Chapter 61: Chapter 61: Return to Family

Spirit Turtle Cave Mansion, Lu Li came to a secret chamber and placed the spirit egg in a small nest.

He then took out several storage bags and prepared to inventory the contents.

He circulated his divine sense, fiercely stabbing towards the foreign divine senses within the storage bags.

Soon, he had dispersed all the foreign divine senses left in the storage bags and then dumped out the items inside.

Various demonic magical artifacts and bottles and jars scattered across the floor.

A foul odor made him frown deeply.

Lu Li looked at the items left by Chen Tianqi, quite surprised to find thousands of spirit stones and two superior grade magical artifacts along with some middle-grade ones.

There were also various ores, it seemed these were traded by demon cultivators, and now they all came cheaply to him.

Afterward, he collected the spiritual objects and flew towards Mystic Moon Island. Upon arriving near the island, he suppressed his aura to the complete refinement of Qi Refinement Stage Eight and headed straight for Qingling Peak.

He had just reached the array outside when he saw Lu Yuling open the array and come out.

“Sixth Brother, are you all right? Another guest elder has fallen, and the clan set out immediately upon receiving the distress signal. If it weren’t for your life plate showing no abnormalities, I’m afraid the elder ancestor would have taken action,” said Lu Yuling, her face full of concern.

Lu Li smiled, “Sixth Brother is lucky, the pursuing demon cultivator wasn’t strong, so I escaped.”

The two talked as they walked toward the inside of the array.

At this moment, Lu Yuling suddenly said, “Today, our generation of the family happens to be all on the island, Sister Qing Qing is planning to organize an exchange meeting…”

“That’s great. It’s good that all nine ranks are gathered, just notify Sixth Brother when the time comes.”

Lu Li nodded.

Lu Yuling gave Lu Li a strange look. His Sixth Brother always blurted out some bizarre words.

Lu Li smiled faintly, not speaking again, and then the two parted ways.

…

Several days later, in the early morning, at sunrise.

Lu Li walked out of the cave mansion and headed towards a square at the mountainside.

Today was the day he had agreed to meet with Yu Ling.

The morning air, filled with a light fragrance, was very pleasant.

He walked leisurely along the mountain path, soon reaching the edge of a square.

The site was not large, spanning only dozens of paces; the ground was paved with white boulders, very sleek.

At the moment, eight figures were already there, only Lu Li was left.

Lu Li scanned the crowd. Aside from his close relations Lu Qingqing, Lu Yuling, Lu Heng, and Lu Qingshan, the remaining few were also present.

Specifically, Lu Mingzhang, Lu Mingxin, Lu Jinghua, and Lu Qihua.

Aside from Lu Qingqing whose cultivation was the highest at Qi Refinement Stage Ten, the others were around Qi Refinement Stage Seven to Nine.

Seeing Lu Li walk over, everyone turned their heads.

Feeling the powerful spiritual pressure around Lu Li, they felt quite pressured.

At this moment, Lu Yuling, smiling, said, “Sixth Brother, how do you cultivate? You’re almost at Qi Refinement Stage Nine, this is making it seem like we’ve been neglecting our cultivation…”

The crowd, hearing this, paused, showing a slight embarrassment.

Lu Li chuckled softly, came over, and sat next to Lu Qingqing.

Beside them, Lu Qingshan, who had trained in the perception secret techniques, felt a crazed warning in his heart. He vaguely sensed an incredibly astonishing sword qi hidden around him, giving him a gut-wrenching feeling.

“Sigh… Now the family is encountering difficulties, and we are severely lacking in spiritual materials, causing our cultivation to slow,” sighed Lu Qingqing. If not for the extra supplements from the elder ancestor, she wouldn’t have progressed so quickly.

The others also showed gloomy expressions.

Lu Yuling gently said, “Things will get better after Sister Qing Qing reaches Foundation Establishment. By then, with a Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding the clan’s big formation, everything will turn around.”

Lu Li also nodded.

Over the years, he had seen the development of the Lu Family. Even they, the nine core family members, were barely maintaining their cultivation.

Of course, if it weren’t for his spirit field base under the sea, he wouldn’t have progressed so rapidly either.

