Chapter 93: Dad, Without a Spirit Root, I Can’t Cultivate?

After leaving Jiulong Market, Lu Changsheng did not ride his steel-feathered eagle.

Instead, he took out a flying magical weapon from his storage bag, which he had obtained from a bandit cultivator.

Now that he had broken through the late stage of Qi Refining, he could also control flying magical weapons to travel.

Of course, Lu Changsheng wasn’t thinking of flying back to Qingzhu Mountain like that.

That wouldn’t be realistic.

He simply wanted to experience flying magical weapons and pretend to be someone else.

This flying magical weapon was like a round wheel.

Lu Changsheng injected his spiritual energy into it, threw it into the air, and jumped onto it.

Then, with a slight movement of his mind, he used his spiritual energy to maintain it, and the wheel began to fly.

The basic speed of this flying magical weapon wasn’t very fast.

It was only slightly faster than a Spirit Horse.

However, compared to flying sword magical weapons, it consumed very little spiritual energy.

If he wanted to increase the speed, such as when escaping, the spiritual energy consumption would increase exponentially.

After flying for about ten kilometers, Lu Changsheng felt that his spiritual energy had been depleted by about one-tenth.

“This kind of flying magical weapon consumes too much spiritual energy and isn’t suitable for long-distance travel.”

“For Qi Refining cultivators who want to travel long distances, they still need to rely on flying mounts or flying boats that can fly using spirit stones.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head and said.

He then descended from the flying magical weapon and took out his steel-feathered eagle from his spiritual pet bag and mounted it.

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

The steel-feathered eagle spread its wings and took off, flying rapidly towards Qingzhu Mountain.

Two days later.

Qingzhu Mountain.

Lu Changsheng, with a handsome face and a tall, straight figure, wearing a green bamboo-leaf robe, dismounted from the steel-feathered eagle.

This journey was very smooth, and nothing unexpected happened.

However, with his current Qi Refining cultivation and over a hundred high-quality Talismans, fifty or so top-quality Talismans, and a Talisman treasure, Lu Changsheng felt a sense of security.

On the way back, he wasn’t as worried as before.

When Lu Changsheng returned home, his family was overjoyed to see him.

As Lu Changsheng chatted with Lu Miaoyun, he learned that the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony would begin in five days.

He also found out that one of his wives had become pregnant during his three-day stay at home.

In other words, the servant girl he had gotten pregnant at Jiulong Market was carrying his 51st child.

After spending some time with his wives and children at home, Lu Changsheng went to pay his respects to the fourth elder.

After all, it was only proper to visit them after returning home.

The fourth elder knew that Lu Changsheng had returned for the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony and didn’t say much.

She asked about his situation over the past three months and checked on his progress with the Talismanic path.

Five days later, the Lu Family Spirit Root Testing Ceremony began.

Lu Changsheng, accompanied by Lu Lanshu, Lu Qing’er, Lu Ziyu, and Lu Lian’er, brought their four children to a square in Qingzhu Mountain.

The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony was being held here.

As he looked around, Lu Changsheng saw many Lu Family juniors.

He also saw the immortal seedlings who had come to the Lu Family with him.

They were all here to participate in the Spirit Root Testing Ceremony with their children.

Although it was a grand ceremony, there weren’t many people present.

There were only about 40 children.

“Line up!”

The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony was hosted by a Lu Family elder.

Uncle Fu and several Lu Family juniors maintained order.

Lu Changsheng also let his four children line up, waiting to be tested for their Spirit Roots.

The treasure used to detect Spirit Roots was a water crystal pillar about one meter long.

The children would go up, drip a drop of blood, and then touch the pillar with both hands, waiting for 30 seconds.

If they had a Spirit Root, the water crystal pillar would react.

“The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony is about to begin!”

As the time was about right, the Lu Family elder began, letting the first child go up.

“Husband…”

Lu Lanshu and the other three women were all tense and anxious, their eyes filled with hope and expectation.

After all, this moment would determine their children’s fate.

If they didn’t have a Spirit Root, they would only be able to become ordinary people in the future.

Although they had the Lu Family and Lu Changsheng to support them, their children would still be able to live a life of wealth and luxury.

But as mothers, they naturally hoped that their children would have Spirit Roots and be able to cultivate.

Become a high-ranking cultivator.

Lu Changsheng saw their tense and anxious expressions and sighed inwardly, not saying a word.

He only lightly patted their hands, telling them not to be too anxious.

“Next!”

“Next!”

“Next!”

One by one, the children went up to be tested.

But the water crystal pillar remained unresponsive.

Indicating that none of them had a Spirit Root.

Seeing this, not only the parents and elders around them looked tense and disappointed.

The children in line also looked anxious.

