Chapter 432: The Minghua Huangyang Yu-Jiao Nature

The golden light before his eyes was myriad and brilliant, drifting in the air. Lu Lu Jiangxian pinched it with his hand, feeling only a gentle warmth. Various illusions emerged beside him, with all kinds of radiance flowing—it was quite beautiful.

These illusions were at times men and women in union, sparrows rising and orioles falling; at other times, brilliant light filled the sky, with lonely smoke drifting; there were even imperial dynasties paying homage and coronations. Finally, it transformed into a clear, bright orb of light.

He suddenly understood in his heart that this Golden Nature was called the 【Minghua Huangyang Yu-Jiao Nature】. It governed growth, union, male-dominance and female-subordination, celestial light, bright fire... and all things related to bright Yang.

"The 【Jianyang Ring】 is quite peculiar. Xu Xiao likely extracted it from the 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】. As for how it ended up in that 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】, I'm afraid I won't know until I obtain that Early Zifu magic treasure!"

Lu Lu Jiangxian was already thinking about the 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】. The Golden Nature in his hand kept leaping, transmitting many insights. This Golden Nature could enlighten demons, influence fate, and connect with others—it had all sorts of miraculous effects, but the disturbances it caused were quite large.

"So this is what Golden Nature is like... just a tiny wisp is already this miraculous!"

Holding this wisp of Mingyang Golden Nature in his hand, Lu Lu Jiangxian moved past his initial surprise and began to consider how to use it.

"First of all, it must never be bestowed."

Lu Lu Jiangxian first dismissed the idea of giving it to the Li family. Not to mention which member of the Li family could control it, he feared that if this wisp of Golden Nature landed, it would cause major trouble!

If his guess was correct, if this Golden Nature fell into the world, it would immediately cause people to indulge in lust and extreme emotions, produce offspring without cause, and cause all things to sprout, eventually transforming into some kind of demon or evil spirit that would slaughter wantonly and attract Early Zifu cultivators to kill it.

"After all, Golden Nature is a rare treasure for Early Zifu cultivators, not to mention that the Mingyang Fruit Position seems to be something held in the hands of Mount Luoxia Mountain..."

Having seen the 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】 and the Mingyang Golden Nature, Lu Lu Jiangxian had many realizations. It was highly likely that the forging of Early Zifu magic treasures was related to Golden Nature. Perhaps the 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】 was forged by merging fire, like a demon or evil spirit, which was why it had such effects.

"If so, the 【Jianyang Ring】 contains the Mingyang Nature, the 【Liuding Fire-Merging Order】 contains the Fire-Merging Nature, and this Dharma Mirror... logically, it should have one too..."

Lu Lu Jiangxian made an inference and immediately associated it with the scene of the Dharma Mirror continuously gushing out Taiyin Moon Essence, speculating in his heart:

"It seems to be the Taiyin Nature without a doubt. Looking at this appearance... could it be that the entire Taiyin Fruit Position is within the Dharma Mirror? Perhaps there is more than one Taiyin... that is why the Taiyin Moon Essence gushes like water without stopping."

Thinking this way, in the last hundred years, Lu Lu Jiangxian had been to many places and read many classics, but he seemed to have never seen a Early Zifu cultivator of the Taiyin lineage. With great difficulty, he found a few Taiyin and Shaoyin cultivation techniques, but their grades were very low; not even one could reach the Early Zifu realm.

He had heard even less of Taiyin lineage Jin Dan cultivators. Only one immortal named Immortal Yingze might have been related to the Taiyin and Taiyang lineages, but that was thousands of years ago.

"Other things aside, at least this 'Golden Palace Jinyang Huangyuan Manual' can be refined a few more times!"

Lu Lu Jiangxian looked carefully for a moment, holding the Mingyang Golden Nature, which was glowing warmly in his hand, and hesitated:

"With this Golden Nature in hand, I finally have some influence on the outside world. But I must be careful not to make it too obvious, lest I be sought out by Early Zifu cultivators."

