Chapter 143: First Child Completes Qi Refining!

“There are actually such techniques and methods of cultivation in this world.”When Lu Miaoge heard Lu Changsheng talking about Xiao Xiyue and the fairy’s cultivation, she was a little surprised. She didn’t doubt Lu Changsheng’s words at all. After all, Lu Changsheng had no reason to deceive her. Moreover, in the vast world, there were many strange and wondrous things. She had also seen many profound cultivation methods in ancient texts, which were extremely demanding and even had side effects. It was just that she was surprised to see someone cultivating in such a way. “Yes, I was also shocked when I heard about it,” Lu Changsheng said with a smile. He didn’t say too much about the cultivation method. After all, this was Xiao Xiyue’s secret, and it was not suitable to reveal too much. “It’s also because you have charm, Changsheng, that this Fairy Xiao chose you as her cultivation partner,” Lu Miaoge said with a gentle smile. Although she was a bit envious in her heart, she wouldn’t take it too seriously. After all, Lu Changsheng was a romantic person. Since marrying her and her sister, he had not taken any concubines for three years and had been focused on cultivation, which made her very happy. Moreover, this matter was beneficial to Lu Changsheng, and it was a good opportunity. “But Changsheng, you’ve been cultivating for so long, don’t you have any thoughts about this Fairy Xiao?” Lu Miaoge asked, looking at her husband with a hint of a smile. “Cough, if I said I didn’t have any thoughts, you wouldn’t believe me, Miaoge,” Lu Changsheng said with a light cough. “But she and I are just cultivation partners.” “Besides, our identities are like heaven and earth, and it’s unlikely we’ll have a romantic relationship, so there’s no need to force it.” Lu Changsheng lightly coughed and shook his head. Although Xiao Xiyue was already like a mother to his child in his heart, this was not something that needed to be mentioned, and it didn’t fit his persona. “The wind starts from the tip of the reeds, and the waves are formed in the subtle ripples,” Lu Miaoge said, looking at Lu Changsheng with a gentle voice and sincere tone. She had been with Lu Changsheng for many years and was his wife. Naturally, she could see that her husband was not as carefree as he seemed on the surface, but had ambitions in his heart. She didn’t like seeing Lu Changsheng belittle himself. “Miaoge,” Lu Changsheng said, slightly startled. He didn’t expect that just by pretending to sigh, his wife would comfort him like this. This made him feel warm and comfortable in his heart. He then went forward and gently hugged his wife, preparing to help her cultivate. “Little Qingzhu has just fallen asleep,” Lu Miaoge said naturally, knowing what Lu Changsheng was going to do, her cheeks slightly red. “Don’t worry, with the Calming Talisman and the Silent Talisman, she won’t wake up,” Lu Changsheng said. After that, Lu Changsheng gently picked up his daughter Lu Qingzhu and put her to bed. He placed a Calming Talisman on her, allowing her to sleep peacefully and quietly. Then, he used a Silent Talisman to cover her, blocking out any sounds and preventing her from waking up. From then on, Lu Changsheng spent most of his time in Hongye Valley City. He would return to Qingzhu Mountain every one or two months. Before he knew it, half a year had passed. During this half-year period, Lu Changsheng spent most of his time in Hongye Valley City, cultivating with Xiao Xiyue and Lu Miaoge. As a result, his child-rearing had fallen behind, and he only had three children. However, during this half-year period, his cultivation had reached the peak of Qi Refining, and he was ready to break through to Foundation Establishment. “Changsheng, let’s travel together and see the troubles of the world,” Xiao Xiyue said, her lips curling up, as she looked at Lu Changsheng. She had barely left her cave during this half-year period. When Lu Changsheng was around, she would cultivate with him. When he was not around, she would cultivate alone. “Okay,” Lu Changsheng said, smiling as he looked at Xiao Xiyue’s expectant face. During this half-year period, he and Xiao Xiyue had grown extremely close. It could be said that they had cultivated in almost every possible way. In this process, Xiao Xiyue had become more and more proactive, and her entire being had become more lively and radiant. It was as if she had washed away her former cold and proud demeanor. She had returned to the Xiao Xiyue he remembered from over ten years ago. This made Lu Changsheng wonder what was going on with Xiao Xiyue’s cultivation. “How’s your cultivation going?” Lu Changsheng asked aloud. He estimated that Xiao Xiyue’s cultivation should be almost complete. