Chapter 455: Great Harvest! Baby-Nurturing Flower and Heavenly Restoration Ganoderma!

Lu Changsheng entered the palace.

Inside, the palace was simple but fully equipped with facilities for refining pills, crafting equipment, and solitary cultivation.

It’s likely that True Lord Tianyuan’s second Nascent Soul not only cultivated here but also delved into hundreds of immortal techniques.

He walked into the pill refining room.

In the center stood a gigantic platinum-colored alchemy furnace, supported by three legs, adorned with thirty-six Golden Crow divine birds, exuding an ancient and mysterious aura.

“What a good furnace!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes lit up. He immediately recognized that this furnace was extraordinary.

He examined it closely for a moment and determined that this was likely a Fourth-Tier alchemy furnace.

However, it had been stored for far too long without being used, and its spiritual essence had diminished. It probably now only had the effectiveness of a Third-Tier furnace.

“But it’s still more than enough. I can just replace my current furnace at home with this one.”

Lu Changsheng was satisfied.

After all, he was only a Second-Tier alchemist.

This furnace was more than sufficient for his needs.

Even if Hong Lian needed to refine Third-Tier pills after her body was reformed, this furnace would still be up to the task.

Moreover, with proper nurturing, this furnace might even return to its Fourth-Tier status.

Lu Changsheng then approached the table beside him and opened several jars and boxes to check their contents.

The medicinal pills and spiritual herbs, even after being stored in porcelain bottles and Jade Boxes for thousands of years, had lost much of their potency, significantly reducing their effectiveness.

However, these pills seemed to be casually refined by True Lord Tianyuan, and there weren’t any precious pills like the Condensing Crystal Pill or Nascent Soul Pill among them, so Lu Changsheng only felt slightly regretful, not heartbroken.

If there had been any Nascent Soul Pills that had lost their potency in there, Lu Changsheng probably wouldn’t sleep well for two and a half years.

After a quick look, Lu Changsheng headed to the adjacent Equipment Refining room.

This room was much larger than the pill refining room.

In the center was a gigantic dark-gold forging platform.

Like the alchemy furnace in the pill refining room, this forging platform was also a Fourth-Tier item, although its spiritual essence had diminished.

However, compared to the alchemy furnace, this forging platform was in better condition, likely still on the verge of being a Fourth-Tier item.

“With this forging platform, crafting magical treasures in the future will be much more convenient!”

Lu Changsheng examined it for a moment, full of delight.

Crafting magical treasures was extremely complex.

Some magical treasures could be refined using Earth Vein fire or Heavenly Spiritual Flame.

Others required the assistance of tools like a forging furnace or a treasure refining platform.

True Lord Tianyuan’s forging platform was undeniably powerful in its functions.

It could quench, refine, purify, melt, integrate, shape, and consecrate treasures.

With this forging platform, his top-level, Third-Tier Equipment Refining skills could be perfectly utilized.

Lu Changsheng then looked at the materials piled up in several corners.

There were various metal ores, stone materials for magical treasures, and even demonic beast bones.

“Frosty Black Iron, Scarlet Fire Primordial Copper, Thick Earth Iron Essence.”

Lu Changsheng examined these rare heavenly materials, some of which he couldn’t even name.

“Could this be the claw of a Fourth-Tier demonic lord?”

At this point, Lu Changsheng noticed a massive blood-red claw, about ten feet long.

Upon closer inspection, he felt a lingering oppressive aura emanating from it.

Even after thousands of years, this claw still emitted such a terrifying aura. It definitely wasn’t something a Third-Tier demonic lord could leave behind. Most likely, it belonged to a Fourth-Tier demonic lord.

“No wonder so many people love venturing into secret realms. With such a bountiful harvest, it’s truly tempting.”

Lu Changsheng sighed deeply as he looked at the rare heavenly materials before him.

He had thought that with the system, he wouldn’t care for any opportunities in secret realms.

But now, he could only say one thing—this is glorious!

However, he still wasn’t willing to take risks by exploring secret realms again.

