwives bowed with joyful expressions, saying, “Congratulations, Master. It’s a young master and a young miss.”

“Good, good, good. Thank you for your hard work.”

Lu Changsheng said with a smile, handing over the prepared red envelopes to the two women.

“Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master!”

The two immediately expressed their gratitude with beaming faces.

For cultivators, childbirth was generally very easy and without danger.

Especially for a Foundation Establishment cultivator like Ling Zixiao.

They were mainly here to prevent any unexpected situations and to attend to people.

“My lord.”

Ling Zixiao was sitting on the bed, holding a pair of children.

Perhaps because she was carrying twins, or because these twins were both extraordinarily gifted, the drain on the mother’s body was greater, leaving Ling Zixiao looking pale and weak.

“Zixiao, you’ve worked hard.”

Lu Changsheng quickly went to sit on the bed, speaking gently.

Then he looked at the children in her arms.

Although these twins were exceptionally gifted and possessed the Dragon Chant Physique, they didn’t have any innate extraordinary signs.

They just looked much cuter than ordinary babies, with rosy, translucent skin full of luster, like two porcelain dolls.

“They’re so adorable.”

Lu Miaoge also came to the siie, looking at the two children and speaking softly.

Then she circulated her spiritual power, using Taiji True Water to condition Ling Zixiao’s body.

“My lord, this is the brother, and this is the sister.”

Ling Zixiao handed one child to Lu Changsheng.

She had discussed with Lu Changsheng before that regardless of who was born first, the boy would be the older brother and the girl the younger sister.

Lu Changsheng naturally agreed to this.

“Mm.”

Lu Changsheng held his son and examined him.

He keenly noticed that in the depths of his son’s pupils, there seemed to be a faint, almost imperceptible golden glow.

“Is it because of the Dragon Chant Physique…”

Lu Changsheng knew that although the Dragon Chant Physique was a recessive Spirit Body, it would gradually awaken with growth and cultivation.

He then took his daughter to examine.

His daughter’s eyes were clear and pure, without the unusual quality of her brother’s.

However, although both had incomplete Dragon Chant Physiques, it didn’t mean their Dragon Chant Physiques were identical.

So Lu Changsheng couldn’t be sure if it was a matter of gender or a difference in their Dragon Chant Physiques.

“Lu Lingxiao, Lu Linghe.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the two infants who were curiously gazing at him without crying or fussing, gently pinched their little faces, and checked their attribute panels through the system.

[Name: Lu Lingxiao]

[Lifespan: 1/90]

[Talent: First-Tier Spirit Root, Dragon Chant Physique (incomplete)]

[Cultivation: None]

[Ability: Formation Compatibility (35%)]

[Name: Lu Linghe]

[Lifespan: 1/90]

[Talent: First-Tier Spirit Root, Dragon Chant Physique (incomplete)]

[Cultivation: None]

[Ability: Body Tempering Compatibility (59%)]

“So they both have First-Tier Spirit Roots, no wonder.”

Lu Changsheng mused as he looked at his children’s talents.

Earlier, based on the Spirit Root enhancement, he had thought one of them might have an Earth Spirit Root.

He hadn’t expected that not only were their spirit bodies the same, but their Spirit Roots were identical too.

All one could say was, they truly were twins!

He looked at his children’s abilities.

His son’s talent for formations could only be described as decent, not particularly high.

But for his daughter to have such body tempering talent at birth was quite astonishing.

“Could it be influenced by the Dragon Chant Physique?”

Lu Changsheng pondered silently.

The Dragon Chant Physique did provide a boost to body tempering aspects.

But logically, shouldn’t this body tempering boost be on his son, Lu Lingxiao?

After all, the Dragon Chant Physique was only beneficial for males, becoming a burden for females.

“Could it be that the body tempering aspect of the Dragon Chant Physique was inherited by Linghe? And the other parts were inherited by Lingxiao?”

Lu Changsheng thought and speculated, unable to fully understand the situation with his children’s Dragon Chant Physiques.

He could only wait for them to gradually grow up and for these spirit bodies to awaken and manifest as they developed.

“Wah~”

Perhaps because he had been pinching her little face for too long, his daughter let out a pitiful cry.

“Wah wah wah~”

Seeing this, her brother also started crying.

“Oh, oh, oh, don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng immediately came to his senses, laughing heartily as he comforted the children.

