Chapter 131 – Brother-in-law is back!

Chapter 131 – Great-uncle is back!

Immortal cultivators don’t place as much importance on red tape as the world does.

After paying homage to the spirit of the Lu Family’s oldest ancestor and each person burned three sticks of incense, the ceremony was considered over.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Just as Lu Changsheng was leaving, Lu Yuanzhong, the newly-promoted Old Ancestor, called Lu Changsheng to a halt.

“Eternal Life, how is your cultivation progressing nowadays?”

Lu Yuanzhong had an elegant face and was somewhat similar to Lu Yuanding.

Lu Changsheng also knew that this Elder Ancestor Yuan Zhong was his father-in-law Lu Yuanding’s own elder brother.

So to this old ancestor, he should call out to him as uncle father-in-law.

However, in an Immortal Cultivation Family like the Green Bamboo Mountain, as long as one succeeds in building the foundation, one’s seniority is automatically elevated to that of an Elder Ancestor.

“Back to Old Ancestor, I am now at the sixth level of Qi Refining cultivation, and I estimate that it will take another three years before I can cultivate to the peak of the sixth level.”

Lu Changsheng said so.

He had only externally expressed his cultivation at the sixth level of Qi Refining only two years ago, so naturally, he didn’t dare to say more.

“Very nice.”

Lu Yuanzhong sniffed and nodded gently.

After sizing up Lu Changsheng for a few moments, he took out a jade book.

“I’ve heard that you cultivate the Evergreen Technique, this Greenwood Technique is a high-level technique from my Lu Family’s collection, take it and cultivate it.”

“If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can also ask Yuan Ding, who cultivates this same Greenwood Skill.”

Lu Yuanzhong said so.

Lu Changsheng was a bit surprised when he heard this.

I didn’t expect Lu Yuanzhong to call out to himself, but he was actually giving himself the gongfu.

Since Lu Yuanzhong had been busy in the Red Leaf Square Market for more than a year.

So he hadn’t had much dealings with this newly promoted old ancestor.

It was also briefly seen twice.

I didn’t expect the other party to express their goodwill to them once the Lu Family’s oldest ancestor passed away today.

“Thank you, Elder Ancestor!”

Lu Changsheng immediately thanked him with a respectful voice.

Although he had the Seven Observations Great Selfless Sword Scripture and could not use this Greenwood Skill.

But it’s at least a good intention on the part of the person.

After all, as far as he knew, the Lu Family’s highest pressure-boxed techniques were a few high-level techniques.

Now that he was willing to take out a copy and pass it on to himself, he was already treating himself as one of his own.

“Remember, this gong method can only be cultivated by you yourself, and must not be spread out.”

Lu Yuanding admonished.

“Please don’t worry, Elder Ancestor, Eternal Life knows.”

Lu Changsheng nodded in response.

After so many years in the Nine Dragons Place, he had an understanding of the Immortal Cultivation World.

Understood why there was such a rare shortage of merit inheritance in the Immortal Cultivation World.

This was because the sources of inheritance such as gongfu and the hundred arts of Immortal Cultivation were none other than Immortal Sects, clans, and scattered cultivators.

The Immortal Sect, as the largest supplier, in order to constantly harvest excellent disciples and cheap manpower materials, so it is forbidden to sell advanced techniques and advanced skill inheritance under the rule.

As for the Immortal Cultivation Clan, who would put up for sale their very foundation, their food.

It is also willing to abide by this rule and not let this aspect of the inheritance leak out so that it can get a piece of the pie.

The same is true for casuals.

It was impossible to be impartial and risk being unapologetic by taking out the high-level gongfu inheritance for sale, at most, it would be traded privately.

So most casual cultivators want to obtain high level techniques, inheritance, either with chance encounters.

Either the talent was good, and they chose to join a cultivation family, or a power under the rule of the Immortal Sect.

This kind of thing is pretty much considered a rule in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Elementary feats and first-order skill inheritances belonged to the category that could be found everywhere and could be purchased by spending a few spirit stones.

But if you want to go further and have no chance, you will have to find a way to join a power and be exploited.

This was also why, when the Yu Family’s Third Young Master took out advanced techniques and foundation building tips to tempt Lu Changsheng.

“Well, go about your business.”

Lu Yuanzhong didn’t say anything more and patted Lu Changsheng on the shoulder and said.

“Yes.”

Lu Changsheng slightly arched his hand and left.

“Lu Changsheng.”

Looking at Lu Changsheng’s departing back, Lu Yuanzhong was slightly lost in thought, silently reciting this name in his heart.

Thinking of the Lu Family’s old ancestor’s explanation before he died, his regard for Lu Changsheng, he lightly exhaled a breath.

Three days later.

The Second Elder informed Lu Changsheng to return to the Nine Dragons Place.