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have suggested going out with him at this time. “It’s almost done,” Xiao Xiyue said, her lips curling up, without hiding anything. Hearing this, Lu Changsheng thought to himself, “As expected.” At this moment, his heart felt a bit complicated. If Xiao Xiyue had completed her cultivation and broken through the emotional tribulation, it meant that their current relationship would also come to an end. “Congratulations, Xiyue,” Lu Changsheng said, exhaling softly, without showing too much emotion. “When are you planning to leave?” he asked. Xiao Xiyue looked at Lu Changsheng’s smiling face and also smiled radiantly. “Let’s just go,” Lu Changsheng said immediately. He then left the cave with Xiao Xiyue, telling Lu Miaoge that he would be away for a while. He also handed over a stack of high-quality Talismans to Lu Miaoge, asking her to help take care of the ‘Peaceful Talisman Hall’. Lu Miaoge didn’t ask many questions, only reminding Lu Changsheng to be careful. After that, Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue disguised themselves, covering their true faces, and left Hongye Valley City. After leaving the city, the two of them wandered aimlessly, without a specific destination. They traveled together, sleeping under the stars, watching the moon, listening to the rain, drinking tea, and cultivating. In this way, the two of them wandered aimlessly, without a specific destination, and arrived at a secular city. After disguising themselves, they still had an extraordinary aura, but it was no longer too dazzling, and they didn’t attract too much attention. “Changsheng, I want to eat sugar-coated hawthorns!” “Changsheng, I want to eat green bean cakes!” “Changsheng, look at these two sugar figurines, they look just like us!” As they walked through the bustling city, Xiao Xiyue was like a lively and radiant little girl. There was no trace of her former cold and proud demeanor. She held Lu Changsheng’s hand, her face beaming with joy, as they strolled through the streets. She would point at something, and then point at something else, and whenever she saw something delicious or fun, she would pull Lu Changsheng’s hand, looking up at him with a playful and expectant face. She was just like an ordinary little girl. “This must be Xiao Xiyue’s original self,” Lu Changsheng thought to himself. He thought that cultivating the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique had a huge impact on a person. “Okay, okay, let’s buy it,” Lu Changsheng replied with a smile, without any hesitation. He didn’t show any signs of impatience. Whatever Xiao Xiyue wanted, he would buy it for her. If she couldn’t carry it, he would help her carry it. Xiao Xiyue took a few bites, and then Lu Changsheng took over, trying some as well. If it was delicious, they would eat it; if not, they would throw it away. The two of them were like a loving couple in the mortal world, enjoying themselves in the city. “I said earlier, I would stake my life on it, and welcome the young master to the Martial Arts World.” As they strolled along, they came to a bridge, where someone was telling a story. Xiao Xiyue was immediately interested and pulled Lu Changsheng over to listen. They saw an old man in a hanging robe, speaking in a loud voice. “The young master of the Northern Kingdom, with the protection of the Sword God, walked out of the north and entered the Martial Arts World, thinking it would be a magnificent journey.” “But for this young master, the Martial Arts World was not as colorful as he thought, and it was full of hidden dangers, just because he entered the Martial Arts World.” “I’ll stop here for today, and you can come back tomorrow to hear the rest of the story,” the old man said, bowing his hands. A 12- or 13-year-old girl then came forward with a copper basin. It was clear that she was asking for money. But there were only a few people around, and they threw in a few copper coins, making the girl look disappointed. Xiao Xiyue saw this and gently tugged on Lu Changsheng’s sleeve. “Let’s give her some money!” Lu Changsheng smiled and took out a silver ingot, breaking it into smaller pieces. He then put a few pieces into the