After all, growing up in an environment like Qingzhu Mountain, they knew that this moment would determine their future fate.

Just then, a small child placed their hand on the water crystal pillar.

Causing the pillar to emit a three-stage light, with a faint red color.

“Not bad, a seven-rank Spirit Root, with a fire-attribute bias!”

The elder testing the Spirit Root smiled upon seeing this.

“Ah! Good, good, good!”

“My son has a Spirit Root, a seven-rank Spirit Root!”

A young man not far away let out a loud shout of excitement upon seeing this.

Lu Changsheng remembered him.

He was one of the immortal seedlings who had come to the Lu Family with him.

Who would have thought that his first child would have a Spirit Root, and it was even a seven-rank Spirit Root?

This was indeed a stroke of good luck.

“Don’t make too much noise.”

Uncle Fu reminded him, but didn’t scold him.

The Spirit Root Testing Ceremony continued, and during the process, another eight-rank Spirit Root was detected.

It was a child of a Lu Family direct descendant.

And now, it was Lu Ping’an’s turn.

As Lu Changsheng had expected, there were no surprises.

The water crystal pillar remained unresponsive.

Not just him, but the next ones, Lu Wuyou, Lu Wuyu, and Lu Xile, were all the same.

“Sigh!”

Looking at the four children who had finished testing, all without a Spirit Root.

Even though he had mentally prepared himself, Lu Changsheng still let out a small sigh.

“Dad, Mom.”

The four little ones walked over.

Their small faces looked a bit disappointed because they hadn’t detected a Spirit Root.

They were all around five or six years old.

And they roughly knew what a Spirit Root meant.

Although Lu Changsheng had previously warned them, saying that cultivating wasn’t as great as they thought, and that being ordinary wasn’t bad either.

But these children were mostly raised by their mothers.

They were more eager for their children to succeed, to become dragons and phoenixes.

“It’s okay, most people don’t have Spirit Roots, and it’s not like it’s the end of the world. Come, Dad will take you home to eat some good food.”

Lu Changsheng rubbed the heads of his four children and spoke softly.

“Yeah!”

“Dad, I want to eat beast milk cake!”

Lu Wuyou and Lu Xile, the two girls, looked relatively more open-minded and smiled.

Lu Ping’an and Lu Wuyu, on the other hand, didn’t look as optimistic.

The family of nine returned home.

Just as they reached the door, Lu Ping’an suddenly looked up at Lu Changsheng and said, “Dad, does not having a Spirit Root mean I can’t become a cultivator? I also want to become a cultivator like you!”

Lu Changsheng heard this and saw the hopeful look in his son’s eyes, and his heart ached a little.

But he could only remain silent.

Not having a Spirit Root meant you couldn’t cultivate.

This was the truth of the cultivation world, an iron law!

Even with the system by his side, he didn’t dare say he could break this iron law.

He wanted to say something, but couldn’t bring himself to say it.

“Ping’an.”

Hearing this, Lu Ping An looked at his old father’s expression, pursed his lips, and said immediately. 

“Dad, don’t be sad, Ping’an won’t cultivate anymore.”

Lu Ping’an heard this and looked at his father’s expression, then said, 

“Dad, don’t be sad.”

Lu Wuyou also chimed in, her voice sweet and gentle.

The little ones may be young, but they were all very understanding.

Lu Changsheng looked at the sensible child and felt a little relieved, but also a little ashamed. 

He lightly patted their heads and said nothing.

The next day, Lu Changsheng rode his steel-feathered eagle back to Jiulong Market.

“Sigh, I thought I had already become as calm as a rock after all these years.”

Lu Changsheng thought back to yesterday’s scene and couldn’t help but sigh.

He thought about how this kind of situation would happen every year from now on.

And he couldn’t help but sigh again.

“The world is never perfect.”

“This is just one of the cruelties of the cultivation world.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the blue sky, the mountains and forests below, and let out a long breath, trying to release the pent-up emotions in his chest.

“Hmm?”

At this moment, Lu Changsheng suddenly sensed several auras fluctuating from the side.

He turned his head to look.

He saw a slender, elegantly dressed young man riding a purple flying snake.

Behind him, there were three figures driving a black cloud. Two people controlled flying magic weapons and continuously attacked the young man. 

It was clear that they were trying to kill him.

Lu Changsheng was somewhat surprised to see this.

This young man should be at the late stage of Qi Refining.

But facing the pursuit of five cultivators, he only seemed slightly flustered.

While continuously fending off the attacks, he could still control a swarm of golden insects, similar to bees, to attack the five people behind him.

“Let’s go!”

Lu Changsheng didn’t look anymore.

A gentleman doesn’t stand under a dangerous wall!

He immediately let the steel-feathered eagle dive down, not wanting to get involved in this matter.

However.

