Starting From A Son In Law To Build An Long Lasting Family Chapter 1864: 481: The Five Venoms Sect Hierarch’s Shock!

Bi Lake Mountain.

Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven.

"Husband."

Even with the knowledge from the [Sun and Moon Taiji Mysterious Light Mirror] that the danger at White Tiger Mountain was over, Lu Miaoyun approached to assess things upon spotting Lu Changsheng.

"Don't worry, everything's taken care of."

Lu Changsheng took his wife's soft hand in his and said softly, outlining the main events to her.

Lu Miaoyun felt stunned upon learning the foes hailed from Liang Country, the dominant force next to Yue Country.

"Husband, we ought to alert the Qingyun Sect about this."

Though Lu Miaoyun thought their clan could manage it, she saw wisdom in notifying the Qingyun Sect, letting them pass word to the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"No need. If the Qingyun Sect inquires, simply claim an unidentified rogue cultivator attempted to capture Jiuyou, and Ping’an arrived swiftly to repel the intruder."

Lu Changsheng intended to employ Ying’er against Beast God Mountain, so revealing it to the Qingyun Sect was out of the question.

Besides, alerting the Qingyun Sect could invite needless complications once the Heavenly Sword Sect begins probing.

"Alright."

Lu Miaoyun eased up at her husband's explanation and dropped the subject.

"Xumi, watch over her for the moment."

With a light wave of his hand, Lu Changsheng summoned the dazed Ying’er and passed her to the Mount Sumeru Tree King.

In theory, after the Heavenly Silkworm True Monarch’s magical form got severed, Beast God Mountain’s top Supreme Elder, Nine Spirits True Monarch, wouldn’t venture into Jiang Country just for a single Core Formation subordinate.

Still, out of caution, Lu Changsheng avoided leaving Ying’er openly beneath the Mount Sumeru Tree King.

If they tried using her token or the Beast God Mountain’s mana link to lure others, anyone from Beast God Mountain below Nascent Soul who showed up would get restrained by Xumi and trapped inside Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven.

"Xumi hasn’t grown strong enough yet."

Lu Changsheng gazed at the Mount Sumeru Tree King in front of him and thought with a sigh.

Back in the beginning, Xumi dominated all foes under Nascent Soul, acting as the family’s unbreakable shield.

Yet over the years, facing more Nascent Soul cultivators and factions, Xumi’s edge against those below Nascent Soul started feeling inadequate.

"The biggest hurdle to advancing Xumi to Fourth Rank remains the spiritual veins..."

For the Mount Sumeru Tree King to reach Fourth Rank on its own, it could demand thousands upon thousands of years.

Even holding the [Myriad Spirits Bottle], Lu Changsheng found pushing it to Fourth Rank extremely tough.

The sole path forward lay in drawing sustenance from an inner world for swift advancement.

However, Lu Changsheng himself didn’t have a Fourth Rank spiritual land ready for his Nascent Soul advancement, much less the means to upgrade Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven’s spiritual veins to that level.

"When the time comes, solutions will emerge naturally. Elevating the [Dragon Seeking Art] might unlock an answer."

Despite Meng Wuheng’s warning that a Fourth Rank spiritual vein embodies a region’s fortune,

destroying it to claim the core would surely provoke fortune’s rebound, drawing endless calamity.

Still, the Cultivation World brimmed with techniques, and even the Second Rank Dragon Seeking Art could probe heaven and earth’s spiritual flows to claim veins. The Fourth Rank version might allow shifting mountains or relocating the sun, transplanting entire spiritual veins.

Beyond that, Lu Changsheng’s present divine abilities and mana let him shift minor First Grade and Second Grade spiritual veins directly, skipping the old slow extraction of their essence.

That said, such actions stirred massive disturbances, toppling mountains and disrupting the spiritual ties of heaven and earth where the veins once lay.

"Qingyun Sect, Jinyang Sect, and Heavenly Sword Sect—these sects clearly have shifted spiritual veins. Without that, how else would they amass such expansive spiritual territories through mere natural growth."

Lu Changsheng had toured the Qingyun Sect, Jinyang Sect, and Heavenly Sword Sect.

Besides their main peaks, they boasted numerous Third Rank offshoots.

Counting on spiritual veins to evolve naturally or using Spiritual Origin Pearls for nurturing would consume untold ages and rare treasures.

Thus, they almost certainly wielded ways to boost their spiritual domains.

....

Once Ying’er was under Xumi’s watch, Lu Changsheng headed back to the Qingyun Sect to see Zhao Qingqing.

A year prior, she’d come back from the battlefield, and with her growing role in the sect, reaching late Foundation Establishment would elevate her to Outer Elder.

Given Lu Changsheng’s abundant supplies, aiding her jump from mid to late Foundation Establishment proved simple.

That being noted, using a Second Grade High Grade Breakthrough Elixir for late-stage entry might harm her later Core Formation odds, nearly sealing her path to forming a core, so Lu Changsheng chose dual cultivation to refine her mana instead.

Days afterward, having strengthened ties with Zhao Qingqing, Lu Changsheng brought her along to Bi Lake Mountain to check on their son, Lu Qingyue.

This boy, bolstered by the [Mysterious Heaven Spiritual Vine] and [Six-eyed Bodhi Seed], had forged a flawless Dao foundation, ranking among the Lu Family’s top young prospects.

"Father, Mother."

Lu Qingyue, bearer of the Green Wood Body and practitioner of the "Cauldron Medical King’s Scripture," kept a youthful look despite his mastery in preservation arts, clad in green robes with an air of grace, full of vitality, and bearing a striking likeness to Lu Changsheng.

"Mmm."

Lu Changsheng and Zhao Qingqing asked after their son’s progress and plans.

"I’ve made some headway in my arts, and I wish to go out and gain experience..."

Lu Qingyue looked toward his parents before voicing his thoughts.

Though the "Cauldron Medical King’s Scripture" favored pill-making, farming, and wellness paths, most cultivators shunned idleness and yearned to explore, chasing chances and lucky breaks to rise higher.

"Very well, then go to Qingxuan Mountain and join your brother Qingxuan and the rest for training to ease into it."

Lu Changsheng supported his kids’ urge to train abroad and actively urged them on.

After all, outward journeys fueled their swift development, particularly for these gifted offspring.

"Yue’er only just entered Foundation Establishment and hasn’t traveled afar. Heading straight to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range seems too risky. Maybe he should practice in the Qingyun Domain a while first?"

Since the border conflict began, Zhao Qingqing had guarded the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, beholding countless fatalities.