Chapter 754: Dragon Yang, Heavenly Spirit Root!

“Thank you for your hard work, Father.”

Inside the Kunpeng egg, Lu Quanzhen ceased the operation of the “Kunpeng Swallowing Heaven Demon Art,” quietly sensing his body’s condition.

At this moment, he felt as if he had transformed into a Kunpeng hatchling, able to more deeply comprehend the inherited insights of the giant Kunpeng egg.

Seeing his son’s condition stabilize, Lu Changsheng felt relieved and stepped out of the Heavenly Yuan Lotus.

With a subtle thought, he made his complexion appear worse, displaying a semblance of chaotic magical energy, and then headed to the reception hall.

There, seated in the hall, was a woman dressed in a simple, elegant, blue-green dress.

Her stunningly beautiful face and serene, refined aura made her seem like a celestial maiden from a painting, her eyes filled with gentle elegance.

“Third Palace Master,” Lu Changsheng greeted with a warm and refined smile, bowing slightly.

“Fellow Daoist Xu.”

Shen Yiren heard him and gently turned her beautiful eyes towards Lu Changsheng.

Seeing his pale face and the fatigue in his brow, she immediately showed concern and said apologetically, “I heard that you and Second Sister encountered danger on Black Reef Island, so I came to visit and see how you were. I hope I haven’t disturbed your rest.”

As she spoke, she took out a bottle of pre-prepared high-grade pills from her storage ring and offered it to Lu Changsheng.

“Thank you for your kindness, Third Palace Master. I’m just a bit depleted; it’s nothing serious. I’ll recover after a few days of rest,” Lu Changsheng said, waving his hand gratefully, though a hint of weariness lingered in his expression.

“This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, Fellow Daoist Xu.”

Shen Yiren stood up and handed the pills to Lu Changsheng, her soft, gentle voice like a spring breeze, capable of dispelling any fatigue.

“If that’s the case, then I won’t stand on ceremony,” Lu Changsheng said after a moment of hesitation, seeing the insistence in the Third Palace Master’s eyes. He accepted the pills and then inquired about the Second Palace Master, Shen Baishuang’s, condition.

“Second Sister is fine, she just needs some time to recover,” Shen Yiren replied softly.

Although her Second Sister, Shen Baishuang, needed many years to recuperate, the injury status of a Nascent Soul True Lord was a secret in any faction.

Even if she trusted Lu Changsheng, she couldn’t reveal such information casually.

Subsequently, the two of them chatted over tea.

However, seeing Lu Changsheng’s pale, tired face and poor condition, Shen Yiren didn’t linger long. When she felt the time was right, she offered a few words of concern and then took her leave.

As for the puppet battle formation and the quasi-fourth-rank spirit pet, although she was extremely curious, she didn’t ask.

After all, anyone who had cultivated to this level had their own opportunities and secrets.

Although the Lu Changsheng before her had many secrets, he harbored no ill intentions towards the Divine Maiden Palace and had made great contributions, so she naturally wouldn’t ask or probe with ulterior motives.

“It seems my performance in that battle still had a certain impact on the Third Palace Master’s perception of me,” Lu Changsheng mused, stroking his chin as he watched Shen Yiren’s graceful figure gradually disappear.

He understood that his display of power comparable to a Nascent Soul True Lord had earned him more respect and politeness from Shen Yiren.

It was precisely this respect and politeness that led to the loss of their initial casualness and naturalness.

However, such a situation had its advantages and disadvantages.

Given enough time, Lu Changsheng was confident he could restore his relationship with the Third Palace Master to its original state, or even take it a step further.

Shaking his head slightly, Lu Changsheng returned to his cave dwelling to continue assisting his son, Lu Quanzhen, with the demonic fetus rebirth.

Divine Maiden Palace, White Dew Palace.

“What are you doing here?” Shen Baishuang asked, walking out of her bedchamber. She frowned slightly, her expression indifferent as she looked at the middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and a golden robe in the hall.

“I heard you fought fiercely with the Six Paths Demon Concubine again, and I was worried, so I came to see you,” the man said softly, his handsome face filled with tenderness.

“I appreciate your concern. Now that you’ve seen, please leave,” Shen Baishuang replied, her face still pale, lacking her usual majestic coldness, her voice still indifferent.

“Baishuang, you haven’t returned to Blade Forging Mountain for a long time. You’re seriously injured now, why not go back to Blade Forging Mountain to recuperate?”

