Chapter 25: The Progress of the Preparations
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Lu Chaoxi felt a little worried after he finished telling his father about the devil.
“Even though it was successfully dealt with this ti, the enemy was not too powerful. He was only a Level Two devil. However, ever since the demonic uprising 15 years ago, the Feiyun State had not been peaceful. Demonic creatures road everywhere. There had always been rumors that claid that the demonic cultivators back then had not been fully exterminated. It looks like that could be true.”
The demonic uprising was sothing that even Lu Qing paid much attention to.
Lu Qing said, “Chaoxi, you have to take care of the areas surrounding the clan. You must clear any budding threats you discover as soon as possible. If you find anything that might beco a large problem, you have to notify the Qingfeng Sect imdiately. The clan is not as powerful as it was before. I cannot take any action. You must not hesitate if you have to ask for help from the sect.”
The point of what Lu Qing had said was that it was not embarrassing to depend on others.
After he heard about the devil, Lu Qing asked again about the preparations for the Water Ghost Lake.
Lu Chaoxi beca a little embarrassed when his father asked about the matter.
Lu Qing beca a little impatient when he heard his eldest son hemming and hawing. “Just go straight to the point.”
“Hmm... According to the information you gave us previously and the outco of our investigations over the years, there are at least 40 Water Ghosts in the lake. Many of them have reached Level Two. It would be difficult for the clan to deal with it. Many of the clan mbers will die. Furthermore, there are no benefits to attacking them... It is not a spiritual land, nor are there any special resources or treasures. They would never threaten Pingyao County. It has been over 20 years since the Water Ghosts appeared there. Both us and the Zhao Clan do not wish to deal with them...”
The aning between the lines was obvious.
Lu Qing asked, “What you an to say is that you disregarded my words?”
Lu Chaoxi was scared. “Why would we dare to? You must have so deep aning behind your instructions. Even though we do not know why you insist on getting the clan to attack the lake, we have made ticulous preparations over the years. Other than training during these years, I have also forged three Yang-elent Lightning Amulets. It will definitely prove useful when the ti cos. Seventh brother also sold his Ground Flipping Array and made so money. We purchased the mantra and the Array Base needed to set up the Red Sun Array. It should have so effect when that ti cos.”
What he said was the truth. Five years ago, even though the clan did not understand the reason to attack the lake, after receiving the instructions to prepare to deal with the Water Ghosts, they started making the necessary preparations.
Lu Chaoxi was a cultivator with a Lightning Spiritual Root. The technique he cultivated was the “Bright Yang Lightning Ceremony,” which had a lightning elent. It was a marvelous-grade technique, being both strong and overbearing. Many years ago, when Lu Qing found out the elents of Lu Chaoxi’s Spiritual Roots, he spent a great deal of effort to find a suitable Lightning Elental Technique for him.
The techniques were split into low-grade, high-grade, marvelous-grade, and superb-grade. Low-grade techniques were run-off-the-mill kinds. Many unaffiliated cultivators who did not have techniques handed down to them had to make use of low-grade techniques to get into the world of cultivation. The effects of cultivating these techniques were extrely poor and could barely be used to refine a cultivator’s Qi. High-grade techniques were a little better. Most Foundation Building cultivators cultivated these techniques. A cultivator would be able to reach the Initial Enlightennt Stage even with high-grade techniques.
Back then, Lu Qing had also used high-grade techniques when he first started his cultivation.
Marvelous-grade techniques were the best techniques that an ordinary cultivator knew about. It was enough to sustain cultivators until they reached the Golden Core Stage or even the Nascent Soul Stage.
As for superb-grade techniques, even the top-notch faction that lorded over the massive Feiyun State like the Qingfeng Sect only had one. It was called the “Qinggang Sword Ceremony.” Furthermore, it was only applicable to a small portion of cultivators. Only a cultivator with a Wood Spiritual Root could cultivate that technique.
Even Lu Qing did not have to rely on a technique of that grade when he made it to the Golden Core Stage.