The young man riding the flying snake also saw Lu Changsheng, and his eyes lit up in an instant.

This glance made Lu Changsheng feel a few strands of hair stand on end.

This made him feel that this young man was not simple.

“Fellow cultivator, since we’ve met, it’s fate; I’ll give you a great opportunity. This is a bottle of Profound Yin True Water, a foundation-establishing spirit object that can help with foundation establishment!”

The young man shouted towards Lu Changsheng. 

He directly threw a black porcelain bottle towards Lu Changsheng. 

Lu Changsheng’s eyebrows furrowed, and his face turned slightly solemn.

He instantly knew that the other party was trying to shift the blame.

But when he heard the four words “foundation-establishing spirit object”, he couldn’t help but be moved, and he raised his hand to catch the bottle.

After all, he was currently at the seventh stage of Qi Refining.

He could also start considering foundation establishment.

Wanting to establish a foundation wasn’t something that could be done solely by oneself; it was better to rely on external objects.

Ninety-nine percent of cultivators who attempted to establish a foundation would rely on external objects to increase their chances!

Otherwise, trying to establish a foundation solely by oneself would be a nine-to-one death sentence.

Among the things that helped with foundation establishment the most, the most renowned was the Foundation Establishment Pill!

When attempting to establish a foundation, consuming a Foundation Establishment Pill would not only stabilize one’s qi and blood, but also increase one’s spiritual power, awaken one’s spiritual awareness, and harmonize one’s essence, qi, and spirit.

Even if the attempt to establish a foundation failed, one wouldn’t suffer from foundation backlash.

Apart from the Foundation Establishment Pill, there were many other foundation-establishing spirit objects that could help with foundation establishment.

This Profound Yin True Water, in particular, had a significant effect on the spiritual power aspect of the three foundation establishment stages: qi and blood, spiritual power, and spiritual awareness.

“Should I take it or not? Even if I don’t use this Profound Yin True Water myself, I can sell it for at least two to three thousand spirit stones?”

Lu Changsheng looked at the ceramic bottle and thought to himself.

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, Lu Changsheng immediately made a decision.

Since things had already gotten mixed up, even if he didn’t want to get involved, it wouldn’t necessarily end like this.

Moreover, he wanted the object!

“I want the object, and I don’t want to get involved in this mess, so there’s only one way to do it.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the young man and the five pursuers with a calm expression.

The five people pursuing the young man saw this and, despite knowing that the young man was trying to shift the blame, the leader didn’t hesitate.

He directly ordered, “Third Brother, Fourth Brother, go and retrieve the Profound Yin True Water.”

“Yes, Big Brother!”

The two of them heard the order and immediately looked at Lu Changsheng, driving their flying magical weapons to attack the steel-feathered eagle.

“Hmm!”

Lu Changsheng immediately threw out a Golden Light Shield Talisman.

A golden light enveloped him and the steel-feathered eagle, protecting them.

The steel-feathered eagle couldn’t get hurt; otherwise, the journey to Jiulong Market, which still had a day to go, would be affected.

Next, he held a dozen Talisman cards in one hand and a thick, solid Talisman card with a golden long brick pattern in the other.

It was the Golden Light Brick Talisman treasure!

The young man and these five people in front of him weren’t simple, so if he was going to take action, he had to be decisive and quick.

“High-quality Talisman’s, it seems you’re quite wealthy, kid?”

“However you dare to accept the thing that we from the Five Fierce of the Kou Clan have set our eyes on? You’re not afraid of losing your life?”

Third Brother and Fourth Brother charged towards Lu Changsheng, their faces revealing cruel smiles.

They each wielded a large knife and a large hammer and their aura was fierce and intimidating.

The Golden Light Shield Talisman was only a high-quality Talisman, and it could probably only withstand one or two attacks.

Looking at the incoming knife and hammer, Lu Changsheng’s expression remained calm, his robes fluttering without wind, making a rustling sound, as he threw out a stack of Talisman’s.

A series of fire clouds, fire snakes, and wind blades appeared, attacking the two of them.

“Kid, you think you can take the treasure from us with just this little trick?”

Third Brother and Fourth Brother saw this attack and didn’t panic at all, they used their magical weapons to defend themselves.

However, the next moment, they saw a golden rectangular object shooting up in Lu Changsheng’s hand, rapidly growing in size in the air, and radiating golden light. 

A majestic, mountain-like aura was released, making them feel as if a great mountain had fallen on them, and their expressions changed drastically. 

“This is a Talisman treasure!”

The two of them shouted in shock and anger.

They never thought that the young man they had been chasing would be so difficult to deal with, making them five brothers chase him for half a day.

Now, on the road, they encountered another young man who they thought would be easy to handle, but he turned out to be a Talisman treasure user.

This was just too ridiculous!