“Eternal Life, over there at the Spirit Talisman Shop, why don’t I go and keep an eye on it?”

Lu Miaogao hugged her daughter, Lu Qingzhu, and said softly.

Now that she had given birth to a child, her recuperation was almost complete, so she wanted to share the burden for Lu Changsheng.

“It’s fine, Sister Miaoge, just cultivate at home and learn talismans with Grandma.”

“If you go to the marketplace, you’ll have to be distracted and delay your cultivation again, and Qingzhu is still young and needs you to keep an eye on him.”

Lu Changsheng smiled and pinched his daughter’s white face.

Lu Miaogao’s talisman-making skills were now at the stage of upper-grade talisman master to top-tier talisman master.

So he doesn’t want his wife to run both ways for him and hustle.

“Good.”

When Lu Miaogao heard this, she gently laughed.

After the pregnancy and birth of her baby, her clear and elegant face is always filled with a motherly and gentle smile.

Then he continued, “Changsheng, the Red Leaf Market will open in a few months, the family intends to open a talisman store in the Red Leaf Market, and asked me to go over there to sit and take care of it.”

“If you feel that the Nine Dragons Market is far away, you can also have me go to the Nine Dragons Market and you come to the Red Leaf Market.”

Lu Miaogao opened her mouth and said so.

Even when she became a wife, her character was still as gentle as water, like a sister like a mother.

“Sister Miaoge, back when Old Ancestor gave me a store in Red Leaf Valley, I was thinking of opening a talisman store with this store as well.”

“That’s why if the Nine Dragons Market is concerned, I plan to have Grandma find someone to take care of it when the time comes.”

Lu Changsheng murmured slightly.

At first, the Lu Family Ancestor rewarded him with a store and a cave mansion within the Red Leaf Valley Marketplace.

Now that the workshop market was about to open, Lu Changsheng didn’t want to simply charge rent for the store, the cave.

Thinking of opening the store as a talisman store as well.

After all, the Red Leaf Place Market had just opened, so it was a good time to seize the market.

Now the children are getting older, and in a few years they will start practicing immortality one after another.

It’s going to cost a lot more by then, too.

If there was a talisman store, there would be one more stable income.

“Open a spirit charm store?”

Lu Miaogao gave a slight start when she heard this.

Then he nodded and said, “That’s fine, with your talisman making skills, you can already open a store on your own.”

“But it’s something you’ll want to talk to Fourth Grandma about.”

Not too long ago, Lu Changsheng had already raised his talismanic skill one step further, displaying the talisman-making skill of a first-ranked top-tier talisman master.

With this level of skill and the Lu family’s supply channels, there was no problem in supporting a talisman store.

“It’s something I’ve mentioned to Grandma and plan to talk about when the time comes.”

“Alright, the Second Elder is still waiting for me, Sister Miaoge, I’ll go over first.”

Lu Changsheng opened his mouth.

Nor did he have to say much to Lu Miaogao.

With a kiss on the cheeks of his daughter and wife, he waved his hand and left.

Arriving at the entrance of Green Bamboo Mountain, he boarded the Second Elder Spirit Boat and set off towards the Nine Dragons Market.

Two days later.

Lu Changsheng returned to the Nine Dragons Market.

Having just arrived home, Xia Zhiyue reported her joy to Lu Changsheng with a happy face.

“Husband, I seem to be pregnant.”

Two months ago, she had broken through from the third level of Qi Refining to the fourth level of Qi Refining.

After Xia Zhiyue broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and took the initiative to ask for it, Lu Changsheng didn’t contracept anymore.

But I don’t know if it was just bad luck or the reason for the Embodied Spirit Body, it took so long before Xia Zhiyue was able to conceive a child.

“Pregnant, let me see?”

Lu Changsheng smiled at his words and pressed his head against Xia Zhiyue’s belly.

It was immediately confirmed that the latter was indeed pregnant.

“Zhi Yue, you will recuperate at home next.”

Lu Changsheng rubbed the other party’s black and silky hair and said gently.

Although Xia Zhiyue only had a seventh-grade spiritual root, she had a body that contained spirits, making him quite expectant of this child.

He could sense that his spiritual root was almost at the tipping point between the sixth and fifth grade spiritual roots.

It was estimated that another Sixth Grade Spiritual Root would be enough to promote one’s Sixth Grade Spiritual Root to Fifth Grade.

If he could come with a fourth-grade spiritual root like Xia Chaoyang’s, then he would just take off.

“Uh-huh.”

Xia Zhi Yue nodded her head obediently.

Thinking about the fact that he was preparing to open a spirit talisman store in the Red Leaf Square Market.

Lu Changsheng came next door to Gao He’s house and knocked on the door.

“Uncle Lu.”

The one who opened the door was a young girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with a clear face and wearing a moonlight-white embroidered jacket.