He couldn’t provide the family with a large amount of spiritual materials.

If any hint of that were to leak, it could spell disaster.

Everything could only be changed gradually after he completed his Foundation Establishment. For now, he could only provide some support to the closest ones, Lu Qingqing and Lu Yuling.

At this moment, Lu Qingqing spoke again, “Since everyone is here in the clan, let’s have a small trade fair.”

After saying this, she placed some Magic Artifacts and spiritual materials on the ground.

Everyone else followed suit, and soon the ground was covered with various Spiritual Objects, with waves of Spiritual Energy rising into the air.

Lu Li arranged a few medium-quality Magic Artifacts on the ground.

At this point, everyone started exchanging Spiritual Objects that they could use.

Even Lu Li exchanged a Magic Artifact for some ore.

“Sixth Brother, the medium-quality Magic Artifacts you refined are quite exquisite. Can you refine high-quality Magic Artifacts now?”

Lu Yuling asked with curiosity.

Everyone around turned their gaze with equal curiosity.

Lu Li smiled modestly, “It’s not very stable yet.”

Lu Yuling looked surprised. It had only been a few years, and he was already close to becoming a high-quality Artifact Refiner.

“Not only is Sixth Brother progressing rapidly in his cultivation, but his Artifact Refining skills are also quite extraordinary. I can’t even refine low-grade Medicine Pills…”

Everyone around was equally shocked. Artifact Refiners were quite popular among Cultivators, and being able to stably refine medium-quality Magic Artifacts meant one could start earning Spirit Stones.

Lu Qingqing’s beautiful eyes sparkled with admiration.

This younger brother had always been low-key but always brought her pleasant surprises.

Afterward, everyone exchanged some insights on Spells. This time, Lu Li was very modest as he was not very familiar with Spells.

It wasn’t until noon that everyone started to leave, feeling greatly benefited.

Just as Lu Li was about to get up and return to his cave mansion, Lu Qingqing called out to him.

“Li Brother, our ancestor asked me to notify you to visit the cave mansion at the mountain top.”

Lu Li looked puzzled and then followed Lu Qingqing towards the mountain top.

Before long, the two arrived outside the cave mansion.

As soon as Lu Li entered, he saw the ancestor, Lu Tiande’s expression was a bit grim, and a strong Spiritual Pressure was emanating from him.

Upon seeing them arrive, Lu Tiande spoke softly, “This ore vein attack is very suspicious. The family is investigating with all their might. If we get results, I will send Third Aunt with a team to hunt down the Demon Cultivators. You should also gain some experience.”

Lu Li nodded and then reported the collusion between Chen Tianqi and the Demon Cultivators.

“I will discuss this with the other families. The Chen Family will have to pay the price this time.”

Lu Tiande’s expression was stern.

At that moment, the Iron Pillar in Lu Li’s Spiritual Beast Bag sensed its mother’s aura and became restless.

He let it out.

A giant python several meters long appeared in the cave mansion, its cultivation having reached Qi Refinement Level 11.

Its body was covered in white stripes, extravagant and beautiful.

There were some bulges appearing on the two ends of its body, and even its mouth had flattened.

Thanks to being continually fed with Spiritual Liquid, Iron Pillar’s cultivation had risen another level.

Seeing this, Lu Tiande also released his spirit beast.

Soon, the two giant pythons were entwined together, very affectionate.

Lu Qingqing looked at Iron Pillar with surprise.

“This spirit beast is about to transform into a Dragon Seed, isn’t it?”

Looking at its divine demeanor, she was very envious.

Beside her, Lu Tiande also nodded, “But the Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation is not easy to overcome. You need to prepare a lot more.”

“Understood, sir.”

Lu Li nodded solemnly.

He knew from the scriptures that when Demon Beasts break through Foundation Establishment, a Heavenly Tribulation would descend, the deeper the bloodline, the stronger the Tribulation.

With Iron Pillar’s bloodline, the upcoming Dragon Transformation Heavenly Tribulation combined with Foundation Establishment would probably be terrifying.

He needed to prepare well. Should he carelessly lose this spirit beast, the loss would be too great.