Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1844: 474: Farewell, Azure Phoenix True Monarch’s Astonishment! Return to the Immortal City!
Previously on Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family...
A sudden stillness gripped him as he detected something unusual.
Hadn't he personally slain the Wolf King, only to endure heavy injuries and a seal from a Nascent Soul True Lord?
Why was he in this spot now, gazing upon his father and stepmother?
Vigilance sharpened his eyes while he channeled his cultivation technique, probing to see if this scene was mere illusion, wary that the enemy might employ such a trick to mislead him.
"Rest assured, everything’s fine now."
Lu Changsheng caught the caution in his son's gaze and addressed him softly.
"Ah..."
Lu Ping’an felt stunned, struggling to believe it.
After all, the captor was a Nascent Soul cultivator.
How could his father have pulled him from the grasp of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"The Nascent Soul cultivator who captured you has been slain by me."
"How did you come to the attention of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"
Lu Changsheng pressed on, checking his son's condition.
"Ah!?"
Both Lu Ping’an and Ling Zixiao stood shocked and speechless at those words.
The Nascent Soul cultivator who grabbed him was dead?
Nascent Soul... Cultivator.
Why did those terms feel so strange?
Though Ling Zixiao held deep faith in Lu Changsheng, having seen him wield the [Sun and Moon Taiji Mysterious Light Mirror] to destroy a Fourth Rank Demon King, she still looked puzzled and doubtful.
After all, this involved a Nascent Soul cultivator, a Nascent Soul True Lord!
"The Nascent Soul cultivator who captured me was slain?"
Lu Ping’an reeled from his father's revelation.
When confronting Lou Mountain True Monarch, he had grasped the immense gap between Core Formation and Nascent Soul.
He had only hit Third Rank Late Stage in Body Refinement, rendering him helpless before that foe.
Without the Great Wilderness Dragon Spine and the Undying Golden Body, he couldn't have resisted at all.
Yet a being like that had fallen to his father.
Were it not for his gut feeling, he might have dismissed it as a dream, even after assurances it wasn't an illusion.
"You were possessed earlier; I had a premonition and went out to find you. I saw you captured by a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Endless Wilderness, unconscious."
Seeing his son remain bewildered, Lu Changsheng sent a thread of Yin Yang magic power his way.
"Father..."
In that instant, Lu Ping’an snapped out of a haze, grasping that his father had truly brought him back home.
Then, guilt etched on his face, he began, "I had traveled outside before..."
As his son recounted his journeys, touching on training with Qin Yi and venturing to Yue Country, Lu Changsheng cut in, "Get to the point."
"..."
Lu Ping’an didn't mind the interruption; he rubbed his head and summed up how he clashed with the Wolf King in Black Desert Immortal City, then seized a lucky break in Wu Country, leading him back to the Endless Wilderness to chase the Wolf King and attract a Nascent Soul True Lord's notice.
"Wolf King Association, Dragon Tiger Immortal City, Yu Tiansheng, Da Luo Mountain..."
Upon hearing it all, Lu Changsheng hadn't anticipated his son's adventures causing such chaos.
He also saw why his son's cultivation had surged so fast, advancing from Foundation Establishment Seventh Layer to Core Formation, and soon after pushing further in Body Refinement to claim the Undying Golden Body.
"Nascent Soul possession, slaying the Wolf King, drawing a Nascent Soul..."
Ling Zixiao knew nothing of the Wolf King's might.
But she was familiar with the famed [Black Desert Immortal City].
She understood that thriving there demanded at least Nascent Soul cultivation with top-tier fighting skills.
For Lu Ping’an to take down such a Nascent Soul cultivator, didn't that suggest he possessed at least Core Formation Middle Stage battle strength?
"Zi Xiao, later gather intelligence on Dragon Tiger Immortal City, Yu Tiansheng, Da Luo Mountain, and Lou Immortal Mountain."
Lu Changsheng thought for a moment and instructed his wife nearby.
"My lord, the Nascent Soul True Lord behind the Wolf King Association, is he from Lou Immortal Mountain?"
Ling Zixiao, sharp and insightful, quickly pieced together the link to Lou Immortal Mountain.
"Yes, when I cleared out his storage ring, based on the token, this person is likely from Lou Immortal Mountain."
"However, this person perished in the [Vast Sand Illusion Realm]. The organization he belonged to is probably investigating this, so be careful when gathering intelligence; there’s no rush."
Lu Changsheng replied mildly.
Next, he turned to Lu Ping’an and said, "Ping’an, take some time to rest well. As for things like Dragon Tiger Immortal City and Da Luo Mountain, don’t worry about them for now. Deal with them after you break through to the Nascent Soul."
"Yes, father."
Lu Ping’an nodded, realizing these issues lay beyond his current grasp and complying without protest.
With Lu Ping’an dismissed, Lu Changsheng turned to his wife Ling Zixiao, asking if anything noteworthy had happened in the Immortal City lately, and seeking updates on the Vast Sand Illusion Realm.
"Nothing notable these past days."
Ling Zixiao shook her head, noting how the tale of the Immortal City felling a Fourth Rank Demon King had echoed across the Jiang Country Cultivation Realm, deterring any from challenging or irking them.
"As for the Vast Sand Illusion Realm, intelligence of such level, unless it’s released by the Heavenly Sword Sect, we’ll need to wait for channels like the Heaven Knowledge Tower to disseminate it; otherwise, the Immortal City won’t receive news so quickly."
Ling Zixiao explained.
Though the Great Dream Immortal City maintained its own intelligence web, details on a Nascent Soul-tier Secret Realm like the Vast Sand Illusion Realm flowed through major sources, beyond their immediate reach.
"Hmm."
Lu Changsheng nodded, aware that such reports would need time to spread.
"Did my lord enter the Vast Sand Illusion Realm?"
At that point, Ling Zixiao inquired.
Lu Changsheng had noted the Nascent Soul cultivator's death in the [Vast Sand Illusion Realm], prompting her to infer he had ventured into the Secret Realm.
She felt a touch of curiosity about her husband's gains.
After all, each outing brought him rich spoils, and following old patterns, he might have tangled with some seductive vixen too.