Chapter 5

Lu Mingzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he sensed the death aura on Lu Yuantu, instantly shocked.

"Father!"

Before he could speak, Lu Yuantu raised his hand to stop him and continued:

"Qi Refining perfection, lifespan of two hundred; now I am two hundred and three years old, which can be considered a natural death, so you don't need to be sad. I called you here to entrust you with two things."

Lu Mingzhang stopped the sorrow in his heart, steadied his mind, took a deep breath, looked at Lu Yuantu, and said:

"Father, please speak."

Lu Yuantu looked out the window; those Spirit Rice were extremely vigorous, just like this growing family, high-spirited and upward.

"The first thing: establish the first ancestral rule—descendants who attain transcendence must resurrect the ancestor Lu Yuantu."

Hearing this, Lu Mingzhang couldn't help but be stunned.

He had thought Lu Yuantu would entrust some etiquette and righteousness for descendants to follow, but he didn't expect such a request.

Seeing Lu Yuantu turn his head, Lu Mingzhang immediately felt a jolt.

Although he was already one hundred and fourteen years old and had reached the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, facing this old man, he still felt a tremor from the depths of his soul.

It was probably because of fatherly love!

"The child will remember!"

Lu Yuantu nodded with satisfaction, then first checked left and right, closed the doors and windows, turned back, and said seriously:

"The second thing: do you know why I didn't teach the Dao Seed to you, the child with the highest talent?"

Lu Mingzhang naturally knew about the Dao Seed; this was the foundation of the Lu family's survival.

To ensure that the Dao Seed matter was not leaked, his sister Lu Mingyun even took an oath to never marry for life.

"Father did it to not let secular affairs delay my cultivation."

"That is only one reason."

Lu Yuantu continued:

"The second reason is because I have something better for you; this thing is the supreme treasure that truly concerns my Lu family's inheritance.

If it is not until the moment of death, it cannot be told to a second person, otherwise it may bring a devastating disaster to my Lu family!"

Hearing this, Lu Mingzhang couldn't help but feel awe in his heart.

At the same time, he also felt some curiosity and expectation.

What kind of treasure was it that made his father so cautious?

Lu Yuantu took out the 【Divine Ability Treasure Mirror】 and began to explain in detail about the usage of this object and the connection between the Lu family and this thing.

After a long while, Lu Mingzhang finally came back to his senses.

So, the entire Lu family's prosperity was actually linked to this object.

The 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 divine ability that the Lu family relied on for development was just the tip of the iceberg of this treasure!

"This treasure is handed to you today; after I die, when the Dao Fruit is formed, you will take it yourself, and you will naturally get three divine abilities to protect yourself.

Your personality is most similar to mine, but you have a kind of drive; remember, everything is based on stability, do not act impulsively."

As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller.

When Lu Mingzhang reacted and went to check again, Lu Yuantu had already lost his breath.

Three Dao Fruits were formed in the magic mirror, corresponding to three divine abilities.

"Father!"

In a daze, Lu Mingzhang knelt on the ground, extremely sorrowful.

His talent was the highest, he received the most favor from Lu Yuantu, was taught daily, and was exhorted repeatedly; the affection of more than a hundred years was far from what secular father-son affection could compare to.

Just watching his father die in front of him, suddenly, his heart had a huge shock, and his soul was sorrowful.

【120th year of the Divine Ability Era, the first Spirit Master, Lu Yuantu, died; cultivation was Qi Refining perfection, three Qi Refining stage Dao Fruits.】

The so-called Spirit Master meant the master of the spirit artifact.

Yan Zhe now disguised himself as a spirit artifact without feelings.

The Lu family ancestor died, and everyone in Wenxi County mourned for three days.

Although Lu Yuantu was not a person of great mercy, the Lu family treated the people in the county quite generously; due to the Lu family's prosperity, the people of the entire Wenxi County also benefited and lived much better lives.

Just saying that they didn't need to worry about the chaos of Fetal Breath and Qi Refining demonic beasts was a great benefit.

Therefore, quite a few people were really sad about the death of this Lu family helmsman.

Lu Mingzhang succeeded to the position of Patriarch and personally handled the old man's funeral.

He built a white jade coffin and buried it under the spirit field.

He guarded the spirit for seven days and seven nights until the coffin was buried.