copper basin, making a clinking sound. The people around were shocked, and the little girl was stunned. No one had ever given her so much money before. “Thank you, Young Master!” the old man said, quickly coming forward and bowing with the little girl. “No need to thank me,” Lu Changsheng said, waving his hand, and pulling Xiao Xiyue away. “Changsheng, what that old man said was quite interesting, I wonder what will happen to that young master next,” Xiao Xiyue said, laughing and discussing the story with Lu Changsheng. As they talked, they saw a fortune-telling stall in the distance and Xiao Xiyue immediately became interested, pulling Lu Changsheng over to get their fortunes told. However, this kind of fortune-telling didn’t involve encountering any hidden, extraordinary masters. Looking at Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue, who were like a loving couple, the fortune-teller only had blessings and good words to say. Xiao Xiyue listened to these words, her face beaming with joy. In this way, the two of them spent half a month playing in the secular city. It was night. Accompanied by a sorrowful, wailing sound, Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue completed their cultivation. “Changsheng, I’m ready for Foundation Establishment,” Xiao Xiyue said in a soft voice leaning against Lu Changsheng’s chest. Lu Changsheng was slightly startled. He had expected this day to come. He asked, “When are you planning to establish your foundation?” He knew that Xiao Xiyue saying this meant that she had made up her mind and was ready to overcome her emotional tribulation. “In three months, on the full moon day.” “We’ll establish our foundations together then.” Xiao Xiyue raised her head slightly, her beautiful eyes looking at Lu Changsheng, her face flushing with excitement. “Okay,” Lu Changsheng nodded, not saying much more. He knew that saying too much was meaningless. He didn’t want to say too much, affecting Xiao Xiyue’s mood and her Foundation Establishment. After all, in this world, cultivation was the king’s way. Given their current situation, it was impossible for her to take him home as her husband. So, he would wait until his own strength was sufficient, and then he would take her home as his wife. As for the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique, Lu Changsheng thought that if he could dissolve her emotions once, he could do it again. “Do you have anything you want to say to me?” Xiao Xiyue asked, looking at Lu Changsheng’s carefree response. “Overcoming the emotional tribulation is a good thing,” Lu Changsheng said with a warm tone. “I will respect your choice.” Xiao Xiyue’s heart was also a bit anxious. She was worried that Lu Changsheng would try to keep her from leaving. She was afraid that she would be unable to cut off her emotional ties and achieve the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique. In this year of cultivation, she had discovered that she had fewer stubborn attachments to breaking through. She had started to become more sentimental, prone to wild thoughts. When facing Lu Changsheng, she would feel joy, worry, sadness, and difficulty. This made her thoroughly understand her emotional tribulation and the Supreme Forgetfulness Technique. Now, what she needed to do was to cut off her emotional ties and forget her seven emotions and six desires. “Xiyue, where are you planning to go for Foundation Establishment?” Lu Changsheng asked aloud. Foundation Establishment wasn’t something that could be done just anywhere. At least, it required a second-grade Spirit Vain with abundant spiritual energy. He had been hiding his cultivation strength from the outside world and didn’t want to establish his foundation in Hongye Valley City. Moreover, the cave in Hongye Valley City only had low-grade spiritual energy, which was theoretically sufficient to support Foundation Establishment. But the conditions were still lacking, which would affect the Foundation Establishment. “Previously, my master gave me a token to rent a high second-grade cave abode in Blue Cloud Market Town. A high second-grade cave is enough for us to attempt establishing our foundations,” Xiao Xiyue told Lu Changsheng. She had considered this issue early on. She could return to the Blue Cloud Sect to establish her foundation using their third-grade Spirit Vein. But Lu Changsheng was not a Blue Cloud Sect disciple, so he could not go there. For ordinary cultivators to rent high second-grade Spirit Vein