Wiping out Three Foundation Establishment Forces in Succession, a Plan to Transport Spirit Veins to Great Xia

Blood flowed in rivers throughout the Divine Fire Gate.

Lu Changfeng and the others had weathered countless storms, and this scene did not affect them much.

Lu Chenxing, however, felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Even though he forcibly reassured himself that this was a cultivation world.

That all of this was commonplace.

He still found it hard to suppress certain indescribable feelings.

Especially since the rules of his previous world clashed enormously with those of this one.

Besides, since he had been reincarnated into this cultivation world through birth, with his memories intact.

Less than a year had passed.

Although much had happened during that time, and his cultivation had even reached the Foundation Establishment middle stage.

It was undeniable that he still had too little experience.

His ability to accept certain things was still too limited.

So Lu Chenxing did not take part in cleaning up the battlefield, but sat on Lu Changfeng's shoulder and closed his eyes.

Lu Changfeng had noticed his unusual behavior all along.

He had guessed a few things.

But he did not interfere much.

Some things had to be adapted to on one's own.

Because this was simply how the world was.

After slaughtering every cultivator in the Divine Fire Gate, the next step was to clean up the battlefield.

Lu Changfeng gave everyone a quarter of an hour.

After that quarter of an hour, whether anything remained at the scene or any hidden resources had yet to be found and taken, it would be time for them to leave.

And head to their next destination as quickly as possible.

The Zhao Household.

Generally, only Golden Core forces made soul tablets linked to their core disciples.

Because soul tablets were not cheap to make.

However, Zhao Donglai, the Zhao Household's patriarch, had invested in this regard.

Of course, he had only made a soul tablet for himself.

It was kept in the Zhao Household's ancestral hall.

If anything happened to him.

The cultivator guarding the ancestral hall would discover it immediately and report it.

But, as ill luck would have it.

The ancestral hall's guard had indulged in a few cups of spirit wine and fallen into a befuddled sleep.

Actually, the main reason was that he felt the ancestral hall contained nothing but ancestral tablets, nothing important, so he had grown careless.

Thus, Zhao Donglai's soul tablet had been shattered for a long time without anyone knowing.

The warning measure he had spent a fortune on had gone completely to waste.

Had the ancestral hall's guard discovered the abnormality in the soul tablet immediately and reported it, the Zhao Household might truly have had a thread of hope for survival.

Rather than being utterly unaware.

When a powerful enemy came knocking.

The Divine Fire Gate had at least left two Foundation Establishment cultivators behind, but the Zhao Household had only one.

And he was merely at the Foundation Establishment early stage.

Moreover, their clan-protecting formation, like the Lu Household's previous one, was only second-tier mid-grade.

So when the Lu Household's people arrived at the Zhao Household and found that they had not alerted anyone, the clan grounds were peaceful and quiet, brightly lit.

They immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Smiles appeared at the corners of their mouths.

Standing on the shoulders of righteousness, openly attacking other forces and acquiring resources.

Such opportunities were rare indeed.

If any one of the Divine Fire Gate, the Blazing Yang Sect, or the Zhao Household got away.

Everyone from the Lu Household would feel the heartache.

Naturally, Lu Changfeng hoped this expedition would go smoothly and they could seize everything the three forces had accumulated to make up for the Lu Household's losses.

Unfortunately, things sometimes went against one's wishes.

"What? The Divine Fire Gate was wiped out!"

"This... how is that possible?"

The Blazing Yang Sect.

Likewise, only one Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator remained to guard the sect.

His name was Zhou Cang.

When he received the message sent back by a scout near the Divine Fire Gate, his heart jolted, and a chill shot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

"Why have the sect master and the others been gone so long without coming back!"

"The Divine Fire Gate was wiped out? By whom? Could it be..."

"The Lu Household, the Lu Household, the Lu Household..."

Inside his cave abode, Zhou Cang paced back and forth, thoughts churning in his head.

After analyzing the situation, he sent a message ordering someone to investigate the Lu Household.

