Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

However, the Heavenly Longevity Technique added an urgency to his cultivation practice.

Then, Lu Changsheng continued to sort through the three people’s Storage Bags.

After a long while.

The Storage Bags of the three were sorted.

There were one thousand two hundred and fifty-six Spirit Stones.

One piece of physical Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object.

One top-grade Magic Artifact.

Four high-grade Magic Artifacts.

Seven middle-grade Magic Artifacts.

One second-grade middle class Puppet.

Three second-grade lower class Puppets.

Over a hundred Talismans.

Various Elixir Medicines.

A number of Spirit Plants and Spiritual Medicines!

“Xia Long and the owner of this small talisman shop must have gone to explore the Secret Realm, exchanging all their Spirit Stones for Elixir Medicines, Talismans, or treasures like the Lockheart Gu.”

“As a result, they didn’t carry many Spirit Stones on them.”

“However, these Magic Artifacts, Talismans, Puppets, and Spirit Plant materials should be worth a few thousand Spirit Stones.”

After sorting through their belongings, Lu Changsheng held a brocade box and said.

Inside the brocade box was a fist-sized, bright red fruit with blood-red patterns flowing on it, which was quite mysterious.

“And with this Blood Yang Fruit, a Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object that helps break through the third barrier of Foundation Establishment, ‘Blood Qi Barrier’.”

“I also gathered all the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects required for the three barriers of Foundation Establishment.”

“It’s just a pity that I don’t have the main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, the Heavenly Spirit Fruit, otherwise my Foundation Establishment Elixir would have been settled.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

Previously, he had learned about the Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Thinking that he might be able to refine it if he advances to second rank in Alchemy in the future.

But after understanding more, he realized he was being overly optimistic.

The difficulty of refining the Foundation Establishment Elixir was one thing.

The hardest part was gathering the materials for the Elixir, especially the main ingredient, the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.

This Heavenly Spirit Fruit is only consistently produced within the Purple Shadow Secret Realm.

It’s very rare elsewhere.

This is also why the Purple Shadow Secret Realm is controlled by the major Immortal Sects—Foundation Establishment Elixirs seldom make it to the outside world.

Soon after, Lu Changsheng took a short break to allow the Iron Feather Eagle to recover, and then he rode it back to the Nine Dragons Market.

He planned to clean out Xia Long’s belongings.

This time, he didn’t use his real appearance but disguised himself as an ordinary-looking, simple-minded young man.

Following Xia Long’s instructions on the formation, Lu Changsheng entered Xia Long’s home and dismantled the ‘Heavenly Canopy Five Elements Formation’ in his yard.

This high-grade Formation was also worth over a thousand Spirit Stones.

Then, according to Xia Long’s words, he dug out another Storage Bag from beneath a tree in the yard.

It contained three hundred Spirit Stones.

Lu Changsheng also took a look around the house.

He collected a few of Xia Long’s belongings as keepsakes for his wives and children.

After finishing up, Lu Changsheng left the Nine Dragons Square.

He didn’t immediately go to Xia Long’s mortal family.

Instead, he went home first.

His sixtieth child was due in about half a month.

Two days later.

Lu Changsheng returned to Qingzhu Mountain without any issues.

After chatting with Lu Miaoyun, Lu Changsheng learned that Lu Yuanshan, who was sent by the Lu Family to the Purple Shadow Secret Realm, had returned.

But he came back missing an arm.

Of the two Lu Family Disciples who went with him, only Lu Miaokun returned.

Lu Miaofa did not return, having fallen in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm.

As for the gains in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm, Lu Miaoyun didn’t know either.

“If Lu Yuanshan didn’t acquire the Heavenly Spirit Fruit in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm, then this would be a substantial loss for the Lu Family,” Lu Changsheng thought upon hearing this news.

A cultivator like Lu Yuanshan, once missing an arm, would see a significant decrease in combat capability.

And with a damaged body, impacting his Foundation Establishment chances, he’d likely have no future prospects of achieving Foundation Establishment.

And an elite scion like Lu Miaofa, such talents are few within the entire Lu Family.

They are the core of the family’s combat strength and the seedlings for Foundation Establishment.

Each loss represented a great loss for the Lu Family.

About these matters, Lu Changsheng didn’t dwell on them too much.

This sort of thing is not up to him to concern himself with or worry about.

He was simply watching to see if the Lu Family would have any new Foundation Building Great Cultivators emerge within the next two years.

If not, it would indicate that Lu Yuanshan probably didn’t harvest much in the Purple Shadow Secret Realm.

