Ancestor Above

Chapter 307

307 The star furnace

If the news of Lu Qing’s nascent soul spread, the status of the Lu clan would undoubtedly be greatly elevated.

However, after some consideration, he was not prepared to do so.

After some consideration, he had two ideas.

One was that Lu Qing’s current nascent soul strength could only be displayed in the closed-door cultivation room or through the resurrection exchange tab. He could not display it outside. He had to spread the news in a hurry and had no way of proving it.

He couldn’t possibly use up a resurrection exchange tab just to prove this.

If he didn’t show his true strength, some deterrence and reputation would become empty towers. On the contrary, it would easily attract many unnecessary probes, which would be somewhat troublesome.

The second was that there were benefits to not disclosing information. If the outside world’s judgment of the Lu clan’s strength still remained at the level of a golden core clan, Lu Qing could give everyone a big surprise.

There was another small point. If Lu Qing were to announce that he was at the nascent Soul Stage now, he would have to lead a team to explore ‘beyond the starry sky’. It would be strange if he could only show the strength of peak Jindan in the exploration of the secret realm after he announced the Yuanying realm.

Since he had already made up his mind not to do so, Lu Qing decided to hide it even more thoroughly. He didn’t intend to tell his son or daughter.

Before he broke through to the nascent soul realm, he had made some preparations. Zhou had set up a corresponding method to conceal the commotion caused by his breakthrough in the chamber. Lu Qing also felt that he had not caused much of a commotion when he broke through to the nascent soul realm.

After completing the breakthrough, he had also confirmed that even his family members did not have any special feelings. Therefore, as long as he wanted to hide it, this matter could naturally be hidden.

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Lu Qing did not do anything during that one month. He just stayed in his chamber and cultivated.

He had just reached the nascent Soul Stage, so he still needed to stabilize his cultivation.

A month later, Lu chaoxi arrived at Lu Qing’s chamber as usual and woke his father up from his cultivation.

“The team is ready.”

Lu Qing slowly opened his eyes. He did not need to move his hands. The door to the chamber opened naturally.

He walked out, looked at his son, and said softly, ” “Then let’s go.”

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When Lu Qing and Lu chaoxi arrived at the energy stone mine, there was already an elite team of the clan’s cultivators who were ready to set off.

This group of cultivators was naturally the elites of the Lu family.

Apart from Li Yanling, all of the top experts of the Lu family were present. There was no need to mention Lu Qing. The two golden core experts, Lu chaoxi and Lu mingchao, were also present.

Other than the two of them, there were three other initial enlightenment cultivators present. Lu Wenen was in Yandu, so he naturally could not come. Of course, Weiwen was there, and so was Chaohe. Other than the two of them, there was another newly-advanced initial enlightenment cultivator. Naturally, it was Lu mingling, who had just used the divine lightning wood to break through to the initial enlightenment stage.

In that case, the Lu clan only had four cultivators above the Golden core stage, just like Qiming. One of them was still in Yan Du and could not return. However, there were already three golden core cultivators and a nascent soul cultivator, Lu Qing.

Of course, this was only temporary.

In the Lu clan, Lu xueting and Lu Mingjie had reached the late-stage of the foundation building realm many years ago. Lu Qing would exchange for them to increase their cultivation speed when he had nothing to do. As such, they were all at the eighth or ninth level. They weren’t that old either, and they would have a chance to shine in the future. This included Lu Jinchao. Although he was old, his lifespan was still considered long due to the longevity Scripture and the longevity pill. He was now at the seventh-tier foundation building realm. With Lu Qing’s help, it would not be too much of a problem for him to break through to the initial enlightenment realm.

Other than them, there were many other descendants in the clan. These people were basically born with good talent. After Lu Qing used the exchange tab, they became even more outstanding. Their cultivation improved very quickly. Many of them were in their twenties or thirties, but they had already entered the foundation establishment stage. There was a high chance that they would enter Qiming after that.

All in all, it had been an awkward period recently. A few old initial enlightenment cultivators had advanced to the Golden core realm, and the new ones had not been replaced yet. This caused the current situation of the Lu clan not having many initial enlightenment cultivators.