Whether it was due to their blood connection or his charisma and affinity, he seemed quite effective at soothing infants.

That day, Lu Changsheng announced that he would host a family banquet to celebrate the birth of these two children.

It wasn’t because these two children were exceptionally gifted.

But because Ling Zixiao was his, Lu Changsheng’s, dao companion and the Mistress of Bihu Mountain!

Now that she had given birth to offspring, the entire clan should celebrate to show their importance!

Faced with this situation, Ling Zixiao was also very generous, directly announcing that red envelopes with money would be distributed to all cultivators on Bihu Mountain.

She had quite a few savings from her earlier years.

Now on Bihu Mountain, she, as a formation grandmaster, had the highest salary.

And because of her Dragon Chant Physique, she had never cultivated in her early years, consuming Spirit Stones, so she was quite wealthy.

However, this was still because Ling Zixiao had been stationed at Bihu Mountain for a long time, never going out.

Otherwise, with her formation techniques, if she were willing to set up formations for others, she would have had a rolling income.

It wasn’t until nightfall that Lu Changsheng had some free time and came to his own Cave Dwelling.

“System, merge.”

He silently commanded in his mind.

He began to merge the spirit bodies from his children that hadn’t been fully integrated yet.

In an instant, he felt the Dragon Roar Essence within his body begin to surge and gradually strengthen.

A rich and intense Yang energy flowed throughout his entire body.

“Hum—”

However, at this moment, the Yin-Yang Dual Qi revolving around his Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Foundation in his dantian flew out, flowing through his four limbs and hundred meridians.

“What’s going on?”

Lu Changsheng was stunned, somewhat confused.

Why did this Yin-Yang Dual Qi always have to get involved, no matter what the situation was?

But in the next moment, he understood what was happening.

Because there was Dragon Roar Essence within the Yin-Yang Dual Qi!

The Dragon Roar Essence he had previously plundered from Ling Zixiao’s body had all been integrated into the Yin-Yang Dual Qi.

Now, with the system’s help, as he merged the incomplete Dragon Chant Physiques of his children, it affected the Yin-Yang Dual Qi.

Moreover, this Yin-Yang Dual Qi in his body had always been in a state of Yin excess and Yang deficiency.

It had barely maintained balance solely due to the Spirit-Connecting Essence within it.

But now, possessing the Dragon Chant Physique, a Top-Tier Yang constitution, it began to influence his Dao Foundation essence, starting to compensate for the imbalance in his Dao Foundation essence.

“So this is the effect of a Top-Tier physique!”

Lu Changsheng’s face lit up with joy.

The Blood Talisman Spirit Body and Immaculate Heavenly Fragrance Body he had previously obtained were good, but they didn’t provide any noticeable improvements to his cultivation.

But this Dragon Chant Physique was already bringing him clear benefits and enhancements at this very moment.

“Boom boom boom—”

As the two incomplete spirit bodies merged, Lu Changsheng could clearly feel his internal qi and blood surging like an erupting volcano under the saturation of the Dragon Chant Yang energy, rolling and churning like a great solar furnace, with the Yin-Yang Dual Qi gradually balancing!

Who knows how long it lasted.

“Hum—”

The Yin-Yang Dual Qi returned like a solidified Yin-Yang fish, gently swimming beside the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Foundation.

In an instant, the Dao platform, like a Five Elements jade disc, gently resonated, streams of light flowing, mysterious and gorgeous.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh—”

At this moment, the dan lake, like a seven-colored deep pool, began to surge, forming a vortex, drawing in the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Breakthrough!

At this moment, his Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual began to operate automatically, wanting to break through!

“This!?”

Lu Changsheng was first surprised, then his face showed delight.

He immediately sat cross-legged and took out all the High-Tier Spirit Stones he had previously acquired.

Then he took out one porcelain bottle after another.

His current spiritual power condensation hadn’t reached the limit of seven hundred drops of liquid spiritual power.

But under the influence of the Dragon Chant Physique and the transformation of his Dao Foundation, his cultivation directly began to break through.

This was similar to Lu Miaoge’s heavenly Foundatiin Establishment back then, and he naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to break through in one go.

“Sumeru!”

Lu Changsheng continued to call out to Sumeru, asking it to fully supply his Cave Dwelling with spiritual energy from the Sumeru Cave Heaven.