After all, how many secret realms in the cultivation world are as fortunate and bountiful as the Heavenly Yuan Secret Realm?

“With these materials, there’s no need to worry about magical treasures anymore.”

“If I wanted, I could completely craft three to five magical treasures for myself!”

Magical treasure materials are different from medicinal pills. Even if their spiritual essence diminishes, the loss isn’t that significant.

Only the tendons and bones of demonic beasts or their inner cores would lose most of their essence.

For metal ores, as long as they are properly refined and purified, the impact would be minimal.

Lu Changsheng eagerly headed toward the other rooms.

The next room was a rather classical incense-making room.

Inside were many varieties of incense pieces and sticks.

But Lu Changsheng wasn’t familiar with incense making, so he didn’t try out their effects.

After all, incense effects could vary greatly.

Some could calm the mind, benefiting cultivation, while others might cause hallucinations, lead to qi deviation, or even provoke arousal.

Lu Changsheng left the incense room and entered the neighboring talisman room, where he acquired a Third-Tier Talisman Pen.

There were also several jars of spiritual ink and talisman paper.

But they had been there for so long that their spiritual essence had all dissipated, making them unusable.

However, when Lu Changsheng entered the wine cellar, he was pleasantly surprised.

Most heavenly materials, earthly treasures, and miraculous pills lose their spiritual essence if not properly preserved over time.

But spirit wine is different!

It can absorb heaven and earth’s spiritual energy, nourishing and fermenting itself, and making the wine’s spiritual essence more concentrated and thicker, thereby increasing its quality.

Lu Changsheng opened a jar of spirit wine.

A fragrant aroma immediately filled the wine cellar, intoxicating the senses.

After thousands of years of storing and fermenting, this spirit wine had reached Fourth-Tier quality!

“Wow, these six jars of spirit wine are now priceless.”

Lu Changsheng was overjoyed and silently admired how diverse True Lord Tianyuan’s interests were.

Refining pills, crafting equipment, incense making, talisman crafting, and brewing spirit wine.

And in each field, he had at least reached the Third-Tier level.

Lu Changsheng then moved to the next room and found six insect nests.

Inside were many insect eggs, likely an attempt at nurturing spirit insects.

However, after thousands of years, the insect eggs had lost their vitality, and Lu Changsheng couldn’t identify them.

He shook his head and moved to the last room for solitary cultivation.

Inside, he found only a cushion and a bookshelf filled with many Jade Slips and books.

“The Travel Notes of True Person Huanglong.”

“Record of Strange Individuals in the Southern Wilderness.”

“Mysteries of the Xuantian Scriptures.”

“True Analysis of the Heavenly Star Formation Dao.”

“Puppetry of Longevity.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the books and Jade Slips on the shelves, his expression full of joy.

“Though True Lord Tianyuan gave me his cultivation technique, I really don’t have the time or energy to practice it.”

“For me, these casual notes, geographical maps, spirit object records, and minor art inheritances are more valuable.”

Lu Changsheng was elated.

His family didn’t lack cultivation techniques.

But compared to the immortal sects, his family lacked some foundational accumulation.

Especially in terms of knowledge accumulation. Unless you empty several of those immortal sects, it’s challenging to achieve that.

But now, if he organized these texts, his family’s foundation could reach a higher level.

“‘Fate Calculation Book’—a divination inheritance!?”

At that moment, Lu Changsheng noticed a book and was surprised.

The hundreds of immortal techniques were vast and profound.

Among them, divination was definitely in the top three most obscure!

However, it was extremely rare, and the entry barrier was very high.

He once asked Hong Lian if she knew how to divine.

Hong Lian said that divination was different from other cultivation arts.

Only those with a natural talent for it could begin to practice.

Without that talent, no matter how hard one tried, it would be useless.

If one forced themselves to practice it, they might even die on the spot, or go mad.

There was once a Nascent Soul True Lord who forcibly practiced divination. Although he initially succeeded, he later became completely insane.

So, although Hong Lian had the chance to study divination, she chose not to pursue it.

“I wonder if I have a talent for this.”