This handsome man was none other than the current head of the Blade Forging Mountain, the husband of the Divine Maiden Palace’s Second Palace Master—Yuan Wei True Monarch, Lin Yuanti!

“Return to Blade Forging Mountain? Why? To witness your disgusting affairs?” Shen Baishuang retorted, a hint of coldness and disgust flashing in her phoenix-like eyes.

“Baishuang…” the man sighed softly, his eyes filled with a hint of shame.

“I’ll return when my injuries have healed,” Shen Baishuang said dismissively.

Although she was the Second Palace Master of the Divine Maiden Palace, she also held the identity of the Head Madam of the Blade Forging Mountain.

As the Head Madam, constantly staying at her maiden home and not returning to Blade Forging Mountain would easily invite gossip, suggesting marital discord or even conflict between the Divine Maiden Palace and Blade Forging Mountain.

“Alright, take good care of yourself. This is an Ice Soul Jade Marrow Pill refined by Alchemist Ge, it should help with your injuries,” Lin Yuanti said with a sigh, handing her a white jade bottle.

“Keep it. This is a token of my sincerity as your husband.”

As if afraid Shen Baishuang wouldn’t accept it, he added this before bowing and leaving.

Shen Baishuang took the pill, looked at the departing Lin Yuanti, and felt the urge to smash it, but ultimately tossed it aside, her heart in turmoil.

Almost everyone in the Starry Sea knew about her strained relationship with Lin Yuanti.

Rumors circulated that she was too strong-willed, while others claimed Lin Yuanti secretly loved her sister, Shen Jianjia, or her younger sister, Shen Yiren.

But only she knew that her husband had a penchant for men.

Years ago, the former head of the Blade Forging Mountain came to the Divine Maiden Palace to propose marriage, knowing his son had homosexual tendencies, hoping to change his orientation and produce offspring for the Lin family of Blade Forging Mountain.

However, even when faced with her, the peerless and renowned Second Palace Master of the Divine Maiden Palace, Lin Yuanti remained unmoved.

He merely tried to get along with her due to his father’s orders.

But such things couldn’t be forced.

The prolonged suppression even worsened Lin Yuanti’s homosexual tendencies, leading him to engage in debauchery with several male cultivators in her bedchamber.

When she emerged from seclusion and witnessed that scene, her mind went blank, and she trembled with rage, launching a furious attack that severely injured Lin Yuanti.

However, considering the relationship between the two families and the former head’s pleas, she ultimately endured the humiliation, though she rarely returned to Blade Forging Mountain afterward.

Although Lin Yuanti felt remorse and consistently tried to compensate her, the mere thought of his disgusting acts filled her with discomfort and revulsion.

Maintaining her status as the Head Madam of Blade Forging Mountain for the past few decades was already her limit.

After all, every time she returned to Blade Forging Mountain, the scene from that day would involuntarily flash in her mind, reminding her that her husband had engaged in countless such acts before.

Although the matter regarding the Kunpeng egg had come to a temporary halt, the major forces of the Starry Sea hadn’t ceased their search for it.

The early departure of several Nascent Soul cultivators and shapeshifting demon kings from Black Reef Island had become the focus of attention for various factions, including the mysterious Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale.

However, the Abyssal Sea Dragon Whale’s origins were shrouded in mystery. Lacking any information as a medium and with heavenly secrets obscuring it, deducing its identity was impossible, leaving them with no choice but to monitor it slowly.

During these days, the name of Daoist Xu became widely known throughout the Starry Sea, attracting the attention of various forces.

However, the information these forces obtained was limited to his role as the Divine Maiden Palace’s new guest elder, a Core Formation Grandmaster, a third-rank talisman maker possessing a fourth-rank puppet. They were unaware of Lu Changsheng’s performance in the White Bone Demon Palace.

After all, Lu Changsheng’s display in the White Bone Demon Palace was too astonishing.

Even the Six Paths Demon Concubine was unwilling to let too many people know about it.

She merely relied on the diviners of the Six Paths Palace to perform divination and dispatched people to search for and inquire about Daoist Xu’s identity and origins.

However, without any information as a medium and with Lu Changsheng being a top-tier third-rank diviner, possessing the Heavenly Yuan Lotus and the Lu Family Record, divining information about him was as difficult as ascending to immortality.

Even if a diviner burned their entire lifespan, they wouldn’t be able to obtain his information from the river of heavenly secrets, at most, they might gain some opportunities through other means.