This was one of the advantages of the Sumeru Cave Heaven.

For ordinary spirit vein Cave Dwellings, once the spiritual energy ran low, it would be very troublesome, only able to continuously draw in surrounding spiritual energy.

But Sumeru could actively transport spiritual energy from the cave heaven and help him draw in spiritual energy from Bihu Mountain!

“Yes, Master!”

Sumeru immediately responded, mobilizing the spiritual energy within the cave heaven.

“Rustle rustle—”

Lu Changsheng sat quietly cross-legged, took three pills, and then held two High-Tier Spirit Stones.

In his dantian, liquid spiritual power frantically surged, forming vortex after vortex, devouring countless heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, compressing and condensing it into liquid spiritual power.

Drip!

Drip!

Drip!

Drop after drop of seven-colored crystalline liquid spiritual power entered the dan lake.

Who knows how long it took, but the liquid spiritual power in the dan lake reached its limit, rumbling loudly.

At this moment, the Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Foundation radiated brilliant light, with Yin-Yang and Five Elements circulating, impacting the boundary and causing the dantian to continuously expand.

During this process, the spiritual power in the dan lake revolved around the Dao Foundation, continuously condensing, vaguely forming a spherical shape.

When his cultivation reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, completing Foundation Establishment, he would attempt to condense his spiritual power into true essence, and he could then attempt to form a Golden Core!

“Boom!”

Lu Changsheng’s realm broke through as naturally as water flowing into a channel.

For many people, advancing from mid Foundation Establishment to late Foundation Establishment was a chasm, an insurmountable barrier.

They might not be able to break through in their entire lifetime.

But now, before Lu Changsheng, there was absolutely no bottleneck or obstacle, it was as easy as eating and drinking.

With the breakthrough, his Dao Foundation burst forth with brilliant light, his spiritual power surging like great rivers, washing through his meridians and flesh.

Every realm breakthrough also brought a small improvement to a cultivator’s physical body.

Although it couldn’t compare to body tempering cultivators of the same level, it was still quite remarkable.

Due to his body tempering, this baptism didn’t have much effect on Lu Changsheng.

But during this process, his meridians and dantian became increasingly condensed and tough.

“Late Foundation Establishment!”

Lu Changsheng’s face showed a hint of joy: “I’ve finally broken through to late Foundation Establishment!”

Breaking through to late Foundation Establishment meant he was one step closer to forming a Golden Core.

He looked with his Divine Sense at the Xuan Yuan Pearl in his dantian.

At this moment, this Xuan Yuan Pearl was frantically absorbing and releasing spiritual energy and power, constantly rotating, emitting seven-colored aura.

This Xuan Yuan Pearl could make late Qi Refining comparable to Foundation Establishment, and late Foundation Establishment comparable to False Core!

Now, with Lu Changsheng breaking through to late Foundation Establishment, the effect of this Xuan Yuan Pearl had finally reached its peak!

“Boom boom boom—”

After a long time, the Xuan Yuan Pearl calmed down.

Only faint seven-colored light flowed on its surface, giving people a sense of sacred heaviness.

“So this is False Core level spiritual power?”

“If I don’t use formation talismans and other means, just in normal combat, I could probably kill my former self in three moves.”

Lu Changsheng circulated his spiritual power throughout his body, quietly experiencing the power filling his entire body, feeling an indescribable wonder.

Not only his spiritual power, but his physical body and Hundred Refined Body Technique had also reached the peak of the seventh layer at this moment!

It wouldn’t be long before he could break through to the eighth layer, reaching the level of quasi-third grade.

“I wonder how my current strength compares to a real False Core cultivator?”

Lu Changsheng pondered in his heart.

Although the Xuan Yuan Pearl could make late Foundation Establishment comparable to False Core.

In reality, he had never fought with a False Core cultivator before.

“Sumeru!”

A thought crossed his mind, and he called out to Sumeru, asking it to pull him into the Sumeru illusion realm.

Since he didn’t know, why not test it through Sumeru!

The next moment, he appeared in the gray, misty Sumeru illusion realm, his green robe fluttering without wind.

“Hum!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the rolling mist in front of him, raised his hand, two fingers together, and a sharp seven-colored sword energy burst forth.

“Swoosh—”

Layer upon layer of gray mist was pierced through.