Lu Changsheng rubbed his chin.

But on second thought, even if he had the talent, he didn’t have the time to study it.

He might as well wait for one of his descendants with divination talent to be born.

“Maybe one day I’ll pull a Third-Tier divination skill.”

Lu Changsheng lightly chuckled, indifferent to the divination technique.

After all, Hong Lian had explained this to him.

He knew that divination wasn’t as powerful as people thought; it could only roughly predict some vague information.

Frequent divination not only drained one’s mental energy but also shortened their lifespan and reduced their good fortune.

That’s why many cultivators who practiced divination didn’t live long or had poor health in their later years.

“And this is just the place where True Lord Tianyuan’s second Nascent Soul resided. Imagine the immense wealth at his main Cave Dwelling during his prime.”

As Lu Changsheng flipped through some books, he felt a wave of emotions.

These minor arts inheritances were at least Third-Tier, and some like pill refining, Equipment Refining, formation techniques, talisman crafting, and puppetry were Fourth-Tier.

In the outside world, these inheritances would be priceless treasures!

But here, they were just like ordinary books, casually placed on the shelf.

After reading for a while, Lu Changsheng recalled that True Lord Tianyuan also had an herb garden.

So, he immediately went to check the herb garden.

Previously, several spiritual herbs had been used to restore Chu Qingyi’s meridians and body, leaving the now gem-like medicinal field with only three crystal-clear ancient herbs.

“Is this… a Baby-Nurturing Flower!?”

Lu Changsheng noticed a flower with four leaves, glowing with five-colored light, and exclaimed in surprise.

The Baby-Nurturing Flower was a Top-Tier spirit object for condensing an infant!

It could nourish a Nascent Soul during the process of breaking the core and forming the Nascent Soul, increasing the chances of success and improving the quality of the Nascent Soul!

As far as Lu Changsheng knew, once the Baby-Nurturing Flower grew three leaves, it could be used to increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul by 10%.

But this flower with four leaves could increase the chances by 15%, potentially even 20%. It was incredibly rare!

“Besides the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus, this Baby-Nurturing Flower is probably my biggest gain from this trip!”

Lu Changsheng smiled widely, overjoyed.

Although, according to Hong Lian, with his formation of a Grand Dao Golden Core, his future Nascent Soul was secure.

Lu Changsheng still believed that it’s important to prepare items like this Baby-Nurturing Flower or the Nascent Soul Pill.

After all, if you don’t have a 98% chance of forming a Nascent Soul, what’s the difference between success and failure?

“Is this the Heavenly Restoration Ganoderma?”

Lu Changsheng then looked at another spiritual herb beside it, which was entirely snow-white and covered in faint golden patterns. He furrowed his brow, somewhat uncertain.

When his son Lu Quanzhen obtained the Heavenly Restoration Pill and used it to enhance his Spirit Root quality, he started paying attention to this pill, wondering if it could be stably refined.

Later, he learned from Hong Lian that the primary ingredient was the Heavenly Restoration Ganoderma.

“I’ll ask Hong Lian later.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

Although he didn’t have the pill formula for the Heavenly Restoration Pill and couldn’t refine it,

finding such a rare spiritual herb still made him very happy.

He then looked at the last plant, a vine with a mix of purple and gold that was somewhat overgrown.

Lu Changsheng didn’t recognize this vine.

After all, there were countless kinds of Third-Tier and Fourth-Tier rare flowers and herbs, so his knowledge was indeed limited.

He had only identified the Baby-Nurturing Flower and the Heavenly Restoration Ganoderma because of his past conversations with Hong Lian.

But considering that this vine was left alongside the Baby-Nurturing Flower and the Heavenly Restoration Ganoderma, it must be incredibly rare as well.

Lu Changsheng did not move the three ancient herbs.

He planned to wait until he returned home to consider transplanting them.

If they were useful to him, he could carefully nurture them with the Wanling Bottle.

Lu Changsheng returned to the front of the Great Hall.

Chu Qingyi was sitting cross-legged, focusing on stabilizing her cultivation realm.

