Chapter 510: Lu Qingshan Breaks Through, Saintess Youyue!

“Hong Lian, who do you think should go to the Purple Secrets Realm?”

Lu Changsheng came to Sumeru Cave Heaven, handed over the roster to Hong Lian, and asked.

Since she was the one who taught their techniques, she knew the Lu Family juniors very well, so he wanted her opinion.

“Qingyan has reached the late stage of First-Tier Body Tempering. She’s suitable for training in such a secret realm.”

“Chensha not only possesses the Thousand-Legged Centipede but also has eight hundred Ironfire Ants and two pairs of Iron-backed Mantis. If he goes all out, he could contend with even Foundation Establishment cultivators.”

“If he pairs with Qingyan, the two can complement each other perfectly.”

“As for the others, young master, you can decide as you see fit.”

Hong Lian thought for a moment before responding.

To her, these Lu Family juniors were more or less the same, without much difference.

Perhaps they were decent in the Bihu Mountain region.

But in the grander Jiang Kingdom’s cultivation world, they were just average, far from exceptional.

Moreover, the Lu Family juniors lacked practical combat experience and the baptism of blood. How they would perform in the secret realm was anyone’s guess.

“Hmm.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly.

Body Tempering cultivators have certain advantages, whether in the early or later stages.

Especially when entering a copy-secret realm.

So his daughter, Lu Qingyan, was indeed a good candidate.

Moreover, she had served as a law enforcement cultivator in the Hongye Valley Marketplace over the years and had gained significant combat experience.

His son, Lu Chensha, although lacking in combat, had an exceptional divine sense and had cultivated the Thousand-Legged Centipede to a late stage of the First Order.

With the addition of the eight hundred Ironfire Ants, it was enough to face many early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And in the Purple Secrets Realm, only Qi Refining cultivators could enter, basically the first-tier combatants.

The only concern might be their lack of a strong mindset.

But this was also the reason for sending them to the secret realm.

“Since that’s the case, these six will do.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the roster in his hand, thought for a moment, and selected six people.

Although many of the Lu Family juniors were suitable.

The Purple Secrets Realm still posed significant risks.

It was impossible to send everyone in at once.

If something went wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable and could lead directly to the family’s decline.

That’s why most family forces only selected three to six people to enter the secret realm.

“Ping’an.”

After walking out of Sumeru Cave Heaven, Lu Changsheng called for his son, Lu Ping’an.

He hinted for him to take these people to the Black Cloud Mountain Range later when they returned to White Tiger Mountain to experience more real combat.

“Father, should we prepare anything more?”

Lu Ping’an asked.

Having been to the Purple Secrets Realm, he knew it was extremely dangerous.

Moreover, given the current situation, once they entered the Purple Secrets Realm, it would be easy for other family forces to target them.

“Sooner or later, they’ll have to face challenges. If they can’t handle these dangers, how could they even think of forming a Golden Core?”

Lu Changsheng’s voice was calm.

They had the foundation to cultivate Foundation Establishment.

But if his children wanted to form a Golden Core, they had to rely on their own efforts.

If they couldn’t stand out in the Purple Secrets Realm, their future achievements would be limited.

“Understood.”

Lu Ping’an also understood this reasoning and replied in a serious tone.

“It’s a pity that Quanzhen is seriously injured and can’t use his Spiritual Energy now.”

Lu Changsheng sighed inwardly as he watched his son leave.

In his opinion, this task would have been better handled by Lu Quanzhen.

But it would take at least a few years for Lu Quanzhen to recover enough to use his Foundation Establishment Spiritual Energy.

“This deficiency in real combat experience will have to be made up sooner or later.”

Lu Changsheng looked up, gazing towards the vast Bishui Lake, silently pondering.

The biggest flaw among the Lu Family juniors was their lack of combat experience.

Especially the few with decent talent.

In large family forces like the Spirit Control Sect or the Beast Taming Xu Family, they had established bases in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

Once the juniors of the family matured, they would be sent to these mountain ranges for training and honing.

This was why the disciples of the spirit sects and Golden Core families were generally superior to those from smaller family forces.

It wasn’t just about cultivation techniques; it was in many aspects.

While Bihu Mountain didn’t lack in cultivation techniques, resources, or the hundred arts of cultivation.

It did fall short in its training system.

“This is the foundation, no matter what, it can’t be accomplished in one go.”

Lu Changsheng sighed.

He planned to arrange for some of his children to head to the Spirit Control Sect’s domain in a few years to establish branch families and open up strongholds in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

As the number of Foundation Establishment members in the family grew, they would need to be sent out to explore on their own.

Otherwise, the late Foundation Establishment would be their limit.

Moreover, given the current situation in Bihu Mountain, too many Foundation Establishments would become a burden, making external development a necessity.

In the Alchemy Hall.

A massive alchemy furnace adorned with thirty-six golden crows stood in the room, emanating waves of treasure light, as if a fierce beast was roaring and trying to break free from the furnace.

Lu Qingshan sat cross-legged inside the alchemy furnace, his body floating in the dark golden liquid, receiving the baptism of the medicinal bath.

This medicinal bath was fierce.

