Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
During this time, the Lu Mansion had undergone significant development. With the accumulation of numerous resources, the overall strength of its clan members had increased considerably.
Currently, six out of the nine core elders had broken through to the Xuan Dan Realm.
The eldest elder, possessing the Gengjin Divine Body, had the highest cultivation, having reached the ninth stage of the Xuan Dan Realm.
Other clan members had also made varying degrees of progress.
Of course, the fastest to advance in cultivation were Lu Qing Xuan and Ling Xi Yue.
After continuous cultivation during this period, Lu Qing Xuan had broken through to the fourth stage of the Soul Palace Realm.
Meanwhile, Ling Xi Yue had also broken through to the second stage of the Soul Palace Realm, her speed not lagging far behind Lu Qing Xuan.
Without the hindrance of the Linglong Dao Seal, Ling Xi Yue's cultivation speed was not slower than Lu Qing Xuan.
As for Lu Qing Xuan's most cherished prodigies, Lu Yu and Lu Jian Chen, they were also diligently improving their cultivation.
Lu Yu felt that he lacked practical combat experience, so he left the family half a month ago and went to the Black Rock Mountain Range to fight with demonic beasts.
However, before leaving, the eldest elder, under Lu Qing Xuan's prior instructions, provided him with some life-saving resources, just in case.
After all, the loss of such a prodigy would be a significant blow to the Lu Mansion.
As for Lu Jian Chen, since obtaining the broken sword, he had been constantly taking on missions at the Lu Mansion, earning family contribution points to exchange for various levels of magic treasures.
...
Lu Mansion, within Lu Jian Chen's courtyard.
Lu Jian Chen had just fed a Earth-grade magic treasure to the broken sword. Instantly, the broken sword's power increased significantly.
Since receiving the few high-grade treasures bestowed upon him by Lu Qing Xuan, he had fed them all to the broken sword.
And the broken sword did not disappoint. Its power immediately rose to the level of a Heaven-grade magic treasure, making its use even more powerful and terrifying.
However, as he continued to feed it over the past month, Lu Jian Chen felt that his current cultivation was somewhat difficult to handle this terrifying broken sword.
Because his internal spiritual energy was simply insufficient to support the long-term use of this formidable broken sword.
Therefore, he decided to first improve his cultivation and then go out to take on missions to exchange for magic treasures to feed the broken sword.
Having made his decision, he immediately took out a Dao Foundation Pill and swallowed it, then closed his eyes and began to cultivate.
...
Meanwhile.
Northern Source County, Black Rock Mountain Range.
Since leaving the Lu Mansion, Lu Yu had been searching for demonic beasts to engage in combat in the outer region of the Black Rock Mountain Range, seeking to enhance his practical combat experience.
At this moment, in a dense forest.
Lu Yu was battling a Purple Mansion Realm Silver Thunder Wolf. Lu Yu's five-colored profound light wings danced and moved in the blink of an eye, his strikes swift as lightning.
Boom!
A terrifying fist force descended, and the ten-foot-tall Silver Thunder Wolf was instantly blasted to the ground.
Lu Yu landed and immediately activated the mysterious crystal stone within his body, channeling a portion of life essence to recover his exhausted physical strength.
In just a moment, Lu Yu's depleted blood energy was fully restored.
Immediately, Lu Yu, with renewed vitality, approached the demonic beast.
Puchi!
Lu Yu took out a spirit sword and cleaved the Silver Thunder Wolf in two, revealing its core demon pill.
With a grasp of his hand, he collected the demon pill.
“Huh!”
However, at that moment, a strange object appeared within the Silver Thunder Wolf's body, causing him to be slightly surprised.
It was a triangular stone slab, nearly nine inches in size, and it faintly radiated a precious light.
Lu Yu curiously took it out. After wiping it clean.
He saw that in the middle of this triangular stone slab, five large characters were inscribed: "Map of the Universe and Stars".
And on each of its three corners, there was a humanoid pattern.
On each humanoid pattern, thirty-six acupoints were marked.
“Is this a cultivation technique?”
Looking at this triangular stone tablet made from an unknown material, Lu Yu's brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but speculate.
He then flipped the triangular stone tablet over.
After wiping the surface clean, a dense mass of text appeared on it.
Seeing this, Lu Yu was incredibly astonished and immediately began to study it.
As time passed, a look of excitement gradually grew on Lu Yu's face.
After a full quarter of an hour, Lu Yu was certain that this was indeed a cultivation technique called “Universe Star Scripture”, and it was also a rare and special body refinement technique.
According to the description, as long as he followed the acupoint distribution of the three patterns and channeled the power of the stars to refine his body, he could make his physique continuously stronger.
According to the text, as long as he could open up all one hundred and eight acupoints and condense one hundred and eight stars within those acupoints, even if he were to shatter a Saintly Weapon barehanded, it would be a piece of cake.
How could Lu Yu not be shocked and excited upon seeing such a powerful body refinement technique?
Upon reaching perfection, he could shatter a Saintly Weapon barehanded. What kind of concept was this? He couldn't even imagine it.
Although this "Universe Star Scripture" technique did not specify its rank, Lu Yun could confidently say that it was at least an Imperial-grade pinnacle technique.
Because only those techniques of such a high level could achieve the ability to shatter a Saintly Weapon barehanded upon reaching perfection.
However, there were still some limitations to cultivating this technique.
According to the notes on the text, if one's physical strength had not reached the point of being able to contend with a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator, they could not cultivate this technique.
But Lu Yu had already mastered the Eight Gates Formation to its fullest, and his physical strength was sufficient to contend with a Purple Mansion Realm cultivator.
This meant that he could also cultivate this technique.
At the thought of this, Lu Yu's heart was filled with excitement.
He had not expected to have such incredible luck, obtaining such a fortuitous opportunity from a demonic beast.
He had initially planned to cultivate the "Nine Revolutions Heavenly Art" Heavenly-grade upper-level technique after fully mastering the Eight Gates Formation.
But now, with the existence of this technique that surpassed even Heavenly-grade techniques, Lu Yu decided to cultivate the "Universe Star Scripture" directly.
According to the annotations in the technique, it was divided into nine layers, also referred to as nine realms.
From lowest to highest, they were: Tian Shu, Tian Xuan, Tian Ji, Tian Quan, Yu Heng, Kai Yang, Yao Guang, Dong Ming, and Yin Yuan.
Opening up twelve acupoints and condensing twelve stars within each set of acupoints would allow one to ascend to the next realm.
Without hesitation, Lu Yu immediately found a temporary cave, took out an array disc, set up a defensive array, and then began to cultivate.
However, after a few hours, Lu Yu's brow furrowed slightly.
Because he discovered that he could hardly channel any stellar power during the day, making it basically ineffective to cultivate the "Universe Star Scripture".
“It seems I can only wait until night to easily channel stellar power and cultivate this technique.”
Lu Yu thought to himself, suppressing his urge to cultivate this technique immediately.
He then carefully put away the triangular stone slab.
Then, he left the cave and continued to search for other demonic beasts to battle.
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