Lu Mingzhang moved into the small courtyard in the spirit field where Lu Yuantu lived.

That night, he calmed his mood and looked carefully at the family heirloom treasure, the Divine Ability Treasure Mirror, for the first time.

He saw a line of text appear on the mirror surface.

"Dao Fruit fused into the Treasure Mirror, can activate the Treasure Mirror to release divine abilities without consuming one's own Divine Soul power."

Seeing this, Lu Mingzhang pondered secretly.

If the Dao Fruit fused into the Treasure Mirror, it meant he couldn't use it to inherit the Dao Fruit and continue to cultivate.

But he could still use Spirit Stones to recreate Dao Seeds to allow himself to obtain divine abilities.

In this way, he was equivalent to possessing the Divine Soul power of two people, which could make up for the loss of not being able to maintain the existing number of spirit fields caused by his father's death.

In a crisis, he could also rely on the Treasure Mirror to save his life.

Very cost-effective.

Finally, Lu Mingzhang made a decision.

He placed the three Dao Fruits on the mirror surface, only to see them disappear suddenly.

Yan Zhe devoured the three Dao Fruits, possessing the Divine Sense of Qi Refining perfection, and at the same time mastered these three divine abilities.

Although he had mastered a lot of spell knowledge, because he couldn't call and store Spirit Qi, he couldn't do anything.

Now possessing Divine Sense and divine abilities, he could directly interfere with the outside world.

This was equivalent to him only being able to see the outside world through a window before, but now he could reach out and change the outside world.

It could be considered a huge breakthrough.

But he didn't expose his existence.

In the more than a hundred years, although most of the time was spent reading books, through several Dao Seed hosts, he had also experienced the various states of life.

His temperament had become much more steady.

Before he could fully control his own destiny, he tried to minimize his presence.

Sitting and watching the ups and downs of the world, waiting for the day of attaining the Dao.

Having accumulated for one hundred and twenty years, it was still very simple for the Lu family to take out thirty thousand Spirit Stones now.

Lu Mingzhang controlled the financial power, directly took out more than thirty thousand Spirit Stones, exchanged them for three Dao Seeds, and used them himself.

Only those who obtained the Treasure Mirror could possess multiple Dao Seeds; this was what Lu Yuantu told him.

With three divine abilities in hand, Lu Mingzhang felt he was very powerful.

This was an illusion.

Divine abilities are things that point directly to the origin; taking divine abilities as the root and delving into them can touch the Great Dao.

Therefore, he had such a realization.

Lu Mingzhang succeeded as the Lu family Patriarch, which could be considered opening a new chapter.

Benefiting from Lu Yuantu's accumulation, the Lu family's assets were now abundant, and Lu Mingzhang selected five Qi Refining descendants of the "Wu" generation and bestowed upon them the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 divine ability.

The spirit fields expanded by another eighty mu in one breath.

The Lu family took Spirit Rice as the root; before, because they were worried about being coveted by others, they only cultivated low-grade Spirit Rice yellow corn, which was ten catties for one Spirit Stone.

Now the family was growing day by day, and there were already four Foundation Establishment True Persons, so Lu Mingzhang felt he could start entering the more profitable high-grade Spirit Rice market.

He personally selected several types of high-grade Spirit Rice for testing and finally determined the planting variety to be purple crystal rice, where each grain was the size of a three-year-old child's tooth.

Yellow corn could reach a yield of eighty catties per mu, and five mu of land required four low-grade Spirit Stones for array formation per year.

While purple crystal rice only had a yield of sixty catties per mu, five mu of land required eight low-grade Spirit Stones for array formation per year.

But ten catties of yellow corn could only be sold for one Spirit Stone, while ten catties of purple crystal rice could be sold for two and a half or three Spirit Stones.

The profit gap was very obvious.

Of course, the planting difficulty of the latter was also higher.

Daily maintenance was also more troublesome.

Lu Mingzhang set aside forty mu of land to plant purple crystal rice, specifically responsible by Lu Mingyun; with a Foundation Establishment True Person looking after it, the output could be guaranteed.

Through this planning, the Lu family could save more than five thousand two hundred low-grade Spirit Stones a year.

Two years meant one Dao Seed!

If there were no accidents, it was a foregone conclusion that the Lu family would become a true thousand-year cultivation great clan.

(End of chapter)