It was made primarily from the Treasure Bone and Essence Blood of a Third-Tier Demon King.

Even though Lu Qingshan was at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, it was difficult to endure. His face was full of pain, and his body trembled with spasms.

His burning skin seemed to be rotting, with fresh blood seeping out.

But as the golden liquid flowed into his skin, muscles, bones, meridians, and internal organs, they were purified and strengthened, becoming more resilient and solid.

“Buzz——”

At this moment, Lu Qingshan’s body emitted sharp and ethereal sword energy, like layers of waves, each one stronger than the last.

The liquid Spiritual Energy in the Qi Sea Dantian expanded to the limit of Foundation Establishment six, starting to automatically break through.

Lu Qingshan didn’t use this momentum to break through.

Instead, he continued to refine his Spiritual Energy by circulating the Great Metal Sword Technique.

Only when his Spiritual Energy could no longer advance did he release the suppression and naturally began to break through.

“Boom——”

At this moment, there was no need for the external world to gather spiritual energy to break through. His cultivation broke through to the seventh stage of Foundation Establishment naturally.

“Seventh stage of Foundation Establishment.”

Lu Qingshan gasped sharply, beginning to stabilize his cultivation base.

With such accumulation, there was no need for much consolidation.

But since he had the conditions, he naturally wouldn’t waste them.

Feeling the baptism and impact of the medicinal bath on his body and meridians, Lu Qingshan couldn’t help but ponder where his father had obtained this secret recipe.

To actually use the Treasure Bone and Essence Blood of a Third-Tier Demon King as the main ingredients to brew a bath to cleanse his body foundation—it was simply extravagant.

Even in the Golden Sun Sect, he had never seen such a measure.

Or rather, even if the Golden Sun Sect had such a secret recipe, they wouldn’t use the Treasure Bone and Essence Blood of a Third-Tier Demon King to cleanse a disciple’s body foundation.

After all, the Treasure Bone and Essence Blood of a Third-Tier Demon King were precious and rare, rarely found in the Market.

After a long time, Lu Qingshan felt that his body had reached its limit. Any more absorption might become counterproductive, so he finally walked out of the alchemy furnace.

“This alchemy furnace is at least Third-Tier quality!”

He scrutinized the gigantic platinum furnace before him, silently pondering.

Then he walked out of the Alchemy Hall.

“Brother.”

“Wow, Brother, you soaked for so long! Didn’t it hurt?”

Outside the hall, Lu Qingzhu and Lu Qingqi, who were chatting, saw him and immediately called out joyfully.

Especially Lu Qingqi.

Now, when the Lu Family juniors were still young, each of them was arranged a medicinal bath baptism.

So Lu Qingqi clearly remembered how painful it was inside the medicinal cauldron, that it made her faint.

“Xiaozhu, Xian’er.”

Lu Qingshan grinned.

It felt really good to have someone care for him right after a breakthrough.

“There was no pain. It was just a breeze.”

He pinched his sister Lu Qingqi’s fair cheeks and casually said, naturally not mentioning that it hurt to the point of grimacing.

“You really are amazing, Brother!”

Lu Qingqi’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

Recently, she had become her brother’s biggest fan.

“Qingshan, come see me.”

Just then, a gentle voice echoed in his mind.

“Hmm?”

Lu Qingshan immediately understood the situation and smiled. “Father is calling for me. I’ll be right back.”

With a slight raise of his hand, a Flying Sword appeared under his feet. Then he stood tall and flew gracefully towards Biyun Peak, making Lu Qingqi clap her hands in admiration.

Lu Qingzhu, standing nearby, covered her mouth and chuckled.

She knew that her brother loved showing off in front of them.

Otherwise, such a short distance wouldn’t require flying on a sword.

“Father.”

Lu Qingshan arrived at the peak of Biyun Peak and saw Lu Changsheng, dressed in a black robe, his figure tall, his demeanor calm and majestic.

“Not bad.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Qingshan before him and praised him.

Currently, the medicinal bath was the most effective method for laying the foundation for the Lu Family.

But many Lu Family juniors hadn’t endured the harsh beatings. As children, they didn’t know to cherish these opportunities, and couldn’t bear the hardship.

“Heh, this kind of pain is nothing, Father. I tell you, the pain from cultivating the Great Metal Sword Technique was much worse than this.”

Lu Qingshan grinned.

Though it was true, back then, cultivating the Great Metal Sword Technique caused him unbearable pain.

In the end, his Master, Immortal Tian Yuan, instructed him to concentrate his mind, forget the pain, and reach the state of ‘Unmoved like the great earth, contemplating deeply like a hidden treasure,’ allowing him to gradually adapt.

Lu Changsheng shook his head and chuckled, then tossed him the reforged Zhoutian Xingdou Sword, saying, “Try it out.”

Lu Qingshan accepted the Sword Embryo with some delight and injected his sword energy and Spiritual Energy into it.

In an instant, the Sword Embryo emitted a vast and brilliant light, with a sharp aura emanating.

After simply waving the sword twice, it felt much smoother.

The previous Zhoutian Xingdou Sword Embryo was usable, but it was only about seventy percent compatible with him.