The techniques that the Lu Clan possessed at the mont were not the worst. They had five foundational techniques that covered all five elents of Spiritual Roots. Of those five, three of them were high-grade, and one was marvelous-grade. Only the tal Elental Technique was a little weaker, being low-grade. The Bright Yang Lightning Ceremony was a technique that could only be cultivated by soone with a Lightning Spiritual Root and was thus not basic. They could ignore that for now.
Lu Chaoxi was an Amulet Craftsman and could create a few amulets on his own. He could create a Yang-elent Lightning Amulet with his Bright Yang Lightning Ceremony. He could cause great damage to spirit-like demonic creatures with his Lightning Elental Techniques that have been infused with the power of the yang elent. The amulets were indeed powerful weapons that could be used to deal with the Water Ghosts.
Lu Qing felt that three Level Two Yang-elent Lightning Amulets were not enough. However, he could not bla Lu Chaoxi for not trying. Lu Chaoxi had to recuperate and train during these five years. It was already good enough that he managed to find ti to make three Yang-elent Lightning Amulets.
Lu Chaohe had also paid the price for exchanging his Ground Flipping Array with the Red Sun Array. Lu Chaohe cultivated Earth Elental Techniques and was naturally more suited to control earth-elent arrays. However, to complent his father’s plan, he sold the Array Base of his Ground Flipping Array and got the Red Sun Array.
The Red Sun Array was both yang and fire elents and had a restraining effect on spirit-like monsters.
The extent of the preparation was decent. However, Lu Qing judged that it would be troubleso if they went for the Water Ghosts just like that. They already had a good chance of victory, but they would also incur a huge loss.
He thought for a mont and then said, “The preparations are not enough. Prepare a few more Level Two Yang-elent Lightning Amulets in the next five years. It’s best if you can get ten of them. It will also be good if you can obtain another yang-elent magic equipnt, one that has a restraining effect on Water Ghosts.”
Lu Chaoxi first acknowledged his father’s orders and then could not help but ask, “Father, those items are already extrely expensive. A Level Two yang-elent magic equipnt would require several hundred Spirit Stones. Ten Level Two Yang-elent Lightning Amulets would cost about 1,500 Spirit Stones. In addition to the Red Sun Array, the clan would have to produce 3,000 Spirit Stones to exterminate that bunch of Water Ghosts. To deal with those Water Ghosts that are not worth much...”
He asked the question in the end.
From his perspective, the clan would only gain several hundred to a thousand Spirit Stones by killing the Water Ghosts. The materials they could obtain from the Water Ghosts were only worth that much.
However, the clan had to prepare 3,000 Spirit Stones worth of equipnt and mobilize almost all of the cultivators. There might even be countless deaths. It would be a huge loss if they attacked the Water Ghosts.
Lu Qing decided to reveal a little bit of the information to his eldest son. “This matter has to do with whether or not you can advance to the Initial Enlightennt Stage. Just follow my instructions and prepare well. The better prepared the clan is to deal with the Water Ghosts, the fewer people would die when that ti cos. Rember that.”
Lu Chaoxi’s heart trendously shook when he heard those words.
“It had sothing to do with my advancent to the Initial Enlightennt Stage? Could there be... Could there be a treasure that could help break through to the Initial Enlightennt Stage there?” he thought.
He understood the reason now.
An item like that would be worth 30,000 to 50,000 Spirit Stones!
“You must not announce it to the world!”
“I understand,” Lu Chaoxi quickly said.
Not only was the path of cultivation romantic, but also it was rciless. Countless average cultivators paved the path of cultivation with their bones for a powerful cultivator to achieve success.
An Initial Enlightennt cultivator was already regarded as a top-notch cultivator in the Feiyun State. Countless people who were stuck before the hurdle would find any way to snatch this treasure away and seize the chance to advance to the Initial Enlightennt Stage. Even cultivators who had already reached the Initial Enlightennt Stage would fight with one another for their friends, family, and descendants.
If this news were to spread and reach the public, the area around Yuyan Mountain and Pingyao County would encounter massive bloodshed. All of the cultivators from the Feiyun State would take action after they hearing this news.
The Lu Clan could not withstand this crisis. Even more so, they could not protect the treasure under such a circumstance.
The best way to deal with the situation was to obtain the treasure secretly and then internalize it as soon as possible.
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