abodes, they could only go to the three great immortal cities. However, the journey to those cities was too troublesome and far. So she thought of the largest cultivation market town under Blue Cloud Sect’s jurisdiction instead. “Alright, then we’ll go to Blue Cloud Market Town,” Lu Changsheng nodded upon hearing this. He had also heard of Blue Cloud Market Town, the largest cultivation town under Blue Cloud Sect’s control, even bigger than his former Juilong Market. Typically, the second-grade cave abodes in market towns like this would not be rented out externally. Without Xiao Xiyue, he would have had no way to rent such a high second-grade cave, and may have needed to go all the way to an immortal city to establish his foundation. The two of them soon departed the mundane world, heading towards Blue Cloud Market Town. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ ɴovᴇlꜰirᴇ.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality. Lu Changsheng looked at the map – it was over 10,000 li from their current location to Blue Cloud Market Town. However, he and Xiao Xiyue were not in a hurry. They continued leisurely, wandering about like going sightseeing. As they neared Blue Cloud Market Town, due to disguising their appearance and concealing their cultivation aura, they encountered three roaming cultivators. These three were just in the late Qi Refining stage. Against such roaming cultivators, Lu Changsheng naturally showed no mercy, earning some extra spirit stones. Now that his Qi Refining was complete, his strength matched that of Foundation Establishment. Together with Xiao Xiyue, as long as they didn’t encounter Foundation Establishment cultivators, they would be fine. Moreover, unless they met Foundation Establishment cultivators like that previous young man in the red robe, against ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, the two of them could go all-out and slay them. It took them a month, but Lu Changsheng and Xiao Xiyue finally arrived at Blue Cloud Market Town. At the center was a towering, treacherous peak enveloped in misty clouds piercing the heavens. Surrounding the mountain was a basin encircled by several great mountains, making it inaccessible to ordinary people. “Blue Cloud Market Town.” Xiao Xiyue and Lu Changsheng gazed at the distant peak, piloting their flying magic tools to the market town’s entrance. Just like Juilong Market, the entrance was crowded with cultivators lining up to enter. At this moment, a surge of spiritual power entered Lu Changsheng’s body, accompanied by a system prompt: 【Congratulations to the host, your first descendant has completed Breath Inauguration and embarked on the immortal path! Gained Passive Effect: 5% increased chance of descendants having innate Spirit Roots, and one Chance Draw!】 “Hm? My first descendant has completed Breath Inauguration and begun cultivating?” Lu Changsheng was momentarily stunned upon hearing this unexpected system prompt. Then he realized it was referring to his son Lu Xianzhi. Last time he returned to Qingzhu Mountain, his wife Lu Miaoyun mentioned Lu Xianzhi could begin cultivating soon. At the time, Lu Changsheng didn’t have time so he had Lu Miaoyun teach him instead. As for his son completing Breath Inauguration so quickly, Lu Changsheng wasn’t too surprised. Over the years, he hadn’t gone to White Jade Tower at all. Besides his own cultivation expenses, his biggest spending was on his children. A child like Lu Xianzhi had been eating spirit rice and spiritual delicacies since young. At six years old, he started taking Foundation Stabilizing Pills bought with spirit stones. His conditions were far more abundant than an ordinary Lu Family descendant. If he took as long as ten months to complete Breath Inauguration like Lu Changsheng did, that would be the real problem. “I didn’t expect that not only does having a child cultivating give me a chance draw, it also increases the odds of my future descendants having innate Spirit Roots.” “Though a 5% increase is a bit low.” “But this probability should still be able to increase further.” Lu Changsheng inwardly mused after seeing this system prompt. He wasn’t too surprised about the lottery draw. After all, he had drawn so many times already. What he was more pleased about was the passive boost to the probability of his offspring having a Spirit Root. After all, even if he had the best breeding and nurturing, the probability of his children having a Spirit Root was still not that high.