Now that it had merged with Great Metal, it possessed an even sharper aura, making it not only more user-friendly, but also easier to nourish the Sword Embryo in this direction in the future.

“Father, you must have worked hard. Don’t worry. When I break through Golden Core and Nascent Soul, I’ll definitely repay you well. Whatever fairy or demoness you want, just tell me.”

“I heard about the ‘Beast God Mountain’ in Liang Kingdom before…”

Lu Qingshan grinned slyly.

In his early years, he imagined himself breaking through to Golden Core, returning home to shock his entire clan, and then helping the family rise to become a renowned family.

But now, seeing his family’s foundation, he knew his father had already reached Golden Core, so this idea faded.

He knew that, given his current abilities, he couldn’t help the family much, so he might as well chat leisurely with his father, painting grand dreams.

“Mind your manners.”

Lu Changsheng thought that his son usually appeared serious with the demeanor of a Sword Immortal, but why did he lose all dignity in front of him?

With a wave of his sleeve, he sent his son back to the mountainside with his Golden Core-level Spiritual Energy.

“Beast God Mountain?”

However, hearing this name, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his early years, his daughter, Lu Wangshu, was abducted by a Golden Core demonic cultivator.

Later, through Xiao Xiyue, he learned that this person was called ‘Old Demon Black Crow’ and was from Beast God Mountain.

Suddenly, Lu Changsheng reached out a big hand to bring his son, Lu Qingshan, back and asked how much he knew about Beast God Mountain.

“Father, are you really interested? Beast God Mountain isn’t simple. Not only does it have a Nascent Soul True Lord, but I’ve heard it also has a Fourth-Tier Beast King…”

Lu Qingshan shouted when he heard this.

“I’m asking you properly.”

Lu Changsheng was a bit speechless.

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan looked at his father suspiciously before recounting what he knew about Beast God Mountain.

However, Lu Qingshan’s understanding of Beast God Mountain was only slightly better than Lu Changsheng’s.

“I heard from my master that Beast God Mountain may have produced a second Nascent Soul True Lord, which is why Liang Kingdom has been probing Yue Kingdom for years, intending to invade.”

“Originally, war was about to break out, but the events concerning the Heavenly Yuan Secret Realm and True Lord Tiansha caused the war to halt.”

“However, if Beast God Mountain has indeed produced a second Nascent Soul True Lord, this invasion war might be inevitable.”

Lu Qingshan explained.

Lu Changsheng knew about the True Lord Tiansha’s attack.

But he hadn’t expected it to be directly related to Beast God Mountain.

He asked, “Isn’t Yue Kingdom, Liang Kingdom, and Wu Kingdom in a three-way stalemate? Even with an extra Nascent Soul True Lord, it wouldn’t break this standstill, right?”

“There are rumors that the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Ba Wu Sect in Wu Kingdom doesn’t have much time left. That might be why Liang Kingdom feels confident.”

“Of course, it’s also possible that other forces are interfering with Wu Kingdom besides Liang Kingdom.”

“I’m not sure about the specifics, but I heard from my master that the cultivators of Beast God Mountain are quite extraordinary. Although they refine themselves to be neither fully human nor fully beast, their strength is top-notch within the same realm.”

“If Beast God Mountain really produces a second Nascent Soul True Lord, they can’t be treated as ordinary Nascent Souls.”

Lu Qingshan shook his head.

Even though he was a true disciple of the Golden Sun Sect and a Golden Core seed, much of the information he learned came from his master.

When it came to top-secret matters, he was in the dark.

“The Nascent Soul Ancestor of Ba Wu Sect…”

Lu Changsheng then realized the magnitude of the situation between Liang Kingdom and Wu Kingdom.

He had only heard about these two forces, but Yue Kingdom was in the middle, separating them, so he wasn’t even sure about their number of Golden Core or Nascent Souls.

“By the way, Father, where did you get Little Black from? When I first saw him, I thought he looked a bit like the Youyue Heavenly Wolf of Beast God Mountain’s Saintess Youyue.”

At this point, Lu Qingshan suddenly asked.

“The Saintess Youyue?”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow and casually explained, “I bought him from a stall at a scattered cultivator Market back then. He probably had a bloodline atavism. I also thought he resembled a Youyue Wolf.”

There was silence.

Lu Qingshan was speechless.

Although he had heard from his mother as a child that Little Black was a stray his father had picked up.

Seeing the increasingly extraordinary appearance of the Nine Abyss Mastiff, it seemed beyond belief.

Even if it was just a Youyue Wolf, it was still a High-Tier Earth Rank bloodline beast.

“Who is this Saintess Youyue you mentioned?”

Lu Changsheng asked.

He vaguely remembered that when he killed Old Demon Black Crow back then, the Thousand-Faced Fox Puppet had affected his mind, making him shout ‘Your Highness, the Saintess.’

“This Saintess Youyue is the Nascent Soul seed of Beast God Mountain.”

“Because she owns a bloodline-atavistic Youyue Heavenly Wolf, she adopted the title ‘Youyue’ and is called Saintess Youyue.”

Lu Qingshan explained.