It was Gao He’s daughter, Gao Xiaoya.

What was once a little lolita is now out in the world.

“Ya, is your father home?”

Lu Changsheng voiced his inquiry.

“Not in eh, Uncle Lu what do you want with my father?”

Gao Xiaoya cocked her head and inquired.

“It’s not much, if your father is back, just talk to him, I have something to ask him.”

Lu Changsheng smiled and said.

“Okay Uncle Lu, don’t you want to come in for a cup of tea.”

Gao Xiaoya said politely.

“No, I have things to do.”

Lu Changsheng waved his hand and said.

It was after nightfall that Takakawa returned.

Just after returning home, he came to ask Lu Changsheng what was going on.

“Brother Gao, you should know about the Red Leaf Market, right?”

Lu Changsheng inquired.

“This is naturally known, your Lu Family of Green Bamboo Mountain, and the Yu Family of Bihu Mountain where Old Yu is from, as well as the Zheng Family of Centipede Ridge, and the Bai Family of Hundred Bird Lake established the workshop.”

Hearing this, High River nodded.

As a talisman master, he also had his own news channels.

So knowing that Red Leaf Valley was destroyed, the four great families built Red Leaf Valley into a workshop.

“I’m preparing to open a talisman store in Red Leaf Square Market, so I wanted to ask Brother Gao if he’s interested in going over to be a sitting talisman master?”

Lu Changsheng opened the door.

Although he went to the Red Leaf Valley workshop to open a spirit talisman store.

But after so many years of taking care of the Spirit Symbol Shop in the Nine Dragons Place, he also knew that it was difficult for the store to rely on himself alone to take care of it.

Especially in the initial stages, there are many things to keep busy.

Relying on him alone will surely be too much to handle.

So how come you have to hire someone to take care of it.

Having known Gao He for so many years, I know that apart from occasionally going to the hookah to listen to music and spend time drinking, the other party is considered to be relatively reliable in terms of character.

It’s a dependable person.

That’s why Lu Changsheng thought of hiring Gao He to take care of the store for himself.

“Sitting Rune Master.”

When Gao He heard this, he didn’t reply immediately, revealing a thoughtful expression.

He was a man who was happy to settle down.

No big ambitions, just want to raise my daughter and live this life in peace.

He is now working as a seated talisman master in a spirit talisman store in Nine Dragons Square City, and his days are very peaceful.

If you traveled to the Red Leaf Marketplace, it was definitely not as peaceful as this side.

“If Brother Gao is willing, you only need to take care of the store, refine some of the talismans, and bring along apprentices by the way, I basically won’t meddle in the store’s affairs.”

“In terms of salary, in your current base raise fifty percent, and in the Red Leaf Valley workshop market, I still have a second-order spirit vein cave that can be rented to Brother Gao at the bottom price.”

“This will also make you and Xiao Ya much better in terms of cultivation.”

Lu Changsheng continued.

Since we have to poach people, we naturally have to pay a price, otherwise why should we let people come to work.

“Brother Lu has said so, where is my reason to refuse.”

When Gao He heard this, he immediately smiled and said, making a face grow richer and richer.

This 50% salary alone made him a little bit tempted.

Coupled with the second-order Spirit Vein Cave, it left him completely without a reason to refuse.

Like ordinary casual cultivators, there was basically no way to get a second-order cave except joining a force.

“Okay, then it’s a deal.”

“The Red Leaf Valley Workshop, there’s almost a few months left for it to open, I’ll inform Brother Gao when the time comes.”

Lu Changsheng saw that the other party had responded and nodded as well.

“Okay, no problem.”

High River nodded.

“Brother Gao, how are you doing in terms of top-grade talismans now?”

Lu Changsheng inquired.

Gao He had also become a top-grade runic master from a medium-grade runic master.

But the specifics, he wasn’t quite sure.

Although he had chatted with Gao He and discussed talismans over the years, he couldn’t talk about it much more frequently.

“It’s only the Golden Light Shield Talisman that has a 50% success rate, like the Manna Talisman only has a 30% success rate, and as for the Hundred Mile Transportation Talisman, it only has a 10% success rate.”

High River shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Lu Changsheng immediately spoke out, discussing with Gao He and pointing out Gao He’s talismanic aspect.

After all, the other party was considered a sitting Rune Master in his own family.

So it doesn’t matter if you take a moment to point it out.

The other thing is also, by doing this, Takakawa will be able to do better for himself.

In a flash, three months passed.

During this time, the Fourth Elder also knew about Lu Changsheng’s idea of opening a talisman store in Red Leaf Valley.

She didn’t say much about it, instead supporting Lu Changsheng’s idea.

After all, it would be a shame to rent out the store with the talisman making skills.

Spinning around, he also invited a talisman master to sit at the Spirit Talisman Shop in the Nine Dragons Place Market.