But then he suddenly thought of how far away it was. By the time word came back, would the people who had destroyed the Divine Fire Gate...

"The Lu Household... could it be the Lu Household?"

"The sect master and the others... could they already have..."

"No, I absolutely cannot sit here and wait for death."

"But I can't jump to conclusions either. Whatever the case, I can't stay in the sect any longer. What if..."

The more uneasy Zhou Cang felt, the more he wanted to flee.

Ultimately, he made up his mind to leave the sect first and worry about the rest later.

Before leaving, he visited the sect treasury and took most of its resources under the pretext of the sect master's orders.

If the sect master and the others were fine.

He could simply return them.

If something really had happened to the sect master and the others.

Then these resources would be his capital for rebuilding the Blazing Yang Sect in the future.

Originally, Zhou Cang had planned to notify the sect's disciples to scatter and flee, but on second thought, leaving them behind might be a better choice.

Better a fellow Daoist die than this poor Daoist.

"I hope the sect master and the others are all right!"

"I'm merely mending the roof before the rain."

"The Lu Household... surely they couldn't..."

Zhou Cang left, taking most of the Blazing Yang Sect's accumulated resources with him.

This infuriated the Lu Household's people, who arrived after destroying the Zhao Household.

"Patriarch, we got the information. That Blazing Yang Sect elder is called Zhou Cang. He emptied the treasury before we arrived, then vanished without a trace."

Lu Xuanming frowned. "This man could become a future threat to our Lu Household!"

Lu Changfeng's gaze was equally icy.

"Keep investigating his whereabouts and offering a bounty from now on. Once he's found, surround and kill him immediately!"

Apart from Zhou Cang of the Blazing Yang Sect.

Almost every other cultivator of the three forces had perished at the Lu Household's hands.

Of course, there were bound to be some fish that had slipped through the net, out on missions or gaining experience. The Lu Household would also send people to keep investigating information about them.

Naturally, eliminating future threats would be best.

If they could not eliminate them, then they would strengthen themselves.

With sufficient strength, they would fear nothing.

The Blazing Yang Sect was likewise built along a mountain, which contained a spirit vein that constantly released spiritual power, enriching the natural spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

Even ordinary cultivators who lacked resources could improve their cultivation simply by meditating.

Though slowly, they still moved forward.

Lu Chenxing extended his divine sense into the mountain, examining the complex network of crisscrossing channels. He was tempted, but also felt a slight headache.

All this time.

Great Xia had relied on spirit stones to support cultivation.

That was far too extravagant.

For prodigies with heavenly spirit roots or high-grade spirit roots, it was fine.

But using spirit stones even for those with poorer cultivation aptitude was somewhat wasteful.

Great Xia had also considered and researched this issue, which was why it had only twenty cultivators so far.

It was not that they did not want to train more cultivators.

Their spirit stone resources were simply limited.

But with a spirit vein, things would be different.

"The spirit vein is so tangled and intricate, as though it has fused with the entire mountain. Separating it would be extremely difficult and would inevitably cause enormous losses. It would be better to transport the entire mountain back..."

Lu Chenxing pondered how to send the spirit veins in these seized territories back to Great Xia.

The mountain was very tall and very large.

Even the finest-quality Storage Bag could not hold it.

So, to contain this mountain, he would need a higher-grade spatial Law Artifact: a Sumeru Storage Ring.

Even Lu Changfeng, the patriarch, did not have a storage ring.

They were simply too precious.

Generally, they were standard equipment for Golden Core stage cultivators, because such powerful beings had more ways to obtain resources, and did so more easily, so they would not care about the trifling expense of a spatial Law Artifact.

But for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

A storage ring was something they did not even dare dream of.

"Grandpa Patriarch, I need a storage ring."

"And I have a great use for the spirit veins of the Blazing Yang Sect, the Divine Fire Gate, and the Zhao Household!"

Lu Chenxing once again made requests of Lu Changfeng.