Family Cultivation: I Farm and Raise Fish under the Sea

Chapter 129: Chapter 97: Strange Movements of the Demon Refining Pot! New Runes!

Another month had passed.

This time, the siege of various families by Demon Cultivators not only didn’t fade away but intensified instead.

The entire outer sea region felt like a storm was approaching, the atmosphere was incredibly tense.

Just when a group of Cultivators thought that another great battle between the righteous and the demonic was about to start, suddenly, it calmed down, eerily so.

After this catastrophe, the Lu Family not only didn’t decline but grew even stronger.

During this time, Loose Cultivators came to offer allegiance every day, even three affiliated Qi Refinement families came, bringing plenty of Spiritual Objects asking for shelter.

This group of Cultivators was extremely shrewd. The new patriarch of the Lu Family was so young and powerful. Would he possibly advance further? If they didn’t join him now, when would they?

All in the Lu Family felt boundless euphoria; the great mountain that had weighed on everyone’s hearts for years dissipated in an instant, and all felt honored by association.

Now when members of the Lu Family stepped out of their clan grounds, they confronted other Cultivators with their former glory restored, no longer feeling like fragile eggs upon a cliff.

Even some Loose Cultivators held them in higher regard, daring not to underestimate them, for the deterrence power of a young and powerful Foundation Establishment Cultivator was indeed terrifying.

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This day, early in the morning.

Sunlight spilled over Mystic Moon Island, with endless mists churning around it, as though draping the island in a golden cloak.

Lu Li sat cross-legged in the grand hall of his cave, looking at the scene before him, feeling extremely gratified.

He had seen the changes in the family these days, the smiles on everyone’s faces never ceased.

Especially his mother, Ye Yuchan, who started radiating vibrant health and vigor, a far departure from her former gloom.

Ye Yuchan also came from a nearby Foundation Establishment Family. When she and Lu Chen got married, the Ye Family had always disagreed, feeling that since Lu Yuting failed at Foundation Establishment, the Lu Family was in decline…

These past few days, his mother had been continually asking Lu Li to accompany her to the Ye Family, which made Lu Li feel somewhat helpless.

Ye Yuchan had received some disdain at the Ye Family, and now, she probably wanted to return and slap their faces hard.

After a good talk with Lu Li, only the news of the Foundation Establishment ceremony half a year away quenched this idea for now.

Lu Li collected his myriad thoughts and took out the Refining Demon Pot.

He had felt some oddities about this treasure just after his recent breakthrough.

Now he had some time to carefully examine the changes.

The entire pot radiated a dark golden light, no longer bearing the rusty patina of before.

A faint fluctuation appeared around the Refining Demon Pot, even affecting the nearby space, extremely unusual.

After his breakthrough, this treasure seemed to shed its impurities, changing its appearance significantly.

“Could it be that this item will transform after breaking through the Purple Mansion and creating an inner world? Can it suppress the inner world, I wonder?”

This filled Lu Li with great anticipation.

Innate Spiritual Objects were out of reach, let alone Innate Spirit Roots. This realm was unlikely to hold such items.

Now that he had transformed into an Innate being, he needed more and more Spiritual Objects and Five Elements Essence.

Every advancement of the Taiyin Divine Body required massive amounts of resources, and the Divine Weapon also needed enhancing.

“It looks like I need to gather Spiritual Objects soon.”

He thought to himself. Without resources, cultivating the Taiyin Body was extremely slow. Although he had an astonishingly long lifespan and could improve gradually with sheer persistence, the pace was indeed pitifully slow.

Moreover, the entire Cultivation World was eerily tense.

It gave him a sense of being unable to fathom the underlying currents.

Then, Lu Li spread his Divine Sense gently towards the pot; as soon as it made contact, an unexpected change occurred.

“Buzz…”

A golden Rune burst out from the pot, directly entering the depths of his mind.

“Refining Treasure?”

Moments later, Lu Li’s face held contemplation. After the Rune entered him, a thought was conveyed, and he understood its meaning.

He then took out a standard Flying Sword and placed it inside the Refining Demon Pot, starting to activate the “Refining Treasure” Rune.

After a short while, not even a slight disturbance emanated.

“Are there some conditions missing?”

Thinking this, he brought out a few pieces of first-grade Five Elements Ore, placed them into the pot, and activated the Rune again.

This time, the Refining Demon Pot emitted golden rays, lending it a mysterious aura.

Lu Li watched the pot’s changes closely with his Divine Sense.

He saw countless grey streams appear within the pot, swiftly enveloping the pieces of ore, and then, the ore started dimming, soon turning into waste rocks; upon contact with the streams, they became dust.

The grey streams then cleared up a bit and wound around the Flying Sword before slowly merging into it.

Quickly, they vanished from sight, and everything in the pot returned to calm.

Lu Li took out the Flying Sword and examined it closely, finding to his astonishment that the Flying Sword’s power had increased slightly. Even if he forged it with Five Elements Spiritual Materials, it wouldn’t have been possible to enhance the Flying Sword’s power so immediately.

This efficiency was many times greater than his.

Lu Li was overjoyed; he did not expect that after his breakthrough, the Refining Demon Pot would have a new Rune. If his Purple Mansion and Golden Core…

He stopped pondering and took out the Divine Weapon, placed it in the Refining Demon Pot, then threw in all kinds of Five Elements Ore he had to start activating the Refining Treasure Rune.

“Sshhh…”

Golden rays radiated from the pot, and moments later, a sweep of his Divine Sense showed that the ore had vanished, only a shrunk Divine Axe lay quietly at the bottom of the pot.

Lu Li took out the Divine Axe and began to carefully investigate the changes to the Divine Weapon.

He noticed the axe blade’s cold glint seemed deeper, the aura heavier, and it also felt significantly heavier in hand.

This Blood Refining Divine Weapon had been forged using plenty of third-grade spiritual ore, and as such, had reached the limit of a Top Grade Magic Artifact.