After pondering for a while, he realized that using this Mingyang Golden Nature had both advantages and disadvantages. He could even directly transform it into divine light to gush out and kill enemies, but that would be a waste of a heavenly treasure, so it was not suitable for light use.

As for the Li family members practicing this path, at least in the Yue State, there were no peers, and with the Wei Li bloodline to cover it up, it would not easily arouse suspicion. The only thing to watch out for was the North:

'The Jinlian Mohe in the North have long had an irreconcilable blood feud with the Wei Li, and now Mount Luoxia Mountain has designs on the Mingyang Golden Nature... the North is not a place to go!'

'Fortunately, unless the Jinlian Mohe reincarnate, they generally do not come South, and Mount Luoxia ignores worldly affairs even more, so they won't travel thousands of miles to harm us. Going along the East Sea, I have seen many Mingyang traditions, so the problem should not be large.'

Withdrawing his thoughts from this Golden Nature, Lu Lu Jiangxian turned back to sort out the gains from the East Sea.

Lu Lu Jiangxian had gone to the East Sea with the Li family members. Most of the time, they were drifting on the sea, with few places to land. There was a rare ruin of a Green Pine Temple, but it had many Early Zifu auras, and Lu Lu Jiangxian dared not peek boldly.

But at least he had collected many cultivation techniques, filling in many paths for Golden Nature. Putting them together, he really did discover some news.

"Along the way, the various Dharma manuals inevitably contained some ancient ones, which also recorded news of the Golden Nature Fruit Positions."

Among this news, the Yin-Yang Fruit Positions were mentioned many times. Some said there were three Yin and four Yang, others said five Yin and four Yang. Opinions varied, but one thing was certain—the Yin and Yang Fruit Positions were not equal.

Similarly, many Fruit Positions hung alone, appearing particularly suspicious, such as 【Wulu】, 【Yu Zhen】, 【Bingqiu】... These Golden Natures derived independently, with very few cultivation techniques, and often once the first type was found, the second could not be found...

Hiding this doubt in his heart, he was silently pondering when suddenly a feedback came through the connection in the Great Void. Lu Lu Jiangxian understood in his heart.

"Li Li Ximing has broken through to Foundation Establishment."

Li Li Ximing was practicing on Mount Qingdu Mountain at the time. This Mingyang Nature brushed past him. He practiced the "Golden Palace Jinyang Huangyuan Manual," which was exactly of the Mingyang lineage. It was equivalent to a peak Early Zifu cultivator using all their divine abilities to hook the Golden Nature into the world to protect his breakthrough. The meal was fed right to his mouth; if he couldn't break through, he might as well find a rock and hit himself to death.

"This child is indeed lucky..."

If it weren't for the fact that Li Li Ximing had no so-called fate, Lu Lu Jiangxian would have really thought he was the Son of Destiny:

'Born into a noble family, supported by the whole clan, a natural talent for alchemy, and fond of closed-door cultivation, never leaving unless in extreme crisis... how is this not destiny bestowed upon him? Among the whole clan, only this child has hope of breaking through to the Early Zifu realm.'

He turned his gaze back to the "Golden Palace Jinyang Huangyuan Manual" before him. With the assistance of the Golden Nature, he was confident in pushing this manual to a higher step!

'Once this manual is written, I can study the combination of Golden Nature and Talisman Qi.'

Time in the world within the mirror always flew by like water. It used to be lonely and boring, but now time was actually becoming insufficient.

Mount Qingdu Cave Abode.

The 【Jianyang Ring】 rotated in the air and fell lightly. All the strange phenomena in the cave disappeared. Li Li Xijun caught it and looked at it carefully. It was no different from before; he couldn't tell its grade or what material it was made of, but it felt very light in his hand.

The Jianyang Ring appeared unremarkable in his spiritual sense, as if it were just a flying shuttle. The only thing was that he couldn't tell its material. If he hadn't seen the speed at which Xu Xiao stepped on it, Li Li Xijun would never have known it was a treasure.