She was dressed in a green cloud-patterned Daoist robe, her long black hair simply tied up and cascading down softly.

With her delicate and captivating features, she was both beautiful and unapproachable, a stunning combination of feminine softness and a touch of cold, heroic spirit that left one in awe.

It seemed she sensed Lu Changsheng’s return, as her slender eyelashes slightly trembled, as if she were a bit nervous.

“Wow, do I look that scary?”

As a Golden Core cultivator, Lu Changsheng had sharp senses, so he naturally noticed Chu Qingyi’s slight reaction, leaving him speechless.

Although her cloud-patterned robe and heroic, sword-immortal appearance made his heart burn a little,

he wasn’t constantly thinking about things like that.

Besides, after spending so many sleepless days and nights treating Chu Qingyi and forming a Golden Core, even his body, fortified like a magical treasure, with power from a Nascent Soul, needed some rest and recovery.

“I wonder where we are now?”

Lu Changsheng used his Divine Sense to scan the surroundings.

He had been checking their surroundings previously and knew that after the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus tore through space, it landed in a large body of water.

But he didn’t know their exact location.

He only intervened slightly when demonic beasts tried to interfere with the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus.

Lu Changsheng didn’t dwell on it further. He sat down beside Chu Qingyi, crossed his legs, and began to adjust his state, stabilizing himself.

Yet, for some reason, he felt like he had forgotten something.

“Whew.”

Chu Qingyi noticed that Lu Changsheng only sat beside her, and she let out a small sigh of relief.

She didn’t dislike Lu Changsheng.

But she was just afraid of getting too close to him and didn’t know how to interact.

Azure Cloud Sect.

Caiyun Peak.

In a luxurious palace.

“Hmm, Qingyi is out of danger!?”

Yun Wanshang, dressed in a colorful and elegant palace robe, her face delicate and stunning, graceful and noble, smiled as she looked at the Soul Lamp that had finally stabilized before her.

After returning from the Heavenly Sword Sect, she had been too preoccupied to cultivate and had been constantly monitoring Chu Qingyi’s Soul Lamp.

Now seeing that the Soul Lamp, once flickering like a candle in the wind, had returned to its original state, she knew that Chu Qingyi was out of danger, filling her heart with joy and relief.

“I wonder what fortune Qingyi has obtained.”

Yun Wanshang recalled True Lord Xuanjian saying that Chu Qingyi would face both fortune and misfortune on this journey.

If she survived the great calamity, she would encounter great fortune!

Although she didn’t know what this great fortune was, the fact that it came with such a dire calamity meant it was no ordinary opportunity.

“I wonder what’s become of that little rogue.”

At this moment, Yun Wanshang thought of Lu Changsheng and felt a bit concerned.

She had instructed Xiao Xiyue to notify her if Lu Changsheng returned to Bihu Mountain.

But after all this time, there was no news from Bihu Mountain.

“If that Golden Core Sword Cultivator really was Lu Changsheng, and Qingyi has returned safely, then that little rogue should be out of danger too.”

Recalling her previous speculations, Yun Wanshang sighed faintly.

She hoped that the Golden Core Sword Cultivator was Lu Changsheng, but at the same time, she was also deeply worried that it might be him.

After all, the thought of the two being out there together, escaping danger together, filled Yun Wanshang with a sense of foreboding.

A premonition so unsettling that she didn’t even dare to continue thinking about it.

“Sigh!”

Yun Wanshang took a deep breath, discarded her thoughts, sat cross-legged, and started her cultivation.

Now that her disciple Chu Qingyi was safe, she could finally focus on her own cultivation.

But not long after sitting down, she became restless and agitated.

She kept thinking about how to handle the situation if that Golden Core Sword Cultivator was indeed Lu Changsheng and the two had developed some kind of emotional entanglement.

“Ah, what a mess!”

After a while, Yun Wanshang opened her beautiful eyes and let out a deep sigh.

It seemed that ever since she met Lu Changsheng, she had been more troubled than in the past hundred years.