However, this exploration didn’t need them as the main force. This was the battlefield for cultivators above the Golden core stage. They, as well as a dozen other foundation building cultivators, were mainly there to support the formation and help clean up the small fries, so that the high-level cultivators could focus on dealing with the high-level Star Palace guards.

After Lu Qing and Lu chaoxi arrived, the entire team did not delay any further. After they were done with their preparations, they entered the ‘beyond the starry sky’ Mystic realm.

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After walking for a while in the wilderness of the secret realm, they quickly entered the star Palace.

The Lu family’s exploration and development of the ‘space beyond’ secret realm had been going on for many years. Although they had not invested too much power into it, star power weapons were still important raw materials for the Lu family. The low-ranking disciples of the Lu family had killed the ordinary guards of the star Palace on the periphery again and again.

This was, after all, a ‘non-renewable resource’. Although the Lu clan did not have a detailed count of how many Star Palace guards there were in the star Palace, they could clearly feel that the number of guards on the periphery of the star Palace had decreased significantly, except for the areas near the core area.

In the past, they had to be very careful when they moved around the star Palace to avoid provoking too many guards at once, which could lead to danger. But recently, according to the reports of the exploration teams that entered the star Palace, if they wanted to hunt down the star Palace guards, they would have to spend some time looking for them. It was not easy for them to directly encounter a Pi Xiu.

This was a change.

Lu Qing had not been to the star Palace for a long time. As expected, the guards had become fewer.

There were pros and cons.

They didn’t need to waste too much time on the way. They just needed to head directly to the target location, which was the first core area, the ‘star furnace’. They didn’t need to worry about encountering any obstacles along the way.

The disadvantage was that where could he get the raw materials for the future star power weapons of his family?

It was a bit of a headache.

Lu Qing and the other 20 cultivators were worried. They soon arrived near the stellar furnace.

He saw a red mark here.

“This was left behind by our clan’s cultivators when they explored this place a long time ago. It’s a warning to those who come later that they can’t go any further. Otherwise, they might trigger the guards in the area of the star furnace.”

“Yes.” Lu Qing nodded his head to show that he understood.

Before he led the team into this operation, he had already entered once in his higher consciousness form to make some confirmations.

After all, they were about to fight, so they had to confirm the situation to avoid any unexpected changes in the star Palace.

But fortunately, there was nothing special.

Lu Qing had used his consciousness form to determine the number of enemies, their strength, and their approximate distribution in the stellar furnace.

There were seven Tier 3 guards and two tier 4 guards. There were about 100 guards that were not even at the 3rd rank.

“Let’s begin,” Lu Qing said softly.

He took the lead and crossed the red line. After walking for a short while, they saw the location of the star furnace.

It was a huge oval-shaped building, just like some sports stadiums in Lu Qing’s memory. North, South, East, and West, there was a gate in each of the four directions, and they were all guarded by Star Palace Warriors at the second stage.

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Lu Qing and the others had entered from the South Gate.

The two enemies guarding the door were killed in one round.

Then, he pushed open the door.

The most eye-catching thing was the huge ‘furnace’ in the center of the oval-shaped building.

It was like a large basin emitting Azure light, and there was some kind of thick liquid surging inside. A beam of light shot up from the center and connected to a circular device at the top.

Beside the furnace, there was a circle of assembly line-like work tables that surrounded the furnace. There was a steel chain filled with Starlight moving rhythmically on the work table, and many semi-finished star power weapons were hanging on it.

The furnace and the workbench that was used to protect it took up almost half of the space in the building.

Around the furnace, there were hundreds of palace guards of different levels, scattered according to the size of the teams.

However, when the decorations of the Lu family entered through the gate, all the guards of the star Palace looked at them.

Lu Chaohe sucked in a breath of cold air. can’t we attack them separately? ” he asked.

“What are you thinking about?” Lu Qing was not surprised at all. After he had come earlier to take a look, he had basically given up on the idea of destroying these guards bit by bit. The environment here was too spacious. As soon as he entered through the gate, he would inevitably attract the attention of all the star Palace guards around the furnace.