Li Li Qinghong on this side looked at the Immortal Mirror, which also had no abnormalities. Li Li Xijun whispered:

"Aunt... it shouldn't be a bad thing."

"Hmm."

Li Li Qinghong nodded. The aunt and nephew studied it for a while without results. Li Li Xijun said:

"Aunt, the altar in your thunder technique has already been built by the family, but you have been out for a long time and have never used it. Now that you have returned, you can try that Xiao Thunder."

Li Li Qinghong practiced ancient methods. The miracle of her immortal foundation allowed her to beg for thunder from heaven and earth, but now that heaven and earth had changed greatly, she didn't know if it would still work. Li Li Qinghong nodded, put away the 【Jianyang Ring】, and flew down from the Fenggui Immortal Mirror.

Everything had finally settled down. Li Li Xijun had lost the opportunity for the seventh level of Qi Refining, but he had preserved too many things, so he didn't feel he had suffered a loss. He went out, flew for a while, and landed in Mount Lijing Town.

A crowd knelt on the stone steps of the central hall. Li Li Xijun swept his gaze and saw several familiar faces, all from the Liu and Xu families, with their heads buried and crying sounds rising everywhere.

Li Li Xijun just landed when a Liu family member knelt and moved over, crying incessantly, telling of old friendships. Li Li Xijun helped him up kindly but did not linger.

Following his arrival, the Mount Yuting Guards on both sides knelt down one after another. He stepped into the central hall. The hall was simple and atmospheric. A middle-aged man sat at the head, with a square face and broad forehead. Li Li Xijun said:

"Brother."

This person was the current head of the family, Li Li Xicheng, who had been in charge for several years. He was holding a letter and reading it carefully. These years of managing the family had made him much more steady. He looked at his younger brother who came up and said softly:

"Haven't seen you for a long time, brother... The Liu and Xu families have come out in full force and have been kneeling in front of the hall for a night. What does the eighth brother think?"

Li Li Xijun took a step back and waved his hand:

"Big brother manages the family, you decide for yourself, I dare not say much."

Li Li Xicheng showed a smile, his waist straight, and said softly:

"The Liu family cannot be severely punished; kneeling for a night is enough. Having fallen to this point, there is nothing to punish, just let them disperse... As for the Xu family, I intend to split them into several branches. Xu Xiao is dead, this lineage is removed from the register, and the other branches of the Xu family are rewarded for their merit in reporting the demonic cultivators."

"Chen Baohu has been killed by Chen Chen Mufeng himself. Externally, it is claimed that he was killed by demonic arts. His wife and children are protected, and Chen Chen Mufeng loses his position as Battalion Commander and starts from the Court Guards."

Li Li Xijun listened for a while, and his brother said:

"Elder Ye Qiuyang... I sent a reward, but he declined it and went back to farming... I can only protect his children."

"Elder Ye Qiuyang has worked hard, but among his descendants, there is not a single spiritual aperture. Everything that should be sealed has been sealed... his path is cut off... it's hard to say what else can be given."

Li Li Xijun smiled and nodded:

"Brother is already familiar with these matters, I won't say more. As for Li Chengliao, there are also rewards on the mountain."

The two talked for a while. Li Li Xijun arched his hands, vaguely feeling that his brother behind the heavy curtains was full of fatigue. After pondering for two breaths, he let the Mount Yuting Guards retreat one by one and said softly:

"Brother can appoint more people, don't be too tired, you must take care of your health, and don't let your cultivation fall behind."

Li Li Xicheng was stunned and finally lowered his head:

"Chen Chen Mufeng was promoted by me, but such a thing happened, I cannot shirk the responsibility..."

Li Li Xijun wanted to say something else, but saw a person from the main courtyard approach and bow down:

"The old family head summons the two lords."

"Uncle Brother Yuanping?"

The two brothers looked at each other, realizing something, and their expressions were not very good. Li Li Xicheng said softly:

"I'll go up the mountain now."

The two dared not delay and hurried up the mountain. Sure enough, they saw a solemn scene. They hurried into the courtyard, and a group of people were coming and going. Stepping into the inner courtyard, they saw a person lying on the couch.

