Chapter 86: 【Settling Karma, Fire Poison Miasma】 (First update, seeking subscriptions)

In the 439th year of the Supernatural Era, Lu Chengtong finally received a clue that looked somewhat reliable.

After so many years of searching, it looked like he was about to have some gains.

According to the information obtained, a Foundation Establishment family surnamed Lu had their mid-stage Foundation Establishment Ancestor die while going out to seek opportunities for a breakthrough, and the main lineage of the Lu family no longer had Foundation Establishment cultivators; the one with the highest cultivation was his eldest son, Lu Changhui.

Among the outsiders of the Lu family, Lu Changhui's third sister's father, Wang Chuan, became the only Foundation Establishment cultivator in the family.

Wang Chuan obtained the position of Clan Leader, and Lu Changhui fled.

This matter had happened more than half a year ago, and it wasn't until these few days that a piece of news spread.

Wang Chuan had never given up on the pursuit of Lu Changhui, and had offered a reward to the outside world, demanding that he must be alive and that his soul could not be harmed.

The reason for this was that Lu Changhui's memory contained a great secret of the Lu family—a Mustard Secret Realm containing the Lu family's treasure.

As for the so-called Lu family treasure, Lu Chengtong naturally didn't look down on it.

The Mustard Secret Realm was the key.

According to the information obtained, Lu Chengtong found the location and time where Lu Changhui had appeared; with precise positioning, and then through the 【Round Light Manifestation】 supernatural power, he found the place where Lu Changhui last appeared.

Lu Changhui was already dead.

No wonder Wang Chuan couldn't find him at all.

Less than half a month after Lu Changhui fled from the Lu family, he encountered an incident where a demonic beast attacked a village.

He was a cultivator with a strong sense of justice and decisively took action.

Although he killed that demonic beast, he himself was seriously injured and couldn't hold on after two days.

Finally, he imprinted the spatial coordinates of the Mustard Secret Realm into the mind of a village child who was taking care of him, and all the things were also passed on to him, demanding that he find an opportunity to kill Wang Chuan and several others to avenge him after he grew up.

Hmm, Lu Chengtong looked at the youth in front of him, confirmed that this was all the memory about Lu Changhui, and had a plan in his heart.

This youth was only a four-spirit-root; wanting to take revenge was too difficult.

These things Lu Changhui left him would likely bring him a fatal disaster, so, let's just pretend this never happened!

After Lu Chengtong obtained the coordinates of the Mustard Secret Realm, he directly erased the youth's memory about Lu Changhui; with the Nascent Soul realm 【Lost Soul Seizure】 supernatural power, he guaranteed there were no traces.

At the same time, he also took away the relics Lu Changhui gave to this youth.

In the end, he used the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 supernatural power to give him a treatment, making him stronger, left a few taels of broken silver, and thus severed this karma.

With the youth arranged, Lu Chengtong followed the content seen by the 【Round Light Manifestation】 supernatural power, eliminated all clues that might attract attention along the way, and finally, found an enemy of Wang Chuan and controlled him to kill Wang Chuan.

Everything was settled.

Returning to Qiling City, Lu Chengtong finally opened the Mustard Secret Realm to check.

Entering a Mustard Secret Realm required using soul power to control spiritual energy to wrap around oneself, so wanting to enter this kind of place had a minimum cultivation requirement.

Generally speaking, at least the cultivation of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm was required.

After entering the Mustard Secret Realm, the location where one disappeared would form a coordinate, and one could return through this coordinate later.

Arriving in this Mustard Secret Realm, there was no great surprise.

The space here was not large, occupying about three mu; on the ground was a layer of soil, about five zhang thick, the spiritual energy concentration was slightly higher than the outside world, and the surrounding space was shrouded in white spiritual energy, with the four sides of the space like walls.

The space above from the ground to the top layer was eighty zhang.

This space could be said to be very large for storing items, but it was not enough to be called a blessed land or cave heaven; the land area was too small.

But for Lu Chengtong, it was already enough.

First, record the coordinates in the Treasure Mirror as inheritance memory, passed to the next Spirit Master each time.

Next was the development of this place.

First, thicken the land to ten zhang deep, bury one hundred thousand spirit stones under the soil layer to artificially construct a spirit vein, and then arrange basic arrays such as the Spirit Gathering Array and the Spirit Locking Array.

The entire mustard space also needed to be reinforced, using arrays to stabilize the surroundings.

Finally, transplant the recently obtained spirit medicines and spirit roots, complete the planting, and an herb garden that could serve as a foundation for inheritance was ready.

Next, go to the Heavenly Spirit Sect to get those two Golden Core spirit roots he had deposited there.

Going directly to take them was a bit unsafe; after all, it would likely attract pursuit.

The methods of immortal cultivators were impossible to guard against; a safe way was needed.

It would be best to make them think the spirit roots had already been destroyed, just like when the Spirit-Nurturing Stone was lost back then.

This matter needed to be carefully planned.

In the blink of an eye, half a year later.

The Heavenly Spirit Sect's herb garden was built on a mountain named 'Bao Pu', where three Golden Core cultivators were stationed all year round, and there was a great array sufficient to resist the attacks of Nascent Soul realm cultivators without being destroyed.

The security was very well guaranteed.

Being a herb garden guardian was considered a good job in any sect; utilizing the spiritual energy emitted by spirit medicines for cultivation had great benefits.

Jiang Zhen Feng was one of the three Golden Core guardians; since the last time, which was more than twenty years ago when two Foundation Establishment spirit roots were stolen, no similar incident had happened here.

He was also transferred over at that time.

Because the other two guardians said that the thief used a technique of earth-escaping, which was very exquisite and difficult to catch.

And Jiang Zhen Feng mastered a restraining spell named 'Earth Pupa Technique', which could turn a certain place in the earth into an earth pupa, thereby eating or driving out the target underground.

This Earth Pupa Technique was very difficult to cultivate, and it seemed it also needed to be matched with a kind of gu insect to be learned; it was considered one of the secret techniques of the Gu Spirit Lineage.

However, ever since he was transferred over, no more theft had occurred.

This was naturally a good thing; it was best if nothing happened. The cultivation environment here was so pleasant, just continue to cultivate here.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong.

Because a pale red miasma appeared on the ground, and this aura quickly permeated the entire herb garden; even the Foundation Establishment disciples, after coming into contact with this aura, immediately fell into a coma, life or death unknown.

Among the three Golden Core cultivators, a long-bearded cultivator suddenly said in surprise:

"This is fire poison miasma! The three demons of Huo Zhang Mountain, is it you all!?"

As soon as his voice fell, he saw three figures emerge from the ground, all in the appearance of half-human, half-beast, which was half-transformed; one bore a wolf head, one was a leopard, and the other was a wild boar.

Huo Zhang Mountain was a mountain peak shrouded in fire poison miasma all year round, where many demons were entrenched; the most powerful were the three great Demon Kings of Huo Zhang Mountain: the eldest, Fire Wolf King, late Golden Core realm; the second, Fire Leopard King, mid-stage Golden Core realm; and the third, Fire Boar King, early-stage Golden Core realm.

They were all powerful existences that had condensed demon cores, and the three also condensed fire poison miasma; this miasma would kill anyone below the Golden Core realm if they inhaled a mouthful, and even above the Golden Core realm, inhaling a mouthful would reduce combat power; even if not inhaled, the speed at which the miasma eroded spiritual power was not slow.

It was quite tricky.

But, how did they get in? ===== CHAPTER 87 =====