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These Star Palace guards were brainless, but they wouldn’t turn a blind eye to an enemy that had already entered their line of sight.

All kinds of weapons flew toward the Lu family members.

Of course, Lu Qing still remembered how they fought. The star Palace guards could flash to the side of their weapons. Their usual fighting style was to throw their weapons from a distance, flash closer, and then attack the target with excellent defense and strong power.

This was not the first time the cultivators of the Lu family had faced the star Palace guards. They were very familiar with their fighting methods. Everyone dodged at the first moment to avoid being surrounded by too many people at the same time.

But even so, the danger level was still very high.

There were simply too many weapons being thrown at him at the same time.

Although most of them weren’t hit directly by the throwing weapons, the star Palace guards that were close enough to them in a flash naturally posed a great threat when their numbers increased.

However, at this moment, many of the star Palace guards who came up to him were ignited with sparks.

Of course, this was not their own doing. It was Lu Qing’s astral wood fire.

His eyes had already become bright stars. As far as the eye could see, all the star Palace guards who had come close were arranged in place.

If it was just star power, the damage might be reduced to a certain extent to the guards who had the same attribute and the same source of power. However, Lu Qing’s fire of the Starwood had the characteristics of the ‘Book of Fate’ and the ‘holy white sword manual’. This kind of attribute power was not something that the star Palace guards could defend against.

The ‘sacred white sword manual’, in particular, contained a metal element of sharpness. This fire was like a sword, leaving cut marks on the bodies of the star Palace guards. In the blink of an eye, the twenty over Star Palace guards who dared to approach were all killed.

The ones that Lu Qing had gotten rid of had the potential to have a huge impact on the cultivators in the clan.

Now, the cultivators of the family had already formed a meticulous array and began to fight with the small fish. As for Lu Qing, he no longer paid any attention to it.

His gaze was still fixed on the two star Palace guards, who were at the fourth step.

The weapons in the hands of these two fellows were very strange. It was as if a huge shield was fixed on their arms, but there was a round hole in the shield.

At that moment, the two of them were aiming the hole at Lu Qing. The dazzling star power suddenly made the shield so bright that it was blinding.

This was the precursor to an attack!

Two huge pillars of light shot out from the hole!

This was a very violent attack that had reached the level of a golden core cultivator’s full power! Without much foreshadowing, it blasted towards the cultivators of the Lu family.

If this force were to explode, Lu Qing and the other cultivators who were at the Golden core realm and above would not have too much of a problem. They would have ways to protect themselves. However, the cultivators from the other families might not be able to withstand it.

Ming Chao immediately used the void walk and appeared behind a stage 4 guard. She held the golden-white holy sword in her hand, and her spiritual power burst out. Void Spirit spike and nothingness burst out simultaneously.

Lu mingchao immediately used her killing move!

The effect was still very obvious. The golden-white holy sword, which had the ability to destroy everything, directly pierced into the Star Palace Guard’s body.

The star Palace guards “defensive power was extremely good when compared to those of the same rank. When they were alive, their armors seemed to be more durable than any defensive magical equipment of the same level that could be seen on the market.

However, the Platinum holy sword’s level was obviously above this.

And after the golden-white holy sword stabbed into his body, the ethereal force poured in without any obstruction.

The silence effect of the void Spirit spike could still be effective on the star Palace guards. The guard who had been attacked by Ming Chao had clearly lost his momentum.

Then, the annihilation effect of the void’s explosion caused a piece of its body to be missing.

Although she had just entered the Golden core stage, Lu mingchao was still able to display extremely powerful abilities in a battle between golden core stage cultivators by relying on the special ability of her Void Spirit root and the huge boost given by the golden-white holy sword even if she did not have more accumulation and Foundation!

However, Ming Chao could only stop one of them. There was still one star Palace guard left, and it seemed like his star power cannon couldn’t stop him.

However, Ming Chao was not worried at all.

His father was here.

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