Li Brother Yuanping's face was pale, leaning against the edge of the bed. Li Li Qinghong sat on one side. His wife, Ren, only had the cultivation of the third level of Fetal Breath, was over forty years old, had some wrinkles on her face, and was crying softly.

The two bowed in fear. Li Brother Yuanping swept his gaze, his tone weak, but still gentle:

"In the past, I knelt with my brother before the couch of Ancestor Li Tongya. The words of the adult are still in my ears. In the blink of an eye, I can no longer hold on."

Li Li Xijun and the other could only persuade him softly. Li Li Xicheng had studied under him for a long time and had a deeper affection for him, so he was already in tears. Li Brother Yuanping said:

"Where is Li Li Ximing?"

Li Li Xijun bit the bullet and replied:

"Brother Ming is in closed-door cultivation breaking through to Foundation Establishment."

"Then forget it..."

He focused his eyes and looked into the distance, his pale lips spitting out a sentence.

Madam Dou supported him, grieving endlessly. She was the main wife of Li Li Xuansuan and had also managed the family for a period of time. Now with the cultivation of the third level of Qi Refining, she had gradually stopped moving forward and had no way out.

Madam Dou had given birth to two sons for Li Li Xuansuan, one after the other, both of whom died before her eyes. Decades ago, she sent off Li Li Yuanxiu, and now she had to send off Li Brother Yuanping, her head full of white hair, and she was powerless.

Li Brother Yuanping glanced left and right, having many things to say, but it was too late, so he could only whisper:

"Cheng'er, from now on, you have to rely on yourself."

How could Li Li Xicheng hold back? Tears fell incessantly, and he knocked his head twice with a thud. Li Brother Yuanping waved his hand, interrupting his full words, and looked at Li Li Xijun:

"Li Xijun, I have to trouble you to deal with Ming'er's mess... From now on, the elders are all gone, and the family will have to look to you."

Li Li Xijun raised his head and looked deeply at Li Brother Yuanping, understanding that he knew everything. His sword-like eyebrows relaxed, and he said softly:

"Li Xijun has only done what a junior should do."

Li Brother Yuanping let out two light, airy chuckles from his throat, his voice growing weaker:

"Eldest sister, family affairs will be left to you and brother from now on."

He gradually softened and fell, and a light, almost silent sigh of regret came from his throat:

"Ancestor, it is not that Ping lacks faith, heaven does not grant years..."

In the silence, the brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed. Two handwritten books were placed by the pillow. Li Li Qinghong wiped her tears and picked them up. One was "Great Desert Observations," a collection of notes left by Li Jingti, and the other was "Chronicle of Thirty-Two Years of Managing the Family."

His cultivation was mediocre, he worked hard all his life, and he couldn't write any classics or secret methods. The only thing he wrote was what he had seen in his life. Li Li Qinghong carefully put them away, got up, and turned back.

A crowd knelt below. Li Li Qinghong swept her gaze and said softly:

"Arrange things well, I will send him to the ancestral hall."

Li Li Xicheng nodded and choked out a response. Li Li Xijun stared blankly at Li Brother Yuanping's hands, as if recalling something, one hand stroking the 【Hanlin】, saying nothing.

Li Li Qinghong drove the wind and rose, stepped into the ancestral hall, first read the two books, and put them in the table.

The ancestral hall was as quiet as ever, with dense memorial tablets placed on top, smoke flowing. Li Li Qinghong was silent for a moment and said softly:

"Grandfather... Brother and I have both reached Foundation Establishment, but without you in the family, I always feel like I can't find the bottom, and my heart feels empty."

Li Li Qinghong heard Li Brother Yuanping's dying words clearly. She felt sad. She didn't talk much usually, but she rarely chattered to Li Li Tongya's memorial tablet for a while, then silently went out.

She didn't have extra time to think, just bathed and changed clothes, burned incense and prayed, and it would take a full three months to climb that altar.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 433 =====