Or to put it another way, the cultivators the Lu Family was preparing to advance to Foundation Establishment had failed to break through.

A few years from now, the chances of a new Foundation Building Great Cultivator emerging would also be slim.

Meanwhile.

On the northern boundary of Jiang Country, Great Dream Marsh.

Above the endless waters, a pretty girl in a purple dress was maneuvering a flying artifact, and then suddenly stopped.

In front of her was a small island, on top of which stood a towering and majestic city, brimming with spiritual light.

The city walls stretch beyond sight, only through the spiritual light can one faintly see the circles of walls within, and buildings that resemble mountains.

Around the city gates, numerous cultivators, some on sword flight, some on flying boats, and some riding spiritual beasts as mounts, created a dazzling scene.

There were even powerful breaths flying through the sky, indicating their status as Foundation Building Great Cultivators, causing other cultivators to consciously make way.

“Now that I already have the main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Elixir, the Heavenly Spirit Fruit.”

“The two auxiliary ingredients that I lack can be entirely purchased in this Great Dream Immortal City.”

“Once all the materials are gathered, this Great Dream Immortal City will have a Second Rank Alchemist capable of refining Foundation Establishment Elixir.”

“Then I can have him refine the Foundation Establishment Elixir for me!”

Meng Xiaochan descended from the flying artifact and walked toward the city’s main entrance.

On the city gate, several tens of Zhang high, were the four large characters “Great Dream Immortal City” boldly inscribed.

They involuntarily inspired a sense of simplicity and a vast, majestic aura.

“I’ve heard that this Chen Ping, the alchemist, can produce at least one Foundation Establishment Elixir each time he lights the oven.”

“Normally, he can make two Foundation Establishment Elixirs, and if luck serves, even three.”

Meng Xiaochan thought about how her Foundation Establishment Elixir was soon to be secured.

In that moment, an image of a handsome, upright young man appeared in her mind.

“When he attempts to break through to Foundation Establishment in the days to come, he will surely need a Foundation Establishment Elixir too.”

“If I give him one then, he would certainly be very pleased, wouldn’t he?”

“But what reason should I use to give him the Foundation Establishment Elixir.”

“As far as I know, he’s quite a flirt and has many wives and concubines. If I give him the Foundation Establishment Elixir, what am I to do if he then proposes and asks me to become his Dao companion?”

Meng Xiaochan’s mood suddenly became indecisive, and her cheeks bloomed with a flush.

“At that time, should I accept or not?”

“If I agree straight away, wouldn’t it seem too hasty and make me look undignified?”

Meng Xiaochan’s heart raced in that moment, like a deer in chaos, as she instinctively covered her flushed cheeks with her hands.

Her mind raced with thoughts of the potential scene.

And then, in the next moment, Meng Xiaochan suddenly shook herself sharply.

Fear flashed through her eyes.

“No, I must break through to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible, or else the influence of the Lockheart Gu will become more severe on me!”

Meng Xiaochan bit her lip, pointed a finger at her forehead, and her eyes shone with determination.

Half a month later.

Lu Changsheng’s sixtieth child was born.

“There’s no gift money?”

Lu Changsheng saw that the child was born without hearing about any gift money from the system, and he felt somewhat disappointed.

In the past, for every ten children born, he would get a lottery draw.

But now that it was gone, he couldn’t help feeling a bit let down, given his anticipation.

“Well, if it’s gone, it’s gone.”

“After all, I had already guessed that it couldn’t always be like this, relying on spending energy to have kids in order to game the rewards.”

Lu Changsheng exhaled lightly, soon coming to terms with it in his heart.

In this regard, he had long expected that this path of gaming rewards through childbearing would reach its limits sooner or later.

And when it reached that limit, he would have to cultivate his children more and uplift himself in other ways.

“Since relying on having many children to farm rewards isn’t viable anymore, it’s about time I practiced more selective and quality breeding.”

Lu Changsheng pondered in his heart.

In the last three years, he had almost directly had forty children,

More than in the previous five years.

Aside from relying on a sea of children to hit the jackpot, Lu Changsheng didn’t deny that he also liked the idea of gaming the system by breeding.

Now that the difficulty of gaming rewards through children had increased, and the cost-performance ratio had decreased,

Lu Changsheng felt it was also time to slow down that pace a bit.

And focus on having children primarily with wives and concubines who had Spiritual Roots.

Over the years, he was quite satisfied with the probability of children born to wives and concubines with Spiritual Roots inheriting them as well.

This approach would also allow him more time and energy to concentrate on cultivation.

After all, frequent childbearing also affected his cultivation speed to some extent.