Lu Changsheng was unaware of the outside rumors and attention.

He was using an alias, why would he care about others’ attention? As for the Six Paths Demon Concubine and the Six Paths Palace, although he didn’t know the specifics, his previous divination had already alerted him to some potential dangers.

Therefore, during these days, he honestly stayed put in the Divine Maiden Palace, publicly claiming seclusion while actually assisting his son, Lu Quanzhen, with demonic fetus rebirth within the Heavenly Yuan Lotus.

Throughout this process, Lu Changsheng gained many insights into demonic fetus rebirth and the Kunpeng techniques, realizing that all things in the universe were inseparable from Yin and Yang.

The Kunpeng entering the sea becomes a Kun, flying into the sky becomes a Peng. This transformation of forms also belongs to the evolution of Yin and Yang!

However, when he explained his understanding of Yin and Yang’s evolution to Lu Quanzhen, the latter’s current state made it difficult to comprehend and adjust his cultivation techniques.

Therefore, Lu Changsheng constantly used Yin-Yang magical energy and Essence to help him balance the Kunpeng’s Yin and Yang Essence being plundered by the demonic fetus.

Five months passed in this manner.

The demonic fetus parasitizing the Kunpeng hatchling now resembled a small Kunpeng egg, its surface covered in complex Kunpeng-shaped runes, its golden glow and dim light intertwining with each breath.

“Thank you for your help, Father.”

With Lu Changsheng’s assistance, Lu Quanzhen’s demonic fetus rebirth had been initially completed and was now on the right track.

From here on out, he could slowly nurture himself until he naturally broke out of the fetus.

“Alright, don’t rush this process, take your time. You can carefully comprehend Father’s Dao of Yin and Yang, it will benefit your present and future,”

Knowing his son’s condition was on the right track, Lu Changsheng didn’t continue to stay by his side. After giving a few instructions, he left the Heavenly Yuan Lotus, sat down cross-legged, and began to circulate his energy and regulate his breathing.

Although helping his son balance the Yin and Yang for demonic fetus rebirth wasn’t difficult, it was still quite draining on his mind and magical energy over time.

[Congratulations, Host, for giving birth to a Heavenly Spirit Root offspring for the first time! You have received one lucky draw opportunity!]

That day, a long-lost spiritual root pulsation suddenly arose in Lu Changsheng’s heart, and a mysterious feeling he couldn’t describe surged through his entire body.

Spiritual root!

His spiritual root had advanced! From an Earth Spiritual Root to a Heavenly Spiritual Root!

“Huh? Heavenly Spiritual Root! Ina’s child has been born?” Lu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise and joy on his face.

Although this child wasn’t the Spirit Body he had hoped for, a Heavenly Spiritual Root was superior to many Spirit Bodies!

With a Heavenly Spiritual Root, there were almost no bottlenecks before the Nascent Soul stage.

Ordinary people needed Foundation Establishment Pills and Condensing Crystal Pills to break through to Foundation Establishment and Core Formation! But with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, even without Foundation Establishment Pills and Condensing Crystal Pills, there was still a 90% chance of breaking through, and a high probability of forming a perfect Dao foundation and a top-grade Golden Core.

Although Lu Changsheng didn’t usually cultivate, the improvement in his spiritual root grade had limited effect on him.

However, a Heavenly Spiritual Root also provided a certain boost to breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.

It was slightly easier to break through to Nascent Soul compared to an Earth Spiritual Root.

Of course, for Lu Changsheng now, the biggest benefit of his spiritual root improving was enhancing the future spiritual root talent of his children!

“System!” Lu Changsheng silently called out in his heart, looking towards his newborn child.

But upon looking, he was completely stunned.

What was going on?

Hadn’t Ina given birth? Why was there still an unborn child? In recent years, wasn’t Ina the only one who had conceived? Lu Changsheng was somewhat confused and quickly checked the situation.

“This is Qingyi’s child?” After a moment, Lu Changsheng murmured in a daze.

He hadn’t expected the Heavenly Spiritual Root child to be from Chu Qingyi, not Ina.

But when did Chu Qingyi become pregnant with his child?

Instantly, Lu Changsheng guessed it must have been when he went back to help Chu Qingyi heal earlier, and she accidentally conceived.

He rarely paid attention to the number of children the system showed. After seeing her, he rushed to the Starry Sea, which was why he didn’t know about Chu Qingyi’s pregnancy.