So that Lu Changsheng didn’t have to go over there again and could return to Green Bamboo Mountain to rest.

Green Bamboo Valley, inside the practice room.

Lu Changsheng had his five hearts facing the sky as he sat in a cross-legged position and practiced his energy.

There were seven stern sword qi surrounding the floating body, and the sword qi was so sharp that it sent chills down his muscles.

“Whew!”

“It’s almost three or four months away from the ninth level of Qi Refining.”

Lu Changsheng exhaled lightly and ended his routine cultivation for the day.

Being able to clearly feel that one’s spiritual energy today was estimated to be complete in a few more months, and one could impact the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The eighth level of Qi Refining to the ninth level of Qi Refining was not a matter for him at all, it belonged to the water.

Walking out of the practice room, Lu Changsheng went to his study and routinely drew talismans.

After drawing one Extreme Grade Talisman and two Upper Grade Talismans, Lu Changsheng came to the courtyard to accompany his wife and children.

Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingzhu can already walk.

As Lu Qingshan who possessed a spirit body didn’t look any different.

About the same as a normal infant.

Really, it’s just a more active nature.

This made Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but think to himself, this son of his, his personality won’t follow his mother when he gets older in the future.

If her temperament is the same as Second Miss’s in the future, she will probably cause a lot of trouble for herself as a father.

At this time, Lu Changsheng also received a message.

The Red Leaf Valley Place Market, which was about to open in ten days.

“Ten days.”

Lu Changsheng nodded slightly when he heard this news.

Write a letter to pass on the news to Hong Yi and Gao He.

Prepare to go over to Red Leaf Place when it opens.

Although it was said that the workshop had just opened and there certainly wouldn’t be any Immortal Cultivators.

It takes some time for the foot traffic to pick up.

However, opening a store like this also requires advance arrangements for preparation.

A solemn, solemn, eerie raised platform.

“Hoo hoo hoo–“

A golden flagpole stood around the high platform.

The black banner on the flagpole was embroidered with a variety of demons in different, lifelike forms.

At this time, the flag was hunting, transforming into a rolling demonic aura, causing a demonic shadow to emerge, which was horrifying and bizarre.

Right at this moment, the young man with a head full of white hair and a cold face, who was sitting on the high platform, snapped his eyes open.

The eyes were dark and deep, and a half-moon lotus pattern emerged in the center of his eyebrows.

The half-moon lotus flower was scarlet and dripping, so demonic and evil, causing a majestic and vast breath to surge around him, like a head of wild and reckless dragons and tigers.

“Chikodo, Samoyed, Bonjour Bonjour Samoyed, Chikodo Bonjour Samoyed ……”

The white-haired youth suddenly opened his mouth and recited a long and deep arcane incantation secret.

The voice was low and humming, causing a three-headed, six-armed, blood-colored figure to slowly emerge behind him.

This blood-colored figure also seemed to be chanting an opening, causing the sound to gradually become eerily grandiose.

It was as if countless voices were blended together, causing the high platform to constantly vibrate as the demons emerging from the banners submitted to the three-headed, six-armed, blood-colored figure.

“Not bad, worthy of being my disciple, it really didn’t let me down.”

Right at this moment, a young man wearing a wide black robe, with vicissitudes in his eyes and a demonic and handsome face appeared on the high stage.

He looked down at the white-haired youth, the corners of his mouth rising as he stroked his palm in satisfaction.

“You had promised me that as long as I built the Heavenly Demon Dao Foundation, you would let me make a trip back.”

Qu Changge looked at the teenager in front of him with an indifferent expression and said with a somewhat hoarse voice.

“Since Master has promised, he will naturally not go back on his word.”

The black-robed young man let out a young laugh, then softly called out, “Black Gnarl.”

Not long after, a rolling demonic qi shaped like a black snake surged in.

It transformed into a bald man with gnarled muscles, black armor, black demonic stripes, and profoundly evil features.

“The Black Gnarl pays homage to the Ancestor!”

The bald man’s body was covered in demonic lines as if a head of small snakes were swimming around, giving off an unusually terrifying feeling.

But at this time, when they saw the black-robed teenager, they kneeled down and saluted as reverently as if they were pilgrims.

“You travel with the Young Lord to the Jiang Kingdom.”

The black-robed teenager said flatly.

As soon as the words were finished, the entire figure slowly disappeared into thin air.

“Young Lord, I don’t know when you will depart for the Jiang Kingdom.”

When the bald man saw the teenager disappear, he immediately looked at Qu Changge on the high platform, a fawning smile appearing on his face.

It was a strange contradiction to the whole ghastly appearance of the man.

“Ginger.”

Qu Changge gave a slight lurch, and his eyes, which were like ghostly pools, flashed with a strange color.

Then the voice rasped, “Now.”