Was it because they hadn’t checked the almanac before going out today?

“Fellow cultivator, fellow cultivator, stop, it’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! This foundation-establishing spirit object is yours to take!”

“Right, right, right, let’s talk, let’s talk!”

Third Brother and Fourth Brother immediately shouted loudly.

They couldn’t understand Lu Changsheng’s behavior.

How could someone who used Talisman treasures so casually care about a foundation-establishing spirit object?

Would they go to such great lengths for a foundation-establishing spirit object?

Moreover, who wouldn’t keep their Talisman treasures in hand as a deterrent, and who would use them at the slightest disagreement?

Third Brother and Fourth Brother were completely bewildered.

They couldn’t understand at all.

Not only were they two bewildered, but the young man and the three people on the other side, who had been watching the scene, were also stunned, looking confused.

They had never seen anyone take action like this before.

“Too late!”

Faced with these words, Lu Changsheng just said coldly. 

The Talisman treasure had already been taken out, so there was no turning back!

“Third Brother, Fourth Brother!”

The tall, imposing man on the black cloud on the other side urgently shouted.

He used a magical technique, summoning a blood-colored chain, like a blood snake, shooting towards Third Brother and Fourth Brother, trying to take them away.

But the Golden Light Brick had already become like a small golden mountain, heavily pressing down on the two of them.

Its spiritual pressure was so great that the two of them couldn’t resist, and the blood-colored chain that was flying towards them was slightly slowed down.

“Boom!!!”

The Golden Light Brick crashed down, and the two of them were severely injured, directly falling from the sky.

“You killed my Third Brother and Fourth Brother, I’ll kill you today!”

The tall, imposing man on the black cloud was enraged, his face pale with anger, and he bit his finger, squeezing out a drop of extremely thick, fresh blood.

Then, he forcefully flicked his wrist, and a strange, ancient-looking flying dagger appeared, emitting a blood-colored glow, flying rapidly towards Lu Changsheng.

“Not good!”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes condensed, knowing that this attack was not simple.

The other party wanted to take advantage of the gap in the Talisman treasure’s power to directly kill him.

He immediately took out another Talisman.

A high-quality Talisman, the Golden Light Shield Talisman!

At the same time, he summoned the medium-grade magical weapons shield he had obtained from the robber, which was left for his own use.

The earthy yellow shield was like a thick, heavy wall, standing in front of him.

And at the same time, Lu Changsheng controlled the Golden Light Brick Talisman treasure with his mind.

Letting the Golden Light Brick prepare for a second attack, and locking onto the young man on the flying snake and the three people on the black cloud.

If you want something but don’t want to get into trouble, then if you kill everyone, wouldn’t it be a perfect solution to avoid future troubles? 

With a deadly weapon in hand, the killing intent arose!

Having experienced two battles before, Lu Changsheng not only tasted the sweetness of victory but also gained some confidence and courage.

He was confident as long as he didn’t face a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he had nothing to fear!

As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, as long as he didn’t face them directly, he could still fight!

“Whoosh!”

The blood-colored flying dagger shot towards Lu Changsheng, directly breaking through the shield magical weapon he had summoned, making Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrow.

He quickly took out five Golden Light Shield Talismans, layering five of golden light protection on himself.

In a battle, there couldn’t be any mistakes!

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”

The blood-colored flying dagger was extremely fierce, breaking through the shield magical weapon and instantly arriving in front of Lu Changsheng, breaking through three of his Golden Light Shield Talisman, and only losing momentum when facing the fourth of golden light protection.

“What a fierce attack!”

Lu Changsheng was shocked, but he didn’t panic, he used his mind to control the Golden Light Brick that had risen again and crashed it down towards the four people.

“Fellow cultivator, misunderstanding!”

The slender young man riding the flying snake felt his body sink and shouted loudly.

He immediately slapped his waist bag, and countless black insects appeared, like a suit of armor, covering his entire body, and he tried to escape.

The three people on the black cloud also knew they had lost the opportunity to kill Lu Changsheng at this moment.

They exchanged a glance, simultaneously using a magical technique, making the black cloud under their feet turn blood-red, trying to break free from the Golden Light Brick’s oppressive power and escape its range.

“Hmm?”

Lu Changsheng didn’t expect the four of them to have such abilities.

Indeed, they were not simple.

He immediately took out three Talismans and activated them.

High-quality Talisman – Soul Shocking Talisman!

Top-quality Talisman – Lightning Flash Talisman!

Top-quality Talisman – Heaven and Earth Net Talisman!

As the three Talisman cards were activated, a sound like thunder first appeared in the void, making people’s hearts uneasy and fearful.

Then, a lightning bolt exploded on the blood cloud, blocking the three people’s retreat.

And a large, four-sided black net formed around them, trapping the four of them and closing in on them!