Lu Changsheng felt both joy and unease, and shame at Chu Qingyi’s pregnancy and the birth of his child.

He was happy that they had a child.

A child with a Heavenly Spiritual Root!

But thinking that he, the child’s father, hadn’t been by her side for so long.

And that he wouldn’t be able to return to the Jiang Kingdom to see his child in the near future, Lu Changsheng felt ashamed.

Moreover, Chu Qingyi, as the pure and immaculate fairy of the Azure Cloud Sect, having a child out of wedlock would severely damage her reputation.

Bearing this child would likely attract much criticism.

Especially since Chu Qingyi always felt guilty towards her junior sister, Xiao Xiyue, and wouldn’t know how to face her master, Caiyun Zhenren.

Now that the child was born, or during her pregnancy, she must have felt uneasy and anxious, yet he hadn’t been there to accompany and comfort her.

“Sigh…” Thinking of this, Lu Changsheng felt a pang of shame and wished he could immediately return to the Jiang Kingdom to see them.

Lu Changsheng took out his Divination Copper Coin to foresee his fortune.

However, the hexagram was still uncertain, fluctuating between good and bad.

Returning to the Jiang Kingdom, although not as ominous as before, still indicated fluctuating fortunes with signs of misfortune.

Frustrated, Lu Changsheng put away the Divination Copper Coin, losing even his interest in the lucky draw. He summoned the Xuanhuang Essence to continue cultivating the Brahma Demon True Form.

Misfortune was simply a matter of insufficient strength.

If he were strong enough, what misfortune could there be!

At the same time, in the Azure Cloud Sect, Immortal Yi Hall.

On a white jade bed, Chu Qingyi, draped in a white silk gown that gently cascaded to her ankles, looked palely at the baby in her arms.

“Don’t cry, baby, be good, don’t cry.”

Watching the crying infant, the usually aloof and proud swordswoman was now flustered and even a little helpless, only able to awkwardly soothe the child.

After a long while, seeing the baby finally stop crying, she finally sighed in relief, feeling more exhausted than after a bloody battle.

“I wonder when your father will come,” Chu Qingyi murmured softly, gazing at the baby who was gradually falling asleep, her bloodless lips slightly pursed.

Before their separation, she knew Lu Changsheng was busy, so she hadn’t informed him about her pregnancy.

But after becoming pregnant, her longing for Lu Changsheng grew stronger with each passing day.

Now that the child was born, the longing in her heart erupted like a tidal wave, wanting to show him their child and let him hold it.

Looking at the delicate, jade-like infant in her arms, she pondered for a long time before taking out the communication talisman she shared with Lu Changsheng and injecting magical energy into it.

However, the magical energy vanished like a stone sinking into the sea, indicating that Lu Changsheng wasn’t within the Jiang Kingdom.

Although she also had communication talismans for her junior sister Xiao Xiyue and for Bihu Mountain in Dameng Immortal City, she merely sighed and put the talisman back into her storage ring, quietly watching the baby in her arms.

Starry Sea.

Divine Maiden Palace, Moonmelt Isle.

Lu Changsheng sat cross-legged, the illusory image of a three-headed, six-armed Brahma Demon faintly visible behind him, refining the Brahma Demon True Form.

“Elder Xu, the Second Palace Master has come to visit,” the steward Song Yudies reported.

“Alright, have her wait a moment, I’ll be right there,” Lu Changsheng said, completing a full cycle of his cultivation technique, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air before putting away the Xuanhuang Essence and heading to the reception hall.

There, the Second Palace Master, dressed in a magnificent red gown that accentuated her curvaceous figure, leaned back in a wooden chair. Her mature and alluring face was relaxed and noble, her beautiful legs crossed beneath the hem of her skirt, revealing glimpses of exquisite red embroidered shoes.

“Welcome, Second Palace Master. Please forgive me for not greeting you earlier,” Lu Changsheng said, noticing that the Second Palace Master’s complexion had improved, though her magical energy remained tightly contained, making it impossible to gauge her depth.

However, based on his deductions, unless she had consumed top-grade spirit medicine, the aftereffects of burning her Nascent Soul essence and activating secret techniques would require at least several years of recuperation.

“Elder Xu, there’s no need to be so polite,” Shen Baishuang said with a smile as she looked at the handsome and refined Lu Changsheng, before inquiring about his well-being with concern.

After a few pleasantries, Shen Baishuang got to the point, discussing the rewards for the previous battle.