Then, Lu Changsheng patted his Storage Bag, and the True Yang Five Elements Sword appeared in his hand.

“Swoosh swoosh swoosh—”

Five Elements sword light flashed, tearing through space, stirring up a storm of sword energy that churned the surrounding gray mist.

“This True Yang Five Elements Sword is only a mid-Tier Spirit Tool, it’s completely inadequate now.”

“With my current strength, I can wield a Magical Treasure!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the True Yang Five Elements Sword in his hand, shaking his head with some disdain, feeling it was tasteless.

This Spirit Tool simply couldn’t support his full-power attacks!

Then, an ancient lamp like seven rotating stars appeared above his head.

It was his natal Spirit Tool, the Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp!

“This Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp also needs resources to be reforged, otherwise relying on such slow nourishment obviously can’t keep up.”

Lu Changsheng looked at his natal Spirit Tool and let out a long sigh.

This Seven Luminaries Heart Lamp, under his years of nourishment, was barely at the level of a mid-Tier Spirit Tool.

Now it also couldn’t keep up with his pace.

At this moment, Lu Changsheng realized that he had always been kind to others and never wanted to fight, and now he didn’t even have a handy Magical Treasure.

If he were to fight with a False Core cultivator, he would be at a disadvantage without a Magical Treasure!

“I wonder if I can activate a High-Tier Magical Treasure?”

Lu Changsheng thought of the High-Tier Magical Robe he was wearing.

Theoretically, the Void Robes were a High-Tier Magical Treasure, not something he should be able to activate at his level.

But it wouldn’t hurt to try.

Immediately, he surged the spiritual power in his dantian, frantically pouring it into the Void Robes.

Instantly, the restrictions in the robe began to flicker in and out of visibility.

But that was all.

No matter how much more spiritual power he poured in, he couldn’t fully activate the power of this robe.

He could barely make the robe have some effect of traversing restrictions, but couldn’t achieve the effect of hiding in void space.

He would have to wait until he broke through to Golden Core Formation to fully unleash the power of this robe.

“A High-Tier Magical Treasure is still too much of a stretch, using such a treasure would be completely not worth it.”

“With my current strength, I can at most wield a low-Tier Magical Treasure.”

“However, I can start preparing to forge the Seven Luminaries Star Swords from the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual!”

“Even if they don’t become Magical Treasures, just seven Magical Treasure embryos would be immensely powerful!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed as he thought of the matching Magical Treasure from his Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual, the Seven Luminaries Star Swords!

Once this set of Magical Treasure Flying Swords was created, he could set up a simplified Seven Luminaries Sword Formation, greatly increasing his battle power!

However, seven Magical Treasure Flying Swords would be incredibly expensive.

Many materials couldn’t be bought on the Market and could only be acquired through various channels or by bartering.

Even though he was very wealthy, comparable to a Golden Core cultivator, it would be difficult for him to bear the cost of forging seven such Magical Treasure embryos.

“Forget it, I’ve always been kind to others and don’t like to fight, there’s no rush to forge these Seven Luminaries Star Swords, I can slowly acquire materials.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, dismissing the idea of forging this set of Magical Treasure embryos now.

After all, if he really needed to fight an enemy now, he still had formation talismans, the Nine Treasures Dao Bone, the Ghostly Head from the Netherworld, and the Mystical Evil Corpse.

These were enough for him to face ordinary Golden Core cultivators.

Then, with a thought, he asked Sumeru to send him back to his Cave Dwelling.

He asked how his offensive power compared to Xiahou Wuwo from before.

Sumeru immediately indicated that his sword energy power just now was still far inferior to Xiahou Wuwo’s, but within a range where they could fight.

“In that case, I guess I can be considered to have normal lower False Core level strength.”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.

Back then, Xiahou Wuwo had used his natal Magical Treasure to attack in the Sumeru illusion realm, while he had only used a mid-Tier Spirit Tool.

If he were given a Magical Treasure, he would naturally be considered to have normal False Core level strength.

“However, I still have two chances to draw prizes, maybe I can get something good.”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed.

Although both of his children had incomplete spirit bodies.

But in the system’s judgment, both were considered to have spirit bodies, so he gained two chances to draw prizes.

This also allowed Lu Changsheng to confirm that currently, giving birth to one Spirit Body child would earn one chance to draw a prize.

“System, draw prize!”

Lu Changsheng said aloud.